House M.D. 5.14 The Greater Good (2009, TV) – 7/10 review

Hugh Laurie: Dr. Gregory House Lisa Edelstein: Dr. Lisa Cuddy Omar Epps: Dr. Eric Foreman Robert Sean Leonard: Dr. James Wilson Writer (Series’ Creator): David Shore Peter Jacobson: Dr. Chris Taub Kal Penn: Dr. Lawrence Kutner Olivia Wilde: Thirteen Judith Scott: Dana Miller Jennifer Crystal Foley: Rachel Taub David Purdham: Chef Anthony Co-Producer: Sara Hess Executive Producer: David Shore Writer: Sara Hess Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

House M.D. 5.14 Greater Good, The (2009) A prominent cancer researcher is admitted but the team are shocked when they realise that she quit her highly promising research five years ago to pursue personal happiness. Foreman has switched Thirteen onto the real drug and the hospital elevators appear to be working for everyone except House. 7/10 Restoring faith, if only for a single episode, this is good stuff with two miracle cures (a menstrual bleed from everywhere and blindness-by-brain-tumor reversed in an afternoon) and a fun Cuddy-House side-plot. Critically, the medical explanation of the case-of-the-week at the end is easily followable by viewers and provides a satisfying pay-off. The case-of-the-week character provides some interesting scenes regarding personal happiness versus the greater good and the Foreman-Thirteen romance delivers a strong, if rushed, storyline. On top of that, House is generally being awesome on every level this week, not just being an intolerable ego but channeling his intellect into pithy brilliance-ness. It’s a word if you can say it. This House M.D. episode contains adult dialogue and gory scene. Links Previous episode: Big Baby

Posted by Mister Slimm on February 9, 2009

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