Episode By: John Mankiewicz
*Spoilers!*
*Spoilers!*
The Socratic Method
(or The Case of the Misdiagnosed Mother with an Amazing Son)
Quote: “Enough organization, enough lists; we think
we can control the uncontrollable.” – Chase
Overall
Thoughts/Observances:
No no, I’m moving on…
Seeing how the Team reacted to
working with Luke (that is, the patient’s kid), was interesting. But I think we
got the most interesting response from House. House is, finally, our focus
character. About time!
We can see that he’s actually
genuinely impressed with Luke. I mean, sure, the kid screwed up, but he was
doing the best any teenager could've done. There’s no way I would’ve been able to
pull off what he did for more than a couple of months, at most.
And though House is callous with
Luke as he is with all people, you can tell that he’s not going full throttle
on the kid. He even manages to start trying to comfort him – a very un-House like thing to do.
This is actually one of the things I think House does better than the BBC
Sherlock show (I know House isn’t an exact modernization of Sherlock like the BBC
show is, but c’mon – Wilson? House?
Cases? They’re just shoving it in our faces) – House isn’t clueless to
social interaction norms, he just ignores
them, whereas BBC Sherlock’s equivalent is just hopeless when it comes to
interactions, Which is hilarious, of course. But House is up-to-date in the way
the original Sherlock in the stories was – he knows what’s going on out there,
he’s actually quite on top of the ball about the goings-on in his world. It
makes him much more realistic that way – and a bit more easy to sympathize
with. Though he’s still an arrogant prick sometimes. Well, most of the time.
Well, 90% of the time. Well…
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| I'll just leave you to the wisdom of 10. |
But in this episode, we see a slightly different side to him. And he even takes one for the Mom by covering up that she was actually the one who called Child Services. That surprised me the most. I thought he’d wholeheartedly throw the blame onto the Mother – he was wrongly accused, and House is all about the truth, right? But no, he lets himself be hated by Luke forever to get the Mom off to a smooth re-start with her kid – oh, House. If I didn’t know better, I’d almost say you were just doing it to be kind.
The Case and the
Patient:
But before
that, oh, did they break the rules – shrinking the tumor so that it could be
operated on! House! I mean, we’ve seen them side-stepping the rules before, but
fooling the surgeon – that’s a whole new level. I’m worried what else House
will have the Team do to get his patients the care he thinks they need, even if
it’s against regulations. Hmm…
As for the
patient, I think she was quite interesting. Everyone’s been telling her she’s
crazy, but then – she’s not. But she was trapped like that for years, and had
to sit by helplessly as Luke worked away at keeping her up and going. I’m
actually not that surprised she gets up the strength and concentration to call
Child Services for Luke – it’s what any Mother would do.And as to Luke, well, he’s on of my favorite House characters so far. As I said before, he’s ridiculously strong – taking care of his Mom and keeping his cool, fighting for attention from grown-ups, willing to converse with House without getting too fazed (an achievement within itself).
One more
happy ending – I wish it could always be like this!
The Clinic:
Get her a damn ice cream cake, lady – House has declared it so!
(That's all I have to say.)
Last Words:
House first
took the case because the patient was thought to be insane, and as Chase said,
House likes insane people because “They’re not boring.” But he ends it because
once he’s started, he can’t stop – the thicker the problem, the more he’ll look
into it. Maybe he didn’t get his psycho patient after all. But Wilson’s disease
– well, that seemed to satisfy him in the end.
Rating: 8.9/10
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