And it's our boy Kal Penn! He explains to woman pilot that the hyperbaric chamber will flush out the carbon monoxide they believe is causing a high red blood cell count. Oh Taj, you're so crazy, when will you get laid!? Well black doctor pulls weird-looking blond doctor aside; apparently she's still checking in on her own patients until she finds out if she'll get this job. As they're discussing it, Kal says he thinks the patient is having a heart attack. But he says it confused, and not, you know, worried. Woman pilot says she just feels funny, the passes out. Kal gets the defibrillator charged, and black doctor says you can't use that in a hyperbaric chamber. Well, you can't talk sense into Kal. He uses it, and she catches fire. So then he gets the fire extinguisher and he puts her out. But guess what, her heart is beating again. Then the sprinklers come on in the chamber.
NASA never said you had to have perfect boobies. Did they? Cuz that would be so wrong. Anyway, welcome back to life!
House now wants to know what causes all of these symptoms woman pilot is experiencing, and weird-looking blond doctor wants to discuss the appearance of charred flesh. Mmm, charred flesh. Wait, I mean, uh. This woman should focus more on doing her own work than getting everyone else fired. That said, she should continue to weed out more people so I don't have to use so many generic nicknames. Anyways, House says she didn't try to stop Kal, so it must have been a risk worth taking. Then identical twins get into an argument before House tells them to shut up and they're both wrong. Old dude then chimes in with cardiomyopathy. House asks how old he is, and old dude says he's 21 unless it's relevant. He looks like shit for 21.
House sends a few of the doctors to run more tests, and he sends the rest to the cafeteria to document 10 kinds of infections each. And that's where House sits down with Wilson. House asks him what Chase is doing at the hospital, and Wilson thinks it's because House feels guilty for firing him. And his repressed guilt is manifesting itself in the form of Chase hallucinations, the worst kind of hallucinations. And it can't be Chase because he's working at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. I find it a little hard to believe that Chase would keep in touch with Wilson, whom he didn't even work for, but that's neither here nor there. House says bollocks to the repressed guilt theory and throws a piece of bagel in Wilson's coffee.
Old dude and cute woman doctor and woman with accent doctor are about to feed an endoscope down woman pilot's mouth. Once the patient is prepped, old dude tells woman with accent doctor to insert the endoscope. She won't do it because she doesn't want to get fired if they don't find anything. Then cute woman doctor asks why old dude doesn't want to do it, and he says House won't be impressed by an old dude doing his 1000th endoscope insertion or whatever. I call shenanigans. He obviously doesn't want to do it. And he's being a wiener about it. But luckily, cute woman doctor steps up to the plate.
Next we see House walking through the hallway with a herd of white coats following him. Accent woman is explaining what was found from the endoscope examination, and she's walking backwards in front of House, while no one in back can hear what's going on. She falls into a wheelchair, and House asks who's next. Then cute woman doctor gets in front of him and starts talking. He explains that he leads and they draft when doing moving diagnoses. Then he asks why cute woman doctor did the tests when he gave it to old dude, whom House lovingly refers to as Scooter. "Bullshit bullshit bullshit blah blah blah." I can't believe they got away saying bullshit on Fox. So House orders another test to be done to test her thyroid, and he gets on the elevator. Everyone, all 20 or so doctors following, are about to jam in as well, but House tells them he rides alone.
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Comments (6)
Hugh Laurie was in this show called Blackadder starring Rowan Atkinson. It's a very funny show. Season one is nowhere near as good as the other seasons though, just FYI. Each season is set in a completely different time period: middle ages, Elizabethan time, World War I.
1 of 6 | Posted by hejohnsonvc | Posted on October 7, 2007 6:26 PM
Haha - I don't even watch House, but I loved Hugh Laurie in Blackadder, so when I saw that picture, I laughed out loud and decided to comment.
Yes, so hejohnsonvc above is right - and Blackadder is definitely one of the greatest British TV shows ever.
2 of 6 | Posted by georgiababe | Posted on October 7, 2007 8:13 PM
Don't know if it's because I miss the housemates, but I find this season somewhat annoying. Yes, I get it, House is supposed to be witty, excentric, annoying and juvenile, yet brilliant, but his total dominance of dedicated, intelligent doctors like Cuddy and Wilson is a bit much. I remember a good friend I once had who was fun and intelligent but possessed the annoying habit of arguing about anything I would say. He hasn't been my friend for years. Careful, House, I may walk out on you, too!
3 of 6 | Posted by talma63 | Posted on October 8, 2007 7:22 AM
Long recap, but that only reflects how much they pack into House.
Was I the only one reminded of that real astro-nut woman? I'll bet she lied to qualify for NASA, too.
As usual, some great lines, well delivered...
Liked Cameron better as a brunette.
Good job!
4 of 6 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on October 8, 2007 11:32 AM
"Cute brunette doctor with eyes possibly too far apart" is actually Olivia Wilde. You may remember her from The OC where she played Mischa Barton's lesbian lover and also from the Black Donnelly's which lasted all of about two seconds. Hope she isn't the kiss of death for House, although I liked her in this episode and hope we see more of her.
5 of 6 | Posted by mmmeg | Posted on October 8, 2007 8:51 PM
"Cute brunette doctor with eyes possibly too far apart" is actually Olivia Wilde. You may remember her from The OC where she played Mischa Barton's lesbian lover and also from the Black Donnelly's which lasted all of about two seconds. Hope she isn't the kiss of death for House, although I liked her in this episode and hope we see more of her.
6 of 6 | Posted by mmmeg | Posted on October 8, 2007 8:53 PM