Frankly, my assessment of everyone's motives tends to vacillate; what they say or do is always clear to me - I can picture the scenes - but my interpretation of why they do it tends to vary according to the mood I'm in. I think that Wilson has problems acknowledging the truth of what Cuddy says, namely that Pete will find out who he is no matter what he and Cuddy do to prevent it. If he acknowledged that, then that would mean that everything he, Foreman and House did four years ago and all the suffering since then were in vain. Now who would like to look back on four years of pure undiluted misery and say, "I could have spared myself the bother - I only postponed the inevitable."

Cuddy's problem with Wilson is that he puts House before her, and Cuddy isn't exactly known for selflessness. My problem is that Wilson ranks House's will above Pete's. Pete wants to know who he is; who is Wilson to deny him that knowledge? It isn't as though Pete was incapacitated; he is fully capable of making his own decisions. Wilson is holding onto something that doesn't exist anymore, his former friendship with House; respecting House's decision makes him feel as though House still exists in his life instead of being replaced by someone who regards him as a total stranger. In short, carrying out House's will gives his life meaning. Which is fine, but it doesn't exactly give him an objective perspective on the present mess.