Thou shalt always follow the writers' guidance : Thirteen is meant to be worshipped, adored and venerated. We, unworthy mortals, are allowed to bask weekly in the sun of her perfection and such an opportunity shall not be welcomed with anything but the utmost gratitude and humility. Kneel before Zod-teen ! Unfortunately for me, I never thought her "redeeming flaws " to be "redeeming" enough. In my opinion, they were either (too) easily brushed off and excused as the consequences of her allegedly moving idealism or brought out by such extreme circustances that it made me feel bad not to immediately forgive for her. So I started being bitter because the narrative basically implied that my views were cynical and unfeeling Yeah, I feel your bitterness. I feel like that happens a lot on this show, basically everytime I agree or sympathise with House's views ;). As for Cameron, I always felt like her idealism / her being such a "good person" actually was portrayed as a flaw. She took a lot of flak and ridicule for it, sometimes she wouldn't live up to her own standards or had to realise that they were unrealistic, she was referred to as naive, weak and too caring. Ordinarily someone like her would be considered an example, in House-world, not so much. She was by no means a "cool" person, many times she came across as an emotionally immature girl or conservative. So, unlike Thirteen, I never got the impression that Cameron was meant to be worshipped (Hee! Will I have to set up a shrine?). Here's something else I'm bitter about, and I might have mentioned it already: House's lack of bitterness. I guess he's on antidepressants (in which case he shouldn't drink), managing to stay sober without going to Narcotics Anonymous (it's been done), and not in too much pain except when exceptionally stressed. He doesn't seem particularly unhappy most of the time, just when events make him unhappy. I miss miserable House too! Hm, that doesn't sound right, does it ;)? It just seems so unrealistic for someone who refused treatment for such a long time to be okay without the drugs. House doesn't have to fail right away, just you know, have some difficulties. Unless House had been right all along and he never took the drugs for psychological pain and truthfully only took it for his physical ailments and has now learned that he's actually fine with a weaker painkiller ;P. But I doubt that's the point they're trying to make. Maybe we are to assume that House is too scared of jeopardising his mental health to revert back to drugs? But even than I'd like to see that fear and struggle addressed. And yeah, apart from the vicodin, what about his depression? Just because he lives with Wilson, doesn't mean he can't shut himself off if he wants to. For instance, a secret trip to the solitude of his old apartment is one possibility. I realise they might be setting something up, lulling the viewer (and House) into a false sense of security. But I fear the real reason is that they're avoiding dark and angsty themes in favor of light comedic storylines, simply because comedy might be considered more entertaining and I feel that nowadays they prefer to emphasise that aspect of the show. Whereas I always enjoyed the emotional and angsty parts of the show. But I guess it's just the way I feel about it and in reality one could argue that there's still the same balance between drama and comedy, but I'm still not happy with it. For example, 6x10 was a rather serious episode, therefore 6x11 had to be funny (I'm thinking specifically of House and Wilson, mind you, because obviously the dying patient wasn't funny). But I'm really bitter that they didn't address the fact that Wilson finally moved out of Amber's apartment and what that means for him. Maybe they felt that they already covered that implicitly in 6x10? Because to me it felt like such a missed opportunity, there was so much potential and they didn't take advantage of it ;(. And that's exacly how I feel about House's recovery, they could get so much more out of it.

I'm as guilty as anyone, but we're getting away from this being a place to post one's bitterness and toward it being a discussion thread. Back on track - I'm a smidge bitter that neither Hugh nor the show one. I'd be a lot bitterer if he didn't already have 2 GGs. (And how weird is Firefox's spell checker that it underlines "smidge" but accepts "bitterer" as a word.)

I'm bitter for Hugh (I really think he deserve it) but I'm not for the show since I don't think the show deserves a nomination (House is far from being perfect, often good, sometimes awesome but sometimes not good at all too :? ). but well, I was already bitter because Breaking Bad wasn't even nominated!

Well, I'm happy for Michael C. Hall. He deserved it too. Now for some bitterness to stay on topic, um, that Hugh and Michael didn't tie!

Appropriate bitterness: I was pissed that Hugh didn't win. I'm not sure his chances for this season are as good.

I am bitter because once again we have to watch a 13 centric episode. I have nothing against OW and 95% of the writing is brill but come on!!!

I am bitter because 13 and her devil eyebrows are put at the center of the mystery and she does zip with it emotionally. And with her at the center, there is less House and I do need more Hugh Laurie. I just do. House needs to be the spine and heart and brains and genius of the show with others in his orbit. Step up, show!

Remember when a character called House used to be the one to figure out big things like the patient is a psychopath? I'm tired of super-13 too and I really miss House the doctor. Lately he seems to be more the comic relief B-plot sort of guy.

You took the words out of my mouth, goldenheart. Worship the hotness and brilliance that is 13! Who needs House when you have 13 and those cheekbones? Who needs a multilayered fascinating character whose NAME IS THE TITLE OF THE SHOW played by one of the world's greatest actors, when you can have a walking void whose greatest talent is saying snarky one-liners? If she becomes 13/Cameron/Foreteen I may have to get rid of my television set. Since all of the other characters have killed people, could Taub maybe accidentally off 13?

I m bitter cause I used to look forward to watching House, now I m so meh I didn't even notice there was a huge break (during Xmas) or that the show was back on :( My bitterness towards 13/14 has been amply documented in previous pages.

I am also bitter that Tiny Taub has been reduced to doing one-liners. He's hilarious, but hey, toss some drama his way when you're finished with 13!

I'm bitter because I just realised (yes, I may be a little slow...) Thirteen is not more than the "We want to increase the rates" chick. I mean, there simply CAN'T be another reason why she gets all the cool stuff to do and all the big fat b-stories. Maybe TPTB were told to create such a hot, tough character to gain more (male and stupid) viewers? Maybe I'm already paranoid but if I'm wrong, then why doesn't Taub for example get an extended "I have Huntington's" story but the sexy bisexual chick?

I'm bitter because I'm increasingly convinced that House (the show) has turned into little more than a launching pad for Olivia WIlde's career. Who was she before she was (mis)cast on House ? And why did TPTB decide that she had to be thrust front and center time and time again to the detriment of every other (original) cast member- including House?

I'm bitter because I feel like I finally have to join the "Get 13 her own show already"-Club. She annoys the hell out of me. Loved the start of season 6 and now it's becoming a 13s showcase again. Makes me super bitter.