Skin Deep

I mean I love house but this show wouldn't have survived in 2021. There was no way for this many problematical comments to be just ignored.

The actress playing a 17 year old, was 27 when this episode aired.

Just makes it not believable at all.

Why does house not want to get his leg directed?

His do I get 421 more characters!

The actress playing a 17 year old, was 27 when this episode aired.

Just makes it not believable at all.

Why does house not want to get his leg directed?

His do I get 421 more characters!

The actress playing a 17 year old, was 27 when this episode aired.

Just makes it not believable at all.

Why does house not want to get his leg directed?

His do I get 421 more characters!

The actress playing a 17 year old, was 27 when this episode aired.

Just makes it not believable at all.

Why does house not want to get his leg directed?

His do I get 421 more characters!

Real-life model Cameron Richardson plays a teen model who exhibits aggressive behavior and collapses on a runway during a fashion show. From there, it's all downhill in an episode that allows House to fully acknowledge his lecherous side. Surprise after surprise awaits the team, as the model goes from bad to worse both in body and mind. Richardson is extremely fetching as the sickly waif who may not be all she appears. For the astute viewer, the ultimate revelation will have been guessed halfway through. Still, a good show and no harm done. House's leg pains appear to be increasing, which will lead in coming episodes to a Holmesian solution, if you Sherlock Holmes fans out there get my drift. It is worth nothing this episode gets about as close to nudity as this series is ever likely to, and this gratifying display of flesh is put on by none other than Richardson, in a moment of angry confrontation with House.

So many problems with this one. The "teenage supermodel" is said to be 15 yrs old. Well, guess what? She isn't all that attractive, certainly not "supermodel" territory. And, more obviously and crazily, the 15 year old looks like she is 25. 15? Seriously? Big GONG!

2nd GONG! Her dad looks maybe 10, maybe 12 yrs older than the supermodel. GONG! Horrific casting.

The story itself is just too convoluted and House does not act like House, which blah blah, leg pain.

On the positive side, I guess House's ex was not in this one. Yay! Some have far far too much time with House and his ex. Geez. That is the weakest on-going story-line in this show. I was skipping around Season 2 episodes. It seems like maybe 6 episodes earlier (in the airport) and in this they said House had "made her leave".

I believe that the only reason this episode has such a high rating is because of the "plot twist" at the end. However, regardless of the typical sudden realization of what is ailing the patient at the end of the episode, the language used against the FIFTEEN YEAR OLD patient is absolutely vile and hinders any positive thoughts I have about this episode.

House is at his most unbearable and disgusting as he, Foreman, and Chase all sexually objectify their FIFTEEN YEAR OLD PATIENT all because she is "beautiful". The episode's one saving grace is, of course, the only woman in the department as she stands up for the patient but is continually shut down by her male coworkers! I feel bad for Sarah Hess as she seems to have been the only woman on the writing staff for this episode. Maybe Cameron was a stand-in for her?

Lastly, the writing of the patient herself is so abysmal and disgusting that I hope none of these writers are near a minor. Without saying too much, she is perpetuated as a manipulator towards those with power over her.