Go Back  DVD Talk Forum > Entertainment Discussions > TV Talk
Reload this Page >

House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Community
Search
TV Talk Talk about Shows on TV

House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 05-12-09, 01:14 PM
  #26  
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
 
uteotw's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: All the Way to Reno
Posts: 4,757
Received 71 Likes on 62 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Loved it. Not overdone, revealed just right. Very, very cool.
Old 05-12-09, 01:46 PM
  #27  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Puyallup
Posts: 16,430
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 4 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
So I was a little distracted at the end but if I understand it right he completely imagined him and Cuddy sleeping together? It was all just a drugged up hallucination?
Yes, I know some people here had doubts that he could be clean off of pain killers in 24 hours..so now we know why.
Old 05-12-09, 01:49 PM
  #28  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Puyallup
Posts: 16,430
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 4 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by firstjump
I was not expecting that ending at all! It was good there was so much comic relief throughout the episode because the ending was just depressing. I can't wait to see how next season will pick up!
welcome to dvdtalk
Old 05-12-09, 03:24 PM
  #29  
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Northern New Jersey...or as we say it "Sopranos Country USA"
Posts: 3,905
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

For those interested, the final scene was filmed in my hometown (Morris Plains) at Greystone Park mental hospital. Right off of Central Ave in Morris Plains...and right down the street from my old house on Glenbrook Road. Very cool! Props to the production team for using an authentic Jersey locale.
Old 05-12-09, 03:33 PM
  #30  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,495
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by macnorton
For those interested, the final scene was filmed in my hometown (Morris Plains) at Greystone Park mental hospital. Right off of Central Ave in Morris Plains...and right down the street from my old house on Glenbrook Road. Very cool! Props to the production team for using an authentic Jersey locale.

Is it still open?
Old 05-12-09, 04:11 PM
  #31  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Times Square
Posts: 12,135
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 2 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

The episode worked for me .....
Old 05-12-09, 05:29 PM
  #32  
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 111
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by macnorton
For those interested, the final scene was filmed in my hometown (Morris Plains) at Greystone Park mental hospital. Right off of Central Ave in Morris Plains...and right down the street from my old house on Glenbrook Road. Very cool! Props to the production team for using an authentic Jersey locale.
Yup, recognized it right away (I'm from NJ). Such an amazing building.
Old 05-12-09, 06:42 PM
  #33  
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Northern New Jersey...or as we say it "Sopranos Country USA"
Posts: 3,905
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by Septemberbaby
Is it still open?
Yes it is. They have done a TON of work on the place. It is now mostly out patient stuff now.

Also the actual facility is in four different towns. That main building in the show is in Morris Plains. Then the other parts are in Morris Township, Randolph and Denville (I think it is, on that last one).
Old 05-12-09, 06:43 PM
  #34  
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Northern New Jersey...or as we say it "Sopranos Country USA"
Posts: 3,905
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by scc15
Yup, recognized it right away (I'm from NJ). Such an amazing building.
Sweet..Morris County area?
Old 05-12-09, 06:55 PM
  #35  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,495
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by macnorton
Yes it is. They have done a TON of work on the place. It is now mostly out patient stuff now.

Also the actual facility is in four different towns. That main building in the show is in Morris Plains. Then the other parts are in Morris Township, Randolph and Denville (I think it is, on that last one).

When I was a kid, I used to hear about Greystone and Overlook. I wasn't sure if GS was still open.
I grew up in Bloomfield and lived in Woodbridge before I moved down South.
Old 05-12-09, 08:09 PM
  #36  
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,019
Received 100 Likes on 80 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Here's the thing I have been wondering

I think we were all surprised at the strung out, sick junkie look of House had at the end of the episode. But it has always really been told through his eyes almost entirely. So question is:

Has house really ALWAYS looked like this and it was the first time we really saw how far he has fallen into addiction?

Last edited by johnnysd; 05-12-09 at 08:37 PM.
Old 05-12-09, 09:25 PM
  #37  
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 111
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by macnorton
Sweet..Morris County area?
Passaic County
Old 05-13-09, 01:38 AM
  #38  
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Delawhere?
Posts: 57
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

I may be totally misinterpreting the whole ending of the show, but here's my take.

The implication is that the whole character is a persona adopted by Wilson brother. It is a drug induced hallucination. The man we see at the end is actually Wilson's mentally ill, drug addicted brother.

This would challenge the whole premise of the show. As unlikely as it is, it would be a a ballsy move by the writers and it would definitely piss off a great number of fans. Myself, I'd say go for it. Challenge peoples perceptions.
Old 05-13-09, 09:19 AM
  #39  
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,019
Received 100 Likes on 80 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by Tom O' Bedlam
I may be totally misinterpreting the whole ending of the show, but here's my take.

The implication is that the whole character is a persona adopted by Wilson brother. It is a drug induced hallucination. The man we see at the end is actually Wilson's mentally ill, drug addicted brother.

This would challenge the whole premise of the show. As unlikely as it is, it would be a a ballsy move by the writers and it would definitely piss off a great number of fans. Myself, I'd say go for it. Challenge peoples perceptions.
I don't think that they would go there. I do think that maybe "reality" is a little different than we have though in this show tough
Old 05-13-09, 11:08 AM
  #40  
DVD Talk Legend
 
kenbuzz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Bloomington, IN
Posts: 22,563
Received 383 Likes on 244 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by macnorton
Yes it is. They have done a TON of work on the place. It is now mostly out patient stuff now.

Also the actual facility is in four different towns. That main building in the show is in Morris Plains. Then the other parts are in Morris Township, Randolph and Denville (I think it is, on that last one).
For such a small state, you guys sure do have a lot of mental hospitals. And medical waste.
Old 05-13-09, 11:34 AM
  #41  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,495
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by kenbuzz
For such a small state, you guys sure do have a lot of mental hospitals. And medical waste.
And don't forget Diners! NJ got themselves tons of Diners!




My sister who now lives in VA won a trivia contest on her radio station for guessing which state has the most diners.
Old 05-13-09, 11:56 AM
  #42  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: On a little blue planet, third from the Sun.
Posts: 1,389
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Olivia Wilde Named Maxim's Hottest Woman:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/161...13/story.jhtml
Old 05-13-09, 02:28 PM
  #43  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Chew's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 1999
Location: South of Titletown
Posts: 18,628
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
This week's issue of TVGuide had a rather poorly timed article about last week's episode of House. A doctor was complaining about the quick detox House went through and that it "sends the wrong message."

Don't places like TVGuide have these episodes a few weeks in advance? They didn't know about the finale?

Either way, I was laughing to myself as I read it yesterday.
Old 05-13-09, 03:57 PM
  #44  
DVD Talk Hero
 
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Duluth, GA, USA
Posts: 37,797
Received 7 Likes on 7 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by Flave
Olivia Wilde Named Maxim's Hottest Woman:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/161...13/story.jhtml
Wha? She's pretty, but a bit too skinny, and an A-cup.
Old 05-13-09, 04:58 PM
  #45  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 2,368
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by Patman
Wha? She's pretty, but a bit too skinny, and an A-cup.
Plus her botoxed forehead scares and annoys me.
Old 05-13-09, 05:46 PM
  #46  
Senior Member
 
LeeVing's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Oregon
Posts: 359
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

ok..so maybe i'm missing something.


He hallucinated the detox, so he didn't really detox and was still popping vicodin. So he's going into the "Mental Health Center" for drug induced psychosis?

Or is there some other disorder going on?
Old 05-13-09, 05:47 PM
  #47  
Senior Member
 
LeeVing's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Oregon
Posts: 359
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by bwvanh114
Plus her botoxed forehead scares and annoys me.
oh come on....you'd do her
Old 05-13-09, 05:59 PM
  #48  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 2,368
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

Originally Posted by LeeVing
oh come on....you'd do her
Oh of course I'd fuck her. But her botoxed forehead still annoys me.
Old 05-14-09, 06:27 PM
  #49  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Sacramento, Calif.
Posts: 13,525
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

The ending definitely blew me away. Past few weeks have been so refreshing since the Kutner suicide.

Was not remotely expecting that. That's crazy. I wonder how it will pan in to next season.

He hallucinated the detox, so he didn't really detox and was still popping vicodin. So he's going into the "Mental Health Center" for drug induced psychosis?

Or is there some other disorder going on?
He doesn't even know that he's popping the Vicodin so maybe it's not a drug induced hallucination. Crazy shit.
Old 06-02-09, 07:03 PM
  #50  
Member
 
Brack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: near Cincinnati
Posts: 10,007
Received 61 Likes on 39 Posts
Re: House -- Season Finale -- "Both Sides Now" -- 5/11/09

I'm slowly catching up on my tivo. wow, what a terrific episode! I was fooled. I'm really looking forward to next season.


Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.