Dr. Gregory House (Quality)

What a program...... that's all i am going to say, it puts ER to shame. A friend turned me onto House and i haven't looked back, my DVR has suddenly become increasingly full due to the sheer volume of episodes i am eagerly trying to catch up on. I have become obsessed with this miserable, witty, arrogant and sarcastic character Dr. Gregory House.

Dying Changes Everything (First Episode), marks the start of the fifth season of the series about cantankerous Dr Gregory House at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, New Jersey.

Most welcome it is, too, even if there is a nagging feeling that while the doctor - still recovering from the bus accident that gave him serious head trauma in season 4- may have established a grand show of irascibility in the past, the series might be running out of steam.Not so.

After watching the final few episodes of season 4 i anticipated the start of Season 5 the screenwriters were ahead with their own diagnosis, for they used the previous three episodes to set up a solid switcheroo. In the final moments of season 4, House and his friend and colleague, Dr James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), were unable to save the life of Wilson's girlfriend, Amber, injured in the bus crash and suffering irreparable kidney collapse.

A shattered Wilson, realising Amber had reached the end, responded to her request to be allowed to go to sleep, held her hand and, as she sank into a coma, shut down her life support.

The new season sees House visiting Wilson and, learning his closest supporter is quitting the hospital, suggests to him this is a mistake, for the emotional pain of losing Amber will surely fade. When Wilson refuses to accept this, House, with typical bluntness which i think is absolutely hilarious, tells him to get over his "textbook grief reaction".

It is the final straw. Wilson says he is not only resigning from the hospital but also resigning from the friendship. Yet, with Wilson firmly entrenched in the credits, we may be tempted to surmise a temporary easing away from the distinctive style of surgical diagnoses within House's unit, allowing more divisions between senior staff.

In “Not Cancer,” the second episode of season five, House is desperate, less and less able to hide his panic and his feelings about the loss of Wilson. They seep into the differential diagnosis sessions and his conversations with the patient; in front of his hired private investigator, they become transparent, as even this hired hand feels House’s agony at having lost Wilson’s friendship.

“What do I get from Wilson?” House inquires absently (and almost to himself) during the first differential diagnosis session. His fellows argue about what might and might not have made six transplant victims ill (and fatally so in several cases). But House’s mind is elsewhere, almost in a parallel scene, ignored as the medical debate continues.

Lucas (Michael Weston) a private investigator, who I really thought I would dislike as yet another character in an already too-crowded cast. But I like him. And evidently, so does House, who sees beneath the guy’s slightly dippy exterior to the very sharp-minded man beneath — despite wearing argyle socks with construction boots (and Vans).

He has hired the PI to supplement the investigative duties of the fellows, and he appears to be good at his job. But he’s also pretty good at House-reading, and probably has more potential as a Wilson surrogate than O’Shea the PI. He’s a bit of a con man, charging randomly large amounts of money for his information (and he don't take checks) who does right?

Parts of this episode were overwhelmingly sad. Like Wilson, House is in mourning. House is mourning the loss of his dearest friend, who denies that there ever was a friendship in the first place. House’s grief is camouflaged as something else, and he won’t be cut any slack for it. His grief is private, thereby made even more poignant.


I continue to enjoy Kutner, who seems ever more a combination of whiz kid and teddy bear. I am surprised at how much I liked the PI Lucas. He’s bright and he has an easy rapport with House. He can have a lightening effect on House as he goes through this very difficult time. I hope he does.

House airs Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) check it out, like me I'm sure you will be impressed.

On a much more important note, Mau Utd have turned the corner with 3 wins in the last 5 games. Berbatov finally put a shift in and scored 2 pretty good goals last night against the Danish minnows Aalborg. (why doesnt he smile when he scores?)

After watching Arsenal lost to Hull at the weekend i am very intrugued to see where this season's trophies will be heading. It really was a poor performance from the Gunners and i was shocked let alone the 40 odd thousend inside the Emirates.

My prediction is below for the 5 trophies on offer, can anyone agree or challenge me.
Premiership - Man Utd
FA Cup - Arsenal
Carling Cup - Chelsea
Champions League - Man Utd
Uefa Cup - AC Milan

See ya