# House 1/26 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129 "2009-01-26T21:56:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/1 "2009-01-26T21:56:18Z")
Cuddy delegates some of her duties to Cameron. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/2 "2009-01-26T23:22:46Z")
BBT is a repeat, so I’ll watch all of this tonight! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/3 "2009-01-27T00:02:55Z")
I forgot house was on mondays! I’ll def. have to go find a TV and watch this! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/4 "2009-01-27T06:15:40Z")
I’m glad they keep finding something for Cameron to do. Cuddy looked utterly defeated as a human being this episode and was very annoying, although I guess the annoyingness was a plot device to solve the MMOTW. Interesting character development with 13 and Cuddy. Kind of silly that they practically removed her brain when they could have just looked at her heart for 3 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/5 "2009-01-27T06:31:56Z")
I thought this was one of the best shows yet. Loved Wilson’s ploy. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/6 "2009-01-27T08:05:30Z")
Damn! I knew there was something I wanted to watch tonight! ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/7 "2009-01-27T13:26:02Z")
Couple great scenes in that episode: Kuttner: “You slept with Foreman?” 13: “Sorry, you were busy.” And Wilson: “Keep it. It came with the frame.” ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/8 "2009-01-27T14:28:07Z")
Liked a lot of the show until the end. The scene in the OR really took me out of it. So did not accept Kuttner calling Cuddy and putting her on speaker phone while the procedure was going on. Sure, it ended up giving House his “Aha!” moment, but I thought displayed such disregard for the patient’s welfars. And I simply don’t accept that any individual gets to exercise a position of authority such as Cuddy was trying to, if they are holding a crying baby. Sure, you can try to pursue both a family and a career, but not at the same moment! Even bugged me to have House and Cameron just hanging out in the soiled OR afterwards. Those rooms are booked back to back. You don’t just get to hang out in them and shoot the shit. Of course I was also uneasy, because I feared the scene was going to culminate with her shaking or beating the baby. . . :eek: So that undoubtedly added to my discomfort during the scene. Then, in the scenes for next week, they showed more focus on my least favorite character. Not a good sign. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/9 "2009-01-27T14:54:40Z")
I liked the early scene where 13 and Kuttner are warning the excessively happy patient to not talk around House. “Just give yes or no answers.” I didn’t like the game-playing with Cameron at all, and the show is getting steadily more formulaic. ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/10 "2009-01-27T14:55:53Z")
Turning the show over to Thirteen was a bad idea. It’s getting to be a chore to watch. The scenes between Forman and Thirteen are squirm-inducing because of the lack of chemistry between those two. Still love Wilson, though. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/11 "2009-01-27T16:24:59Z")
I don’t understand Foreman’s thought process. He knows the trial protocol is compromised. The ethical thing would be to report that fact to the doctor in charge with a recommendation to add a chemical smell to the placebo and to remove 13 from the results and switch her from placebo to active. As long as the nurses don’t know the patients that well they can get away with not resetting the whole thing, but the protocol needs to be fixed or the results are not going to be valid. Anyone ever run a double blind before and know what is normally done when it is accidentally compromised? Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/12 "2009-01-27T16:38:27Z")
It seems like an egregious oversight to allow such a noticeable difference between the placebo and the real drug. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/13 "2009-01-27T16:47:15Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > The scene in the OR really took me out of it. Same here. I just couldn’t buy it. Pretty much ruined the episode for me. ETA: but, I really did like Wilsons, “It came with the frame” line. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/14 "2009-01-27T18:25:23Z")
Cuddy’s adult daughter looks like Neve Campbell. Wilson was wonderful to her in this ep. I hope she appreciates it. Hey, next week is episode #100. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/15 "2009-01-27T18:26:51Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Liked a lot of the show until the end. The scene in the OR really took me out of it. So did not accept Kuttner calling Cuddy and putting her on speaker phone while the procedure was going on. I agree, that stretched a little too far. I’ve been bored with the whole “Cuddy’s baby” subplot anyway, but that scene (and the “magical connection” moment between them, which was telegraphed from miles away) was lame. Agreed that there’s zero chemistry between Foreman and Thirteen, and I think they’re overdoing Thirteen’s “gosh, I was sad before, but now that I’m on this LIFE-SAVING NEW DRUG, I feel fantastic and full of life! Nothing bad could possibly happen now! Let’s have sex!” shtick. I’m now able to predict almost to the millisecond when House’s “here we are discussing something completely unrelated to the case… a-_HA_!” moment is going to occur. Those complaints aside, I thought it was a decent episode. I actually liked Cameron as an administrative foil for House, and was hoping they’d let her keep her new job (and testicles) for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/16 "2009-01-27T18:57:05Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I agree, that stretched a little too far. I’ve been bored with the whole “Cuddy’s baby” subplot anyway, but that scene (and the “magical connection” moment between them, which was telegraphed from miles away) was lame. > > Agreed that there’s zero chemistry between Foreman and Thirteen, and I think they’re overdoing Thirteen’s “gosh, I was sad before, but now that I’m on this LIFE-SAVING NEW DRUG, I feel fantastic and full of life! Nothing bad could possibly happen now! Let’s have sex!” shtick. > > I’m now able to predict almost to the millisecond when House’s “here we are discussing something completely unrelated to the case… a-_HA_!” moment is going to occur. > > Those complaints aside, I thought it was a decent episode. I actually liked Cameron as an administrative foil for House, and was hoping they’d let her keep her new job (and testicles) for a while. That bugged me. All three of the female characters are way too young for their positions, but Cameron is **ludicously** too young for that job. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/17 "2009-01-27T19:00:25Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Liked a lot of the show until the end. The scene in the OR really took me out of it. … > > Of course I was also uneasy, because I feared the scene was going to culminate with her shaking or beating the baby. . . :eek: So that undoubtedly added to my discomfort during the scene. This is exactly how I felt. It was really, really uncomfortable. In the OR: Once they’ve already got the girl’s head off, there’s not really much point in scrubbing the procedure, is there? I mean, you’ve already started; it doesn’t seem like the risk is going to be much different whether you put the lid back on immediately or you wait half an hour. Also, if I’m not mistaken, being yelled at makes the baby happy? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/18 "2009-01-27T19:07:28Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > This is exactly how I felt. It was really, really uncomfortable. In the OR: Once they’ve already got the girl’s head off, there’s not really much point in scrubbing the procedure, is there? I mean, you’ve already started; it doesn’t seem like the risk is going to be much different whether you put the lid back on immediately or you wait half an hour. Also, if I’m not mistaken, being yelled at makes the baby happy? 😕 Does anyone else find it unbelievable that Kuttner is still employed after pulling that stunt, and the one using House’s name without his permission for his internet side business? As big an asshole as House is, those two acts by Kuttner would make it completely understandable if House canned him or, better, made a practice of giving him the worst possible assignments, or none at all, and completely buttfucked him on his next review. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/19 "2009-01-28T03:59:42Z")
I just want to know why about every 2nd or 3rd episode, they try to tag something as MS. That’s not so bad, MS can cause a lot of weird symptoms. But then they always act like it’s a big emergency, “If it’s MS, we gotta start treatment right away!!” MS is a pretty slow disease and waiting even an extra week isn’t going to make that much difference. And I’m 100% sure that of all the people I know with MS, none needed to have their heads cut open to get diagnosed. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129/20 "2009-01-28T04:18:13Z")
Anyone else think Cameron still has a jones for House? She all but admitted it to Cuddy in this episode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-1-26/483129.md?page=2)