Comments on: House – Episode 15 (Season Three): “Half-Wit”

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:16:09 +0000

One small correction – the accident was at age 10 (not 12) as stated in the article.
GREAT website – thank you for doing this!

By: Sammy

Sammy — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:22:26 +0000

Well, I’m posting on something so old that I’m sure no one who originally participated will ever read it, but I agree with Michael Moncur. I’m an extreme introvert, and social situations drain me, emotionally and physically. That doesn’t mean I don’t want (or need) any social interactions; it just means I want them far less often than most people, and usually only with 1 or 2 other people at a time.

Occasionally, like House with Wilson, I’ll get a pep talk from someone. Usually my mom, sometimes a friend. And yes, that pep talk can sometimes make me stop being so cynical about what I see as the inevitable result of me going out to socialize (awkwardness, boredom, more awkwardness) and I’ll suck it up and reach out for the door as House did.

And, like House, I usually will then go back to my normal lifestyle and not do it ever again (at least not until the next time I’m emotionally moved or motivated).

By: Alessandro Rosa

Alessandro Rosa — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:32:57 +0000

A little late to the party but for all of those who are incredulous to the idea of Hemisperectomy treating Intractable seizures caused by Rasmussen’s syndrome and Epilepsy, here is some information on it.

PBS Series on The Brain
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/episode2/faq/page2.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14758940

Clinical outcomes of hemispherectomy for epilepsy in childhood and adolescence
http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/126/3/556.full

By: CathyW

CathyW — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:09:54 +0000

I’m disappointed that there was no scene between Wilson and Patrick’s father (Kurtwood Smith), as those two actors played father and son in Dead Poets Society, especially since Mr. Perry wanted Neil to be a doctor instead of an actor. I would have loved to see Wilson say something like “you seem familiar; have we met?”.

By: ST

ST — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:16:51 +0000

Hahaha… Thom, are you referring to the A Bit of Fry and Laurie sketch in which Stephen Fry has removed Hugh Laurie’s brain, but soon regrets it? :)

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:56:50 +0000

Love this site! Am not a medical person but I really appreciating learning what is based on something reasonable, and what is not.

A few comments. Someone wanted to know why Chase started to cry when he hugged House. I think it makes perfect sense. Chase lost his own father to cancer relatively recently, and never had the chance to say good-bye. He looks upon House as a father figure and so feels as if he is about lose his father all over again. Of course he is the most upset.

Second, I thought the acting by Kurtwood Smith was magnificent. The tenderness he showed brought tears to my eyes.

Third, the scene with Cuddy and her line about the make a wish foundation was a lot of fun.

Fourth, I really enjoyed the music – but I love music.

Thanks for doing this site, Scott, and thanks for enabling this discussion.

By: Keakealani

Keakealani — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:53:19 +0000

Bit of a lurker here, and catching up, slowly, on House episodes… but I just had to comment because I’ve totally fallen in love with this blog. It’s pretty much become my ritual to read after I watch each successive episode, really pulls everything together.

Anyway. Yeah, as Tauriel pointed out, there’s no way those notes could be the ones he played… also, it seems strange for anyone to use Gb instead of F# anyway since F# is more common and if you start on D the logical thought would be a major third over a diminished fourth. *shrugs*

Also, just wanted to point out that technically, the character on That 70s Show is Eric Forman without the “e” (compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Forman and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Foreman) But that’s just nitpicking. It was great to see Kurtwood Smith on House, though, and it was a pretty awesome coincidence… especially since Dr. Foreman did have a pretty big role in dealing with him.

Anyway… yes. Fantastic blog, and keep up the good work! ^__^

By: Tauriel

Tauriel — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:28:53 +0000

I’m just watching this episode again and just for fun I decided to watch closely the chord House plays and Patrick identifies.

Well, guess what, he got the notes wrong. :-D

House plays Bflat D F G Bflat (watch his fingers), but Patrick says D Gflat Aflat B. Apparently they didn’t agree which notes Hugh would play before shooting the scene… :-D

By: Whitebat

Whitebat — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:32:20 +0000

The story I remember about hemispherectomy involved a very young girl, and apparently she functions normally with only half a brain. I think we are meant to believe that the patient in this episode wasn’t really getting much function from the “dead” side of his brain, except the music. 10 might even be a little old for that much rewiring. When the patient played the end of House’s piano piece, we said “Oh, Phantom of the Opera, his opus is complete so he can die happy now.” I’m thinking House was trying to get into the cancer trial as a solution for his pain (actually less unethical than a spinal nerve biopsy from CIPA girl). That plot would be somewhat like “Terminal Man” (implanted brain electrode to cure seizures).

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:11:04 +0000

This was a very good episode. Reminded me why I am addicted to this show. House/Cameron forever! (though a House/Cameron/Chase triangle that somebody suggested above seems interesting too)