I thought he said something about being tired (he’d just spent all night on a stakeout with House), so my impression was that … um … the soldier never came to attention.
The way they shot to the clock when House was calling and then again when they were “done” showed only 2 minutes. His excuse for coming so soon was because he had been thinking about her for hours and hours and he was sorry she didn’t get her “satisfaction” because it was so quick. I think he came so quick because he was so jazzed he won his bet with House.
I thought it was a great episode. Much like the “Wilson-centric” episode a month or so ago.
I especially liked the scene where House was arguing with his team, outside the elevator, while Cuddy was inside the elevator. The elevator doors close… and we’re still with Cuddy! Great shift in focus. The writers are doing a great job at keeping it fresh.
I love this show…TRM
That lawsuit would be very unlikely to end in victory, while the one in this episode would likely prevail. It all hinges on informed consent - in this episode, Chase performed a procedure that the patient explicitly, directly did not consent to. That’s not just civil liability - that’s criminal territory. On the other hand, if the patient gave full, informed consent to just the sutures, and later regretted that decision - well, he’d be SOL.
I’m not your lawyer, this is not legal advice. Everything I’ve said here is wrong, and you will contract a social disease if you follow it.
Either solution still results in a lawsuit and legal costs - that was my only point - not which was more likely to prevail.
I really enjoyed this episode, despite the Hollywood ending where everything comes out in Cuddy’s favor. I would have enjoyed it better if everything didn’t wrap up quite so neatly. Nevertheless, the shift in focus was well-conceived and well-executed throughout, and it was a nice breath of fresh air for the series. Kudos.
How would you have liked it if Cuddy’s kid had died? I wouldn’t put that past the writers.
But not before House tried to cure it by giving it malaria.
Assuming this is a serious question, I think that would have been equally Hollywood in the opposite direction. She goes from having a slight cold to dying in one day while under a caretaker’s supervision? That would have seemed just as much of a stretch. But if the kid had been sick or if Cuddy had gone home at the end and gotten puked on or something, that would have been a nice dose of reality that would have cut down on the saccharine.
I enjoyed the episode and got a kick out of the seeing the House ripple effect. Cuddy seemed to spend about 90% of her time either dealing with him directly or tending to his fallout. That’s a whole lot of effort for a department that never treats more than one patient at a time.
One thing: Did anyone else get the idea that House had something to do with Cuddy getting her 12%?
When the rep from the insurance company approached her at the end, he said something to the effect of “Call off your attack dogs. I didn’t believe you’d actually do it, but here’s your contract. You get your 12%.” As far as I recall, while she threatened the CEO with alerting the media or whatnot, she didn’t actually do anything except stick to her guns about the 12%.
To me this made the company’s concession seem a bit out of the blue. Was he referring to her holding out, does it suggest something more, or did I just miss something? My issue in particular was the phrase “Call off your dogs”. Does anyone else see it that way?
And breast milk.
That was interesting to see (and no real surprise - you can’t act the way he does without consequences). I think we also got a look at why he is tolerated - he is part of the “quality” brand of Plains Providence hospital.
I don’t know about that. It certainly wouldn’t be beyond him.
ETA: So, are we to understand part of House’s diagnostic method is using weird stuff to win bets? 
Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. It’s in Plainsboro.
And because Cuddy cares about treating people and not just pinching pennies. She was willing to lose her job because pay cuts mean less people would get treated, and not simply because she was going to lose money.
Oops - I knew I should have looked that up.
A man whose thumb just got cut off is in a state of shock and not fully able to withhold consent for such a procedure. Could go either way. And I am doubly not a lawyer.