Ingrid Sanai Buron
- 2007
House (Hugh Laurie) forsakes ER duty to investigate the case of 16-year-old accident victim Hannah (Mika Boorem), who is completely impervious to pain--a condition that could prove fatal unless correctly diagnosed. At the same time, House can't help but stick his nose into the affairs of Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), who is poised to go on a Valentine's Day date with a stranger she has met online. Meanwhile, Foreman (Omar Epps) and Nurse Wendy (Kimberly Quinn) plan a weekend getaway, while Wilson has issues (so what else is new?) with his latest girflriend Abby (Jenny Robertson). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2007
Dave Matthews) is cast as Patrick, a mentally challenged musical savant who begins suffering painful hand constrictions during a concert. House (Hugh Laurie) may be able to cure the ailment by alleviating Patrick's neurological disorder--but in the process, the patient may lose his musical genius, thereby imperiling a big fundraising campaign. Meanwhile, the staff is led to believe that House is suffering from brain cancer--especially after he heads out of town to conduct highly suspicious tests on a patient named "Luke N Laura" (the significance of this monicker will of course not be lost on General Hospital fans!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Diane Keaton stars as a unconditionally loving, but meddling, mother whose vain attempt to prevent her insecure youngest daughter from repeating the same mistakes that she made leads to a series of comic misunderstandings in director Michael Lehmann's affectionate family comedy. When it comes to the topic of motherhood, Daphne Wilder (Keaton) has seen it all. Her eldest daughter, Maggie (Lauren Graham), is a highly respected psychologist and her middle daughter, Mae (Piper Perabo), is both sexy and smart, but youngest Milly (Mandy Moore) just can't seem to get things right no matter how hard she tries. Recognizing that the romantic exploits of her charming-but-struggling youngest always seem to end in tears, concerned mother Daphne vows to find Millie the perfect man. Though she always means well, Daphne's misguided attempt to set her daughter up by placing a carefully worded personal ad proves once and for all that even the most well-intending of mothers can sometimes overstep their boundaries. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, (more)
- 2006
It's hardly a holly-jolly Christmas for Christopher (David Sutcliffe), now more convinced than ever that Lorelai (Lauren Graham) married him only to get over her relationship with Luke (Scott Patterson). Thus, when Emily (Kelly Bishop) plans to have the couple repeat their vows at a lavish party, chances are that neither Lorelai nor Christopher will even show up. Elsewhere, Luke begins legal action to claim partial custody of daughter April, then has a public confrontation with Christopher which does a neat job of shattering the town's Yuletide cheer (to say nothing of the Town Square decorations!) And Lucy (Krysten Ritter) finally finds out about the "history" between Rory (Alexis Bledel) and Marty (Wayne Wilcox). This episode was directed by series regular Jackson Douglas (Jackson Melville). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2005
A typically truculent House (Hugh Laurie) is slapped with a court order instructing him to determine if mobster Joey Arnello (Joseph Lyle Taylor), who is slated to give testimony in Federal Court before entering the Witness Protection Program, is faking a serious illness. Joey's knuckle-busting brother Bill (Danny Nucci) warns House to lay off the case--but not for the (seemingly) obvious reasons. At the same time, Vogler (Chi McBride) puts extra pressure on Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) to fire House, or risk losing a $100 million donation. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2005
Sela Ward makes her first appearance as Stacy Warner, former lawyer for the Princeton-Plainsboro clinic--and ex-girlfriend of Dr. House (Hugh Laurie). Stacy's husband has fallen mysteriously ill, and she hopes that House can find out why. But House seems more preoccupied with delivering a lecture to three medical-school diagnostics--an assignment he was forced to accept, but one which he tackles with his usual mean-spirited gusto. As he presents the trio with a hypothetic medical dilemma involving three patients with aching legs, we are treated to a succession of bizarre fantasy sequences. Carmen Electra appears as herself in this episode, which won both an Emmy award (for "best writing") and the Humanitas Prize. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
