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The Black Oil

Is it just me or have the last couple of teasers been a bit weak?

Not a great episode. Again the POTW was playing second fiddle to what was going on for House and how the whole thing wrapped was fairly predictable (with Taub and Thirteen returning). Nice little scene towards the end with House and Cameron, but I didn't think much of the very end of the episode.

User45701

i liked this episode a fair bit. kinda guessed who was going to be gone. Why is foreman still here after 6 seasons? he is one of the few charactors who i dont like that much.

Good episode although i was laughing at cameran when she was trying to be emotioal when talking to house at the end. What sort of bollox was she waffling on about?

anotherlostie

I enjoyed it. I didn't feel the POTW suffered as much as it might in the circumstances, because all House's visits to Thirteen and Taub related to the case. Their sudden return to the team did seem a little rushed, but I suppose it had to fit into this episode.

I noticed Jolene Blalock from Star Trek: Enterprise played the porn star's porn star wife.

So farewell to Cameron, and I wonder will we get new credits next week or will they just do what every US show seems to do nowadays and run the recurring cast over the opening scenes. I would miss my weekly blast of Massive Attack if this happens!

civis_liberalis

I've just caught up to House now, having been given the Season 1 DVD a while back.

Excellent show. I've watched practically nothing else since seeing the first few episodes at the beginning.

Sorry to see Cameron go. My favourite recurring character, apart from House himself.

I do feel that the show has lost it's mojo a little. Losing Cameron won't help and I just didn't feel the episode played out how I would have liked. I suppose that's how they try to pull on the heart strings.

Speaking of which and a bit OT but the Wilson's Heart episode / storyline was excellent and very affecting.

Glad to see 13 back. Taub is good, but he needs help with some stronger writing for him.

Foreman has been stale for a long time. He plays the part very well, but I feel that he is still very one-dimensional.

I suppose we are hoping for situations to resolve themselves, namely the House / Cuddy "situation", but if House did actually find happiness and everything was neatly tied up, it just wouldn't be House.

DeVore

I kinda like Foreman, ever since the episode with the twins where he draws bone marrow from one (wow was that a dark episode) and where he is dying from the mysterious illness, I've liked the strength of his character. He's not House-Lite but he's kinda I-Cant-Believe-Its-Not-House so to speak.

This episode was good, but not great. It felt like the end of the arc where House gets back in charge and I expect a few episodes now where things are "back to normal".

Kinda sorry to see Cameron go, but we dont know that she's gone for good or what. I dont get her though, quite frankly I wouldnt have had much of a qualm over killing the dictator bloke.

Glad to see 13 back, partly because she's hawt but also because I like the actress and I like her storyline. Taub I can take or leave. I agree they need to give him something more (Cutner's lines were always sharper imho).

DeV.

civis_liberalis

DeVore wrote: »

He's not House-Lite but he's kinda I-Cant-Believe-Its-Not-House so to speak.

Nail on the head. I'll give you that he is a good character. I can't put my finger on it, but I just think he used to be better.

DeVore wrote: »

This episode was good, but not great. It felt like the end of the arc where House gets back in charge and I expect a few episodes now where things are "back to normal".

I'll miss the Cameron/Chase/House storylines. I think the episode wasn't great just because of the weakness of Cameron's motives for leaving Chase and the hospital.

DeVore wrote: »

Kinda sorry to see Cameron go, but we don't know that she's gone for good or what.

I think whether or not she comes back is dependant on House running for a good few years more. She's got a few films coming up and will probably do that for a while at least. It is left fairly open for her to come back anyway.

DeVore wrote: »

Glad to see 13 back, partly because she's hawt but also because I like the actress and I like her storyline.

+1

DeVore wrote: »

(Cutner's lines were always sharper imho).

Cutner's death was a bit weird. His character wasn't really developed a lot and his suicide seemed very out of place. Then again, that was probably the intention all along. Him and Taub played well together on screen also I thought.

DeVore

Cutner died because Obama got elected.

No sh*t .... The actor is a political activitist and got a senior job in the Obama administration and left the show. (yes, the same guy who played either Cheech or Chong, cant recall which, is not a senior bloke in Washington )

DeV.

civis_liberalis

Holy s***!

Dev, I thought you were bull****ting completely.

I'm only new to House. Leave me alone

Fills in some gaps for me all right, regarding the reasoning and timing of his being written out.