House – Recap & Review – The Tyrant

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House
The Tyrant

Original Air date: Oct 5, 2009

Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

President Dibala (James Earl Jones) is a very bad man. He and his buddy/bodyguard are being driven through town when they’re stopped by a black van and served with a civil subpoena, which Dibala promptly vomits blood on. Man, I don’t like court paperwork either but that just seems a little extreme.

Hey guys, Chase and Cameron are back! The whole team is back together, including House. It’s like the good old days!

So, we’ve got this evil dictator who is committing genocide in his country on the premise that that’s the only way to save it. Sure, I guess if there’s no one left but you, you’re all good. Anyway, Cameron isn’t too keen on helping this guy but does it because it’s the right thing to do, while everyone else chastises her for it. In the end, Chase ends up murdering him by using blood from a morgue patient with the disease Foreman diagnosed Dibala with. Chase doesn’t tell Cameron and Foreman burns the morgue sign in sheet that would implicate Chase.

Meanwhile, House was getting kicked out of Wilson’s apartment because, Murphy, the downstairs neighbor didn’t like the sound of House’s cane banging on the floor all the time. House’s solution? Being nice to the guy. It actually works.

Also, Foreman and Hadley break up, then get back together, and then break up again.

It’s kind of sad that I can break down an entire episode in 3 – 4 paragraphs, but it was all kinds of meh for me. I mean, it was nice having the original group back and yeah, Chase killed someone, but the rest of it was just ho hum. What’d you think? Am I too picky? Am I just having a bad week? Leave a comment with your thoughts.