"House" fans all remember last season's stunning finale: the good (and very jealous) doctor ramming his car straight into Cuddy's house while she hosted a dinner party with a potential new boyfriend inside. Oh yeah, and Wilson in the car with him.
Finally, House had gone too far and we all knew there had to be real consequences this time. Sure enough, the new season (premiering tonight at 9 p.m. on Fox) opens a year later with Dr. House paying for his crimes in prison.
This out-of-pocket episode isn't as amazing as the Season 6 opener with House in a mental institution, but few things in life are. Still, it's a solid episode that gives us a chance to see House being House, but in an environment where a bit of the cocky swagger has been zapped.
Hugh Laurie, as always, is great.
Highlights from the clink: House has to manage his painkiller addiction, (apparently getting drugs in prison isn't as easy as I assumed it was), avoid getting taken out by a nasty prison gang, survive cohabitation with a psycho cellmate, and manage a parole board. And of course, because he can't resist, House assists a clinic physician (Odette Annable, who joins the show as a series regular) with the non-Lupus (of course) diagnosis of a sick fellow inmate.
In sadder news, no Cuddy this season. Lisa Edelstein is off the show.
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