I had a hard time making up my mind if House was telling the truth or not. I decided the second time he was. He's a lying liar, so it's up to us as the viewer to decide just when he is lying. He lies to his team more than he lies to patients, so I'm more willing to believe he told the girl the truth the second time around. He was too glib the first time and she called him on it. The second time, it was unembellished and fit with what we know of his father.

I'm with Jessica. Laurie sold the story both times, but I'm not convinced we were supposed to believe the second iteration. He lies, too.

Much as I love Laurie and would listen to him reading the phone book, I didn't understand how anyone was supposed to buy this episode. She wants to talk to House, and no one else? Okaaay. Even a young woman who has been raped and is understandably distraught might have some idea that the staff of her local hospital isn't there simply to chat. It was a lame setup.

It was a lame setup.

Definitely. As much as I like the more character-driven episodes, this one just dragged and wasn't nearly as believable as previous episodes. Plus, no differential diagnosis with a dying patient! I want my trauma of the week, damnit.

That storyline on House would have been more watchable had the actress been anywhere decent. Eeeyouch.

JZ, I had the same problem with the Demetri Martin special-- I wonder if the issue has to do with it being sponsored by Microsoft, like they had some contractual issues or something. (I've also heard the special is not very good-- it's apparently completely different from the material he toured with last year.)

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Glue traps evil. I have no mice issues because of killer cat. Trapping them to give to snakes ok I suppose. If you like snakes, which I do not so much. Can the office have a pet cat?

Thanks to all for saving me the time I was going to spend watching House. Will put this time to better use. I don't want to see lame House.

My office is freezing, and the hot tea I made is barely helping. Also, I just laughed out loud at really dorky in-jokes on the MySpace page of my grad school's alumni relations office. And everything I have due today is going to be late, and there's nothing I can do about it.

Today is off to an AWESOME start.

So, if you are a university professor in London, and you send in a request for something to an institution on the other side of the Atlantic, at 7 pm EST, don't you look like a complete ass when you send another email not 45 minutes later with the text "r u seepin'?"

Why yes, yes you do.

Sometimes I can be amazed. OTOH, I hear stories of the behaviour of the examiners at my brother's qualifying exam and really, I should not be surprised. (At one point, a food fight nearly broke out during an argument. And my brother wasn't even involved!)

Bill Bailey is a musician/comedian. I've never heard of him.

Bill Bailey! Black Books! QI!

The one thing about glue traps that makes them less cruel is that they mostly don't work. Unless the critter is very tiny, most mice and rats can just walk right over them.

Huh. I found last night's House quite good. The Cameron section was kind of pointless, granted, but an interesting note, considering she's the one who performed the euthanasia on Joel Grey's character. It's another hammer to her "I know best" thing. And did anyone else flash on Buffy and Willow during the "perjurer" "felon" exchange?

Then the different takes from the team on what House should tell the girl was funny. Chase trying to figure otu what House wanted him to say was perfect.

As for the girl--I was expecting a more involved trauma than a basic rape--someone she knew etc.--but I can see her fixating on somebody who she thinks is not going to coddle her. As for the abuse? I regret they went that way, but military families do have that sort of thing happen (Hubby was raised military, and his family's dynamics have some dark parts). It was a bit anvily in places, but it was a--somewhat, especially for modern TV--subtle way of making House connect to someone, no matter how much he hated to do it. I noted that except for a scene with Cuddy, they didn't show him popping any Vicodin. This Means Something.

Anyway, I liked it.