OK, so has everyone recovered from last week's downer yet? Ready to get back to normal, like Cuddy after that baby incident? Fox's website has already taken off its black armband, so maybe we can move on with our lives too. Let's find out how the docs are dealing, hmm?
Oops, I lied. First let's check in on a couple of protesters chained to a dump truck singing "This Land Is Your Land". There is the usual light banter between the neo-hippies (all in faux-lotus position of course) and the miners who can't get in to do their job, and then a woman protester passes out. She has no pulse. Protest over. Could it be that easy? For the miners yes, for us no. She was just dehydrated, but the guy next to her loses his balance when trying to stand up. That's right, it's another POW Fakeout! And it's on my Bingo card! Ah, he probably just got a head rush. It happens when you get up quickly after sitting in one position for a while. Especially when you're chained to one spot.
Happens to me at work all the time.
The House of Pain is down one doctor now, so that should mean more screen time for the 1.0 Houseguests, right? Right! Whether that's a good thing is TBD. Cameron is making Chase postpone their vacation "by a couple of days" because she owes a doctor at another hospital a favor, and she's going to pull some strings to get his patient (the protester, no doubt) in to see House. The strings in question are probably metaphorical, but after her history with House, you never know. Chase wants to know why handing House a file will take a couple of days. Cameron is still a terrible liar, but Chase is still a little girl, so it evens out.
Cameron takes the file upstairs to Mission Control, where the main topic of interest is Cameron trying to sneak her way back on the team. 13 calls the incoming POW a nutcase and says his problem is probably courtesy of a toxic waste dump. Didn't expect that sort of ultra-right-wing Earth-hater attitude coming from her, didja? I bet we haven't heard the last of that. She may even do some teabagging next week. Louie thinks the POW fakes his Captain Planet schtick "to get his hybrid waxed by girls who care about the environment". Cameron wants to know why he'd ask to be seen "by the best diagnostician in the country" if he was a faker. House: "Now who's trying to get their hybrid waxed?" House sends Cameron to do the first pointless test. Convenient, that. So sorry, Chase.
The test turns out to be squirting ice water into the patient's inner ear. I don't care what you say about neti pots, that sounds really icky. The POW complains about the commercially-grown non-organic flowers on his bedside table, then barfs on Cameron's gown. Meanwhile, House breaks the news about Cameron to Wilson over chow in the cafeteria. "Cameron is happy in the ER. There's no way she wants her nose back on your grindstone." I wish Wilson would make House work a little harder for the one-liners every now and then. That was an easy setup. House wonders why Wilson's eating healthy this morning. "I'm just not in the mood for bacon," he says. Wait, what? Who's ever not in the mood for bacon?
The 2.0 Houseguests are up in the conference room gossiping nervously about Cameron. Speak of the Devil, and she appears.
And the Devil wears Ann Taylor.
She tells them that the puking ruled out Diagnosis #1. Louie thinks the POW is still faking. House points out that Cameron changed her shoes, and if he was faking, he would've avoided puking on them. So House has still got game. House sends Cameron off to check for Diagnosis #2, whatever it is, and the 2.0 Houseguests go play foosball or something. The POW is hiccuping like crazy, which is an awesomely flimsy excuse for Cameron to postpone vacation even longer. Yay! Chase calls her on it, and she says she has an ulterior motive but can't tell him what it is. Chase shrugs and puts another unicorn sticker in his Hannah Montana notebook.
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Comments (4)
That "Randy Newman tune"....was Georgia on my Mind...I'm not sure if Randy Newman has done that one...though he probably has because everybody has at some point or another.
1 of 4 | Posted by tracy831 | Posted on April 18, 2009 3:05 PM
Great recap, Copyhacker. I missed the very end (dvr issues). Did Amber really make an appearance? To House? Hmmmm...
2 of 4 | Posted by zbird | Posted on April 18, 2009 4:14 PM
Thanks for the Captain Planet references! I was the only one (I knew of) who liked that cartoon... (wind, water, fire, earth, heart) and I appreciate your bringing it to your recap! As you say, LULZ!
3 of 4 | Posted by slutty_whore | Posted on April 19, 2009 9:08 AM
tracy831: So it is! And I live next door in SC, so I should've recognized it. Hmm, wonder if "Georgia" = Amber?
4 of 4 | Posted by Copyhacker | Posted on April 19, 2009 7:19 PM