I think Wilson's diet is about his new romance. That would probably be House's first guess, so the only question will be finding out who she is. I don't think sick!Wilson would be too much for this season (the suicide is certainly major but I have serious doubts that a team member killing himself is enough to send House over the edge, and Huddy sex and CC coming back could easily be a result of the trauma), I just don't see them going there. But, I've gone on that rant before. Since romance is the only hint about Wilson we've gotten, I'm going with the theory that the diet is somehow about her.

KJ has said over and over again that something happens that causes everyone to re-evaluate their lives and sets of a series of events that leads to House's breakdown. Wilson dieting and dating someone new will not upset House that much. He would just enjoy torturing and stalking Wilson, and we have seen that all before. No one else would care much at all. Wilson getting sick would be extremely upsetting to House, and to everyone else. Of course I know nothing at all, but with all the talk of "extreme and risky" stuff happening in the last six episodes it seems likely that Wilson will be going through something a whole lot more serious than just starting to date someone new.

Perhaps Wilson's diet leads House to think he is sick. When he saw Rowan Chase eating brown rice and vegetables, he deduced the elder Chase was a cancer patient (I think the tattooed radiation-guide dot was the clincher). If Wilson's meals suddenly become macrobiotic, House may be worried that Wilson has cancer.

Sorry but I am just not seeing a sick Wilson. I can totally buy into Wilson changing his diet for a woman. Let's say she is a vegan. That would be a different type of diet for Wilson based on some of the wonderful meals he made and that would definitely catch the eye of nosy House. I have been desperately trying to figure out why Wilson is going to be dancing in his underwear and I come up empty. This is the situation that I think is bizarre and totally out of character. And I wonder if Amber and the one that committed suicide appear in a dream together in House's head? Sort of the like ghost of the past and present. Crackish, I know.

Are we 100% sure that the suicide takes place on House?

sdemar, now you have me picturing Wilson dating Honey. Or Cuddy! :o KJ has said over and over again that something happens that causes everyone to re-evaluate their lives and sets of a series of events that leads to House's breakdown. A team member's suicide would do that. I have been desperately trying to figure out why Wilson is going to be dancing in his underwear and I come up empty. This is the situation that I think is bizarre and totally out of character. Word. I wonder if the diet and this are related somehow?

I don't think the suicide is the thing that sets everything off, I think that the suicide is one of the things that happens after the thing that sets everything off happens. HL and others have said that all these things happen in the last 4-6 episodes. So I think it all starts during episode 20. We know about the batchelor party in ep.22 and both KP and PJ were there, according to OE and the "stripper". Also, I don't think Chase (or Foreman) would have the party right after the suicide of a coworker. So it really doesn't seem possible that the suicide happens until the end of 22 or episode 23. That's why I do not think that the suicide sets everything off, it seems more likely that it happens sort of out of the blue but also of as a result of other stuff. and will be the final straw in House's breakdown. But I don't even think that it will be the major factor in House's breakdown, I tend to think he would be more pissed than anything else. But I think House will be already emotionally shattered before that, IMO by what is happening to Wilson. As to Wilson's underwear dance, I think that it is a result and culmanation of the major physical and emotional things going on with him, and the result of that will lead to the final drama of the last two episodes. But still, no matter what, I don't see how the suicide can happen before episode 22 or 23, and the thing that sets everything off has to happen before those episodes. I do admit I am thinking about all of this way too much.

I wonder if the diet and this are related somehow? I'm wondering that myself. I wonder what exactly his diet is and if it'll stick beyond this one episode. If it is about a girl (and I think it is), I hope the diet was his idea. The idea of some random new girl wanting him to go on a diet makes me want to borrow House's cane and give her a good beating. :angel: But still, no matter what, I don't see how the suicide can happen before episode 22 or 23 ITA with this part.

It may be that the build-up to the suicide starts earlier in episode 20 or so although the characters on the show can't see it yet. Then the suicide happens in 23 or at the end of 22, and the last episode is everyone dealing with that, which is what causes them to re-evaluate their lives. Is there a pool for when the Huddy sex occurs? I wish Thirteen would re-evaluate her life right off the show. This will be the third? fourth? time she re-evaluates and she gets more unrealistic after each time. Saviors sounds like The Itch Redux: Cameron is avoiding a vacation with Chase because she thinks he's going to propose, the PotW shows her the error of her ways. In the end she decides that she is going to accept Chase's proposal while House contemplates life with Cuddy. But I can't help thinking how much more interesting it would be if Cameron decided against accepting the proposal only to be confronted with Chase's green card problem in the next episode, thus giving her a real dilemma.

I'm wondering if Wilson isn't sick but we see a rift between him and House, somehow. I know it was done in the last season finale but still.