Not Friends

[deelaundry]

From the S5 post-ep I'm not going to write:

"You said we weren't friends."

"You said you were going to trample my feelings, ignore what I want, use my compassion against me, and risk a patient's life in order to get what you want. Does that sound like friendship to you?"

"You asked me to risk my life, and even worse my mind, on the slim chance it would save your girlfriend of a couple of months. Does that sound like friendship to you?"

"'Girlfriend of a couple of months' implies a lot less love than I actually had for her... but no, it doesn't sound like friendship. Which is why I said it as 'we,' instead of saying you weren't a friend to me."

Comments

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Showing House going after Wilson was good, but they never said why. House opened up the question, "What does Wilson mean to me?" but never answered it. Then after one ep of pursuing Wilson, House stopped. Ep 5-3 had no mention of Wilson at all. Hugh Laurie mentioned House needing to do something extraordinary to win Wilson back, but House didn't do anything. He gets Wilson back in his life by chance, and then when the time came at the end of the ep for them to have an honest conversation on why they wanted to be friends... they punted. House said, "It's OK if you just like my neediness," and Wilson said, "We don't get a choice who our friends are, but it's fun to hang out with you."

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[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Oh, I never said I was satisfied with the way they handled these things. Just that in comparison to other friendships we see on TV, House and Wilson are so far beyond the norm even with what we are shown. I try to appreciate that rather than making myself crazy because of all the places they just zoom right past the opportunities to really explore things between those two.

[taiga13.livejournal.com]

I liked that, though. That Wilson made it clear that he was returning because he realized he did like being House's friend, that he left for the wrong reason. It meant he WANTED House, not just NEEDED him.
And oh, don't get me started on the DBS issue.