House babble for Wilson's Heart
Oh my. Oh dear. Oh dear oh my…
I really liked Wilson's Heart. The acting was utterly, blindingly amazing and I admit to bawling like a baby by the time Wilson broke down in his office. Please give Messrs Laurie and Leonard their long overdue Emmys now (hang on, Boston Legal is still on, yes? Then never mind. Won't happen). The high point must be House, the man who always coats his emotions in sarcasm and belligerence, admitting simply and honestly that he doesn't want to be miserable, in pain and hated by his best friend. I suppose that should end the 'deep down House loves to be a miserable sod' debate. He clearly doesn't.
I can gather from my flist that (in between the squees and sobs) some people think that House deserves Wilson's considerable fury. I don't agree. House's didn't intentionally put Amber in danger. He just inconvenienced her a little. Amantadine (and more on that later), a bus, a bus driver with sparkling new crowns, a sideways lorry and a bad concussion did the rest. On the other hand, Wilson deliberately and openly asked his friend to risk his life, which said friend promptly did. It seems to me that Wilson has very little objective reason to be angry. Loss and grief are strong motivators in real life and it would be very strange if the character didn't have some sort of 'blame the world at large and immediate surroundings in particular' reaction, but I'll be sorely disappointed if they turn this into a multi-episode arc of House winning back Wilson's trust. And I should say that I like Wilson's character. I think he's a manipulative git at times (okay, often), but he's not a fundamentally bad person as such. I hope they don't turn the character into a seething pool of resentment towards House. Let him simmer for a while and then realise that House really didn't do anything wrong but that the world can be an awfully mean bully to take on sometimes.
Oh, and the medicine. House medicine makes my head hurt. It really does. This one was a little better but only because a) there wasn't a lot of medicine in it and b) the medicine wasn't driving the plot for once. I can't quite figure out how Amber managed to kill herself (with or without the help of bus-go-boom) with amantadine. First of all, as a doctor, she should know better than treating a simple case of influenza with an antiviral drug that already has an alarmingly high resistance rate. It's a really, really bad idea and it's typical of the sort of nonsense that's plaguing US health care in particular. And yes, I am very much pointing my finger disapprovingly at the idiot doctors who prescribe antibiotics for the common cold or, wait for it, antivirals for the flu in otherwise perfectly healthy adults who should know enough to bloody well resign themselves to the week of bedridden utter misery that we've had to periodically endure since we lived in effin caves...I seem to have lost the plot a bit. Sorry bout that. I'll just hop off the soap box...
...where were we? Amber, amantadine, getting to grips with same. Right. She was on amantadine and yes, a large amantadine overdose does sort of fit the symptoms, but I have no idea how she managed to overdose herself. She took a dose just before her kidneys went on strike, but that was the last of it. Even if the drug wasn't filtered out of her system, the serum concentration would have stayed near constant and since the lowest reported acutely toxic dose I've come across in literature is 5 times the normal daily dose and 10 times that of a single tablet, the only way for the scenario to work would be for her to overdose rather dramatically before the collision…and that strikes me as odd. And possibly a plot hole the size of the sink hole that appeared in Texas a few weeks ago. And while it's true that dialysis wouldn't do much (but it would do a little) I also don’t understand why they didn't try transfusion therapy and then worry about organ damage later…but maybe I shouldn't think about it too much. I think I'll go cook some risotto instead.
I really liked Wilson's Heart. The acting was utterly, blindingly amazing and I admit to bawling like a baby by the time Wilson broke down in his office. Please give Messrs Laurie and Leonard their long overdue Emmys now (hang on, Boston Legal is still on, yes? Then never mind. Won't happen). The high point must be House, the man who always coats his emotions in sarcasm and belligerence, admitting simply and honestly that he doesn't want to be miserable, in pain and hated by his best friend. I suppose that should end the 'deep down House loves to be a miserable sod' debate. He clearly doesn't.
I can gather from my flist that (in between the squees and sobs) some people think that House deserves Wilson's considerable fury. I don't agree. House's didn't intentionally put Amber in danger. He just inconvenienced her a little. Amantadine (and more on that later), a bus, a bus driver with sparkling new crowns, a sideways lorry and a bad concussion did the rest. On the other hand, Wilson deliberately and openly asked his friend to risk his life, which said friend promptly did. It seems to me that Wilson has very little objective reason to be angry. Loss and grief are strong motivators in real life and it would be very strange if the character didn't have some sort of 'blame the world at large and immediate surroundings in particular' reaction, but I'll be sorely disappointed if they turn this into a multi-episode arc of House winning back Wilson's trust. And I should say that I like Wilson's character. I think he's a manipulative git at times (okay, often), but he's not a fundamentally bad person as such. I hope they don't turn the character into a seething pool of resentment towards House. Let him simmer for a while and then realise that House really didn't do anything wrong but that the world can be an awfully mean bully to take on sometimes.
Oh, and the medicine. House medicine makes my head hurt. It really does. This one was a little better but only because a) there wasn't a lot of medicine in it and b) the medicine wasn't driving the plot for once. I can't quite figure out how Amber managed to kill herself (with or without the help of bus-go-boom) with amantadine. First of all, as a doctor, she should know better than treating a simple case of influenza with an antiviral drug that already has an alarmingly high resistance rate. It's a really, really bad idea and it's typical of the sort of nonsense that's plaguing US health care in particular. And yes, I am very much pointing my finger disapprovingly at the idiot doctors who prescribe antibiotics for the common cold or, wait for it, antivirals for the flu in otherwise perfectly healthy adults who should know enough to bloody well resign themselves to the week of bedridden utter misery that we've had to periodically endure since we lived in effin caves...I seem to have lost the plot a bit. Sorry bout that. I'll just hop off the soap box...
...where were we? Amber, amantadine, getting to grips with same. Right. She was on amantadine and yes, a large amantadine overdose does sort of fit the symptoms, but I have no idea how she managed to overdose herself. She took a dose just before her kidneys went on strike, but that was the last of it. Even if the drug wasn't filtered out of her system, the serum concentration would have stayed near constant and since the lowest reported acutely toxic dose I've come across in literature is 5 times the normal daily dose and 10 times that of a single tablet, the only way for the scenario to work would be for her to overdose rather dramatically before the collision…and that strikes me as odd. And possibly a plot hole the size of the sink hole that appeared in Texas a few weeks ago. And while it's true that dialysis wouldn't do much (but it would do a little) I also don’t understand why they didn't try transfusion therapy and then worry about organ damage later…but maybe I shouldn't think about it too much. I think I'll go cook some risotto instead.