(PLOT HOLE ALERT: he has total liver failure, right? Isn't that sort of a big deal? Doesn't he need a transplant or something? And if the liver failure caused the lock-in, why does the leptospirosis treatment cure him? Always with the pesky questions, I know. Sorry!)
House visits Loumar in the locker room and asks who had the lightbulb. Louie takes credit for it and leaves, but House knows the truth, of course. Kumar backs him up, but House says hey, if he lied about it that means he cares enough to keep the job. Is "Someone gets fired/rehired" even worth a bingo square at this point? I don't think so. We'll make that one the free space. House also gives Kumar props for being the one to actually come up with the idea. Rewind that. House gave someone a genuine compliment? Someone check his meds, that's not like House at all. To drive the point home, Wilson stole House's cell phone to figure out where he really went. House was visiting a shrink. Which means-as Wilson's pointed out at least the last three episodes-that House is coming down with a serious case of Caring What Other People Think. House deletes the shrink's number and tells Wilson he's not going back. Wilson says he'll end up alone and lonely and basically right where he's always been, and then something awesome happens: the camera switches to House's point of view and goes all blurry around the edges just like Def's POW Cam. Wow. Best closing shot EVAR.
This was easily the best episode of the season for me. They really mixed it up. The POW was interesting, the investment was emotional, the POW Cam was a great idea. The Huddy and Foreteen stuff was subtle but still got enough screen time to make the shippers happy. The only downside for me was the Continuing Saga of Who House Is Going To Fire And Rehire This Week. Enough of of that already. The 2.0 Houseguests are here to stay, the 1.0 Houseguests aren't going anywhere either and we're stuck with an ensemble drama. Let's just make the most of it.
So who got a bingo?
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Comments (3)
This episode would have been much better without the POV cam. It got really annoying, really quickly!
1 of 3 | Posted by lesleymoon | Posted on April 3, 2009 1:32 PM
this was a really good episode and i would have LOVED the POW cam had i not been trying to get over a migraine. at the end, when they switched to HOUSE cam, i thought my migraine was coming back. it was totally messing with me.
oh, and more kumar, less taub and foreteen please. thanks.
2 of 3 | Posted by mones | Posted on April 3, 2009 4:21 PM
@lesleymoon: I guess the POW Cam was a matter of taste. I thought it was a great way to mix things up and I enjoyed seeing all the usual episode elements (Name That Disease, Moral Debates, Huddy, House vs. Wilson, etc) through a different lens (literally).
The beach scenes were contrived, but I guess if you're paying Mos Def to show up, you want more for your money than a voiceover.
3 of 3 | Posted by Anonymous | Posted on April 6, 2009 8:19 AM