House Recap: “Insensitive”

Title: “Insensitive”
Original Airdate: February 7, 2007
GMMR Recapper: LaLa

Ah yes, what a warm and romantic Valentine’s Day edition of House – the perfect episode to watch with your special someone. Because nothing says “I love you” like watching House pull a 25 foot tapeworm out of a teenage girl’s stomach. Just gives you those special warm fuzzies, doesn’t it? You know, the fuzzies that make you want to vomit. Yes, clearly this show is not backing away from the kind of graphic gore that I was talking about last week. I don’t know what was more disturbing: House taking forever to pull out the hugely long worm, or the fact that the teenage girl was conscious the whole time and was watching everything fairly calmly. That would be because this girl was born with that extremely rare disease where you can never feel pain. Which, of course, is exactly the type of disease that House would LOVE to have right now. But naturally, good ol’ Wilson, i.e. House’s conscience, soon squashes the man’s hopes of taking a sample of the girl’s spinal fluid and injecting it into his leg on the grounds of it being totally unethical and potentially harmful to the patient. Curses, foiled again.

Still, this patient sure afforded many memorable moments. The scene where House and the girl try to one-up each other on who has the worse deal was definitely one of my favorite House scenes ever. Sample exchange: Girl: “I can’t hold a boy too long because I might over-heat”. House: “Girls can’t hold me for too long because I only pay for an hour.” And of course, my favorite line of the night was also in this scene when, in an effort to convince the girl to stop resisting treatment and calm down, House says, “I’m sure I could say this without being condescending, but then that would give the false impression that I respect you.” Zing! No one does zingers better than House, especially when he’s being challenged.

And speaking of that, House’s manhood seemed to be strangely challenged by the discovery of Cuddy’s date, who she met at SingleBallroomDanceLovers.com. Hugh Laurie’s reaction to her date freely admitting that information was absolutely priceless. But I also loved the fact that Cuddy totally nailed House when, upon him showing up at her doorstep later that night to essentially harass her more about her date, she flat out asked, “Do you like me House?” Ohhhh, the cranky doc was pretty floored by that frank question, and seemed totally vulnerable as she inched closer to him seductively. Which again begs the question: Who is House going to end up with? Cuddy or Cameron? Cuddy’s date was totally right when he pointed out that Cuddy only really seems confident and sexy when she’s talking to House. But what about Cameron? Judging from the previews for the next episode, it looks like [SPOILERS!] House and Cameron might actually kiss!! If that’s the case, then I guess I was wrong about my prediction of it taking several more seasons for House and Cameron to hook up. [END SPOILERS]

And speaking of Cameron, what was with her suddenly becoming a callous nympho and wanting to have a “sex only” relationship with Chase because he’s the one she’s “least likely to fall in love with”? Did she make this sudden drastic change because of Foreman’s insightful speech to her about what true commitment and love really is, or was it because the actors who play Chase and Cameron recently became engaged in real life [and congratulations on that you two!!] and the writers wanted to somehow hook them up again on the show as a result? Whatever the reason, it will sure be interesting to see where they go with this new story. And also, here’s hoping that they give Chase more to do in general in the future episodes. I liked that he started to step up and take initiative this time – here’s hoping the writers will finally start developing his character more.

Final note: So I guess I was wrong, and Foreman actually was still dating that hot blond nurse. Well, WAS being the operative word here, because he broke up with her at the end of the episode. I guess, as she pointed out, he’s the kind of closed off personality who is too married to his work to want to really get close to someone and commit. And frankly, after this episode, it sure seems like ALL of the doctors at this hospital just can’t commit to a relationship. Come on, guys, it’s time to grow up – don’t make me call in Dr. Phil!
LaLa is a writer who currently resides in LaLa Land, aka Los Angeles. LaLa also likes to sing. LaLa also knows some lawyers in a law office. LaLa is also prone to making bad jokes, like this one. And of course, LaLa also loves her some quality television shows with quality actors on them, like House… and The Office… and 24… and, well, pretty much any smartly written show that doesn’t include a fat guy with a hot skinny wife or the words “two and a half men” in the title.

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