OK, so, quit your bitchin', I combined the last two House episodes into one recap. Honestly, I found the Foreman-is-still-sick story a little boring. And, I don't deal well with dead babies. Plus I had all of my fabulous TVgasm galas to attend, and I had to spend all the huge wads of cash that J-Unit and B-Side hand out to all the 'gasm writers. In short: I'll tolerate no complaints!
House storms into Cuddy's office demanding to do an autopsy on the newly-dead Joe, but apparently Cuddy has already explained to him that because Joe died of an unknown infectious disease, cutting him open would "elevate the situation to a bio-safety level three." House replies, "Should we call Jack Bauer?" Hah! Nice one. House reads TVgasm, too.
Cuddy cares more about public safety than Foreman (and it seems cold, but I see her point). So House decides to have Foreman do an old-timey pickaxe autopsy on Joe, as they're still in quarantine together. But alas and alack, Foreman is already blind, and does a really effective autopsy on Joe's...mattress. Foreman of course doesn't yet know that he's blind. Also, Foreman's advancing quicker than Joe did, which means they have even less time to find a cure. In the office, House, Cameron and Chase are going over every possible disease option, and House decides to treat Foreman for all of those options. They give Foreman quite the drug cocktail, with about 15 different pills. He's being a big brat about how they obviously have no idea what's wrong, but dude? They're trying.
House dons a hazmat suit himself and heads into Joe's apartment with his pet rat, Steve McQueen. He has Foreman retrace his steps over the phone and exposes the rat to all potential toxins. This segues into Foreman Being Vulnerable, as he decides to call his dad and tell him he's sick. Back in rat land, House has set up a webcam on Steve's cage, though he tells Wilson it's of Cuddy's shower. He believes the rat is already euphoric because he's climbing on his water bottle. Then, there's a weird scene in the clinic that I really don't want to go into, before we head to Foreman's where his vision is returning. They want to wean him off his medications one at a time, but unfortunately they're already ruining Foreman's liver with the mai tai of drugs they're giving him.
House is in mean mode as he asks Foreman if he wants to die four hours from now or 14 hours from now. Oh, the options! If he goes off the medications he'll go blind again, but he'll live longer because his pancreas won't shut down. Later, Foreman lies to his dad about the pain level, saying that Joe died in his sleep without much suffering. Aw, that's kind of sweer, and definitely sad. Things get even sadder as Foreman and his dad decide not to tell Foreman's brother. Then, we learn that Foreman's mom has Alzheimer's. Foreman's dad isn't going to tell his wife that Foreman's sick, because she'll just get upset and then forget. Damn.
Montage of sadness as Foreman goes blind again, his dad prays in the chapel and Cuddy cries in her office. The doctors reconvene in the office to discuss variables in the case, and Cameron points out that Foreman's black, and therefore more susceptible to certain ailments. Oh yeah, the writers went there! How daring!
Cuddy goes to visit Foreman and says they're friends so she should be with him. Well. Not unexpectedly, this does not sit well with Foreman. He says he respects Cuddy for not letting herself get manipulated by House and change her mind just because House brought Foreman's dad in. By that same token, Foreman won't forgive her just because she's showing concern. Now, I understand why everyone's upset with Cuddy. However, Foreman shows his inate selfishness when he says he doesn't care if Cuddy goes to jail, if it saves his life. I dunno, that seems a bit much.
House stops by with a vial of Legionella, the stuff that causes Legionnaire's Disease, which Joe had. He figures that Legionnaire's was the reason Joe's disease spread slowly, so he's going to infect Foreman to slow it down in him, too. Foreman says he doesn't consent, but House just throws the vial into the room, the bottle breaks, Foreman is exposed. That was easy.
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Comments (6)
"Foreman-is-still-ick"?
Sorry.
1 of 6 | Posted by whawha
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Posted on May 16, 2006 3:28 PM
The flash card Foreman finally got right was the one for the name/chemical stuff of Viagra. Hee! It's the little touches that make this show so great.
Well,actually, it's Hugh Laurie that makes this show so great, but the writing helps a lot.
Yeah, Foreman's Pollyanna attitude was annoying. Glad he got over it.
Why is Cuddy suddenly all about the baby thang? Can we run some diagnostic tests to see if she's LOST HER MIND? Wrap this up ASAP and we'll never speak of it again.
Note: House and Wilson watch The L Word WITHOUT sound, so they don't have to hear the dialogue. They probably scan through a lot of it, too.
I'm so glad Steve McQueen didn't die. I laughed at Wilson's being aghast at House using him for the experiment.
2 of 6 | Posted by lurkertype
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Posted on May 16, 2006 3:54 PM
I also seriously apologize for the bad grammar in my last sentence. Yeesh. I can just see my 9th grade English teacher wielding her red pen all over my pronoun usage.
3 of 6 | Posted by lurkertype
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Posted on May 16, 2006 3:56 PM
Nice recap Kat. "anemic ninja encephalitis" with treatment being drugs and nunchucks was too funny.
4 of 6 | Posted by ittakesalkynes
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Posted on May 16, 2006 4:41 PM
I would totally impregnante Cuddy.
5 of 6 | Posted by EdHill
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Posted on May 17, 2006 6:52 AM
I'm TOTALLY not trying to complain, but, this is a re-cap of a show from 2 weeks ago combined with one from last week. There was a new show on last night. Did you miss it? Is everyone else living a week behind me? Am I in the Twilight Zone? I'm so confused!
6 of 6 | Posted by mirenis
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Posted on May 17, 2006 12:57 PM