House

By Rob Despite very good feedback and notices for Con O’Neill’s performance, the box office sales have not been sufficient to keep the show going, and so the producers have taken the difficult decision to close the show three weeks prior to its scheduled end date.

By Rob But while certainly exaggerated and, at times, highly implausible (witness the White House siege episode), 24 consistently managed to grip like no other show. Almost every episode’s cliffhanger had you panting breathlessly for more and counting down the days to the next week’s revela...

By Rob What’s the story? House (Hugh Laurie) engages in a battle of wits and wills against the attending physician in charge of his detox program. When he starts to lose, House resorts to blackmail to gain the upper hand. Was it any good? House rapped, House snogged, House had sex with a married moth...

By Rob INDIELONDON singles out notable episodes from current television series for stand-alone reviews. On this occasion we take a look at the second part of the opening episode of House: Season 6 entitled Broken (as aired on Sky1 on Sunday, October 11, 2009).

By Rob Greg Grunberg: They’re asking me to come back now, which I really want to do. I love the show. I love Lost so much. So it would be great to go back before the season ends, to show what did happen in the cockpit. That pilot episode was so great – J.J. did such a great job with that.

By Rob I hope Braugher remains in the show for some time. He’s a good sparring partner for House and Laurie and Braugher clearly enjoy the match-up. It brings back memories of David Morse in season 4, and House is never better than when providing Laurie’s doc with a worthwhile adversary.

By Rob In between, Olivia Wilde’s Thirteen struggled to cope with her Parkinson’s diagnosis and went off the rails completely, before being dragged back by her unlikely relationship with Omar Epps’ Foreman; Chase (Jesse Spencer) and Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) endured some ups and downs a...

By Rob The main case of the week, meanwhile, involved a man (played by Ashton Holmes) whose left arm worked independently from his right – frequently doing the opposite to what he wanted. But this seemed more of a distraction for House… as was the impending wedding of Cameron (Jennifer Morrison)...

By Rob SCREEN beauty Olivia Wilde has joined the cast of new Paul Haggis thriller The Next Three Days. Aside from her recurring role alongside Hugh Laurie in House, Wilde starred in Jack Black summer comedy Year One and is also in Tron Legacy.

By Anne Michael Attenborough has been Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre Company since 2002. His productions as such include The Mercy Seat, Five Gold Rings, Brighton Rock, The Late Henry Moss, Enemies, There Came A Gypsy Riding, Big White Fog, Awake and Sing!, The Homecoming, In a Dark Da...

By Anne FOOTPRINT Project and Tirso Theatre Company are presenting the London premiere of Humberto Robles’ Frida Kahlo Viva la Vida! at the Oval House Theatre – from October 20 to November 7, 2009. Friday October 23: Mariachi Songs in the Time of Frida – live music and refreshments in the Oval Hous...

By Rob Simon Baker, The Mentalist Michael C. Hall, Dexter Jon Hamm, Mad Men Hugh Laurie, House Supporting Actress (Drama) Rose Byrne, Damages Hope Davis, In Treatment Cherry Jones, 24 Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy Dianne Wiest, In Treatment Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy

By Rob Was it any good? Is it me, or is House becoming more melodramatic and personal with each new episode? We’ve already had House’s road trip with Wilson and more revelations about Thirteen’s private life. Now, Cuddy takes centre stage. Read our review of Lucky Thirteen

By Anne What’s the story? Thirteen (Olivia Wilde) brings her one-night stand (Angela Gots) to the hospital after the woman has a seizure. However, the woman admits she slept with Thirteen so she could get to House (Hugh Laurie) and have him diagnose her condition. Meanwhile, House continues to pa...

By Rob 1995’s The Great Escape remains, arguably, their weakest LP to date, but was notable for the No.1 hit Country House and the war of words and battle of the charts with Oasis. Blur won the singles battles, Oasis the LP war. But it’s hardly surprising that Country House doesn’t feature here. Inste...

By Rob Was it any good? So, House and Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) finally got back together. That didn’t take long. But at least the way in which they did it was entertaining, if not necessarily in the best traditions of the series. Needless to say, the episode combined humour, sardonic wit, medica...

By Rob What’s the story? In the aftermath of personal tragedy, Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) resigns from the hospital… and from his friendship with House (Hugh Laurie). Meanwhile, Thirteen (Olivia Wilde) struggles with her personal medical problems while helping treat an executive assist...

By Rob INDIELONDON singles out notable episodes from current television series for stand-alone reviews. On this occasion we take a look at the Season 7 episode of 24 entitled 6am – 8am (as aired on Sky1 on Monday, May 25, 2009). If 24 is more widely known for its nail-biting tension and taut action,...

By Rob INDIELONDON singles out notable episodes from current television series for stand-alone reviews. On this occasion we take a look at the Season 7 episode of 24 entitled 6pm – 8pm (as aired on Sky1 on Monday, March 9, 2009). Day 7 finds us in new but oddly familiar territory. At roughly the half-...

By Rob In the White House, meanwhile, President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) must juggle the imminent threat to the country with plans to invade an unnamed African country and rid it of a genocidal dictator. The plot is also linked to America’s imminent decision to invade the African nation th...

By Rob DVD SPECIAL FEATURES: House’s Soap: Prescription Passion; New Beginnings; Meet the Writers; The Visual Effects of House; Anatomy of a Scene: The Bus Crash; My Favourite Episode So Far…; ‘House’s Head’ Commentary. Entertaining, too, were the usual glib and frequently acerbic comment...