Episode By: Lawrence Kaplow
*Spoilers!*
*Spoilers!*
Paternity (or The
Case of the Lacrosse Kid with Bad Dreams)
Quote: “You know the problem? ‘Midnight’ is
actually spelled with a G and an H. If we could just figure out what those
letters stand for.” – House
Overall Thoughts/Observances:
House,
sitting in the clinic, eating a lollipop. Why, you may ask? To avoid, as he
tells Wilson, five minutes of clinic duty. House is absolutely hilarious.
The
character development in this episode was pretty evenly spread out – something
I enjoyed a lot. As I said in my last review, even though House is obviously
our hero, it’s nice to have other characters you can root for… or hate. Depending on the day. However, I think the
character who got the most development (other than House) was Cameron.
Yes, let’s
talk about Cameron. She fakes House’s signature to get House to take the case.
I don’t know whether I should admire her or be annoyed at her. Can I do both?
I admire
her because she was willing to stand against House. She obviously cared enough
about this boy’s case that she was able to overcome the fear of retribution and
just force House to look at the kid. Which did end up saving the patient’s
life.
But she
also seems a little bit stuck-up and superior. That’s why House guessed that
she was an only child. Because he feels she makes everything about herself. Of
course, same could be said for House himself, but… I’ll have to see about
Cameron. Fear I’m not going to like her very much sometimes.
Speaking of
Cameron, anyone else notice how much Chase was joking around with her? Hmm…
well, if there’s a ship going to happen in the Team, I suppose that’s the one
I’d be rooting for. Foreman’s nice, but… well, you can’t beat Chase. The hair.
I mean, look at it. It’s magical.
It’s like Loki’s, but blonde. Maybe he’s really Loki’s brother.
(Do you see it? Or am I just insane? I mean, I
am insane, but…)
Sorry,
sorry. Back to the point…
I really
liked the little side-competition we had going on in this episode. House
gradually draws everyone into the beat that the father is not the father (I
love it when episode titles are perfect) and, of course, he ends up taking all
of their money. 600 bucks from Wilson. I’d be annoyed, too. But obviously the test of the mother and
father’s DNA is what provides House with the answer to the case (that and the
clinic case, which I’ll talk about later).
True,
doctors doing DNA tests without consent and betting on patient’s family
relations isn’t really a professional thing to do. But c’mon. As Chase said in the last episode, the Team
likes to ignore the rules. I mean, House hired Foreman because he broke into someone’s house (haha, yes!
Unintended pun! Oh, that’s bad, isn’t it? Ah…). And it is obvious ignoring
restrictions is one of House’s hobbies. So there’s really no reason to assume
that they wouldn’t go through with
the bet. Plus, it’s a TV show. Like this can be expected to be realistic.
This was a
fun episode. The case was serious, but hey, kid turned out fine. And House got
to be right again along the way. What’s there to complain about?
The Case and the
Patient:
While
watching House, I always judge the patients and the families (if there are any)
on how interesting they are. Maybe it’s a bad habit, but since the case is all
about the patient in the first place, I like to try and give them some
attention of their own.
This
patient had a nice opening sequence, with the lacrosse game. You know it’s
going to be him that has the “unsolvable” illness (though House become infamous for misdirection later on), and after knowing
the title is “Paternity” you take a keen interest in the father during the
beginning.
Also, the
scenes where he’s having night terrors really are AWESOME. You’re 99% sure that
House isn’t really cutting off a kid’s
toe, but hey… he’s House ;)
Innocent
kid, savable condition, smart, and gets a nice connection with the team. I’m
all for it!
The Clinic:
Oh, the
clinic. House’s source of utter boredom, our source of endless entertainment. I
didn’t know you could fit so much sarcasm in so few lines.
And I love the fact that the whole “baby with
the cold” meeting ends up helping House solve the big case overall. I just LOVE IT when stuff like that happens. It
just seems so… I dunno, so Sherlock. So
neat and tidy and pretty and wrapped up in a bow.
About that.
Watching House guilt that mother about not having her child vaccinated was
very, very satisfying. Yes, he’s being harsh. But even so, he’s being harsh
while also insuring that the baby won’t contract any diseases that can be
stopped with vaccinations. He has his own way of doing it but, really, he was
just helping the kid out. While also beating the mother around for being
stupid.
Also, how House
dealt with the suing con guy was brilliant too. No one’s going to get the upper
hand for being a jerk on House. No one.
Last Words:
When House
goes and watches his lacrosse game at the end. Aww. House. You’re making me
tear up here. You’re really just a big fluffy teddy bear, aren’t you?
But that
little scene at the end, where he’s holding his cane like the lacrosse stick.
It does draw you in. As I was exiting the Netflix screen and bringing up
episode 3, I wondered when we’d figure out more about House’s past. We had a
little in the first episode, but that’s not enough for me. No, I want the whole
history. I want to know what makes House, House.
Of course,
you can’t always get what you want.
Rating: 7.4/10 (Yes, I like being specific.)
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