But I'm not sure you can separate the two things. I can, for myself. If the episode had ended with House in his bathroom, relapsed or possibly about to relapse, I'd have chalked it down as a pretty crappy thing to say to him, and pretty crappy timing from House's pov, but not of much consequence otherwise. I knew she had it in her, and I felt that her buttons had been pushed. I had much more of a problem that she'd start a relationship with him with all those issues between them unresolved and with the 'I love you' thing, which was stupid and immature given that she was trying to start a relationship with him. So, for myself, I can consider what happened earlier separately from what happened later, because the later incidents don't follow automatically out of the earlier ones. I can't, however, separate the later ones from the earlier ones when judging what happened at House's place. (Does this make any sense? It's late here and I'm tired. What I'm trying to say is that the yelling shouldn't be judged by what happens in House's bathroom because it comes first; what happens in House's bathroom is, however, a consequence of what happened earlier, therefore the yelling counts when judging what Cuddy does when she goes to him.)
I've always wondered about House's gift to Cuddy at the start of the episode, a suprisingly thoughtful gift (which she basically doesn't react to at all) or something designed to try and win Cuddy back? IMO it's a thoughtful gift (House's version of making up after he slapped her offer of friendship down at the end of Baggage), and Cuddy doesn't react positively, not because she doesn't appreciate it, but because for a moment she fears that House has found out about the engagement, and she isn't ready to deal with the fallout as yet. (She asks him how he 'knows', upon which he says that her moving in with Lucas was no state secret, at which she shows relief.) If she'd reacted normally, House would have had no reason to be suspicious and follow her to Trenton, upon which the whole episode would have collapsed.
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Date: 2012-09-23 09:28 pm (UTC)I can, for myself. If the episode had ended with House in his bathroom, relapsed or possibly about to relapse, I'd have chalked it down as a pretty crappy thing to say to him, and pretty crappy timing from House's pov, but not of much consequence otherwise. I knew she had it in her, and I felt that her buttons had been pushed. I had much more of a problem that she'd start a relationship with him with all those issues between them unresolved and with the 'I love you' thing, which was stupid and immature given that she was trying to start a relationship with him. So, for myself, I can consider what happened earlier separately from what happened later, because the later incidents don't follow automatically out of the earlier ones. I can't, however, separate the later ones from the earlier ones when judging what happened at House's place. (Does this make any sense? It's late here and I'm tired. What I'm trying to say is that the yelling shouldn't be judged by what happens in House's bathroom because it comes first; what happens in House's bathroom is, however, a consequence of what happened earlier, therefore the yelling counts when judging what Cuddy does when she goes to him.)
I've always wondered about House's gift to Cuddy at the start of the episode, a suprisingly thoughtful gift (which she basically doesn't react to at all) or something designed to try and win Cuddy back?
IMO it's a thoughtful gift (House's version of making up after he slapped her offer of friendship down at the end of Baggage), and Cuddy doesn't react positively, not because she doesn't appreciate it, but because for a moment she fears that House has found out about the engagement, and she isn't ready to deal with the fallout as yet. (She asks him how he 'knows', upon which he says that her moving in with Lucas was no state secret, at which she shows relief.) If she'd reacted normally, House would have had no reason to be suspicious and follow her to Trenton, upon which the whole episode would have collapsed.