Now, I have to admit I tried to watch House at the beginning of the season, but got tired of the whittling down of interns. I am, however, pleased to see he kept Kumar of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, a movie I will never admit I liked let alone watched, but it was hilarious nonetheless, unless my boss is reading this and in that case I swear on my Mensa membership I NEVER SAW IT. Heh.
Kumar, as he shall forever be known, is joined by Thirteen, who is a pretty in a model-turned-doctor way, but less irritating Cameron, and token Jewish guy Taub (Taubman?) who clearly couldn't get a better internship and whose mother is probably very disappointed in him. This Benetton ad of interns is perfect for culturally sensitive House.
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"Any possibility of evacuating her?" Thirteen asks. Geez Louise, am I the only one who watches the news and knows there is a small window of time to get people in and out of the South Pole? Well, she was probably in medical school while I was sitting on the sofa eating Corn Pops and drinking Yoo-Hoo, so I should probably cut her some slack on current events. And they don't have a surgeon/doctor at that station because why now?
"That wouldn't be any fun," House responds. His new kids start ticking off problems: gallstone, appendicitis, kidney stones (come on lupus!). House pooh-poohs them all because they are too easy and "boring," and because none of those require his trademark skill, taking a patient to death's door and bringing them back right before the DVR kicks off.
Kumar says, "Could be a Strumvite kidney stone." I doubt something that hangs from cave ceilings is the problem, moron. Or is the one that develops upwards from the cave floor a Strumvite? You know, I can never remember which one is which.
Foreman puts on his hissy-pants face and asks why Kumar would have said that instead of just a regular kidney stone. "Because House said they were boring." Finally, an intern that admittedly sucks up.
"She's on birth control," says Taub. "A lot of sex could lead to a urinary tract infection which could lead to Strumvite kidney stones." Wow, thank goodness celibacy has been thrust upon me. Ahem.
"Excessive Antarctic drilling," House muses. "Bad for the environment, and the ladies." Oh House, you sound like you are announcing ladies skate.
House then tosses a box of supplies and medications onto the table, showing them what the South Pole has to offer their patient. The box is about as big as the one I used to keep my fancy boots in. Seems like they should have packed a little better, seeing how they were going to the end of the earth. And they should have packed fancy boots.
Taub says, "Nothing here that could break up a kidney stone." I bet one of the Rolling Stones could. Oh wait, no, that's a marriage. Yes, a box full of Hello Kitty band-aids does seem to spell doom for South Pole Shrink.
"What else do they have down there?" Kumar asks, meaning testing equipment, lab tools, long johns, longer johns. "Some geological equipment breaks up rocks and ice the way you'd break up kidney stones....Discovery Channel....I like watching them blow things up."
"Who doesn't?" House says in unison with me. No seriously, I said the same thing out loud. I wonder if he's on eHarmony? "That reminds me, coma guy needs cable." Ironically, my cable has made me coma gal. They should do a show on me. Except you know that instead of just turning off my TV, they'd diagnose me with lupus.
Walking down a corridor, House says "Women's billiards is the only thing keeping him alive," to a now blonde and completely-washed-out-because-of-it Cameron. I guess when she dumped the Aussie in real life, she kept custody of his hair. House found out Cameron is on the Budget Committee at the hospital. Funny, I would have expected her to be a thorn in the side of the Ethics Committee or Pain & Suffering Committee.
"Charging patients for cable is bringing in $13,000 a month," she tells House. The hell you say! I'm going to start renting out the DVR to the neighbors. Now there's privatization of health care right there. And bringing together healthcare with the cable people is bound to be good for us!
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Comments (2)
Great recap, I didn't think we would ever see one for this episode. I really liked the Mira/House dynamic. I would love to see her in another guest spot.
1 of 2 | Posted by Fitz | Posted on February 14, 2008 11:40 AM
I really enjoyed this episode, but not nearly as much as I enjoyed your recap.
Honestly, I was laughing out loud like a mental patient.
Great job! You made my day.
2 of 2 | Posted by treeqtr | Posted on February 14, 2008 8:36 PM