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I am totally convinced that the secret is only about Wilson. Because I like summing up, Wilson's Secret -- possible theories (1) Wilson's sick. (2) Wilson's secret is somehow tied in with Amber (3) Wilson is gay/bi and sleeping with a male nurse :) I love this one, it's so cracktastic (4) Wilson's secret is tied in with LLB or leads to LLB (5) Wilson and Cuddy are sleeping together and Taub finds out...:) Season's ending: (1) Wilson and Cuddy are sleeping together (2) Cuddy gives up the baby/keeps the baby/has baby with another man not House (3) Cuddy gets fired or quits (4) Wilson's sick (5) House's attempts at pain management don't work, compromise his medical judgment, and he has to choose (6) House is suffering from some sort of medical problem/brain issue (7) and House is stressed about something to do with 13, and please don't shoot the messenger... Anything else?! And...I am going to so get egg on my face, but will someone please explain who is Judy Greer and why is she important? My excuse is that I spent the formative years of my life outside North America, and have never been able to catch up in terms of American pop-culture. Unlike House, who seemed to have imprinted pop-culture into his consciousness despite growing up as a military brat in ten different countries...

RachelSue Excellent job summing all the possibilities up. :D I am so glad that you included Wilson/Cuddy sex theory. That is another one that I was thinking about, but I didn't include it. But I think it makes a lot of sense. I can definitely imagine The Softer Side ending with Wilson going to Cuddy's cause he's so freaked out about House, and Cuddy is too, and things just happen. That certainly is something that Wilson wouldn't House to know, but I was thinking that if that is it, then Cuddy would be mentioned in the promo too. But who know, I guess at this point anything is possibe. I don't necessarily want this one, just another possibility, I'm still sticking with my angsty!Wilson theories. BTW, Idonmetrix, I just love your theory too.

I am so glad that you included Wilson/Cuddy sex theory. That is another one that I was thinking about, but I didn't include it. But I think it makes a lot of sense. I can definitely imagine The Softer Side ending with Wilson going to Cuddy's cause he's so freaked out about House, and Cuddy is too, and things just happen. If something like that happened, I will sink into depression. The only male on this show that I want Cuddy to sleep with is House. I love her and Wilson as friends. He is her best girlfriend and I want to keep it that way.

I don't ever consider Wilson/Cuddy a possibility, specially this close to the end of the season, where we've been told House/Cuddy will be moving forward. Speaking of which, this is the first episode of the last half dozen of the season, so it should be significant.

will someone please explain who is Judy Greer and why is she important? Judy Greer had a recurring part on the sitcom "Arrested Development." The show only ran for three seasons (still bitter here) but it was hilarious. I highly recommend checking it out. Brilliant stuff. Judy Greer's character was named Kitty, which is why it's amusing that the episode she'll be in is called, "Here Kitty." She was an odd one, but they all were on that show. She'd been in other things too, but Kitty is the only role she's had that I've been impressed with. I doubt there's any way Wilson and Cuddy will be sleeping together anytime soon, let alone at the end of "The Softer Side." And if they do (and that's a huge IF) it wouldn't be an ongoing thing, I think they would write it off as a mistake. I just don't think there are romantic or sexual feelings between the two of them. The way the wording sounds, I kind of figured that Wilson and Taub had been somewhere together for some reason or another and lied to House saying they were somewhere else. Maybe they both come in late or something. "Can't we have one conversation that's not about my RACK, House??" Hee, I will heart whoever wrote it forever if they adapt one of her AD lines like that. It will be a struggle for me not to just quote things from that show, the entire time, really... Ha, me too. One shout-out and I'll be happy. I might have to brush up on all the Kitty episodes though, it's been a while.

yeah, I don't think Wuddy sex is happening either, for the same reasons. I stick by my pain management theory. Six more episodes to go, I am going to get hives with all the anticipation.

And...I am going to so get egg on my face, but will someone please explain who is Judy Greer and why is she important? My excuse is that I spent the formative years of my life outside North America, and have never been able to catch up in terms of American pop-culture. Unlike House, who seemed to have imprinted pop-culture into his consciousness despite growing up as a military brat in ten different countries... First of all House isn't real so you can't compare yourself to him, and second growing up outside North America isn't something to be ashamed of. Judy Greer's character on 'Arrested Development' was named Kitty, as the others have said, and she was a pretty young blonde who was nutty and frequently flashed her breasts. I can imagine her (the character, not the actress) believing a cat predicted her death. Maybe the cat predicts the death of one of the cast? After all, we've gone two whole episodes without being reminded Thirteen has Huntington's. Maybe Wilson's secret is something embarrassing, like he's taking tap dance lessons or something.

What if Taub, in his often holier than thou attitude, feels House is compromising patient care and turns to Wilson? Or, I'm wondering if Wilson's keeping tabs on him after Monday's episode. Could this be the start of some kind of spiral downward...the beginnings of his "shock"? Maybe they're planning a surprise party, lol. Yeah, stick that in the crack thread...it'd be Kutner, not Taub in cahoots with Wilson on that one, anyway.

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First of all House isn't real so you can't compare yourself to him, and second growing up outside North America isn't something to be ashamed of. He is real! <stamps foot!> :) And as for growing up outside North America, it's fantastic. Thank God for TV shows on DVDs though. Maybe Wilson's secret is something embarrassing, like he's taking tap dance lessons or something. He's losing his hair? No. He has a new girlfriend and is already over Amber? This would get so much fan-hate, though. I like the secret being that he's keeping surveillance over House, just the same way House kept surveillance over him by using the PI. And I really like the idea that this "keeping tabs" is an indicator of House spiralling inexorably downhill, in terms of his mental acuity or medical judgment....

What if they're not both keeping the same thing from House? Taub could be in talks with his old partners. His wife knows now of his infidelity and the only reason he left plastic surgery was to hide it from her. He has no reason to hide it from her now, she knows. Maybe he's considering a return to plastics? And Wilson? Maybe he's dating someone?

I hope Wilson isn't dating somebody already. Only 2 episodes ago we saw that he hadn't moved on from Amber (I'm hoping that'll be brought up again soon). It'd be pretty random for him to have jumped into a relationship just a few weeks later. Maybe Wilson's secret has something to do with that? He's trying to hide the fact that he isn't over Amber and isn't living a happy life. It's pretty similar to hiding his depression in Season 3, but I reckon that could be something he doesn't want House to know about. (because it's not exactly something either of them would want to bring up). That probably isn't it though. I don't know how Taub would fit into all that. Even if he stumbled onto Wilson sobbing away in a locker room he probably wouldn't give a damn. Unless Wilson told him to not tell House? Bah, I dunno. (But then again ... Taub did seem a little fond of Amber. Maybe he would sympathise a bit .... hmmmm.)