It's that whole, If it ain't broke...don't fix it, thing. I loved the show by the end of season 3, more than ever and I got so excited for this season and now? All it does is depress me. Admittedly, I watch for Chase and only Chase, so I'm sure alot of people are loving it. Good for them. But it sure sucks for me. And I'm already sick of Olivia Wilde showing up in magazines like she's all dat. She ain't nothing to me. Blech!
I wouldn't say I HATE the show yet, but I could grow to if it continues this way. There are just way too many characters and too many attempted subplots going on per episode, at least in 4x03. I agree with you about the teaser bits - actually I find those kind of annoying. There ISN'T enough screentime for all the characters so they try to squeeze in these little 12-second cameos of everyone and it reeks of sloppy writing, which makes me sad because I fell in love with House for being a show with such tight, admirable writing.
As for the potential ducklings I have no strong feelings for or against Cameron's clone yet, I didn't like the blonde woman but I love the ridiculously old guy to bits. Kal Penn I find downright annoying.
As for Foreman I don't know why everyone on the show seems to think he is the cat's pajamas when it comes to diagnosing patients when Chase is clearly the only one of the Ducklings to come close to being as good as House or to show the potential to be the next House. And I don't say that out of spite for
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I hate what they've done to the show. I do. I have no investment in any of the new characters, other than an ever growing loathing for them. I wouldn't mind as much if they just got rid of Cam and Foreman and hired the 2 I liked. But they're adding 3 to the cast so Chase will be left with less than 97 seconds per ep while the newbies are shoved in my face.
And don't get me started with Foreman running a team when he couldn't diagnose himself out of a wet paperbag.
I'd love to believe things are going to get better, but I have zippo faith that it will. Makes me sad.
The weird thing is, it seems like TPTB are trying to *discourage* investment in the potential ducklings because as soon as we get to know one a little bit - they're fired. With the exception of the blonde woman so far, who's gotten way more screentime then the others, so I wouldn't be that surprised if they keep her on. But yeah, I agree, they should just go back to the old cast, it was big enough as it was and there were already plenty of episodes where Chase (or Cuddy, or Wilson, or whoever) got ignored. It's like TPTB never heard the saying "too many characters spoil the plot
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I think that's why I got so excited. Chase got excellent growth in season 3. Foreman and Cam are just who they are. I really don't care about Foreman's arc. I don't care about him. he's simply a JERK. At least I care about House, even when he's a jerk.
There's so much more they can do with Chase. Make him more of House's peer and go from there. So much fun could be had.
And that's it in a nutshell. I won't invest in the newbies, most are leaving, so their interactions with House mean nothing to me. I much prefer what I learn from House with his interactions from clinic patients. All they had to do was bring that aspect back to each ep and leave the team alone.
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As for the potential ducklings I have no strong feelings for or against Cameron's clone yet, I didn't like the blonde woman but I love the ridiculously old guy to bits. Kal Penn I find downright annoying.
As for Foreman I don't know why everyone on the show seems to think he is the cat's pajamas when it comes to diagnosing patients when Chase is clearly the only one of the Ducklings to come close to being as good as House or to show the potential to be the next House. And I don't say that out of spite for ( ... )
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And don't get me started with Foreman running a team when he couldn't diagnose himself out of a wet paperbag.
I'd love to believe things are going to get better, but I have zippo faith that it will. Makes me sad.
I did like the old guy.
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There's so much more they can do with Chase. Make him more of House's peer and go from there. So much fun could be had.
And that's it in a nutshell. I won't invest in the newbies, most are leaving, so their interactions with House mean nothing to me. I much prefer what I learn from House with his interactions from clinic patients. All they had to do was bring that aspect back to each ep and leave the team alone.
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