While Brennan is sticking a needle in the patient’s liver, the patient picks up that Brennan is unhappy and bored with being in the hospital. Brennan withdraws a black fluid from the liver which he determines is pus that is caused by a fungus he saw when working with tsunami victims. He actually seemed happy to have found this exotic disease and realized that the patient is correct – working in the hospital is not fulfilling for him. He wants to go back to helping people who worry about not having clean drinking water. Brennan even tells House that he was going back to his overseas job, but House points out to him that his fiancée might not like it. After talking to his girlfriend, Brennan decides to stay. (I personally feel sorry for him and I’m afraid his upcoming marriage will be doomed if he chooses to kill his own dream and bury his feelings about it.)
Kutner’s interaction with the patient reveals that he likes to try new things to keep life interesting. The patient even tells Kutner to bring on the pain when Kutner draws spinal fluid, because it is a new experience. The patient also says he likes hot tubs, as if that is a new experience for him.
Foreman learns about himself from the patient as well. While talking to Cameron, Foreman maintains that he is unhappy being back at Princeton-Plainsboro, despite Cameron arguing that he likes his job. The patient echoes the same sentiments back to Foreman. He is happy to be back as part of House’s team. I think Foreman realizes that being a bit like House isn’t completely a bad thing either. House is annoying and hard to work with, but also a brilliant diagnostician.
Foreman even mimics House with the team members. Brennan objects to doing a biopsy of the patient’s heart after he suffered a heart attack. Foreman, acting very House-like, sarcastically suggests doing a biopsy of the patient’s toe instead. House and Foreman leave to biopsy the patient’s heart. On the way, House tells Foreman that he found him a job in another hospital. Foreman tells House that he doesn’t want another job. This annoys House and he sends Foreman to do the biopsy alone.
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. ;-)