Since a major part of my insights stem from over a year of extensive communication with you, it's hardly surprising that we agree ;-) At the moment the shipper forums are a place to be avoided at all costs. The Huddies are heart-rending in their grief, but as House says, 'You whine. It's boring!' If poor Wilson knew what expectations the Hilsons have of him, how he is to pick up the pieces and put House together again because he's the only one who truly understands him and can give him what he needs, he'd be running for the hills. Some Hilsons have even lurked in the Huddy forums to gloat [sic!]. There's a very sensible discussion going on in HHoW, but that's about it. For a mid-season episode it has caused quite a stir.
I am disgusted with her for not getting him some help, even if it was just to call someone else to stop by and haul him off to the spin bin. That was my gut feeling too. But in that show responsible behaviour doesn't seem part of the vocabulary of anyone practicing medicine. I was already gasping in dismay when Foreman and Wilson more or less openly considered the option that House could be relapsing, but neither saw the necessity of sending out a search party for him. Wilson had his own reasons, but does that exonerate the team for relying on him to do what was clearly called for? But then, on a meta level, if anyone in this show acted like decent human beings, there'd be no plot. There's just so much misery House can create for himself; for the rest, he needs the help of the people who surround him. It's something I've grown to accept - I don't even ask any more. Acting like selfish morons is part of the job description of supporting roles in House MD. Suck it up or get written out of the show.
I'll be honest and say I'm glad Huddy's gone. I'll be honest and say that I feel the same. As I said, my desire was for comfy couch scenes, not roller coaster rides, so the show's take on Huddy did not rock my boat at all. Had they given us fifteen episodes of the kind of comfy, snarky scenes that we had in that episode with stoned House teasing potentially dying and then recovering Cuddy, yeah, I'd be devastated, but as it is .... shrug. I was shocked because firstly, I didn't see it coming in this episode, and secondly, because House was absolutely heart-rending in those last scenes. The memory of his kicked-puppy-dog face still has my stomach churning. He was a lot less pathetic in 'Help Me' even if he was on the verge of a relapse there too. I'm happy that they got it over in five minutes instead of torturing us with a three-episode arc of will-she-won't-she-dump-his-ass.
once you mess with the UST in a series, you destroy the delight in tuning in for witty sexual banter Couldn't agree more. As in many other things, the less one shows and the more one leaves to the imagination, the better for all concerned. (I spent a lot of Season 2 and 3 asking myself incredulously, 'Are those two really flirting - they CAN'T be - or am I imagining it?' That was great!) As long as everything was unresolved and ambiguous, hard-core fans could interpret as they pleased; other fans honestly don't care either way. Now the scope for imagination is limited, there's never any doubt that they were attracted to each other, but fizzled out most miserably.
On another note, one of my spawn and I have watched the clip to 'Come on, get happy' on YouTube about five times. Hugh Laurie rocks!
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Date: 2011-03-09 06:12 pm (UTC)Since a major part of my insights stem from over a year of extensive communication with you, it's hardly surprising that we agree ;-) At the moment the shipper forums are a place to be avoided at all costs. The Huddies are heart-rending in their grief, but as House says, 'You whine. It's boring!' If poor Wilson knew what expectations the Hilsons have of him, how he is to pick up the pieces and put House together again because he's the only one who truly understands him and can give him what he needs, he'd be running for the hills. Some Hilsons have even lurked in the Huddy forums to gloat [sic!]. There's a very sensible discussion going on in HHoW, but that's about it. For a mid-season episode it has caused quite a stir.
I am disgusted with her for not getting him some help, even if it was just to call someone else to stop by and haul him off to the spin bin.
That was my gut feeling too. But in that show responsible behaviour doesn't seem part of the vocabulary of anyone practicing medicine. I was already gasping in dismay when Foreman and Wilson more or less openly considered the option that House could be relapsing, but neither saw the necessity of sending out a search party for him. Wilson had his own reasons, but does that exonerate the team for relying on him to do what was clearly called for?
But then, on a meta level, if anyone in this show acted like decent human beings, there'd be no plot. There's just so much misery House can create for himself; for the rest, he needs the help of the people who surround him. It's something I've grown to accept - I don't even ask any more. Acting like selfish morons is part of the job description of supporting roles in House MD. Suck it up or get written out of the show.
I'll be honest and say I'm glad Huddy's gone.
I'll be honest and say that I feel the same. As I said, my desire was for comfy couch scenes, not roller coaster rides, so the show's take on Huddy did not rock my boat at all. Had they given us fifteen episodes of the kind of comfy, snarky scenes that we had in that episode with stoned House teasing potentially dying and then recovering Cuddy, yeah, I'd be devastated, but as it is .... shrug.
I was shocked because firstly, I didn't see it coming in this episode, and secondly, because House was absolutely heart-rending in those last scenes. The memory of his kicked-puppy-dog face still has my stomach churning. He was a lot less pathetic in 'Help Me' even if he was on the verge of a relapse there too. I'm happy that they got it over in five minutes instead of torturing us with a three-episode arc of will-she-won't-she-dump-his-ass.
once you mess with the UST in a series, you destroy the delight in tuning in for witty sexual banter
Couldn't agree more. As in many other things, the less one shows and the more one leaves to the imagination, the better for all concerned. (I spent a lot of Season 2 and 3 asking myself incredulously, 'Are those two really flirting - they CAN'T be - or am I imagining it?' That was great!) As long as everything was unresolved and ambiguous, hard-core fans could interpret as they pleased; other fans honestly don't care either way. Now the scope for imagination is limited, there's never any doubt that they were attracted to each other, but fizzled out most miserably.
On another note, one of my spawn and I have watched the clip to 'Come on, get happy' on YouTube about five times. Hugh Laurie rocks!