Sam's Backup Page ([personal profile] cblj_backup) wrote2008-12-06 09:21 pm

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I'm slowly catching up on House MD, and currently watching the one from last season where he diagnoses the soap star.

They're...not really even trying to pretend he's straight anymore, huh?

[identity profile] blairprovence.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
I find I still enjoy the show, but do not obsessively rewatch the way I used to. And I'm not one of the people who think adding the Numbers/cutting time for the Cottages was inherently a huge mistake - but I'm not loving the new characters nearly as much, and Thirteen bugs me more than Cameron did. I wish House had kept Chase instead of Foreman, who keeps being outraged about the things House does, like he hasn't seen it already for FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS!

I will be interested to hear what you think about the season finale!

[identity profile] copperbadge.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Foreman lacks entertainment value. I think that the mistake would have been removing the cottages entirely -- I like that they're still in the show, it widens the ensemble and makes things more interesting. :D

[identity profile] meran-flash.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Cottages... does this refer to the fellows? This is the first time I've heard that. Everywhere else in fandom I've heard them referred to as 'the ducklings.'

Also, Thirteen would be *just fine* if the producers or whoever just didn't make every damn episode about her. I actually like her, and they give her great lines ("And here I just thought I was into boobs," is a particular favorite), but I OD'd on her storyline like four episodes ago.

[identity profile] copperbadge.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cottages" is what the TWOP summary-writer called them, because their names all sound like the names of vacation rental cottages :D All his wee fellows are the Ducklings; the old ducklings are the Cottages, the new ducklings are the Numbers.

I still don't know what thirteen's name is, or the plastic surgeon. :D

[identity profile] meran-flash.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thirteen is Remy Hadley (they used it once and it's the name on all the promo websites, though if you look closely her name badge actually has her name taped over with '13' written on it instead), and the plastic surgeon is Chris(?) Taub.

[identity profile] sabra-n.livejournal.com 2008-12-08 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
though if you look closely her name badge actually has her name taped over with '13' written on it instead

Does it really? *resolves to look for this in the next ep* I'm very mixed on Thirteen, but that's actually kind of amusing.

[identity profile] meran-flash.livejournal.com 2008-12-09 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
I noticed it some [livejournal.com profile] house_daily, if that makes it easier.

I feel like Thirteen's gotten a bad rap. She honestly wouldn't be so hard to deal with if they'd made fewer episodes centered on her.

[identity profile] meran-flash.livejournal.com 2008-12-09 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
*some high-res promo shots

[identity profile] mysid.livejournal.com 2008-12-08 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
I'd heard "Cottages" being explained as "they're 'little Houses'".

[identity profile] copperbadge.livejournal.com 2008-12-08 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man, that makes way more sense and is probably true. :D