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Episode Recap: "Frozen"
Hey guys! Erin Fox in for Nina again this week... So, Nina is a ginormous Giants' fan, as is my husband (I am vicariously), so they are still blanketed by an insane euphoria that can only come from kicking Tom Brady's butt. I however, am on the couch, ready to blog about the special post-Super Bowl episode of House.
This week's teaser was one of the more unique and interesting ones in ages... an arctic repair man is trying to fix energy windmills in the middle of a blizzard. One blade flies off and slices the guy's femoral artery open. Enter the slow-mo savior, Cate, played by Mira Sorvino. She glues up the artery (no, seriously, she uses glue) but then starts to have pains of her own. Then she hurls into the snow and asks for help... but who will help her in the middle of no where?
Enter House, looking for his beloved cable only to have Cuddy tell him that now patients have to pay for their cable. Appalled, House barely listens as Cuddy tells him about a psychiatrist (Cate) who needs medical help via web cam. After discussing all sorts of yucky sounding kidney stones that she could have, Kutner has the brilliant idea of using waves to break up her stones... except the waves are so strong, they shatter a jar used to see if the procedure would be safe. Guess that would be a no. Cate is feisty, and House seems to dig her. She insists that she can't have a kidney stone based on her symptoms, of course then House must insult her by saying "You know only one of us is a real doctor." Heh.
House sends the team to spy on Cameron in order to get her to change the board’s mind over the cable issue. This storyline is lame, but at least they're letting Cameron say more than three lines. The team sucks at harassing Cameron and fesses up about House’s motives. Cameron, is used to these shenanigans, and refuses to play the game.
Back in the igloo, Foreman and House realize Cate doesn't have a stone because her windpipe starts deviating to the left, indicating a collapsed lung. You know what that means... a recreation of Pulp Fiction's needle in the chest move! Of course she gets it in the exact right spot. After discussing next steps with Foreman, they tell Cate she may have a tumor, and that she needs to X-Ray her whole body.
House then runs off to banter with Wilson about the possible cancer, and stumbles upon the fact that Wilson seems... happy? How dare he! Also, House decides that Cate needs a physical to check for enlarged lymph nodes in case she needs to biopsy one for lymphoma. Cate and House have some cyber camera flirting in his apartment, where he takes advantage of the situation by playing a little "Let's Get It On" as she palpates her naked body. She's super sassy here, and he's diggin' her big time. Poor Cate has to give herself the biopsy, and House actually calls her by name, and then asks if she's OK. Wilson almost falls out of his chair, and totally nails House on his abnormal sensitivity and care with Cate. Wilson then looks at her slide, and she doesn't have cancer. Yay. But then she gets the evil pain on her other side. Boo.
Now House thinks she has an auto-immune disease, but she refuses to take the prednisone because someone else may need it later. Foreman tries to talk her into going outside to see if the cold will improve her condition but she passes out before that can happen. In the newest grossest idea since squirting breast milk into a kids mouth... House makes the Femoral guy drink her urine. EW. When he says it's watery, that means she has excess fluid in her brain. Now House is making the poor guy drill a whole in her skull to relieve cranial pressure. No pressure though!
Foreman directs Femoral guy with the drill into Cate's head. OW. It works initially, and she wakes up from her coma. The team discusses new possible dianoses, and nifty Kutner comes up with fat emboli, and low and behold, he's freakin' right! Bone marrow from her broken toe (concealed by her socks during her almost-naked exam) leaked out and caused all the blockages. Cate's all better once that very painful break is reset. YAY!
Now House's only mystery: Who the hell is Wilson dating. He stalks him to his date to find out: It's CTB!!! Can't wait to see the fall-out this coming Tuesday.
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Feb 4, 2008 1:04 AM
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Is it just me, or was femoral guy being a surrogate House - being hot for Cate and ALSO having to use a crutch?
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Feb 4, 2008 1:30 AM
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Best episode in ... I don't know how long! Even the medical mystery was cool. And I figured out it was CTB about 2 minutes before House did (it just came at me in that moment that Anne Dudek was supposed to return).
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Feb 4, 2008 4:39 AM
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Albeit a bit slow, it was still definately a good episode.
The part when House was playing the music while she was doign the physical was hilarious. (I guess Fox needed a hook for all those testosterone-filled Super Bowl spectators!)
One thing I don't like: What happened to Cameron? The plot seemed dropped quickly. Yes, I know she was not fired and Cuddy was lying, but did House get his cable?
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Feb 4, 2008 6:59 AM
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I don't think it was really about the cable, it was about getting his newbies to stand up to him. He said something about they should have stopped what they were doing two days ago, to stop worrying about being fired, he needs someone not afraid to challenge him.
Cable was just is latest "test".
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Feb 4, 2008 8:20 AM
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Really good episode, grossed me out totally, but really good nonetheless. Loved the part when Wilson told Foreman that it was House's way of "courting" females, and Foreman replies something to the effect that if that was the case, House has been "wooing" him for years now. LMAO!!
On the subject of Cameron getting fired, if this was all a big scheme to further test the newbies, why did Cuddy go tell House and Foreman in the cafeteria? I don't believe that she actually fired her, but I tend to think that Cuddy and Cameron are in on something together.
Can't wait for Tuesday!
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Feb 4, 2008 9:15 AM
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Enjoyed this episode, but wonder why you no longer blog about "Monk" or "Psych"? Both shows are funny and well done. You find the time to blog about a reality show.
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Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM
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Always get a kick out of House and Wilson's witty repartee.
I loved when House was trying to figure out who Wilson was dating: "Well, it can't be Cuddy, because you're straight." Oh, no he didn't!!  Too funny.
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Feb 4, 2008 10:46 AM
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Did anyone else catch the inside joke? When Cameron told House that the hospital was not getting cable and he would have to be satisfied with the broadcast channels, House replied "well at least I'm covered on Tuesdays." Which is House night on Fox, natch!
Wilson and CTB? YIKES! House is never going to let that relationship happen, and Wilson should have his head examined. I think she has an ulterior motive. Only one more ep to find out!!
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Feb 4, 2008 11:16 AM
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I hate CTB.
Wilson is so cute, I love him. His reaction to House actually caring was funny too.
I thought it was a good episode. Lots of snappy comments, especially between House and Cate. She is a perfect match for him, especially when she started to tell him what he is like before the exam. I really do hope she in some future episodes.
I am tired already of the new team, they need to stand up to house like he told them to. 
Cameron wasn't fired, I think Cuddy was trying to make him feel bad about what he was doing.
House told his team to pay for the cable at then end.
Oh yea.. I though coma guy died?? Or was that grey's coma guy??
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Feb 4, 2008 1:30 PM
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Indy - that was Grey's coma guy. House coma guy is still technically alive.
Good epi. Really enjoyed Mira Sorvino's performance. Out of every female on the show with at least a semi purpose of conflicting "sexually", the two of them were the most entertaining. I'd say even more so than him and Cuddy.
As for the firing Cameron thing - House even pointed out that she wouldn't have gone to the caf to tell them and she wouldn't have asked about his patient first. she was obviously trying to make House feel guilty. The better question we should be asking is - why in the world would she think that would work?
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Feb 4, 2008 1:42 PM
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LOVED the return of CTB and didn't see that one coming!! So fun.
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Feb 4, 2008 2:08 PM
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I agree it was too funny when Foreman said House has been "wooing" him for years. I also thought it was strange that Cuddy made that announcement in the cafeteria. It made it seem unrealistic so I don't think she did really fire her. I don't know if I'll be able to watch Tuesday's episode because I have class 
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Feb 4, 2008 2:11 PM
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That is an interesting connection cocosb I never even noticed the similarities between house and the femoral guy. I wonder if they did that on purpose? HMM . . .
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Feb 4, 2008 2:26 PM
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Loved the dialogue between House and Wilson, as always!!! At the end of this episode I felt like something was yet missing. Did anyone else feel like that? Looking forward to this week's episode.
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Feb 4, 2008 6:47 PM
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