A bit of help that he owes her for including her so heavily in his machinations with so little information. He's aware of being in her debt, though he'd never admit it, and that's what leads to his protective streak in this chapter, offering to 'take care' of Ed and refusing to join in Chase's date's grumbling. And yes, he could help out with some information, but why choose a simple solution when there are complicated ones to pick from?
No way do I believe Wilson would abuse a child, but his track record for most relationships is spotty at best Wilson is good at relationships that are a 'moral obligation' (I think that was his term for his friendship with House). He said once regarding House that you don't get to choose your friends, which many people take as a negative comment, I interpret it more positively: he has commitments that he feels obliged to honour, no matter how he feels about the person in question (House, Danny), and he won't violate those commitments unless he has reached his personal limit. I think that a child would be a similar commitment, no matter whose it was. After all, is isn't as though Joel has all that many better options.
could this become a case of alcohol driven neglect if he realizes what has happened? That's a question I asked myself too. That's definitely a danger, but that's a danger that any child whose parent is a (former) addict faces. Even bio children can get neglected by addicted parents.
Would finding out make Wilson a bad parent? No. Is he more likely to neglect a child than any other addict? No. Is finding out about Joel's true parentage a possible cause for a relapse? Yes.
But ... addicts relapse; that's what they do. Life will always throw Wilson curved balls; if the knowledge of Joel's parentage is likely to make him relapse, then the stress of getting back into work life, some other relationship going bad, the death of a parent -- all these things have the same potential to make him relapse. But there's also a chance that none of those things will make him relapse.
We could argue that Wilson shouldn't be a parent at all because of the danger of a relapse (though IMO that would be a little harsh), but I doubt that a non-bio child is in greater danger at Wilson's hands than a bio child.
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He's aware of being in her debt, though he'd never admit it, and that's what leads to his protective streak in this chapter, offering to 'take care' of Ed and refusing to join in Chase's date's grumbling. And yes, he could help out with some information, but why choose a simple solution when there are complicated ones to pick from?
No way do I believe Wilson would abuse a child, but his track record for most relationships is spotty at best
Wilson is good at relationships that are a 'moral obligation' (I think that was his term for his friendship with House). He said once regarding House that you don't get to choose your friends, which many people take as a negative comment, I interpret it more positively: he has commitments that he feels obliged to honour, no matter how he feels about the person in question (House, Danny), and he won't violate those commitments unless he has reached his personal limit. I think that a child would be a similar commitment, no matter whose it was. After all, is isn't as though Joel has all that many better options.
could this become a case of alcohol driven neglect if he realizes what has happened?
That's a question I asked myself too. That's definitely a danger, but that's a danger that any child whose parent is a (former) addict faces. Even bio children can get neglected by addicted parents.
Would finding out make Wilson a bad parent? No.
Is he more likely to neglect a child than any other addict? No.
Is finding out about Joel's true parentage a possible cause for a relapse? Yes.
But ... addicts relapse; that's what they do. Life will always throw Wilson curved balls; if the knowledge of Joel's parentage is likely to make him relapse, then the stress of getting back into work life, some other relationship going bad, the death of a parent -- all these things have the same potential to make him relapse. But there's also a chance that none of those things will make him relapse.
We could argue that Wilson shouldn't be a parent at all because of the danger of a relapse (though IMO that would be a little harsh), but I doubt that a non-bio child is in greater danger at Wilson's hands than a bio child.
Thanks for commenting.