# House 5/29 season finale \*SPOILERS\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939 "2007-05-29T16:48:23Z")\ **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 30, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/41 "2007-05-30T16:43:08Z")
One medical question - The POTW’s heart had stopped, and was on a bypass for quite a while… then it restarted… but if it was ‘bypassed’ what was it pumping to wake the patient up? Seems if she could’ve been awake/talking, she could’ve been doing that on the bypass as well. But, then, not a medical proffesional am I. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/42 "2007-05-30T16:44:19Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Aside: did House slip with his American accent? Do any Americans say DAY-ity rather than DEE-ity? [/QUOTE] I was wondering that too. > [@DanBlather](#): > > I assumed that the Priests would be praying for cute, young altar boys. Yes, he said, “Little boys pray for \ and priests pray for…” ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/43 "2007-05-30T17:12:23Z")
I think that was a great season ender. At first I was convinced that all three of them will be back, but maybe they really are doing a change. At least one of them will return, though - someone’s got to show the newbies the ropes of working under House. What I want to know is, did he buy the new guitar for himself, or did someone else (read: Wilson or Foreman) get it for him? ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/44 "2007-05-30T17:23:34Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Aside: did House slip with his American accent? Do any Americans say DAY-ity rather than DEE-ity? [/QUOTE] I’m American, and I’ve always pronounced it (and generally heard it) as DAY-ity. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/45 "2007-05-30T17:45:48Z")
[QUOTE=simster] One medical question - The POTW’s heart had stopped, and was on a bypass for quite a while… then it restarted… but if it was ‘bypassed’ what was it pumping to wake the patient up? Seems if she could’ve been awake/talking, she could’ve been doing that on the bypass as well. But, then, not a medical proffesional am I. [/QUOTE] The medicine in this episode was really bad, according to the [polite dissent](http://politedissent.com/archives/1665) guy. He says heart bypass machines are used for a few hours during heart surgery, not to keep someone alive like that. And she would have still been hooked up to the bypass machine, even after it was turned off. He says her heart restarting on its own was plain silly. (Sorry if everyone is tired of me linking to his site in every House thread). ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/46 "2007-05-30T20:05:58Z")
[QUOTE=Eleanor of Aquitaine] I liked the episode, and I think it would be great if they started over with three new ducklings in the fall. Maybe the original three can pop in to visit occasionally. [/QUOTE] Be funny if Cuddy hired Foreman and the other two as his assistants to be a team competing with House and whomever he hires. Then each week there could be a race to see which team gets the right diagnosis, or which kills the patient first. Despite House’s claim that he does not give a hoot about patients, just about curing the disease, Wilson keeps believing otherwise. Which is correct? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/47 "2007-05-30T20:19:40Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] Anyone notice his address was 221? [/QUOTE] Look again sometime…his door has a “B” on it. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/48 "2007-05-30T20:23:11Z")
[QUOTE=YWalker] I’m American, and I’ve always pronounced it (and generally heard it) as DAY-ity. [/QUOTE] Seconded. I’ve very rarely heard it as DEE-ity and then only on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/49 "2007-05-30T22:17:35Z")
Dammit, I come in here to make snarky comments and they’re all made. \ ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/50 "2007-05-30T23:40:49Z")
I, too, thought that the chick doctor who argue with House about the diagnosis might be back next season. I concur with everyone else that fresh blood would be great. Though the men lusted after Cameron, her outfits bugged the shit out of me. It was Little House on the Prairie meets Mr. Rogers. And the whole Tuesday thing with Chase was just stupid. Honestly, I tune in for Hugh Laurie. Cuddy and Wilson are good, but the ducklings were just meh. I’d love to see some real egos on the show, people who could challenge House. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/51 "2007-05-30T23:45:47Z")
[QUOTE=shamrock227] Seconded. I’ve very rarely heard it as DEE-ity and then only on TV. [/QUOTE] I’m American and I’ve always heard and said DEE-ity. Does this mean I have to move to Europe? Perhaps it’s regional in the U.S.? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/52 "2007-05-31T00:23:42Z")
I’ve always heard and pronounced it “dee-i-tee.” Laurie’s pronunciation sounded odd to my ears. I checked several online dictionaries (with audio pronunciations) and they confirm it as the preferred way to pronounce it. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/53 "2007-05-31T02:33:07Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I’m American and I’ve always heard and said DEE-ity. Does this mean I have to move to Europe? [/quote] Yes. Get out if you are going to pronounce things funny. 😉 > [@](#): > > Perhaps it’s regional in the U.S.? Probably. I’m from NYC. (so I’m right and the rest of youse guys are wrong). ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/54 "2007-05-31T06:23:34Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I’m American and I’ve always heard and said DEE-ity. Does this mean I have to move to Europe? Perhaps it’s regional in the U.S.? [/QUOTE] I’ve been in CA my whole life and always heard it as DEE-ity too. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/55 "2007-05-31T08:25:25Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I’m American and I’ve always heard and said DEE-ity. Does this mean I have to move to Europe? Perhaps it’s regional in the U.S.? [/QUOTE] I’ve never heard DAY-ity anywhere in the South. And I have more than 50 years of hearing experience. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/56 "2007-05-31T08:27:43Z")
Just to add my own ultra-important datapoint, not that I’ve paid particular attention to this issue, but: north New Jersey background, and surprised to hear anything other than DAY-ity. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/57 "2007-05-31T15:10:45Z")
I don’t think there’s any realistic chance of the med student who House gave a "B+’ to coming on as a full member of his team. As an earlier poster said, all three of House’s team members had already done two year residencies followed by four years in sub-specialty training, a person still in med school just wouldn’t be qualified. (In the episode where Chase and Foreman are digging up a dead cat, Foreman makes a remark about doing 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, two years of residency, and 4 years of sub-specialty training to dig up a dead cat.) I’m also suspicious about Foreman/Chase/Cameron not coming back. House was renewed for a fourth season sometime in February, I think we’d have heard something in the entertainment news if one of the long-time cast members was leaving for good. I know for certain I’ve read an article in which Omar Epps says he’ll be back for season four. ---
**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 31, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/58 "2007-05-31T16:00:30Z")
What are the chances that Stephen Fry will be cast as one of the new underlings? Or better as a Moriarty character! ---
**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:** [May 31, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/59 "2007-05-31T16:10:46Z")
Too bad Neil Patrick Harris is busy. I’d love to see House & Doogie together (I somethings think House IS Doogie, after working in medicine has made him bitter) ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939/60 "2007-05-31T17:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=MoodIndigo1] Well, he’s substituted Percodan for Cocaine, and a piano/guitar for a violin. I guess that Dr. Wilson is an adequate Watson. There isn’t any Moriarty to date, but that could just be illness/death/God rolled into one. [/QUOTE] I saw David Morse (as the cop this season) as the show’s Moriarty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-29-season-finale-spoilers/405939.md?page=4)