Season Review-House Season 5
9-amazing
Well, that was a great season. We entered it with the characters dealing with Amber's death, which I thought was well done. The first high point of the season, though, came at Birthmarks, a fun, moving episode that focused on the relationship between House and Wilson. Then, the next high point came at Last Resort, which was an episode bashed by critics and viewers alike. However, I don't care about ridiculousness. I enjoyed it a lot, and that's what matters. After that, the show entered a stretch of good, but not great, episodes in which we had stupid storylines, especially the relationship between 13/Foreman. That was a tired, meandering story line that ultimately was just boring. I didn't really enjoy Cuddy's baby story line earlier, but still, that wasn't as terrible as this.
Of course, then we get to Locked In, the start of the final stretch of episodes that bumped this season grade up from an 8/8.5 range to a 9. It was an interesting, refreshing episode with a fantastic performance by Mos Def. Then, Simple Explanation, an episode which, I think, dealt with Kutner's suicide in a beautiful way.
The suicide led House to start losing it, in a final 3 episodes that were some of the best House episodes ever. Amber came back in hallucinations, and Hugh Laurie did fantastic work with portraying a sad, desperate man. The finale was kind of disappointing until the end, when House found out about his hallucinations and the fact that he's still on Vicodin. The last 10 minutes were beautifully directed, and it's definitely a great ending to a great season.
Well, that was a great season. We entered it with the characters dealing with Amber's death, which I thought was well done. The first high point of the season, though, came at Birthmarks, a fun, moving episode that focused on the relationship between House and Wilson. Then, the next high point came at Last Resort, which was an episode bashed by critics and viewers alike. However, I don't care about ridiculousness. I enjoyed it a lot, and that's what matters. After that, the show entered a stretch of good, but not great, episodes in which we had stupid storylines, especially the relationship between 13/Foreman. That was a tired, meandering story line that ultimately was just boring. I didn't really enjoy Cuddy's baby story line earlier, but still, that wasn't as terrible as this.
Of course, then we get to Locked In, the start of the final stretch of episodes that bumped this season grade up from an 8/8.5 range to a 9. It was an interesting, refreshing episode with a fantastic performance by Mos Def. Then, Simple Explanation, an episode which, I think, dealt with Kutner's suicide in a beautiful way.
The suicide led House to start losing it, in a final 3 episodes that were some of the best House episodes ever. Amber came back in hallucinations, and Hugh Laurie did fantastic work with portraying a sad, desperate man. The finale was kind of disappointing until the end, when House found out about his hallucinations and the fact that he's still on Vicodin. The last 10 minutes were beautifully directed, and it's definitely a great ending to a great season.
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