Television Nirvana

Photo Source:  entertainmentwallpaper.com So House returned last night and to quote Gregory House, M.D.  himself:  "Don't . . . don't!"  When the writers titled this episode "What Next?" they had no idea how apt those particular words were.  Only I would be saying it sarcastically, while pulling at my hair. I watch House in part for the medical mysteries and in part for Hugh Laurie's snappy, wise ass delivery as the sure-to-be-sued-in-real-life acerbic doctor.  I do not watch it for 40+ minutes of relationship angst and bullshit.  I have never liked House and Cuddy together.  Let them flirt and dance around the issue but having them "finally" hook up is a big mistake.  Cuddy is House's supervisor.  Even before they did the nasty, she was already giving him preferential treatment and deferring to his opinions.  How is that going to go now? My favorite relationship of the show has always been the bromance between House and Wi...

Thank God the holiday hiatus is over and my favorite wisecracking, prescription pill abusing and so-should-be-sued-for-malpractice-on-a-daily-basis television doctor is back!   House is in the house! Monday's episode was quite possibly one of the best in the series, hands down.  The POW (that's patient of the week, or, in some cases, prisoner of the week) had a terrific storyline with a twist that I didn't see coming (I hate it when they are so obvious even I, exhausted and tired, and most likely working on my blog, reading a book for review and/or snapping at a dog to go lie down and move from in front of the t.v., feel as though I've been hit with a televised 2x4) and the actor was just phenomenal.  I really felt sorry for him, rather than the sometimes "oh well, that sucks" feeling I have.  And his drug-dealing boss or partner was equally fantastic.  Can we have these two back on somehow?  Because I totally bought everything they were selling. ...