House - All together again... mostly
House lost a lot of things at the beginning of this season -- his team, his medical license, his mind -- and he's been working hard to regain them all. Sure, he had his old-school team consisting of Foreman, Chase and Cameron, but it just wasn't the same without Thirteen and Taub. Sure, he starts to work first on getting his sanity back. Then he worked on getting his medical license, without too much difficulty. But there's a problem with reassembling the team.
House has four fellows on his team -- and five people he wants to slot in. This is the episode where he resolves this problem in a very House kind of way. The old House kind of way. More after the jump.
House has four fellows on his team -- and five people he wants to slot in. This is the episode where he resolves this problem in a very House kind of way. The old House kind of way. More after the jump.
So yes. The big news on this episode is that Cameron leaves Chase and says horrible things to House about how he has ruined Chase and the two of them can never go back to being good people. We're sure this was intended to be heartbreaking (you can tell by the tight focus causing fuzzy backgrounds and the mournful music) but we're sorry, we've always had kind of a hard time connecting with Cameron. We liked her when she was being cute and flirty with House, but this season in particular she's turned from soft-hearted to sanctimonious. Boo.So we're a little embarrassed to admit it, but we're not all that sad to see her go. We can connect to Thirteen, even if we can't ever remember her real name. And we have to admit we're happy Chase is sticking around to grace us with his accent further. We thought we would love them as a couple, but we have to admit we're kind of left feeling puzzled. Oh well. Our hearts go out to the people who hated seeing Cameron go. Hope you recover soon.
Meanwhile.... is House going to relapse? Was that actually what we saw here already? House didn't really confirm it, but the allegation was made that he figured out what the correct diagnosis was very early on in the process -- then he used the case to convince Taub and Thirteen to return to his employ. He thought he was going to have to fire someone, but that's when his stirring up the relationship between Chase and Cameron bore its fruit. Cameron marched in, told House she used to love him, and how he's just crossed a line she can't stomach and has to leave (both him and Chase). We found it rather odd. But okay. First you say Chase can tell you anything and it will be okay. Then you tell him he's so evil he can't ever be good again. Then she packs a bag and walks out. We can't help but think our darling Chase deserves better than that.
And we're sure it has nothing to do with how much we adore Chase (and his accent) and want him for our own.....