House - Season Five

[lawtai]

yea, it'll be interesting to see what they have for next week. can't wait!

[Dane]

WTF just happened?! I missed it for a second.

Who was that?

[kylejn]

HOLY CRAP.

KUTNER! NO!

[Dane]

Damn.

Blows.

[Pretend]

Emm, Just starting season 5 :p I read the "spoiler" but had no idea what it's referring to.. phew :)

[Dane]

Interesting...

[lawtai]

wow crazy

[Razorwing]

what happend? I missed it.

[ATLien_0]

best episode this season

[DClark]

I remember some entertainment site talking about a suicide on House this season so when I saw the preview for this week's episode it kind of gave it away. Just didn't know it would be Kutner.

Looks like more House-Kirk's Mom relationship dynamics for next week.

[unimatrixzer0]

Any one know why they killed his character off? It just seemed kind of random and completely unexpected.

[ATLien_0]

it could be a couple of thing

i mean before last season there were only 3 members of the team, although foremans character has been one of the more dull ones this season, but they may just want to go back to 3 members.

Also he could be doing another movie it could have been many reasons. He wasn't bad for the show so it he had to have left on his terms.

[Piggy]

Brilliant episode, but really sad. I would've been happier with Taub gone.

[Slane]

Did not see this coming. Totally unexpected. I love Kutner thought he was a better character. :(

[John S. Veteran]

http://www.fox.com/kutner/

:/ Gonna miss him, I'd much rather they killed off Taub

[Evolution]

The only reason that makes sense to me if that the he'll be busy doing other work.

[ceminess]

He was my fav. character too!

Looks like he might have gone into politics. I don't know how true this is.

http://blog.zap2it.com/korbitv/2009/04/kal...-seriously.html

[ATGC]

Indeed it was a good episode. I think it was partly due to a tribute for E.R. since Omar Epps used to be in E.R. and his character, Dr. Dennis Grant, killed himself due to the pressure of the workload.

It was totally unexpected though.

[lawtai]

Yea, it was definitely a great episode and very unexpected. At least it seems like they weren't trying to write him off on purpose.

[Dark_ph0enix]

Well, seeing as my original post was removed, here we go again:

Wow - Just plain wow. Originally the plan was to <<Censored>> while doin' the hour on the exercise bike, however I got up a wee-bit late, so had to watch Dexter instead (which aint a bad thing), <<Censored>>. Finished the ol' hour on the bike, <<Censored>>, got changed, and ready for work.

Finishes work just after dinnertime (I work part-time, albeit in strange shifts - sometimes 'tis everyday for a few hours, sometimes 'tis a few days, all day) and after getting some bits and pieces I gets home and jumps on the 'net to find that House threads are near the top of pretty much every site I visits.

Anyways, later on this afternoon I did the second hour session on the bike, <<Censored>> - holy wow, I wasn't expecting that. I knew something had happened, because of all the House talk, but I thought it might be something to do with Houses' blurred vision at the end of the last episode - definitely wasn't expecting it to be what it did.

Really, Really good episode, no two ways about it.

[Ayepecks]

Great episode, but I didn't want to see that character go :(

[Draconian Guppy]

Why did they do that? It would've been cool if Taub was the murderer :p

Anyway that character was the best of all the new cast, sux they killed him off

[Hupp]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/...ion/#more-46860

April 7, 2009

Actor Kal Penn joining the Obama administration

Posted: 04:15 PM ET

From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart

Actor Kal Penn, shown in this file photo greeting Obama just days before his inauguration, will be joining the White House Office of Public Liaison.

Actor Kal Penn, shown in this file photo greeting Obama just days before his inauguration, will be joining the White House Office of Public Liaison.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Actor and longtime Obama supporter Kal Penn is joining the Obama administration, the White House confirmed to CNN Tuesday.

The actor will be part of the White House Office of Public Liaison, which is run by Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. Penn will be primarily involved in dealing with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and the arts community.

Read more on EW.com

Penn's new gig was first reported by EW.com, which shares parent company Time Warner with CNN.

Penn told EW.com that the new position comes after some soul-searching.

There was "'something aching in me to do something completely different and take a break from the acting thing for a while'" Penn said he told the executive producers of the TV series "House" when he explained his decision to get involved with politics full-time.

The actor also said his interest in politics has deep roots. "I've been thinking about [moving into politics] for a while. I love what I do as an actor. I couldn't love it more. . . . .probably from the time I was a kid, I really enjoyed that balance between the arts and public service."

"It's probably because of the value system my grandparents instilled in me. They marched with Gandhi in the Indian independence movement, and that was always in the back of my head. So the past couple of years I thought about it a little more."

But Penn also is leaving the door open to returning to acting at some later point. "Who's to say where any path leads? I still have a passion for it. But for the time being, I won't be acting," Penn told EW.com

Penn endorsed Obama's White House bid in late 2007, and was a frequent campaign surrogate on the trail last year.

[Cool4]

I really don't understand why they killed him! :( damn! It won't be the same!

[brentaal]

I really don't understand why they killed him! :( damn! It won't be the same!

Didn't you read the post above yours?

With him leaving the show there's not much they could've done.