My Friend's Thoughts on "Lucky Thirteen" 6x05
Bear in mind that we exchanged a total of SEVEN emails about "Birthmarks." I think this is going to be it, since my response was more or less, "I don't like this episode and Thirteen bores me. I wish they'd gone with Amber." His nickname for Cameron is CamBot, I have no idea why.
House: (lecherously) Oh, yeah! Penthouse forum meets medical mystery.
Maybe there is a God. (He heads back to his office)
Title was obviously male-oriented. Sorry-until there can be an
adequate representation of ALL non-heterosexual relationships on the
little screen, every time you see two lipstick lezzies in liplock, it
is for the guys, plain and simple. So when I say “male oriented” it
means “Lucky males” to see “Thirteen” getting it on…however
antiseptically.
House: Why not men? You’re bisexual. If you were just being
self-destructive, you'd be having random sex with men. Better chance
of getting assaulted, catching a disease. If this were just about
getting laid, it'd be a lot easier to pick up men. Or ugly girls. This
woman's hot. Which means you like the challenge, the conquest. It’s
the control that gets you off. And controlling women is as close as
you can get to controlling what's gonna happen to you.
Thirteen: Here I thought I was just into boobs.
See? Just talking about is giving House an erection. And her rejoinder
is only throwing another log on the woodie.
Now, this ep is supposed to be “all-about-her”, on the surface-
House: Instead of getting sweaty with a stranger, why don't you try
taking it to the next level? Play God. (he hands Thirteen the file)
Tell a girl that she's got ten years to live. She has LAM. (Thirteen
looks down at the file)
…
Thirteen: I don't work for you. Fine. Don’t pay me. Just let me finish
out this case.
House: So you like her now that she's dying. What happens if she stops dying?
Thirteen: "Almost" being the key word. The new marrow would attack the
old marrow. She’ll die from graft-versus-host.
House: You got a better idea? She trusts you. Go get her consent.
…
Thirteen: I can stop.
House: You’re gonna keep spiraling. Keep screwing around. Slashing
away at every person who tries to help until no one tries to help
anymore. Till you hit bottom. Till you're dead. Until then… I can use
you.
House: You connected with a diagnosis, not with her.
Thirteen: You’re trying to save me, trying to control me. You’re doing
exactly what you think that I’m -
Sure. This is all about her “control” issues. Right.
Right. Like this isn’t behind every one of those texts:
Foreman: There are ways of getting to know people without committing felonies.
House: People interest me. Conversations don't.
Foreman: Because conversations go both ways.
House & Foreman together: (both are smiling) Like Thirteen.
NOW, we do have the other two things. Foreman’s non-committal,
anti-emotional, reserved style-
House: That’s because you haven't done anything stupid, spontaneous,
or even vaguely interesting since you were 17. And that's just sad.
(The elevator door closes)
…
Chase: You don't let other people's problems affect you. You don't let
your own problems affect you. And it's the screw-ups that make us
interesting. You’re never out of control. Which is good, and… boring.
Never losing control also means you're never putting yourself out
there. Never pushing your limits. On the other hand, you do have a
tattoo, so… Maybe I’m wrong.
And the Lucas session, trailing Wilson.
Lucas: What does that even mean, "dating a hooker"?
House: He’s an idiot with a messiah complex. Savior to all who need
saving. That’s why his first wife had a wooden leg. Second wife was
Canadian. He’s the one who needs to be saved.
But those are so peripheral as to be ephemeral. The practical joke
exchange falls flat and the Foreman ‘worry’ over his blandness is like
male menopause, w/o the loss of any functions. Or hair. And that lack
of substance means you really need to either ID with Thirteen’s
‘humanization’ OR, and ALTERNATELY, with her lasciviousness.
Honestly? I was more turned on by CamBot going she-cat on Chase way back when.
House: (lecherously) Oh, yeah! Penthouse forum meets medical mystery.
Maybe there is a God. (He heads back to his office)
Title was obviously male-oriented. Sorry-until there can be an
adequate representation of ALL non-heterosexual relationships on the
little screen, every time you see two lipstick lezzies in liplock, it
is for the guys, plain and simple. So when I say “male oriented” it
means “Lucky males” to see “Thirteen” getting it on…however
antiseptically.
House: Why not men? You’re bisexual. If you were just being
self-destructive, you'd be having random sex with men. Better chance
of getting assaulted, catching a disease. If this were just about
getting laid, it'd be a lot easier to pick up men. Or ugly girls. This
woman's hot. Which means you like the challenge, the conquest. It’s
the control that gets you off. And controlling women is as close as
you can get to controlling what's gonna happen to you.
Thirteen: Here I thought I was just into boobs.
See? Just talking about is giving House an erection. And her rejoinder
is only throwing another log on the woodie.
Now, this ep is supposed to be “all-about-her”, on the surface-
House: Instead of getting sweaty with a stranger, why don't you try
taking it to the next level? Play God. (he hands Thirteen the file)
Tell a girl that she's got ten years to live. She has LAM. (Thirteen
looks down at the file)
…
Thirteen: I don't work for you. Fine. Don’t pay me. Just let me finish
out this case.
House: So you like her now that she's dying. What happens if she stops dying?
Thirteen: "Almost" being the key word. The new marrow would attack the
old marrow. She’ll die from graft-versus-host.
House: You got a better idea? She trusts you. Go get her consent.
…
Thirteen: I can stop.
House: You’re gonna keep spiraling. Keep screwing around. Slashing
away at every person who tries to help until no one tries to help
anymore. Till you hit bottom. Till you're dead. Until then… I can use
you.
House: You connected with a diagnosis, not with her.
Thirteen: You’re trying to save me, trying to control me. You’re doing
exactly what you think that I’m -
Sure. This is all about her “control” issues. Right.
Right. Like this isn’t behind every one of those texts:
Foreman: There are ways of getting to know people without committing felonies.
House: People interest me. Conversations don't.
Foreman: Because conversations go both ways.
House & Foreman together: (both are smiling) Like Thirteen.
NOW, we do have the other two things. Foreman’s non-committal,
anti-emotional, reserved style-
House: That’s because you haven't done anything stupid, spontaneous,
or even vaguely interesting since you were 17. And that's just sad.
(The elevator door closes)
…
Chase: You don't let other people's problems affect you. You don't let
your own problems affect you. And it's the screw-ups that make us
interesting. You’re never out of control. Which is good, and… boring.
Never losing control also means you're never putting yourself out
there. Never pushing your limits. On the other hand, you do have a
tattoo, so… Maybe I’m wrong.
And the Lucas session, trailing Wilson.
Lucas: What does that even mean, "dating a hooker"?
House: He’s an idiot with a messiah complex. Savior to all who need
saving. That’s why his first wife had a wooden leg. Second wife was
Canadian. He’s the one who needs to be saved.
But those are so peripheral as to be ephemeral. The practical joke
exchange falls flat and the Foreman ‘worry’ over his blandness is like
male menopause, w/o the loss of any functions. Or hair. And that lack
of substance means you really need to either ID with Thirteen’s
‘humanization’ OR, and ALTERNATELY, with her lasciviousness.
Honestly? I was more turned on by CamBot going she-cat on Chase way back when.