# House 5/1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348 "2007-05-01T18:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/41 "2007-05-02T18:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] All true. My statement was a bit simplistic. It was still wrong to fake cancer to gain access to the resources of the drug trial. [/QUOTE] Well, it was more than a “drug” trial, (required rather complicated surgery, etc) and it could be argued that the trial was un-neccisarily restrictive, but its pourpose was for “brain cancer” and not “pain treatment” - a pourpose that perhaps only House had pulled together from his research of it. Secondly, his “faking it” did not, in actuallity, prevent anyone from gaining access to it (that actually needed it), so “wrong” is ambigous at best… wsa he gaming the system, absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/42 "2007-05-02T18:42:18Z")
This episode hit pretty close to home for me with the passing of my mother and her time going through a bone marrow transplant. I found it interesting that they used the 6 point scale at this point, for my mom we were at an 11 point scale for matching bone marrow. In any case, I did a lot of fast forwarding in this episode such as through Foreman’s bone marrow collection and such… – IG ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/43 "2007-05-02T18:59:53Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] No, his ex, Stacy, said House was pretty much like that all along, before his surgery and the constant pain. It’s been suggested House’s personality may be a result of childhood abuse he suffered at the hands of his father, a Marine whom House has described as “having a strong moral compass” and who is played on-screen by R. Lee Ermey. [/QUOTE] I think Stacy said he was a jerk before the thigh infection, but, nevertheless, both she and Wilso agree that he’s gotten enormously worse since his constant pain began. Moreover, he did get nicer (though still not nice) when the pain was gone at the beginning of the season. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/44 "2007-05-02T19:03:46Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] “Hector Does Go Rug” is an anagram for “Doctor Greg House”. [/QUOTE] And then House said something with “huge ego”, but all I can get is scrod rot huge ego and I don’t think that’s right. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/45 "2007-05-02T19:15:03Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] And then House said something with “huge ego”, but all I can get is scrod rot huge ego and I don’t think that’s right. [/QUOTE] He suggested using “Gregory House” instead of “Doctor Greg House” because it forms the better anagram “Huge ego, sorry.” When I get home I’ll post a few other anagrams I came up with… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/46 "2007-05-02T19:23:30Z")
I like House’s anagram for his name better. 😃 I don’t watch the show for the science or the accuracy of anything; I watch it because Hugh Laurie is freakin’ brilliant (and the guy who plays Wilson, whose name I can’t recall at the moment is no slouch, either). It also entertains the heck out of me to watch House do all the things that other, normal people would like to do but don’t. I had hopes for Cameron developing some personality this season. I think she was on the path to get there, but she and Chase will probably just get married and have 2.5 babies together. And Foreman will be back - no one gets out alive. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/47 "2007-05-02T19:50:35Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] …Hugh Laurie is freakin’ brilliant… [/QUOTE] Very true. Are you, or anyone else here, aware that Hugh Laurie played Prince George in BBC’s “Blackadder the Third”? [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/gallery/blackadderthethi\_7770770\_1.shtml](http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/gallery/blackadderthethi_7770770_1.shtml) His early career consisted of doing ridiculous characters in broad British farce. He’s British but his American accent on House is perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/48 "2007-05-02T19:54:47Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] Very true. Are you, or anyone else here, aware that Hugh Laurie played Prince George in BBC’s “Blackadder the Third”? [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/gallery/blackadderthethi\_7770770\_1.shtml](http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/gallery/blackadderthethi_7770770_1.shtml) His early career consisted of doing ridiculous characters in broad British farce. He’s British but his American accent on House is perfect. [/QUOTE] Yep that has popped up in various points through the seasons and the forum posts 🙂 – IG ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/49 "2007-05-02T19:58:27Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] Very true. Are you, or anyone else here, aware that Hugh Laurie played Prince George in BBC’s “Blackadder the Third”? [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/gallery/blackadderthethi\_7770770\_1.shtml](http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/gallery/blackadderthethi_7770770_1.shtml) His early career consisted of doing ridiculous characters in broad British farce. He’s British but his American accent on House is perfect. [/QUOTE] Uh, his role as the Prince Regent is the whole reason I even know who he is and why I started watching House in the first place. (Long time Blackadder fan, have the whole series on both VHS _and_ DVD!) He was also in Blackadder Goes Forth, btw. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/50 "2007-05-02T20:01:49Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Uh, his role as the Prince Regent is the whole reason I even know who he is and why I started watching House in the first place. (Long time Black Adder fan, have the whole series on both VHS _and_ DVD!) He was also in Black Adder Goes Forth, btw. [/QUOTE] I’m also a Blackadder fan. I didn’t recognize him on House until my brother pointed it out. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/51 "2007-05-02T20:07:17Z")
Was anyone else a little ooged by “It’s Tuesday, my day to remind you that I like you and want us to be together.” Drop it already, Chase. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/52 "2007-05-02T20:11:41Z")
I kept seeing the ads for House, back at the beginning of season one… and I would go “wtf!!! It’s Hugh Laurie, but he sound American?! what show is that??” so I added it to my TiVo and have been hooked ever since. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/53 "2007-05-02T20:19:36Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Was anyone else a little ooged by “It’s Tuesday, my day to remind you that I like you and want us to be together.” Drop it already, Chase. [/QUOTE] “And if you take the day off, I’ll restart it on Wednesday”. It’s definitely starting to get disturbing. I’m wondering if he’s going to be getting more and more obsessive. It does seem like they’re leading to something with it. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/54 "2007-05-02T20:22:06Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I kept seeing the ads for House, back at the beginning of season one… and I would go “wtf!!! It’s Hugh Laurie, but he sound American?! what show is that??” so I added it to my TiVo and have been hooked ever since. [/QUOTE] I guess I didn’t recognize him because it had been too long since I’d seen him on Blackadder, or maybe it was the lack of a wig and rouge. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/55 "2007-05-02T20:24:24Z")
I’ve seen stills of him as the dad in Stuart Little–much geekier! 🙂 And I’ve got to see some of the Wooster and Jeeves I hear the kids talking about. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/56 "2007-05-02T20:28:15Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] I guess I didn’t recognize him because it had been too long since I’d seen him on Blackadder, or maybe it was the lack of a wig and rouge. 😛 [/QUOTE] …and he’s so pretty in tights… ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/57 "2007-05-02T20:41:09Z")
[QUOTE=davidm] “And if you take the day off, I’ll restart it on Wednesday”. It’s definitely starting to get disturbing. I’m wondering if he’s going to be getting more and more obsessive. It does seem like they’re leading to something with it. [/QUOTE] I sure hope they are, because otherwise it’s just going to be irritating. Hopefully they’re leading up to a scene where she snaps and stabs him with a pen or something. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/58 "2007-05-02T20:45:12Z")
Yeah, she definitely didn’t seem at all swayed. Of course with all the obscure places they did it in the hospital and diseased patients’ houses, maybe she’ll be pregnant with a mutant baby. House will do fetal surgery and they’ll show a tiny claw emerging from the incision and latching onto his lab coat. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/59 "2007-05-02T20:46:06Z")
[QUOTE=Geobabe] I sure hope they are, because otherwise it’s just going to be irritating. Hopefully they’re leading up to a scene where she snaps and stabs him with a pen or something. [/QUOTE] I can’t see them just dropping it at this point so it must be leading to something. I was thinking that he’s going to end up doing something outrageous, but you may be right. She may be the one to snap. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348/60 "2007-05-02T20:59:38Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] …and he’s so pretty in tights… [/QUOTE] But better in incredibly large expensive Trousers WOOF! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-1/402348.md?page=4)