Comments on: House – Episode 23 (Season Three): “The Jerk”

By: Christopher Augustus

Christopher Augustus — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:33:18 +0000

The chess game opens as follows (Nate is White, House is Black):

1. f4 c5
2. Nf3 …
(House says: “Bird’s opening. Passive approach.”)
2 … d5
(House says: “Sign of a coward.”)
(Nate says: “Sicilian defense.”)
3. e3 …
(Nate says: “Sign of an idiot.”)
(House days: “Arrogance has to be earned.”)
3. … Nf6

Although arrived by a different sequence, the game starts with the Bird’s Opening, Lasker Variation (A03) == 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6. 3. e3 c5

http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-opening-database/A03

Nate’s play of 1. f4 is correctly identified by House as a Bird’s Opening. However, Nate’s claim of House playing a Silician Defense–most likely referring to House’s play of 1. … c5–is incorrect since a Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5) is a semi-open game response to e4 which is not yet in play (or ever) when Nate says “Sicilian Defense”.

By: Kaiulani

Kaiulani — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:18:20 +0000

What pisses me off about this episode is that the personality disorder IS a symptom of hemochromatosis and most doctors don’t know it. I speak from personal experience. After 4 types of cancer in myself the doctors were no help on, I found the cause.. hereditary hemochromatosis. At the same time my teenage son was freaking out uncharacterisitcally, not unlike Nate. Turns out HH was the cultprit for his suicidal behavior, his violent mood swings, angry outbursts, depression etc. My mother’s dementia is iron overload dementia. 50% of the people in my family have had cancer because of this disease. The good news? By taking out our blood regularly, the cancer is gone (with no chemo or radiation!), my sons personality disorder is gone and his learning disabilities are going away. its too late for my mom but everyone else in my family now has a much better prognosis.

By: alliyah

alliyah — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:10:49 +0000

and i think that all the characters r awesome and that nate kid has a weird accent it sounds like a wart

By: alliyah

alliyah — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:06:24 +0000

well i think the episode was fairly good and nate has a problem and he has issues and i like this show it deserves an A and its in my top 5 fav episodes

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By: Dr Evil

Dr Evil — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:28:09 +0000

As for “the jerk” his issues are psychosocial. Not pathophysiological, as some have suggested, implying there is a disease state at work. Again understanding the mind of a genius facilitates an understanding of his problem. His situation is analagous to someone living with their parents into their 40s when in essence they should leave home. Except he can’t. He’s physically a child deemed by the rules of society to remain 1. At home being looked after like every other teenager. 2. Amongst class mates of ….

By: DrEvil.

DrEvil. — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:04:45 +0000

Chess: (yawn). I learnt to play chess at the age of 7. Was an exceptional player by the age of 10. Was bored of having to let people win before thrashing them (just to make it interesting) by 16. House has to be at least 50. If he’s half the genius I am he would’ve lost interest a long time ago. As geniuses we master then move on. Hence why he’s not played in any previous or subsequent episodes (have u noticed?). House does play the PSP (playstation) perhaps fascinated by this technology of our generation.

By: jen

jen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:14:12 +0000

I was watching this episode on dvd and thought I’d look up hemochromatosis online-everywhere they talk about the “bronze diabetes.” If diabetes is the primary symptom, why wasn’t it discussed? Do most or all those who suffer from it have the bronze skin? Or is House MD all about unusual presentations of disorders, in order to make it more complicated and interesting?

By: Allan53

Allan53 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:57:48 +0000

MrBuddwing:

I can’t remember the exact study, so forgive me, but I do remember reading a couple that would seem to support this idea. People wearing lab coats (ie “high status” clothing) used greater levels of profanity when describing their parents, indicating a willingness to ignore at least some social nicities when they can get away with it. Another one (also, forgive me, I can’t remember the exact one, it’s in one of my textbooks) showed people will be more likely to bait a person threatening suicide if it’s night, also if there are more people around.

Just saying.

By: George Cloony

George Cloony — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:07:09 +0000

I wish they showed more of his package