House - Painless OTA 1/19/09 *SPOILERS*

He didn't get epilepsy from the guy scratching his balls. He realized that the initial pain the guy described was similar to the pain one feels when one is kicked there. He knew that the pain center that controls such pain is deep within the brain in an area that wouldn't show up on the tests they had run. He then determined that something must be affecting that area of the brain, and epilepsy must be the only thing that would have that intermittent effect.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if they're considering killing her off. Reportedly, there is still a sizable "Chameron" group in the fan base that refuse to like anything about Thirteen as her relationship with Foreman supposedly puts getting Chase and Cameron back together on the back burner (and there is talk of rekindling that relationship onscreen, although Friends managed to keep the Ross/Rachel and Monica/Chandler relationships going simultaneously).

As for Cuddy and the baby, is this going to be this season's "let the story run, then end it suddenly, push the reset button, and let's never speak of this again" storyline (like "get rid of House's department" and "House arrested for drug-related crimes", and, to a lesser extent, "House gets shot")?

-- Don

 

My recording cut off just as House was getting into the shower and grabbing the pipe (duh). I assume there wasn't much more after that, but if anybody can fill me in, I'd appreciate it.

 

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Basically, you got it. A few seconds of House grabbing the pipe, then the light goes off as to why the pipe broke in the first place. Well, he realizes he's grabbing the pipe, sees it wiggle around (the faucets aren't anchored into the wall, and thus actually can wiggle out quite a bit), and Eureka.

 

Spoiler

Ausiello did an interview with the executive producers, who said that game-changing events would take place in this season's last batch of episodes that would allow them to use Chameron more next season.

 

I am not sure why, but Tivo didn't record this for me. Bleh, I have to go recheck stuff. Anyway, it sounds like it was a good ep and I like that Cuddy was able to adopt.

 

It was moved to Monday so check your conflicts on that day and adjust.

 

The investigator talked like she was just a foster mom, and hadn't yet actually adopted the kid.

 

I think his last line was something like, "See you next year - if you haven't adopted her by then."

-- Don

 

Yes, she's definitely a foster mother at this point, not an adoptive one. Much simpler (and faster) process.

 

Good episode, but I was a little surprised for the odd dig at (other than Cuddy) foster parents. I guess the writers figure that most foster parents are not financially, professionally and personally stable families with clean homes?

 

Which amusingly enough they referenced in this very episode.

 

I don't know about most of that, but I believe foster parents are on average lower middle or lower income.

 

I'm not sure this is true as a generality, but there are some foster parents that look at fostering as a way to get make extra money. The state normally pays the foster parent a stipend for room and board for the foster child.

Fostering would definitely be the first step. The child was abandoned, right? Once the parents sign over their parental right, or the state decides they are unfit, Cuddy will then be able to adopt the child.

 

I got a kick out of House referring to Cuddy's kid as "Mowgli" ROFL

 

I thought that is what he said. LOL. Then I thought maybe it was too recent, but i guess not.

 

Jungle Book + Rudyard Kipling = Orphan raised by wolves

Too recent? What am I missing?

 

Most likely, Marksman (and myself, actually), thought it was a reference to a recent celebrity spawn (Bronx Mowgli--Ashlee Simpson's kid).

 

I'm not up-to-date on celebrity spawn, and it kind of works both ways.