I’m going to write about the second episode of house this season because the first episode this season was mediocre at best. As much as I love Olivia Wilde, 13 is the weak link in the team, character wise. This episode was a nice attempt to flesh her out a little bit, but irrational reactions due to a Huntington’s diagnosis is a bad way to try to add character. And I say try because in this case, it failed. 13 reacted in a way we would expect, which makes it dull, and to boot we don’t learn anything about her we didn’t already know. The interactions between House and Wilson, on the other hand, were mildly interesting, but again, nothing we didn’t see coming. Even House’s holding his patient hostage has happened before, so it doesn’t come off as the huge, significant gesture it once might have. It doesn’t even convince Wilson, which might have been the point. The only interesting part of the entire episode was at the end, when Wilson told House exactly why he left. It’s worth a watch, but only once. If you have to watch it twice, I would suggest browsing the internet until the few good parts come up.
The second episode added a brilliant new character for House to bounce ideas off of and to lie, cheat and steal for him: A private detective in Argyle socks. It’s a great addition on several levels. House needs somebody to bounce ethical and emotional ideas off of. It’s necessary for House’s character development and it provides a good counterbalance to the harsh, professional ideas he bounces off his team. It also opens up exciting new opportunities for subverting Cuddy and provides House with a new avenue of information about his patients. The Argyle socks make a fantastic visual whenever the writers want to add intrigue to a scene. When they want to be more blatant, like they did at the end of the episode, those socks scream “HOUSE DID THIS” without saying a word or even having to see the PI’s face. And the final slap to the face of 13: He’s an interesting character. That’s gotta hurt.
I can’t get away with a review of this episode without mentioning the outstanding guest star, Felicia Day. Hmm, two out of three posts now mention Felicia Day. If I’m not careful, this is going to turn into a Felicia Day blog.
This entry was posted
on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 9:37 pm and is filed under House, TV, commentary.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
House Season 5 Episode 1 and 2
I’m going to write about the second episode of house this season because the first episode this season was mediocre at best. As much as I love Olivia Wilde, 13 is the weak link in the team, character wise. This episode was a nice attempt to flesh her out a little bit, but irrational reactions due to a Huntington’s diagnosis is a bad way to try to add character. And I say try because in this case, it failed. 13 reacted in a way we would expect, which makes it dull, and to boot we don’t learn anything about her we didn’t already know. The interactions between House and Wilson, on the other hand, were mildly interesting, but again, nothing we didn’t see coming. Even House’s holding his patient hostage has happened before, so it doesn’t come off as the huge, significant gesture it once might have. It doesn’t even convince Wilson, which might have been the point. The only interesting part of the entire episode was at the end, when Wilson told House exactly why he left. It’s worth a watch, but only once. If you have to watch it twice, I would suggest browsing the internet until the few good parts come up.
The second episode added a brilliant new character for House to bounce ideas off of and to lie, cheat and steal for him: A private detective in Argyle socks. It’s a great addition on several levels. House needs somebody to bounce ethical and emotional ideas off of. It’s necessary for House’s character development and it provides a good counterbalance to the harsh, professional ideas he bounces off his team. It also opens up exciting new opportunities for subverting Cuddy and provides House with a new avenue of information about his patients. The Argyle socks make a fantastic visual whenever the writers want to add intrigue to a scene. When they want to be more blatant, like they did at the end of the episode, those socks scream “HOUSE DID THIS” without saying a word or even having to see the PI’s face. And the final slap to the face of 13: He’s an interesting character. That’s gotta hurt.
I can’t get away with a review of this episode without mentioning the outstanding guest star, Felicia Day. Hmm, two out of three posts now mention Felicia Day. If I’m not careful, this is going to turn into a Felicia Day blog.
This entry was posted on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 9:37 pm and is filed under House, TV, commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.