Comments on: House — Episode 12 (Season 5): “Painless”

By: Dan T

Dan T — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:00:56 +0000

It was quite amusing to see Taub constantly insulting Jeff
because he took a dislike to his suicidal actions

By: E

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:58:39 +0000

André: That was actually stated in the previous chapter.

By: André Branco

André Branco — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:11:37 +0000

Concerning the placebo: nobody said a double-blind was going on there. Could have been a single-blind, where the researcher knows who’s taking what, but not the patient.

Of course, double- and triple-blinds are generally better.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:44:56 +0000

Just caught this on a rerun. I liked how the plumber working at House’s house (odd to say) was a pretty big red herring. We’re led to believe, or at least I was, that the “Eureka!” moment will come from some analogy to the plumbing at House’s home, when it really comes from the plumber scratching his balls…

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:57:33 +0000

As someone who works with Fabry patients on a DAILY basis, I would LOVE to see more MDs who (even erroneously) consider it as part of their differential. Too many people affected with Fabry have their chronic, intolerable pain either misdiagnosed or undiagnosed because the MDs don’t even consider Fabry. Sure, it’s a rare disease, but the physical symptoms (stomach pain, over all chronic pain, depression) of the patient in this episode DO fit with Fabry. In addition, I have to commend a TV SHOW that dares to mention it when there are some MDs out there who know next to nothing about it. Kudos to the writers etc on House, M.D. for remembering the rare ones count too.

By: V

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:48:48 +0000

I believe there is. If you review most of the takes on Taub and Kutner, I feel there’s a lot of slight foreshadowing going on.

By: Central Harlem Anonymous

Central Harlem Anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:29:53 +0000

Does the discussions between Taub and Kutner in this episode take on any special significance, given the events of episode 20 a few weeks later?

By: Remy

Remy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:42:42 +0000

Another thing, which doesn’t have much to do with the main patient in this episode.

How can Thirteen suddenly be showing symptoms of Huntington’s disease? She’s, what, 25/26 at the most? The disease’s symptoms only begin to show around middle age.

By: macie

macie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:02:42 +0000

Haha! i still love your reviews, Scott and the comments that ensue…:) I am a 3rd year medical student, and i always learn something from House and your reviews. But i was really a bit pissed off at the nurse who said that Thirteen must be on the placebo! It’s a double-blind trial! Anyway, i agree with you though that there are better House episodes than this one. Thanks again!

By: Corien

Corien — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:45:04 +0000

Slight medical complaint at the start of the episode that I didn’t spot in the list.

Lynne started CPR on Jeff without bothering to check if he was breathing/had a pulse. She just slapped his face, got no response and went straight for the mouth-to-mouth thing.