Comments on: House — Episode 9 (Season 5): “Last Resort”

By: ecoli

ecoli — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:47:41 +0000

Did House really refer to Propofol as an “alkylating agent”? That’s to obviously stupid to be shoddy writing-it must have been a lie. Anyway, I doubt that the writers would know about “alkylating agents” without at least hearing what they are for-it ain’t stuff everybody and his dog has heard of.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:08:05 +0000

Why didn’t the guy have a high white count if he had melioidosis?

I think the plot was very believable, especially given that the guy had a rare disease that hasn’t shown up in the US in the last sixty years.

Giving the gun back loaded was over the top. He should have removed the bullets on the sly (watch “Rebel Without a Cause) and then have the guy die in a hail of police fire.

By: JeffH

JeffH — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:58:48 +0000

Funny House line:

“First rule of triage: Guys with guns go first.”

By: doctor pulse

doctor pulse — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:10:49 +0000

I think the one point no one noticed was how House took the pulse reading. he just glimpsed at his watch and counted 160 in like 2 seconds. You need to read pulse for at least 15 seconds and also radial artery on wrist is the best one to study rate and rhythm.

By: RF

RF — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:36:46 +0000

Early on they ruled out infection because of a normal WBC. It doesn’t make sense that the patient has a widespread infection and a normal WBC.

By: trlkly

trlkly — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:35:05 +0000

Edmund:

Unless one of us has a Nielson box, our like or dislike will have absolutely nothing to do with the writing on the show.We have no power to make them make the show “better.’ If we have the capability of still enjoying the show, why shouldn’t we? Why should we get so upset like you, when nothing we do is actually going to change anything?

It’s a lot better to be happy with what you have than to get upset with what you can’t change.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:03:02 +0000

I realize it’s like a year later, but thanks, morfolk, for pointing out what was, to me, the most absurd aspect of this episode. (I can’t believe i had to scroll down half the page before someone mentioned it.) That is, if the drug was going to kill 13 by overloading her kidneys, what could the gunman possibly prove by making her take it? Since he was only testing the drugs on her to ensure their safety.

Maybe we can forgive 13 for playing into this ridiculous, contrived, totally nonsensical setup, because she was deathly ill, but House would never have missed such an enormous logical gap!

By: Sigve

Sigve — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:08:54 +0000

> Hyperacusis means that patient has an increased sensitivity
> to everyday sounds. It does not mean that their hearing is
> any better.

Some hyperacusis patients DO have abnormally acute hearing, although this is not a necessary symptom to diagnose hyperacusis.

By: Adam Bomb 1701

Adam Bomb 1701 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:22:07 +0000

This episode is on USA as I write this. I find it fascinating that House orders Propofol for the gunman. When this episode was first run, I assume almost no one outside the medical profession knew what Propofol is. Now, due to the death of Michael Jackson, and the revelation that he used Propofol as a sleep agent, practically everyone knows what it is. By the way, I’ve been administered Propofol twice in the past two months, for two bladder surgeries, supervised by an anesthesiologist both times. I’m also undergoing prostate surgery next week, and I’ll bet the doctors use Propofol again. To call it a powerful anesthetic is an understatement; it knocked me out in no time flat.

By: Skooma

Skooma — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:34:05 +0000

I’m surprised SWAT put up with his crap for so long. After the first gun shot they would have been all over that guy like House on Wilson’s food.

Shouldn’t House be charged as an accessory because he gave the gun back?