House: 4.09 Games--they shoulda called this one on account of rain. Or stupidity.

[kidsnurse]

The conclusion of last night's episode left me confused and disappointed and  angry  and irritable.  Oh, and did I mention confused?  Continuity gods, why dost thou continue to forsake us?  Our forgiveness for last season's Tritter arc wasn't a large enough sacrifice?

And speaking of arcs.  I enjoyed the Stacy arc.  *ducks*
I tolerated the Vogler arc

Comments

[romeo46]

What gets me about this season is in orer to have the BIG POINT they have to be so over the top with it that half the audience is missing the finer points. Why does Wilson have to come off looking like an idiot for House to mirror him and show how he doesn't have to take everything as his fault? He doesn't but they have repeatedly set Wilson up as the bad doctor. Wilson is House's conscience, House is Wilson's mirror showing back what Wilson may or may not want to see. It fits but there has to be better ways to show this than the route the show has taken this year.

The newbies...could care less. Foreman...never liked him but last night I realized he needs to move next to Cuddy and become an adminstrator because he sucks as a doctor. He ONCE AGAIN made judgements about the patient and then refused to do anything missing out on a NEUROLOGICAL issue that pointed to what was wrong with the patient. He isn't House 2.0 he's Cuddy 2.0 and sucks at that as well.

I have more but my bus to work is on its way. Can we continue this later?

[brenda79]

I haven't seen the big picture if there is one.
When Cuddy said Neurological I was wondering wear in the world Foremon was. I thought that was his specialty or something. We don't need another Cuddy, especially because of how Cuddy's been acting lately.

[poorfrances]

I disagree that Wilson was made out to be a bad doctor. Someone much smarter than I actually went and evaluated all of Wilson's medical judgements over the entire series - they made a list over at HHoW that pretty much refuted the often repeated notion that Wilson is a crap doctor.

In the case of this episode, the test was a false positive. The best doctors in the world can get false positives through no fault of their own.

[kidsnurse]

in orer to have the BIG POINT they have to be so over the top with it

there's a Big Point to all this? in my more cynical moments, i believe that point to be that the producers and writers got together at about mid-season two, and said "let's see how much lack of continuity and inconsistent characterizations we can throw into this thing and still pull in the ratings."

but in my less cynical moments? see my 'doris egan dream,' above. :)

Took the words right out of my mouth!

[postal152]

"And--because I am a foolish optimist, with unshaken faith in Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard--I will continue to watch the show faithfully, awaiting the day when the medical mysteries again capture my avid attention, the day when the writing again makes me laugh and cry and sigh and snort, all in the space of five minutes--the day when House and Wilson, the current confusing and separate entities, become again House-and-Wilson, two intriguing "halves" who make the most complex "whole" on television

Re: Took the words right out of my mouth!

[kidsnurse]

None of the poignancy of the earlier seasons. I preferred the Tritter arc, to be honest, because at least there was some meaning to what was happening.

i never thought i'd say this, but i did too.

did i really, truly, actually say that i preferred the tritter arc???

[katernater]

You saint. Thank you for this. I'm actually going to go back this weekend and watch all of Season 1 -- just so I can remember what the show, you know, used to be like.

[kidsnurse]

I'm actually going to go back this weekend and watch all of Season 1

you're welcome. and i'll join you. we'll eat chinese food and laugh, and treat each other like human beings. and we'll make jokes that are actually intelligent and funny, and don't overly rely on adolescent bathroom humor or human anatomy. and we'll throw in an occasional serious discussion. it'll be just like old times.

sigh.....

[katernater]

I was trying to articulate my feelings about last night's episode to someone today and I don't think I managed it very well. Honestly, I think the show has gotten too "trendy" and has egregiously moved away from its own roots. I miss when it was gritty. I miss when it was real. I miss when House treated nuns who had IUDs but called their illness the divine will of God.

Now we get slapstick physical humour and a new Ducklings chorus that is so uninteresting that it makes manila filing folders look like The Next Big Thing.

Let's watch. And remember.

[woodencoyote]

I visited a few chat and message boards, and was unsurprised to discover that the majority of posting viewers had totally missed the well-hidden intent of the plotline.

Since I'm one of those people, maybe you could tell me what it was?

[kidsnurse]

the writers would have had us believe the following:

*wilson--through an incorrect test result--misdiagnosed a patient as terminal.
*house found the above fascinating, and so sat in when wilson informed the patient of the misdiagnosis.
*the patient reacted with horror instead of euphoria.
*wilson felt guilty, and house, suspecting that wilson would want to fix things, correctly assumed that wilson would attempt to compensate the patient for his stated $6000 loss on the sale of his home.
*house confronted wilson about wilson's plan to pay the patient from his own bank account.
*
and at this point, the writer begins to count upon the viewer's skill at inference--and the following is what i inferred*when house couldn't make wilson "see reason," house went to the patient and suggested that--if he sued wilson--he could come out of this with much more than $6000

[squareorange]

...That was the reason? Looking at it now, it makes a whole lot more sense, but uh, couldn't they have made it a little...clearer? D: I kinda got that when I first watched it, but I was a bit confused.

Thanks for clearing it up, though!

[theyreforrachel]

What the hell is wrong with these writers? Did they know they were going to strike and gave up early? I think they did. I know they can do better, and season two is a prime example. The A plot connected to the B plot which connected to the C plot. Everything came together nicely, whether it was happy or sad or shocking or expected. It might not have been interesting some of the time, but at least it made something of itself.

These days, nothing connects. There's no common thread, there's no similar situation, and there's no awareness. Things just happen for no reason, or reasons that make no sense. I no longer want to see what happens next because I'm interested. I want to see what happens next because I need to see if there's anything better. And continuously I've been let down.

I hope the new year brings something good.

[kidsnurse]

I no longer want to see what happens next because I'm interested. I want to see what happens next because I need to see if there's anything better.

what a succinct way to put it! and i believe that statement resounds with many of us previously enthusiastic viewers, as we continue to watch, hands partially covering our eyes, for the incipient train wreck. thank you.

edited because sometimes i do know how to spell 'succinct'!