Awful awful eposide. As soon as they wheeled the gunman alongside House (as if that would EVER happen) I realised it was all in his head and that simply spoiled the whole episode as there was simply no surprise at the end. How could no-one else realise this? It was just so obvious. There were no extras in the background of any of the scenes, only the main characters. Also his leg has no muscle in it so how could anyone believe that tweaking his brain would make him walk normally????
My rating of 1 was only acheived because of the button popping incident with Cameron. Otherwise it would have been a big fat zero.
No more episodes like this please...moreless
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Episode Summary
As House and his team are working on the diagnosis of a man with a giant, swollen tongue, the husband of a former patient walks into House's office and shoots him. House continues to treat his patient from his ICU hospital bed with the shooter, who has been shot by hospital security and hand-cuffed to his bed, as his roommate. When the after-effects of the shooting begin to impact House, he starts to question his own ability to diagnose properly. As his patient's body deteriorates, House struggles through his self-doubt and must trust his team to find a way to solve the case.moreless
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Dr. Robert Chase
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Dr. Eric Foreman
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Dr. Gregory House
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ADD TRIVIA- When House splits his stitches and collapses to the floor outside the patient's hospital room, a red fake blood bag falls out on the floor to his side just before the scene fades. Edit
- There are several events that contradict previous events from prior episode and even the beginning of the episode, as far as characters knowing things only House could know, characters saying different things then they said originally, etc. Given the nature of most of the episode, these can be accounted for by the fact that...well, House at least knows them. Edit
- House's name tag establishes his birth-month is in June. But in "The Socratic Method," his birthday was much later in the year when Cameron wished him a happy birthday. Edit
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Notes
ADD NOTES- International Air Dates: The Netherlands: June 14, 2007 on SBS 6 Bulgaria: June 19, 2007 on NOVA The Czech Republic: November 5, 2007 on TV Nova Belgium: November 29, 2007 on KanaalTwee Edit
- The hospital ID tag on House's arm shows his date of birth as June 11, 1959, which is actually Hugh Laurie's DOB. Edit
- The taco stand "The Cactus" that is used in this episode is a very popular spot for Mexican food in Los Angeles, on Vine St. north of Melrose. This is one of the few outdoors scenes that is an easy-to-spot Los Angeles locale Edit
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Quotes
ADD QUOTES- House: This is not real, therefore it's meaningless. I want meaning. Edit
- Moriarty: You don't care if you live or die? House: I care because I live. I can't care if I'm dead. Edit
- Moriarty: You pretend to be a rebel; claim to hate rules, but all you do is subsitute your own rules for society's. That's a nice simple rule: tell the blunt, honest truth in the starkest, darkest way; and what will be, will be; what will be, should be; and everyone else is a coward. But you're wrong. It's not cowardly to not call someone an idiot. People aren't tactful and polite just because it's nice. They do it because they got an ounce of humility; because they know that they will make mistakes, and they know that their actions have consequences, and they know that those consequences are their fault. Why do you want so bad not to be human, House? Edit
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Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- Character Name: Jack Moriarty The name "Moriarty" is an allusion to James Moriarty, the primary antagonist to the fictional Sherlock Holmes. Although Moriarty is only mentioned in two of Doyle's work, he is the only real "recurring villain" of the original Holmes canon and has appeared in many works since then. Moriarty's first appearance was in "The Final Problem," which could be an allusion to the fact House may lose his analytical abilities due to the ketamine treatment, making this case his final problem as well. And the real nature of "Moriarty" in this episode is also somewhat similar to the revelation of Moriarty's true identity in Nicholas Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. Edit
- House: The Patient. Harpo. House is referring to Harpo Marx, born Adolph Marx, who played a mute in a number of movies with his brothers Groucho, Chico, and (occasionally) Zeppo. House refers to him as "Harpo" because one of Harpo's signiture comic faces was "the gookie" where he would puff out his cheeks and thicken his tongue between his lips. Edit
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