I'm very good with suspension of disbelief, but I need to say that the timeline of HH still bugs me... Specially because the time seems to be such an important part of the episode that we have clues that show the exact time that those things were happening. I don't know how H/W/A ended up in that ambulance, but the logistic of the operation is hard to buy if they are doing it in some illegal way. But I'll wait to see...

That's what I thought too filey. The glass appeared in the moment Wilson and Amber went away, so House wouldn't lie. But a reminiscence of another person (Amber, quite likely) drinking with House was left behind. It was a clue that he was not alone at that bar, but I don't think it was a celebration, either. And thanks, now I can order my beer without "head" and forget the foam...

Most people seem to be assuming that the kissing scene between House and Amber is imaginary, but what if it isn't? What if Amber, who is the CTB after all, comes on to House while in his office at PPTH? They agree to meet at the bar after work. Maybe House only goes along with her because he thinks its for Wilson's own good to find out that she's still CTB. Wasn't that his excuse for getting it on with Crandall's girl friend, that she wasn't right for him? They meet, and after a few drinks, board the bus to go to House's place or wherever, for whatever. This scenario provides the reason for the two of them being together at the bar and on the bus. It provides a psychological reason, in addition to the obvious physical ones, for House having difficulty remembering what happened - guilty conscience. It also seems to be a lot simpler scenario than pregnancies (why on earth would she tell House before Wilson?), long lost daughters, or any other reason for Amber confiding in House. I'd think he is the last person she'd confide in. Some people think that House just wouldn't do that to Wilson, but I keep remembering that David Shore seems to delight in pushing the House character to the limit, just to see how far he can go. Maybe he's pushing that limit even further.

As a Wilson fan I am neverous about what will happen. Wilson is not going to come off when in this cliffhanger, that's what I sense. And its backed up by things LE and DS have said about how the audience will be left wondering if they can still be friends and DS said that the House will end up questioning one of his relationships. Its been my experience that when this show zeroes in on Wilson as a character the results are never pretty.

Key evidence for it being a hallucination is that the white board in House's office during the Amber scene list the same symptoms (in the same handwriting) as in the DDX in the conference room. So those are Amber's symptoms -- and she's not in any condition to show up in a red dress shashaying around him. The reason I think that scene "isn't real" is because of the way Amber is dressed. She's wearing a red pant-suit. Almost like a track-suit, but not exactly. She's never worn anything like that before. Good points, but it could still be true that Amber came on to House and they met at the bar for a hookup. It might be that House’s memory of how she came on to him appears dreamlike, with her dressed symbolically in red. It didn't happen exactly like that but that is how he remembers it in his current mentally confused condition. Jeez, isn't it Monday yet?

I'm beginning to like Taub's theory of the miniaturized gizmo: it's the only one we haven't tried! ;->

I think, this morning anyway, he does regain the memory of what's wrong with her at great risk to himself, but it is too late for her. Or he does remember but it's something that can't be cured.

Is there nobody with medical knowledge, who could help us with speculation of what Amber might actually have? We know from the promo: - "Whatever is doing this, it isn't from the crash." - "This thing is spreading." - Symptom on the white board: tachycardia (coronary angiography pending). - House lists 'drugs' and 'toxins' as possible causes for whatever it is she has. - Amber is getting an injection in her spine or maybe a lumbar puncture? (screencap) and <tiny spoiler from episode still> blood transfusions. <end spoiler> What are the blue pads? In the cap linked to above it looks like light blue tubes are connected to them. Are those for cooling? Is that the reason Wilson yanks the blanket off of Amber, because her temperature is too high, or because low temperature will slow down what she has? Does the strange new white hospital room have any significance beyond looking cool? In this image the monitor's to the right of Amber's head are behind Kutner and House. Are they looking at her legs or feet? What is it that Chase sees in House's head that makes him squint in astonishment? More questions than answers. Argh!

Is there nobody with medical knowledge, who could help us with speculation of what Amber might actually have? You're assuming that the medicine on the show is realistic? ;)

What is it that Chase sees in House's head that makes him squint in astonishment? Actually... it is very odd, but Chase is not wearing a mask when House is strapped into that metallic chair thing (*has a Farscape flashback*). So that would seem to be a different surgery scene...although it could still be something in House's head, I guess, maybe after that seizure.