I also think (and again, this is just a surmise) that Lisa Edelstein was given to understand her character was equal to House's in importance, and it caused problems.
Who would tell her that (other than her most rabid fans)? The show is called House MD, surely none of the writers, producers or directors would think she was or should be equal in importance to House? I'm a huge LE/Cuddy fan but I've never once thought she was as important as House himself -- the show revolves around him and she is obviously just a side character. One of the two most important side characters, but just a side character all the same. Also, what kind of problems do you think this may have caused?
So I suspect DS decided to kill two birds with one stone. He made sure Huddy was destroyed so thoroughly that it would be very difficult for LE to come back, and he also sent a message to Huddies everywhere: it's done.
Why would he want to do this? I already have a hard time wrapping my mind around his determination to utterly destroy any last morsel of a relationship between House and Cuddy. I mean, even if you yourself don't really like the storyline, just the fact that so many fans DO is a good reason to keep the coals glowing just a teeny bit, to keep those fans hopeful and have them stick with the show. Which is why I found it so utterly baffling when after Bombshells he kept insisting they were totally completely done forever (although obviously they were). I mean, even if you never want to go back to that storyline, why completely destroy all hope the many Huddy fans might have, take away all their fun in watching, and basically encourage them to stop watching? Do they not understand that hope keeps people going (in real life, and in watching a TV show)? That was just a really stupid move IMO. Terrible, terrible PR.
But I have an even harder time to try and think of a reason why he would want to make it difficult for Lisa to come back -- do you have any theories on that? Why would he want to do that?
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Re: Cutting Cuddy
Date: 2011-05-28 06:47 pm (UTC)Who would tell her that (other than her most rabid fans)? The show is called House MD, surely none of the writers, producers or directors would think she was or should be equal in importance to House? I'm a huge LE/Cuddy fan but I've never once thought she was as important as House himself -- the show revolves around him and she is obviously just a side character. One of the two most important side characters, but just a side character all the same.
Also, what kind of problems do you think this may have caused?
So I suspect DS decided to kill two birds with one stone. He made sure Huddy was destroyed so thoroughly that it would be very difficult for LE to come back, and he also sent a message to Huddies everywhere: it's done.
Why would he want to do this? I already have a hard time wrapping my mind around his determination to utterly destroy any last morsel of a relationship between House and Cuddy. I mean, even if you yourself don't really like the storyline, just the fact that so many fans DO is a good reason to keep the coals glowing just a teeny bit, to keep those fans hopeful and have them stick with the show. Which is why I found it so utterly baffling when after Bombshells he kept insisting they were totally completely done forever (although obviously they were). I mean, even if you never want to go back to that storyline, why completely destroy all hope the many Huddy fans might have, take away all their fun in watching, and basically encourage them to stop watching? Do they not understand that hope keeps people going (in real life, and in watching a TV show)? That was just a really stupid move IMO. Terrible, terrible PR.
But I have an even harder time to try and think of a reason why he would want to make it difficult for Lisa to come back -- do you have any theories on that? Why would he want to do that?