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Okay, I'm not usually one to comment on this sort of thing, but wow, Cameron looked better than ever in that first scene where she was helping with the first differential.

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You're not alone in that observation.

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It was nice seeing the old team front-and-center again for an episode. They're interactions with House are much more interesting, because they're on more equal footing.

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Can someone explain the issues with Taub...?

I must have missed an episode because I remember House sparking up interest about him having an affair(?) or breaking up with his wife(?)...

Then the weird episode about her having her own bank account - them buying him a car with it - then he gets upset when he sees it?

What am I missing?

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Well, I am usually one to comment on this sort of thing and I'm ashamed that you beat me to it! She just looked amazing for the whole episode.

Regards,

Joe

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Yeah...she looked great.

And, hello? Despite a yawner sub-plot about Chase getting his drawer I still found the old team members SO much more interesting and entertaining for the whole episode.

Wilson cracks me up - he tries to play the game, and he's a smart guy. But, Cuddy and House are just smarter.

I have never seen House be a coward or show much weakness. Crawling away from Cuddy's window is the first time. He must really care.

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Also, I was under the impression that Wilson really was serious when he made a play for Cuddy. When she laughed at him, he pretended it was to make House jealous, but it seemed he was serious to me.

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I think it was just easy for him to dismiss his own real feelings by doing it.

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That whole thing wasn't explained very well. House was giving Taub The Business about him hiding something but wasn't able to figure out what it was. At the end of one ep, I think when she told him about the car, Taub said to his wife "we have to talk" then the episode ended. It was clear he was going to confess something, but we were never actually told what it was. So how House found out he was having an affair is probably something that was cut out of an ep for whatever reason (running time, etc).

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The affair was the reason Taub is not a plastic surgeon anymore. House new this from when they all had numbers and were competing for jobs. If I remember right, he was involved with a nurse or someting at his old practice and was asked to leave. That is why he went to work for House.

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Actually, it was made pretty clear in the series.

Partners forced him out when he had an affair (with a nurse I believe).

House's PI found out about the seperate bank account his wife had.
He started to think negative thoughts about it until she surprised him with a Porsche he had been wanting.

Succumbing to guilt, he told her about the affair(s).
House called him on that 2-3 episodes ago and he admitted he told his wife about it.

Last EP or 2, House has busted his chops about it.

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As you might have noticed if you watched the previews - this coming Tuesday's episode is supposed to run longer than usual. Over at Listings | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource
it has it running until 9:08

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The futon critic also has the first three minutes of the episode up to watch.

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So, what was up with that nose bending thing. I'm not familiar with the ritual (i assume it's some sort of last one it It) or it's origins so if anyone could enlighten me... Googling "nose bending" isn't very helpful.

BTW - I don't get the "Marco!" "Polo!" jokes I see so often either.

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Made me think of The Sting but there it meant it was time to kick off the con game

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The nose game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marco Polo (game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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It was House reverting back to childhood when a group of people can't decide which one of them does the unwantable task and the last person to touch their nose has to do it.

touches nose.....

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From the wiki entry on the Nose Game: "The last person to do this is the chosen person to perform the task. Usually this person needs the game explained to them, having previously been unaware of it."

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So, am I the only one who really hopes that House was the one who got Cuddy's old med school desk out of storage?

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I'm slightly hoping but only if something comes of it. There's no point in showing he cares if he's just going to keep being a juvenile jerk about it. By something coming of it, I don't necessarily mean they become a couple. I'd settle for a bit of emotional honesty, whatever it is. Creating stink bombs and making furniture disappear are things I can do without. Yes, people "affected" can do strange things, but Cuddy is supposed to be the sensible and responsible one. The banter between them is starting to feel more like a bad episode of Scrubs to me. I also found the premise of secretly setting up a web site in House's name ludicrous, though I like the service itself and think it was industrious on his part. As an aside, I really should watch the Harold and Kumar movies one day.

I did enjoy the main case as well as the Foreman/13 scenes. And of course House is entertaining even when I think the situations are silly.

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I can't believe there haven't been more leering posts on the women of the show this week. Let's get with the program, people. Cuddy looked great. (I love that gray skirt, and that blouse with the ruffled shirt does something for her. Come to think of it, it does something for me.) And 13 just has one of the most incredibly beautiful faces I've ever seen. I'd watch an hour of her silently looking into the camera every week.

The only bad thing about this week's episode is that Cameron didn't get a lot of screen time.

Regards,

Joe

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I'm just assuming he did. Cuddy certainly believes he did. I honestly thought she was going to walk in on him getting a BJ from the actress. Why is she so hurt because he's talking to a pretty girl?? I just don't buy that a woman with the confidence of Cuddy, who knows how much of an ass House can be would be hurt by what she saw.

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Confidence has nothing to do with it. If you have romantic feelings for someone, the last thing you want to see is him Mac'ing some PYT. Besides, I read her reaction as more a reaction to a bit of a cold water reminder of who house is. I don't think she was surprised in the slightest, she was just disappointed in herself that her feelings for him are causing her to hope for House to be something he isn't. If I could put words to her look, it would be more, "Yeah, that's exactly where he'd choose to be, and probably where he needs to be." So she left.

I mean, all jokes aside, he went totally crude on her in his office, and instead of any type of apology, offered up "Can you leave these?" as she turned to leave. Yeah, I'm sure guys think that's funny. It's funny as long as your see the show as a comedy. The moment you view it as a drama, it isn't so funny. In anything but a cartoon world, his actions were atrocious.

You know... I've had disagreements with folks here before about justifying House's actions, but in this case, no lives are at stake, so I don't even have to entertain the notion of looking past or explaining away his behavior. It's exactly why I didn't see that Cop that had a thing for him as the bad guy way back when. Karma. Sure House was going to eventually win that one (he's the star of the show), but I at least had my moments of seeing a jerk get jerked for awhile.

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I think Mikah's right. Cuddy was coming away from her office feeling all warm and fuzzy about House and the amazing gesture of having her old desk taken out of storage and place in her office, and instead of the man she's starting to let herself believe he might be turning into, she finds House being House.


Which wouldn't have been surprising, either, especially since I'm pretty sure that was no actress.

Regards,

Joe

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Mikah, I think you do have it exactly right, it was an extremely touching gesture to have the desk brought in for her and I cringed when Cuddy walked in on House "being House". That could have been quite a moment between them.
I realize that the dynamics of the show would change if ever House and Cuddy were to become an item but I see it as a natural progression of things. I think the show could evolve as the two continued to bicker about things as a couple.

Its almost like the X Files when you just wanted to scream "do it already Mulder, kiss her!!" but we never got any satisfaction with that either, at least until the movie came out.

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Heh... Joseph Bell and Irene Adler referenced this week.

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Am I the only one who couldn't get over the fact that the fat girl pretty much had an awful life from the get-go, an awful experience under the care of House's team and then was thrown away so Cuddy could get her baby? Especially for a Christmas episode, that was a depressing ending.

The episode also went nowhere with House and his gifts to himself.

But I loved the last scene, where after torturing Cuddy through the whole baby process and spending the episode faking kindness, House finally did the kind, simple thing.