So, about 'House'...

[butterfly]

The fuck?

Seriously, Cameron is so much more fucked up than I'd dreamed. I've been annoyed at Sam on SG-1 this season for acting like a giddy teen girl, but Cameron was so much worse tonight.

A) Sam would never pout around her house while she was needed at her job that, oh, what's the phase? Saves lives. Of course, Sam would also never quit out of martyrdom, either.
B) Sam would never say that Jack calling her a 'good scientist' wasn't a good enough reason to be on the team. Getting respect from your CO is a good thing.
C) Sam would never blackmail her boss into a date. And that's where Cameron made me go nearly speechless with rage.

"I'll come back to work if you date me?" After he's made it clear that he's not interested and yet also that he really wants her back at the job? She's seeking romantic favors before she'll come back to work. Pretty sure that there's a phrase for that, too.

Honestly, I'm not entirely sure that I've ever felt less respect for a tv character and for the people who wrote her. If we're honestly supposed to see her behavior as at all positive, then House is not the show for me.

It makes me want to apologise for Sam for being so hard on her, because there was clearly a lower place to which she could sink and yet didn't.

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[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

I decided to skip House in favor of Veronica Mars a while back (I'd been juggling them), and it was the beginnings of Cameron/House that forced my decision. Everything I've seen about the latest episode makes me glad that I did so. Although it would be good to grant Sam a bit more respect then I've felt for her this past season.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I decided to skip House in favor of Veronica Mars a while back (I'd been juggling them), and it was the beginnings of Cameron/House that forced my decision. Everything I've seen about the latest episode makes me glad that I did so.

I'm going to see how they handle it. Because I really like parts of the show. If they show any meta-approval of Cameron's actions, I'll probably end up bailing. As of now, this could just be a stupid way of them showing that she's as screwed up as the rest of the characters.

Although it would be good to grant Sam a bit more respect then I've felt for her this past season.

Yeah. That part is a little helpful. Of course, saying "At least Sam wouldn't resort to actual verbal emotional manipulation that borders on sexual harassment," isn't actually saying much, but it's better than what I had before. Of course, it's always possible that the reason she hasn't tried it is because she's smart enough to know that it wouldn't work.