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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Review: House - Known Unknowns</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/review-house-known-unknowns-recap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/review-house-known-unknowns-recap/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/review-house-known-unknowns-recap/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="297" border="0" align="top" width="425" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/house-ep607_sc44-45pt_2009tvs425.jpg" alt="Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard, R) and House (Hugh Laurie, L) have a heated exchange at a medical convention in the 'House' episode 'Known Unknowns.'" /><br />
(<em>S06E07</em>)<em> "Well, I feel bad. I haven't named your testicles." - Cuddy<br />
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</em>We're all thinking it, and unlike euthanasia, I see no reason to keep mum -- <em>House </em>is firing on all cylinders right now. Actually, let me clarify that -- House the character, not <em>House </em>the show, is firing on all cylinders right now. Anything going on in Greg's periphery at the moment is sensational, absolutely electrifying drama.<br />
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Everything else? Not so much. If anything, "Known Unknowns" did nothing more than highlight something we've seen countless times already. Namely, the paralyzing effect House's absence has on his team. They're inept without him. What did I glean from the case du jour? Some annoying teenager got sick from eating oysters. However, I gleaned plenty from the rest of the hour.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/review-house-known-unknowns-recap/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19225360/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/review-house-known-unknowns-recap/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>David Shore</category><category>Dr Allison Cameron</category><category>Dr Chris Taub</category><category>Dr Eric Foreman</category><category>Dr Gregory House</category><category>Dr James Wilson</category><category>Dr Lisa Cuddy</category><category>Dr Remy Hadley</category><category>Dr Robert Chase</category><category>FOX</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Jennifer Morrison</category><category>Jesse Spencer</category><category>Known Unknowns</category><category>Lisa Edelstein</category><category>Lucas Douglas</category><category>Michael Weston</category><category>Olivia Wilde</category><category>Omar Epps</category><category>Peter Jacobson</category><category>Princeton Plainsboro Hospital</category><category>Robert Sean Leonard</category><category>S06E07</category><category>Thirteen</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Seth Rogen is back as B.O.B. for Monsters vs Aliens Halloween special</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/seth-rogen-is-back-as-b-o-b-for-monsters-vs-aliens-halloween-sp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/seth-rogen-is-back-as-b-o-b-for-monsters-vs-aliens-halloween-sp/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/seth-rogen-is-back-as-b-o-b-for-monsters-vs-aliens-halloween-sp/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/animation/" rel="tag">Animation</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><em><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="152" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/monsters-aliens-1256722998.jpg" alt="Seth Rogen from Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space" /></em>Seth Rogen has always enjoyed Halloween specials, from the TGIF line-up when he was a kid up to <em>The </em><em>Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror</em>. Tonight, he'll be in his own Halloween special, <a href="http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/video/clips/mutant-pumpkins-from-outer-space-preview/1170179/" target="_blank"><em>Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space</em></a> (NBC, 8 PM), based on the Dreamworks animated feature<em> Monsters vs Aliens</em>. <br />
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"I was a nerd and had nothing to do on Friday nights," Rogen says of the TGIF line-up during a conference call with press. "Whenever like the sitcoms would do their Halloween episode, I always enjoyed that for some reason. That always spawned some good comedy."<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/seth-rogen-is-back-as-b-o-b-for-monsters-vs-aliens-halloween-sp/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19212792/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/seth-rogen-is-back-as-b-o-b-for-monsters-vs-aliens-halloween-sp/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>featured</category><category>halloween specials</category><category>HalloweenSpecials</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>monsters vs aliens</category><category>MonstersVsAliens</category><category>reese witherspoon</category><category>ReeseWitherspoon</category><category>seth rogen</category><category>SethRogen</category><category>will arnett</category><category>WillArnett</category><dc:creator>Nick Zaino</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: Black Adder Remastered, Fawlty Towers Remastered</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/review-black-adder-remastered-fawlty-towers-remastered/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/review-black-adder-remastered-fawlty-towers-remastered/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/review-black-adder-remastered-fawlty-towers-remastered/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-on-dvd/" rel="tag">TV on DVD</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/british-tv/" rel="tag">British TV</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="307" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/blackadder_box-1256020241.jpg" alt="Black Adder Remastered box set" />When I was a kid, I remember seeing episodes of a couple of strange British shows on my local PBS affiliate in Rochester, NY. I never caught them regularly, not even sure when they aired, but I remember one of them was a peculiar little period piece with some funny gags, and a storyline I never completely grasped. <br />
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I learned later this first show was the classic <em>Blackadder</em> series with Rowan Atkinson, and the reason the storylines never made sense from show to show is that there are four seasons of the show, all taking place in a different historical period. I saw them out of order, and mostly caught the first season. <br />
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Watching the new <a href="http://www.bbcamericashop.com/dvd/blackadder-remastered-the-ultimate-edition-15372.html"><em>Black Adder Remastered - The Ultimate Edition</em></a> DVD set from BBC America (video and audio both remastered), it's clear the best way to watch <em>Blackadder</em> is to at least watch each series in order. And if you can watch the whole run in order, so much the better. From the first series set in the Dark Ages to the last set in World War I (<em>Blackadder Goes Forth</em>), Atkinson's character, Blackadder, remains a scheming coward. But he changes, too.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/review-black-adder-remastered-fawlty-towers-remastered/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19201960/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/review-black-adder-remastered-fawlty-towers-remastered/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>blackadder</category><category>connie booth</category><category>ConnieBooth</category><category>fawlty towers</category><category>FawltyTowers</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>jim broadbent</category><category>JimBroadbent</category><category>john cleease</category><category>JohnCleease</category><category>miranda richardson</category><category>MirandaRichardson</category><category>rowan atkinson</category><category>RowanAtkinson</category><category>stephen fry</category><category>StephenFry</category><category>tim mcinnerny</category><category>TimMcinnerny</category><category>tony robinson</category><category>TonyRobinson</category><dc:creator>Nick Zaino</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House as a young boy in deleted scene from "Brave Heart"</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/house-as-a-young-boy-in-deleted-scene-from-brave-heart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/house-as-a-young-boy-in-deleted-scene-from-brave-heart/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/house-as-a-young-boy-in-deleted-scene-from-brave-heart/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><p>This past Monday's episode of <em>House</em>, "<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/20/review-house-brave-heart/">Brave Heart</a>," showed us a side of House that we've seen bits of this season, but finally got proof of - he <em>is</em> getting better. Granted, a healthy House means a return to many of his old shenanigans but apparently it also means trying to forgive the past.</p>
<p>House's military brat upbringing was brought to light in season five's "<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/14/house-birthmarks/">Birthmarks</a>" where we saw House say good-bye to his father - a man he didn't seem to have too much love for. In this past Monday's episode, House took a cue from Wilson (who'd been conversing with Amber) and before dozing off to sleep, he spoke to his late father admitting that maybe he'd been focusing on the wrong things because there had been some good times.</p>
<p>Well... what good times? There was no context to back up House's claim. Now we have it. <em>House</em> producer <a href="http://twitter.com/GregYaitanes/status/5034841402">Greg Yaintanes has posted a deleted scene</a>, a flashback, where young Greg recalls some of those good times. I never pegged House as an ice-cream cone fan. Take a look.</p>
<object width="425" height="258"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TPYwfluWU38&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TPYwfluWU38&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="258"></embed></object><br /><br />[Watch <a href="http://www.slashcontrol.com/free-tv-shows/house">full episodes and clips of <em>House</em></a>, as well as other shows, over at <a href="http://www.slashcontrol.com/">SlashControl</a>.]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/house-as-a-young-boy-in-deleted-scene-from-brave-heart/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19204018/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/house-as-a-young-boy-in-deleted-scene-from-brave-heart/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Brave Heart</category><category>deleted scene</category><category>flashback</category><category>FOX</category><category>Greg Yaitanes</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>S06E06</category><category>video</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: House - Brave Heart</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/20/review-house-brave-heart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/20/review-house-brave-heart/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/20/review-house-brave-heart/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img alt="(L-R) Foreman (Omar Epps), Chase (Jesse Spencer) and Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) run tests on the skeletal remains of the father and grandfather of a patient who believes he's inherited an illness that kills the men in his family at age 40 in the HOUSE episode 'Brave Heart.'" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/house-ep606_sc15_1182tvs425.jpg" align="middle" vspace="4" border="0" /><br />(<em>S06E06</em>)<em> "I've crossed some line and I'm having trouble getting back to the other side." - Chase</em>
<p>Another week, another case that no one cares about... well, almost. Ever since <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-broken-season-premiere/">House's visit to the Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital</a>, it's been tough to get invested in anything other than what he's going through. Each week, the case du jour has been largely disposable (save for <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/house-the-tyrant/">Dibala</a>) as nothing really relates to anything else. However, it seems like David Shore and Co. must've realized that too because "Brave Heart" made a good attempt at bringing what's become a very segmented story back together.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/20/review-house-brave-heart/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19201449/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/20/review-house-brave-heart/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Brave Heart</category><category>David Shore</category><category>Dr Allison Cameron</category><category>Dr Chris Taub</category><category>Dr Eric Foreman</category><category>Dr Gregory House</category><category>Dr James Wilson</category><category>Dr Lisa Cuddy</category><category>Dr Remy Hadley</category><category>Dr Robert Chase</category><category>FOX</category><category>Greg Yaitanes</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Jennifer Morrison</category><category>Jesse Spencer</category><category>Lisa Edelstein</category><category>Olivia Wilde</category><category>Omar Epps</category><category>Peter Jacobson</category><category>Princeton Plainsboro Hospital</category><category>Robert Sean Leonard</category><category>S06E05</category><category>Thirteen</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House: Instant Karma</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/house-instant-karma/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/house-instant-karma/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/house-instant-karma/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img height="298" alt="House (Hugh Laurie, L) works with his original team (L-R: Jesse Spencer, Omar Epps and Jennifer Morrison) in the HOUSE episode 'Instant Karma.'" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/nup_136449_0429tvs425-1.jpg" width="425" align="top" vspace="4" border="0" /><br />(<em>S06E05</em>)<em> "I understand you're a fan. I'll have my guys send over a signed glossy." - House</em>
<p>We're getting deeper into the fall TV season, so it was only a matter of time before even the good shows started to falter a little. Not every episode is going to be an instant classic, and <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/"><em>House</em></a> is no exception. You know it's not a good sign when the only thing you find enjoyable is House comparing himself to Kobe Bryant, which, by the way, is dead on -- especially since he's no longer in charge. Foreman is the Phil Jackson to House's does whatever he wants and still wins #24.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/house-instant-karma/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19189296/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/house-instant-karma/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>David Shore</category><category>Dr Allison Cameron</category><category>Dr Chris Taub</category><category>Dr Eric Foreman</category><category>Dr Gregory House</category><category>Dr James Wilson</category><category>Dr Lisa Cuddy</category><category>Dr Remy Hadley</category><category>Dr Robert Chase</category><category>FOX</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Instant Karma</category><category>Jennifer Morrison</category><category>Jesse Spencer</category><category>Lee Tergesen</category><category>Lisa Edelstein</category><category>Olivia Wilde</category><category>Omar Epps</category><category>Peter Jacobson</category><category>Princeton Plainsboro Hospital</category><category>Robert Sean Leonard</category><category>S06E04</category><category>Thirteen</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House: The Tyrant</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/house-the-tyrant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/house-the-tyrant/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/house-the-tyrant/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img height="297" alt="House (Hugh Laurie, L) presents Cameron (Jennifer Morrison, R) and the team the case of President Dibala (James Earl Jones), the leader of an African nation who is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro, in the HOUSE episode 'The Tyrant.'" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/house-ep604_sc37_2038tvs425.jpg" width="425" align="top" vspace="4" border="0" />|<br />(<em>S06E04</em>) <em>"I thought I had detected the sickly sweet smell of maple syrup and socialized medicine." - House</em>
<p>Early on in this episode, House exclaimed "It's three years ago!" when he realized that he was working with the old team - Foreman, Chase, and Cameron. It became apparent rather quickly, though, that things at Princeton-Plainsboro are still very far from normal. He may be back, but House isn't <em>back</em>. Right now, he's more like the little kid that your co-worker brought to the office and he just won't leave your cube. That and the little kid is way smarter than you are.</p>
<p> </p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/house-the-tyrant/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19179832/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/house-the-tyrant/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>David Shore</category><category>Dr Allison Cameron</category><category>Dr Chris Taub</category><category>Dr Eric Foreman</category><category>Dr Gregory House</category><category>Dr James Wilson</category><category>Dr Lisa Cuddy</category><category>Dr Remy Hadley</category><category>Dr Robert Chase</category><category>FOX</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>James Earl Jones</category><category>Jennifer Morrison</category><category>Jesse Spencer</category><category>Lisa Edelstein</category><category>Olivia Wilde</category><category>Omar Epps</category><category>Peter Jacobson</category><category>Princeton Plainsboro Hospital</category><category>Robert Sean Leonard</category><category>S06E03</category><category>The Tyrant</category><category>Thirteen</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House: Epic Fail</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/29/house-epic-fail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/29/house-epic-fail/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/29/house-epic-fail/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img height="298" alt="House (Hugh Laurie, L) convinces Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard, R) to take a cooking class with him." hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/house602tvs425.jpg" width="425" align="top" vspace="4" border="0" /><br />(<em>S06E03</em>)<em> "House was an egotistical, pill popping, lawsuit magnet... and a genius." - Foreman</em>
<p>Change doesn't come easily for House. Fresh out of his stint at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital and you'd think he'd be craving his old routine. Instead he quits his job. As we learned, though, it was more about coping and less about change. Ironically though, House, the one character who had the biggest change and now has the most to cope with, seems to be doing the best out of them all.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/29/house-epic-fail/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19171503/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/29/house-epic-fail/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>David Shore</category><category>Dr Allison Cameron</category><category>Dr Chris Taub</category><category>Dr Eric Foreman</category><category>Dr Gregory House</category><category>Dr James Wilson</category><category>Dr Lisa Cuddy</category><category>Dr Remy Hadley</category><category>Dr Robert Chase</category><category>Epic Fail</category><category>FOX</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Jennifer Morrison</category><category>Jesse Spencer</category><category>Lisa Edelstein</category><category>Olivia Wilde</category><category>Omar Epps</category><category>Peter Jacobson</category><category>Princeton Plainsboro Hospital</category><category>Robert Sean Leonard</category><category>S06E02</category><category>Thirteen</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Jay Leno Show: Hugh Laurie, Lebron James</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/26/the-jay-leno-show-hugh-laurie-lebron-james/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/26/the-jay-leno-show-hugh-laurie-lebron-james/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/26/the-jay-leno-show-hugh-laurie-lebron-james/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/jay-leno/" rel="tag">Jay Leno</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="middle" alt="Jay Leno and Lebron James" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/jay_leno_lebron_james.jpg" /><br />
Usually television shows, especially comedies, should try to end a strong note and Jay Leno's Friday show did just that. Well, the last part did. <br />
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The interviews were much improved, including the dreaded "Ten@Ten" segment, the comedy worked for the most part and the show finally seems to be fitting around Jay the way a plastic shrink wrapper engulfs its product. Except there are quite a few air bubbles that need pounding.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/26/the-jay-leno-show-hugh-laurie-lebron-james/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19174727/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/26/the-jay-leno-show-hugh-laurie-lebron-james/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>house</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>jay leno</category><category>jay leno show</category><category>JayLeno</category><category>JayLenoShow</category><category>lebron james</category><category>lebron james daily show</category><category>LebronJames</category><category>LebronJamesDailyShow</category><category>wendys</category><category>wendys girl</category><category>WendysGirl</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The greatest picture from House that you'll ever see</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/the-greatest-picture-from-house-that-youll-ever-see/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/the-greatest-picture-from-house-that-youll-ever-see/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/the-greatest-picture-from-house-that-youll-ever-see/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/rv3.jpg" alt="House" /><br />
Are you kidding me?!? This is quite possibly the greatest promotional picture for any series <em>ever</em>. I mean, just what the hell is going on? Wilson is golfing, Chase is grilling, Thirteen has a <em>crossbow</em>, Taub is shaving, Foreman is pumping some iron, and Cameron is working on the RV's engine?!? Assuming this whole delusion is in House's head (his trucker hat does say "I'm in charge"), it makes perfect sense then that Cuddy would be sunbathing on the roof in a red bikini.</p>
<p>More than anything though, it does get me excited about seeing the whole gang again on Monday night. As amazing as the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-broken-season-premiere/"><em>House </em>two hour premiere was</a>, I do miss the rest of the Princeton-Plainsboro staffers. Lots of questions still up in the air - Thirteen's health, Chase and Cameron's relationship, and Cuddy's reaction to House's return are all at the top of my list. Oh and if you're looking for a better look, check out a hi-res version of the picture <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/photos/house-rv-promo-art/2310890/">here</a>.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/the-greatest-picture-from-house-that-youll-ever-see/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19171561/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/the-greatest-picture-from-house-that-youll-ever-see/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Dr Allison Cameron</category><category>Dr Chris Taub</category><category>Dr Eric Foreman</category><category>Dr Gregory House</category><category>Dr James Wilson</category><category>Dr Lisa Cuddy</category><category>Dr Remy Hadley</category><category>Dr Robert Chase</category><category>FOX</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Jennifer Morrison</category><category>Jesse Spencer</category><category>Lisa Edelstein</category><category>Olivia Wilde</category><category>Omar Epps</category><category>Peter Jacobson</category><category>Robert Sean Leonard</category><category>RV</category><category>Thirteen</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Did you want House to stay in the asylum a little longer? </title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/did-you-want-house-to-stay-in-the-asylum-a-little-longer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/did-you-want-house-to-stay-in-the-asylum-a-little-longer/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/did-you-want-house-to-stay-in-the-asylum-a-little-longer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="284" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/house_broken_1.jpg" alt="House: Broken" />We used to be big <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/"><em>House</em></a> watchers in this house a few years ago. We loved seeing Dr. House be snarky and cynical, and while an addiction to Vicodin is tragic, it was part of who he was. Really, maybe that's part of what addiction is -- it becomes familiar and part of your psyche, and you don't want to give it up. I'm no therapist, though (clearly). <br />
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We lapsed with the show as it became more and more predictable, and even the addition of the new team and the <em>Survivor</em>-like way House picked them wasn't enough to make it must-see TV. We watched only an episode or two last season. House's spiral was sad, and we didn't want to watch it anymore. I know long-running shows have to evolve, but we had lost the old House.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/did-you-want-house-to-stay-in-the-asylum-a-little-longer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19170666/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/did-you-want-house-to-stay-in-the-asylum-a-little-longer/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>andre braugher</category><category>AndreBraugher</category><category>asylum</category><category>dr. gregory house</category><category>Dr.GregoryHouse</category><category>house</category><category>house reboot</category><category>HouseReboot</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>mental hospital</category><category>MentalHospital</category><category>vicodin</category><dc:creator>Jane Boursaw</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What if House stopped being a procedural?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/what-if-house-stopped-being-a-procedural/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/what-if-house-stopped-being-a-procedural/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/what-if-house-stopped-being-a-procedural/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/house_090922.jpg" alt="Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory Houes" />I have a problem with procedurals. I tend to get bored with the same formula week in and week out. And yet, I've been enjoying <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/"><em>House</em></a> for years, despite the incredibly repetitive sequence of events we get every week. The reason for that is because of the brilliance of the character Gregory House, and Hugh Laurie's portrayal of him.<br />
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As Jonathan mentioned in his <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-broken-season-premiere/">review of <em>House's</em> season premiere</a>, this two-hour trip into the insane asylum broke the procedural formula completely. Not only did we not see House cure any medical ailments, we didn't see the rest of the cast at all, save a quick cameo by Wilson. Instead, we got a character study and a major breakthrough for House.<br />
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But a breakthrough is a beginning. What if the show, like the character, had a transformation of its own? How about a medical-based drama instead of a medical procedural? We can still have cases and House diagnosing them, but dump the weekly formula and instead make it about the characters and their lives.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/what-if-house-stopped-being-a-procedural/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19170521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/23/what-if-house-stopped-being-a-procedural/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>formula</category><category>fox</category><category>gregory house</category><category>GregoryHouse</category><category>house</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>procedural</category><dc:creator>Jason Hughes</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>More Andre Braugher!</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/more-andre-braugher/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/more-andre-braugher/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/more-andre-braugher/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/pickups-and-renewals/" rel="tag">Pickups and Renewals</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="279" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/tvsquad_andre_braugher.jpg" id="img1" alt="Andre Braugher on House" />I missed <a href="http://www.fox.com/house/"><span style="font-style: italic;">House</span></a>. Plain and simple, no other show on television makes keeps me guessing what will happen next, and gives a more satisfying payoff, whether I've guessed the twist or not. That was the first thing I thought watching last night's season six premiere episode, "Broken." I'll even forgive the suddenness of a couple of plot twists (Dr. Nolan's father, and how House suddenly had keys to every room in the hospital when he needed a quiet place for a booty call). I know how those things fit into the plot, and I'll let the contrivance slide a bit. <br />
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The other thing I thought watching "Broken" was that I also missed Andre Braugher. His character, Dr. Darryl Nolan, was the toughest, smartest I've seen him play since <span style="font-style: italic;">Homicide</span>. (Note - I haven't seen everything he's done since, so if you have any suggestions on something to seek out, I'll take a look). It's not easy to hold your own onscreen with Hugh Laurie's House. It has been said lot, but it's worth repeating, Laurie is great in the role, and the role itself is one of the best on television (good enough that they named the show after him).<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/more-andre-braugher/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19169229/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/more-andre-braugher/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>andre braugher</category><category>AndreBraugher</category><category>falltv</category><category>homicide</category><category>house</category><category>house season premiere</category><category>HouseSeasonPremiere</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><dc:creator>Nick Zaino</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House: Broken (season premiere)</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-broken-season-premiere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-broken-season-premiere/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-broken-season-premiere/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img alt="Dr. Nolan (guest star Andre Braugher, L) works with his patient House (Hugh Laurie, R) at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital in the HOUSE two-hour season premiere." hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/houses06e01tvs425.jpg" align="middle" vspace="4" border="0" /><br />(<em>S06E01/S06E02</em>) "Oh, I'm sorry, is suicide taboo? Gosh, if I've broken a rule on my first day, I will <em>kill </em>myself." - House<br /><br />This is not the <em>House </em>we know and love - both the show and character. While the lack of any resemblance to the typical medical procedural we're used to might have been a turn off to some, I feel pretty confident in saying that tonight's premiere will likely go down as one of the best episodes of <em>House </em>ever - regardless for how long it runs.<br /><br />After seeing <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/12/house-both-sides-now/">House check himself into a psychiatric hospital</a> after last year's hallucinations and subsequent break-down, there's been one big question bugging us all and I pointed it out earlier today in my <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-season-six-an-early-look/">preview</a> - is he or isn't he crazy? While we got our answer, it really doesn't matter because there was a whole lot more at stake than House's mental prowess in "Broken."<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-broken-season-premiere/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19160732/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-broken-season-premiere/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Andre Braugher</category><category>Broken</category><category>David Shore</category><category>Dr Allison Cameron</category><category>Dr Chris Taub</category><category>Dr Eric Foreman</category><category>Dr Gregory House</category><category>Dr James Wilson</category><category>Dr Lisa Cuddy</category><category>Dr Remy Hadley</category><category>Dr Robert Chase</category><category>falltv</category><category>FOX</category><category>Franka Potente</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Jennifer Morrison</category><category>Jesse Spencer</category><category>Lin-Manuel Miranda</category><category>Lisa Edelstein</category><category>Olivia Wilde</category><category>Omar Epps</category><category>Peter Jacobson</category><category>Princeton Plainsboro Hospital</category><category>Robert Sean Leonard</category><category>S06E01</category><category>season premiere</category><category>Thirteen</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>If House's limp is hurting Hugh Laurie, why not fix it?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/if-houses-limp-is-hurting-hugh-laurie-why-not-fix-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/if-houses-limp-is-hurting-hugh-laurie-why-not-fix-it/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/if-houses-limp-is-hurting-hugh-laurie-why-not-fix-it/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="281" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/house_090920-1253510054.jpg" alt="Hugh Laurie is House" />Hey, Fox! Would you rather lose Hugh Laurie as the curmudgeon Dr. House, or would you rather risk what could happen to the show if he lost that trademark limp? He's been limping around the set for five years now. He's no spring chicken, and the limp is starting to take such a toll on his body, that <a href="http://www.hollywood.com/news/Laurie_in_pain_over_House/5702919">Laurie might consider leaving <em>House</em> over it</a>.<br />
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"<span id="UC_NewsDetail1_lblBody">The show might last through to (season) seven, eight or nine, but I don't know if I will because I'm starting to lose my knees," he said.  "It's a lot of hip work. There are things going badly wrong."</span> I've been reading for a few years now about how the limp has been affecting Laurie's actual health and physical well-being. I don't see why Fox  doesn't just resolve this problem by eliminating the limp.<br />
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I know the chronic pain is supposed to be a facet of his character, but it's season six now. The viewers like him and can accept him as he grows and changes. We'd certainly rather deal with a pain-free House than a <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/House"><em>House</em></a>-free TV schedule.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/if-houses-limp-is-hurting-hugh-laurie-why-not-fix-it/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19167883/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/if-houses-limp-is-hurting-hugh-laurie-why-not-fix-it/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cane</category><category>gregory house</category><category>GregoryHouse</category><category>house</category><category>house md</category><category>HouseMd</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>limp</category><dc:creator>Jason Hughes</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House season six -- An early look</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-season-six-an-early-look/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-season-six-an-early-look/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-season-six-an-early-look/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/early-looks/" rel="tag">Early Looks</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img border="0" hspace="4" alt="Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House" vspace="4" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/houseel-tvs425.jpg" /><br />
Dr. Gregory House has problems. This is not news. We know this. His colleagues know this. <em>He </em>knows this. The issue at the core of tonight's two-hour season premiere of <em>House </em>("Broken" airs at 8PM ET on Fox), is waiting patiently for our favorite curmudgeon to admit what he knows.<br />
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Ever since last season's finale, we've all wanted to know one thing - is House <em>really </em>crazy or has the Vicodin finally done enough damage that he's hallucinating dead people and <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/12/house-both-sides-now/">having imaginary sex with Cuddy</a>? The answer is finally revealed, and despite <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/20/house-aint-crazy-hes-got-snakes-on-a-cane/">Fox's viral marketing campaign</a> that presented the possibility of someone having done something to House to cause his problems, it turns out that Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital is precisely where he belongs. Or is it?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-season-six-an-early-look/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19160691/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/house-season-six-an-early-look/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Andre Braugher</category><category>Broken</category><category>David Shore</category><category>Dr Allison Cameron</category><category>Dr Chris Taub</category><category>Dr Eric Foreman</category><category>Dr Gregory House</category><category>Dr James Wilson</category><category>Dr Lisa Cuddy</category><category>Dr Remy Hadley</category><category>Dr Robert Chase</category><category>Early Look</category><category>falltv</category><category>featured</category><category>FOX</category><category>Franka Potente</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Jennifer Morrison</category><category>Jesse Spencer</category><category>Lin-Manuel Miranda</category><category>Lisa Edelstein</category><category>Olivia Wilde</category><category>Omar Epps</category><category>Peter Jacobson</category><category>Princeton Plainsboro Hospital</category><category>Robert Sean Leonard</category><category>S06E01</category><category>season premiere</category><category>Thirteen</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Snakes on a Cane was Hugh Laurie's idea</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/snakes-on-a-cane-was-hugh-lauries-idea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/snakes-on-a-cane-was-hugh-lauries-idea/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/snakes-on-a-cane-was-hugh-lauries-idea/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="Hugh Laurie" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/08/house-snakes-on-a-cane-t-shirt-hl.jpg" />Yesterday, FOX officially announced the connection between its on-going <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/20/house-aint-crazy-hes-got-snakes-on-a-cane/">Snakes on a Cane viral campaign</a> to their drama <em>House</em>. While I don't really understand why a reveal was necessary (I mean, c'mon - who hadn't figured this out?!?), there is one nifty little piece of info that came out of it - according to Joe Adalian at TV MoJoe, the <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/hughll-love-it-foxs-new-house-campaign_5535">whole thing was Hugh Laurie's idea</a>.</p>
No wonder FOX's in-house marketing gurus felt the need for a reveal - they didn't even come up with the idea in the first place. However, they certainly have capitalized on Laurie's cleverness.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/snakes-on-a-cane-was-hugh-lauries-idea/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19141242/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/snakes-on-a-cane-was-hugh-lauries-idea/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>FOX</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Snakes on a Cane</category><category>video</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House ain't crazy - he's got snakes on a cane</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/20/house-aint-crazy-hes-got-snakes-on-a-cane/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/20/house-aint-crazy-hes-got-snakes-on-a-cane/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/20/house-aint-crazy-hes-got-snakes-on-a-cane/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/web/" rel="tag">Web</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/08/house---snakes-on-a-cane.jpg" alt="House - Snakes on a Cane" /><br />For those of you who can't wait for the two-hour season premiere of <em>House</em> on Monday, September 21st, FOX is making it easy for you - especially if you can't count. <a href="http://www.snakesonacane.com/">SnakesOnACane.com</a> provides a handy little countdown clock and also features a nifty little picture of our favorite curmudgeon doing his best Superman impression. Plus, you gotta love the play on words and the twist (no pun intended) on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius">Rod of Asclepius</a>.</p>
<p>However, what's most intriguing about the whole thing is the little blue Post-It note.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/20/house-aint-crazy-hes-got-snakes-on-a-cane/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19134559/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/20/house-aint-crazy-hes-got-snakes-on-a-cane/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>countdown</category><category>FOX</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>season six</category><category>Snakes on a Cane</category><category>viral marketing</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House: Both Sides Now (season finale)</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/12/house-both-sides-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/12/house-both-sides-now/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/12/house-both-sides-now/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="312" border="0" align="top" width="425" vspace="4" alt="House" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/05/picresized_house-ep524.jpg" /><br /><em>(S05E24)</em> If you've been watching <em><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/">House</a> </em>for any serious length of time, you know that things are never what they seem. And, moreover, if you've seen any of the previous season finales of the show, you know that there are major fireworks in store. Going off the precedent set by last season's gut wrenching two-parter, "House's Head" and "Wilson's Heart", I was expecting a killer episode. So, for the first 30 minutes, I kept wondering when we were getting to the good stuff. After the final 10 minutes? Well, I reserve the right to change my mind, but after first viewing, it feels like a rotten bait and switch. Follow me after the jump for the big reveal.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/12/house-both-sides-now/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1543001/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/12/house-both-sides-now/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cameron and chase</category><category>CameronAndChase</category><category>cuddy</category><category>fox</category><category>house</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>jennifer morrison</category><category>JenniferMorrison</category><category>jesse spencer</category><category>JesseSpencer</category><category>lisa edelstein</category><category>LisaEdelstein</category><category>robert sean leonard</category><category>RobertSeanLeonard</category><dc:creator>Hemal Jhaveri</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House: House Divided </title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/28/house-house-divided/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/28/house-house-divided/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/28/house-house-divided/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="288" border="0" align="top" width="425" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/04/picresized_house_5_22.jpg" alt="House" /><br /><em>(S05E22)</em> So, what's going on inside House's head? We left off last week with House getting a surprise visit from a very dead Amber and she's still around this week, running rampant and unchecked through his life, an eerie hallucination from House's subconscious. For a while it looks like House is onto something good, he has a direct link to the inner workings of his mind, which helps him solve cases and plan bachelor parties. But, that all comes crashing down when the Cut-Throat Bitch (as she was affectionately nicknamed) tries to kill Chase.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/28/house-house-divided/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1529755/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/28/house-house-divided/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>house</category><category>hugh laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>oliva wilde</category><category>OlivaWilde</category><category>robert sean leonard</category><category>RobertSeanLeonard</category><dc:creator>Hemal Jhaveri</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:53:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>