Wow. AD was really creepy, and I was as scared as House when she showed up again at the bar. heebie-jeebies!! :hairraising: I still don't get House/Cuddy, though. I'm being told that they have all this chemistry, and I don't see it at all. I love JM and JS but this storyline of their romantic tug of war is getting very stale. I think they are doing a good job with very so-so material.

I'm with everyone on the intensity. I was literally clutching my chest and sort of panting watching this episode. That horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach when you're nervous or upset, that's how I felt watching House detox. Oh My God. Hugh Laurie, the God-like creature you are, why have you not gotten an Emmy? It's laughable, absolutely absurd! I'm still process, so much to take in. My Huddy Heart is beating, but so much else happened that I can't even be excited over that. Incredible episode. Also, just have to commentate on the HL and AD amazingness. Their comic timing is superb. I laughed my ass off in this episode even through all the moments of despair. House: "... it was my fault, I'm sorry." Amber: "*taps on knee* Very Nice." Hysterical. What a roller coaster, I'm going to process now...

Wow! that was intense! :shock: (Am confused at time though, did he detox in just one night? I thought the process was longer? IDK, I don't really care...too good to worry about it.) I think it may have been a rapid detox.

AD was so creepy singing "Enjoy Yourself" HL looked absolutely and utterly terrified. It seems to be no coincidence that the PotW and her BF physically resembled Cameron & Chase. The parallels of devotion and secrets were pretty obvious.

This was a really dark episode. The House/Amber stuff was at its creepiest when she started singing. Am I the only one who thinks it a little unbelievable that House would go from a night of detoxing (and what rapidly onsetting detoxing it was) to jumping Cuddy at the break of dawn? He should have at least showered and brushed his teeth first. I liked that Wilson didn't have a duck over the hallucination being Amber. The Cameron stuff was made of WTF. Her husband was dying when she met him. His sperm had probably already been irradiated with treatments. Did PDH freeze his own sperm when he got sick and give it to her after he died? And why kind of opening is that for, "I want a pre-nup"? Marrying Chase shouldn't affect her ownership of the sperm in question at all, right? It was nice to see Chase working with the team. He certainly made the differentials more interesting. I guess he's more of a romantic than we knew. It's sweet that he wants to be stuck with Cameron forever and that he's so sure. Of course, like Cameron said, it's naive. But it's sweet and it's admirable that some people still want to go into marriage with forever in mind instead of "until I change my mind" in mind. It seems to be no coincidence that the PotW and her BF physically resembled Cameron & Chase. The parallels of devotion and secrets were pretty obvious. I wondered if it was a coincidence. We have Cameron wanting a pre-nup in case chase cheats and then we see that it was the girlfriend who was cheating on Jeremy. His devotion ran out at being cheated on. Foreshadowing?

Continuity error that bugged me tonight (really minuscule, I don't know why it popped out so easily!): The ring tone. House specifically said that was for Wilson, and it remained that way in all of DE's episodes (Birthmarks, The Social Contract). I was happy to see/hear them use this in a non-DE episode, but they misused the joke! haha, sorry I just had to point that out :wink: AD was riveting, creepiness doesn't really do it justice. And the look on Hugh's face... ETA: I'm stupid, my complaint about continuity does not apply because they got it right, the House writers are smarter than I thought. I should stop underestimating them

The ring tone. House specifically said that was for Wilson I'm not sure what you mean - Mmmm Bop was the ringtone for the team. House said Wilson's ringtone was Dancing Queen by Abba. We heard the former but not the latter tonight or did I miss it?

AD creeped me out, Head!Amber reminds me so much of Head!Six and Head!Baltar on BSG, though I don't think they are as creepy as Head!Amber.

First off, I loved how reliant he was on his circle (a very small circle) of friends when he needed them -- finally exposing his issues and his "fear" to Wilson (more on that in a moment). In both cases, I think this is the most vulnerable and honest he's allowed himself to be around both of them for years, and this wasn't a momentary lapse in either case, but rather a sustained admission and sustained exposure. Even the fact that he admitted to Wilson that he wasn't really afraid -- and knowing what that meant -- is a big step. Of course that also brings up the question of why he turned to Cuddy for the ultimate detox. On one level, and the most blatant, is the fact that she's been the one to police him, the authority who actually has the ability to shut him down (even if it's only been done on occasion). To a certain extent, I wonder if it's because he expects Cuddy to see the worst in him. She's had to clean up after him in so many instances. She is the authority figure, weak though that authority is, in his life. Wilson, with a few exceptions, has had the more nurturing role -- the best friend, the supporter, the guy who finally said during the methadone experiment to let him be. Wilson can and has stood up for himself, but I think that House is unwilling to place him in that authoritative place over his life. Giving Wilson that power now -- versus their status as equals -- changes their dynamic, whereas Cuddy already has limited authority over him. And on a completely different note: My boy Taub came through. Wouldn't let Foreman quit, even though they'd diagnosed and treated the patient, and came up with an ultimate answer that would safe her "life" and not merely let her live. Did PDH freeze his own sperm when he got sick and give it to her after he died? Actually it's fairly standard procedure for young men to stock and freeze their sperm before treatments, regardless of whether they're currently in a relationship. I recall reading something recently who was advised (and followed that advice) to have her 14-year-old stock sperm. It becoming a "legacy" of sorts that he gives to Cameron makes sense to me.