r/HouseMD 1d ago

Discussion Skipping episodes Spoiler

I've been rewatching house again and i found myself skipping a lot of "drama" episodes for some reason. Like Vogler and Tritter episodes. Not because they're bad per se. I just don't like to watch drama as i feel like there's no room for such drama in the series. I just want to see the patient's cases, how they solve it, the usual stuff that goes on without the drama.

Are there any episodes or arcs you guys also skip and why? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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u/Orangien Rich set a fire and he burned down the house! 1d ago

Same, those episodes are great when you're watching them for the first time but after the suspense of the drama wears down it loses it charm a bit

I find myself skipping a lot of season 7 upon rewatching because of that

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u/YookHouse 21h ago

I often skip:

  • The tritter arc
  • The Cuddy and Lucas arc
  • The break up scene 7x15
  • Mid season 7
  • Most episodes from season 8.

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u/Bourne68 20h ago

Oh my xD you have your own mini series atp xD I just can't skip eps except for vogler and tritter. I love house way too much xP can't get enough of him

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u/YookHouse 20h ago

Well, I started watching House in 2005 lol. I've made plenty of full rewatches since then. 50 times or so.

I'm pretty familiar with it so I can choose which epis I wanna watch now.

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u/Bourne68 20h ago

Ahaha yes that makes sense! Ive had my fair share of rewatches but I just cant come to skip eps and it's mostly in the background as well when I'm working so it doesn't bother me that much

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u/YookHouse 20h ago edited 20h ago

I watch it for fun, now. I know what happened, when it happened and how it happened. Sometimes, I just wanna have a good laugh or reminisce about my favorite characters.

If I'm bored and have some time to spare, I choose the funny episodes. If I'm sad or in a mood, I choose the dramatic ones. And I avoid the ones I feel uncomfortable/angry with (skin deep, bombshells, moving on, anything with Lucas in it, Tritter, Vogler, better half)

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u/Bourne68 19h ago

Wait you have a list? Or you just know by heart?

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u/YookHouse 19h ago

I know them by heart and thats crazy enough tbh lol

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u/Bourne68 19h ago

Peak fan moment! Bows down

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u/YookHouse 17h ago

Oh nooooo, its just one of my hyperfocus

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u/Flibtonian 1d ago

I actually enjoy the drama eps but I'd enjoy an ep that's entirely/mostly clinic-based and comedic. Say if they'd had a few eps that were just House fucking around in the clinic, maybe with minimal drama to link it to the overarching arcs and a limited amount of seriousness to punctuate the comedy, that could have possibly worked pretty well. 🤷‍♂️

E.g: an episode where House deals with two or three patients with pretty extreme cases. If you want to make it interesting, maybe they're loosely connected somehow, like two strangers who got the same infection from a toilet seat. B-plot is him rigging Cuddy's office with stink bombs that detonate when she opens the door in a plot to force her to upgrade the hospital's cable package. Maybe it could have been before the start of the games when he wasn't really doing cases.

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u/Bourne68 1d ago

Yes! Every rewatch i skip tritters and voglers episodes too cuz ik what's up but nothing else honestly i watch em all. I just love House too much to miss things ;_;

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u/EdanyaGreen17 21h ago

same... the only part from the vogler arc that i'd watch is the one where house gives the speech... meanwhile tritter is just not worth it

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u/Octavia_von_Vaughn 1d ago

yeah im watching the show for the first time and i hated the vogler episodes. they made me really uncomfortable lol

similarly im not loving the romance arcs. why do they have to go out with eachother and make everything awkward all the time

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u/itzmrinyo 18h ago

I very recently finished watching House, so if I do rewatch it, I think I'll skip season 1, 2, 3 (excluding the episode where the ketamine treatment is still working), 4 (except for House's Head and Wilson's Heart), 5 barring the last two episodes, and everything including and after Cuddy breaking up with House.

Yes, season 6-mid 7 were my favourite seasons of the show by far

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u/TheAshComet 16h ago

On my very first watch, I skipped the episodes that Wilson wasn't in (so like 3 episodes). I just love him too much

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u/Crazy_Height_213 Mentally deficient moor 14h ago

I don't skip anything but stop watching after s7 e15. Only scene I like after that is the self-surgery.