Tuesday, January 29, 2008

House, "It's A Wonderful Lie" review

This episode was particularly odd because it was about a mother and her daughter who supposedly never lied to one another. Mom told daughter about all of her sexual escapades. They think that her sexual escapades are part of the mom's problem - temporary paralysis due to use of ecstasy. But then, she goes blind, too - and that's clearly not a result of x, so they're back to the drawing board.
(Spoiler alert)
Eventually, they learn that she has cancer, and that her daughter, who offered to complete the bone marrow transplant for her is not, in reality, her daughter at all, but a kid mom took off of another woman who didn't want a child. The woman asked that the mom not ever let her daughter know who her real mom was.

For some reason, House took great joy in the fact that the daughter had told her mother that she would die - without question - if she wouldn't allow the bone marrow test.

I like House... I like that he genuinely cares about doing his job well - whether or not his means of doing so are questionable.

I like the team that House has assembled. They work well together, and I think Thirteen is great (does she have a real name now???). I also like they play with House, particularly in this episode. House needs people who can hold their own around him... and they can.

Why would House feel the need for gifts to such an extent that he would only put his own name in the hat? Doesn't he realize they're not dumb enough to fall for that? HE hired them for goodness sake.

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