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LilithHouse - Euphoria (part one)
September 6th 2006 01:03
I’ll be straight up about this. House is my favourite show, and I am gonna flog the hell out of it.
You were warned.
You might want to have the tissues ready for tonight’s episode. It’s the start of an emotional two-parter, by far one of the stand out episodes of the season.
A police officer is admitted to the hospital exhibiting strange symptoms- and by strange, I mean laughing hysterically after being shot- and the team go through their usual routine in order to treat him. To their shock, however, Foreman starts to display the same symptoms, and suddenly they have to race against time to save one of their own.
There’s a reason House slaughters the competition in its timeslot. It is one of the most cleverly written shows on TV, and it basically reinvented the whole lacklustre medical procedural. This episode is no exception - in fact, it might just showcase every damn thing about it that should make you want to tune in permanently.
A big part of the show's success is obviously the title character Greg House, and the genius of Golden Globe winning actor Hugh Laurie. The fact that he can fake a flawless American accent, limp like he means it, and deliver sarcastic witty barbs while still maintaining that gruff, yet likable (and let’s face it, sexy as all hell) exterior, is evidence of just how fine an actor he really is. He’s also backed up by an awesome supporting cast - Lisa Edelstein and Robert Sean Leonard as his boss and best friend respectively, who are often overlooked in their subtle but scene-grabbing performances. And his three employees, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer, who all share an incredible chemistry and grapple with their own moral dilemmas every week.
If you’ve ever had a doctor like House, I might pity you. He’s not afraid to call a spade a spade, that’s for sure. As we start to unravel his character and go behind his actions, we realise he’s not so much a bastard as a very emotionally crippled man who mistrusts people for a pretty damn good reason. Five years ago he suffered an infarction to his leg, which was misdiagnosed and left him a crippled man and a sufferer of chronic pain.
In "Euphoria", we start to see the extent to which he truly cares about his team, when he does everything he can to save Foreman, and starts to loose his edge in the process, because he is too close to the patient. Omar Epps and Jennifer Morrison also have the opportunity to stand out and shine in this episode - and boy, do they shine. Let’s just say that Foreman and Cameron’s relationship won’t ever be the same after this one.
A lot of medical shows these days mix funny dialogue with their serious subject matter, but none of them manage to get away with the freaking hilarious wit this show does.
Week in and week out we watch House go through the motions of saving a patient and (usually) succeeding, but it’s his relationships with the cast, and their relationships with each other, that will really suck you in.
*promotional image
You were warned.
You might want to have the tissues ready for tonight’s episode. It’s the start of an emotional two-parter, by far one of the stand out episodes of the season.
A police officer is admitted to the hospital exhibiting strange symptoms- and by strange, I mean laughing hysterically after being shot- and the team go through their usual routine in order to treat him. To their shock, however, Foreman starts to display the same symptoms, and suddenly they have to race against time to save one of their own.
There’s a reason House slaughters the competition in its timeslot. It is one of the most cleverly written shows on TV, and it basically reinvented the whole lacklustre medical procedural. This episode is no exception - in fact, it might just showcase every damn thing about it that should make you want to tune in permanently.
A big part of the show's success is obviously the title character Greg House, and the genius of Golden Globe winning actor Hugh Laurie. The fact that he can fake a flawless American accent, limp like he means it, and deliver sarcastic witty barbs while still maintaining that gruff, yet likable (and let’s face it, sexy as all hell) exterior, is evidence of just how fine an actor he really is. He’s also backed up by an awesome supporting cast - Lisa Edelstein and Robert Sean Leonard as his boss and best friend respectively, who are often overlooked in their subtle but scene-grabbing performances. And his three employees, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer, who all share an incredible chemistry and grapple with their own moral dilemmas every week.
If you’ve ever had a doctor like House, I might pity you. He’s not afraid to call a spade a spade, that’s for sure. As we start to unravel his character and go behind his actions, we realise he’s not so much a bastard as a very emotionally crippled man who mistrusts people for a pretty damn good reason. Five years ago he suffered an infarction to his leg, which was misdiagnosed and left him a crippled man and a sufferer of chronic pain.
In "Euphoria", we start to see the extent to which he truly cares about his team, when he does everything he can to save Foreman, and starts to loose his edge in the process, because he is too close to the patient. Omar Epps and Jennifer Morrison also have the opportunity to stand out and shine in this episode - and boy, do they shine. Let’s just say that Foreman and Cameron’s relationship won’t ever be the same after this one.
A lot of medical shows these days mix funny dialogue with their serious subject matter, but none of them manage to get away with the freaking hilarious wit this show does.
Week in and week out we watch House go through the motions of saving a patient and (usually) succeeding, but it’s his relationships with the cast, and their relationships with each other, that will really suck you in.
*promotional image
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