In, "Locked In", it was really hilarious for me, when Kutner notices Thirteen wasn't wearing the bracelet, and Foreman didn't.

thought this episode was fantastic
a lot of guest stars dont really "engage" house and i thought their exchanges were superb.
the first person POV was very very good and i thought overall Mos did a good job. but then again i am a fan of Mos Def so that does help.

I thought the reason for the blurred vision was obvious. Like the patient, House has his own "locked-in" syndrome. He is unwilling to change and is therefore just as paralzyed as the patient was.

I quite enjoyed the episode and I thought Mos Def did a fine job. (I thought the mumbling was a deliberate reference to the character's real life inability to speak at all.) My only complaint is that I want more than cryptic remarks at light speed about House's and Wilson's situations; WHAT nurse? WHAT shrink?

I don't think House's blurred vision was a red herring.. I think it is a hint of something that we'll find out about next week. Maybe on the way to a summer cliffhanger about House having temporary vision loss?? Just spitballing here.

So is next week when we find out about the shocking death of "a main character" or is it just a superdramatic episode? Does anybody have any clues about who is leaving the series?

And a final note for all you DVRers who didn't get the last few seconds of last night's House: I learned long ago that I can't trust Time Warner Cable not to start shows late and therefore stop recording before they're over. So I set each series I DVR to stop recording later than the stated show time; in whatever menu shows your series record details, just add two or three (or four)minutes, and each episode of that show will record that way. No more wondering what happened in the last minute or two of Grey's Anatomy or House. And now I always get to see to whom the tribe has spoken. It's unfortunate that the cable companies can't be trusted to abide by Greenwich Mean Time, but it is an easy fix.

Of course I was thinking "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly" and that is an amazing movie and a true story, but the writers did well enough with this episode of House. I felt the same kind of horror of being trapped within. It is definitely metaphoric for House's personality in any case. Mo Def was effective. I'll also point out that it was important that Taub came off as a liar at least according to House who said that it showed he cared enough to lie. Thirteen's and Foreman's romantic entanglement I find the most distracting, banal and lame. Better to show them getting it on and moving on. The less said the better. . . Who thought Kutner would become a favorite?

I have to agree; I liked this episode a lot! I wasn't sure at first either about the first person view thing, but I actually grew to like it; mainly because of Mos Def's voiceovers but also because I began to sympathize with the patient at how ungodly frustrating it must be in a situation like that.

House is always good, but this ranks among the better episodes in my book.

I'm pretty sure that House's vision blurred to illustrate that he is "locked in" like the patient was. He tried therapy and wasn't going back. He's "locked in" as who he is, and not willing(yet) to change.

I'll have to agree with the above poster, as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is one of the greatest movies of the last decade I couldn't get past how inferior this episode felt in comparison.

Mos Def was alright though not show stealing good. To be fair though after watching him display his ignorance on Bill Maher recently i'm not sure I can ever take anything he says serious again.

I also thought it was a great episode. I wonder who is going to die in the next episode? Any ideas? Again, I'm also sick of Cuddy/House relationship storyline. I shudder whenever it is even mentioned. No chemistry whatsoever. I miss Cameron working for House and that chemistry.

I think Mos Def did a pretty good job on the show, and I think he's a pretty good actor. I've seen him in a few other things. The HBO movie he did a few years back "Something The Lord Made" was really good. I reccomend it. I liked this episode myself. Yes the first person perspective at this point is cliche but it didn't hinder "House". I once again enjoyed the sub-plot of House questioning Wilson about his trips, but I'm so tired of Kutner. If he's so damn miserable working under House just quit. There are other hospitals he could work for. Losing that character wouldn't be a big loss. 'The wil he be fired will he quit' thing they keep doing every few episodes is worse then the 'will 13 die or will she live past this epiosde', episode.