Those eyebrows ... (Spoilery speculations for future episodes - you are warned!)

[readingrat]

Did you see those eyebrows? Dream-Rachel's in 'Bombshells', I mean. In the second dream, the fifties one, they were so pronounced that it couldn't have been happenstance or a bad glitch by make-up. Didn't remind me of Cuddy's. Not surprising, since she isn't her biological child, but in a dream like that where Cuddy's wishes and fears are portrayed, and not reality, Rachel's appearance has to mean something. Another thing I noticed was Wilson's presence in both family life dreams. The first time was explicable - would House try to raise Rachel without making Wilson take the brunt of the labour? But the second time - the delivery guy? Talking of Wilson, did you ever notice his eyebrows? Quite.

So what does it mean that Rachel has Wilson's eyebrows? I doubt that Cuddy suspects him of diddling a high school teen. Not even Wilson is such a loose screw. I think that subconsciously Cuddy, realising that House is going to relapse once the stress gets too big (and Cuddy dying definitely falls in that category, just as getting dumped does), has cast Wilson as the father figure. Now I've never watched 'Two and a Half Men' (and I probably never will), but I'm told that the reliable guy is the kid's father while the House-ian jerk is his uncle.

We're told that there'll be a wedding later this season and that Cuddy's mom will appear for 7X19 or 7X20.

Will Cuddy and Wilson marry? If yes, then why? 
Possibility 1: Grief over dumping House has driven Cuddy over the edge. (Would any sane person become the fourth Mrs Wilson?)
Possibility 2: Cuddy wants to hammer in the message that it's really, really over. (It would still be a bit drastic, even by Cuddy's standards, but hey, this is the woman who was married for six days at age nineteen.)
Possibility 3: Cuddy is still dying - Wilson faked the last biopsy results to calm House down, but she's really got cancer. She wants to make sure that Rachel won't be doubly bereaved when she dies. If she marries Wilson, he can adopt Rachel, and Rachel gets to see House in future.

Anyone wish to add their dime's worth?

Comments

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

Concerning the big eyebrows - perhaps that is meant to suggest Rachel is the "love child" of House and Wilson via the old standard "the child looks more like the milkman than his father" joke of the 1950s and 60s. If Cuddy feared that House was closer to Wilson than to her, then he might be "cheating' on her with Wilson (I would guess this is not physical cheating, rather emotional or mental cheating). I first saw deelaundry mention the milkman joke in the H/W comm, so I give her credit here.

Cuddy and Wilson marrying would be a major betrayal to House so I don't think it would happen unless there was a really good reason for it and House approved. Like Cuddy losing her job and then suddenly needing health insurance for something major, which could somehow tie into your third possibility. Otherwise I couldn't see it. Cuddy and Wilson don't seem to be attracted that way to eachother at all despite several dates (adding to my "Wilson is gay" theory since Cuddy is a physical beauty) and they both care too much for House to stick it to him like that via your third possibility. Yet it is an intriguing theory because it would make sense since there are these Tweets from producers going around suggesting that either Cuddy or House 'will not be either available or able' to recommence their relationship. And a marriage to someone else would do it.

Other wacky possibilities are Cuddy and Lucas or House and Wilson (but if that did happen I think it would be presented in a way that's not for long held romantic affection. They would spin it some other way). Of course the wedding and the reason one of them won't be available to rehook up could be completely separate spoilers.

[readingrat.livejournal.com]

Cuddy and Wilson marrying would be a major betrayal to House [...] Cuddy and Wilson don't seem to be attracted that way to eachother at all
Agree, which is why my third theory seems the only one that could possibly convince Wilson of such a scheme. My imagination was fired by a promo picture of Ep 17, I think, with Wilson and Cuddy standing next to each other at House's place. It looked as though they were telling him something serious. And then there's Cuddy's mom reappearing. Now that Huddy is no more, why should a 'normal' visit by her mom have any relevance to House's story, unless something really important is happening that is likely to affect House's emotional life?

there are these Tweets from producers going around suggesting that either Cuddy or House 'will not be either available or able' to recommence their relationship.
Ah, haven't seen those.

And a marriage to someone else would do it.
Not to be overly cynical, but given the average length of a Wilson marriage, not to mention the length of Cuddy's only marriage, that would not be a deterrent. Cuddy's death, however, would effectively make her unavailable.

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

Tweets from producers going around suggesting that either Cuddy or House 'will not be either available or able' to recommence their relationship.
Ah, haven't seen those.

I am assuming you don't mind spoilers since you refer to them. From various producer type people's tweets we know that 1. There is a wedding we won't expect, but of a major character. 2. "Someone will die. of something. I won't say who but it's good." (exact quote. No mention if that is a major character or not) 3. House and Cuddy will not be back together this season (and now I quote) "Seeing how one of them...well. It's complicated".

But we don't know if any of these are connected.

Not to be overly cynical, but given the average length of a Wilson marriage, not to mention the length of Cuddy's only marriage, that would not be a deterrent. Cuddy's death, however, would effectively make her unavailable.

One certainly involves Cuddy in some way if Arlene shows up. And yes, killing off Cuddy would definitively end Huddy. Even House isn't that insane. ;P

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

Not to be overly cynical, but given the average length of a Wilson marriage, not to mention the length of Cuddy's only marriage, that would not be a deterrent. Cuddy's death, however, would effectively make her unavailable.

And yes, killing off Cuddy would definitively end Huddy. Even House isn't that insane. ;P

*snort* You both crack my sh*t up.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

Yes, there's been a bit of speculation floating around about the eyebrows. I personally lean towards the interpretation that Cuddy is subconsciously seeing Rachel as House and Wilson's child (especially after she's gone). But then, I would. And I also have a lot of trouble imagining Wilson and Cuddy getting married, although maybe if she knew she was going to die (but now that she's reconciled with her sister and designated her as Rachel's guardian, that seems much less likely).

I've read these other spoilers, too. My first thought was that Cuddy was dressed in mourning in the pictures of the "special event" with Wilson, and could it be for House's funeral? It's also been suggested that the "beach scene" filmed but never shown was real. Taken altogether, I'm worried that this whole season so far is going to be... wait for it... a hallucination.

Is it possible to hallucinate your own funeral?

[readingrat.livejournal.com]

If the special event was House's funeral and the promo picture was from Ep 17, then they're going to keep the corpse around for a helluva long time. But I agree that Cuddy's get-up was a tad depressing. How about House's mother dying? And a nice little road trip to her funeral?

When I was young (I'm talking some 25-odd years or so) there was a series called 'Dallas'. Didn't watch it because I'm not much of a telly person, but in those days it was one of the most watched series. But I remember there was a big hullaballoo because the producers had this brilliant idea of palming off almost a whole season as a dream/hallucination or whatever. No one was amused, apparently, neither hard-core nor casual fans. Now that was a long time ago, but I should think that would deter any series producer from trying the same stunt again.

Beach scenes that were never shown are real. (I know which ones you mean - the Thunder Roadtrip ones.) Okay, but that doesn't say when they took place. They could have taken place already, and a stoned House remembers them in his vicodin-induced dreams. That fills up screen time and those old scenes are put to good use - a win-win for the producers.