Can't tell you what happened to Skippy after 7.23, but there was probably a switch in prison. But I think the first switch took place during Help Me. This is what I believe happened:
House was buried under the secondary collapse, which was engineered by Cuddy. Skippy then took his place. What neither Cuddy nor Skippy knew was that House survived buried in the rubble, where he spent the whole of S7, being updated and supplied with food by Wilson, who for his part kept a watchful eye on Skippy, trying to figure out how to neutralise him.
Cuddy and Skippy worried about Wilson finding out who Skippy was, so they did stuff to him like drugging him. Oh, and Skippy blackmailed Sam into spying on Wilson for them after he found out that she euthanised her patients. She gave Wilson the files hoping he'd get the message and send Skippy packing, but when he didn't she left to avoid further blackmail. After Recession Proof Cuddy and Skippy figured that Wilson was onto their game (no man in his senses would give the kind of advice Wilson was giving), so they decided to orchestrate Cuddy's 'death'. Unfortunately Wilson crossed their plans by taking her treatment into his own hands instead of refusing to treat a friend. Their plans got wilder and wilder after their pretend break-up (though I'm not sure they were really together), until Skippy drove his car into Cuddy's house. That gave Cuddy the excuse she needed to leave the state, and after the switch-back Skippy followed her.
As to the why, I really don't know, but maybe Cuddy was tired of having to dress in low-cut tops just to keep her employees under control.
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Date: 2012-03-05 02:41 pm (UTC)House was buried under the secondary collapse, which was engineered by Cuddy. Skippy then took his place. What neither Cuddy nor Skippy knew was that House survived buried in the rubble, where he spent the whole of S7, being updated and supplied with food by Wilson, who for his part kept a watchful eye on Skippy, trying to figure out how to neutralise him.
Cuddy and Skippy worried about Wilson finding out who Skippy was, so they did stuff to him like drugging him. Oh, and Skippy blackmailed Sam into spying on Wilson for them after he found out that she euthanised her patients. She gave Wilson the files hoping he'd get the message and send Skippy packing, but when he didn't she left to avoid further blackmail. After Recession Proof Cuddy and Skippy figured that Wilson was onto their game (no man in his senses would give the kind of advice Wilson was giving), so they decided to orchestrate Cuddy's 'death'. Unfortunately Wilson crossed their plans by taking her treatment into his own hands instead of refusing to treat a friend. Their plans got wilder and wilder after their pretend break-up (though I'm not sure they were really together), until Skippy drove his car into Cuddy's house. That gave Cuddy the excuse she needed to leave the state, and after the switch-back Skippy followed her.
As to the why, I really don't know, but maybe Cuddy was tired of having to dress in low-cut tops just to keep her employees under control.