TV Review: House, MD - "Mirror Mirror"
Published November 04, 2007
Before they begin medicating, there is one last test that needs to be done. Cuddy and House are seen in the patient’s room to determine who the dominant personality is. The exchange is somewhat heated and the patient tells them both to shut up. The patient then tells Cuddy that she has nice breasts and House smiles. House is the alpha dog. He does a silly, childish, yet endearing (especially for swooning Hugh Laurie fans) little victory dance as Foreman and the team members learn who the real boss is.
Despite the fact that it was House who made the correct diagnosis, all of the team members get to keep their jobs. Foreman realizes the reason why no one was fired was because House was colluding with Chase who was taking bets on which of the Fellows would be fired. House gets to keep half of the pot. Foreman tells House that he’ll keep his mouth shut about the collusion to keep his job. As they walk out of the hospital together it seems that House has accepted the fact that Foreman will be staying, but the balance of power has been restored.
- TV Review: House, MD - "Mirror Mirror"
- Published: November 04, 2007
- Type: Review
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Video: Drama, Video: TV Recap, Video: Television
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bliffle --
It seems that you don't like the character -- why watch the show if you dislike him so much?
house is a great show, a lot of people are working hard just to pleased us who are watching it so if u dont like it then don't watch it simple as that...
By God biffle, you seem to assume an awfull lot about what women think and fantasize about House.
I hardly think anyone in their right mind would think of House as a hero who will slay their enemies and obey their every wish.
There is nothing in the writing that even slightly suggests that.
I don't know who you think is fantasizing about House falling madly in love with them.
House, is after all just an imaginary TV character.
Maybe some are fantasizing about the actor Hugh Laurie falling madly in love with them, but Hugh is practically the total opposite of Gregory House, so that takes the logic right out of your post, now doesn't it. ;-)
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Piffle.
House is no hero. He's a drug-addled mono-maniac who ruthlessly disregards every rule and every person who gets in his way. What you think is noble rebellion is just petulant self-indulgence that you wouldn't put up with for 3 minutes if your 4 year old child did it. What you think is 'morals' or 'ethics' is nothing more than monomania expressed as a deadly consistency. He betrays every trust.
Sure, women go all gooey over him because they desire a hero who will slay their enemies and ensconce them in a luxurious lifestyle. And, of course, submit to their every wish; better, anticipate their every wish. So they fantasize House falling hopelessly in love with them, and even going so far as to remember their anniversary. Not very noble.
Men do the same thing, they just don't gush over it. But the homo-erotic subtext of conventional superhero stories has been written about extensively before.
Such fantasies always end up in disaster. It's a well-worn path.