{"id":222,"date":"2009-12-07T16:04:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T20:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=222"},"modified":"2009-12-07T16:04:36","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T20:04:36","slug":"television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/television\/","title":{"rendered":"TELEVISION: HOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Am I the only one who\u2019s noticed just how much of a yawn the Fox TV series House<\/em> has become in the past year? And last week\u2019s episode, entitled simply Wilson<\/em>, was the worst one yet. I can\u2019t imagine why they did one that featured his friend Dr. Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard.) It was a total snooze-fest. (My guesses are that either the execs are thinking of a spin-off for him, bite my tongue, or his agents bullied them into trying to create an episode he could send in to the Emmy nominating committee. Both bad choices, in my opinion.) And trust me, I was a loyal fan up until now, when I just can\u2019t ignore the blandness anymore.<\/p>\n

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Hugh Laurie looking as perplexed as we all are about the direction his show his taking! <\/p><\/div>\n

As an actress, I try to learn from great performances, but usually do it in my head post-viewing because when it\u2019s a truly great, or even good, acting job, you don\u2019t notice the work as it\u2019s happening and just get lost in the story. But the whole time I was watching this episode, I was trying to figure out just what Mr. Leonard was trying to impart to the audience! It was a really confusing portrayal.<\/p>\n

I actually went back to the beginning to see if he had directed this episode because that might have explained his strange acting a bit; perhaps he had been distracted. But alas, no, which meant that someone else had done a mediocre job of directing. This was in addition to the weak story and bored performances.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so sick of the stupid relationship stories on this series. NOBODY CARES!!! What used to be an entertaining show of medical mysteries, combined with often charming humor from Hugh Laurie\u2019s Dr. House, is now mainly about the private lives of characters we don\u2019t want to know about. Everyone\u2019s always surly and unhappy. And mumbles. Enough!<\/p>\n

And on top of it, last week\u2019s rendition took the cake medically, as well. After a night of drinking, the cancer specialist, played by Mr. Leonard, decided to donate part of his liver to a patient. So, with no pre-op care, which I would assume an operation such as this requires, they cut him open and got it done. Now, I\u2019m no surgery expert (except for orthopedics–no lie), and though I usually do hours of research on everything I\u2019m writing about, this time I just don\u2019t want to waste any more of my day on House<\/em>. But I can\u2019t imagine that they would take an alcohol-filled liver and give it to a dying patient. There just has got to be more to it than that.<\/p>\n

With all the doctors so pre-occupied with each other\u2019s personal lives, no wonder they get each week\u2019s diagnosis wrong at least four or five times. I used to hope that if ever I got a mystery illness, Dr. House and his team would come to my rescue. Now I would sign papers to keep them all the hell away from me! Just as I intend to do with their increasingly insipid, and just plain stupid, show. Thank goodness Carrie Underwood\u2019s Holiday Special is pre-empting it this week, so we can all catch a break.<\/p>\n

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HOUSE Am I the only one who\u2019s noticed just how much of a yawn the Fox TV series House has become in the past year? And last week\u2019s episode, entitled simply Wilson, was the worst one yet. I can\u2019t imagine why they did one that featured his friend Dr. Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard.) It was<\/p>\n

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