I haven’t had a television set for two years, so I haven’t been able to keep up with all the primetime whositwhatsit. However, a week ago, I got a hand-me-down set for free. Since then I have become a fan of House, the sarcastic doctor show that is refreshingly more cynical and (perhaps) realistic than its other scrub-wearing predecessors.
But, last night, House got really real for me, spicing up the episode with a little lesbian action. And I met Thirteen, a doctor on House’s team who, after a (Huntington’s) diagnosis with less than 10 years to live, has taken on a lifestyle of club drug use and random one-nighters with hot lesbian lovers.
I got my television just in time.
Editor’s note: Thirteen is deftly played by Olivia Wilde, who was previously brought in as character Alex Kelly, the manager of the Bait Shop to spice up The OC with some lesbian action for Marisa, spawning the Malex phenom of 2004. As Robert Faires says: “You know Hollywood. Nothing succeeds like success.”
This article appears in 2008.