My first post in three weeks, so of course it has to be... HOUSE!

[corilannam]

I enjoyed seeing the hospital in the midst of a crisis -- something right out of the fanfic, y'know? 

And I enjoyed seeing the character repercussions from the last episode -- House punishing Chase and Cuddy railing on House particularly.  The Chase thing is interesting because Wilson's right, House should just fire Chase.  But he probably won't because a) Chase may be a dickweed, but he's still a good doctor and House needs an intensivist to keep his patients alive while he figures out how to fix them, b) because he won the power play, and Chase is now totally his bitch and House gets off on that, and c) House may still feel a bit of personal interest in Chase from the dying father thing (possibly compassion?  or more likely curiosity over what will happen when Chase Sr. kicks it?).

And I continue loving the Cuddy/House dynamic.  She'll browbeat him until one of them's bleeding from the ears, but she knows when to stop and take him seriously.  As soon as he proved that the girl was in serious trouble, she let everything drop and got House what he needed.

Foreman, you keep hanging in there and being your cool self.  You're my one duckling hope left.  ("The morgue?  Oh, tell me he's not seriously going to -- oh, he is.  That's way cool.")

Cameron... I love you, you know I do, but you're making Cuddy's melons look demurely Victorian over there.  You're right that sexual harrassment probably is the only way to get House to date you, but is this really the way you want to conduct your professional life?  Really?

I love that it was Wilson who was interviewing all of the candidates -- not because as the head of Oncology he had anything to do with the decision, but simply because somebody had to handle it, and that somebody wasn't going to be House.  He is so House's professional wife.

Am I the only one who thought that Tatooed Interviewee was kind of cute?

And on that note, I'll join the clamoring squee over House! Wilson!  Shoes!  Jewish foreplay!  OMG so needing to make out right. this. minute.   I adore that House uses Wilson as his personal barometer of coolness.

And I adore House for how he dealt with the girl -- bluntly, but not cruelly -- and how he handled the parents.  And how affected he was while watching her through the glass while she told her parents.  She told the truth at an incredibly difficult moment, and I think House had a lot of respect for that.

Can it be next week yet?  Please?

Comments

Green Shoes

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

I still think the woman in the green shoes would have made an interesting ongoing character. She could give as good as she got.

Re: Green Shoes

[agentotter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but don't you think that would kind of kill House's flow? I think she'd be too much... think of House as Snark and her as Anti-Snark (she's not, but you get what I mean). They'd cancel each other out. Plus, they already have Cuddy to fulfill this function, and it works with her because she's House's superior, and we don't see as much of her. If they were together the whole episode, they'd just be snarking at each other the whole time, and it'd get old pretty fast.

Re: Green Shoes

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I tend to agree. I really liked her for that scene, but we've got Cuddy and Foreman and (to some extent) Cameron who can give House a taste of his own medicine. Part of what made Green Shoes interesting was the fact that she was so obviously a perfect match -- and yet that's not what House wanted at all.

Re: Green Shoes

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

I like snarkfests;) Alot of the characters on the show can't go head-on with House, but for a while she could. I know Cuddy fills the role to an extent, but to me she's still not someone who can verbally spar with House without feeling intimidated. Just give the show some variety on that front.