Finally this stupid story arc is over. Fortunately for me, they ended it in the best possible way. I really enjoyed this episode.
Yea for Wilson! Yea for House! Yea for the Judge! BoooHiss for Tritter. May House find you in his office some day again, and stick a thermometer so far up his ass that it comes out his ear.
Actually I only want to see Tritter back if he’s near death, and needs to beg House for help. Then House can pop some pills and save his sorry ass.
Did anyone notice the distinct lack of nicotine gum this episode? Could it really have been meaningless?
Everyone seemed to be expecting it to have some kind of medical/plot connection. I think it was just another paralell to House (Vicodin = Nicotine Gum).
I have enjoyed this program, and story arc, very much. But one thing keeps bugging me in regards to the Vicodin habit… Once House was cut off from his supply, why didn’t he simply order up all he needed through internet pharmacies? Or are all those avenues bogus scams?
I liked the story with House and Tritter because, essentially, Tritter was right. House is a full-fledged addict and he can’t be trusted. Of course, had they not played hard ball with his pain medication…
Did not like the storyline with the firefighter. I have a hard time swallowing, once again, a bunch of newbies performing procedures that they would have no business doing. Like electro-shock therapy. There would be so many disclaimers and releases and so many psych consults before performing such a drastic measure, for good reason!, that I couldn’t suspend my disbelief.
And what kind of treatment is “frying his brain” anyway? Essentially, they killed their patient and destroyed his career. EST may be used as a desperate last hope for a severely depressed person, but it would never be used like this…as a first or second course of treatment.
Besides, a man who was burned over 50% of his body wouldn’t be allowed to return to the force. He’d have been forced to retire on disability because he’d be unable to perform his duties.
My husband says, “It’s just a t.v. show.” Okay, but I really wish they wouldn’t stretch the limits so far.
Yeah, loved the House part of this episode; the mystery disease of the week part, not so much.
Surely the family (read: BROTHER) would have had to sign some sort of consent forms, had some sort of consultation before the fact, and being that they already showed the brother was somewhat controlling he would have insisted knowing why all this brain-frying was necessary. So, I had a hard time buying that they didn’t know the brother and Amy were not an item. That would have had to come out somehow before the procedure, maybe the same way it came up after the procedure: “I know you’re wedding is coming up, but you may have to put it on hold to help your brother come to terms with his scrambled brain, etc” “What wedding??” :smack:
It’s just a show and all that, but c’mon!
Wow, Cameron and Chase getting married IRL!!! That’s pretty cool!!
Since he was older than 18 and of apparently sound mind, he could have (and would have) consented himself. But I agree that it seems someone would have brought it up.
While it wouldn’t work as fast as they showed it, yes, an IV injection of a drug will work MUCH faster than an oral administration, and with more effect for the same amount (since the liver breaks down some of the drug before it can even enter the bloodstream, oral dosages are almost always more than an IV dosage.)
I don’t know. You’d think that someone they thought had emotional issues so strong as to cause broken heart syndrome might not have the soundest mind.
Broken heart syndrome seems to have become the new Munchausen syndrome for TV dramas. They lead you to believe it happens much more often than it probably does.
I’m pretty sure the guy playing Tritter had a contract for about six or seven episodes, and those are now up, so unless he gets another one, he won’t be back.
Yeah, I totally agree that the firefighter bit was pointless; the only real reason they had it was so that a) House would walk out of the courtroom and have suspense, and b) they always have to have some kind of medical case; it’s the nature of the show.
I think the brain-frying thing was borrowed from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It does strain credulity, though.
Otherwise, very good and interesting stuff in this ep. I believe House was sincere in his apologies to Wilson and Tritter.
Bwahahaha!
I am so glad that this arc is over with. I was at the point where I didn’t even care how it ended just so that it ended. That said, I was pretty satisfied with how they worked it out. The judge clearly saw that this was some sort of petty revenge thing on Tritter’s part and called him on it. About time someone did that.
I am still on the fence about House’s sincerity with the apologies. It was almost like when I would apologize for things when I was a kid and my Mother would say “You’re not sorry you did that. You’re just sorry you got caught”.
I hope Cuddy has him in the Clinic every waking hour. She deserves a little bit of revenge and not just for this whole Tritter debacle.
