I really liked the dynamic between House and Cameron this week, it's a shame they have ditched it after only one episode. The main diagnostic case was interesting (though I agree, someone should have been more concerned about her misshapen platelets!), but it was the subplots that kept me hooked...Cuddy wants to take the baby back?!? 13 wants to have kids?!? Even after her "nightmare" childhood watching her own mother die? Foreman possibly LOVES 13?!? Well looks like we cleared up his issues of being boring...now he's a guy willing to ruin a medical test trial and his own career for a non-committal dying bisexual!

Brilliant character development on many levels, I hope the rest of this season remains this good.

Although my previous comment stands...Jesse Spencer, wash your hair! Grunge went out with the 90's...

Yeah, the character arcs all seem to be movintg along nicely, excepting possibly Chase.

Am I the only one that read some double entendre into Cameron's responses to House this week? Seemed to me there might be some remainder of her old infatuation lingering there.

I flubbed, but have corrected it now. Thank heaven for universal search and replace, and that her name didn't overlap with any other character or word.

The romantic in me says if you love some one, do whatever you can to help them. The logician in me says the reasons for drug trials are to prove whether they even work (and what side effects they might have) and you can't do that without a test group and a control group. If every doctor wanted to save everyone by administering the drugs early, we'd have a lot of people put on medications with unknown later consequences.

It seems to me that Foreman is throwing away his career for a woman who will more than likely dump him by the end of the season, regardless of her illness's progression. Not smart, but at least he's no longer boring...

Like the stupid things House is doing with Cuddy, do you think?

I'd rather them bring Sela Ward back personally.

Anyhow, I don't think House is being any stupider with Cuddy than normal. He has to make it impossible for anyone to like him while also making it impossible for them to live without him. It's part of his self-loathing schtick.

You know Cecil, I had to read that act three times to fine the pun... "just having a bad heir day." And you're right, it was horrible!

Enjoyed the review ever so much. I read all your reviews, just don't post that much. (Too much time over at the LOST blog... my bad... NOT!)

Looking forward to your next review. Take care! HH/BL

they always the same, goes something like this...

1. Principal patient is talking normally in an adult situation with other people, then, suddenly they are afflicted with some bizarre health problem that has them spilling blood from any of the body natural orifices, or either horrible close-up vomiting right from their mouth.

2. Then newly patient is assigned a team of doctors to evaluate the diagnosis, along with Dr. House.

3. After a series of mis-diagnosis(es), and treatments, which in real-life would have killed the patient, under normal medical environment. Then, Dr. House pulls the right diagnosis and treatment for his patinet right from his ass, after hit with a brainstorm of thoughts from conversations with others. This happens with about 3 minutes left, before the show ends.

Some serious flaws is that these doctor actual go and do the investigations into the lives and houses of their patient. Does not happen in real life!
It seem like all the patients in the show have this "cadillac type- health insurance plan" that spares no expense as to tests, treatment done on them and having a team of five doctor at there beek and call being applied to their particular case. That not happening in the real world I, or you live in.
Come-on! Keep it real!!