WHAT THE HELL?!!
Warning: "House, M.D." spoilers (for those on the West coast)
Yes, I'm a big fan of House. DH and I like to sit together and watch every week. But we had no idea what we were in for this week.
The character of Kutner took his own life! At first I refused to believe it was suicide; that seemed too simple an explanation for such a complex show. But the episode title was "Simple Explanations". And indeed, the simplest explanation was the correct one. This totally blindsided us; we never saw it coming. And apparently we're not the only ones.
I could hardly believe the posts on the official House message board over at Fox. Only three weren't about Kutner. And the content? Those people are just crazy nutz over there. All sorts of people were claiming that "OMG, Kutner's dead in real life!" I wanted to say, "People! Get a grip! It's only a TV show!" Kal Penn is alive and well.
But I can't figure out why his character was written off the show. I haven't heard any news about the network having difficult contract negotiations, or anything about Kal Penn wanting to leave the show. This was kept under wraps very well.
I can't say I'm very impressed with the previews of next week's episode, either. They really oughta let Cameraon's obsession with House just die, already.
In other news, I'm reading Wil Wheaton's Just A Geek. I've really been looking forward to it, since I follow his blog and I know he's a decent writer. The beginning is pretty much what I expected--lots of teen angst and a look inside his thought processes. At one point he reprises a story from his first book, the self-published Dancing Barefoot, which I also bought...and haven't read yet...and which only has five stories in it...one of which I already know now... (Where's my smilies? I need an eyeroll here!)
I'm only about halfway through so far. At this point he's 30 years old and returning to the studio for a bit part in one of the TNG movies. He doesn't say which but I think it's Nemesis. But geez, the kid is wrapped up in himself! I'm having a hard time swallowing that his friends call him Taoist. He just can't seem to get out of his own head and into someone else's shoes. There's a whole lot of "me me me" and a whole lot of finger-pointing. Well, in all honesty I'm actually enjoying the book, but I guess I had a hard time with the last chapter I read. Updates as I finish it.