4.16 Wilson's Heart

Excellent episode. RSL's acting was Emmy-worthy. House set a confluence of events in motion that changed Wilson's life forever and probably the H/W relationship. That's my starting place and from there I map my assumptions. A couple of other observations. Amber has a soul and she wanted to die happy instead of angry. Geez I loved that scene. House loves Wilson. Wilson was the innocent bystander. And Wilson clinging to his last remnant of Amber, a used envelope with a message - heartbreaking. How do you go on when 7 shots of scotch leads to your heart being shattered into tiny unrecognizable fragments? The episode left me wondering how I feel about House the character.

I think that photo wasn't a spoiler, but HL in a thoughtful state with a makeup person between scenes.

Why was every surgery room like a mausoleum? They were so large and gleaming and completely bereft of people in them. It's almost like there just wasn't a budget for extras so the only people left to perform surgeries were the oncologist and the dean of medicine. So weird.

House's Head and Wilson's Heart: both broken. Which will mend first? I think this episode had a mythic, other-worldy quality to it: the omniscient God's eye view of Amber on the operating table, the white bus, the lack of other doctors or nurses at ppth all seemed part of keeping that particular dreamlike tone, part of the unreal aspect that continued over from HH. From reality show to unreality show. Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, CB... Oh, sorry, I think I really need to go to bed now.

Taub's suggestion that House and Amber were having a 4-hour affair and were doing drugs together was not only a red herring but was fairly insulting to the characters as we've known them. How is insulting moreso then when House does it to every single POTW and their families? Taub is just doing what House would have done, but was unable to (which House recognized). And I don't see how it would be out of character to wonder if House, the drug addict, had done some drugs. House didn't even know and couldn't guarantee. He's the one who was drinking in the afternoon, the one who's a Vicodin addict and who we've seen ingest various other drugs.

Taub's suggestion that House and Amber were having a 4-hour affair and were doing drugs together was not only a red herring but was fairly insulting to the characters as we've known them. How is insulting moreso then when House does it to every single POTW and their families? Taub is just doing what House would have done, but was unable to (which House recognized). Because House (and the audience) doesn't know the POTW. As such, it might be a reasonable query. How many times have we seen House just lounging around doing drugs recreationally? We've seen him snort antihistamines for a cold, LSD to cut a migraine (and then something else after that) and we've seen him accelerate from vicodin to morphine for extreme pain, but have we ever seen him just hanging around free basing? More than that, other than the orange patient in the pilot (who was also in pain), does House even share his drugs? And I don't see how it would be out of character to wonder if House, the drug addict, had done some drugs. House didn't even know and couldn't guarantee. He's the one who was drinking in the afternoon, the one who's a Vicodin addict and who we've seen ingest various other drugs. Because I think the show has well established by now that House isn't a recreational drug addict. (In fact, in Meaning they went so far to show that when he didn't have any pain in his leg, he was drug free.) But the question wasn't even was House using drugs. (Clearly he was using vicodin). The question was he getting down and partying with Amber using drugs? The tox screen was for her, not him. I thought the fact that House so readily agreed that he and Amber could have been on a drug binge together was a major weak point of the story.

Why was every surgery room like a mausoleum? They were so large and gleaming and completely bereft of people in them. It's almost like there just wasn't a budget for extras so the only people left to perform surgeries were the oncologist and the dean of medicine. So weird. When I had to have my appendix out, I remember looking around the operating room and thinking it looked more like large storage closet than any OR I had ever seen. Very odd.

Late night notes from a west coaster: I didn’t think tonight’s episode was as good overall as last week’s, but like last week it certainly finished strong. Maybe the first ½ hour seemed a bit slow to me because my mind was in such a frenzy after all the spoiler speculation of the last few days. The last 10 minutes was killer though. I kept thinking there would turn out to be something going on between House and Amber and I’m so glad there wasn’t. The House-Wilson friendship would never survive that. Wilson may feel bitter for a while since he’s overwhelmed with grief at this point, but there’s no rational way he can continue to ‘blame’ House for that accidental death. It was so nice to see serious, intense House again. Nice job Katie Jacobs.

Because I think the show has well established by now that House isn't a recreational drug addict. How does Taub know that? I think it was a reasonable question, and one House himself would have asked (and has asked, of many POTWs who were not addicts and had no evidence of drug use - unlike House himself). I fail to see how it's a character flaw of Taub's or not in keeping with the nature of the show. House would be the first to mock the notion that can truly know anybody and that in these life or death situations we should just "trust them." House doesn't even think married couples truly know each other, or parents and their children. In this situation, why would he even trust himself? He can't remember and he knows what he's capable of - he was already drunk and thought he might had actually slept with his best friend's girl, I hardly think a little recreational drug use is some ethically boundary he'd never cross. He knows that and I don't think he was offended in the least by Taub's question.

Where HH was mindblowing, WH was "heartblowing". I loved the scene between Cuddy and Wilson, that, with the look on Ambers face when she realizes she's dying. brought tears to my eyes. Most of all I loved the scenes between House and Amber. I fell in love with the final bus-scene, but thinking it over I would have preferred it if House had not had the lines about him not wanting to feel miserable etc. It has always been one of the great attractions of House to me, not knowing for sure if he really doesn't care, or if it's all just an act. Then I started thinking that perhaps this scene is meant to show us that the surgery has changed House. I would really hate that. I'm ready for season 5, now! ETA: did they explain about the dietpills? Where they what Amber took in the bus? I missed that.

Yeah, that pretty much was a punch in the gut. Does anyone else think that part of the reason House was so eager with the Vicodin and Alzheimer's drugs was because he knew subconsciously that they held the clue to solving the case?

í absolutely loved the last 10 mins starting from where cuddy comforted wilson til the end where cuddy was with house. it was so beautifully tragic, the tone was just so peaceful and everything flowed so smoothly, they better get emmy nominated and win! HL, RSL and Anne, i didn't think this episode was slow or draggy at all, it fits perfectly well with the mood and the situation. i tear up every time i watch the last 10mins, sobbing like a baby... but i loved it! (although i'd have to agree with someone before, that the newbies coming in to have their last goodbye was a bit weird... i dunno why it just felt weird, but 13 giving amber a hug was nice) i really liked the way this season ended, through the whole season everything seemed like a fast pace situation, but the way we are left is done so eloquently and peaceful. ahh i loved it! ( i can say that a million times) it's not really a cliffhanger, but more of a "what now?" thought, i actually prefer it like this, so i wouldn't be so insane for the next few months (such a long wait) in the meantime, we can now slowly reflect and just absorb everything that happened up to this point, how's H/W relationship now? what are the possible plans for the future? will house be changed? will we be seeing a nicer house? a more human house? wow lots of questions, the rest of the summer to think about. (lol i slept like at 12 30am, woke up right around 6am, having this ep is my head and going on to rewatch it, its insane what house md can do to you.)

Loved the ep. A few thoughts... I had a slight problem with the timeline, if House left the hospital at 5:20, and was at the strip club at 8:50, a lot had to happen in less than 4 hours. I can live with it, but 6 missing hours was probably more realistic (especially when House told Amber he called her out in the middle of the night - which would have been about 7:30ish, using the timeline). Kutner in the last scene looked to me like a little child, as if he were frozen in the time of his parent's death. Alone, sitting on the couch, eating cereal (holding his spoon like a little kid), watching tv. Hopefully we see more of his past next season. The scene where Wilson shuts off the by-pass machine, kills me every time. May we all leave this earth feeling *happy*. RIP Amber.

This isn't exacly about the episode because I can't get any more coherent than I loved it, all of it. I just want to tell those of you who go to other places where there is (for example) Wilson hate, just don't go! Stay here,you can get everything you could possibly need right here. I used to explore and lurk elsewhere because I thought my House obsession needed to see everything out there, but I stopped because so much negativity hurts. I don't mean opposing views and spirited discussions and complaints and venting, I mean actual venom spewed in other places. Stay with us here forever!

Poor Amber. Forced to endure that parade of dispassionate, soulless "team" that meant nothing to her, nor her to them. (For that matter, poor Wilson who likely cares even less for this team. Cruel that he should have his short amount of time impeded upon.) I agree. Once they suggested saying goodbye, I was thinking, "no. Leave them alone. She didn't like you people and you only feel this way now because she's dying. Leave her alone with Wilson."

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