(S03E14) Cuddy's got a boyfriend, Cuddy's got a boyfriend. Oh, wait, spoke too soon. Love was in the air this week during House, but perhaps not in as positive a manner as one might expect. Well, then again, this is House.

With Valentine's Day coming this week, we should have seen it coming that the creators of this show would take this opportunity to not only set up Cuddy on a blind date, but create a little drama between two one-time players and a climax of drama with two others. You asked for character development, and you got it. While this episode spent quite a bit of time focused on a young woman's medical condition, one that had House intrigued not because he likes solving cases, but because it could have some potential for "fixing" his little pain problem.

I have a feeling that if you're not a regular watcher of House, you might see his seemingly omniscient (well, except for the constant guessing at diagnoses) senses, such as his immediate perception that Cuddy clearly was going on a date, based on her wearing of perfume and earmuffs, rather than a hat. Oh, and the scarf that would draw attention to her didn't help, I presume. Maybe he and Tritter should have hung out more often, and House could try his luck at being on the other side of the law. You know, the side that carry the handcuffs, not the side that ends up wearing them.

Cuddy coming after House after he interrupts her date, which had progressed to her living room floor and in front of the fireplace, showed her asking a question of her colleague that a lot of us have probably wondered - whether or not he liked her, or wanted her for himself. Now, he could have been that much of a pain in the ass and just wanted to take away from her happiness, as he suggested, or some small piece of him could have that kind of interest in Cuddy. It apparently worked at college, isn't that what she suggested some time ago to his team?

Foreman's lecture of Cameron had me incensed at first, much like she probably was, but then I started to realize that it was all about his perception of things and how he reacts to others that made him portray things the way he did. That certainly rang true when he was left in the locker room after his girlfriend had tried to plan a getaway (getaway...GET AWAY!) for the two of them that fell through because of the pressing medical matter. As it turns out, the two people who were together end up spending time alone, and Cameron and Chase looked like they were going home together, evil grin on Chase's face and all. Who knew that he could be mature enough to handle something like her statement about how there was no way she would ever fall for him. Sure, he seems like the ring and run type of guy, but with a colleague you could see him shying away a little bit.

Where do we go from here, kiddies? We've been on the gross out patrol the last few weeks, with a tapeworm this week and some random hands inside patients in weeks past, so obviously we're getting a little bit closer to the surgery channel than some might want, but it's all in good fun. With Foreman letting go of his woman (if you love someone set them free, sez Sting) and Cameron filling a need, Cuddy being shown as a non-direct woman when she's dealing with other men, and House leaves the hospital with his "best" friend for breakfast. Those two are certainly made for each other, don't you think?