House Ep 6-4

[deelaundry]

Three things in no particular order:

1. OMG, such wonderful lighting. (Stephbass, where are you?) Everyone's eyes looked amazing -- Chase, Cameron, Thirteen, House (naturally), Foreman, Wilson. And Wilson needs to be lit like that in every episode because GORGEOUS.

2. In the previous few months, producers and Jesse Spencer had mentioned that Chase would be involved in a "euthanasia" arc. Spoiler fakeout! Or should I say, "spoiler lie." Euthanasia is "the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition"; faking test results and deliberately administering incorrect treatment is more along the lines of murder ("The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice"). Interesting.

3. Someone questioned why Jerk Neighbor would complain only after House moved in. Leaving aside the possibility that he was complaining all along and Wilson never mentioned it, my guess is time of day. JN could handle Wilson (and Amber) having been around in the evening, but House was in the apartment during the day and for a while there was cooking pretty much constantly. JN was being a jerk by demanding lower noise of course, but I'm betting it was the time of day that sent him over the edge.

(Bonus selfish, egotistical #4: In the "kidnapping" scene, I kept thinking of "Reelfoot Rift: Tim." And then thinking about what Chase had done, I thought about... "Reelfoot Rift: Tim." Different motivations, different outcomes, but the emotions, intensity, and bias for action are so similar. : )

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[bery26.livejournal.com]

"And Wilson needs to be lit like that in every episode because GORGEOUS."
I knoooooooooow HAWT HAWT HAWT!


"Spoiler fakeout! Or should I say, "spoiler lie.""
LOL I know, they so did it on purpose, I love them for it xD


We got shirtless Foreman and now shirtless Chase.
IF THERE IS A GOD WE'LL GET SHIRTLESS WILSON ONE DAY.

[photoash.livejournal.com]

I agree on the lighting :) it was very nicely done!

I was so disappointed about Wilson and Jerk neighbor being willing to kick House out! Though I kept wanting House to make a crack about being just out of the asylum while he had the dude tied up!

I have to ask what Reelfoot Rift: Tim means because I googled it and this journal article is search results #3 :) so no luck finding an answer!

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

My heart broke for Wilson; promising that House would move out was the only way he could keep Jerk Neighbor from prosecuting House for breaking and entering (and who knows what else he'd come up with).

He was almost in tears when he told House, his voice breaking; I didn't see him being "willing to kick House out" at all. I saw him being backed into a corner where he never wanted to be.

Reelfoot Rift is one of the Epilogues to Aftershocks. :-)

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

I was slightly distracted last evening with RL issues, and need to go over the episode again for two reasons. One--check out the lighting on my favorite characters, and two--answer my question. I'm hoping someone here can, since murder was brought up: From what I gather, Chase introduced a blood sample that threw off the diagnosis. Did the dictator die because the wrong treatment killed him, or because the correct diagnosis was obscured until it was too late to save him. I'm wondering if this could be a future loophole.

[photoash.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the clarification! I totally remember that now that you place Aftershocks with it :D

See on Wilson I was thinking this was how a spoiler was going to come to pass about the new season so I guess that's why I was shocked by his behavior... maybe if I didn't know the spoiler I would have thought differently. I did think Wilson 'redeemed' himself by the end :) and had faith in House's methods and that House has changed! :D

[photoash.livejournal.com]

From what I understood, the dictator died because they stopped the treatment for the CORRECT diagnosis and introduced a different treatment for the wrong one.

I don't know if it was specific if stopping the previous treatment or introduction of the new treatment is what killed him but I came away thinking it was the stopping the first treatment for the correct diagnosis that killed him.

It will be clarified next episode I believe since that's what the preview clips showed was there being more investigation into his death.

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes, I know the spoiler you mean -- and I do think this thing with the Jerk Neighbor is groundwork for that.

The end of the episode just made me so happy. House and Wilson, sitting too close together on the sofa, like old times.

*g*

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Bonus selfish, egotistical #4: In the "kidnapping" scene, I kept thinking of "Reelfoot Rift: Tim."

Heh, it wasn't just you. The entire scene, I was thinking OMG THIS IS FANFIC COME TO LIFE!!!!

[photoash.livejournal.com]

:) I hope it was laying the groundwork - I really want that spoiler to be true because that would be some major fanfic come to life stuff there!

I still wish we had seen how House approached Wilson post Mayfield and how he ended up living there :( -- I am still waiting to find fanfic to fill this...

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Aha! Thank you for the clarification. I'm just trying to figure out how this will spin out, assuming that in the final outcome Chase will not lose his medical license.

As long as Chase's visit to the morgue doesn't come to light and there's no more documentation, he could get away with "interfering." Though, I doubt that it will be that simple.

[photoash.livejournal.com]

It will definitely be interesting to see how it plays out. I was surprised that Foreman helped Chase in this actually.

We also haven't seen House's take on it yet and it'll be neat to see if House figures out what happened.

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

I thought that too! When House grabbed the guy's stump and was trying to force it into the box, I suddenly became unaccountably terrified, and then I remembered "Reelfoot Rift."

The power of the written word. It rocks. :D

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

I was surprised with Foreman's reaction too. Guess he's finally not thinking in panic/jerk mode.

it'll be neat to see if House figures out what happened. He will. ;-)

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

Wilson is a crummy friend, willing to kick House to the curb because of Jerkass Neighbor.
The scene with House making Jerkass Neighbor shove his arms in the box freaked me out because I thought, "Oh shit, is House gonna play the home game version of the 'Saw' movies here?!"

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Hm. I didn't see Wilson as "willing to kick House to the curb" at all.

I saw Wilson terrified that Jerk Neighbor was going to prosecute House for breaking & entering, burglary, defamation, and whatever else he could come up with -- and send him, not back to his own apartment, but to jail.

I saw Wilson damn near in tears over it, but feeling he had no other choice. I guess my mileage just varies here. :-/

[hwshipper.livejournal.com]

I am still waiting to find fanfic to fill this...

I've started this, but I have to admit, I want to see how this living together arc pans out a bit before finishing it. Maybe others feel the same...

[photoash.livejournal.com]

Wow that's really awesome that you are working on it!! :D

I guess I sounded really impatient in my post but I realize that it will take awhile to see some quality fanfic come out utilizing this and as you said maybe people are wanting to wait and see how more of it plays out in canon.

But yay I'm so excited to know at least one really good writer is working on it :D

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, was it the lighting making RSL look that good? I never notice the technical stuff unless it makes me dizzy XD

I thought about the extra thumping from House, but forgot that it would also have been him doing an lot of the presumably garlic-infused cooking. Allll day.

[xaipw.livejournal.com]

Wilson looked adorable. Although I think the most adorable that I've seen him lately was in last week's episode when he was all bedhead and pajama-y and being spoonfed by House.

Loved the end of The Tyrant when H&W were watching the nature show and yelled "Oh" in unison. They need to do more things in unison. Like undress maybe.

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Yay, can't wait!

[poeia.livejournal.com]

Spoiler fakeout! Or should I say, "spoiler lie." Euthanasia is "the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition"
House's thigh is an incurable condition but I don't think administering a fatal dose of something to put him out of his pain would qualify as euthanasia. The key elements, as I've always understood it, are that the patient wants to put an end to his/her suffering and that he/she is not capable of doing it himself whether because of lack of means or lack of will.

But they got it wrong in Informed Consent too. When Ezra passed out his first reaction was to get House to accept the case solely because he thought House would agree to kill him. At that point he didn't have a fatal illness. In his lab at home he had the means to do it himself. He wasn't immobilized in any way that would prevent him from doing it...

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, the dictionary definiton I quoted is too simplistic -- but then again, it does show that what Chase did isn't even close to euthanasia, so it fit my purpose.

he/she is not capable of doing it himself whether because of lack of means or lack of will.

Lack of will? Do you mean lack of ability/strength?

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Have you seen it? When do you get to see episodes?

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen anything yet. For various reasons, I haven't even watched the season finale of season 5 yet. I will, though. One day. As well as the season premiere of season 6. But everything after that I'll watch soonish, as my wonderful twin wihluta will make sure I get them.

[poeia.livejournal.com]

Ah, I should have include ability/strength.

By lack of will, I was thinking of people like Ezra. He wanted to die quickly rather than slowly. He had the means. He had the ability/strength -- he was feeble but not paralyzed. He certainly could have given himself an injection. What he lacked was the will to do it himself. As much as he wanted to die, he wouldn't be able to give himself the fatal injection so he tried to guilt House into doing it for him. He convinced Cameron.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I thought Chase was seriously hot in that episode, and the way he said "my wife" to Foreman ... *feels faint*

[pinglederry.livejournal.com]

I accidentally saw this episode by mistake, so now I feel like I can participate again! *excited* I stopped watching mid-last season, and I just caught this episode on USA while I was flipping channels. I recognized James Earl Jones and thought it was maybe from season 5, only to look it up and discover that it was new(ish)!

P.S. I loved this episode. :) Chase was amazing, and I'd had no idea that House had moved in with Wilson, so that was a lovely bonus. Loved the scene with the neighbor crying in relief. *sniffle* And how they showed the dictator's son crying over his body, just to remind you how every choice is complicated and has unintended consequences. I was half-expecting to see Chase watching the son from the shadows. *wibble*