I was wondering the same thing, erika. I'm not sure what the progression of Huntington's is, but if they could do the storyline well, it could be really interesting. I have the same doubts about Wilde, though, too.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Hil R. - Dec 09, 2008 5:35:23 pm PST #2185 of 11831
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
le nubian - Dec 09, 2008 5:37:58 pm PST #2186 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
my reaction at the end of "House" tonight:
"Um..."
Hil R. - Dec 09, 2008 5:42:14 pm PST #2187 of 11831
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Cuddy's hair this season has been driving me nuts. It's like each episode, it's covering a bit more of her face. Could barely see her forehead and eyebrows at all this week.
billytea - Dec 09, 2008 5:42:53 pm PST #2188 of 11831
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
In other House news, why am I so bored with Thirteen?
Because she's Poochie with Huntington's.
erikaj - Dec 09, 2008 6:09:50 pm PST #2189 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Score one for the Aussie.Ha! Yeah, excellent differential, mate. Kind of like Falsone Syndrome at that...ie. a bunch of people deciding on some traits that the audience ought to dig/feel sympathy for and putting them all together instead of building a character. Falsone being the Poochie of H:LOTS fandom. And pretty much so hated there was a webpage. And several diehard fans who watched OZ and saw that same actor get burned to death told me later that it kind of made them happy. But then, my fandoms are often callous and strange.
Hil R. - Dec 09, 2008 6:15:33 pm PST #2190 of 11831
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah. In most of these characters, the show was pretty good at creating people who all have a few really unlikable qualities, which makes them way more compelling characters. And there isn't always a reason for it, it's just the way they are. Pretty much everything unlikable or negative we've seen about Thirteen has been explicitly blamed on the Huntington's.
erikaj - Dec 09, 2008 6:48:11 pm PST #2191 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
That's true, Hil. I never thought of it though. And Cameron already Decided To Live In The Face Of Death with stupid sex once anyway...maybe Thirteen should have gone skydiving instead of, well, never mind. I was about to say something really inappropriate. Without the mad diagnostic skills to back it up.
sj - Dec 10, 2008 3:31:27 am PST #2192 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ETA: actually, should this be in Natter? I don't think this counts as a procedural, right?
brenda, it's being discussed in Cable Drama.
brenda m - Dec 10, 2008 3:32:19 am PST #2193 of 11831
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, duh, I forgot about that thread.
erikaj - Dec 10, 2008 9:39:06 am PST #2194 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
I just Googled Huntington's Disease(You could call it a work thing, as, on occasion, I write postings about depictions of disability in pop culture...I'm debating not writing this one, actually, House has tended to dominate.) But in any event, at least one source lists "hypersexuality" as a cognitive HD symptom. Super-convenient for writing Thirteen, but kind of puts an unpleasant spin on her bisexuality, doesn't it. Not that sleeping with some chick whose name she either didn't, or barely knew, a few weeks ago didn't already do that.