Oh, yeah, there's no way House will find this funny. That's just crossing a line. If it does turn out to be Cuddy (and I'd much rather it be her than Wilson) I will be highly disappointed in her. That's just not cool.

And she'll have to know there'll be major payback from House for this. You have to be really brave or really stupid to get into a prank war with him.

Does anyone really doubt that House is the one that actually starts this prank war, possibly with something worse than what she has done to him? He said that he plans to humiliate her. Frankly, I think it's funny, and not really worse than Wilson dosing him with anti-depressants, breaking his $12,000 guitar, and filing through his cane.

That is weird. House pisses Cuddy off all the time, without her trying to pull stuff like this. Cuddy has dealt with House in pain, she knows that's just a mess waiting to happen (not to mention that at the rate he takes pills, he could end up seriously ill, especially if he took more because they didn't seem to be working). And the pill differences are sort of huge; they would neither look nor taste the same (unless Cuddy has recruited a small pharmaceutical company to manufacture narcotic-coated Ex-Lax). She would have to expect that he'd notice. ETA: And yes, if this is Cuddy getting revenge...I don't even want to think about what House might have done to her. :shock:

Does anyone really doubt that House is the one that actually starts this prank war, possibly with something worse than what she has done to him? He said that he plans to humiliate her. Frankly, I think it's funny, and not really worse than Wilson dosing him with anti-depressants, breaking his $12,000 guitar, and filing through his cane. Are you serious..? Wilson dosed him for his own good, not as a prank. It might have been wrong, but his intentions were pure. And the guitar is just a guitar! It's not hours of physical discomfort in the bathroom.

Are you serious..? Yep. Serious. I do think it's worse to dose someone with anti-depressants for a long period without the other person's knowledge, even if it is for their own good. I don't expect House to take more than one dose of the laxatives and then to realize what has occurred. It's the difference between weeks of manipulation and one painful experience. I also think it's worse to destroy valuable property than to cause a few hours of physical pain. Hey, maybe my values are wonky. But that is my honest opinion.

The ADs were not causing him physical pain, he was still getting his Vicodin too, plus (while it may have been wrong) it at least had a point, Wilson was once again trying to help. Cuddy giving House laxitives instead of Vicodin, IMO, is cruel. It will probably be played for comedy like the ADs and all of the H/W previous prank wars but it just doesn't feel right to me. The cane sawing also never felt quite right for me either, I know House was all proud after it and so was I, kind of but he could have really hurt himself. If I was in constant pain the way that House is, I'd much rather lose my physical property than have to suffer through even more pain for a few hours. It's not like dosing a regular person with laxitives, House is always in pain and making that worse for pleasure seems mean to me.

Well, are we really sure it's going to happen? The spoiler post was not very sure' about where the quote came from. It sounds strange to me. I think after taking one false pill House would notice it not working the way it should and the consequenses should be minimal.

I agree that damaging the guitar wasn't funny. House certainly didn't think so. The antidepressants could also have gone horribly wrong (speaking as one who has had a bad reaction to the smallest dose of a certain brand and has had a family member have a similar experience with a different brand). As could House's retaliatory prank. They got lucky with those. As to the difference in the pills, vicodin are tablets, right? I'd think anyone with a little knowledge and access to a pharmacy could make some tablets that were the same shape and color. And the way House throws them back without even looking at what's come out of the bottle sometimes, he probably wouldn't notice minor differences. At least not until after he'd swallowed :)

I think after taking one false pill House would notice it not working the way it should and the consequenses should be minimal. That's exactly why I don't have a problem with the scenario.

I have to agree with misere. I think the ADs and destroying the guitar is worse than the laxatives. It is low, yeah. And it might cause House some additional pain if he has a bad day and trouble walking. But it is only temporary. House must also look to everyone like walking actually helps his leg pain, as much as he is running up and down the corridors. If it's really Cuddy she might know different, but with all the crap House has pulled on everyone around him I'm really surprised this hasn't happened already. I'll reserve judgment on this one until we've seen it. I could be something totally different from what we imagine it might be.