Watching House

Dr. House needs to take a round out of me, as I’ve been seriously slacking lately. I think that happens when I haven’t seen a new episode in a few weeks (or MONTHS dang it). I’ve been doing the quick search for news, but not much has popped up. There are a bunch of spoilers going around, which many readers don’t like so I’m avoiding for the moment, and there is the news that Cameron and Chase will NOT be going back to the regular team.

Say what?

That’s right. Creator David Shore said in an interview recently that while Chase and Cameron may get a bit more screen time than they had before, they will not be rejoining House’s regular team. In an interview with The Watcher, David Shore had a few interesting things to say - such as this little gem of wisdom:

I’m going to say something you’re readers aren’t going to like, but as someone running a television show, you have to be very careful – people think they want something and they do want something, but it’s not what they need, shall we say, and it’s not what the show needs. It’s great that they like those characters.

And the show as a whole falls into that. And so yes, I changed it. A little bit. And you have to be really careful with these things. It’s a real challenge. You want people to want more of things. You have to be careful on what you deliver.

He’s got a good point, but at the same time it still left me feeling like “Oh - you know what we want better than we do, huh?” But then again, he’s the one raking in the millions, not me!

He also was pretty quiet when the interviewer asked him if anyone was leaving from the show.

Something is happening at the end of this year which I think is pretty significant. I’d rather not say what it is.

Huh?! Oh now my interest is even more peaked! You can see the entire interview here. We’ve only got 10 more days until the new House episode!! Then we’ve only got four left until the end of the season. Here are a few pics from Mr. Nice Guy, the episode airing on the 28th of April, and under that you’ll find the synopsis for all of the rest of the episodes.

April 28, “No More Mister Nice Guy”: “House thinks an emergency room patient has a bigger problem than the E.R. initially diagnosed based on the fact that the patient is ‘too nice.’ Meanwhile, House and Amber (guest star Anne Dudek) are at odds vying for Wilson’s (Robert Sean Leonard) time and attention in an all-new episode.”

May 5, “Living the Dream”: “In an all-new episode, House is convinced that one of the actors (guest star Jason Lewis) on his favorite soap opera, ‘Prescription Passion,’ has a serious medical condition, but has to take matters into his own hands when both the actor and House’s own team dismiss his assessment, believing that nothing is wrong with the soap hunk.”

May 12, “House’s Head”: “In Part 1 of the two-part season finale, House is in a bus accident and loses four hours of his memory. He slowly pieces together that a fellow bus passenger was exhibiting signs of a deadly illness. But the details of who it is or how House got on the bus in the first place are locked inside his brain, and he’s desperate to add up the fleeting flashes in order to save someone who might not even know he or she could be dying.”

May 19, “Wilson’s Heart”: “In Part 2 of the two-part season finale, clues inside House’s head hold the key to a patient’s condition, and House’s friendship with Wilson is tested beyond limits as murky memories from the bus accident the night before threaten to change their lives forever.”

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Thank you Claudia! Thanks to Claudia, and the always wonderful Marykir, we’ve got the promo for the new House season! Check it out!!

I’m SO sorry guys!! First we had a few really slow news days, then my entire family got struck down by the Martian death flu that is making its way around the nation. But I’m back! I promise! Oh, and if you have a lot of buildup in your chest, Mucinex really does work!

So where are we at for house? Well, first of all, a few familiar faces are on the new TV Guide cover! Check it out:

How sweet is this cover! Secondly, there is a new House commercial and I can’t find it! All of the chat boards are talking about the newest commercial, where Hugh is apparently on a bus and it goes over sideways - but I can’t find it! If anyone has a link to this, can you please let me know? Thanks so much!

Times Online had a great interview with Hugh - you definitely have to check it out. Here are a few of the snippits that I loved the best.

“I am being very handsomely paid, though. My ship has come in and I’ll be forever grateful.â€? He has made three series of House to date, is halfway through the fourth and is signed up for three more insert me here singing the Hallalujah chorus. Will he then be able never to work again? “That would depend on how long I live,â€? he replies (he is 48), with impeccable logic. “If I step under a bus in a week’s time, the answer is yes.â€?

His sons are 19 and 17, his daughter 14. With another three-and-a-half series to go, his family might now move to California. “It’s taken us a long time to adjust to the permanence of it. The first year I was in a hotel. Everyone else in the show was signing leases on houses and I said, ‘You’re mad. We’re only going to last a month.’ I literally didn’t unpack. I suppose it’s a form of pessimism: if a thing is going well, it’s only a matter of time, tick tock, before someone’s going to take it away.�

He says he would struggle to settle permanently in America. “I do feel very foreign there, as if I’m on safari, looking at the exotic animals and the way they behave. Then again,� he adds, “America is made up of people who don’t feel American until they do, so I’m not alone in that.�

He has, however, bought a ping pong table. “That’s a real luxury.� Is he better than his children? “Er… I’m not bad actually,� he admits shyly. I say I thought he was supposed to be Mr Self-Deprecation. “Yes, I spoke to my shrink yesterday on the phone in LA – you have to have one before they let you in – and I mentioned I was doing this [interview]. I said, ‘I can’t bear going through the same f****** dance of despair. I’m just going to say what I feel.’ And he encouraged that. So yes, I’m quite good at ping pong.� But is he better than his children? “Er… that’s a parenting issue. If I announce publicly… Er… I’d better skip over that one.� His children, he says, are “an unending delight�.

This is one of the better interviews I’ve seen in a long time - you must check it out here
Countdown to a new House folks…just a few more weeks!!!

Hugh was spotted in LAX again on the 9th, coming back from somewhere. I’m going to take a wild guess and say that he escorted his wife home to London, saw his children for a short time, then came back to attend the charity function and work on House. I love these photos - I love that he’s got headphones on and that he is sort of smiling, but has one hand clenched a bit. I also love the lady sitting in the back by the bank machine that looks “oh so happy” to be there. If I happened to catch Hugh, you’d never see me with a face like that…actually, you’d probably see me laying prone on the ground!

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Wow! It’s been an exciting few days in my house - one of my walls is getting demolished and turned into a half wall (my step-dad is a carpenter - yay!), so things have been a bit messy. Fortunately some of my readers have taken up the slack for me - thank you guys!! First, only because it is not a spoiler, Mick found the song! Remember the song that was played when House was firing during the final round of competition? Everyone was looking for that song. A few short months later and Mick has discovered someone who played it in Australia! It is a perfect rendition of the song - have a listen!

Secondly, if you would like to know a spoiler about the season finale, click more - if you are one of those people who hates to know what is giong to happen ahead of time, click away from the website now…

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You know, there are some days where I smack myself in the forehead. See, we all know that a new House is starting on April 28th (THANK GOD), but what makes me a moron is that I just assumed that the 28th was a Tuesday. Because House has been on every Tuesday since…well…forever, so it only makes sense that April 28th be a Tuesday, right?

Wrong.

April 28th is a Monday, and according to what I’ve been reading, House will be airing on MONDAYS for the rest of the season!! On one hand, I think Monday is a great day, as it gives me something to look forward to during the beginning of the week. On the other hand, MONDAY?!

Monday in my house = RAW.

My husband writes for the WWE Daily, and Monday nights always find us on the couch - him writing down the Raw results, and me either doing some work or watching a DVD on the laptop until it is time for me to type in the Raw results (because I’m a lovely wife like that). What will we be doing now on Mondays?! House begins at 9 p.m., as per usual, and so does RAW! Believe it or not, Raw gets amazing stats, with hundreds of thousands of viewers every Monday night. It is one of the top shows on Monday night primetime. Will House be able to hold up against the warriors in spandex that appear on Raw every Monday night?

I have a feeling that Monday nights after the end of April will now find my husband on the couch and me in the bedroom cuddled up with the laptop - but at least I’ll have my House!!

I’m sorry - I’ve been neglecting this blog a bit, but it hasn’t been for lack of interest…really…nothing’s been happening in House world! The actors and actresses are all staying busy and there hasn’t been much of a sight of anyone…until yesterday, that is.

Its no secret that we have until April 28th to wait for a new episode of House, but I can feel the excitement in the air now, because Hugh is BACK in LA! The sneak was caught entering LAX yesterday with a LOT of luggage. This is actually much more luggage than Hugh usually carries (actually, he generally doesn’t have any luggage with him when he travels back and forth), and it has been noticed that Hugh had a rather feminine bag with him, leading us to believe that he’s either switched teams or JO IS IN LA WITH HUGH!

So the man is back in town and filming will be commencing shortly, I’d presume - YES! I don’t know about you, but my hopes are rising!!

I stumbled upon an interview today that was done just recently by Doris Egan, one of the co-producers and writers on House. She talks about what she was doing during the strike and about how many episodes are left…here are a few snippets…

Q: What’s the status of the 2007-2008 season of House?

A: We’re working hard to get four episodes out, after which we’ll just keep rolling into the next season. Production should start up in a couple of weeks.

Q: With the strike, the writers couldn’t work. However, I somehow doubt that you’ve spent these months vacationing! Can you share with us some of the things you’ve done during the strike?

A: I’ve done strike work – I’ve answered phones at HQ, taped signs, and done general work for United Hollywood (UnitedHollywood.com, the website for collective writer information during the strike – and, hopefully, for continued writer networking going forward). I also began research for a novel that I’ve had in mind for years; there was one big sticking point, but I had a breakthrough on that a few months ago. The solution means I’ve now got an endless amount of background reading, though.

Q: How do you go about developing a story? Do you start with an illness and work everything in around it, or do you start with a story surrounding the main characters and find an illness to plug into that story?

A: All of the above. I tend to prefer starting with a character and an interesting situation, and finding an illness that matches; but other times I’ll have an illness in my back pocket that I’ve been looking for a chance to use. And sometimes a character idea and an illness meet in the middle.

You can see the full interview here. Pay special attention to the last question and answer - it’s hilarious!

You know, I found myself wondering this morning what the characters at PPH would be doing for Valentine’s day. Since the writer’s strike is finally over, we will be getting new episodes in April or May, but not in time for Valentine’s day. So what do you think the characters at PPH would be doing for Valentine’s day? Let me tell you MY scenario:

Wilson: Wilson would be spending tons of time, and money, on CTB, much to House’s dismay.

Cuddy: Cuddy would have a date lined up - either a collegue or someone she is hoping to match up with.

Cameron: Would spend Valentine’s day with Chase (remember, the couple in the show isn’t broken up)

Chase: Would spend Valentine’s day with Cameron being romantic.

Taub: Would spend Valentine’s day trying to be sweet to his wife - extra sweet because he feels guilty about the infidelity.

Kutner: Would spend Valentine’s day with whatever hunny he picked up.

13: Would spend Valentine’s day with…um…some guy or girl? (hee)

How do you believe that House would spend Valentine’s day?

In other news: An English entertainment site has got a good little post up about who should be couples - check it out!

Also, my friend Lynn has got a great voting post up about who the perfect Valentine’s date for House is - check it out!

There is some talk online about the writer’s strike being over. Here’s what we know for SURE: the writers are in favor of the strike ending sooner rather than later, and the vote will happen sometime in the next 48 hours.

So what happens when the strike ends? According to Ausiello at TV Guide, House will air again this season - he says that House is expected to shoot 4 to 6 new episodes to air in April/May.

Let me come out as saying: that would rock.

In Other News:

Remember the little movie that Hugh was doing that everyone was psyched about? It was called Night Watchmen, right? Nope, Hollywood has decided to change the title to Street Kings. This is what gets annoying - have you ever really wanted to see a movie that you’ve seen a preview for and then had it disappear entirely? It’s because the name gets changed before it hits the theaters. So now you know: if you see a movie called Street Kings, Hugh is in it!

But seeings as it’s so far away, and it’s a Sunday, we’ve got some time to kill. So, tell me, what are you doing for Valentine’s day?! What are your best ideas for people who are trying to save money? What does your loved one do that you HATE, or LOVE during Valentine’s day? We’ll make a list and I’ll post it and maybe it’ll help other people to get their loved ones a great Valentine’s day!!

If you’ve been checking the news sites at all, you’ll have read that it’s a pretty good chance that the writer’s strike will be over by next week (hopefully). Things are moving along well and it looks like everything can be finalized sooner rather than later. So what does this mean for our favorite shows, like House? Unfortunately, we probably won’t see an “end” to the fourth season, and if we do, it’ll take awhile.

Industry executives say it will likely take eight weeks to restore favorite shows like “House,� “CSI,� “Grey’s Anatomy,� and “Desperate Housewives� to prime time once the strike ends. “The writing process itself tends to take a couple of weeks for a script to be ready to shoot, and that’s just the beginning. Then you have to get it out to directors, scout locations, cast it and build sets,� said one studio executive. Filming a drama generally takes about eight days, with another week and a half needed for editing and other post-production work, he said.

So IF it does show the end of the season, it’ll take two months before we see it.

And how do we know, for sure, that House will be on? Hits like “CSI,� “House� and “Grey’s Anatomy,� are “no-brainers� to bring back this spring, one network executive told Reuters. Works for me!

One bad thing about the writer’s strike? Not all writers will have their jobs back. The networks are using this as a reason to cull out some of the lower rated shows that weren’t rating too high, and they now have even more reality television to air, meaning that the shows will have to share air time with reality tv.

So good news on one end (our end), and “not-so” good news for some of the writers.

Before you read this know that I took a Percocet about a half an hour before I watched the show due to a massive headache that wouldn’t go away – so I guess I’m really Housing it!!

Show starts with what looks to be a Jewish wedding, filmed in a grainy style during the ceremony. The bride (Laura Silverman) tells a woman that she knows she chose well for her.

Roz: I’ve been blessed.

The bride, Roz, and groom are being tossed in the air on chairs when suddenly blood appears on her dress and she falls down to the ground, passed out.

And we’re at PPTH. Wilson heads to the elevator and House cuts Wilson off, to talk about Amber.

Wilson: Amber and I have a lot in common.
House: She’s a cut throat bitch, you cry over dark victory.

A moment later:

House: She’s not dying, is she?

Wilson admits that he’s been dating Amber for four months (holy crap), and that she’s not needy.

House: She’s scary. Why does scary need pathetic?

Wilson even gives House permission to talk to CTB!

The ducklings are starting to diagnose the patient when Kutner admits that he knew that Amber was dating Wilson because he’d asked her out but she had said she was dating someone else (no one else knew that she was dating Wilson). Back to diagnosing - House thinks that she tried to poison herself with carbolic acid.

The rest under the ‘more’ so that we don’t ruin the surprise for anyone who hasnt’ seen it yet!
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Miss what House fans and critics alike are calling the best episode of Season 4? You can download “Frozen” over at Amazon! It was just pointed out to me by one of the faithful Watching House readers that Amazon allows you to download videos from television AND movies! And look - I found “Frozen” for the bargain price of $1.99!

Click the link and instantly be whisked away to Amazon, where those who missed the episode can watch it, and those who saw it and loved it can watch it again! Just click New TV Shows and you’ll find House!

Okay, to begin with, I love the survey that TV Squad has got at the end of their “Frozen” review. The question ponders whether House fans believe that Dr. House should have a love interest (such as Mira Sorvino), or not.

It was put up this morning around 7 a.m. and as of about twelve hours later (if they’re on the East coast), 332 voters think that House needs a love interest as compared to 92 voters who do not believe that a love interest would be in the character’s best interest. This really surprises me! Most people that I know that loves House don’t think that the character would be the same with a love interest. What do you think?

Next bit of info - preliminary reports have come back about the ratings: FOX averaged a 36.5 rating/55 share in primetime Sunday, although those numbers will change when final ratings for the live broadcast are calculated….At 10 p.m., the Super Bowl post-game show and a special “House” averaged 25.1/41 for FOX

I honestly have no idea what numbers are good or not, but I’ll keep on top of this to see if House did better than normal.

Next up: the music! A lot of you have e-mailed me asking what music was playing during the trailer. It’s a beautiful song called Breathe Me, by Sia. The video for the song is below. I’m finding it and downloading it quickly, as it’s such a wonderful song! Added: my good friend Dave at one of my favorite sites, Killed by the Video Star, has put up a review of the song. It’s a good review, especially since his music taste is definitely not the kind of songs that Sia sings. Go check it out here

And finally, NEW HOUSE TOMORROW!! The patient is the wonderful Laura Silverman who was gracious enough to give me an interview a week or so ago. I can’t wait to watch the episode! She said she had “tingles” when Hugh touched her. I probably would too! Don’t forget to stop back for the recap tomorrow night!

We open with a really, REALLY frozen wasteland and a lot of wind machines (to catch the energy). It looks like a man is checking things out and headed back to a huge snowmobile type thing. Suddenly one of the wind machines falls off and a blade hits him in the leg, complete with blood spurts. A woman comes running out (I can only tell she’s a woman because she’s thinner – they’re both covered in snow clothes). She says that the bleeding has stopped because the ice was freezing the blood. The blade cut the femeral artery and she repairs it using glue. They duct tape the leg and when she tries to help him up she falls down, writhes in pain, vomits, and says she needs help.

We’re back at PP where House is trying to watch TV in a patient’s bedroom (that he can’t watch because apparently they’re charging the patients for cable now – how evil!). Cuddy tells him that the patient is an adjunct doctor at the hospital – a psychiatrist, and that she’s trapped at the south pole. He brings the case to the ducklings who ask if they can evacuate her, but apparently the winds make it too difficult for an evacuation for the next two months. They start diagnosing.

13: Could be appendicitis or a gall stone…
Kutner: Or a kidney stone.
House: That wouldn’t be any fun!

The rest of the recap below the more sign so that we don’t spoil it for anyone!
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