![]() ![]() This is my favourite episode to date, but I can understand people not liking it. They are entitled to their opinion, but it's obvious they missed the point of this episode, and it skewed their opinion. It's a shame all these negative reviews put a damper on this episode. ![]() But if you're actually paying attention, there is a ton of detail, depth, philosophy, and a great examination of the human condition. There's tons of episodes of House curing someone's rare ambiguous affliction. There is also a great use of contrast in this episode, with humor, in difference to the obviously dark main topic. Of course there is no physical puzzle for House to solve. Ask why? What is the context this time? Why are they doing that? What people seem to miss is the puzzle in this one. There is a reason it's obvious like that. ![]() Are there moments where the episode highlights the base characters of Chase, Cameron and Foreman? Sure. There is a character with a counter- argument. More-so than the usual House episodes focusing on atheism every now and then. People are too busy generalizing the characters to notice that this episode really highlights more on philosophy and how it relates to human perspective. This is really a rare and exceptional episode amongst a series of great episodes. the point and the strenght of this revelation, i think, is not that he's been abused - but the Revelation itself, the fact that he suddenly opens up and talks to her without his mask of sarcasm and bitterness. it's just another piece of the big puzzle which is house, along with many other pieces. not at all, neither does house uses it as an excuse. and for those of you who didn't like the child-abuse idea - the thing is, i don't think the writers meant for us to say: "oh, so that's why he's the way he is". it was so amazing, that it made it believable for him to eventually open up to her. ![]() she did challenge him (both Laurie and house.) and the dynamic between the two of them was amazing. and Winnick - this is my first encounter with this actress and i was amazed. if it did annoy you - it did it's job and did it well! aside from that - Hugh Laurie is (as usuall) phenomenal. Other than maybe "three stories" and "no reason", this is definitely one of the best! it deals with powerful controversial issues, which is maybe why some people found it disturbing - but that's the whole point! a show like "house", or any other show come to think of it, is not suppose to make everyone agree with it - it's suppose to make you think or even annoy you. It is a situation where she has to stare a dying man in the face during his last days and he won't allow her to empathize. In this episode, she is confronted with a patient how demands that he be allowed to suffer until he dies. When the patient is dying, she goes out of her way to make the patient as comfortable as possible (as any doctor would). She can't bring herself to tell someone that they are dying. From early in the series, she would freeze up when dealing with terminal patients. Cameron has always had an aversion to dealing with death. She kept House in her zone where he was forced to deal with the personal interaction and her emotions. I think that she was saying that to House when he tried to shift their discussions and fall back into his logic and analysis mode. There have been several comments about the woman continually reminding House that she was raped. Imagine him then being placed in a room with a victim of rape, which is about as personal and emotional as it gets. He also avoids, at all costs, talking about anything truly personal and dealing with emotional issues. House always wants to stay away from patients and focus purely on science, analysis, and solving the puzzle. What was clever about it was that in both House's interaction with the raped girl, and Cameron's interaction with the old man, was that they were forced to face the things that they fear the most. I thought this episode was among the best. ![]()
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