aaron c beals

according to this article, it looks like while they were originally talking about 5 new characters (or so i remember), now they’re talking about 3: the kid from Harold and Kumar, Jennie from The Black Donnellys, and the guy who was the plastic surgeon.

i think that the other two people in the original list were the old dude who’s not really a doctor and the girl who played Mike Hannigan’s temporary girlfriend (“Precious”) in Friends. i wonder if they’re going to stick around, just in non-House-sidekick roles. i’d be really surprised if they let the old dude go, especially after the scene at the end of last week’s episode in which House made him his non-medical assistant. i think that the character could play a good foil to House (since he’s older and of a less caustic temperament) and will provide at least one tension-filled episode complete with a heated exchange between House and Cuddy, after Cuddy learns that House is accepting counsel from someone without an official medical degree (albeit extensive medical training).