# House 4/26 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494 "2010-04-27T04:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/21 "2010-04-27T17:32:23Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > No. His wife is a brunette, the nurse is a blonde. He made out with and drove off with the blonde. :eek: Oh! That lying sack of shit! I was growing weary of his wife’s whiny insecurity, but I guess she has good reason to not trust him. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/22 "2010-04-27T17:39:48Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > IIRC, the show ended with the two of them getting into the car together. > > Taub is an idiot. Yeah, he is. He couldn’t go through with the affair while his wife knew it was a possibility, but he has no problem operating under the rationalization that what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her. I’m looking forward to next week’s episode. It was pretty funny watching House and Foreman going “Whoo! Whoo!” to “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Wilson should be there, but Sam would probably insist on tagging along with him. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/23 "2010-04-27T18:02:16Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yeah, he is. He couldn’t go through with the affair while his wife knew it was a possibility, but he has no problem operating under the rationalization that what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her. > > I’m looking forward to next week’s episode. It was pretty funny watching House and Foreman going “Whoo! Whoo!” to “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Wilson should be there, but Sam would probably insist on tagging along with him. Well, it’s no fun cheating on your wife if she’s okay with it. Duh! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/24 "2010-04-27T18:14:25Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > He couldn’t go through with the affair while his wife knew it was a possibility I didn’t get that at all. Taub was always going to cheat on his wife, and he was totally going to do it when she knew about it – he just put it off when she finally admitted that she wasn’t ok with it. He might be trying to convince himself that he doesn’t want to cheat on her, but I saw that ending coming a mile away. And his wife is a complete idiot for believing that the man who wanted to sleep with someone else 10 minutes ago was suddenly going to not want to sleep with someone else just because she changed her mind about whether he was allowed to. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/25 "2010-04-27T19:02:07Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > yeah. i agree. she’s… off… That actress was on Lost for about 5 episodes and she was ‘off’ on there as well. I always think her face looks like she got a bunch of really bad plastic surgery. I’ll feel bad if she was in some sort of accident and needed to have her face reconstructed, but she always looks sort of weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/26 "2010-04-27T19:19:32Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > That actress was on Lost for about 5 episodes and she was ‘off’ on there as well. > > I always think her face looks like she got a bunch of really bad plastic surgery. I’ll feel bad if she was in some sort of accident and needed to have her face reconstructed, but she always looks sort of weird to me. She’s Cynthia Watros. She was in the final two seasons of the Drew Carey Show as Kellie Newmark, who Drew (the character) eventually married. She replaced Christa Miller, who played Kate O’Brien for the first 7 seasons. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/27 "2010-04-27T19:35:48Z")
She looks like she had bad plastic surgery? I never really noticed that. Still don’t actually. She might look a little weird but it’s not that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/28 "2010-04-27T19:41:45Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > She looks like she had bad plastic surgery? I never really noticed that. Still don’t actually. She might look a little weird but it’s not that bad. I think she’s quite cute, actually. Kind of quirky-looking, but cute. ---
**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 27, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/29 "2010-04-27T19:48:38Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > I think she’s quite cute, actually. Kind of quirky-looking, but cute. I’m sure Taub would do her. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/30 "2010-04-27T19:54:28Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I didn’t get that at all. Taub was always going to cheat on his wife, and he was totally going to do it when she knew about it – he just put it off when she finally admitted that she wasn’t ok with it. He might be trying to convince himself that he doesn’t want to cheat on her, but I saw that ending coming a mile away. And his wife is a complete idiot for believing that the man who wanted to sleep with someone else 10 minutes ago was suddenly going to not want to sleep with someone else just because she changed her mind about whether he was allowed to. I think it’s more because when his wife was going to allow it, he’d have to admit to her that she wasn’t fulfilling some need he had. He could play the good but tortured husband. Now that she’s not allowing it, he just doesn’t admit it to her, or outright lie and say he hasn’t cheated. But yeah, I don’t like the Taub character either. I think his wife needs to kill him off. If they draw out some long arc about his wife finding out, it’s gonna be like watching someone having their fingernails removed. ---
**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 27, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/31 "2010-04-27T19:55:14Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’m sure Taub would do her. safe bet, that. I think if there were ever going to cast Maris Crane, she would be the actress for the role. If she thinned down some more. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/32 "2010-04-27T20:04:33Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > I always think her face looks like she got a bunch of really bad plastic surgery. I’ll feel bad if she was in some sort of accident and needed to have her face reconstructed, but she always looks sort of weird to me. My mind kept on trying to make her into Elizabeth Banks, who she is not. So for me too she seems off; however, if you just look at her, I thought she looked quite cute and normal. I think it might be the hair that makes her look Banksy to me. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/33 "2010-04-27T20:10:55Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > And in a recent episode he said he has always wanted the type of job House has. he’s also said that he loves plastic surgery, and that the fellowship is beneath him. plus, non-compete would keep him from going to another firm. why not move? better hours, higher pay, and he wouldn’t have to live in jersey. plus, the job that House has doesn’t exist anywhere else, so how has he always wanted to do it? i guess the NIH and CDC has things like that, but it’s not a full-time position. more of a board thing. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/34 "2010-04-27T20:32:57Z")
I think the non-compete thing is pretty much forgotten at this point. Taub did, in fact, work as a Plastic surgeon earlier this season when he left for a few episodes while Foreman was in charge. I too had missed the last minute or so of the episode (I saw him walk up to and help the nurse, but then my DVR cut out), so I didn’t know what had happened. I’d sort of hoped that maybe he wasn’t full of it with all the “Rachel is worth it” stuff, but it sounds like he hasn’t really learned much. I don’t mind him not being likable (hell, House sure isn’t a likable guy), but he doesn’t really seem like he’s going anywhere as a character, which makes him kind of boring. And to those talking about Sam looking weird, I don’t really think so. I was finding it odd at times because some of her vocal inflections reminded me a lot of Michelle Pfeiffer, which was a bit distracting, but otherwise she doesn’t seem off to me. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/35 "2010-04-28T01:18:02Z")
Well, I think Taub looks weird. You know The Schultz and Dooley beer steins? Taub = Dooley. Does anyone think the writers are entertaining the idea of a Chase/13 hookup? I hope to god NOT, but that’s what I’m picking up on. What a horrible idea. ---
**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 28, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/36 "2010-04-28T06:28:26Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > …But yeah, I don’t like the Taub character either. I think his wife needs to kill him off. If they draw out some long arc about his wife finding out, it’s gonna be like watching someone having their fingernails removed. I have to respectfully disagree. I think the Taub character is a brilliant creation. It’s like they wrote the most womanizing character possible, then went out and cast the most NON-sexual looking actor they could find. And he NEVER plays the character like he’s a “playa” in the least. Just milquetoast and matter of fact, and women seem to fall into his arms. I think it’s a wonderful example of cliche-busting and I love it…TRM ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/37 "2010-04-28T12:25:34Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Does anyone think the writers are entertaining the idea of a Chase/13 hookup? I hope to god NOT, but that’s what I’m picking up on. What a horrible idea. EVERYONE is thinking it at the TWOP boards. And hating it. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/38 "2010-04-28T14:03:37Z")
Some of the interpersonal story arcs are amusing, but I miss the medical drama. It’s turning more and more into a soap opera. Very few shows remain true to their original concept. Perhaps it’s because I’m male, but too many shows eventually turn into “office romance” sagas. The entire series begins to revolve around the question of “will they or won’t they”? I enjoyed the show that used to follow ‘House’, ‘Lie To Me’ with Tim Roth. That seems destined to turn into another romantically driven show with the mystery as an adjunct. Chase / 13 hookup? They’d make it a one-night stand in order to initiate a story line to about between Chase and Forman. The role of Forman is a thankless one, he’s only there to play straight man and look indignant. A battle between Forman and Chase would allow the writers to dump Chase and Cameron once and for all, having banished them to the other side of the kingdom for several seasons. A hookup and subsequent jealousy gives reason for writing 13 (Olivia Wilde) out as well. The “true fans” don’t like her. And Taub’s infidelity could cause his wife to kill him off which makes for a good season finale. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/39 "2010-04-28T16:37:40Z")
I liked Cynthia Watrous on _Titus_ not so much on this show… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494/40 "2010-04-28T17:11:40Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > A hookup and subsequent jealousy gives reason for writing 13 (Olivia Wilde) out as well. The “true fans” don’t like her. And Taub’s infidelity could cause his wife to kill him off which makes for a good season finale. I consider myself a “true” House fan and I like Thirteen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-26/537494.md?page=3)