The last time I sang "The Boys Are Back In Town" for House MD was (I think) for "Son Of Coma Guy" which at the time seemed like a return to form and was in it's own way, incredibly slashtastic, but we all know what happened after that. So I will do a few choruses of everybody's favorite Thin Lizzy song but with reservations and the fact that we have to wait ANOTHER THREE FUCKING WEEKS for the next episode.
Before I get on to the incredibly, wonderful, fabuslashiness that was H/W this week, let me give a quick shout out to the House/Chasers. One of my favorite things about this week was FCC in a scene together, working together and not just sniping at one another. Was I the only one who saw a hint of House/Chasiness in Foreman's line "You never say no to House.</i> Almost as if they were following up the dropped thread of Chase writing prescriptions for House that we never saw or heard of before or after. Anyway, I loved the balance and interaction in this episode like crazy.
And now---------HOUSE/WILSON back in all it's glory!!!!
All together now (sing it with me people)
Guess who just got back today?
Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think them cats are crazy
They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
Told them you were living downtown
Driving all the old men crazy
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
OMG. Every scene was a little vignette of slashiness. Tranny Nurse gossip, Wilson as House's conscience (although I'm not necessarily crazy about spelling it out that blatantly), Wilson taking things from House's office, House stealing Wilson's food, RSL's "OH OH" (be still my beating heart) and House getting lightbulb while talking to Wilson. Have we had one of those since All In? And don't even get me started on "Breakfast". I think we all know what that means. (If you haven't checked
topaz_eyes post ep fic, go there immediately.) This is OUR episode H/W peeps. OK, yes, I realize this requires a case of amnesia on everybody's part as does the House/Cuddy cuteness. There's no way that Cuddy would even be playing "Do you like me?" games (and notice how different her "Do you like me?" is from Cameron's "Do you like me?" back in Season 1) IF she had any conscious memory of House's behaviour in "Finding Judas"? Clearly "Nothing's changed" was tantamount to Bobby Ewing walking out of the shower. Not only did Tritter not happen, pretty much all the H/W yuckiness from the beginning of the season didn't happen either. Maybe the Ketamine didn't work at all.
I even liked PoTW this week and I haven't been able to say that in ages. Maybe the fact that her mother wasn't around to be a bad/annoying parent helped. I liked it when she was faking out FCC. I loved it when she was jousting with House. I just liked her. Although I gotta say---Jewish-looking, not so much.
As others have pointed out---much discussion of House in pain, no vicodin popping for what seems to be 2nd week in a row. Significance? No fucking idea.
Nit-picky question-Isn't this our 2nd Hannah? Hannah was the girlfriend in "Sleeping Dogs" right? Just like John Laroquette was our 2nd Gabe. (Gabe #1 was Leprosy Kid in "Cursed") Can the crack monkeys not come up with new names?
ETA-Thanks to
hllangel for pointing out that we've also had Margot the "mighty mom" of "Poison" and Margot the PoTW in "No Reason". Anyone want to chip for a book of names to send the writers? I seriously wish that Nurse Wendy had walked out of the scene as soon as it became clear what was happening. Go with some dignity, woman, because by the time she did leave, I kind of wanted to smack her, not that Foreman didn't have one coming upside the head either. And another one for getting all up in Cameron's business while he was at it. But speaking of people in line for a slap...
Cameron WTF???? I mean WTF??? But Kudos to Chase for the "microwave pizza" and completely perplexed expression. SERIOUS BITCH-SLAP to who-ever told Jesse to put that THING on his head. He looked like a q-tip. Maybe he pissed off the same person who put Omar in the baby blue sweater a few weeks ago. And speaking of costume malfunction...J-Mo (who-ever coined that--I love you) in the...whatever was supposed to be showing of her non-existant boobies. Jen, you are a pretty girl, but you have NO TITS to speak of, please stop attempting to show them.
I asked hubby the RN about the nurse taking a cell-phone picture of the creepy crawly icky thing, expecting he would be shocked, shocked. All he said was that OR personnel are used to not having conscious people around to monitor their activities so it was no big deal. Whatever you say, hubby.
And finally-the dreaded promo. It's piffle I tell ya. Nothing's gonna happen. Not this season, anyway.
And now in a hardy Fuck You to American Idol-induced three week break till the next episode-please join me a final chorus:
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
Spread the word around
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boy's are back, the boys are back
The boy's are back in town again
Been hangin' down at Dino's
The boy's are back in town again