This Year&#39;s Model of Humanity

Is the actor pretending to be American or is the character?

*casts a suspicious glance*

You're all having me on. It's really a comedy about historical houses. With musical numbers.

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It's really a comedy about historical houses. With musical numbers.

*is torn between hysterical laughter and horrified whimpering because she is now sort of picturing a cross between this and the actual show*

And it's not the bit with the houses that gets me. It's the musical numbers. Because now I'm picturing an episode analogous to Once More, With Feeling. Perhaps Once More, With Seizures or Once More, With a Jaded and Bitter View of Humanity.

Oh god, what have you done to me? This is the kind of image that lurks in wait and ambushes you at terrible times, like in the shower or at the grocery store or while trying to sleep.

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Once More, With a Jaded and Bitter View of Humanity.

That does sound interesting, actually.

So, are the people in your icon House related? They look vaguely medical. It's the red tie.

And, as always, glad to be of service.

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Once More, With a Jaded and Bitter View of Humanity.

That does sound interesting, actually.

No, really. Ambushing me while I make breakfast. It's not even a plotbunny, so I can't even shove it in the file and partially incapacitate it thus. It's... it's... a brain worm.

So, are the people in your icon House related? They look vaguely medical. It's the red tie.

The one in the red tie is Dr. James Wilson, Head of Oncology, House's best friend and that guy everybody goes, "Do they want us to think they're dating?!" about. Dr. Gregory House (Department of Diagnostic Medicine and General Bastardry) is the unshaven one attempting to stare a hole in the corner of the icon. This is not an atypical look. He does not believe in lab coats or ties, and the stubble fairy has blessed him muchly, but not as muchly as the snark fairy.

If you're interested, I'd say the show is worth it, but might take a while to grow on you. I actually wouldn't advise jumping in on the pilot, because he seems to be a bit more of a bastard there than I'm used to him being. And there's another episode everyone's reccing you to start with that I'd also nix, but I'll explain that below.

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... after going through all the info here, it definitely sounds interesting enough to give a couple of hours of my time to.

Are they doing any airings of reruns right now or should I just try watching next week's episode? It's on Tuesdays?

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Well, next week's episode starts what looks like it might be our very first arc, so I'm not sure how great it would be to start with, though it'd obviously be infinitely preferable to starting with the episode after that. This week's was a rerun, but... a bit too late for that now. If, on the other hand, you want to get a few the episodes off the net somewhere to try, a quick consultation with a friend would recommend one or any of the following: Occam's Razor, for one of the best of the beginning-of-the-season episodes, Damned If You Do (it's got nuns!) or The Socratic Method (it's got vomiting of blood!) for middle-ground ones, and DNR for the episodes that have started to focus more on the characters themselves.

And yes--Tuesdays at 9 EST (convert timezone as necessary), FOX.

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therisingmoon.livejournal.com

I can never remember tv schedules (except for TDS) so I haven't seen an episode of House, but your mental image is really funny. *g*

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Hee, thanks.

And yeah, I've got Sci-Fi Friday (very easy to remember) and TDS (also easy to remember). Another show would take work to watch.

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par-avion.livejournal.com

It's about Medical mysteries. House=Holmes & Wilson=Watson. Or maybe you've picked that part up already :)

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My word, really?

*is vaguely interested, despite herself*

Does House do drugs? Or play violin?

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par-avion.livejournal.com

He's addicted to Vicodin, because of a car accidnet or something like that (leg injury).

There is some kind of musical instrument thing, I think, but it's not played up as much as the pills. I could send you Eps 1 & 2 on VCD?

Wilson/Watson is played by Robert Sean Leonard, who I like, but he doesn't get as much screentime as you might think.

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Hmm. It does sound more and more interesting. I admit to reading Holmes/Watson slash at some point(s) in the past. I think that I'd like to check it out.

Do you still have my address?

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vicodin - piano

House and Wilson have such great eye contact: http://www.livejournal.com/community/house_slash/2344.html#cutid1

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Yeah, it does look pretty interesting.

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seanarenay.livejournal.com

If I remember correctly there's a horror movie series called House, and while I didn't think the show was related to that or anything every time I heard about it something pinged in my head that it must be horror of some kind. I think at some point I had it mixed up with Kingdom Hospital, too. I actually watched House for the first time a couple days ago and I quite liked it. :)

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Hmm. Is there a lot of blood, though? Because I'm not sure I'm in the right frame of mind to watch a show that involves a lot of bleeding.

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Well, there's not actual gushing blood usually, but I must say there are a couple moments every ep that I have to squinch my eyes shut. (Although there's enough warning that I can avoid the squickiest stuff.) I am super squeamish. Even four and a half seasons of CSI haven't cured me.

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sistermagpie.livejournal.com

LOL-now you just have to process that it's Hugh Laurie, but he's American...

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How good is his accent?

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par-avion.livejournal.com

I've heard some people say that they hate it/think it's bad, but I think it's fine. He may be doing a mid-Atlantic accent, and not the California accent that is default American in movies/TV.

Also, I don't think I've ever seen him do his "natural" accent, so there is less cognitive dissonance for me.

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there's a video clip on the show's offical site in which Hugh Laurie speaks with is real accent. *fans self*

sorry I don't have the link...

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I think the actual accent--if you're listening to it with the knowledge he's English, you can catch slips, but I didn't know for multiple episodes and was utterly stunned when I found out--might not be as big an issue as the delivery, which is definitely a bit atypical, and has turned at least one person I know off of the show--and she didn't know Hugh Laurie from a hole in the ground, so....

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sistermagpie.livejournal.com

There's times when it suddenly just freaks me out because it's Hugh Laurie and he's not talking right.:-)

For the most part it's okay. I think if I didn't know he was English I could still guess it was fake...he hits the "r's" a little hard. But it doesn't take me out of the show. You don't think of it as the way he talks but as the way House himself talks, so it works.

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It sounds American to me.

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moojja.livejournal.com

I love your mental image, it should be a horror movie.
BTW, did you ever finish your essay on SG1 team dynamics season 4?

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BTW, did you ever finish your essay on SG1 team dynamics season 4?

You know, I think that I got distracted. And now that you've mentioned, I want to finish it. Hmm. I'll have to go look it up again.

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amireal.livejournal.com

*offers to be your pimp*

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*blinks innocently*

But I don't know if I'd be comfortable. Whoring is all thigh-high boots and no kissing. I mean, if we believe Julia Roberts, and who doesn't?

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deifire

I love this image! For the longest time, I thought House was a decorating show, possibly of the "have your home done by your neighbours, then try to be polite despite your anguish when you see the results" variety.

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Oh! It can be a show about a man, shaped like a house, who does people's houses. And in his spare time, he solves crime! While dancing!

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gigitrek.livejournal.com

Apparently, there is also blatant slash. Which, hey, is enough to make me give it a shot (although I am somewhat dubious about the American Hugh Laurie with a beard.)

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Slash is good, but you are the first person to mention the beard. How much of a beard?

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It's that scruffy unshaven look. He looks quite dissipated and just fell out of bed after a night of shagging.

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No, really, he's so grumpy-cute. Full of piss-and-vinegar. Except he's much nicer to his boyfriend Wilson.

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Exactly how slashy is the show? Like, what's the best slash moment thus far?

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suffire.livejournal.com

Watch "Detox" and you will understand.

Other moments I can think of, well, in "Sports Medicine", there's the almost-date to see Monster Truck, there's the "are we breaking up?". Most recently in "Cursed", there's the jealousy tinted snark over Wilson chatting up a pretty accountant. As many have said, this show is really like an alternative universe version of the Holmes and Watson show, and just as slashy.

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Hmmm, I lent my discs out so I can't rewatch to make sure, but...I think it's ep 4 or 5 when they go back to House's place for some together time instead of wilson going home to the wife.

That comment in I forget-which-episode that House is taking a case only becaus Wilson wants him to. The many glances of complicity between House and Wilson. The way that House is crabby with Wilson but seriously mean to everyone else. The way they are such little boys looking at girls together. *loves* The way they watch that medical soap opera together.

The snide remark about Wilson and his propensity for infidelity reeks of jealousy to me.

The obvious trust between them in "Detox," and the way House accepts Wilson sitting in on a work meeting just to keep an eye on House's physical condition. The trust Wilson has in House's judgment, no matter how impaired it might be. Detox's ending is so, so "Wilson taking care of House without him knowing it".

thete1's been posting about the show lately. I think those posts aren't locked...

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The slashiest moment for me remains the one which lo, showed me the slash--I'd caught about an episode and a half, and heard people talking about the slash, and was going, "Okay... well... I guess." And then I sat down and watched Damned If You Do (fifth aired) when it was on, and they get to the end, and Wilson basically invites himself over to Christmas Eve dinner at House's place. Which is fairly slashy, but not that bad, as they are theoretically best friends. But then House basically goes, "But what about your wife?" and Wilson essentially goes, "Eh, wife. She'll live," and I go, "....!" and then there's a charming musical montage which features them laughing together over Chinese in House's apartment, which is especially impressive given that House, up to that point, had never been seen laughing on the show at all. We'd barely seen him smile.

It was less of a, "Wow, that's slashy," and more like a direct revelation of slash from God. I almost fell out of my chair.

Damned If You Do isn't actually a horrible place to jump in. You'd be a bit lost, but the episode actually does open with the main characters rather than the patient of the week as is typical, and it does a lot of nice balancing of fun and serious, but it's not as much in to the characters as some of the later episodes. Which is one of the reasons I'd really advise against watching Detox--it's going to lose a lot of impact if you haven't had time to get acquainted with these characters. (The other reasons are my pack of issues I have with the episode; I am and remain one of the apparent few people in the fandom who didn't really like it--hell, most people seem to have loved it--for a variety of causes ranging from technical to intensely personal. On the other hand, having gotten this icon out of the deal, I can't hate it.)

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And then I sat down and watched Damned If You Do (fifth aired) when it was on, and they get to the end, and Wilson basically invites himself over to Christmas Eve dinner at House's place. Which is fairly slashy, but not that bad, as they are theoretically best friends. But then House basically goes, "But what about your wife?" and Wilson essentially goes, "Eh, wife. She'll live," and I go, "....!" and then there's a charming musical montage which features them laughing together over Chinese in House's apartment, which is especially impressive given that House, up to that point, had never been seen laughing on the show at all. We'd barely seen him smile.

That is pretty sweet. Very cool, in fact. Also -- musical montage! Ah-ha, I was right all along.

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electricmayhem.livejournal.com

It's okay; when I first heard about it, I thought maybe it was some new nickname for Desperate Housewives, which everyone on my flist seems to be watching.

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