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Episode Recap: "Don't Ever Change"
It's me again, that pesky Erin Fox, in for Nina. Tonight's episode starts out at a Hasidic Jewish wedding, where a lovely bride (Roz) and her bearded groom (Yonatan) are being hoisted up high in chairs during the Horah dance. The bride suddenly doesn't look so hot, and falls off the chair into the stunned crowd. Cut to opening credits. This teaser was quick and dirty...hmmm, no misdirects or anything. What do they think they're up to?
House and Wilson meet up at an elevator where House busts Wilson's balls about dating CTB. House insists Wilson doesn't go for her type because he likes "needy" women. Wilson surprises House by saying they've been together for four months already. After House scrapes his jaw off the ground, he joins his team who are discussing possible ailments of the collapsing bride. House's end theory is that at 38, she married out of desperation, and basically wanted to off herself. Thirteen is way more convinced that she has endometriosis in her bladder and orders tests.
Foreman and Taub search through the bride's belongings for anything that could have been used to poison her, while they talk about the mating rituals of Hasidic Jews. Taub says he doesn’t get it at all, while Foreman says, hey, why not get together after only three meetings if you have the same values? Taub finds some funky panties in a box and Foreman discovers hard rock CDs with her name as producer. Now they're thinkin' she's been into some drugs.
Back at PPTH, Roz tells Thirteen and Kutner that she converted six months ago, but before that was using heroin. They tell her that now they have to test her hair for latent toxins to see if there's any long term damage. Meanwhile, continuing his long list of inappropriate boundary crossings, House uses Wilson's key to wait for CTB to return home. He tries to guess why she would ever want to be with Wilson... egomaniacal House thinks it's all about getting back at House for not giving CTB the job. CTB definitely holds her own in the conversation, which drives House even more nuts. Heh.
Back in his office, House discusses Roz’s condition with Taub and Kutner. House now believes that the bride has porphyria because she went to extremes by becoming Hasidic. After the couple hears House's theory, they insist on a new doctor... especially after House calls himself “Dr. Yahweh”. But now, the bride can't breathe, so they’re stuck with House. And the team is back to one of their favorite theories: Lupus!
Later, as a nice break, House decides to barge in on Wilson and CTB's date. When Wilson complains about the wait, CTB goes to harass the host while House observes, "She's going to slap him in the face with your testicles." Best. Line. Ever. When House realizes that Wilson is really into CTB's personality, he realizes that Wilson has chosen a female version of House. Insert awkward pause here.
Roz's tests show she doesn't have Lupus, but then she gets a gnarly leg cramp. Foreman and Thirteen do a scan to check for clots. They wax philosophical about people who don't change, and who don't like boxes only if they don't fit into them. Then Foreman busts out with, "Like you, because your bisexual." Thirteen doesn't deny it, and every dude watching this show is now paying full attention. House enters and tells the team that his tests were just to prove the patient likes being tested on... until they make her stand up, and she crashes... then sits, and is fine. House is intrigued, and makes her do it a few more times. Sick puppy.
After more tests (this time for heart issues) are ordered, House accosts Wilson about moving out of his hotel. Wilson cuts him off and agrees that yes, he is indeed dating House. It's brilliant... they've been a couple for years. I can hear the bloggers typing away as I write this! At last! Confirmation that House and Wilson are a couple! Hee.
Thirteen and Taub do a sweat test while Yonatan defensively explains why he won't be with his wife during the test while she's undressed: Out of respect. Before anyone can apologize for offending him, Roz's temperature plummets and she starts to seize. The team realizes that Addison's disease fits Roz's symptoms and administers the proper meds. Meanwhile, Cuddy, due to a little prodding by House, talks to Wilson about his relationship with CTB. Cuddy knows CTB is going to leave Wilson devastated and empty in the end. Wilson just says, "Wow." He knows she's right.
Roz starts feeling better and is happy with her treatment until she starts bleeding internally. Chase tells her she needs surgery to survive long enough for House to figure out what's going on. She refuses until sundown so she can have one Shabbat with her husband before she dies. Sad. They call in a Rabbi.
House summons CTB and tells her if she can solve the case, and she'll get the job. She tells House that dating Wilson is not some tricky maneuver to get a job with House. She always thought she'd have to choose between respect and love, but with Wilson she gets both. House realizes she's changed. Awwww.
Right before Roz is wheeled in to surgery, House has an epiphany (as always), that something isn't where it should be... that something is her kidney which has gone loose. Ouchy! This leaves House free to tell Wilson that he could do worse than a female proxy for him. Ha! Wilson freaks out because this admission means House has changed??? What? Huh?
That’s the last House for now, until the writers return. What did you think about the episode? Do you think House will leave Wilson and CTB alone now?
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Feb 6, 2008 10:03 AM
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Funny to see Laura Silverman, Sarah Silverman's sister (who co-stars on The Sarah Silverman Show), as POTW in a serious role.
Did anyone notice that House somehow knows or found out about 13's bisexuality? When he asked her, "You do it both ways, right?" about the ultrasound, the look on his face (and his wink) showed he clearly knows.
Loved tonight's interactions between House and Wilson, but still can't stand CTB. She's a horrible actress, so the fact that the writers are trying to make her sympathetic doesn't translate.
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Feb 6, 2008 11:23 AM
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Another great episode ... can't wait for the writers to get back to work on more.
Kutner is emerging as second to House in coming up with great one-liners, too!
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Feb 6, 2008 11:26 AM
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Erin, I feel I need to clarify one point in your recap. You mention that when Roz refuses surgery until after sundown, putting her life in jeopardy, the Rabbi is called in. He was called to talk her OUT of it! Saving a life almost always takes precedence in Jewish tradition. That is why her husband went along with the ruse to have her think sundown had come when in fact they had covered up the windows to make it appear dark. Personally I was very happy and relieved with the respectful tone taken towards religious observance by the show. So many times TV sets the religious up to be the clowns and butt of jokes. It was interesting to see how Taub went from being derisive to respectful of the couple. Every time House attacked them he was proven wrong.
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Feb 6, 2008 11:27 AM
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My all time fav line of this episode is when Cuddy confronts Wilson "Are you sure she doesn't wanna just take you back to her lair, hang you upside down, and deposit her eggs in you?" It was such a House comment!! But Cuddy really made Wilson think, although from the looks of it CTB does have feelings for Wilson.
It was a good case, a really interesting diagnosis too. I somewhat missed the exchange between 13 and Foreman in the mri room and I couldn't make out at all what Roz was saying during the heart exam. So thanks for clarifying it! 
Back to reruns until any new epsiodes air....
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Feb 6, 2008 11:44 AM
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House and Wilson were fabulous! Wished I'd written down some of the many great lines they had. They really ARE a couple in a bromance sort of way. If they ever remake The Odd Couple, House and Wilson would be perfect!
CTB is trouble. Her "love" for Wilson can't possibly be sincere, and both House and Cuddy know it. I'm glad Cuddy attempted to warn Wilson that he'll end up as a chalk outline after CTB is through with him.
Try as I might, I just can't like the new interns, and POTW is just filler in between the House/Wilson/Cuddy show. Those are the only characters I care about anymore, since Foreman, Cameron and Chase have been marginalized.
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Feb 6, 2008 12:11 PM
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I enjoyed the episode for the most part, but like others, I can't seem to get into the new team at all. There's just no chemistry. The tidbit about 13 was interesting though, and I can just imagine how this will be used in later episodes.(And I'm really hoping for other episodes this season!)
Loved when House told Chase that they needed him!! Best moment of the whole episode as far as I'm concerned. I see hope for the show in the future now.
I don't care for CTB either and even when she seemed to be sincere w/House, there was some bad undercurrent in her. Poor Wilson, I hope he wasn't investing too much into this relationship.
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Feb 6, 2008 12:34 PM
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Jewish tradition is awesome and I'm so glad that there were many positive points in this episode about it. However, I could just slap "House" and the writers for those awful, rude, crude and socially unacceptable comments that House (the character) made. Shame, shame! If I could, I would like to slap the hands of the writers with a ruler!!  Guess I'll have to take the bad with the good. It's disappointing that there will be no further new episdoes this season - at least that's what we're up against at this time. It's okay to watch repeats, but it just isn't the same. Come on writers - get back to work asap!
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Feb 6, 2008 1:09 PM
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Isn't it a stress test, not a sweat test?
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Feb 6, 2008 1:14 PM
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Loved, loved, loved the House/Wilson subplot. Robert Sean Leonartd deserves an Emmy! And yes, HL and RSL should definitely play Oscar and Felix in an Odd Couple remake. They are truly the powerhouse couple on House. Nothing else seems to come close.
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Feb 6, 2008 1:21 PM
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Wilson cuts him off and agrees that yes, he is indeed dating House. It's brilliant... they've been a couple for years. I can hear the bloggers typing away as I write this! At last! Confirmation that House and Wilson are a couple! Hee.
The Boards on the House site will go nuts for sure!! They've been hinting at this for years, not realizing that the writers are just playing right into their hands when they have House & Wilson say these things! It's so obvious the writers read what fans say about a House/Wilson relationship! The writers are busting their cajones and the H/W fans don't even realize it!!!
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Feb 6, 2008 1:28 PM
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Poor Wilson, I hope he wasn't investing too much into this relationship.
kenr:
But didn't you hear House say to Wilson "you moved out the hotel". My first thought was he moved in with CTB...already! I'm afraid that's the direction that they will be taking with this relationship....and then the chalk mark of Wilson as a cliff hanger!!
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Feb 6, 2008 1:37 PM
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Isn't it a stress test, not a sweat test?
They did both last night. The sweat test is when she started to go into convulsions.
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Feb 6, 2008 1:43 PM
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I forgot about that Tootsie2! All we can do is hope for the best, I guess. Hate to see him get messed up over the likes of CTB!
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Feb 6, 2008 2:11 PM
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The last two eps of House were fabulously written. I loved last night's. I just want to point out a few things. Was the book House was "reading" in CTB's apartment, the last Harry Potter Book? And did anyone catch House called Amber "CB". And how did Foreman and House figure out 13's sexual status? Do you think they talked about it together?
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Feb 6, 2008 2:18 PM
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