# House season premiere 9/16 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905 "2008-09-16T22:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/41 "2008-09-18T13:17:00Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Just came here for the my-TiVo-cut-the-end-too resolution. But I also want to add: > > _ **When, oh when will Cameron ditch that damn blond hair?! She’s an auburned-haired goddess!** _ > > At least, she was… 😃 Jennifer Morrison is a natural blonde. She darkened her hair for the first couple of seasons, and recently resumed her natural hair color. ---
**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 18, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/42 "2008-09-18T13:50:13Z")
Okay, let me get this straight. 1. PotW has latent Leprosy. 2. She gets pregnant and the hormones cause it to flare up. 3. The Leprosy messes up her fallopian tubes. 4. Which explains why her pregnancy is ectopic. Don’t they have medical people go over this? There are no detectable hormones in a pregnancy until the fertilized ovum implants. Once it implants it’s not moving. Did anyone else notice the funny sideways glance Chase made at the end of the operation? This Is a Forboding. Nitpick: On the show Amber was called “CB”, hence here full title would be “Cutthroat Bitch”. Two words, not three. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/43 "2008-09-18T15:23:32Z")
> [@kyari](#): > > I don’t know the exact quote but Wilson said, “We are not friends…and I don’t know if we ever were.” > > Then he picked up his stuff and walked out. > > (I deleted it earlier so if this isn’t exact, I apologize.) Wow. Thanks for posting that. That line got lost between the DVR cutting off “House” and picking up “Fringe”. One of the best lines ever. Tell you what, I’m sorry to see Wilson go, but if he decides to stay, I’ll be even more disappointed. House finally has to face consequences for his cumulative dickishness; if he’s allowed to get away with it relatively unscathed this time, there’s absolutely no hope for any growth for the character whatsoever. Frankly, the whole “House is an asshole, but he’s a brilliant asshole, so anything he does is OK because he usually saves the patient at the last minute” thing is getting really old; I would truly like to see at least a minor change in his attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/44 "2008-09-18T16:28:55Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Frankly, the whole “House is an asshole, but he’s a brilliant asshole, so anything he does is OK because he usually saves the patient at the last minute” thing is getting really old; I would truly like to see at least a minor change in his attitude. I don’t think House can change his attitude. The man is a sociopath. Also, somebody remind me how Chase became a surgeon? He was an internist, right? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/45 "2008-09-18T16:51:56Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > I don’t think House can change his attitude. The man is a sociopath. > > Also, somebody remind me how Chase became a surgeon? He was an internist, right? Took online courses? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/46 "2008-09-18T17:00:19Z")
He was an intensivist. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/47 "2008-09-18T17:11:19Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Okay, let me get this straight. > > 1. PotW has latent Leprosy. > 2. She gets pregnant and the hormones cause it to flare up. > 3. The Leprosy messes up her fallopian tubes. > 4. Which explains why her pregnancy is ectopic. > > Don’t they have medical people go over this? There are no detectable hormones in a pregnancy until the fertilized ovum implants. Once it implants it’s not moving. I don’t remember exactly, but I thought the patient’s chemotherapy was responsible for something—maybe the leprosy flaring up, which would make sense since chemo weakens the immune system. The pregnancy came after. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/48 "2008-09-18T17:13:04Z")
> [@Sublata](#): > > Look, I adore Hugh Laurie and I like House for his tactless truthfulness, but all the same, if the whole series were just House being outrageous and everyone tolerating it and even loving him (like Cuddy appeared to in the last episode) because he’s so brilliant – wow, would that get old. I appreciate the writers letting him actually suffer some consequences for his jerkitude. I’m very ambivalent, because I think the show has pretty much jumped the shark. It’s not just “tactless truthfulness,” it’s also emotional blackmail, he’s actual kidnapped patients, coerced them, ignored potentially dying patients… the idea of putting up with his outrageous behavior got me through the first few seasons, and I loved the show, but his behavior is now way WAY the hell beyond what any hospital could put up with. Or what any human being could tolerate. I was initially going to write this off, because I don’t like watching him any more. (Hugh Laurie is brilliant, it’s House I can’t stand.) However, if the writers have actually got characters like Wilson saying, “This is a pathetic excuse for a human being and I won’t put up with abuse any more,” then perhaps the show can un-jump the shark. I agree with everyone else about the fledglings: the writers should have either kicked off the old trio and brought in the new trio, or should have never bothered to bring in unnecessary characters. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/49 "2008-09-18T17:28:41Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Man, you’re going to hate her even more when later this season she starts dating a patient played by Felicia Day, You know, I think I’m going to be entirely okay with that. Really. Not a problem. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/50 "2008-09-18T20:09:25Z")
Maybe Doctor Thirteen wouldn’t have gotten the sad Huntington’s diagnosis if she didn’t have the unlucky name **13**. Har Har. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/51 "2008-09-18T20:40:59Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I forgot to watch. > Damn. :mad: ☹ Same here, darn it. I had it in my head that all new shows are starting in the last week of Sept and completely missed any promos. I’ll keep an eye out on USA; thanks for the tip, **cochrane**. ---
**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 18, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/52 "2008-09-18T21:09:22Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > I don’t remember exactly, but I thought the patient’s chemotherapy was responsible for something—maybe the leprosy flaring up, which would make sense since chemo weakens the immune system. The pregnancy came after. Umm, the chemo came well after the surgery to end the ectopic pregnancy. The deal with the chemo was that is first would knock back the leprosy some but then would supress the immune system and That Would Be Bad. So she was feeling better (and the facial effects of leprosy went away) but was soon going to feel a whole lot worse. It wasn’t exactly a “Momento” episode. Events in the episode happened in real time order. ---
**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 18, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/53 "2008-09-18T21:15:22Z")
I liked at the very end when House is just standing there and Wilson drops his bombs and walks away - no way to tell if House was taking it in and thinking that maybe he should human up a little, or if he was plotting his next machination. Love that. (I thought at first that maybe Wilson was going to declare his love for House, but then he broke up with him. Interesting.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/54 "2008-09-18T21:41:56Z")
stupid question: why did people’s tivos cut off? I was actually paying attention to the time, and Fringe started at exactly 9pm, following the blurb for the next House. Does Tivo programming make it cut off before the hour-mark? ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/55 "2008-09-22T17:27:46Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I liked at the very end when House is just standing there and Wilson drops his bombs and walks away - no way to tell if House was taking it in and thinking that maybe he should human up a little, or if he was plotting his next machination. Love that. From the previews for this week’s episode, it was the latter. I love it too. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/56 "2008-09-22T22:15:56Z")
> [@KnitWit](#): > > House is about the only show on television that I will ever make it a point to sit down and watch. I was looking forward to last night’s episode, but then hubby and I decided to take a walk about 15 minutes before it started and we didn’t come back until well into the new episode. D’oh! What were we doing out exercising on a nice day when HOUSE was on? Tivo is your friend. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/57 "2008-09-22T22:18:27Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > stupid question: why did people’s tivos cut off? I was actually paying attention to the time, and Fringe started at exactly 9pm, following the blurb for the next House. Does Tivo programming make it cut off before the hour-mark? Mine cut off too, even though it wasn’t recording anything in the next hour. I have now told it to add another minute to _House._ ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/58 "2008-09-23T00:36:30Z")
I was checking my DVR settings for this week, and I noticed that it has House set to end at one minute past the hour. Which screwed up the stuff I wanted to record after House is over, since my DVR can only record two shows at a time, but I was able to work around it. ---
**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 23, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/59 "2008-09-23T00:49:51Z")
I can’t figure out how to get my cable company DVR to record five extra minutes for all my weekly record-first-run shows. It won’t save a custom time setting for those, although I can do it for one-off recordings. ---
**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 23, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905/60 "2008-09-23T09:29:40Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Same here, darn it. I had it in my head that all new shows are starting in the last week of Sept and completely missed any promos. I’ll keep an eye out on USA; thanks for the tip, **cochrane**. You’re welcome. The season premiere will be repeated on USA this Friday the 26th at 11:00 PM Eastern. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-9-16/463905.md?page=2)