Lengthy thought-sharing makes me feel not alone in my geeky obsessiveness!

I hadn't thought of House as trying to reconstruct his pre-infarction life, that's a really good point. (And explains why he's after Cuddy and not Wilson /slash goggles!) I'm really looking forward to rewatching this season from this point of view, and having it all finally make sense.

And, god yes, the direction in this episode was stunning. Greg Yaitanes is officially my favorite director on the show.