When we last saw House, he'd just selected a new team and manipulated Cuddy to get his way. Now he's back, and it must have seemed like a great idea to jam 3 episodes into 8 days for some reason. Why? Because God hates me. So join me as I feel the wrath, and we learn how this new team will work.
Stop your sniveling, stinker.
It's Christmas time! A girl is rock-climbing with her mom spotting her, and the girl doesn't really want to go higher, but her mom is making her. The girl's calf starts twitching and she falls off. As the mom is easing her down, her hands go numb, she drops the rope, and the girl falls. She's ok though, and she asks her mom what happened. Rather than tell the girl she failed, and the consequence of that is being dropped, the mom says she can't move her hands. Almost two months off, and we're back with a Christmas-time episode and no life-threatening symptoms? Weak House. Weak.
My nails really look like shit.
So the new House crew (I'm going to count Foreman as part of the new crew) is gathered around discussing this woman, and Kal wonders if House is going to keep firing people. House basically says shut up, and then he begins taking down the Christmas decorations that Kal must have put up. Cute woman (maybe she'll get a real name now, maybe one word less than 9 letters) says that their jobs are safe, Kal makes an annoying comment, and House makes a snide rebuttal. I don't see that getting old at all.
Then they begin talking about the patient, Mom. Odd paralysis, no drug use history, single mom. She had a (or possibly both) breasts removed, and never got them replaced, but Taub thinks breast cancer is possible due to the inability of the best plastic surgeons to remove all breast tissue. And this episode just got sexy.
House talks to the daughter, and apparently her mom smokes pot occasionally. No drug use, huh? House is giving the girl the third degree, and the girl is pretty up front with him. He also defines white lies and rationalizations to the girl. This is after House asked her what her mom's favorite sex position is. Remember when I mentioned this episode getting sexy? Nothing's sexier than an 11 year-old talking about sex without having any idea what it means. I hope I did not just say that out loud. And the answer, by the way, is on her stomach so she doesn't see them looking at her scars. Less sexy.
Strange men tickle mommy on her bottom.
Wilson is looking at a test in the cafeteria and House is informing him of the reasons why honesty is overrated. Wilson seems disinterested, and I'm getting the feeling that this episodes theme is, perhaps, honesty? Regardless, Wilson says it's not breast cancer.
House is walking and talking with Kal and cute woman (for the time being, I'll name her Jen, even though I seem to remember her name being mentioned at some point, and it's not easily shortened if I believe. My recap though, so my rules. Jen it is), and he says they need a new theory. He also calls the mom a slut, and since STD's aren't the only thing that could cause the symptoms (and she's clean), House wants her recent partners checked in on. And, might I just say, a slutty mom is exactly what Christmas is all about. Or maybe that's not at all what it's about. I mean, I guess I don't really know why this episode was supposedly going to be shown at Christmas. Anyways, House wants Taub and Foreman to do the investigating because they're better liars.
The first dude says there was no need to drug her because he'd known her for less than an hour when she offered to take him home. A lady who knows what she wants. I like it. The doctors get up to leave, then notice the dude chugging water. They make up some bullshit symptoms trying to get something out of him. And it works, because he says that she was really drunk, so he gave her some E. I'm not up to par with these hip new drugs, but I'm guessing E is short for extra care. How sweet. Luckily, he's got some left, so they take it to get it analyzed. If we see more of Taub and Foreman manipulating other people, and less of them bitching about how House is 'not a good person' then I would quickly begin to like them.
Wah wah wah wahhhhh.
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Comments (3)
OK, maybe it was just this episode or maybe it's all episodes and I just noticed it....do they ever really link the symptoms to the disease? I can buy the theory about breast tissue behind the knee; she had breast cancer but no breasts. HOWEVER: how does having cancer explain all of her other symptoms. What do any of them have to do with cancer? This episode sucked....
1 of 3 | Posted by marishka | Posted on January 30, 2008 11:52 AM
Great recap treadigonme, I missed you this Real World Season.
Kal is quickly becoming my new favorite part of House, a show which I used to love. Unless these new interns start fighting more, and we learn more about them as people, this show is going to go down the tubes.
Marishka: In answer to your question, an Internist is generally someone you go to when no one else can explain your symptoms. Usually it means that whatever you have is being presented in an unusual manner. Example: Me having mono for 6 weeks but without swollen lymph nodes, fever, significant fatigue, or anything else that normally goes along with that disease. I had a bloated abdominal area as my only symptom. I think the point is that House is so good he can figure out these diseases even when the symptoms of the disease don't present at all.
2 of 3 | Posted by HereKittyKitty | Posted on January 31, 2008 6:43 AM
I really liked the "prostitute" (so I'll bet she won't be back).
I'm awed by how difficult it must be to come up with a House script. They are not as good as they once were, but... the worst House is still better than the best ________.
Hopefully, the writers will be newly energized and inspired (not to be confused with "expired")during their extended "vacation"!
3 of 3 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on January 31, 2008 11:45 AM