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by Tom Biro, posted Apr 25th 2007 10:46AM
(S03E20) It's funny this episode came along when it did, because in just the last week or so, I've said to a few of my House-watching friends that it had been a bit since we had a big tragedy on the show, and sure enough, here we are. The title of this week's episode, "House Training," is a curious one, as what went down wasn't as much about the value that House adds to his friends' and colleagues' lives, but how they're trained "with him" or "by" him, even indirectly. Additionally, Cuddy gives House the business with a laugh-out-loud quote about how now that Wilson is playing with a toy in the sandbox (her), now he wants it too. Ouch.We also got to see Foreman's mom and dad make an appearance, and at a very critical time in his medical career. Between the effective killing of a patient and needing to learn how to give grim news, along with the sadness of his mother not regularly knowing who he is, Foreman has a lot to think about right now. Interestingly to me was that his father didn't bring up God, his mother did - followed by Chase - which kind of flipped the script on how his dad was portrayed the last time he was featured. Whether or not any of that will have an effect on the young doc is another story, though.
A good part of me actually felt that Foreman would rethink his career choices in this episode, partially because of how he was reacting to the woman that the House team had just killed by making a bad diagnosis, and partially because of his family pressure. Thankfully, that wasn't the case - at least as of right now - but he was more than emotional when his mother didn't realize who he was at the end of the show, mentioning that she had a son named Eric, too. Could we see a church-going Foreman come forth with the re-emergence of his family and Chase's suggestion to pray or think about God when it comes to situations such as the one they were in this week?
As for the Chase-Cameron scenario, it looks like her reaction to the flowers at the end of last week could have been a misread. Then again, is it possible that Chase is smart enough to keep dropping hints and reminders about how he's "available" for some after-work services to the point where he'll wear Cameron down, or have we seen the last of those two? In fact, do we want to have seen the last of those two? I mean, since it looks like Cuddy and Wilson aren't exactly having a bad time so far, shouldn't the younger crowd get to have their cake as well? Then again, with both of House's potential women off the market, he'll have no choice but to go back to prostitutes, no?
I was really happy with this episode as I think it brought a lot to the table as far as where are characters are - or may be, at least - going with their lives. For some reason, I really like when Wilson is more than tangentially involved in the cases. This week, he proved that he was indeed good at what he did, at least when it came to the
people part of being an oncologist. Maybe that's why House likes him so much, because of the people stuff. Did you notice the small part of the show where Wilson handed House a cup of coffee late in the episode? Of course, it's probably a nod to House's trashing of Wilson's coffee that he swigged while taking his meds earlier on, but it was also a little bit of the friendship that he has with his doc pal. I'm going to give this show a 7 as it had a great case, some fantastic dialogue, and good growth on Foreman's character, along with a grinning Cuddy who might just find a father to her baby after all.
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