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Re: House season 4 thread

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As I understand it, one or more of the old team may be coming back to work with House, while only one or two of the new characters will actually join the new team.
That's what they were going to do, but ultimately
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hired Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde and Peter Jacobson to be permenant cast members.

Three doctors get the call on "House"

I'm thrilled with the Kal Penn casting and could go either way with the Olivia Wilde casting. But I'm afraid Peter Jacobson's character will turn me off the show, though. He REALLY irritated me in the last episode on a gut level. Plus, I just don't see what a plastic surgeon brings to the table from a diagnostic standpoint.
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Wait, I thought Peter Jacobson's character was eliminated last week? I actually kinda liked him from a smart ass point of view.


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Re: House season 4 thread

The freaked out look on #13's face was sort of freaking me out, but she's very attractive, nonetheless. Loved the head tilt by House and Wilson as well.

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Re: House season 4 thread

Good episode. One of the few consistent shows left any more. I wonder what House saw in that minute he was dead? I also liked the scenes with Cameron, Chase and the blonde doctor I hate. They instantly cut through the bullshit. The new recruits show just how far House's old team have come over the course of the series.
I also loved Foreman's storyline. It raised the possibility that being House might not be the worst possible thing. The juxtaposition between the scene where the overcautious chief of medicine fires Foreman for saving a life and the scene where Cuddie is steamrolled by House was perfect. It made me like Cuddie ever more than I already do, and it makes me hope that Foreman pulls off some miracle of medicine that makes his dismissal a black mark on the Mercy chief's record. (And yes, I'm well aware that all real chiefs of medicine would have made the call she made.)
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Re: House season 4 thread

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I also loved Foreman's storyline. It raised the possibility that being House might not be the worst possible thing. The juxtaposition between the scene where the overcautious chief of medicine fires Foreman for saving a life and the scene where Cuddie is steamrolled by House was perfect. It made me like Cuddie ever more than I already do, and it makes me hope that Foreman pulls off some miracle of medicine that makes his dismissal a black mark on the Mercy chief's record. (And yes, I'm well aware that all real chiefs of medicine would have made the call she made.)

Yeah, but what it really pointed out to Foreman was this.. he had always accused House of being uncaring, callous to his patients and that he didn't care about them. What he learned there was that House cared more then most of the medical community. The Chief in NY preferred to let the patient potentially die because it was the "safe call" and they would be full proof against a lawsuit and if it backfired they'd be protected. House, on the other hand, believed that screw the lawsuit, if you know what you have to do to save the life, that's what you do. I think Foreman got a big "wow" when he realized that all the accusations against House weren't necessarily the case, and maybe becoming House isn't becoming an uncaring lunatic, but being willing to follow the "safest path with least lawsuit concerns" at the other end is something he can't live with either.. because then he would know he had the answer, and denied it to the patient out of fear.
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Re: House season 4 thread

House cares about solving the mystery, not saving the patient. That said, in practical terms, everything you said still applies. Indeed, if Foreman acts like House to save lives instead of solve mysteries, that makes him a better House even if the steps they take are the same.

I had to laugh at his attempts to coddle his team after years of mistreatment under House. It couldn't have felt less natural.
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Re: House season 4 thread

House will never admit that he cares about his patients, but if that were the case, he probably wouldn't get as thoroughly pissed off as he does when one of them doesn't value his life enough to fight for it.
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Re: House season 4 thread

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House cares about solving the mystery, not saving the patient. That said, in practical terms, everything you said still applies. Indeed, if Foreman acts like House to save lives instead of solve mysteries, that makes him a better House even if the steps they take are the same.

See, I think that's the point Foreman is just getting. House's motivation is meaningless.. the results pay off and he fights for the result. Foreman thought he could get the same place by going to the other side.. caring directly for the patient, etc. etc. Instead, he basically learned that he & House are on the same side, the opposition is the desire to do nothing to prevent risk to themselves.. so it's risk taking (for whatever motivation) vs. sitting on your hands.
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Re: House season 4 thread

So, I guess Foreman's coming back to House's team? House will have fun with that situation!
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Re: House season 4 thread

I imagine Foreman is coming back to Princeton-Plainsboro, but I doubt he'll be on House's team. I'm trying to remember what his specialty was, in case it might be something that could fit into the process elsewhere.
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Re: House season 4 thread

Oh, House doesn't care about solving the mystery...he cares about saving the life. He may not care WHOSE life it is, but the life is what he saves and he is God because of it. If ever there were a God complex, House has it.

And, I assumed he 'saw' nothing he couldn't explain when 'nearly dead'. Isn't that why he told the corpse that he told him so?
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I imagine forman is coming back
Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers, Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning, Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, In the halls of Valhalla,where the brave may live...
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Re: House season 4 thread

I think Foreman's getting his own team (Cuddy made that offer to him last season).

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Re: House season 4 thread

Anyone else notice that Foreman's ex-boss was Andi, Toby's ex-wife on The West Wing?

I think the further we get away from Tritter, the more obvious it'll be to us and, hopefully to the showrunners, that storyline didn't work at all.

I saw some pictures of JM with blonde hair all dressed up and didn't think she looked as good as she does brunette, but last night's show proved me wrong. She looks just as good either way.

Did the paitent spill the pills or did the paitent somehow get the dog to get up and grab the pills while the doctor wasn't looking? I was waiting for someone to theorize that, but it never came to pass, unless I missed it.

Wilson and House checking out Cuddy was awesome! Pat posted a pic already, but I'm going to post something better:



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Re: House season 4 thread

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Oh, House doesn't care about solving the mystery...he cares about saving the life. He may not care WHOSE life it is, but the life is what he saves and he is God because of it. If ever there were a God complex, House has it.
He's got a God complex all right, but it's subservient to his curiosity. Why else to explain why he electrocuted himself? If he really cared about the lives, he wouldn't need to do the autopsy afterward. The autopsy is about solving the mystery.
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Re: House season 4 thread

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He's got a God complex all right, but it's subservient to his curiosity. Why else to explain why he electrocuted himself? If he really cared about the lives, he wouldn't need to do the autopsy afterward. The autopsy is about solving the mystery.

It's about learning from your mistakes and saving future lives.
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Re: House season 4 thread

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I imagine Foreman is coming back to Princeton-Plainsboro, but I doubt he'll be on House's team. I'm trying to remember what his specialty was, in case it might be something that could fit into the process elsewhere.

Neurology, IIRC.
From what I remember, House is a nephrologist.
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Re: House season 4 thread

Interesting that Anne Dudek plays Alby's wife on Big Love, and 'Big Love' was House's nickname for the Mormon Dr.
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Good episode tonight, though only a few good House-isms. Also a noticable lack of Cuddyshots. But alas, we can't win them all...

Personally, I really like "Stone Cold Bitch."
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Re: House season 4 thread

This has been a ton of fun. I'm going to miss Henry a lot - I had a brief bit of hope when Foreman asked for a personal assistant, but no such luck. I hope he shows up as a recurring character.

Also, mean Cameron is great. She's gotten cooler as she got bolder.
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Re: House season 4 thread

I love #13, that is one gorgeous freakin' woman.

The sick girl this week sort of gave me the creeps, she looked possessed by Pazuzu there for a while.
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You know, I generally don't like Cuddy that much, but at the end when she told Foreman how he wouldn't get the raise, that was just perfect.

Also I agree with the previous Cameron comments. She'd been way too one-dimensional for a long time now (pretty much the entire last two seasons) so this episode made her much more interesting.
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Re: House season 4 thread

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Interesting that Anne Dudek plays Alby's wife on Big Love, and 'Big Love' was House's nickname for the Mormon Dr.
Well, the casting may have been a coincidence, but House's nickname for the Mormon Dr. was "Big Love" because of the HBO show. One of House's many quirks is that he is an avid pop culture afishionado.
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This has been a ton of fun. I'm going to miss Henry a lot - I had a brief bit of hope when Foreman asked for a personal assistant, but no such luck. I hope he shows up as a recurring character.
Yeah, he was great. He also departed with dignity. I liked that he left because of something completely unrelated to his being a doctor. Unfortunately, it points to my earlier spoiler being right. A new article that refutes that earlier spoiler can be found here.
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Also, mean Cameron is great. She's gotten cooler as she got bolder.
I was really surprised when she egged the Mormon doctor on. I was just waiting for him to take her advice and get ultimately fired for it. Cameron would be beside herself if that happened.
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I love #13, that is one gorgeous freakin' woman.
I agree, but she looks to much like red-haired Cameron. We don't need to very similar looking characters. Better her than the cutthroat bitch, though. I can't stand her.
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The sick girl this week sort of gave me the creeps, she looked possessed by Pazuzu there for a while.
I was thinking the same exact thing after she puked up the blood.

I loved Chase's speech in the OR as a hilarious counterpoint to Cameron's, with the caveat that "he'll eventually fire you either way."

I'm also glad that Foreman's back. I loved the chief of medicine that flat out said he'd like to hire him but lacked the testicles, that storyline made his return believable. I bet he's kicking himself now for not taking the earlier offers she made. And does that narrow the available positions down to two on House's team, or was Cuddy's offer to give him his own team like she had when he initially resigned?
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Re: House season 4 thread

House spoofing "The Bachelor" at the end was hilarious. House's Angels (doing Charlie Townsend) was also spot-on. Cameron's making the most out of her screentime. I'm not sure if Foreman goes back to being on House's "team" or not.

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Re: House season 4 thread

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Also a noticable lack of Cuddyshots. But alas, we can't win them all...

Oh, I dunno. I seem to recall one shot of Cuddy in a white skirt walking away from House that caught my attention, and at least one low-cut blouse.

I think Number 13's resemblance to Cameron is intentional and that it will be a plot point. And Cameron probably went blonde both to symbolize the change in her character (and her relationship to House) and to make it easier to tell the two apart. Anyway I cannot quite grasp the concept of "too many gorgeous women"

Stone Cold has to stay. She's just too obnoxious not to.

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Is it me, or do most diagnosis at the end turn out to be mold and fungus? You would think that by now they would start with that. LOL

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Re: House season 4 thread

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Stone Cold has to stay. She's just too obnoxious not to.
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Am really was hoping that Forman would go away for good.
I never liked his whole attitude and personality. I would rather work with House than someone like Forman.

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Re: House season 4 thread

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Also I agree with the previous Cameron comments. She'd been way too one-dimensional for a long time now (pretty much the entire last two seasons) so this episode made her much more interesting.

Yeah, you know, there was a lot of moaning before the season on what the heck were they doing.. but more series should take a page from House. They completely shook up the concept and made it work, broke the way the show could have went stale. Very solid this year.

I will miss Henry a lot, I hope we see him along the way somewhere. Maybe he and House become golfing buddies

I like how Cameron has finally found a way to pull out a more cocky side of her character.
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Re: House season 4 thread

Wilson to House: "You seem so pleased to be you right now."
House: "Wouldn't anyone?"


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I will miss Henry a lot, I hope we see him along the way somewhere. Maybe he and House become golfing buddies

I thought I heard Henry say something like "I'll go and see Dr. Wilson, then". Maybe I'm just hearing things, but that would be a way for him to stay.
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