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I don't want those two together. It would ruin the show. Cuddy seems so depressed lately. Obviously she isn't happy with Lucas. I don't think she likes the new House. I do think House misses his pills. Will he go back to them? I think the temptation will build. Of course Chase is hurting. He hides it, like a lot of men. Foreman is trying because he feels guilt. He was part of Chase's fall from grace. Hitting House was actually brilliant. Ease up on Cuddy/House. More Wilson/House. Enough with Foreman/Thirteen. They never seemed a couple. I did LOVE Taub showing his wife the picture and her reaction. That was a hoot.

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Well, actually discussing the A plot of the episode, it was nice to see a show deal with the social and emotional costs of intelligence.

Studies say that a man with an IQ as high as Sidas will only have about 1/8th as successful a social life as a guy with a "normal" IQ. That's 1/8th as likely to have a girlfriend in high school or college, 1/8th as likely to have a sex life, 1/8th as likely to have a successful relationship.

Sidas' saying that when his brain is running at full speed, his wife has more in common with a gibbon than she has with him wasn't that far off. A point echoed by Taub's effective pretense of brutality as a way of getting his wife to find him sexually desirable. Taub's happiness didn't make him desirable, his finding meaning in life didn't make him desirable, his finding intellectual satisfaction didn't make him desirable, his saving lives didn't make him desirable. His pretending to beat up a male she considered more dominent? That's what got him a sex life. Just the way you'd expect in a pack of gibbons.

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What's really messed up is Cuddy went through the trouble to mislead House and then she didn't even have "his" sitter do anything more than offer a turkey sandwich. Get the man some dressing, damn it!

Good episode. I do wonder if they will make the Chase/Cameron break up fade into obscurity or if Chase will fall into a downward spiral. He implied he got drunk over Thanksgiving (although that could've just been to get people off his back, as he insisted was his goal) so maybe he'll become an alcoholic or something.

I was also surprised by this week's patient. Can't believe the clinic returns in the same episode as a patient that's genuinely interesting. Ironically, right after Cameron leaves....

Oh, and Taub was priceless! Mike in Seattle, it's both sad and funny how true that observation is!

I can't wait for next week's episode. Wilson's dramatic moments have pretty much died since last season, probably because House doesn't push him as much since their brief "break up". Nonetheless it will be good to see him do more drama instead of just mostly being a straight man to House's antics.

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I agree Jonathan, I understand a barrier in the Lisa/Greg relationship but this Lucas guy wasn't it. I am not buying it. Lisa is supposed to be super-single-mom and she got a baby sitter boyfriend? I would have much rather seen an intimacy between Cuddy and Wilson (not necessarily romantic or sexual) - but a closeness and Wilson helping with the baby to act as a obstacle for House.

I knew exactly where Taub was heading when he took that picture!!!!

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I laughed out loud at the Mike Tomlin - Omar Epps exchange.

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I too hate this Lucas situation. It is so unreal and downright annoying. If he's not gone soon I , as a viewer , might be!

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Why would Cuddy bother misleading House about the dinner invitation? She didn't even know he wanted an invite. You could argue that Wilson told Cuddy that House was being nice to her to get an invitation to her thanksgiving dinner, but (a) Wilson has not been taking sides in this game and (b) if Wilson did tell Cuddy, House would have confronted him about it. No way Wilson told Cuddy that House was trying to get invited to thanksgiving dinner w/ her and her sister.

This show has lost its edge. Like usual, I blame it on them getting rid of all Vicodin use, after years of "requests" by the government (why now?). Getting rid of House's need for painkillers, despite his chronic pain, is both an insult to the millions of people out there who suffer from intractable chronic pain as well as a means of negating the primary motivating characteristic of Dr. House that's been established since the pilot episode. It makes no sense, it's illogical, and it's a shame.

I just can't bear to watch this show anymore. What was once the smartest show on TV has become a stupid, nonsensical joke. The medical mysteries aren't even interesting - it's like they're background B plots. They don't bother with differential diagnoses anymore, they just say it's A, then it's B, then it's C, then it's D - cured. The process is gone, now it's just trial and error. Now this crap with House and Cuddy is just sad and pathetic.

Damn them for ruining my favorite show.

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tcc3: this entire episode was about how DXM abuse makes you dumb. That's right out of the DEA's script approval department, providing strong evidence to my point. Apparently taking cough syrup will turn a genius into a dithering moron. Yeah if that's not drug war propaganda you tell me what is. This whole episode was a "just say no to DXM" commercial.

As I've said before, I've been a fan of House since episode 1, season 1, so it's hard for me to just say "that's it - no more" and never watch it again. But i'm finally at that point. I don't see why you take such offense at the notion of the DEA doing what it can to prevent the media from showing drug use ("abuse" in their language) in anything but the most negative light. It's their primary objective, they don't even hide it. What would be unbelievable would be for the DEA to say absolutely nothing about a popular, prime-time TV show whose main character - a brilliant, witty, clever doctor who always gets his way and is always the brightest guy in the room - constantly flaunts his use ("abuse") of narcotics with no negative consequences. I know for an absolute, 100% certainty that the DEA has done everything in its power to curb the "flagrant abuse of narcotic painkillers" on the show. No conspiracy theory. Absolute fact.

The only unknown is why they caved in to the DEA now, and who exactly did the caving (News Corp? Fox network? House writers? House producers? House creators?). That I do not know. For whatever reason, someone with creative control over House finally agreed to the DEA's requests. I don't see why that's so hard to believe.

Since it's abundantly clear that Lucas will get sick and House will have to save his life, I feel no need to continue watching. But since there's nothing else on TV at the time, I may just keep watching House each week solely for the purpose of coming on here and reminding everyone that the show has been ruined by the DEA and whoever decided to concede to its demands.

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Alot of these criticisms are fair, but I still choose to look deeper into the show's premise, I still like how they force us to examine what's important in our lives, in society, without being told what to believe. This show still makes me think and sparks deep discussions, even though it's lost its shiny topcoat. Maybe you'll enjoy it more if you look beyond its outward silliness.

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Ditto, great commentary.

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someone is going to have to spell out the house sitter thing for me...

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I have been a fan of House since day 1 and I've got the books, the t-shirts, and the dvds to prove it. And thank god for those dvds because I cannot bear to watch this show any more. I'll have to be happy watching "the good old days" on dvd.

I don't know why TPTB have decided to force this Huddy storyline, or even worse, why they have dragged it out for so long. There are a LOT of fans out here who absolutely despise this pairing and wish it would just go away NOW. I am so sick and tired of this juvenile prank playing, I just want it over so we can have our show back.

The writers have totally destroyed the intelligent credibility this show used to have. Instead they are emphasizing characters and pairings that are universally disliked (does ANYONE like Foreman/Thirteen?) or just plain annoying (House/Cuddy), while all but ignoring characters that need MORE screentime (Wilson, anyone?). The patients have become boring and secondary to the soap opera-like relationships, and they are recycling stories that aren't even a year old (in The Greater Good a brilliant researcher gave up science to be a chef, in Innocence is Bliss a brilliant scientist gives up science to be a courier. YAWN.)

And what happened to the always funny and amazingly well written clinic patients??? If there is ONE PERSON out there who is glad they've disappeared, let me know who you are because you are quite the unique specimen. Clinic patients are one of the very best parts of the show and TPTB have completely gotten rid of them.

All in all, it's such a shame that a once brilliant, witty, and unique show has turned into a boring, dumbed-down, cookie cutter version of such soapy shows as Grey's Anatomy. House lost almost 1.2 million viewers this week and I'm afraid if they don't get back to their roots very soon they are going to see a loss of viewership EVERY week.

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Putting Cuddy and House together would be the equivalent of putting Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy together...IT'S A BAD IDEA.

Also, why is Jennifer Morrison still in the credits? Is it really that hard to change the opening?

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Does anybody know who makes the black jacket that Dr. Cuddy was wearing on "Ignorance is Bliss"? Thank you

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