It is done. House has a new team. Granted, it’s not the team I mentioned earlier, but that’s how I roll. Things change constantly. So, the new team.
Oliver Pike is pretty much the same guy I planned on. Though I did end up using the trust fund baby on him. For those who watch Psych, he’s a little bit Shawn Spencer and a little bit House. House is intrigued by him because he doesn’t give a shit, something House oddly admires. Whether he actually lasts with his carefree attitude is another story.
Lexa Chen is pretty much what I wanted, a hooker House knew from his past. She’s Chinese now because I like how the name sounds. Chen is also short for Chenowith. (I love her). Her issue is, she’s just not going to be that great a doctor. But House wants her there to bother Cuddy. It might end up being a battle of wills between House and Cuddy, whether she stays or not.
Christine Noble is smarter than House. I’ve always been interested in what would happen if he met someone smarter than him. She might not be as observant, I’m not sure yet how that will play out, but knowledge wise, she is smarter. She’s got a photographic memory. She remembers everything she reads. she is also not, never was and never will be attracted in House. He’s just not her type. It’ll be a relationship a bit like House and Amber but without any undercurrent of attraction, which I felt there was there.
Sophie was fun to write. A part of me wants to bring her back, but I don’t think I could build a story around her. She is named after two of Gina Bellman’s characters, sort of. Sophie is her character on Leverage, a show I HIGHLY recommend. Taylor is from Steve Taylor on Coupling (another show I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend. Funny as all hell, not the US remake, the original British version). Anyway, Gina played Jane Christie, but Sophie Christie sounded bad to me so I went with her ex-boyfriends last name. My mind is complicated like that.
Oh, as for Christine Noble. Christine is a bit player on Primeval (which I do not recommend unless you are a fan of cheesy CGI) and Noble is my second favorite character of all time, Donna Noble from Dr. Who. I always like to honor people/characters I like in the names of my original characters. You should see the list of names I went through to come up with these three. Lexa just popped into my head. I thought it sounded sexy. lol As for her ‘work’ name, Mei is supposedly beauty in Mandarin, at least according to the Internet which is where I get all my translations.
It was fun helping House come up with some strange ways to get rid of candidates, but I’m glad it’s over. Hopefully the team will settle in nicely so I can focus on more important things, like Huddy.
