I will make this my last post re: speculation, since I didn't mean to hijack RR's blog entry with what is really just a side issue. I also agree with her on not discussing private lives on public forums, etc. JMO of course, I'm just not comfortable talking about that sort of thing.
So let me just say this: yes, I meant the Christmas hiatus, thank you for clarifying that for me ma'am. :) RR is right, there was a complete rewrite of the opener. 'Thunder Roadtrip', the original script, would have set up a somewhat more mature (and more believable) version of the House/Cuddy relationship. That version was ditched for the nonsense we saw in 'Now What?' The explanation we were given--the original script had been leaked to the fans--is as flat as a fallen souffle, considering shots of the beach scenes from the original opener were apparently deliberately leaked to the fans by someone within the production company. That suggests filming had already begun on the original script--very intriguing, that little tidbit. (I'd heard they had about half the episode in the can already.) It leads me to believe someone objected to the relationship as it stood in 'Thunder Roadtrip', put the kibosh on the script and demanded a rewrite to set up the parody of an affair we got through season 7. Three guesses as to who that someone might have been.
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Re: Cutting Cuddy
Date: 2011-05-27 12:43 pm (UTC)So let me just say this: yes, I meant the Christmas hiatus, thank you for clarifying that for me ma'am. :) RR is right, there was a complete rewrite of the opener. 'Thunder Roadtrip', the original script, would have set up a somewhat more mature (and more believable) version of the House/Cuddy relationship. That version was ditched for the nonsense we saw in 'Now What?' The explanation we were given--the original script had been leaked to the fans--is as flat as a fallen souffle, considering shots of the beach scenes from the original opener were apparently deliberately leaked to the fans by someone within the production company. That suggests filming had already begun on the original script--very intriguing, that little tidbit. (I'd heard they had about half the episode in the can already.) It leads me to believe someone objected to the relationship as it stood in 'Thunder Roadtrip', put the kibosh on the script and demanded a rewrite to set up the parody of an affair we got through season 7. Three guesses as to who that someone might have been.
Okay, I'm done. Thanks for being gracious, RR.
/hijack :)