Thursday, September 27, 2007

Hello!

Hi all--

I am so stoked to be joining this group! I am ridiculously loyal to "my people" on the handful of shows I follow. In fact, that was the topic of my blog yesterday, if you want to check it out
http://www.whatifknits.com/?p=160

Meanwhile, here's my suggestion for the knit garment Dr. House needs--minus the hole for the ponytail.
http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTantifreeze.html

Cheers!

Sarah-Hope

Recap

The basic 'patient' story line is that House is without help, Cuddy and Wilson both are urging him to interview candidates... but he refuses and makes a bet (with Cuddy) that he can solve the case within a day, if he fails, he gets clinic time of course.

The patient has been in a building collapse accident, her face is a disaster. Her boyfriend and estranged mother are by her side for nearly the whole show. The boyfriend is sad because they had been arguing right before the accident...and he witnessed the building collapse and rushed in to pull her from the rubble.

House does his usual white board diagnostics and ends up recruiting the Janitor to be his assistant (even giving him a coat and stethescope).. he has the janitor deliver news to the family and ask for family history (hilarious)... He does eventually get caught, and Cuddy begins helping House, which drives both of them nuts.

In the meantime, Wilson and House break into the patients home to collect samples. House gets Wilson to do the dirty work... House then discovers a 'secret' journal kept by the patient that indicates she had previously been depressed and not happy with her boyfriend/relationship. Of course House shares this info with the boyfriend.

Somewhere around here House's guitar gets 'kidnapped' by Wilson... who leaves funny randsome notes etc. stating that 'she' will be returned when he starts interviewing candidates... They begin a game of who can one up the other best... though it's not going the way Wilson really intended and gets more serious than it should...

House thinks that the symptoms she has may be due to some medication interactions which could be explained if the patient were on antidepressants... The boyfriend disagrees, but they treat her anyway and she appears to be getting better. You know the usual cycle of get better, crash, get better, crash.. well, this episode didn't skip that... The patient crashes a few times, each due to other medication interactions etc. one interaction is that she has an allergic reaction to one of the antibiotics she's on, and there's also one which is caused by the fact that she must have been an alcoholic and was going through withdrawl (the boyfriend adamantly refuses to believe she was an alcoholic)..., Eventually she bleeds out and they rush her into surgery... During Surgery House notices that the patients uterus is enlarged and barges into the surgery and gets a good look and determines that she had recently had an abortion.

When he comes out of surgery the boyfriend is waiting with another friend... the boyfriend of one of the patient's co-workers who had just passed away. House thinks that it's weird that the guy is still hanging around... he then 'reluctantly' hahaha shares the new information with the boyfriend who is very upset. The two had wanted to have children, why would she have an abortion... ? He tells House that he wants House to tell Liz (the girlfriend) that he's glad she'll be better... and leaves.

The next day (oh yes.. I should note that House lost the bet, however they never talked about the clinic again...I'm sure it will come up eventually)...

Anyway, the next day House visits a cancer patient of one of Wilson's... he's undergoing his first day in a 5-day chemo regiment... he MOVES the patient with the offer of cable and better looking nurses to a nicer room on a different floor...

He then goes to his office and thinks... wilson eventually shows up pissed off about his missing patient... explaining that this is much more serious than a missing guitar because it's a persons life.. Something in his speech gets House all riled up and he tells Wilson where the patient is and leaves... I'm a little vague on some of the details here...

He shows up at the patients room, and find the boyfriend has returned and so has the mom... He then asks them some questions... the gist of which is that it's odd that she had an allergic reaction to a medication she had just recently taken, it's odd that she never told her boyfriend about the antidepressants or that she was an alcoholic,... none of this stuff is even documented in her medical records.. (except that she had recently had the antibiotic with no reactions documented)... he then pulls out another medical record... of a woman, the friend and co-worker of Liz, which states that she was an alcoholic, on antidepressants, had a recent abortion and was allergic to the antibiotic...

it's all been a case of mistaken identity... she had a similar build, and hair color as Liz...

The mom and boyfriend are extremely upset because they realize this means that their Liz has indeed died, and that the boyfriend who'd hung around the previous day was morning the loss of his girlfriend who's actually alive...

Eventually you get a clip of House talking to a group of people who you cannot see... he tells them that this will be the longest and most painful interview process they've ever undergone... that they should look to either side of them and realize that at the end of the next 60 days one of them will be gone...

They then pan out to a HUGE room of people...

I might have screwed some of that up.. but that's the basic gist of it...
This episode was based (in my opinion) on a case of mistaken identity last spring involving two blonde girls who'd been in a bus or van accident on a college trip...

It was great episode!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Cuddy, Foreman and House



Slight change of opinion for the esteemed Lisa Cuddy. She wants one of these, but in black. Another House fan in the office suggested Cuddy needs a tote big enough to carry around all of the paperwork for the current lawsuit involving her brightest and most problematic staff member. Personally, I'm sure she has a Coach briefcase, but she would be open to some knitterly style in a handbag...





For House, I propose that either Cuddy finally turns up pregnant and knits through her pregnancy hormone surges and makes him a rather plain-john, sturdy scarf, or his mother will be prescribed knitting by her own therapist, and will send her son the same basic, beginner knitter's scarf in a rather uninspired heather grey.


Foreman? In an effort to prove how unlike House he is, he'll sign up for a knitting class at the Y. Always the overachiever, his first project will be a nice wrap for his mother, but it's in a worsted mohair, so it's do-able!

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

OOoh I have an idea

And that's saying a lot because lately I've been fairly brain dead...

I'm involved (and keep forgetting to post to and update) the Hat along group. For each 3 hats you knit (aka a hat trick) you get a little icon of a hat posted next to your name..

How about...

You knit ANY pattern in the following categories:

Cuddy: Felted Bag
Cameron: Studious sweater
Chase: Ski Hat (or really any hat)
Foreman:?? what to knit that's Foremanesque...
Wilson: Socks (because you know he wears cool handknit socks)
House: hmm still debating this one... Cane covers? hahaha... he likes pain... he wouldn't want a squishy cover... hmmm a Vicodin bottle?? Something medical (I have some cool links to patterns for a Uterus or a breast)... any suggestions?

with each completed knit in a category you'll get some sort of icon (I still haven't determined what) next to your name... Maybe a stethescope or something :-)

5 hours and counting!!!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Ballet Wrap Sweater aka the 'Cameron'



Here's a pattern I purchased for myself, and seeing as I have only ever knit 1 thing for myself before (namely scarves) I want to knit this for myself as a christmas present. To me it's a trendy sort of 'scrubs' like sweater that seems comfy yet sophisticated like our dear Cameron..

what do you think?

My two cents...

I really should be working right now, but my mind is wondering all around my 'to knit' list to see if anything might fit the theme of House. I'm so excited about this!

There are these cute slippers that I would like to make for my mom for Christmas... maybe they could fall under "hospital patient slippers"? I also, like Chan, have a few felted bags that I'd like to do that I think might fit the personality of Cuddy. I'm thinking maybe a ski cap for Chase?? A studious and yet sassy looking vest for Cameron?? hmmmmmm... I'll keep thinking....

My Personal Opinion

Well, since I started the group, I'll share my opinion, but really... I'm happy to do anything here..

I have a TON of things on my to-knit list,.. and the idea of having 1 hour to just knit away on my projects is great... but I completely understand if folks want to do a traditional knit along...

Chan recommended a good sturdy felted bag to be the 'Cuddy' and I have a ballet wrap on my list for me that could very well be a "Cameron'...

Anyone have a suggestion for a Dr. House, Chase or Foreman?

Sunday, September 23, 2007

What kind of 'along' should we have?

So... I (and others who commented on my other blog) am wondering.. what sort of 'along' should we have...

Should it be... knit whatever you're in the mood for during the show? Or are you all looking for something to knit together as a group?...

We could vote for various patterns...
We could have a few to pick from... like the 'House', or the 'Cameron' or 'Chase'... 'Cutty'... you get the gist...

Anyone have an opinion?

Welcome


House fans,

I love Dr. Gregory House, and I know that starting Tuesday, with the season premiere I'll be knitting along weekly... won't you join me.

Word of warning... I'm going to be lazy about posting here with regard to knitting progress... I'm semi limited to computer time... so I will post when I can! If you want to join along, just email me at 5malachrunners (at) gmail (dot) com

Oh... please do grab a button... :-) (that's how all this started isn't it Chan!)