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January 9, 2007: Words and Deeds
If you've watched tonight's show but have never seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, then don't bother to rent the DVD. Though it did the whole lobotomy-to-erase-memories-of-love thing much better. At least in that movie, the love was mutual. Here, poor firefighter Derek (Tory Kittles) has a heart attack whenever Amy (Meagan Good), the object of his affection, is near. What's worse is that Derek believes her to be in love with his brother (Jason George). Such is the curse of Broken Heart syndrome. Coupled with male menopause, it's no wonder Derek tried to strangle Cameron.
I wish he'd try to strangle Tritter. That no good, self-righteous, smug cop is full of it. He gets House to apologize and then throws out the old action-versus-words speech. So House takes himself to rehab, and Tritter still does not relent. "Even your actions lie." Whatever, Tritter. Get over yourself, I'm so over you. Good thing, too, because it's all over with this guy. David Morse, we love ya, but buh-bye.
Could the writers have wrapped up this lengthy arc any quicker? Cuddy perjures herself on the stand by saying she replaced House's stolen pharmacy pills with placebos and, voila, all the charges are dropped. That's it? Color me let down.
Derek's false memories. Cuddy's false evidence. And yet this was a show filled with false promise. House may have gone to rehab, but he never quit the Vicodin, and Tritter wanted nothing more than revenge for his own humiliation. In the end, this journey was just a false alarm designed to address the issue of House's addiction without changing the premise of the show. Maybe in three week's time we'll forget the whole thing happened.
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Jan 10, 2007 1:48 AM
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I'm so glad Tritter is gone! I was on the brink of writing the producers to tell them my devotion to Hugh Laurie would not be enough to keep me watching this awful story line. I'm sorry, I'm watching HOUSE for escapism not to see a brilliant man destroy himself. We've got real life anytime and all the time. I want to watch an attractive, ironic genius do his stuff. OK, he's Sherlock Holmes, but the old movies had the sense to leave out the 7% solution. Leave the clay feet off this god, OK?
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Jan 10, 2007 7:32 AM
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Great episode, but mainly because it wrapped up the extended Tritter/House storyline. BTW, I knew House didnt give up his Vicodin. Besides, he wouldn't be House without it.
On another note, FOX..why oh why do we have to wait 3 weeks for an all new episode>? Oh yeah,it's because of that stupid fricken show named American Idol(talk about quality entertainment and yes I'm being sarcastic) .
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Jan 10, 2007 7:33 AM
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Three weeks! Arghhh!
I enjoyed the storyline of Trotter, but it did seem to drag on a bit long. I was disappointed that Trotter didn't make some allowances in the end, but even more disappointed that House wasn't really making any effort to change. Just maniplulating people and situations again.
I want them to give me more reasons for House's friends to love him. We know he is a "brilliant doctor," but I'm wondering how co-dependent Cuddy and Wilson must be to keep letting themselves be treated like that. I would start hating myself and hating House more and more if he kept treating me so badly and I put up with it. And maybe that is where the storyline is going...it seemed like I saw hatred in Cuddy's eyes as she gave House the jailhouse speech.
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Jan 10, 2007 7:49 AM
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Thank god the Tritter story line is over. what a waste. all that annoying back and forth for the grand total of next to nothing. Cuddy wont be controlling House for long. This storyline i feel was the first serious misstep of the show. The case was interesting though. why didnt they just air this in December too? To have it come back for a week and then remove it for 2 is just retarded. Stupid AI!
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Jan 10, 2007 8:29 AM
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I am glad this storyline is over. I could accept the idea of a drug addicted doctor in the fictional world they first created. When they tried to take it into real life consequences it derailed. Partly because they took the Tritter character too over the top. Mostly because they totally copped out by having Cuddy lie to get him out of it.
Of Course, the co-dependant Wilson can't stay mad at his BFF. A possibly fake apology was all it took to get him back on the House love train. House even got a big hug from Cameron. Aww. Of course House, that loveable scamp, was just pretending to quit. The joke is on us. Only in real life none of this would be the least bit funny, and it's not really that amusing here.
As a result of this story I now have no respect for any of the supporting characters. It is going to take quite a bit to get interested in any of House's addiction drama again.
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Jan 10, 2007 8:56 AM
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And yet this was a show filled with false promise. House may have gone to rehab but he never quit the Vicodin ...
Alright, I understood at the end of the episode that House never quit the vicodin, however who was supplying it to him? I had the same look of shock as did Wilson when he had his revelation (and yes, Wilson figured it out before me) but Wilson never asked who was the vicodin source so now I will ... who was the source of the vicodin?
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Jan 10, 2007 9:09 AM
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The one supplying House with his Vicodin was someone he referred to, I think, as "Voldemort". (As in, the villain from Harry Potter? Maybe I was hearing his name wrong, lol!). But, I think he was referring to the guy from rehab who gave House his pills (whatever they were). House paid him off to switch them for Vicodin.
I too, thought that they wrapped this storyline up rather abruptly, and it was ultimately anticlimatic. I am glad to see Tritter go though. The interaction between House and Tritter left me unsatisfied. I'm not sure what I wanted to happen, but whatever it was, it didn't.
I know a lot of people are going to be upset that House is only faking rehab and is continuing with the Vicodin as usual, but I was glad to see that he will be back to his normal persona and routine next week. It's fine with me that he is faking rehab, but I do hope that there was a grain of sincerity in his apology to Wilson. House can be as rude and arrogant as he wants, but I just want to know that he does truly care about his friends underneath it all.
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Jan 10, 2007 9:33 AM
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The rehab guard "Voldemort" was supplying the vicodin. He asked Wilson where he got the morphine (or whatever rehab allowed there) from the pharmacy or voldemort and that's when wilson figured it out.
I would just like to say that I didn't like the Tritter character either. He was annoying and had a funky way of talking. The storyline was a pain in the butt because House is supposed to be kicking people down not getting kicked down. I was disappointed in the resolution of it - Cuddy perjures herself and comes up with fake evidence. I thought that was blah.
BUT - I didn't realize that House was getting a supply of Vicodin until the end with Wilson, but I did think that he wasn't responding the same way as when they cut him off from the vicodin. It seemed the pain and lack of drugs was intolerable. This time he seemed sweaty and sick but not as over the top in pain as before. I thought that was weird.
Overall, I liked the episode, though. I thought House was funny and I like him best when he's witty. And, no offense to the judge, but I would have said Nobody else can take care of save his life, would you like me to ask him to die? Or something like that.
I think this is verging on rambling but would also like to add that Wilson's reaction to the apology made me laugh out loud too.
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Jan 10, 2007 9:39 AM
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I'm pretty sure the supplier was the orderly at the rehab. He had all the appearance of doing his job by monitoring visits and going through bags and he was giving House his meds
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Jan 10, 2007 9:42 AM
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What I don't understand is, though Cuddy "changed the pills", House still stole them! Isn't there something about "intent" in the law? Just because the judge thinks the pills weren't Vicodin he gets off?
I'm not saying I wanted him to go to prison indefinitely, but his intent was to steal Vicodin (which, of course he did)...but I just don't understand how just because the judge thinks they were sugar pills he isn't being held responsible for stealing--with the intent to steal Vicodin. HUH?
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Jan 10, 2007 10:37 AM
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"I own your A$$!" GO Cuddy! Double Clinic duty? Always a bonus!! Love House's crazy clinic patients! Having to do student lectures? Bring it on! Loved "Three Stories" if he does another "lecture" like that I'm all for it!
Only problems with this epi? Cameron hugging House was just awkward! And not in keeping with everything else she did in this epi.
And second is House's glib treatment of the judge. That was disrespectful EVEN for House!
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Jan 10, 2007 10:56 AM
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This whole Tritter story arc started with a "pain in the ass" - was a " pain in the ass" throughout and ended the same way (if you get my pun). The hint that House was getting Vicodin from the orderly was when they showed him taking his meds the first time - you could see that he didn't even look at his medication though you could tell he felt what they were shaped like with his tongue! You would expect a physician to identify his pills unless he already knew what he was getting.
I did feel though that House was taking his 12 steps somewha seriously and that his apologies were somewhat sincere!
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Jan 10, 2007 11:07 AM
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I felt as naive as Cameron when it became clear that House had been playing everyone around him to make the best of his situation. Really makes me wish Cuddy hadn't perjured herself, because now you have to wonder if House learned a damn thing. I think he did, but he'd deny it, and his personality will bury it hard now that things can get back to normal. Hugh Laurie's a frickin' master!
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Jan 10, 2007 11:36 AM
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i can just kick myself in the head i missed tuesdays episode of house. but since i read the recap im glad so glad that tritter is gone. please dont let them bring this man back.
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Jan 10, 2007 11:42 AM
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