Last season’s finale left us all wondering about the team. Foreman and Cameron quit and Chase was fired. What were they up to? What was House going to do? We only got the answer to the latter question: go on by himself, of course. And frankly, why not?
This week’s medical mystery wasn’t that surprising in my opinion. The case was complicated by the fact that the identity was mistaken. An office building collapsed, crushing all of the employees beneath tons of debris. It’s not uncommon for victims in situations like this to be mistaken. Employees who look alike can easily be confused for one another, and such was the case in “Alone.”
We have always known Gregory House to be manipulative, and true to form, he created quite a rift between the supposed mother and boyfriend of the victim. The symptoms displayed by the patient were completely contradicting what House learned from the boyfriend. It seemed he didn’t know her at all. Almost as though his girlfriend had a double life somehow.
Although Dr. House didn’t have a traditional team to turn to, he managed to get the janitor to help him. Oh, was this hilarious or what?! Speaking of funny, House and Wilson had another fight which was really worth watching again and again. It was rooted in House’s insistence that he didn’t need a team. To “convince” him of hiring a team, Dr. Wilson kidnapped House’s favorite guitar and mailed him clues and even a broken piece of it. Not the one to give in, House fired back by sneaking into Wilson’s apartment and deleting a number of shows from Wilson’s TiVo. Sure, it’s not the worst thing he could have done, but it was good for a laugh. This comedy helped balance out what was a fairly dramatic episode. The crying from the family members was rather depressing, but I can always count on the writers to try for a balance of drama and comedy.
House – Alone
Original Air Date: September 25, 2007
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