Raise your hand if your show-mom doesn't give you enough attention
Last week's episode of House was really good because there was no psychoanalysis of House, no threats of him going to jail, and there was really very little action and almost all medical mystery. I was really hoping that the same would be true for this week, since we're nearing the end of the season and FOX should be trying to pull out all the stops. Not quite.
I should also point out that I didn't start watching House until this year. I was dead-set against it, mainly because I didn't respect the opinions of a few people who watched it (I thought they were idiots). Oh how wrong I was though. Also, I can easily get past idiots liking the show, because I just convince myself they like it for all the simple reasons. I guess I'm an elitist. Or just conceited. Anyways, join me as I journey into the realm of recapping scripted television...
This week the episode starts off in some sort of daycare center, and a father rushes in to tend to his son, who got into a fight and has a nose that's bleeding pretty profusely. Apparently someone told this kid he smells like a monkey, which caused the fight. Surprisingly, the dad doesn't totally disagree. Then a little girl walks up and calls the father "Daddy," so I think we can all agree she has some sort of relation to this man. He tells her to go play. Meanwhile, this kid's nose has been bleeding for ten minutes. Dad tells the daycare director to call the ambulance. Then the little girl walks over again with a toy medical instrument and says she can help, but the dad basically says to go play again. Finally, the nose stops bleeding, and the dad tells the daycare director she can call the ambulance back. However, the bloody nose kid (or formerly bloody nose kid) is staring in another direction, and the little girl (Lucy) is hyperventilating or something on the floor. As the picture zooms out, we see a toy syringe next to her on the ground. Great, yet another toy heroin OD. Always a tragedy.
"HEY, KID IN THE BEAN BAG. .. STOP OVER ACTING!"
We see Cuddy walk into House's office as he's about to leave, and she tells him about a 6 year old with restrictive periocarditis. That bores house, regardless of how old she is, so he dumps the case on his LittleHouses. The group is arguing about what it could be, and then we see Chase and Cameron get into a tussle that you always see exes get into. It's supposed to be about the medicine you two. Good to see that whole thing didn't end ugly. Anyways, Cameron and Foreman stay to run the tests that House told them to do, but Chase argues that the tests are futile and House will call them idiots anyways, so he's going home. The next day, as expected, House calls Foreman and Cameron idiots, and Chase walks in, refreshed, and he says the girl has a fungal infection, which impresses House. He tells Cameron to do some medical procedures (biopsy this, find out that) and to take Chase with her. She says she'd rather take Foreman, and House says he knows. Perhaps she should have thought of that before she started trying to have meaningless sex with Chase.
The two go in to administer more tests on the little girl (Lucy), but she says she doesn't want any more shots. Her brother mocks her "I don't want any shots," like a total dick. He's totally going to get what's coming to him. Also, his name is Jasper, so I assume that's another reason he gets in fights a lot. Cameron and Chase find out that the mother of these two died of brain cancer. Their dad seems to be entirely overwhelmed with trying to give these two enough attention; that will probably come into play later also. Anyways, Jasper looks at Cameron's cleavage, I mean the necklace she had on, and she tries to make friends with him. As soon as Chase finishes with the shot, Lucy asks for her bunny, but she can't grab it. She's got double vision! Theres no disguise, she's got double vision. Probably a side effect of the toy heroin. So tragic.
As a little girl, Im not sure which of these would frighten me more.
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Comments (7)
This was the first time I watched this show. Your recap was very good, I am sitting at my desk laughing out loud.
1 of 7 | Posted by sperk5
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Posted on April 19, 2007 12:11 PM
Nice recap.
Am I the only one bothered that this girl was apparently still wearing a diaper when she was 4? That can't be healthy.
2 of 7 | Posted by Rickety
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Posted on April 19, 2007 12:31 PM
Nice recap.
Am I the only one bothered that this girl was apparently still wearing a diaper when she was 4? That can't be healthy.
3 of 7 | Posted by Rickety
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Posted on April 19, 2007 12:33 PM
Great recap! This is one of my favorite shows and you definitely did it justice. I was laughing throughout. Especially:
"It's all so clear now. The daycare director is a man!" Ha...good one.
Because I'm a girl I actually enjoy the relationship stuff. Which is why my only complaint is that I think you should have touched upon the interaction/tension between Cuddy and House at the end of the show. You might not care (understandably) but I'm really curious if anything happens between them b/c I feel like it's brewing.
4 of 7 | Posted by TVCheese
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Posted on April 19, 2007 1:01 PM
You started watching this show too late... you missed it last season when Chase had an underage sweetheart of his own.
http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/house/post-3-1223.php
5 of 7 | Posted by srah
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Posted on April 19, 2007 3:54 PM
So happy to have House recaps back!! Yaaay, TOM!
This episode creeped me out. Kiddie stroke + Kiddie OBGYN appt + Kiddie periods/pubic hair/ hormonal rages= uncomfortable Pegster
Sick of Cameron and Chase. Does anyone care about this story line anyway? If I wanted that schmaltzy melodramatic relationship crap, I'd watch Grey's Anatomy.
Loved House sending Wilson the flowers. Sweet.
6 of 7 | Posted by Pegster
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Posted on April 19, 2007 8:51 PM
So why did the excess testosterone cause the little girl to start developing more rapidly as a female. That is a huge plot hole that makes no sense.
7 of 7 | Posted by goobs
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Posted on April 20, 2007 8:35 AM