as for house’s disability and bowling, what’s the problem there? i couldn’t help but notice that his scores were crap because his ball kept diverting to the right. why? because he can’t put weight on his right leg, thus his balance is off and he can’t possibly throw the ball straight. on the whole, it all looked like a pretty accurate portrayal of the way someone with his problem would bowl.

actually, that was one of the rare occasions when they did deal with his disability in reasonably realistic terms, usually its effects are pretty much ignored bar the limp. in real life, anyone with his level of disability would need a few more accessibility adjustments than he’s actually using, for instance a grab handle by his bath tub. also, while he keeps bitching about his difficulties walking on snow and ice, i’ve never actually seen him have these difficulties, and that’s definitely twaddle; realistically he’d be struggling on any sort of slippery surface.

so – actually, hats off to the writers for giving an accurate portrayal of his cripple status almost for the first time ever.

I had a false positive for syphilis when I was 16 and donated blood — and as far as I know I’ve never had any of the above. I’m now 45 and have never been diagnosed with anything.

What else could cause a false positive?

Yeah, the medical mystery was pretty lame, but that was OK. I guess the real mystery for me was why such a cute nurse would be happily married to Jabba the Hut… but anyway…

I am tired of CTB already, but at least they made the by-play funny. I am hoping House ends up getting rid of her in a inventive way — the only thing that can salvage her. The fact that he told Wilson and he immediately blabbed to CTB should not go unpunished, I think.

My favorite part was the performance reviews, which unhappily was almost thrown away. I could have done with more on that…

Several funny lines throughout. I laughed my way through the whole episode.

“She saved his life” “Yes, or she’s a scab, depending on your point of view…”

In Cutty’s performance review: “And as for how the staff feels about her, well, they’re walking around outside carrying signs.” “They’ve been back to work for four shifts now.” “Really, you would have think I’d have noticed. What do they do around here anyway?”

Looking forward to next week…

Up to this point, the prank is a red herring.

When he told Wilson about it, he made Wilson swear not to say anything to Amber. Later, Amber struts into Mr Nice Guy’s room and tattles to the team that House didn’t have Syphilis and was scamming them. Obviously, Wilson told her. Kutner confronts House about it and says that Amber spilled the beans.

That proved to House that Wilson was more loyal to Amber than to him, as Wilson broke the promise he had made previously. That was the House’s objective all along. He let the team think that he had Syphilis so that if Amber did tattle, she had someone to tattle to who would then confront House. The whole Syphilis plot line was House’s attempt to determine where Wilson’s loyalties truly lie.

That was exactly what I was thinking. That House is double-bluffing everybody. We know about his using of call-girls so STD would be in-character. Too bad it’s an American series, not an English one. No STD for leading characters in soap opera.