Comments on: House – episode 9

By: enaid

enaid — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:16:36 +0000

is there an autonomy?

By: Stoney

Stoney — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:19:06 +0000

I’m writing this having seen all the way to the end of series 5, but I have to say that this episode has the best scene of any House episode. The scene where the musician starts with the line “I lost my air”. A real connection between them both. “And when it’s over, it’s over”……

By: KyoKusanagi

KyoKusanagi — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:58:32 +0000

Mazal wrote : >>> This does not mean he is moral, of course. This simply means that he has a moral compass. <<< The statement quoted sounds holier-than-thou, judgemental, and dogmatic. Fact is, “morals” and “morality” are dogmatic illusions, a foolish limiting way of thinking based on fallacies, however well-intentioned. A Moral Relativist or Ethicist, is far superior to a Moral Absolutist, who is chained down by self-imposed limiting belief patterns. Ethics = do unto others are you would like others to do unto you. CosmoEthics = that which benefits to the greatest extent unto the greatest number of individuals possible, ie. the Ethics of the whole Cosmos. Screw morals and morality, honor personal ethics, but most importantly, seek to live, work, and achieve greatness, CosmoEthically, for the benefit of All.

By: ruehl

ruehl — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:21:38 +0000

yes ALS should affect motor neurons and not sensory. If house was betting it was ALS why was he so surprised when he found out patient suddenly developed feelings (or had feelings all along) in the legs near the end of the episode?

By: little bunny foo foo

little bunny foo foo — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:55:42 +0000

um….since when does ALS present with sensory Sx?

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:27:52 +0000

They do know what is wrong with his lungs – he had pneumonia. Something about it being common in people with immobility (though in this case the immobility was only partial… does this negate the plausibility of the argument?)

Also I think he gave the trumpet to House as a token of gratitude, not because he couldn’t play anymore. After curing the pneumonia and removing the source of the immobility, his lung function should slowly return to normal. It’s also probably a safe bet that a professional musician might own more than one of his instrument (at least in the case of portable instruments like a trumpet).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:48:50 +0000

Did anyone notice that they never explained what was wrong with his lungs, which was what brought him to the hospital in the first place? House thought it was wegner’s but then he was able to breathe on his own which meant it wasn’t wegner’s. After that we hear nothing about his lungs again, other than he can’t play the trumpet again so he gives it to House. Since when is House satisfied with only solving half a puzzle?

By: Andric

Andric — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:09:25 +0000

“ALS seems a reasonable diagnosis, given what was known of the musician’s history and symptoms.” Since when does House care about the established facts? :D

By: Igor

Igor — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:14:07 +0000

@ Bryan

Well, I guess, Marty Hamilton is just “letting” John Henry die. Dr. Cuddy says that Marty, as a friend of Henrys, will be coming to pull the plug. And, since he’s pretty much convinced that John Henry has ALS and therefore will die slowly and painfully, he reckons letting John Henry suffocate is a better way to end his torment.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:54:34 +0000

I’ve had a nagging feeling about this episode for a long time now, and hopefully someone can shed some light on it for me. I *think* it’s an error in the writing, but tell me I’m not the only one who picked up on this…

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So Dr. Hamilton (John Henry’s doctor) is called in “to pull the plug” and allow John Henry to die.

At this point, House thinks 100% that JH has Wegener’s, but Dr. Hamilton says that Wegener’s is one of the first things he tested for, and the results were negative.

So then we move to the scene where Dr. Hamilton is about to pull the plug, and House and Wilson are standing out in the hall talking, and here’s the dialogue word-for-word:

House: If it’s Wegener’s, his lungs won’t be able to handle it. As soon as they pull that plug, he’ll die.

Wilson: That’s why they call it…”pulling the plug.”
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So here’s my beef – Dr. Hamilton already tested for Wegener’s and it was negative. BUT the only way that they can “pull the plug” is if John Henry actually HAS Wegener’s….

So either Dr. Hamilton didn’t think this through very well (why would he pull the plug if he knows his patient doesn’t have Wegener’s), or the writers really messed up somewhere….

Did anyone else notice this seemingly huge contradiction besides me?

Thanks for any input!