They give him a CAT scan while he points the gun out of the machine at the room in general. I'm pretty sure that a big piece of metal like that is going to interfere with the scan. Too bad it's not an MRI, that would be spectacular. House says curiosity isn't enough, "there's gotta be a deeper reason." Speaking from personal experience, no doubt. "You never did anything just because you had to know?" So. Doctor Sees Self in Patient. House scribbles something down and hands it to a hostage. He shows 13 the scan results. 13 says there's a starburst artifact on it, which basically means that the gun screwed up the test and he has to put it down if he wants his answer. House asks the hostage to reveal the word he wrote, which is... drumroll... STARBURST, which means they couldn't have planned it beforehand. Right? I'm not so sure. If I figured out that a gun could throw off an X-ray, wouldn't they have known too? Zcvbnwx says nope, he's not giving up the gun, but we cut to the nurse and another hostage running to safety. They tell a seriously overacting Cuddy that he did give up the gun, and they ran.
Back in the Giant Mostly Empty X-ray Room, one hostage stayed behind out of curiosity. The CAT scan is negative. Which means House Is Still Stumped. So he does what only House would do--hands Zkcszcwk his gun back. Classic House. 13 accuses him of being cowardly and insecure; he has to be Super Doctor and solve the case. House counters by saying 13's death wish makes her the coward. Meh, the gun doesn't matter anymore. House has clearly pwned this guy, he can get the gun back anytime he wants. The last remaining hostage proves this by asking House if he can go, and House says no. Outside, the negotiator asks Cuddy if House is lying about the gun, calling him obsessive and defiant. When can we get this guy on as a regular? He's pegged House better than most people on the show and he hasn't even met him yet. "Hope your boyfriend knows what he's doing." Yep, he's pegged Cuddy too. He orders the SWAT team to go blow the door open. I didn't think the typical hospital lab was so impregnable as to require explosives.
Wilson's joined the Houseguests as House calls to ask for more diagnosis help. Foreman follows Chase's lead and walks out, disgusted. The remaining HGs who have no spine and are no help. House notices the guy is turning his head to one side, showing hearing loss in one ear. Now he has to provoke a respiratory reaction to test his latest theory and asks for some drugs that will slow breathing. The negotiator says he's through negotiating, but House has pwned this guy too. 13 takes the shot, gets a fever and passes out. Scratch one more diagnosis. Now House is angry at the POW because he made 13 take something that was bad for her. OK, sure, I guess if we just skip past that whole giving-him-the-gun-back thing, it might not be all House's fault.
Name That Disease, the Deja-Vu-All-Over-Again Round
Cameron thinks something is protecting the POW's kidneys. You know, like last week, when there was arsenic holding off the girl's leukemia. Can't we go a week without recycling a plot device? House needs to slap the POW, which makes him twitch, which somehow leads to an idea that explains everything. Except... you only catch it in a tropical climate. The POW says he's never been south of... Florida. Groan. Is this whole episode really going to hinge on Florida? Been there, done that. Zsxcfgwo wants to trade House for the cure so he can test it on 13 first. House says, for only the 13th time, that 13 will probably die if she takes it. They argue about whose obsession is going to kill her. Then 13 and House argue about which one of them gets to be the martyr. 13 wins. The SWAT guys are moving in to blow the door off the lab as House limps out.
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Comments (1)
Well - at least it wasn't as formulaic as usual. I did also find myself yelling at House to take the gun from the guy (home alone - I need a life). I was also expecting House to face charges (from the hostage negotiator) for handing the gun back to the perp. Of course, in real life, as soon as the SWAT guys heard the guy was unarmed, they'd have rushed into the room and dragged him out of the CAT scanner. Things like that can irritate me, but I do understand that sometimes the writers can't figure out a better way to advance the story.
I enjoyed when 13 realized that her life was worth fighting for.
1 of 1 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on December 2, 2008 10:36 AM