House!
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007Oh, House, how could I go for three months without you?
Stellar stuff last night, as even the short absences of Chase/Cameron/Forman didn’t hold the show back, because they just replaced them with the House/Wilson Comedy Hour, which is even better. We didn’t get enough Wilson last year, and it’s obvious by the gusto with which they dove into the “Guitar kidnapper” subplot (”Have you ever heard the sound that a guitar string makes when you turn it really, really slowly?”). Too many great lines from that bit of business alone to recap here, but other contenders for line of the night included “Don’t call the police or FBI. Or tell Cuddy.” and House’s smooth-talking of the cancer patient. And the actual Patient of the Week was a tricky one as well, as I was guessing that she had an affair with the other grieving boyfriend all the way up until the completely off-the-wall solution was presented. It’s a true story, which is the only way to explain how weird it is. But it proved that House doesn’t really need his team, he just needs Dr. Buffer, who can ask for consent forms like Cameron and guess that it might be lupus like Chase! I anxiously await Fellowship Survivor next week.
Heroes, which I finally got a chance to watch, was a good opener, but didn’t blow me away like the original pilot did. But then I guess it doesn’t have to anymore. The Mysterious Rogue Team Member stuff is always an easy sell in comic books, and I’m sure they’ll milk it for just as much here. Creepy Emo Kid can go fly off a bridge, but I suspect that since they’ve gone to great pains to avoid power duplications thus far, and we’ve seen Nathan already, then it might be Peter, using Candice’s powers to change his looks. However, it’s already been established that he’s Ultra Boy and can only use one at a time, so maybe it’s just some creepy Super Peeping Tom. I dunno who that would make the guy in the cargo hold with the Helix necklace, though.
