Foreman ends up down at the clinic. Woohoo, I love the clinic. At least I loved it when House went down there and took random sick people to the woodshed. If they're going to bring back the clinic, I'm glad it's Foreman, because if anyone is going to be House when he grows up (minus the personality disorders), it's Foreman. Cuddy finds him there, and he spills his sad tale to her. "House did something solely out of self-interest? FREAKY," she says, making a face just like House would make. Aw, isn't it cute how two people in love start acting like each other? Hope she doesn't pick up the limp, that would ruin the view from behind. She refuses to override House's decision. Smart move, Lisa, he'd never call you then. Foreman's clinic case is a four-year-old kid who has stomach pain, red puke, and large bags under his eyes, and a big brother that fawns over him like a pet. Big brother is played by a kid fresh out of the Macaulay Culkin School For Overly Cute Child Actors.
God Bless Us Everyone.
Back in the part of the hospital where you have to pay to get awful things done to you, the POW is going bonkers and yelling at everyone to stay away. Psychotic episodes would be so much more fun on this show if they lasted more than thirty seconds. I want to see that kid tied down on a table and thrashing. Wait, that didn't come out right. Kumar is busted because he gave her the wrong medicine.
Name That Disease, the Roid Rage Round
House blames Foreman for not babysitting Kumar, even though the roids didn't cause the patient's delirium. He accuses Kumar of having Empathetic Orphan Syndrome. Foreman scrambles to come up with a theory and save face. House tells him to go do the tests to check out his theory. And this time he really REALLY means that Foreman has to do the tests himself. After House leaves, Foreman gets off on a technicality, saying House didn't say he had to prep for the tests, and runs back down to the clinic to check on POW Jr. He gives the kid one of those cameras-in-a-pill to swallow, but the kid is afraid to, until Overly Cute Big Brother says it's a magic pill "like the vitamins we take". SUBTLE HINT!!! Remember that. Little POW swallows the camera and starts giggling like a baby on YouTube.
Foreman is stumped, so he goes to Camerase for a consult. His old Housemates have been hitting the happy gas now that Chase finally got into Cameron's drawers. They aren't much help, other than to tell him he's wasting his time to try and prove something to House. Foreman gets paged before he can come up with a quick comeback. Not much in the one-liner department, is Foreman.
He joins Kumar in the MRI room, who is attempting more bonding with POW Sr. He asks her a bunch of first-date questions about her parents while watching her brain on the screen. It lights up in the wrong place, which means she's lying about her parents being dead. If this is so foolproof, why do we still do polygraph tests? She admits that her parents aren't dead--but her dad raped her, so she ran away. You can almost taste Kumar's crushing disappointment at being lied to.
It tastes like White Castle.
Name That Disease: the Lying Liars Round
In which Kumar throws the POW under the bus, 13 defends her, and Louie thinks she could have an STD. "Thank goodness one of you doesn't have a heart," House says to Louie. He thinks her problem might be too much stress. Lame. He sends them to do more tests.
House goes to bug Wilson about Cuddy some more. It seems Wilson's sudden non-interest in the Cuddy affair is really getting under House's skin. You know Wilson is milking this one. Watching House squirm is a rare treat. In the clinic, Foreman Is Still Stumped by POW Jr, and the 1.0 Houseguests are still not much help. Things haven't changed much in the last three seasons. He gets them to do some tests for him before running back to POW Sr.
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Comments (1)
Great recap. I enjoyed the episode. Not as predictable as some. Some good twists that did not depend on repeated wrong guesses.
I would like to see more oc Cuddy (in more ways than one), even in ways that don't directly involve House.
You are so right that the basic House (played by Laurie) would be great in a number of other roles. Detective. Director of a half way house for boys - or a military school.
Laurie is great (and the character so well conceived) that I sometimes take them for granted.
1 of 1 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on November 23, 2008 10:22 AM