CAN'T STOP THINKING

[deelaundry]

God, I love it when shows make me say that.

I have been puzzling my brain out over what could affect House and Wilson's friendship so deeply that Lisa E. would say that it's "on the line" in early Season Five.

Some of the things that would affect other friendships wouldn't affect theirs so deeply. For example, if House tried to save Amber and couldn't, Wilson would grieve, of course, but I can't see him blaming House. (If House didn't try, then yes. But that's not what it looked like in the promo.)

House having sex/making out/hitting on Amber could do it, but I don't think that happened. (For several reasons, but mostly because promo monkeys are lying liars who lie.)

My latest speculation: What if Amber dies, and House says something negative about Amber after she's dead? Something that may be true, but Wilson does NOT want to hear it and thinks House is an irredeemable asshole for insisting on telling Wilson the truth during Wilson's grief, when it would've been kinder to not sully Wilson's happy memories. That I could see coming between them.

megami_selene has the best idea, which I'm going to assume is true unless shown otherwise: "I think that House will risk his life for Amber, and it will come down to Wilson having to decide between them. And we all know who he will pick. :) That could cause a rift in the friendship. Wilson feeling guilty, and House not appreciating what Wilson did, or even angry that he made that decision."

Not only is that them to a tee, it also fits the title "Wilson's Heart" so well. In "House's Head" his head got "broken" AND we got to see inside his head. If megami_selene is right, Wilson's heart will be broken and we'll get to see inside it through the decision he makes.

xaipw just reminded me: WTF House drinking champagne?

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[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

CAN'T STOP THINKING

OMG SHE'S OUTTA CONTROL!111LLL!!!

Heh. I can buy this scenario. I think it would be even more hurtful on both sides if Wilson didn't believe House. Maybe he tells House he's lying because everybody lies House never really liked Amber, and hey -- maybe he secretly wanted her to die because she was competition for House.

House might even buy into something like that (at least for a while) -- searching his subconscious to try and determine if he really let Amber die by not doing the absolute best job he could.

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

That reminds me a lot of the scene in Honeymoon between House and Wilson in the bar. That House says a part of him wants Mark to die in order to be with Stacy (or make her suffer), but I think the former would apply to this situation, in that Wilson may believe House would want Amber to die in order to resume their full-time friendship.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

House doubting himself always makes for good television, too.

I am totally mesmerized by thinking about this. Next week can not come soon enough.