tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post4757718211076442476..comments2024-03-19T03:23:06.738-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: House, "Brave Heart": Night of the dead livingAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-50490720272735707422009-10-26T13:10:19.766-04:002009-10-26T13:10:19.766-04:00Someone know the name of the song, in the begining...Someone know the name of the song, in the begining of the episode ? thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-40903226923247635562009-10-26T13:10:08.467-04:002009-10-26T13:10:08.467-04:00Someone know the name of the song, in the begining...Someone know the name of the song, in the begining of the episode ? thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75228943220228946482009-10-22T16:58:20.342-04:002009-10-22T16:58:20.342-04:00@amysa
Yeah, I guess that does.
Still, it's...@amysa<br /><br />Yeah, I guess that does. <br /><br />Still, it's unusual for the show to have a gap like that. It can be easily misinterpreted.Dmitry Petrovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-36769926149520439102009-10-21T16:39:25.861-04:002009-10-21T16:39:25.861-04:00I am struck by how many people, at this blog and e...I am struck by how many people, at this blog and elsewhere, are saying that one of the highlights of the episode was the lack of Thirteen. (For me too.) Alan, can you suggest a name and address to which the fans could write to express that sentiment directly to the appropriate Powers That Be? <br /><br />It seems clear to me that Olivia Wilde was hired to bring ratings, but if the fans don't LIKE her character -- if in fact we are cheering her absence -- that's not a ratings draw. We should really let TPTB know that, shouldn't we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-49748476654201720882009-10-21T14:52:35.655-04:002009-10-21T14:52:35.655-04:00@Dmitry Petrov:
He heard voices that he thought ...@Dmitry Petrov: <br /><br />He heard voices that he thought weren't there which made him think he was hearing things which caused him to continue hearing things. If that makes sense. He was only hearing things at the hospital because he thought he was hearing things. Now that he knows that the sounds at home were real, problem solved. He wasn't hallucinating, he was just making himself a little crazy by thinking he was backsliding in some way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-47639867955663711652009-10-21T13:41:59.339-04:002009-10-21T13:41:59.339-04:00A lot of same old same old didn't we do this b...A lot of same old same old didn't we do this before? I was also confused by the whole action sequence but it was pretty good... and would have been better on say a different show. The only real refreshing thing is Chace's guilt. However, that's even a stretch since it kind of reverts back to Foreman's mess up back in Season 3.Heathernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52345843851438591622009-10-21T13:28:41.392-04:002009-10-21T13:28:41.392-04:00My concern was that he was also hearing voices whi...My concern was that he was also hearing voices while in his office.<br /><br />That means not all of the voices were from Wilson talking...<br /><br />So, is he hallucinating again?Dmitry Petrovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-17417307541101670372009-10-21T11:27:13.798-04:002009-10-21T11:27:13.798-04:00I haven't watched House from the beginning so ...I haven't watched House from the beginning so there are episodes I've probably missed despite the constant USA marathons and lots of idle time. Thankfully, I haven't run across the Janel Moloney one.Edward Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463676135131274426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-61900922596927002942009-10-21T11:06:58.539-04:002009-10-21T11:06:58.539-04:00I can't believe I didn't recognize Jon Sed...I can't believe I didn't recognize Jon Seda! Guess he wasn't greasy enough :-D Or quite possibly because I kept jumping back and forth between House and the Dodgers game. Seda wasn't the only one who nearly had an aneurysm that night.<br /><br />Anyway, I think I liked the ep more than you did, Alan, but with the caveat that I wasn't watching as closely as you because of the aforementioned channel-hopping.deznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75663814811280572009-10-20T19:00:29.810-04:002009-10-20T19:00:29.810-04:00@Matter-Eater LadL
If having a conscience and tal...@Matter-Eater LadL<br /><br />If having a conscience and talking about ethics is backsliding for the show, bring it on! That was the show I fell in love with, not Bore and Boring.<br /><br />I'd rather be emptying my own dishwasher than have to see Foreman and Thirteen again. And do, when they have a scene together.Paulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33997875599174860912009-10-20T18:57:39.664-04:002009-10-20T18:57:39.664-04:00I really liked the feel of this episode, if that m...I really liked the feel of this episode, if that makes any sense. The whole thing with House hearing whispers and the dead guy coming back to life made me wonder if it was actually all a dream, because it had sort of a spooky kind of vibe to it. It didn't feel like a normal episode, and that was cool. <br /><br />I also like that Chase is getting a bit of attention, still. Even though I thought it was kind of out of character and odd for him to kill Dibala after trying to talk Cameron into helping him, I like the way its been handled since. I used to have absolutely no opinion in his character whatsoever, and now I'm actually interested in what happens to him. <br /><br />I have to agree with whoever said early that the dissolution of his and Cameron's relationship doesn't have very much meaning to me, though, since we never really saw their lives together before this. Yeah, I feel for them as individuals, but I'm not really feeling for their relationship. In any case, I care more about <i>that</i> than I did about Foreman and Thirteen, so that's a step up...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942502449985475645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39422385719455134702009-10-20T18:49:21.745-04:002009-10-20T18:49:21.745-04:00I found House not interested that 3 generations ha...I found House not interested that 3 generations had all died at the same age to be strange. Anyone as smart as House is reputed to be would have been fascinated and eager to find the link.<br /><br />They are writing him all over the place these days, whatever makes for the joke or serves to push the current plotline (e.g. Huddy, wanting Thirteen to stay).<br /><br /><i>I miss House doing his clinic hours and that was a welcome nod to the first seasons.</i><br /><br />I do too, the interactions with the patients like the strawberry jelly woman. Seeing House behave like a 6 year old who has an Oppositional Defiant Conduct Disorder to get out of doing his job has got very old for me. Maybe the teenagers watching the show identify with him.<br /><br /><i>Unless I missed a big chunck of House and Cuddy's conversation, House isn't having to do clinic hours, he's having to do rounds, work with doctors and interact with patients.</i><br /><br />My bad. "Supervised hours" is what Cuddy said. In the real medical world (which this bears no resemblance to), he would have to have on-going therapy, not go back to being treated like an intern.<br /><br />Anyway, he didn't have to do it after all. Cuddy lied for him again. House wins no supervision, Cuddy wins the Worst Parenting Award.<br /><br />Hatfield:<br /><i>her lame move of immediately guilting the ex-girlfriend into telling Seda about his son was the most predictable thing ever</i><br /><br />Isn't that exactly the sort of thing House does regularly? At least for Cameron with having lost her husband, it rang true.<br /><br />Between that and being the one to want to find out the genetic link, Cameron out-Housed House. I liked it better when House was House and Cameron was Cameron.Jennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-43112624281835277462009-10-20T17:23:09.600-04:002009-10-20T17:23:09.600-04:00The House plotlines are just awful and unrealistic...The House plotlines are just awful and unrealistic. <br /><br />I’m sooo bored with this show that I was switching back and forth to DWTS even I’m only interested in that for one competitor.amyp3https://www.blogger.com/profile/15749860471251983915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-29479890128755944322009-10-20T17:02:49.312-04:002009-10-20T17:02:49.312-04:00Rhoda, thanks for your take on the ending. I had n...Rhoda, thanks for your take on the ending. I had no idea who House was talking to in bed at the end, but his dad makes sense.<br /><br />Also - didn't House first think he heard whispers in the hospital? The resolution - that he was hearing Wilson whisper to Amber at night - made no sense to me.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02239086941985919886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-6064072749732184062009-10-20T16:56:41.965-04:002009-10-20T16:56:41.965-04:00It is not true that House only cares about the dia...It is not true that House only cares about the diagnosis, not the patient's life. In many episodes, he goes out of his way to force the POTW to have a surgery/procedure... against their own wishes, long after the medical mystery has been solved.<br /><br />If I remember correctly, the fact that he was willing to let a patient die was even a big deal in one episode (although I think he saved him in the end anyway). That was also obvious in 'Three stories' when he refused to have his leg amputated, and Stella pointed out that he would force any of his patients to do so.Mrglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904825729610838862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33386393826067194872009-10-20T16:43:02.734-04:002009-10-20T16:43:02.734-04:00It is hard to believe that both Foreman (risk-aver...<i>It is hard to believe that both Foreman (risk-averse and careerist) and House (who always puts the patient's life first) would cover up a murder and hold his hand as he keeps screwing things up.</i><br /><br />Which is why its perfectly in character for Foreman to protect Chase - its all about protecting himself. And for House, the puzzle's the first thing, not the patient and Chase is just another useful cog to help solve them. House has never had any investment in societal laws or mores, & its completely unrealistic to think he is in anyway concerned about Dibdala or retribution for Chase, as we see.<br /><br />I thought Jesse Spencer did a phenomenal job yet again, & the cherry on the top was no 13 for once. If only the squeeing student fan girls had been absent - I wish Shore et al would learn that if they have to keep telling me how hot the Huddy is its pretty conclusive evidence that it isn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-31800781142113083002009-10-20T16:35:19.993-04:002009-10-20T16:35:19.993-04:00@Matter-Eater Lad: No doubt you will soon have yo...@Matter-Eater Lad: No doubt you will soon have your "compelling" storyline with Foreman and Thirteen emptying the dishwasher. We've seen them pick out her shoes together - what could possibly top that? Yep, I really can't wait for that "hot" Thirteen to get back so we can focus on all her problems again. <br /><br />Poor, boring Chase and Cameron. Worrying about ethics and morality - WHAT are they thinking of to clutter up a medical show with all this talk about whether anyone has the right to take a life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-24919880919486752012009-10-20T15:17:22.916-04:002009-10-20T15:17:22.916-04:00Edward Copeland, she's already popped up befor...Edward Copeland, she's already popped up before, in Season 4 as a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172357/" rel="nofollow">mother who supposedly tells her daughter everything</a><br />...except of course there's one big secret she's keeping. House shames her but good, so even if you don't like her, at least he makes her cry.Hatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184680741873873714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-87270900166562610862009-10-20T14:50:02.395-04:002009-10-20T14:50:02.395-04:00Finally, we get rid of Olivia Wilde and the guest ...Finally, we get rid of Olivia Wilde and the guest star has to be the actor who ruined Homicide. I just hope when they return in November that Janel Moloney isn't a guest star.Edward Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463676135131274426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-10774069973766084252009-10-20T14:45:24.100-04:002009-10-20T14:45:24.100-04:00@anon about your 81 year old mother
It's grea...@anon about your 81 year old mother<br /><br />It's great to hear the surgery was successful. My Dad died about 10 years ago from a Triple A, and I understand it's a very touchy thing to fix.<br /><br />As far as House, this might sound kind of odd, but I'm tiring of the medical part of the show. Is it just me, or is it reminiscent of Star Trek? They always seemed to have the same angle of a mystery with an unlikely resolution. I get the feeling sometimes that I'm hearing the same stuff over and over with House. Does an episode go by that they don't check for Cancer or Amloidosis?<br /><br />House and Wilson keep me watching the show, and that's about it.TheEyehttp://invisibleeyeball.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-53209365059294073982009-10-20T14:19:53.886-04:002009-10-20T14:19:53.886-04:00Did not like the ending scene with House exorcisin...Did not like the ending scene with House exorcising the patient for his flaws. He is backsliding, a run of the mill hypocrite, uninteresting. In fact it's tedious. It's also tedious, the obligatory scene, with him staring off into space as the solution presents itself.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018793399599951413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-76859384023279163752009-10-20T13:55:31.090-04:002009-10-20T13:55:31.090-04:00RE: aneurysms - my mother had successful surgery f...RE: aneurysms - my mother had successful surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm at 81. Her only symptom was lower back pain and the aneurysm showed up in a routine scan. Doctors tell me that if you have a parent or sibling who's had an aneurysm it's important to have it as part of your medical history. It's not strictly hereditary but can run in families....vague info but the symptoms can be vague as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-14861334692997135732009-10-20T13:45:55.892-04:002009-10-20T13:45:55.892-04:00"My larger concern, though, is that House is ..."My larger concern, though, is that House is already starting to backslide into the prankster bully he was trying so hard to stop being in the season's earlier episodes."<br /><br />Can't agree with this. He's always been a prankster who bends the rules, and I'd hate to see that taken away. But that statement above ignores the final scene with House speaking to his dead father, telling him that he'd been "concentrating on the wrong stuff," and that there had been good times too. That's a significant moment of growth for a character who had defined so much of himself by his hatred of his father and his father being a bastard, etc. He's expanding his worldview, and focusing on some of his key issues, not regressing. Of course being followed by yelling at Wilson that it was stupid was also classic House.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157120017434077300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19836688386755189422009-10-20T13:34:59.544-04:002009-10-20T13:34:59.544-04:00Seeing Alan's tweet about his three favorite c...Seeing Alan's tweet about his three favorite cottages, it's interesting that two of them are dead (and of course Amber never quite officially made it). For what it's worth, though, I agree. Jennifer Morrison is beautiful (if a bit thinner than I go for), but Cameron has always been frustrating, and her lame move of immediately guilting the ex-girlfriend into telling Seda about his son was the most predictable thing ever.<br /><br />I liked the episode though, and while he reverted to his pain in the ass mode, House is still different, and obviously trying. I worry that they'll revert completely, but for now I don't think it's a problem.<br /><br />If Taub is really gone, can we think of a less remarkable exit for a main character? Quitting in the middle of an episode, never to be seen again? Weird.Hatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184680741873873714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-9159089437372475652009-10-20T13:26:18.863-04:002009-10-20T13:26:18.863-04:00I may be damning with faint praise, but at least s...I may be damning with faint praise, but at least so far I'm enjoying this season more than the last.<br /><br />I also can't believe I'm saying this, because he wasn't my favorite character by far at the outset, but I really enjoy Chase a lot, and can see opportunities with his relationship with House, especially, given the recent actions.Yet another anonymousnoreply@blogger.com