Tuesday May 17, 2005
HOU-121
House's ex-girlfriend Stacy Warner returns – not for House but to get help for her ailing husband. While House decides whether or not to take her case, Cuddy forces him to present a lecture to a class of medical students. As he weaves the stories of three patients who all present with a similar symptom, House gives a lecture the students will never forget.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)Without a doubt the best this Season had to offer. Don't get me wrong i practically loved all episodes, but this one is impressively clever, interesting, and finally more than just 6 people get to see the "gift" that is House to the hospital. We finally get to see for ourselves why and how did Dr. House lose his leg muscle, all this explained in a fictional story he made up (him being the actual patient, eventually) based on the story of 3 different patients with 3 different lives. Just started re-watching House M.D. episode by episode and this one was the episode i still like the most and probably next time i'll re-watch it it will still be my favorite episode. 10/10 always. Bloody well done
Hands down the most impressive episode of House to date.. and with the show entering it's sixth season, it'll probably be the best example we have to date. hide show
I remember watching Three Stories when it first aired back in 2005. After seeing it for the first time, I knew I had seen something great, probably the best episode of the season, but it wasn't until just watching it again that I realized how great the episode was. Six seasons in, and this is still one of the most memorable, clever and entertaining episodes of the show.
David Shore writes the episode in a way where we seem to get the usual cases that House's team usually investigates.. however, over time, we learn that the case that House is presenting to the class is actually HIM; he's telling them about how his leg came to be injured. Of course, watching it again, you can see how he sets it up perfectly so that we could possibly infer that it was him he was talking about the whole time ("Three guys walk into a clinic.. their legs hurt.") But the fun is in watching the stories unfold and combine into House's story. We learn a little bit about him by listening to him tell stories about other people.
This episode also introduces us to his last girlfriend, the last person who was physically and emotionally close with him, which helped us get to know more about him as a person. We learn he was a jerk long before his leg hurt, but that Stacy kept him grounded. Hearing that he would give his leg for her was an entirely different side of House, one that wasn't necessarily there before.
This episode was well-written (I believe it won an award, but don't hold me to it) and well acted. It combined humor, drama.. and, well, a little bit of everything. If you ever need to show somebody an episode of House to convince them to watch it, show them this. It's just too good to pass up.
"Three guys walk into a clinic. Their legs hurt." hide show
First of all, this is quite possibly my most favorite House episode of all time. Written beautifully, the acting was flawless, and the story lines flowed spectacularly.
House gives a lecture, because one of the professors is out ill (again). He pulls from his memory three times where three different patients have all had their legs hurt, for significant (or not) reasons.
What is great about this episode is how you can watch the 'class' grow in size over it. At the beginning, you have the three main students who answer House's probing questions. As the episode draws on, and, in particular, at the end of the episode, the room is packed, and even House's team have come to watch at the back of the room. Pretty soon it's not just about the students in the room, but everyone who heard about House's lecture has come to see it, and you are drawn in, learning in this 'lecture'.
A great episode overall, 10/10.
This was, quite simply, the best 40 minutes of a TV show I have ever watched.
The storyline was beautifully written, incorperating House's ex-girlfriend into the mix, whilst introducing her history with House, a process that can be so drawn out in many lesser series, all in one masterstroke of House giving a lecture to medical students.
Each storyline was beautiful developed and cleverly wove into one. He bounces off the class very well, and it was written in such a great way that I am quite sure they will never be able to top this episode.
The audience gets to see a more indepth look into House's character, his past relationship, his feelings towards medicine, humanity and the afterlife. A truly remarkable, and inspiration episode. I would rate this higher than ten if I could. Simply a masterpiece.
Brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, very clever. hide show
This episode uses the medium of TV to its best advantage, as we jump, with the students, into each episode as it is described. The three stories are interwoven cleverly, and we, like the students, are captivated by House's tale. I'm from England, and as such have been vaguely aware of Hugh Laurie for a long time. This series, and this episode, shows I vastly underestimated his acting ability. The moments of silence are just as powerful as the moments of speaking, as House relives his experiences with the benefit of time having passed. The team sneaking in is a nice touch, as is the way the hall generally is far fuller at the end than at the beginning. I can imagine the messages being flashed round the hospital.
In summary, brilliant writing, brilliant acting, brilliant staging and a very, very strong episode.
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