Fortunately, House uses his deductive reasoning and snooping-into-personal-lives skills to figure out that dad is having an affair with the kids' daycare teacher before the surgery proceeds. To keep up with his younger woman, he's been using something he might have bought from a spam e-mail, a cream whose hormones have leached through his skin and into his kids. It was a bit of a reach for me, and the turns to get to the end of the road seemed more interesting than the destination itself, but it did allow for another great Housian moment.
Dad: If I stop using it?House: You'll be floppy. They'll be fine. [Sees Jasper picking on his sister.] He'll still be eight.
Since their heart-to-heart moment was so rudely interrupted by a teeth-to-arm moment, Chase decides to continue his conversation with Cameron by leaving her (unstolen) flowers. She is touched, but reiterates her position that she doesn't want a relationship with him. "I know," he says. Considering the guy's dad died, and he's had money issues, and he's been horribly picked on by House, this seems wrong, but I've never felt as much compassion for the guy, and never rooted for him as much. He's using his brain rather than his floppy parts, and laying some long-term groundwork in the pursuit of what he wants. And who can resist a guy bearing flowers, after all?
House has not quite as many social skills as Chase, but that doesn't prevent Cuddy from trying to talk seriously with him about how hard relationships are, especially when you add the May-December aspect, as they watch dad, kids, and young girlfriend walk out of the hospital.
After telling Wilson that men only invite women to plays when they want to see them naked, and after his hilariously conflicted jealousy over Wilson asking Cuddy to a play, and after "Top Secret" where we learned what we learned about House and Cuddy, there's a lot behind House's final invitation to Cuddy: "I got tickets to a play."
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1 - Kaonashi
I thought the medical aspects of the episode were as reaching and far-fetched as you thought, but I enjoyed the interpersonal actions among the characters. Chase is downright lovable in this episode. I can't understand why Cameron wouldn't want to date him. He's a nice guy, he's intelligent and charming, they get along as friends and co-workers, and I suppose he was really good in bed.
2 - Diane Kristine
Ha, yes, she seemed pretty satisfied in that department. I suspect she's still harbouring the House crush, though. But Chase seems prepared to wait and charm her.
3 - Kaonashi
To quote Chase when he and Foreman found out that Cameron was going on a date with House:
"But he's so...old."
What's it going to take for Cameron to become attracted to Chase? Does he need to be hit by a bus? Develop cancer? Become an arrogant know-it-all drug addict? Girl is crazy.
4 - Morgenstern
I really liked this episode. Everybody seems to be acting like House (going home and letting the others do the work, bullying parents into consent for unnecessary surgery) but House himself. And the fun is back in the series, hooray! Highest giggle factor since season 2 for me! Oh and Diane: "Since their heart-to-heart moment was so rudely interrupted by a teeth-to-arm moment [...]" - that made me laugh out loud, too! ;o)
5 - Amrita
I dont know - I heard some anvils ring. I bet House and Cameron are headed somewhere with all this smoke in the other direction.
Which isn't fair coz I'm now officially a Huddy shipper. Sigh.
6 - Diane Kristine
My guess is that they'll keep sporadically playing with House-Cuddy and House-Cameron, with a little House-Wilson subtext thrown in for fun, through the run of the series.