This review is excellent as always. You gave me so much to think about that I read it a few hours ago but needed to ponder it before commenting.
Most things I think we are in totally agreement on with this sentence: Unfortunately, there's a reason why mothers warn their kids about the bad guys - it's because the bad side really isn't that funny. being FTW. I think you summed up what happened to Cuddy right there.
However my initial reaction concerning Wilson in particular(which I wrote up last night), is diametrically opposite of yours. Your excellently made arguments gives me pause on my own interpretation, so I thought I'd throw out to you why I thought Wilson was not being underhanded. Perhaps you can spot the flaws in my thinking.
We have more scenes than usual with Wilson this week. He is the one who does the ultrasound which I think speaks to Cuddy's trust in him. Any radiologist would be a better choice, but she likes Wilson and he can keep her secret. He tries to make her feel more comfortable and I don't get that 'passive aggressive' vibe that I sometimes get from him. He also shows up at her door at night - he really cares about her and he seems to be taking this very hard too. I think it is easy to forget that he considers her a friend (and he doesn't have too many of those because of House). When Foreman comes to talk about House, Wilson obviously knows already that Cuddy is dealing with this without him and he is angry at House. He BELIEVES House can do better. If he didn't he wouldn't be annoyed. Very much like Cuddy does, he thinks that House has it in him - if he would just suck it up and stop running from the pain - to show up and do what Cuddy needs him to. Both Cuddy and Wilson believe House can do it, but you also get the sense that they both aren't sure he will do it. I also get the feeling that it is Wilson picking up the slack for House here with Cuddy though we don't get to see those scenes. At some point along the way Wilson also tells the team that "he doesn't want to pick up those pieces" if House falls apart while Cuddy does slowly. But I think he will (even if he doesn't want to) because unlike House he will do what needs to be done. He's a lot braver than House on that score. He turned off the machines on Amber after spending the last hours with her, he sees death close up all the time and often sits with his patients to the end (remember Joseph?), and he once gave House a speech about people dying of cancer and how they don't get depressed if they have family and friends around - he knows what a loved one means to a terminally ill person. I think that is why he was so annoyed with House. Personally I didn't see any jealousy in his behavior in this episode. Whether he is in love with House or just missing his relationship with his best friend and feeling left out, it seemed to me that he put it aside in favor of Cuddy's well being.
So, what do you think? Can you punch holes in that for me?
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Most things I think we are in totally agreement on with this sentence: Unfortunately, there's a reason why mothers warn their kids about the bad guys - it's because the bad side really isn't that funny. being FTW. I think you summed up what happened to Cuddy right there.
However my initial reaction concerning Wilson in particular(which I wrote up last night), is diametrically opposite of yours. Your excellently made arguments gives me pause on my own interpretation, so I thought I'd throw out to you why I thought Wilson was not being underhanded. Perhaps you can spot the flaws in my thinking.
We have more scenes than usual with Wilson this week. He is the one who does the ultrasound which I think speaks to Cuddy's trust in him. Any radiologist would be a better choice, but she likes Wilson and he can keep her secret. He tries to make her feel more comfortable and I don't get that 'passive aggressive' vibe that I sometimes get from him. He also shows up at her door at night - he really cares about her and he seems to be taking this very hard too. I think it is easy to forget that he considers her a friend (and he doesn't have too many of those because of House). When Foreman comes to talk about House, Wilson obviously knows already that Cuddy is dealing with this without him and he is angry at House. He BELIEVES House can do better. If he didn't he wouldn't be annoyed. Very much like Cuddy does, he thinks that House has it in him - if he would just suck it up and stop running from the pain - to show up and do what Cuddy needs him to. Both Cuddy and Wilson believe House can do it, but you also get the sense that they both aren't sure he will do it. I also get the feeling that it is Wilson picking up the slack for House here with Cuddy though we don't get to see those scenes. At some point along the way Wilson also tells the team that "he doesn't want to pick up those pieces" if House falls apart while Cuddy does slowly. But I think he will (even if he doesn't want to) because unlike House he will do what needs to be done. He's a lot braver than House on that score. He turned off the machines on Amber after spending the last hours with her, he sees death close up all the time and often sits with his patients to the end (remember Joseph?), and he once gave House a speech about people dying of cancer and how they don't get depressed if they have family and friends around - he knows what a loved one means to a terminally ill person. I think that is why he was so annoyed with House. Personally I didn't see any jealousy in his behavior in this episode. Whether he is in love with House or just missing his relationship with his best friend and feeling left out, it seemed to me that he put it aside in favor of Cuddy's well being.
So, what do you think? Can you punch holes in that for me?