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rj_anderson ([personal profile] rj_anderson) wrote2006-04-27 10:09 am
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House Blathering Redux

Things I forgot to mention about "House vs. God" last night, because I was too busy capering about the room over the Cameron=Wilson thing:

  • Cameron PWNED Foreman and it was both satisfying, eminently logical, and richly deserved.
  • Cuddy is getting better-dressed and more attractive every episode. Considering some of the truly awful outfits she was wearing in S1, this is a great relief.
  • Wilson's McGill sweatshirt? Is Canadian love. What's the story behind that one? Also, I don't normally find RSL particularly attractive (or unattractive either -- he's just sort of there) but he was rocking the casual wear last night.
  • I think I said this before, but this was a really good episode for Chase. I enjoyed him freaking out in the apartment over the possibility of being caught -- that's something we haven't seen before and it was a nice twist.
  • Loved House's jazzed-up rendition of "What A Friend We Have In Jesus". Irony ho!
  • William Katt! Yay! I adored The Greatest American Hero when I was a kid, so it was fun to see him again after all these years. And while I'm not particularly keen on charismatic doctrine and don't believe in "faith healers" as such, I appreciated the way this episode handled the spiritual issues. Especially Wilson's last line about how people don't always live up to what they believe.

    Did you know that the writer of this episode is on LJ? She doesn't post often, but you can find her at [livejournal.com profile] tightropegirl. She writes for Lost and other shows on occasion, too.
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    [identity profile] reveilles.livejournal.com 2006-04-27 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
    Amen on all those points. This was definitely one of their best episodes. I noticed the big "McGill" too and thoroughly approved. :) I'm glad Chase got worried about being caught: it's going to happen at some point, what with their habit of breaking into people's homes.

    I was dreading the usual (embarrassing) display of "fake flashy Christianity" and was pleasantly surprised that they handled it well. I loved the final dialogue between Wilson and House.

    I used to solidly maintain that the episode where Cameron slept with Chase was a piece of bad OOC fanfic that unfortunately made it to the screen, so I mentally erased it from canon. Wilson's tendency to address pain/weakness by adding sex/comfort to the mix might have some bearing on understanding Cameron's behavior, though.

    I haven't finished reading your Housefic yet (I've just read Part 1), but the idea of Wilson/Cameron has definite appeal. Way more than House/Cameron, IMO.

    (p.s. -- Thanks for teaching me pwn.)

    [identity profile] cesario.livejournal.com 2006-04-27 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
    *cries for not having seen episode*

    is there cameron/wilson? truly?

    [identity profile] singingtopsy.livejournal.com 2006-04-27 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
    You mean there aren't Magical Doctor Warrants that let people into your house for your own health? Shocking!

    The display of Christianity, again, was pretty good. Usually when a "Real Live" Christian shows up on TV the writers make some sort of egregious slip and the Christian says something totally at odds with doctrine, the Bible, or the reality of evangelical culture. And I throw things at the screen. By "Real Live" Christian I don't mean those raving nuts that comprise the media-broadcasted concept of the religious right in the U.S., those the TV writers don't have to make up ::headdesk::.

    [identity profile] carbonelle.livejournal.com 2006-05-01 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
    Did you know that tightropegirl is a corking good writer (http://www.sff.net/people/Doris.Egan/) in Real Life?

    The only downside of her double life in dubious Hollywood, is that she'll probably be hit by a Ferrari before finishing the City of Opal books.
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