For some reason, I started laughing at the eye-pop. Probably because I knew that people everywhere were squirming. And, because the effect was so successful.
But I couldn’t help but wonder why we saw it. After all, the whole episode (except the first and last few minutes) as a hallucination that House was having. He wasn’t there when the eye popped out, so why did the audience get to see part of House’s hallucination that he didn’t see? And why did he have a plotline about what happened to Tongue Guy? For all we know, he only got stung by a bee and still has both eyes and both 'nads.
No… becuase it was the case House was introducing to the team when he was shot… it was the most prevelant thing on his mind… House’s ‘worst’ fear is that he won’t be able to solve a problem, so each time he had it solved, his mind took it on an unexpected turn.
Also, he did’nt know what the real team ‘knew’ (afterall, at the end of the episode darn near no time had passed, so none of tounge-man’s things occured)… but the team in his head knew everything he knew as well.
Also… While what we know/don’t know about the Moriarity’s ‘real’ case, we can realize that House’s reasoning in the hallucination was House’s reasoning that he was shot… his ‘dealing with’ the consequences of some of his actions.
So, yeah, much of what was in the hallucinations was not ‘real’, but it was the ‘real delimma’ that house faces in his mind.
At first I was… I was thinking you meant that he knew what the ‘real live’ doctors knew because he was wiht them… then I re-read it and realize that was not what you intended.
Sorry, to clarify about the guy not knowing house…
I was confused because at first I didn’t know it was a hallucination (the whole thing, that is). So I didn’t understand why the guy didn’t know who House was when he shot him, but then later on said that House made him confess his infidelity, thus implying that he had spoken with House yet somehow didn’t know who he was at the beginning. I have such little faith in TV writers these days that I chalked it up to bad writing instead of a hint as to the fact that it was ALL a hallucination. Instead, of course, we saw that it was all a hallucination so it explains the plot hole earlier.
I’ve only seen this episode and one other; does he live with that other doctor? The one he punched in the face?
Also, I didn’t know that about House’s house number and the other ties to Holmes. That is pretty sweet.
I got my first clue that the whole thing was fake when he cut the guy open, because it just plain looked wrong. When the bullet dropped out of the guy’s hand, I knew it.
Don’t forget they both have only one friend, a man named W–son, who is often the one to whom the detective explains his deductions. And they both play a musical instrument. And, IIRC, they both eschew romance, except perhaps with one extraordinary woman, who marries someone else.
Maybe next season we’ll get to see House use some disguises, and round up a gang from the Peds ward to help him out.
1.) House really wasn’t ever married to Stacey?!?? I looked all over the place (IMDb, the Fox site and one place that actually has transcripts to past episodes) to confirm that they were divorced, but turned up nothing. Now I’m not sure why I actually thought he was in the first place. Did I just ASSume it? Did anyone else think that?
2.) Has this been mentioned before, but has anybody else noticed that this Fox series has a character with the exact same name as another on there? IE: Eric Foreman from “That '70s Show.”
3.) Do/did any of those people have outside relationships? I mean, I understand that we’re talking hyper overdrive career here, but surely even folks in their positions aim to have a little intimacy now and then. And no, Wilson is disfunctional enough that none of his apply.
Observation…
I’m really glad we cleared up the ketamine thing (especially considering I’ve been wrong recently about other things regarding episodes) through closed captioning, because otherwise, I would have had to chime in with what I thought I’d heard too. Which was NO to wanting it. ::: sigh ::: I suck.
I believe so, but now that you bring it up, I’m not sure. I thought that she was re-married to…Scott?..whose situation was somewhat similar to House’s (in that they both suffered injuries that affected their legs). Also, if they weren’t married, would she have been able to assume responsibility for House’s medical decisions?
The only one I recall – other than the Chase/Cameron (possibly) drug-induced one nighter – was Foreman’s tryst with a pharmaceutical saleswoman. Although I can’t recall any details, making me doubt my memory…
Mark is the guy she’s (definitely) married to now, and yes, their situations are similar. As to her making House’s medical decision, the first time Stacey showed up is, I believe, the episode with the flashback in which she tells Cuddy that he has given her power of attorney in such cases. Perhaps this was just due to them being long-term and living together, but I swear I got the impression that they were husband and wife. Obviously, I couldn’t tell ya the truth though.
Was that sometime early in the first season? If so, that would explain why I don’t recall it since I joined in sometime later than that. However, still wish these people would branch out a bit. I’d like to see a more animated side of Cameron and a less ambitious one for Foreman. Now Chase, he can show me any side(s) that he wants.
Mark – that’s him. Sorry about being vague; I posted in the hope that a little more information might jog your memory enough to confirm or deny my own.
I’d be a bit concerned if the writers started going into the characters’ personal lives more – seems like a recipe for “jumping the shark”. As soon as the show ventures into ER-like soap opera territory (IMO, an inevitable consequence of concentrating directly on the characters rather than medical cases), I’m out. Thinking about it, I’m actually rather impressed with the way the writers use the medical situations as vehicles for exposing the characters’ values and viewpoints. An episode’s subtext (some variation on “everybody lies”) is almost never clear to me until after it’s over.
Oh, I agree. I just think some backstory, much along (or a bit more) of what we’ve already had, would be nice and leave us with some more insight, instead of just guesses.
