Comments on: House – Episode 12 (Season Three): “One Day, One Room”

By: TheChris

TheChris — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:11:42 +0000

Just an interesting point: from a psychologist’s point of view, people who are traumatized do tend to show a greatly enhanced ability to detect falsehoods. That being said, it was overdone, HOWEVER, I don’t think House WAS telling the truth, at all. I don’t think it was a real story, and there are several tells to indicate that, whether intended or not. House refuses to make eye contact with her when he is telling the “real” story, and shifts and fidgets considerably. This would be consistent with embarrassment, if I didn’t feel that House had some psychopathology preventing him from feeling any degree of empathy.

By: me

me — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:26:36 +0000

Hated this episode! The House part AND the Cameron part!

By: Meblue

Meblue — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:13:03 +0000

It’s good to deviate from formula and give House a chance to develop, but this episode was slow and didn’t grab me. The rape victims insistence on having House seemed unrealistic as did the homeless guy being admitted so easily. Do they have lots of empty beds in this hospital? Add House’s trying to far-fetched weaseling out of clinic duty. So the episode was slow *and* failed the suspension of disbelief test.

A theory: The homeless guy is the one who raped her.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:19:33 +0000

She is beautiful. I thought that the first moment I saw her. Nice Character. Like the episode.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:55:51 +0000

This is personally my all time favorite episode. You see a side of House that is vulnerable and unsure as to how to proceed. You see he genuinely cares about people even though he cannot express it properly. I think it was one of the most powerfully acted tv episodes in history. I’ve seen a lot of movies that don’t even come close.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:08:15 +0000

I know I’m waaay late to the party, but…

@Katie- 4-6 weeks? You can test well before that.
Due to their cycles, some women might not think to test before then.
Also, I think the 2 weeks only applies to the at home tests, and I think I’ve seen ads that claim some work earlier than that. I believe a doctor can get blood test results after a week.

By: Mani Cavalieri

Mani Cavalieri — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:28:40 +0000

Re: DES, wrote on October 21st, 2008 at 5:44 pm:
“As for Mani Cavalieri: why shouldn’t she be lucid and objective about her faith? Does religion and / or rape automatically deprive someone of their intellectual faculties?”

No; however, people very, very rarely are so self-aware, honest, and concise with their beliefs. Very, very, very, very rarely. (House is an example of the kind of person that is – and how people look at him is an example of how rare it is.)

The dialogue fits for House, but not for her – it was too crunchy and to-the-point, and not believable nor human; the writers apparently wanted to simply showcase a cliche discussion and didn’t bother doing it any other way than “House isn’t prepared for someone to return the favor!” without stopping to think about what makes the personalities like House’s and Wilson’s in the first place, and without stopping to think that some characters can startle House (he is human, after all) without having to play Nietzschean Devil’s Advocate at him like a bad play you read in an undergrad philosophy course.

By: Kira

Kira — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:27:15 +0000

Also, I think Eve was talking about something more meaningful than the value ascribed by humans. Going by her statements and the fact that her major was comparative religion I think she’s someone who’s been looking for answers, not completely satisfied by any particular religious group but still with a need to believe in something greater.

By: Kira

Kira — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:27:17 +0000

@Zitrone: He was talking to everyone, what makes you so sure the person not being cordial would necessarily be a religious person on the anti-abortion side?

By: MissParker

MissParker — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:54:38 +0000

Ok, the quote from the pilot by matt1618 was not quite as accurate as I thought: “You can only live with dignity.” is the last part of the quote.