Wilson thinks that the real reason House is obsessed with Kutner's death is because he thinks he's losing his superpowers. He sees everything coming, but he didn't see this coming. Nah, it's probably just a solar eclipse. That would also explain the dim cold lighting.
Now it's time for the super-size closing sequence, at Kutner's funeral. You know, usually they pick pretty good songs for this, but I'm totally not feeling this one. The lyrics are good, but the Eurotrash drum loop ain't working here. "Bittersweet Symphony" not indie enough for y'all? Anyway. Foreman and 13 reunite and hold hands, and she's wearing that bracelet again. Meat Loaf kisses his wife goodbye while Louie bawls his eyes out in the hall, and the entire cast assembles for a cremation photo. The best shot is House looking through old photos of Kutner smiling and goofing around, then he finds one of Kutner in a pensive, Thinker sort of pose. (Except with clothes on.) The camera pulls back to show House in the same pose and expression. Ooooh.
Another generations's stoner hero goes Up In Smoke.
And then we are treated to a Suicide Hotline PSA. How Very Special.
So, that's it for Kumar, I guess. Unlike that other show, on House, Dead Is Dead. And of course, they killed off the WRONG main character. If you held a gun to my head (har har) and made me pick my favorite 2.0 Houseguest, it would have been Kutner. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. If you have to write somebody out of the show though, that was a good way to go. My only gripe is that, in a show chock-full of sneaky one-liner Easter eggs, they should have given us a clue or two. Some have said that they were faking us out by setting up Taub for a suicide attempt instead. And yeah, I know their whole point was that sometimes you don't see it coming. But it still feels a little bit like cheating. Oh, also it would've been nice to not even have a POW this time. Let House's snooping around Kutner's death be the Case of the Week. Did we really need to squeeze in a POW plotline, especially with big actors like Meat Loaf and Colleen Camp? If I was Mr. Loaf, I'd be ticked that I ended up playing second to a major character's death. But that's just me. Anyway, two good episodes back to back! My hopes are up for the rest of the season, especially with one less character to worry about. Best of luck to Kal in the future!
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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