# House 9/23 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860 "2008-09-23T16:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [September 24, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/21 "2008-09-24T17:25:48Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > I missed a few of the later episodes from the last season - anyone care to clue me in regarding the fallout between House and Wilson? Reader’s Digest 25-word version: House was drunk one night, called Wilson to pick him up at midnight, but Wilson wasn’t home so he got Wilson’s girlfriend, Amber. Amber (who didn’t much like House) volunteered to pick him up anyway (he didn’t ask her to), and ended up, through a bizarre chain of events involving a bus crash and her flu meds, dying. Wilson, even though in his heart he knows it wasn’t House’s fault, still blames him for it and has used this opportunity to try to break free of House’s rather self-centered friendship. Nobody thinks it will work, though. Those two were made for each other. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/22 "2008-09-24T18:07:19Z")
Just chiming in to say that the way they threw that PI guy in there reminded me very much of the way the shrink guy (Sweets) was thrown in on Bones… it’s exactly as ridiculous to have a PI following a doctor around as a shrink following a forensic anthropologist around. Also, as with Sweets, I don’t think I’ll mind, because I like the character enough to ignore the stupidity of his existence. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/23 "2008-09-24T18:11:19Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I’m sure Dopers can come up with a dozen examples without turning a hair. Super obvious, right? Beverly Hills 90210 –\> Melrose Place The Golden Girls –\> Empty Nest Grey’s Anatomy –\> Private Practice ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/24 "2008-09-24T18:23:01Z")
I didn’t watch any of these shows listed as “spin-off” examples upthread. In these examples did they introduce a character with the expectation from the start that they were only going to be in a few eps of the original series, and an understanding that their appearance in the original series would be used to springboard a second series starring the new character? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/25 "2008-09-24T19:14:21Z")
Did my brain play tricks on me, or did I spot Hugh Laurie’s name in the opening credits as one of the exec. producers? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/26 "2008-09-24T19:24:19Z")
I read where Laurie is pulling $400,000 per episode this season. (Supposedly his starting salary was “in the mid-five figures.”) He also gets a producing credit this year. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/27 "2008-09-24T19:49:33Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Reader’s Digest 25-word version: Thank you! and :eek: ---
**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:** [September 24, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/28 "2008-09-24T19:57:52Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Did my brain play tricks on me, or did I spot Hugh Laurie’s name in the opening credits as one of the exec. producers? I saw it too. After last week’s breakup, House is turning into the ex-boyfriend who just won’t go away. I call restraining order for next week! 😃 I liked the PI guy (whose name I didn’t catch, either); it’ll be interesting to see how House gets Cuddy to pay for his retainer (she already balked at the $2300 coffee machine repair bill). And yes, 13 can go away any time now. Get a real actress who isn’t just a faint, vague presence around a supernova like Hugh Laurie. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/29 "2008-09-25T05:11:49Z")
Who was performing “You Might Die Trying”? It didn’t sound quite like Dave Matthews, but then his vocals change a lot. I looked all over the credits, didn’t see a mention. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/30 "2008-09-25T10:57:09Z")
The detective was named Lucas. He was played by [Michael Weston.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922995/) The music was Dave Matthews. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/31 "2008-09-25T12:23:22Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I didn’t watch any of these shows listed as “spin-off” examples upthread. In these examples did they introduce a character with the expectation from the start that they were only going to be in a few eps of the original series, and an understanding that their appearance in the original series would be used to springboard a second series starring the new character? Like I said: “Assignment: Earth” in Star Trek. They introduced Gary Seven as a potential spinoff. One of the final lines was Kirk saying he’d have “many . . . interesting adventures.” ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/32 "2008-09-25T13:13:22Z")
I’m not an MD, but I actually thought of stem cells. However, I don’t quite get the resolution of the medical mystery. Why didn’t the original transplanted organs fail? Since they were the source of the cells, I’d think they’d start failing before anything else did. (And since, as noted, corneal transplants are bloodless, I’m not quite clear on how cancer stem cells got from the cornea into the patient’s visual cortex.) Dealing with human feces is never pleasant, but being splattered with human shit from an exploding old man corpse must be a milestone in the disgusting, even for a doctor. What kind of surgeon is Chase? Shouldn’t a neurosurgical specialist have been doing that procedure? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/33 "2008-09-25T13:38:08Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I didn’t watch any of these shows listed as “spin-off” examples upthread. In these examples did they introduce a character with the expectation from the start that they were only going to be in a few eps of the original series, and an understanding that their appearance in the original series would be used to springboard a second series starring the new character? These are called [backdoor pilots.](http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3122752&st=0) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/34 "2008-09-25T15:42:37Z")
> [@Sublata](#): > > I gather that the private detective is now “on retainer.” I like the way he interacts with House. Anybody catch his name? I missed it. In our house, we call him “Private Dancer”. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/35 "2008-09-25T16:05:40Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > The detective was named Lucas. He was played by [Michael Weston.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922995/) _Thank_ you…Olivia’s brother on _L&O: SVU_. It was driving me nuts trying to figure out where I knew him from. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/36 "2008-09-25T16:06:45Z")
His name is Michael Weston, or Westin. Good for those of us who watch _Burn Notice_. ETA: Oh, that’s the actor’s name. Wonder how he likes _Burn Notice_. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/37 "2008-09-25T16:39:17Z")
Although I AM a card carrying Organ Donor, I would think being decapitated in an industrial accident, with the normal accompanying massive blood loss though the open neck and fast organ death due to lack of oxygen and whatnot, well, I kinda figure that would put me way at the bottom of the list of people left with donatable organs. Maybe he was a medical tech in an organ transplant O.R. when he lost his noggin. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/38 "2008-09-25T16:57:18Z")
Duplicate post. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/39 "2008-09-25T16:58:27Z")
Plus . . . it’s good to fulfill your dreams and all, but you’d think the guy who had the major organ transplant would have maybe rethought his career as a boxer. When I saw that scene, I thought, “Oh, don’t go there. Surely it’s going to be the referee who . . . no. They put organ transplant guy back in the ring.” Don’t you have to get a license to be a boxer? > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by UncleBill > Maybe he was a medical tech in an organ transplant O.R. when he lost his noggin. Maybe a helicopter fell on him. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860/40 "2008-09-25T17:49:44Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Don’t you have to get a license to be a boxer? Not just a boxer, a mixed martial artist. And yeah, he’d have a helluva time getting sanctioned to fight following transplant surgery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-23/464860.md?page=3)