Poll: House, M.D. — Is "Huddy" Inevitable?

As you all know, Dr. Gregory House (the inimitable Hugh Laurie) and Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa
Edelstein) have been pursuing and sniffing each other out for nearly two seasons (or longer, if
you count the years since the pilot). They are clearly into each other, and even Chase (Jesse
Spencer) is asking about the relationship (he asked Cuddy in last week's "Saviors" if she is in
love with House). Wilson and Cameron have both nudged encouragement from the sidelines
and several recent patients have remarked about the clear attraction between Dean of
Medicine Lisa Cuddy and Dr. Gregory House (most recently in "Unfaithful" and "Locked In").
Interviews with David Shore, Katie Jacobs, Hugh Laurie, and Lisa Edelstein have all pointed to
the inevitability of something significant happening between Drs. House and Cuddy
(collectively known as "Huddy").
House has courted Cuddy in his own unique fashion by restoring her medical school desk
anonymously and coming to her after she lost the adoption (which ended in that passionate
broken kiss in "Joy"). He pined for her in "The Itch," almost finding the courage to knock on
her door, but losing his nerve at the last minute, and in "Unfaithful," he played "Cuddy's
Serenade," as he sat in his lonely apartment during Rachel's simchat bat ceremony.
Cuddy's attraction is even more obvious, and had House not stopped himself at the end of
"Joy," the deed, as it were, would have been done already.
So, just for fun—and, as we await the concluding House episodes—I throw it open to you, my
brilliant readers (and anyone else who happens by this space): do you think House and Cuddy
will have sex by the end of the season? And if so... how, where, when? This poll simply asks
where the deed will happen (if it does), I want you to tell me how, which episode, and under
what conditions: is it a moment of emotional turmoil for House? Does comfort turn to passion?
Are they both drunk (or stoned)? Is it an innocent embrace that spirals out of control? A
tentative and awkward kiss that runs away with them both? Let the speculation begin!

Pair build wacky fun on cartoon

It’s not too often that parents and kids can sit and watch television together. Sporting events, maybe some of the tamer reality shows like American Idol or Dancing With the Stars (sans Lil’ Kim’s near wardrobe malfunction).
But Phineas and Ferb can get the whole family laughing on the couch. The show, which premiered in 2007 and is now on Disney XD, is the creation of Dan Povenmire (Family Guy) and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh (Rocko’s Modern Life), who met while work-ing on The Simpsons. Their joint venture has all the craziness of their more adult shows, but it replaces the ribaldry with a secret agent pet platy-pus and floating baby heads. Trippy!
On the occasion of a new episode premiering today on the Emmy-nominated show, we had a chance to chat with Povenmire and Marsh about the show :
How does a guy who worked on the cutting-edge Family Guy wind up doing a show on Disney?
Povenmire: Well, I also worked on SpongeBob SquarePants and I like to think that Phineas and Ferb is the exact artistic midpoint between Fam-ily Guy and SpongeBob. I’m not even sure what that means, but it does seem true.
What’s the difference between do-ing a show like Family Guy and doing Phineas and Ferb?
Povenmire: Well, the language, of course. But the actual biggest differ-ences are the budget and schedule. Prime time animation like Family Guy just has a lot more time to spend on a project. At Phineas and Ferb, we do in a week what would take months when I was on Family Guy so we’re sort of going full steam ahead con-stantly.
Will there be a Star Wars take off on P&F like there was on Fam-ily Guy?
Marsh: We’ve got an episode com-ing up that lampoons a few of our favorite sci-fi films. There are more than a few Star Wars references, but it’s definitely not a full “take-off.” We got Lorenzo Lamas to do a voice for it!
What’s up with the giant floating baby head that appears from time to time?
Povenmire: That came from one board panel drawn by Mike Diederich and one of our directors, Rob Hughes, thought it was hilarious and made a whole bit about it. Now it shows up all the time.
Marsh: We try not to think too much about the floating baby head. It makes us laugh. ‘Nuff said.