House: Who's Fired Next

The character of Gregory House, MD (Hugh Laurie) made his debut on November 16, 2004 on FOX. Since the show's debut, House, has kept viewers coming back every season for thrilling and compelling medical cases being solved by a crotchety, sexually driven, sardonic doctor. House is now in its fourth season of success, with a new plot line and characters.

At the end of Season Three, the three diagnosticians on House's team--Dr. Eric Foreman (Omar Epps), Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer), and Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) left House's team either by choice or through termination. This has left a void in Season Four, although all three doctors still work at the hospital including Foreman directly with House.

Season Four of House has turned into a medical version of Survivor with House attempting to find a new diagnostic team. Starting at the beginning of the season with about 30 candidates, the House finds himself down to his last elimination. The candidates include:

#24 - Amber Volakis - Specializing in Interventional Radiology, Dr. Volakis is an agressive, cut-throat competitor for one of the three coveted spots on House's team. She has proven throughout the course of the season she will do anything (including passing her underwear off as Dr. Cuddy's).

#6 - Lawrence Kutner - A rehabilitative and sports specialist, Dr. Kutner, is an optimistic fellow. He has much potential, but his enthusiasm rushes him to make bold choices. Like House, he is a radical thinker, always rushing to one extreme to another.

#13 - "Thirteen" - The mystery woman of the show, #13 practices Internal Medicine, she's quiet, beautiful, and shares no personal info with anyone.

#39 - Chris Taub - A plastic surgeon, Dr. Taub is one of the most insightful characters on the show, although his practice is the most shallow. Dr. Taub was forced out of his practice for cheating with a colleague on his wife, his last chance to practice medicine lies in a position on House's team.

So, who will be fired this Tuesday? It's a hard decision to make, however, I will place my bet on Kutner because his medical practices although risky, his personality doesn't show enough personality for the direction Season Four is heading. The trailer for next week's episode alludes to some gigantic mistake being made by one of the fellows and Kutner would be the one to commit it. #13 has learned from her mistakes. Volakis has a character to compelling to cut from the series. And Taub provides balance to the team.

Keeping Foreman, Cameron, and Chase on the show hasn't done too much. They are rather annoying influences on the program during the elimination process. Chase runs bets on who will be fired next, while Cameron is reluctant to confess her love for her former boss, and Foreman is House's watchdog for Cuddy.

Anyway, enough criticsm for now, let's see if I'm right...tune into Fox 5 this Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. EST to discover who makes House's team. And then log onto my blog to hear what I have to say about it.