Hugh Laurie as House Kinda Defeats Don Quixote but Mostly Doesn’t Care

Do you know why I'm using this image of House? Because they need to bring the show and the character back to life, ASAP.
I’m not sure what to say about Monday’s episode of House “Knight Fall”. I suppose it was clever, and if this was a brand new show I’d certainly be intrigued and want to keep watching. However, since this is season six, and by far the least interesting of the seasons…I can’t say I was all that interested. So, House M.D. is still a good show, and better than most. But in terms of competing with itself (like your guidance counselor always said to do!) it’s failing.
Cynthia Watro’s never bugged me as Libby on Lost, but on House as Sam/Samantha (Wilson’s Ex) I just want her to go away. Equally disturbing was seeing the cow’s eye that our patient had vomited. And what was with all of the vomiting in this episode? Well, not vomiting – but 13 eating a giant chicken leg and spitting it out? Not something I love seeing.
I loved the idea of getting House and 13 into costume to get the real juice on the Medieval Fair, but from what they did – it seems like the costumes weren’t necessary. Good idea. Bad execution.
The best scene of the episode was the one where Cuddy was in the cafeteria and Wilson was trying to talk to her. She spoke tons without saying anything. Lisa Edelstein is a fine actress, and she always proves it. My theory is that because House and Cuddy won’t tell Wilson not to date Sam, he’ll see that no one is going to stop him and he needs to be in it for himself – and he’ll just want out of it sooner rather than later. Wilson has become codependent on House when it comes to making the hard decisions in his life. If House actually starts respecting boundaries, Wilson is going to be screwed. And not in the fun way.
The patient was a stupid knight, who you really just wanted to slap. Turns out it wasn’t allergies or even the friggin’ hemlock he had – just steroids. This disillusioned guy could have used a season 1 House to yell at him. But we got nothing. Which leaves me cold and empty and bored enough to re-watch things on Netflix, instead.
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April 20th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I agree. Lisa Edelstein is (with Hugh Laurie) the best thing of the show.
April 20th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Favorite scene was House confronting Sam during dinner. I love how much he cares for Wilson. These two guys are really great on this show.
April 20th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
It was a pretty good episode. I didn´t like Sam at all, I don´t think she is good for Wilson and CW is not a good actress. Cuddy was gorgeous and she had two great scenes with both House and Wilson. 13 doesn´t bother me anymore and Chase is always interesting.
April 20th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
LE is a good actress, but the best actress of the show was always Jennifer Morrison, and his character Cameron was always the most interesting female role in the show, unfortunately, is being neglected. to promote other actresses / characters …
Including the interaction between Cameron / House / Wilson has always been the best.
The episode was only “interesting”, but cannot be compared to the firsts seasons episodes, where the patient was the central theme, unlike today, where the patient is only remembered.
+sorry my english
April 20th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
I agree. Though I LOVE House, the series is lacking, the writing has gone down hill. Nothing exciting ever happens, it has become predictable. Lock down could have been incredible, but lost it’s luster. Though I think Hugh did a great job directing, given the script. House needs to figure what’s wrong with this patient (series) before it dies. Maybe they should ask the fans for ideas. I have a few that I could put out there. I am sure all of you do too!
April 21st, 2010 at 5:51 am
C’mon. More costume drama and bringing a transsexual to dinner?
This show jumped a long time ago.
April 21st, 2010 at 6:46 am
Kellei, I´m sorry if I don´t agree with you but Lisa Edelstein and Jennifer Morrison don´t play in the same league. JM is good, better then OW but LE is beyond terrific.
I really enjoyed this episode. One of the best this season by far.
April 21st, 2010 at 11:49 am
@Kellei I loved Cameron but then she got kind of whiny and weird. Maybe it happened when she went blonde? I dunno. I liked the idea of her with House. Haha.
@Ede I hope Sam goes away soon.
@Bren
@Allison Haha, touche. I guess it’s a busy ep when I didn’t even remember the transexual!