Tonight’s patient: a marijuana-growing Camden, N.J., cop who can’t stop laughing. Even after getting shot. He’ll change his tune, but not because of the shooting — and Foreman, no fan of the police, thinks that’s funny. But the doc’s getting sick, too. As for House, he’ll try to get the cop’s partner to fix his speeding tickets. The two-part episode concludes tomorrow at 8 pm/ET.
House has his hands full when he goes up against God, or at least a 15-year-old faith healer who says he talks to God. Trouble is, the kid’s afraid that if House fixes what he thinks is wrong with him, these two-way conversations could stop. Meanwhile, Wilson has moved out of House’s apartment, and where he goes plays an important role in tonight’s plot.
Tonight’s patient can’t sleep, and House can’t stay awake. How’s that for balance? It seems that early-bird Wilson has been messing with House’s sleep patterns at home. As for the 25-year-old patient, she needs a new liver. Good thing she has a lesbian lover who can donate tissue. There are plenty of bad feelings between Foreman and Cameron because, she says, he stole her ideas for a medical-journal article.
House continues to build a strong foundation for Fox after the Tuesday edition of “American Idol,” delivering its strongest ratings ever in viewers and the coveted adults 18-49 demographic. The medical drama averaged 22.6 million viewers and a 9.2 rating/33 share among adults 18-49, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research.
That is the show’s highest not only in the demo but also in total viewers and other key measures. And it’s also the highest retention for a post-”Idol” show in Fox history. And of course, “Idol” was the night’s top show in the demo and total viewers. The talent show averaged 28 million viewers and an 11.2/31 in the demo. “Idol” is up 13% in the demo compared to the same week last year.
Last week, House discovered that new roommate Wilson’s cooking is lip-smackin’ good, but that was then — and now there are dirty dishes in the sink. Somebody will have to wash them, but you don’t think it’ll be House, do you? Back at the hospital, the life that’s on the line belongs to a 16-year-old girl (Michelle Trachtenberg) with a history of allergic reactions, a transplanted heart that keeps failing and a paralysis that’s spreading. And she’s mad at her mother for being overprotective. Mel Harris plays the mom.
