I find it interesting that by the end of season 3 we have been given at least one specific episode dealing with each of the three fellows reactions to causing the death of a patient. In season 2 we had "The Mistake" with Chase grappling with the death of his patient caused by his distraction due to his belated discovery of his father's death. Inadvertantly, Chase caused Kayla's death because he was not paying adequate attention. Chase was distraught, blamed himself, tried to hide the facts, and was chastised by the hospital board (as was House for his inattention). Then in season 3 we had "Informed Consent" in which Cameron purposefully killed the patient, in fulfilment of his explicit request. Cameron was distraught, Cuddy suspected House's involvement, House expressed pride and support for Cameron's difficult step along the learning curve. Finally in "Housetraining," Foreman (with the crucial collaboration of House) caused the death of Lupe by pursuing an exotic and radical treatment which left her unable to fight off her infection. Foreman was distraught because he recklessly plunged ahead with the kind of out-of-the-box diagnosis and treatment House admires so much and thus missed the rather mundane and straightforward clues that would have saved his patient. Three different deaths, three different ways of killing a patient, three different reactions to these trials by fire.

We've Got Rectal Bleeding rofl "What? All of you?"

Bringing this over from the Cameron thread. What are the positive and negative aspects of Cameron's, Chase's and Foreman's characters. Ground rule: You must include at least one positive if you are going to list any negatives. The number of character traits doesn't have to be the same on both sides of the mental ledger, but they may not be all negative. Chase Positive: good patient rapport, believes in House's ability (not only when House agrees with him), creative, the least self-involved in the fellows (exemplified by his finding the hot spot on the scan in Human Error after being fired while Cameron and Foreman were too busy bickering to pay attention.) Negative: tendency to be sycophantic, doesn't stand up for himself Cameron Positive: capable of great empathy, has come to House's defense when he really needed it (i.e. when she found out that Cuddy and Wilson had lied to House in Meaning) Negative: judgmental, "it's all about her" (House and Foreman are too, but I think she wins with things like in TB accusing House of making the diagnosis something she had ruled out just to spite her), mercurial in her devotion to House -- it is difficult to predict when she will support him and when she will turn on him. Foreman Positive: he does want to learn as much as possible from House Negative: stabber (back, leg, whatever), vindictive (reminding House that he got the diagnosis in Meaning wrong after Cameron had told him House had been right was nasty), arrogant, humorless.

Cool idea, Poeia. Foreman Positive: Confident -Much like House said, humility does you no good if you're right Willing to challenge House- I know some people see this as a negative, but Foreman's challenging House forces House to up his game and prove he's right. I believe it's the main reason House hired Foreman. Negative: Cocky- Well, sometimes our strengths can also be our weaknesses and Foreman's confidence borders arrogance sometimes Inability to think outside the box or outside his area of expertise- Tends to think everything is a neurological problem. Cameron Positive: Persistent- She doesn't give up easily and is willing to advocate for her patients. Ethical- So maybe she isn't always as ethical as she likes to thinks she is, however, she does try to remind House that he's dealing with human beings and not puzzles. Can be very warm and caring, and can be a good negotiator at times Negative: Obsessive: Like Foreman her strength is also her weakness at times, and Cam's persistence can border obsessiveness. Judgemental- Cam's great if she likes you, but don't piss her off. Inability to seperate her personal life from her professional one- Cam tends to carry her personal issues with others into the ddx with her (Her going against all of Wilson's suggestions in MLC and Chase's at various times in S3 seemed to have more to do with her issues with them than any real medical conviction) Chase: Positives: Ability to ignore the surrounding drama and focus on the task at hand- Some see this as him being a kiss ass, but I see it as being professional. Ability to consider all the possibilities- "What if it's a symptom?" Ability to admit he's wrong and move on- If a test comes back showing Chase's theory wrong, he's often the first to say "Well, it wasn't disease x" and move on with the ddx. He doesn't seem to need to stroke his own ego in the manner that Foreman and sometimes even Cameron do. Negatives: Too easily manipulated- Sometimes this boy really needs to learn to say "no" Tends to take the path of least resistance- Will often do what's easiest or what's going to get him the least amount of grief from others, particularly House.

Foreman Positive: I do like his confidence. I also appreciate that he's stood up to House from the beginning, which obviously House also appreciates and wants to cultivate in the newbies. I believe Cuddy when she tells him in Guardian Angels that of all the old team, he is the one House most respects. Negative: Thinks a bit too highly of himself. There's being confident, and then there's what he did in Pilot (I think it may have been one of the deleted scenes, I can't remember) where he lists to C&C the prestigious fellowships he turned down just so that he could sit around. Chase Positive: He's pretty. Just kidding. I believe he's the best diagnostician of three, and of CCF, he's the one that House can point to with pride (if he ever would) and say, "See? I am a good teacher because I made that." Negative: Bit too much of a suck-up. Easily manipulated, as I think someone else mentioned. He took being fired for no reason way too well. At the same time, the Vogler betrayal was not cool at all. Sometimes I think he cared more about keeping his job than his patients. And I don't like how he judged the little girl in Heavy. Cameron Positive: I like how she evolved into one who stands up to House. Her quip about how she's the one hitting Nurse Wendy and it's totally hot still cracks me up. It's cool when she can throw House for a loop for what she says, rather than what she wears (still bitter about All In). Negative: Oh, where do I begin? The way she would lecture to Cuddy and Wilson during Tritter pissed me off to no end. What the hell does she really know about House that these two haven't been aware of for years? Going on a date or two with the man does not give her the right to be his little protector, especially against people who know him a hell of a lot better than she ever will. The end of Babies & Bathwater is perhaps the unethical thing that's ever taken place on the show. Refusing to work unless you can go on a date with your boss? No. She's way too judgmental where she shouldn't be, and she's way too nice where she shouldn't be. She has yet to find her middle ground.

Foreman Positive: Confidant of himself and can stand up to House when it is needed which I really appreciated. Negative: Arrogant at times and can be a backstabber when a good opportunity presents itself. He is also judgemental of people's social backgroung with the lady in House Traning and in Acceptance Chase Positve: The best dignostician out of the three who can be objective and get on with his job despite his bias againest overweight people. He never lets his personal feelings interefere with the job. He either treats them or stays out of the case. Neagative: He can be easily maunipulated and has a hard time standing up for himself particualry when it comes to House but since season three he has grown out of that factor. Cameron Positive: She never gives up on her patients and has fought for her patients on several occasions. She has an overall warm and compassionate nature. She doesn't give up on House and constantly fights for him like she did in Cain and able when Cuddy and wilson were trying to teach him "humility" and cameron arguing that he doesn't need to be like the rest of us and he is a unique person. She understands House better than cuddy and wilson at times but will draw the line when it gets to a certain point. I like that she dresses in an appropriate and in my view as an adult with a taste for old fashioned and classy sophisticated clothes. I like that she has an ethical code. I also like that she can throw back barbs and sarcastic comments to House which at times can throw him off the track. She has worked very hard to get where she was. I liked how she stood up to cuddy and wilson in cain and able and in MLC excpet for the lecture to wilson but did have a valid point. She never gives up in hopless situations. She can be a good negotiator at times for House Negative: She is self righteous and judgemental of people who doesn't meet her standards and hurts her patients or she can wear her heart on her sleeve and care too much for the patient. Overall it fits under the unbrella of allowing her emotions to take over. She is a socially awkward person who gives me the impression that she didn't experience having a social life in her teen years and therefore did not get the chance to filter the bad mud that was in her. She can be immature at times and her persistance of things some times can boarder on obsession. She also has trouble separating professional from personal but has improved on that.