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The Doctor Is In
By Brent Furdyk, Editor, TV Week | Sep 21, 2009
One of this season's most-awaited season premieres airs tonight — the two-hour kick-off to the sixth seaosn of "House."
The entire episode is set within the confines of a psychiatric institution, to which House committed himself at the end of last season, and all I can say is it's a very different episode. After watching, remind yourself that Hugh Laurie has never won an Emmy — although if there were any justice in Hollywood, tonight's episode will right that wrong, in which Laurie turns in a harrowing performance as the badly broken doctor kicks his drug addiction cold turkey and slowly re-assembles the shattered pieces of his psyche. Network television doesn't get better than this.
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Doctor Heal Thyself
Oh the irony, to watch Hugh Laurie sit there at the Emmy's, stoned faced, as if he knew he wasn't going to win a statue, to having what better be an Emmy winning performance (or episode at the very least) air only a night later. This by far was the most enjoyable and best House I've seen yet.
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