Thirteen and Cole return with the patient’s name and a small box of his belongings from the glove compartment. House wants to know why Thirteen volunteered to go in search of the car, and decides to use the patient’s mirror syndrome as a way of getting some information about her. Amusingly, the plan backfires. Thirteen replaces Foreman on the biopsy. But with House in the room, House is the dominant personality. The patient only mirrors the fact that House thinks Thirteen is hot and that House is frustrated at not learning anything personal about her. House leaves the room to get Kutner to replace him. While Thirteen is alone with the patient, we learn that she is scared. Her self-confidence has been shaken by the death of the patient in the wheelchair. When she reports the findings of the biopsy to House, she denies that the patient revealed anything about her, saying the patient is delightful and loves life. Her secrets are safe.
It is not until House dresses in the patient’s clothes and enters the room carrying the box of his belongings that we learn anything about the patient. House did everything to appear as similar to the patient as he could – he wore boring brown shoes and a sports jacket, combed his hair in a side part, walked without his cane and even spoke in a quiet voice. House began talking about the things in the patient’s box to try to stimulate some memories. The patient remembered eating in the restaurants that House named from reading the receipts in the box. House pulled out a tube of vapor rub from the box and handed it to the patient. The patient applied it to his nose, saying that it kept out the smell of dung. House realizes the problem. The patient sold farm equipment and had picked up an infection from pig poop. He just needed medication and would be cured.
Before they begin medicating, there is one last test that needs to be done. Cuddy and House are seen in the patient’s room to determine who the dominant personality is. The exchange is somewhat heated and the patient tells them both to shut up. The patient then tells Cuddy that she has nice breasts and House smiles. House is the alpha dog. He does a silly, childish, yet endearing (especially for swooning Hugh Laurie fans) little victory dance as Foreman and the team members learn who the real boss is.
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. ;-)