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.

Comments

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

I squeed at that. I have to try hard to keep the squeeing-levels to a minimum for my poor dignity's sake, but the House writers have been thwarting me at every turn.

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

That's EXACTLY what I thought too.

[magegirl8.livejournal.com]

Yes, I want CTB to stay SOOOO BAD - she's a strong, unsexual female character for once - and she's really funny, and quirky, and I hate 13 SOOO much. her whole story/plotline seems SO forced.

[magegirl8.livejournal.com]

If House's inner self contains some iota of Hugh Laurie, ill believe he says 'curses'.

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

Ehh, you're right, I bet he does. :D

[meran-flash.livejournal.com]

>>No one can stroke House's enormous ego like Wilson.

Can I take this opportunity to mention the fact that I giggled like a retarded twelve-year-old at all the mentions of stroking enormous egos this episode?

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

Was it a total deus ex machina? Hell yeah.

Did it save us from WEEKS of tedium as they try and squeeze little bits of information about the glut of new characters in between PotW stuff? YES, thank god.

I, for one, felt refreshed to see a lot of character expose in one episode... it usually moves so slowly.

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

Of course you can: I think we're all secretly 12 years old here. Deep down inside. Past our enormous, throbbing egos. *heeee*

[oanja.livejournal.com]

I wish there was a community like this for Sean/Christian...

[calidragon.livejournal.com]

I had no idea, having no yet seen the movie.

However...I LUV UR ICON!!! IZ SO CUTE!!!

[hobbit-feets.livejournal.com]

Oh gods; I'd pick 13 any day. She may be an attempt at a Cameron-replacement, and she may fail at being interesting and enigmatic, but I cannot stand Cutthroat Bitch; I seriously can't. She makes me want to launch myself screaming at the screen and claw her pixillated eyes out. I don't think she really cares about the patients at all, just about getting the job. She is, as her epithet suggests, a cutthroat bitch, and that's really the only facet of herself she's displayed. That, and the horrible attempts to ingratiate herself to House.

[hobbit-feets.livejournal.com]

Young in face, I should say. The outfit and the way he moved were definitely older, but I thought that facially he looked much younger.

[ranrata.livejournal.com]

Me too. I want to take screencaps of last night's episode along with House's, but I have no one to share them with =(

[lostwiginity.livejournal.com]

Quick and easy, but pretty good as an idea, I think, also there are no lazy writers. If you're lazy, you don't become a professional writer.

[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

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

He looked familiar to me, but when I went to IMBd, I discovered that the only thing I could possibly have recognized him from is Broken Arrow. Weird? He's obviously got a distinctive look.

P.S. Your icon PWNS.

[snowystingray.livejournal.com]

Amber! Gosh, I've got such a girl!crush on her. And, yeah, I totally agree -- I think her backstabbiness is mitigated by the fact that she seems to actually CARE about whether the patient lives or dies, whereas a lot of the other newbies seem so wrapped up in who gets fired that they lose track of the case. Really, though, I'm all for Amber/13 as the new OTP, so I kind of want them both to stay (and also I don't want to go back to the same guy-guy-girl dynamic).

[axmxz.livejournal.com]

I hate all permutations of musical!Javert. Only the book!Javert for me. :)

[oanja.livejournal.com]

And I'd love to see them... xD
Sometimes it sucks to live in Europe because I've only seen Nip Tuck until season four (and damn that was slashy!)
lol I'll leave you alone now. ^_^

[axmxz.livejournal.com]

Cutthoat Bitch, of course. She actually seems to be a doctor. Thinking, planning, scheming, obsessed with getting the job done. She's very much a girl House. 13 is a Mary Sue.

[ghetto-lonetto.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but that's text, not subtext. Unless you're talking about Jack/Owen, in which case I guess it's still just implied.

[axmxz.livejournal.com]

The whole set up of 'five minutes with a magical patient tells the audience key exposition bits about the new ducklings and some of the regular' - bloody weak.

[axmxz.livejournal.com]

YES!!

[axmxz.livejournal.com]

Duh. He's the most transparent plot device since... actually, he's the most transparent plot device ever used on House, period.

[grim-lupine.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I have not been able to find one person who agrees with me that CTB is just that. I mean, I can deal with another Camerone, but I don't want some character attempting to be a female House. DO NOT WANT.

Most of the time, when television writers try to introduce a 'tough, strong female character who doesn't take any crap', I just end up hating her guts.