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Sam's Three Things About House, Episode 4.16: A Blonde Is A Terrible Thing To Waste

1. NEEDLE IN TEH BRAIN OH NOOOOOOOOOES ack ew ick. Also, that moment when House is sitting in the head-holding frame and cuts his eyes to Wilson right at the chord change? That was a complete Stephen King moment.

2. Oh, god. I'm sorry, I know it's callous and cruel, but these long drawn-out death scenes, they make me eyeroll. I didn't like Amber to start with, not from her very first appearance, but that hardly matters; I liked Tosh and Owen (well, more or less) and I eyerolled at their grand death scenes too. I realise this is not an inherent flaw in television; most people cry like babies, but the Precious Last Moments just annoy me. Points for realistic snotting noises, though.

3. Okay, seriously, how many near-death visions does House get to have? Hasn't he had like, four already? Not counting hallucinations and flashbacks, but pure head-on talkin'-with-dead-people visions. He's had a lot anyhow. Potentially because they're the only time he is ever actually emotionally honest about anything, true.

3a. That moment where Plastic Surgeon gives his wife a hug is way awkward. It's like he's trying to bodyslam her or something. I have to admit I may have LOLed.

And now to bed, because last night I did not sleep well due to dreams of sex and homicide, and not the good kind of either.

Comments

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

2. Oh, god. I'm sorry, I know it's callous and cruel, but these long drawn-out death scenes, they make me eyeroll.

Agreed. Plus, medically unrealistic much?

3. maybe he needs to have a word with Benton Fraser.

[lhazzie.livejournal.com]

Lol, Due South.

[plottwist13.livejournal.com]

Oh lord I WEPT at Amber's death, and I didn't even like her! And I knew it was cheesy as hell and I was still weeping. But then I lol'd because when I watched it live there was this HILARIOUSLY INAPPROPRIATE commercial right after she died. It was like, for some cartoon or something. So, so wrong.

[l33tminion]

Likewise, although still didn't take the cake for most emotional House moment (for me (so far) that has to be the end of 3x03, when House tells Cameron that he's proud of her).

[meran-flash.livejournal.com]

It was for Kung Fu Panda. XD I remember many of the conversations that night involving loud exclamations of "THAT FUCKING PANDA."

[trinity_clare]

...There's a good kind of dream about homicide?

[skelody.livejournal.com]

If YOU'RE the perp. Maybe.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Depends on your victim, I suppose.

[etharei.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that whole goodbye sequence was bordering on trippy. That said, I WAS WEEPING FOR WILSON AND THE HOUSE/WILSON PAIN.

I kind of feel sorry for House's brain. I feel like it should file a civil suit for cruel and unusual punishment, or something.

And now you've got me trying to imagine the 'good kind' of sex and homicide dreams. (Well, the sex kind, duh, but sex and homicide? Unless there's a Ianto-wearing-serial-killer-gloves in there somewhere, in which case I may definitely be persuaded.)

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Well, homicide is good if it's someone you don't like, and you don't get caught. :D

[hy-perion.livejournal.com]

I don't particularly like Amber either, but I cried when she died, because RSL acted that one really, really well. It was like Dead Poet's Society all over again.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I have to admit Dead Poet's Society didn't make me cry either. I thought Neil was kind of a dumbass. His parents are obviously rich, if he wants out that badly he should have just robbed them blind and done a runner. :D

[meran-flash.livejournal.com]

You're not being serious, but I'm addressing this just because I once had an interesting conversation with someone about this--that movie and the events in it are very dependent on the time period that it's set in. It takes place in the '50s, a time in which your parents' plans for their child's life meant a hell of a lot more than they do now. Neil genuinely did not see a way out of his father's plans for him, and he couldn't cope with that being the next seven plus years of his life.

For the record, though, I didn't cry either. ;D

Plus, it must have made for some interesting on-set conversations during that season 3 episode where Neil's dad was also the piano savant's dad.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Well, at the time I saw it I was serious, but I saw it when I was fourteen and wasn't as informed about historical context as I am now. I did think he was a total dumbass at the time; he'd already defied his father, so what did he have to lose? I felt, and feel to this day, that a lot of his suicide was basically to show his father "Look what you made me do."

But yeah, I get where you're coming from, totally.

[hy-perion.livejournal.com]

I didn't cry because of Neil, either. (Which is, admittedly, something I have been called a heartless cow for.)

It was Todd, running screaming into the snow. Too much screamage there. And, well, I don't do too well with screaming

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

I liked everything Amber did with Wilson in that episode - her face when she diagnosed herself and instantly realized she was dead was amazing, just a great job by Anne Dudek IMO. She was also great in the bus scene.

The bit that was one musical interlude too many was when the other underlings went to say goodbye to her. What emotionally dishonest shit - they blatantly admitted that they only liked her because she was dying! Which is a sentiment House has explicitly lacerated people for before, so it's a crying shame he was in a coma at that point and not present to give the underlings the verbal lashing they deserved for that crap. They didn't like Amber and she didn't like them - she should have been able to spend her last minutes with her boyfriend instead of being awkwardly embraced by Thirteen. The only one of them I could believe liked Amber is Kutner, because a) he asked her out, and b) he's a sweetheart, generally.

That scene sort of tainted the episode for me and made it not quite as good as "House's Head", but man, did Hugh Laurie hit it out of the park. Again. You'd think I'd get nonchalant about his awesome after 4+ years of it.

[meran-flash.livejournal.com]

Agreed about the Duckling parade. Dying is personal and the only appropriate company are the people closest to you in the world.

[abigail-nicole.livejournal.com]

3. because the writers don't get creative with House-be-honest plots anymore...I mean, I love the main character, but the entire show is focused around him and really? he's the kind of guy who you're like well, the whole world's not focused around you. stronger supporting characters! more Cuddy!

[rayerei.livejournal.com]

Totally OT, but I found this at fandom secrets here: http://community.livejournal.com/fandomsecrets/224896.html#cutid1

(http://pics.livejournal.com/rayerei/pic/0000p3kc/)

Just thought I'd share.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Thank you! A couple of other people have linked me. It's always nice to get anonymous encouragement!

[meran-flash.livejournal.com]

House dies a lot. It's why I lol'd at the episode where he tried to see life after death, AS IF HE'S NEVER BEEN DEAD BEFORE. HELLO INFARCTION MUCH.

Regarding realistic snottiness, I also lol'd at the way RSL's groping hands stretched Ann Dudek's face all to hell right in the last shot of her alive.

Still, though, I ended up liking Amber even just for the catalyst she became. I ended up adoring that episode, too, just for the House/Wilson angst and because I am a cheap, easy fangirl.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL YES her face was hilarious, which I thought at first they were doing on purpose to show how death alters the face and then I decided was just the unfortunate malleability of her face in general. :D

[metallumai.livejournal.com]

Must start watching House again; I have a lot of room for intelligent surly bastards.

re: weird dreams-- fewer blankets, medear. I always get evil sex-and-homicide dreams when I'm too warm at night.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it has been kind of warm -- I'm calibrating the radiators :D The bedroom radiator is just slightly too far on, the living room one not quite far on enough....

[midgetgems.livejournal.com]

Little!Sam has learnt how to turn the radiators off. I keep walking into rooms thinking "oooo it's cold in here," then realize the radiator's off...

[cassie-lee.livejournal.com]

Completely unrelated steam punk hoodie (http://www.jinx.com/jinx_winter_2009_line/men/steam_punk_zip_up_hoodie.html). Just because it made me think of you.

And coincidentally, right next to it in the winter collection was this fella (http://www.jinx.com/jinx_winter_2009_line/men/cartographer.html).

Two things that make me think of you, together on the same page...

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Neat hoodie! I wasn't sure why the other shirt made you think of me till I saw it was a Cartographer :D

[cassie-lee.livejournal.com]

I know, it's pretty cool. This website is so nerdy, I got both my brothers' Christmas presents from there.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Wilson didn't even want to do it, Cuddy talked him into it. I was sure that as soon as she said "She would want it" that Wilson was going to bitchslap her, because oh my god, really? Nothing we've seen in Amber's character makes me believe that she would want that or would act the way she did once woken. And yet...not so much.

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[bobthemole.livejournal.com]

Sam you has to see this! http://chrisdaneowens.com/video/Shine_large.html

It's more fun with the sound off, tho the music has a certain charm as well.

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[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Can't view it at work, it says :/ I'll check when I get home tonight. What is it?

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[bobthemole.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry. It's a genre fantasy film that's masquerading as a music video. A critically-underwhelming genre fantasy at that. I thought it might make a good addition to your "Oh internet, why must you show me this" series :)

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[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Uh. Is it supposed to be...amusingly bad? I'm confused. It just seems like a mediocre music video to me.

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[bobthemole.livejournal.com]

um, that's pretty much it. guess I fail at punchlines :)

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[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Well, my sense of humour is notoriously out of tune with the rest of the universe, so I wouldn't take it personally :D

[(Anonymous)]

woot off!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

AWESOME, thank you!

[srevans.livejournal.com]

psst: "House's Head" and "Wilson's Heart," not the other way around. :)

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I think I called them both Head -- the filenames I got must have been badly labeled.

[lhazzie.livejournal.com]

Re: death scenes.

The drawn out death scene is a shit concept. It's way more heartbreaking if they don't get to say goodbye, etc.

I bawled my eyes out when Amber died, but because Wilson was upset, not cos she was dead. And I quite liked Tosh's death in TW, cos she was hiding her injury from Owen, which was sad.

The saddest character death I have ever, ever seen though is in the West Wing, when his assisstant dies, because it was totally unexpected. She had gone to collect a new car, and was going to bring it back to show everyone -she was killed in an accident off screen, with no build up and no death seen. Much more powerful than any Last Words.