When I noticed that there was a review of this episode on someone's blog I was hopeful that it would be viewed through the eyes of someone who could empathize with the attempted openness of the blogger/patient. To a limited extent that hope was realized. Interestingly, what attracted this blogger was less its "publicness" than its semi anonymity. Rather than simply reviewing the episode, she confessed that via blogging she was able to share her interest in this show in general - something she couldn't share with her husband:

I remember first getting hooked on House back in 2004. I couldn’t tell my husband and risk his certain teasing and (good natured) ridicule for becoming addicted to a television show (again). But I went on the Internet to see if anyone else felt as I did; saw in the show the things I saw; perceived House as I perceived him. And of course I did. I could barely admit my addiction to friends (and when I did it was with an embarrassed giggle). But to my community on the Internet, who of course “understood” me in a way impossible to explain to anyone else, I could bare all without fear of ridicule.