[Photo: © 2010 FOX Broadcasting Co.]

Let’s see, we have quite a lot of tiny details we can think about as we wait for the next new House episode to air on Monday. Here are the tings we already know:

• Hugh Laurie is the director for Monday’s episode, Lockdown. It’s the first time he’s directed an episode so it should be fascinating!
• Cynthia Watros, who will play Wilson’s first ex wife, Sam Carr will make her series debut on the show in Lockdown. We have been told that she and Wilson may revive their old relationship and that House will be very antagonistic toward her because he doesn’t think she’s good for Wilson…or because he’s jealous and wants Wilson all to himself…
• The guest star POTW for Lockdown will be played by David Strathairn. He’s a fantastic actor and it should be intense when he and House are locked in the same room together during the lockdown.
• Jennifer Morrison, who plays Cameron will be back for Lockdown and will have some “papers” with her. Could they be divorce papers?
• There’s going to be a marriage proposal in the season finale. I’m guessing these are the options:
  • Lucas asks Cuddy
  • House asks Cuddy (it’s a long shot, but who knows?)
  • Foreman asks Thirteen (another long shot…)
  • Taub already asked his wife to re-marry him, so it’s propably not that
  • Wilson asks his ex-wife
  • Chase asks Cameron to re-marry him
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, who plays House’s mental hospital roommate, Alvie will be a guest star in the episode Baggage. His character was wonderful! That should b fun!

All of that information, put together is certainly exciting, but here are a few more details to think about:

• According to BuddyTV, We won’t know until the season finale whether Wilson’s ex wife, Sam Carr, will be back next season or not. After all, she’s a doctor and could easily join the Princeton Plainsboro staff… Could this have anything to do with the marriage proposal we’ve been told about?
• Buddy TV reports: Right now the promo says Chase (Jesse Spencer) will be locked down with “an old flame.” Will that be Cameron? Or someone else?
• In Knight’s Fall, House and Sam will start to really get antagonistic with each other and for some reason, “Wilson is forced to do House’s laundry for a month after losing a bet, and he finds an empty bottle of Vicodin in House’s pocket.” Yikes!
• Jennifer Morrison has told TV Guide: “Contractually, they’ve guaranteed me a certain number of episodes next year – I think three or four. They’re probably very much leaning toward writing a storyline for the character.” Great news!
• Jennifer Morrison’s Broadway play The Miracle Worker has ended its run on Broadway, so she could be free to return to the show if the writers decide to bring her back
• And this from Fancast:
  

  Got any ‘House‘ scoop? – Maura

  How do you top the last season finale where Dr. Nasty checked himself into a psych ward? It sounds like the ‘House’ writers are up to the challenge when it comes to this year’s season-ender. “I can’t reveal too much, and this more of a sports reference, but it’s going to go down to the wire,” Peter Jacobson aka Dr. Taub teased me. “It’s definitely going to be dramatic and traumatic for all involved.” Are we talking one big game-changer or multiple medium-sized ones? “It’s more in the biggie category,” Peter said.

• And finally, this from Buddy TV: A May episode will have House (Laurie) making a decision “between his own needs and his desire for a relationship with Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein).”

[Photo: © 2010 FOX Broadcasting Co.]

TV Guide has a great new interview with Michael Weston who plays Lucas on House. Lucas is the private investigator that Cuddy is dating at the moment. I love what he has to say about the “three-way” nature of the relationship on the show. His comments about how people feel about it is even cuter!

He mentions an upcoming steamy, nude scene with Cuddy which should make all the Huddy fans upset. But, of course, the season isn’t over yet… Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

TVGuide.com: What can we expect with the House-Cuddy-Lucas love triangle?

Weston: I have a feeling that House and Lucas have a lot more adventures together. I think Cuddy has a thing for House, and Lucas sort of has a thing for House — in terms of his friendship. They get along like buddies, and they’re both intrigued by the others’ profession. And they both can use each other, which they do. It’s almost like it’s a love triangle with this ever-present third party. It’s an intellectual ménage à trois. [Laughs]

TVGuide.com: How about Cuddy and Lucas? What attracts them to each other?

Weston: I think it’s because they’re complete opposites. For Lucas, she is an intriguing woman that offered a domesticity that he probably never envisioned for himself, especially now that Cuddy has a kid. I think for her, Lucas is young, blunt and honest, but not deceptive. Lucas will speak his mind before he’s figured out what he’s going to say, and he’s a terrible liar. It’s sort of the opposite of House, who is so calculated. I think Cuddy loves House, and yet feels that their relationship would be doomed from Day One. So maybe she found the antithesis of House in Lucas, who is honest and he really likes her.

TVGuide.com: A lot of fans aren’t too keen that Lucas has put a road block in a possible “Huddy” romance.

Weston: I have a feeling we’re the most hated out of the House couples. I actually was getting a coffee at my nearby coffee shop, and someone there says to me, “Huddy, man — you’re messing up Huddy.” And he was totally serious, like looking right into my eyes as though I had just broken up with his sister. I’m was like, “Sorry, I really wanted that to work out.” [Laughs]

TVGuide.com: Rumor has you and Lisa have a steamy scene together coming up.

Weston: Yeah, the Cuddy-Lucas affair gets steamier. Those are always moments that are awkward [for actors]. You’re still getting to know each other and there’s like five dudes holding equipment, looking at you thinking, “What’s up? Yeah, I see you there naked. That’s cool.”

TVGuide.com: If you didn’t play Lucas and were just a fan, who would you say Cuddy should be with?

Weston: I can’t imagine her not being with House at some point in the evolution of the series — assuming House could get it together and become a full human being. I can see Lucas and Cuddy being together for a long time as well if they grow into each other, because as it is right now, they’re learning to get along and open up with one another. I think for Lisa’s character, she finds it difficult not being the boss and in charge, and being at work all the time. She sort of busies herself to avoid emotional vulnerability. That’s where Lucas is important to her character. He brings a vulnerability and openness that can’t really exist in that hospital because House won’t allow it.

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