Get these metaf**king doctors off the metaf**king plane!
Meta for the “Airborne” episode of House.
(Sorry, couldn’t resist the Snakes on a Plane reference. ;) ).
I actually liked this ep. overall. I expected to completely LOATHE it after seeing the promos, but it actually wasn’t half bad.
Stuff I liked:
The whole opening exchange between House and Cuddy on the plane, about his hotel-room expenses (“I was lonely.” Hee!), and then how typical it was of him to downgrade her ticket. *snort* He’s so consistent.
That escort or whatever she was, I liked her. She was the nicest person there. *nods*
I actually liked the bit where House was ‘examining’ Cuddy. Still not really shipping them, but that scene was typical House….and typical Cuddy. Friends who flirt. Me likey. :)
And speaking of Cuddy, good job on the ‘sick’ makeup, showrunners! She looked like she was at death’s door for a few scenes.
The movie-screen-turned Whiteboard was pure love, as was House selecting stand-ins for the team. *snort*
I also liked all the parallels between the PPTH PotW and the Plane PotW - LPs at the same time, both of them bald, anesthetic being applied at the same time…nice.
And the final solution was interesting - the bends, eh? You’d think the people running the scuba outing would’ve warned Peng, though…
Stuff I didn’t like so much:
I found PPTH!PotW a little unbelievable. OK, she’s 58 and wants to live life a little. OK, I get that. But then jetting off to Caracas to get a tattoo, and try drugs, AND have sex with a stranger? And then she comes home and arranges for a FEMALE escort? Um, OK. Seemed really over the top. Plus, they kind of bungled the ‘take home message’ there at the end for me. It’s not that she was punished for coming home, she was punished for ‘staying in’. Like her cat, who never left the property. If Fran hadn’t left, she’d be dead, too.
That yellow short House was wearing? Needs to die. NOW.
Too much vomit. No, really.
Note to canon!writers: Please, PLEASE stop sabotaging Cuddy’s character. What, I’m supposed to buy now that she’s prone to hysteria and hypochondriasis? Um, I don’t think so.
And while I’m on the subject of sabotage: Cameron continuing to push Chase into sex on the job? No, no, and NO. OK, maybe it made a kind of twisted sense to do that in the hospital when and if she wanted House to catch her, but that wasn’t the case this time. Besides the fact it distracted them from realizing what was up with the cat (Hello, I knew IMMEDIATELY that the cat was ill), it’s just so OOC. And Chase and Cam getting all chummy and pal-ling around just seemed so…ugh. And then she dumps him, *shakes head* I’m really not understanding the point of this whole subplot. I know we want to believe that this is ‘character development’ for Cam, but really, what progress has she made? She’s become unprofessional, bitchy, and now apparently has no qualms using men for sex and trying to manipulate the situation. Ugh all around.
And Foreman? You need to shut up. YOU’RE the one who planted this idea in Cam’s head, now you get to ‘enjoy’ the fruits of it. Even my hubby, who doesn’t ship anyone on this show and thus couldn’t care any less who’s in bed with who, accused them all of being high-schoolers about this C/C sex thing.
Finally, I’m getting tired of people on this show apparently dying to get hitched, and often on the flimsiest of acquaintances. We have Wilson nervously calling Miss Escort and probably asking for a date, and the flight attendant seemingly doing the same to House. *rolls eyes* What universe do these people live in? Out in the real world, some of us actually have managed to be single for more than 5 minutes.
Lines I liked:
House to Cuddy: “Breasts are firm…”
House to Cuddy: “…extra ass chromosome.”
Wilson to the team: “I’m feeling sorry for House.”
House to flight attendant: “Are you wheelchair-accessible?”
House to Cuddy: “I could ask him if his sister is over 18, but I don’t think that’ll be helpful.”
Randomness:
Anyone but me starting to think ‘paraneoplastic syndrome’ is the new vasculitis this season?
Discuss!
(Sorry, couldn’t resist the Snakes on a Plane reference. ;) ).
I actually liked this ep. overall. I expected to completely LOATHE it after seeing the promos, but it actually wasn’t half bad.
Stuff I liked:
The whole opening exchange between House and Cuddy on the plane, about his hotel-room expenses (“I was lonely.” Hee!), and then how typical it was of him to downgrade her ticket. *snort* He’s so consistent.
That escort or whatever she was, I liked her. She was the nicest person there. *nods*
I actually liked the bit where House was ‘examining’ Cuddy. Still not really shipping them, but that scene was typical House….and typical Cuddy. Friends who flirt. Me likey. :)
And speaking of Cuddy, good job on the ‘sick’ makeup, showrunners! She looked like she was at death’s door for a few scenes.
The movie-screen-turned Whiteboard was pure love, as was House selecting stand-ins for the team. *snort*
I also liked all the parallels between the PPTH PotW and the Plane PotW - LPs at the same time, both of them bald, anesthetic being applied at the same time…nice.
And the final solution was interesting - the bends, eh? You’d think the people running the scuba outing would’ve warned Peng, though…
Stuff I didn’t like so much:
I found PPTH!PotW a little unbelievable. OK, she’s 58 and wants to live life a little. OK, I get that. But then jetting off to Caracas to get a tattoo, and try drugs, AND have sex with a stranger? And then she comes home and arranges for a FEMALE escort? Um, OK. Seemed really over the top. Plus, they kind of bungled the ‘take home message’ there at the end for me. It’s not that she was punished for coming home, she was punished for ‘staying in’. Like her cat, who never left the property. If Fran hadn’t left, she’d be dead, too.
That yellow short House was wearing? Needs to die. NOW.
Too much vomit. No, really.
Note to canon!writers: Please, PLEASE stop sabotaging Cuddy’s character. What, I’m supposed to buy now that she’s prone to hysteria and hypochondriasis? Um, I don’t think so.
And while I’m on the subject of sabotage: Cameron continuing to push Chase into sex on the job? No, no, and NO. OK, maybe it made a kind of twisted sense to do that in the hospital when and if she wanted House to catch her, but that wasn’t the case this time. Besides the fact it distracted them from realizing what was up with the cat (Hello, I knew IMMEDIATELY that the cat was ill), it’s just so OOC. And Chase and Cam getting all chummy and pal-ling around just seemed so…ugh. And then she dumps him, *shakes head* I’m really not understanding the point of this whole subplot. I know we want to believe that this is ‘character development’ for Cam, but really, what progress has she made? She’s become unprofessional, bitchy, and now apparently has no qualms using men for sex and trying to manipulate the situation. Ugh all around.
And Foreman? You need to shut up. YOU’RE the one who planted this idea in Cam’s head, now you get to ‘enjoy’ the fruits of it. Even my hubby, who doesn’t ship anyone on this show and thus couldn’t care any less who’s in bed with who, accused them all of being high-schoolers about this C/C sex thing.
Finally, I’m getting tired of people on this show apparently dying to get hitched, and often on the flimsiest of acquaintances. We have Wilson nervously calling Miss Escort and probably asking for a date, and the flight attendant seemingly doing the same to House. *rolls eyes* What universe do these people live in? Out in the real world, some of us actually have managed to be single for more than 5 minutes.
Lines I liked:
House to Cuddy: “Breasts are firm…”
House to Cuddy: “…extra ass chromosome.”
Wilson to the team: “I’m feeling sorry for House.”
House to flight attendant: “Are you wheelchair-accessible?”
House to Cuddy: “I could ask him if his sister is over 18, but I don’t think that’ll be helpful.”
Randomness:
Anyone but me starting to think ‘paraneoplastic syndrome’ is the new vasculitis this season?
Discuss!