DORKAGE: House 4x09 Games
*FLAILS EVERYWHERE*
Um. I have serious things to say. I do. BUT. *FLAILS SOME MORE* I'm bummed that this is the last new episode 'til January, but man. We got four House/Cuddy scenes of win. I AM GOOD. I AM HAPPY. Flailage ensues, in epic amounts.
THIS IS IN NO WAY AT ALL DIAL-UP FRIENDLY, NO-SIREE. I went... um, rather crazy with the capping, yes I did. LE WAS SO CUTE. How could I resist?! Enter at your own risk! ;)
- Can I just say I was totally flummoxed by the ending when House almost-cut 13? I'd been spoiled about the final three, but was all jawdroppy when he axed 13 too. Ah, but it was not to be. Mysterious Girl Who Possibly Has Huntington's shall remain. C'est la vie, I suppose.
- Awww, farewell, CTB. I really HAD started to warm to her in the last few episodes - so enormously put off by the character at first, but she was just so crazy-in-your-face that she was hilarious and SO entertaining to watch. Anne Dudek was good too, especially tonight, when she made CTB less of a caricature than she's been in the last few episodes.
- At least they kept Taub, who was, to me, a completely out-of-left-field choice. Because, hello, he's aged (comparatively!) and not at all sexy. Unlike 13 (who, I swear, really is just SO gorgeous in some lights) and good ol' slacker Kal Penn. Yay Taub! He'll get a chance to get all "growed up" and in House's face now!!
- Kutner - man, I don't know what to think. Kal Penn is hilarious, and his comic moments as Kutner are priceless. Like in the episode when House plays the music, and he goes, "kinda folky", and House tells him he talks too much, basically? SO FUNNY. And SO CUTE. But I really haven't seen anything impressive from Kutner yet, medically, that would really suggest why House wants to keep him. Other than that he's clumsy, and a bit flaily and dorky, and keeps setting people on fire - none of which really recommends him as a doctor, you know? Sidekick, maybe. 13 has had a billion and one right diagnoses already, and Taub is clearly a stubborn bugger who'll do anything if he believes he's right (which House likes, and clearly didn't work out too well for poor CTB).
- Agree with
jukebox_grad (is that really surprising?!?) - House totally = POTW. Metaphor much? Misunderstood, grumpy person who seemingly seemingly doesn't care, addicted to drugs and in a spiral of self-destruction, pretends he doesn't care - no regrets, and yet far too many at the same time.
- I DID enjoy House's scenes with Wilson this episode; they felt good and proper, and snarky and bantery again, not like the random short bursts we've been getting or Wilson's psychotherapy from earlier in the season. THIS therapy, about House not daring to live and Wilson pushing him to give it a try, is a lot more acceptable than the let's-lie-to-House-mwahahaha therapy from Season 3, yes indeed.
- I ESPECIALLY loved House in a doctor's coat, HEE. He looked so out-of-place and ADORABLE in it. I squeed, I must admit. And squee everytime I look at the pictures again:
And I must admit: I squealed rather loudly at RSL at this moment:
CUTENESS. SO MUCH CUTE. *implodes from THECUTE* <-- this is rare, usually I'm too busy imploding over LE or HL and occasionally JS. But. AIEEEEEE. WILSON YOU'RE SO CUTE WHEN YOU'VE MISDIAGNOSED SOMEONE AS TOTALLY HAVING A TERMINAL ILLNESS WHEN HE DOESN'T.
- Not too bummed by either Cameron or Foreman this episode - in fact, I LOVED the Chase (HI CHASE!) and Foreman scene, when Chase comes to needle Foreman about being part of House's game, and Foreman just snarked back like he would. Heh. I loved also how House got all his old ducklings in on the game somehow, stealing Cameron's patient from the ER and getting in Chase's face to get him to pick two candidates. HEE, TAUB. This is why I really AM glad they picked him. He's FUNNY. And KICKASS.
- But you want to talk about KICKASS? This is a picture of KICKASS:
Cuddy? RULED THE WORLD.
Let's talk House/Cuddy. Good. GOD. SO MUCH LOVE THIS EPISODE.
- YES. YES. There was a PIANO SCENE, kind of, to make up for the lack of one in All In, and CUDDY SWITCHED HOUSE'S PARKING LOT ON HIM. He didn't respond either, and totally accepted it. AIEEEE - we have officially made up for the WTF-ness that was Needle In A Haystack! She totally, totally owned him. I'm LOVING this season's theme of making Cuddy a badass... or at least, showing us how it's very much Cuddy who lets House be who he is, and gives him the ridiculously free rein she does, and he KNOWS it.
- The best part? That the biggest, best game of all, amidst all the games House was playing with his new ducklets, is the oldest and most enjoyable of all - his sparring, his flirting, his snarky banter with Cuddy. MY GOD. Every scene was just... askajfldssalskafsdjlkgghgj <-- words fail me and so keyboarding will have to do. My best attempt at articulating this amazingness? Is to say that the amount of TRUST between these two is just... *dies* For everyone who's ever said Cuddy is weak-assed and useless around House, although I vehemently disagree with this, we now have incontrovertible proof of how much House respects Cuddy in his own way. He asked her for the two candidates she wanted to keep, and devised a game around that to allow them both to win. She got her way, he got his, win-win, and then there was FLIRTING.
- Okay, I so cannot do justice to the flirting and the eyesex and the love with my verbal flailage, so be prepared to be BOMBARDED with pictures. Starting with Scene the First...
HOUSE/CUDDY PHOTO STORY #4539249: of popcorn, remote control(s), a boy and a girl...
[House was in the zone. He really was. And who should interrupt his popcorn-eating but Cuddy. Awww, it's time for another movie date!]
House: Sign on the door says closed for private event. Good thing you totally know our code by heart!
Cuddy: You're alone. Just the way I like you...
House: How much more private can you get? You, me and a big-screen tv. In the mood for some porn today? [reaches arm out] Can you pass me a tissue?
Cuddy: Who are you keeping? You owed me a decision ten days ago. Go on, tell me, so we can get down to teh hot couch sex...
House: Total amnesia... is what I get when you look at me like that.
[Cuddy looks at the TV.]
House: Well, Lisa-Marie can't decide if she's going to keep the quadruplets...
[Cuddy reaches over and grabs the remote, switches the tv off.]
House: She keeps them. I read it online. You happy now? I ruined it for you. But I'm happy to kiss it all better...
Cuddy: I want two names by Friday. And your pants. On the floor. By two seconds ago.
House: Fine, I'll arrange for a patient with a mysterious illness to come in on Thursday. I can lose my pants now though, no problem.
Cuddy: Yes. You need more tests. It's only been... two months, who knows how they'll react to freak weather patterns? *sings* Cuddy you're so preeeeetty!! (Um, sorry, a bit distracted there.)
House: They all did fine in the wind tunnel. Want me to show you want I can do with your...
Cuddy: Two names by Friday, or the pay over-runs come out of your salary. Plus, I have your remote. It means I OWN YOU. WORSHIP ME.
[He watches her go. LOL HOUSE HAS HIS OWN REMOTE. WIN!]
Cuddy = *shockedface*
Cuddy: [walks in front of the TV] And I moved your parking space to the E lot. I'll meet you there after work. Be sure to be as close to naked as possible. CUDDY FOR THE WIN.
HOUSE/CUDDY PHOTO STORY #4539250: can I have another biopsy, ma'am?
[Ooops, no more work for Cuddy. Here comes her hospital's biggest liability!]
House: I need a brain biopsy... for the patient.
Cuddy: You want to drain into the skull of a patient who almost died on the operating table yesterday?
[House nods.] MAN. Look out for the next shot, because they MATCH. AGAIN.
[Cuddy shakes her head.] SNAP!
Cuddy: Why are they here? I've already told you we can't have sex with other people in the room...
House: Because I wouldn't have gotten the answer without each of them.
Cuddy: You could have just... told me.
Hee, I love this shot. It's like Mount Rushmore, House style!
House: I want you to feel guilty. [points at Amber] She thinks the patient is a loser. [indicates 13] She thinks the patient is a winner - just a regular guy with a regular problem. [points at Taub] He thinks he's going to be great once he's all growed up. [looks at Kutner] And he thinks... what do you think?
Kutner: Autoimmune.
House: Right. Less interesting, but just as important.
CTB: We can't all be right.
House: You're all wrong. My mom always said that two wrongs don't make a right. She never said anything about four wrongs. I always found that suspicious. [points at Amber] Plain old measles. [points at 13] Constant exposure to p...? with Oliver Twist in his loft.
<-- eek, flirt!
Cuddy: I assume he's been vaccinated...
House: Patient's immune system was shredded with years of drugs. Early markers of rash and fever would be lost on a druggie. His immune system over-reacted, that's why his body went haywire.
Cuddy: That's clever. *impressedface* I don't know how someone looks impressed in a screenshot, but LE is so damn expressive you can capture her at any moment and you'll still get it. FLAIL.
Cuddy: See how cute and awesome I am? When I say no, I mean no - You're not doing a biopsy without neurological symptoms.
House: If I'm right, the virus is in his brain. Wrong course of treatment could be his last course...
Cuddy: I need a neurological...
Amber: He kept swallowing. Could be neurological. Could be complex asdjaldfsk seizure.
House: What did it look like?
[Amber demonstrates.]
House: Good God, woman, how much more proof do you need of how much sex we should be having right now!??
Cuddy: If you can induce a seizure, you can have your biopsy. *donetalkingface*
House: Ho... hup! [marches his team out]
Hee. So cute, for serious.
And clearly there are FOUR photo stories this week, but you should be able to tell by now that they're not in chronological order, since I just had to put the next two scenes together, because, OMG, SO MUCH FLAILY LOVE. The TRUST. The FLIRTING. The EYESEX. And, also, the CUTENESS:
HOUSE/CUDDY PHOTO STORY #7956434: the art of negotiation
[HOUSE IS PLAYING THE FRIGGIN' PIANO, YES.]
[Cuddy walks in from the back - why are you so gorgeous, Cuddy?!?, announces her arrival by clearing her throat.]
House who is being incredibly incredibly hot himself: Dr Cuddy. The face that launched a thousand long faces. And a thousand *ahem* other things considerably further south...
Cuddy: Get control of your patient. Strap him to the bed if you have to. You certainly have enough personal experience of that - aren't your wrists still sore from last night?
House: I want to keep all four.
Cuddy: You can have two.
House: You don't get negotiation, do you? I say four, you say three. We finally settle on three and a half. Which is good news for Taub.
Cuddy: You don't want four. You don't want three. But if I say three, you get to keep playing your game.
House: Who would you pick?
Cuddy: Are you asking my opinion? *THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME THUDDING FROM THE GORGEOUS*
House: If you have any absolute truths, that would be even better.
Cuddy: You never want my advice. You spend your life trying to avoid my advice. Though there are certainly some things about me you try your best NOT to avoid...
House: You're a bureaucratic nightmare, a chronic pain in the ass, and a second-rate doctor at best. An absolutely first-rate lay though...
Cuddy: Am I blushing? EEK. I AM GAY.
House: But you do... know this stuff. CHECK OUT THE EYE SEXAGE OF WIN.
House: Can we get this over with? So we can have some hot monkey sex?
Cuddy: Taub and Kutner. Taub will stand up to you - you won't like him but you'll respect him. Kutner shares your philosophy of medicine. God knows I don't need two of you but he will actually help you. (Picture #2, ILU!!!! I insanely love this cap, I do.)
[Sigh. No snark. Because that's House's look of love, right there.]
And finally, the SCENE OF SO MUCH WIN that there is no snark, just awed flailage:
HOUSE/CUDDY PHOTO STORY #7956435: may the games never end
Oh GAH. Look at them, staring at each other across the room. I LOVE THIS CAP FOR SOME REASON.
Cuddy: What the hell did you do? Eek. Cuddy's trench is made of win. Cuddy is made of lovely. HOW GAY AM I. Not a question. A STATEMENT OF FACT.
House: You told me to hire Kutner and Taub.
Cuddy: Because I knew you wouldn't.
House: Oops.
Cuddy: I can't let you hire two men.
House: Now that is sexist.
Cuddy: You've already got Foreman.
House: Is he a dude?
Cuddy: Hire a woman too.
House: Hire two women...
Cuddy: You can have the one that gives a crap about people.
House: They both do.
Cuddy: Right. Hire 13.
[House nods.]
[Cuddy looks at him, and walks away.]
[*evilface*] HEE.
Cuddy: [stops in her tracks] This was your plan all along. [she sighs - but an impressed, what-am-I-gonna-do-with-you-House sigh]
House is made of cute when he has his evilface on.
Cuddy: Well, at least the games are over.
House: How long have you known me? asfjsaflajsladjaslfhdlfhdskjsasalsdkalsdjaslfkaldjalskal~~~!!!
And THAT, my friends, is CUDDY'S LOOK OF LOVE. OMG. These two KILL ME.
Finally, we end as we began...
Until January, my Octobers!
MAN OH MAN. I think I went a LITTLE over the top there with the pic-spamming. *ahem* But how could I resist?!?!? Seriously?!?!
Anyway. I noticed a few other things in the episode that I'll probably pic-spam in a separate post, just because it's pretty random. For now though, I MUST go to bed. Pat yourself on the back if you made it all the way to the end!! ;)