But Kuttner is giving (the rest of) the profits he’s making from that business to House.
House would have no desire for that website to be shut down, as it’s an additional source of income for him now.
Plus, I think House views Kuttner as the most “like him” of the 3 of his new doctors. If you notice just from the way he dresses and how he’s actually a loner at times too, Kuttner is the most likely of the 3 to become the “Foreman” (and have his own “Am I House” Identity Crisis) of the group. I like to think that Kuttner is the “sane” version of what House would be without his traumatic Leg injury and distrust of people. He’s basically a Naive “good” House.
Did anyone recognize the patient as …
the young girl (Marissa) from the episode of Star Trek:TNG where Picard gets stuck in the turbolift with 3 children?
Exactly! That annoyed me. I know several people with MS, including my mom, and the diagnosis is done with MRI, not cutting open the brain! It was totally out of whack and threw me off.
And yes, even with progressive type MS you don’t deteriorate in a matter of days. More like years.
I love the show but who the hell is vetting the scripts for medical accuracy these days?
Didn’t she admit it to House himself, early in the episode?
hmmm - they did the MRI which was inconclusive (in house’s mind) - they decided to map the brain electrical signals to see which area was slower… they had the phone call…
The surgery wasnt so much for MS, but to determine what was damaged in the brain… and possibly prove really rare MS.
I think she’s lying about wanting to get with House. I think it’s her way of manipulating the situation(s)…because she’s stupid.
Yes, that was WAY too contrived for my taste - even for House.
What she ended up doing was just as emotionally disturbing to a two-month old baby - a two month old baby does not respond to being screamed at by QUIETING. If she does, that means she’s already given up.
Exactly! This is not a “double blind” if anyone directly involved in administering the drug or monitoring the patients knew who was taking what!
I haven’t run one or been directly involved in one, but I did work in a clinic that frequently made extra cash by running drug trials. We were so cramped for space at that clinic that we (me and the drug trial folks) were forced to share an office so I had nearly first-hand knowledge of how the trials are run. Believe me, NO ONE in our clinic knew who was getting what. Not the Foremans, and especially not the nurses. And if some mistake or breach was ever made (breach did happen once, further upline from us) the trials were discontinued IMMEDIATELY. The trials were audited daily for compliance, too, and if protocols weren’t complied with 100% the trial was discontinued. That happened to us more than once, sadly. (That sloppiness is a symptom of the same disease that caused me to eventually leave!)
I’m not sure of this. Tho it is some years since I had an infant, ISTR that babies had a sort of defensive reaction to certain startling input of essentially shutting down. Jolts them out of their crying mode. I’m sure I’m not describing this well - even if I’m not entirely off base.
In all fairness, it was still less of a “Oh for fuck’s sake !” moment than the original “the premature dumpster baby is still alive and well, and some tramp fed her and took care of her !”. And FWIW, I think she’s delusional about the special precious bonding connection. It’s just a baby, crying for attention, any attention, and getting some. But then, new parents are often delusional that way 
I agree though, on the whole this season’s subplots, be it Cuddy’s baby or Foreman/Thirteen are really lame compared to previous seasons. And didn’t Wilson get over Amber really, really quick ?
I kinda like seeing House getting softer/more introspective/more depressed though - it never really made sense to me why/how he goes on like this. Puzzle loving only goes so far, and I like the further exploration on what makes him tick, and them showing a vulnerable, desperate side to the iron prick. I must admit, I went owwww inside at his “this is the only rational course of action, you idiot… unless you love her” comment.
I didn’t go owwww inside, but that’s only because I don’t have an inside; it’s all on top. But I wonder if he was thinking of Cuddy when he said that.
I was at the gym and caught a glimpse of what I could have sworn was House playing on one of the TVs across the room - but he was on an airplane flight. Did I make that up?
No. There was an episode which had House on a plane.
Thank you. 
The USA “network” reruns “House” and this was one of the episodes they aired last week. S3E18 “Airborne”. Not one of the best shows.
Really? i rather enjoyed the Airplane one.
It’s basically at least ONE episode every season they have as an "Oh crap, whatcha gonna do now? Episode, where something crazy goes wrong, and it doesn’t really happen in a hospital. There was House away on business with his wife and having to talk to the patient, House in Jail, House on an Airplane, House in a Hostage Situation (this most recent season if i recall), House in a Quarantine, House in a Dream, etc.
I love the cheesy good fun of having something SO ridiculous happen because they don’t over do it, and it only happens once or twice a season where it’s just an Over the Top situation for the team to deal with. Always good times whenever I notice that next week’s episode is a “on a very special episode of House.”
That was my favorite line:)
Can someone define the word “skull” for me? They said “remove her skull” several times, which for me at least, evokes a very different mental picture than just sawing off the top.
I was relieved that the baby, although a bit homely, was really a baby (well, twins, probably) in all scenes this episode. It was very obviously a doll in the first baby scene last week.
I know House has an exwife, but I’ve only been watching a couple seasons. Was he still married when the show started? Has he always had the leg problem and personality disorder on the show?
House has never been married, but he had a long-term girlfriend named Stacy, played by Sela Ward.
He was always an ass, but several years ago he suffered an infarction in his leg that was misdiagnosed at first and became so bad that he really needed an amputation. He refused it, demanding instead a dangerous procedure that might allow him to preserve his leg. When the pain got too bad they put him into a coma, and as soon as he was unconscious his girlfriend gave permission for a compromise operation that left him crippled. She and House broke up after that. House still pines for her, but Staci got married.
No, the show started after both the divorce and the leg. I highly recommend watching the episode called “Three Stories” (Season one, episode 21) - it explains a lot regarding his ex-wife and his leg. It’s really one of the most character-defining episodes in the show and, by far, my favourite episode of all time.
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No, once again. House has never been married. He had a girlfriend for about five years, but that was long before the beginning of the series. I have no idea what Ro0sh is talking about when he claims that House was away on business with his ex-wife in one episode.