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-This is easily my favorite episode of the season because of the way it has all the parts of the typical formulaic House episode, but refuses to lay them down in anything resembling a formulaic way. The details of this episode rock, from the Ducklings-in-the-Making to the way the auditorium kept getting full, bit by bit... I liked that very much. noticed it after Cameron in doorway answered his question - House: it's not your case. Cameron: nothing wrong with a consult.

-I'll go you one better and say that this is easiest one of the best hours of television I've ever seen. And I'm old. And I watch a lot of television.

-For me too. I've always loved this series - they had me at "Brain tumor, she’s gonna die, boring" [heh - pilot episode (I just read opening bit of twop recap of it) - House's very first scene] - but I didn't know it had this in it. An absolutely stunning episode, from the writing to directing to acting to editing to ... everything. It was hilarious and heartbreaking, thought-provoking and nuanced, and I loved the surreal, non-linear structure that thumbed its nose at all of us who thought the show was defiantly formulaic.

-Usually I have to do something else while I watch TV, like surf the net, or the dishes - this episode had me captivated.

-One of the neatest things about my experience of watching this episode is how closely it mirrored the actual events in the show. I was cleaning the kitchen and half-listening/half-watching, and as the show progressed it started taking up more and more of my attention until by the end (with the "it was House" reveal) I was standing in the living room. I love how it was a subversion and subtle parody of the normal formulaic structure.
And I just want to second (or third) the person that said one of the best TV episodes I've ever seen.

yeah. this episode got me thinking to own the House season 1 dvd. which is not really a want, but it's what I think when watching something this good - I decide I 'want' to own it. it's a way of commending, or so. anyway it certainly would be fine to own, watchable w m & d at pasadena, but no rush. ditto Kidnapped. - maybe less worth it than House. but a fine long suspense movie starring jeremy sisto as a v likeable character, not bad. FridayNightLights, that I will actually get I think. mom wld love watching it. dad wldn't mind. and it's really a lovely view of life, as believably good.