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Five (but sort of eight) things about tonight’s House.
1. So, mini!brunet!Rodney as a patient tonight, being a genius at chess and whining and insulting doctors and cafeteria workers and calling everyone morons and being afraid that they'd damage his brain (though the kid was far less hyper than Rodney). House even referred to himself as Dr. McKayCane. And referred once to Canada. See, it’s obviously a deliberate allusion on the writers’ part!
...I bet Rodney called his mother by her first name, too.
2. Wilson needs to smirk more. And be on screen more, but that’s a hopeless cause. Weird that he smirked at Cuddy when he’s supposed to be so chivalrous and/or awkward with women. He doesn’t seem the type to smirk at a woman he’s interested in. I guess that means the show has decided to (surprise!) drop Wilson/Cuddy after two or three episodes.
3. House leaning back with that open shirt collar while talking to Chase was surprisingly hot. Except that he looked kind of orange. It was great to see him and Chase, the fellow he’s had the longest, talk fairly seriously for so long, and to see House give him a genuine smile despite himself because yes, for all the crap he gets about being lazy and sycophantic, Chase has picked up a lot from him, including how to read the people around him.
Poor Chase in the lab, too, offended that Cameron thought he would sabotage Foreman’s career just for the hell of it. His pouty “I like you” afterwards was cute, in a sulking six-year-old sort of way.
Very much enjoyed Chase ordering the kid to eat his grade-D ground meat or get tied to the bed, though. He's been practicing his dom skills since “Love Hurts.”
4. Are we supposed to wonder about Foreman’s sexual orientation now, since the kid (whose name I can’t remember) was one of the many many patients who expertly deconstruct our characters after knowing them for three minutes? Having gotten Cameron/Chase “right,” and noticed that Foreman was hesitating, and said all that stuff during his chess match with Chase, are we to think that there’s something to his immediate remark that Foreman’s gay? Or was he just needling him? Or was it meant to be played for laughs? Who knows. I’m not really going to think about this, but it seems noteworthy in that it came up a second time.
5. I liked that instead of actually answering the question, each person responded to the accusation of having cancelled Foreman’s interview with a version of “Why would I do that?” They’ve all grown defensive after so much time with House, probably. Too bad that half the time, that answer invited too-long and too-meta explanations (e.g. “I enable him”). Would’ve been nice if the show had let us weigh the suspects in peace (and why did nobody mention Cameron’s motive of revenge for what Foreman did to her last year?) and come to the same conclusion as Chase.
...And, uh, probably other little things I’ve already forgotten.
Oh yeah. A pretty irrelevant 6. is that the first time House suggested stuffing the kid full of meat, I turned to my sister and asked the obvious question about whether that was a euphemism, which made her snort. Then the next time Chase said they’d been stuffing him full of meat, we both laughed. Plus there were those threats earlier about the restraints, and the jokes about Foreman being gay. Anyone else thinking the same? Anyone?
All in all, I liked the patient despite the preview last week, was neither bothered nor gripped by what was going on in the Foreman plot, and am not feeling a build-up to the season finale. The preview makes it sound as if they're planning to pack quite a wallop into the last hour, but I'm doubtful. And if David Shore wrote it, as the conspicuous mention of "heaven" of that shot of House (you know the one) makes me suspect, then we're really in trouble. And by "we" I mean "those of us who tend to dislike episodes written by David Shore." Insert sad face here.
1. So, mini!brunet!Rodney as a patient tonight, being a genius at chess and whining and insulting doctors and cafeteria workers and calling everyone morons and being afraid that they'd damage his brain (though the kid was far less hyper than Rodney). House even referred to himself as Dr. Mc
...I bet Rodney called his mother by her first name, too.
2. Wilson needs to smirk more. And be on screen more, but that’s a hopeless cause. Weird that he smirked at Cuddy when he’s supposed to be so chivalrous and/or awkward with women. He doesn’t seem the type to smirk at a woman he’s interested in. I guess that means the show has decided to (surprise!) drop Wilson/Cuddy after two or three episodes.
3. House leaning back with that open shirt collar while talking to Chase was surprisingly hot. Except that he looked kind of orange. It was great to see him and Chase, the fellow he’s had the longest, talk fairly seriously for so long, and to see House give him a genuine smile despite himself because yes, for all the crap he gets about being lazy and sycophantic, Chase has picked up a lot from him, including how to read the people around him.
Poor Chase in the lab, too, offended that Cameron thought he would sabotage Foreman’s career just for the hell of it. His pouty “I like you” afterwards was cute, in a sulking six-year-old sort of way.
Very much enjoyed Chase ordering the kid to eat his grade-D ground meat or get tied to the bed, though. He's been practicing his dom skills since “Love Hurts.”
4. Are we supposed to wonder about Foreman’s sexual orientation now, since the kid (whose name I can’t remember) was one of the many many patients who expertly deconstruct our characters after knowing them for three minutes? Having gotten Cameron/Chase “right,” and noticed that Foreman was hesitating, and said all that stuff during his chess match with Chase, are we to think that there’s something to his immediate remark that Foreman’s gay? Or was he just needling him? Or was it meant to be played for laughs? Who knows. I’m not really going to think about this, but it seems noteworthy in that it came up a second time.
5. I liked that instead of actually answering the question, each person responded to the accusation of having cancelled Foreman’s interview with a version of “Why would I do that?” They’ve all grown defensive after so much time with House, probably. Too bad that half the time, that answer invited too-long and too-meta explanations (e.g. “I enable him”). Would’ve been nice if the show had let us weigh the suspects in peace (and why did nobody mention Cameron’s motive of revenge for what Foreman did to her last year?) and come to the same conclusion as Chase.
...And, uh, probably other little things I’ve already forgotten.
Oh yeah. A pretty irrelevant 6. is that the first time House suggested stuffing the kid full of meat, I turned to my sister and asked the obvious question about whether that was a euphemism, which made her snort. Then the next time Chase said they’d been stuffing him full of meat, we both laughed. Plus there were those threats earlier about the restraints, and the jokes about Foreman being gay. Anyone else thinking the same? Anyone?
All in all, I liked the patient despite the preview last week, was neither bothered nor gripped by what was going on in the Foreman plot, and am not feeling a build-up to the season finale. The preview makes it sound as if they're planning to pack quite a wallop into the last hour, but I'm doubtful. And if David Shore wrote it, as the conspicuous mention of "heaven" of that shot of House (you know the one) makes me suspect, then we're really in trouble. And by "we" I mean "those of us who tend to dislike episodes written by David Shore." Insert sad face here.