EPISODE POST-MORTEM: 4x05 "MIRROR MIRROR"

[thewlisian-afer.livejournal.com]

This is the after-airing post. Discuss any and all aspects of the House/Wilson relationship or friendship pertaining to the episode here. This post is for use in all time zones.

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[pica-scribit.livejournal.com]

Nothing to do with House/Wilson especially, but it suddenly occurred to me that this mirror guy may have been a quick and easy (read: lazy) shortcut for the writers to help us get to know all the newbies a little better without each of them having to have their own plot. Anyone else agree/disagree?

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

Alright, ep comments from me before reading everyone else's!

This... has to be one of my all time favorites. The feel of it was just.... comfortable. And fun. Don't get me wrong, I've always loved the show, but the big hospital-family has been very strained lately, and it seemed like here everything fell into place. House and Cuddy are at relatively harmless but terribly fun war, the students are finding their places and all have very distinct personalities by now, Cameron is hovering around enough to show her presence but not be a pain... CHASE has fully come into his own as sexy little prankster <3, and I think the audience was supposed to ride along with Foreman and his revelation that "Things are really fucked up in this crazy place... but DAMN if it isn't awesome."

Okay, er, specific things-

The House PTB are much more benevolent gods than the traditional ones. As soon as I saw the patient making Wilsonface after the Cuddy comment, I thought: "Please let him say something catty, jealous, and vaguely sexual... PLEASE let him say something catty, jealous, and vaguely sexual..." And lo and behold. <3 I can't wait for more Wilson play - though probably not next episode, as it's one of those "House goes somewhere else and has an adventure while everyone else putters around the hospital" ones, apparently - because he's in a unique position. After House's little statement(confession? statement?) he's thrown off his game... but now he knows that even patients with wiped memories sees that House respects him liek woah. Please, writers, take it somewhere awesome. I'm not naive enough to STAUNCHLY hold out for canon H/W, but they have to do SOMETHING.

Also, I don't have the means to make it myself, but someone should totally do a "Wilsonface!" icon.

Foreman. Foreman, Foreman, Foreman. He's back to being a great character(not suggesting anything, but I got so bored of his little interludes of failing at other hospitals... Yes, I got it, he's being shunned on the outside like an amish girl in a colorful frock) but for the love of pete: That suit! He looks so bad in light gray and pink! -flails-

Ah, Wilson. <3 I adored watching him sweep in and stop Cuddy's dastardly plan by attempting to teach her the subtle art of Wilson-fu. And then the poor woman fails at it anyway... Tsk. No one can stroke House's enormous ego like Wilson.

Thirteen gets ++++++20 points for being deeply, deeply fucked up. I think both my and my House-Watching-Buddy's(she's here every tuesday) eyes widened and we said, "....Woah. Well. ....Damn." And I've never femslashed any characters in my life, but god if I can't help but see CTB and 13 in a really twisted relationship.

HOUSE'S LITTLE DANCE. OMG. SO GREAT. And I love how, if you line them up, the chain of social command goes Wilson --> House --> Cuddy.

Okay, and what may be the only original thought here, but it hit me REALLY strongly. At the end when House and Foreman are talking, and House says "Everyone except you saw some sort of revelation about themselves and then didn't act on it. They're afraid of change"? Maybe the slash goggles are on a little too tight, but I immediately assumed he was including Wilson in on that. What my mind followed it up with was "if they weren't so afraid of change, Wilson would have taken a chance in that empty conference room and end this crazy semi-courtship fandango: something I can't do on my own because the giant walls of arrogance and dignity I've built to protect my surprisingly fragile self-esteem won't let me. Curses."

...Because, uh, in my mind House says things like curses? Anyway, did anyone else get that impression at all, or was it too big a jump?

[squareorange.livejournal.com]

Fun episode!

The D:'s :
I'm still tired of 13. I am slightly interested in why she's so scared, according to the patient, but it's dragging.
And...that's basically it. Maybe a bit too much Foreman, but he's alright.
Mean mugger guy. I liked the nice mugger guy, don't be mean to him!

The :D's :
HOUSE DRESSED AS THE PATIENT. He looked like Mr. Little! <333
Wilson!Patient was gold. I could not stop laughing, especially when he made the angry!Wilson face and the comment about Cuddy.
House's victory dance.
The fact that wilson was in the background of two scenes.
I CONTROL OUR RELATIONSHIP. <333
Plastic surgeon guy apologizing to Foreman.
Chase's betting pool!
Wilson trying to teach a lesson to Cuddy on teaching a lesson with House. And getting there too late. XD

[huntress1013.livejournal.com]

My happy moment? When Wilson said relationship and not friendship! ^_^ Yay and of course Wilson owns House =)