House battles his inner demons while treating a prima ballerina.
” I’ve been popping pills for years, what changed?” House asks Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) as he tries in this week’s episode of House, M.D. to deal with his intensifying visions of Amber. So much in House’s life has changed over the course of this season, and with Kutner’s death, lack of sleep and medicating himself even further with Vicodin just to try keep the demons at bay, he seems to have only unleashed them — or rather her.…
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— go to most recent comments26 - XJK
nc - hi! What I meant to say is that I think its an old attraction thats rekindled recently. I am the hugest Huddy shipper, the chemistry between them is so obvious, and yes, present tense, my comment was simply noting that I don't think that it's 2o years of unrequited love, rather an attraction that has led to love over the years. I personally don't like the idea that Cuddy, a very strong female character, has been waiting for him all this time with something like a school girl crush, and I think (as Barbara hinted in her article) that others may not like the idea either, so wanted to put my take on the conversation forward.
Sorry for lack of clarity in original post :)
27 - barbara barnett
Thank you Sara! I loved how LE played Cuddy in her scenes with House. Cuddy played well off of House's despair, feeling every emotion with him. then House responding to Cuddy's gentle touch even after the incident in the bathroom left him no dignity. He let her in to see his pain and anguish. Gaah.
28 - Donna
Barbara-
This episode is a perfect example of why I love House. Usually I wait a few days before I re-watch a House episode. Just finished a second viewing this afternoon. I was absolutely absorbed from the opening scene (loved the ballet rehearsal) through to the last one. POTW story paralleled w/House's psychological roller coaster ride was masterfully executed to we viewers. I admit to being emotionally shaken myself and on the edge of my seat beginning about 20 minutes into the ep., thanks to the performances of HL, AD (you know she had to have really enjoyed playing this twisted, devious and dangerous version of House/Amber!) RSL and LE.
Luisa- agree w/you about Taub. He has begun to solve cases esp. since the loss of Kutner. And lots of credit to Chase and Taub who were determined- and did get a successful resolution to the ballerina's case- when Foreman said it was over.
Does anyone wonder if Chase will have more involvement on House's team either temporarily or as an 'as needed consult' next season to fortify it's diagnosis abilities?
Another great review Barbara. Can't wait to hear more of your and other readers insights over the next week. BTW, I'm not done re-watching either!
29 - Twinkie
Hello Barbara--great review, thanks! I wonder what happened to Wilson? He was taking House to rehab and then House turned to Cuddy for help. Why didn't Wilson come along, why didn't he stay at House's apartment, too? Any thoughts?
30 - barbara barnett
Twinkie--I think Wilson probably touched base with Cuddy during this time. Wilson's and knows he's in good hands. Maybe Wilson enjoyed having not to deal with House's issues. And he could go back to his practice.
31 - Lentils
In the bathroom scene when House was crawling towards the discarded pill, Amber said that if he took the pill, he didn't deserve Cuddy, and if he took the pill behind Cuddy's back, then he didn't deserve anyone. Yet House still reached for the pill anyway. This kind of self defeating behavior is astonishing...just goes to show how intolerable his pain is and how he honestly believes that he didn't deserve anyone. He also believed that the reason Cuddy was there was for the sake of the hospital, and not for him. Aww House... :(
Maybe I'm sadistic, but I really really enjoyed the scene where House is detoxing, and I wish it could've gone on longer. Hugh Laurie is absolutely amazing beyond words. Loved the Amber restaurant scene, too.
I also don't believe that the Huddy scene at the end was a figment of House's imagination. If it is, I'll be really angry haha.
Oh and btw, ECT can be used to treat schizophrenia as well as depression. Even though schizophrenia usually manifests in early adulthood, drug-induced schizophrenia can occur later in life, so it was a legitimate (if not very probable) possibility.
32 - Kit Sum
Great review, Barbara Barnett. I have always loved reading your reviews.
This episode is superb. I cannot decide which one is better- House Divided, or Under My Skin. Breathtaking performance by Hugh Laurie, as always, Anne Deduk, Lisa Edelstein (I love her), and Robert Sean Leandro. Hugh, Lisa, and Robert have great chemistry together. Anne. Just amazing. She should have a permanent role in the series!
Hugh, Lisa, and Anne totally deserve an Emmy just from this episode.
My favorite scenes in this episode are Huddy in the office and all the scenes showing House detoxing. They are heartbreaking. House asking Cuddy for help really shows his feeling for Cuddy and what he thinks about her. Like Barbara and other people said, House needs Cuddy because she's the only one who knows him well enough to put up with him and to support him. Now to the detoxing scene. I don't know how Hugh manages to do that, but seriously, he really seemed like he was detoxing and going through a lot of pain. That haunted me. Also, the face Cuddy had when House was holding her hand saddened me. Cuddy was/is really worried about House. Beautiful scene played by the two of them. That would probably glue to me for the rest of my life. Same thing goes for the bathroom scene. I had tears in my eyes when I watched it. Someone brought it up in her/his comment about what Amber said when House tried to take the pill. Great observation. House actually hesitated a bit. I loved that. Thank God Cuddy beat him and flushed it into the toilet! I love the college talk and the line "I haven't lied to you in 20 years." That was soooooo sweet. I'm so glad that Cuddy, or the show, finally reveals some past history of Huddy. Cuddy was into him when she was an undergrad, and she is still into him. However, I don't know what's changed in Cuddy that made her "confess."
Now, to the made out scene. That kiss Cuddy gave House was very sweet. IMO Cuddy wanted to tell House he would be okay and she will always be there to support and to help him. I also think that House was actually expecting a peck, but instead he received a very sweet kiss from Cuddy. He looked a little surprised and shocked afterward. Then one thing lead to another. You know how it goes. Anyway, I really love how House closed the door, pushed Cuddy to the wall and they kissed. That was hot. It's totally different from what the kiss they shared in Joy. I love both though.
I was a little thrown off when Cameron and Chase talked about the sperm and stuff. It just didn't fit the episode. However, I'm sure this little thing would lead to a bigger and more significant action between Chameron in the future. So I don't really mind!
33 - Kit Sum
Oh. I forgot to mention that I don't think the last scene was an hallucination. There's no clue (at least to me) in the episode that foreshadowed that was an hallucination. Also, I read LE's interview. She said that there would be a big change between Huddy in the finale. If House and Cuddy really didn't have sex, how was that going to change anything?
34 - Patann
Please, can Hugh Laurie have his Emmy now?
He deserves it after that mindblowing performance last night, so intense, edgy and the ending - wow.
Barbara, I've been reading your reviews on House every week for a long time and this is the first time I've added a comment here. I'm always eager to read your insightful views of House, they are so well written and express what makes the show spectacular (most of the time!).
Can't wait to read your review of the season finale!
35 - barbara barnett
Patann and all first-time commenters: welcome! Just so you all know, the RSS feed link now work for the comments sections again! Thanks too for all of your kind comments about this space. I'm as excited as everyone else about the finale.
36 - Sera G
Amazing, Barbara!
That applies to both your review and last night's episode. I think this season has just gotten better and better.
Many people already said so much of what I was thinking, and some things I had not considered.
Chase and Cameron...what to do about her? She is so guarded and puts barriers in the way of her own peace of mind. Who does that sound like? I would like to see these two find happiness, but Chase deserves so much more than the crumbs she allows him. I hope the crying in the promo is her telling him she has been an idiot and wants a total commitment between them. Chase is so sure of what he wants and his patience is admirable. Who would have suspected that from the spoiled brat playboy from season 1.
Others have used the word, but it is the only thing that fits; chilling! Amber's scenes were just chilling. I thought they couldn't top the strawberry allergy, but they did. She is an amazing actress. I wondered if TPTB regreted letting Anne Dudek go and keeping 13. Sorry fans of 13. However, she has been so much more effective as the manifestation of House's darkest fears. Kudos to her!
Now, on to my favorite subject. I LOVED the whole detox sequence. The fact that House went to Cuddy shows, as has been said, his unstinting trust in her. She knows, values and cares for him. Those emotions are evident in all the seasons. Just as House can read her, Cuddy knows him and he can't get away with faking this time. I loved her patience, comfort and stability. Lisa is terrific. She and Hugh are incredible. Together they are magic.
As Barbara said, House went to Cuddy with his leg pain and now with his mental anguish. He knows that he can count on her. After all, she has proven it over and over. I won't recite all of the examples but; protecting him from Vogler, trusting his extreme medical solutions, perjuring herself and now staying with him through a horrible detox. That is more than friendship.
I must repectfully disagree with XJK that Cuddy dragging out a 20 year memory was not a declaration of love. I found that scene very emotional and telling. Here is a woman who became intrigued by the "legend" and put herself in a position to get to know him. She audits the endrocrinology class and is doubly rewarded; finding her future specialty and the man who is THE MAN for her. The look on Cuddy's face and then on House's made me think that she was telling him, in their 'code' that she has loved him for 20 years and will love him for 20 more.
I do not believe that the kiss and subsequent love making (not calling it sex. I've waited 4 years and 23 episoded for love making!) were a hallucination. That would be too much of a cheat to make his agony, the baring of their feelings, the passion they poured out in this kiss, (even more than in "Joy") just imagination. That is my hope anyway.
What is ahead? Those darn promos are quite clever at making things appear as they are not. I hope that Cuddy's tears are not disappointment that he has slipped with the Vicodin (she could handle that, probably even expects a long time addict to relapse) or anger that he confided in Wilson. I am going to pretend that he tells Wilson because he feels so happy. Yes, I used the 'h' word in the same sentence with House. Why can't he be happy for a little while? I know that there are troubles ahead, but it would be fun to see a little relief for House/Cuddy and Wilson after all they have been through.
I speculate that Cuddy will be the one to pull away from her feelings, either because it is too soon after the detox to trust House's emotional state or because her 20 year 'dream' just might be coming true. She has a bit of a problem with happiness, too. I would love to see House pursue her and convince Cuddy that it wasn't just sex (or hormones as they show in the promo).
Sorry I went on so long. I could probably go on further, I have been anticipating this episode and it didn't disappoint me.
It will be great to look back at this season as a whole over the long, long, long summer.
Barbara, looking forward to your interview with Doris Egan. Again, many thanks for this wonderful place to put the House pieces together.
37 - Debbie
Excellent review, as always, Barbara!
Best episode of the season. Period.
It was chilling, compelling and haunting.
And as far as Chase and Cameron, Chase deserves someone better than Cameron. He's been incredibly patient with her, and she does not appreciate him.
I would love to see you do a character analysis on Chase as you did with Cameron!
Can't wait for the poll!
38 - barbara barnett
Sera--I also hope that's what Cameron's crying about. I think Chase is one of the best written characters on the show. Chase has consistently grown and matured during five seasons, as you say, from playboy to a good surgeon and a patient, loving man!
39 - Peachie
Well, I think this was a dream. Remember House going to sleep in the sleep room at the hospital.. They never did play that up correctly. It started with House going to bed and the next scene was him coming into Wilson's office and Wilson asking if the sleep helped. That scene just did something to me... it didn't seem right. The other part was Cuddy going after House. First, they would not have been in the same class. House was a senior and Cuddy (a freshman) would not have been able to audit the class if you were not accepted into Med School. I hope its not true, but in my soul I believe that House hallucinated all of it. Plus, are you going to tell me that Wilson wouldn't have gone and told Cuddy that House was hallucinating.... Or Foreman going to Cuddy and telling her that something was wrong with House..
As far as Chase and Cameron - sorry fans, but I really don't care for them. I always fast forward past those two. I think its just Cameron though. I like Chase. Plus, I see Cameron and Wilson together for some reason. I know I've written that before, but for some reason, I think they have a secret relationship that will be revealed later.
40 - Jenn
Hi there Barbara. Wonderful and insightful as always. Just out of curiosity, how many times do you view an episode before writing?
I am very glad I rethought my viewing process for the end of the season (in terms of seeing the last 4 episodes as keys on the keyring of Simple Explanation, unlocking various locks for House), because I really enjoyed this episode, even more than I did with House Divided. Each new ep builds on the previous one. None of these can stand on their own. From the beginning I was enthralled.
In particular:
-Hugh Laurie is...just....I mean...holy crap. I have never seen the like before. The man is an acting phenomenon. We knew he was good, even exceptional - we've seen it plenty of times - but did we know he was THIS good? Examples: The most painful detoxing House has experienced yet, bring him to the point of tears, which HE ACTUALLY ALLOWS SOMEONE ELSE TO WITNESS (the other times he has detoxed on screen for us, people have seen it, or parts of it, but he has never been that vulnerable); the gorgeous simplicity of his utterance "Wilson, come get me" - so quietly said, and perhaps the first time we have ever heard genuine fear crackle into House's voice. If he doesn't get an Emmy this year, then there is something seriously wrong in the universe and I am busting out the torch and pitchfork and storming Hollywood - it could get ugly.
-Anne Dudek - as the demon on House's shoulder, we have passed from the little insinuations to outright taunting. I knew she wasn't gone for good after the insulin incident, and when the humming began, I thought "uh-oh." Forget shows like Supernatural or Lost or Fringe or whatever, the song at the restaurant was perhaps one of the most sinister moments I've ever seen on television. I got chills at that moment. Also, thoroughly creeped out by the arm-slicing thing.
-Robert Sean Leonard - Wilson, for all his nosiness and well-meant scoldings, proves what a true friend he is. His concern for House when hearing about the hallucinations (and not massively freaking out when finding out it is actually Amber he is seeing, not Kutner), the bolting from his seat to House's side when he realizes House has injected insulin into himself, the subtle sitting-in on differentials (and not tattling to Foreman or the others that House is losing it)... This is why we love this relationship.
-Lisa Edelstein - beautifully played. Ready to dismiss House as a jerk (I'm thinking of the "bas---- child" comment) and yet, when hearing what he's experiencing, she is willing to work him through it. These two really know each other, from her knowing where to find his stash of pills, to the early morning bickering about "breathing too loud..." And then there is the kiss. Say whatever you want about various ships on this show (personally the only ones I will acknowledge out loud are Taub/wife and Kutner/Me!) the passion is obvious between House and Cuddy. There's no ulterior motive - just raw desire from two lonely people whose lives have intertwined more intricately than they've even realized. Their relationship is now a big knot - regardless of what happens in the bedroom or in the boardroom, these two are never going to be free of each other.
-Taub! I really think that Taub has been stepping up lately in a significant way. We've seen him volunteer to grow a cancer in order to treat it, get the right answer with sarcodosis, and in this ep find a way to restore viability to a dancer's hands and feet. I can't help but think Taub knows that he got a second chance, thanks to Kutner letting him take credit for the locked-in diagnosis - something he apparently did not get to acknowldge or thank him for - and he wants to make that last gift from him count. For the sake of his friend's memory, he doesn't want to be afraid anymore. Good job, Taub, and while you're at it, knock Foreman down a peg or two. :)
-Cameron/Chase - wait, what? Didn't we already do this, with the doubts and such? I'm sorry, I really like this pairing, but I just feel like this C plot came from the friggin moon. Are they broken up? Is the wedding postponed? What's going on? For some reason I feel like there was an episode between HD and this one that I missed. All I can say about these two today (while both acted great, especially Jesse Spencer) is HUH?
Just my two cents...Oh who am I kidding, this post is so long, it's at least $3.50. Sorry :S
41 - mk879
Barbara, thank you so much for your thoughtful review. I got hooked on House in February and have since watched every episode (most of them more than once!). Fortunately, I stumbled upon your reviews after Unfaithful and check your site relentlessly till you post the review. If it weren’t for your reviews, I think I would be lost " your insight and cogent analyses add many, many levels to my understanding of the House character and the show itself. I get too sucked into Hugh Laurie’s performance that I can’t analyze the episode and all its many parts. Your readers’ comments are very helpful too and I find myself nodding and agreeing with many comments.
Now, last night’s episode " WOW. I have little add to what others have already said. I think this is one of the best episodes of the season. When I watched House’s Head for the first time a few months ago, I don’t think I blinked or breathed throughout the entire episode, my heart was pounding. I found myself in the same state last night (except during the interminably long commercial breaks). Hugh Laurie’s performance was absolutely amazing and breathtaking.
42 - carolyn
Dear Barbara,
I can’t thank you enough for getting so excellent a review up so quickly. And I’ll be happy to read any 7+ pages you want to post!
I am still in awe of this episode. Hugh Laurie blew me away. I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. If he doesn’t win an Emmy this year, I’m going to storm the ceremony in protest. Anyone care to join me?
I’ll never be able to express my jumbled thoughts as eloquently as so many other commenters, but here’s my attempt . . .
“I always want to kiss you” finally articulated House’s strong feelings for Cuddy, something many of us have long reasoned to exist but he had yet to state outright. He let down his last barrier to her, after she had supported him in his most vulnerable state. All the agonizing moments in this relationship throughout the season can now be seen in a new light, as we know for certain that House has been suppressing his passion in every instance. The cold, jerk-like remarks " the missed opportunities in so many episodes " stemmed from a deep and highly guarded insecurity, one which could only be said through a revealed bit of House’s subconscious: “If you take the pill, you don't deserve her. If you secretly take the pill, you don't deserve anyone.” He even remarked that she was just with him to protect the hospital. I have to say, it’s this unguarded House whom I love the most. Your empathy senses can’t help but go on overdrive when you see him so revealed : )
The sheer intimacy House and Cuddy share is profound and moving. Even my friends, who thought they were so awkward together, are die-hard Huddy fans after this episode. That they are perfect for each other seems obvious on many levels.
On the one hand, I loved the raw emotion in the very last scene. All this pent up passion, from certainly this season " if not longer, just boiled over: voracious is the word that comes to my mind. It was so sweet too, with House’s sincere voice (the same one he used when he said he wouldn’t miss the baby naming ceremony “for the world”) to that first little kiss and House’s subsequent face, with those eyes like, “I can’t give her up again.” But then again, that promo from last week is killing me! Why did they cut it short?! Sigh. Maybe outtakes on the DVD, or the clips in the finale preview suggest that it’s going to begin with the same scene or there’ll be a flash back. We can only hope . . .
As two quick side notes, I thought it was funny that Cuddy was reading a real estate magazine the night after House's detox. David Shore poking fun at the fact that they'll never be a white-picket-fence sort of couple, perhaps? I also thought it was cute how House ordered onion rings with extra onion.
I too wonder about House’s rapid recovery. You would think he’d be in more pain in the end . . . and what’s going to happen next episode? Will he go back to the Vicodin? He can’t be over five seasons of pain in one night. Hmmm. And as for what exactly Amber represents, I’m also at a lost for an original suggestion.
(As a warning, you might not want to read my next sentence if you want to be totally spoiler free, as it talks about a scene in the preview for next week.)
Did anyone else notice after House says, “Her words say no, but her hormones say oh my god yes?” there’s a short clip of what looks like a heat-sensitive picture of Cuddy on House’s desk, with a file open? It’s 0:27 in this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfSfPxCBlAo&NR=1). Any speculation? (but not informed spoilers : ) )
43 - carolyn
oh yeah, sorry I meant to say sorry my post was so long, and Jenn great minds think alike so far as storming the Emmys with pitchforks : )
44 - Kit Sum
Re: carolyn
I saw that promo. At first I thought that was a heat-sensitive pic of Cuddy too. But then I was confused because in that promo, there was a girl who got slapped right? She looked a lot like Cuddy too in that moment. So I was thinking that might be a pic of that lady instead of a pic of Cuddy. I don't know LOL. We will find out next week!
45 - DebbieJ.
Last night's performances by Hugh, Lisa, Anne and Robert were just nothing short of brilliant. Especially Hugh. Would Emmy please just hand him an award already. If last night's performance doesn't do it, nothing will.
I love House at his most vulnerable, whether it's in physical or emotional pain and last night was a whopper! (God, what does that say about me!) The emotions I felt for him last night were so intense. My heart broke for him during his detox. My daughter and I squeezed each other's hands during it, it was so raw.
Anne Dudek was simply spine chilling; I will forever have the singing in the pub scene ingrained in my brain.
My only complaints of the night were 1) that the detox was over by morning. I guess it was just for time's sake, but they could've allowed us to believe that more than 12 hours had passed. And 2) I didn't appreciate that they teased us with the promo for last night's (finally) hook up, only to get a smidge of it and then have to wait another whole week for the rest!
This episode is by far my favorite of the season (I said that last week, too) and my second favorite of the series, right behind Three Stories.
46 - barbara barnett
Jenn--I watch an episode twice before I begin to write. First time either on DVR or as it airs (although I despise the commercials). I get an idea as to angle or the hook upon which to hang the review. Second time through I stop and start and get the structure of the episode down and then I write. Sometimes I write after a first viewing, sometimes it takes three, but usually two. Then after it's up I watch it just for pure enjoyment.
I have a pretty thorough knowledge of the series, so the connections happen in my brain pretty organically, although I occasionally forget a name or mess up an episode title.
Sorry to be "meta," but that's the process.
47 - barbara barnett
Peachie--here's how I see the school thing. House went to Hopkins for medical school. that's established fact. I would think he was a grad student or taking a summer school course or something at UMich for that endocrinology class. Endocrinology is not nec. a medschool class it could be a graduate/advanced undergrad biology class as well. Auditing rules are very different than taking a class for credit. Cuddy would not likely have had the prerequisites for it, but might have audited it without credit, to check it out. I'm of the belief that House went to graduate school (my personal feeling is in Chemistry) between undergrad and med school.
48 - Ana
Best episode of the season. To finally be able to watch House and Cuddy express their mutual feelings, without any interruption, any double meanings, their bare souls, their true sentiments, was celestial. Hugh and Lisa are amazing together. Best chemistry I have probably seen in my entire life. Those performances last night were perfection. Hugh, Lisa, Robert and Anne were again at their best.
Please, give Hugh and Emmy already!
And I can't even talk about the makeout session. Undeniable real, and really proud of loving them together!
49 - Becky
Kit Sum - I respectfully disagree that Cuddy's kiss was "sweet". I have watched it several times (don't even ask how crazy my husband thinks I am!) and I think she was saying A LOT in that first kiss. He leaned in just for a peck. No real mouth opening, no arms/hands, just a kiss. Cuddy moved much further to House than he moved to her (though, of course House initiated it). Then, when they got close, she intentionally opened her mouth. And when she looked at him afterward, you could FEEL the heat coming from her eyes. I feel like she was saying in that kiss, "If you want me, I'm yours." ...Just my opinion, though.
50 - Orange450
Barbara, you wrote an amazing review for an outstanding episode. You captured everything there was to capture in it. I’m running out of superlatives for your articles and for the entire season. I think S5 is the best season yet (if I leave out S1, which I think will always be my sentimental favorite), and this was one of the best " if not *the* best " of S5. Yes to everything you said. And to all the comments that followed, too.
I’ve been fixating on why House’s mind chose Amber ever since she appeared (was it really just over 2 weeks ago?? Seems like she’s been back forever!). When she first appeared, I had thought she might be one of his saviours. And now, even though her behavior was certainly not what one would expect from a conventional “savior”, I think she may have had that kind of an effect on him, in the end.
I had the same reaction that everyone else did to Anne Dudek’s star turn in the pub. My blood ran cold! Her cruelty shocked me. And then I thought to myself " so does House’s, sometimes. Very often, in fact! Yes, Amber was the one flaying House alive, taking his skin off piece by piece, exposing his deepest fears and insecurities " taunting him, mocking him, forcing him to stare his problem in the face, recognize it, stop denying it, and take the action that finally helped him solve it (for the time being, anyway.) But it was a series of behaviors that we’ve seen House manifest many, many times. Only usually he does it to others, and this time, he was doing it to himself. It’s a significant component of the way he teaches people. (It’s very like the way he acted towards Taub just recently. Pushing Taub to what looked like rock bottom. But Taub was able to resurface, and I was so happy that he got to take home the final epiphany in this episode!)
I think House may have been applying his own method to his own problem. Granted, his subconscious was taking it over the top this time, but we know Amber had a similar mix of cruelty and caring in her, too. Remember how she messed with 13 in “Guardian Angels”? Remember her line to 13: "There's nothing to be ashamed of here. If the ghost of a man you killed doesn't screw with your head, there's something wrong with your head." (And we know there’s really nothing wrong with House’s head!) Could this have been a foreshadowing for House’s hallucination?
So now I’m wondering. When and if his own cruel impulses come to the fore again, will he recognize them for what they are? Will he think twice before he flays someone else? Will this experience make any difference to his relationship with those around him? I really do hope we get to see some sort of reaction.
Hugh Laurie deserves his Emmy. There's no question about that. But if Anne Dudek doesn't get one for this recurring role, I'll be really disappointed. She was just about as good as he was. And that's saying a lot.
51 - simchasd
I know that I am in the minority about this, but I can't help feeling that there was something a little odd and stilted in the last scene between Cuddy and House. Cuddy is putting on her jacket when she casually says something like, "I'll see you tomorrow." He responds with an intense, "Thank you." Doesn't anyone else think it's a non-sequiter for Cuddy to reply, "Do you want to kiss me?" Doesn't this seem out of left field? Isn't she putting herself "out there" again? Well we will see where all this leads to next week. Thank you for the great review as always Barbara.
52 - Kit Sum
Becky - Thanks for your disagreement. I have always loved argument even though I'm not good at arguing! (Don't say I'm crazy LOL.) I understand your point of view because I actually saw that in the kiss too. However, to me, the intention of supporting House is a little bit stronger than then intention of Cuddy giving herself to House. I don't know why, but that feeling just stood out to me.
p.s. If I get a penny for watching it once, I would be very rich now LMAO.
53 - Kit Sum
I just re-read my comment. I can't believe I typed the wrong last name for Robert Sean Leonard. What the beep was I thinking when I wrote his name?
54 - Luisa Borges
Barbara, thanks for the heads up on your process in writing the reviews.
Your powers of association and cross reference always amaze me (I'm a big, big fan). And I was kind of wondering if you had a big white board yourself.
Loved the bit of inside stuff. Thanks!!!
55 - Jaim
I don't think anyone has brought this up, but I was struck by what House said to Cuddy in her office about her daughter: "Go home to suckle your bastard child if it makes you feel better." The look on Cuddy's face was so wounded. What I think is interesting about this scene is that she rightfully tells him to screw himself, and is all but willing to leave him, but the moment he says he's hallucinating she is back by his side. This is very telling of how much they're willing to forgive of each other. However, I think that this could be a problem for Cuddy in the future. She is a mother now and while she has a nanny to watch her kid, I'm sure she doesn't want to always place Rachel second to House.
I think she'll pull away from him in the next episode because the detox and the sex opened her up to being even more vulnerable with him.
I think that the next episode will begin where this one left off. They'll show the rest of the sex scene. I definitely think it took place because in the promo for next episode House seems to be pushing for Cuddy to acknowledge what happened, whereas she is putting distance between them again. I actually think this tryst has renewed something in House and he really wants to see what could happen between them now, but he's forcing the issue in all the wrong ways i.e. shouting it over the hospital balcony or telling every one of their colleagues about it.
The Cameron thing is just irritating. I really don't get why Chase is in love with her. I like Cameron usually, but never in regards to her relationship with Chase. She is always testing(maybe unconsciously)Chase, and much like House, she is trying to find out what will finally make this relationship break. I seriously think it's time for Chase to reconsider her as a life mate. I actually really want to see him with a new love interest next season. Maybe she needs to really lose him for a while to realize that she's acting irrationally.
Did anyone else find it ironic when Foreman said Cameron had issues because she married a dying guy? He seems pretty serious with 13, risking his career for her in the past episodes. She even voiced to him in "Big Baby" that she wanted to have kids. So, does he ultimately have similar issues to Cameron's, considering 13 only has a few years left to live as well and they seem to be committed to each other? Or does this mean that he'll never officially commit(marriage) to 13 because of her fatal illness?
56 - barbara barnett
Luisa--just inside my head (well, I actually have a gigantic white board in my office nearly six feet long and four feet high. But I don't use it for my writing, just for teaching. )
thanks everyone for your contributions. We may all think this is HL's emmy submission, but we haven't seen the finale yet. So I'll wait till after that airs to give my opinion!
I noticed on re-watch how much the team was concerned yet said little. House looking in the other direction (at the non-existent Amber) and paying no attention to what was being said. He was really down the rabbit hole during much of his Ddx sessions.
57 - Johnna
I don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said...this episode was breathtaking. The detox scenes were my favorite, they are simply sublime. I don't know how Hugh Laurie does it...the man simply astounds me with his dramatic range.
I agree wholeheartedly that House at his most vulnerable is an incredible gift. I love how Hugh Laurie and the writers can combine such confidence and vulnerability by turns into one character.
I can't wait for next week! I see these last two episodes as two halves of a whole, like the season 4 finale last year. With that in mind, I don't feel confident giving my opinions on these last few episode arcs until I see the conclusion next week. Thanks to Barbara and everyone for a wonderful discussion experience, week after week!
58 - sdemar
Barbara, I think this is one of your best reviews. They are all fabulous but this was perfect.
There was so much to love in this episode: storyline, writing, acting. Before I knew it the hour was over.
What I especially loved was how House relied on the two people that mean the most to him and they, in turn, were there for him. No game playing or manipulating. Unconditional love from both Wilson and Cuddy. I especially loved the whole apt scene between House and Cuddy. It was heartening to see them both open. Even Cuddy's face showed a gentleness to it as all barriers were down.
I do believe that hot and erotic kiss was all in House's mind and that is why we didn't see the whole scene that was on the Fox forum or any of the sex scene. It didn't exist. To show it would have made it real. I think that was David Shore's "real cool way" to show that House and Cuddy had sex. I do believe all the other scenes preceeding that were real though.
What can you say about Hugh's acting? Never ever ever over the top acting but instead perfectly played. Hugh has such beautiful facial expressions.
God bless him.
And kudos to Anne Dudek. I don't ever want her to sing to me. Creepy. I wonder if it was Anne's suggestion or the director for her to do the ballet steps when she was walking down the hall with House. She had such fascinating gestures and movements throughout the episode I couldn't help but feel most of them came at Anne's direction.
I believe Cuddy and Wilson will realize the seriousness of House's delusional state when he insists he had sex with Cuddy. And I am confident Amber is going to come back and that will be when House takes the final spiral downward. I'm so nervous for him.
I was thinking about the vicodin. This year House seemed to really have his addiction under control. There were several episodes where he didn't take any pills. Perhaps it was laying dormant and the shock of Kutner's death brought the addiction back to front and center again. How tragically sad that he was hiding the pills in his shoes. Like an alcoholic that has bottles hidden all over the house. I am curious when all the dust settles and he is back to himself, will he try to change his habit?
How does Hugh do it and keep himself mentally OK? Acting in a normal series is one thing, but playing this character who has the mind stuff going on like House constantly does, is Hugh able to simply walk away and call it a day when filming stops? It would be an interesting question to ask him.
One more episode and season 5 is a wrap. What an incredible ride it has been.
59 - Kit Sum
sdemar - your comment made me believe that actually the sex scene was a hallucination for a moment. However, if the person in that heat-sensitive picture was really Cuddy, and with House's line "your lips say no, but your hormone says OMG! Yes!" it could be possible that House and Cuddy really had sex. OMG. IDK. Evil David Shore and FOX. Always misleading the viewers!
60 - Marisol
This is only the second time I post a comment, although I really enjoy reading the reviews and comments of the readers. Just a couple of things:
Assuming that the detox and time with Cuddy are not hallucinations (I don’t think so), I think that the fact that Cuddy audited endocrinology because House was taking the class is very significant. Of the many specialties that she could have chosen, she ended up being an endocrinologist. I don’t think this takes away from her being a strong woman. Very often a person will make career decisions based on their admiration for someone both from a professional and personal point of view. Also, a high IQ can be a very powerful aphrodisiac for someone like Cuddy. I don’t think that this can be just discarded as a silly crash of a school girl and I also don’t thing that her ending up as an endocrinologist is pure coincidence.
61 - sandra
As one of the comments before pointed out, Cameron is not ready to commit, and especially not to Chase because she still has feelings for House. And she know he has feelings for her too. Yeah, all the Huddy fans out there don't like to hear it, but he does, just like he has feelings for Cuddy, Wilson or to cut it short: his inner circle. I just can't wait to see what TV Guide's Matt meant with "former lover" :D
I'm rather annoyed by Cuddy's stalkerish confession. If I ever hear anyone complaining about Cameron still having a crush on House I'll scream. Cuddy having a crush on House for 20 years and thus behaving like a lovesick girl around him in the current season is so much more annoying.
The detox... wow, I really suffered with House, it felt so real! Hugh Laurie really deserves an award for such brilliant acting. I doubt he would have been able to perform the morning after though, but I guess it was like "Let's give the Huddy fans something to shut them up" ;-)
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"I kept double taking: why didn't he pick Wilson, his "official rescue man" to watch him detox. Why Cuddy."
Easy, I doubt it actually has something to do with Cuddy being Cuddy but with House being not so sure if he and Wilson are already back to the point to ask him for help like that. Especially because he is hallucinating Amber. Anything else is shippers' interpretation.
It was a good episode, not the best but in this season one of the best (which is not hard, after all it is a weak season if you're looking at it from a non-Huddy shippers POV). Can't wait to see what the finale will bring. I guess it will end with House being admitted. Highly doubt it will end up with House and Cuddy actually being together (as in being a couple), that's more something for fanfiction and not mind-blowing enough for the finale anyway.
62 - cj_housegirl
An absolutely terrific review as always Barbara. I loved this episode and have already watched it multiple times. It is riveting.
I too thought back to Skin Deep upon viewing this episode. It is interesting to note how and under what circumstances House confides in the two people he's closest to.
In Skin Deep, with breakthrough pain wearing him down, House goes to Wilson for a medical consult. Wilson gives him an MRI and a lecture. House doesn't tell Cuddy. In Under My Skin, House goes to Wilson for medical treatment and much more again. He also doesn't tell Cuddy.
Yet, in both episodes, once he has run out of options and is at his most desperate he goes to Cuddy. He is able to be vulnerable with her. She sympathizes with him but doesn't cave in to his demands either. Wilson can be harsh toward House when it relates to House's drug dependence. He tends to get impatient and frustrated with House and goes the tough love route. Cuddy is much more able to deal with House’s drug dependence without giving into him or giving up on him. Wilson has shown that he can do both, give in and give up.
While I may question the way Wilson sometimes handles House's dependency and misery, there is no questioning his loyalty. Robert Sean Leonard was excellent in this episode and Wilson was a strengthening presence for House. I just loved the scene where he took off from the cafeteria table after House told him about the insulin shot.
I agree with everyone else in regards to Amber's chilling singing in the diner. It made my skin crawl. It's the creepiest thing I've ever seen on TV, and House's face just fell. The shock, then realization, and the fear on his face were devastating to watch.
I also adored the Cuddy and House scenes but so many people have already talked about them that I won't go too much further, except to say LE was wonderful and Hugh Laurie was frighteningly good.
I'm hoping LE gets an Emmy nomination this year. She so deserves it, as for Hugh he deserves to win it! Good God. I keeping thinking we've seen the best of him and then we get this!
I can't wait for the finale!
63 - cj_housegirl
Oh I forgot. I did want to talk about the Cuddy confession about auditing House's class and her admission that she thought he was an "interesting lunatic" even then. That comment took me back to Humpty Dumpty when Cuddy told Cameron that she knew House when she was an undergrad and that he was already a legend; plus her admission in Joy to the World that she has terrible taste in men.
My view of it is that Cuddy heard about this "interesting lunatic" at her school and had her curiosity piqued. She decided to check him out by auditing one of his classes. I don't see that as anything more than harmless school girlish behaviour.
What's interesting though is that House had no clue! Then or now. He didn’t know she chose that class to check him out. He also didn’t even know she took the class as an audit and not as a credit. Whatever feelings Cuddy had for him them, she obviously kept them well hidden from House. I’m not sure if this is when they had their one night stand but I tend to think it happened later.
I think that both Cuddy and House went on with separate lives and only re-united when she hired him after he had been fired four times and couldn’t find a job. Like she told Cameron, the big question is not why is hasn’t fired him, but why she hired him in the first place. Cuddy still had a soft spot for the interesting lunatic. I don’t know I just find that rather romantic on Cuddy’s part. She’s also proved how smart she is by not confessing anything to House. But House now knows, and that was a courageous if not an out right dangerous confession by Cuddy. I’m definitely interested to see what happens between them now.
64 - Wnkybx
Re: #61 Sandra
I respectfully disagree about Cuddy being a lovesick teenager. I love her character and feel a need to defend her a bit, all in good fun, of course! :)
I still see her as a strong woman; we're just getting to see a different side of her that wasn't developed in previous seasons. She's no longer just his foil who shoots down most of his requests for absurd tests, and I love that she is no longer one-dimensional. I don't consider her choice to audit the endocrinology class as stalkerish: an ambitious, brave, young woman saw something she wanted and went after it. If a guy did that for a girl, we may consider it romantic. She must have been an intelligent pre-med (for House to cheat off of her) and knew the class would give her a leg up on med school, with the added bonus that she gets to hang out with the "interesting lunatic," even if it was just to be inspired by his brilliance. Auditing that class definitely had its academic perks, so she was smart to do it. If she were purely stalkerish, she would have just stalked him at the library or bars ... no reason to suffer through an extra course to do so. As for her behavior this past season since "Joy," I see her as becoming familiar once again with her potential for passion (that kiss unleashed so much between them) and going after it, even though it wasn't a successful attempt. Some viewers have labeled her as pathetic for chasing after him, but hey, she's an alpha female! She's the boss lady! And she doesn't necessarily follow society's expectations for how male-female courtship should go. She wanted a wildly successful and prestigious career, went after it, and got it. She wanted a baby, went after it, and got it. She has realized her feelings for House after Joy, went after it ... well, TPTB will determine how that sentence ends. :)
As a sidenote to those who don't believe that House and Cuddy have chemistry: I watched this episode with a friend who had never seen a single episode of House. I didn't tell him anything (except that I thought Hugh Laurie is a fantastic actor), and his only comment about the episode (before the kiss) was, "Wow, look at those two! You can cut the sexual tension with a knife."
65 - simplethings
I was eagerly awaiting the review this week, and as always it was worth the wait.
I have seen this episode an embarrassing amount of times, but I've seen the last 15 minutes or so of House in detox at least twice the last embarrassing number.
Every line in this episode was twice as powerful because House is never like this. We never see him not deflect, we never see him let others into his pain, and most of all, we never see him so complete ripped apart.
I loved this episode for the simple reason that it showed us House's insides without the road blocks of his deflections. While I typically love reading between the lines in a typical House episode, it was so refreshing and startling to be handed House's thoughts on a silver platter.
It was frightning to be let into his thought process, especially when he couldn't trust it anymore, and the whole episode I was waiting for him to turn to Cuddy.
Even the words, "I need you" completely took my breath away because it is so highly unusual to see him put himself out there in that way.
To me, the heart of this show is the trifecta of House, Cuddy, and Wilson. What I noticed about this episode were such clear parallels with other past episodes.
Take DNR from season 1. That episode showcased a POTW who was losing his "one thing," his ability to play the trumpet. It was all he had and without it, he was alone, and basically rendered himself useless and life wasn't worth living.
This week's ballet dancer similarly was losing her beauty, her hands, and her feet, extensions of her true talents. She wanted to choose death over losing these things.
My question is, what parallel does her gonorrhea (sp) infected boyfriend play within House's life?
Another parallel, and this one more clear and already mentioned: House's Head and Wilson's Heart.
In this week's ep, we see House at his worst relying on Wilson to come pick him up at a bar. We then are later taken to House's detox with Cuddy, where she takes his hand, fully aware of how much he needs her, just like at the end of Wilson's Heart. However, in "Under My Skin" House is much more aware of how clearly Cuddy wants to be there for him and is in fact choosing him over Rachel.
Even the next morning, we see her with the same blanket in the same chair as in House's Head, but this time, we finally get some truth telling out of her as to why she stayed with him, unlike before where the viewer had to draw their own conclusions.
Finally, in House's Head, House fantasizes doing a differential diagnose to a stripping Cuddy. He wants her intellect and body, but we don't get any real results.
Well, here we are at the end of "Under My Skin." Inside a doorway interestingly enough (someone a long time ago commented about how important doorways are to this show and how being in one, outside/inside is significant). After a seemingly impossible night of exposing his physical and mental vulnerabilities to Cuddy and for her baring her thoughts to him, to me clearly wanting to say to him, "You're mine and you have been for years," they kiss.
Both defenses are down, this is a time where they can finally cut through the crap and with Cuddy, I felt her longing and 20 year build up to be with House. She's loved him (IMHO) for 20 years now and her hopes and fantasies of being with this man are finally being realized. I saw that in the way she kissed him and saw in House the appreciation that someone who saw him in the state he was in the night before would actually still be there in the morning. I also saw love, but I don't want to get my head ripped off by anyone who hates their relationship.
Wow. A lot of rambling.
This show. The tight writing. The amazing acting. The philosophies behind it. I'm just stunned on a week to week basis that this show isn't getting more credit than it receives.
Thanks for reading my ramblings (if you did). And thank you Barbara for a setting in which I can share them comfortably.
66 - Shaz
Sandra: If you were referring to my comment then no I did not say Cameron could not commit to Chase as she still had feelings for House. I believe the only people she allows herself are those who she can do so for short periods of time (her husband). By extension if I thought she wanted House, I would conclude it was because he's unattainable or the relationship would not work either.
I also disagree with comments that Cuddy is acting like a lovesick child. If anyone has been acting that way towards House, its been Cameron - as clearly shown when she blackmailed a date out of him etc. Also, if Cameron did have personal feelings (and she could have) for House, it is clearly not reciprocated. House has not shown much love, as oppossed to professionally-related, interest in Cameron. His racier hallucinations have been of Cuddy and he has been shown to have initiated kisses /pursued sex with Cuddy (Joy etc) and Stacy (I did like the Stacy arc by the way). The only kiss with Cameron is one she clearly initiated, and that was only to distract him so she could get a blood sample off him
I do not hate Cameron - I like the fact that she has been shown to have matured through the years. But she is flawed in the commitment area. But all the characters in House are flawed in some way... and at the apex of the pyramid is House, the most flawed of them all.
67 - Shaz
Actually I am about to contradict myself in part, as I just remembered how irritated I was with Cuddy in "Let Them Eat Cake" and "The Greater Good". She did act up in those two episodes.
68 - Marianna
simplethings: "I have seen this episode an embarrassing amount of times, but I've seen the last 15 minutes or so of House in detox at least twice the last embarrassing number" haha ditto!
so many great comments, had to read some of them diagonally, due to the lack of time at the moment. sorry in advance if someone has made the some observations.
just to add another 2 cents here (if we had a piggy bank around, wouldnt we be rich by now).
on why House chose Cuddy to look over him, and not Wilson:
Amber is there to explain us why. The only way for House to not try to cheat, is when he has something to prove, to someone. Uusually, when he comes up with the radical ideas, he has someone to prove his intellect to: his rational self (we know how much he cherishes his medical genius), as well as the other doctors around. Now, with the detox, we can see he has hit rock bottom. He is filled with self loathing. He doesnt believe in himself, there's nothing left to prove to himself -he has lost faith (when he is packing with Wilson at his apartment, his mind (Amber) knows it's not going to be done. There is no challenge). So he needs someone to chalenge him. Someone to whom he can prove he can do it.
Amber expresses it perfectly: "if you want the pill, just sent her (Cuddy) home. but you can't, because that would be admitting defeat to HER". She is a woman. She knows him. He probably has some feelings for her. She challenges him. She always looks up to him --He always has to prove something to her. She always expects the best from him, even in his darkest times.
With Wilson, it's not exactly like that. House doesn't need to prove anything to him, he can go as low as he wants with him, Wilson knows him the good and the bad way (and doesn't always expect the best from House, beacuse he has seen his bad side again and again). So it's not that Wilson wouldnt be there for him, or that he is too kind not to be able to stop House (Cuddy is also kind and guilty and could be manipulated). It's that, exactly because she is a woman, exaclty beacuse there is this tension betweet them, that he will restrain himself and try to prove that he can do it. "Now this is interesting. If you take the pill, you dont deserve her" -there it goes. Verbally expressed. And then, the whole: "if you secretly take the pill, you dont deserve anyone".
Watching House detoxing was literally painful. Give him his Emmy already!!
also, i loved the directing in the House-insulin shock scene/ballerina wake up on the MRI. Great editing.
Anne Dudek is pure genius.
also, loved the "Um, would you want to check with Wilson?" "Good one" House-Foreman intercation. In general, the team is doing a great job. As someone above observed they practically solved two cases all by themselves during the last episodes, with great ideas and have achieved good chemistry between them.
PS. Saw House detoxing? That was me during the summer hiatus.
69 - Grace
Barbara and all, I have no words. I started watching HOUSE on the first night...after AMERICAN IDOL I think. I didn't know Hugh Laurie or any of the cast. I probably would have changed the channel, but there was nothing I wanted to watch, so I thought I'd watch this new show for a few minutes.
Well Hugh had me totally mesmorized before the end of the episode. Those few minutes turned into 5 years and counting.
I have no adjectives to describe my feelings for Hugh Laurie or his talent. My only wish is that when Hugh gets all of these awards and compliments, that he would truly believe his worth as an actor and as a human being.
70 - nc
A couple of other things I noticed or wondered about.
The magazine Cuddy is reading in House's apartment is Fishing.
House says he cheated off Cuddy in the endocrinology class she audited. Strikes me as more likely that he pretended to cheat in order to check out the gorgeous brunette next to him.
Cameron's brinkmanship strikes me as a clever way to show that relationships can't survive the burdens of ambivalence.
Anyone else think it's ironic that the dancer's problem is revealed when she's dropped during a lift? That whole dance sequence looked like it was under water, too.
And yes, if HL, LE, and AD as guest star, don't make the Emmy noms, then the awards have no meaning whatsoever. All the season finale can do is reemphasize their worthiness.
71 - Tourmaline
Thank you for an excellent review Barbara. It's getting close to 24 hours since I saw the episode, and I'm still completely floored by Hugh Laurie's brilliant acting. As a long-time fan (since the mid-1980s) I'm so proud of him - let's hope the Emmy people finally take notice!
It's good to see Anne Dudek back too, I must admit to being a bit sceptical of the storyline when I first heard that she'd be returning, but she's such a fantastic actress - funny, too in this episode - I'll miss her when she's gone.
72 - barbara barnett
Thanks everyone, for your comments. Tourmaline, HL has come a long way from the "Georges" and Bertie, hasn't he? He's a masterful actor. There was a time in the early 90s when he was cast in some serious roles: All or Nothing at All, Pin for the Butterfly, even Peter's Friends (he really had the only dramatic role of the males in the cast). He showed real flashes of incredible range and a lot of dramatic ability in those films.
I'm really glad that we get to see him really at his prime in House. I was thinking about the range of emotion he had to express in Under My Skin. He knows the medium and how to use it. I think in this episode, he took us into places within House we'd never before traveled. We've seen him in a lot of emotional states before, but his panic in the pub was striking. And in the bathroom scene, he was a wounded child as he looked up into Cuddy's eyes after flushing the pill. Phew!
Any one of the last several episodes would have sufficed as a season-ending cliffhanger. I do wonder what's in store next week. And I am incredibly excited to be interviewing Doris Egan to discuss the episode the day after it airs.
73 - Jen
Thank you Barbara! Yet another excellent review! I so look forward to it.
The House/Wilson scenes...The House/Amber scenes...The House/Cuddy scenes...the entire episode! Emmys all around if I have my say...watched it 2x already and have already put it on my ipod for later at lunch! HL is just so sexy no matter what, and I felt so bad for him during detox and revealing all his trauma and that he couldn't get Amber "out". Can't wait for Monday! This has been so much fun reading the posts for the last half of the season!
Thank you all!
74 - JimR
I HATED this episode. There were parts that were good (House losing his mind, the bar scene). But there were other parts that were obnoxious and insulting (insulin shock, complete detox and hot sex with Cuddy all in a single 24-hour period? Yeah, whatever.). And Chase and Cameron have become just plain annoying.
But it was the rapid detox and Cuddy sex scene that bothered me most. You don't detox in one night. And after the first night, you're definitely in no shape for some hot sex. And we're supposed to believe Cuddy just went along with that? Give me a break. The writers really dropped the ball here.
The show hasn't jumped the shark yet, but they are on the ramp...
75 - Elianne
I don't understand what the writers are doing with Cameron, she was a strong character now she's just a weak plot device. I think there's still so much more we can learn about her character but all we get are glimpses of her dysfunctional relationship with Chase, scenes that defy continuity (this is the third time the writers have changed their minds about her poor dead husband storyline), and creepy lines ("I have my husband's sperm").
Could someone explain to me what Cameron wanted from Chase as a prenup? Did she want Chase to agree to keep her husband's frozen sperm just in case their marriage failed or a sperm sample from Chase? Why does Foreman know Cameron better than Chase? I'm just glad that Chase has finally realized that Cameron is not ready to marry him, IMHO if he can't be patient with her he should leave her. I just hope that Cameron crying in next week's episode isn't because she agreed to get rid of her husband's sperm. But enough with the drama.
I'm very disappointed with Jacobs and Shore, back in January they sounded quite excited when they said they had finally found a way to integrate Cameron and Chase into the show, I just hope there's something more than a marriage for them, so far all Cameron does is playing Chase's confused girlfriend, she's a doctor, it should be easier to write in a doctor in a show about doctors.
Barbara, I heard that you're going to interview Doris Egan, would you be so kind to ask her if they have the intention to bring Cameron or Chase back into the fold next season as doctors, anything so that their fans would have something to look forward to season 6? I'm very worried about it and quite hopeless, perhaps it's time to stop watching the show, nearly two years of waiting and I don't think this is goig to change. Thanks