minor House rant -- spoiler for this week's ep

[devohoneybee]

Why can't they get their Mendelian genetics right? House surmises the female patient has children by men other than her husband because she and husband have brown eyes and some of the children have blue or green eyes. Except this can happen, if both parents each have a parent with blue or green eyes and they have a recessive for that. What they SHOULD have done is have the mom and dad have blue eyes and have children with brown eyes -- definitely a sign of hanky panky. I mean, this is high school biology, isn't it?

And otherwise in the ep... jeez, louise, sinister, much? Why am I worried the plotline of the show has been hijacked by a more operatic kind of melodrama than I thought they were going for? *furrowing brow* What did people think of the big reveal in this ep?

Comments

[rhi]

::nodding:: It was high school biology at my school, anyway.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

Why can't they get their Mendelian genetics right?

A lot of people seem to feel this way, but I just saw it as another time that House threw out a fishing line to see what he caught. He knew something was up, once the husband said he *wanted* her to get the surgery, so he tossed out a line, assuming she'd believe him because he's the doctor.

Not all of us remember the specifics of even high school biology. *g*

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

I think V has made a huge fucking mistake, is what.

See, House may not have the "schooze" gene, but the fact that he doesn't give a shit what others think of him means that he's not going to react the way V thinks he will.

I also see it being VERY in character for House to go over his contract with a fine tooth'd comb, the bylaws, and any applicable state labor laws. If there's a legal way to do an end run around V, House will find it.

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

I like the power struggle, but when they first introduced V, I felt the same way. I was kind of won over by the whole threatening Wilson's board memberhood last week, and completely sold at the whole sweaty, half-wild way House stood up to him in the last scene of last night's episode.

He did bluff his way through the clubbed fingers thing a couple weeks ago.

[junoesk.livejournal.com]

Chase made the most sense. And he was so obnoxious this week about the weight issue that being a 'whore' just worked for me. Just another shade of soullessness. Granted, they've been throwing a lot of characterization around in a very small amount of space, but eh, I like going along for the ride.

As for Vogler, what a lovely piece of work, in all the best, perverse evil ways. Reminds me of Machiavelli.