Yes! I thought the same thing! I figured maybe some of the jokes were ad-libbed or that he forgot his next line and that’s how he covered it. But I definitely thought I saw Hugh Laurie and not House for just an instant. Hilarious. Reminded me of an episode of Three’s Company when Jack got up off of a rocking chair to answer the door and said to Crissy and Janet, “Look girls, I’m off my rocker.” For an instant you could sort of “feel” the confusion on the set.
Thanks, winterhawk11. I haven’t seen season 1 so I wasn’t aware of Chase’s history.
A couple of points I brought up to my husband last night:
*If House was innocent and taking his medication “as prescribed” he could have immediately asked for them to do a drug test to check the Vicodin levels in his blood.
*If House was a real addict wouldn’t he have moved on to bigger and better pain meds? Vicodin is small potatoes compared to Percocet, Morphine, etc.
But, I do think House is an addict, and that is what makes this so interesting. Why didn’t he get rid of all of those medicine bottles? He knows the cop is after him, so why take the chance?
I know they’ll find a way to get him out of this, but for right now he seems screwed. He needs his ass kicked for forging prescriptions like that. I know he’s an asshole, but I can’t believe he’d screw his friend like that.
Great ep. and a good guest performance from Vince.
When House made a remark about “Shamu,” I thought I was hearing Lostaway Sawyer’s voice.
“Places to go, people to eat…”
Could they not have found an open MRI somewhere for a fellow of that size, or is the table for the open one just as narrow as the enclosed one?
That cop is freaking me out; he’s practically a stalker now, and even Wilson has been implicated. I wonder how many more eps the cop will show up in.
Indygrrl, it was official addiction withdrawal. In the episode in question, “Detox,” they specifically set it up to see if he was an addict. House and Cuddy had a bet: If House could go a week without his vicodin, he’d get a month off of clinic duty. He did it, but they deliberately and clearly established that his withdrawal was disproportionate to his pain. At the end of the episode, House admitted he was addicted, but maintained that it wasn’t a problem since the meds allowed him to get his job done.
I got the impression that the only reason Wilson lied about the forgeries was to protect himself from perjury. He had already told the cop he prescribed all of House’s vicodin. In for a penny, in for a pound.
I missed the nicotine gum thing. Can someone fill me in?
I still think if they were doing it logically he’d be on more than Vicodin. I actually saw the bottle on one episode and the pills were 5/500’s. That’s the weakest Vicodin they have. (Yeah, I know a little about pill addiction )
If logic were to follow (which it really never does on House) he’d be onto bigger and better highs.
The cop is on nicotine gum, chomping furiously. House has made several remarks about it.
Wilson was mistaken about prescribing all of House’s vicodin, he would have been 100% in the clear if he said “I didn’t write those!” I also don’t think lying to a cop is “perjury” as much as it may be “obstruction of justice”.
I agree that House is losing control, and they’re setting him up for some kind of breakdown. I thought his suggestion to amputate the clinic patient’s arm was normal for House, but other stuff he’s doing is not, like wrestling with the patient.
He accidently revealed Cuddy’s secret. I could see him blabbing intentionally, or hinting around about it, but to simply let it slip is not like him. And did you see him yank that file out of the nurse’s hand, outside of the patient’s room? I don’t remember seeing him do anything like that before.
I wonder why House doesn’t have any money - guess he’s spending it all on gambling and prostitutes.
Wilson apparently wasn’t under oath (nor was he signing any document containing a perjury affadavit as part of its text) therefore he wasn’t committing perjury. Lying to a police officer (unless you’re under oath) isn’t perjury.
Maybe obstruction. It’d be a stretch though - I mean lying to a cop is often obstruction, but it’s also really really difficult to prosecute or even prove, as you’d need to prove intent - as opposed to mistake. All Wilson’d have to say is “Eh, my bad - I thought it was my own signature. Looks sort of like mine does sometimes, and I do write lots of scrips for House. Are you sure it’s not my signature?”
The DA would give a cop lobbying for charges in that situation the hairy eyeball - particularly with a prospective defendant who’s an outstanding cancer doctor as sympathetic as Wilson (other than the questionable taste in friends, of course!) writing lots of scrips for a patient who has a well-documented chronic pain condition.
What if by Giving Wilson a chance to lie he’s going to hang Wilson on some sort of charge for the over perscribing (Trafficking?) or something about those particular perscriptions will get Wilson in trouble.
You know trying to get House through Wilson. Or trying to get Wilson to Turn on House.
The other thing about that cop that is sorta strange is that he appears to not have a partner. After watching who knows how many hours of L & O it seems really odd that he is working solo…don’t detectives always have a partner? He was alone when he pulled over House, he was alone (other than the uniformed officers) when they searched House’s house, alone again when he was questioning Wilson. What’s up with that?
If House doesn’t have money now, wait until Dwayne Wayne (his lawyer) gets through with him! $5K retainer and $30K when they go to trial!!! :eek:
It is generally a crime to lie to a police officer; this case, for instance mentions someone convicted of it.
However, court rulings over the years usually exempt cases where the officer springs something on you. The idea is that when confronted, it’s not unusual to lie without thinking, and people shouldn’t be punished for that.
That’s why the cop said what he did: I want you to look at these prescription pads again and think carefully about your answer. Wilson’s first denial would have been thrown out if the cop tried to use it. By asking a second time, in that careful manner, Wilson’s second denial is prosecutable.
The point would not be to put Wilson in jail, but to get him to testify against House. The D.A., once he has evidence the signatures don’t match, will go to Wilson and say, “You’re going to jail if you don’t testify these are forged.” Wilson’s first denial wouldn’t help the defense, since it would be brought up, explained (“I didn’t want to get my friend in trouble.”), and defused.
Once the cop asked the second time, Wilson’s (and House’s) goose was cooked.
He has been- there was the scene with him forcing Cuddy to inject him with morphine, then going back for more only to find out it was sugar water; then the episode that began with him in his apartment filling a syringe of morphine, then ended with a shot of the empty syringe on his coffee table.
Because House thinks he can get away with anything., and other people are incredible stupid. “Gee, I have perscriptions for all those pills. And the cop is an idjit.”
There’s a good summary of the medical drama on the website I linked to in my post #20 above.
As for the rest:
House spends the night in jail. Wilson bails him out late the next morning. House jokes about not being able to repay the $15,000 bail. House thinks he’s done with the cop.
But the cop gets a warrant and searches House’s apartment and finds a bunch of bottles of painkillers. House claims they all have legit prescriptions. Cuddy suggests that House get a lawyer. The lawyer suggests that he plea bargain, otherwise he wants $5k and estimates another $30 if it goes to trial.
The episode ends with the cop interviewing Wilson about the prescriptions, showing him some that have a signature that is obviously different from Wilson’s normal signature. Wilson claims they are all legit, despite the cop warning him about lying.
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