The husband and I are actually arguing about Gregory House. He says he’s an arrogant prick who needs to be taken down a peg or two and deserves all he gets. In his opinion, House’s brilliance does not excuse his jerkness.
I say (and we all know I’m right) that House is indeed an arrogant prick, but like Wilson says, at bottom, House is a positive force in the universe. IMO, he can be a prick (and get away with it) because he is so brilliant, and troubled. That whole subplot with Tritter–I found it hard to watch. The Husband was cheering the cop on, but I was very upset. I know House is an addict. In RL, I have little patience for addicts, who think that their pain is somehow bigger or felt more keenly than other’s, but House is different.
House’s pain is seated in his thigh injury (of which I can find very little info online). I have sympathy for him. I had (and have) no sympathy for Rush Limbaugh, however, so House is an exception. I wish the show (maybe this was done in season 1. It just arrived in the mail, so I’ll soon know) would show him trying other treatments–like a TENS unit or massage therapy or biofeedback or something. I find it impossible to believe that House would not try everything until something worked.
I have really enjoyed season 3 so far. I like the comparative religion pt who forces House to open up in order to help her. I really liked the CIPA pt (the tapeworm was just gross), and the music savant. I miss Stacey–she brought out buried things in House that helped round out his character. I loved that he kissed Cameron back–something he’s wanted to do for quite some time.
I felt bad for Chase, who was destined to get hurt. And I worry about Foreman, who seems to me to need his own arena, but also still needs House.
Wilson–I bounce between admiration, exasperation and contempt. He’s such a wanker at times, and he can’t keep his junk in his pants. (another argument between The Husband and me–did Wilson know that woman was a high priced call girl or not? The episode where House is stuck on a flight straight out of Airplane–please say you didn’t have the fish!-- and the 58 y/o woman who went to Caracas to have fun. I say he did by the end of the show; the husband is offended by that and keeps going around saying stuff like “so you think any guy can just recognize a call girl, even in a $1000 suit?” Life is interesting here at chez Rigby!).
Cuddy–I like her. I feel sorry for her. She is lonely. She has a crush on House or loves him at some level. She is an able administrator, but something is missing–there is a hole in her life and she thinks it can be filled by kids.
Cameron–one of the most interesting characters on the show. And thank the writers for making her so, instead of just filler. She cares. She’s overly compassionate, but she has grown a set over the past 2 seasons and now can give it right back to House, something she will need when she goes off on her own. I did not like her using Chase, though.
Foreman-he is as layered as House is. No one really knows Foreman; he only lets people in so far. Sounds like House to me…
Chase–the blonde surfer dude who has unexpected depths. His face is against him; he looks (to me) like an orthopod–the dumb jocks of medicine. He is far from dumb, but he wants to be liked too much.
House-what to say? I’ve said most of it but do want to add that I think he signed up for the brain cancer experimental treatment in Boston to get rid of his pain. His team and Wilson and Cuddy et al were disgusted and consider it part of his addiction, but to me it was another shot at living pain free.
Tritter–I hated this character. Hated, hated, hated him. But now that he is gone, I have some perspective. I see him as the cop version of House, who tried to out-House House. I do not think that Tritter is a positive force in the universe at bottom, I think he had a personal vendetta against House and medical authorities and addicts. House did himself no favors, though. I was fiercely glad when that judge gave Tritter his comeuppance in court.
Bottom line: I find a show about a misanthropic, socially stunted (although not really-he can be charm itself when needed), abrasive doctor a great way to spend an evening. I think on Meyers-Briggs that House would be an INTJ–just what I am. Not to sound too melodramatic about a TV show, but House is a truth teller–and I value that over feelings any day.
