Daddy's Boy is on tonight on USA. I found a lot in this episode to enjoy (keeps me warm and cool...how does it know; I've been borrowing ever increasing amounts of money....) as well as good insights into House's family past. the dynamics between Mom and Dad and Greg. I would have loved to hear the table read for this episode, the discussion of the interactions, etc. Actually, I'd love to see a table read for any of the episodes!

I love the discussion earlier in this thread about John's behavior earlier in this thread. R. Lee Ermey actually is a frequent guest on my favorite talk radio show and he seems like a real sweetheart in reality. He can communicate quite normally when he's not screaming (Sound off like you got a pair. Needless to say the language in that link is totally NSFW.)

I recently watched this episode. This is one episode that I really enjoyed. After the second time I watched it, I really noticed how his father harped on every thing that House said, like Poeia mentioned a long while ago. When he made that crack about coming back when things aren't so out of control, it was like he was saying House can't handle his workload. It was like a crack against his leadership skills. When House mentioned his motorcycle, John had a look on his face. It was pretty quick, but you could see he was not happy with that news. I guess because he realized it was the bike in the handicapped space. Honestly, they probably could have had a decent conversation about the bike if John didn't harp on the handicapped spot. I felt bad for House at the end when he was sitting in his office. When he was talking to Cameron, you could see the sadness in his eyes. Then when he was watching the father comfort his son. It was like he wished he could be comforted like that from his father.

It's interesting how different these shows look on rewatch years later. When I first saw it, I saw how the dad just took the wrong slant on everything House did, making fun of his son in front of Cameron and telling her so like that was a reasonable thing to do. He seemed at best clueless, a somewhat cruel military dad with a sensitive, easily hurt son who he could not stand because he was so utterly different from himself. Then after watching One Day One Room, and later, Birthmarks, and realizing that House knew the truth about his relationship with his father since he was twelve and that his father had been even harsher than he had seemed at first, well, that added deeper layers to their conflicts and more context to John's attitude toward his son. I love that the writers go back and pick up threads from earlier shows and weave them into the stories, revealing more cause and more context. I don't think they necessarily plan to do that, but their writing is open enough that they have those opportunities and when they do, it illuminates the stories of the characters and what they are going through. Same with Wilson's LLB. Great stuff.

Definitely interesting when you rewatch years later, especially after seeing episodes that expand on what was previously shown. I was talking to a friend about Son of a Coma Guy. We learn that House wanted to hear his father say "YOu were right. You did the right thing." That makes it sound like he wanted his dad's approval, and that his dad never said those words to him. So, we learned in Daddy's Boy that, according to House, his dad always told the truth. He can't lie to anyone about anything. So, if his dad criticized him or said he is wrong, then his dad must be speaking the truth. Of course I am probably over analyzying this and could be way off. Also this is probably best for the Gregory House thread.