Has House (or other main characters) Changed?

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

One of House's mottos, and David Shore's themes, is that "people don't change". Yet for some of us, there is some compelling evidence that this may not be true.[Poll #1821759]


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Comments

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

It is the writing, and the change in management, and to a certain extent (although this fell through in S6 IMHO) the characters growing and deepening. Chase's change made sense to me because he had a period of not working for House and not having to do anything he didn't want to. Also, he grew up. Cameron changed because she also grew up. As for Foreman, it saddens me that in the early seasons he has more of a sense of humor and "street smarts." Even when he's talking to a patient about how he always feels like he has to prove himself. The character was sidelined into this boring caricature. I guess it's just easier for the writers to keep him that way.

Cuddy's character got torpedoed in S6. It wasn't the same woman we'd been watching for years. I didn't mind the fumbling in S5, since she was an inept at relationships as House. However, in S7 she was turned into this crazed needy bossy bitch, and House...who I don't know who the fuck that was onscreen, but it wasn't House. Most of the gravitas that distinguished his character beneath the eleven-year-old exterior has been removed. Now he's some jerk who walks into the room, says "put him on plasmapharesis" or makes fart jokes.

Wilson is the saddest case, to me. The complexity of the House/Wilson relationship, whether you see it as friendship, love, or a mixture of both, was so well done. Wilson's character made sense; he was not a soft, needy woobie. He was "in charge of the relationship", manipulative, and smart. Now, it's hard to watch Wilson when he's onscreen. It's again that sense of, who is that?

In short, argh.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

argh indeed.

[pgrabia.livejournal.com]

I double that 'argh' and add a 'WTF?'.

Edited because of %$#^^@! autocorrect!