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bironic ([personal profile] bironic) wrote2007-02-06 10:14 pm

House 3.13 (or 3.12, depending on airing order): "Needle in a Haystack"

Bo-ring. Lots of dead time, boring dialogue, uninteresting developments, lack of Wilson.

1. House’s three-mile-long nickname making fun of Wilson’s obscure pop culture references, and Wilson buckling his belt. That makes, what, three times now that we’ve had gratuitous Wilson-at-urinal scenes? Wait, no, two. Feels like three for some reason. Someone set me straight here.

2. House doesn’t usually do it for me, but he looked darn cute in that knit hat and one other time when he was looking up from that chair, maybe around the nurse’s station with the files. Some kind conjunction of hair and eyes and expression and lighting.

3. Exploding spleen!

4. Dr. What’s-her-face leering over Cuddy’s C-cups. Heh. She had House for a second there.

5. Uh... There must have been a fifth thing. Oh--Chase trying to pull a House when he walked in on the couple having sex at the “patient’s” home, managing some quick observation but balking when the woman insulted him. Almost, kid. By the time your fellowship’s over you may be able to swing it.

Anyone else spend the first few minutes of the show clutching their hair and muttering through clenched teeth, “Do NOT make her Mary Sue Doctor. Do NOT make her Mary Sue Doctor”?

Nice to see House sacrificing his personal image for the sake of the patient again, baiting the parents and letting them pour out their wrath on him so Foreman and Chase could do the colonoscopy. Bit of the old “Socratic Method” House there. Looks like they’ll be making up for that next week.

Liked the tic-tac-toe patient diagram. And the kid--though not enough to make up for the played-for-laughs Romany extended family--with his interest in medicine, sacrifice for his family and keen insight into the three fellows being alone. (Everyone together now: Awwww, they’re all alone.) I kept thinking the patient’s father got lost on his way to the set of The Sopranos, and am still trying to figure out who the mother looked like, besides Ileana Douglas; one of the writers from Buffy, maybe.

Chase was eating again. For someone who’s got a problem with overweight people, he sure does snack on camera quite often.

In closing: Wilson in a scarf in the snow = yummy. Why didn’t House lean on him? Would have made up for RSL’s two-minute screen time. But no, House has to be all uber-self-sufficient.


Commentaries: elynittria ep-specific and series-at-this-point

[identity profile] fallen-arazil.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
I kinda liked it. There wasn't enough Wilson, but then, there never is. I was so glad that Foreman got a lot of screentime, though, even if it might have gotten a bit over the top. And this week's patient was exponentially better than last week's (IMHO).

Chase was adorable, but he should still not be allowed to dress himself. 'Is she hot?' 'She's in a wheelchair.' '... doesn't mean she's not hot!' Ah Chase, I adore you.

I really liked the line where Dr. J commented on Cuddy's boobs. I have decided that the comment was NOT a joke and will proceed to be convinced that she won the better parking spot through sexual favors to Dr. Cuddy. Mmmm ... I'd like to see her again, as long as she's not a love interest for House. I think she's pretty, and I'm shallow enough to like the pretty woman in the wheelchair. Did they have to give her the same name as Wilson's last wife, though? Doesn't she at least deserve her own first name?

*runs off to write Cuddy/Whitner femslash*

~Djinn
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[identity profile] bironic.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't hate it, I was just bored, and that's disappointing. I read somewhere that this week's episode was aired out of order, switched with last week's, and can see why they might have done that; fans disappointed with the Tritter arc might've given up after this. IMO. Not you, though, since you liked tonight's. And not me, since I liked the Tritter eps. :)

Foreman's the one who shouldn't have dressed himself this week. I know they like putting him in purple, but lavender-on-purple is not the best look for him. If I notice bad fashion, it's really bad.

I actually agree that that line about Cuddy's breasts didn't seem like a joke. Just 'cause she's in a wheelchair doesn't mean she isn't hot, and it doesn't mean she isn't a lesbian either. It'd sure preclude her being a love interest for House, too. He'd just start cracking jokes about those sexual favors you mention.

[identity profile] jdr1184.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
I swear the writers have a fetish for repeating the same names over and over. It gets so confusing. I liked Dr. J too. I was worried I wouldn't but I think the key was moderation.