I think Byron wrote about that.

[bironic]

Wow, I sure picked the right two series to watch.

For one thing, both House & Wilson and Alan & Denny have moved in together this week. I should probably be righteously angry at David Shore & Bryan Singer and David E. Kelley for blatantly manipulating their slashphilic audiences, but just can't manage it. That said, time for lots of quotes and commentary from the great House ep, "Sex Kills," alternately titled "Hey look, House's psychosomatic leg pain is magically gone!"

Two patients this week! There's an interesting way around the formula. And Adam Busch (Warren from Buffy--a few weeks after Andrew showed up, also in the clinic) lookin' scruffy, along with Greg Grunberg from Felicity (Oh hush.), who got to knee House in the nads. Boy, they just keep finding new ways to knock him down. In the preview it looks like he and Foreman have a fight with the cane next episode. Oh, and there was House's Evil Laugh of Doom followed by the immediate switch to sarcasm, which would have been funnier if they hadn't played it so often in the previews.

Okay, first, best out-of-context quote, from House to Cameron: "If you really loved me, you'd find me a better corpse."

Second, best surprise quote, from House, regarding his patient's fun combo of symptoms: "A disease that affects his brain, heart and testicles. I think Byron wrote about that."

And the slash -- lots of choice moments tonight, some funny, some poignant.

Wilson: It's not all about sex, House.
House: Since when?

House: Wilson! How long can you go without sex?
Wilson: How long can you go without aggravating people?

Scene: House & Wilson have just finished a game of foosball in House's office at 8 p.m.
House says, "Go home and have sex with your wife" and leaves the room.
Wilson gives a knob a hurt/angry/disappointed spin and purses his lips.

House spends most of the episode trying to get Wilson to confess to having an affair, which he assumes is the only explanation for Wilson buying his wife guilt-gifts and spending so much time with him. Finally Wilson snaps and looks up at him, eyes halfway to furious, frustrated tears and his voice wavering just a bit at the end, asking whether House has ever considered that Wilson might be going through something and needs a friend to talk to. To which House, having just gotten beeped, tosses back something to the effect of, "Then you should have thought twice about this friendship." Aww, Wilson! You got abandoned like Mark on the staircase.

And then at the end, when he shows up on House's doorstep with his suitcase, hair all subtly tousled and his freckles suddenly visible, and admits that it was Julie who was having the affair... House, naturally, lets him in. And in the preview it shows him coming home to Wilson lounging on the couch, having just cooked, apparently badly.

And Chase! Haha, House made fun of his shoes and he was all self-conscious.

Boston Legal's still running. René Auberjonois is adorable. His voice went natural-high when his character was talking to his newly discovered granddaughter, an octave above his normal Paul timbre. It was really cute.

I think Alan is going to buy nude photos of Shirley (Candice Bergen) at a ridiculously high price at auction to save her the embarrassment of having them made public and at the same time get to keep them in his house.

~~~

This morning at work was awful, but between dance class and this, everything's all right. Three cheers for the healing power of good television.

Now if FOX would only show more than one House episode every three weeks, we'd be in business.

Comments

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to resent that I can't see either of these shows and have no clue what's going on *G* Some of it always sounds so intersting when you write about it!
But then, ragdoll writes a lot about Battlestar Gallactica, which I can't see either, and Lost, which I can see but haven't, so perhaps I would get my bum moved to sit in front of the other screen even if I could ;-)

[maddy-harrigan.livejournal.com]

I'm just existing in a bizarre reality here, due to the following facts:

1. I missed the first season of House, except for the episode where the history of his leg injury and the Stacy issue was revealed. So spoilers from the beginning, without the buildup.

2. They're currently showing the second season on UK television.

3. I keep reading reviews of third-season episodes on bironic and copperbadge's LJ's.

So basically I have no sense of chronology whatsoever, but where slash is concerned, that's not necessarily a problem.

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

That sounds quite surreal *nods* I used to be able to receive BBC Prime, in which case I might have had a chance (it let me see Dr. Who? at least...).

But now, now. Moved and no cable here.

At least you are right about the slash-issues. Then it's just about leaning back and enjoying the show.

[maddy-harrigan.livejournal.com]

And oh, what a show it is.

Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard are both on my "I fancied them before it was trendy" list, and so I get to feel very self-satisfied.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

lol, yes, there is something quite satisfying in knowing you liked them back in the day, before FOX told you to.

P.S. It's only 2nd season here; you're only running a few months behind.

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

:-) I can sign that list too... Hugh Laurie because of Blackadder and Robert Sean Leonard (ohsocute!) because of Dead Poet's Society, which I saw and cried over numerous times as a teen and a few times later as well. The suicide scene gets me each time!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Funny, perhaps, that I didn't find "Three Stories" (the ep. where the leg/Stacy things are 'revealed') a big secret-spiller, nor did I feel that the whole first season was building up to it. We knew that he'd had an infarction and that he'd broken up with Stacy years before the show started, and that the two were probably related. I loved the episode for its unusual narrative and for being so solid, not necessarily because of the Drama. For instance I thought the ep where Cuddy/Wilson get House to stop taking Vicodin for a week was far more suspenseful and revealing.

...Maybe it was because I only started watching halfway through the season and caught up in re-runs?

[catilinarian.livejournal.com]

It's a bit strange for me because "Three Stories" was the first episode of the show I saw, and it immediately hooked me - it's probably still the most well-told episode I've seen, and there have been some excellent ones.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Let me clarify. "Three Stories" is one of my favorite episodes, particularly of those from the first season, and I was delighted that it won the Emmy for best writing in a drama. But I wouldn't say it spoiled anything if you happened to watch it first, because we already knew from early-early eps that House's leg troubles were caused by a past infarction (and we might have known it was misdiagnosed; I can't remember), etc.

[catilinarian.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I got that; it's just weird that that was my first episode. Mainly because I assumed I'd been completely spoiled for everything that had gone before, as if I'd started reading a mystery novel in the last chapter, but from what you say, I didn't miss nearly the kind of Big Giant Mysterious Buildup that I thought I had.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

On the bright side, having friends who don't watch, or aren't current for various reasons, means I can write posts consisting mostly of recaps and quotes instead of having to wait a day or two to compose something with more substance. :)

I would very much recommend "House" if you can get your hands on it, whether on TV or DVD. "Boston Legal" is fun but as you may have surmised it's most enjoyable for James Spader/Alan Shore and by extension Alan/Denny, so if you were going to invest your time in a show there are probably better candidates out there (like "House" or "Battlestar Galactica," which for the record I'm sorry I don't watch).

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

James Spader is, however, always worth wacthing. If I could. But I'm tempted to find "House" somehow to get a closer look at least. Same goes for "Battlestar Gallactica", which sounds pretty good too.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

James Spader is indeed always worth watching! Especially on BL, where he gets to play one of the richest (in character, not finances) and challenging people on TV, maybe ever.