House M.D. (TV Series) Holding On (2012) User Reviews

Do Those Imbeciles Who Downgrade Their Reviews Based On Characters' Actions...

[atomicis · 10/10 · 1 February 2022]

Even realize that the traits of the characters are just the very definition of DRAMA?! Yeah, House is a Narcissistic jerk! Yes, almost every episode is based on his manipulation and / or abuse of his relationships to other (more sympathetic) characters.

So as to my opinion of this episode, just 9/10... Giving it the rare "ten" because I need to balance out those who don't understand the difference between drama and life.

Major medical Error That Even I Know

[Mehki_Girl · 7/10 · 3 February 2023]

House drugs poor Wilson and inserts a needle in his arm to administer a milky liquid, which I assumed was propofol and immediately said uh-oh.

Why?

Because this quick and short acting anesthesic stops your breathing. You need an anesthesiologist to keep you alive! It's the drug that killed Micheal Jackson because his idiot doctor didn't realize he would need help to continue breathing. Wilson would have woken up dead! How could they miss that? I'm no doctor and even I know that! My gastro guy uses this to put me under for colonoscopies and endoscopies, I'm out in 3 seconds and the anesthesiologist makes sure I continue to breathe!

Anyway, the show is ending for me and I'll have to find something else to binge. Enjoyed it while it lasted. Some interesting cases some not so much. Some annoying characters and some interesting ones.

My favorites were House, even though he's an awful person, Wilson, and Cuddy and the original team during the first 3-4 seasons, even the second team with Taub and 13 was better than I thought it would be. The last team with the two women - ugh!

My favorite storylines was the whole team thing, House with Cuddy, House and Wilson pranking each other, and House picking his new team.

Holding On

[FanScribbles · 5/10 · 9 May 2014]

So this episode begins with an emotional announcement from Wilson, and an extremely boring medical case.

Bravo to House. Filling the cafeteria with Wilson's patients, the survivors of cancer—really nice touch. And done in true House fashion: as completely fake. Though fake, it was an emotional scene that endeared Wilson to us that much more.

The return of Thirteen! Another nice touch. Wilson needs to reach out to someone who might understand his situation, and Thirteen has a terminal condition. It makes sense. And Thirteen might be the only other person in the world House stands a chance of listening to. He has a great deal of respect for her, therefore he will consider whatever she has to tell him.

The Wilson storyline continues. House is adjusting more quickly to Wilson's decision to cease treatment than he ever has to bad news in the past. And he continues to be a supportive, loyal friend. With a minor manipulation, of course.

A common error throughout this series has been that lumbar punctures are done with the patient's head elevated to some degree. In fifteen years, I have never once seen an LP done with the patient's head elevated in any way. I realize of course having the patients' heads elevated makes them easier for the cameras to see, but I wanted to set the record straight.

And the ceiling collapses in the MRI suite, naturally. As that is just about the most expensive occurrence. Few, if any, pieces of equipment in a hospital are as expensive as an MRI machine. If House's antics would destroy anything, it would be one of these.

In this episode, we see the return the old, out-of-control House. And we see some genuine emotion from Park when she hits House over the head with his own cane and shouts at him. The latter is long overdue. Had there been more time, I'm beginning to suspect Park's character could have been fleshed out in a way that would have made her a very interesting component of the show.

At the end of the episode, we get more bad news that no doubt directly sets us up for the finale. House is supposed to go back to jail, as his vandalism violates his parole. He'll be sent up for six months. Wilson doesn't have that long, and therein lies the problem I suspect will drive the final episode of this series.

I admit, this show will not end in any way I had foreseen. And that's probably good, as my premonitions were bleak. But I'm not willing to say things look good.

Sociopath Jerk Ruins Everything

[Johnny_West · 1/10 · 8 September 2021]

Streaming this show nine years after it ended, I saw many episodes back to back, and it really hammered home the message that House was a completely nasty jerk who never wanted anyone to be happy even for one minute.

House was a sociopath whose goal was to ruin and hurt other people emotionally. For every person House cured of illness, he destroyed the emotional stability of a dozen others. If House saw a smile or a look of joy or contentment on anyone's face, House went out of his way to lash out at that person to destroy their happiness.

House was also insanely off-the-charts rude and nasty. Dr. Foreman gives House season tickets to hockey (?) as a gift of compassion because Dr. Wilson is dying. House rips the tickets up and stuffs them into the toilet at the hospital, which causes major back-up to the toilets, and water damage to an entire floor of the hospital. What a psychopath.

Obviously nobody as psychotic as House would ever be retained in any hospital after any of the dozens of evil pranks that House pulled on various people that worked there. Also the constant sexual harassment remarks and other vile remarks to his co-workers would have gotten anyone terminated from any job at any hospital.

I liked the House TV series, but a lot of episodes were just so incredibly nasty that I fast forwarded through most of the scenes where House was degrading other people. The stories were pretty good, but one season was ruined by Amber's (Anne Dudek) constant appearances. Anne Dudek is hard to watch and even worse to listen to. Marsha Masters (Amber Tamblyn) was another buzz-kill character that should have been cut after her first appearance.

By comparison, Lisa Edelstein is a great actress who was a million times better than either Anne Dudek or Amber Tamblyn, and she was barely used in any meaningful way. Lisa Edelstein's seven years on House were mostly wasted, as she was way better than any of the other female actors on that show, including Jennifer Morrison or Olivia Wilde. If you think about it, most of the female characters never got much character development.

Overall, the last few episodes of this series was just more of House and his narcissism. Even when his best friend was dying, House had to manipulate and use everyone, and hijack his friend's death to make himself the center of attention. What a creep.