08:00 House
09:00 Greek
10:00 House
House. Season 4, Episode 15. "House's Head" I watched it again because it was so good. It's also cool to see the little references early on to Amber (Jane Doe No. 2). And watching the Cuddy lap dance a second (twelfth?) time is no bad thing either!
Greek. Episode 12. "The Great Cappie" This is such a cute funny show. And this is a great episode. Lots of laughs. And I love the way that the two "bad" characters in the show (Evan & Rebecca) are written/played as nice/decent in lots of the scenes. Evan is admirable in the way he stands by his friend Calvin and Rebecca is so vulnerable when we see her in her relationship with Cappie. Yes, she's the baddie in that storyline (I suppose) but now I don't want her to get hurt. I like it when soaps make the baddies likable.
House. Season 4, Episode 16. "Wilson's Heart" Oh, dear. What to say. After the (fantastic) first part there were only a couple of ways this could play out. And, in this case, "predictable" is not a measure of lack of quality. Quite the opposite, in fact, since this is a remarkable hour of television. It's just predictable in the sense that if they were going to kill (wonderful, wonderful) Amber off then there was only one way it could go. Really. So, as the episode unfolded and the realisation dawned, there was nothing to do but wait and watch and feel the heartbreak.
What I didn't predict was how well the writers used Amber's situation to tie up things with all the other characters. Something that wasn't apparent until the final minutes of the episode when we saw all of them going their seperate ways. At that stage I was pausing to think: "Wow, this is great storytelling."
Or maybe I just thought that afterwards when the credits had rolled and I wasn't feeling quite so sad.
Damn, they really killed her.
But what a way to go. What a significant episode. Integral to all of these great characters and their complex relationships. I can see now how they are setting up the House-Cuddy relationship. (About time, too!) And what a great way to kick-start the 13-Huntingtons storyline! And give us vital insights into the other newbies, and all the other goodness that evidently lies ahead.
So, we are guaranteed some greatness ahead because of this.
But, I'll really, really miss Amber...
Tues, May 20th, 2008 - House, Greek
