House M.D. (TV Series) Cursed (2005) User Reviews

We definitely need to know if 12-year-olds are getting any action.

[lastliberal · 9/10 · 7 September 2008]

A 12-year-old thinks he is cursed because of an ouija board. He is presenting with a host of extremely rare diseases including anthrax.

In the middle of this case walks Chase's dad, played by Patrick Bauchau ("The Pretender"). He walked out on Chase when he was 15 and Chase holds him responsible for his mom's death. Thing is, he is dying, but doesn't want Chase to know. he just wants to see him. The conflict that Chase is having with his father mirrors the conflicting emotions of the boy when he finds out what his real problem is and that his father lied to him.

Excellent acting by all involved, but Chase (Jesse Spencer) steals the show.

Scary and involving

[xredgarnetx · 26 March 2006]

A young boy goes where he shouldn't and ends up with one of the most bizarre and deadly conditions House and his team have faced to date. The kid is a decent enough actor, but this is an episode that relies heavily on makeup and special effects as the kid's condition goes from bad to worse to deep-fried. It is very unsettling to watch this kid choking and breaking out in what at first appear to be sores and then rickets or shingles. The actual condition turns out to be far more grave. This is one of several episodes where House's colleagues grab his interest in a case by describing seemingly unconnected symptoms. Patrick Bachau of THE PRETENDER and PANIC ROOM fame shows up as Dr. Chase's ailing dad, an eminent physician who abandoned his son many years before. Bachau is one of those actors you either love or hate, depending on your tolerance for big, broad-faced guys with suave demeanors and intolerably thick accents. I happen to love the guy, and he and the Aussie surfer boy have some excellent give-and-take scenes. Bachaus is what this show is missing, more than anything else: seasoned actors with some bearing and weight.

THIS ONE WAS A MIXED BAG, FOR SURE!

[kj_tenneson · 6/10 · 29 June 2021]

As far as the medicine and the patient case, it was interesting (as always), but nothing particularly stellar. However, it was the more dramatic aspect of this episode that had me actually, low-key, crying.

Somehow this episode got me to care about my second least-favorite character - Chase. No offense to the immensely talented Jesse Spencer, but both Foreman and Chase irritate me to no end. Yet, here, the father/son relationship between his estranged father and himself was so poignant; the writers knocked it out of the park with the nuance and complexity in the dynamic and what's more - they didn't try to fix it, or apologize for it.

Seriously?

[HaveYouEverNoticed · 3/10 · 27 October 2019]

My teenaged son loves watching House, and now it is a show that we watch together. It's often an enjoyable show, even though it seems like the same basic story over and over again: person comes in with random illness. House doesn't want to get involved...then something strange happens which interests House...his people go through several different diagnoses, and treatments...House refuses to see patient and has his team treat the patient...one of the doctors cares "too much" and wants to get personally involved...House dispatches his team to patient's home to check for clues...treatment almost kills patient, and then at the last minute, something clicks in House's brilliant mind, and he solves the "case" af the last minute!! House saves the day again!!

What bothers me, is that sometimes, the fifteen letter medical terms they use sometimes are so, so incorrect. Today, when I heard them trying to diagnose the kid with neurofibromatosis, I just couldn't believe it!! I actually have neurofibromatosis (NF) it's not an acute disease that just comes out of nowhere. It is a genetic disorder where tumors can grow anywhere where there nerve endings. They can be internal, or external. It can be mild, or very, very severe. The "lesion" (actually tumors, or neurofibromas) wouldn't just show up within minutes and start making someone sick. It was hilarious that they would even think of coming up with a diagnosis like that. There have been a few other times when the same thing happened with another case.

It's an interesting and fun show, and I realize it's over now. I just wish that they would have done a bit more research before they just started throwing out these medical diagnoses.