I would say once this story arc is finished, the show will get back to normal.
Honestly, the show was at it's best whenever it had a story, but most of the episode was still centered around the case/House doing clinic hours. Since this cop has come into play, neither of these have been focused on too much. That is a flaw.
I dunno. The cop brings in some interesting aspects, but to be honest, they are more annoying than interesting. I would rather have House deal with Stacy again (probably a late season story arc).
At least House was wrong in the last episode... that never fucking happens. That was interesting. Overall, the last episode was still pretty damn good, but still, we won't get any REALLY good episodes until this cop shit is resolved.