Thoughts on House 4x12

[cutthroatpixie]

This is different from my usual posts. =)

Okay, so normally my 'thoughts' would consist of a list of quotes and OMGs and just general mindless squeeing. I do it so well, and most of the time I'd be happy just to let everyone else have actual thoughts about things and get all of mine out with a few OMG YAY ILTHEMs.

But tonight, just because I was so moved by this episode, I'm going to show that I actually have thoughts that consist of real, English words. I know. Shocking.

Tonight's (yesterday's, whatever) episode was, hands down, the best I have ever seen. It wasn't just because of the 'Oh my god, you're sleeping with me!' comment, or Wilson's ramble about why dating House would be a logical thing for him to do, reasonable, even. Obviously I liked those moments, they added to the overall adoration. It wasn't because I am a diehard Amber fan and we got to see quite a bit of her. It was because of all the emotion and relationship building, really.

Wilson dating Amber irked House, obviously. We got to see jealous!House turned up to 11, all possessive and such. The man is insecure about some things, yes, but what I really saw, above all that, was him being protective of Wilson. Not just possessive, not just, 'He's MY best friend and you can't have him,' but protectiveness. He wanted to know Amber's true motives behind dating Wilson. He wanted to see if he could push her away from him. He offered her a fellowship, something she clearly wanted more than most anything, if she would break up with Wilson. By being his obnoxious, interfering self, he was testing the waters with her. He was doing what is most likely the House equivalent of Wilson's speaking to Cameron out of concern for House (the 'You're worried I'm going to break his heart?' scene before House and Cameron went on that date). Wilson was trying to protect House, House was trying to protect Wilson. At least that is how I percieved all of House's actions throughout the episode.

Also, Cuddy tonight was kickass. I have always been a fan of her interactions with House, because I think those two have an ace relationship as well, but her attempt at reasurring House was so true. 'You aren't going to lose your best friend.' The add-on about House's neediness level aside, it is totally true. House and Wilson have been friends for hell knows how long. They've seen one another through some really shitty times (House's infarction, Wilson's divorces, all the shit with Vogler and Tritter) and they've always stuck it out, because, in the end, they mean a lot to one another, and sometimes they're all the other has. They seem like they are just so accepting of one another's faults and they love one another so unconditionally, but it is so much more complex than just that.

House is jealous, and possessive, and protective, and downright afraid of losing his best friend, but he put that all aside, and he accepted Wilson's relationship with Amber. He's pretty damn sure she isn't going to hurt him, and he's just going to let Wilson be happy. The ending really made me happy as I could be, because their interaction and conversation was so full of affection (for them, anyway) and I love seeing them show that to one another.

Amber isn't going to 'break up House/Wilson', just the same as Wilson's wives and Stacy and all the random women House flirts with (and fucks) haven't broken up House and Wilson. If anyone saw this episode as a loss or a let down, they clearly missed the whole point. House and Wilson are going to be House and Wilson no matter who else gets added to that equation. House isn't going to lose Wilson or be replaced, and vice versa. They have a unique and strong relationship, and an obvious love for one another. They don't need romance or on screen make out sessions to show this. They don't need to be a couple to be in a relationship. They don't need to love one another 'like that' to be in love. They're House and Wilson and they will always be House and Wilson, no matter what. They don't need to be a canon couple for that to be true.

Basically, what I am trying to say is that I adore this show more than ever. I adore House and Wilson more than ever. It's all so beautiful and complex and funny and good and I have never been more content with this series than I am right at this moment. The future is looking bright, ladies and gentlemen.

Comments

[harrywells.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with the House/Wilson stuff on this.

Not only are they never actually going to happen on the show (hello, it's Fox), I don't understand how people can actually think this is really going to happen, and are upset that it didn't. I'm actually quite amazed the whole, "why don't we date?" thing made it on there, let alone a kiss that some were expecting.

But forgetting that yes, a kiss would be a nice thing to see, would make pretty icons and would make shippers the world over shit themselves multiple times, it's just a physical act. House's actions in this episode were far more meaningful. He's not good with the emotional stuff, and for him to show anything is a Pretty Big Deal. And then at the end to basically just come right out and say to Wilson that House will sacrifice anything BUT him (and House's slightly vague way of saying it is as loud and clear as he gets when it comes to personal stuff)--that was intense. You can't get any better than that. Not even the "Oh my god. You're sleeping with me" line, or even the "I love you" line in 97 Seconds. This really was "IT" for them, you know? Right in that moment, without actually saying it, House told Wilson how very much he cares about him. He wants Wilson to be happy, even if he risks losing him as a friend when he clearly loves him very much. That's far, far more powerful than a kiss on the show would EVER be.

[cutthroatpixie.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Contrary to what Cher says, it is NOT in his kiss. A kiss would be all spectacle, really. House kissed Cameron and it didn't mean shit, it was just pretty. The little things House does to show he cares, his actions and his words, mean more than a kiss ever possibly could.

[harrywells.livejournal.com]

I know we're talking about this over on AIM, but I want to put this here as well:

Your line "They don't need to love one another 'like that' to be in love" is so true. They are in love with each other, but in a basic sense. They are absolutely and truly 100% committed to each other. To be that committed to each other goes far beyond simply being best friends - the ARE a couple. They don't need to be romantic about it. This works perfectly fine with them, and I think is actually better than a romantic relationship. Like you said on AIM, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd fucked before "just because." I wouldn't either. But I think that's far more likely to happen than for them to make this romantic. They don't need the romantic or physical aspect of it. Because, again, this works for them.

Most people in actual romantic relationships don't even have that sort of dedication to each other. And most people would give absolutely anything to have that. I know I would. To have someone like that; to have a friendship that powerful... even if other parts of your life aren't exactly the Cheeriest Fucking Thing On Earth, that relationship would be all that you needed and all that mattered. Anything else, positive or negative, important or not, just falls by the wayside in comparison. They'll always be there for one another, no matter what. They've proven that much. I really would give fucking anything to have that, or even remotely close to that.

[cutthroatpixie.livejournal.com]

They have such an undying devotion to one another. It is so fucking hard to find what they have in any sort of relationship, because it is so perfectly flawed. They have some really ridiculously low lows, shit that could break up some of the strongest of people, but they get through it. Like we are talking about with the Tritter shit. It happened, and it was terrible, but they got over it, and it really doesn't seem to be affecting them at all. They accept eachother for what they are, take the bad with the good, and they make things work so, so very well.

[harrywells.livejournal.com]

Ugh, they are. So, so perfectly flawed and broken. But I don't think they'd have it any other way. They have their faults. They know them. They're okay with them. They might care in some moments, but overall they really don't. They wouldn't be HouseAndWilson without that.

[poorfrances.livejournal.com]

IAWTC. To me, this episode makes them "canon" because it couldn't be clearer from this episode that House is in love with Wilson. And I truly think that Amber spurned him into realizing it here in a way he hadn't before.

I've been through the ringer in other fandoms because, to me, so many other slashers are obsessed with the sex. That has never been the point with the couples I ship. I am convinced House is in love with Wilson, but that physicality does not necessarily have to or should come into it. I don't care if they kiss (they're never going to, so to me it's silly in believing that pipe dream).

For so long, fans wanted some indication that House cared about Wilson the same way Wilson has always cared about House, and here in the fourth season we got it. They bitch at each other, they insult each other, they're both difficult, very screwed-up people. But in season three Wilson proved that he's willing to sacrifice everything (his job, his money, his very freedom) for House. I used to think that theirs was a very twisted relationship, that House was dragging Wilson down with him. But House showed here that he actually loves Wilson enough to recognize that. It's the old cliche about letting go, but House will protect Wilson, most of all, from House himself.

[harrywells.livejournal.com]

Exactly.
Even if they never "happen" happen (and I doubt they will) this really is it. The big I-T. Wilson's bent over backwards to show House that he is ridiculously dedicated to him and will always be there, no matter what. House hasn't, except for on very few occasions ("Maybe I don't want to push this until it breaks," the interfering with Wilson's love life - House's way of protecting Wilson and trying to avoid him getting hurt, etc), until now. This was insanely huge of House. All episode he talks about how people don't change. And then he accpts it in Amber, and then himself. He offered Amber the very thing she wanted the most. She is Cut Throat Bitch for a reason. And yet she said no. She chose Wilson. And while it's entirely possible she'd started out with Wilson to get back at House for firing her, it doesn't matter anymore. And House sees this, and actually tells her she's changed. House may not like it, but to self-sacrifice like that by stepping back and allowing Wilson to be happy, even at the risk of losing him - House can't say how he feels any plainer than that. I think "I love you" would actually be entirely too simple in this case.

[poorfrances.livejournal.com]

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