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Review--House: Saviors
- By Mara Greengrass
- Published 04/21/2009
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Mara Greengrass
I'm a 30-something work-at-home mom. I divide my time between working as a freelance writer/editor, taking care of my husband and kids, and various fannish pursuits.
In my past life, I was a writer, editor, PR flunky, administrative assistant, and archaeologist. (No, not at the same time.)
In "Saviors," the Patient of the Week agonized over his inability to save every tree, House agonized over his inability to save every patient, and Cameron agonized over her inability to save her first husband.
The previews for this episode had me worried that the writers were going back in time, back to the days when Cameron spent her time mooning over how dreamy House is. Several characters were as worried as I was, but happily for everyone, Cameron seems to be well and truly moved on. Mazel tov to Chase and Cameron!
While the Chase/Cameron storyline was generally well done, I could have done without the seemingly endless scenes of people asking other people if they're in love with House, which made the soap opera aspects of the episode sound even more high school than usual.
Of course, it was typical House to do his best to ruin Chase and Cameron's vacation, but then get mad at her for pushing Chase away. I was pleased, though, that while he was screwing around with her (as always), he didn't seem to actually want her to be in love with him.
The proposal scene at the end was outrageously adorable. Chase's face as he knelt down and the way Cameron yelped "Yes!" before he could even say anything had me a little teary-eyed. Heck, it was just great to have more than one scene with the two of them in an episode. I hadn't realized how much I missed them until now. (Yes, both of them. Since Cameron stopped mooning over House, I've found her much more interesting.)
My favorite moment of the episode, however, was when House realized what Wilson was up to. I love the way Wilson used his knowledge of House's habits to a) screw with him and b) teach him an important lesson. That storyline also brought us the hands-down best line of the episode: "The Warren Commission found no evidence of a second lunch, possibly because it was stolen from the doctor's lounge." Robert Sean Leonard's delivery of that line couldn't have been better.
(Note to the writers: If you don't want us to believe that House and Wilson are married, you might want to stop doing things like moving from the PotW and his wife, to House and Wilson eating and smiling at each other, to Chase and Cameron. Look! It's three married couples!)
My big disappointment in this episode was that we didn't get nearly enough House snark with the PotW. I expected a classic House rant on the environmental movement, PETA, vegetarianism, and capitalism, and I didn't get it. That was an utter waste of a Patient of the Week, I think.
Instead of getting to be a foil for House, the PotW was basically a sanctimonious git with no redeeming value. I mean, he parroted a few hardline environmental stances, but he never went into any depth. And some of his ideas (e.g., saying his kid is no more important than anyone else's) sounded like they were originally supposed to go somewhere more interesting but were forgotten.
Mind you, I thought the solution was appropriate and probably the best part of the PotW storyline this week. How awesome is it that the one time this hardcore guy bought flowers, he picked up an obscure disease from them?
(For the record, though, speaking as someone who just spent a few weeks hanging around the hospital...flowers are the least of the environmental disasters in a hospital, trust me. Have you ever seen how much stuff is disposable so they don't have to sterilize it? This guy should have been aghast all around. Yes yes, I know why they made a point of the flowers, I'm just sayin'.)
But since this show is about Greg House, in the end, the episode was about House being convinced he's lost his mojo. (I'm with Wilson: "Have you retraced your steps? Checked with the cleaning lady?")
"I was clueless about Kutner, I was wrong about Cameron, and Taub just came up with an idea that I should have seen long before he did." Yeah, House is worried that he's lost it...whatever "it" is.
This is a problem that's been building throughout the season, and Kutner's death has accelerated House's concern. I'm intrigued by how they plan to resolve this, especially after seeing the preview for the next episode. Of all the things I might have expected to see, the return of the Amber hallucination wasn't anywhere near the top of the list. I can't wait!
The previews for this episode had me worried that the writers were going back in time, back to the days when Cameron spent her time mooning over how dreamy House is. Several characters were as worried as I was, but happily for everyone, Cameron seems to be well and truly moved on. Mazel tov to Chase and Cameron!
While the Chase/Cameron storyline was generally well done, I could have done without the seemingly endless scenes of people asking other people if they're in love with House, which made the soap opera aspects of the episode sound even more high school than usual.
Of course, it was typical House to do his best to ruin Chase and Cameron's vacation, but then get mad at her for pushing Chase away. I was pleased, though, that while he was screwing around with her (as always), he didn't seem to actually want her to be in love with him.
The proposal scene at the end was outrageously adorable. Chase's face as he knelt down and the way Cameron yelped "Yes!" before he could even say anything had me a little teary-eyed. Heck, it was just great to have more than one scene with the two of them in an episode. I hadn't realized how much I missed them until now. (Yes, both of them. Since Cameron stopped mooning over House, I've found her much more interesting.)
My favorite moment of the episode, however, was when House realized what Wilson was up to. I love the way Wilson used his knowledge of House's habits to a) screw with him and b) teach him an important lesson. That storyline also brought us the hands-down best line of the episode: "The Warren Commission found no evidence of a second lunch, possibly because it was stolen from the doctor's lounge." Robert Sean Leonard's delivery of that line couldn't have been better.
(Note to the writers: If you don't want us to believe that House and Wilson are married, you might want to stop doing things like moving from the PotW and his wife, to House and Wilson eating and smiling at each other, to Chase and Cameron. Look! It's three married couples!)
My big disappointment in this episode was that we didn't get nearly enough House snark with the PotW. I expected a classic House rant on the environmental movement, PETA, vegetarianism, and capitalism, and I didn't get it. That was an utter waste of a Patient of the Week, I think.
Instead of getting to be a foil for House, the PotW was basically a sanctimonious git with no redeeming value. I mean, he parroted a few hardline environmental stances, but he never went into any depth. And some of his ideas (e.g., saying his kid is no more important than anyone else's) sounded like they were originally supposed to go somewhere more interesting but were forgotten.
Mind you, I thought the solution was appropriate and probably the best part of the PotW storyline this week. How awesome is it that the one time this hardcore guy bought flowers, he picked up an obscure disease from them?
(For the record, though, speaking as someone who just spent a few weeks hanging around the hospital...flowers are the least of the environmental disasters in a hospital, trust me. Have you ever seen how much stuff is disposable so they don't have to sterilize it? This guy should have been aghast all around. Yes yes, I know why they made a point of the flowers, I'm just sayin'.)
But since this show is about Greg House, in the end, the episode was about House being convinced he's lost his mojo. (I'm with Wilson: "Have you retraced your steps? Checked with the cleaning lady?")
"I was clueless about Kutner, I was wrong about Cameron, and Taub just came up with an idea that I should have seen long before he did." Yeah, House is worried that he's lost it...whatever "it" is.
This is a problem that's been building throughout the season, and Kutner's death has accelerated House's concern. I'm intrigued by how they plan to resolve this, especially after seeing the preview for the next episode. Of all the things I might have expected to see, the return of the Amber hallucination wasn't anywhere near the top of the list. I can't wait!