Dr. Eric Foreman.  Yet another character that displays many qualities of House.  However, Foreman actually becomes more like him as the show progresses.  There are many subtle examples, such as the identical sneakers during one of the episodes in the first season.  Foreman eventually quits because of the fear, only to return because he got fired for performing a House-type action, then he was blacklisted.  He also admits that he has problems with his ego, particularly admitting that he’s wrong.  Sound familiar?

Not very much has been revealed about Foreman’s past.  We know his family was somewhat poor, and his parents relationship is anything but good.  He was also a thief in the past, when he was much younger, having stolen cars and robbed houses.  House reveals that this was partly the reason he hired Foreman, knowing those skills would come in handy.

He has an interesting relationship with the other members of the team.  In one episode, he stole Cameron’s article and had it published in his name.  Even though he apologized for it, it was still a terrible thing to do.  Also, at numerous occasions, he has told the other members of the team that he didn’t consider them friends, simply acquaintances, or co-workers.  Although he didn’t become extremely close to his co-workers, he at least holds family in high regard.  Foreman’s parents, particularly his father is extremely religious.  We find him in the chapel during the episode where Foreman was deathly ill.  His parents obviously care for him very much.

Even though Foreman has a shady past, he’s probably the most clever of House’s former team.  In one episode in the second season, Foreman was temporarily House’s boss, by the order of Cuddy.  Overall, Foreman respects House’s ability to diagnose patients.  We see House target Foreman with many racist-type jokes throughout the series, mostly as humor though.  Foreman’s fear of turning into House was very apparent, especially near the end of the third season.  When Foreman finally did quite, House made an attempt to keep him from leaving, although it didn’t work.  It’s obvious since Foreman returned after quitting, House respects him a lot more than before.  He tells his students to “listen” to Foreman next time, because he knows what he’s talking about (paraphrasing.)  Overall, Foreman is a great character.  Although he has problems getting close to people, he’s still a respectable guy. 

Dr. Robert Chase.  Chase is a House Jr. so to speak.  He doesn’t have quite as many “ass” type qualities though.  Although I think he has potential.  He has the ability to deduce, and not only medically.  We see him lay some of these skills down late in Season 1 and Season 2.  Chase has issues with his father, very similar to House’s and Foreman’s.  It seems like everyone has problems with their dad’s these days!  But when Chase’s father visited, it was the last time Chase would ever see him, and he didn’t even know.  His dad even told House about the problem, and asked House not to tell Chase, which surprisingly he never did.

As time passes, Chase becomes more of a supporter or House.  And, because of this, he sometimes unnaturally follows Houses orders, no matter how outrageous they may be.  I think sometimes that frustrated House, due to his tendency to desire arguements.  He was a bit sneaky, too.  He turned information regarding House over to Vogler, in order to save his own job.  Sneaky, but it’s not out of the realm of something House himself would do.  This was of course in the first season, before a relationship had really been formed between the two.  We see that when Tritter comes to Chase for information, Chase refuses to work with him.  This didn’t stop other team members from accusing him of working with Tritter though.

Overall, Chase is a good guy.  We see him become attached to Cameron when they slept together, simply because he couldn’t handle a purely “physical” relationship.  Chase is a Christian in the show, and was in Seminary before entering medschool.  This never prevents him from assisting House in morally questionable situations however.  This causes many arguements between Chase and Foreman, due to Foreman’s resentment of House.  Ultimately, House fires Chase because of an assertive comment made toward House.

Dr. Allison Cameron.  Cameron is funny to me.  She, of course, had a thing for House, although their philosophy on life was the complete opposite.  That’s what makes their relationship so interesting.  If I had to choose one character to call the polar opposite of House, it would be Cameron.  To sum her up in three words, I’d have to say honest, idealistic, and selfless.  She hates lying to patients, regardless of whether or not it’s for the good.  She prefers to obey to proper practice of medicine, yet another contrast to House.  If you remember early in the first season, House caught her trying to manipulate her peers using information from a “How to manipulate” type book.  This tells us a lot about her insecurities as a person.  It shows you that she isn’t as confident as she sometimes comes of as.

Obviously, the relationship between Cameron and Chase would never remain simply sexual.  As Chase put it, she has a problem not getting attached to a puppy she sees on the side of the road.  We will probably never know whether or not she actually did that because of attraction, or simply to make House jealous.  Nevertheless, they are together in the show.  Cameron is the kind of person that befriends others very quickly, in my opinion.  She was totally unaware that Foreman didn’t consider her a friend, as obviously, she considered him one.  That’s one problem that comes with being selfless; people like her tend to put way too much trust in others, and assume their relationship is more than it is, and I mean that in friendship relationship terms.

Cameron reveals numerous times throughout the show that she is an atheist, but at times you see that she would like to believe that something bigger is out there.  She’s very ethical, and at times, I believe she has trouble thinking that the strong ethical standpoint she has was 100% natural.  That’s never revealed in the show, just an opinion. 

House makes a great point that there’s no logical reason that she would be a Doctor.  He deduces that she’s damaged, which is later revealed to be true.  He also believes this is the main reason she is attracted to him, and he’s a “sick” puppy that needs to be nurtured back to good health.  This makes perfect sense when in the third season, after House’s leg is temporarily healed, she refuses to go out for a drink with him.  So what did Cameron see in House?  If you remember, in the first season I believe, she asks him at one point if he likes her, and he says no bluntly.  That’s pretty harsh, but what else can you expect from him?  She wanted to feel special, obviously.  She wanted someone that didn’t like anyone on earth (House) to give her the hard, cold, truth about his feelings.  I guess it was more of an acceptance thing than anything else.  It’s probably the main reason she likes him so much.  She even said once, that it’s because he’s brash, brutally honest, and even mean.  What can we learn from Cameron?  That it’s hard to be a completely selfless person, because sometimes you get walked on.  I’m not saying we shouldn’t, but it just shows you how bad the rest of the world is.  Instead of getting treated great in return, you get walked on.  Not that Cameron gets walked all over, but I think you see my point.  Good people don’t always get equal treatment back.

A character analysis of the fictional characters from the show, “House, M.D.” is coming soon.  As I see every day, my “Lost Character Analysis” gets far more traffic than the rest of my blog.  Although my blogging is not really see how many users I can get to read, I like to keep the readers happy.  I used to do it only for me as a private, password-protected blog.  But, one day I changed that, and noticed a fair amount of readers.  Consequently, now, I blog not only for, myself, but also, you, the reader.

So, within the next couple of months, I’ll analyze (to the best of my ability) the characters, in this order:

1) Dr. Allison Cameron
2) Dr. Robert Chase
3) Dr. Eric Foreman
4) Dr. Lisa Cuddy
5) Dr. James Wilson
6) Dr. Gregory House

I know that Cameron and Chase are no longer regulars on the show, however, whether they come back or not, it will prove to be an interesting analysis.

Keep an eye open for the first one late March!  Thanks for reading.

Kelsey