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This is little bit of old news but I thought this episode was particularly well-crafted together. I've been going back and watching the DVDs of season 1 and 2. Since I never saw them. (I started watching on season 4 arguably after the show had peaked.)
The episode is 'Three Stories' And is the set-up for the season finale which follows.
This is the episode that explains the reasons why the MC uses a cane and is a drug addict. I thought it was just a brilliant way of allowing a manipulative jerk to tell a story that should ellicit audience sympathy yet at the end he's still completely in character 'cause he was doing so anonymously to a bunch of medical students whom he was browbeating the whole time.
Anybody else seen this and liked how it was done? Or didn't like it? I'm often impressed by how a show with such a restrictive and repetitive medical-mystery format manages to do good things. Particularly in its first 2 years.
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This is my favorite episode of "House." I love how the story was structured, and the big twist was one I never saw coming. I haven't gone back to analyze why this episode works so well, though. My best guess: A medical procedural show such as this one does have trouble shaking up how it's structured from week to week, so when the writers manage to tell a story in a different way, especially one that reveals so much about the title character, it's a joy to watch.
(Although, side note on plot, it’s not a reveal on how House became a drug addict. He already was one before his leg problems.)
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Another show that's passed me by---I've never, I think, sat through a whole episode of "House," despite admiring the lead actor in many other things.
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You should totally rent it on DVD, Robert. Hugh Laurie is a riot. But start at the beginning, said restrictive format finally caught up with the show after season 3 or so and they've resorted to various melodramatics to try and keep it interesting.
On an aside note, I rent my DVDs in Japan and watch them with the J-subs on. I think I've picked up more health related vocab in Japanese by watching that show than anything else. (And yes I do know enough of the language to realize that they are not always translating literally).
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