House M.D. (TV Series) Finding Judas (2006) User Reviews

Love the Tritter arc

[bpete333 · 9/10 · 17 August 2023]

I see that most people who have reviewed this episode seem to hate the whole Tritter storyline. I think it's great! First I love David Morse, who first got noticed in another medical show called St. Elsewhere. And he's nothing like his character on that, who's closer to a Cameron type. I think he does an excellent job here playing basically a cop version of House, he bullies people and bends/ignores rules to solve the case. I know this makes it sound like I don't like House. I love House. He's a great character to watch. I just like this arc. I like how it parallels what House puts people through in order to "do his job." How it flips the script, so to speak, and shows how House feels when someone uses his own tactics against him. Yes, Tritter is doing this as a law enforcement figure which holds a different type of power over people. And for people complaining that Tritter's tactics would get him immediately fired in the "real" world, the same could be said about House. So, if within the world created, House is still employable, keeps his medical license, and hasn't been banned from every hospital in the country then I believe Tritter would still have a badge. Anyway, my point is that I like how this arc challenges both House and his cohorts in different ways, like the Vogler arc did (only different).

The storyline has many double-entendres

[letiamj-95088 · 8/10 · 26 September 2020]

Dr Cuddy states that whatever House's problem is it should be dealt with by doctors. That sounds a lot like what police say.

Then there is a the reason why Tritter does not like House. They are both bullies who are used to getting their way.

Detective McBully story arc

[yankoulofska · 8/10 · 10 February 2022]

... deducted at least 1 star in rating per episode.

It was simply annoying to watch - (thankfully) surrounding main stories were just as good as usual to pull it through.

I wonder if the 'bigger vindictive bully bullies the less bullying bully' filled any of the purposes the writers intended it to..?

I have enjoyed the show up until now but the Tritter sub-plot is harming the show.

[mhall-17 · 10/10 · 13 December 2006]

Up until this season I have considered "House" the best drama on television. However, the Detective Tritter sub-plot seems to be sapping the wit and energy from each episode in which he appears. This is no insult to the actor who plays the vindictive policeman (on the contrary, it is a compliment to his convincing performance). The problem is one of dramatic effect and plausibility: Tritter seems to work without supervision, carrying out a personal vendetta against a nationally famous hospital (whose board and administration must have some pull in governmental circles). The courts and legal profession seem to have abdicated any regulatory role as well. The writers need to take the brakes off Hugh Laurie and let his wit and nastiness have full rein again! At the very least some plot device should allow House to occasionally ruffle Tritter's calm facade (as he did to the black billionaire last year).

It's not the actors, it's the writers

[olson1529 · 16 December 2006]

David Morse is probably the best actor for the job. Remember him in "The Negotiator"? The writers on the other hand need legal researchers if their story lines are to hold water. 1st strike - A policeman and/or a DA cannot freeze a person's bank account without a court order and only after a hearing that the defendant attends is held. Even if the account is frozen, money for subsistence must be allowed to be withdrawn. It's all laid out in the court order. 2nd strike - Even if House had his privileges revoked, he can still write prescriptions. Only the state medical board can revoke that privilege before notifying the DEA. A cop can't do that and the DEA can't do it without the state medical board approval. 3rd strike - Dr. Wilson can be censured and brought up on charges for leaving House alone after discovering his overdose. New Jersey law states that a professional cannot leave an injured patient alone until transfered to competent authority. A 911 call was mandated. HOUSE, MD is a stunning drama and deserves better writers.

I don't really know what to give this one :-(

[lnoft97 · 8/10 · 22 June 2021]

Everyone reviewing this is very concerned with Detective Tritter's shenanigans, but no one has said anything about the POTW. I find this is the most painful sad episode to watch. The seemingly inevitable, horrific fate of that beautiful little girl reduced me to tears when I first saw it. Just re-watched and the same feelings came back. Rather melodramatic denouement, per dramatic tv shows. Heart wrenching. Not helped by House's suffering and lashing out.

One Of The Bests?

[ines-melo · 9/10 · 6 February 2007]

Tritter is in a certain way annoying.His reactions and law problems against House might put House's career in danger.But still,House is changing.He's getting angrier by the minute.And Chase is getting crazy ideas too.But House can't stand Chase and Chase can't stand House (?).In that scene where House punched Chase just because of his diagnosis I have to say "Bad House!".House can't respect other people's ideas and I think that making the show worst by the minute.Maybe people will hate me for this but I believe it's true.That's what makes House but if his sarcasm and loneliness is growing by the minute,who else will see the show.There has to be a way of changing it!

I completely agree with you rweise...

[tim-boze · 6/10 · 12 December 2006]

At first the introduction of Tritter was an interesting twist but now it is out of hand. Initially I thought my dislike for Mr. Morses' character stemmed from my admiration for Dr. House but as the storyline continues it goes beyond that. Tritters' vindictive nature really leaves you feeling negative towards authority figures in general and how they can abuse the privilege of being in this position of "power". Anyone that has watched House religiously has to admit that feeling of resentment towards Tritter (which I have to tip my hat to the excellent acting skills of David Morse, he's playing this character that the writers manifested exceedingly well), not because of the proverbial cock fight between House and Tritter (which everyone wants House to win), but because of how vulnerable anyone would feel in the same position. Leaves you with a feeling of disdain for someone that would voluntarily go "outside the lines" for personal gratification. This unfortunate turn of events takes away from the television series, and more specifically House's addiction to Vicodin, because the focus becomes centered on Tritter and his personal vendetta. The message that I would have liked to have seen would have been that the police officer ultimately is trying to help the drug addict but instead you feel sorry for the addict and in turn want the police officer to suffer, or to simplify...Drugs are good, Police are bad. I think the writers got a little overzealous on this one, inadvertently flip flopped the message, and have prolonged the beating of the "dead horse". Hope you can make it right guys or I guess I'll just have to tune in to American Idol. :)

Tritter channeling Kavanaugh?

[can456 · 2/10 · 18 July 2008]

The premise, while not quite ludicrous, WAS definitely ridiculous. What SHOULD have occurred, by the second encounter with Tritter was that Tritter should simply be wasted. House hires some guy and de-physicalizes Tritter. In real life, Tritter would have been hauled up for harassment, the rectal thermometer episode would have been exposed in court, providing motive and opportunity and the hospitals lawyers would have made mincemeat out of Tritter and the particular department he worked for. He would be in prison as would anyone complicit in the harassment of House, Chase, Foreman, Cameron, Wilson and Cuddy. The lawsuit would have won House a tasty settlement, enough to keep him supplied with Vicadin well into his old age. While Tritter would wind up somewhere driving a cab, trying to rehabilitate himself by doing good for people for two years before people tumbled to the fact that they'd seen it all before.

This episode was so intense it caused me to write my first review

[keep_on_keeping_on · 4 March 2016]

The introduction of the second 'villain' of the show, Tritter, has got me squirming in my seat. I seriously considered bailing on this show with the introduction of the Tritter subplot. This particular episode raised the psychological tension to a new high. House becomes mean and does things like hit Cutty where it hurts with a cutting remark about her inability to conceive, punches Chase when he challenges House's diagnosis. However its not House that makes the episode almost unbearable, its seeing the effects that Tritter's maniacal, tyrannical manipulations are having on everybody. Anybody who's ever been the victim of any kind of abuse by a person with a personality disorder may find themselves triggered by this episode.

Totally agree to dislike

[magmom777 · 1/10 · 21 December 2006]

I am glad to read so many negative comments about the Tritter plot. Everyone I talk to says the same thing. They like House's gruff nature and his intelligence, but really dislike the vindictiveness of this continuing plot. It cuts into the real nature of the hospital story and makes everyone angry at police authority. It needs to have a more caring nature instead of the vindictiveness to everyone at the hospital. Also, there seems to be many questionable legal aspects to what Tritter is actually doing. He alone cannot freeze accounts and have the authority to stop doctors from writing prescriptions for patients. A lot of the vindictiveness he is showing also is hurting the very sick patients at the hospital and the is not a good storyline to portray. I voted the episode awful not because of the story itself, but when you insert the Trittor piece it turns me off and the rest of the plot gets hurt by it, People say they hate to watch the story lines anymore. Please change it. Get Tritter out.

We don't care for Tritter played by David Morse

[rwiese · 5/10 · 29 November 2006]

We don't care for Tritter or his attitude. We thinks it detracts from the shows normal plot. Better to show House in detox than show how arbitrary and capricious the police can be if they have a personal vendetta. Drug rehab could also be a good shows subject since even getting off cigarettes can be very difficult situation for an individual person. My experience has been that cops are just as human as anybody else. Sorry to use this terminology, but Tritter has copped an attitude of vengeance against House. He does not care who he hurts while trying to get even or exact revenge on House. House seems to be performing miracles in most of his shows. You all even showed a radiation poisoning case before it happened in real life to the Russian spy in England. Thanks for listening.

lock up house

[sandcrab277 · 1/10 · 16 July 2019]

He continually runs roughshod over everyone while abusing his position and taking way too many pain killers ... house isn't anything more than bumbling doctor that couldn't do squat without his staff ... lock him up and throw away the key but put the cop in the same cell with him