Tuesday March 15, 2005
HOU-114
Billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler spends $100 million on the clinic and becomes the new Chairman of the Board. As a businessman, Vogler intends to turn the clinic into a profitable venue for his biotech venture and plans to eliminate the financially draining services of Dr. House. Meanwhile, a businesswoman who has it all – perfect life, perfect body, perfect job – finds herself inexplicably paralyzed. When he diagnoses her secret, House must risk his job and his medical license to get her a necessary transplant.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)House vs Volgler- Round 1. hide show
This episode was really the first time that an episode leads into another one. A billionair, Edward Volgler, takes over the hospital, and takes and immediate (yet hardly surprising) dislike to House.
Meanwhile, House treats a bulimic CEO patient, and an amusing clinic patient who can't talk. The interactions with the patient, and House doing whatever it takes, shows that he does care. Unlike future or past episodes, House had already figured out his puzzle by the time he made the choice to fight for her, and it is always interesting to see the softer side of his character mingled with the sarcasm and bitterness.
Other development was focussed on too- House and Wilson's friendship is shown further when the latter supports House, saying their friendship "is an ethical responsibility". We see Cameron's crush on House develop further, and also show Chase betraying House to protect his job. There is also a vague, brief mention of a prior House and Cuddy fling, which opens the door for all the shippers.
Overall, this episode was a fascinating episode, building the suspense to see how House will react to the most powerful adversary so far, and seeing his job under threat for the first time due to his unethical ways.
Greg hace lo que mejor sabe hacer: tratar mal a los demás con su delirante sarcasmo y salvar a cada paciente con esa habilidad y sabiduría únicos.
Un millonario que no tiene nada qué hacer dona muuucha plata al hospital y consigue el voto cantante. Obvio que House no le cae bien y eso le trae... nada... que nos riamos con sus ironías al por mayor y ese humor tan inglés que me encantaaaaaaa!!!!
Los personajes se siguen desarrollando y eso está bueno.
(Aaaaahhhh!!!!! Estoy podrido que todos los que trabajen en la tele sean perfectooossss!!!!! Está bien distraerse mirando lindas minas pero todas???!!!)
Vogler is introduced. hide show
Well a living hell comes to the hospital. Vogler comes to the hospital. Cause he gives whole lot of money to the hospital, he gave off a good impression at first but with the whole lab coat thing & the very inappropriate questions to Cuddy, he rubbed the wrong way for me. I like how Cameron asked & confronted House about the feelings for House, so sad when he said no. The ball totally dropped there. Anyways I also like how she tries to impress him by getting better by manipulating people. Great character development & as for the patient, a very good case, of course the patient is lying, and has bulimia, House lies to save her, he couldn't even trust Wilson, Very cringe-worthy. Great episode!
The music in the end gets my vote hide show
House shows compassion, House actually cares for the first time. EH puts his reputation in risk and demands the patient to care about her life as much as he does.
Also, the man who "couldn't speak" was genius as a secondary plot. The man plays the role perfectly, even when he's "scared" by House's yell. The confidential smile was perfect, much better than if he would have spoken. It's his secret and he's going to keep it but, surely, we can all see that, once again, House was right.
The ending with music by The Who is the cherry on top. THE END
although vogler is the chairman now, and House knows whats at stake, he refuses to bulger. because he knows that vogler is just treating the hospital as a business and that it will ruin the hospital's rep. despite house's firm no(towards cameron), it is expected. i mean he said himself, that he doesnt like anybody. maybe it just his defence mechanism against the world or sth. further in the series, its evident that house has a trust issue. besides wilson, he doesnt have a real relationship wiht anyone. there's further development in this ep towards cameron, hint that she likes him.
vogler vs house, theres trouble brewing.
and most importanly, we see the extent at which house will go to save a patient. it not so much solving the puzzle thing anymore, he was willing to lose his medical license for someone he barely knew.
and the scene where he was confronting the patient... well that was superb. the agitation and confusing in house.
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