He puts the boom box on the POW's chest so he can feel the vibes. Everyone is duly offended but the kid, who thinks this is cool. Then he notices that he can feel the beat through his body, but not his hands when he touches the boom box. New symptom: neuropathy! Amber 2, Not-dead Houseguests 0.
Foreman wonders how House knew to test for that. Luckily, Amber gives House a clue before he has to plead insanity: bowling pins, three of them. He's been pinned in his last three matches, so House figured his balance was off. The Houseguests are doubtful. Amber points out that whatever's causing the neuropathy could also be causing the deafness. Maybe they can cure that, too! Gotta love this show, it's the only one on TV where the parents might actually get back together. House sends Louie to MRI the POW's head and look for cancer. (It's not cancer. Just sayin.) He sends Foreteen to... a strip club, to check out girls for the bachelor party. 13 is more into the show than Foreman. Big surprise there. He'd rather have another Moral Debate (and no, that's not a euphemism for something kinky). Is House still into Cameron and trying to get Chase drunk enough to cheat? "Being drunk doesn't change who you are, it just reveals it," says 13, while borrowing money from Foreman to stuff in the dancer's underwear.
I think I speak for all heterosexual dudes when I say that Foreman is definitely not enjoying this enough.
Louie tells the POW he could possibly get his hearing back. He's not a bit happy about this, he wants to stay deaf. POW Plot Device #8: Patient Doesn't Want To Be Cured. Rats. I had that on my bingo card last week. He's afraid his whole life would change: school, girlfriend, etc. Not to worry. After looking at the MRI results, Louie declares "it's not cancer." Seriously, that shouldn't even be a bingo square anymore. Foreteen returns from Bada Bing with pictures. House breaks the news to 13 that she's not invited to the bachelor party, but she plays her trump card: "If I get drunk enough, there's a chance I might make out with one of the strippers. Or become one." Foreman eye-high-fives her. Well played, Remy. Well played. Some disagreement ensues about whether it is or isn't cancer. They need a brain biopsy to confirm it, but POWmom will never agree to that without proof, so House consults Amber again. She figures out they can get a look at an old MRI from when the kid broke his nose wrestling. The Houseguests (the live ones, that is) are starting to give House funny looks. Seriously people. It's not cancer, I promise.
BECAUSE, if it was ever cancer, Wilson would have something to do besides sit around his office and play shrink. Right now, Chase is on his couch trying not to be talked out of letting House do the party. "Have you seen Caligula?" Wilson asks him. Ha, I was right about Wilson's party plan! House barges in with the MRIs and Wilson thinks yes, it could be cancer. (It's. Not. Cancer.) House has very little trouble bamboozling Chase into letting him do the party, and Wilson says he's not coming. What a sore loser.
So now that Chase has something to do besides sit around Wilson's office, he's off to drill on the POW's head. House and Amber are watching from the skybox and discussing what strippers they want to get for the party. Amber votes for the stripper House got Wilson for his bachelor party, but, as House correctly points out, that was nine years ago and strippers don't generally age that well. Chase interrupts House's conversation with himself to tell him that it's not cancer after all. They should rename the show "It's Not Cancer, M.D." Amber thinks they should stick a cochlear implant in the kid while they've got him there, and House talks Chase into the evil scheme in about fifteen seconds. I don't buy it. Chase never sticks his neck out unless there's something in it for him.
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I went ahead and checked Wikipedia for Exploding Head Syndrome... OMFG, it's REAL:
Exploding head syndrome is a condition that causes the sufferer to occasionally experience a tremendously loud noise as originating from within his or her own head, usually described as the sound of an explosion, roar, waves crashing against rocks, loud voices or screams or a ringing noise."
Body butter is like lotion, but it's thicker... almost, the consistency of butter (hence the name). It makes your skin all creamy and soft. Occasionally, it tastes like it smells (apples, strawberries, etc).
1 of 2 | Posted by crmsnkatt | Posted on May 4, 2009 10:08 AM
hey, did anyone else notice the weird lighting in this ep? everywhere that house went, the shot seemed to be a bit overexposed. then when he would leave the room and we'd get another shot of the room, it was fine. maybe it has something to do with the blurry vision he experienced at the end of the mos def episode?
house with the ghetto blaster grooving to fight the power has to be THE best moment of this show...EVER!
2 of 2 | Posted by mones | Posted on May 4, 2009 3:32 PM