This Old HOUSE

I am an embarrassed HOUSE fan. Embarrassed because the show stands for many of the things I hate. It is episodic in nature, no matter how many running threads there might be, none of the characters change. The show is extremely formulaic, to the point where I'm surprised why the doctors even try to diagnosis before the fifty minute mark, as everything prior will be pointless.
What I love is the main character, Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie). Specifically, I love his snarky comments. Sure, it's predictable and riddled with too many pop culture references that don't really work, but I love it. He cuts so close to the bone, much like the amputation he performed in the finale. (Except he doesn't accidentally kill anyone with an insult, as opposed to his underground surgeries.)
The finale gave us a real romance between Cuddy (Lisa Eddlestein, probably spelled wrong) and House. We got a taste of it last season in a hallucination, so it seemed kind of obvious that the show would deliver the real thing this season. The actual payoff made no sense, as it stemmed from HOUSE insisting a patient let go. Apparently Cuddy had reserved feelings for him all along, but she was just waiting on him to show he was ready or something. Personally, I think it was all pretty ridiculous, and i guess it makes me hypocritical for accepting all the other ridiculousness.
Oh yeah, and 13 (Hottie Olivia Wilde) is leaving the show for a bit next season. I'm assuming she is either planning on making a movie or is pregnant.
My money is on a movie in the fall, as she seems poised to be entering Megan Fox hotness territory and she'll want to strike while the iron is hot (and she is too).
It's all pretty pointless, though, as the show itself and its characters won't change. Something always happens that reverts the characters back to their core principles, so that they never really change. We'll get maybe 10 episodes of HUDDY, but something will happen and he'll enter a dark spiral that sees him return to his old habits. While that's happening, Wilson will end up single, Foreman will be huffy, the short guy will cheat and 13 will get a citation for smoking indoors (because she's so hot!).
What i'd like to see is the next season be the last. Just blow everything up and let HUDDY work. Maybe let Wilson get cancer. Castration for short baldie. Kill off 13 after her and Chase begin dating. As for Foreman, well he makes LOVE AND BASKETBALL 2 and realizes he got really fat. In an attempt to lose the weight he dies of a heart attack that House saw coming, but felt compelled not to warn him about.

The Week in Review

This is the second installment of my week in review segment. Based on last week's responses no one read it or everyone was just apathetic about it. Regardless, I will try again with week 2.
1. On the Celebrity Apprentice things got more catty than usual, as we finally realized last year's Joan Rivers vs. Annie Dukes rivalry in the form of Cyndi Lauper vs. a WWE Diva. (Sure, I could look up her name, but I won't.)
I totally love the Diva, who has proven herself to be a valuable asset and doesn't deserve the diva moniker i'm using. Lauper on the otherhand, was a terrible director of talent and basically just reminded me of my mom. Granted, my mom is a smart lady who runs a newspaper, but at home she has the same kind of attention deficit disorder and dictatorial tendencies that Cyndi exhibits.
Anyway, the two ladies butted heads, adding another enemy to Lauper's growing list of haters.
In the end, though, it was Goldberg who was sent home. He deferred to Brett Michaels and ended up losing, but kept on smiling. (That joke makes sense if u watch the show. If not, then just know that Goldberg was adamant about smiling. Ok, it doesn't work.)
2. On Monday there was no Chuck. But, I did get a return of HOUSE, even if it was 8 days after its originally airing since I watch it on HULU.
(Editor's Note: Not only is this week in review dated, it includes shows that are two weeks old! If you think we're editing this for valuable content, then think again. The only thing we took out was naked pictures of Cyndi Lauper that David photo-shopped, because we don't want to get sued.)
The episode was directed by Hugh Laurie, and it actually offered a different style as almost every scene revolved around the interplay of two characters. This was the product of some terrible scripting that required the hospital to be shutdown after a baby is misplaced and forced Cuddie to think unconventionally at the end of the show. The whole thing was uninspiring, especially the David Strathairn scenes that wasted a great actor in boring scenes opposite Hugh Laurie. Oh yeah, there was also stupid sex between Chase and Cameron. Basically HOUSE sucks. I WANT CHUCK
3. Why didn't I remember to DVR JUSITIFIED?!?!? Now i have to wait for it to show up OnDemand, which seems to take forever. So blame the stupid network's OnDemand provisions for my inability to comment on this show.
4. Wasn't wild about the Madonna episode on GLee. Loved the Like A Virgin remake, which was uber hot, but felt it was covered better in MOULIN ROUGE.
5. FLASHFORWARD killed off an interesting character in a surprising way. Well the death itself was more surprising, since i didn't think the writers would have the balls to kill off a compelling character without a bigger payoff. The death is proposed earlier in the episode, but I thought there would be a too convenient way around this outcome. But no, this guy gets wacked and the show opened another can of worms it will never close if it gets canceled.
6. FRINGE was really good. Not just episodic good, but serialized excellence was on display. Peter (joshua Jackson) finally learned that he's from the other dimension and responded by going on the lam. I also love the bad guy, whoever he is, and look forward to more tussles with him.
7. The food revolution met it's match in the series finale, and the winner was a lack of self-control! Boy I hate Jamie Oliver and hope I never have to hear from him again. Some people admired him personally and others appreciated his task, while I just hoped West Virginia would be bombed. I did get to learn that the Rascal Flats are a huge band, according to Jaime. Thanks!

SO this review didn't hit everyday or every show i watch, but offers you a little glimpse of the crap i devour. (Crap Jamie Oliver lets me eat with no second thought)