First off, what's up with those new Fox promos? You know the ones I mean: "SO MYSTERIOUS!" "SO PROVOCATIVE!" "SO MEATY!" OK, that last one's from The Soup, but anyway. Fox is tacky enough already without giving every show the GoDaddy treatment. (Speaking of which, if any two things do NOT belong together, it's domain name registration and cleavage.)
A man in all black is cleaning up a community-type room after a community-type event. A homeless guy shows up asking for a coat and being somewhat picky about it. The man in black shoos him off, takes off his jacket and we see by his collar that he's a priest. Or maybe a writer, judging by the crappy apartment, the booze and cigarettes, and the painful grimace. He gets up to answer the door and it's Jesus knocking. Well, the Jesus from the REM video anyway. This guy has never been east of Philly by the looks of him (what you can see under the digital shadow on his face).
Funny, I thought a carpenter would be a little more... ripped.
Is anyone else bothered that the 1.0 Houseguests are still featured in the opening credits? It's like the show can't commit to the new kids. Surely they have the money to reshoot six people walking down a hall with lab coats blowing in the fresh hospital breeze.
House and Cuddy are arriving at work. She invites him to the Jewish naming ceremony for baby Rachel, and if I wasn't so lazy I'd look up the name of said ceremony. House says he has a prior commitment to a pair of hookers and sixteen crates of Jell-O, and besides, since when did Cuddy care that much about being Jewish? Cuddy begs briefly but drops it. House, looking to take out some religious angst, digs through Cameron's ER cases until he finds the priest's file. Cameron (who seems to be the only doctor working the ER anymore, every other actor having moved to the actual show ER) assumes the Jesus hallucination was alcohol-induced, but House knows it's time for the semiannual House vs. God episode and bogarts the case.
Name That Disease, In Which I Should Really Be Pulling Down Some Residuals
After dispatching Loumar to look for tumors and toxins and boring first-round stuff, House tells "Foreteen" to hang back. I can't be the first person to come up with that name, but I'm still going to have a TVgasm every time they use it. You can't take that away from me. House says their relationship is affecting their performance on the team and he's not going to take a "real" case until they fix it. Oh, and they have to either break up or quit before the priest's case is solved. That baby thing must have really gotten his knickers in a wad. (If I start calling the baby Buddy--Baby Cuddy--you think they'll pick that one up too?)
Loumar and the POW are discussing matters of faith and whether the wacky headgear they've put on him matches his priestly outfit. They want to know why he's been moving around a lot. First of all, I'm not Catholic, but don't priests tend to do that? Second of all, you know House writers love their stereotypes, so this guy was accused of doing something naughty that 99% of priests on TV and in the movies do. Oh come on. He says the kid was lying confused, and nothing ever came of it, but he was moved around to keep things quiet. Louie, who never met a stereotype he didn't like, is ready to fry him on the spot. Anyway, the POW says he's pretty much lost his faith after that whole kerfuffle, so surely seeing the Messiah knocking at his door was a hallucination. And if you saw Henry Poole Is Here, you're having a spot of deja vu right about now.
Luke Wilson was a bit out of their price range. Besides, this guy could be Ben Linus's little brother.
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Comments (4)
Why doesn't anybody comment on this show? The recaps are good.
Is it because nobody cares anymore? I know I don't (about the show), but I still enjoy the recaps.
1 of 4 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on February 20, 2009 10:55 PM
i care! i normally don't comment (i'm a stalker reader) but pixielated's plea tugged at my heartstrings.
love the house recaps, but literally laughed out loud on the last page of this one. the God 8, House 0 and facecane were priceless. and also just made me understand why other commenters quote their favorite lines from the recap.
it's like...a christmas miracle.
2 of 4 | Posted by edc5u | Posted on February 21, 2009 1:59 AM
I kinda gave up on this show during the whole doctor tryouts thing, when 13, Taub and Kumar came on board.
I figured they were doing it because the old group (Chase, Cameron, Foreman) were asking for more money, so they wanted to show them that they didn't need them. But it has gone on too long.
Either make the new ones regulars or go old school. It's just weird now. Why are they even keeping Cameron and Chase (especially)? It seems like it's a waste of money.
I do like Kumar, especially when he gets in trouble.
Also the Huddy thing has just gotten silly. Obviously, Cuddy belongs with Wilson.
3 of 4 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on February 21, 2009 11:51 AM
Thanks y'all! It hasn't been my favorite season eithe, but I'll try to keep the recaps worth your time. And comments are always welcome.
Did anybody catch that last tune he played on the piano?
4 of 4 | Posted by copyhacker | Posted on February 22, 2009 8:15 PM