Love Hurts

Season 1, Episode 20, Aired
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House apparently triggers a stroke in a clinic patient, but the major topic of discussion is House's imminent date with Cameron, The team must deal with the patient's odd lifestyle, overbearing "friend," and reluctant parents in order to stop the strokes and try to save his life. Meanwhile, Wilson, Cuddy and the team offer House and Cameron advice while laying odds on the outcome.moreless
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  • One of my favorite "House" episodes. (Spoiler warning)

    8.6
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    By purple_yoshi, Jun 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    Cameron comes back to work, but only if House takes her out to dinner on a date. Chase and Foreman laugh about this, while Wilson and Cuddy give some advice. The part with Wilson and the clinic patient at the beginning was funny. The off-key singing was awesome :) As House walks out of the clinic room, he runs into a guy who he thinks is carrying an open urine sample and screams at him. This guy (Harvey) ends up having a stroke, and voila! He's the patient of the week who happens to LIKE pain. Ooh, kind of freaky. It's crazy he pays someone to strangle him, but what's even crazier is that Chase knew the dominatrix girl. Haha. There was also a clinic patient subplot, where an elderly "couple" tells House they're having too much sex, but they don't tell each other. House later finds out they're having an affair. I enjoyed watching House and Cameron's date, and although I'm not a "Hameron" shipper, I wish we could have seen more of the date. I wonder if they spoke much more after House told Cameron what he thought of her? Loved House's reflective scene at the end, the music went great with it, too. All in all, this was a nice episode.moreless

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  • Love Hurts.

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    By thefanof, Oct 25, 2010 Report Abuse
    House's old episodes are viewed by many as superior to its current offerings, but this was pretty much on par with the most recent season. Not a horrible episode, in fact I rather enjoyed it, but the medical mystery seemed to take a back step to House and Cameron's date, and when that happens on a medical drama it is never a good thing. The Grey's Anatomy episodes that accentuate romance over medicine are lackluster this way as well.

    The scenes with House and Cameron were good though, as these are two of the better characters on the show. I really wish they explored their potential courtship further, but the writers had other plans with her getting together with Chase.moreless

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  • The episode we were all waiting for - the date between House and Cameron...

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    By Arky666, Sep 02, 2010 Report Abuse
    The main plot of the episode, the patient with the infected jaw, wasn't all that interesting, but of course, House had a few nice jokes about him, and those old patients and their case was very boring which was another reason for my score... But, the main thing of this episode - the date, that was very good! I loved the way House burned Cameron because she saw it coming! I would be disappointed if they hooked up because they are just not right for each other! i don't see what did she (the happy, cheerful person) saw in him, nor I can understand what did he (like a cynic, sadist and a man who have to prove the others that world isn't all that great) saw in her...moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, Jun 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show house house exadently triggers a stroke on a clinic patent and he keeps having them and they must figure out why he keeps having them and find a way to stop them also in this ep its final the day that house and her are going to go on a date the cuddy and wilson and the rest of the team are giving adive to house and her and the date does not go as planed house does show up but sorta puts her down becasue he is not really been on dates this was a good epmoreless

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  • House saves the day yet again, and Cameron blackmails House into a date.

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    By Stig14, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    Is it just me, or did the whole blackmail scenario bug anyone else? The whole time I was watching this episode, I just kept thinking that if the tables were turned, if it were House blackmailing Cameron into a date, holding her job/salary hostage against possible romantic entanglements, the entire viewing population would be screaming "sexual harassment"!! But for some odd reason, since it's the woman doing the harassing, it seems to be ok. Why is that?

    Is it because the writers are male, and purile? Unable to escape the dream of being "sexually harassed" by some beautiful female, thinking that it would be fun, when the reality is that harassment is harassment, and it doesn't matter who is doing it and whom it's being done to?

    Usually, I enjoy the storylines, particularly House's clinic scenes and this episode was no exception there. But the harassment aspect of the episode really spoiled the rest of it for me.

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    • When House is watching baseball in the clinic, the sound of the ball being hit is that of a metal bat even though they use wooden bats in the major leagues Edit
    • Annette mentions Harvey was seen by an acupuncturist who diagnosed Liver Qi stagnation and sent Harvey to a Shen balancer. No practitioner in this area would do such thing as 1) Liver Qi stagnation isn't treated by balancing the Spiritual Aspect Shen and 2) any competent acupuncturist is capable of dealing with the situation and should easily move the Liver Qi to resolve such stagnation. Edit

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    • The song in the closing scene (House looking at the old picture of a past love) is "Some Devil" by Dave Matthews. Edit

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    • House: Me, I'm a freak. I get off on not being in pain. That and chocolate-covered marshmallow bunnies. Edit
    • House: (after getting covered with what he thinks is urine) Damn it! Who the hell walks around with an open urine sample!? Kid: I'm sorry, I didn't... (runs away) Dr. Wilson: You think that was a bit of an overreaction? House: Well, he peed on me. I'm not into that. Edit
    • Dr. Cameron: I have one evening with you one chance, and I don't want to waste it talking about what wines you like or what movies you hate. I wanna know...how you feel...about me? House: You live under the delusion that you can fix everything that isn't perfect. That's why you married a man who was dying of cancer. You don't love, you need, and now that your husband is dead, you're looking for your new charity case, that's why you're going out with me. I'm twice your age, I'm not great looking, I'm not charming, I'm not even nice. What I am is what you need...I'm damaged. Edit

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    • Chase: So the bear wipes himself with the rabbit. This is the punchline of a joke Eddie Murphy told in his stand-up show "Delirious. Edit
    • Dr. Wilson: You're going to look like Lou Costello.
      Referencing the comedian and partner of Bud Abbott. Edit

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