Discussion for Season 5, Episode 23.

[chie]

HOLY CRAP that was a really, really intense episode. At the insulin part, even though I knew that he wasn't going to die, I still started to tear up. jsdhj He's my favorite character, so anything happening to him is like... major.

AHHH WILSON! ♥ He was such a good friend (as he always is) in this episode! I loved how he was like.... always with House, even though Foreman kind of made fun of it. Was it just me, or did Wilson look kinda teary-eyed when he was over with House when House was getting his shirts? ;~; Man, Amber... way to torment the poor M.D.... AND STAB YOUR ARM. I thought that was pretty messed up.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST House/Cuddy! I usually say that I don't like this pairing, but I actually... do. A lot. It's my secret love. ♥ She, like Wilson, was a very good "friend" in this episode! I thought that it was sweet that she stayed with him overnight.

SORRY THAT ALL I TALKED ABOUT WAS THE HOUSE STUFF anybody can talk about any part of the episode! Just give your recap & thoughts and discuss, discuss, discuss!

Comments

[hooloovoo]

When they were kissing, all I could think was "He brushed his teeth after all the vomiting, right?"

I liked it okay, overall, I suppose. I was kinda annoyed when it went from, like, the ultimate House/Wilson episode to major House/Cuddy in like 10 minutes. I don't mind House/Cuddy, but it's not nice to tease us with House/Wilson first.

Amber was creepy, particularly with the arm stabbing, though the singing creeped me out most of all.

There was too much going on in the episode, I think. The Cameron storyline was completely unnecessary.

And it always bugs me when Chase is all super-surgeon. Originally he was an internist, right? Internist=/= Cardiothoracic surgeon. Otherwise Chase was great though.

[chie]

First off, welcome to the community! :)

Second... oh man, I didn't even think about that. I really hope he did brush his teeth.

I KNOW, man! I was like… what is this. So much House/Wilson in one episode—have I stumbled upon the jackpot? and then BAM House/Cuddy. My mom said that she could only picture Cuddy being there with him while he detoxed, though. Eh, either one of them could have sat it out, I think. I would have been pretty fangirlish if it was Wilson, but Cuddy being there satisfied my inner House/Cuddy fangirl, so what can I say.

Yeah, the singing gave me goosebumps I was so freaked out. Especially when she giggled. I really thought I was going to have nightmares because I get freaked out REALLY easily.

I didn't even really get the Cameron storyline... maybe that's because whenever they switched back to her and Chase, I kinda faded out. I was really only watching the show for all of the action surrounding House.

HAHA my mom was just talking about Chase's "inner brilliance" and I just... stared at her. Leave the major stuff to Foreman, baby boy. Keep looking cute, though!

[hooloovoo]

I totally have a tinhat theory on why it was Cuddy not Wilson during the detoxing: Wilson couldn't handle watching House go through that.

Plus, something about House/Cuddy makes me think all sorts of squee harshing thoughts about feminism and sexism and such, and that never ends well.

Thanks for the welcome. :D

[chie]

... I like that theory. 8)

♥

[kristalyn]

Amber singing was totally the creepiest point of this episode. But oh Hugh Laurie ♥ His acting was absolutely superb here. Not that it isn't always, but still, omg! I am loving all the crazy stuff, haha, I secretly hope it's schizophrenia, that would be kind of awesome.

I'm really not into House/Cuddy and I kind of cringed during the kissing. I'm hoping it was all a hallucination, because, seriously, detoxing only takes one night? And the next day you're fit enough for some lovin'? It probably wasn't though, given the preview, and my arguments don't really stand up against the general lack of realism the writers the writers embrace.

All through the detoxing, I was thinking it should have been Wilson there. I know there has been hinting at some emotional bond between House and Cuddy, but we've never actually seen it. I think he (House, or maybe they, the writers) chose not to make it Wilson because Wilson wouldn't have been strong enough to deny House his Vicodin. It's been well established that he's enables and indulges House way too much.