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"Inspection Day..." [House]
As countless occasions can clearly indicate, there is really nothing you can do to get Dr. House to behave. However, on inspection day Cuddy would have additional incentive to try to motivate House into acting like a normal doctor. Unfortunately with that unlikely scenario, it is House’s strange method of operating that allows him to see what many others cannot; so attempting to silence his unusual behaviors would suffocate his trademark medical genius. Nevertheless, it didn’t stop Cuddy from trying until the last minute when she finally trusted House decision to overload his patient with steroids, and it turned out that House was actually wrong. That’s what I love about the show – it’s strange sense of irony.
I found that this episode required an inhuman suspension of disbelief. To simply ‘kidnap’ a television star, subject him to all sorts of tests, and simultaneously avoid an avalanche of lawsuits is no mere feat, even for Dr. House. I found that particular plot line hard to swallow. The soapdoc patient was extraordinarily uninteresting – in fact, the only person who was truly enthralled by his presence (if you can really call it that) was Dr. House himself. All that tired moaning and groaning about not fulfilling his life really annoyed me. If it really bothered him that much, all he had to do was quit and find a more meaningful career.
Concerning the subplot of Wilson and Amber, I previously suspected that Wilson would inevitably end up self-destructing their relationship, but it appears that Amber knows Wilson almost as much as House does. According to Amber, Wilson always gives his wives whatever they want, despite what he wants, until he ends up loathing them for it. So Amber empowers Wilson to decide for himself what he wants, which ends up being a waterbed that he eventually despises. On a side note, I found the scene where Amber talks the mattress salesman into lowering his price. This woman has a gift! I hope Amber remains on the show for much longer.
This episode also illustrated the strength of the House/Cuddy relationship. I believe that they belong together. Both of them were willing to sacrifice their career for the other. However, despite my belief that they should end up together, I don’t believe that should happen for several seasons at the very least. Based on the lackluster quality of this episode, I give this episode a 6/10.
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May 6, 2008 3:57 PM
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I laughed until I was weak. I loved the episode.
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May 6, 2008 4:47 PM
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I enjoyed the episode although I do agree you have to suspend belief to accept that House gets away with what he does in every episode, not just this one!
I always marvel that the world seems to think of House as the be all and end all of diagnosticians, when every episode is filled with him and his team making wrong diagnoses time after time until they finally stumble upon the answer.
It makes for a highly entertaining program though!
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May 6, 2008 5:49 PM
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Well Coug remember that Cuddy begged House not to kill the actor while the Inspector was there.
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May 6, 2008 8:38 PM
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I loved it, too, lacey!
So much Cuddy! So much Cuddy!
Forgive me, I was having a moment. In my opinion there is no such thing as an episode with too much Lisa Edelstein so you know I liked this one. It was very, very funny (there are at least ten lines I'm still quoting the next day) and I thought the medical case was a lot clearer than last week's.
I'm also loving Wilson and Amber and I'm sooo excited about the season finale.
That’s what I love about the show – it’s strange sense of irony.
Me too, Frederic!
One more thing: Sweetsauce. 
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May 6, 2008 9:49 PM
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So much Cuddy! So much Cuddy!
LOVE the long suffering and tolerant and so smart Cuddy!!!
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May 6, 2008 11:39 PM
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I didn't think the episode was "House" at its best, but it certainly wasn't at it's worst. Thanks a bunch to everyone for commenting! 
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May 12, 2008 3:27 PM
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