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House Season 4, Episode 7 – Ugly

Last week, House and his team did “whatever it takes” to treat a nine-time racecar champion. This week, the team is faced with a sixteen-year-old kid with cranial facial deformity who was about to undergo plastic surgery (in Dr. Chase’s operating room) and unexpectedly goes into a heart attack. House and his team needs to discover what’s wrong with him before he could receive plastic surgery and live a “normal life”.

Since the plastic surgery operation will be paid by a production company, a film crew follows House and his team around with a complete backstage pass to the case. Although House is not OK with the cameras, Cuddy thinks it would be good PR for the hospital.

In the lecture room, Amber, Cole and the rest of the remaining applicants felt that the sudden appearance of Dr. Terzi was an unfair decision that House made. They asked her if she was directly hired or is she competing with the rest of the team.

House wants his team to think hard (without being distracted by the cameras). While discussing the case with the team, Dr. Terzi suggests a stupid theory and House did not dismiss her idea. House then tells Wilson that he thinks Dr. Terzi is stupid for leaving her career.

Kutner and Taub asks the kid about drug use, but since no scarring was found on his heart, he was negative for using any kinds of drugs, even if he said he used coke, LSD and acid. Kenny, the patient, then vomited blood.

Cuddy finds out that House is keeping the cameras out by conducting diagnosis in the MRI and operating rooms.

In the mean time, Taub wants to make House to look bad in front of the cameras by not telling House he’s wrong about his theories. Dr. Terzi again makes a not-so-intelligent remark about the case and House again did not dismiss her. House tells Wilson that Terzi is making him stupid.

Since there are no tumors on the patient’s stomach, house is sure it’s JRA (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis) and tells the team to give the kid steroids. Taub tells the father about JRA and the steroid treatment, but back-stabs House telling that he can cure Kenny by simply stopping his heart for a second and he could continue his plastic surgery.

While the camera crew was interviewing Cameron about House and her reason for leaving the diagnosis department, House was at a plastic surgery clinic where Taub used to work, disguising himself as a patient needing consultation. House finds out that Taub quit from the firm due to personal reasons. Digging deeper, House discovers that Taub was screwing around with the nurse and as the partner finds out, he quits without contest and signs a “no-competition agreement” with the firm just to keep his marraige.

Taub and House still debates about the appropriate treatment, but Cuddy decides on siding with House. He then tells the kid to take steroids for the JRA and he’ll be okay.

House and Wilson sneaks into the editing room to view the crew’s tape. They watch how Dr. Terzi suggests stupid remarks and why House acts stupidly around her.

In the meantime, as House and Taub visits the patient to see if he’s OK for the plastic surgery, House sees Kenny’s little finger twitching. As it turns out, the team is now faced with another symptom: involuntary muscle movement.

Thirteen suggests it might be lime disease, Taub still insists on his theory, but Taub gets his way this time. They stopped the kid’s heart and he can now continue with the plastic surgery.

At the operating room with the film crew, Chase and other surgeons, Thirteen goes to watch the surgery since she believes House is right. She discovers that the patient had rashes above his hairline and no one looked closely enough to see it was lime disease. The team shaved the patient’s head and becomes positive that it’s lime disease.

Back at the lecture room, the remaining applicants along with Foreman and Terzi was ready for firing time. House lets Taub stay, but admits he has judged and treated Dr. Terzi unfairly. He then fires Terzi and asks her out for a date.

The film crew gave Dr. Cuddy a copy of the documentary. She and House watched the tape and was shocked to see that the production edited everything, making House a “goody goody doctor” and the “savior” of a 16-year-old’s life. As the narrator says, “House, one of those rare doctors”, he stands up shocked and horrified about the tape, eager to complain to the film crew NOT to let anyone see the film.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of House Season 4 episode 8, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on Fox

Heroes Season 2 Episode 8

In Heroes Season 2 Episode 7, Peter found himself in a time where the virus that Suresh is so against administering has wiped out most of the world’s population. Hiro made his way back to the present, as did Kensei (as Adam).

Peter doesn’t know any Adam, who says it must be the Haitian’s fault. When he has a flashback about his brother, we see what happened to Nathan and the long haired Peter after they took off to the sky at the end of season 1.

DL’s alive. He just barely escaped being killed by the bullet.

At Alejandro’s wedding, Maya finds his new bride having a fling with her alleged ex. He threatens her, and she kills them both with her new power. Upon going outside, she realizes the rest of the people at the wedding are dead, too.

Peter brings Nathan into the hospital to be treated for the wounds he sustained while he was about to explode. As he’s walking away, Elle and Bob show up, and she uses her powers to knock him out. Bob tells Peter he’s an old friend of his parents. They’ve temporarily disabled his powers.

Bob’s taking care of DL’s medical bills and wants to help Niki get rid of Jessica, with the catch being she must leave her family and enter the program.

Elle cuts Peter’s hair. She did a surprisingly good job. Then she gives him pills she calls Haitian pills.

Here’s where Adam comes in. He says hi to Peter from the next room.

Three months ago…

Micah wants to be a vigilante and pick up police radio calls. DL tells him he wants to be a hero but with the new job he’s got. Niki just dumps the pills she’s got down the drain.

Adam’s got a spot on assessment of Peter, who now thinks he’s dangerous and is willing to be left in there locked up forever. Peter doesn’t want anything to do with Adam but after a month, he does finally give him his name.

Two months ago…

Peter wants to know Elle’s story, since it’s been two months and he doesn’t know anything. He thinks she just wants to be in control. She’s willing to tell, and it’s not pretty. Following some destructive behavior in her childhood, she’s been locked up in that building for 16 years, isolated from the world. Adam advises to keep his distance from her.

Adam gives Peter some more truth. They’re not trying to cure him. They’re just trying to keep him locked up, like Adam has been for 30 years.

Angela asks Heidi to keep secret that Nathan’s supposedly got a mental health disorder.

Niki thinks she can handle her newest personality, Gina, which she invented when she went to LA when she was younger. Doesn’t look like it.

Bob denies Peter’s request to see his family, which leads him to the truth. Adam says he’s not really dangerous… he can save the world. And that’s why he’s locked up.

DL, now a fireman, runs through fire to save a little girl. Micah’s proud he really is a hero.

Peter finds out he can walk through walls, and he grabs Adam and takes off.

Maya’s been tracked down by her brother, along with a cop. So of course she kills the cop. While trying to calm her down, Alejandro figures out how to use his powers.

While she’s away, Niki heads to a club and picks up a guy. DL shows up and hits the guy. As they’re leaving, the guy shoots DL. That explains what happened to him.

Three weeks ago…

At the funeral, Niki decides to get some help and leaves Micah with Nana.

Adam’s blood can save Nathan. He and Peter go there, and he puts some blood in the IV. His skin starts to heal immediately. Adam gives Peter a plane ticket and plans to meet in Montreal. Elle and the Haitian want a piece of Peter, though. She shocks him, and the Haitian chases after him, cornering him where he was found in episode 1, then removing his memory, telling him to go start a new life.

Peter now remembers everything. It’s time to save the world.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Heroes Season 2 episode 9 Cautionary Tales, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.

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Prison Break Season 3 Episode 8

With the two hour block last week, you probably thought someone was going to get out of prison in Prison Break Season 3 episode 7. Try as they might, that didn’t happen. Well, Mahone arranged to be moved from prison, but nobody actually broke out. While Michael and Whistler did get out the window, the weather dependent plans were spoiled by some clouds. Lechero, afraid he was losing power, told Scofield he was going to get him out of there whether he liked it or not. I don’t think that will be a problem.

McGrady gets dressed up for a visit from his father.

Lincoln tells Michael LJ’s still alive and that they have 4 more days. Michael’s upset Lincoln used him.

Susan’s told that it needs to be ended today. Bang and burn. She says that it should be reconsidered, but she gets ignored/threatened. She informs Whistler of the plan and tells him he’s either going to cooperate and be ready by 5, or she’ll leave him there to rot. It’s pretty clear from the hectic pace of the planning stages they’re not as prepared for this as they probably should be.

Sofia gets a call from someone who says he’s Whistler’s landlord. She goes to visit him.

Mahone’s still crazy and flashing back to Oscar Shales, who he killed and buried to prevent some lawyer from getting him off unfairly. He tells Lang he can’t testify in his current state, so he needs some drugs.

Michael seems to know something’s up with Whistler but can’t quite put his finger on it. Nothing to be worried about, though. Just the small matter of Whistler wanting him dead, at Susan’s request.

Lechero reveals a secret buried underneath Sona, an underground tunnel that had been used to transport prisoners. After the riots, the tunnel was blown up. Scofield suggests they can’t dig out, but that they can dig up.

While visiting Whistler’s landlord, Sofia starts to snoop around. For starters, his name’s not even James Whistler. The call was intercepted, allowing Susan to find out where she was headed, so she shows up to tell her not to get in the way.

Whistler pretends to be claustrophobic, but Michael’s not dumb enough to buy it. The fact that Whistler keeps looking at his watch isn’t helping matters any.

Lincoln and Sucre rent a cabin and come up with a plan that involves recording gunshots.

Good thing Michael knows McGrady’s father’s coming today. He asks him to have his dad pass a message along to Lincoln. McGrady does as he’s asked. The message is don’t go home for dinner, a code they used when they were younger, meaning to watch his back. While McGrady’s visiting with his father, Whistler also gets a visitor, Sofia. He asks her to stay away from Lincoln and to just go home and stay there. She asks about the apartment, but he denies knowing anything.

Disregarding the warning from Whistler, Sofia’s first stop is Lincoln. Susan, who of course is having her monitored, considers this a violation of her instructions, and says to take them all out. Lincoln breaks the news to Sofia that the passport with another name is proof her boyfriend’s a liar. Lincoln calls Lechero’s phone, which Sammy answers. The men watching Sofia pull a gun on her, but Lincoln pulls one on them in return. They beat up one guy, but the other captures Sofia and tells him to put down the gun like he did with LJ. Instead of dropping the gun, this time, he shoots the guy. Nice aim.

Mahone’s been dragged off to court, too quickly to get his drugs. He testifies that he killed as he was told so he could protect his family. Then he asks to go home.

Michael continues to get more suspicious about Whistler. He gets a message from Lechero to call his brother, and during the conversation, he realizes that the Company’s breaking Whistler out on their own and doesn’t need them any more. Whistler climbs on a roof and waits to be picked up by a chopper, which is firing on the military men standing by. Scofield gets there in time to start kicking his ass. Whistler manages to jump on the helicopter’s ladder, and Michael grabs onto him and holds on. Eventually, he manages to force him to let go, and both of them fall onto the roof of a building.

Here we go again. The alarm sounds, and all prisoners are forced out into the yard and on their knees.

Mahone’s told that they have to take him back to Sona. I guess this is supposed to be a surprise.

Scofield is the first one to be confronted. He claims to be innocent. He’s informed he causes too many problems in Sona, so he shouldn’t be there. They escort him out of the prison.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Prison Break season 3 episode 9 Boxed In, which airs in January when Prison Break returns to Fox.

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WGA Strike/Show Status

The networks were originally expecting to have shows continue airing into early next year, but with most hyphenates refusing to perform their non-writing duties, a lot of shows have been impacted earlier than anticipated, despite scripts waiting to be shot. It’ll be interesting to see the longer term consequences for these actions, particularly for the new shows that nobody seems to care about as it is or for returning shows that are fading, but for the time being, here’s the current status of various shows, thanks to LA Times. Keep in mind reality shows are not impacted by the strike and actually will probably be increasingly in demand as it goes on.

ABC
Big Shots – all 13 episodes
Boston Legal – 14 of 22 episodes
Brothers & Sisters – 11-12 of 23 episodes
Carpoolers – all 13 episodes
Cavemen – 12 of 13 episodes
Cashmere Mafia – Delayed due to strike
Desperate Housewives – 9 of 22 episodes
Dirty Sexy Money – 11 of 13 episodes
Eli Stone – all 13 episodes
Grey’s Anatomy – 11 of 22 episodes
Lost – 8 of 16 episodes
Men in Trees – 19 of 27 episodes
Private Practice – 4 episodes left
Pushing Daisies – 9 of 22 episodes
Samantha Who? – 8 episodes left
Ugly Betty – 13 of 24 episodes
Women’s Murder Club – 10 of 13 episodes

CBS
Big Bang Theory – 8-9 of 13 episodes
Cane – all 13 episodes
Criminal Minds – 11-12 of 22 episodes
CSI – 11-12 of 22 episodes
CSI: Miami – 13 of 24 episodes
CSI: NY – 13-14 of 22 episodes
How I Met Your Mother – 11 of 22 episodes
Jericho – all 7 episodes
Moonlight – 11-12 of 13 episodes
NCIS – 13 of 22 episodes
New Adventures of Old Christine – 8-9 of 13 episodes
Numb3rs – 12 of 22 episodes
Rules of Engagement – 9-10 of unknown episodes
Shark – 12 of 22 episodes
The Unit – 11 of 22 episodes
Two and a Half Men – 11 of 22 episodes

NBC
30 Rock – 10 of 22 episodes
Friday Night Lights – 15 of 22 episodes
Heroes – 11 of 24 episodes
Journeyman – 12 of 13 episodes
Law & Order SVU – 14 of 22 episodes
Medium – 9 of 22 episodes
My Name Is Earl – 13 of 22 episodes
The Office – In reruns in a week
Scrubs – 12 of 18 episodes

Fox
24 – Delayed due to strike
American Dad – 19 fresh episodes
Back to You – 9 of 24 episodes
Bones – 12 of 22 episodes
Family Guy – 14 fresh episodes
King of the Hill – 17 fresh episodes
K-Ville – 10 of 13 episodes
Prison Break – 13 of 22 episodes
The Simpsons – 17 fresh episodes

CW
Aliens in America – 17 of 22 episodes
Everybody Hates Chris – all 22 episodes
The Game – 10 of 22 episodes
Girlfriends – 10 of 22 episodes
Gossip Girl – 12 of 22 episodes
Life Is Wild – 12 of 13 episodes
One Tree Hill – 12 of 13 episodes
Reaper – all 13 episodes
Smallville – 12-14 of 22 episodes
Supernatural – 12-14 of 22 episodes

Daytime
Soaps will continue to run into the new year for ABC, CBS, and NBC. Ellen DeGeneres has returned. The View will continue uninterrupted.

Late Night
Mostly in reruns already. There is talk of guest hosts on some shows. Jimmy Kimmel will probably go into reruns but may do the show on his own. Nightline will remain in originals.

USA
Burn Notice – Production starts in January
In Plain Sight – Nearly wrapped
Law & Order: Criminal Intent – Second half of season will be impacted
Monk – Full second half of season
Psych – Full second half of season
Starter Wife – Production starts in March

Sci-Fi
Battlestar Galactica – 10 episodes and a two hour movie
Eureka – Will be impacted
Stargate Atlantis – Not expected to be impacted

FX
Dirt – Will be impacted
Nip/Tuck – 14 of 22 episodes
Rescue Me – Will be impacted
The Riches – 7 of 13 episodes
The Shield – Final season is written
Thirty Days – Not expected to be impacted

HBO
12 Miles of Bad Road – In production
In Treatment – Will not be impacted
True Blood – In production
The Wire – all episodes completed

Showtime
New Tracey Ullman series – all 5 episodes
The Tudors – 12 episodes completed

A Grip’s View of the Strike

From Dale Alexander, a key grip on The Office, via LA Times.

“Our show was shut down and we were all laid off this week. I’ve been watching the news since the WGA strike was announced and I have yet to see any coverage dedicated to the effect that this strike will have on the below the line employees.

“I respect the WGA’s position. They probably do deserve a larger percentage of profit participation, but a lengthy strike will affect more than just the writers and studios. On my show we had 14 writers. There were also 2 cameramen, 2 camera assistants, 4 hair stylists, 4 makeup artists, 7 wardrobe people, 4 grips, 4 electricians, 2 craft service, 4 props people, 6 construction, 1 medic, 3 art department, 5 set dressers, 3 sound men, 3 stand-ins, 2 set PAs, 4 assistant directors, 1 DGA trainee, 1 unit manager, 6 production office personnel, 3 casting people, 4 writers assistants, 1 script supervisor, 2 editors, 2 editors assistants, 3 post production personnel, 1 facilities manager, 8 drivers, 2 location managers, 3 accountants, 4 caterers and a producer who’s not a writer. All 102 of us are now out of work.

“I have been in the motion picture business for 33 years and have survived three major strikes. None of which have been by any of the below the line unions. During the 1988 WGA strike many of my friends lost their homes, cars and even spouses. Many actors are publicly backing the writers, some have even said that they would find a way to help pay bills for the striking writers. When the networks run out of new shows and they air repeats the writers will be paid residuals. The lowest paid writer in television makes roughly twice the salary than the below the line crewmember makes. Everyone should be paid their fair share, but does it have to be at the expense of the other 90% of the crewmembers. Nobody ever recoups from a strike, lost wages are just that, lost.

“We all know that the strike will be resolved. Eventually both sides will return to the bargaining table and make a deal. The only uncertainty is how many of our houses, livelihoods, college educations and retirement funds will pay for it.”

CSI: Season 8, Episode 6 – Who and What

Last week, the CSI team investigates the murder, which turned out to be an accident that was covered up by the production, of a horror queen, Weatherly Adams. This week, the CSI team is faced with multiple questions when they discover their case is part of the FBI’s 6-year-old serial killer unsolved case.

The episode starts with a lady playing a game board with a boy. Since the boy seems uninterested, the lady just leaves him in the living room as she takes a shower. A few minutes later, she hears the kid fall and shocked by a man that attacks her. The victim, Carmen Davis and the boy “Evan” were both left dead.

Greg and Catherine has been processing the crime scene for six hours. They receive a call from the FBI ordering them to stop, so as soon as Grissom came, the FBI lands down from the helicopter. Jack Malone introduces himself to Jim Brass, Grissom and the rest of the team. He discloses to them about a kidnapping that took place six years ago. The kid was kidnapped in the babysitter’s apartment, while the babysitter was left for dead and the FBI believes the dead kid is their missing kid.

Cath determines the murder weapon used is a hammer and Dr. Robbins confirms this by stating the cause of death – multiple blood force trauma – for both Evan and Carmen Davis. However, his examination also suggested that Carmen Davis was raped before she died.

At the crime scene, the team finds the vic’s ID on top of her credit card. However, Greg finds an empty jewelry box, while Stokes sees several pictures of Davis wearing jewelries. Warrick investigates around the desk and finds a list of poker player statistics (marking #273) and a laptop with several online gambling websites open.

Brown and Malone visits the nearest casino with poker competition to look for contestant #273. The man tries to run, but Malone catches him before he escapes. Brown obtains Tom Michaels’ finger prints and DNA while Malone interrogates him. Michaels admits that he listened to the voice inside his head rather than listening to Brother Willard, his spiritual adviser. Just as Malone gets pissed with Michaels, Brass stops the interrogation and a picture of the dead Evan falls. As it turns out, Tom Michaels was Evan’s father and Carmen Davis was his ex-girlfriend.

Wendy finds out that there were two semen donors from Carmen Davis – one from Tom Michaels and the other was listed in two unsolved cases in New York and Idaho.

At a jewelry store, the team finds Carmen’s missing jewelries. They acquired the video tape from the store to get a look at the suspect, but only a cap with Hartgreen Harvest logo was seen. At the nearest casino, they discovered the suspect wearing the same cap, but are still unable to get a clear picture.

Sarah finds herself in another crime scene when a bloody man asks for the neighborhood kids’ help.Sara and the police searches for the man’s house only to find his wife raped and dead, leaving the murder weapon (a hammer) behind and replaced it with a 45-auto gun. With the same crime scene patterns, such as the ID left above the credit card and covered raped victim, the CSI team links this crime scene with the first murder.

While Grissom and Sara was talking about the suspect, Grissom hears the sound of the railroad a few blocks away from the crime scene. He tells Malone that the two crime scenes were both near the rails and their killer is escaping through the railroad.

Stokes and Archie checks out the security cam from the South Point casino. Studies the suspect’s actions and sees that he was particularly attentive to a poster. They discovered that the suspect was calling information to get the home number and address of the waitress,Gina Ferantino. Unable to get what he wants, he gets pissed and smashes his hands on the phone booth.

Upon interviewing the manager of the casino, the team finds out that Gina met the suspect when he won 2,500 in the slot machines the day before. Stokes asks for the reward claim slip to get the suspect’s fingerprints.

The suspect, identified as Terry Lee Wicker, was once married to Gina Ferantino. A police car finds Ferantino’s car, but the suspect shoots him dead. When the team arrives, Grissom discovers that there is a railroad just 16 miles away from the latest crime scene.

As they arrive the railroad tracks, both Malone and Grissom searches the trains for Wicker. Unfortunately,Terry Wicker was smart enough to hire a homeless guy and pay him $100 to wear his cap and get on the train. Back at the railroad port, the team finds Ferantino’s car, where she was left dead in the compartment.

As it turns out, Terry Wicker visited Las Vegas for a reunion with his ex-wife and to pick up his kid (Coby) from school. The episode ends with Coby sitting in one of the trains while Terry Wicker sings to him.

Will the CSI team and FBI still catch this serial killer?

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of CSI: Las Vegas Season 8 episode 7, which airs Thursday at 9pm on CBS.

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