Jeezopete, I’m starting to think Wilson has moved from being House’s one reliable friend to being a complete putz. I’m waiting for him to tell house to find some other patsy to supply him. No way he should have to put up with what he does from House. No way.
Oh, and “Get out, Wilson…Maybe I don’t want to push this thing till it breaks.” Aw.
The medical stuff was terrible, but otherwise a pretty good episode.
I liked House doing the countdown with his last bottle of pills.
I didn’t realize that the other doctors had written prescriptions for House. Are doctors not allowed to write prescriptions for themselves?
The show always touches on the unbelievable, usually by how House is able to figure out stuff. The overheating wheelchair guy being an example off the top of my head. This episode was rough because yes, they did say his muscles had barely atrophied but gave no reason? Did they guy do calisthenics in his sleep? I mean come on, he’s been bed ridden for 10 years.
Another thread made an interesting point for the cop to be akin to Moriarty, the first real rival House has faced. Unfortunately we all know House will win, and that is further suggested by the fact that all his colleagues have lied for him (or simply stonewalled the cop.) Such that if House were to “lose” they would all go down with him.
Imagine just how angry Cuddy would be!
I do wish John Laroquette’s character was able to be recurring. I loved how he was able to get the answers from House. One of the continuous foils for House in the show is that of Cuddy and Wilson trying to psycho-analyze him. So why hasn’t the show just brought in a full-time foil in the form of a hospital psychologist? It would be interesting…
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OK, a stretch, but the son said that the person he spends the most time with was his dad. Maybe he worked his limbs…
But you would think his voice would be a little hoarse.
Then tell me that. I only know what they tell me and for something like a dude coming out of a ten year vegetative state, it should be explained.
Thinking back it is also suggested that the drugs are pushing him beyond his normal boundaries. They mention how the drugs affect his reflexes, perhaps it also affected his strength and such - but we’re just taking shots in the dark.
Solution: Every House episode is two hours long instead of one, plenty of time to cover all these minor details.
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Well, from what I understand the resolution of the Tritter arc is that House is going to end up in a court-mandated drug addicts’ support group, so maybe somebody in there will fill the role. It would be cool if either the group leader or one of the other participants could stand up to Dr. Snark.
As House pointed out several times, it was a vegetative state, not a coma:
Even if it’s not plausible medically, I’m willing to give them the same dramatic license pass that their lab times (as with CSI) get.
winterhawk11:
But then it is a sign he loses, in which case there should be major repercussions all around. I suppose the docs aren’t under oath with the detective and he doesn’t seem to be recording them, so if they settle it’s water under the bridge, but it still seems like they would all be facing heat - especially from the medical board.
Cerowyn: I’ll admit it’s possible, but he’s been bed ridden for 10 years. I don’t care if you do yoga and pilates in your sleep, you’re going to face muscle loss to be in a bed for ten years. But I let it slide and just enjoyed the show at the time, it’s only now that I am griping about it 
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Yeah, this one strained the limits, as have others, but we do it for House.
I liked that he took a strong stand at the end. It seemed to me that lately he has been becoming too much snark, not enough substance, and especially with the cop, who has been suggesting that House is simply a bully.
This one reaffirmed that he pushes the limits, not just to win, not just for the puzzle, but because he also thinks it’s the right thing to do. He knew the chance he was taking at the end, and he took it because he believed it was worth letting the son live.
I miss that from Season 1, fractured season that it was: the stand on principle when push finally came to shove. There are ways he’s not willing to live his life.
I always enjoy any scenes between Wilson and House. I am very curious to see how much trouble they will be in together, with this cop on their case.
David Morse was the guy who let loose the plague in 12 Monkeys, wasn’t he? He can certainly ratchet up the creep factor in his performances when he needs to.
The cops cannot freeze your assets without at least a court proceeding.
However…
…the IRS is not so limited. Theoretically, the IRS can freeze your accounts if they determine you have unreported income. They don’t have to show a court; they merely have to satisfy their own internal requirements.
They haven’t used these hardball powers much lately, after a backlash against their perceived arbitrary enforcement actions in the eighties and early nineties. But the ability hasn’t been lost… just the will to use it.
I was surprised when Wilson’s assets were frozen by the cops or IRS…I figured it was one of his ex-wives who cleaned out his bank account or something!
I just realized the significance of the cop (what the heck is his name anyway?) saying “Everybody lies…” He is House’s evil twin!!! Yeah, David Morse can play creepy and sinister really well.
John Laroquette is just fabulous. The man can do no wrong.
Yet he can also play sympathetic, likeable characters. I thought he was excellent as Jodie Foster’s dad in Contact.
I’m not questioning whether or not this is true by asking this, but “cite?” Just because if it’s true I want to read more about it because that’s just crazy stuff!
As I understand it, no; there’s just too much potential for abuse. Doctors are (and must be) held up to a high standard of personal ethics; being able to prescribe yourself narcotics doesn’t fit too well with that.
Yes and no. It is frowned upon to write prescriptions for anyone with whom one does not have a doctor-patient relationship (self, family, friends). The adage “The doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient” is quoted a lot, but it is the doctor’s medical license and it is legal for him to prescribe as he wishes. As I understand it, if there is no doctor-patient relationship it can create liability not covered by malpractice insurance. Of course there are exceptions for prescribing, including prescribing for yourself, in emergency situations, although I’m not sure how formal those exceptions are.
On the other hand, prescribing narcotics for oneself is not tolerated at all. The DEA tends to look very poorly on that. I’m not sure if it is illegal but it will definitely result in revocation of the physician’s DEA number, which is required to prescribe any controlled substance.
There was one point, I think where the cop was talking to Foreman, and he says something about certain jobs come with a lot of power that attracts bullies and I so wanted to hear Foreman say, “You mean like policework?”
I believe he was talking to Chase at that point. I wish the cop had tried that line on Foreman.
Actually I’m pretty sure he used the ‘bully’ line when talking to Wilson. It seems like it was before this week and he only talked to the underlings this week.
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