With House airing its series finale this evening, I thought it was time to bust out a list or two. I love House and I love lists. It seems only fitting. First up, one of the lists I “do best”: ranking the seasons. Obviously, the finale could have some influence on the placement of season … Continue reading Goodbye, House: Ranking the seasons of House
Tag: Martha Masters
House, “Last Temptation”
Thirteen's back, so naturally that means Masters has to leave! Okay, that might not be the exact logistical explanation for the transition between last week's very good episode of House and this only-okay episode of House, but it does seem a bit obvious that this series refuses to have two female characters on the team. … Continue reading House, “Last Temptation”
House, “The Dig”
I'm willing to face the consequences of this statement: I actually like Thirteen. I know that many House fans have hated her from the beginning because she was more or less replacing fan favorite Cameron, and I can see their point of view. The way that Cameron was shoved not-so-gently off the stage so that … Continue reading House, “The Dig”
House, “Fall From Grace”
As we continue into the post-Huddy period of this season of House, it looks like the series is fairly confident in hitting the same notes each week with just enough variation to make subsequent episodes worth watching. Last week, House hung out in a swanky hotel with a bunch of hookers and jumped off a … Continue reading House, “Fall From Grace”
House, “Out of the Chute”
After last week's controversial episode, House and House could have gone a number of troubling directions. I suspected "Out of the Chute" would be overly melodramatic and annoying and since the series has gone this troubling route in the past, there was an outside chance that this episode didn't actually deal with the fall-out of the … Continue reading House, “Out of the Chute”
House, “Bombshells”
In my review of last week's episode of House, I expressed my frustrations with the series' inability to stick to any interesting development in regards to House and Cuddy. In "Recession Proof," the series suggested some compelling tensions between the two of them but ultimately avoided any major blow-out so that it could provide the … Continue reading House, “Bombshells”
House, “Recession Proof”
I know I've been one of the only supporters of this season of House. And I can see why a lot of people are frustrated with the series at this point. The version of House that we all fell in love with in those earlier seasons has been completely deconstructed in such a way that … Continue reading House, “Recession Proof”
House, “You Must Remember This”
I couldn't bring myself to review last week's episode of House because it was just annoyingly melodramatic, overwrought and fake. When I praised the first half-dozen or so episodes of season seven, I based that opinion on the fact that the series had stopped trying to pull these MAJOR moments out of its basic framework … Continue reading House, “You Must Remember This”
House, “Larger Than Life”
My goodness, it's been a long time since the last episode of House. Since a bit before Thanksgiving, actually. Throw in the usual breaks that come with the World Series and we're still only nine episodes into this season, including tonight's "Larger Than Life." Even though I am enjoying this season for what it is, … Continue reading House, “Larger Than Life”
House, “Small Sacrifices”
Last week, I praised House for avoiding some of the melodramatic nonsense this season that made the last two sometimes excruciating to watch. So of course, this week's episode, "Small Sacrifices" brings back the melodrama in full force! Stupid column. Anyway, "Small Sacrifices" is definitely the worst episode of the season, even if it does feature a … Continue reading House, “Small Sacrifices”
Tonal transition: Why House is having a creative resurgence in its seventh season
In its seventh season, the general consensus on FOX's House is that it is a series way past its prime, one that's a shell of its former self and one that's basically no longer interesting on a week-to-week basis. If you would have asked me, a long-time fan of the series, my opinion on House … Continue reading Tonal transition: Why House is having a creative resurgence in its seventh season
House, “Office Politics”
I can't remember the last time I wrote up House this season and that was mostly because I felt like the first string of episodes, while really solid, were exploring a lot of the same things in only slightly different ways, so it wasn't really worth my time to again write "I'm totally enjoying how … Continue reading House, “Office Politics”
