UGLY. (House 4.7)
Nov. 13th, 2007 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bironicI'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.
...
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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