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House Season 6 Episode 19

Open and Shut

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AIRED: Apr 26, 2010

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The team takes on the case of a woman living in an open marriage, who is stricken ill while dating her love. Meanwhile, House decides to determine if Sam is the woman for Wilson.

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open and shut

5.0

By thefanof, Apr 07, 2011

Open and shut....this episode should have been called "Open and Sh..." Just kidding, it was not all bad, but this episode certainly did not sit well with me. Last week I may have been a little harsh when I equated the Wilson storyline to a bad Grey's Anatomy relationship, but things did not exactly get any better tonight.

If there is one thing I never wanted to see with this show it would be Taub having an extra marital affair. Taub is an albatross, he's the weak link of a great cast, and is one of the creepiest looking individuals on television. He is not the kind of guy who is going to hook in that coveted 18-49 demographic with a juicy affair.moreless
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Been a while

8.5

By yamachamama, Jan 13, 2011

This is the first House episode in what seems like months that has been meaningfully entertaining. I can't remember when we last got character development out of the show. The emotions were believable, the interactions were more natural than we have seen in some time. Perhaps the weakest part of the episode was the medical case, which was almost irrelevant and only used as a vehicle to expose Taub's flaws. It was a rare moment for Jacobson, whose character has been mostly irrelevant for the last three years. The show would do well to continue this direction. This season has been the worst by far for lack of believable or likable anything.moreless
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Same thing..

8.0

By Parricida, Nov 23, 2010

I do not know. Even if this episode felt ok, I do not know.. it did not left me with that great emotion the show used to.

I loved the case. I mean, it was medical mystery. They tried to solve it. How all those symptoms happened and how they thought it was something else, and then something else. The great twist was that they crossed the right thing out. Other than that, the same old thing. That's not bad but..

If I liked the case, I was not very happy with everything else. I have never liked Taub and his whole marriage problem. We have had that. So.. Maybe something new.. and the ending.moreless
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Worst Episode So Far

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By mordipa, Nov 23, 2010

After spending most of the episode showing that a so called "open marriage" actually doesn't work, in an attempt at a clever shock twist, the writers have Taub bonking a 20 something blonde. This is totally out of character for him. Up until now Taub has been portrayed as a man with morals even if he does have to compromise on them sometimes. After the conversation with his wife in the parking lot where she makes it clear that it would crush her if she slept with someone else, he goes right ahead and does just that. It left me feeling quite sick.

I wish they'd stop the soap drama sex driven stories and go back to Sherlock Holmes style House genius and his brilliantly cutting humour.moreless
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More Taub marriage problems...zzzzz

6.0

By dm_esuoh, Nov 09, 2010

Didn't we already go through House being jealous of Wilson's girlfriend during the Amber arc? House/Wilson stuff is always interesting but we have already been through this. This whole Wilson/Sam stuff just screams of the McNabb/TO situation (football reference for those that don't follow sports). A few years down the line after everything blew up; you are desperate and remember the good times but forget the bad ones.

Great, more Taub/wife/affair drama (sarcasm). Seems like the writers fall in love with a character's storyline and constantly have to rehash it. The two previous seasons, 13's bisexuality or Huntington's was mentioned almost every episode. I have just now started to not hate 13 simply because she is no longer getting entire episodes dedicated to those two storylines. I have been indifferent to Taub up to this point but if they keep bringing up his marriage, I have a feeling I am going to start disliking him as well. Just three episodes ago (Black hole), marriage problems were a big part of the episode and nothing changed because Taub was still flirting at the end of that episode and this episode. I found that episode boring because of that storyline and this storyline was even more boring. I could care less if Taub is in an open marriage or not and who he is sleeping with. However, how exactly does Taub find people to have an affair with? We don't know what his other affair looked like but this nurse was pretty attractive and he just isn't at all.

I thought it was interesting that Chase mentioned he was jealous of Cameron and House and House never even touched her but yet House was never even mentioned in Lockdown. I got to think House had to be somewhat involved in the fact the marriage failed considering Cameron admitted that she was in love with him in the episode she left.

Of course House figured out the husband was hiding something when he didn't have anyone on the side and the marriage wasn't as good as it seemed. All this episode needed was someone to bet on whether the marriage was good or not and it would have been Clueless all over again.

So in Lockdown, 13 convinces Wilson to give Sam a try. Then last episode she tells House that Wilson is making a mistake. Now this episode she got all concerned when Wilson walked in and said Sam ended it.

I'm glad they are talking about Taub's extramarital activities during a surgery. Apparently Taub doesn't care who knows about it.

I'm glad Chase was at least interested in the case the entire time rather than Taub's marriage, unlike Foreman and 13.

And I especially can't stand this storyline with Taub when the whole episode is about Taub changing and then doesn't.

And the medicine was on the backburner with the open marriage debate and Taub's marriage. I mean, a bee sting? Really? How interesting (sarcasm).moreless
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Hugh Laurie	Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein	Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps	Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean Leonard	Dr. James Wilson
Jesse Spencer	Dr. Robert Chase

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Cynthia Watros	Sam Carr	Guest Star
Sarah Wayne Callies	Julia	Guest Star
Rob Evors	Tom	Guest Star
Peter Jacobson	Dr. Chris Taub	Recurring Role
Olivia Wilde	Thirteen	Recurring Role
Jennifer Crystal Foley	Rachel Taub	Recurring Role

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- Trivia: A picture of Stephen Colbert can be seen through a magnifying glass in House's office after Chase talked to the husband.
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QUOTES (3)
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- Taub: So the only time you're not interested in my marriage is after you blow it up?
  House: You were the moron who took marital advice from Tila Tequila.
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- Thirteen: I thought you'd be relieved. This gets you off the hook. It's just genetics.
  Taub: I'm 5'6" and have a receding hairline. I hate genetics.
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- Taub: Seriously? Our patient's dying and we can't move past my sex life?
  House: Seriously, you think it'd kill her if we spent 15 seconds mocking you?
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- Music: The Way That You Want Me (Jude)
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- Jennifer Morrison is credited but doesn't appear.
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- International Airdates:
  Canada: April 26, 2010 on Global
  UK: May 2, 2010 on Sky One
  Australia: June 20, 2010 on Channel Ten
  The Netherlands: October 14, 2010 on SBS 6
  Israel: October 27, 2010 on HOT3
  Czech Republic: December 1, 2010 on TV Nova
  Germany: December 14, 2010 on RTL
  Poland: January 20, 2011 on TVP2
  Slovakia: February 1, 2011 on STV1
  Sweden: May 17, 2011 on TV4
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