House – a quotable week
(Season 5, Episode 12 – “Painless”) Read CliqueClack’s review of this episode
Oh, how I missed Dr. House during the winter hiatus. The interactions between the team were getting more intricate and fascinating, and the last month has been sadly lacking in quotes, without the spectacular Dr. House around.
He’s back, and in tip-top shape, with a quotable episode starting this new year.
“House, I’ve got a DYFS home visit on Friday.” — Cuddy
“And I’ve got a w-h-o-r-e visit on ah ….” — House
Cuddy’s and House’s foreplay never climaxes
Cuddy and House go back and forth with the cat-and-mouse games over her moving into his office this week, and the whole thing is so sexually charged that it comes off rather like foreplay. I felt a bit like a voyeur watching them (as did the whole team, I think!), but it was some good fun, House-style.
How about some of the quotes that resulted from their tete-a-tete?
- “Other than throwing off the Feng Shui with her ass that faces all eight sides of the bagua at once … ?” — House, to Kutner who asks what Cuddy is doing in his office
- “Have you seen my balls? The giant one and the red one.” — House, trying to get Cuddy off the phone and out of his office.
“I just had to explain to him that I have his balls and I’m not giving them back.” — Cuddy, to person on the other line of the phone. - House, on groping Cuddy instead of kissing her: “It seemed like the logical next step.”
Is House’s new team here to stay?
When House’s original team all either quit or were fired, and the new team was subsequently hired (after much ado!), I really thought it was only temporary. We’d get a few short story arcs with some of the new characters, then some monumental, simultaneous “Ah-ha!” would happen to House and his former team, and they’d all reunite with warm fuzzies.
Since I’ve been waiting almost two seasons, it may be time to give up the thoughts of a reunion. What I can’t figure out is what was wrong with the formula in the first place. Am I too set in my ways? Not for every show, I think, but I hate it when they shake things up on House.
Big fictional douchebags on TV today
ABC
Everyone’s got their own ideas of who’s sexy, who’s ugly, who’s funny and who’s scary on television. One thing that most people can agree on is what makes someone a complete douchebag. Jay already gave a good list of some real TV personalities who deserve a punch in the face. I don’t think I need to go into the qualifications here, but here are a few fictional people who deserve a handy reminder to lighten the fuck up.
Martin Posner (Eli Stone)
Wait, a lawyer as a douchebag? Naw! Posner hasn’t been on Eli Stone for very long, but anytime he graces the television screen, I wish Eli would have one of his visions that reveals Posner will be run over by a streetcar, and he doesn’t warn him. “Taking a walk to the courthouse, Mr. Posner? Uh … enjoy the weather, sir!”
Eight reasons Greg House is a mean bastard
Fox
Perhaps Dr. House has just hit his lowest point of meanness, after his mean-spirited jabs at Cuddy’s short stint at motherhood last week. I was so uncomfortable — and even a bit angry — watching House hurt Cuddy where it hurts the most for her. Why, oh why, does he do it? For the same reasons he tortures Wilson, taunts his staff and alienated his former staff.
Part of the reason is because that’s who he is, and we viewers, though we complain, probably wouldn’t want to watch a kinder, gentler House. Most of the time, his complete lack of compassion for others is pretty funny (even though there wasn’t a whole lot to laugh at in his interactions with Cuddy last week).
Let’s take a closer look at who House is and why he is such a mean bastard. Maybe it will help us understand him a little bit better ….
Halloween headlines I’d like to see
Real-life headlines grow scarier every day, but that’s nothing compared to what happens inside the tube. Halloween is right around the corner, and, well, you just never know. I thought I’d get a jump on things and put together a few TV news stories that are bound to happen sooner or later. Feel free to leave your own in the comments.
Princeton-Plainsboro Physician Found Dead in Home. Police were called to the residence of Dr. Gregory House last night after a neighbor reported flames shooting from his home. An angry mob of the doctor’s former patients, currently in group therapy for emotional damage, apparently stormed the home with torches to protest his tough-healing tactics. The crowd quickly spiraled out of control and hurled the torches at the home, burning it to the ground. Found among the ashes was a fireproof safe filled with Vicodin and OxyContin. An investigation is ongoing.
House – Joy
FOX
(Season 5, Episode 6)
The cold open sucked me in right away. I’ve noticed this season that House is trying something different with their opens, and this one was unlike anything we’ve seen before. The recurring blackouts of the consumer product tester are dreamlike in his stark surroundings. Weird, David-Lynch-like vibes from this scene; very cool.
But what else did this episode have to offer us? Joy, or better explained, the lack thereof. The title was such a huge irony, and the way we finally got some joy at the end with the patient and his daughter probably wasn’t the joy you were looking for, if you want to see some happiness from the main cast, like I do.
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