I did nothing but watch TV all weekend, so I was finally able to finish Season Three of House, which means I’m all caught up to the show in real time and will now have to wait until September in order to watch new eps. The last time I checked in (on June 7th), I had just finished watching 3×11 and wasn’t too impressed with the whole Tritter arc that was occupying the airwaves back then. But episodes 3×12 to 3×24 certainly did have much more to offer the viewer. Here are some random thoughts about the a few of the happenings in these 13 eps.
– I am not much of a ’shipper when it comes to TV shows. I don’t really care about the characters’ romantic interests if that’s not supposed to be the focus of the show. But I have to say that I really loved all the House/Cuddy flirting that developed towards the end of the season.
– I still don’t know what to think about the season finale when all of House’s assistants left. Foreman quit, Chase was fired, and Cameron resigned. I don’t think we’re going to get new actors on the show in the fall, so that means the writers have to find a way to work all three back in. I hope this doesn’t mean House will have to undergo a huge personality change (i.e. groveling in order to get those guys back).
In fact, I think it would be fun to have new assistants next season. As long as House, Cuddy, and Wilson stay on, I don’t really care who the underlings are. In three seasons worth of episodes, I didn’t get attached to any of them. Plus, I ended up hating Foreman by the time the final credits rolled in the finale, and don’t want to deal with any more of his ego next season.
– House can be such a complete and total ass sometimes. I mean, I know his character isn’t supposed to be warm and fuzzy, but it’s one thing merely to be abrasive. It’s quite another to be a self-absorbed ass all the time.
– The House-Wilson friendship, while entertaining, isn’t very realistic at all (not even within the bounds of the show’s particular “reality”). House continually walks all over Wilson and treats him like crap. Why would Wilson put up with that when he seems like such a nice, normal guy?
– I’m so dense that I didn’t realize Lisa Edelstein (Cuddy) played Sam Seaborn’s callgirl friend from Season One of The West Wing! I knew she looked (and definitely sounded) familiar, but I just couldn’t place her at all. Then I saw a clip of her on some talk show and they mentioned her West Wing role, and everything just clicked into place. She also played one of George’s girlfriends for two episodes on Seinfeld.
Overall, I still like House and think that it remained pretty steady over the course of its first three seasons. Whereas other shows that I watch (like Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, and Desperate Housewives) started off strong and then tapered off, House hasn’t really done that in my eyes. I look forward to watching the Season Four premier, which is more than I can say for those other shows I just mentioned!
Thanks for the reminder – I’m currently catching a few random episodes of House from a Swiss satellite channel, but I think I’ll try and grab all the episodes from somewhere and watch them all soon.
Re. Wilson staying friends with House, I can see your point, however I know a few friendships like that in real life where you don’t always immediately see why two people would remain strong friends…