Hugh explained how he maintains the stubble in answer to a question from the audience in the Backstage West interview last year. If you haven't seen that hour long interview you should watch it. It's a treat. Probably marykir has it on her site(?).
Thanks, all. I'll look for it.....Still, the idea of hiding in Hugh's closet sounds like more fun :wink:
Edited to remove mysterious quote tag
Jouse- 10-15-2007
Just because Lully asked me in the Q&A thread, and, well, I'm her bitch.
I think almost everything in Resignation was set to show us the AD's effect on House, and it's implications.
Honey was an illustration to House's misery somewhat subsiding, which allowed him to be more easy-going, approach someone he fancied and have casual, feel-good sex (something we've never seen him do in 3 seasons and change now, but we know he did in the past, before the infarction, from what he told Wilson in WYD).
Lully- 10-15-2007
My mother would say that you are asking for a bad reputation... :wink:
I never spent more than one second thinking about Honey... But it's plausible that she was there for that reason. If so, I hope House had stopped the AD's... And the reason why I wish this is more appropriate in the ILU thread... See you there! :winkiss:
Taiga- 10-17-2007
one word I would never use to describe House is "arrogant" ("having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities" -- As has been discussed, he has a keen awareness of himself and his abilities, but exaggerated ... not at all
His abilities no, his importance I would say yes. He expects everyone else's lives to revolve around him and believes the hospital exists to cater to his every whim. He gets away with the latter because the Dean of Medicine believes it too, but you can't convince me that everyone else in the hospital does.
jonne- 10-18-2007
I don't think he really believes he is that important as a person, as a doctor, certainly.
Of course Cuddy (to an extent) agrees with that and indulges him, but I would totally understand if numerous hospital employees would consider him an arrogant bAstard. I think I would (until the moment he would look at me, then I would completely cave in, as does the lab technician).
rockstarmama- 10-18-2007
one word I would never use to describe House is "arrogant" ("having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities" -- As has been discussed, he has a keen awareness of himself and his abilities, but exaggerated ... not at all
His abilities no, his importance I would say yes. He expects everyone else's lives to revolve around him and believes the hospital exists to cater to his every whim. He gets away with the latter because the Dean of Medicine believes it too, but you can't convince me that everyone else in the hospital does.
Well, yes. I can see this. But I am not sure arrogant is the proper word. I guess if you want to say that he thinks the world should revolve around him, maybe it's because he knows he is right and/or is onto something. Is this arrogance? Not sure .... maybe not if it's true, as we've been led to believe (he could not have become a world renowned diagnostician,as has been stated on the show numerous times, if his diagnostic abilities were merely average). There is much to be said for "gut instinct" in some people, and I think House is one of these people. He may not know the answer right away, but his experience and his knowledge point him in the right direction. (BTW, his instinct is often ignored, as we can see in "Meaning" when he correctly diagnoses Addison's . Wilson says he has no medical reason to come to this conclusion, but, as I said, there is much to be said for gut instinct coupled with experience in a man like House).
Now, I do think he thinks highly of his medical skills (is it arrogant if you have great abilities and you know you have great abilities?). But I have never gotten the sense that he thinks highly of himself as a person. I feel that if he did, he would seek out some pleasure for himself, things he thinks he deserves. It seems to me his sense self esteem is sorely lacking in that department.
Of course, that "the world revolves around me" behavior, though, certainly is typical of the behavior of many only children.
(forgive me is I sound slightly incoherent ... I am trying to write clearly, and wanted to respond, but I was at the Springsteen concert last night, got home late, and rose early to get the kids ready for school)
Taiga- 10-18-2007
Again, I wasn't talking about his abilities. I was talking about his importance. In 'Euphoria' he deliberately broke an MRI machine while pursuing a diagnosis, meaning that no one else in the hospital could use the machine. House thought that he was more important than all the other doctors in the hospital put together. If any other doctor had deliberately broken a piece of equipment House needed while pursuing a diagnosis, would he have shrugged his shoulders and said "Well, that's what Dr. So-and-so needed to do for his patient"?
rockstarmama- 10-19-2007
Taiga, I see exactly what you are talking about. I wonder, though, if his irresponsible behavior is coming from an inflated sense of how important he is, or if he gets so caught up in the process of diagnosis that he is unable to see his actions for what they are. Like a child who wants what they want, and can't see, or even understand, that certain behaviors, although maybe getting the end result, are just not appropriate. Because, as we have seen, there is a part of House that never really made it past childhood. I don't mean an ability to enjoy and relate to aspects of childhood and incorporate them into his life .... I mean that there are those parts of him that were completely unable to grow up and mature. Maybe this has something to do with the abuse that we are told he suffered at the hands of his father (I know, a can of worms can be opened here, but it is canon and, therefore as far a I am concerned, something that needs to be factored into an explanation for his behavior). Arrogance is still a word I stumble over with regard to House, but I do see where you are coming from.
(Foreman, to me, is much more an example of arrogance -- he thinks he is better, smarter, more together, etc. than everyone on the team, even House. And he is so disdainful of House, Chase, Cameron ... to me his behavior and attitude reek of arrogance.)
Bessie Mae- 10-19-2007
I kind of balk at the idea of House as some man child. Yeah, he acts juvenile, but I don't think he really doesn't understand when his behavior is inappropriate.
rockstarmama- 10-19-2007
Yeah -- that "man/child" thing is not at all what I meant, and I can totally see how you got that from my post. Unfortunately lack of sleep is keeping me from being as clear as I want .... I will try to put my thoughts together more clearly and accurately, and pop back in later......
Taiga- 10-19-2007
I kind of balk at the idea of House as some man child.
Me too, and I also disagree with the idea that every bad character trait of House's can be attributed to being abused by his father. I'm not targeting you rockstarmama, I just keep seeing it everywhere. It's a factor, but he can't claim it as an excuse for everything he does - what's more, he doesn't. As he said to Annika in 'Deception', boo hoo. We've seen that House knows what appropriate behaviour is and can be well behaved when he wants to. He just doesn't bother, because he can get away with it.
Cheers- 10-21-2007
one word I would never use to describe House is "arrogant" ("having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities" -- As has been discussed, he has a keen awareness of himself and his abilities, but exaggerated ... not at all
His abilities no, his importance I would say yes. He expects everyone else's lives to revolve around him and believes the hospital exists to cater to his every whim. He gets away with the latter because the Dean of Medicine believes it too, but you can't convince me that everyone else in the hospital does.
Well, yes. I can see this. But I am not sure arrogant is the proper word. I guess if you want to say that he thinks the world should revolve around him, maybe it's because he knows he is right and/or is onto something. Is this arrogance?
I see this as very Holmesian. Time and again in the canon for Sherlock Holmes there are instances of his refusing a case when asked by the leaders of governments or the very rich because the case could not be conducted according to Holmes' own dictates. I see House's view of his own abilities and his refusal to accept certain dictates of the hospital in the same light. Perhaps it is just my own take. From the very first time I heard David Shore say he based some of his ideas for House in the character of Holmes I ascribed this aspect of House to similar traits in Holmes.
Poeia- 10-24-2007
In the Guardian Angles thread, mojo said:
I know. My own theory (don't stone me, folks) is that it's displaced aggression mostly from women who don't want House to be with anyone. There was similar hostility to the stone-faced Stacy. (slinking back into semi-lurkdom)
I think any relationship with House is bound to be a train wreck. But some have the potential to be far worse than others.
Stacy
Pros: House loved her.
Cons:As a lawyer, she knew perfectly well that the purpose of a medical proxy is for the proxy to ensure that the patient's wishes are carried out. She used it for exactly the opposite reason. Then she was angry at him for being angry about it.
She played on his emotions to get him to treat her husband, was nasty to him the entire time he was treating Mark. Then she played on them again to get him to risk his medical license by treating Mark against his will. (Yes, I know House risks his license often, but that's his choice.)
Finally, once he accepted that he had lost in the battle for her affections, she went to his office to say that she still loved him just so she could reject him again.
In retrospect, she probably wasn't that bad in Season 2 but her behavior in Three Stories and Honeymoon so turned me against her that it's taken me two years to be able to say that.
Bottom line: She didn't deserve him.
Cameron
Pros: None that I can see.
Cons: While some people like the idea of the sweet ingenue overcoming the crusty older man's emotional barriers and showing him true love, I think it is a cliche best reserved for bad romance novels and not for my favorite TV show.
When she extorted a date from House, she used that as a reason to give orders to her colleagues and act superior to them. How insufferable would she be if he dated her willingly.
If she stops dating Chase and starts dating House she really will be in danger of becoming the hospital tramp, being passed from man to man.
The fact that she works for him no longer applies, but it was a real barrier in the first three seasons.
Cuddy
Pros: She is his equal. She can hold her own with him in conversation. He respects her and likes her.
Cons: She is his boss. This isn't as big an obstacle as it was with Cameron because he has tenure and is a department head. She can't fire him and there's nowhere to promote him to. But, as the one person empowered to stop him from doing things, it would still be a complication.
I like them as friends/colleagues/sparring partners. After the inevitable breakup, I'm afraid we would lose that in their relationship.
Basically, I don't ship House with anyone. But if he is going to be paired with one of the female regulars (past or present), please let it be Cuddy.
blacktop- 10-25-2007
Poeia, a thumping and thorough-going WORD to everything you wrote!
I might have given a bit more credit to Stacy's intelligence, humor, beauty, and general mixed-up-ness on the pro side of the equation, but otherwise I agree with everything you have said about all three women.
And yes, trainwreck is certainly the expected outcome for any relationship with House.
mmp629- 10-25-2007
When she extorted a date from House, ...
I beg to differ. :)
Cameron was not the only immunologist in the world. House is not a child. He's a big boy who can take care of himself, and he could have said no; he didn't.
Fans may hate Cameron ( although it still escapes why there is such visceral anger directed toward her) but House clearly does not hate her.
I enjoy the way he looks at her sometimes. It seems to me in the rare unguarded moment, House shows evidence of real affection for Cam. And it makes House a more multi dimensional character. Most mileages vary, obviously. 8)
