I don't want Chase to take Cameron on long vacation to Australia. He'd begone too! But, at the same time, I definitely do not want to see anything that would play into resurrecting the Ham ship. I don't want to see Cameron caring about House unless it's perfectly clear that her loyalties and affections lie with her husband. We already know she can fall for one man while married to another, so I don't want to see a revival of that part of her.

So do we assume House walks back into the hospital and his job is ready for him with no questions? He was fired and while I know Cuddy realized he was out of his mind, do we assume all is forgiven on that front even though she was humiliated in front of the staff? Possibly they won't even address it but you know that relationship has taken 180 degree turn for the worse.

Well, there will probably be questions, but I can't see Cuddy still wanting/considering him fired after finding out he acted out like that because of his breakdown. She still may have to smooth things over with the board and/or staff - I'd bet she explains it as House needing real rehab, which would be believable and more likely to be perceived as fixable. The effect on Cuddy's own reputation may be harder to finesse - Cuddy's general favoring of House has been obvious to the entire cast and random patients for at least the last season, so logically you'd think that would raise questions. But I wouldn't be surprised if they skip over that. So, I'd think their relationship may be personally awkward for a while, but as for House's job, I'd think it'll be pretty safe once he recovers.

I think Cuddy will forgive him. Things may be different for her at the hospital now that her past with House isn't a secret any more (unless she tells everyone he was lying and they believe her), but I don't think she's going to blame him for it now that she knows, as they say in court, temporarily insane. And Cuddy has always done everything in her power to help him, so yes I bet he will come back to his job. She knows full well he'd never survive without it. I do want to see House's proclamation addressed, though. How Cuddy handled it, whether people believe it, what they think if they do believe it. Whoa, crosspost!

I don't think he'll be magically healed and walk right back into his job. I think there will be a transition period, maybe a halfway-house (ooh there's a great episode title!) or some situation where he consults from home. I don't think Cuddy will want him back on the hospital premises until she's confident he's functioning, is as healthy as he can be, and is capable of restraining himself from humiliating her (whether he will restrain himself is problematical, but at least she'll want to be sure he can). I agree she'll forgive him personally, but she'll be wary of accepting hum back professionally. Also, rather than accept her pity, he'll probably give her both barrels of guilt to push her away once he's feeling up to it. Eventually though, I do expect a detente and even a return of some of the warmth, though I doubt it will ever reach the heat of House's delusions.

There is no way in the world that Cuddy could take his job away right now. The man is tenured, he was having a nervous breakdown or psychotic break or whatever it is, and he had to go off for treatment. I would bet if she tried to get rid of him at this point, and I don't think she would, House could keep PPTH up to its ears in lawsuits. I don't think she wants to anyway, not the way she was comforting him in her office. Now how they ease him back into his work, I have no idea.

It is very hard to get rid of anyone who has tenure. I know a prof who was brain-damaged in a motorcycle accident and his dean couldn't get rid of him even though the students were complaining that he couldn't teach any more. As for my wish list: 1. I want them to stop shipping House with anyone. Ever. Unless they finally going to let him seriously try to be in a relationship and stop blaming the problems on the woman (or man). Every woman who gets involved with him, Cameron, Stacy, Cuddy, suddenly loses her common sense or her fidelity or her backbone. 2. I want Cuddy to get some professional story lines at last rather than only ones that have to do with her emotions. If they can't manage that, at least have her teaching a yoga class for the staff during the lunch hour. Something beyond Emo Cuddy. 3. I want Wilson to have a life beyond House. Get some friends, hang out with other people, so that he's not so dependent and codependent on House to put excitement into his life. 4. I want Cameron and Chase back as doctors, and back for real this time instead of one episode every sixth or seventh. (And I'd like to forget their personal relationship and their marriage ever existed unless the writers seriously take a look at the problems in it and treat it as a real thing rather than a plot contrivance to be pulled out when needed to contrast with House. Both Huddy and Chameron have been inauthentic and used as a symbol rather than a realistic look at what the relationship is.) 5. I want Foreman and Thirteen to go somewhere else, off the show, and annoy someone else. Both those characters have been used up in terms of story lines. And if you compare OE's acting in season 1 to his acting in season 5, it really looks like he's been phoning it in the past two seasons ever since he found out he's never going to get fired from the show. 6. I want a better use of Taub. Don't care about his marriage but PJ does do some good zingers. I'd like to see a team of Taub, Chase and Cameron, just for the interactions. 7. Probably this should be #1 but I want the emphasis to go back to the medical cases, and using the patients to shed small insights on to the doctors rather than aching great anvils for Thirteen or Huddy. ETA: I'd like to see how everyone functions when House is away. For five seasons, everyone's lives have been centered around House; I'd like to know who Wilson, Cuddy, Cameron and Chase are when they're not all about their relationship to House. Also, that way we can see the real effect of House on their lives when House is no longer there.

Halfway HOUSE Brilliant Boffle. I'd love to see the tension between Cuddy and House after she finds out. I feel she knows House has always lusted after her, but to find out what he imagined is going to be good. I don 't think it will lead into a straight ship simply because the writers love to tease, if only for the hours of fun they must have watching all the shipper wars. I think the events in the last two shows have shown us how House, despite trying to hide it, really is human and I hope people realise it and react to it. I'd love to see House post Stacy and post infarction. And I would love to see House: the musical. Sing to Buffy the musical House: It must be lupus, it's never lupus. Cameron: Lupus isn't nice like everybody suposes. It gives you hives and efalitic psycrosis. Lupus Lupus It must be lupus AND THE BIG ONE. Please, never let me see House in a hospital gown again. Maim him all you want, but no gowns - especially in hallucinations. Who hallucinates themselves in a hospital gown... I mean, really.

Less Huddy. Not because I'm not a Huddy fan - I don't really care too much about particular ships in any show unless that's a central theme of the show (which I don't personally feel it is with House), I just want to see it all forgotten because the writers have stuffed it up so badly. There maybe was a time when it could have worked, possibly around Joy, but since then Cuddy's character has devolved so much and House and Cuddy have played so much romantic and personal tug of war there's no way they can get together now and have it be believable. There's been speculation every season that they're going to get together - I haven't heard any for Season 6 yet but I'm sure it's around - but it's just a dead horse now, especially since time and time again through example and exposition it's been spelled out that House absolutely cannot have a healthy relationship. And I swear, if they "heal" him and make him normal and all better so that he can be with Cuddy, I'm done watching. We love our messed up House and wouldn't want him any other way. Some personal growth and overcoming some of his problems would be awesome, but if they turn him into a totally different person, that would be a cop out. Other smaller things I'd like to see are more standalone episodes like One Day, One Room and Three Stories. I really miss those from the earlier seasons - they were subtle but heavy at the same time, and didn't leave you depressed but still gave you something to think about. They also gave more insight into the characters, something I think has been lost along the way. I'd like to get more of a sense of who everyone is and why...more backstory or introspective moments would be great. I'm especially curious about Cuddy and Wilson since we don't know a lot of their past.

How about a nutty politician from a backwater state who can't even name a single newspaper with a cool disease patient and House actually lets her die, even though he could cure her, for the good of the nation. But kidding aside - how about House (or another character) actually playing god. I don't think House would do it, because he is all about the puzzle, but what about a choice for one of the others - save the patient and they will go on to kill again or let them die and save future victims. The patient could be a serial killer or some such and he develops a fascination for say - 13. So she knows if she saves him he will come after her, but she can't decide. My dream ending - she saves him and he horribly murders her. But then again my dream ending for 13 also involves a large anvil falling on her. But maybe Taub steps in and 'does the deed' - he seems like the kind of guy who could kill.