House season 5

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I wish they still had it on at 9 pm. Anyhoo, there is an encore presentation on Friday 26th at 11 pm.

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Powerful start to the season as it turns out that Wilson doesn't hold a grudge towards House for what happened to CTB...he just holds a grudge towards him as a person and a friend.

Rough!

You just know Wilson's words had to hurt him, he wouldn't be human, such as he is, if such comments didn't.

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Really, Fox has two of my favorite dramas the last few years (Bones & House). Primarily because the character dynamics are so damn good.

The dynamic between House & Wilson was incredible. More then that, I'm finding that them having a new crew for House and his old crew in different positions in the hospital feels more natural then most programs; it seems as though everyone is really making a transition in their careers.

Great season opener.

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I wonder if their role this season will increase.

And I still hate seeing Cam as a blonde.

It was a good start to the season. Again the personal dynamics are changing.

Neil

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I still think new "new crew" are somehow going to be given the boot by season's end, and the old team will be put back together. I have literally zero proof/justification. It's just something I think

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I think we'll ditch at least one of the new crew by the end of the season, just because the show doesn't need four staffers to work. Eliminating one would allow the others more screentime, and allow Cameron and Chase to return to more than glorified cameo status.

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I will say this. Very ballsy for a 7PM (CST) 8PM (EST) to do a full onscreen abortion, even ectopic. (No political talk).

I still think this show was better at 9PM, combined up with Bones, but the moment with Wilson at the end is one of the best "dagger" moments in any show I've seen for a while.

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What happened the last few minutes. I heard Wilson start to tell House that he hated him, but what was the final result? Is Wilson gone? My PVR didn't get the end. I was screaming. Going to have to ensure it records 5 min overtime from now on.

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Short summary of end:

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

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Small correction

"...leaving House [and the audience] stunned..."

There. That's better.

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Am I mistaken, or did they actually just replace Wilson with that P.I.?

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That appears to be what happened for the episode. Who knows what will happen next week. Maybe House really will try out that other doctor.

Neil

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I was wondering where I recently saw the actress who played Apple last night and finally saw that she is Felicia Day*|* - Penny in "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"

By the way, while trying to find this out, I saw rumors that they might be trying to spin the private eye off into his own series.

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That's IT! I was wondering why she looked so familiar. I assumed it was just because she looked like she could be Mary Lynn Rajskub's sister.

Can someone recap the very last scene for me? The DVR cut off just as he picked up the phone.

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Clearly the P.I. will be filling in for that aspect, at least temporarily.

It occurred to me last night that there's a very good chance this show has expired. As much fun as House is, they've completely removed the sense of reality that once surrounded him. The hospital is now just a stage for his antics, his team is nothing more than stooges you can't respect. Cuddy's scenes have been minimal recently and now Wilson may or may not be gone for good.

They continue to try and make the show sweeter, but less filling.

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I've found that actor creepy ever since he carjacked David on Six Feet Under.

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Here is one page with a rumor from May
House Producers Mulling Spinoff — Sort Of? | Fox, House, Spinoff | BuzzSugar - Movies, TV, Music.

and another page from the same time

Ausiello Scoop: Michael Weston Eyed for House Spin-off - Ausiello Report | TVGuide.com

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I wonder if part of the reason for the spinoff is that House was originally supposed to be the Sherlock Holmes of doctors, and almost operate in a more forensics type manner like CSI. Since probably the second season or so, that has pretty much entirely stopped and now its solely about the character drama... (which is good as far as I'm concerned). Is it possible the showrunner might possibly be a little disappointed that he couldn't keep going in that vein and so wants a PI show?

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House was never supposed to function as a "crime solver". The actual inspiration for Sherlock Holmes was Dr. Joseph Bell, one of Arthur Conan Doyle's teachers in medical school and a brilliant diagnostician. He could tell almost at a glance what was ailing people, and his methods looked like magic to the uninitiated. Doyle wondered what would happen if Bell's methods were applied to crime and invented Holmes.

The conceit of House was that the producers were transplanting the Holmes character (misanthropic drug addict) back into the world of medicine. It was always medical mysteries he was intended to solve along with his own personal Baker Street Irregulars and his best friend, Dr. James Watson (Wilson.) House was never supposed to be anything like CSI or Quincy, M.E. or Crossing Jordan. So there's no particular reason the creator should be hankering to do a crime show.

I doubt the rumors are based on anything more than the usual internet "speculation in an information vacuum" that takes a fact (the character was featured prominently in one epsiode) and inflates it to the point of absurdity.

Regards,

Joe

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Oh I understand it was never supposed to be actually like crime, but it's evolved away from the original aspects of going to people's houses and investigating the environments they've been in and that sort of thing (aka, the forensics approach) to House rattling off random ideas and being wrong every time until the end with his character's drama being the main story now.

And as I said, this isn't bad, but it has definitely moved on from the original idea. I don't know that the creator really wants to do a crime show or anything like that, but I was just throwing it out there that House has moved away from the original idea to the drama, and a PI show at least follows along the same lines as the original idea possibly.

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I agree, I don't know quite what to make of this season, at least Kumar made mention of "not having to go to people's houses anymore" last night but I am not digging the P.I. story yet and cannot see how they could do a spin-off if that is what they are intending.
It is still early in the season to pass judgement on what is otherwise a great show so I'm in for the long haul.

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^^Hehe, that would be cool.

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The links I included a few posts above were from May this year and so not in direct response to the episode we just saw. One was from TV Guide and doesn't seem to be the usual internet speculation rumor. Of course, things might have changed since then.

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In the DC area (FOX 5) appeared to have some glitches during the first 20 minutes or so last night. I was wondering if people in other areas also saw the problems? It was as if a few frames were dropped every now and then.

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Both of the Fox HD feeds here in Calgary (KCPQ out of Tacoma, and WUHF out of Rochester) always ALWAYS have audio drop-outs. It's reached the point where I now PVR both feeds for shows we watch (House, Fringe, Sarah Connor, Kitchen Nightmares, etc), just to make sure we can watch them every week.

Last week, because of a scheduling conflict, we were unable to record the early NY feed for Fringe, so we were forced to rely on the west coast feed from WA. Alas, there was literally zero audio the entire time, but of course, as soon as the news came on, it was back! We were forced to watch the *shudder* standard-def feed on the Canadian affiliate

This week, House (on the east coast feed) had audio drop outs about every 30 seconds during the last 20 minutes, and Sarah Connor had them throughout (though they were rare).

Fox sucks for audio here in Calgary. At least their picture quality is pretty good. Nothing beats CBC's WWJD out of Detroit, however. Razor sharp image, clean sound, and the commercials aren't broadcast 10x the normal volume.

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Not my favorite episode. The P.I. guy is just too strange for me. Next week looks interesting, though.