She spans a range of eps. everytime she is on this - has and delivers the best lines - within whatever decorum we call "psychiatrist on 2.5 men" .
Reviews
14 Reviews
Setup to a finale
28 December 2015
I was curious of some of the reviews of this ep. It's supposed to be funny, light, and... CHEAP. Since the finale (I presume) broke the bank - they needed something minimal - including personnel (I presume MS was working doubles there for a few weeks?). I don't get how others cant see a larger context.
It sets up certain things - including the sense of "goodbyes" . I'd like to see daddy, mum, baby again sometime --- but - doubt that (fine line between funny occasional eps - and farce). The 2 men and a baby is a bit silly - but again: budgets, schedule, etc. This one of necessity had to be written with a relatively simple concept - again dropping in various foreshadows.
It sets up certain things - including the sense of "goodbyes" . I'd like to see daddy, mum, baby again sometime --- but - doubt that (fine line between funny occasional eps - and farce). The 2 men and a baby is a bit silly - but again: budgets, schedule, etc. This one of necessity had to be written with a relatively simple concept - again dropping in various foreshadows.
A Rare episode - of any TV show
16 January 2015
This ep I never fail to watch: early in the show run - the creator/writer overlays everyone with detail here - early, and often. Funny, heart-warming, shocking, bizarre - several times over. This is an ep - that few shows ever manage so early - and it is actually a study in - "oh yeah? - then you write this stuff." The convolution of the different characters - blaming, sharing - is not something you bang out on a slow weekend. OK - to hit 10 lines - this is a way of softening the main character for the future. The other shows i think of - seeing this - I don't want to spoil anything such as possible anymore/years later --- X-Files "Jose Chung" - ST:TNG "Cause and Effect" - they highlight the show in one 45 page ep; "The Wedding" / Seinfeld - the 'backwards' episode - all come to mind. I made 10 lines? WHAT a LAME requirement.
I just want to talk
1 October 2014
That was - still is - the annoying part of this ep.
If you've not seen this one - stop here -- the brilliance of House back then was the arcing they pulled off.
Here - the start - was the previous sequence: House is being Cuddy-annoyed to do numerous tedious clinic jobs - this is FIRST post-tritter (David Morse) --- pretty funny -- EVERYONE in clinic thinks they have STDs, Pneumonia (ie a cold), - haha, etc - except for the chick that has an STD - and isn't laughing. We see her in a brief pic early on - then not till ?20min later. Then it gets the House MD curve ball...
We go thru the - his team offers suggestions about how to answer her need to want only House - his trying to avoid the question.
On a NOT happy separate B-thread -- the actor Geoffrey Lewis - plays a curious variation of a role he did on X-Files: he taught Scully and Cameron how to do ... "life" "stuff" .
If you've not seen this one - stop here -- the brilliance of House back then was the arcing they pulled off.
Here - the start - was the previous sequence: House is being Cuddy-annoyed to do numerous tedious clinic jobs - this is FIRST post-tritter (David Morse) --- pretty funny -- EVERYONE in clinic thinks they have STDs, Pneumonia (ie a cold), - haha, etc - except for the chick that has an STD - and isn't laughing. We see her in a brief pic early on - then not till ?20min later. Then it gets the House MD curve ball...
We go thru the - his team offers suggestions about how to answer her need to want only House - his trying to avoid the question.
On a NOT happy separate B-thread -- the actor Geoffrey Lewis - plays a curious variation of a role he did on X-Files: he taught Scully and Cameron how to do ... "life" "stuff" .
Maybe not fair - this was the first Wholite
9 September 2014
I think that's what people are most upset about. No one had ever expected such an ep b4. I agree with the red-shirt analogy elsewhere; a not much more modern version would be ST:TNG Lower Decks S7, Ep15 .
They had ??? Xmas special filming simul so.... um.... let's get creative is the only solution. DT can in FACT only be in one place. With so many lines in his... :)
There is the thing that Elton and Jackie couldn't get together because this ep does ?intentionally lead into larger realizations for the show.
I would've liked a more Disney ending ala Beauty and the Beast - but Im not in charge.
And me a Dawkins Lalla atheist at that.
They had ??? Xmas special filming simul so.... um.... let's get creative is the only solution. DT can in FACT only be in one place. With so many lines in his... :)
There is the thing that Elton and Jackie couldn't get together because this ep does ?intentionally lead into larger realizations for the show.
I would've liked a more Disney ending ala Beauty and the Beast - but Im not in charge.
And me a Dawkins Lalla atheist at that.
Years later - still love this one
16 June 2014
No surprise the children didn't get this episode. You actually have to go to a real stage play to get this. No doubt the cast loved it - no doubt the writers had a horrible/great time also. This actually took real adult brainwaves to sort out.
I crashed a script rewrite all this week - just for 15JUN -- hearing something simple was on my list. Stunning - to strive for this level of writing.
"Have I become a monster?" - "We never use that word."
Amanda and Bynes - Gregory Magnus singing his daughter through a tough flog - is !! cool - him using his own song in a personal quiet way. If folks cant get that --- whatever.
I crashed a script rewrite all this week - just for 15JUN -- hearing something simple was on my list. Stunning - to strive for this level of writing.
"Have I become a monster?" - "We never use that word."
Amanda and Bynes - Gregory Magnus singing his daughter through a tough flog - is !! cool - him using his own song in a personal quiet way. If folks cant get that --- whatever.
How the Hell should I know?
5 April 2013
Just spent 5 hours transcribing the last several pages - the line "a ticking time-bomb of insanity"......!!!!!!!!
Jose: "What really happened to those kids on that night" Mulder: How the hell should i know?
Crap - i wasn't looking - but there was NO LINE that i could improve. The build up - and the last lines -- is what this is for - nothing I've seen TV/movie - matches this ending.
Im profoundly envious - of this whole script - and this last line:
"then there are those who care not about extraterrestrials - searching for meaning in other human beings -- rare or lucky are those who find it - for although we may not be alone in the Universe - in our own separate ways - on this planet - we are all alone."
Jose: "What really happened to those kids on that night" Mulder: How the hell should i know?
Crap - i wasn't looking - but there was NO LINE that i could improve. The build up - and the last lines -- is what this is for - nothing I've seen TV/movie - matches this ending.
Im profoundly envious - of this whole script - and this last line:
"then there are those who care not about extraterrestrials - searching for meaning in other human beings -- rare or lucky are those who find it - for although we may not be alone in the Universe - in our own separate ways - on this planet - we are all alone."
Pufnstuf
(1970)
Dreadful
18 March 2012
Was on late night on some local channel. Couldn't sleep - too bad :( I was amazed sooooo much at how bad it was --- i could only turn away for 2-4min - before switching back to look at another 1-2min of it.
Born in 62 - i vaguely recall the TV show - that was instantly turned off when it appeared on TV when i was??? 7-8-9 yo.
Funny - the pufnstuf character -- didn't know it was a dragon till reading it here -- thought it was a terrifically horrible suit some duff had to wear - thank god his face wasn't shown - mustve been his only thought. Hope he didn't use his real name in the credits.
The drug-hippy insinuations are beyond dated - but then they were when this was made.
Born in 62 - i vaguely recall the TV show - that was instantly turned off when it appeared on TV when i was??? 7-8-9 yo.
Funny - the pufnstuf character -- didn't know it was a dragon till reading it here -- thought it was a terrifically horrible suit some duff had to wear - thank god his face wasn't shown - mustve been his only thought. Hope he didn't use his real name in the credits.
The drug-hippy insinuations are beyond dated - but then they were when this was made.
The writer
23 January 2012
Curious to me the first review was so hung up on Mandy P. - the lead actor. (He did do an excellent job.) What's more interesting is this is the first script from one of the real BAU FBI types approached when developing the show. He had since gone on to being a consultant, writer, etc for this and similar shows (not sure his current status - nor do i care).
The difference between the CIA and FBI approach has been roundly reported over the years of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Gitmo.
This is an unvarnished thinly/none-veiled point of view from the FBI. What Mandy thinks is rather irrelevant.
The difference between the CIA and FBI approach has been roundly reported over the years of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Gitmo.
This is an unvarnished thinly/none-veiled point of view from the FBI. What Mandy thinks is rather irrelevant.
A poignant episode
2 December 2011
I thought this was well-written -- everyone played to their usual strengths. Having 2 separate story-lines was interesting; yes using the real life story of the guy who invented the term "serial-killer" worked for me.
Whenever its on --- i make a point to watch it. And its a sad episode that presumably does play out in real life. One serious bad guy -- and another dumb child-like individual.
This was one of the first Rossi episodes -- so it adds depth to him - and his team. I presume this hits a lot of real life police hard -- the cold-cases.
Whenever its on --- i make a point to watch it. And its a sad episode that presumably does play out in real life. One serious bad guy -- and another dumb child-like individual.
This was one of the first Rossi episodes -- so it adds depth to him - and his team. I presume this hits a lot of real life police hard -- the cold-cases.
A Brilliant Piece of "Premise" Writing
3 July 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Did we mention SPOILER? The end closing is an awesome cover by Fiona Apple of a Cy Coleman song from the early 50's: I'd neither heard of the song or the songwriter.
The song title "Dont try to change me know" (I propose) must have been the initial instigation to write the episode - and duh the closing. I cant believe serendipity would have allowed this ep to be written with the ending soundtrack "tacked" on -- as an afterthought. The Goddess of Chance just isn't that kind; the God of Forethought can be amazing.
Regarding the medical basis for Valeries' "issue/s" --- who knows -- great episodic TV from House.
An additional thought: Valerie was the "A" story -- as usual; "B" was how staff reacts to House (and vis-versa); "C" was how staff reacts to their separate opinions towards each other regards their "B" actions -- again - the song is playing in the ending sequences. Irony, sweet, clever.
The song title "Dont try to change me know" (I propose) must have been the initial instigation to write the episode - and duh the closing. I cant believe serendipity would have allowed this ep to be written with the ending soundtrack "tacked" on -- as an afterthought. The Goddess of Chance just isn't that kind; the God of Forethought can be amazing.
Regarding the medical basis for Valeries' "issue/s" --- who knows -- great episodic TV from House.
An additional thought: Valerie was the "A" story -- as usual; "B" was how staff reacts to House (and vis-versa); "C" was how staff reacts to their separate opinions towards each other regards their "B" actions -- again - the song is playing in the ending sequences. Irony, sweet, clever.
stop ur bitching - a great ep
18 February 2010
Cool action - yeah the premise has been done - but not this way - that's the trick. hey folks - SHOCK - it's an X-File.
To me - it's cool that Scully/Mulder have almost no scenes together -- they have to adapt, rely on each other's intrinsic sense about what's really going on - and each other's adaptation skills. They read into each other's moves and get the job done.... (sort of).
Oh yeah --- really good acting -- do these people get paid to do this? Or- a slow day when the convenience store doesn't call them into work. (hey - Duchovny - where's the day-old donuts?? Malcolm - get to school...)
To me - it's cool that Scully/Mulder have almost no scenes together -- they have to adapt, rely on each other's intrinsic sense about what's really going on - and each other's adaptation skills. They read into each other's moves and get the job done.... (sort of).
Oh yeah --- really good acting -- do these people get paid to do this? Or- a slow day when the convenience store doesn't call them into work. (hey - Duchovny - where's the day-old donuts?? Malcolm - get to school...)
Remarkable
22 June 2009
Like other comments---- this isn't "just" a good Scrubs ep - which is saying a lot in itself -- it is easily within the top 5/3/? TV ep's i've EVER seen --- and i bore instantly -- I only watch the best of the best.
Particularly remarkable ---- this *requires* multiple re-watches - you don't know what is going on till ---- well ---- leave it at that....
Then u watch it over and over to look for the hints -- BRILLIANT writing --- yeah i am envious ---- don't care about acting or directing --- --- coming up with this kind of material --- woulda loved to be a fly on the wall during first staff reads of this script. This had to be a profound moment for all in the room --- not just "phoning things in" --- to get thru another week.
Particularly remarkable ---- this *requires* multiple re-watches - you don't know what is going on till ---- well ---- leave it at that....
Then u watch it over and over to look for the hints -- BRILLIANT writing --- yeah i am envious ---- don't care about acting or directing --- --- coming up with this kind of material --- woulda loved to be a fly on the wall during first staff reads of this script. This had to be a profound moment for all in the room --- not just "phoning things in" --- to get thru another week.
Sooo many funny lines / situations of X-files and Cops
27 March 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Vince displays what he does well in this one ---- a very clever take off of the Enterprise-Klingon episode of ST:TOS with the glowing/hovering ... uh ... pentacle/octagonal/? pinwheel-thing. It sets up the situation to essentially create endless conflict (and misery) for a very long time -- it keeps healing the minimal part of both the Kirk-squad and the Klingons allowed to fight (who control the lower engineering decks). And they shot X-COPS only in south-central - no other place has quite those cinderblock walls (and THOSE streets / foliage /ramsackle look).
It only takes sound and video to shoot COPS (the Maui COPS tried to bust me once --- only because a camera crew was there, recording all.) I was boring - girlfriend and I were drinking beer in the Jeep about 200 feet from our condo. The locals wouldn't have wasted their time/effort otherwise - we lived on the island at the time - quite familiar with the habits of local cops. (The then-girlfriend - she didn't want her son to see her drinking beer... OK.) We hid the empties underneath the seat anyway - never know. COPS in Maui was way big news.
(M/S break into a house - find a 2-man COPS shooting film team in a closet - - - cowering in fear.) M (I think) slams the closet door shut - S turns to the camera team following M/S -
S: God I hate you guys.
last lines:
S: (to M) but would anyone believe this?
M: depends on how THEY edit it (pointing at camera crew).
S: Yeah - but who would write it.
Classic ending to a great script. Woulda been cool to revisit this episode - expand the storyline.
It only takes sound and video to shoot COPS (the Maui COPS tried to bust me once --- only because a camera crew was there, recording all.) I was boring - girlfriend and I were drinking beer in the Jeep about 200 feet from our condo. The locals wouldn't have wasted their time/effort otherwise - we lived on the island at the time - quite familiar with the habits of local cops. (The then-girlfriend - she didn't want her son to see her drinking beer... OK.) We hid the empties underneath the seat anyway - never know. COPS in Maui was way big news.
(M/S break into a house - find a 2-man COPS shooting film team in a closet - - - cowering in fear.) M (I think) slams the closet door shut - S turns to the camera team following M/S -
S: God I hate you guys.
last lines:
S: (to M) but would anyone believe this?
M: depends on how THEY edit it (pointing at camera crew).
S: Yeah - but who would write it.
Classic ending to a great script. Woulda been cool to revisit this episode - expand the storyline.
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