House

A great offering from House this week, not as good as last week though. I liked House's case for two reasons, the patient in general was unintentionally hilarious, as she kept on lying about things and plus the family's reaction to Thirteen coming to their doorstep was priceless.



The second reason is Kutner's involvement through the case, he really shined in this episode. And this one is solely centered around Kutner's trust in the patient which made this a good episode. I liked Foreman's case, because he is still trying to be like House, and that he came to Cameron & Chase for help. See what I mean by more screen time? Anyways it turns out the vitamins are killing Foreman's patient. The whole episode was just regular House. Good ol' case. F



Foreman gets to do the trial in the end cause he told, he didn't ask. Great!

I thought this episode was classic House. Foreman finally gets some decent character development, and we see him be a proper doctor for the first time in ages. I loved how he took innitiative and took his own case- which was a very interesting one with the two brothers. It also gave chance to see Cameron and Chase help him more with the diagnosis- I see a pattern that the last two episodes have been better with them involved!



The main case was also interesting, and House bonds with the patient so well- he seemed genuinely disturbed when the truth came out that she had killed her brother (albeit accidently). It was a classic House scene, highlight Hugh Lauries acting abilities. It was also interesting seeing how Kutner, Taub and Thirteen each reacted differently around her.



Wilson also refuses to offer his opinion on Cuddy to House, making for an interesting observation into their dynamics- Wilson enables House, and vice versa- a very intersting and touching moment in their friendship was at the end when Wilson tells him he is going to be okay.



Mainly, however, it was about the emancification of Foreman, as he House teaches him he doesn't have to rely on him as much as he used to. Overall, a brilliant episode; the last two returning the episode to strength after a minor flop.

In this episode of House, the following happens. The t6eam deal with a 16year old girl, whose parents died and she now lives on her own and works in a factory. She claims that both of her parents have died, but the team soon learn that she is lying and that her parents are still alive. She got emancipated as her father was raping her and her mother wasn't doing anything to stop it. When they learn that she needs a bone marrow transplant, 13 goes to see her parents. When she gets there she learns that the patient has stolen the identity of a little girl. We soon learn that she is also lying about being raped. When the truth finally comes out we learn that her brother died when she was looking after him. The team soon track down her real parents and they come to the hospital to donate bone marrow. When they see her they all brake down in tears.

I have faith that one of these days the show will be good again. This show hasn't had a really good mini-arch to follow for a long time. This House + Cuddy thing looks like it could be one but the writers are not acting on it and actually trying to do something with it. The twitter arch was actually good in my book - it was a multiple episode arch that took House off of a pedastal for a couple of episodes anyway. There were two cases in this episode and a lack of character devolopment to be found. House and Wilson talked a lot about Cuddy, but that was about the extent of it. We saw her for about 5 seconds on the screen and that was it. Considering the last episode and the episode before it, you would think we would have seen a little more of her then what we have seen of her in this episode. Foreman breaking out into his own looks like we will get more Cameron and Chase - which is great, but may fill the rest of the season with two cases instead of having the Wilson / House / Cuddy / Other Person personal drama. Overall, this show is nowhere where it used to be a couple of years ago but I'm still getting through episode by episode.

This is my overall favorite show that is being currently broadcast. I really like how well the character interplay goes and the anti-PC Dr. Gregory House. Plots are definately, on average, excellent and even when they aren't they are good.



This episode definately moves the character development along. I am really happy to see the other characters, especially Dr. Wilson, starting to play mind games with Dr. House.



This episode definately had a great plot as well as some cool sub-plots, as well as some twists on the normal character development adding depth.



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The continuing 'Dr. Cuddy' sub-plot is advancing and I think that's great.



I also think that Dr. House 'fed' the solution to Dr. Foreman through Dr. Camereon and Dr. Chase. If this is true (and combined with the advancement of Dr. Wilson and the Dr. Cuddy romance sub-plots), it definately adds to the depth of the Dr. House character.



I am glad that they are not messing with the Dr. House character too much, just showing that yes he is somewhat human.



All in all one of the better episodes in this season.



I look forward to many more shows and seasons as long as the writing keeps it's current excellent level.



I hope that the actors strike that is likely coming will not be a repeat of the writers strike in its impact on shows.



RECOMMEND RECOMMEND RECOMMEND this series rocks.



Side Note: I'd like to see them starting to release on blu-ray, and if they don't (or only release 'new' seasons), then I would LOVE to see an anamorphic remaster and rerelease of season 1.

Oh, I really loved it - the emotions, the battles. I like they have been more concentrating on old chars lately. Cameron and Chase got their episode and now Foreman and I like that his story was so well built - he just wants to prove himself and he does it, saves that little boy.



And if it is not Foreman and his case, it's the main case what really has some drastic turns - I liked how you could not be sure about anything, those twists and turns - nothing she said was right and the whole reason why she did all that and how it all ended - beautiful episode.

I thoroughly enjoyed this recent installment in a series that I felt had lost a bit of it's footing. The past few episodes, though entertaining, seemed to lack the profoundness I had come to expect from the show.



However, this episode left me with a smile on my face as the good doctor walked out the hospital door in the end. House did not have to do much to make the episode great. His wisdom and foresight were enough to help cure the patient, strengthen Foreman's conviction, and come closer to realizing his true feelings for Cuddy. I also liked the fact that everyone got some screen time in the episode and all the members of the original crew worked together again for a short time. The new doctors have now distinguished themselves from the previous ones and although there are still some obvious parallels than can be made, this episode showed that each doctor brings something different to the table.



This episode was comfortable. It nestled itself in between those all too familiar warm sheets and allowed things to run their course. It didn't need a kiss or a major accident to evoke an intended emotion. It just needed quality acting, a good script, and the confidence to know that everything was going to be OK in the end. "You're going to be OK, House..." And that is good to know, indeed.

It was great to see Chase, Cameron, and Foreman working on a case together. Why can't they do that every week? Give Foreman his own department. Foreman wants to get away from House and Cameron already admitted to missing the puzzles. Chase could easily be persuaded. Cameron had some great quotes as well.

House needs to either have sex with Cuddy or decide he doesn't want her. Stop dragging it on, it's getting annoying. Hopefully Wilson stops bugging him about it. House is a big boy and can make his own decisions.

It was interesting how they figured out the lies the girl was telling. However, the show is as formulaic as ever. The only difference is I don't care about the new team. Chase, Cameron, and Foreman were at least interesting. Kutner is the only new member that is interesting but he isn't getting any good stuff. Taub and 13 are the only ones. 13 being pissed at Kutner for being caring but then being pissed at House for not caring about her being raped made no sense at all.

This was an episode about emancipation. Foreman once again tries to move away from the influence of House ... hopefully with more success than his previous attempt.



He almost folded when he lost confidence in his ability to diagnose a dying child and turned back to House for help. He got House's help ... but not in the way he expected.



The 16 year old patient is also emancipated ... but unlike Foreman she really does need the help of those that she sought to get away from.



It was good to see the old team getting back together again to help Foreman diagnose his patient. I must admit that with the exception of Taub I haven't really warmed up to the new team as much as the originals.

This ep was a disappointment to me, there seemed to be nothing of mention with the best moments of this ep being between the old crew trying to solve forman's case.



House gets an emanicpated girl that is dying (surprised?) but they find it hard to treat her because she is lying to them about everything. Cutner first sides with her as he feels that she has gone through what he has but as her lies unfold he discnnects with her.



Meanwhile, Forman has a case of his own involving a young boy who is getting weaker by the day. In desperation he goes to House but House shoots him down, forcing him to do it on his own. This was probably the better story arc of this ep with the old crew chiming in for some good scenes.



The problem with this ep is really that nothingmuch happened and the story of the season didn't seem to get furthered in this one. For a series that has quite a rigid formula it really needs to keep the story moving. Still House is always good fun to watch with Hugh Laurie the coolest guy on TV so still worth a look just not a great ep.

Last season when House refused to establish Foreman's authority over the team I though he was being a jerk (just like the team, who showed no respect for a guy with way more experience in the diagnosis department than them) but now I realize that House didn't want to humiliate Foreman just for fun. Okay, he had fun but that was just an added bonus.



He wanted him to step up, delegate, solve cases by himself and make people respect him, even to stand up to him.



It's great to have more Cameron and Chase these days, we certainly missed them last season.



This was also a good episode for Kutner and Hadley, we got to see more of their human side without it being all about them and Their Issues.



We didn't get much House / Wilson, but it's good to see that the other characters can be just as interesting.

Loved the episode! Compelling cases and interesting character interactions. What more can one ask for.



As the title said, this episode was all about emancipation and taking responsibility for one's actions.



Loved the way House made Foreman regain his self-assurance by pushing him into making decisions on his own and standing up for them outside of House's *sheltering* presence. If you think about it, Foreman was the only one of the ducklings who hadn't successfully left the nest yet.



Wilson tried a similar approach by not giving House his opinion on how to proceed with the Cuddy situation. Of course House being House, that didn't work out as planned.



The patient turned out to have legally emancipated herself in order to flee the guilt she felt about not preventing her brothers accidental death. But only in going back to her parents has she actually taken the final step in facing and living with the reality of her situation.



Really one of my favorite episodes of a season I already like quite a lot

Finally, House is returning to be the show we love: a show that has a compelling mystery and compelling characters. Chase and Cameron, they're back again. Maybe not in as big as a role as last episode but to just be there for 1/4 of the show, it's amazing. This episode is not completely about House this time. This episode is about Foreman, Kutner, and Thirteen. This week's central theme is about family. A young girl who has been emancipated from her foster parents has fallen ill. In a separate case, Foreman goes behind House's back and takes on a clinical patient boy who is falling sicker and sicker. Foreman going behind House's back has been a long time coming. He has always tried to yank free of House's sphere of control and he never seemed especially thrilled to be overseeing House's new team but since he can't be hired by any one else because he is too Houseian, he had to take it. With the girl, Kutner has a way to give his personal touch about foster parents and Thirteen has to reconnect with her old personal issues when the girl reveals her foster dad raped her. She is unwilling to let it define her and wants to erase it from her life, something Thirteen knows all too well. Taub has the boldness to deflect Thirteen's problems to him to try to help the patient and maybe subtly helping his co-worker but it fails on both levels. The girl feels Taub cannot ever understand what she's been through and Thirteen's angry that Taub tried to cut in with her personal life. Taub may be "House-like" but he's not as blunt. He'll subtly interject when he feels it's needed. Foreman tries to work around House with his case and even asks for Chase's and Cameron's help but they can't help much. House is still ducking around Cuddy, confiding in Wilson about his feelings. Wilson has surprisingly little to say and House is annoyed. The reasoning of Wilson is probably that if he doesn't say anything, House will do what he needs to. The girl is slowly dying and eventually, she has to get a bone-marrow transplant from her father, a fact she refuses. Rather to die than ask for his help. House thinks since she thought of this so fast, she's lying and a trip of Thirteen's to find the girl's father ends up with a false name, it proves true. It's revealed that the girl killed her foster brother, why, it's not really clear, but she's been running from her family ever since. In one of his more tender moments, House coaxes the girl into reconecting with her family. With Foreman's case, he finally figures on his own that the boy's overprotective brother has given him too much iron pills. Foreman confonts House, demanding he work split-clinic duty and House doesn't argue. Foreman finds it strange. House, even though he won't admit it, respects Foreman and possibly even likes him as a person. And as Wilson deduced, maybe it was a way for House to finally prove to Foreman that he's not that bad of a guy. The episode ends with the brothers walking together, awww, the girl reconnecting with her parents, and House and Wilson walking out together, Cuddy walking past. Another great episode that proves that House is still a great and now the medical mysteries can exciting again. I hope there will be more Chase/Cameron moments to come. There will be a lot more strange mysteries and possible romance (Foreman and Thirteen) to come.

This episode preceded at a slower and quieter pace than many of the recent episodes. But this is not bad thing. I think the slower pace really helped set the theme of the episode which was growth.



I liked that we finally see Foreman standing on his own two feet in a positive way and I love that House helped Foreman by not helping him.



I thought the balance between the new team and the old team was well done and not at all force. I still love the interaction between the original ducklings even as the new one are beginning to grow on me. I like how Kutner was able to figure out the girl was lying. Thirteen's reaction seemed much more appropriate this week. And I really enjoyed Taub insight and reaction to Thirteen's actions.



The most poignant moment of the episode had the be the scene between House and the patient. When she told House she had killed her brother the look in his eyes was so painful. I can't help but think that House was thinking about Amber's death at that moment.



All in all I think this episode was very well done. We saw growth from professional growth from Foreman and some emotional grow from Thirteen. We also saw House trying to grow some emotional too. I no sure what to make of Wilson actions just yet, hopefully we will learn more as the season progresses. The one thing that did worry me about this episode is that Kutner may be learning to be more cynical and I would heat to see that.

I think I speak for most House fans, correct me if I'm wrong, when I say we love a compelling medical mystery to be the focus of an episode of House. And that is just what we got in this episode.



The mystery aspect of this episode was one of the best of the series. There were so many twists, none of which seemed contrived. When Thirteen went to find the patient's parents and found someone else I was like son of a b****, no way!



I wasn't a big fan of the patient though, guest star Emily Rios. I found her pretty unconvincing and mostly annoying. However the scene at the end with her parents was surprisingly touching. I did love, however, the sub plot with Foreman and the sick kid. Those child actors were amazing. Especially the older brother. It was one of most honest performances I've seen from a child actor on a television show.



It was also great to see Foreman interacting with Chase and Cameron again this episode. I love seeing those three together on screen so I cherish every moment they get screen time together.