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House: Emancipation

November 19th 2008 04:15


I think I speak for most House fans, correct me if I'm wrong, when I say we love a compelling medical mystery to be the focus of an episode of House. And that is just what we got in this episode.

The mystery aspect of this episode was one of the best of the series. There were so many twists, none of which seemed contrived. When Thirteen went to find the patient's parents and found someone else I was like son of a b****, no way!


I wasn't a big fan of the patient though, guest star Emily Rios. I found her pretty unconvincing and mostly annoying. However the scene at the end with her parents was surprisingly touching. I did love, however, the sub plot with Foreman and the sick kid. Those child actors were amazing. Especially the older brother. It was one of most honest performances I've seen from a child actor on a television show.

It was also great to see Foreman interacting with Chase and Cameron again this episode. I love seeing those three together on screen so I cherish every moment they get screen time together.
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House: The Itch

November 12th 2008 04:28


This episode picks up right where the last one left off and deals with the after math of House's kiss with Cuddy. I thought they handled it perfectly with how House chooses to deal with the situation. There was a great subtly with Hugh Laurie's performance in this episode. He really knows what to do with his character.


I really liked this episode because Chase and Cameron get a lot of screen time and their relationship is explored instead of just insinuated or hinted at. Chase was and still is my favorite character, I always thought that his [Jesse Spencer] performances were the most honest and real out of the whole cast. So I'm glad that he got some more screen time.

The medical mystery was a lot more interesting, in this episode, than others so far this season. I appreciate that. Some times shows like this will run out of interesting plot ideas and will rely, instead, on contrived drama between characters to keep viewer's interest up. In my opinion. House has gotten dangerously close to that this season, but has managed keep the drama somewhat relevant to the story of a particular episode.

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House: Joy

October 29th 2008 02:22


Well this episode was a big step up from the last one, but still this episode wasn't as powerful as it could have been. On paper this episode looks really interesting and dramatic.

For a while the show was continually exploring the Cuddy wants a kid story line, but then it just disappeared for a while only to pop up again last episode and was seemingly resolved in this episode. Had they not put that story line on the shelf for so long the resolution would have been much more powerful. Because the story line wasn't present for so long I just didn't care about the outcome.

However I was impressed by guest star Vanessa Zima acting ability. She plays the mother of the baby that Cuddy is going to adopt and the scene between them after the baby is born is very touching.

The medical case in this episode was the kind of mystery that we love, complete with huge twists and turns with House getting the epiphany at the end. But the characters weren't developed properly so, again, I didn't care about them nor the outcome, which is sad because once the case was solved and the patients started getting better is when I started caring about them.

But the episode wasn't about them, it was about House and Cuddy. I'm not going to give anything away, but holy crap, you have to see the very end.





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House: Lucky Thirteen

October 22nd 2008 03:15


Well despite being mostly boring, this episode was kinda revealing. We do get a little incite to how Thirteen is dealing with her Huntingtons. Dr. Foreman also gets to step into the spot light a little bit, which I really enjoyed


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House: Birthmarks

October 15th 2008 03:32


This episode has a lot going for it. I mean talk about reveal after reveal. We find out(FINALLY) how House and Wilson met and became friends. House's dad wasn't his real dad. House ringtone for his team is Mmbop by Hanson, which is awesome


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House: Adverse Events

October 1st 2008 03:26


Ever since the premier the show has stepped up the character development and conflict between House and his fellows. It has made the show more interesting, but I think the the whole creative team is trying too hard to stir up the conflict because they know it will get more people watching. I could be wrong, but that's what I see


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House: Not Cancer

September 24th 2008 03:42
House hires a private investigator


The episode begins with a montage of different people doing various activities and one by one they begin to collapse from seemingly unknown causes. It was a cool opening, but it went on for a little long and I thought: Get to the point! And as soon as I thought that; it totally got to the point. It was amazing


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House: Dying Changes Everything

September 17th 2008 03:24


We're not friends anymore, House. I don't think we ever really were-Wilson


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