HOUSE: Thanks, but it's not my loss.
CUDDY: Then I'm sorry you don't think it is.
While Louie treats the POW (the wife, in case you get confused like me), Foreteen's off to visit the bereaved parents. House tosses back some Vikes and decides to go with.
Yeah, this'll end well.
Kutner's parents admit they are as shocked as the Houseguests. House slowly winds up into this magnificent hot mess of a rant, blaming the parents for forcing an innocent Indian boy into a life of indentured WASPitude, and he does it all without ever raising his voice. I daresay it's Hugh Laurie's best acting of the season so far. Foreman finally stops the trainwreck by telling him to GTFO, so he snaps out of his trance and does.
Back at the hospital, Louie tells House he thinks Meat Loaf is better because his concern for his wife has elevated his hormone levels. House is more interested in why Louie isn't interested in what Kutner's parents said, but he pays attention to the case long enough to figure out that the POW is faking some symptoms to keep Meat Loaf healthy. When he confronts her, she gets a real attack of something. I think maybe her leg muscles are withering away.
Foreman is back and is tres pissed at House for making a scene in front of the parents. House has been calling all Kutner's friends trying to find someone who noticed suicidal behavior. Louie, still trying to steal attention back from Kutner, thinks the POW has MS. House's digging did at least turn up Kutner's criminal record; namely, that he streaked at a football game once. Cuddy tells him no wonder he's upset, Kutner was growing into House Jr. "If he thought like me, he would've known that living in misery sucks marginally less than dying in it." I think that's the most honest House has ever been about himself.
Meanwhile, the POW confesses to 13 that her husband hasn't always been the affectionate type, and passes out during an MRI. Meat Loaf is confessing the same thing to Louie while having his heart tested, and he wants to do better. Louie says he's only saying that now that they're both sick. Meat Loaf's heart is still on the blink, so at least he won't be testing Louie's theory any time soon. Cuddy goes to visit Wilson, who's been hiding from House, and says that House needs him.
Now gently remove your tampon and go give your buddy a hug.
While Cuddy's telling Wilson to sack up, Chase works on the POW's spleen. Did I miss something? How did we get to the spleen? Anyway, whatever it is is messing with her liver too. Chase says he's got this, and tells Louie to go home and cry.
Wilson finds House snooping around Kutner's apartment. After dropping a few Wilsonisms like "it's OK not to be OK", Wilson suggests they go get wasted and talk about the time Kutner set the OR on fire. Remember that one?
Good times!
House still can't find any clues, ergo there must not be any clues to find, ergo Kutner didn't kill himself, ergo he was murdered, ergo there's a reason no one says 'ergo' in real life. Wilson leaves in disgust.
Name That Disease Crime
And then there were two Houseguests. (Two out of three ain't bad.) Foreman's taken the day off, and 13 is stunned that he told House and not her. House has been writing up murder motives instead of symptoms on the whiteboard. Louie and 13 show the appropriate amount of disgust. Louie goes to run another test. Now that the POW seems to be dying, she offers to give her heart to her husband, and not in the metaphorical sense.
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Comments (5)
I was totally partial to Madeline Kahn in Clue but Colleen Camp was definitely the high point of Speed 2 (yeah, I watched it, so what). She plays one of the people on the cruise and gives this cute explanation of how fatty foods are your friends. Well, any friend of hers is a friend of mine.
Great recap! I haven't seen the episode yet and was a little leery.
1 of 5 | Posted by kizarny | Posted on April 10, 2009 5:37 AM
When I saw the CSI Miami comic I immediately made it the background for my computer. David Caruso rocks my world on that show with his utter ridiculousness. My favorite Horatio-ism ever is "Divorce...of the future." If you know what I'm talking about, you appreciate it. haha
PS I am so sad about Kumar! But he has a great new job.
2 of 5 | Posted by amanlew | Posted on April 10, 2009 8:28 AM
Not Kumar!! He was my favorite!!
More power to Colleen Camp for just being herself and not a freaky looking, botoxed to the gills, facelifted weirdo. She was a knockout and she's not afraid to age and look like herself. Love her.
Why did they waste Colleen and Meat Loaf in this episode, where they were peripheral at best? I really wonder about the writers on this show.
3 of 5 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 11, 2009 7:19 PM
We all agree that the recap was great, but I'm of the opinion that the episode sucked. The writing was dreadful. And why was the entire hour BLUE? Good grief. The whole thing was bizarre. Add Meat Loaf and the lady, and it was nearly unbearable.
And one more thing. It bugged me that 13 was a pall bearer. Seems to me women don't generally do that, though I'm sure others would disagree with me. But either way, both his Indian upbringing and that of his apparently conservative adoptive parents would have me thinking it wouldn't be done. It was plain weird.
4 of 5 | Posted by Memememe | Posted on April 11, 2009 8:25 PM
My speculation about 13 being a pallbearer (I too thought that was really strange...) was that Taub was possible supposed to do it and she was his stand-in as one of his colleagues.
5 of 5 | Posted by tracy831 | Posted on April 20, 2009 4:01 PM