Watching House

Well it seems that I’m not the only one that feels that the producers of House took it too far when they gave Dr. House urinary retention problems.

Of course Mary McNamara, one of the L.A. Times Show Tracker writers didn’t like House having to catheterize himself, but it was for different reasons than my own.

She thought the fact that they showed a good portion of the self catheterization procedure barbaric where I just found it inane and medically inaccurate.

Scenes that begin with a star pants-down on the john are never a good sign, but I figured they’d never really go through with it. Not even when House begins lubing up the tube (gross enough) and gulping his pills. We get the message — desperate junkie requires desperate measures. Surely the camera is going to cut away now … now…. now … holy mother of … these people are crazy.

My personal beef with his urinary retention problems and subsequent self catheterization was that it went on too long. As I said in an earlier post his bladder surely would have burst and his kidneys would have had major problems. He probably would have been on his way towards a nice infection too.

If they had portrayed him going through his “I can’t pee” problem with a pale face, sweats and possibly fevers, oh and a swollen abdomen it might have been much more believable.

As for catheterizing himself, well I won’t go into the method used on a man, but that lubricant that he slathered all over the cath tube wasn’t supposed to go there!

The lubricant that nurses use when they catheterize a male, if they are being nice of course, contains lidocaine to numb the urethra. That ensures that the procedure isn’t all that unpleasant for a male. Well it might be distasteful and a little uncomfortable, but certainly it isn’t painful if the mans urinary track system is fairly healthy.

So lets put it this way, the lidocaine laced lubricant in the syringe like tube goes in a different place than where House put it, and he did not need to over medicate himself. Especially, when as a doctor, he should have known he’d have almost instant relief from his pain once that catheter started doing it’s job.

I think that it’s the fact that Houses problems snuck up on us and became a major focus of the show - in an unpleasant way - that turned many of Tuesday nights viewers off.

House always has some kind of personal problem each show. We’re use to that, but the main focus should have been the patient that they were trying to treat. I think that many of us came away feeling that House and a problem that shouldn’t have become so bad, that he likely caused himself, was the main focus of the episode.

What do you think?

Well?

What did you think of the first new episode of House that we’ve seen in a while?

Were you thrilled by Top Secret and ecstatically happy that the show is airing new episodes?

I am happy that there was a new episode. My memory is far too good to watch episodes that only aired weeks to a few months earlier.

However, I wasn’t all that thrilled with this show. Speaking from a medical perspective, being a nurse, it was ridiculous. Especially the fact that House walked around for three days without being able to urinate? Excuse me? He would have been in excruciating pain and his bladder would more than likely have burst. Dr. Wilson wouldn’t have prescribed medication to help him pee - he would have called for a nurse to catheterize the poor man.

Believe me, as an ER nurse I end up seeing, and helping, people who can’t pee all the time. Just 24 hours alone of not peeing would result in a distended abdomen and severe pain. Yeah yeah House was taking huge dose of his pain medication … he’d still be in pain. Oh and that quadruple or more dose of Vicoden that he gave himself as he self catheterized (wrong method too) would have probably caused him to OD.

The ex-Marine with his magically appearing tumors or abscesses on the brain? Uhm … abscesses or tumors would have left some signs that they’d been there even if they magically disappeared. There would still be some lesions on the brain that would have shown up during a cat scan let alone a pet scan or MRI.

The show is just getting more and more unbelievable - medically speaking.

What about Cameron and Chase? Taking off to a bedroom to have some fun? Did they really fool Foreman when Cameron actually told the truth? Foreman’s a pretty smart cookie. I really don’t think he’d be fooled. After all, House himself didn’t witness as much as Foreman did and he knew!

So what do you think? Were you disappointed with this episode or not? Why?

Come on, lets talk.

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Originally aired Tuesday March 27th, 2007, Season 3

The episode begins with a group of soldiers driving through a war zone. Suddenly there’s a burst of fire and the jeep goes over. One Marine hauls another wounded man away… and it’s House, wounded, missing part of his right leg. House is dreaming.

Cut to Dr. Cuddy visiting House’s office with a case for him. The new case is for a veteran with Gulf War syndrome, who just happens to be the nephew of a hospital benefactor. House checks the file, and sees the photo of the marine and realizes it’s the man from his dream.

Next we see Wilson and House in the mens washroom. House tells his dream to Wilson, but doesn’t believe he had a premonition. At the end of their washroom conversation Wilson reminds House to flush and House tells him that he didn’t pee.

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House finally returns tonight. No more being displaced by American Idol and award shows. Not anymore. Nope! Get ready folks, we are set to see 8 new episodes over the next eight weeks. Isn’t it about time that we got some new shows!

Now, tonight show begins at a strange time. If you are taping the show set your TIVO, DVR or VCR to tape the show at 9:07 pm EST because that’s when it starts. Don’t forget to time the taping to run after 10 pm too or you’ll miss the ending.

Tonight’s show is called “Top Secret”.

Marc Blucas who played Riley on “Buffy the Vampire Slayerâ€? guest stars as an ex-Marine suffering from Gulf War syndrome. In a strange turn of events this ex-marine happens to be the one that saved House’s life in a dream that he’d had the day before.

Chase and Cameron get a little bit distracted when they get busy with each other.

Check out this preview:

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I found an article on ET Online the other day called “TV’s Sexiest Women Revealed!” and Jennifer Morrison, who plays Dr. Cameron on House, made the list. She’s got some good company.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

“Grey’s Anatomy” doc KATHERINE HEIGL, EVA LONGORIA of “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost” beauty EVANGELINE LILLY are just a few of the ladies making the coveted co-ed list of TV Guide’s sexiest stars!

Lilly poses pretty as she shares the cover with “Grey’s Anatomy”’s PATRICK DEMPSEY for TV Guide’s Sexy Issue, coming to newsstands Thursday — and ET puts the spotlight on the women!

The publication went to the ladies’ co-stars to find out what makes them so beautiful inside and out.

“The funny thing about Evangeline, according to her co-star JOSH HOLLOWAY, is that she’s really playful on the set,” CAROL DITTBRENNER of TV Guide says. “She’s a tomboy, but [she] maintains her femininity.”

Eva’s co-star RICARDO CHAVIRA tells TV Guide that the adorable actress has a spirit and likabileness about her. And Dittbrenner reveals why they chose “Grey’s” star Katherine as one of their sexiest.

“You look at her and she has these gorgeous blue eyes, she’s voluptuous, she’s sexy, but what you may not know is that she can burp like a truck driver — she can do it on demand,” she says. “She’s just real fun around the set.”

ERIC MABIUS tells TV Guide that his “Ugly Betty” co-star REBECCA ROMIJN is gorgeous because she has a girl-next-door quality that no one may expect from a supermodel, while “House”’s OMAR EPPS dishes on his fellow TV doctor JENNIFER MORRISON.

“[He says] she exudes a lightness and has a beautiful soul,” Dittbrenner reveals. “Whenever she laughs, everyone laughs.”

Other women making the Sexy Issue include ALI LARTER of the hit show “Heroes,” NADINE VELAZQUEZ of “My Name Is Earl,” “CSI” star MARG HELGENBERGER, “Without A Trace”’s ROSELYN SANCHEZ and RASHIDA JONES of “The Office.”

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If you’re in the Santa Monica area you might be able to catch a glimpse of Hugh Laurie and the rest of the cast of House. Why? Well the American Red Cross of Santa Monica ’s “Red Tie Affair” will be held at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel, 101 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica, Saturday, March 24, 2007, beginning at 6 p.m.

Perhaps you already knew about this event and you’re planning on attending? Now wouldn’t that be nice?

Here’s a quote from the press release:

In addition to Hugh Laurie and most of the cast of the hit Fox TV show, “House, M.D.” a number of celebrities will be in attendance including TV and film actor, Chi McBride who is Master of Ceremonies for the gala. A growing list of well known personalities and celebrities have registered to attend the gala event which recognizes the ninety years of service the Santa Monica chapter of the American Red Cross has provided to the community.

It sounds like it would be a great event to attend, or to at least be outside of to catch a glimpse of the stars at they make their entrance.

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Next Tuesday there will be yet another new episode of House for us to watch - it’s called “Top Secret”, and with a name like that I think I’d better wait to tell you about it. LOL

Well … what I was actually planning on doing was to tell you about the episode that was aired Tuesday March 20th instead. The episode was a re-run, and it was called “Poison”. The show originally aired January, 25th, 2005 in season one.

A student named Matt begins sweating and grimacing during a test. He stands up and passes out. His body goes into convulsions. Foreman presents the case to House. Matt has a severe case of bradycardia, which means that his heart rate is falling fast. House thinks it’s simply drug use. While Chase is examining the boy, he begins seizing again.

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Hugh Laurie has denied reports that his 18 year marriage to Jo Green is in trouble. Although he has admitted that it’s been hard spending so much time away from his family.

Laurie, who recently confessed to punching doors to alleviate his stress earlier this month, has denied that his relationship with his wife is on the rocks. There have been recent reports that his marriage was under pressure due to his move to Los Angeles to work on the hit TV show House.

His wife, Green, still lives in the UK with their three children Charlie 17, Bill 15, and Rebecca 13.

Lauries Spokesperson, Ina Treciokas, says “His family is in London. It’s hard. The children do come to L.A., but they have school and his wife comes over as often as she can. But he does get home in the summer.”

Here’s hoping that this is a stress that they can work through.

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So … did anyone make a bid in the auction for the House replica Motorcycle? If you haven’t there’s still time. You can make bids right up until March 24th.

In other news …

There was an article in Sundays Post-Gazzette.com about actors and how they’ve managed to either overcome their native accents to play grand roles, or develop new accents - and how some are horrible at it.

Here’s the excerpt from that mentions Hugh Laurie:

The most successful current TV import is Hugh Laurie, who perfectly masks his natural British accent as a cranky but brilliant American doctor on Fox’s “House.”

Read the rest of the article to find out which actors can manage and good accent when they need to, and which actors are just hopeless using any accent but their native accent.

There’s also an article in Sundays Chicago Tribune about Three actors who found their niche. Here’s what they had to say about our beloved Hugh Laurie:

Perhaps you never heard of Hugh Laurie prior to the debut of Fox’s “House.” Unless you caught his turns in the classic British comedies “Blackadder” and “Jeeves and Wooster,” and his small roles in films such as “Sense and Sensibility,” you’d be entirely unaware of Laurie’s career as a comic actor, one who specialized in portraying upper-class Brit nitwits.

So who would’ve thought he’d be so riveting as the eternally angry Dr. Gregory House? Laurie brings a fierceness to the role that one would have never predicted from his past work. He never shies away from giving his all to House’s less likable acts and statements, and the character has not softened into a somewhat likable grouch. He’s still a genuine curmudgeon who pops pain pills like M&Ms. But it’s a bonus that Laurie’s ample comic gifts make House’s cutting wit such fun to watch.

Read the rest of the article to discover who the other two actors are who’ve found their niche.

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Wow, they showed a really old episode from Season one on Monday night. It seems that House is on the air just about every night this past week. Are they trying to rub it in that I can’t write about anything new since they aren’t showing new episodes? Really!!!

Now if Fox is having to stretch that far back to find a rerun to play they must have shown us too many reruns this season. Right? Kids originally Aired 5/3/05, and was aired again Tuesday, March 12th, 2007.

At the USA Swimming and Diving National Championships, twelve year-old Mary Carroll prepares to dive from 10 meters. On top of the platform, Mary’s vision becomes blurry. She nervously approaches the edge, talks herself into the dive and leaps. When she surfaces, Mary finds the crowd swarming a man who collapsed next to the pool and is bleeding from his ear.

House goes to Cameron’s place to tell her that Vogler is gone and he wants her back at work. House gets a page about an epidemic, but Cameron asks why he wants her back. He replies that it’s because she’s a good doctor. Since that’s not what she wanted to hear, she slams the door on him.

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Want Dr. House’s motorcycle for your very own? It’s signed by Hugh Laurie.

Yeah, I thought you might be interested.

TV Guide and Fox will hold an online charity auction benefiting the American Red Cross. You can bid for a chance to own a replica of the motorcycle that Hugh Laurie drives on FOX’s hit show House. Oh yeah, it’s signed by Hugh Laurie. Did I mention that already?

Bidding begins at the EBay online charity auction today, March, 15th, 2007 and ends March 24th, 2007.

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Well it seems that they are re-airing the oldies from season one these days. They played this episode “Hunting” last night. It was originally aired Aired 11/22/05.

House admits to Wilson that he made copies of Stacy’s psychiatric evaluation. Wilson is aghast at the breach of ethics. House is incredibly intrigued to find out that things are rough between Stacey and Mark. The couple isn’t even having sex.

A man named Kalvin Ryan waits outside House’s place, and House is quite familiar with the man because he’s practically been stalking him. Kalvin begs House to examine his file, but one quick look at the man’s appearance is all House needs to declare that it’s AIDS. He advises Kalvin to get his T-cell count re-checked, which Kalvin says he’s already done.

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I found an article with House Executive Producer Katie Jacobs. In this interview she talks about how she ended up casting Dave Matthews for the part in Half Wit which aired last week, and she also talks about some past and future episodes.

Here’s a large excerpt of the article (the whole article can be found at BC TV/Film) Read it, there’s some interesting scoop on upcoming episodes (next is the last week of March!).

House executive producer Katie Jacobs, who oversees casting as well as music, editing, production, post-production, and collaborating on scripts, had seen a sample from the movie Because of Winn-Dixie in a previous season, when she was casting for the role of a little girl. She was amazed to realize that one of the actors in that sample scene was the singer.

When it came time to cast “Half-Wit,” she remembered Matthews, who also contributed the song “Some Devil” to an episode in House’s first season.

Despite the fact that Matthews is a guitarist and singer rather than a pianist like the character, “I felt like somehow having a musician in the role would serve me well,” said Jacobs in a recent interview. “He was my very first choice after seeing him in Winn-Dixie.”

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Oh Oh … The Metro.co.Uk is reporting that Hugh might be all that happy living in the U.S. … Oh dear!

He’s unhappy living away from his wife and kids, struggling with the American accent and adjusting to American culture.

Read the full article that I’ve reposted here:

Hugh Laurie has been snapped looking glum on a solitary sailing trip in Los Angeles, while his wife and kids live thousands of miles away in London.

The 47-year-old moved to the US three years ago to take the title role in medical drama House, but the star has admitted struggling with life across the pond, the Daily Mail reports.

As photos appeared of the actor sitting gloomily in a small boat, an onlooker told the paper: “Hugh spent the entire day looking thoroughly fed up. He looked like a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders.”

The star revealed last week that he was finding the American lifestyle difficult, saying: “There are days when I actually lose it and it is not pretty.

“The sheer volume of work, my struggles with the American accent, trying to keep the energy up for 12-14 hour stretches, can be draining and overwhelming.”

He also talked about the strain of living away from his family.

“If this had happened 10 years ago, when my kids were small, it would have been very easy maybe to just yank them out of school and put them in school here.

“It’s tragic, I’m an absentee father. But now they’re teenagers and they’ve got their own life and it’s tough to drag them out.”

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