House
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 96 Ratings
- Summary: House has checked himself into Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital in the season opener.
- Genre(s): Drama, Suspense
- Show Type: Ended
- Season 6 premiere date: Sep 21, 2009
- Episode Length: 60
- Air Time: 09:00 PM
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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A trite, untrue mental-illness mystery insults the show's high IQ, but doesn't diminish the opener's capture-the-imagination thesis: that a redeemed House can be just as compelling as a rude House.
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80The episode has a few sentimentality issues (any plot point involving a music box walks a very fine line), but it doesn't matter much because the characters are so vivid they even outshine House at times, which can only be good for him.
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80Other complications arise as well, and Laurie is superb in this episode, carrying scenes so strongly that for long stretches the viewer will forget the absence of his regular colleagues entirely.
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50The episode is clearly constructed as a showcase for Laurie--who is seemingly incapable of a boring performance--but the writers really haven't done him much of a favor. There are too many beats that refuse to be reconciled; too many times when House is forced to behave absurdly badly to get what he wants, just to backtrack when he gets it.
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Positive: 23 out of 30
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Mixed: 2 out of 30
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Negative: 5 out of 30
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