Bad Company and Aftershocks: The Big Post
Here is the entire Bad Company ficverse, in chronological order.
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Bad Company
Interregnum One: Screaming Doesn't Help
Wilson considers.
Interregnum Two: The Phone Call
House gets a phone call he wasn't expecting.
Interregnum Three: The Second Phone Call
House tries to stop the inevitable.
Interregnum Four: Sickness
House's demons come home to roost.
Interregnum Five: Sympathy For The Devil
An assignment is given and undertaken with the utmost care.
Aftershocks: A Story in Shattered Pieces
1.1: How Wilson Got Away
Always going in the wrong direction for the right reasons.
1.2: Incoming
Preparing for a hurricane.
1.3: Landfall
Wilson arrives in the ER. So does House.
1.4: Harbinger
How Chase brought the good news.
1.5: Limbo
House goes home. Sort of.
1.6: Communication Breakdown
"Can you identify the body, sir? We'll need for you to do that."
2.1: A Damn Expensive Danish
It is twenty-three minutes after nine.
2.2: The Cops
A pair of police detectives pay a visit to Dr. Wilson.
3.1: Strange Angel
House sets his own visiting hours.
3.2: The Firefly
Every night, Wilson watches...
4.1: Rib Plates
House has a solution for Wilson's broken ribs. It's...mostly legal.
4.2: Fault Lines
Wilson tells a story.
5.1: The Shave
Now he knows how lucky he is.
5.2: A Secret Weapon
Wilson makes a decision.
5.3: Stranded
There are so few ways she can help.
5.4: Foreign Food
What a long, strange day it's been.
6.1: Up and Around
On his feet for the first time in nearly a week.
6.2: Heartbreak Hotel
The place is utterly depressing.
7.1: The Meeting
Dr. Wilson isn't just any patient.
7.2: Unilateral
A decision has been made. Time to tell Wilson.
10.1: Homecoming
There's no way he's walking out of here and no way he's letting House drive the wheelchair.
10.2: Nightfall
It shouldn't be this quiet with Wilson around.
11.1: Carla Jean Fowler
Dear God in heaven, make it stop.
12.1: Catch and Release
Something's fishy.
13.1: Rude Awakening
Oh, how I hate to wake up in the mornin'...
13.2: Suds
Simple things aren't that simple now.
14.1: A Good Idea
House makes a plan.
14.2: Toxins
Do not take internally.
15.1: Poison Control
He wishes they'd just wake him up when it was over.
15.2: Contact
Wilson has developed a new reflex.
15.3: Down Time
Between the motion and the act...
15.4: Threads
Surprise, surprise...
16.1: The Trojan Horse
Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear.
16.2: We Interrupt This Program...
Is one peaceful meal too much to ask?
16.3: The Bound Man
The centre cannot hold...
16.4: Land Mines
It had to happen.
16.5: Shrapnel
What a mess.
17.1: Home Alone
It's 10:30 in the morning and there's nothing on TV.
17.2: Accounting
Interest rates on repayment may result in foreclosure
18.1: Role Reversal
Didn't you used to be someone else?
19.1: The Observer
Chase puts in a few unusual hours
19.2: John Hancock
"A" is for apple ...
20.1: Consult
Wilson takes a call
20.2: Sensitivity
It's like kindergarten dodgeball in here.
21.1: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
When the bough breaks...
21.2: Mug Shot
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
21.3: Favors
House never was one to share.
22.1: Pathetic
The pattern of Wilson's days is drastically different.
22.2: Sacrifices
No direction home.
22.3: Cruelty
Right back where they started -- or maybe not.
22.4: A White Lie
Ignorance is bliss, about 50% of the time.
22.5: Nocturne
Of all the unexpected things ...
23.1: Surprises
"I hope I see him the next time I have to come to the clinic."
23.2: Hallmark
Sometimes a lesson is learned.
23.3: Milton Bradley
An evening's entertainment
24.1: In Under the Radar
There has to be a reason for this kind of avoidance.
24.2: The Little Things
Interludes from Wilson's world
24.3: A Walk in the Park
"We're going to the park."
24.4: Wednesday in the Park With Martin
When you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself.
25.1: Nothing For It
House is back to the very beginning and there's nothing for it.
26.1: Water Flowing Underground
And you may ask yourself -- well ... how did I get here?
26.2: Banished
One of the classic blunders
26.3: Victory
There's more than one way to conquer.
26.4: Jaguar
Some Wilsonian cooking is just what he needs.
2 6.5: Conundrum
Doctor Wilson seems to mock him...
28.1: Fresh
Like a goddamned pregnant woman with his cravings...
28.2: Mangoes
Would someone please explain...?
29.1: Let's Make a Deal
The only way to give anything to House is to make him think he's stealing it.
29.2: Defense
He'll use whatever strategies he can.
29.3: A Mother's Love
Honor thy father and mother ...
30.1: The Evening News
House tells him everything he wants to know.
30.2: The Value of Things
A couple of rounds with insomnia
32.1: The Power of Suggestion
Dancing to a tune he really hates
32.2: Off the Map
For some things there are no guidelines
33.1: Groundless
Nothing happened.
36.1: Detonation
Truth hurts.
36.2: Counting Flowers on the Wall
Just one more thing that wasn't in Chase's job description.
36.3: The Worst of All Possible Worlds
You can run, but you can't hide.
37.1: Hurry Up and Wait
Wilson has some time to think it over.
37.2: Fallout
The only thing worse than coming home alone is being alone when you get there.
38.1: The Green Fuse
"... and that's why it's a bond that can never, ever be broken."
40.1: Good Boy
Sometimes, behaving yourself gets you nowhere.
40.2: Contact, Part Two
We'll go somewhere.
42.1: Smoke Signals
Wilson finds his own ways to communicate. So does House.
44.1: A Pleasure Suspended
Maybe it's time for an experiment.
45.1: Lock and Key
He wonders where he fits now.
45.2: Free at Last
Some surprises are welcome.
45.3: Lifeline
No one's going to give him his life back. He'll have to take it.
47.1: Six Burners
Eking out a few more inches
48.1: Sustenance
It was a carefully measured decision.
49.1: The Many Unknowns
Still such a long way to go.
50.1: Reconstruction
They take out old pieces of metal, and put new ones in.
53.1: Reconstruction, Part Two
Once upon a time...
62.1: Win, Lose, or Draw
You play the cards you're dealt.
Reelfoot Rift: Epilogue to Aftershocks
Reelfoot Rift: Tim
Reelfoot Rift: Nick
Reelfoot Rift: Dr. X and Dr. Y
We welcome your browsing, lurking, comments and questions.
Bad Company
Interregnum One: Screaming Doesn't Help
Wilson considers.
Interregnum Two: The Phone Call
House gets a phone call he wasn't expecting.
Interregnum Three: The Second Phone Call
House tries to stop the inevitable.
Interregnum Four: Sickness
House's demons come home to roost.
Interregnum Five: Sympathy For The Devil
An assignment is given and undertaken with the utmost care.
Aftershocks: A Story in Shattered Pieces
1.1: How Wilson Got Away
Always going in the wrong direction for the right reasons.
1.2: Incoming
Preparing for a hurricane.
1.3: Landfall
Wilson arrives in the ER. So does House.
1.4: Harbinger
How Chase brought the good news.
1.5: Limbo
House goes home. Sort of.
1.6: Communication Breakdown
"Can you identify the body, sir? We'll need for you to do that."
2.1: A Damn Expensive Danish
It is twenty-three minutes after nine.
2.2: The Cops
A pair of police detectives pay a visit to Dr. Wilson.
3.1: Strange Angel
House sets his own visiting hours.
3.2: The Firefly
Every night, Wilson watches...
4.1: Rib Plates
House has a solution for Wilson's broken ribs. It's...mostly legal.
4.2: Fault Lines
Wilson tells a story.
5.1: The Shave
Now he knows how lucky he is.
5.2: A Secret Weapon
Wilson makes a decision.
5.3: Stranded
There are so few ways she can help.
5.4: Foreign Food
What a long, strange day it's been.
6.1: Up and Around
On his feet for the first time in nearly a week.
6.2: Heartbreak Hotel
The place is utterly depressing.
7.1: The Meeting
Dr. Wilson isn't just any patient.
7.2: Unilateral
A decision has been made. Time to tell Wilson.
10.1: Homecoming
There's no way he's walking out of here and no way he's letting House drive the wheelchair.
10.2: Nightfall
It shouldn't be this quiet with Wilson around.
11.1: Carla Jean Fowler
Dear God in heaven, make it stop.
12.1: Catch and Release
Something's fishy.
13.1: Rude Awakening
Oh, how I hate to wake up in the mornin'...
13.2: Suds
Simple things aren't that simple now.
14.1: A Good Idea
House makes a plan.
14.2: Toxins
Do not take internally.
15.1: Poison Control
He wishes they'd just wake him up when it was over.
15.2: Contact
Wilson has developed a new reflex.
15.3: Down Time
Between the motion and the act...
15.4: Threads
Surprise, surprise...
16.1: The Trojan Horse
Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear.
16.2: We Interrupt This Program...
Is one peaceful meal too much to ask?
16.3: The Bound Man
The centre cannot hold...
16.4: Land Mines
It had to happen.
16.5: Shrapnel
What a mess.
17.1: Home Alone
It's 10:30 in the morning and there's nothing on TV.
17.2: Accounting
Interest rates on repayment may result in foreclosure
18.1: Role Reversal
Didn't you used to be someone else?
19.1: The Observer
Chase puts in a few unusual hours
19.2: John Hancock
"A" is for apple ...
20.1: Consult
Wilson takes a call
20.2: Sensitivity
It's like kindergarten dodgeball in here.
21.1: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
When the bough breaks...
21.2: Mug Shot
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
21.3: Favors
House never was one to share.
22.1: Pathetic
The pattern of Wilson's days is drastically different.
22.2: Sacrifices
No direction home.
22.3: Cruelty
Right back where they started -- or maybe not.
22.4: A White Lie
Ignorance is bliss, about 50% of the time.
22.5: Nocturne
Of all the unexpected things ...
23.1: Surprises
"I hope I see him the next time I have to come to the clinic."
23.2: Hallmark
Sometimes a lesson is learned.
23.3: Milton Bradley
An evening's entertainment
24.1: In Under the Radar
There has to be a reason for this kind of avoidance.
24.2: The Little Things
Interludes from Wilson's world
24.3: A Walk in the Park
"We're going to the park."
24.4: Wednesday in the Park With Martin
When you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself.
25.1: Nothing For It
House is back to the very beginning and there's nothing for it.
26.1: Water Flowing Underground
And you may ask yourself -- well ... how did I get here?
26.2: Banished
One of the classic blunders
26.3: Victory
There's more than one way to conquer.
26.4: Jaguar
Some Wilsonian cooking is just what he needs.
2 6.5: Conundrum
Doctor Wilson seems to mock him...
28.1: Fresh
Like a goddamned pregnant woman with his cravings...
28.2: Mangoes
Would someone please explain...?
29.1: Let's Make a Deal
The only way to give anything to House is to make him think he's stealing it.
29.2: Defense
He'll use whatever strategies he can.
29.3: A Mother's Love
Honor thy father and mother ...
30.1: The Evening News
House tells him everything he wants to know.
30.2: The Value of Things
A couple of rounds with insomnia
32.1: The Power of Suggestion
Dancing to a tune he really hates
32.2: Off the Map
For some things there are no guidelines
33.1: Groundless
Nothing happened.
36.1: Detonation
Truth hurts.
36.2: Counting Flowers on the Wall
Just one more thing that wasn't in Chase's job description.
36.3: The Worst of All Possible Worlds
You can run, but you can't hide.
37.1: Hurry Up and Wait
Wilson has some time to think it over.
37.2: Fallout
The only thing worse than coming home alone is being alone when you get there.
38.1: The Green Fuse
"... and that's why it's a bond that can never, ever be broken."
40.1: Good Boy
Sometimes, behaving yourself gets you nowhere.
40.2: Contact, Part Two
We'll go somewhere.
42.1: Smoke Signals
Wilson finds his own ways to communicate. So does House.
44.1: A Pleasure Suspended
Maybe it's time for an experiment.
45.1: Lock and Key
He wonders where he fits now.
45.2: Free at Last
Some surprises are welcome.
45.3: Lifeline
No one's going to give him his life back. He'll have to take it.
47.1: Six Burners
Eking out a few more inches
48.1: Sustenance
It was a carefully measured decision.
49.1: The Many Unknowns
Still such a long way to go.
50.1: Reconstruction
They take out old pieces of metal, and put new ones in.
53.1: Reconstruction, Part Two
Once upon a time...
62.1: Win, Lose, or Draw
You play the cards you're dealt.
Reelfoot Rift: Epilogue to Aftershocks
Reelfoot Rift: Tim
Reelfoot Rift: Nick
Reelfoot Rift: Dr. X and Dr. Y