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- TV Review: House, MD - "Joy to the World"
In this year's Christmas-themed episode, House treats a bullied teenager with a secret, while Cuddy finds joy.“Merry Christmas, Cuddy.” I couldn't imagine words normally intended to be so joyous could be uttered as poignantly as House did in the penultimate scene of Tuesday night’s House, MD episode “Joy to the World.” (Although Hugh Laurie's brilliance at portraying pathos should never come as a surprise -- and... - TV Review: House, MD - "Let Them Eat Cake"
House treats a fitness guru with a weighty secret while 13 enters a clinical trial and Cuddy moves closer into House's personal space. First -- hot off the NBC press release: Hugh Laurie will be hosting Saturday Night Live December 13! Joining Hugh will be hip-hop artist Kanye West. (Now back to our regularly scheduled episode review.)Marie Antoinette was the most self-deluded of monarchs. As Paris starved around her, as rebellion fomented, her response was cold, yet filled with... - Dr. Gregory House in Love, Part 1: Of Monster Trucks and Vindaloo Curry
Is House capable of love? This two-part article explores the women in Dr. Gregory House's life. In the House, MD season five episode “Joy,” House and Cuddy kiss, lost in the emotion of Cuddy’s loss and (partially, I think) House’s own personal earthquakes. That kiss (and the requisite eye-gazing that preceded it) was filled with a novel’s worth of narrative and dialogue. Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein were... - TV Review: House, MD - "Last Resort"
House must diagnose a patient at gunpoint during a hostage crisis in this week's episode. Confined-space scenarios (or as they are sometimes called, “bottle” episodes) in film and television (and in theater) generally are intended to produce heightened tension as the room seems to become smaller and options become more and more desperate. The ninth episode in House, MD’s season five, “Last Resort,” was... - TV Preview: House, MD Episode "Last Resort" Finds House Held Hostage
A preview of next Tuesday's House, MD episode "Last Resort," including video clips. WARNING: THIS PREVIEW CONTAINS EPISODE SPOILERS! A hostage situation -- crazy gunman, SWAT team. House, MD? Next Tuesday’s episode of House, “Last Resort” will ratchet up the tension in Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, while giving its central character his most high stakes diagnostic puzzle ever. The episode will pit... - TV Review: House, MD - "Emancipation"
The team treats an emancipated minor while Foreman tries to emancipate himself from House in the aptly-titled "Emancipation." Emancipated is not a word I would use to describe any of the central characters in House, MD. Each character is locked away, repressed by fear, anger, and circumstance. The most emancipated character on the series at this point is a tossup between Kutner and Chase. Both of them have been able to reach beyond bad circumstances to some sort of... - House Executive Producer Katie Jacobs on "Huddy" and More
Katie Jacobs chatted with television writers about House, MD and her new episode, "Last Resort." (Here be spoilers for upcoming episodes, so turn back now if you are trying to be completely spoiler-free.)Katie Jacobs is executive producer and co-showrunner (with David Shore) of the hit series House, MD, starring the incomparable Hugh Laurie. One of the “Powers That Be” behind the series, Jacobs has also directed several episodes,... - TV Review: House, MD - "The Itch"
The team treat an agoraphobic patient, while House and Cuddy struggle with their feelings for each other in "The Itch." When you have an itch, the logical thing is to scratch it. For a very long time, in House’s case, the itch has seemed to be his attraction to dean of medicine, Dr. Lisa Cuddy. And despite House’s claim all the way back in season one that there is nothing but animosity between their flirtatiously hostile banter, we know better (well, I... - TV Review: House, MD - "Joy"
Cuddy seeks the joy of motherhood, as House questions her motives and her methods in episode six of House, MD My apologies for this review being so late. There was much to digest about this episode, and I do hope that you enjoyed my interview with Lisa Edelstein, which is now being featured on the FOX official House, MD site. Now on to "Joy," episode six of what is turning out to be an excellent season of House, MD. Dr. Gregory House's... - An Interview with House, MD's Lisa Edelstein (Dr. Cuddy)
Lisa Edelstein discusses her House, MD character in a one-on-one interview with Blogcritics magazine. Lisa Edelstein stars as Dr. Lisa Cuddy opposite Hugh Laurie in the hit television show House, MD. Tonight’s episode, “Joy” focuses on Cuddy’s desire for motherhood, as she hopes to adopt a baby girl, after trying to get pregnant since the end of season two. House’s hurt and shocked reaction at the end of last...