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==Reception== ==Reception==
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Initial responses to the character were mostly positive, Barbara Barnett from ], compared Tritter to ] of '']'',<ref name="BC">{{cite news|first=Barbara|last=Barnett|date={{date|2008-04-10|mdy}}|url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/10/1158232.php|title=House, MD: Revisiting the "Tritter Arc"|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-09-22|mdy}}}}</ref> which was agreed with by Charles McGrath of '']''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/theater/07morse.html?pagewanted=print|title=Discovering Irishness, Recovering Niceness|author=McGrath, Charles|date={{date|2008-01-07|mdy}}|publisher='']''|accessdate={{date|2008-12-12|mdy}}}}</ref> Maureen Ryan of the '']'' declared Tritter the "Best male villain of the fall of 2006".<ref name="CTvillian">{{cite news|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/10/fall_tvs_best_n.html#more|title=Fall TV's best new characters|author=Ryan, Maureen|date={{date|2006-10-19|mdy}}|publisher=The Watcher, '']''|accessdate={{date|2008-11-08|mdy}}}}</ref> ], who portrays ] on ''House'', said that ] was one of her favorite ''House'' guest-stars, saying that he did "a really great job".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/exclusive-interview-house-star-11812.aspx|title=Exclusive Interview: 'House' Star Lisa Edelstein|author=Kubicek, John|date={{date|2007-10-02|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-11-15|mdy}}}}</ref> Alynda Wheat from '']'' stated that Tritter annoyed Dr. House the most, ranking above other ''House'' characters ] (]), ] (]) and ] (]).<ref name="EWranking">{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20225048,00.html|title=Who Annoyed Dr. House Most?|author=Wheat, Alynda|date={{date|2008-09-12|mdy}}|publisher='']''|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> Initial responses to the character were mostly positive. Maureen Ryan of the '']'' declared Tritter the "Best male villain of the fall of 2006".<ref name="CTvillian">{{cite news|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/10/fall_tvs_best_n.html#more|title=Fall TV's best new characters|author=Ryan, Maureen|date={{date|2006-10-19|mdy}}|publisher=The Watcher, '']''|accessdate={{date|2008-11-08|mdy}}}}</ref> ], who portrays ] on ''House'', named ] as one of her favorite ''House'' guest-stars, saying that he did "a really great job".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/exclusive-interview-house-star-11812.aspx|title=Exclusive Interview: 'House' Star Lisa Edelstein|author=Kubicek, John|date={{date|2007-10-02|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-11-15|mdy}}}}</ref> Barbara Barnett from ] and Charles McGrath of '']'' compared Tritter to ] of '']'',<ref name="BC">{{cite news|first=Barbara|last=Barnett|date={{date|2008-04-10|mdy}}|url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/10/1158232.php|title=House, MD: Revisiting the "Tritter Arc"|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-09-22|mdy}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/theater/07morse.html?pagewanted=print|title=Discovering Irishness, Recovering Niceness|author=McGrath, Charles|date={{date|2008-01-07|mdy}}|publisher='']''|accessdate={{date|2008-12-12|mdy}}}}</ref> and Alynda Wheat from '']'' stated that Tritter annoyed Dr. House more than any other character, surpassing the other ''House'' characters ] (]), ] (]) and ] (]).<ref name="EWranking">{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20225048,00.html|title=Who Annoyed Dr. House Most?|author=Wheat, Alynda|date={{date|2008-09-12|mdy}}|publisher='']''|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref>


However, when the character's arc continued, critics became bored. Staci Krause of ] said that she found the first few episodes of Season 3, with House recovering from being shot more interesting.<ref name="IGN">{{cite news|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/796/796279p1.html|first=Staci|last=Krause|date={{date|2007-06-13|mdy}}|publisher=]|work=Some great medical cases, one disappointing story arc and a shocker of a finale.|title=House: Season 3 Review|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> In a review of "]" Michelle Kung, from ''Entertainment Weekly'' commented "I agree, David Morse is a fine actor, but his cop is so ridiculously one-note and revenge-bent that his scenes are often just excruciating to sit through".<ref name="EW1">{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1556339,00.html|title=Heavy Hands|work=On "House", oppressive cop Tritter draws Wilson into his case against the doc, and the team struggles to diagnose 600 pounds of patient|author=Kung, Michelle|date={{date|2006-11-08|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> In a review of "]", Sara Morrison, of ], doubted that Tritter getting revenge on House was worth all his time and aggravation,<ref name="TWP1">{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/house/fools_for_love.php?page=11|author=Morrison, Sara|title=Awkward|date={{date|2006-10-31|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> calling the "Tritter Arc" an "insane quest for ass thermometer justice",<ref name="TWP2">{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/house/que_ser_ser.php|author=Morrison, Sara|title=Vogler II: Electric Vog-a-loo|date={{date|2006-11-07|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> and giving Tritter the nickname "Detective Shitter".<ref name="TWP2" /> Alan Sepinwall, from '']'' stated that "pitting House against a comedy-impaired cop was both dull and not a fair fight".<ref name="SLshotinarm">{{cite news|url=http://blog.nj.com/alltv/2007/11/sepinwall_on_tv_house_gets_a_c.html|title=Sepinwall on TV: 'House' gets a creative shot in the arm|author=Sepinwall, Alan|publisher='']''|date={{date|2007-11-27|mdy}}|accessdate={{date|2008-11-18|mdy}}}}</ref> Daniel Fienberg of ], feared that what happened to ] (]) in the first season (the audience being glad of the character's departure), would happen to Tritter.<ref name="Z2I" /> "Because", as Fienberg explained, "Dr. House is a force of nature, while anybody sent to oppose him is just a nuisance, particularly any actor signed to a six or eight episode guest-starring arc".<ref name="Z2I">{{cite news|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2006/10/the_tease_house.html|title=The Tease: 'House' Returns with David Morse|author=Fienberg, David|date={{date|2006-10-30|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> '']'' critic Robert Bianco, agreed with this, by calling Tritter's departure "a Christmas gift for fans".<ref name="USAT" /> ] of '']'', reported that most fans were, indeed, pleased with the character's departure.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b12712_qa_house_producer_katie_jacobs_dishes.html|title=Q&A: House Producer Katie Jacobs Dishes on What Lies Ahead|publisher='']''|author=Dos Santos, Kristin|authorlink=Kristin Dos Santos|date={{date|2007-03-06|mdy}}|accessdate={{date|2008-12-12|mdy}}}}</ref> After appearing on the show, Morse jokingly stated that he gained various bad comments from fans who said that they hated his character for what he had done to Dr. House.<ref name="AV" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/12/we_ask_david_morse_of_the_seaf.html|title=We Ask David Morse of ‘The Seafarer’ Who's Tougher: The Devil or House?|author=Latifi, Sadia|date={{date|2007-06-12|mdy}}|publisher='']''|accessdate={{date|2008-11-28|mdy}}}}</ref> However, the continued character arc increasingly bored critics. Staci Krause of ] found the first few episodes of Season 3, with House recovering from being shot, more interesting.<ref name="IGN">{{cite news|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/796/796279p1.html|first=Staci|last=Krause|date={{date|2007-06-13|mdy}}|publisher=]|work=Some great medical cases, one disappointing story arc and a shocker of a finale.|title=House: Season 3 Review|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> In a review of "]", ''Entertainment Weekly''{{'}}s Michelle Kung noted that while David Morse is a fine actor, "his cop is so ridiculously one-note and revenge-bent that his scenes are often just excruciating to sit through".<ref name="EW1">{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1556339,00.html|title=Heavy Hands|work=On "House", oppressive cop Tritter draws Wilson into his case against the doc, and the team struggles to diagnose 600 pounds of patient|author=Kung, Michelle|date={{date|2006-11-08|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> In a review for "]", Sara Morrison of ] doubted that Tritter's revenge on House was worth all his time and aggravation,<ref name="TWP1">{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/house/fools_for_love.php?page=11|author=Morrison, Sara|title=Awkward|date={{date|2006-10-31|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> and later called the Tritter arc an "insane quest for ass thermometer justice".<ref name="TWP2">{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/house/que_ser_ser.php|author=Morrison, Sara|title=Vogler II: Electric Vog-a-loo|date={{date|2006-11-07|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Alan Sepinwall stated that "pitting House against a comedy-impaired cop was both dull and not a fair fight".<ref name="SLshotinarm">{{cite news|url=http://blog.nj.com/alltv/2007/11/sepinwall_on_tv_house_gets_a_c.html|title=Sepinwall on TV: 'House' gets a creative shot in the arm|author=Sepinwall, Alan|publisher='']''|date={{date|2007-11-27|mdy}}|accessdate={{date|2008-11-18|mdy}}}}</ref> After the audience's yearning for ]'s (]) departure in the first season, Daniel Fienberg of ] feared that the same would happen with Tritters's departure because "Dr. House is a force of nature, while anybody sent to oppose him is just a nuisance, particularly any actor signed to a six or eight episode guest-starring arc".<ref name="Z2I">{{cite news|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2006/10/the_tease_house.html|title=The Tease: 'House' Returns with David Morse|author=Fienberg, David|date={{date|2006-10-30|mdy}}|publisher=]|accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> ] of '']'' stated that Tritter was "rough on everybody" of the audience,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b12712_qa_house_producer_katie_jacobs_dishes.html|title=Q&A: House Producer Katie Jacobs Dishes on What Lies Ahead|publisher='']''|author=Dos Santos, Kristin|authorlink=Kristin Dos Santos|date={{date|2007-03-06|mdy}}|accessdate={{date|2008-12-12|mdy}}}}</ref> and '']'' critic Robert Bianco compared Tritter's departure to "a Christmas gift for fans".<ref name="USAT" /> Morse jokingly stated after his departure that various fans had told him of their hate for Tritter after what the character had done to Dr. House.<ref name="AV" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/12/we_ask_david_morse_of_the_seaf.html|title=We Ask David Morse of ‘The Seafarer’ Who's Tougher: The Devil or House?|author=Latifi, Sadia|date={{date|2007-06-12|mdy}}|publisher='']''|accessdate={{date|2008-11-28|mdy}}}}</ref>


Morse, however, gained mainly positive responses to his portrayal of Tritter, ''The Star-Ledger''{{'}}s Alan Sepinwall called Morse a "superb actor".<ref name="SLshotinarm" /> Maureen Ryan of the ''Chicago Tribune'', stated that Morse's "understated performance" made Triter all the more scarier.<ref name="CTvillian" /> ]'s Daniel Fienberg said that Morse is "one of our very best character actors".<ref name="Z2I" /> Morse submitted the episode "]", for consideration on his behalf in the category of "]" for the 2007 ].<ref name="EmmySubmis.">{{cite news|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2007/07/weve-got-the-ti.html|title=We've got the titles of episodes submitted by Emmy's guest actors!|author='O Neill, Tom|date={{date|2007-07-30|mdy}}|publisher='']''|accessdate={{date|2008-11-22|mdy}}}}</ref> Morse went on to be nominated,<ref name="07emmynoms">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php |format=PDF |title=The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominees are... |accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}} |publisher='']''}}</ref> but eventually lost to ] for '']''.<ref name="07emmywinners">{{cite web|title=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 59th Primetime Emmy Awards |publisher='']'' |date={{date|2007-09-16|mdy}} |url=http://www.emmys.org/downloads/2007/pte59emmywinners.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref> In a comment to Morse's Emmy award nomination, Cynthia Littleton of '']'', said that she was glad Morse got nominated because she already thought Morse deserved an Emmy for his work on '']''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/07/emmys-oddities-.html|title=Emmys: Oddities and observations|author=Littleton, Cynthia|publisher='']''|date={{date|2008-07-19|mdy}}|accessdate={{date|2008-11-22|mdy}}}}</ref> Morse, however, gained mainly positive responses to his portrayal of Tritter. ''The Star-Ledger''{{'}}s Alan Sepinwall called Morse a "superb actor",<ref name="SLshotinarm" /> and Maureen Ryan of the ''Chicago Tribune'' stated that Morse's "understated performance" made Triter all the more scarier.<ref name="CTvillian" /> ]'s Daniel Fienberg regarded Morse "one of our very best character actors".<ref name="Z2I" /> Cynthia Littleton of '']'', who already considered Morse's work in '']'' Emmy-worthy,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/07/emmys-oddities-.html|title=Emmys: Oddities and observations|author=Littleton, Cynthia|publisher='']''|date={{date|2008-07-19|mdy}}|accessdate={{date|2008-11-22|mdy}}}}</ref> was glad that Morse's submission of the episode "]" for a 2007 ] consideration was accepted in the category of "]".<ref name="EmmySubmis.">{{cite news|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2007/07/weve-got-the-ti.html|title=We've got the titles of episodes submitted by Emmy's guest actors!|author='O Neill, Tom|date={{date|2007-07-30|mdy}}|publisher='']''|accessdate={{date|2008-11-22|mdy}}}}</ref><ref name="07emmynoms">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php |format=PDF |title=The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominees are... |accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}} |publisher='']''}}</ref> The award eventually went to ] for '']''.<ref name="07emmywinners">{{cite web|title=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 59th Primetime Emmy Awards |publisher='']'' |date={{date|2007-09-16|mdy}} |url=http://www.emmys.org/downloads/2007/pte59emmywinners.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate={{date|2008-10-04|mdy}}}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 13:47, 17 January 2009

Fictional character
Michael Tritter
House character
Actor David Morse in Toronto in 2005David Morse, who portrayed Tritter, in Toronto, 2005.
First appearance"Fools for Love"
Last appearance"Words and Deeds"
Created byPeter Blake
Portrayed byDavid Morse
In-universe information
TitleDetective (Det.)
OccupationPolice detective

Detective Michael Tritter is a recurring character in the medical drama series House, portrayed by David Morse. He is the main antagonist of the third season, which ran between 2006 and 2007. Tritter is a police detective, who tries to get Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) to apologize for leaving him in an examination room with a thermometer in his rectum. After House refuses to do so, Tritter researches House's background and discovers the doctor's Vicodin addiction. Tritter turns people close to House against him and forces House to go to rehab. When the case ultimately comes to court, the judge sentences House with one night in jail and finishing his rehabilitation, telling Tritter that she thinks House is not the drug addict he tried to make him.

The character was created as somebody who could go "toe-to-toe" with House. Morse, who had never seen House before, was unsure if he should portray the character and was still not impressed after familiarizing himself with the show. The frantic reaction of his friends to the acting opportunity finally convinced him otherwise. Initial critical responses to the character were mostly positive, but critics later felt that the six-episode Tritter story arc was becoming "boring". Nevertheless, Morse was praised for his portrayal, and gained an Emmy Award nomination, in the category "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" for his appearance in the episode "Finding Judas". Morse stated in a 2006 TV Guide interview that, although discussions had been made, bringing the character back on the show is "practically impossible".

Storyline

Tritter first appears as a patient of the walk-in clinic in "Fools for Love". He suffers from a severe irritation in the area of his groin and believes a sexually transmitted disease to be the cause. House quickly and charmlessly diagnoses Tritter with dry skin, a common side effect of the nicotine gum that Tritter is chewing. House declines Tritter's request to take a sample for testing, on the grounds that he has already met this month's quota for indulging "stubborn idiots". When House attempts to leave the room, Tritter kicks House's cane so that House trips. House feigns acquiescence and takes the sample, but insists he has to take Tritter's temperature rectally. After inserting the thermometer, House leaves the room with no intention of returning. Tritter later complains about his treatment to House's boss, Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), but House refuses to apologize even after Tritter says that he would rather "beat the crap out of" House than sue him. When Tritter pulls over House for a traffic violation later that night, Tritter reveals himself as a police detective. In a patdown search, Tritter finds unprescripted Vicodin pills in House's pocket and arrests House.

While House is bailed out of jail by his friend James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) in "Que Sera Sera", Tritter gets a search warrant for House's apartment and finds over six hundred Vicodin pills and two prescriptions signed with Wilson's name in different handwriting. When confronted, Wilson claims that he sometimes writes his name differently, keeping up the pretense even after Tritter threatens with police action. At the end of "Son of Coma Guy", Wilson finds his bank account frozen because Tritter did not believe him. Tritter tries to convince the members of House's diagnostic team to testify against House, but they all refuse. As revealed in "Whac-A-Mole", Tritter also has Wilson's car towed and removed his prescription-writing powers, forcing Wilson to shut down his practice. In "Finding Judas", Cuddy accuses Tritter of not having a life and "personalizing every slight" as he spends his week off looking through the hospital files for evidence. Tritter responds that "Nobody here is innocent", as everyone allows House to treat patients despite their knowing of his Vicodin addiction, and that it takes a police detective to uncover what the doctors are deliberately hiding. At the end of the episode, Wilson visits Tritter and indicates his willingness to testify.

In "Merry Little Christmas", Tritter and Wilson work out a deal for House so that he can keep practicing medicine if he pleads guilty and spends two months in rehab. When House refuses to take the deal, Wilson convinces Cuddy to stop prescribing House's Vicodin to force House to settle. But when Wilson notices the effects of the detox process on House and expresses his unwillingness to continue testifying, Tritter retorts that he will use Wilson's previous statements and charge him with interfering with a police investigation. Meanwhile, House uses a dead patient's name to obtain oxycodone pills as a vicodine replacement drug, but when House visits Tritter early the next morning to agree to the deal, Tritter has the pharmacy's log and says the deal is off.

In the final days leading up to House's court case, House realizes the severity of the situation and finally apologizes to Tritter. When Tritter refuses to accept the apology, House goes into rehab, putting on a show for Tritter and the judge, but Tritter cites his past experiences with trust addicts to just drop the charges. During court proceedings, Cuddy commits perjury by saying she swapped the oxycodone pills with placebos before House signed for them in the pharmacy. The judge excuses Cuddy and tells House that he has better friends than he thinks he has; the judge then tells Tritter that she does not believe House to be the drug addict that Tritter tried to make him, and orders Tritter to move on. She rules House to spend the night in jail and to continue rehab afterwards. Just before the bailiff escorts House out, Tritter tells him, "Good luck. I hope I'm wrong about you".

Personality

"Tritter himself is essentially House without the sense of humor, but that doesn't make him any less right in his assessment of House as bully".

Alan Sepinwall, The Star-Ledger.

Being the main antagonist of the third season, Tritter is a "stubborn" and "vengeful" police detective. Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune described Tritter as a "dogged cop". According to David Morse, the offensive thermometer incident in "Fools for Love" made it easy for Tritter to stands up to House; Tritter is "House's equal" and the kind of person who "gets who House is on all levels and can really shake his foundation". Tritter's past experiences with drug addicts instill the wish in him to get House clean, and he becomes so morbidly "obsessed" with House that, according to executive producer Katie Jacobs, the story arc turns into "a battle of egos" between them. The character shows more of a "manipulative" streak when he forms a plan to "break" each member of House's team separately in "Finding Judas". Robert Bianco of USA Today described Tritter as an initially "legitimately, if belligerently, aggrieved adversary" who later morphs into "some kind of insane supercop, tearing his way through the hospital and the Constitution at will".

Creation and casting

The Tritter character was created as someone to go "toe-to-toe" with House. The producers did not want a "bad guy" character, but someone "with the strength and presence to really stand up to House" and "as focused and as smart as House", so that House has to come up against a real force. In 2006, House creator David Shore contacted actor David Morse, with whom he had previously worked on Hack, for a guest starring episode arc on the show. According to Ellen Gray, of the Philadelphia Daily News, Morse's earlier portrayals of "scary" cops (in 16 Blocks and Hack) also helped in the casting process. As Morse was unfamiliar with the show at the time, he watched several House episodes but was surprised that the show had a strong audience with " a total jerk" lead character. It was not until Morse told a few long-time friends about the job offer, that their enthusiastic reaction convinced him to take the role. Katie Jacobs, executive producer of House, was later impressed by Morse's performance even though Morse stated that he had very minor responsibilities on the show other than "giving House a hard time". In a 2006 TV Guide interview, Morse said that although they had talked about it, it is "practically impossible" to get the character to return in any later seasons.

Reception

"...However, after about the fourth episode and the many troubles he was causing the people in House's life, we were bored. This story seemed to drag on forever and, in the meantime, there weren't that many great medical cases to fill in the gap".

Staci Krause, IGN.

Initial responses to the character were mostly positive. Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune declared Tritter the "Best male villain of the fall of 2006". Lisa Edelstein, who portrays Lisa Cuddy on House, named David Morse as one of her favorite House guest-stars, saying that he did "a really great job". Barbara Barnett from Blog Critics Magazine and Charles McGrath of The New York Times compared Tritter to Inspector Javert of Les Misérables, and Alynda Wheat from Entertainment Weekly stated that Tritter annoyed Dr. House more than any other character, surpassing the other House characters Amber Volakis (Anne Dudek), Stacey Warner (Sela Ward) and Lucas Douglas (Michael Weston).

However, the continued character arc increasingly bored critics. Staci Krause of IGN found the first few episodes of Season 3, with House recovering from being shot, more interesting. In a review of "Que Sera Sera", Entertainment Weekly's Michelle Kung noted that while David Morse is a fine actor, "his cop is so ridiculously one-note and revenge-bent that his scenes are often just excruciating to sit through". In a review for "Fools for Love", Sara Morrison of Television Without Pity doubted that Tritter's revenge on House was worth all his time and aggravation, and later called the Tritter arc an "insane quest for ass thermometer justice". The Star-Ledger's Alan Sepinwall stated that "pitting House against a comedy-impaired cop was both dull and not a fair fight". After the audience's yearning for Chi McBride's (Edward Vogler) departure in the first season, Daniel Fienberg of Zap2it feared that the same would happen with Tritters's departure because "Dr. House is a force of nature, while anybody sent to oppose him is just a nuisance, particularly any actor signed to a six or eight episode guest-starring arc". Kristin Dos Santos of E! stated that Tritter was "rough on everybody" of the audience, and USA Today critic Robert Bianco compared Tritter's departure to "a Christmas gift for fans". Morse jokingly stated after his departure that various fans had told him of their hate for Tritter after what the character had done to Dr. House.

Morse, however, gained mainly positive responses to his portrayal of Tritter. The Star-Ledger's Alan Sepinwall called Morse a "superb actor", and Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune stated that Morse's "understated performance" made Triter all the more scarier. Zap2it's Daniel Fienberg regarded Morse "one of our very best character actors". Cynthia Littleton of Variety, who already considered Morse's work in St. Elsewhere Emmy-worthy, was glad that Morse's submission of the episode "Finding Judas" for a 2007 Emmy Awards consideration was accepted in the category of "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series". The award eventually went to John Goodman for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

References

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