House - who's the tyrant here?
Who thought House was a good platform to talk about serious issues like genocide and assassination of dictators? Whoever it was, we think they should be taken out and shot. Ahem. We know, in previous years they've tackled serious topics like addiction, divorce, accidental death of a loved one, and of course suicide. But these are all very personal issues -- not big-picture political issues. It's true that they looked at the death penalty in the past, and they do a nice little call-back to it, but yikes! You can't get much bigger than genocide and calculated murder. We don't know about you, but most of us watch House for black comedy, not political commentary. We're a little worried about where this is all headed this year -- but then, what season of House were we not worried at the beginning? More after the jump.
So we're guessing the thought process went something like this: Let's make House deal with someone who is just like him and see if he can handle it in his new happy-normal state. We'll make him the tyrant of Wilson's condo association -- and then let's contrast that little tyrany with a huge, real-life tyrant of an entire country.
Interesting how instead of making that small tyranny over a little fiefdom seem petty, the contrast with the presidential patient just made Wilson's neighbor seem more evil. These big tyrannies start small, every time. Too bad they can't all be cured by tricking pain pathways with mirrors.
Basically, some of us thought the political message was out of place and awkward, others thought it fit into the House worldview and worked just fine. What about you?
Random Thoughts In No Particular Order
- Thought #1 - Yay for the lovely accent from Chase back again!
- Thought #2 - Hrm. Yes, we wanted more from Chase. No, we didn't want to see him faking test results and getting his wife to champion a cause he was pretty sure would kill a patient. Jerk. We liked the fun-loving, beating House at his own game Chase. Not this one.
- Thought #3 - Wow, how black and white is this world House lives in? You kill the tyrant and all his advisers magically turn into moderates who want peace and love? The world we live in is sure a lot more complicated than that. Weird. And we're used to the world House lives in being more complicated than that too. Maybe we're missing something that will be cleared up next week. It looks like this may be the ongoing storyline this year.
- Thought #4 - Did Cuddy just show up in one scene this episode? Now she's got good hair again, we miss her.
- Thought #5 - We find it hard to believe no one tried the mirror box on the amputee before. Oh well. We suppose House's duct tape was the secret ingredient. PS. That treatment for phantom pain is just plain trippy - but it works a lot of the time apparently.
- Thought #6 - Thirteen left dinner without eating anything and she was looking very very skinny. We fear for her health.
- Thought #7 - Projectile vomiting blood in slo-mo.... wow.
- Thought #8 - Interesting how they never mentioned which country this guy was the evil president of....
The Best Lines
House - "Oh my God, it's three years ago! Does that mean I'm still crazy?"
House - "Great to have the old team back together again, eh?"
Chase - raises his coffee mug in a toast
Thirteen - "Most people send chocolates."
Foreman - "I'd stand outside your apartment all night holding up a boom box except you told me you hate 80's music."
(Also, you seem to be on a hunger strike.)
House - "So, either you killed him by not having confidence in your opinion, or you killed him by being too attached to your opinion."
(Wow, thanks for reminding us of that House! It was Foreman's decision (or lack thereof) that killed the guy, not Chase. The ending was just Foreman shifting blame again! Or not, if that's what the burning of evidence means. Who knows. I guess we'll have to watch next week.)
House and Wilson in unison at the TV - "Woah!"
Comments
"House - Great to have the old team back together again, eh?
Chase - raises his coffee mug in a toast"
Oh Chase, how I've missed you!
Honestly, I think you're being a bit too hard on the episode... this is the kind of stuff House always dealt with before it became the Foreteen & Huddy Variety Hour. Sure, there were parts that could've been handled better, but overall great episode! And Chase finally has a storyline! Yay!!
Posted by: Lara | October 6, 2009 2:52 PM
You forgot one of the best lines! "booty call? Give me twenty minutes to not shower".
Posted by: Sarah | October 6, 2009 3:24 PM
It's true, we loved having another Chase storyline. We should have put more emphasis on that lovely accent. :-)
Posted by: Wendy Despain
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October 13, 2009 12:10 AM