Hmmm, not exactly a stellar night for TV, but it was good to have House back to his old self instead of being all philosophical or running from Tritter. The guide had led me to believe that the patient of the week was a Gypsy and his parents refused ALL treatment, which would have made for a much more challenging diagnosis for House. Instead, they just wanted to feed him soup and didn’t want him taking some weird experimental drug. Hey, I wouldn’t want to be a guinea pig for a drug that doesn’t even have a NAME yet, either. And in the end, it just goes to show: Sex before marriage is bad, because you can puncture a lung with a toothpick. Or something. Truly, however, House rules the roost again, being the only guy on TV brave enough to insist that he’s worse off than the woman in the wheelchair and then stubborn enough to spend a week in one on general principles. Sadly, doctor-wise this was all Forman, as Chase and Cameron had little to do but sit around the bullpen and look pretty, but really did they need three doctors to figure out that the kid had swallowed a toothpick?
Over on SVU, Olivia Benson is OUTRAGED again because the system doesn’t work and kids are being poisoned and animals are being killed and blah blah blah. I really miss the days when she was the Bitch Queen and would sooner ram a perp’s head into the table than dish out this touchy-feely-love-the-victim crap that we’ve been putting up with all season. I hated Dani, but at least she was willing to get her hands dirty. I think Olivia was happier as an eco-terrorist tree-hugger. You’re a COP. Stop getting so damned involved all the time. Anyway, this was looking like a standard kiddie porn episode, which we haven’t had in a while actually, when suddenly it took a huge turn into left field and turned into Dick Wolf on his soapbox about how CORPORATIONS ARE BAD PEOPLE. Hey, you know who else are bad people? Rapists and murderers, so how’s about we get back to them and leave the morality lessons in church where they belong? Still, Stabler goes nuts and kills someone next week, so you know I’m there for that. And how can I forget Bill Goldberg on PCP to start the show? So there’s still hope yet.
