Half-Wit

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.

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.

Dave Matthews amazes me with how incredibly talented he truly is!! Every time I see him I'm just in awe.

I write review for every episode of this show. I am constantly in detachment mode. Honestly, almost all the patients survive or are cured. It all gets back to house. Because the doctors who work for house find out he is flying to Boston, they begin to speculate on why. The jump to the conclusion that he has an inoperable brain tumor and he will be dead within a year. He does nothing to stifle their beliefs. They begin to look for new positions and, after that, start to check on his situation. We are eventually in for a surprise.

All this takes place while a piano savant has suddenly become unable to perform on that instrument. His brain is compromised in some way, and that's the rub. The question ultimately is whether he can be operated on and no longer have his gift.

The detachment thing has to do with another example of House's cruelty toward those who admire and care about him.