House seems to have gotten his shot-lighting trick down now. Wonder how many other corpses were incinerated in the making of this party? The party turns out to be in Wilson's apartment, so Wilson can hardly not come. Karamel the stripper (who has held up well in the last nine years) hugs Wilson like a long-lost pal and hauls him off for a drink. Louie is sandwiched by a couple of girls about twice his height. (The House crew makes fun of Peter Jacobson's height on Twitter all the time, but this is the first time they've played it for a laugh on the show.) First Wilson and then 13 do body shots off Karamel (who should really be a regular cast member by this point), and then Chase, and then... "What's that taste? Is that... STRAWBERRIES? *gasp* *choke* *pass-out*"
House is missing all the mayhem sitting the tub with Amber, who is unfortunately still fully-clothed (although what would it say about House's subconscious if she weren't?). Foreman interrupts the outer inner monologue to tell House that Chase had an allergic reaction to Karamel's "body butter" and needs to go to the hospital. Cameron is going to have a field day with this one. Chase will probably end up sleeping in his drawer. House is suspicious of Amber/himself because he knew Chase was allergic to strawberries, and he knew the stripper used strawberry body butter. OK, I'm not really that well-read on the personal hygiene products used by strippers, so I have to ask: WTF is "body butter"? It sounds about as appetizing as "toe jam". Also: that was Nine. Years. Ago! Is she not allowed to change her butter preference? Anyway, House is now afraid he set this up on purpose to sabotage Camerase. In other news, the POW does not have MS. YAWN.
All the Houseguests are stumbling into the ER with Chase as Amber tries to get House to go in as well, but House wants sleep. Cuddy calls him and he tosses out something implausible that I can't pronounce or spell, then hangs up. 13 realizes this diagnosis could actually make sense, because the POW would be hoarse and how would they test for that, since he's deaf and rarely speaks? Foreteen goes running into his room and they take the tube out of his throat so they can listen to him talk. REALITY SPOILER ALERT: Having a tube stuck down your throat makes you hoarse anyway. He sounds hoarse to me, but Foreman evidently doesn't think so. While preparing to stick the tube back in, he notices tobacco stains on the POW's teeth. Drunk Houseguest lightbulb! The POW used to chew tobacco to lose weight for wrestling, but then he quit, and then his symptoms started. He's got...
Sarcoidosis!
Impossible! It's never sarcoidosis. What a twist! Maybe someone will even get cancer next week!
No closing montage this week, but a few quick cuts: 1. House asks Cuddy to prescribe him some sleeping pills, and after giving him a Cuddy lecture about the party, she does... and asks him what's haps in Houseville. He admits he hasn't slept since Kumar offed himself. 2. POWmom is pulling rank, and making her kid get his implant put back in. Hooray for parents who don't give in to rebellious-but-clueless teens! 3. House looks in the mirror after sleeping the sleep of the drugged, and expects Amber to be gone-but no such luck.
I actually enjoyed this one a lot. Lots of humor, and it was cool to get a look inside House's head. Question: why is House projecting Amber as his inner demon? My guess is he still feels at least as guilty about her death as he does Kutner's.
Besides, do you really care to see Kal Penn doing this?
Stay tuned, we only have, what, two episodes left? And one of them should be the long-promised Huddy hookup! SO TANTALIZING! Copyhacker out!
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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