# House 5/4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298 "2009-05-04T16:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/21 "2009-05-05T17:40:44Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > I thought Cameron knew her husband was dying before she married him. Right–saying she banked her “husband’s” sperm after they found out the diagnosis contradicted previous info. ---
**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 5, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/22 "2009-05-05T18:52:09Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > While he’s sitting there, he hallucinates Amber again, and it’s worse than ever, and eerie as all shit. That whole scene with her singing and her grin and her chuckling reminded me of the Joker. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/23 "2009-05-05T19:02:14Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Hell, yeah. I never much liked the actress who played Amber (at least not on House) but she did a great job of just looking flat-out batshit \*evil \*in this scene. It was great. Seriously! LIke WHOA evil! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/24 "2009-05-05T20:01:41Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Right–saying she banked her “husband’s” sperm after they found out the diagnosis contradicted previous info. I didn’t really understand this whole subplot. Why would their marriage have anything to do with the previous husband’s frozen sperm sample? Why couldn’t she just keep it in the back of the freezer, marry Chase and live happily ever after? He didn’t seem that threatened by it. It’s not like he gave her an ultimatum: “The sperm goes or I do!” It’s not like she was planning on using it immediately. It’s not like it expires. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/25 "2009-05-05T20:21:57Z")
Another great scene is Chase and Foreman’s conversation while working on the POTW. It was something like: Chase: “So Cameron’s saved her dead husband’s sperm.” Foreman: “Doesn’t she like yours?” Chase: “I guess she likes his…better.” Foreman: “And she’s kept it all this time?” Chase: “I guess she’s saving it in case my sperm are unfaithful. Or something.” ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/26 "2009-05-05T20:23:11Z")
She also wanted Chase to come up with some frozen pop, just in case he happened to buy the farm or something renders him sterile or they get divorced or he is abducted by aliens. Chase is more of a que será será kind of guy. He has faith that you do your best and things will work out. Don’t look in Cameron’s freezer. Those aren’t Klondike Bars. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/27 "2009-05-05T20:45:11Z")
I don’t understand why she wanted Chase’s, \*and \*the other guy’s. Some kind of weird form of memento collecting? Thanks, **gigi**. That’s the way I remembered it, too; that the plot was used to show that she always looked for “damaged” people, like the first husband, and House. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/28 "2009-05-05T20:53:42Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Don’t look in Cameron’s freezer. Those aren’t Klondike Bars. That kind of puts “What would you do for a Klondike Bar?” in new perspective… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/29 "2009-05-05T21:04:55Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > I don’t understand why she wanted Chase’s, \*and \*the other guy’s. Some kind of weird form of memento collecting? The 2001 vintage has earthier tones, but the 2009 samples have a stronger bouquet. ---
**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 5, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/30 "2009-05-05T22:50:38Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I didn’t really understand this whole subplot. Why would their marriage have anything to do with the previous husband’s frozen sperm sample? Why couldn’t she just keep it in the back of the freezer, marry Chase and live happily ever after? He didn’t seem that threatened by it. It’s not like he gave her an ultimatum: “The sperm goes or I do!” It’s not like she was planning on using it immediately. It’s not like it expires. Though she’s less obnoxious and obvious about it than House, Alison Cameron is insane. She is trying to push Chase away because, like her former employer, she’s not happy unless she’s miserable. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/31 "2009-05-05T23:30:02Z")
Could they be trying to split up Chase and Cameron because the actors who portray them split up in real life? ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/32 "2009-05-06T00:45:49Z")
Help! I was just watching the recorded show and my cable provider stopped the recording mid-kiss! What happened at the very end? Details! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/33 "2009-05-06T01:49:09Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Good on Taub for not giving up on the patient! Foreman was nominally in charge after Wilson told them House was off the case, and what does Foreman say when the patient’s hands and feet are turning black? “I’m going home.” But Taub thinks something can be done, and damn if it can’t. Screw you, Foreman. I found that disturbing. They were just going to cut off her hands and feet, without trying everything possible first? That seems negligent to me. I’m not remotely a prima ballerina but I think I’d rather have them try everything, even if it might kill me, before they amputate my hands and feet. Also, I’m with Opal-- the skin coming off? Freaked me the fuck OUT. My DVR cut off in the middle of the House/Cuddy kiss as well, so anyone who could tell what happened after that, please do. Also, could someone summarize the previews for next week in a spoiler box? ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/34 "2009-05-06T02:18:51Z")
> [@wonderlust](#): > > Help! I was just watching the recorded show and my cable provider stopped the recording mid-kiss! What happened at the very end? Details! One kiss. Brief pause. Big embrace, much passionate kissing, Cuddy begins to disrobe (jacket) … fade to black while kissing continues. I hope, I really, really hope that’s the end of the Amber hallucination. I liked Amber the character, but not Amber the ghost. Haven’t cared for it at all. And …wow. Cuddy should run rehab. Apparently, addiction to opiate painkillers can be cured in ONE SINGLE NIGHT. That’s very impressive. A little vomiting, a little pain, a brief backslide in the bathroom, and in the morning the hot rehab doctor jumps your bones. Hell, I’d get addicted just for that. I’m sure I’ve got some percocet around here form the last time I had kidney stones… Anyway, I thought it was weak, and enjoyed the POTW much more than then the House Rehab plot. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/35 "2009-05-06T02:53:15Z")
I always wonder what sort of weird contracts Jennifer Morrison and, er, the Australian guy have. They get to be in the opening credits, but otherwise they’re sort of awkwardly shoehorned into each episode, and occasionally don’t appear at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/36 "2009-05-06T04:40:18Z")
So…how many times has House had to detox, at this point? This is like the second, right? And isn’t he _still_ in awful pain from the leg injury? Jus’ gonna give him some baby asprin and a leather strap to bite on, from now on? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/37 "2009-05-06T05:14:57Z")
Well, if practicing medicine with a rational mind is of paramount important to House, why doesn’t he just have his leg amputated? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/38 "2009-05-06T08:04:42Z")
> [@wonderlust](#): > > Help! I was just watching the recorded show and my cable provider stopped the recording mid-kiss! What happened at the very end? Details! Cuddy got to live out all of my fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/39 "2009-05-06T12:41:27Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Well, if practicing medicine with a rational mind is of paramount important to House, why doesn’t he just have his leg amputated? He’s been shown before to be vehemently against it. Either he has his entire body or … nothing. Amputation isn’t an option for him. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298/40 "2009-05-06T14:37:08Z")
I don’t think I’d want to kiss a man who just got done detoxing. I mean, maybe a peck on the cheek. But a full blown, mouth open thing? Blech. And that is one really tolerant babysitter Dr. Cuddy has. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-4/495298.md?page=3)