tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post4993701798617780960..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: House, "Epic Fail": First-person cookerAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-4220487929687480072009-09-30T18:08:47.165-04:002009-09-30T18:08:47.165-04:00The monkey in the video game had a more expressive...The monkey in the video game had a more expressive face than 12<br /><br />or <br /><br />maybe he was a better actor.<br /><br />PuffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32735814738481915702009-09-30T17:05:18.597-04:002009-09-30T17:05:18.597-04:00"did anyone ever ask the writers why we never..."did anyone ever ask the writers why we never found some deep hidden motivation to Tritter's vendetta?"<br /><br />Or why the hospital gave a cop with a grudge his own office so he could harass and threaten hospital employees? Everyone who complains about 13's screen time should be forced to watch the Tritter subplot again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-69613986068139513072009-09-30T09:17:35.063-04:002009-09-30T09:17:35.063-04:00I don't remember Moriarty in any Holmes I ever...I don't remember Moriarty in any Holmes I ever saw (in my defense I only saw some PBS Holmes, I *have* heard of the guy). Hopefully Moriarty is a more worthy foe than Vogler and Tritter? Cause they were a joke (and in Tritter's case, without a punch line - did anyone ever ask the writers why we never found some deep hidden motivation to Tritter's vendetta?)Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-42803045002795560762009-09-30T03:14:03.120-04:002009-09-30T03:14:03.120-04:00Everyone is in agreement, let's have a event e...Everyone is in agreement, let's have a event episode of House where The Joker visits PPTH and have House, Cuddy and Wilson on an off day.<br /><br />They can start their own diner and turn it into an half-hour sitcom. Clearly, the patient stories are played out. If House is a Sherlock Holmes then they need to twist the formula a bit; even Holmes had some endgame where he faces off with Moriarty.Ostiose Vagranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18404514633964655982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-50629105349229546382009-09-30T00:45:42.067-04:002009-09-30T00:45:42.067-04:00"Et tu, bootay?"
Worth the whole hour."Et tu, bootay?"<br /><br />Worth the whole hour.Count Screwloosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198518952654618266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75897011311333367662009-09-29T21:37:21.000-04:002009-09-29T21:37:21.000-04:00I completely agree. The parts in the hospital most...I completely agree. The parts in the hospital mostly bored me, but the scenes of House were quite interesting. I sort of wish they would go through a couple of weeks of him trying out different things: cooking, quilting, basket weaving, painting, and being absolutely amazing at all of it (but not really liking any of it) before finally going back to work or maybe finding something else. It kind of seems fitting that he would get discouraged after one attempt (it seems like something he's done before) but at the same time it annoyed me that he didn't try something else.<br /><br />And if I was Thirteen, I'd dump Foreman anyway. Yeah, the whole dating your boss thing makes for an awkward work/home relationship. Your answer to this is to fire your girlfriend? Because THAT will make her less pissed at you than breaking up with her. If I was her, I'd have a snarky line like "you don't want to lose me, so you're firing me? well, guess what buddy, you just lost me anyway." <br /><br />Seriously, sometimes it seems like he's more of a jerk than House.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942502449985475645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51886233066268405452009-09-29T21:36:51.954-04:002009-09-29T21:36:51.954-04:00@Eyeball Wit - would adding in Scott Bakula help, ...@Eyeball Wit - would adding in Scott Bakula help, even a little bit? I'm actually looking forward to Men of a Certain Age. <br /><br />Even though I'm a big Bakula fan, and put out a lot of energy to save Enterprise (but only until it was canceled, not afterwards) I really wasn't all that entranced with the show. This one, however, looks promising.<br /><br />my captcha is cupycest...Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33196766390676881622009-09-29T21:21:32.153-04:002009-09-29T21:21:32.153-04:00and Kathy, you need to watch this MTV parody :-)and Kathy, you need to watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_" rel="nofollow">this MTV parody</a> :-)Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-78799963384199322932009-09-29T21:18:19.887-04:002009-09-29T21:18:19.887-04:00oh, and I'm not used to TV characters going to...oh, and I'm not used to TV characters going to therapy (helpful therapy - not Ally McBeal/Tracy Ullman therapy) so House, Meredith, Owen and Cristina are fascinating me.Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19501562354003680802009-09-29T21:15:16.776-04:002009-09-29T21:15:16.776-04:00I'm not a big fan of Foreman, and the 13 overd...I'm not a big fan of Foreman, and the 13 overdose we got last year turned me off on her totally. And yet, this ep I found interesting.<br /><br />I always love RSL (well, at least on House - I don't seek him out)<br /><br />Braugher was cool.<br /><br />House's cooking hobby reminded me, oddly, of Izzie and her post-Denny muffin marathon.<br />(she "quit being a doctor" too)<br /><br />Is there really nothing House can take for that pain that won't be addictive? I can't imagine Ibubrofen touching pain like that. (as he said). And why can he walk so much better than he used to?<br /><br />Thanks so much to the writers for *finally* saying there is no such thing as a department of diagnostics. (I guess that's followed by the department of treatment?) We made it up to get you.<br /><br />Does the hospital have wifi or does the patient have EVDO? (what's EVDO?)<br /><br />Didn't Taub have some sort of non-compete he couldn't get out of (by which I mean, he *had* to come work for House for the same reason Mark Sloan *had to* leave NYC for Seattle. (someone he slept with's husband bought a gun)<br /><br />I found Foreman and 13's problem to be interesting (only for 1 episode, please, mind you) and what's that quote from Grey's? It was really stupid to sleep with our boss(es)?<br /><br />If any of this were to go on for very long, I'd get bored, but for a change - it was a change.<br />House and Grey's suit themselves to longevity far less than ER did. Scrubs is yet to be determined.<br /><br />And finally - are House and Wilson living in Amber's apartment?<br />Okay, now that I have thought of the question, I have to go back and see if anyone asked it.<br /><br />I also liked Foreman and Chase talking about women.<br /><br />Note: last season of House was so boring, it was something I had to "get around to" watching.<br /><br />I didn't jump on this one, but my cousin watched it, so I decided to get it done.Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-89659341632703971982009-09-29T19:42:20.919-04:002009-09-29T19:42:20.919-04:00Overall, not a bad episode. House/Cuddy/Wilson seg...Overall, not a bad episode. House/Cuddy/Wilson segments were awesome (Foreman "embracing his inner Mugabe" - fab line!). Nice of Chase and Cameron to turn up for their bi-weekly 120 seconds of airtime. Great to see Andre Braugher again. Now to the real shocker: normally, I dislike 13, despise Foreteen and don't care about Foreman. But this episode - and I can't believe I'm about to say this - 13 didn't annoy me as much as she normally does. Sure, Foreteen still made me lose my lunch and Foreman was beyond insufferable, but Taub and 13's scenes together weren't that bad. Now that I've said that, prepare for The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse and the End of Days.Epiphanynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19434063233051367452009-09-29T19:00:14.778-04:002009-09-29T19:00:14.778-04:00Re: Foreman firing 13: nice to leave your girlfri...Re: Foreman firing 13: nice to leave your girlfriend without a job and medical insurance when she has Lou Gehrig's disease.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-25847911551109627592009-09-29T16:36:15.705-04:002009-09-29T16:36:15.705-04:00House going back to his misanthropic ways by mid-s...House going back to his misanthropic ways by mid-season? Seriously? I give it 2 more episodes and then it'll be as if he never saw the insides of Mayfield. Over the course of the last 3 years, the writers have proven that they fail at continuity. <br />Last season Wilson left because he blamed House for Amber's death and then...you blinked and there he was again, being House's very own cheerleader as if Amber never existed.LisaEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-54754362230095578752009-09-29T15:38:52.990-04:002009-09-29T15:38:52.990-04:00If I were 13, I'd be introducing Foreman to my...If I were 13, I'd be introducing Foreman to my labour lawyer right about now. Seriously, I know they get both the medicine and the law wrong on this show every week, but that was pretty egregious. Seems like Foreman's most like House in that he's going to be a walking lawsuit magnet.<br /><br />I stopped watching last year after <i>House</i> and <i>Chuck</i> started going head-to-head, and it feels like I didn't really miss much. Can we put Laurie, Leonard and Braugher on a show together and get rid of everyone else?filmcrickethttp://filmcricket.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-70591448566090785442009-09-29T13:25:03.445-04:002009-09-29T13:25:03.445-04:00I think I learned a while ago how to be bored by t...I think I learned a while ago how to be bored by the POTW/supporting character stuff and not feel like it takes away from the show. Kinda sad, I know, considering how strong the show as a whole used to be, but Hugh Laurie's too good for me to ever consider not watching, so I've had to adapt.<br /><br />That said, I enjoyed one of the jerkier patients ever, and the almost meta quitting of Taub. Sure, he's almost certainly not gone, but wouldn't it be great if that was Shore & company's way of acknowledging our pain? I don't think I have anything to add to the praise of the House stuff, but I loved the dog urine and cooking stuff. Hmm, those sound bad together...Hatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184680741873873714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-27303486979561580612009-09-29T13:21:38.586-04:002009-09-29T13:21:38.586-04:00I think my favorite awful thing last night was For...<i>I think my favorite awful thing last night was Foreman firing 13 to save their relationship. Not like he could sacrifice of himself there. What a jerk--and I don't even like 13!</i><br /><br />Seriously. I don't like her either, but at that moment I wanted her to say "Wait, those are my options? In that case, I *am* breaking up with you."olucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12047701257768309071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-20715950710292082232009-09-29T13:04:07.415-04:002009-09-29T13:04:07.415-04:00No talking about the previews, folks, even vaguely...No talking about the previews, folks, even vaguely. It's in <a href="http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2009/03/six-simple-rules-for-commenting-on-my.html" rel="nofollow">the commenting rules</a>.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39784236361031936682009-09-29T12:58:13.162-04:002009-09-29T12:58:13.162-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ariadnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-5693512910875113342009-09-29T12:52:59.842-04:002009-09-29T12:52:59.842-04:00Andre Braugher with Ray Romano on TNT?
You ruined ...Andre Braugher with Ray Romano on TNT?<br />You ruined my day with that bit of news, Alan. I can't imagine a more tragic waste of talent.Eyeball Witnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52087561358230634772009-09-29T12:47:38.838-04:002009-09-29T12:47:38.838-04:00I liked the episode. I thought Thirteen and Taub ...I liked the episode. I thought Thirteen and Taub were a hoot and I hope (and believe) neither is gone. Foreman has never been a fave of mine, but I've put up with him for five going on six years, so I can handle his storylines. He's clearly going to be a major player in House's bid to take back his department and this episode set up the dynamics for what will play out this half season. I felt for Thirteen. <br /><br />I love that House is genuinely struggling to work out how to live his real life according to the realisations he made at Mayfield and of course he won't find it easy. I think the theme of this season will be House struggling to to define himself. I'm up for it.jackienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-65791123254053699362009-09-29T12:24:20.092-04:002009-09-29T12:24:20.092-04:00I think my favorite awful thing last night was For...I think my favorite awful thing last night was Foreman firing 13 to save their relationship. Not like he could sacrifice of himself there. What a jerk--and I don't even like 13!deznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-53379742448114504592009-09-29T12:23:16.256-04:002009-09-29T12:23:16.256-04:00I wonder if the writers thought they were being cl...I wonder if the writers thought they were being clever and coy with the episode title and then it turns out, hey, pretty fitting.belindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33223943850858476512009-09-29T12:13:31.498-04:002009-09-29T12:13:31.498-04:00For the fourth time in four seasons, Foreman tries...For the fourth time in four seasons, Foreman tries to be House and fails. <br /><br />Does the same plot 4 times mean that the show is creatively dead? It certainly means that I'm not engaged any more.<br /><br />I don't know if it's that Foreman and Thirteen are too boring / have been overused or that the writers have forgotten to write. Liz Friedman, who wrote this episode along with Sara Hess, has produced some of the best episodes of House such as the post-Super Bowl South Pole Icebound. This one fell short.<br /><br />I think much of the problem with House these days is that the writers are counting on spectacular episodes and Hugh Laurie's acting to carry the load and neat video tricks to hook the teenage viewers and forgetting about good solid writing for the storylines and other characters. <br /><br />If anyone believes that either Thirteen or Taub are really gone now, I have some land in Florida you might be interested in. More overused devices.<br /><br />Cameron and Chase are badly needed back and yet again wasted completely in this episode.<br /><br />At this point, it's really Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard + good guest actors like Andre Braugher that are the reasons to watch House. That's not good enough from a show that has been so much more.<br /><br />In terms of what House MD once was, this episode was if not epic fail, certainly 'fail'.Ariadnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-69387111662195079092009-09-29T11:30:29.764-04:002009-09-29T11:30:29.764-04:00It wouldn't kill me to see it end this season ...It wouldn't kill me to see it end this season and it would be awesome to see him finally win the Emmy, but he's not a political prisoner. <br /><br />@dez: loved House's cooking partner and her snark. I also liked that most House's own snark didn't have an edge to it. He was biting and funny and doing the whole House thing, but post-rehab the cruel edge that was getting so tiresome last year was gone. Hugh played that really well. Borderline happy House is just as funny as disgruntled clinic duty House and way less tedious than most of last season House.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-80479413615000647802009-09-29T11:26:03.144-04:002009-09-29T11:26:03.144-04:00I completely agree that Hugh Laurie is House. I w...I completely agree that Hugh Laurie is House. I was happily surprised to see Andre Braugher in the beginning credits. <br /><br />The POTW story was very boring. It was completely irrational that Thirteen and Foreman would be the only two to help him while he was hallucinating as all of those people stood around and watched in a hospital. <br /><br />I like when House interacts with the patient. I'm holding on to the thought of House being a bit more kind but still cantankerous when he begins practicing again.<br /><br />I do have to say that I do enjoy Robert Sean Leonard as Wilson. I know their relationship has gotten predictable at times but he has excellent chemistry with HL. <br /><br />I hope that we do not have a continuation of firings, re-hiring, etc. <br />Bright spots were House cooking, interaction with Leonard/Braugher, his struggle with leg pain, urine incident and solving the case, even if none of the team knew.JanieJonesnoreply@blogger.com