'House': Lady Business

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Back to being boring. So, simply put, no matter how much of a turn-on her sexual antics may be, Thirteen's constant dour mood makes her lack any luster. And Foreman seems like a human blood clot to me — stopping the flow of energy in any room where he is present. Foreman couldn't even get Thirteen's door open during the breaking-and-entering-under- the-guise-of-finding-clues scene. House had the keys to her place, as he does for the rest of the team. (Subtle much? House's mission is to have the keys to, and find the answers for, everything. Got it.) Hopefully the writers will give Foreman a prescription for fun, stat. Maybe prescribe him a girlfriend? Foreman is a great doctor with a conscience, but all work and no play makes watching him a dull event.

Meanwhile, I always love seeing the Orson Welles Touch of Evil poster that hangs in Wilson's office, and it did serve as an apt backdrop to the sequence of joke playing that went on between the two boys. The House broken-chair prank was okay, since it left Wilson flat on his back, but even Wilson's "I am dating a hooker" lie didn't beat the weekly torture that Jim Halpert has been known to unleash on Dwight Schrute (a rooftop wait for an FBI helicopter, anyone?) on The Office. Still, it was a nice way to see just how much Wilson can get inside of House's head. He knew exactly how to play him. That was just one of a few scenes in which one of House's inner circle knew what he was thinking or where he was going before we did. First, Thirteen knew that House would find a reason to go into her home and snoop around without her. Then Foreman gave House the perfect alley-oop for the the best line of the night, which he anticipated and they delivered together: "Those conversations go both ways...like Thirteen."

As an aside, I will tell you that I am obsessed by how well Hugh Laurie does an American accent as House. This skill always amazes and amuses me. Check out some clips of my favorite TV actor on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson to see how not boring Hugh Laurie is.

What do you think that Foreman should do to shake things up? And with whom would you rather be stuck in an elevator, House or Foreman? Was I the only one whose heart stopped when they showed what looked like the kiss between House and Cuddy in the preview for next week's episode? Was House's non-reaction to the baby news because he thought he'd run out of time to make a real move on Cuddy?