The TV Addict 

I stopped watching earlier in the season, but I’m guessing that once an episode, Wilhelmina tries some scheme to wrestle away power of Mode, enlists Mark, Mark does her bidding, Willy mistreats Mark in the process, Mark considers mutiny but instead secretly helps Betty and/or sabotages Willy, and in the end Willy apologizes and Mark stays with her.

I’m guessing that despite all the lessons “learned” in previous episode, Daniel hooks up with some shallow woman, gets burned by it, and learns some new lesson after inadvertently mistreating and/or underestimating Betty.

As awkward as the transition into the storyline was, I actually felt like Daniel getting a son and his own magazine were good directions for his character. Of course, his magazine was a slacker caricature of a real magazine, he secretly missed Mode and got it back, and then he lost his son which wasn’t really his. Reset button.

I’m guessing I’m going to be in the minority here, but I think House has been twice as good since they brought on Taub, Kutner, and 13, starting with the competition in which House gradually narrowed down 30 docs to 3.

Granted, they haven’t focused much on Kutner’s personal life, but he’s a geek, which is something I can relate too. They’ve explored Taub’s life & personality without making him a significant distraction from the medicine or House’s antics. And, 13 has become the 2nd most interesting person on the show, next to House. And, from the original three asst. doctors, they still kept Foreman (the most interesting of those three), and Chase & Cameron are better in small doses anyway. And, then there was the whole Amber/Wilson storyline last season (which felt a little weird at first but ending well).

If anything, I think it’s the medical stuff that has gotten mundane. The character stuff and cast shake-up have been thoroughly enjoyable for me.