tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post7323748976562601551..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: House: Worst. Cast addition. Ever.Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-30931452287347747592008-01-14T16:29:00.000-05:002008-01-14T16:29:00.000-05:00Well..my husband and I are starting from the begin...Well..my husband and I are starting from the beginning and watching season one thru netflix. I got hooked on a few re-runs in season two so that's where we are.<BR/><BR/>I did tune in to see the episode where everyone is vying for a spot. I couldn't believe it. Where is Cameron and Spence...I thought to myself..and what the f&%# is going on? I see the end coming. <BR/><BR/>I am going back to netflix...I can't watch in real time anymore..for more reasons than the writers strike.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09124981411465130722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-9439108010280875562007-11-09T17:02:00.000-05:002007-11-09T17:02:00.000-05:00I don't know what the writers are doing to Cuddy. ...I don't know what the writers are doing to Cuddy. They're turning her into some kind of ditz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8895945096451927252007-11-09T16:09:00.000-05:002007-11-09T16:09:00.000-05:00It seems the whole chemistry between House and Cud...It seems the whole chemistry between House and Cuddy is gone...not that they are not trying...just not happening. she could hardly contain around him, now she looks...boredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-34410022414779311532007-11-09T08:13:00.000-05:002007-11-09T08:13:00.000-05:00"If that joke offended you, how do you manage not ..."If that joke offended you, how do you manage not to snap the tv off after most of House's insults?"<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Well, I'm used to Dr. House's insults, which, by the way are getting more and more sexist (hasn't anyone at that hospital thought of contacting the EEOC?). But this "shiksa" comment came from the plastic surgeon cottage, which was a little surprising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-48963406317790421622007-11-08T22:37:00.000-05:002007-11-08T22:37:00.000-05:00''I thought the line about shiksas was a little of...''I thought the line about shiksas was a little offensive, but I guess that's just me...''<BR/><BR/>If that joke offended you, how do you manage not to snap the tv off after most of House's insults?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-15265912448140230912007-11-08T08:00:00.000-05:002007-11-08T08:00:00.000-05:00If anyone wants to read wickedly funny re-caps of ...If anyone wants to read wickedly funny re-caps of HOUSE, check out www.deadon.wordpress.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-43145869385069779482007-11-07T22:28:00.000-05:002007-11-07T22:28:00.000-05:00I'm not too worried about MM becoming a permanent ...I'm not too worried about MM becoming a permanent cast member at the moment; at the end of last season it looked like House was going to have some kind of fling with Piper Perabo and she hasn't shown up since. The writers never really seem to know what to do with House in the romance department and I don't get the feeling that's changed.<BR/><BR/>What I do fear is that she'll become yet another multi-episode plot hole, a la Vogler/Stacey/Tritter. <BR/><BR/>Foreman's probably my least favourite of the cottages, but I liked last night's deviation from the formula, it was a nice twist on the episode from S2 where House is stuck in an airport with Stacey while Cottages version 1.0 were trying to cure someone. And the one-liners, already mentioned here, were great.<BR/><BR/>The one good thing I can see coming out of the writer's strike is that Hugh Laurie might get to go home to his family for a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-3976254717034027542007-11-07T20:38:00.000-05:002007-11-07T20:38:00.000-05:00"she doesn't seem to be able to mold her features ...<I>"she doesn't seem to be able to mold her features into anything expressive of human emotion,"</I><BR/><BR/>On a consistency note, that sounds a lot like Sela Ward.Mapeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-40320404555023772122007-11-07T20:31:00.000-05:002007-11-07T20:31:00.000-05:00I don't watch House but Michael Michele? Oy. The w...I don't watch House but Michael Michele? Oy. The weird thing is, she's not really hot enough to justify her continual casting. I hope this turns out to be a nonissue for you House fans!edAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-34293540950029967462007-11-07T15:52:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:52:00.000-05:00I wonder if the original cottages will stick aroun...I wonder if the original cottages will stick around past this season. Maybe the writers wanted a more gentle transition to the new team, so they wanted to keep the originals around a bit longer, and phase them out. It looks like it will be almost half the season by the time the new team is finalized anyway, so what would be wrong with keeping them around another dozen episodes? If that's the plan, anyway...leorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498938749074364613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-43092568973251329782007-11-07T14:02:00.000-05:002007-11-07T14:02:00.000-05:00Maybe this will play out like the classic Herb Bro...Maybe this will play out like the classic Herb Brooks ploy. Bring in a ringer near the end of the tryout process to strengthen and unify the current troops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19128268768687981202007-11-07T13:01:00.000-05:002007-11-07T13:01:00.000-05:00[i]Pleeeeeze[/i] let the addition of Michael Miche...[i]Pleeeeeze[/i] let the addition of Michael Michele be over by the middle of the next episode. For one thing, House doesn't need yet another new character at this point (I though we were trying to wittle them down to two or three -- not add more). And I [b]cannot[/b] overlook the fact that Ms. Michele played a large role in the death of THE BEST TV SHOW EVER, [b]H:LOTS[/b].<BR/><BR/>Her interaction with House WAS cute in this one ep, but I don't need to see any more of her. Hopefully in next weeks episode we'll hear about how House [i]almost[/i] had some "hot chick" CIA doctor join his team but she changed her mind (or had it changed [i]for[/i] her) at the last minute. Heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75765498902588127962007-11-07T12:44:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:44:00.000-05:00I thought the line about shiksas was a little offe...I thought the line about shiksas was a little offensive, but I guess that's just me...<BR/><BR/>I wish Chase had the bigger role and not Foreman. Chase seems to have changed while Foreman and Cameron have not. He's the most interesting of the former "cottages."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-57335933102197992962007-11-07T12:30:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:30:00.000-05:00Yes, "Cottages" was a TWoP forum contribution.The ...Yes, "Cottages" was a TWoP forum contribution.<BR/><BR/>The line "Shiksas are for practice" brought me such joy that I could forgive almost everything else. I replayed it about 4 times before I was able to move on to the rest of the episode.<BR/><BR/>I didn't think the CIA plotline worked very well, but it was interesting to see Foreman deal with challenges to his authority. Of course, he got saved by being RIGHT in the long run, but it was still interesting.<BR/><BR/>I'd forgotten Michael's role on ER as well as on Homicide, but I agree, she doesn't seem to be able to mold her features into anything expressive of human emotion, which I believe is a problem for an actress. I hope she doesn't stick around too long.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288100796201737845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-20981914381560936412007-11-07T12:28:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:28:00.000-05:00Carol, I'll concede that there was some ambiguity ...Carol, I'll concede that there was some ambiguity to that final scene, and the look on House's face could certainly be interpreted as "Oh my God, she thought it was a <I>real</I> offer?" And if they go down that road of having her hang around for an episode or two before realizing that House only wanted to get in her pants (since she certainly didn't display any brilliant medical insight during this episode), I'd be okay with it.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-62420433575753991052007-11-07T12:11:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:11:00.000-05:00I don't for a minute believe that Michael Michele ...I don't for a minute believe that Michael Michele is being added to the permanent cast. I think that the extraordinarily nuanced and delicate final scene between her character and House established just how unsure he was after his fierce earlier flirting.<BR/><BR/>I loved seeing House in full-out pursuit of a gorgeous woman in this episode and I view this as a welcome step on an arc of recovery and renewal that the character has been moving through since the finale of season three. The game show competition among the candidates has energized House as a person. As season four unfolds we are now seeing House reassert himself as an internationally respected medical man, as a powerful professional within his own hospital, as a supportive mentor to Foreman, as a friend NOT in need of hectoring from Wilson, and now as a potent and engaging male.<BR/><BR/>This has been a great start to the new season, fresh and vivid, with minimal time for the deadening antics of Chase and Cameron and a ramping up of House's interactions with Wilson and the utterly delicious Cuddy. I don't think we have had too many characters and I love the added shades and complexities this season has brought to "House" so far.<BR/><BR/>-- CarolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-71548141550607165142007-11-07T10:43:00.000-05:002007-11-07T10:43:00.000-05:00My favorite little moment was "Cutthroat Bitch" on...My favorite little moment was "Cutthroat Bitch" on his cell phone.rukrusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005928545753221172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-66784142596797150372007-11-07T10:14:00.000-05:002007-11-07T10:14:00.000-05:00I think "Cottages" came out of the TWoP forums, bu...I think "Cottages" came out of the TWoP forums, but I may be mistaken.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, Cleo-bot will only be around briefly. Maybe for once House won't get what he wants. But I doubt it. Argh.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092217234287469255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-54419942978861647582007-11-07T09:59:00.000-05:002007-11-07T09:59:00.000-05:00BIFF! Oh man, I was wracking my brain with that on...BIFF! Oh man, I was wracking my brain with that one. So familiar...and yet...<BR/><BR/>I'm really starting to think they're screwing with us with all these cast additions and announcements of who's a regular and who's a guest and blah blah....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-46595088974200715282007-11-07T09:38:00.000-05:002007-11-07T09:38:00.000-05:00I must be the dumbest "House" fan ever. I just no...I must be the dumbest "House" fan ever. I just now got why you guys are calling the newbies "cottages". LOL. Who coined that?<BR/> I liked the ep a lot, mostly like Bruce said the deviation from formula. Fake polio was too much. MM was good in a guest shot, but I agree, poison as a cast member. Plus, the whole beauty queen thing is distracting enough, but does she have to be a CIA doc, too? They need to get rid of her quick.<BR/> I like 13, Kumar, and Big Love the most, but BSB and Short Doc could stick around, too, and I wouldn't mind. <BR/> That said, the "documentary" ep is so hack, I wonder if they'll nudge at the form.Homertojeebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716825626940216299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-71027713102224271222007-11-07T09:07:00.000-05:002007-11-07T09:07:00.000-05:00I agree with Kris Eton. I loved the interaction b...I agree with Kris Eton. I loved the interaction between Dr. House and Dr. Terzi (?). I've never seen House react that way to a woman. <BR/><BR/>By the way, did Short Doctor actually say to Cut-Throat Bitch, "Shiksas are for practice only?" Geez...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-24372677807753543182007-11-07T08:40:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:40:00.000-05:00Wow. Guess I'm the only one who really, really lik...Wow. Guess I'm the only one who really, really liked this one. Not for the medical drama, which has always been a distant second for me in importance, but for the interaction between (*gasp*) Michael Michele and House! Yes, the dreaded Ms. Michele was actually very good in this role because she is not supposed to be over-the-top emotional. <BR/><BR/>I really hated her on "E.R." but this time around, I thought she did a very good job with the subtle smirks, the repartee with House, etc. <BR/><BR/>I did think the whole fake polio bit was a little ridiculous. I just didn't believe any doctor would do that, no matter what motivations he had. <BR/><BR/>The part about no one believing House was at the CIA HQ was also funny. And Cuddy's reaction to what she thought was an obvious lie.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and what about the strange sexual tension between Short Doctor and Back-Stabbing Bitch?Kris Etonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822791622754789365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-88004143240401120042007-11-07T08:04:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:04:00.000-05:00I should mention, by the way, that despite my dism...I should mention, by the way, that despite my dismay over the outcome of the episode, there were a number of gasp-inducing one-liners, including House's "You know, I happen to have a position available on my penis," Taub rejecting Amber's fake come-on with "Shiksas are for practice" and House telling Wilson which part of Cuddy's anatomy is under CIA surveillance ("I told them the chances of invasion were slim to none.")Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-82652733301546022522007-11-07T07:47:00.000-05:002007-11-07T07:47:00.000-05:00Michael Michele was in "ER"?? Dang...A couple of y...<I>Michael Michele was in "ER"?? Dang...</I><BR/><BR/>A couple of years after you left, she turned up as the new pediatrician and Benton's love interest, and was so completely irrelevant that they just wrote her out when Eriq La Salle left.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-76566716347089443042007-11-07T05:50:00.000-05:002007-11-07T05:50:00.000-05:00It's too bad that this episode will be remembered ...It's too bad that this episode will be remembered for all time as the entrance of Michele, because I actually enjoyed the separate storylines as a rare, successful tampering with the <I>House</I> formula. The parallels between House's employment of a long-practiced but little-studied herbal treatment and the team's fraudulent employment of a quack therapy nicely showed how firmly the show plants itself on its protagonist's side of rationality, and for once I bought how badly Foreman is tortured by the similarities between himself and House.<BR/><BR/>But yeah, it's henceforth Michele's premiere episode, and tarnished by the association. Ah well, it can't last too long, I hope.<BR/><BR/>J.: "I don't think the cast on this show could ever become too bloated because, in an ideal episode, there'd be a line of 250 people and House would spend 47 minutes insulting them one at a time."<BR/><BR/>Your lips to the showrunner's ears, J.<BR/><BR/>Anthony Foglia: "Anyway, did the final reveal explain the patient's eye twitches just before Foreman was going to release her?"<BR/><BR/>Everything after her admittance (necessitated, as Foreman had said from the start, by nothing more than heat stroke) was caused by Third World Doc poisoning her, I believe. I make no claim for the accuracy of the show's medical portrayal, however.<BR/><BR/>nfieldr: "She never would have made it in the Blue squad room, huh, UBM?"<BR/><BR/>Well, her arrival on <I>Homicide</I> did mark its needless transformation from functional beige to glaring "azure. Cobalt. Cerulean."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com