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Like a lot of men who fancy themselves hyper-intelligent social critics (and judging from the comments of this and other boards, that group pretty much includes every single male user of the internet) I not only love the character of House, I want to be him.

Seriously, if I were watching this show in my more impressionable years, there's a good chance I'd be going to school with a cane/concert t-shirt/sports jacket combination tomorrow. (Interesting side note: I was not popular in high school).

The House character is great. So great, actually, that he's destroying the TV show House.

(S03E11) Let me say that I couldn't be happier about the resolution of the Tritter plot line this season, because it was definitely getting under my skin, and based on comments that TV Squad readers have been leaving here for the last few episode reviews, that was the case for more than just me. That said, I can't say I was pleased with how Tritter handled things at the end, but we'll get to that later.

I'm also starting to feel - and not just with this particular show, but all of them that I watch - that DVDs have spoiled me, because the whole waiting over the holidays, and then two weeks off here, three weeks there, is a bit draining. But at least FOX isn't pulling a Lost with us, and we only have to wait until January 30 for the next installment.

Back to the brass tacks, though. I think that our level of frustration with Tritter and how that situation was going down was completely emulated in how Cuddy decided to end it all by perjuring herself and coming up with a solution to get House out of court and Tritter off the cases of her staffers. For a minute there, I almost believed her while she was in the witness box, but that would have been too perfect, wouldn't it? The court scene was definitely one that I was looking forward to, as we got a pretty good promo showing House answer his phone, which you knew wouldn't go over too well.

(S03E10) For weeks now we've been hearing that the Detective Tritter storyline might be coming to a close, and people have been exclaiming in the comments here, and elsewhere, that they were kind of sick of it. Part of the issue with the whole issue he's brought to light is that it has a longer-term bearing on the whole picture, as opposed to some of the other mid-season plotlines (Stacy, for instance), so I'm seeing more and more why it's become more integral to what's going on, rather than just something that goes by the wayside. After a two-week wait for a new episode, I was not only happy to see some solid story progress, but for a pretty cool case to solve as well.

(S0309) While this show usually isn't "spun" too much in its promos for the next episodes -- something I'm grateful for -- I'm even more grateful that they don't put the titles of the particular episodes at the beginning of each, because this week's would probably have made some people feel a bit ill. "Finding Judas" is one of the more specific ones we've seen that weren't trying to be punny or something else, and as it turns out, it wasn't House that was looking for the "Judas" in question, it was more like we were, or that his team and colleagues were trying to find the Judas within. Or, even better, that Tritter knew that if he pushed enough buttons, that he would find the Judas in House's life.

The case in question this week was quite interesting, as well. A little girl who seems to have an allergy to everything, or perhaps an infection that makes her look allergic to everything, or maybe a flesh-eating disease, or could it be something else? Who knows. All that was clear here was that with extra pressure being put on Chase, Foreman, Cuddy, Cameron, and Wilson, something would probably give - or would it?

(S03E07) I can't be the only one who's getting a kick out of the titles of this show, can I? I mean, "Son of Coma Guy" not only states its case perfectly, but is a fun little play on old-school scare flicks, too. And scare, this show did, although not in the horror sorta way, but more in the "there's a couple of things going on here that could go very, very wrong" kind of way.