#house 6x02

[housetzuyu]

house md s6 eps 1 nd 2

greatest piece of media i've ever seen in my life - not only tv but truly the best of fiction ever created by man. i wish hugh laurie and david shore could fuck me hard and raw right at this present moment

[malpractice-husbands]

House so annoying he got therapy with the boss himself

[florida3exclamationpoints]

House rapping with Lin Manuel Miranda is the cutest thing I've ever seen

[oldmanffucker]

“You can do this. If you hold my hand, I can do it too.”

House bringing Mr. Freedom Master out to carry the cello to feel capable, driving him out to the carnival to help him fly …. to me he genuinely wanted to help someone feel good. feel happy. even tho it was reinforcing someone’s delusions, it wasn’t Rational. but he’s stuck there and he can’t help people and he needs to help people! he needs to believe people can be happy, to be okay even with delusions. even when they’re not okay he needs to know there are ways to be okay even for a little bit.

[evenstar-ing]

brb getting a kiss from a married woman at the psych ward party and then going back to my room where lin manuel miranda awaits me

[mar-sibilina]

[cosmo2500sstuff]

SHE KISSED HIM BUT SHE HAS A HUSBAND? WHAT A BITCH

[lucaswarmhotchocolate]

I have a very strong feeling that these next few minutes are going to be very difficult to watch

[andavs]

The Cars of 911

All of this talk of Buck’s jeep and whether or not he now has a truck got me curious about how consistent any of the vehicles are in this show. And as of 8x08, here are my results.

ATHENA They don't show her personal vehicle in season one, but from the second season onward, Athena’s driven a red GMC Acadia Denali. It was presumably destroyed in the house fire in 7x10. She hasn't been shown driving a personal vehicle in season eight so far.

(2x13, 2x18)

(4x12, 6x06)

BOBBY Chronologically, Bobby's first car is this pickup in St. Paul. It’s older and more beat up, a little boxier.

(1x05)

When he moves to LA, he drives a dark blue Ford F-150, initially with Minnesota plates.

(2x16)

In season six, he has a dark blue Chevy Silverado.

(6x09)

And then in season seven when he goes after Amir, he has a different dark blue Chevy Silverado, this time a High Country. I assume he got it back from the middle of the desert, but then their house burned down, so it was probably destroyed with Athena’s SUV. He hasn't been shown driving a personal vehicle in season eight so far.

(7x08)

BUCK Chronologically, the first car we see Buck drive is the blue Jeep Wrangler that Maddie gives him in 2012. He drives it around the country and still has it on his first day at the 118 in 2017. 

(4x05)

But in the first season, which takes place in late 2017/early 2018, he has this gray/gray-green Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. This is the only season where he has this car. (It’s not Abby’s as in 1x09, she drives a silver Chevy Volt.)

(1x05, 1x10)

In season two he has a dark gray Rubicon, and seems to keep this car until it dies on the road in 6x07. It very well could’ve been different years that all look very similar; I don’t know enough about cars to spot minor differences from year to year.

(2x08, 3x16)

(4x11, 6x05)

In season seven, he has a new silver Rubicon, though it's only shown in 7x04.

(7x04)

CHIMNEY In 1x03, Chimney’s driving a blue Subaru Impreza when he gets in the rebar accident, and that’s the first and last time we see that car.

(1x03)

In 4x12 he’s driving a silver Subaru hatchback. It looks like it might be the same one Maddie was driving in season three.

(4x12)

Throughout season five, he’s driving a dark blue-gray Jeep Grand Cherokee.

(5x04)

I think he’s still driving the same Jeep in season seven when it gets stolen in 7x06. Its fate remains unknown.

(7x06)

EDDIE The first car we see of Eddie’s is an older gray Toyota Tundra from the early 2000s. It's also visible in 3x15 in El Paso.

(2x04, 2x17)

In 3x08 he buys a black GMC Sierra Denali and seems to still be driving it.

(3x08, 7x04)

HEN In seasons one and two, Hen drives a blue Toyota RAV4. Apparently only at night.

(1x07, 2x05)

After that, she's seen driving a dark gray Volvo that seems to be the same car Karen was driving in 1x10. It looked like Hen was driving it in 6x06 in flashbacks to their first date.

(1x10, 6x02)

MADDIE Chronologically, Maddie’s first car we see is the blue Jeep Wrangler. She had it in 2004 and gave it to Buck in 2012.

(4x05)

If she has a car in season two, it isn't shown, but in season three she’s driving a silver Subaru Crosstrek. It looks like it could be the same Subaru Chimney’s driving in 4x12, so they seem to have started sharing it.

(3x06, 3x09)

In conclusion, some characters are really consistent when it comes to their cars, while others are not. Bobby and Buck have changed their cars the most.

But whether it is or isn't Buck's, the truck from the cemetery in 8x05 and in the bts video looks like a Nissan Frontier.

(8x05, bts)

Disclaimer: I don't know shit about cars. Everything identified here was either done with Google Lens or through IMCDB.

[housetzuyu]

just finished watching s6 eps broken pt 1 and pt 2 🥹 i'm so so so happy for house he finally got a chance in life after suffering so much like thats my BABY over there omg...i can't believe everything will go downhill again...

[malpractice-husbands]

How house md it was for house to help the girl and by this making her leave

[raayllum]

Sometimes it hits just how tonally different The Dragon Prince is from virtually every other kids show on TV and I lose my mind. I'd argue something like Infinity Train gets closest with its emphasis on psychological horror and morality, or even Transformers: Prime (if you know, you know) with its severe focus on war (aka one of the more lowkey episodes is a main character having a suicide bomb forcibly strapped to their chest). Steven Universe Future and Jurassic World: Camp Cretaeceous/Chaos Theory are also probably honourable mentions.

All of these shows have mature content in them, which isn't different from more popular shows like Owl House, She-Ra, or even ATLA, but often times in aforementioned three that content is presented in lighter ways and/or interrupted by bathos (this is true for She-Ra in particular). Most of TOH's heaviness is reserved for S2 Hunter or S3 Luz; ATLA has some episodes that particularly emotionally heavy (The Southern Raiders, Zuko Alone, the Southern Air Temple) or are quite hitting in exploring themes of colonization (Imprisoned, City of Walls and Secrets, Northern Air Temple), but a good deal, I'd say even the majority, are also pretty fun shenanigans, too. To be clear as well, a lighter tone is not a Problem never mind a negative (ATLA has a very strong thematic point to its own about the sanctity of children and childhood amid the horrors of how imperialism strips it away), but it is a tonal difference.

And it's not as though TDP doesn't have episodes where there are fun shenanigans (Callum and Rayla's initial exploration of Xadia in 3x02 is nothing but fluff, Soren and Corvus are a more gay comedic duo in 6x02) but the series more or less operates like "What if every episode was The Southern Raiders?" due to its consistent emphasis on grief and morality. They use words like kill and death and murder all the time.

From the pilot / opening episodes

and to when characters are having breakdowns because they murdered someone (and we're still supposed to like them) or have done horrible things, with the show's heaviness ramping up particularly from S4 onwards.

When loved ones die (and the show has a body count of 20+ named characters who have died, six seasons in, some even being children) the show depicts mourning in all its stages and ugly glory. The sadness, the anger, the revenge, the desperation, shifting blame and cognitive dissonances, thinking you had moved on only for that wound (which never fully healed) to be ripped wide open again.

Characters get tortured by being electrocuted or having their blood frozen in their veins or beaten up (5x08). There are successful assassination attempts (1x03, 3x02). People, even children younger than the main cast of characters, are put on trial with the death penalty (4x06, 6x09). Within the first three episodes, a character is running down stairs and tripping over dead bodies.

Sometimes three different characters in one episode will be having a breakdown or dealing with something absolutely devastating to their emotional state (2x08, 3x07, 6x01, 6x09, 7x01). The magic system is a trolley problem on steroids. Do you kill a monster to feed starving kingdoms, or to save yourself, or to save someone you love? What makes it a monster? What if the monster isn't a monster? What if you have to kill a child? What if it means killing your child? What if it means killing yourself?

There are two characters who canonically have cannibalized other people, one being a blood-drinker / vampire variant.

This doesn't mean the show isn't fun or funny. One character consistently thinks bathroom humour is funny (while being one of the most tragic characters in the entire show). The characters cheer each other up, take care of each other, are goofy, etc. The show is ultimately hopeful.

But the emotional weight afforded to the choices the characters are making, even good-intentioned ones with unforeseen disastrous consequences, the way show focuses on their emotional processing (or lack of) is very unique in the landscape of western animation, especially to this degree, I think. Never mind the increasing amounts of blood. Nor does this make the show inappropriate for children! Tiny me was morbid as fuck at 7 years old, I would've loved it, and I know many kids from ages 7-12 who do in my work as a tutor. But when people say "TDP isn't like most kids shows," I think what that means is sometimes lost in translation in conflating it with what people usually say aren't 'just kids shows,' when TDP... really, really isn't.

The show begins with assassins sent by a grieving mother to execute a father and his child in revenge for the father killing her partner and child, and it never lets you forget it.

[oldmanffucker]

House jumping in with lines for Alvie when he flounders during his rap I’m - he’s such a good boy 😭😩😩😩‼️

[goodwhump-temp]

Shawn Spencer Whump | Psych

1x02 Spellingg Bee - Motorcycle crash, hospital, knee brace, limp, bumps into bin, pain 1x03 Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Held at gunpoint x2 1x05 Lives - Held at gunpoint 1x06 Weekend Warriors - Held at gunpoint 1x15 Scary Sherry - Nightmare

2x02 65 Million Years Off - Shot at, scared 2x03 Psy vs Psy - Hostage 2x04 Zero to Murder in 60s - Brief boo-boo (chair race sabatoged) 2x05 And Down the Stretch... - Childhood bully 2x07 If You're So Smart... - Bullied by children 2x09 Bounty Hunters! - Handcuffed, jumps off boat, held at gunpoint 2x13 Lights, Camera… - Nearly nailed to death (38:00), character funeral 2x15 Black and Tan - Sad (18:30) 2x16 Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead - Mummy 'curse'

3x01 Ghosts - [Flashback; emo/arrested] Increasingly angry about mothers' return, confrontation, heartbroken 3x04 Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable - Shot at, chased x3, restrained, held at helicopter-point and gunpoint, betrayed 3x06 There Might Be Blood - Held at gunpoint, dangerous confrontation 3x08 Gus Walks Into A Bank - Held back, worried, bank hostage, tight gus hug, manhandled 3x10 Six Feet Under the Sea - Held at gunpoint 3x11 Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing - Punched unconscious, hostage, held at gunpoint, pistol whipped, fatherly care, nearly passes out (40:15) 3x12 Earth, Wind And… - Runs into burning building, oxygen mask, held at firepoint, caught in burning building, briefly thought dead, coughing/smoke inhalation 3x13 Any Given Friday Night at 10PM - 'Abducted' 3x14 Truer Lies - Held at gunpoint 3x15 Tuesday the 17th - 'Trips', held at 'knifepoint' 3x16 An Evening with Mr. Yang - Angry, mom held hostage, scared, heartbroken

4x01 Extradition: British Colombia - Held at gunpoint x2 4x02 He Dead - Daddy issues 4x03 High Noon-ish - Stampede/pushed, falls into mineshaft, pain, held at gunpoint, trapped 4x04 Devil is in the Details… - Confession 4x05 Shawn Gets the Yips - Scared/dumb ("bomb" on treadmill) 4x06 Bollywood Homicide - Slapped (39:15) 4x07 High Top Fade Out - Held at gunpoint, shot at 4x09 Shawn Takes A Shot in the Dark - Shot, abducted/missing, bleeding, pain, knocked unconscious, choked, jumps on moving car, weak, sling 4x10 You Can't Handle This Episode - Shot at 4x12 A Very Juliet Episode - Held at gunpoint, punched x2, knocked down x2, kicked 4x16 Mr. Yin Presents - Nightmare, angry, heartbroken x2, fatherly love

5x01 Romeo & Juliet & Juliet - Held at gunpoint, falls through window, kicked through wall, insane dodging skillz, knocked down, sore 5x03 Not Even Close, Encounters - Held at gunpoint/abducted by 'aliens' 5x04 Chivalry is Not Dead - Hanging upside down (tomato face), poisoned, collapse, hospital, unconscious 5x07 Ferry Tale - Held at gunpoint x2, hostage, kicked in the face, tear gas inhalation, restrained, trips/tumbles down a hill 5x09 One, Maybe Two, Ways Out - Seriously heartbroken 5x12 Dual Spires - Trapped in burning house 5x13 We'd Like to Thank the Academy - Held at gunpoint x2 5x16 Yang 3 in 2D - Held at shotgunpoint, scared

6x01 Shawn Rescues Darth Vader - Jumps off roof 6x02 Last Night Gus - Hungover, stressed, jumps from balcony, shot at 6x04 Amazing Psych-Man & Tap-Man - Trips, found unconscious, punched, kicked x2, thrown, sand to the eye, exhausted 6x06 Shawn Interrupted - Mental patient, hands covered, knocked unconscious, restrained, held at gunpoint 6x09 Neil Simons Lover Retreat - Robbed, heartbroken x2 (29:35), smile through the pain (42:00) 6x10 Indiana Shawn and the Temple - Hand stuck, slapped, manhandled, held at gunpoint, 'crying' 6x13 Let's Doo-Wap it Again - Appendicitis, collapse, hospital drama-queen, held at gunpoint, drugged, drugs wear off, le rigor mortis, le pain, le kitty cat! 6x16 Santabarbaratown - Held at knifepoint, knocked unconscious, black-eye

7x01 Santabarbaratown 2 - Scared, angry, thrown, active mine, held at gunpoint x3, Lassie love 7x02 Juliet Takes A Luvvah - Traumatized (27:00) 7x03 Lassie Jerky - Shot at, held at gunpoint 7x04 No Country For Two Old Men - Held at gunpoint 7x06 Cirque Du Soul - Pain from pull-ups 7x07 Deez Nups - Huge confession, heartbroken 7x08 Right Turn Or Left For Dead - Insomnia, regret, depressed, head slammed into glass, bruise, concussion, denial, stabbed, nearly hit by truck, headache, tackled 7x11 Office Space - Poked x2, trips, bloody nose, scared, framed 7x14 No Trout About It - Painful yoga, choked, fired

8x01 Lock, Stock… - Held at gunpoint, "restrained" 8x05 COG Blocked - Jumpscared out of hammock, painful poke, body decked by cane, held at gunpoint 8x07 Shawn & Gus Truck Things Up - Hand squeezed painfully 8x09 Nightmare on State Street - Slapped, zombie 8x10 The Break-Up - Nervous, held at gunpoint, shot at, emotional

[mar-sibilina]

Alvie: My meds. I want to get better.

[northhopest]

7x08: Wildfire

"Wildfire" is my favorite episode so far this season. My heart soars for Chenford, aches for Jayla, and dreams of the day Tim Bradford goes feral on Seth.

The Rice Cooker

Someone on Tumblr spotted a rice cooker in Tim’s house after it got broken into. Another tried to downplay it by pointing out that he also has a vintage camera like Lucy. And this is exactly the problem. We get so few glimpses of Lucy’s culture on the show—tiny morsels, barely enough to hold onto—yet some fans are quick to generalize or minimize them. This kind of dismissal contributes to cultural erasure, which often goes hand in hand with whitewashing.

Rice isn’t just food; it’s foundational to what it means to be (East) Asian. Nearly every Asian American household has a rice cooker, while most other households don’t. Melissa has even asked the props department why Lucy doesn’t have one in her home, and to give Lucy Chen a rice cooker. Meanwhile, vintage cameras are common in LA and have been seen in various characters’ homes—they’re not culturally specific. But a rice cooker in Tim’s house? That’s different. He’s a white male cop, a bachelor, someone highly unlikely to own one on his own. Its presence strongly suggests Lucy’s influence.

In fact, it’s more significant for Tim to have one than it would be for Lucy. For Lucy, a rice cooker is expected. But for Tim, it speaks volumes about the cultural exchange that happens in an interracial relationship.

This Was NOT a Feelings Confession. It Was a Feelings AFFIRMATION.

This scene contains some of Tim’s best lines since Season 5:

"Do you have somewhere you gotta be?"

"I might say something hateful! You don’t know!"

"Wow, the arrogance!"

Their banter under duress screams old married couple energy. Tim wants to say something heartfelt, but Lucy’s scared and doesn’t want him to. He uses humor to bring them back to a familiar place and diffuse her fears. Then, when she still doesn’t let it go, he affirms her with a big silent DUH before telling her that he still loves her.

His approach is similar to how he looked at her in the 6x02 lie detector scene: He takes a breath, looks at her like she’s his world, and with his whole face, tells her Of course I love you before he actually says it.

Then Lucy yells, “It doesn’t matter!”—because admitting it would mean admitting they might die, and that she still has feelings for the man who broke her heart. Tim knows her too well and cuts through the subtext.

Lucy Chen doesn’t say I love you. She says, “Oh, you’re infuriating!” And Tim Bradford acknowledges her love with, “I know! I know.”

And then he protects the most vulnerable part of her: her neck.

CHENFORD is Code Four.

Their relationship is Code Four. I repeat: Code Four. They’re gonna be okay.

Tim and Lucy bantering like an old married couple.

Tim taking her hand and helping Lucy up.

Wade Grey freaking out over his daughter and son-in-law.

Lucy giving Tim that same look she used to give him as his rookie whenever she needed his approval or reassurance.

Tim giving the reassurance right back to her.

She’s still looking at him even as he looks away.

Wade’s celebration punches 🥹

And the hug.

Lucy resting her hand on his lower abs and belt? Not platonic. No ma’am. If any other woman ever touched Tim like that, Lucy would be pissed. Meanwhile, Tim is holding onto her like she’s his life (because she is).

I half-expected Tim’s signature forehead kiss.

Sergeant Lucy Chen

Lucy needs to keep her last name. It’s not just a name—it’s a critical part of representation. Chen is the only Chinese last name—the ONLY Asian last name—in the main cast. We already get so little of her culture, and losing her name would be yet another erasure.

Some fans joke about the idea of two Sergeant Bradfords, but Lucy is her own person. Chen holds far more weight than Bradford ever could. There are four white male characters on the show, plus four others with Anglo-sounding last names (Grey, Harper, Penn, and Murray). Asian characters even have Anglo last names (Jamie Hall, Chris Sanford, Misha Porter, Chief Coleman, Kylie Thomas to name a few). Chen stands out. It matters. It cannot and should not be replaced with Bradford.

Imagine Tim becoming Sergeant Chen after marriage. Not just imagine it—savor it.

This wouldn't just be "different"—it would be revolutionary in the context of any show. A white male officer taking on his Asian American wife's surname? That's the kind of subtle yet powerful representation that television never gives us.

Tim would wear "Sergeant Chen" like a badge of honor. And in one simple name change, The Rookie could make a profound statement about love, respect, interracial relationships, and cultural identity that would resonate far beyond fictional Los Angeles. It would be an act of quiet rebellion against systemic norms and patriarchal traditions.

The Hospital Scene

Tim Bradford’s priorities are LUCY CHEN and LUCY CHEN ALONE. He’s so in love with Lucy Chen, and he will do anything for Lucy Chen. And as far as we know, Tim is the first person Lucy has confided in about her Sergeant Chen aspirations.

“If you pass, I wouldn’t be your supervisor anymore.”

I’ve seen people upset that Tim turned it back onto himself and what he wants. But it's okay if he’s a little selfish and hopeful that the chain of command will no longer be an issue? He wants her back. And this time, she doesn’t have to put a black mark on her career for them to be together. He also knows that Lucy Chen is a badass. She’ll be his equal and he’s proud of that.

Right before this, Lucy mentioned “moving forward,” and Tim was fighting for his life in that pause before she clarified “in my career.” Moving forward from what? From Tim? From the rebuild he’s been desperately trying to do? From Mid Wilshire? He’s probably stunned into awkwardness and I think awkwardness contributed to the "chain of command" line. It's also a contrasting callback to the 7x06 elevator scene when he reminds her that he's still in her chain of command.

Also: the audiobooks callback!

Lucy knows the Sergeant’s Manual inside and out. She’s read the books, dictated them, and likely edited the recordings. This is just a refresher for her. She’s willing to accept Tim’s help, but she’s not desperate for it. He broke up with her, and she still has her guard up. She nods her acceptance, but she’s not clearly assenting.

And that’s dignity.

The One Scene I Didn’t Like

Lucy, Nyla, and Celina changing in front of Miles and Nolan.

Celina wears a low-cut top and bends down in front of her TO.

Lucy bounces around while putting on her pants.

Lucy takes off her shirt in front of her ex and her ex’s rookie, who used to flirt with her.

Lucy wearing a show-through bra that showed through her t-shirt. Give that woman a full coverage bra!

Nyla is the only one not being sexualized onscreen.

Miles is in his respectful gentleman era, and Nolan is whipped by Bailey, but the ladies did not need to be doing this. This was likely a mix of script, direction, and acting choices. I’m not for it.

Our women are powerful. Them being sexualized for the male audience is not my cup of tea.

Other Observations

When the fires hit LA, firefighters protected others’ homes even as theirs burned down. In large-scale emergencies, first responders must go where they’re assigned. Tim was heading back to the station when Lucy informed him about looting in his neighborhood. They both had their own assignments, and both broke protocol—Tim to protect his nephews, Lucy to protect Tim.

Last episode, Tim promised Seth that if he puts Lucy in danger, Seth will have Tim to deal with. It became abundantly clear to me in 7x06-7x08 that Tim Bradford lives and breathes Lucy Chen. He’d better hope that Tim doesn’t find out about his flub up. Feral Tim is a beautiful thing. Unless you’re Seth Ridley.

I think Seth is a villain. He knows his TO is in danger and shows no urgency. He has four writing pads and knows exactly which one he wrote the Eagle Rock Road closure note in. He shoves the note into his pocket. He doesn’t call LAFD Command like Grey orders him to. Grey’s freaking out over Chenford but Seth’s concerned about his job and not about Tim and Lucy’s lives. I have a feeling he’s going to use his cancer as a shield when and if he gets found out.

Tim Bradford not knowing how to set up a fire shelter? I think he was joking to diffuse tension. Supercop/Army Vet Tim Bradford absolutely knows how to set up a fire shelter in fire country.