Is House addicted to Cuddy or freaked out by Man Milk?

“There’s got to be a better way to call off a wedding … a Tweet, for example.” – House

I could write about how compelling and controversial and sad the case of the week was (or how Freudian the mute groom was). Or, I could spout on about how amazing it is that the writers of House can keep producing such innovative and entertaining material after six seasons. But in this post, I choose to write about how awesome the character of Gregory House is.

We’ve seen him evolve over the six seasons, but he hasn’t lost himself or changed in any way that’s unauthentic. That’s a major accomplishment that not many TV shows can do (though I’ll posit that Supernatural does it the best). He’s been through therapy, but he’s still an ass (though I think we’re getting to the heart of the ass this season, which I love). He’s seen his share of heartache, but he’s still funny:

• We rarely get to see House with a patient at the beginning of his hospital stay, and stabbing the groom with the needle and faking the faint was hysterical. And House was right — the groom was a faker of the worst kind … his whole life was one big fraud.
• “Sodomy — one of the top ten household accidents.” – House
• “Dr. Liberace’s He-Man Quackery camp”
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• House’s patent manipulation — I still contend — is of the selfless kind. I loved seeing him and Taub trading lies, but deep down, he was trying to save Taub’s marriage and he did get Taub to make the right choice, temporarily at least.
• Any Christopher Walken reference is a good Christopher Walken reference.
• I need more of House singing karaoke. Now please.
• The dude put Man Milk in his coffee just to freak out his team … that’s what I’m talking about.

Once an addict, always an addict: I totally thought he was going for the Vicodin at the end of the episode — c’mon, you thought it too — but it looks like waking up the morning after in the neighbor kid’s bed was a little foreshadowing that House’s addictive personality (or is it escapist?) is now glomming on to the booze. I feel a little like the cat that caught the mouse, because I recently wrote that I didn’t think House’s pain was from his love lost with Lydia — it’s Cuddy all the way, and I think tonight’s episode proved that. I love being right:

“I just want us to be friends.” – Cuddy
“Funny. That’s the last thing I want us to be.” – House

Are you completely in love with the complex character of Gregory House, or is it just me?

Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on May 03, 2010 @ 22:31 EST5EDT