House is not a douchebag … or at least don’t call him one

Remember when House was the show that you just had to watch? Remember the days when you dared not move, blink, or even finish crunching the pita chip in your mouth for fear that you might miss a part of a wicked Gregory House zinger?

Over time plenty of fans grew tired of this show and moved on, as did several of House’s minions. Kutner took extreme measures to escape. I still have not.

I can’t walk away like Cameron or Thirteen. I can’t dump this lovable bastard, like Cuddy did. I’m a sucker—I’m Wilson, eternally fond, eyes-wide-open stupid, and loyal to the bitter end. And let’s not kid ourselves, the end, which is coming in a matter of weeks, is going to be bitter … this is House we’re talking about.

My love for this show is blind. Admittedly, tonight I watched with only one eyeball. The other was glued to the Bulls-Magic game playing on my laptop. So my love for this show is literally half-blind.

The medical case, as usual, took a back seat to the patient’s personal drama. Long story short: blind dude wanted to dump his girlfriend because she was too caring; then he realized he was being stupid. And in the end he didn’t have lupus.

House, meanwhile, got to spend some time with Mama House and the man he believed to be his biological dad, a well-endowed Scotsman (redundant, I know, Scottish people) played by Billy Connolly. Awesome how Wilson realized there was no way House and Thomas were related to each other—Thomas was just so gentle and lovely with Park, as he warded off her evil LSD tooth fairies with his adorable Scottish mumblings. Not a trace of House in that guy.

Mama House, on the other hand, with her casually displayed terminal cancer book, played Wilson so easily and brazenly that we needn’t wonder where House inherited his powers of manipulation. He sprang fully grown from the forehead of that marvelous woman.

The episode title, as usual, offers a double meaning with bludgeon-like subtlety. “Love is Blind” refers not only to my relationship with the show but House’s relationship with his mother. They love each other, really, truly, enough to overlook each other’s faults. Even Thomas cannot get away with saying mean things about Greggy-poo.

That’s right, people. Don’t you call her son a douchebag! He’s a successful doctor, I’ll have you know.

Clacked by Guest Clacker
on Mar 20, 2012 @ 08:06 EST5EDT