The last few chapters show a side of Cuddy I don't much like As I said, whether my readers like or dislike what a character is doing seems to be a question of whom they ship. It is, however, one of my pet peeves with the show that people keep getting blamed for things that others, who are responsible adults, do. I'm thinking of Cameron blaming House for 'poisoning' Chase as though he was an impressionable child, not a highly educated professional of twenty-and-then-some. Or again, in 'Nobody's Fault', that ridiculous plot line in which House is supposed to bear the fallout for Chase directly contravening his orders. Seriously? Cuddy has been in therapy for over three years now. She has a problem with guilt, so I'm assuming that her therapist will have worked with her on separating issues for which she is responsible from those for which she isn't, things for which she can reasonably blame herself and things which she should let go. (I think that she has to separate her guilt clearly from things that aren't her fault, otherwise how can she cope with the fact that her last relationship indirectly led to her daughter being crippled?)
This seems to me totally wishful thinking on Cuddy's part I don't think so. Whatever institutions House may rail against, marriage isn't one of them. And he's always the first to remind others (his patients, his team) of the responsibility that relationships, including marriage, entail. (In S7 he tells the man who finds out that he's married to a schizophrenic that 'it isn't always easy'. There's no question of House saying that it wasn't a good idea to get married or that finding out something like that relieves him of his responsibilities towards his wife.) House doesn't object to Wilson's marriages; it's Wilson's stupidity regarding whom he marries and his lax attitude towards fidelity despite being married that get his goat. As for marrying Cuddy, if he didn't have Lucas's opening bid to keep up with, then no, he wouldn't feel obliged to do anything as yet, especially since he considers himself intrinsically unworthy. But if it's a question of making sure that Cuddy doesn't regret dumping Lucas, then he'll do what it takes, even if it takes him considerably outside his comfort zone.
Nolan also has a double side - he's honest, but then he's not, Most of the characters run into situations where whatever they do will be to the benefit of one character but of harm to another. Then they have to weigh their options and decide whom to sacrifice. That's life - you can't make everything right for everyone. But it invariably means that you're harming someone else or pissing them off in a big way. Nolan's method of getting Pete/House to stay is at least as crappy as Cuddy's - but their combined efforts, despite being screwed up in a big way, work, and as House would say, it's results that count.
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As I said, whether my readers like or dislike what a character is doing seems to be a question of whom they ship. It is, however, one of my pet peeves with the show that people keep getting blamed for things that others, who are responsible adults, do. I'm thinking of Cameron blaming House for 'poisoning' Chase as though he was an impressionable child, not a highly educated professional of twenty-and-then-some. Or again, in 'Nobody's Fault', that ridiculous plot line in which House is supposed to bear the fallout for Chase directly contravening his orders. Seriously?
Cuddy has been in therapy for over three years now. She has a problem with guilt, so I'm assuming that her therapist will have worked with her on separating issues for which she is responsible from those for which she isn't, things for which she can reasonably blame herself and things which she should let go. (I think that she has to separate her guilt clearly from things that aren't her fault, otherwise how can she cope with the fact that her last relationship indirectly led to her daughter being crippled?)
This seems to me totally wishful thinking on Cuddy's part
I don't think so. Whatever institutions House may rail against, marriage isn't one of them. And he's always the first to remind others (his patients, his team) of the responsibility that relationships, including marriage, entail. (In S7 he tells the man who finds out that he's married to a schizophrenic that 'it isn't always easy'. There's no question of House saying that it wasn't a good idea to get married or that finding out something like that relieves him of his responsibilities towards his wife.) House doesn't object to Wilson's marriages; it's Wilson's stupidity regarding whom he marries and his lax attitude towards fidelity despite being married that get his goat. As for marrying Cuddy, if he didn't have Lucas's opening bid to keep up with, then no, he wouldn't feel obliged to do anything as yet, especially since he considers himself intrinsically unworthy. But if it's a question of making sure that Cuddy doesn't regret dumping Lucas, then he'll do what it takes, even if it takes him considerably outside his comfort zone.
Nolan also has a double side - he's honest, but then he's not,
Most of the characters run into situations where whatever they do will be to the benefit of one character but of harm to another. Then they have to weigh their options and decide whom to sacrifice. That's life - you can't make everything right for everyone. But it invariably means that you're harming someone else or pissing them off in a big way. Nolan's method of getting Pete/House to stay is at least as crappy as Cuddy's - but their combined efforts, despite being screwed up in a big way, work, and as House would say, it's results that count.