Bar none. God he was so good in this. So punchy. Why ever waste an actor of this caliber on boring, predictable superhero movies and mindless action crap?
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Jeremy Renner's best role
rgrimmig3 March 2022
I got so upset!
InvisableMirages29 November 2007
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LOVED this episode! Finally no more being jerked around with whose going to be fired next! So, a punk rock star drug addict comes in after coughing up blood. All his symptom point to all the drug abuse he's done. But Thirteen thinks there's more to it. While Amber disagrees causing plenty of arguments.
House jerk the doctors around by pretending to fire 2 at a time. Thirteen and Kutner first. They scramble for ideas and when House hears a good one, forget the firing! But I thought House was serious when he was going to fire Thirteen and Kutner. I was getting so angry.
The drug addict doesn't care if he's dying or not. He wants his youth back and isn't much help for the doctors.
Cuddy and House have a few good scenes together. (You have to love how they play off each other.) In the end, Amber and Thirteen get cut. 2 positions. 4 doctors. I thought Foreman wasn't counted as part of House's team, but he was. And when Thirteen was going to go, I was so angry again. She just had to stay! Plus, an all guy team? That wouldn't work out well.
House wanted to keep Thirteen, but Cuddy wouldn't allow it. Until, she comes back to fuss at House for hiring the 2 men. She wasn't very happy and said to bring Thirteen back.
House played Cuddy and got exactly what he wanted. You have to love it. :) I was pleased Amber isn't coming back. I didn't like her from the beginning, and still don't.
Overall, another wonderful episode! Though I'm not too happy that there won't be another new show until January. I'm going to be going through withdrawals for sure.
Plot: 8/10 It was a touch boring. Acting: 10/10 FANTASTIC! Ending: 10/10 Thank goodness House got his way.
House jerk the doctors around by pretending to fire 2 at a time. Thirteen and Kutner first. They scramble for ideas and when House hears a good one, forget the firing! But I thought House was serious when he was going to fire Thirteen and Kutner. I was getting so angry.
The drug addict doesn't care if he's dying or not. He wants his youth back and isn't much help for the doctors.
Cuddy and House have a few good scenes together. (You have to love how they play off each other.) In the end, Amber and Thirteen get cut. 2 positions. 4 doctors. I thought Foreman wasn't counted as part of House's team, but he was. And when Thirteen was going to go, I was so angry again. She just had to stay! Plus, an all guy team? That wouldn't work out well.
House wanted to keep Thirteen, but Cuddy wouldn't allow it. Until, she comes back to fuss at House for hiring the 2 men. She wasn't very happy and said to bring Thirteen back.
House played Cuddy and got exactly what he wanted. You have to love it. :) I was pleased Amber isn't coming back. I didn't like her from the beginning, and still don't.
Overall, another wonderful episode! Though I'm not too happy that there won't be another new show until January. I'm going to be going through withdrawals for sure.
Plot: 8/10 It was a touch boring. Acting: 10/10 FANTASTIC! Ending: 10/10 Thank goodness House got his way.
For whom the bell tolls
xredgarnetx28 November 2007
Excellent episode both for the patient and the winnowing down of the new team to the final three. A grunge rocker (Jeremy Renner of ROAD TRIP) begins coughing up blood. Problem is, he is a heroin addict and drunkard who doesn't care if he lives or dies. House challenges the remainder of the candidates to solve this guy's problem or face expulsion. Predictably, they all try a little too hard. It is particularly interesting to watch the hard-driving Amber trying to relate to the nihilistic rocker, who harbors a very special secret. House has interesting set-tos with both Cuddy and Wilson, for very different reasons. Or are they? Whom he fires at the conclusion is a major shocker. But is he for real? Great stuff.
One of the best
kellielulu12 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Games is in my top five of the series. That hasn't changed since I first watched it.
We are closing in on who will be on the team with a lot of scrambling to make points and find the diagnosis.
Jeremy Renner plays a punk rocker and it's hard to know if he wants to live or die but he's one of the more interesting patients the series has had.
Wilson gives a patient good news but he seems less than thrilled. That starts some back and forth with House and Wilson.
House and Cuddy still have good banter at this point .
The case is solved and the team is picked and Cuddy realizes she's been played by House but she's not really upset.
Excellent all around.
We are closing in on who will be on the team with a lot of scrambling to make points and find the diagnosis.
Jeremy Renner plays a punk rocker and it's hard to know if he wants to live or die but he's one of the more interesting patients the series has had.
Wilson gives a patient good news but he seems less than thrilled. That starts some back and forth with House and Wilson.
House and Cuddy still have good banter at this point .
The case is solved and the team is picked and Cuddy realizes she's been played by House but she's not really upset.
Excellent all around.
Wrong choice
jkotsil1 December 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I don't like the fact that Amber was cut from the team. Let's hope that they have another plot twist that brings her back. In this episode she showed a tremendous depth of emotion, so much more than what on the surface looks just cut and dry ("cutthroat bitch"), that could potentially lead to all sorts of different terrific interactions with House. I find it preposterous and ridiculous that after expanding her character in this episode, they let her go from the show. Are you kidding me? I guess the writers' strike is starting to affect the quality of House, just like it does with other shows, too. It is a struggle just to put episodes on the air right now and it shows. Let's hope the writers get what they want (because i think they deserve it) and this strike ends before the whole TV season is ruined.
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