House 5x12 "Painless" - Discussion and Spoilers
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Y'know, when this episode started, there was about five minutes where I was really excited - the point where the guy had chronic pain and then a pulmonary embolism, because I've had chronic pain for 6 years and then had an unexplained pulmonary embolism two months ago, but then it just had to be a stupid suicide attempt and epilepsy via pieces of anatomy I don't have. It would've been nice to get a diagnosis off of House - I can just imagine walking into my neurologist's office next month and going, "Hey, I saw this case on House..." (Obviously, I know Dx/Tx isn't that easy, but...) 
I didn't even notice that the social worker guy was Mayweather, and I watched ENT for the first two seasons. Sadly, Enterprise was just that forgettable.
I didn't even notice that the social worker guy was Mayweather, and I watched ENT for the first two seasons. Sadly, Enterprise was just that forgettable.
I haven't watched it yet but this episode is getting slammed over at tv.com. Doesn't make me hopeful.
I just finished watching it and I gave it a "good." The House plot was terrific and goes right to the heart of what I like about the show: House's state of mind. The patient plot wasn't bad either and I'm usually "meh" when it comes to the patient.
Where the episode slipped up was with the Thirteen/Foreman plot. There's nothing there and they spent way too much time on it. House hasn't done romance well so please don't start now.
The other problem was the Taub suicide thing. It was predictable, rather trite and we got something like that earlier on with the Kutner bullying story.
Where the episode slipped up was with the Thirteen/Foreman plot. There's nothing there and they spent way too much time on it. House hasn't done romance well so please don't start now.
The other problem was the Taub suicide thing. It was predictable, rather trite and we got something like that earlier on with the Kutner bullying story.
Katie Jacobs is bound and determined to push the character of Thirteen. That's why she now has a romance with Foreman. 
It really hurts the show. It's like the flow of the story hits a big ole brick wall. I'd rather have more Taub and Kutner. How about some House/Wilson banter? Remember that, writers?
It really hurts the show. It's like the flow of the story hits a big ole brick wall. I'd rather have more Taub and Kutner. How about some House/Wilson banter? Remember that, writers?
Katie Jacobs is bound and determined to push the character of Thirteen. That's why she now has a romance with Foreman.
Katie Jacob sounds like an idiot to me. What happened to David Shore? It seems like he has nothing to do with the show.
^ Kutner said in an early scene that Taub seemed to close to it (or something to that effect) because he was so hard on the POTW. He asked questions about if a family member or friend had tried suicide in the past. After prodding Taub said that a friend from med school with a God Complex injected himself with an entire bottle of insulin and it nearly cost him everything (he survived though). Kutner assumed that it was Taub who actually did it and not some friend.
And Mayweather was even moreso.
But I noticed because of Anthony Montgomery's stiff line readings (though better than when he had lines on ENT), and I was like holy s--t, someone cast him in something!
I got a real kick out of seeing Ensign Mayweather have more lines in one scene of a different show than he had on average for 5 episodes of the show he was in the main cast for.
I actually thought Anthony Montgomery was pretty good in this. I bought him as the adoption guy who had seen too much and was just like, "Yeah, this is fine compared to all that other shit."
Ah, gotcha. Muchos thankos!
Epilepsy?
In his balls?
It wasn't Epilepsy in his testicles, what happened was. The Epilepsy affected him in a section of the brain that either isn't very easily scanable, or so random that no doctor in the previous three years didn't think to look there. Anyway, he had the sessiour/fit and instead of causing his entire body to go into spasms, it just affected his Gentleman's area and then for some reason, the poor chap was suffering from chronic and unbearable pain since then.
I just thought I'd say that Painless was an ok episode of house, it wasn't as good as some episodes, but then again they can't all be as great as Houses Head and Wilson's Heart were. But yes, House is formumatic, but that was pretty obvious with in a few episodes of the first series. House gets a few things wrong then has an epifiny and the team and he cure the patient unless on the odd occasion they kick the bucket. Do I think this is a bad thing, not exactly, but after five years with very little difference in that formula, it is getting a bit tiresome when the episodes on the whole are not very good, but to me, the primary reason for watching House is because of the character interactions with the actual patients dilema just after.
One thing that really let down that episode was the baby, as soon as I saw Cuddy with it, it looked fake and I even winced, it looked like a cheap doll you can buy from any toyshop.
Oh and 13 may be hot, but Cameron is hotter
Oh man don't start that argument...
I give this one a good too. Didn't particularly like the patient and the Foreteen stuff was so-so but the House story was good and I'm interested in where the Cuddy/baby plot is going to take us. Surely not Dean of Medicine Allison Cameron though. Surely not?
I give this one a good too. Didn't particularly like the patient and the Foreteen stuff was so-so but the House story was good and I'm interested in where the Cuddy/baby plot is going to take us. Surely not Dean of Medicine Allison Cameron though. Surely not?
I believe the threatening letter was supposed to be about his broken pipe in his house. He would have sent it to the insurance company would be my guess.
The whole ep was just kinda meh for me. Agreed that the whole Thirteen/Foreman thing just seems to clog the works.
The whole ep was just kinda meh for me. Agreed that the whole Thirteen/Foreman thing just seems to clog the works.