"Selfish" Sneak Peeks!! Three of them!

Here's some awesome sneak peeks for Monday's House: "Selfish"

I've noticed through my incessant promo watching that just because it's in a promo, doesn't mean it's in the episode.  I remember in an early promo for season 7, it started with a shot of Cuddy's scrubs and House's jacket on the floor of House's apartment, which was not in season premiere.  I also noticed that in the promos, when House says the title line "Now what?" the camera angle was from the side, but in the actual episode, it was directly above.  Also, in the promo for "Selfish" House says "I'm seeing Cuddy" in a wideshot, whereas, as you'll see in this sneak peek, it's a totally different shot.  Also, in the promo he said "Generally without any clothes on", and now in this sneak peek, he says "Generally without her clothes on."  So, apparently promos are not taken from the actual episodes, but rather from the cutting room floor and they are apparently able to use other takes of the same scene.  I think though, we can trust that these sneak peeks are of the scenes as they will appear in the actual episode when it airs on Monday. 

Australian Promo for House 7.02 Selfish

Here's the Australian promo for 7.02 Selfish, which will be on Monday (in the US, Wed in Australia).  It's much shorter than the Fox promo, but it has some new scenes in it I haven't seen before.

I apologize to any Australians reading this, but the voiceovers with the Aussie accents make me laugh.

Goodbye Cameron

I thought I've been keeping up with all the House information, but I hadn't read until yesterday what's going on with Jennifer Morrison/Cameron.  In case you haven't heard, the producers have said it's very unlikely that Cameron will be back at all because of Jennifer Morrison's new role on How I Met Your Mother, which ironically is on at the exact same time as House...interesting. 

How I Met Your Mother is actually another favorite show of mine, generally on Mondays I watch House live, and then DVR HIMYM and watch it as soon as House is over.  But it seems as though my two Monday shows are now combining.  Interesting how HIMYM is now influencing House plots.  Katie Jacobs said that while they do have the option to bring back Cameron for a few episodes this season, it is unlikely that they will because she's busy with her new show. 

If you are into HIMYM, Jennifer will be playing a major love interest of Ted's starting 4 episodes from now, which according to the producers, is a "major turning point in the show", so she may possibly be playing the mother we've been waiting 5 seasons to meet.  She's supposed to be a regular character in the show for at least most of the season.  If you've watched the show, you may be noticing a recurring theme here: that Ted's long term relationships on the show seem to be with doctors from other TV shows.  His last girlfriend was Stella, played by Sarah Chalke, AKA Dr. Elliot Reid from Scrubs...and now Jennifer Morrison, AKA Dr. Allison Cameron from House.  Hmm...

Is Thirteen Coming Back, You Ask?

So, I was looking at the various search queries that lead people to my blog, and a ton of people have been searching for info on Thirteen, and when and if Olivia Wilde will be back.  So, the answer is: yes, she will be back, I think in about 10 episodes is what I've read.  So, expect her back probably in December.

 She's just leaving temporarily to film Cowboys and Aliens, which I just read takes place in Arizona, but it's being filmed in New Mexico.  As a native Arizonan, I hate when they do this.  Arizona has a very distinct look, and no other state looks like it.  Any movie that takes place in AZ but isn't filmed on location is riddled with fake Saguaros, which look nothing like real Saguaros (they make me cringe!)  But anyway....back to House. 

Here's a sort of goodbye video from Olivia Wilde on the set of House promising that she'll be back. A weird thing is that I always feel like I know Olivia Wilde because she looks almost exactly like one of my close friends. So, I watch this and feel like I know her.  

My Review of the House Season 7 Premiere, plus a summary if you really want to know all the details (MAJOR Spoiler Alert!)

So, I think I probably ought to give my review of last night's season premiere.  So, if your one of those who lives in another country and has yet to see the premiere, this is a spoiler warning.  Since it's already premiered, I'm not going to hold back any details.  So, if you don't want to know things, skip this post. 

So, I have mixed feelings about last night's episode.  The side of me that is Huddy crazy loved it, and the side of me that fell in love with the show House in the first place was kind of dissapointed.  The episode was definitely not very House-y. 

I loved that they really spent time on House and Cuddy, but I wish the medical mystery of the episode actually meant something.  It was just an unexciting unimportant subplot that I didn't really care about.  It seemed like it was only thrown in there to give the team some sort of role in the episode.  However, I did think that it was really cool that for once the team solved something on their own without House at all, since most of the time they rely on him.  So, that was great for them, and I am glad that Thirteen was there for one last episode before she leaves for half the season.  (Which I sad about, she's one of my favorite characters.  I miss her already). 

So, I would say that Huddy fans probably loved the episode, but I am a Huddy fan, and I don't think I would say that.  I mean, I loved certain parts of it, and would watch scenes over again (and already have), but as a whole, it wasn't really a great episode.  When it ended, it was kind of like "That's it?"  It left me feeling like it was missing something, and I felt like nothing happened.  I looked at the clock at 7:50, and was like "There's only 10 minutes left?  But like nothing has happened!"  I don't want to feel that way at the end of a House episode.  But then again, hours later when I was trying to sleep, all I could think about was some great scenes that I wanted to watch again. 

If you have thoughts on the episode, please leave me a comment, I would love to hear other people's opinions. 

So, if you want to know what happened in the episode, here's a summary.  If you don't want to know, skip this part:

The episode starts off with a recap of the season 6 finale, ending with the last shot of House and Cuddy holding hands.  Then the episode starts with them still holding hands, not more than a few minutes later, but now they're in the bedroom.  Cuddy says she needs to rebandage House's wound or it'll get infected, she takes off his shirt, and this basically leads to sex.  It actually shows a lot less of the sex than I thought it was going to, and it cuts to afterwards, where House asks "Now what?"  Cut to the new opening sequence that actually has the current cast's names in it. 

After the opening, it goes right back to House and Cuddy.  Cuddy says she needs to get to work, then her new assistant calls her to say that their neurosurgeon is sick and puking in the OR.  But, House answers her phone, saying he's the nanny, and that Cuddy is sick in the bathroom, and tells the assistant what to do on her behalf.  Cuddy decides that maybe she doesn't need to rush off to work after all...

Cuddy tells House that the sick neurosurgeon is a huge issue because if they don't have a neurosurgeon on site, they are not qualified as a Level 1 Trauma Center.  (Seems like they would have more than one neurosurgeon then, but whatever, I guess we're supposed to suspend our disbelief.)  To try to keep Cuddy from going to work (I think), House calls Chase and tells him to pretend to be a neurosurgeon (which doesn't work, apparently the assistant has looked into Chase and already knows that he's not).  So, the team's next step is to try and heal the sick neurosurgeon (which becomes their case and the mystery of the episode...just not a very interesting one). 

Back to House and Cuddy...House makes some sorry attempts at being romantic.  It's pretty much a train wreck.  Kind of like a car crash you can't look away from.  He draws Cuddy a bath (which I'm pretty sure he poured mouthwash into) makes her breakfast (which I don't even know what the hell that was, apparently House does not keep his fridge well stocked), and tries to open champagne with a saber (which shatters and champagne goes all over the place.) 

Meanwhile, Wilson is worried about House and has been trying to call him.  House hasn't been answering, so Wilson shows up at the door, but House ignores it saying he'll go away.  Then Wilson calls him while at the door, and knows that he's there because he can hear his phone ringing through the door.  House answers pretending to be his answering machine (a pretty funny little scene).  House thinks Wilson is gone, and he and Cuddy have sex again.  Afterwards, Cuddy is annoyed that House wouldn't just let Wilson in, thinking that House is trying to hide her from him.  She doesn't want their relationship to be a secret. 

Then Wilson breaks in...sort of.  He's apparently not very experienced at the art of breaking and entering.  House finds him stuck in the kitchen window.  This is probably the best scene of the episode.  There's a  funny little moment when House is helping Wilson in.  House says that he has been busy "having sex with his girlfriend" (which I thought was interesting he's already using that word) and Wilson asks "Since when did you start referring to hookers as girlfriends?"

 House says that Cuddy's there and Wilson doesn't believe him for one second, and just assumes that he's on vicodin again and is hallucinating (again).  House leads Wilson to the bedroom, but she's suddenly not there.  So, to Wilson, it seems as though House is hallucinating Cuddy again.  Wilson examines House, but sees no signs of him being on drugs (since he's not), and House says that he was lying, not hallucinating.  Wilson leaves, and House finds Cuddy hiding in the closet, where she went realizing she might be pressuring House into telling people about their relationship.

Meanwhile, the team is trying to figure out what is making Dr. Richardson (the neurosurgeon) sick.  They give him some sort of drug that makes him high out of his mind, and not in any shape to perform surgery, as he keeps stripping...  This whole time they are also talking about how Thirteen has asked for some time off (which House actually doesn't know about yet, but the whole team does).  Foreman spies on her, figures out that she is going to Rome for a Huntington's trial (well, that's what he's lead to believe she's doing).  Chase asks Thirteen if she'll have sex with him before she leaves (which was pretty weird and out of the blue), she basically says no. 

House and Cuddy play Boggle (I think it was Boggle), and during the game, Cuddy reveals she is concerned that House has not said "I love you", even though she has said it twice.  House is resistant (I don't think he really likes to be pressured into things), but spells out "IloBeyou" with the game blocks.  Cuddy says he gets one point for "lobe".  The next time it cuts back to them, they're naked in bed (remember the screen shot where House is wearing only a laptop?), so one can assume they had sex again.  House is looking up a vacation to France, insisting they should leave right away, but Cuddy says that that is ridiculous, she has a baby for goodness sake (by the way, I assume Rachel is with the nanny this whole time, but what, is this a live in nanny?)  She says that they can go in a few weeks, so that she has time to make arrangements for the baby. 

Back to the team at the hospital.  An inspector (or whoever he is) has come because Cuddy's lame-ass assistant reported that they do not have a neurosurgeon at the hospital.  They try to act like Dr Richardson is fine and prepping for surgery, but he's still high out of his mind, and freaks out and strips off his clothes right in front of the inspector.  The guy says that because of this, their patients are going to have to be transferred to other hospitals, and people coming into the ER will be redirected.  Eventually, the team figures out what was wrong with Richardson (whatever it was, I barely cared), and they cure him, he's back to normal, and the hospital is saved.  The case was so uninteresting that I don't remember it ended up being, but I was proud of the team for doing something without House to guide them.

Back to House and Cuddy.  Cuddy goes to leave, and House stops her saying "This isn't going to work."  To keep up some sense of suspense, it then cuts to commercial.  It comes back, and House explains that he thinks she seems to think he must have changed because of what he said to the girl before amputating her leg in the last episode, but that he hasn't changed, and that he's never going to.  He says that he's done horrible things to Cuddy in the past and will do horrible things again in the future, and that their relationship can't possibly work. 

In response, Cuddy says "I don't want you to change." She says that he's "the most incredible man she's ever known, and will always be the most incredible man she's ever known."  Super cheesy, but sweet.  She goes to leave, and House stops her and says "I love you."  (Which, I figured out at the beginning, that this episode was going to be leading up to this moment.)

Back to the hospital, the team got a cake for Thirteen (which says Happy Bar Mitzvah), but apparently she's not coming to her own going away "party".  Foreman found out that she's not going to Rome after all, after he called the hospital there and they hadn't heard of her.  He tried calling her, but her phone was disconnected.  So, the big question is, where is Thirteen?  Where is she actually going?  We don't know yet. 

Back at House's apt, Cuddy is actually leaving, she says "It's going to be great," and leaves with them both smiling.  But, after the door is closed, their smiles fade into concerned looks, as I think is fitting.  I think we're all concerned. 

There you have it.  A much more thorough summary than what I ever intended to write.  It was nice for the Huddy fan, but I think I was primarily disappointed because of last years season premiere, which I like to refer to as "House: The Movie."  Season 6's two hour premiere was so significant and monumental, that I guess I was expecting this year's to live up to that, but it unfortunately fell short.  Oh well, there's always next week.

O Happy Day!

Happy House Day, everyone!  Unfortunately, I live on the west coast, so I still have 4 hours and 39 minutes to go. 

To gear myself up for House today, I watched my favorite episodes on DVD last night: No Reason (season 2 finale), then I felt the need to watch the Season 3 premiere after that, then I watched the other two favorites: House's Head and Wilson's Heart (Finale of season 4). So, what are your favorites? (I would love some comments!)

Watching several episodes of House last night, plus the fact that I'm very excited for tonight, led to a series of bizarre dreams about House last night. This time it was the ones where it's real life and I'm in the world of House. There was one in particular that has stuck in my mind where House and Taub had switched bodies. Not that they actually switched bodies, but it was that House looked like Peter Jacobson and Taub looked like Hugh Laurie. It was pretty bizarre. Has anyone else every dreamed about House, or am I the only crazy one here?

So, there's lots of things I could post right now, but I'm not going to.  The new stuff I've found are reviews from people who have already seen the episode...several of which describe every thing that happens in the episode, completely ruining it.  I read a few things I really wish I hadn't.  So, I'm choosing not to post them until after tonight's episode, because you can wait a few more hours.  If you've watched all the promos, you've seen enough, you don't need a scene by scene breakdown of the episode when it's going to be on shortly and you can enjoy it then. 

I would like to post this video, that's sort of interviews with the cast mixed with clips from promos.  I've already seen most of it before in separate bits and pieces, but this video with it all together was just released. 

Happy House Eve, everyone!

It's House eve and here's some new promos to watch. Not too too exciting. The first one actually just came on my TV as I'm typing this, so it's real! It was on during the Simpsons, which I am actually only watching right now for House promos. But, it's already been put online anyway. The one on my TV had a regular Fox House title screen at the end, rather than the local station's ending that is in this one posted online.

The second one is a weird-ass football game promo where the game announcer is reciting the voice over for the promo. It's really bizarre. But, watch them if you're obsessed and have to see all the promos. If you just want to see decent ones, look in my earlier posts. There's over 20 different promos and some sneak peek scenes, just in case you haven't seen them.

Thanks Mshousefan!