Two Points from Last Night's House Episode

[deelaundry]

Not-so-subtle first, because I'm like that:

"She was in love with you. For years. ... You toyed with her emotions ..."

Wilson, honey, sweetie, don't you remember at all what Amber was trying to teach you? Remember the bed? It is OK for you to want things for yourself. You are allowed to be annoyed for yourself that House hasn't apologized for all the jerking around he's done to you. And, yes, you've done some jerking around to House, too, but it is still OK for you to want more straightforward affection and acknowledgment from House. You may not get it, but it's OK for you to want it.

The more subtle point, which was marvelous -- As House is writing out the check for Wibberly, he tells Wilson "your hectoring" has finally won.

But Wilson didn't do any hectoring of House about Wibberly. In fact, Wilson ignored all the pages House sent to him about the issue.

So, why did House think Wilson had hectored him? Because baby's growing an internal conscience! I am so proud! Of course, House has always had a conscience for larger issues; he's always done what he thought was right; but in this case, thinking through how something affects a single person (other than a patient) rather than truth itself or House himself -- awesome. :D

And, before I forget, one last character analysis for which all credit goes to Mr. Laundry. Mr. L took care of the kids last night so I could watch the House ep with my friends (YAY, FRIENDS; YOU ARE SO AWESOME) and watched the episode by himself this morning.

I asked him how he liked the ep, and he said, "It was OK, but I didn't buy the end with the med school friend."

"You don't believe House would give him the money?"

"I don't believe House didn't know that the guy had gotten an A+ on the paper. House is the kind of person who wants to confirm his hypotheses, right? So there's no way he wouldn't have followed through back in med school and found out what grade the other guy got."

♥ ♥ ♥ Mr. L ♥ ♥ ♥

Comments

[remydoodle.livejournal.com]

You make some great points.
And I totally agree with Mr. L, I didn't think of that point but right away I thought the guy was messing with House and I totally thought House would investigate him to find out if he really worked in a grocery store!

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Heh. That Mr. L is one smart cookie.

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Good points...gives me something to chew on. Hee! House listened to Wilson so long his conscience sounds like Wilson.

Wilson wasn't entirely blameless this episode, he did tell Wibberly where House was hiding.

And I'm with Mr. L--House not curious? Did not believe for a minute House would not know what happened to Wibberly. At the very minimum, House would Google or check Wibberly's status with the AMA.

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

I really liked this episode because it actually showed us some growth and learning on House's part. You bring up some brilliant points.

And Mr. L has brought something to my attention that I hadn't realised before. I must concur with his observation.

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

I got the feeling from the way it was played that House didn't know the outcome because he'd been kicked out of that school before he had a chance to get that information.

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Now I want to see it. Mr. L is very clever!

[photoash.livejournal.com]

I think that Mr. L is right! What a great point -- maybe there can be fic about this!

[mer-duff.livejournal.com]

Mr. L is astute! I also had trouble believing that House hadn't at least done a thorough Internet search on Wibblerly to find out what he'd been up to since med school (he must have done some kind of search to get his address in the first place).

My other thought during the episode was, Wilson didn't think switching papers sounded like House? (I wasn't getting a sarcasm vibe on that line reading). He knows House was kicked out of Hopkins for cheating off Von Weber, so it's not like he paid attention to academic rules.

[bery26.livejournal.com]

Last night when I watched the episode I too thought that Wilson was talking about himself in that conversation, but rewatching it this morning I'm not so sure anymore.

But there's still the fact that Wilson pointed out that he was on the list of people House owes an appology to in their first convo, and then, when he insisted on the issue in the convo you mention, he insisted on Cuddy's benefit instead of his own, so your analyzes about Wilson not admitting he needs things for himself works just as well in this case. I guess that demanding things for himself will never be Wilson's style.

Mr L is right on, very observant of his part :)

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

these are excellent points and I hadn't really thought of them (except for the part about Wilson owing House some apologies, that hit me like the Monty Python 16 ton weight.)