other than maybe "three stories" and "no reason", this is definitely one of the best! it deals with powerful controversial issues, which is maybe why some people found it disturbing - but that's the whole point! a show like "house", or any other show come to think of it, is not suppose to make everyone agree with it - it's suppose to make you think or even annoy you. if it did annoy you - it did it's job and did it well! aside from that - Hugh Laurie is (as usuall) phenomenal. and Winnick - this is my first encounter with this actress and i was amazed. she did challenge him (both Laurie and house...) and the dynamic between the two of them was amazing. it was so amazing, that it made it believable for him to eventually open up to her.
and for those of you who didn't like the child-abuse idea - the thing is, i don't think the writers meant for us to say: "oh, so that's why he's the way he is". not at all, neither does house uses it as an excuse. it's just another piece of the big puzzle which is house, along with many other pieces. the point and the strenght of this revelation, i think, is not that he's been abused - but the Revelation itself, the fact that he suddenly opens up and talks to her without his mask of sarcasm and bitterness. that's what was so powerful about it.
brilliant writing. brilliant acting. brilliant episode.
and for those of you who didn't like the child-abuse idea - the thing is, i don't think the writers meant for us to say: "oh, so that's why he's the way he is". not at all, neither does house uses it as an excuse. it's just another piece of the big puzzle which is house, along with many other pieces. the point and the strenght of this revelation, i think, is not that he's been abused - but the Revelation itself, the fact that he suddenly opens up and talks to her without his mask of sarcasm and bitterness. that's what was so powerful about it.
brilliant writing. brilliant acting. brilliant episode.