Reality is Almost Always Wrong: Spoiler Discussion Thread

House and team being followed by a documentary crew, that just sounds so original. Except not.

I kind of liked that concept when OZ did it.

House and team being followed by a documentary crew, that just sounds so original. Except not. Yeah. I'm not convinced yet either. But when they did it on Stargate, the episode actually turned out much better than everybody thought it would, so maybe there's hope for House, as well. (crossing fingers)

House and team being followed by a documentary crew, that just sounds so original. Except not. Almost no concept on television is truly original. The execution is more important. What if they also show interviews with the former ducklings, Cuddy, or Wilson, as well as following around House and the newbies? Most of the character development occurs during the interactions between the characters, where motivations and feelings are often oblique. But what if the writers choose to shove a camera in their faces and ask more direct questions? How would they respond?

The documentary crew idea could be really awesome if pulled off well. Also a really good chance to incorporate C,C & F into the fold as House experts. The Office obviously does the documentary thing very well and very uniquely. Similarly, I LOOOOVED the episode of the X-Files were they run into the filming crew from "Cops". Sometimes the acknowledgment of a camera present reveals far more truths about characters than you would think at first glance. I gather House thinks this as well when he....views the tape? Sees how people are hamming it up in front of the camera crew?....whatever.

ETA: Oh... I bet we are going to see House doing magic tricks in "You don't want to know". He's going to go to the magicians place to sniff around and try out all the magic thingies! (disclaimner: not a spoiler just wishful thinking) I'm wishful thinking right along with you to21be. eta - And the one about the over the hill rock star will probably mean House playing his flying v guitar.

I think they wanted to do that documentary thing for a while - ISTR back in S2, they had a tentative plot in that vein that got dropped. Although it kinda makes me giggle, since that was LE's episode of ER, the live "documentary" episode. But yeah, I was thinking of the Stargate and X-Files episodes - really cool stories. Still, I'm all bouncy. This stuff sounds like fun.

I want to ask a question about something that was posted at House LJ. Someone posted this link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123416/fullcredits#cast for the Whatever It Takes episode. It wasn't clear to me if the person was playing themselves or you know who's LLB. Mod note: Since this is the spoiler discussion thread you don't have to spoiler tag something that is a potential spoiler (or not in this case)

I want to ask a question about something that was posted at House LJ. Someone posted this link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123416/fullcredits#cast for the Whatever It Takes episode. It wasn't clear to me if the person was playing themselves or you know who's LLB. The two name thing refers to his billing. His full name is Thomas F Wilson, he's listed in casts as Tom Wilson sometimes, as shown on his own IMDb page. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001855/

The documentary crew idea could be really awesome if pulled off well. Also a really good chance to incorporate C,C & F into the fold as House experts. The Office obviously does the documentary thing very well and very uniquely. Similarly, I LOOOOVED the episode of the X-Files were they run into the filming crew from "Cops". Sometimes the acknowledgment of a camera present reveals far more truths about characters than you would think at first glance. I gather House thinks this as well when he....views the tape? Sees how people are hamming it up in front of the camera crew?....whatever. I really hated that episode of XF. THe show had become too self-referential and too much of a parody of itself. That was the year my fanaticism really waned for XF. I would watch most episodes only one time instead of once a day. I stopped writing fanfiction and reviews. The same will not be true here, I believe. I think the idea holds a lot of potential for House.

Oh, I thought the "Cops" episode of The X-files was one of the best episodes ever. I loved episodes that took a lighter tone and wasn't all about alien conspiracy, if they can do it, I have faith that House can do it too.

I want to ask a question about something that was posted at House LJ. Someone posted this link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123416/fullcredits#cast for the Whatever It Takes episode. It wasn't clear to me if the person was playing themselves or you know who's LLB. The two name thing refers to his billing. His full name is Thomas F Wilson, he's listed in casts as Tom Wilson sometimes, as shown on his own IMDb page. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001855/ Thanks GG. That explains why it was not posted in HHOW spoiler thread :)

Bringing over a conversation from the GA thread: I didn't notice this callback to the last episode until rewatch, but it stood out then. When House goes into Wilson's office and says he wants the patient to believe that he's spooked by the ghost, Wilson asks: "What's this sudden obsession with the afterlife?" So Wilson is noticing a trend, at least -- or worried about one. It was almost a throwaway, wasn't it? Clearly House wasn't obsessed in this episdoe, but it does suggest that it's still part of the ongoing storyline in some way. On the backburner for now, but... I've noticed what seems to be the start of a small pattern of House coming up against and dealing with otherworldly/supernatural situations from Patients over about half of the first 9 episodes. 97 Seconds: House has to prove seeing the light clinic patient, TPOW and maybe Wilson wrong about an after life, electrocutes himself. GA: TPOW sees dead people (implying there's an after life), incorrectly hallucinates House’s Grandpa Walt, but here House plays along to gain her trusts. M/M: A patient can divine secrets/relationship constructs of people he’s never meant when he is in the same room and reflects it back to them. (Not sure if House believes him or not, seems like he might or he might just use it to play with other’s minds. Specifically Wilson & Cuddy) YDWTK: House is determined to prove that an illusionist/magician is a scam artist faking his ailments to cover up the fact that he nearly drowned during his act. (Don't know yet whether House succeeds in this or not) Why is House suddenly in the position of debunking people’s beliefs / powers and what’s the purpose? Don’t we already know that House wouldn’t believe in anything that can’t be proven or quantified.

I really hated that episode of XF. THe show had become too self-referential and too much of a parody of itself. That was the year my fanaticism really waned for XF. I would watch most episodes only one time instead of once a day. I stopped writing fanfiction and reviews. The same will not be true here, I believe. I think the idea holds a lot of potential for House. Oh, believe me, I think S7 of the X-Files was extremely uneven, at best. I'll not even speak of S8 or the 3 episodes of S9 I managed to gag my way through. But character wise, I thought turning the camera onto Mulder and Scully was fantastic. I can see great potential for the House crew. But I admit I am somewhat weary of all the new faces jockeying for positions that I don't really want the episode to dwell too heavily on their interior thoughts at this point.

Bringing over a conversation from the GA thread: I didn't notice this callback to the last episode until rewatch, but it stood out then. When House goes into Wilson's office and says he wants the patient to believe that he's spooked by the ghost, Wilson asks: "What's this sudden obsession with the afterlife?" Why is House suddenly in the position of debunking people’s beliefs / powers and what’s the purpose? Don’t we already know that House wouldn’t believe in anything that can’t be proven or quantified. Yes, I noticed that too. I think House is trying to debunk his own beliefs but hasn't yet confronted that basic truth.

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