*Spoilers!*
Poison (or The Case of the Thrifty Kids with a Knack for
Ripped Jeans)
Quote: “Her only sign
of mental illness is that she disagrees with you. Some would consider that a
sign of sanity.” - Cuddy
Overall Thoughts/Observances:
This
episode has one of my favorite House scenes
of all time.
House: “I’m
assuming ‘minimum at best’ is your stiff upper lip British way of saying ‘No chance in Hell.’”
Chase: “I’m
Australian.”
House: “You
put the Queen on your money, you’re British.”
I find this
pass between House and Chase so funny because 1) well, it is funny, and 2) Hugh Laurie (the brilliant man who plays House) is
British. He does an amazing American accent, but yes, he’s from across the pond
(for me, at least – hello, all Brits reading this :). So he’s basically just
insulted his home country. And it’s hilarious.
Just had to
say that outright. Please tell me I’m not the only one who finds that scene so
funny!
Okay, back
to the actual review…
Our focus
character this episode is Foreman. Cameron, the patient’s mom, and especially
House himself all claim that Foreman is just like House. It all starts with
House trying to get Foreman to say he doesn’t really care about their newest
patient, he just finds the illness intriguing (which is a very House-like
reaction, obviously). Foreman fights House off, but soon enough Cameron has
started seeing the similarities between Foreman and House as well.
We find out
they even wear the same shoes (which is a great addition, in my opinion). And
actually, as we look at Foreman throughout the episode, he is like House. He’s
more interested in the case rather than the patient, (the mother calls him
‘just as pompous has he [House] is' as he’s helping implement the treatment) and
he’s very satisfied when they find the answer. However, instead of going and
talking to the mother and the kid on the way out, he decides to go along with
House in the elevator instead, leaving the caring and sharing up to Cameron.
And then, there’s this:
This is why
I love House.
The Case and the Patient:
I actually
found the case quite interesting for this episode – they really had to dig deep
for the answer, and when they found it, it was something pretty normal. A guy
selling stolen clothes to kids for less had managed to get poison on the
clothes. That’s something that could feasibly happen. I mean, the point of all House cases is that they’re technically
possible. But this just seemed more realistic.
The mother
of Patient #1 and the parents of Patient #2 were all very convincing.
Protective, caring, and worried, just as parents would be. I do like how we saw
the Mom of P #1 fighting against House’s advice, and having The Team deal with
that. Of course The Team is going to get doubted when their first guess is
wrong – and of course people are going to turn on them when they feel like
another trial would put their ‘babies’ in danger. It’s a thing that happens,
and House portrayed it well.
I can’t
really judge the patients because they were pretty much out for the whole
episode, but am I the only one who thinks about how hard it must be to act like
you’re having a seizure? I mean, you’re flailing all over the place. That takes
energy! I’m serious! I couldn’t do that for as long as the House guys have to. Oh well. Guess they’ll never cast me for a
seizing patient role.
The Clinic:
MULTI-FANDOM ACTOR SPOTTED! MULTI-FANDOM ACTOR SPOTTED!
YES! I LOVE it when I find actors who have been in more than
one TV show I watch! It’s like an easter egg, and you get to see more of a
(usually) good actor. The multi-fandom actor in this episode is Kurt Fuller. The first thing I saw him in
was Psych as Woody, and after I saw
this episode I saw him in Supernatural as
Zachariah. He had a short role as the syphilis lady’s son, but I was happy to
see him even for those few minutes.
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| In Psych as Woody |
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| In Supernatural as Zachariah |
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| In House as Mark Adams |
Speaking of syphilis lady… this clinic case made me chuckle a few times. How can you not laugh after seeing House getting hit on by an 80-something-year-old, and then being read her poetry by Wilson (it was actually a pretty good poem, too – good on her)? I wish we could have more clinic cases like these. They’re a House specialty.
Last Words:
It feels like House is
settling in. A case happens, House tries a cure (with the optional ‘House gets
Foreman to break into the patient’s house’ beforehand), it doesn’t work, he
gets a little more information, he tries another cure, and that
doesn’t work, and then he suggests a risky cure that only part of the Team
supports him on, and either that one works or the next one does. Also,
we have Cuddy in there telling House not to do the thing (and then subsequently
House does the thing), and Wilson giving us a couple laughs plus some insight
into House. Not a bad rhythm, I think. But how long will it stay? And what will
happen when it inevitably changes?
Rating: 9.4/10
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