Do they award Emmy's for guest starring roles? I think that Anne Dudek should get one based on her perfromance tonight. They do! They usually award them during the technical Emmys, which are the day before the general ones, the glamorous ones. And they usually give them to recurring guest stars whose characters have made some kind of impact on the main plot/characters, so I think Anne Dudek would be perfect. I haven't seen it yet, but I couldn't handle the suspense any longer. *g* I have a cold, so I'm going to be watching this next to a box of tissues anyway, but how many tissues am I gonna need to get through this tonight? Like, do I need to open another box? ;)

Okay - for those of you wanting to feel better, the magic combination is chocolate and the House Soundtrack. It's worked wonders just now and I'm only four tracks in. Meanwhile, something had been bugging me with continuity. Wilson said in the last episode that Amber was on-call while House had gotten into the accident and the time afterwards, right? So, why did she agree to drink if she was on call? Second, in this episode Wilson said that he was on call so he wasn't at home. I know that it's obviously possible that they were both on call at the same time, but why does Wilson find it odd that House called his home rather than his cell? Am I missing something from not enough chocolate/music yet?

I have a cold, so I'm going to be watching this next to a box of tissues anyway, but how many tissues am I gonna need to get through this tonight? Like, do I need to open another box? Definitely. And just when you think the worst of it is over, Wilson finds that note. I think that almost hit me harder than the previous scenes.

There was "no reason" for Amber dying. There was no grand conspiracy. It was just a tragic series of circumstances, those little decisions we all make in our daily lives, that led to it Yep, and that was the saddest part. It just happened, just like a lot of things happen. Any number of things could have changed the events but they didn't and this was the outcome.

Oh, I agree, sherlock, that "Wilson's Heart" was not the overall stunner that "House's Head" was, but that being said, it had a completely different rhythm and style that was much slower -- one reason why didn't have the same hit -- but also because it had a much different target it was trying to hit. One was all about the puzzle -- literally what goes on in House's Head -- the other pure emotion -- the heart. And for as much as this was about breaking Wilson's heart, it also gave us a look inside House's heart, his own self-loathing and his own twisted view on the world and himself. "I don't want to be in pain. I don't want to be miserable. And I don't want him to hate me." It's interesting how easy it was for him to almost convince himself that he did have an affair with Amber.

it could have worked as a series finale as well I was thinking that too, though of course I'm glad it's not. It was the "Teardrop" version with lyrics that really made that point to me. I'm really glad they had Thirteen do the test and made it positive. Anything else would have been a cop-out. I'm so so glad we had the scene with House saying he didn't want to get off the bus. Nothing new to me, I've believed he felt that way for ages, but it's really nice to have the confirmation, and of course the scene was wonderfully presented. We never do find out why House went off to get drunk, bad day, pain, loneliness, life? I really do think we never needed a specific reason -- the ones you just gave are plenty. I hated that Cuddy was the only one who stayed for House, while everyone else went about their lives. Wilson obviously has an excuse and I guess the ducklings, old and new, are all used to House being half-dead by now, but still... I would have liked to have seen at least Chase and Cameron stick their heads in. If they can go to cheer up Foreman, who has less reason than anyone to be upset, they can spend a few minutes with House. Poor baby!Kutner. He and Thirteen are starting to be competition for Chase in the miserable-childhood sweepstakes. At least half of House's flock are orphans? I've read more than one fic proposing that House chooses his ducklings based on their damage, and it's really starting to seem that he does. I'm looking forward to a House-Thirteen scene when they discuss her results. Still don't like Taub, but did like him glomping his wife. She looked kind of corpse-dummy-like, though. Doubt House and Wilson are ever going to joke about Wilson's magical communication abilities again. Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch. I do think there was an intentional reference to that in the scene, though, how quickly and decisively he shut off the sytem. That's someone's who's done this before and is relying on that experience to get through this. I'm already starting to dread this summer's fic, when previously I was so looking forward to it; I anticipate eagerly starting many a fic only to quit in disgust halfway through when the author declares that it's all House's fault (because, ya know, everything is). House was one of multiple people making multiple decisions, all of which had to work out just as they did for Amber to die. And of course House blames himself, that's IC. But does the fandom have to do it too?

Wilson finds that note. And I loved how that too, was simple. For a moment, I thought it might be a pregnancy result or something of equal "shock value" but I was glad that it was just a note, explaining why she wasn't there. Great moment to add.

The song at the end is "Passing Afternoon" by Iron and Wine. Well, that was depressing.

But does the fandom have to do it too? Hey, I'm not one who is sympathetic to House no matter what he does, I don't apologize for him but this was in not his fault. Well, technically it was but no rational (which Wilson is definately not right now) person could blame him. It was an accident, it was a series of unfortunate events. I don't blame him for this and I felt bad for him at the end.