Just a minor nitpick, but in the opening scene, it seemed to me that the end of the rope went through the belay device well before the girl hit the ground. Anyone else notice that, or am I remembering it incorrectly?
I must admit I asked my husband to google “donkey show” (having no clear idea of just what that could be, but thinking that it involved blowing a donkey) on HIS computer. He had to google donkey show and sex to get much.
This is my take on the hooker:
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She’ll be back. This is only the second time that House has been shown initiating a relationship (remember the “nutritionist”?) outside of work. (I’m not counting Stacy at all.) I think the writers were playing with us (and House), making us think the worst of this girl (is doing that the “worst”? dunno) and then revealing her true exposure. She is working with the donkey and it is a show, afterall… her symptoms still fit, even without the oral sex part.
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She may well be a hooker, but is NOT into donkey shows, but did have contact with a donkey (the pageant rehearsals), hence her infection. I have no problem believing a hooker going to church (and I don’t see her as having to be Catholic–I know plenty of Protestants who use St Christopher medals etc); I do have a problem with an adult playing Mary. Christmas pageants tend to be showcases for the younger members of any church, but that’s just my experience.
I liked this episode. I had NO sympathy for that mom. I called the adoption thing about half way through. No way does someone tout honesty that much without a huge lie in their background. Also, I was contemptuous of her “lifestyle”. Your 11 year old (hell, your 25 year old) should not know your favorite sexual positions for one. The ecstasy she took just cemented my dislike. Your daughter is everything to you and yet you throw yourself at men while under the influence. Great role model, her.
I loved the banter between Wilson and House in this one. I also hate Cameron’s blonde hair–she now looks like a truck stop hooker to me. Ugh. I found the whole secret Santa thing hilarious–and everyone ran true to type.
My understanding of that scene with the one-night-stand was that he gave her the E surreptitiously.
You know, there’s no Biblical support for the assertion that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.
Well, this is true, although it’s widely believed by modern Christianity. I think because it fits into the doctrine that all people are welcome in the house of Christ. While the PEOPLE in the church may be horrified to see a prostitute at worship, Jesus would be downright thrilled (I think). He came to heal the sick, not the well. You know, all that stuff.
The show definitely portrayed her as Catholic, since they showed her performing the play in a Catholic church (the vestment of the priest and the statue of Mary give it away). Of course she could just be visiting for the purposes of the play, but that seems rather forced.
Couldn’t both of those things be part of the Episcopal church? Mary’s statue would be focused on because it was Christmas and because the episode was about women and motherhood.
In my experience, only Catholic churches tend to have statues of Mary near the altar. (That’s why we’ve been accused of Mary worship by Protestants.) But I’ve never been in an Episcopalian church, so I could be wrong.
Yep. i was baptised episcopalian and Mary stood right there the whole time and said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
She well may be Catholic–no reason to think she isn’t. I was just throwing the Protestant angle out there (or Anglican). My point was that more than Catholics rely on saints to help them out (one of our congregants did the whole St Joseph thing to help sell her house. I think it was St Joseph…)
I hope she and House do have more than a one show thing. It’d be nice to see that side of him again. I still hope for Stacy to come back for a few episodes, and then fade away (I think that Mark will die or leave her–which doesn’t fit well, but what the hell. That’s the only way House would take her back, if he ever did, IMO.)
No no NO NO! :: slapping your hand :: take it back. No stacy. BAD character. NO.
Yep, I agree it’s an odd choice of phrase if you’re talking about your mother, but maybe not so odd if you are getting a kick out of stringing a doctor along when he assumes you’re a prostitute. This is also my explanation about why she went along with his clap on joke - at that point, she already knew he thought she was a hooker.
I forgot about the quarterly AIDS tests remark until you reminded me. I’m trying to think of a reason that someone who was not involved in a high-risk occupation would have that many. I think at one time, it was recommended that people who might have been exposed (such as health care workers) get tested periodically for some length of time. As I am writing this, I realize what a reach it seems to be.
I guess that is why I liked those scenes so much – everything (except maybe the frequency of HIV testing comment) is ambiguous enough to be truthful if she is a prostitute, some sort of teacher, or both at the same time.
A prostitute mentor? I guess every trade still has to be learned…
Particularly if you’re going to star in the Donkey Show.
It takes a village, you know!
At least, that’s what I hear.
She only talks to Catholics. 
“Star? Someday, who knows. You’ve gotta work your way up like everyone else, sweetheart!”
::Slaps right back:: I like Stacy, and I liked the chemistry between the two of them. Calm down; I don’t want her back on a regular basis. I want she and House to kick Tritter’s ass.
Of House could get involved with the hooker–she seems nice…
I do NOT want House and Cameron or House and 13. No and No and No. House and Cuddy might be fun, except for afters–I think their sexual tension should be just that.
Could she be some sort of social worker, maybe one who works with drug addicts and street people? Would such a person need frequent HIV tests? St. Chris is supposed to protect against both pestilence and sudden death – that would make him a popular choice for a person with a dangerous job…
Or maybe she’s just a Catholic prostitute. In either case, I also hope we see her again. Her being a prostitute certainly doesn’t preclude her from having a relationship with House.
Although, I’d have to say that her being a sex worker who performs in a donkey show would. Eww.
Maybe I’m just sheltered but I don’t think there are too many donkey shows in the Princeton area. I have not seen one flyer.