"I haven't signed off on this"?!? WTF? Cuddy said he was "her eyes", not that she was putting him in charge again And IMO the newbies knew this in the scene where they walked out & Taub offers his condolences. So Taub has the hots for Amber?

So, does anyone think Cameron knew about the betting scam between House and Chase? I didn't think she was in on it. I don't think she knew, she looked kind of surprised and confused, whereas Chase was beaming.

My least favorite episode this season, mostly because of the House/Cuddy feud. They both came off like jerks. An ep like this, so jokey and lightweight, makes me nostalgic for the Tritter arc. If I'm going to have to accept unreality, let it be unreality in service to a plot with some depth, with a lead character I can care about. Not this nonsense like the cafeteria scene and putting laxatives in a pill bottle. This is a world-renowned department head and a dean of medicine, for crying out loud! Have some respect for the characters! I was OK with the Survivor game because there were still some places for House to be real, but not tonight. They truly have turned him into an adolescent boy. The only saving grace was that he did get the diagnosis. Writers, what's happened to House's pain? A reference to Vicodin doesn't cut it. If I had just started watching this season, I'd think he was a common-or-garden jerk. Is that what made the show a hit? I think not. Can we please get back to the damaged genius of S1 and parts of 2&3? Please? The Foreman reintroduction was better than I expected, though, probably because it was overshadowed by House's obnoxious response to it.

Okay, so if House knew that Cuddy had switched his Vicodin (as he said, he can tell the difference), does that mean he was faking the diarrhea just to irritate Foreman? LOL.

Oh, that scene with House and the patient at the end (even though he was dressed like my grandpa) reminded my of why I love him. Some episodes, I forget, it's nice to be reminded that I do love House (the character) and there's a reason for it.

Hi Everybody. I have been lurking for a while now, but I really liked this episode. Does anyone think that the last scene between House, Cuddy, and the patient was Cuddy's attempt to give way and stroke House's "huge ego" like Wilson suggested she should?

Thanks for the info, iamdaffodils! That's a good track record & explains the nice Wilson scenes (& the Foreman emphasis). simlah74, hi! I really wonder about that - I'm going to have to watch again to make a final decision for myself, but I think its a very valid view of Cuddy at the end.

So we now have confirmation that Cuddy has given up on pregnancy for the time being. Okay, so if House knew that Cuddy had switched his Vicodin (as he said, he can tell the difference), does that mean he was faking the diarrhea just to irritate Foreman? I too thought it was House pulling an LBJ. Lyndon Johnson used to famously hold meetings while sitting on the john - some kind of twisted power ploy to embarrass his underlings while emphasizing that even while taking a crap he was still better than them.

Does anyone think that the last scene between House, Cuddy, and the patient was Cuddy's attempt to give way and stroke House's "huge ego" like Wilson suggested she should? Welcome simlah and wow, that's an amazing idea. That never occurred to me. My impression was that the guy was too good and could tell if they were faking, but do we know that? Cuddy's back on birth control, I really am stupid tonight because I missed that. Interesting. I thought that maybe she had given up, looks like she has - for now. So Cuddy didn't offer Chase the position she offered Foreman in 'Resignation'. That was dumb of her.