# House 4/16: rapidly aging girl ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503 "2007-04-17T18:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/1 "2007-04-17T18:10:52Z")
What I gleaned from the promo is that a six-year-old girl has one of those disorders that causes the person to age much faster than is normal. She’s also supposed to be hiding something. The way they edited it, she says “I…want…” And then you have to wait till the show is on. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/2 "2007-04-17T18:11:59Z")
:smack: Tuesday, 4/17! Sheesh. Perhaps I have a disorder of another kind… ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/3 "2007-04-17T21:53:25Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/4 "2007-04-18T01:23:10Z")
It’s been a long time since I saw House… Did Cameron and Chase had a relationship? Why did it end? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/5 "2007-04-18T01:43:33Z")
[QUOTE=KarlGrenze] It’s been a long time since I saw House… Did Cameron and Chase had a relationship? Why did it end? [/QUOTE] They had a brief fun fling, but she ended it very abruptly last week. I guess it’s better than leading him on, but he was left cold by the way she broke it off and walked away. This, of course, will lead to much tension in tonight’s ep. Also, I think I had something wrong about this ep; the girl has a problem which is normally seen only in those much older, but she’s not one of those kids who looks 80 yrs. old. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/6 "2007-04-18T01:50:24Z")
And House is still the ass he always is… ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/7 "2007-04-18T02:31:12Z")
“What’s wrong with Wilson?” “I sent him flowers…” Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Traveling_Riverside_Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/8 "2007-04-18T02:51:15Z")
I really enjoyed this episode. It felt like a real return to form. The last one wasn’t bad, but I’m glad this one was more of a traditional episode. I think they needed to go this route after the airplane one. This show felt a little more grounded. It really hit on all the reasons that made me like the show in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/9 "2007-04-18T03:11:51Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] She’s also supposed to be hiding something. The way they edited it, she says “I…want…” [/QUOTE] Funny, I thought she was saying “I…lied…” And of course she wasn’t hiding anything, or if she was, it had nothing to do with solving the problem. Stupid promo department. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/10 "2007-04-18T03:17:47Z")
Err… she was hiding the fact that she’d started menstruating and growing pubic hair…? ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/11 "2007-04-18T03:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Err… she was hiding the fact that she’d started menstruating and growing pubic hair…? [/QUOTE] Yeah, but that wasn’t the key to curing her. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/12 "2007-04-18T03:26:21Z")
Someone needs to die. The body count was pretty high over the first several episodes of the season – two terminal patients and a suicide – but it’s been a while since anyone died, unless I missed a body. The show isn’t as effective if I’m too sure that the patient is, at the end, going to walk out of the hospital and live a long, healthy life. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/13 "2007-04-18T03:29:14Z")
Is that affliction even possible? Hormones passed through touch? Why didn’t my husband grow boobs when I was taking PremPro? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/14 "2007-04-18T03:44:45Z")
His treatments were topical, not ingested. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/15 "2007-04-18T03:54:42Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Yeah, but that wasn’t the key to curing her. [/QUOTE] It was the key to diagnosing her. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/16 "2007-04-18T04:34:06Z")
[QUOTE=simster] His treatments were topical, not ingested. [/QUOTE] Good point. But still, if he showers (or at least washes his hands and his nether parts) after using the cream, how could the kids get enough to make them sick? Especially if all the sex was at the girlfriend’s house. I’m not a regular House viewer and I thought this ailment was really far-fetched. Except for the girlfriend getting a moustache. That was funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/17 "2007-04-18T05:26:55Z")
Hmmmm. I don’t know. Do topical hormonal creams actually penetrate deeply enough to cause such afflictions in others who are not even using said creams? Anybody know for sure? “You guys are idiots.” 😃 (not you who are reading the thread) ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/18 "2007-04-18T05:36:31Z")
“Seriously?” ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/19 "2007-04-18T05:51:41Z")
Yeah, the [Polite Dissent](http://politedissent.com/archives/1628) guy thought the medicine was pretty dire this episode. He gave it an **F**. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503/20 "2007-04-18T13:03:29Z")
House to Cuddy: “I have tickets to a play.” Perfect! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-16-rapidly-aging-girl/400503.md?page=2)