Oh, I think we already got anger, in the interaction with Cuddy. Her timing just sucks. Moments after processing his heartbroken (literally; way to be subtle, show) patient's calm resolution to "find something else to love", House is accosted by an accusation that *he* can't do that. Verbally, he's not in denial of his pain -- he's using words like "depressed" and "broke my heart" -- but he is much more comfortable there with anger than with hurt. (He's kind of fucking scary, actually, which for me is a satisfying and vindicating thing to see.)
I disagree that Cuddy's been rehabilitated. Now, instead of walking out on an addict on the brink of relapse -- which was heartless, but understandable given her own fragile state -- we are expected to believe that she was ignorant of the realities of both addiction and the man she loves (when has House ever been able to stop at just one of anything?), so she is not only insensitive but also an idiot.
I loved it. It was almost enough to redeem the season from Unplanned Parenthood and Pox on Our House. (Two Stories, however, remains beyond redemption.) If I had to make a list of defining episodes, those episodes that really explain the development of House's character and his journey, this one might be on it, along with "Three Stories," "Broken," "Baggage," and maybe one or two others.
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Date: 2011-03-16 02:45 am (UTC)I disagree that Cuddy's been rehabilitated. Now, instead of walking out on an addict on the brink of relapse -- which was heartless, but understandable given her own fragile state -- we are expected to believe that she was ignorant of the realities of both addiction and the man she loves (when has House ever been able to stop at just one of anything?), so she is not only insensitive but also an idiot.
I loved it. It was almost enough to redeem the season from Unplanned Parenthood and Pox on Our House. (Two Stories, however, remains beyond redemption.) If I had to make a list of defining episodes, those episodes that really explain the development of House's character and his journey, this one might be on it, along with "Three Stories," "Broken," "Baggage," and maybe one or two others.