HouseUnfaithful
Original Air date: Feb 16, 2009
Shannon - TwoCents Staff Writer
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A sullen looking priest cleans up after some kind of meeting in the church basement. A homeless guy comes looking for a winter coat. Priest goes in his apartment off the church and drinks what looks like whiskey and has a smoke. He looks like the saddest man on the planet. Someone bangs on the door and it’s Jesus, stigmata and all. Daniel the priest looks sufficiently freaked. Thank you, Lord, we have an interesting patient this week. Our prayers have been answered!
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A sullen looking priest cleans up after some kind of meeting in the church basement. A homeless guy comes looking for a winter coat. Priest goes in his apartment off the church and drinks what looks like whiskey and has a smoke. He looks like the saddest man on the planet. Someone bangs on the door and it’s Jesus, stigmata and all. Daniel the priest looks sufficiently freaked. Thank you, Lord, we have an interesting patient this week. Our prayers have been answered!
ReplyDeleteCuddy invites House to a Jewish naming party for the party. Cuddy practically begs him to go to the party. House would rather hang with his hookers, of course. House figures out that Cuddy is pressuring him to attend the party because she really wants him NOT to come. Cuddy says she sincerely wants him to show up, but that’s a big fat lie. Cuddy dishes to Cameron that she does want House at her party tonight. Cameron says she should tell him. Ugh. Never ask Cameron for advice. Cuddy doesn’t ask him. Chicken. Also, are we ever going to find out this baby’s name? I mean, they’re having a naming ceremony and yet, we still don’t know the kid’s name.
House goes home and drinks while playing Jewish jigs on the piano while everyone has a blast at Cuddy’s party. So, while the end result (the piano playing) was particularly awesome, we had to trudge through all Cuddy’s feelings to get to it. Meh, I tire of her antics too.
House picks up Daniel out of the ER. The group thinks House is crazy, well, crazier than usual because they think it’s just a case of a drunken guy hallucinating. House is stalling for a real case.
House tells Foreman and Hadley that they can either date each other or keep their jobs. Man, he sure does like messing with people. They say the drug trial is over and they can handle it, but he tells them to choose by the end of the day. Hadley and Foreman discuss. Hadley says Foreman is scared of House. Foreman figures out what House is on about and suggests they do nothing different. House fires Foreman while Hadley just stands there and watches. House sends Hadley off to find a real case. This whole storyline is just stupid, but the bottom line is that both get to keep their jobs and their relationship because they fought in front of House. House thinks if they’re fighting they’re being objectionable. Yawn. I really couldn’t care less about Foreman and Hadley, if you want to know the truth.
Daniel’s back story: he was accused of molesting a boy and that’s why he’s moved around so much. He admits being a priest is just a job because he’s lost his faith.
Bad things that happen to Daniel: a toe falls off, has a fake heart attack while in a hyperbaric chamber, feels no pain, goes blind in his right eye, being told he has AIDS, and breaks out in a heinous rash. All this while having theological discussions with House. He apparently loves talking to this guy. He’s hanging out with Daniel more than Comatose Guy.
Taub tracks down the boy Father Daniel allegedly molested and suggests to him that he get tested for HIV. The boy blows it off. Taub looks confused. So, I guess that means that the kid was lying about Daniel molesting him. Yeah, House is right. Everyone lies.
Wilson is the bringer of the epiphany today. He says we can’t know the absolute truth, and that we can’t know everything. House thinks the Jesus hallucination isn’t a symptom. House figures out that Daniel has a genetic immune disorder. Daniel is starting to get his faith back at House’s expense and House wants none of that.
What’s your verdict? Were there a lot of coincidences that led Daniel to House? Was it divine intervention? Did anything Daniel says to House convince him there might be a God? Do you care about Foreman and Hadley? Leave a comment in the offering.
I thought the kid's name was Rachel? Did I make that up, or are they giving her a Jewish name now?
ReplyDeleteIs it? I don't recall ever hearing her name, but Rachel is a Jewish name so it stands to reason. If you're right, good catch!
ReplyDeleteI really could have sworn that the first episode back from the little hiatus, Cuddy said her name was Rachel, and House snarked something about the name.
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me. From this point on, she's Rachel to me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info! I kind of feel like a doofus for missing it.