House 4/16: We need the eggs

[vivalostwages]

A patient's tears are....blood.

Also, some drama with Domenika and House.

[vivalostwages]

Someone will have "plastic children." :D

[Tim R. Mortiss]

House finds the perfect woman.... fixing his blender. I got you, babe......

[panache45]

When they were doing Amy's "procedure," was Chase actually taking her temperature, orally? It looked like it, and totally cracked me up.

And "I Got You, Babe." I love Park.

[randwill]

When they were doing Amy's "procedure," was Chase actually taking her temperature, orally? It looked like it, and totally cracked me up.

And "I Got You, Babe." I love Park.

I guess that's what it was supposed to look like at first. But then we see that he is just swabbing her mouth.

[salinqmind]

This was a hilarious episode! I liked how they were kind of treating the doll as if she was an actual patient! Didn't they dress her in a paper examining-room gown?

I was terrified at the end of the show with Park in an apartment, I was afraid it was Chase's apartment! I'm glad she found a friend (and hopefully it will develop into something more) - the duet was sweet. It was refreshing to see young people doing something fun together other than hanging in a bar and hooking up.

And...next week, more green-card wife. I'm wondering if the writers are going to let the show go out on a whimper instead of a bang - could it be possible House and his "wife" develop real feelings and just decide to live happily ever after??? Where's the angst, the pain, the drama???

[randwill]

TI'm glad she found a friend (and hopefully it will develop into something more) - the duet was sweet.

Yes. For once the horrible and tired cliche of the sappy song over the ending montage had a reason for being there.

[cochrane]

And...next week, more green-card wife. I'm wondering if the writers are going to let the show go out on a whimper instead of a bang - could it be possible House and his "wife" develop real feelings and just decide to live happily ever after??? Where's the angst, the pain, the drama???

It looked like House threw out a letter from INS telling Domenika that her green card application had been approved. So it looks there will be some angst coming up when she discovers House wouldn't give her the choice to stay with him or leave.

[TruCelt]

. . . - could it be possible House and his "wife" develop real feelings and just decide to live happily ever after??? . . .

. . . in Moscow.

[sohvan]

And...next week, more green-card wife. I'm wondering if the writers are going to let the show go out on a whimper instead of a bang - could it be possible House and his "wife" develop real feelings and just decide to live happily ever after??? Where's the angst, the pain, the drama???

Would the green-card wife have authority to make medical decisions for House if he's considered impaired? I could see them going for an ending where House develops real feelings for her. Then she'll have to consent to a leg amputation to save House's life, and he ends up hating her.

[Just Ed]

Thought this one was funny and oddly touching at the same time.

Did I miss something, or was there no explanation for the episode title ("We Need the Eggs")? Or was that supposed to refer to the faux surgery they did on the doll?

[cochrane]

Possibly because one of the hookers mentioned that "Annie Hall" was her favorite Woody Allen movie and that line was in a quote by Allen's character, Alvy.



Alvy Singer: [narrating] After that it got pretty late, and we both had to go, but it was great seeing Annie again. I... I realized what a terrific person she was, and... and how much fun it was just knowing her; and I... I, I thought of that old joke, y'know, the, this... this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, uh, my brother's crazy; he thinks he's a chicken." And, uh, the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?" The guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs." Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships; y'know, they're totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and... but, uh, I guess we keep goin' through it because, uh, most of us... need the eggs.

And I guess that's why the POTW and the others have the relationships they do. They need the eggs.

[Alessan]

It's also the last line in the movie, I think.

[Just Ed]

Thanks very much, cochrane; that makes a lot of sense (guess you can tell I'm not up on Woody Allen trivia).

[Nuveena]

The line also appeared in the show. House gave it in a list of acceptable reasons for choosing Annie Hall as your favorite Woody Allen movie (instead of "Umm..'cause it's the most popular?").

[Superdude]

I was terrified at the end of the show with Park in an apartment, I was afraid it was Chase's apartment! I'm glad she found a friend (and hopefully it will develop into something more) - the duet was sweet. It was refreshing to see young people doing something fun together other than hanging in a bar and hooking up.

It took me a second to realize that the kid who played Micah was the lead singer of Fall Out Boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhG-vLZrb-g).

[Krokodil]

The girl in the hallucination of the doll come to life? I know where I've seen her before: an ep. of Criminal Intent, the one where a heist ring kills some college students so they can burrow into the diamond safe next door from their basement. She was the girlfriend of the main bad guy, the one Bobby convinced had contracted AIDS.

She's looking really good in this ep. ...

[Nunzio Tavulari]

Given that the sex doll did not play a role in the disease and wasn't necessary to the story, I think someone on the writing staff wanted one and was able to write off the US$5000 as an expense.

I still can't see where the series is leading us to. The finale is May 21st, probably less than five episodes from now. Many guest stars, which indicates flashbacks. Maybe House is on the operating table having his leg cut off and he hallucinated the last eight seasons. And he and Wilson turn out to be a couple. I just don't think the payoff is going to be that great after this long a run and with so few episodes to tie it together.

[Edward The Head]

It looked like House threw out a letter from INS telling Domenika that her green card application had been approved. So it looks there will be some angst coming up when she discovers House wouldn't give her the choice to stay with him or leave.

Did it say she was approved or NOT approved. I didn't get a good look at it but I thought it said rejected in it and House threw it out because he wanted that last bit of time with her.

[Joey P]

Did it say she was approved or NOT approved. I didn't get a good look at it but I thought it said rejected in it and House threw it out because he wanted that last bit of time with her.

She was approved, which means that INS won't be snooping around anymore, which means she could take off and go find an apartment on her own somewhere, which means he might be developing feelings for her since he hide it from her.

As for taking the Real Doll's temp, I think that was a swab to get cultures from her mouth and I agree, they spent a A LOT of time with that doll that turned out to be nothing. And it wasn't just the cost of the doll. It was wardrobe for the doll. Surgery on the doll, the actor when the doll came alive, all the extras the reacted to the doll when it was being pushed down the hall. The friend that liked him but couldn't date him because she thought he already had a girlfriend.
All these things had so little to do with the root cause of his illness that I'm not sure one could even call them red herrings. It's either bad/lazy writing or "this part of your life is strange so we'll focus all of our energy on it and only it" which I suppose they've done before.

Also, I recognized the neti pot when they first picked it up. I didn't really think about it, but I knew what it was. How the hell did Chase just think it was nothing more then a funny shaped tea pot? I can't imagine him not knowing what it was. Or at the very least House should have been able to say "Was it a neti pot?" He shouldn't have had to explain to hit team of doctors what it was.

I suppose he was explaining it to us.

[Rushgeekgirl]

er...nevermind.

[TruCelt]

The doll was a direct parallel to House's "paid companion". It was a way of investigating and explaining the attraction and ultimately unfulfilling nature of the stand-in relationship. Because although it meets the stated, obvious needs of touch and release, in the end, we need the eggs.

[Joey P]

The doll was a direct parallel to House's "paid companion". It was a way of investigating and explaining the attraction and ultimately unfulfilling nature of the stand-in relationship. Because although it meets the stated, obvious needs of touch and release, in the end, we need the eggs.

:smack: That's what happens when I write about an episode first thing in the morning, two days after seeing it.

[ftg]

This was the best episode in a looong time. A classic House in many ways.

The letter from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (INS no longer exists) said that fake wife had qualified for citizenship (not a greencard or residency). Of course once she gets citizenship she can dump House, etc. So that's why he threw it out. (How come people throw things like this in a garbage can rather than actually destroying them or removing them from the apartment? Bad plot device.)

Why she would qualify for citizenship so soon is weird. 3 years is the minimum for a spouse of a US citizen and then there's delays on top of that. We lost a year with House in jail, but no that much time has passed.

I love Taub and his new lady friend. "Was that a different baby?" ... "No."

[StarvingButStrong]

I know this show isn't too concerned with reality, but really? How much is House paying that bunches of gorgeous hookers would audition for his custom?

[Joey P]

I love Taub and his new lady friend. "Was that a different baby?" ... "No."

Are both of the mothers white? I'd surprised someone who saw a baby for a few minutes in a supermarket could tell it a apart from another baby they saw for a few seconds in a crib a few days later. IIRC, both babies are the same age, right?

[TruCelt]

Are both of the mothers white? I'd surprised someone who saw a baby for a few minutes in a supermarket could tell it a apart from another baby they saw for a few seconds in a crib a few days later. IIRC, both babies are the same age, right?

LOL! You're not a girl, are you? :D

[Joey P]

LOL! You're not a girl, are you? :D

Hell, I have trouble telling which first grader is mine when they call come rushing out of the school.