House encounters a half-wit who is only that in everyday life. A bus accident has turned him into a musical genius when he was a kid. As House is trying to diagnose what is causing seizures and his losing the ability to play, his team and colleagues try to find out why House himself is planning on traveling to Boston. At first they assume it's for a job interview but they soon find out it's a much less nicer opportunity. Watch how his team cares for their bad*ass boss and how he tries to push everyone away again as each lackey tries to break through House's hard defense mechanisms. In the meanwhile, always a sucker for good music, House is moved endlessly by piano playing of Patrick, played by none other than Dave Matthews. Brilliantly, may I add.
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Love this episode
thedisturbed-291681 September 2021
The Sum of All Fears
VBeretta10 March 2008
Warning: Spoilers
House's team gets the usual "interesting case": a man, mentally crippled by an accident since when he was 10 years old, but a musical genius nonetheless, is suddenly devastated by seizures and other assorted clinical problems. His music can be the key to save him.
But meanwhile something else is afoot: House is in contact with another hospital. At the beginning it looks that a rival clinic is trying to hire House away, but some clues lead to a different truth: House is seeking some sort of treatment for a serious personal condition - something unrelated to his leg problems. Bit by bit, and using House very own methods behind his back (including an illegal visit to House's apartment), the staff puts together what is happening to their "we love to hate" doctor. And, when the enormity of the situation is revealed, Cameron, Foreman, Chase and Cuddy almost forget about the poor piano-playing dimwit while scrambling to help House...
There is a lot to like and a lot of dislike in this episode. First, and mainly, the average "House" fan will get *what* is happening within the first twenty minutes: it is the *why* that keeps the viewer alert until the end. Also, I feel that how House friends can still be talking to him after this episode borders on the continuity error. I still do not understand how, at the end, at least one of the four didn't ripped his eyeballs out. On the good side, of course the *why* is sheer House.
About the clinical case "du jour" I didn't recognized David Matthews himself (of the David Matthews Band) as the patient; I think that he was really good in this part, as was Kurtwood Smith as his father. Which leads, however, to another problem: their story and the moral implications were interesting, and the actors good, so I think that they would have deserved a more focused episode. Here, House's fans are too distracted by what is happening to the main character to really bother about "the other story", and also the time devoted to it is, by necessity, shorter.
(Also, even if I know it is cheesy, I think that every "Dead Poet Society" fan would have welcomed a scene with Robert Sean Leonard and Kurtwood Smith together. So, what Neal Perry did become? An actor or a MD? :o) )
According to Wikipedia, both Laurie and Matthews got to show their musical skills here, but, unless I missed it, the episode lacks a shot where one or both of them are actually seen playing: you see either the faces or the hands, so you cannot be sure when/if someone else is standing for them.
All in all, a good even if flawed episode, and a must see if only to understand to what extremes House can go.
But meanwhile something else is afoot: House is in contact with another hospital. At the beginning it looks that a rival clinic is trying to hire House away, but some clues lead to a different truth: House is seeking some sort of treatment for a serious personal condition - something unrelated to his leg problems. Bit by bit, and using House very own methods behind his back (including an illegal visit to House's apartment), the staff puts together what is happening to their "we love to hate" doctor. And, when the enormity of the situation is revealed, Cameron, Foreman, Chase and Cuddy almost forget about the poor piano-playing dimwit while scrambling to help House...
There is a lot to like and a lot of dislike in this episode. First, and mainly, the average "House" fan will get *what* is happening within the first twenty minutes: it is the *why* that keeps the viewer alert until the end. Also, I feel that how House friends can still be talking to him after this episode borders on the continuity error. I still do not understand how, at the end, at least one of the four didn't ripped his eyeballs out. On the good side, of course the *why* is sheer House.
About the clinical case "du jour" I didn't recognized David Matthews himself (of the David Matthews Band) as the patient; I think that he was really good in this part, as was Kurtwood Smith as his father. Which leads, however, to another problem: their story and the moral implications were interesting, and the actors good, so I think that they would have deserved a more focused episode. Here, House's fans are too distracted by what is happening to the main character to really bother about "the other story", and also the time devoted to it is, by necessity, shorter.
(Also, even if I know it is cheesy, I think that every "Dead Poet Society" fan would have welcomed a scene with Robert Sean Leonard and Kurtwood Smith together. So, what Neal Perry did become? An actor or a MD? :o) )
According to Wikipedia, both Laurie and Matthews got to show their musical skills here, but, unless I missed it, the episode lacks a shot where one or both of them are actually seen playing: you see either the faces or the hands, so you cannot be sure when/if someone else is standing for them.
All in all, a good even if flawed episode, and a must see if only to understand to what extremes House can go.
At least it tried
errepinna17 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is definitely better than the average season 3 doctor House. I liked how House gets interested in the patient: he's been shown to be always fascinated by music and every case that revolve around it.
I really didn't like the "cancer bomb" at the beginning of the episode, and I could tell something was off. I liked how the people around House reacted to the news. Ultimately I really really didn't like the resolution of this issue: House was faking it to get drugs.
It honestly feel like they came up with this plot from beginning to end rather than from end to beginning. It was meaningless in the end. Ouch.
I really didn't like the "cancer bomb" at the beginning of the episode, and I could tell something was off. I liked how the people around House reacted to the news. Ultimately I really really didn't like the resolution of this issue: House was faking it to get drugs.
It honestly feel like they came up with this plot from beginning to end rather than from end to beginning. It was meaningless in the end. Ouch.
Incredible Episode
fuzzytattoologic22 July 2023
One of the most ridiculous reviews is the *featured review* for this episode? Who comes up with this kind of picking of those? Sounds like someone who just doesn't like Dave Matthews has a skewed view of this episode and made an insanely generic review come to life. Clearly. Even calls her review "Only for Dave Matthews fans..."
Watching Hugh Laurie acting in this episode is a joy. He was even nominated for this very episode.
Lots of great personal interactions between the characters as House becomes even more curious than usual when a savant patient is admitted into Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
Lots of great personal interactions between the characters as House becomes even more curious than usual when a savant patient is admitted into Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
Only for Dave Matthews fans...
m-4782626 April 2022
Season 3 is insanely tame and by the book. Few medical cases stand out, and the characters. House in particular, became the conventional version of what they were in the early seasons. You even sense the soap undertones of what the show becomes at one point, there. And now there's a clear pattern. New patient, same drama. Treatments, complications. Rinse and repeat. Then House goes to Wilson, who tells him something true about himself, and his patient of the week. House sarcastically saves the day, coda. The end. This is why I can't give this show more than the average rating. It is good, but too formulaic to get praised.
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