So this House recap is crazy late, mea culpa, etc etc. Moving along. The episode was a weird mix of hot sexy sex and warning about how horribly wrong it can go if you don’t use a rubber. Wilson was looking good, House was rocking the leather jacket, Cameron and Chase got funky, but the patient du jour had HIV. Huh. That brings things down.
We open up on House’s confession to Wilson that he broke into Stacy’s file. Wilson is outraged – outraged! – until House gets to the part where Stacy says she and Mark don’t have sex anymore. Wilson is all about the prurient interests. I like the little hints we’re getting that tell us that Wilson is a big ho.
In a nice change of pace, this scene is set at House’s…abode, and a friend of mine pointed out that the number is 221B, which was Sherlock Holmes’ address. Neat! The BFF carry the conversation outside, where Wilson sarcastically suggests that House show Stacy’s file to Cuddy to prove how unstable Stacy is. House is busy looking for his newspaper, but a young guy waiting outside already has it. House introduces him to Wilson as his stalker, and apparently he’s been bugging House to treat him, but House isn’t interested because the guy just has regular old AIDS. House rattles off some symptoms, including rapid weight loss, as seen by his shirt “gaping at the collar.” Which is weird, because the guy’s shirt is in no way gaping. Anyway.
This guy claims that although he has HIV, his immune system is fully functioning. Despite all the ways in which his body is breaking down, his tests come back fine, so no one can treat him effectively. He thinks House won’t treat him because House is a closet case. Wilson gets all uppity and clarifies that they’re not a couple, to which House snarks, “So self-loathing.”
The guy grab onto House’s cane and won’t let go, leading to a tug-of-war that ends when House lets go and the guy crashes back against a parked car, causing him to go into anaphylactic shock. I think it’s worth noting that it’s Wilson who rushes to help the guy, while House just says, “I didn’t touch him.”
At the hospital, Cuddy is relentlessly insisting that House go see Stacy to make sure he’s not about to get his ass sued. Which would normally be fine advice, but in this case Stacy is actually still at home. And Mark isn’t. And House tries to get laid. At first it just seems as though he’s doing his usual flirty banter business, talking about Stacy “climbing up Mt. Gregory,” that sort of thing. But then he goes over to the sink to help with the dishes, even though they both know he hates doing dishes. He looks at Stacy all meaningfully and says “people can change.” Ew, vomit! Where is naughty snarky House? I don’t want any deep longing from him.
Mark comes home then, causing House to leap ten feet in the air. I think he was surprised, but tried to play it off. “I know it looks like we’re cleaning dishes, but actually we’re having sex.” You know, I just don’t buy that he could say that to a woman’s husband. It’s funny, but I just don’t buy it.
OK, the patient’s name is Calvin Ryan. House wants all the tests redone, since they can probably be done more accurately at this hospital. As the Outhouses fill him in more on Calvin’s case history, House finally gets interested. He thinks that maybe Calvin’s newer, stronger drugs are kicking his immune system into action, which is causing it to attack any infections (or remnants of one) in his body too strongly.
House is still way more interested in Stacy’s “case,” though. He’s down in the pharmacy mixing up some rat poison so he can be a hero and kill the rat in her attic. Wilson is there to berate him some more, telling House to either admit he wants her back or “shut up and cry yourself to sleep like everybody else.” Oh, Wilson! Come here you little snugglebuns! (Where is this attraction I unexpectedly have for Wilson coming from?)
« Duncan and Meg: The Love Affair Continues? | Main | Newsgasm: Like OMG! My First Job Edition! »
Comments (7)
We don't.have to take our.clothes off...to have a good time...oh no...we could dance and party.all night...and drink some cherry wine...uh huh.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na....
All that from memory. I love the 80s!!!
1 of 7 | Posted by RealityTV4Me | Posted on November 29, 2005 5:33 PM
When is Sela Ward going to leave? The plotline with her and House's supposed love affair is ridiculous and it's not helped by the fact that the two actors have no chemistry together. I hate Cameron, but her interactions with House are more interesting than House's interactions with Stacy, mainly because House is just toying with Cameron's feelings.
2 of 7 | Posted by Aries | Posted on November 30, 2005 8:39 AM
I actually like Sela Ward. Her character is the only one (other than Wilson), who provides a realistic foil to House. They just need to get rid of that whole "i love you" plotline.
And what the heck has happened to Cutty?
3 of 7 | Posted by Smitty | Posted on November 30, 2005 1:33 PM
I like Sela Ward's character too, but those eyebrows are frightening... almost like the pluck job was an attempt at a poor man's Botox.
I don't like Chase or Cameron and the sex was just so-so. The whole time I was distracted, like, dude did you forget she just might have contracted HIV?! So I assume Chase would have been distracted with the same thoughts as well. Which raises the question, how hard up is he?
House in that leather jacket... spectacular.
4 of 7 | Posted by flymotha | Posted on November 30, 2005 1:55 PM
Sela Ward and her freakish eyebrows can leave any time now. Hugh Laurie is so charming I'd jump through the screen to, er, jump him (leather jacket, si! 10+) but she just doesn't give it back. Maybe we can move on from this now. Obviously House wanted her back, but I think he's sorta satisfied with some kind of resolution. So she can go be with her boring husband who she totally doesn't love or hate or anything.
I lurve Wilson too. He's the kinder, gentler House -- snark lite, if you will. And fairly easy on the eyes.
The sex was not at all hot. But now we know Chase is not getting any; so desperate he'll do a co-worker who just (maybe) got HIV and is stoned out of her skull. I'm not sure if that's better or worse than smooching the 10 yr. old; sorta equally creepy. Worth it for Foreman's reaction, though.
5 of 7 | Posted by lurkertype | Posted on November 30, 2005 6:20 PM
You can actually contract HIV or AIDS from blood. Just to let you know
6 of 7 | Posted by beth | Posted on December 1, 2005 1:35 PM
No way Sela Ward rocks and I really want her to dump her husband and hook up with house. It has taken forever for them to get together but the last episode they declared there love too each other! I know that it's bad that i want her to dump her husband, but I do! I just can't belive that Camron could get HIV! THat's crazy! And to top it all off House has to be suppervised for a month!
7 of 7 | Posted by hannah | Posted on December 6, 2005 12:29 PM