Season Three House Finale: "Human Error"
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bironicNot as bad as I'd feared—Lawrence Kaplow & Thomas Moran ("Detox") > David Shore ("No Reason," "One Day, One Room"), and the preview (thankfully) once again misrepresented the focus of the episode, and Wilson was there right away and kept coming back—but not that solid or climactic, either.
Let's talk Wilson.
1. So, once again, Wilson was ostensibly talking about Foreman but really talking about himself when he told House Foreman knows he's a decent guy and just needs to be told he's wanted. FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOUSE, TELL YOUR FRIEND YOU CARE. And stop hanging out with your fellows at a restaurant or your patient's husband (SMOKING a CIGAR like you did with WILSON in "All In") or your new guitar (when your old one was still in perfect condition) instead of with your freaking best friend who adores you.
2. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but Wilson had my favorite hair in the staff room scene as he leaned against that table in his yellow shirt—all short and flippy over his ears. Flippy! Like in House's doorway at the end of "Sex Kills." Yay.
3. What was up with Wilson's "hm, ye-e-esss" face when House said good tries aren't good enough? In an abstract way, certainly, he could have been nodding to himself as he once again came to terms with House's peculiar life philosophy. But I was kind of sure (in the way you can be "sure" about network TV suddenly going gay) Wilson was going to make some sort of move, then, grab House's arm on the way out or burst into his office in a fit of confidence, pizza-episode-style, declare his love (platonic or otherwise), and charm or guilt or strong-arm House into spending time with him.
4. Wilson in scrubs! Helping House diagnose, performing surgery and cracking colon jokes at the same time! No, seriously, the fact that Wilson can operate without getting reprimanded by his assistants and conduct intelligent medical conversation with House simultaneously says a lot about his intelligence and probably also why they're friends: Wilson's smarter than the show allows him to be most of the time, and House entertains him, keeps him on his toes.
And some other stuff:
5. So Cameron handed Foreman that going-away gift and I was all, "Here, Foreman, it's a copy of the journal you stole my article in" and then he opened it up and it totally was. Way to be vindictive and sincere all in one package, Cam.
5b. P.S. -- Your wrist-stroke when you resigned, however, was downright creepy.
6. Patient's accent: Y/N? I thought she was channeling Zelenka for a little while, there.
7. PPTH needs to spend less money on House's litigation and equipment damage and surgery crashing and more money on advanced imaging equipment so they can do non-invasive tests on their high-risk patients. MRA might have prevented the heart failure.
8. I find myself indifferent as to whether the fellows reunite in the fall, are completely replaced, or trickle back incompletely. Of all of them, I was saddest to see Chase go. He deserved more of a transition period than that. Poor guy and his parental rejection issues.
9. "Human Error." House said he's wrong all the time, which is the corollary to what he said in his hallucination last year about almost always being eventually right. But he seemed to have only been talking about his cases, rather than his life or his poor treatment of the people around him. He wouldn't admit to being wrong about letting Foreman go without a fight (almost). He wouldn't "un-fire" Chase. He wouldn't hang out with Wilson. He is wrong all the time, but he doesn't necessarily see it as it's happening, and he tends to breeze right over it afterwards. Which means it must be very important when he decides, or allows someone else (*cough Wilson*) to convince him, to change his behavior or apologize for something, like we saw when he finally told Foreman he didn't want him to go--too little, too late, like his decision to take Tritter's deal on Christmas--and also post-Tritter with The Apology in the jail cell (don't tell me we weren't supposed to be thinking of Tritter with the return of the Staff Room Peanut Butter Jar), or a couple of weeks ago with the apology in the pawn shop. Were we to take tonight's scene of House in the patient's room with the husband as House's brand of apology to the man for not caring about his wife, acknowledging his own human error?
Also: Yay Field of Dreams joke. Doubly fun coming on the heels of having read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sheafrotherdon's SGA AU A Farm in Iowa today.
Let's talk Wilson.
1. So, once again, Wilson was ostensibly talking about Foreman but really talking about himself when he told House Foreman knows he's a decent guy and just needs to be told he's wanted. FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOUSE, TELL YOUR FRIEND YOU CARE. And stop hanging out with your fellows at a restaurant or your patient's husband (SMOKING a CIGAR like you did with WILSON in "All In") or your new guitar (when your old one was still in perfect condition) instead of with your freaking best friend who adores you.
2. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but Wilson had my favorite hair in the staff room scene as he leaned against that table in his yellow shirt—all short and flippy over his ears. Flippy! Like in House's doorway at the end of "Sex Kills." Yay.
3. What was up with Wilson's "hm, ye-e-esss" face when House said good tries aren't good enough? In an abstract way, certainly, he could have been nodding to himself as he once again came to terms with House's peculiar life philosophy. But I was kind of sure (in the way you can be "sure" about network TV suddenly going gay) Wilson was going to make some sort of move, then, grab House's arm on the way out or burst into his office in a fit of confidence, pizza-episode-style, declare his love (platonic or otherwise), and charm or guilt or strong-arm House into spending time with him.
4. Wilson in scrubs! Helping House diagnose, performing surgery and cracking colon jokes at the same time! No, seriously, the fact that Wilson can operate without getting reprimanded by his assistants and conduct intelligent medical conversation with House simultaneously says a lot about his intelligence and probably also why they're friends: Wilson's smarter than the show allows him to be most of the time, and House entertains him, keeps him on his toes.
And some other stuff:
5. So Cameron handed Foreman that going-away gift and I was all, "Here, Foreman, it's a copy of the journal you stole my article in" and then he opened it up and it totally was. Way to be vindictive and sincere all in one package, Cam.
5b. P.S. -- Your wrist-stroke when you resigned, however, was downright creepy.
6. Patient's accent: Y/N? I thought she was channeling Zelenka for a little while, there.
7. PPTH needs to spend less money on House's litigation and equipment damage and surgery crashing and more money on advanced imaging equipment so they can do non-invasive tests on their high-risk patients. MRA might have prevented the heart failure.
8. I find myself indifferent as to whether the fellows reunite in the fall, are completely replaced, or trickle back incompletely. Of all of them, I was saddest to see Chase go. He deserved more of a transition period than that. Poor guy and his parental rejection issues.
9. "Human Error." House said he's wrong all the time, which is the corollary to what he said in his hallucination last year about almost always being eventually right. But he seemed to have only been talking about his cases, rather than his life or his poor treatment of the people around him. He wouldn't admit to being wrong about letting Foreman go without a fight (almost). He wouldn't "un-fire" Chase. He wouldn't hang out with Wilson. He is wrong all the time, but he doesn't necessarily see it as it's happening, and he tends to breeze right over it afterwards. Which means it must be very important when he decides, or allows someone else (*cough Wilson*) to convince him, to change his behavior or apologize for something, like we saw when he finally told Foreman he didn't want him to go--too little, too late, like his decision to take Tritter's deal on Christmas--and also post-Tritter with The Apology in the jail cell (don't tell me we weren't supposed to be thinking of Tritter with the return of the Staff Room Peanut Butter Jar), or a couple of weeks ago with the apology in the pawn shop. Were we to take tonight's scene of House in the patient's room with the husband as House's brand of apology to the man for not caring about his wife, acknowledging his own human error?
Also: Yay Field of Dreams joke. Doubly fun coming on the heels of having read
sheafrotherdon's SGA AU A Farm in Iowa today.
Lengthy! Sorry. :\
Date: May. 30th, 2007 02:45 am (UTC)I like that it was just an episode with no scary cliffhanger. Do the Fellows come back or not? It'll be interesting to see what happens.
Frankly, I'm pretty sure they'll all come back some way or another. Cuddy would rehire them all and put them somewhere else just to irritate House.
Wilson's odd little look at the end when House and Foreman are arguing was interesting. He's clearly making a decision about something. Some sort of change. Something that needs to change. And it's not the "defeated" look either. It's not Wilson deciding it's time to force House out of the nest and stop depending on Wilson so much (House is obviously getting to that on his own); it's Wilson deciding to do something for himself. For his own happiness.
House's irritation seems more forced. Like he's "being" House. Since he's supposed to be on antidepressants, it's possible that this is part of the change. House is being House because he's around people who know him. Which would be why he's not bothered by the loss of the Fellows. Foreman's words hit him pretty hard. With a new staff they wouldn't know/notice a change in his personality.
I half-think that Wilson sent the guitar to House. House probably got it himself to prove that he's okay with change, but it might relate to Wilson's thoughtful expression. Or we could put the slash glasses on and think back to when Wilson lived on House's sofa. Mine are obviously on. I can't read without 'em.
Re: Lengthy! Sorry. :\
Date: May. 30th, 2007 02:55 am (UTC)As long as it isn't Wilson giving up on House!
I half-think that Wilson sent the guitar to House.
Ooh! I like that idea and hadn't even considered it.
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Date: May. 30th, 2007 02:57 am (UTC)Re: Lengthy! Sorry. :\
Date: May. 30th, 2007 03:26 pm (UTC)Is he, still? I vaguely remember a few weeks ago that had Cuddy commenting, Oh, I see you've quit your anti-depressants or something.
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Date: May. 30th, 2007 02:56 am (UTC)Oncology humor?
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Date: May. 30th, 2007 03:32 am (UTC)I *really* wanted the guitar to be from Wilson; but grrrr, there was no card to that effect. But what a great touch that would have been! Why have Wilson be House's best friend if not to act like one? (I also wanted Wilson to hover over House as he agonized by the white board while the woman was on the bypass... Doris Egan has spoiled us.)
It was a very Housian episode, indeed. But still, it seemed a little... unrehearsed somehow. And there were those weird Cam moments (lipstick, arm-stroking) that probably have the Hammers all gleeful, blech. :/
This season's been hard for RSL; hope he has a good summer!
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Date: May. 30th, 2007 03:53 am (UTC)I think "underwhelmed" sums up how I feel about this episode. But I'm okay with it.
The exchange with House and Cuddy gave me pause. "The light on your legs-it's nice" or whatever. Is House reading fanfiction now? *g* Unless that was the field of dreams joke? Apparently I'm confused.
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Date: May. 30th, 2007 03:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: May. 31st, 2007 03:57 am (UTC)What was up with Wilson's "hm, ye-e-esss" face when House said good tries aren't good enough?
I really don't know. I thought he was going to come up with a master plan and save the day just in time or something.
I also thought that maybe the guitar was from Wilson. But I guess it wasn't.