Short Attention Span Review: "House" 10/12

This episode was certainly an improvement over last week's, although I don't exactly get why billionaire dad had to bankrupt himself (and his son) in order to save the kid.

Enjoyed seeing House back to his old tricks of manipulating his minions, while also demonstrating why he doesn't normally interact with patients. (But interacting with them anyway!)

I really couldn't care less about Thirteen's whole "will she or won't she?" plot. If she could go to Mars and stay there, that'd be awesome. Her relationship with Foreman doesn't do this show any favors. Ever.

Short Attention Span Review: "House" 10/5

James Earl Jones is an excellent actor, but I honestly can't say I loved this episode. The effort to justify killing a tyrant with a pat answer like "the moderates are in control now" doesn't (in my mind) do this show any favors. What strikes me as more likely is that some other tyrant would likely take control, thus rendering pointless what amounts to a normally intelligent character committing a political assassination.

Sorry, show, but I think that might have been a shark moment for me.