This reeks of boldness. (House 4.1, "Alone")

[bironic]

So, huh. I have this whole list of things I loved-because, as usual, the more Wilson there is in an episode, the more I enjoy it-but there wasn't much to chew on otherwise.

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[bironic]

I wondered if it could have been in Cuddy's office, and whether she originally suggested it to Wilson after she left House's office in the beginning, but I also suspect that if she was in on it, she'd have made a crack about it at some point to House. Faux-sympathy about whether he wanted to cure the girl so he could have his precious baby back.

And over the past three months since they've been gone?

Or possibly two weeks, if Cuddy's complaint in the beginning means he's been sitting around since the fellows left instead of treating patients (on his own or in the clinic) and then stopping.

[stephantom]

A very possible theory! But I think Wilson just stressed "she" and "her" because House referred to the guitar as being a "her" and Wilson was like uhhhh ok.

[joe_pike_junior]

I think that they were sort of implying that House has spent the last three months buying expensive guitars and playing them in his office, and letting the conference room get messy. And that he was much less efficient sans fellows. Or maybe they're just trying to say that under it all he's a sensitive guy who pines for human contact.

Seriously, this episode restored my faith in the show.
IAWTC. Well, I still had faith in it at the end of last series, but the beginning of this one is so much more enjoyable.

Cheers! (Just dropping in).
Armchair Elvis.

[ignazwisdom]

Every year it's like everyone forgets what happened before and they have to rediscover these basic House-truths, like, Hey, he functions better on Vicodin!, or, Hey, he's dangerous but strangely effective at what he does!

Thank you, yes. And the result is that every other episode feels like they're dumping a truckful of anvils on our heads, with a few "WTF?"s mixed in -- like why does Wilson refer to House hiring a team three years ago (which implies that he hired them all at the same time, as a unit) when Chase suggested in S2 that he was hired some time before the others (and that's what the pilot script said, too)?

On that note, seeing Wilson and Cuddy conspiring in her office in the third scene was worrisome for a while there, as if we were about to be treated to Season Three all over again, the two of them plotting behind House's back to get him to act the way they thought was best for him.Ugh, I had that same reaction. My stomach sank, especially because I'd just rewatched those early S3 episodes a week or two ago to see if

[daasgrrl]

I thought it was cute that for once I'd heard of the (or at least, a) case that this one was based on. I loved comedy!RSL doing his comedy 'eeeee' routine. I loved House bouncing on the bed calling to Wilson and all the ransom note stuff. I may even have LOL'd a few times. But I was still strangely 'flat' about the whole episode. I dunno.

[fallen_arazil]

Ambivalence, yay!

I enjoyed watching the ep, but I agree with you--most of what I enjoyed was shallow, leaving me feeling strangely unsatisfied afterwards. I mean, we all love rumpled!Wilson and the screeching of a guitar string, or Cuddy sitting on the conference room table with her legs crossed looking hoooooot, but fanservice does not always make for good TV.

I also liked blonde doctor lady, an opinion which seems to put me in the minority, but oh well. She seemed really earnest, which was cute.

[anitac588]

Oh, God, there aren't words for the joy of so many House-and-Wilson scenes in a row
I was surprised how little or close to nothing I missed the ducklings, I was quite happy with Cuddy/Wilson/House with dudes de jour for (additional) comic relief. I mean I wouldn't mind a cameo appearance of Chase making out with a hot guy in a secluded corner of a street next to the POTW's home for House to spot him, but really, I was quite happy with the episode without them.