# "House" (4/2/12) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820 "2012-04-04T15:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/1 "2012-04-04T15:19:04Z")
Sorry if there’s a thread here already, but I can’t see it. Hard to believe that 2 days after airing there’s no thread, but maybe that’s a sign that closing out this series with this season was a good idea. I totally called House replacing the poop to trick the team. I guess that’s all I got at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/2 "2012-04-04T15:27:17Z")
Didn’t the preview for this episode have something about Wilson having a son? I wasn’t paying great attention to the episode since it was boring as tar, but either I missed that part or it wasn’t there at all. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/3 "2012-04-04T18:54:38Z")
It was nice seeing “Jones” from _White Collar_ get to play a (slightly) different kind of role. Other than that, it was a pretty “meh” episode. When it ended, I was like, WTF? Nothing even happened!! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/4 "2012-04-04T19:32:56Z")
There was a new “House” on Monday? Damn. I was so preoccupied with the basketball game I forgot to check and DVR it. ---
**Author:** ![akrako1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@akrako1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akrako1)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/5 "2012-04-04T22:58:27Z")
nice to see [Sharif Atkins](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040653/) in the ep. “ER” alum and Chicago native! ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/6 "2012-04-05T02:22:37Z")
Was it just me, or did the whole thing seem like a 45 record played at 33? Seemed to proceed very sl o w ly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/7 "2012-04-05T02:32:11Z")
Funny, I watched it, but barely remember what it was about. Oh yeah, something about everyone thinking House is sick. There must have been a PotW too, huh? And didn’t someone not have liver failure? And I don’t even remember Sharif Atkins in it. Damn, I’m sure I watched it. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/8 "2012-04-05T13:19:07Z")
I thought it was slow, poorly executed, but not entirely forgettable. The POTW was weak, and the “House being omnisciently clever while messing with the people around him” is tres cliche but I think it was done for a reason. Sooner or later House will be the doctor that denied wolf and he WILL be sick and nobody will be there to help him. Perhaps a reveal at the end that he’s actually trembling, or that he was taking Tic Tacs on purpose because he’s honestly trying to wean himself off drugs due to actual liver damage or something would have spiced it up? Either way, I’d give it a 3 at worst, but not zeroes across the board. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/9 "2012-04-05T13:33:05Z")
What a crap episode. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/10 "2012-04-05T15:47:25Z")
It did have at least one great line: “You’re popping Tic Tacs like they’re Vicodin!” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/11 "2012-04-05T17:27:18Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > I thought it was slow, poorly executed, but not entirely forgettable. The POTW was weak, and the “House being omnisciently clever while messing with the people around him” is tres cliche but I think it was done for a reason. Sooner or later House will be the doctor that denied wolf and he WILL be sick and nobody will be there to help him. Perhaps a reveal at the end that he’s actually trembling, or that he was taking Tic Tacs on purpose because he’s honestly trying to wean himself off drugs due to actual liver damage or something would have spiced it up? Either way, I’d give it a 3 at worst, but not zeroes across the board. I’d love the fact that all of his symptoms are real but Chase caught him during a lucid moment where he was able to explain everything away. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/12 "2012-04-05T18:47:58Z")
Yeah, the show is dying. It is past time to call it quits. The preview is suspiciously looking like a jumping the selachimorpha episode. Sad. Very, very sad. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/13 "2012-04-05T19:03:03Z")
If they kill House off they need to do it with Lupus 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-2-12/617820/14 "2012-04-05T20:08:40Z")
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