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Gizmo

22-09-2009, 06:35 PM

So the new season started last night in the US with a double length episode.

It was awesome, as is to be expected.

I thought it was a great episode. It was good that it was a 2hr long episode, as they really couldn't have wrapped up the Psychiatric Hospital any sooner without it feeling flimsy, but stretching it over a few weeks would make it dominate the series. As it was, the characters were great. I'm betting we see more of alot of them. Lydia will be back before the end of the series, and House's psychiatrist I can see becoming a bit of a semi-regular. Also would expect to see Alvie again at some point, he'll probably be released and end up as a case for House or something.

I was half expecting one or more of the characters to have been a delusion, either Freedom Master, Lydia or the doctor near the start who "messed up" Freedom Master. Also surprised there was nothing of Cameron or Wilson coming to visit, but I thought it was good that they kept them out of it. The phonecall to Wilson pretty much shut out the previous characters for the duration of his stay at the hospital.

Looking forward to the next episode, no doubt House will be back as a doctor. The reactions of the characters to his return should be interesting.

I only really started watching House a few months ago, and just blitzed through from S1 to the end of S5, so it's all relatively fresh in the mind. I love this show though, can't believe it took me this long to start watching it really. Any other House fans around here?

spirited away

22-09-2009, 06:36 PM

House is my favourite program ever - it's that good. :)

Where did you watch it out of interest?

dr4hkon

22-09-2009, 06:40 PM

Love House. :)

Watched the first season in German but after watching the first episode in English I haven't been watching a single episode in my native language. Hugh Laurie is just hilarious :D

I'm hanging behind because the 4th season has been released a few months ago and I couldn't afford it until now. Watched the first 4 episodes...they are awesome. =)

Gizmo

22-09-2009, 06:41 PM

House is my favourite program ever - it's that good. :)

Where did you watch it out of interest?

I was bad and did something I shouldn't have. If I told you how, I'd probably get a torrent of abuse.

nightwolf

22-09-2009, 06:45 PM

I love house!

I watched 1-4 seasons in about 3 weeks thanks to Blockbuster! I've got season 5 on pre-order so I can't really know anything about it, so after this I might disappear haha. :D

I'm happy there is a season 6 though, something to look forward too!

DuD

22-09-2009, 06:58 PM

I didn't realise season 6 was starting already. Cheers for the heads up.

That'll be my bedtime story tonight :hehe:

Daft

22-09-2009, 07:30 PM

House is amazing.

Same bloody thing every episode but I still can't get enough.

Babooo

22-09-2009, 07:37 PM

Just watched the season opener. Awesome as usual....was a bit sceptical about this but enjoyed it immensley.

Molly

22-09-2009, 08:02 PM

House is amazing.

Same bloody thing every episode but I still can't get enough.
It just never gets old. It's the Peter Pan of television. Or something.

I have millions of episodes in various seasons to watch before this, but I'm still happy there's another season, woo.

Sooj

22-09-2009, 09:20 PM

Great season opener, loved it.

Its a bit of a shame hes not spending more time at the institute but then can't wait to see the rest of the gang and how he changes at work.

darksnowman

22-09-2009, 09:23 PM

So the new series is starting over there while the previous (current!) one is just winding down on Sky? I feel so far behind the times. :weep:

Gizmo

22-09-2009, 10:00 PM

So the new series is starting over there while the previous (current!) one is just winding down on Sky? I feel so far behind the times. :weep:

Yeah, I totally spoiled the end of Season 5 to my friend the other day.

Him:"You seen the latest House?"

Me:"Oh, it's restarted? Thought it wasn't on until next week. Has *spoilers* happened?"

Him:"WHAAAT?

Shorty

22-09-2009, 10:06 PM

Just watched Season 6 double episode premiere. Watched it with Dan Dare, Jayseven and Nami (in HD, just felt like adding that) and it was awesome. I don't want to give anything away but I thought it was brilliant, it was a refreshing new angle for the series without really changing the feel of the series. The end of season 5 was so damn epic and brilliant that it needed something similarly epic to conclude it and it delivered :)

So the new series is starting over there while the previous (current!) one is just winding down on Sky? I feel so far behind the times.

pretty much all TV shows are a season/year behind in the UK to the US. They always have been.... You seriously didn't realise that? The only ones I can think of that are close or the same are Heroes and Lost, and that's only in recent years where British terrestrial TV stations have fought and paid extra for the shows so that people will watch them and bring in the ratings instead of downloading them a year earlier. You can buy import a full season of a show on DVD before it has even started airing here.

darksnowman

22-09-2009, 10:24 PM

Yeah, I totally spoiled the end of Season 5 to my friend the other day.

Him:"You seen the latest House?"

Me:"Oh, it's restarted? Thought it wasn't on until next week. Has *spoilers* happened?"

Him:"WHAAAT?

Haha, you wee bollocks. :heh: I'll avoid this thread from now on then!

pretty much all TV shows are a season/year behind in the UK to the US. They always have been.... You seriously didn't realise that? The only ones I can think of that are close or the same are Heroes and Lost, and that's only in recent years where British terrestrial TV stations have fought and paid extra for the shows so that people will watch them and bring in the ratings instead of downloading them a year earlier. You can buy import a full season of a show on DVD before it has even started airing here.

I do realise that. Didn't think it was a complete years difference with House though.

SPAMBOT4000

23-09-2009, 09:10 AM

Ahhh the opener was completely awesome. I'm almost sad to see the mental ward go so soon. Some awesome characters there who I really warmed to by the end.

arnold

23-09-2009, 11:40 AM

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5706/housecake.gif

Wouldn't mind seeing german lady back though...maybe with her baring House jnr? Never know.

uəʌəsʎɐɾ

23-09-2009, 11:41 AM

I think OP had it covered -- We'll see some of these folks again, maybe as patients, or maybe with House as an outpatient returning from time to time. I can see the next few episodes being humorous due to the Old Krew not really knowing how to take House being happy and stuff, but I'm almost dreading the shift back to Patient Of The Week. Hoping they can mix-it-urp.

arnold

23-09-2009, 11:59 AM

Well the trailer is out for the season, has a few moments in, lie a little Dexter Paradoy *Finds link*

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Looks to be a good season anyway

SPAMBOT4000

23-09-2009, 12:02 PM

but I'm almost dreading the shift back to Patient Of The Week. Hoping they can mix-it-urp.

This! Oh god this, I really hope this is the start of them shaking up the series a bit. It got real stale in season 5 (aside from the end). And yeah, I'd love to see House make a regular out-patient appearance at the psych ward.

Shorty

23-09-2009, 01:09 PM

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5706/housecake.gif

Wouldn't mind seeing german lady back though...maybe with her baring House jnr? Never know.
Sorry but I just had to spoiler that out, because nobody on our sofa saw it coming and it was just too awesome to risk ruining for someone.

uəʌəsʎɐɾ

29-09-2009, 10:12 AM

darksnowman

29-09-2009, 02:08 PM

Saw the season five finale there and... wow. Pretty good! Sky had a thing on that was a little looksee behind the scenes and a look forward to series six, which they are starting straight into, so I won't be so far behind everyone any more!

SPAMBOT4000

29-09-2009, 02:34 PM

Just seen the new ep and I fecking love this show :)

Almost thought we were gonna get a total change of scenery and have house start up his own restaurant for a moment!! Foreteen is still lame as they have practically zero chemistry. Enjoyed the lulz with House's piss though. Good times.

Shorty

01-10-2009, 10:19 AM

Nice episode to reintegrate the rest of teh cast, with house providin comic relief until his emotional heartstring-tug was required at the end. I guess we'll see house come back, with foreman as boss again? Back to diagnosis-of-the-week but with a heartier centre-piece of drama with 13/foreman than we had last season, and I guess either new doods joining the team or - more likely - chase and cameron reclaiming their bronze and silver thrones.
It's technically episode two, the first was feature length, but still only one episode.

I hate when TV shows pretend some ridiculous unrealistic, futuristic thing is reality. That game stuff was really crappy, but the rest of the episode was cool.
Foreteenlol.

uəʌəsʎɐɾ

01-10-2009, 02:15 PM

I stand corrected!

SPAMBOT4000

06-10-2009, 11:26 PM

House: Episode 3
Crazy awesome!The implications of Chase killing the dictator guy are clearly gonna reverberate throughout the rest of the season. Loved the subplot with House and the guy with no hand and was surprised to see that the mirror box thing is based in reality. Thought House was going all Dexter on us for a bit with the injection and use of gaffa tape! Though the way he went about it has GOT to be an intended nod to Dexter. Has Taub really gone for good though? He kinda just said he was quitting last ep and not heard from him since, is that it? Wish they'd got rid of thirteen instead of him.
Overall was a great patient of the week episode with a nice twist to it.

uəʌəsʎɐɾ

07-10-2009, 12:07 AM

Well I'm not surprised some of my predictions came true :P The episode in general was decent watching - with a stronger focus on the character reaction to the patient rather than the patient of the week reflecting a certain element of the doctors' relationships, if that makes any sense.

I'm real glad that Chase has finally got a meaty chunk of the season arc main story (or so it seems so far, at least). I'd say that House himself has taken more of a backseat in the recent 2 episodes, barely more than a glimpse of his trademark limp. Perhaps that relates to Laurie's own supposed leg complaints? Are we looking to see 13 as secondary cast, as she should be? And as for Taub, well maybe he'll re-apply in a bit once House has his licence back?

So in general - good stuff. Am still looking forward to seeing more 'nice' Greg.

Chuck

08-10-2009, 12:34 AM

Watched Series 5 and Series 6 Ep 1-2 & 3 in one string. Season 5 was pretty good, I saw Meatloaf in an episode and went to wikipedia to make sure it was him... and saw a major spoiler as Kutner commits suicide in the episode. Shit.

Didn't like episode 3 of series 6. I think it is because I don't think it would really happen and the fiction takes it away from the show as I feel that Princeton‑Plainsboro could actually be a hospital. But I suppose in the same outlook you could suppose that the dictator and his country could be real, but I know it isn't.

Daft

08-10-2009, 11:06 PM

I don't think Chase made the right call although I don't blame him. I would mind seeing Foreman report him and watching the fallout from that but I like Chase so that would have been a bit lame too.

Maybe it'll come back to bite him in the arse when they autopsy the guy.

Overall it was a decent episode. Not great but not bad.

uəʌəsʎɐɾ

13-10-2009, 10:46 PM

I'm liking House's new role in the show, as a sort of instigator of the other elements rather than the procedural cherry on top he's been the previous seasons. Very glad that Chase has had a bit more limelight, as I've mentioned before, but in rapidly closing the Dictatorcide chapter I think they've shown they're willing to keep the pace up.

The episode's title and the bankrupcy that precludes it were ultimately utterly unweighted and tricky to really focus on with any decency, but still I'd say the POTW structure has been less of a chore this season, with the doctor's relationships taking the fore. House being a bit more compassionate about his fellow doctors needs is nice to see, too.

A distinctly average House episode, all in all, but totally worth the time spent watching it. There was completely no focus on the rehab this episode, which makes me think the next episode will concentrate a bit more on that, or on House's ongoing health.

nightwolf

13-10-2009, 10:52 PM

Ok so I'm probably jumping ahead of myself, but any idea how many episodes there is..?

*isn't stupidly going to wait for the boxset..*

uəʌəsʎɐɾ

13-10-2009, 11:03 PM

22, I think. A boxset won't be out 'til, like, July if you're lucky.

SPAMBOT4000

20-10-2009, 03:54 PM

I woulda thought later than July seen as though the season 5 boxset has only just come out over here.
GREAT! I just love this show. Seriously near the end of most shows I'm sat there clapping myself squeeing in delight going 'I LOVE THIS SHOW!' Yeah, pathetic eh. Patient of the week was interesting if not a little silly. SURELY in this day and age there are more checks in place to prevent alive people getting to the autopsy table. Did shock me though I must say. LOVED the House/Cuddy moments where Cuddy clearly wasn't sure if House was flirting for real or not. "You do make me feel funny" - so great. Loved the Wilson/House bromance and loved Chace's downward spiral.

House has always been awesome but this season especially is just exceptional.

Dan Dare

20-10-2009, 09:46 PM

Yeah this week's episode was by far the best since the opener. I thought it was bloody brilliant. So many elements that came together so well. And in just 42 minutes it was quite something.

Chuck

20-10-2009, 09:49 PM

I prefer last weeks episode. Although, the House and Cuddy conversation behind the glass was hilarious.

uəʌəsʎɐɾ

21-10-2009, 11:57 PM

I agree with Teh Dare - best episode since the opener, for me. Still appreciative of Chase's focal storyline - having his and cameron's relationship the central string works better than foreman and 13's did. So is Chase going to be an alcho or a jailbird? And when are we going to see some of House's 'inmates' again?

Shorty

23-10-2009, 01:20 PM

Latest episode: What about the whispering in the office?

SPAMBOT4000

23-10-2009, 02:01 PM

Re the whispers, I thought it was meant to be those two people walking past the room? House just got freaked by it because, from his experience with the bedroom whispers, he's a bit paranoid that he might be 'ill' again.

uəʌəsʎɐɾ

24-10-2009, 01:25 AM

Latest episode: What about the whispering in the office?

I honestly don't remember that - maybe it was a memory -- but obviously it's way more interesting if he is actually having a relapse.

Latest episode: What about the whispering in the office?

I honestly don't remember that - maybe it was a memory -- but obviously it's way more interesting if he is actually having a relapse.

EDIT: Wait! I remember now :P Yeah, I like to think relapse is a good cause. He's hardly going to be entirely in the clear. Sweet :)