House 3x04: "Lines in the Sand"
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bironicBrilliance. This may be the funniest episode that's ever aired. And not only hilarious but also solid and seemed to go on forever. In a good way.
The coherent comments:
- Loving the camerawork, from the patient's-eye-view to the floor-up angles of House and fishbowl-lens close-ups to the nicely framed shots of Chase through the brick arch.
- Not sure where all this House/Cameron stuff is coming from all of a sudden. How did they progress to this point so quickly? Accentuated by all the frames of House-and-Cameron and Chase-and-Foreman instead of House and three-fellows.
- While we're on the subject of Cameron, while it was nice to see some more zingers from her to Chase (remember "Safe"?), that stunner about his dad went too far. Ouch.
- Very much enjoyed House's druggy speech about envying autistics, though I'd say he's already halfway there, considering his blatant disregard of social conventions. And however much he may fantasize about such an existence, he wouldn't want to sacrifice his intellect for it.
- I like how they set up all these parallels between House and Adam—the Gameboy fascination, the kid's wailing and House's silent frustration in the clinic as if the kid were his inner screamer, the short attention span, the crankiness, the resistance to change (well, not explicity shown for Adam, but it can be an autistic trait)—and showed how House was able to connect with the kid—speaking loudly, making eye contact, knowing the "monkey see monkey do" trick (why didn't the parents?), using his name—thus leading us to wonder whether House might know an autistic person or be mildly autistic himself, then had Wilson seemingly confirm the latter suspicion, and finally negated it.
- Adam's wavy lines were very obviously clues, but at least it wasn't clear what they were telling us. I am a little annoyed that that oil-and-water contraption turned out to be a red herring.
- Was House's little jab at Wilson about how long a person can lecture before he can be called a jerk supposed to be sufficient evidence that he's still pissed at him?
And the funny/squee:
- House anesthetized! Far, far better than that LSD trip. Which was funniest: him taking a few more deep breaths than necessary, stumbling into the cart, or commenting on Cameron's pretty hair?Why didn't he turn around and say something like that to Wilson while he was at it?
- House-just-about-everything, actually. Jam-packed with laugh-out-loud moments, from "Attica! Attica! … Attica?" to his gospel preacher voice to his co-opting Casablanca for his clueless admirer.
- Okay, that whole first scene in Wilson's office: priceless. On top of which, I could not for the life of me stop thinking about this fic when House shoved all the clutter back and played with one of the toys and dropped half of it into the garbage. And when Wilson told him that one came from a kid. (Nice story, though. Good that the dying 11-year-old wasn't an emo dying 11-year-old.)
- WILSON OMG. Where to start. "Thank you for coming" to Cameron as they're filing out of his office; rolling up his sleeves and deconstructing House's get-to-Cuddy-via-me ploy and then teasing like in the old days; performing a procedure and contributing something medically useful to the team; the "Unless you wanna make out" comment and standing so close on the landing (any explanations other than Wilson's a shameless flirt and the writers like to give fans a nod every now and then? And by "fans" I don't mean necessarily Wilson/Cuddy 'shippers but rather people who've been suspecting that the two of them have/had something more than professional going on before/during all the conspiring. Is it possible that that's an actual indication of a Wilson/Cuddy relationship we weren't meant to take seriously but may prove more accurate than we now think?); and manipulating Cuddy into thinking House might be mildly autistic to get that carpet back. At the end I half expected him to hand House a $10 bill when the parents said "thank you." Nice moment where he gave him the equivalent of a pat on the back with the "That was a ten" comment. He knew House was affected by Adam's gift in a way he wasn't able to experience when he came back to work a few weeks ago.
- Hee. My inner House/Wilson/Cameron 'shipper also did a little dance during the lab scene.
- Everyone wants to get with Cuddy! First Wilson on the stairs, then House in the garage ("I'm ovulating"), then some girl-on-girl action with the stalker at her home (but not really, as it turned out). And what was with her putting her legs up on her desk in front of House?
- Speaking of girl-on-girl and possibly boy-on-boy, was it me, or in House's "I don't care that Susie married Johnny" speech, did he say "he's mine"?
- Lots of Chase faces throughout, more subtle than the goofy sneakers moment or the not-clapping after juggling, but still funny. Like when House started in on the parents poisoning their kid and he settled back on Wilson's couch with an ironic "Story time!" expression. Better than all of those, however, was his quiet "Sorry" to the man they forced out of the chapel.
This episode needs to be watched several times, which will doubtless spawn more posts. Just as well, since we're going on this three-week hiatus.
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ETA: Commentaries - Diane Kristine, fallen_arazil, firestorm717, thewlisian_afer, renoir_girl, daasgrrl (f-locked), asynca, Sam's Three Things, stephantom, usomitai, catalase, blackcat333_99
Post-ep fic: "Tremendous Brunettes" by stickfigurepeep
The coherent comments:
- Loving the camerawork, from the patient's-eye-view to the floor-up angles of House and fishbowl-lens close-ups to the nicely framed shots of Chase through the brick arch.
- Not sure where all this House/Cameron stuff is coming from all of a sudden. How did they progress to this point so quickly? Accentuated by all the frames of House-and-Cameron and Chase-and-Foreman instead of House and three-fellows.
- While we're on the subject of Cameron, while it was nice to see some more zingers from her to Chase (remember "Safe"?), that stunner about his dad went too far. Ouch.
- Very much enjoyed House's druggy speech about envying autistics, though I'd say he's already halfway there, considering his blatant disregard of social conventions. And however much he may fantasize about such an existence, he wouldn't want to sacrifice his intellect for it.
- I like how they set up all these parallels between House and Adam—the Gameboy fascination, the kid's wailing and House's silent frustration in the clinic as if the kid were his inner screamer, the short attention span, the crankiness, the resistance to change (well, not explicity shown for Adam, but it can be an autistic trait)—and showed how House was able to connect with the kid—speaking loudly, making eye contact, knowing the "monkey see monkey do" trick (why didn't the parents?), using his name—thus leading us to wonder whether House might know an autistic person or be mildly autistic himself, then had Wilson seemingly confirm the latter suspicion, and finally negated it.
- Adam's wavy lines were very obviously clues, but at least it wasn't clear what they were telling us. I am a little annoyed that that oil-and-water contraption turned out to be a red herring.
- Was House's little jab at Wilson about how long a person can lecture before he can be called a jerk supposed to be sufficient evidence that he's still pissed at him?
And the funny/squee:
- House anesthetized! Far, far better than that LSD trip. Which was funniest: him taking a few more deep breaths than necessary, stumbling into the cart, or commenting on Cameron's pretty hair?
- House-just-about-everything, actually. Jam-packed with laugh-out-loud moments, from "Attica! Attica! … Attica?" to his gospel preacher voice to his co-opting Casablanca for his clueless admirer.
- Okay, that whole first scene in Wilson's office: priceless. On top of which, I could not for the life of me stop thinking about this fic when House shoved all the clutter back and played with one of the toys and dropped half of it into the garbage. And when Wilson told him that one came from a kid. (Nice story, though. Good that the dying 11-year-old wasn't an emo dying 11-year-old.)
- WILSON OMG. Where to start. "Thank you for coming" to Cameron as they're filing out of his office; rolling up his sleeves and deconstructing House's get-to-Cuddy-via-me ploy and then teasing like in the old days; performing a procedure and contributing something medically useful to the team; the "Unless you wanna make out" comment and standing so close on the landing (any explanations other than Wilson's a shameless flirt and the writers like to give fans a nod every now and then? And by "fans" I don't mean necessarily Wilson/Cuddy 'shippers but rather people who've been suspecting that the two of them have/had something more than professional going on before/during all the conspiring. Is it possible that that's an actual indication of a Wilson/Cuddy relationship we weren't meant to take seriously but may prove more accurate than we now think?); and manipulating Cuddy into thinking House might be mildly autistic to get that carpet back. At the end I half expected him to hand House a $10 bill when the parents said "thank you." Nice moment where he gave him the equivalent of a pat on the back with the "That was a ten" comment. He knew House was affected by Adam's gift in a way he wasn't able to experience when he came back to work a few weeks ago.
- Hee. My inner House/Wilson/Cameron 'shipper also did a little dance during the lab scene.
- Everyone wants to get with Cuddy! First Wilson on the stairs, then House in the garage ("I'm ovulating"), then some girl-on-girl action with the stalker at her home (but not really, as it turned out). And what was with her putting her legs up on her desk in front of House?
- Speaking of girl-on-girl and possibly boy-on-boy, was it me, or in House's "I don't care that Susie married Johnny" speech, did he say "he's mine"?
- Lots of Chase faces throughout, more subtle than the goofy sneakers moment or the not-clapping after juggling, but still funny. Like when House started in on the parents poisoning their kid and he settled back on Wilson's couch with an ironic "Story time!" expression. Better than all of those, however, was his quiet "Sorry" to the man they forced out of the chapel.
This episode needs to be watched several times, which will doubtless spawn more posts. Just as well, since we're going on this three-week hiatus.
* * *
ETA: Commentaries - Diane Kristine, fallen_arazil, firestorm717, thewlisian_afer, renoir_girl, daasgrrl (f-locked), asynca, Sam's Three Things, stephantom, usomitai, catalase, blackcat333_99
Post-ep fic: "Tremendous Brunettes" by stickfigurepeep
