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warycary
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| DrSpaceman wrote: | | Dwarf Mom is one of my favorite tertiary characters from the show. And on a purely superficial note, she's also a knockout: if she had played Dr. Terzi, I would've actually believed House's stupidity. |
LOL! You're right; and her confidence, good sense and quick humor only added to her appeal.
Speaking of his stupidity, as soon as I saw him so flummoxed in Ugly, I thought of this episode. Even detoxing and self-mutilated, the guy still had his medical mojo. And he diagnostically vapor-locks over Terzi?
MLC is such a contrast to S1's DIYD, with Foreman playing Santa, Cameron shaking her mystery gift, Chase at Christmas Mass, Cuddy on patient duty, and best of all, House and Wilson, laughing and eating their Christmas dinner of take-out food straight from the cartons.
HL's subtlety just reaches out and stops me dead every time. In this episode especially, his quiet intensity is pure, heart-wrenching gold.
I can't even take refuge in that perennial holiday favorite, It's A Wonderful Life. I love that film, but instead of uplifting, I always saw it as sad and terribly tragic . George Bailey will never realize even one of his aspirations, or exercise a tenth of his abilities. He is so responsible and dutiful, he only ends up ensuring that everyone's else's needs are met. A kind of Ãœber-Wilson.
The scene of him buying a suitcase for the world travels he'll never take has the same intensely painful effect on me as seeing House lying in his own vomit. |
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Cutie Honey
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Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| warycary wrote: | | The scene of him buying a suitcase for the world travels he'll never take has the same intensely painful effect on me as seeing House lying in his own vomit. |
I'm a bit late to the bat here, but I totally agree.
It's one of the most intensely painful moments in the entire series, imo. The way the "mood" of the scene suddenly shifts after House's phone call to his mother... the music turns eerie, we hear Wilson knocking on the door sounding panicked, House doesn't answer and the apartment is eerily quiet... and even before we see House lying on the floor we know something terrible has happened.
My heart dropped when Wilson panicked and leapt over to the floor. I thought he'd found House's dead body the first time I watched it. 
It's an amazing scene. Beautifully set-up and paced. It perfectly showed just how far House had fallen. |
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Emmy_Loves_Soccer
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Joined: 21 Dec 2008
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This is probably one of my three favourite epoisode. It was the first bit of House I saw. Unfortunately for me it was only the bit when House overdoses that I saw, and being twelve I went 'Whatthehellisthis?'
Then I saw Needle in a Haystack and started watching every single episode after that. Not I'm addicted, yay! The House/Dwarf Mum lines are the funniest I've seen, but the whole House gong through withdrawal is just really painful to watch. |
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Lesegünni
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Joined: 07 Oct 2009
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Location: At home
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I also liked that episode. Although I have to admit, I was somewhat angry with Wilson. Not for going to Tritter, because I think he mainly did it, to prevent the mess from becoming even bigger than it already was. But for expecting House to be ok with it. :rolleyes:
Well, now for my real reason for posting: ;) There was a metaphor or whatever I didn't get.
Fairly near the beginning, Cameron wants to do a test. Mom and House are also in the room. Cameron offers to sit the girl onto the table. Mom says somewhat snappily Cameron should put a stool there, so the girl could get onto it by herself. Cameron explains she just wanted to help. House comment: And she hates jews.
Huu?? |
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Poeia
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Joined: 07 Aug 2007
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Location: New York, NY
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It wasn't a metaphor. House was saying that Cameron is a bigoted person. Not only does she look down on dwarfs and treat them like children, she also hates Jews.
Dwarf-mom knew better than to believe him. She answered something to the effect that they're used to people being ignorant. |
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