Reality is Almost Always Wrong: Spoiler Discussion Thread

So with Ausiello's new bits: two of the patients will be 1) a female NASCAR-ish driver and 2)a woman with a cranio-facial deformity (ala Mask). I can completely both of these patients appealing to House. The first will appeal to his desire for speed--she's a race driver. She'd be a risk taker and want to go fast. House and his motor bike and hsi general speeding through everything. The second patient I can just see completely getting to him. She's a classic "outside the circle" person. He'd want to help her. He's a real sucker for those sorts of patients, who he usually sees as victims of a society that wants to either break them to fit a mold, institutionalize them or (worse) pity them--from LitS.

The Jerk guy was responsible for one of three eps (my personal axis of evil) without any H/W interaction I went back & double checked. the Jerk was co-written by DS & Leonard Dick. The ep had no H/W (bad) but great Chase (good). Leonard Dick also co-wrote that horrendous monstrosity Words & Deeds - again with DS. I'm going to give LD the benefit of the doubt & blame DS (:ha, take that:) and pray that LD with Egan gives us great H/W & Chase. Re Ausiello, sounds like they are working through casting the PotW - does that mean that casting sides might start popping up??

The Jerk guy was responsible for one of three eps (my personal axis of evil) without any H/W interaction I went back & double checked. the Jerk was co-written by DS & Leonard Dick. The ep had no H/W (bad) but great Chase (good). Leonard Dick also co-wrote that horrendous monstrosity Words & Deeds - again with DS. I'm going to give LD the benefit of the doubt & blame DS (:ha, take that:) and pray that LD with Egan gives us great H/W & Chase. Re Ausiello, sounds like they are working through casting the PotW - does that mean that casting sides might start popping up?? Most of the casting sides came from a particular casting sides site for actors and agents. House stopped using that company to publicize casting when the sides spread like wildfire on the interweb. since the sides stopped appearing there, the side-related spoiler have vanished.

Regarding the tidbits from Ausiello - like you sasmom I can definitely see House intrigued by both patients. Both are exactly the type of cases that appeal to him....what I definitely don't see is the NASCAR driver being a love interest for House. As some of Ausiello's other supposed "love interests for House" were: the wheelchair woman from NiaH and Honey the nutrionist. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that he said back in Season 1 that Georgia (the 82 year old with VD) was a "potential love interest" for House. Hey, she did write him a love poem.

I went back & double checked. the Jerk was co-written by DS & Leonard Dick. The ep had no H/W (bad) but great Chase (good). Leonard Dick also co-wrote that horrendous monstrosity Words & Deeds - again with DS. I'm going to give LD the benefit of the doubt & blame DS (:ha, take that:) and pray that LD with Egan gives us great H/W & Chase. Oy, I should've sensed the hand of DS in The Jerk :x . That being the case I will also give LD the benefit of the doubt, especially if DE has a hand in it. I'm not all that worried any more. Thanks for clearing that up.

Interesting how some of DS's episodes are among the worst. ODOR--worst EVER. W&D--also pretty bad. Though I really liked The Jerk. I loved the mindwarp that was going on with the "chasing ghosts" and actually really enjoyed the patient and his mother. I think Ausiello thinks everyone is a love interest for House. I wish they'd get away from that. All of House's "love interests" distract from the other stories. I mean, seriously... House isn't going to wind up happy with anyone. They don't have to act like every female on the set is a love interest. (Besides, we all know he'll grow old with Wilson.)

Admittedly I hated FP more than I hated OD,OR but it was a very close race. W&D on the whole sucked too except for the apology, which after my initial disappointment in it, has really grown on me, especially House's little smile right at the end of that scene. Then there was the Cam strangle. *Giggles* Yes, I'm a horrible person and I loved that moment. Karma's a b*tch Cammy!!! :devil: Interesting how some of DS's episodes are among the worst. Interesting, amusing, but mostly frustrating.

Admittedly I hated FP more than I hated OD,OR but it was a very close race. W&D on the whole sucked too except for the apology, which after my initial disappointment in it, has really grown on me, especially House's little smile right at the end of that scene. Then there was the Cam strangle. *Giggles* Yes, I'm a horrible person and I loved that moment. Karma's a b*tch Cammy!!! :devil: Interesting how some of DS's episodes are among the worst. Interesting, amusing, but mostly frustrating. I don't look at it that way. I liked all three of those episodes. I love the episodes where we get reveals about House. I watch the show for House, not for any of the other characters, and I wasn't overly fond of Wilson during that time (I know this a hugely unpopular position here, but...) Those three episodes featured some of the best acting from HL of the season. He's always brilliant, but I like when he gets to play emotion, which was much, much less in the second half of the season. I was not bothered by the story in ODOR, nor the reveal that House's father was abusive, since I'd already figured that out. House often reveals the most personal information to complete strangers, and this has been true since the pilot. "I hoped I was dying." I doubt he'd ever said that to anyone before. House was coming off a terrible period in ODOR, he was just out of rehab and whatever else he may have done to finagle his way out of things there, I'm sure he had therapy, which, if nothing else might have left him in a more emotionally vulnerable place (even for a brief period of time). The reveal of the abuse came after she had worn him down, telling him that she saw the hurt in him. I think that took him aback (since he thinks he's so good at concealing anything emotional about himself) and that led to the reveal. I thought HL did a wonderful job of being gotten to on the level--slowly over the course of the episode and being completely out of his depth in dealing with her. I liked FP, again, because it showed that House can be gotten to emotionally, under the right circumstances. The thing with the fetus was something that no one else witnessed (I don't even think Cuddy saw it, because of the postioning of Emma.) Again, if House connects with a patient, they can get to him. I liked also the B story of House's trying to grab for some normality--something simple like going on vacation. but ultimately, he can't do it. In the end it's too hard for him, and chooses to isolate himself in his apartment, phone off the hook, "sitting, watching, imagining." Anyway, JMHO. Feel free to disagree, but I did want to point out that not everyone agrees that ODOR, FP and WAD universally hated by long-time (and hopefully thoughtful) viewers.

sasmom, Fetal Position was one of my favorites of the season too. Emma Sloan was one of the best POTW's ever. The actress was perfect for the role and I enjoyed her interaction with the doctors as much as their interactions with each other.

Oh, I completely admit to being biased when it comes to Fetal Position. It was the first ep. with no H/W interaction so that alone seriously ticked me off. It was also the first time I realized that Cuddy annoys me in large doses. I like her when she plays an important role but a small one, AYA and House Training. HL was amazing in FP (I mean he always is) but at the time I was also pretty mad at House, the character, so I couldn't muster up any sympathy for him whatsoever and as I said Cuddy bugged me too. It's one I'll never watch again. I did like the POTW but a POTW alone is never enough to keep me coming back.

Oh, I completely admit to being biased when it comes to Fetal Position. It was the first ep. with no H/W interaction so that alone seriously ticked me off. It was also the first time I realized that Cuddy annoys me in large doses. I like her when she plays an important role but a small one, AYA and House Training. HL was amazing in FP (I mean he always is) but at the time I was also pretty mad at House, the character, so I couldn't muster up any sympathy for him whatsoever and as I said Cuddy bugged me too. It's one I'll never watch again. I did like the POTW but a POTW alone is never enough to keep me coming back. I guess it depends on your preferences. I like Cuddy and House. I like the way they interact and their dynamic--the way it suggests intimate knowlege of each other, and the fact that truth be told (I suppose that's opinion rather than fact, but oh well ;)), they do care for each other.

I also liked "Fetal Positon" a great deal. In particular, I enjoyed the reversal of positions between House and Cuddy. House arguing for the more conservative approach to patient care while relying on the overwhelming statistical evidence in favor of his position was countered by Cuddy whose emotional connection to the POTW led her to fight for the more aggressive approach. Cuddy's emotionalism in this episode bothered some viewers, but for me, I am delighted that TPTB are trying to craft a woman of complexity, depth, contradiction, and significant shortcomings. As a professional and an older mother myself, I can completely sympathize with Cuddy's thwarted desire for a child and I feel that the way that quest ocassionally overtakes her judgement is completely realistic. Lisa E has done a strong and nuanced job with Cuddy's mix of motives, drives, and needs; she complements HL's acting choices wonderfully. Their scenes are always highlights of any episode for me. So for me, FP and "Words and Deeds" were among the strongest offerings of the second half of season 3. I am not so fond of OD/OR although again, the interactions of House and Cuddy save this episode from the discard pile for me. Her knowledge of his struggles with rehab, her understanding that indirection and guile can work in motivating him as well as a bludgeon were all on fine display in the first half of this epi and were extremely well played, I found.

I don't really like being a b-o-b (well, maybe a little...) but what does all this season three retrospective have to do with the spoilers? I completely understand how off-topic conversations get started but I get so confused when I think I'm going to discuss spoilers and then it appears I am in a "discuss which episodes you did and did not like in season three why/why not" thread. For some reason (probably having to do with my eye-sight--or the disconnect between my eyes and my brain), I can't see the actual title of the thread I'm in, only the sub-category, which adds to my confusion. If this really is the "discuss season three" thread, please ignore my previous comment.... :oops: :huh?:

:puts on modly hat: Hi, folks, yes, we're drifting a little here (I know its tough since its not like there are any spoilers to actually discuss!), but the s3 episode threads can be found here Season 3 Forum as well as a general discussion area for s3.

And to help kick off the discussion - I HAVE SPOILERS (full article & link is on the spoilers thread), but from tvguide's fall preview What's next: House opens Season 4 short of staff and growing more unpopular by the hour. His support team has dwindled to Drs. Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) and Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), who are stretched to the max, especially after a building collapse brings an onslaught of injured victims in the first episode. House hires a new team, specifically to find three new docs, and makes 40 of them jump through hoops. Meanwhile, Cameron has been reassigned to the ER and Chase now works in surgery. Foreman's the last to return. A few episodes in, he gets canned from his fancy job at Mercy Hospital and comes crawling back. By midseason, House will have two or three new staff members, which means a whole new set of buttons to push and feelings to hurt. Can I just say, I'm inordinately pleased about the Foreman canning (& WTF is Cameron doing in the ER, I thought she was an immunologist?).

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