To prove his diagnosis, House takes the patient into an operating room where Wilson is performing surgery. Here’s where we see mirror syndrome at work. Wilson begins to lecture House about his attitude toward Foreman and the patient begins to mimic Wilson. It is apparent that in this situation, Wilson is the dominant personality; a fact that Wilson later points out to House. The patient also picks up a scalpel to cut into Wilson’s surgical patient but House stops him just in time. When House grabs his hand, he notices a rash under the patient’s surgical glove. The patient’s skin is mottled. House cuts him and notices that the blood is cold and does not flow from the wound. The patient needs to be warmed up.
Cuddy reacts to House’s clinic antics with some childishness of her own. She replaces House’s Vicodin with laxatives. Wilson catches her in the act and admonishes her for stooping to House’s level. All she needs to do is make some small concession to House to make him think that he has won. This scene is revealing in the fact that Cuddy defers to Wilson, suggesting that he is at least on equal footing with her, and when dealing with House, perhaps the superior, dominant person. The plan doesn’t work however. House sees through Cuddy’s concession and tells her that he knew about her switching his Vicodin. He warns her that he may have switched her birth control for something else. (This is my one continuity complaint about the episode – I did not know that Cuddy had given up on her bid to become pregnant.)
Thirteen and Cole go off in search of the patient’s car in order to get his real name and some clues about him. The rest of the team goes through the treatment and diagnosis process, with the patient reflecting the personality of each of the team members treating him. Amber is first, and the patient points out that while she doesn’t care that the others don’t like her, she feels she has to be right or she isn’t really anything. While doing an ultrasound of the patient’s liver, Taub is reflected by the patient as being secretly attracted to Amber’s aggressive nature. Taub denies it at first, saying he’s married, but agrees that being aggressive is not always a bad thing. Taub cuts short the session when the ultrasound reveals a tumor.
Article comments
1 - bliffle
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.
2 - cindyc
bliffle --
It seems that you don't like the character -- why watch the show if you dislike him so much?
3 - triffle
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...
4 - Claudia
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. ;-)