House!

[corilannam]

Things about this episode --

- I am so in love with Hugh Laurie it hurts.

- I like that the gender and class conflicts between the ducklings haven't gone away - the sharp little looks between Chase and Foreman, the way Cameron tries to put herself forward in a way that won't set off all the alpha-males around her.

- "Put your coat on." "It itches!" So, so married.

- And as long as I'm in the happy House/Wilson place, House coming to talk to Wilson even though he couldn't really talk about it was delicious. Part of that, of course, is that House needs to talk to Wilson. It's just what he does. And part of it, I thought, was to give Wilson fair warning that House was about to do something squirrely with the transplant committee. He gave Wilson the opportunity to vote according to his ethics -- lucky for him Wilson's ethics are extremely flexible and his trust in House is absolute.

"Since when do I need a secret passcode to talk to you?" Hee! And interesting, considering that during Cursed, they seemed to be edging toward a bit of a rift on Wilson's end.

- "Friendship with you is an ethical obligation." Interesting line. I'm still not sure what I think it means.

- Wilson really does have his hand in all the different political pies around that hospital, doesn't he? At least that explains some of his ease with Cuddy.

- I really loved the scene with House and the patient, before he goes to the transplant committee. Not because she was particularly interesting, but his intensity was mesmerizing. We don't often get to see him in the grips of a true dilemma -- he isn't a man who is usually unsure about his course of action, and it was fascinating to watch him wrestle with this.

- Interesting that House seemed very sure that he had Cuddy's support on the board. I mean, we'd all like to think that Cuddy would stick up for House and not allow him to be fired, even if it meant losing $100 million for the hospital. But I'm a little surprised that House is so sure of that.

- Plus, I'm a little offended on Cuddy's behalf that Vogler assumes she can't have any reason to stick up for House, unless she slept with him. No wonder Cameron is so desperate to find a way out of the gender trap.

- Poor Chase. His life sucks a lot these days. I refuse to believe he turned House in, unless we get incontrovertible proof later on. But of course House isn't going to fire him. Somebody around there has to have a bedside manner.

- Cameron asking if House "likes" her. Count me among those assuming that she meant "like like" her. And count me among those assuming House was serious in telling her no. That doesn't mean he's not attracted to her, but there's no way he'd consider a relationship with her, for a number of reasons, and he's not going to lead her on. She took the let-down pretty well -- I suspect she'll get over it fast. Hey, Cameron, there's a cute Aussie doc down the hall who's having a bad week....

- If I weren't already deeply in love with House (character and show), I would have fallen hard for him playing air keyboard. That whole scene was marvelous.

- But honestly, how on earth were they examining this woman for severe leg pain, and yet managed to completely miss the glaring cutting wounds on her thigh? Hello? They go through her belongings to find the ipecac, but they miss the bloody gashes? If they fire House, nobody will ever make it out of this hospital alive again.



*loves my show!*