Let that be a lesson to you all: Don’t piss off the geeks. (House 2.23, “The Jerk”)

[bironic]

Five (but sort of eight) things about tonight’s House.

1. So, mini!brunet!Rodney as a patient tonight, being a genius at chess and whining and insulting doctors and cafeteria workers and calling everyone morons and being afraid that they'd damage his brain (though the kid was far less hyper than Rodney). House even referred to himself as Dr. McKay

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[elynittria]

I must admit, I thought that Rodney would have been able to put the POTW in his place w/o any problem, especially regarding chess (and he wouldn't have had to resort to a sedative, like Foreman).

[bironic]

I was more imagining Rodney as the kid than as the doctor, but heh, yeah. He certainly would have been more abrasive than House, which is saying something.

(And I do want to write lots about SGA and SGA fic, but am not in a good headspace for it yet. Soon.)

[elynittria]

I was more imagining Rodney as the kid than as the doctor,

Yeah, I know. But I like Rodney a hell of a lot more than I liked this kid, so I'd prefer to think of the former in a more positive light. *g*

I really hope the next episode is not a David Shore extravaganza and that we don't discover that this entire season has been a hallucination.

[bironic]

I hope it's not DS too, for several reasons.

Having House wake up again and discover that season three never happened might be a good opportunity to take the show in another direction, and it'd explain why Chase is still around with no explanation after three years in this fellowship, but it'd still be a cheap trick.

P.S. Your icon reminded me that the kid tonight was afraid the doctors would turn him into a vegetable, like how Rodney values his mind/brain above everything else -- thanks; I added that to item 1.

[deelaundry]

"Stuffing him full of meat" - ha! I actually didn't catch that, and I usually catch stuff that isn't even there.

I wondered about Chase and Foreman being so sensitive to what the kid said to them. How long have they worked for House? House has definitely said worse. I would've thought the kid's comments would've rolled off a little better.

Although, Chase was definitely having a little mommy envy there, as in "Why does this jerk get a mom who stands by him and my mom drank herself to death?"

PS. I am working on a fic (OK, several fics, but I'm talking about one in particular) and wondered if you might have time to have a look? It's about halfway done but any thoughts would be appreciated:
http://deelaundry.livejournal.com/49669.html

[bironic]

Although, Chase was definitely having a little mommy envy there, as in "Why does this jerk get a mom who stands by him and my mom drank herself to death?"

Oh, yes, forgot about that! There was that moment when the mother said something about hating herself for hating her kid, and Chase went all glassy-eyed.

[thedeadparrot]

See, I haven't actually seen the episode, but clearly, the PTB are trying to tell us something about who House is really supposed to be with! I think they're reading our minds.

[bironic]

*g* You're also the one who said Wilson and Sheppard should make out because it'd be hot, right? Because you're absolutely right there as well.

[thedeadparrot]

Yes. That was me. It totally would be. And it would distract them from being sad that House and Rodney have found their one true loves!

Because as hot as Wilson and Sheppard making out would be, it doesn't quite compare to the awesome of House and Rodney TAKING OVER THE WORLD.

[bironic]

Could very well be. I didn't catch the kid's expression between "Because I'm black?" and "No, because you're gay"; that may help in figuring out which it was.

[pun]

Some say enabling, others say big gay love.

This episode bored me. I liked the conversation between Chase and House, and I liked the two minutes that Wilson was in it. Other than that, it didn't really hold my interest.