Oh, I agree with what you say about Wilson and Cuddy. He cares for her, he's there for her (yes, he's probably putting in extra time of his own to make up for House's neglect), he's mad at House for not being there for her and he's absolutely right when he says House is making it about himself when it should be about Cuddy. At any other time he'd be right not to play along with House's game and let House face the consequences, even if those consequences ultimately mean a relapse, because it is better for House to relapse and deal with what is causing the relapse than to evade the issue indefinitely. What I'm saying is that not playing along with House this time not only has consequences for House and himself; in this case it also has consequences for Cuddy and for the House/Cuddy relationship. And that's where it gets difficult to decide whether Wilson deciding not to play along this time comes from a genuine desire to help House or from a subconscious desire to split House and Cuddy up. It's definitely not a conscious thing and he's definitely hopping mad at House, but that doesn't mean that his subconscious isn't suggesting that not interfering at this moment will get him House back, especially as this episode is very strong on subconscious messages.
That's what I meant when I referred to the Tritter arc. In 'A Merry Little Christmas' Wilson makes that deal with Tritter. Yes, House was the one who started it by feloniously forging scrips with Wilson's signature, yes, he's endangering patients (Wilson's and his own) and alienating his staff, yes, the deal is a really good one that would benefit House no end, but as Cameron points out, when something benefits Wilson as much as that deal with Tritter does, one can't separate noble motives from selfish ones any more. Had Wilson wanted to be sure that he was being noble and not just a little bit self-serving, he should have ratted House out before he himself was affected by House's behaviour. It's the same here - Wilson should have stopped playing House's game when not playing would have harmed him and not Cuddy.
That's not saying that I don't love this. Wilson is not a 'nice' guy, any more than House or Cuddy are. If he were all noble friendship, he'd be boring. It's this ambivalence in his behaviour that House is attracted to, not the niceness. House hates 'nice'.
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That's what I meant when I referred to the Tritter arc. In 'A Merry Little Christmas' Wilson makes that deal with Tritter. Yes, House was the one who started it by feloniously forging scrips with Wilson's signature, yes, he's endangering patients (Wilson's and his own) and alienating his staff, yes, the deal is a really good one that would benefit House no end, but as Cameron points out, when something benefits Wilson as much as that deal with Tritter does, one can't separate noble motives from selfish ones any more. Had Wilson wanted to be sure that he was being noble and not just a little bit self-serving, he should have ratted House out before he himself was affected by House's behaviour. It's the same here - Wilson should have stopped playing House's game when not playing would have harmed him and not Cuddy.
That's not saying that I don't love this. Wilson is not a 'nice' guy, any more than House or Cuddy are. If he were all noble friendship, he'd be boring. It's this ambivalence in his behaviour that House is attracted to, not the niceness. House hates 'nice'.