# House 9/27 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323 "2010-09-27T14:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/1 "2010-09-27T14:34:45Z")
A patient has to make a tough decision. Huddy ensues. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/2 "2010-09-27T23:07:48Z")
The part I didn’t get: why did House think Cuddy was lying about liking his breakfast? Wasn’t it previously established that he had become a pretty kick ass cook? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/3 "2010-09-27T23:21:16Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > The part I didn’t get: why did House think Cuddy was lying about liking his breakfast? Wasn’t it previously established that he had become a pretty kick ass cook? Well, a good cook should know when they’ve served crap food. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/4 "2010-09-28T02:39:51Z")
hello? anyone? House and Cuddy are a real couple, not a hallucination! ---
**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:** [September 28, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/5 "2010-09-28T02:47:48Z")
Flo AND Costner’s dad from Field of Dreams? He was good, Flo was distracting. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/6 "2010-09-28T06:12:38Z")
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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/7 "2010-09-28T06:16:12Z")
Blargh. Annoying patient/fam/totally radical gnarly MS kid d00d, and the Huddy thing is already old. I was hoping that they’d decide they couldn’t handle it and bring in some hardass to supervise House. I usually just hate the anti-Houses we’re supposed to “love to hate”–the cop, Chi McBride, etc.–but anybody’d be a welcome relief from the Huddybeast. BTW: What’s up with the 9/27 ep threads? There’s something like four of them, and all of them but this one redirect back to the premiere thread. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/8 "2010-09-28T06:33:28Z")
A moderator merged **vivalostwages’** and **salinqmind’s** threads and somehow redirected a couple of posts from last week. Posts #2 and #3 were posted today to last week’s episode thread (9/20) and somehow wandered in here. Somehow, an errant redirect was made in the process, too ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/9 "2010-09-28T07:27:09Z")
I didn’t see a House thread for this week - I LOOKED ! - so I’d made one. I was disappointed in this episode. I would have thought more of a reaction from Wilson. Case of the week was :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/10 "2010-09-28T20:20:04Z")
I did, however, love the side plot of the two old dudes trying to bribe House so they could manipulate each other into getting the father to move out. That was too funny. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/11 "2010-09-28T21:34:41Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I did, however, love the side plot of the two old dudes trying to bribe House so they could manipulate each other into getting the father to move out. That was too funny. I was surprised, though also pleased, that House did not keep the cash bribes. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/12 "2010-09-28T21:48:37Z")
I bet he gets a seven-figure salary, so $50 would be chump-change to him. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/13 "2010-09-29T00:28:43Z")
I don’t think House even approaches a $1 million salary. Remember, he is basically unemployable just about anywhere else, at least as a department head. Cuddy tried to get House a different supervisor, and couldn’t even do that. In 2009, the lowest salary offer for an M.D. in a hospital was $195,00 a year in the Northeast (where Princeton-Plainsboro is located). A department head, like House, may get 10% to 20% more. [http://mdsalaries.blogspot.com/](http://mdsalaries.blogspot.com/) So, using these figures, as a WAG, House probably makes no more than about $225,000 per year. Still, House seems to be pretty comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/14 "2010-09-29T00:34:10Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > > [@Dogzilla](#): > > > > I did, however, love the side plot of the two old dudes trying to bribe House so they could manipulate each other into getting the father to move out. That was too funny. > > I was surprised, though also pleased, that House did not keep the cash bribes. Agreed–this little C-plot was the best part of the episode. As Neidhart says, $100+$40 probably isn’t that much one way or the other to House. Giving it back, on the other hand, tips them off that something was going on and maybe gives them just enough of a nudge that they can work out the nursing home arrangements on their own. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/15 "2010-09-29T20:01:13Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > I bet he gets a seven-figure salary, so $50 would be chump-change to him. He still might have kept it just because. ---
**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 30, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/16 "2010-09-30T12:53:20Z")
Overall, pretty good episode. Especially liked the part where House and Cuddy come out to Wilson. One of the funniest bits ever on the show. This is what I like about my favorite one-hour shows. Mix up the drama/romance/humor. And House still calls Cuddy “Cuddy”, not “Lisa”. (Cuddy has on occasion called House “Greg”, but not this season?) Cuddy has a kid. Sooner or later the show is going to have to stop brushing her off with nanny references and such. Kids are important and shouldn’t be ignored like this. So Chase and 13. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/17 "2010-10-01T16:57:49Z")
Chase and 13? What did I miss? 😕 (ETA: I watched the show over a 3 day period, so I may have forgotten some things) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/18 "2010-10-01T21:21:46Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Chase and 13? What did I miss? 😕 Watch it again carefully. Note Chase’s reaction to certain comments (or lack thereof) regarding 13 or House trying to provoke him about Huddy. Chase has something going on. Taken together with last week’s episode … ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-9-27/555323/19 "2010-10-01T21:38:05Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Cuddy has a kid. Sooner or later the show is going to have to stop brushing her off with nanny references and such. Kids are important and shouldn’t be ignored like this. Oh, no they’re not. They’re annoying little distractions that turn ordinarily good shows into crap. No show has ever been made better by the presence of a baby. I hope they continue to brush off the little snot-nosed brat as long as they can.