House: 7x06 "Office Politics" - Discussion and Spoilers
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I gave up around that time, too, but for different reasons than that.
That ending would be more controversial than The Sopranos'.
House diagnosis's HRG
"Small Wonder."
Taub, you win the episode.
Taub, you win the episode.
Cuddy: The two of you (House and Masters) have a combined IQ North of 300.
House: That's also true for 5 morons.
House: That's also true for 5 morons.
She's the same age as Thirteen? She looks more like she's... thirteen.
Well, Amber Tamblyn is the daughter of a guy who's most famous for playing Tom Thumb, so I guess looking small and youthful runs in the family.
Not entirely sold on the character or the actress yet, but I sympathize with the idea. The Houseketeers have become consistently rather amoral and cynical, and introducing some idealism back into the mix is probably a good idea.
It doesn't seem quite right that we never found out whether the patient survived the treatment.
Well, Amber Tamblyn is the daughter of a guy who's most famous for playing Tom Thumb, so I guess looking small and youthful runs in the family.
Not entirely sold on the character or the actress yet, but I sympathize with the idea. The Houseketeers have become consistently rather amoral and cynical, and introducing some idealism back into the mix is probably a good idea.
It doesn't seem quite right that we never found out whether the patient survived the treatment.
Taub said she's "effectively" the same age as Thirteen, giving her age a "boost" because of her advanced educational history. (She graduated high-school at 15 so, in essence, Taub is saying "when she was 15 she was 18." )
Interesting episode, not sure I'm sold yet on the new Docling, as she has some of the worst wardrobe ever on this show. Some of her outfits were just absurd. Interesting medical dilemma. It's funny how much I've "learned" about medicine watching this show, when they showed the catheter collection bag filling with off-colored urine I called "kidney failure" before it was presented as a diagnosis.
The medical mystery was okay, interesting to see the "twist" was from something fairly benign (sharing a coke-sniffing straw) rather thane extreme (they were sexual partners or some other lewd behavior had taken place.)
But in this episode we fall into one of House's often used tropes. Forgetting that the main character is always right. How many times has House pulled an idea, a diagnosis, or an idea for a test completely out of his ass? And every time he does it (so long as it's around the 45-minute mark.
) he's right. And here as he and the new Docling pointed out the "treatment" had better odds than no treatment. (15% to 0%) As Masters said if he takes the Hep-A treatment his chances of survival are infinitely better than if he takes no treatment at all. It'll be interesting to see what strain this puts on Cuddy's and House's relationship given the "understanding" they reached between their work relationship and their romantic one. And unless Houses wanted to get caught I would think he would've been a bit more careful with his little bit of trickery there in the faked blood tests.
Given the "arc" they've had House in the last few seasons with him improving his life between getting off drugs, improving his relationship with Wilson and his subordinates and now putting him in a relationship Cuddy I doubt their relationship will be torn apart by this. It'd effectively "reset" House and he'd probably go back to being a complete insufferable ass again and probably find his way back to vicodin. They'll have a fight but in the end I think Cuddy will realize that, yeah, House is always right and it worked and even given the faked tests the patient's odds were better under the "treatment" than it was under no treatment. Yeah he faked it, risked his job, risked Cuddy's job, and then some but, hell, it's not like he does this every damn week! He's faked plenty of tests, reports and such before. Many, many times. I could list the times he's lied on reports and to committees for "the good of the patient." This shouldn't be news to Cuddy. She said so herself in the first episode this season, she knows House is an ass, that he's probably bad for her, but his brilliance and dedication to saving lives is why she loves him.
Not sold yet on new-girl. She seems interesting but didn't find her as fascinating as I thought given the actress. She's just a much more naive version of Cameron this time around. And since she's a "young prodigy" I'm calling her Dottie Howser.
"Good" episode. Not enough Wilson. Fairly weak introduction to the new Docling, and the "Not realizing the main character is always right" card being played knocks it down.
In the ending scene between House and Cuddy House says POTW is already showing improvement, Cuddy says something like "you were right." And then they part ways. We then see POTW, jaundice gone, watching the acceptance speech of the Senator. It seems pretty implied he survived the treatment.
Interesting episode, not sure I'm sold yet on the new Docling, as she has some of the worst wardrobe ever on this show. Some of her outfits were just absurd. Interesting medical dilemma. It's funny how much I've "learned" about medicine watching this show, when they showed the catheter collection bag filling with off-colored urine I called "kidney failure" before it was presented as a diagnosis.
The medical mystery was okay, interesting to see the "twist" was from something fairly benign (sharing a coke-sniffing straw) rather thane extreme (they were sexual partners or some other lewd behavior had taken place.)
But in this episode we fall into one of House's often used tropes. Forgetting that the main character is always right. How many times has House pulled an idea, a diagnosis, or an idea for a test completely out of his ass? And every time he does it (so long as it's around the 45-minute mark.
) he's right. And here as he and the new Docling pointed out the "treatment" had better odds than no treatment. (15% to 0%) As Masters said if he takes the Hep-A treatment his chances of survival are infinitely better than if he takes no treatment at all. It'll be interesting to see what strain this puts on Cuddy's and House's relationship given the "understanding" they reached between their work relationship and their romantic one. And unless Houses wanted to get caught I would think he would've been a bit more careful with his little bit of trickery there in the faked blood tests.Given the "arc" they've had House in the last few seasons with him improving his life between getting off drugs, improving his relationship with Wilson and his subordinates and now putting him in a relationship Cuddy I doubt their relationship will be torn apart by this. It'd effectively "reset" House and he'd probably go back to being a complete insufferable ass again and probably find his way back to vicodin. They'll have a fight but in the end I think Cuddy will realize that, yeah, House is always right and it worked and even given the faked tests the patient's odds were better under the "treatment" than it was under no treatment. Yeah he faked it, risked his job, risked Cuddy's job, and then some but, hell, it's not like he does this every damn week! He's faked plenty of tests, reports and such before. Many, many times. I could list the times he's lied on reports and to committees for "the good of the patient." This shouldn't be news to Cuddy. She said so herself in the first episode this season, she knows House is an ass, that he's probably bad for her, but his brilliance and dedication to saving lives is why she loves him.
Not sold yet on new-girl. She seems interesting but didn't find her as fascinating as I thought given the actress. She's just a much more naive version of Cameron this time around. And since she's a "young prodigy" I'm calling her Dottie Howser.
"Good" episode. Not enough Wilson. Fairly weak introduction to the new Docling, and the "Not realizing the main character is always right" card being played knocks it down.
In the ending scene between House and Cuddy House says POTW is already showing improvement, Cuddy says something like "you were right." And then they part ways. We then see POTW, jaundice gone, watching the acceptance speech of the Senator. It seems pretty implied he survived the treatment.
I beg to differ, he's best known for playing Riff of "When you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way" fame.
Thank the maker someone besides me knew that. Wasn't he also the youngest brother in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"? He must have been about 50 by the time Amber came along.
A decent episode, but I wasn't really into the medical mystery (even if they were treating Noah Bennett) and I'm not 100% sold on Masters, although I love that Euler's Number is her favorite constant.
My only fear is that House's lie seriously damages his relationship with Cuddy. I'm tired of mid-season resets.
My only fear is that House's lie seriously damages his relationship with Cuddy. I'm tired of mid-season resets.
I don't think so. Remember, they said she earned two other degrees before pursuing her medical degree, so she's not as young as she looks.
And in point of fact, Amber Tamblyn is ten months older than Olivia Wilde. So "effectively the same age" probably meant just "within a year of the same age," nothing more.
How in the hell is using cocaine, a criminal and self-destructive act, more "benign" than just having sex?Exactly. It doesn't seem right that she'd get that upset over this.
Oh, okay. I didn't notice his coloration there.
Is Tamblyn a regular cast member now? I almost stopped watching House last season, but that would definitely make me change my mind, since I've liked her for a long time (Joan of Arcadia was one of my "guilty pleasures" 
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This show has a history of making patients a bit "cruder" or on an extreme than benign. If this was Season 1 or 2 then it probably would have been that the two were gay and had had sex.
(Not that I'm saying such behavior is bad in any sense just that it's fairly "extreme" just as it would be for an unlikely heterosexual couple.)
That something "small" like sharing a straw caused all of these problems is a little bit of fresh air. Being gay didn't get the guy sick, hell even being a drug-user didn't get him sick, sharing a straw (granted to sniff coke) got him sick. It's a "small" thing that got him sick not a "big" thing.
On Dottie Howser's age, I guess I just mis-interpreted events and/or missed her other degrees. When referring to someone within a year or even two years of someone else I don't say "effectively the same age" to me they are the same age.
So when Taub used to specific words I thought he was giving her, like, a "reverse handicap" due to her advanced educational career. She's "effectively" the same age since her post-secondary school education began at 15 rather than 18.
Is Tamblyn a regular cast member now? I almost stopped watching House last season, but that would definitely make me change my mind, since I've liked her for a long time (Joan of Arcadia was one of my "guilty pleasures"
Olivia Wilde is on hiatus since she's filming a movie. In the story Thirteen simply up and left and we're not told (the real) reason why. For the first few episodes there was either no female fellow or a mild round-robin of one-episode fellows who House quickly dismissed or they decided they didn't want the job. Cuddy, in this episode, forced Tamblyn on House so he'd have a female fellow (affirmative action?). Wilde will return as she's still under contract and is even in the opening credits sequence now, they just gave her time off to do the movie. It remains to be seen, or heard, what will happen to Tamblyn when Wilde returns.
I can see why last season would make you stop watching. Last season was slow, horrible, and lost focus on the POTW stuff. This season so far has been much better in the POTW side of things and the relationship between Cuddy and House has been working pretty nicely. Tamblyn or not, I'd recommend watching the first few episodes of this season to see if it's more to your liking than last (horrible) season.
Didn't even notice until I saw this pic...
The outfit is rather interesting. I wonder what the character's motive is for wearing that. A need to stand out perhaps?
Anyway, I like the character. Booksmart over-achiever, but isn't on her game when it comes to interacting with others because she's trying too hard to impress. She's an interesting addition to the show and I can't wait to find out more about her.
Amber is also a very good-looking woman. But I don't think wearing her hair down like that frames her (naturally) "chubby" face very well. It sort-of hides aspects of her otherwise very beautiful, er, head.
One thing I notice about this show, Is that the women always wear the highest heal shoes possible 'I'm surprise we have not lost a doctor because she fell down and broke her neck.Didn't even notice until I saw this pic...
The outfit is rather interesting. I wonder what the character's motive is for wearing that. A need to stand out perhaps?
Anyway, I like the character. Booksmart over-achiever, but isn't on her game when it comes to interacting with others because she's trying too hard to impress. She's an interesting addition to the show and I can't wait to find out more about her.
And I hope she finds herself a longer skirt next week 'otherwise if she gets a patient with heart trouble she may kill him off when she bends down.
Didn't even notice until I saw this pic...
The outfit is rather interesting. I wonder what the character's motive is for wearing that. A need to stand out perhaps?
That's the kind of clothing The Doctor in Doctor Who would wear. Maybe she's a fan of the show and figured since its her first day as "A Doctor", its cool to wear something "The Doctor" would wear?
