Eh, I didn't mind Thirteen's involvement since, from a story telling side, she's a character who canonically wants to dismiss her feelings and deny her past (right down to preferring a random number to her own name) and even her emotions involving Foreman. So from that perspective, having her be the one dealing with the patient's lies and obfuscations makes sense.

(Of course I'm not on the Thirteen must die bandwagon, so ...)

I did think the lies and how they're tied up with emotions and those complications really worked well -- and both Taub and House made me laugh out loud. Taub, obviously, through the secret and House's "working" right along with the carriage return. (Both jokes even fit with the lying theme.)

And both possum and massive prank wars? Oh yeah, it's on.

(My prediction is that the sprinkler system is a two-fold strike to eliminate the ugly orange couch.)