House '09-'10

[BYH]

Now featuring Booger as a mental patient!!!

Real good stuff thus far. Still maybe the best show on network TV even after five years.

 

[PeteyPirate]

Also a nod to One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest with the basketball game, and Pembleton got House in the box.

 

[PeteyPirate]

Hugh Laurie finally wins an Emmy from this episode alone.

 

[PeteyPirate]

Holy crap, that was good television.

 

[Killick]

I sorta expected them to keep panning back on the bus, to find Amber sitting next to House on the bus. Glad it didn't.

 

[PeteyPirate]

This really does set up the rest of the season nicely.

 

[JR]

Great season opener. What a great collection of actors

It would be a shame if House went back to his own hospital and the characters from the psychiatric hospital disappeared.

Andre Braugher and Hugh Laurie were brilliant in their scenes together and what can you say about Franka Potente, the German actress who played Lydia? Stunning.

 

[Killick]

Agree on Andre Braugher, but I could do without the rest of them (though a cameo later in the season by Potente would be nice).

 

[EStreetJoe]

Agreed it was a great season opener and that Andre Braugher should be back for some more guest spots during the season.

What's the over-under before he gets his hands on the vicodan again?

 

[JR]

Agree on Andre Braugher, but I could do without the rest of them (though a cameo later in the season by Potente would be nice).

Oh, I don't know. Lin-Manuel Miranda as House's roommate was pretty damn good. He'll be back I bet.

 

[PeteyPirate]

I predict none of the characters return, in keeping with the "moving on" mandate.

"... And we hope to never see him again."

 

[HejiraHenry]

Didn't this show jump the shark last season with the sleeping-with-Cuddy story arc that set up the whole madness thing?

Just asking, as it played very poorly in the A.V. Club's ongoing series review.

 

[bagelchick]

It was an enjoyable 2 hours of television and I don't get that very often. I can't wait for next week's episode.

 

[schiezainc]

Didn't this show jump the shark last season with the sleeping-with-Cuddy story arc that set up the whole madness thing?
Just asking, as it played very poorly in the A.V. Club's ongoing series review.

I loved that turn of events, it caught me completely by surprise and that doesn't happen too often.

That being said, I loved that they didn't show Amber or Kutner last night. I liked the episode though it didn't really feel like House per se.

I'm debating whether to keep watching week to week or to wait for the DVDs. I love this show and it's tough to wait seven days in between episodes. Right now, I feel like I'm at a good place to break before the next DVDs come out.

 

[Killick]

Anyone else struck by the fact that they worked on House's "what" psychologically speaking, but didn't even touch on the "why"? I know he has a bad relationship with his dad, was a military brat and moved around a lot, but... is that why House is House? Others have said he was the same before the leg infarction, so it wasn't that (I guess).

I'm glad they didn't get into it last night, really, but the curiosity is getting to me.

 

[bwright]

Now featuring Booger as a mental patient!!!

Real good stuff thus far. Still maybe the best show on network TV even after five years.

Damn DVR skipped it. Aggravating.

 

[Killick]

Agree on Andre Braugher, but I could do without the rest of them (though a cameo later in the season by Potente would be nice).

I've rethought this. Now, I don't want a Potente cameo. I do, however, want a return visit from Mira Sorvino as the psychologist he saved via remote at the South Pole. Now *they* had something cooking, and that was a great ep. Sorvino's character was a much better foil/interest than Cuddy, Potente et al. Plus, she should be back from the Pole by now, it makes sense that she would touch base.

 

[shockey]

I sorta expected them to keep panning back on the bus, to find Amber sitting next to House on the bus. Glad it didn't.

yeah, i sort of feared that, too. but we're supposed to buy he's past all that.

great tv, it was.

 

[GuessWho]

I was totally into this show for its first couple of seasons, but a couple of years ago it felt like it was jumping the shark so I gave it up. Sounds like maybe I need to give it another shot, if I can figure out the plotline.

 

[schiezainc]

I was totally into this show for its first couple of seasons, but a couple of years ago it felt like it was jumping the shark so I gave it up. Sounds like maybe I need to give it another shot, if I can figure out the plotline.

I'm assuming you bailed after the whole Cameron-Chase-Foreman vs. House split thing, huh? If so, jump back in. Season Four was up-and-down but the ending was phenomenal and Season Five was much more consistent, pound-for-pound.