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UGLY. (House 4.7)
I've got one word for you: WILSON.
Also: Wilson, House and Wilson, and Wilson, and a little more Wilson. Wilson as comic relief is a-okay with me when it involves intricate, pointless lies about men's room indiscretions and Wicca. Seriously. Wilson is such a pathological liar and has such a dry sense of humor, and it's fantastic. Plus, he must have figured it couldn't hurt House's reputation any.
Things that made me laugh:
- See above.
- House and Wilson breaking into a closet while discussing getting caught and homosexual blowjobs.
- House and Wilson in the closet and discussing whether Foreman gets flustered around Chase.
- House and Wilson in the closet laughing about girls. Wilson's smile was so lovely! It reminded me of his toothy grin back in S1 when he was teasing House about having a crush on Cameron.
- House's reaction to the documentary. Only House would be horrified at being portrayed as a sweet guy and a caring doctor. I don't know whether Hugh Laurie was having a fantastic time acting that part or if he hadn't seen some of the clips/editing before, but it was just priceless.
- House calling for Kal Penn to grab the paddles in case the patient needed to beset on fire resuscitated.
- House taking Wilson's chair while Wilson lounges in the guest chair, and both of them acting completely natural.
- House and Wilson gossiping about girls and becoming stupid around them and crushes and how House is not as immune to hormones as he'd like to pretend. (Oh, Wilson, you've lived stupidly ever after three times; does that mean people should or shouldn't listen to you when you offer advice about women?)
- Cameron distractedly declaring her love for House while examining another man's rear end. (See also: "You asked a woman out while you had your finger in her boyfriend?")
-Kirsten Dunst Cameron practicing her re-reclarification in front of the mirror in front of Chase. Cameron, you looked and sounded like a moron, but Chase, you either have a lot of patience, or Cameron's just that good in bed, or you're storing this up for merciless teasing later. Or all of the above.
- House to Cuddy: "There's nothing small about you." Or "you have no small features." Or whatever it was.
- Cuddy pulling explanations about House out of her you-know-what. Yeeeesss, he often holds differentials in restricted areas of the hospital; it's... good for inspiring unusual thought processes. I... have to go. House, do you have a minute to be disemboweled? :D
- "Taub, stay away from the patient's family. House, stay away from Taub's family."
- Yes, they do have cosmetic foot surgery procedures, including one where they lop off your pinky toe so you can wear shoes more comfortably. But House likes his perfect feet, *snerk*.
- Meta comments House kept making to the camera crew. "Walking makes the plot seem like it's progressing." "I'm skipping three scenes." "Walk ahead and shoot from below, it'll make me look more dramatic."
- Return of Wilson's Psychoanalysis. Or is that Wilson's Psychoanalysis Strikes Back? Ah, whatever, he was so much fun tonight. Let's all take a minute to appreciate his awesomeness.
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Funny how I can continue to love House and Wilson as the very best of friends at the same time I giggle about their deliberately and/or unintentionally hinted-at slashiness at the same time I note how the show reinforces House's heterosexuality (tonight: claims to have trouble judging men's attractiveness; tests theories put forth by pretty girls by having unpretty men repeat them). And Wilson's, too, with the CIA woman-ogling and remarks about Thirteen being pretty. Which she really, really is.
Aw, the new fellows are starting to psychoanalyze House. They're growing up so fast. *tear* I suppose it was a good point, in series-logic at least, about House wanting to be right about the kid so they couldn't do the surgery so the kid wouldn't be normal. In not-series-logic, however, it really doesn't make much sense at all.
Okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but – not all cases of Lyme disease involve a bulls-eye rash, or any rash, not to mention that the rash wouldn't necessarily stick around for that many weeks while the other symptoms progressed, so the lack of rash couldn't be used to disprove Thirteen's theory. Oh well. The medicine lost me somewhere in the middle anyway, remaining comprehensible mostly as "House vs. Taub."
So Taub cheated on his wife with a nurse, even though he loves her. He should have a nice talk with Wilson.
And Taub stays while CIA lady goes. Both dumped their old careers for a chance at this one, but one lacked good ideas and the other really took a risk for what he thought was right -- and that's what House wants in Team 2.0 (which name I stole from one of you). Also, CIA lady kept reminding him that she'd thrown away her career, whereas Taub went to great lengths to keep that fact about himself quiet. Plus, this way, the show gets to go another week without losing any of its core fellowship candidates.
I really liked the pace of the teaser and the again different format of the episode, the switching from handheld black-and-white to normal full-color, the spin the documentary producers wanted to put on everything, the foot-in-mouth disease everyone but House and Wilson contracted around the camera, and the variety of ethical dilemmas, however briefly addressed, that the crew raised as they followed everyone around. The middle got messy, other than the hilarious House/Wilson scenes, .
Pretty Joseph Arthur song. Must have.
Huh. You know, I missed Foreman this episode. I guess they thought he couldn't tell the camera anything about House or his position in the department that hasn't been covered intensively in the past few weeks. Maybe he's also feeling secure enough that he didn't have to jump in front of the camera to prove himself.
ETA: I think the House of earlier seasons would have been yelling at his fellows to ignore the big lump on the patient's head and figure out the differential from there. He used to be big on ignoring what makes the patient "different" or "freakish" and pretend they're normal. He did that once in the beginning when he pushed his drug theory, but then he seemed to drop it. Maybe because it would have hastened the correct diagnosis.
Yes?
ETA: ND's recap & comments (locked), and ignazwisdom's
ETA 2: piccies! and way more piccies!
Also: Wilson, House and Wilson, and Wilson, and a little more Wilson. Wilson as comic relief is a-okay with me when it involves intricate, pointless lies about men's room indiscretions and Wicca. Seriously. Wilson is such a pathological liar and has such a dry sense of humor, and it's fantastic. Plus, he must have figured it couldn't hurt House's reputation any.
Things that made me laugh:
- See above.
- House and Wilson breaking into a closet while discussing getting caught and homosexual blowjobs.
- House and Wilson in the closet and discussing whether Foreman gets flustered around Chase.
- House and Wilson in the closet laughing about girls. Wilson's smile was so lovely! It reminded me of his toothy grin back in S1 when he was teasing House about having a crush on Cameron.
- House's reaction to the documentary. Only House would be horrified at being portrayed as a sweet guy and a caring doctor. I don't know whether Hugh Laurie was having a fantastic time acting that part or if he hadn't seen some of the clips/editing before, but it was just priceless.
- House calling for Kal Penn to grab the paddles in case the patient needed to be
- House taking Wilson's chair while Wilson lounges in the guest chair, and both of them acting completely natural.
- House and Wilson gossiping about girls and becoming stupid around them and crushes and how House is not as immune to hormones as he'd like to pretend. (Oh, Wilson, you've lived stupidly ever after three times; does that mean people should or shouldn't listen to you when you offer advice about women?)
- Cameron distractedly declaring her love for House while examining another man's rear end. (See also: "You asked a woman out while you had your finger in her boyfriend?")
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- House to Cuddy: "There's nothing small about you." Or "you have no small features." Or whatever it was.
- Cuddy pulling explanations about House out of her you-know-what. Yeeeesss, he often holds differentials in restricted areas of the hospital; it's... good for inspiring unusual thought processes. I... have to go. House, do you have a minute to be disemboweled? :D
- "Taub, stay away from the patient's family. House, stay away from Taub's family."
- Yes, they do have cosmetic foot surgery procedures, including one where they lop off your pinky toe so you can wear shoes more comfortably. But House likes his perfect feet, *snerk*.
- Meta comments House kept making to the camera crew. "Walking makes the plot seem like it's progressing." "I'm skipping three scenes." "Walk ahead and shoot from below, it'll make me look more dramatic."
- Return of Wilson's Psychoanalysis. Or is that Wilson's Psychoanalysis Strikes Back? Ah, whatever, he was so much fun tonight. Let's all take a minute to appreciate his awesomeness.
...
Funny how I can continue to love House and Wilson as the very best of friends at the same time I giggle about their deliberately and/or unintentionally hinted-at slashiness at the same time I note how the show reinforces House's heterosexuality (tonight: claims to have trouble judging men's attractiveness; tests theories put forth by pretty girls by having unpretty men repeat them). And Wilson's, too, with the CIA woman-ogling and remarks about Thirteen being pretty. Which she really, really is.
Aw, the new fellows are starting to psychoanalyze House. They're growing up so fast. *tear* I suppose it was a good point, in series-logic at least, about House wanting to be right about the kid so they couldn't do the surgery so the kid wouldn't be normal. In not-series-logic, however, it really doesn't make much sense at all.
Okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but – not all cases of Lyme disease involve a bulls-eye rash, or any rash, not to mention that the rash wouldn't necessarily stick around for that many weeks while the other symptoms progressed, so the lack of rash couldn't be used to disprove Thirteen's theory. Oh well. The medicine lost me somewhere in the middle anyway, remaining comprehensible mostly as "House vs. Taub."
So Taub cheated on his wife with a nurse, even though he loves her. He should have a nice talk with Wilson.
And Taub stays while CIA lady goes. Both dumped their old careers for a chance at this one, but one lacked good ideas and the other really took a risk for what he thought was right -- and that's what House wants in Team 2.0 (which name I stole from one of you). Also, CIA lady kept reminding him that she'd thrown away her career, whereas Taub went to great lengths to keep that fact about himself quiet. Plus, this way, the show gets to go another week without losing any of its core fellowship candidates.
I really liked the pace of the teaser and the again different format of the episode, the switching from handheld black-and-white to normal full-color, the spin the documentary producers wanted to put on everything, the foot-in-mouth disease everyone but House and Wilson contracted around the camera, and the variety of ethical dilemmas, however briefly addressed, that the crew raised as they followed everyone around. The middle got messy, other than the hilarious House/Wilson scenes, .
Pretty Joseph Arthur song. Must have.
Huh. You know, I missed Foreman this episode. I guess they thought he couldn't tell the camera anything about House or his position in the department that hasn't been covered intensively in the past few weeks. Maybe he's also feeling secure enough that he didn't have to jump in front of the camera to prove himself.
ETA: I think the House of earlier seasons would have been yelling at his fellows to ignore the big lump on the patient's head and figure out the differential from there. He used to be big on ignoring what makes the patient "different" or "freakish" and pretend they're normal. He did that once in the beginning when he pushed his drug theory, but then he seemed to drop it. Maybe because it would have hastened the correct diagnosis.
Yes?
ETA: ND's recap & comments (locked), and ignazwisdom's
ETA 2: piccies! and way more piccies!
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Wilson. Oh, Wilson, how much do I adore you?
*sigh*
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I liked Chase a lot, other than his awkwardness in Cuddy's office when he kept glancing at the camera and trying to sound professional but accessible to the nice laypeople with the camera. Dunno why he was in charge of the surgery when he's so young if it's such important PR for the hospital, but I won't complain when he gets to explain what's going on and insist that the camera go away when things get rough. I also like that he let Thirteen observe (he remembers what it's like to work for House and be convinced of something even when nobody else agrees with you) and listening to her when she began to figure out what didn't fit.
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House calling for Kal Penn to grab the paddles in case the patient needed to be set on fire resuscitated.
I just want to add that the little smile and gesture Kutner gave when House introduced him as the "defibrillatist" (or whatever -- sorry, no TiVo) was adorable!
This is the House and Wilson I love best -- hanging around together, completely comfortable and affable discussing intimate things, like in the famous "dreams, hopes, and aspirations" scene from Season 1. Except this season with Extra Fortified Slashy Innuendo!
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Perfectly put! Now if only the rest of the show could revert to S1 standards: more clinic, more Cuddy, somewhat more believable medicine...
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Seriously, I need to get on writing that fic where the thing that thirteen is hiding is that she's a long-time mistress of Wilson who's trying for the job in order to satisfy her stalkerish need to know all about Wilson's friends/be around him at work as well as outside of it. Or something like that. Seriously, though, she's hot, and I went to see fic about her for that reason and that reason alone. (fic where she doesn't have a penis, sorry
I didn't like this whole 'pretty makes House dumb' thing. Frankly, when he said that first 'good', I thought he was just playing along because he was still feeling guilty. It's something much more supported by the earlier conversation with Wilson, and while it wouldn't have given us the lovely closet scene, and the idea that House is sometimes lead around by his dick (and OMG totally heterosexual y'all!!) it would have been, to me, more IC. But then, that's just one fangirl's opinion. Just, if her pretty blinded him to her dumb, why did he angst to Wilson about her being dumb at all? Shouldn't he have not noticed?
Also: Cameron? Ugh. But Chase? OMG I LOVE YOU! Though I'm still not clear on whether or not the two of them are sleeping together, and it doesn't seem likely to be clarified any time in the future.
Ah well. This episode was passably entertaining, if not all that engaging in general. C+.
~Djinn
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There is definitely some Wilson --> Thirteen potential there. Dunno about the other way around, but maybe next week will help clarify things. Or ruin what they've set up. (What, Thirteen has Parkinson's? Or a drug habit? Or...) It'd be hilarious if she were sleeping with Wilson and House didn't pick up the clues because he was too stupefied by the pretty.
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And whew, Michele Michwhassamie's gone.
And god, House's face in the end! Post-eps, please, let there be post-eps.
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And yes, they rather simplified the Lyme disease symptoms to make that work. But I pretty much assume they often screw up the medicine to make it more dramatic, so I can't get too upset that this time I just happened to know the thing they were getting wrong.