http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578 A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:16:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34977 Funky Dung Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:36:45 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34977 Interesting. I didn't interpretu that line to really be about the girl at all. It seems to me that House was using her as a proxy for his own emotions (re: how his father treated him as a child). http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34971 Emily Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:18:21 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34971 err, "I thought it was odd that House's *final* line was..." http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34970 Emily Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:16:50 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34970 I, too, was disappointed by the writers' handling of the issue -- the whole episode made it seem like only a crazy person would choose to keep a baby under such circumstances. I thought it was odd that House's line was something like "We say we've made her better, but maybe all we've really done is make a girl cry" before he stormed out of the room. I wish that the writers had shown some more moral considerations throughout the show, rather than that final line. The episode could have been a fine examination of the moral consequences of certain actions. Instead, the writers threw in that one line at the end, as if 2 seconds of waffling redeems an entire storyline filled with death.
I thought it was odd that House's line was something like "We say we've made her better, but maybe all we've really done is make a girl cry" before he stormed out of the room.

I wish that the writers had shown some more moral considerations throughout the show, rather than that final line. The episode could have been a fine examination of the moral consequences of certain actions. Instead, the writers threw in that one line at the end, as if 2 seconds of waffling redeems an entire storyline filled with death.]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34878 Jerry Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:07:17 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34878 True. My gripe is ultimately with the writers, not House, but this is the case for any fictional character. I was hoping that my metaphysical conceit would be understood as such. Quibbles aside, I wanted to commend a good antidote to the tripe I had pushed on me last night.
Quibbles aside, I wanted to commend a good antidote to the tripe I had pushed on me last night.]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34866 Funky Dung Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:47:14 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34866 <blockquote>I actually wasn't bothered that House himself said what he said… what irritated me was that when the woman "got better" the first thing she did was abort the baby</blockquote> My sentiments exactly. House's words and deeds were in keeping with his misanthropic and cynical atheist character. What the writers chose for the raped woman on the other hand... I actually wasn't bothered that House himself said what he said… what irritated me was that when the woman "got better" the first thing she did was abort the baby

My sentiments exactly. House's words and deeds were in keeping with his misanthropic and cynical atheist character. What the writers chose for the raped woman on the other hand…]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34859 Andrea Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:49:58 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2578#comment-34859 I actually wasn't bothered that House himself said what he said... what irritated me was that when the woman "got better" the first thing she did was abort the baby, as if the writers wanted to imply that only a disturbed person would want to keep a rape baby and that House's riddiculous claim that a woman in her late 20's would be "throwing her life away" by having a baby had some validity. Funny that this episode aired on the same day my coworker came in to work to show off her new baby girl.
Funny that this episode aired on the same day my coworker came in to work to show off her new baby girl.]]>