Weren't they prepping Lucas for a spinoff at some point? Whatever happened to that?

It is well established that House and Cuddy both attend University of Michigan Medical School together. In this episode House says the reason he didn't call Cuddy the day after he met her was because the dean called and he was expelled from his first medical school. House's first medical school was Johns Hopkins though.

M.E. Perlmutter is the name of the character played by Arye Gross on the tv show "Castle". I watched this "House" episode on Tivo tonight followed by an episode of "Castle" and had to rewind it to make sure I heard right. Weird.

"Why does House even have a team if they are so completely useless without him? Why does the show always do the "House is away but will fix everything over the phone at the end of the 60minutes" gimmick every time he has to be away from the Hospital? "

RIGHT!! THE TEAM IS SOOO EMBRASSING INEPT WITHOUT HOUSE!!!

I GIVE YOU...This episode was not the typical formula episode...where a man,woman, or child, or somebody has blood coming from any orifice of the body....them diagnosing the problem of the patient, which they are wrong the first 5-8 times of diagnosis. Why this wouldn't kill the patient alone...well, it's beyond me! In the middle of diagnosing the patient problems and looking for a cure...you have all this High DRAMA btw Cuddy-House-Wilson, or Foreman-Thirteen, or whomever! BUT, YOU ARE RIGHT! BUT, YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE BANK...that You can always count on Greg House to pull the correct diagnosis right out from his ASS! How? From an epihany he get's--it's like a light being turned on in his brain! House sees the light! (This happens At EXACTLY 3 minutes to the ending of the show) EXACTLY--Like CLOCKWORK!) and he, then, cures the patient from his/her dreaded affliction. Then to wrap it all up, comes this silly, LAME SONG, from MOSTLY some unknown amateur, from who knows where. PLEASE, IF YOU GO THE FORMULA ROUTE HAVE HUGH AT LEAST PLAY THE PIANO, RHYTHUM GUITAR, THE HARMONICA, OR EVEN THE DRUMS, AT THE END OF THESE EPISODE!!!...MUCH BETTER THAN THESE SAME AND LAME SILLY SONGS COMING FROM WHO KNOWS WHO AND WHO CARES, WHICH MAKE MY EARS BLEED!!! JUST HAVE HUGH PROVIDE THE MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT!
As to the Cuddy/Lucas thing...still hoping for future fireworks btw HOUSE/CUDDY!! I was hoping I'd never see that underhaned worm, LUCAS character ever. Don't care a rat's ass about Chase-Cameron thing. Love Cameron acting--hate Chase's acting. Sorry to see Cameron GO!

The whole party scene was just an excuse for Hugh Laurie to raid the Blackadder wardrobe.

I don't think they said that Lucas and Cuddy were together, but if you're calling someone up to babysit your kid and they drop everything to come and help you, I would think that implies a really good friendship OR relationship. I think they wanted to at least imply it this episode. Along with the fact that he basically knew everything that House has been going through (from the eyes of Cuddy) is another indicator that they have a real relationship going on. I'm sure the details will be laid out for us in the upcoming episodes. ..

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How do the doctors at the conference not know that it was House?

We've seen non-medical professionals able to spot House on sight. I think he would stand out in medical community. Jackass with a limp that hangs around Dr. Wilson.

I know in my professional circles I stand out enough for people I've never met or heard of to know who I am. and I'm no where as exceptional as House.

Why does House even have a team if they are so completely useless without him? Why does the show always do the "House is away but will fix everything over the phone at the end of the 60minutes" gimmick every time he has to be away from the Hospital? Both plot lines were good, but I wish they would put his team in a different setting. The character progression was necessary, but did it have to be while they were huddled around another patient of the week again?


As to the Cuddy/Lucas thing, as far as I understood it, she hired him to investigate someone at the hospital she thought was stealing, and then they semi-dated/went from there, but at the same time, I think he said he came up to help with the baby as a friend. Although if he said that before their little dinner sitdown, he may have just been lying to avoid the awkwardness.

Nice to see the baby again. I was wondering what happened to her.

Nice to see Lucas again. I don't think we have enough invested in him as a character to worry about this go-round ruining his character.

There was also someone wearing a Marge Simpsons costume at the 80's party. All you can really see is the hair, but it's unmistakable.

I thought this episode worked well on both branches of the story. The conference story had all the big guns, so that was sure to work, and back at Princeton Plainsborough, I liked the interaction with Chase and Cameron, the medical mystery was interesting enough for not being a focus point, and Cameron's displaced anger was an interesting beat. I've always liked Foreman's steadfast and levelheaded refusal to instert himself into the middle of Chase and Cameron's relationship, and the final scene with Chase finally confiding in Cameron worked well too.

When did they say Cuddy hired Lucas to check up on House? They mentioned that she hired him to check up on some suspicious goings on in accounting, but I don't remember anything about checking up on House. I'll have to go back and watch again.

And was it made clear that Cuddy is romantically involved with Lucas yet? They had the flirtation when he was introduced to the show, and a semi-date, but beyond that I must have missed it. Cuddy called Lucas up to the conference to babysit after she got there and seemed to be pretty cozy playing happy families later, but are they actually "together" together?