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twesterm on 22 September 2009
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Gnizmo said:

This kinda bothered me. The whole episode had a sitcom feel. Yeah we have all these huge character altering changes now, but they would rip the heart of the series out. Everything will be back to the status quo in a handful of episodes, so whats the point? I just don't like how they went out of their way to focus on the huge changes in personality from House when we all know they won't last more than 4 episodes.

I liked the idea of the institution before I saw the episode. After seeing how the handled it, I really couldn't be happier it is over. The glaring mistakes they made on how those places are run really ate at me. Suspension of disbelief only helped so much. I suppose people who work in a hospital would feel that way about every episode though.

Hopefully the next few episodes prove more interesting. Based on the previews I am not exactly optimistic about it. Of course the writing tends to distract me from the actual plot lines so maybe I am rushing to judgment. With any luck the later episodes will have a better plot line. They never last more than a few episodes anyways.

Oh I forgot about how they showed how that place was run, that bothered the shit out of me.

  • How do they not check that patients don't take pills, especially one (House) has been proven to not take his pills
  • How the fuck did he get the lady and Steve out?  We unfortunately had bad weather so missed however he stole the car
  • They just let patients wander the hospital?
  • Every hospital is full of terrible shrinks?
  • What was the level crap?  If you're a level three you can feel free to run around the snack machine floor but if you're a level five you can use the phone and somehow hand those phone privilages off to someone else?
  • How come the bad rapper was able to just choose to not take his medicine?
  • When House started wailing on the annoying guy they only gave him pills?
  • Why did House have keys to the hospital?
  • How did House find an empty room to have sex with the random chick?
  • A chick that hasn't talked for 10 years gets given her music box and she's gone the next day?  Nobody else was clever enough to think of that in 10 years?  I guess she also obviously has no issues with whatever put her in that state to begin with and that 10 years in silence let her work through her major issues so she's fine in freaking out care!?

And I'm sure there were other things about that hospital that bothered me but I'm in a hurry so not going to sit and think about it.  I'll just end with yeah, suspension of disbelief only went  so far with that episode and I was glad they left the mental hospital.