In a musical montage, we discover poor sad Wilson is staying in a hotel, and poor sad Cuddy is testing negative, and, therefore, heroically putting up with House's taunts about being pregnant without gouging his eyes out. Before that, we discover it's Foreman, not Wilson, who's dating Wendy the Peds Nurse Babe, and so he wins the $200 bet House put on Wilson lying about the affair. Way to go, Foreman — on both counts.
It's only at the end of the episode that House learns what his revenge-seeking clinic patient does for a living. Tritter pulls him over for speeding on his motorcycle, and having made his own deductions about House from their encounters, decides to search him on suspicion of narcotics possession.
Of course, there's a stash of pills in House's jacket pocket. Proving he's got freakish insight into House's character after two brief meetings, Tritter dismisses House's suggestion that a cripple working in a hospital wouldn't have any trouble getting a prescription. "Arrogant son of a bitch like you, I bet you didn't bother." That pretty much sums up House's MO for a lot of his actions, and from a few episodes back, we know Tritter is right.
While House's over the top moments are usually highlights of an episode, the subtlety of Hugh Laurie's "holy crap, I'm in trouble" face at the end proves, again, that sometimes the most effective acting comes from the quieter moments.
I can't imagine how House is going to get out of this. Apparently, neither can he. I doubt we'll find out the answer next week, but Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. on FOX is our chance to see Morse and Laurie go toe to cane again.
Article comments
1 - Joan Hunt
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2 - DJRadiohead
Another great writeup of my favorite show on TV, Diane. Well done. I agree with you, I think they are going to drag this Tritter storyline along for awhile.
3 - Nancy
I agree with DJRadiohead, Diane, great job. You hit the nail on the head with Cameron's conflict-of-interest conflict; that bothered me right away. Re the funny lines: I missed some because my friends and I were laughing so much already. I need TiVo!
4 - Phillip Winn
I jumped to the bottom, because I haven't seen the episode yet. Halloween, you know. Trick-or-treating. :-(
5 - Erynn
David Morse is always fantastic, and I definitely have a feeling he is going to be a continuing nemesis for House.
Was it just me, or were there more witty quips than normal, which is saying a lot for this show?
6 - MO-gal
It was a great ep. The power of Hugh Laurie's performance, his eyes show so much, is a joy to watch. Morse comes off as a worthy foe, and Robert Sean Leonard should get some kind of award for making Wilson so layered with such a small amount of screen time.
7 - Beth
Excellent synopsis! And yes: it was wittier than any episode in recent memory. Thank goodness the silly baseball games are over...
8 - cardoso
Great review.
I think he can get away if Wilson writes a prescription, and backdates it, but the price will be high, veru high.
Oh, and you´re right. The moment House becomes Mark Green or Doug Ross, it´s over.