The episodes where they had to diagnose people in unique scenarios were always so great, this one and the man who wouldn't leave his home come to mind.
She surpised him over and over, like "The Woman" for Sherlock Holmes, she wasn't easily figured out which intriged him and she's clever. When she said, "I never said you needed fixing" was the moment he fell for this woman.
she's House's "the woman", like Sherlock Holmes had Irene Adler, I'm disappointed he never referenced her again and again like Holmes did occasionally but I do like Holmes did. People compare Amber to Irene Adler's role but she was too recurring.
Yep she had him hook line and stinker after a while and the respectful competitiveness later on mixed with flirting, both definitely seemed a little into each other.
Fun fact: This was based on a true story. Jerri Nielsen was a doctor stationed at the South Pole who discovered a lump in her breast right as the Antarctic winter set in. She consulted other doctors via satellite link and performed a biopsy on herself. The air force then dropped supplies for her to start doing chemo. She was eventually evacuated and went into remission, though sadly passed away ten years later.
Why couldn't she be evacuated right away? I know she had a contract and whatnot, but you'd think that potentially having cancer would be a legit excuse?
@@Arsaja It's not a matter of urgency. The planes simply can't land, take off again and get home. When the landing gear opens, the hydraulics freeze. Flying with the landing gear deployed creates drag and the plane can't reach New Zealand.
I really REALLY wanted this relationship to last more than one episode. They really had amazing chemistry. She might have been good for House long term. Even seeing them try long distance would have been, in House’s phrase “interesting”.
I guess it is not beacuse it couldn't happen in House lore, but because Mia Sorvino was single episode guest. And so they made it up like House saw her in love with other guy from South pole and quit.
Originally she was meant to be a recurring character, but then the writers strike happened and the idea went away. That's why they intimated that she and House were 'compatable' on the episode. It was setting it up.
@@kevinwg02 Wow, way to downplay Blackadder, one of the greatest comedy series of all time, set in different periods of British history with each series.
It was a fat embolism or something like that: she had a broken toe that she didn't notice because of the cold. Once the guy at the station with her fixed the toe, her problems went away.
The fact that she clearly scared him a little and the fact that they had great chemistry, i really wished they have developed this relationship a little more. Allow them to have a long distant friendship. She clearly is very smart and can read him well but at the same time doesn't seem to be put off by his abrupt nature. The fact that she is a shrink means she actually could have been good for him as in both a friend capacity and in a more than friend capacity. Missed opportunity.
Thanks for your and all the other commenters in explaining how this ended. I saw a few of the House episodes but never got hooked so I wondered how this one ended.
Glad you enjoyed it, amazing series. My favorite episode by far is the one where the guy had 'the bends' on the airplane and the rest of the passengers had conversion disorder.
I would have loved for her and House to get together. I know the ending of this episode, but it would have been interesting to see House and her together.
That patient and House would have made quite a couple. The writers messed up by not bumping her up to a reoccurring character to test their chemistry more.
@@joefarmer4465 guests stars can be upgraded. Emily Rickards was only supposed to appear in one episode of Arrow, but she had good chemistry with Stephen Amell that they upgraded her to a reoccurring and then a regular.
I really wish she came back in the series at some point. House seemed to genuinely like her. The ending of "I liked her and that caused me to miss something so I shouldn't ever like someone" was so disappointing.
The showrunners intended for her to be a recurring character, but then the 2007-2008 writers strike happened and the idea went away. Not sure if it was the writers strike that gave the episode the rather lame ending, with her cuddling the man who loved her, but staring at House or if that was the original intended ending.
This entire episode is basically what happened with Apollo 13. NASA had to work with the astronauts to figure out how to make a square air-filter over a circular tube, or else they'd die of carbon monoxide poisoning (iirc). And they could only do it using *exactly* what the astronauts had available, *plus* account for the fact they only X amount of tries to get it right.
Sorry, but that scene in Apollo 13 was made up. The engineers had figured out how to do that before any of the Apollos were launched. It was cinematic license to add drama.
One can realize in these chapters that, in principle, the writers had planned for Kurtner to be the next (or closest to the next) House. Not even Chase had that many good ideas often.
Kurtner is an amazing creative mind in the medical field, but Chase is definitely more House-like than anybody else. Even though the show liked to pin it on Foreman.
The writers never had any long-term plans for Kutner because they never had any long-term plans for Mr. White Castle himself, Kal Penn; they didn't know it was going to be a White House gig, but they knew he'd leave sooner rather than later. By contrast, Chase was the character originally conceived to be House's medical "partner-in-crime" and the only other attending physician in his department; it was only when they cast the much-younger Jesse Spencer in the role that they made him a fellow like Cameron and Foreman.
At 1:38 the whole team is in the room to watch the test, but then at 2:33 House and Foreman are in the room alone. The cut between shootings occurs at 2:00. When he says "Can she see me?" you can see the tops of Taub and 13's heads in the shot. Cut to the TV then cut back, Taub and 13 are gone. I've watched this episode like 3 times and never noticed this until now.
She was using her fingers to mark where the ribs were, and inserted the needle between the fingers. I have no idea how hard it is to miss the ribs, but that should help.
I had interchanges with the sick doctor at the time while she was still at the South Pole; until this evening, I didn't know that a House episode was based on that situation.
It’s too bad they can only talk through a computer screen. I bet they’d be good together, because she’s one of the rare people that can hold their own against House and he likes it!
Wait she was asked to x-ray her whole body; how did they miss the broken toe if they actually saw the x-ray? Did something occur that prevented her from getting the x-ray? Been a while since I've seen this episode
I didn't see the episode, but I gather that when she was undressed for the exam they are discussing in this clip, she kept her socks on. She probably also didn't X-ray her feet either, because everything they were considering/looking at was in her upper body, basically from her thighs upwards. It's only later when House realises the only part of her body he hasn't seen, are her feet, that it clicks.
Once again, the great Mira Sorvino proves why she was unjustly railroaded from the business, in spite of being a MONSTER talent. Not many people hold with "House", let alone believably take him on.
Such an awesome last line and she definitely is better for house the cuddy. She would constantly challenge him and not put up with his bs till he became a better man.
tbh, if you watch at 1:29/2:09/5:14 you see her limping because of her/the broken toe. But didn't know at that point because of the cold. also, it's funny how she was limping like House in those few scenes.
One of the episodes where they really show he's as human as the rest of us. He might be one arrogant bloke but he is just lonely and lashing out at the world coz he needs a cuddle.
Where do Taub Kutner and 13 go? You can see Taub's head at 2:01 and then by 2:10 House is sitting in the chair Taub was in and then 2:33 it's just House and Foreman.
that ultrasound destruction method of the kidneystone TEST was stupid... they put it in a glas container... and yes: would have loved to see this relationship develop for more then one episode
Even funnier, that scene from Apollo 13 where they MacGyver CO2 scrubbers didn't happen in real life. (One of their geniuses worked it out in his car on the way to NASA, but that isn't very cinematic.) But diagnosing a woman trapped at the South Pole via satellite link really did happen.
After all of this time, this is the one episode that the writers truly f'd up. They could have led with this for the future and everything would have been different.
This episode shows one of the reasons I really miss Kutner. To me he seemed to have a mind most similar to House' when it came to diagnosing eaching conclusions.
The episodes where they had to diagnose people in unique scenarios were always so great, this one and the man who wouldn't leave his home come to mind.
The CIA k1ller or the Chicken Pox with the CDC were epic.
The mass hysteria on a plane one was really good as well.
Cameron made me hate the episode where the guy wouldn’t leave his house
And more unrealistic than both
The lady whom’s leg had to be amputated outside the hospital comes to mine. Some sort of collapse…
She surpised him over and over, like "The Woman" for Sherlock Holmes, she wasn't easily figured out which intriged him and she's clever. When she said, "I never said you needed fixing" was the moment he fell for this woman.
"I never said you needed fixing"
Is probably the moment House fell in love.
It's the one line that instantly made that character interesting and relatable IMO
The chemistry is electric. House isn't used to people who match his wit. This was a really good episode where we see a different side of house.
"I never said you needed fixing" did it for me. Perfect woman for House.
Wish we could see more of Mira..she's awesome!
she's House's "the woman", like Sherlock Holmes had Irene Adler, I'm disappointed he never referenced her again and again like Holmes did occasionally but I do like Holmes did. People compare Amber to Irene Adler's role but she was too recurring.
"Are you worried that the tumour might overhear abd realise we're onto it?"
Foreman and House were an understated comedy duo.
This girl seems like a better match for House than Cuddy or Stacy.
Wilson is his only love
"If anyone needs it, we've got a phone!"
I never said you needing fixing + the witty banter (Perfect Match)
Yep she had him hook line and stinker after a while and the respectful competitiveness later on mixed with flirting, both definitely seemed a little into each other.
100%
It's a shame she decided to live in the South Pole. She's a more socially enjoyable version of House.
Whoever is keeping this channel running needs a raise
Don't worry, I got this
Zip.
That would be Sarah. I'll let her know.
I think peacock is doing just fine.
Fun fact: This was based on a true story. Jerri Nielsen was a doctor stationed at the South Pole who discovered a lump in her breast right as the Antarctic winter set in. She consulted other doctors via satellite link and performed a biopsy on herself. The air force then dropped supplies for her to start doing chemo. She was eventually evacuated and went into remission, though sadly passed away ten years later.
Still, 10 year death delay from that is a lot. No small feat.
@@twelved4983 yep
Why couldn't she be evacuated right away? I know she had a contract and whatnot, but you'd think that potentially having cancer would be a legit excuse?
@@Arsaja It's not a matter of urgency. The planes simply can't land, take off again and get home. When the landing gear opens, the hydraulics freeze. Flying with the landing gear deployed creates drag and the plane can't reach New Zealand.
@@Arsaja the weather wouldn’t allow them to
I really REALLY wanted this relationship to last more than one episode. They really had amazing chemistry. She might have been good for House long term. Even seeing them try long distance would have been, in House’s phrase “interesting”.
I guess it is not beacuse it couldn't happen in House lore, but because Mia Sorvino was single episode guest.
And so they made it up like House saw her in love with other guy from South pole and quit.
Originally she was meant to be a recurring character, but then the writers strike happened and the idea went away. That's why they intimated that she and House were 'compatable' on the episode. It was setting it up.
@@jcorbett9620 interesting background. thanks.
Hear hear!
@@jcorbett9620Stupid Strikes! Just give the writers what they want! Lol keep them happy to keep us happy lol
"I never said you needed fixing." Why is this such a compliment but hurts so much to hear.
House looks so endearing when he sees someone who finally understands him for who he is beyond what he projects himself to be.
"ONLY IF YOU COUNT THE TUMOUR" is easily one of the best lines from the show.
"too far away to hold her hand" was gold too
It never ceases to amaze me how this WWI veteran gained so much medical knowledge after he got shot and got hooked on Vicodin. Godspeed doctor House.
I see what you did there.
He's a vet?!
right that old comedy show with mr bean actor ^^
@@kevinwg02 Wow, way to downplay Blackadder, one of the greatest comedy series of all time, set in different periods of British history with each series.
@@greypilgrim228 especially downplaying rowan Atkinson. He's good as Mr bean, but he's been doing speaking comedy longer and better
"Sorry, I know how you like avoiding avoiding confrontation."
Nice.
It was a fat embolism or something like that: she had a broken toe that she didn't notice because of the cold. Once the guy at the station with her fixed the toe, her problems went away.
The fact that she clearly scared him a little and the fact that they had great chemistry, i really wished they have developed this relationship a little more. Allow them to have a long distant friendship. She clearly is very smart and can read him well but at the same time doesn't seem to be put off by his abrupt nature. The fact that she is a shrink means she actually could have been good for him as in both a friend capacity and in a more than friend capacity. Missed opportunity.
they planned to, but the writers strike messed it up
The look Foreman gives House when she snaps back is so perfect 😂
After seeing the entire episode, it is a broken toe. She can’t feel because of the cold.
and later on in the last scene of the video house missed the broken toe because she left the socks on
So why did her lung collapse?
@@gardeninginthedesert her brain is swelling because she didn’t know it was broken. It was really bad when they found it.
@@gardeninginthedesert The break was leaking bone marrow into her bloodstream, causing fat emboli.
Thanks for your and all the other commenters in explaining how this ended. I saw a few of the House episodes but never got hooked so I wondered how this one ended.
Fun fact: breaking stones with sound waves are a real thing that alot of hospitals do often, it's call lithotripsy
Not fun, but it works!
Is it safe?
@@zesterfrost_music You're asking 2 many questions
I like how the camera in Antarctica was able to pan in at the right moment.
It was 2 months ago I seen one of these videos of the show and I just finished the whole series today. Amazing, sad, funny. Would watch all over again
Glad you enjoyed it, amazing series. My favorite episode by far is the one where the guy had 'the bends' on the airplane and the rest of the passengers had conversion disorder.
@@APPR3NTIC3 yeah! that one was good.
Just one of my favorite actress of all time. Mira Sorvino is just fantastic.
I would have loved for her and House to get together. I know the ending of this episode, but it would have been interesting to see House and her together.
as much as i love house, it made my skin crawl when her lung was collapsing. had the same thing happen to me around a year ago
Foreman's expressions at House were hilarious 😂 🫤
Come for the episode stay for the comments! Respect to my fellow House addicts you guys are very entertaining.
That patient and House would have made quite a couple. The writers messed up by not bumping her up to a reoccurring character to test their chemistry more.
It was a guest appearance. Her filmography will show what other projects she was involved with...
by 'her" you mean Mira Sorvino, who won an Oscar/Golden Globe for her role in Mighty Aphrodite?
@@joefarmer4465 guests stars can be upgraded. Emily Rickards was only supposed to appear in one episode of Arrow, but she had good chemistry with Stephen Amell that they upgraded her to a reoccurring and then a regular.
@@mavfan1 your point being?
@@cloudtheavegner1000 Mira may have viewed a television gig as a downgrade...
This episode is one of the best for House.
This was the moment when i fell in love with Kutner. Random knowledge from discovery channel used in medicine... brilliant
Hottest line in the entire series: "I never said you needed fixing."
crazy chemistry
Absolutely LOVE Mira Sorvino. Actually, the entire Sorvino family, if I'm honest.
She really is great.
Had a longtime crush on Mira Sorvino, so I was so stoked to see her in this episode.
I really wish she came back in the series at some point. House seemed to genuinely like her. The ending of "I liked her and that caused me to miss something so I shouldn't ever like someone" was so disappointing.
I relate to that ending way too much 🫥
Yeah. "Things can't be perfect so I'll just wallow in loneliness and horrible circumstances to avoid any real work"...
oh wait, that's just me!
"It means it's not a kidney stone..." CLASSIC LINE!
Mira sorvino is a gem
Fun fact: That actress is an Oscar winner. She does such a great job in this episode, wish she was in more.
Someone house could connect with, and they are on the other side of the globe.
The showrunners intended for her to be a recurring character, but then the 2007-2008 writers strike happened and the idea went away. Not sure if it was the writers strike that gave the episode the rather lame ending, with her cuddling the man who loved her, but staring at House or if that was the original intended ending.
Just the luck eh? 😊
@@jcorbett9620they could still resurrect her , if Hugh and Mira had their schedules open and were game. :)
Mira Sorvino have some indefinible charm
This sequence and what follows is high on my favorite TV *ever* list.
This entire episode is basically what happened with Apollo 13. NASA had to work with the astronauts to figure out how to make a square air-filter over a circular tube, or else they'd die of carbon monoxide poisoning (iirc). And they could only do it using *exactly* what the astronauts had available, *plus* account for the fact they only X amount of tries to get it right.
The dump scene is literally a copy- it's awesome because it's so iconic.
Sorry, but that scene in Apollo 13 was made up. The engineers had figured out how to do that before any of the Apollos were launched. It was cinematic license to add drama.
Hands down my favorite episode
This show was just beyond
She was one of the best characters on the show
I miss the days when some MVP commenter would comment with the title of the next video in the sequence.
Its in the description season 4 episode 11 so the next one would be. Wait for it....... episode 12.
You know its sad seeing episodes with Kutner still alive
kutner?
@@maxgee22 yeah
That kůnt went to work at the "White" House instead of working at the best show ever in the universe.
One can realize in these chapters that, in principle, the writers had planned for Kurtner to be the next (or closest to the next) House. Not even Chase had that many good ideas often.
Kurtner is an amazing creative mind in the medical field, but Chase is definitely more House-like than anybody else. Even though the show liked to pin it on Foreman.
The writers never had any long-term plans for Kutner because they never had any long-term plans for Mr. White Castle himself, Kal Penn; they didn't know it was going to be a White House gig, but they knew he'd leave sooner rather than later. By contrast, Chase was the character originally conceived to be House's medical "partner-in-crime" and the only other attending physician in his department; it was only when they cast the much-younger Jesse Spencer in the role that they made him a fellow like Cameron and Foreman.
Also he had an emotional connect with House unlike other fellows who saw House only with his outer image
Man, she really had him when she said he didn't need fixing. That was good.
"You do realize only one of us has control over my actions?"
You can him falling in love with her with that one sentence.
Love this one!!!
Hate it when they introduce someone with intense chemistry with a lead character but never have them appear again
At 1:38 the whole team is in the room to watch the test, but then at 2:33 House and Foreman are in the room alone.
The cut between shootings occurs at 2:00. When he says "Can she see me?" you can see the tops of Taub and 13's heads in the shot. Cut to the TV then cut back, Taub and 13 are gone.
I've watched this episode like 3 times and never noticed this until now.
Wow, she managed to miss her ribs. No-one ever hits ribs on tv and movies.
She was using her fingers to mark where the ribs were, and inserted the needle between the fingers. I have no idea how hard it is to miss the ribs, but that should help.
@@jameskuypershould be pretty easy unless the patient is fat.
If someone tried to just jab a needle through their ribcage like that, most likely the needle would hit a rib and break.
Not if you know exactly where the muscle is in between them and know where to put the needle
A masterpiece of House.. probably the best in the entire series ❤
I was down in mcmurdo station the year they had to airlift the sick doctor from the south pole station. Short weather window to fly in.
I had interchanges with the sick doctor at the time while she was still at the South Pole; until this evening, I didn't know that a House episode was based on that situation.
Those two had potencial as a couple 😢
"Oh for sure. One of us is a bloody-handed butcher, the other is a real doctor."
Mira Sorvino is Awesome.
Some people are perfectly wonderful, the broken way they are
"You were at least six wronger" is a great quote.
They honestly had so many missed opportunities for recurring characters or actual relationships and friendships on this show.
Mira Sorvino ❤
There's no way I could stab myself in the chest. I would be paralyzed by fear...
It’s too bad they can only talk through a computer screen. I bet they’d be good together, because she’s one of the rare people that can hold their own against House and he likes it!
Man I wish this went somewhere with her. They would’ve made a very… interesting dynamic
Supposedly that was the intention but the writers strike of 2007 squished that idea into oblivion
Wait she was asked to x-ray her whole body; how did they miss the broken toe if they actually saw the x-ray? Did something occur that prevented her from getting the x-ray? Been a while since I've seen this episode
I didn't see the episode, but I gather that when she was undressed for the exam they are discussing in this clip, she kept her socks on. She probably also didn't X-ray her feet either, because everything they were considering/looking at was in her upper body, basically from her thighs upwards. It's only later when House realises the only part of her body he hasn't seen, are her feet, that it clicks.
I love this episode they were great
Good episode
Once again, the great Mira Sorvino proves why she was unjustly railroaded from the business, in spite of being a MONSTER talent. Not many people hold with "House", let alone believably take him on.
Such an awesome last line and she definitely is better for house the cuddy. She would constantly challenge him and not put up with his bs till he became a better man.
tbh, if you watch at 1:29/2:09/5:14 you see her limping because of her/the broken toe. But didn't know at that point because of the cold. also, it's funny how she was limping like House in those few scenes.
I don't know why the syringe lung scene really got to me. 😵💫
Wasn’t everyone in the room before the egg blew up? Then they disappeared
Wilson better have decided to do chemo
One of the episodes where they really show he's as human as the rest of us. He might be one arrogant bloke but he is just lonely and lashing out at the world coz he needs a cuddle.
I didn't catch the Apollo 13 reference before :p 0:47
I'm so happy someone else caught it
they would have been so good together🥲🥲
She's perfect for him, they should have become a thing
That was amazing.
Too bad she wouldn’t come on as a regular. That would be an excellent side story.
Where do Taub Kutner and 13 go? You can see Taub's head at 2:01 and then by 2:10 House is sitting in the chair Taub was in and then 2:33 it's just House and Foreman.
Love Mira Sorvino! What a great actress.
Games people play.
A psychatrist is a real doctor....she is an MD and a therapist.
that ultrasound destruction method of the kidneystone TEST was stupid... they put it in a glas container...
and yes: would have loved to see this relationship develop for more then one episode
Is she the Irene Adler to his Sherlock 👀
probably
Oh absolutely! Down to leaving with another guy at the end, lol.
Kate and House could've been a great arc that we will never experience to witness
Definitely wrote this episode after watching apollo 13
Even funnier, that scene from Apollo 13 where they MacGyver CO2 scrubbers didn't happen in real life. (One of their geniuses worked it out in his car on the way to NASA, but that isn't very cinematic.) But diagnosing a woman trapped at the South Pole via satellite link really did happen.
"I love to laugh" 🤣
Ahh Mira Sorvino. Had a huge crush on her in the late 90s
Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino.
After all of this time, this is the one episode that the writers truly f'd up. They could have led with this for the future and everything would have been different.
It's impossible to be 3/4 of a world away. The most you can be is a 1/2 a world away.
It's Lupus....its always Lupus.
A friggin broken toe
Title should be "A Diagnosis That Went Nowhere But South."
20s - she might take off her clothes. Hot!
30s - she doesnt judge him for his flaws and doesnt want to change him. Hot!
What I learned from this video is, most doctors use Apple products, while scientists like to use Dell.
This episode shows one of the reasons I really miss Kutner. To me he seemed to have a mind most similar to House' when it came to diagnosing
eaching conclusions.