House sees dead people, plans a bachelor party, and almost kills Chase.
“I haven’t slept through the night since Kutner died.” House’s (the ever-amazing Hugh Laurie) grave admission to Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) towards the end of “House Divided” tells us how worried House is about his own sanity. In that confession, the normally very guarded House finally articulates the depth to which he has been affected by Kutner’s death.…
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76 - Phillip Winn
Having finally caught up on this episode and last night's, I'm glad to see that the teaser inconsistencies were simply teaser inconsistencies, and the episode delivered.
My wife said she's been waiting five years for last night. :-)
77 - Merrick J
Thank you very much for that fantastic review of a fantastic episode. I particularly enjoyed the party scenes with Wilson. Classic stuff.
78 - Mario
Hello Barbara. Thank you for all your insightful reviews after each House episode. It is my favorite ritual now to watch any episode, internalize my own thoughts and then cross-reference them with yours. Yours are truly inspired and take on a very Housian approach - logical, methodical, witty and deep.
I could mention many many things about this review, but I wanted to give you MAJOR kudos on your quick note about House setting up the party, getting it going, and then distancing himself completely from it.
Being a little bit like House in that regard myself, I had the same questions as you did prior to watching the show. It REALLY was my one and only beef with the commercials leading up to it.
I couldn't believe it at all that House would be partying. He just isn't the kind. I know how House the Character almost always seem to distance himself from the crowd (during X-mas, away from patients, etc.), so I knew there had to be SOMETHING about him that kept him away from the party.
And lo and behold, he went to the bathtub and stayed there. :)
I didn't think he was feeling lonely, I didn't think we was feeling guilty or anything like that. I just saw it as the House thing to do. It's who he is, tragic as it may look. But like he says himself: "What exactly did my team do? Some people just work better alone, sort of speak."
I can't wait for the next season.
Again, thank you for all your hard work!