Robert Sean Leonard is a tool.
So I watched the season premiere "House, M.D." today and I just have to say -- Robert Sean Leonard's character is a d-bag. But before I start trashing everyone's favorite suicidal member of the Dead Poets Society, let me explain myself. As those of you who are paying attention have already noticed, this post was written on Friday.
...at midnight. A perfect time to be out and about, involved in a myriad of illegal activities. But what, you may ask, was Srinivas doing at this hour? Playing pong? Combining Mentos and Diet Coke? Incoherently explaining that the "bring back Vincent and Angela" episode of Project Runway was a total sell out? No, My night had come to an end, and I found myself watching TV -- needless to say, I was excited to see that House was on. Greatest show ever with the greatest actor ever, Hugh Laurie of "Black Adder" fame. But you know who isn't the greatest actor ever? Robert Sean Leonard. Because he's a total jerk.
In this episode, House just came back from rehab after regaining the use of leg, and he apparently now has a positive outlook on life. I don't know how I feel about that, because some of the best parts of the show were Hugh Laurie totally ripping into people for no reason -- but hey, who am I to second guess the almighty Television? Anyway, House goes on this bent to help a coma patient, even when everyone around him is telling him to give up. House, in true House fashion, keeps on pushing until, finally, recommendation to inject the patient with cortisol (note: any chemical with more than the eight letters is too long for TV) miraculously makes the patient get up and walk.
But here's the twist -- House didn't see the patient recovering, so he never knew that the cortisol worked. Robert Sean Leonard's (RSL for short -- shut up, its not lame) character knew, and what did he do? Absolutely nothing. RSL told everyone to hide the patient's recovery from House, so that he would never know he was right the whole time about the cortisol. His argument was basically that "House needs to learn to listen to me." How crazy is that -- House just saved someone's life, and this tool doesn't want him to know because of some personal vendetta? And they totally set up the plotline so RSL can keep on coming back to this decision and thereby continue to be a tool. Its just ridiculous.
But more than that, why the hell would you make RSL's character do this? I mean, the guy is like the nicest on the show. There are a couple of theories:
1) Some tool at the network looked at "House, M.D." and thought "you know what this show needs? More middle-aged white d-bags."
2) The writers are involved in some sort of war with RSL, and have decided that they will make his character do ridiculous things until he quits.
3) RSL is a jerk and wants a character who matches his personality.
The results are not optimistic. (1) seems farfetched (I mean, there are so many better potential d-bags on the cast), (2) is a little gangbanger for the network TV writers. So what does that leave us with?
Robert Sean Leonard is a complete tool.
Oh yeah, and I have a blog now. I'll talk about more important things than TV when I'm in a better state of mind. But will I talk about more awesome things? Probably not. And as an added extra, I'll be attaching a song to the end of my posts for mass consumption.
The Go! Team -- Huddle Formation
...at midnight. A perfect time to be out and about, involved in a myriad of illegal activities. But what, you may ask, was Srinivas doing at this hour? Playing pong? Combining Mentos and Diet Coke? Incoherently explaining that the "bring back Vincent and Angela" episode of Project Runway was a total sell out? No, My night had come to an end, and I found myself watching TV -- needless to say, I was excited to see that House was on. Greatest show ever with the greatest actor ever, Hugh Laurie of "Black Adder" fame. But you know who isn't the greatest actor ever? Robert Sean Leonard. Because he's a total jerk.
In this episode, House just came back from rehab after regaining the use of leg, and he apparently now has a positive outlook on life. I don't know how I feel about that, because some of the best parts of the show were Hugh Laurie totally ripping into people for no reason -- but hey, who am I to second guess the almighty Television? Anyway, House goes on this bent to help a coma patient, even when everyone around him is telling him to give up. House, in true House fashion, keeps on pushing until, finally, recommendation to inject the patient with cortisol (note: any chemical with more than the eight letters is too long for TV) miraculously makes the patient get up and walk.
But here's the twist -- House didn't see the patient recovering, so he never knew that the cortisol worked. Robert Sean Leonard's (RSL for short -- shut up, its not lame) character knew, and what did he do? Absolutely nothing. RSL told everyone to hide the patient's recovery from House, so that he would never know he was right the whole time about the cortisol. His argument was basically that "House needs to learn to listen to me." How crazy is that -- House just saved someone's life, and this tool doesn't want him to know because of some personal vendetta? And they totally set up the plotline so RSL can keep on coming back to this decision and thereby continue to be a tool. Its just ridiculous.
But more than that, why the hell would you make RSL's character do this? I mean, the guy is like the nicest on the show. There are a couple of theories:
1) Some tool at the network looked at "House, M.D." and thought "you know what this show needs? More middle-aged white d-bags."
2) The writers are involved in some sort of war with RSL, and have decided that they will make his character do ridiculous things until he quits.
3) RSL is a jerk and wants a character who matches his personality.
The results are not optimistic. (1) seems farfetched (I mean, there are so many better potential d-bags on the cast), (2) is a little gangbanger for the network TV writers. So what does that leave us with?
Robert Sean Leonard is a complete tool.
Oh yeah, and I have a blog now. I'll talk about more important things than TV when I'm in a better state of mind. But will I talk about more awesome things? Probably not. And as an added extra, I'll be attaching a song to the end of my posts for mass consumption.
The Go! Team -- Huddle Formation
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