House: My mind is still going!
March 6, 2007 at 9:30 p.m.
Where to begin? The first episode back since Idol kidnapped its spot, House was definitely a shot of adrenaline. Or was it confusion?
First, we have Dave Matthews playing a severely retarded musical genius who was in an accident 25 years ago. BTW, he used a hand double, and that condition really does exist. Anyway, our crew goes through the usual menagerie of tests and hypotheses to find out he can be cured of his problems easily and go back to his normal piano-playing life with his father. Yet, if he gets part of this right hemisphere removed, he could “grow up” mentally, but will never play the piano again. What a question to ask a father!
Could you do it? Sacrifice the one thing your son loves to “heal him”? Is the better life the naive one he has or the more normal one he has never known? Can a parent logically make that decision?
And then they lead us to believe the entire episode that House has inoperable brain cancer and is going to die!? Ok, you knew it couldn’t be true, since this isn’t the last season. But we’ve seen him battle drug addictions and other complications, it wouldn’t be surprising. That could be an episode in itself, no need for a side plot!
I was very put off by the real reason he was going to Boston. Come on House! I thought better of you! The entire staff did! I hope the issue is touched on better in the next show. Oh, and good kiss with Cameron. The show has been missing a little of the love stories we saw in the early seasons (in my opinion).
I believe it was Wilson that brought up a good point. Most cancer patients go through their depression because they are afraid of dying alone. House is faking it, has everyone around him concerned for his well-being and even hugging him, and he pushes them away. The mind games are difficult to follow.
But even with the confusion and the disappointment in the plot twist, I would have to say this episode was a great way to pick the show back up!
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