Inside, the nothing-to-live-for debate continues. 13 says she doesn't want to die and the POW says sure she does, she just wants to be in control, and he's the one with the gun. 13 starts to give herself the shot and begs for her life, all raccoon-eyed. POW snatches the syringe from her and injects himself, as the door goes BOOM. More slo-mo action as House runs (well, limps) over to check on 13 and I'm pretty sure Cuddy is screaming NOOOOOOOO in the background, since we're doing the Jerry Bruckheimer thing this week. Don't worry, she'll be fine as soon as she gets that eye makeup issue fixed.
50 ccs of cold cream, stat!
Afterward, House walks out of the elevator, tosses back some pills (the House equivalent of David Caruso's sunglasses) and signals to the POW to take a deep breath. He's cured. Ahh, isn't that nice? Enjoy it. There won't be much fresh air for you to enjoy... (Caruso voice)... IN JAIL. See ya. House wins again, bizatches.
13 tells Foreman that she's changed her mind about participating in the drug trial for her disease. That Foreman/13 hookup (Foreteen?) I predicted a while back is just around the corner, huh?
And now, the long-awaited Huddy reunion. House starts out by talking about the POW's diagnosis, which is his version of caveman guy talk. This gets under Cuddy's skin, of course, but House points out that she backed him up the whole time. In a bassackwards House way, he says he wants to try out a relationship. "If you're suggesting that you screwed up because of a non-relationship with me, I don't know how I can help you, because the only change you can make from a non-relationship is..." He denies it right after saying it, of course, but sorry, no take-backs.
Cuddy sits down at her desk and I'm pretty sure she translated the House-speak correctly. As she opens her desk drawer, it falls out, spilling all her stuff onto the floor. Yep, House rigged it back at the beginning of the episode. And what is it with drawers this season, anyway? You may remember we got a peek inside Cameron's drawers a couple of weeks ago. You may also remember House playing a practical joke on Wilson a couple of weeks ago, so we know he has it bad for Cuddy. He's such a ten-year-old.
She has cooties too. Big ones.
Out of all the episode formulas they use on this show, I like the House vs. Worthy Adversary one the best. I enjoyed watching House get into the POW's head, but he was easy pickings. Sure, he had the whole curiosity-killed-the-cat thing going, which was supposed to mirror House's own flaw, but how did this relate to anything else? OK, so 13 was (apparently) cured of her death wish, but we already dealt with that in her last episode. If you take her terminal disease away, she isn't much of a character. The Huddy arc wasn't really moved along much either--we already knew they both really want to try it. So we got lots of fireworks, but what really happened? Not a whole lot in my opinion. Meh. I'll leave it at that, and you guys have just a couple of hours to chime in with your thoughts before the next episode airs. Think fast!
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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