DNR: Episode 9

DNR:

First of all, House is obviously a bit of a fan-boy of the patient in question (John Henry Giles), which is nice, because House's devotion to music just isn't played with enough.

Speaking of which, towards the beginning of the episode, Foreman finds House lying on the carpet of his office, listening to jazzy music and zoning out, his eyes closed, face peacefully relaxed, and his hand waving in the air, keeping time with the music.

Which seems to me very very similar to Watson's description of Holmes at a concert in REDH:

"All the afternoon he sat in the stalls wrapped in the most perfect happiness, gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the music, while his gently smiling face and his languid, dreamy eyes were as unlike those of Holmes, the sleuth-hound, Holmes the relentless, keen-witted, ready-handed criminal agent, as it was possible to conceive."

I also think that John Henry Giles' point about how manically talented people like House and Giles will never have a normal life but can always have genius instead is very true, and also very pertinent to Holmes. A normal, trouble-less, boring life would be utterly out of the question for Holmes; he would rather be miserable but not bored. Holmes doesn't want a normal life, he has his genius and he has his cases and he has his Watson. Same goes for House. He doesn't want normalcy, he wants his genius and cases and Wilson.

Side Note: I was very pleased to see a Princeton Record Exchange bag make an appearance in this episode; someone's been doing their research on the setting of this show!