I'd have to go back and check to see which has the larger body count. This week's "Lost" finale has certainly added to theirs. But House and company have bumped off a few this year, too.

Instead of Others, we've had "The Evil House-Obsessed Hospital Chairman" (S2) And the "Evil House Obsessed Cop" (S3) Either one of these could give Benjamin Linus a run in the creepiness department. Come to think of it, I wonder if the Hanso Corporation had a hand in these things?

And Foreman seems to be having as much trouble getting out of PPTH as the Losties do getting off the island.

What other parallels can we think of.

And this made me LOL: "I think we've had a bunny or two on "House". Probably as a source of disease."

Sorry, BunnyLover :)

Great recap. Personally, I wouldn't mind Foreman leaving. I'm actually getting quite bored with this staff, with the exception of my beloved House. They're all starting to grate on my nerves. Especially Foreman.

Just wondering and hatin for a change...

In the "More Recent Stories" links below, 'House: The Jerk' appears twice, and I can only get the one review.
Am I seeing double?
probly... (misspelled on purpose)

On questions about the finale - it hasn't aired yet. They took a week off to give “American Idol” extra time this week. Actually, for those who TIVO/VCR/DVR "House", “Idol” has been a problem all year - it usually slops over a few minutes, causing "House" to not start until around 9:03 0r 9:04. They always give it the full time, but it means if you set your VCR for the scheduled time, you end up cutting off the last four or five minutes. If I'm not watching live I always set my DVR for 9:00-10:10, just to be safe.

So the finale episode of "House" 'Human Errors' will air this coming Tuesday, May 28, hopefully (silence, English teachers) at the regular times.

The reason "The Jerk" appear twice in the reviews columns is I've recently begun a practice here that I started with the "Rome" blog, keeping two separate reviews on line, one a shorter or "capsule" review, and the other a longer or "full" review. mac's contract with his reviewer requires a review on line within 24 hours of the show, which is a good thing, I think. Unfortunately, not being as fast a typist or analyst as mac, and having a full time job to get to the next day, I didn't think I could do an hour show justice in that time frame, so we negotiated and mac was fine with the idea of a quick shorter review followed later by a longer, more thoughtful and complete review.

On "Rome", I put these up in two different areas, leaving both on line. When I came over to "House" after the fall of "Rome" I at first kept only one review, starting with the short one then replacing it with the longer one later. I've come to conclude that that wasn't working out well, so recently split the blog into two areas, one called "House Episode Reviews" and the other "House Episode Capsule Review", and there's a review of "The Jerk" in each.

There's also a "House News" area for general stuff - there's an episodic character list, and a recent announcement from Fox about the opportunity to buy 'House" merchandise with the profits going to support NAMI, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, a fine organization I heartily endorse.

Anyway, if you come in on the top link, you see all three types of entries mixed together, most recent on top, and that's why you see two "The Jerk's". I've got to try to separate these by title or description to make the distinction clearer. Or you can click on one of the three categories at the top right, and then you will see only that category of entry in the list at the left.

I wasn't aware that Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer had an off-screen relationship. I suppose that may add extra poignancy to the on-screen one for those in the know, but it's not the sort of thing I can keep up with. For those that want to comment, though, the comments section of the "House: Characters" blog provides a forum.

Admittedly, there's not as much speculation room on "House" as on "Lost", since each week’s mystery usually wraps up by curtain time. However there have been at least two major multi-episode story arcs. In season two there was the evil hospital board chairman who wanted House fired. In season three, just concluding, there has been the evil police detective who wanted to put House behind bars for prescription drug abuse (or alternatively, just get him to apologize for his rudeness).

Thanks everyone for stopping by, and I hope you’ll feel welcome to return often.

The "Studio60" reviewer doesn't seem to sign her reviews. But from the comments area of her cancellation news item, we can conclude that her name is Gina, at least. Maybe we should recommend to mac a staff listing of all his reviewers. I think it's a good practice to introduce yourself to your readers, and I tried to do a little of that over in the 'News' category.

Spencer became engaged to House co-star Jennifer Morrison on December 23, 2006 after proposing in Paris. They live together in San Fernando Valley.