Nothing… they didn’t let us in on how he got outside… supposed to make us think he was actually abducted or somehting… I assumed he sleptwalk.
His parents bugged me… if they actually thought he had legit mental issues, they don’t treat him as coldly as they did…afterall, they had to put alot of extra effort into having him…
You know, for a hospital administrator Cuddy seems to have lots of time to just be hanging around shooting the shit with Wilson. It’s nice when your hospital runs itself.
I’m also quitting watching this show if Chase tries to affect an urban accent ever again. That was *so * painful to hear.
She was better preserved when she was wrapped in plastic. 
Put me in the “called the condition” club. I hadn’t seen the “chimerism” bit on other shows (although I have read Stephen King’s “The Dark Half”). I doubted myself for a second, because I thought that only happened with identical twins, which wouldn’t show a DNA difference. By that point, I had forgetton the “in-vitro fertilization” from the kid’s medical history.
Speaking of which, if I was a doctor who found mis-matched DNA in a patient, the first thing I’d check is “is it human?” and “just how different is it from the patient’s?”. Of course, the show couldn’t cover that in order to milk the “was he really abducted or not” drama.
And I can’t think of any mechanism where “outsider” cells would be in his eye and screw up his vision in such a way as to be fixed by glasses. Glasses only correct for abberation in the lens, right? So if the cells were in the lens, removing them with a needle would’ve made his vision worse. If they were in his retina (maybe leaving “blind spots”), glasses wouldn’t have been able to do anything in the first place. Meh, I’ll just chalk it up to “plot device”.
Definitely had a lot of good moments. Chase’s painful “Yo mama’s so fat” actually forced a laugh out of me. 
I chuckled at Cameron’s “cunning plan” comment. House losing the effects of the ketamine treatment (and the mystery on whether it’s real or just in his head).
I didn’t figure it out before it was revealed, but I still think it was possibly the worst House episode I’ve seen. It seems like the writers decided to turn Wilson into an asshole for no reason. Maybe I could buy it if it was the first time House was right based on “no medical evidence”, but it happens all the time. And unless I’m mistaken, the cortizone wouldn’t have hurt the patient if he was wrong anyway.
I figured the Chimerism out as soon as they showed the mismatched DNA. I was a bit dissapointed that it was so easy.
However, I love, love, loved Chase’s pathetic joke - Yo’ momma’s so fat…
God I almost wet my pants I was laughing so hard, mostly at the look on Forman’s face…
It was the first episode I have ever seen. I don’t know if I want to see another - are they usually this daft? I hope not, because I have liked everything else Hugh Laurie has been in.
I enjoyed the “cunning plan” though.
And can someone please quickly summarize the presumably long-running story about his leg and painkillers?
He had an infarction in his leg which was not diagnosed early enough and has severe muscle deterioration. He started taking vicodin for the pain, but has become an addict.
There usually is some daftness. It’s not exactly the best written show, but I think that the good parts are great. In season 2 they mostly focused on their strengths and worked with what they did best, and there are a lot of great episodes there. I’m hoping that this season will get better.
Is that why she was a stone cold bitch? 
I didn’t see the reveal coming, but then I don’t watch anything else. No CSI or anything that’s already given that away to be a plot device. As to some of the best lines, I agree that Chase was adorable with his ‘fake’ accent. I also liked House’s insistence that Cuddy was pregnant. Oh, and although she’s not my favorite, I’m glad to see Cameron beginning to grow some balls. I just wish they’d give Forman more screen time than simple reaction shots.
By the way, I do believe I’d fall under the spell of Wilson’s seductive charms, despite the fact that I never like him before.
Having watched all episodes from the first, I can sympathize with the writers, trying to come up with new plots that are not completely nutty.
How about this for a different approach: A series of patients are admitted, suffering with common maladies such as measles, appendicitis, pneumonia, etc. All too simple for House, who agonizes over what obscure disease each may have, tries a myriad of tests and strikes out. Meanwhile, his staff quickly diagnoses each correctly while House does his Hamlet thingie.
Maybe not quite this daft, but daft, nevertheless. I watch it sometimes because House (the character) amuses me and I like the New Jersey references. The medical mysteries are usually pretty lame.
The fans over at TWoP seem to be very interested in the characters themselves and the interpersonal relationships and stuff. Maybe I’d like it better if I felt the same way. Regardless, it’s entertaining enough to watch while I’m folding laundry.
Clearly not: House is in the Fox Universe, whereas CSI is in the CBS universe. The two universes must be kept apart at all costs!
House is much more my type, but I could see me ‘n’ Wilson ‘n’ beautiful music if I was in an “uptown” mood.
Oh agreed. But I’d just want House for some hot monkey lovin’. Otherwise, his general demeanor would just always piss me off and make me kick him in the leg. 
I believe the creators have said their goal is a character-based show that has the medical stuff as neat side diversions (as opposed to a show like Law and Order, where the case is number one and any character development is very rare).
I like it that way, because I love the show for the characters and how they react to/with each other.
That’s good to know. I keep expecting the show to be a procedural, when it’s clearly not. I guess I’d rather it be a procedural. Oh well. I’ll just wait around for Dick Wolf to come out with Law & Order: Weird Medical Problems.
Oh yeah–I’m also a member of the “I knew it was chimerism the second they mentioned the other DNA” club.
Can I ask a question about last week? They kept saying the guy was “in a vegetative state.” They mentioned that this week, too. But if he was vegetative, how the heck did he steer his wheelchair into a swimming pool? Last time I checked, vegetables can’t drive.
The first season focused a lot more on the medical mysteries.
But, the diversions are so dumb that it’s distracting.
This week’s show wasn’t about chimerism. It was about reaching into the TV-cliche vault and doing the old “are there or aren’t there aliens”?
Simpsons have done it.
The Brady Bunch did it.
When they got the alien bit decided, then it was just a matter of finding a disease.
“Could we make him schizophrenic?” No, too old.
“Could he be hallucinating from medicine?” No, too banal.
“How about this thing chimerism?” *Well, it has nothing to do with hallucinations but I bet we could make some shit up. *
Not to mention – the lab in the hospital also does metallurgical analysis!!! That’s some lab. And, to a previous poster. . .no, I don’t think they said how that thing got in his neck.
Sure, House can be funny sometimes (“One of your sons might die. We hope it’s not the tall one.”) but the surrounding shit makes this unwatchable. If it was just lack of detail, lack of specificity, that’s one thing. But this was dumb – it was just treating a disease like a black box and letting everything revolve around it.
The show would be better if they just stuck these characters in a bar and let them talk.
Is that what we’re calling that hairstyle she’s rocking this season?
I think they had to back down on the Forman thing a bit after his run as House’s Boss last season. Equal time to all the players and such.