He hallucinated having sex with Cuddy and acted as if it was real. In other words, he was a complete ass about it.

The last couple episodes of last season are really worth watching, IMO.

I'm with bonny. Jessica's description made me re-evaluate my life and I came to the conclusion that I am not that interested in watching the premiere of "House."

I'm looking forward to the premiere, because I'm very curious as to a potential major change in House's character. You don't often see that in TV anymore.

Yeah, I know. And Andre Braugher. These are good things, where I come from. I have watched some awful stuff just to get a glimpse of that dude, it isn't even funny.(although I sort of wish they could do a meta thing and have him a psycho who thinks he's Frank Pembleton and keeps trying to interrogate House.) But maybe I'm the only one who'd like that.

I'm very curious as to a potential major change in House's character. You don't often see that in TV anymore.

Can they afford to have a major change in his personality? They're selling the show on him being an asshole.

Admittedly, it's a big reason why I don't watch, but isn't it a draw for fans?

Admittedly, it's a big reason why I don't watch, but isn't it a draw for fans?

I don't think most people watch it to see House be mean and rude. That said, he's not going to turn into Marcus Welby, M.D., and we'll find out how much is the pain and the drugs and how much is truly himself.

edit: There's an episode from the second season (I think) where we see House before the leg damage, and he's pretty short-tempered and suffer-no-fools then.

It's pretty well established that he was a jerk before the leg, isn't it?

I hope the crazy goes deeper than a drug-induced psychotic break.

I guess I can't imagine just tolerating his rudeness, because I hate it so much, so I assume people must actually like it to weather it.

But that's what makes horse races.

From discussions I remember he was two different ways when not in pain, right? After the injury--once on/after ketamine, and one other time? So who knows?

From a patient point of view, I wouldn't mind his rudeness if he could fix the problem. Hell, he could stroll around in a witch doctor's outfit and use a rattle, if I was one of his patients and he fixed me.

His co-workers often don't put up with his rudeness, and occasionally will smack him down enough so he notices and tries to behave. And sometimes there are moments when he shows genuine compassion, though he always seems to regret having witnesses to those.

The stories he and Wilson tell about what they get up to show he isn't always a bitch.

It seems as if he's written as a cold-hearted bastard who doesn't care about people, just puzzles, but Laurie manages to play him as more human - he does care under all that somewhere, but he needs the shielding of rude and inappropriate out-lashings. Whose craft all that is actually due to, I don't know, of course, but that is my impression. And I think it's the combination that I find appealing.

Oh, right, there was that time when I forget what he was doing as a treatment but he thought it was making him too nice so he stopped. I have no belief that the character will really change, though.

I will keep watching, fwtw.