HOUSE 7X01: NOW WHAT?!!?!?!
THE ENTIRE POST THAT FOLLOWS BENEATH THIS CUT = THIS GIF:
LIFE. BASICALLY NOW PERFECT. I AM REWATCHING THE EPISODE - BECAUSE I CAN AND I WILL, PRETTY MUCH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND ALL YOU LUCKY BUGGERS GET TO COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE AS I LIVE-BLOG MY SECOND VIEWING. DKFHLSHFGDSLHFLSDFS THIS WAS HONESTLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
P/S THERE IS SO MUCH CAPSLOCK IN WHAT FOLLOWS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE ABOUT CLICKING ON THE CUT IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO CAPSLOCK. IF YOU HAVE, HOWEVER, BEEN MY FRIEND FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU WOULD BE ALLERGIC TO CAPSLOCK. BECAUSE HONESTLY - LOWER-CASE IS JUST FAIL.
SOME QUICK FIRST IMPRESSIONS BEFORE I EMBARK ON MY SECOND VIEWING:
- I LOOOOVED THIS EPISODE. I FUCKING LOVED IT. I LOVE THAT THEY WERE SWEET TOGETHER, AND PERFECT TOGETHER, AND SNARKY TOGETHER. I LOVE HOW THEY FIT, THE WAY THEY WERE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO - MESSY, JAGGED AT THE EDGES, PUSHING AND PULLING AND LYING AND TRUSTING, ALL AND EVERYTHING AT ONCE.
- HONESTLY I WAS BRIEFLY WORRIED THAT THERE WOULD JUST BE HOT SEX AND NO DEEP CONVERSATIONS, WHICH I COULDN'T RECONCILE WITH THIS SHIP I'VE LOVED FOR SOOO LONG. THE PROMOS, THEY WERE MISLEADING AND ALL ABOUT THE NUUUUCLEEAR SEX. WHICH, YOU KNOW, I CLEARLY APPROVE OF, BUT I WAS WORRIED NONETHELESS. OR MAYBE I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GET MY HOPES UP ONLY TO HAVE THEM CRASHING DOWN ON ME. BUT YAY OMG HOUSE WRITERS (DORIS EEEGAAAN), THANK YOU FOR NEVER LETTING ME DOWN. THERE WAS SEX (LOTS OF IT, INCLUDING SOME THAT APPARENTLY INVOLVED THEM DOING ACROBATIC TRICKS ON THE CEILING) BUT OMIGOD GUYS, I LOVE THE CONVERSATIONS SO MUCH MORE. THE FRENCH CHATEAU. ILOBEYOU. MOST INCREDIBLE MAN. NOT WANTING HIM TO CHANGE. (BECAUSE SHE HAS ALWAYS LOVED HIM FOR AND IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. I MAINTAIN THIS FOREVER BECAUSE I KNOW IT TO BE TRUE.) I LOVE YOU. THE HINT OF APPREHENSION EVEN AFTER THEY AGREE IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. CUDDY CLEARLY PANICKING AND JUMPING IN A CLOSET AND THEN TRYING TO BLAME IT ON HOUSE BEING FORCED TO COME CLEAN ABOUT THEM TO WILSON. BECAUSE MY SHIP IS REAL, IT'S FUCKED-UP, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT PERFECT. IT'S NOT ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT... THOUGH I VERY MUCH APPROVE OF THE FACT THAT, AFTER SIX YEARS OF PUSH-AND-PULL-AND-TEASE, WE DID - WE ACTUALLY DID - GET SOME SWEETNESS AND LIGHT. BECAUSE HOUSE DESERVES IT, AND CUDDY DESERVES IT, AND OMIGOD.
- HUGH LAURIE AND LISA EDELSTEIN ARE PERFECT. PERFECT. THEY WERE BOTH SINGULARLY MORE GORGEOUS AND BEAUTIFUL IN THIS EPISODE THAN I'VE EVER EVER SEEN THEM. AND THAT'S SAYING QUITE A LOT CONSIDERING HOW I'VE SPENT MUCH OF THE LAST SIX YEARS LUSTING AFTER BOTH OF THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. I THINK (ACTING LIKE THEY'RE IN) LOVE JUST MADE THEM... GLOW. OR MAYBE IT WAS THE LIGHTING, WHATEVER. BUT SERIOUSLY. LISA EDELSTEIN, I AM GAY FOR YOU AGAIN ALWAYS.
- GUYS. THIS WAS... LIKE, THE PERFECT CULMINATION OF A SHIP THAT YOU'VE BEEN PULLING FOR FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND HOPING TO SEE IT WORKED INTO THE SHOW IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T SEND IT SPIRALLING INTO FAILURE. IT WASN'T THE X-FILES (OH HAY GUISE GUESS WHAT, THEY'VE BEEN SEXING EACH OTHER UP FOR YEARS, DID WE FORGET TO TELL YOU THAT EXTREMELY PERTINENT FACT?) OR BONES (PUSH-PULL AND DENIAL DONE GORGEOUSLY AND SO SO WELL BUT THERE'S EVEN LESS DENIABILITY ABOUT HOW BOOTH AND BRENNAN ARE TOTES MFEO SO I CAN IMAGINE THE DANCING-ABOUT GETTING WEARYING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER). THIS THIS THIS. THEY JUST... PULLED IT INTO THE FABRIC OF THE SHOW AND MADE IT PART OF EVERYTHING. I LOVE IT. BECAUSE HOWEVER MUCH HOUSE IS A PROCEDURAL DRAMA, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT'S ALWAYS JUST THE TRAPPINGS OF THE SHOW - MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IT'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF ONE MAN. AND WE'VE SEEN HIM HIT EVERY LOW ON THE WAY DOWN TO HELL AND BACK. IT'S ABOUT TIME TO SEE HIS PSYCHE TRY TO WRAP ITSELF AROUND SOME CUDDY HAPPINESS. ASDLFHSDFLSDFLSDFHSD SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. (ETA: AND NOW THAT I'VE WATCHED THE EPISODE A SECOND TIME - IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'VE WANTED TO SEE. HOUSE SOFTENED AT THE EDGES, TENDER AND CARING AND THOUGHTFUL IN HIS VERY SPECIFIC, UNIQUE WAY - THE WAY HE WAS WITH STACY - AND YET STILL, RECOGNISABLY, HOUSE.)
OKAY I AM BORING MYSELF AND I JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO THE GORGEOUS EPISODE OF GORGEOUS.
LIVE-BLOGGING 7X01 - BECAUSE I CAN.
- ARGH, CLIPS FROM HELP ME, WHY SO ANGSTY.
- THEIR HANDS. HAND-HOLDING. SO PRETTY. I LOVE HOW HE LOOKS AT HER LIKE HE CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S THERE, THAT SHE JUST SAID WHAT SHE DID, THAT THEY JUST KISSED.
- ALSO THAT SHE'S TAKING OFF HIS SHIRT. GOOD THING SHE'S CLEANING THAT WOUND NOW BECAUSE HIS SHOULDER'S GONNA GET A WORKOUT OVER THE NEXT 72 HOURS.
- "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO - YOU ARE." OMIGOD. LEGIT TEARS. THE WAY SHE TOUCHES HIS SCAR - AND HE TELLS HER NOT TO, AND - OMIGOD. "I LOVE YOU". AND SHE KISSES IT AND OMIGOD TEARS. THREE STORIES, GUYS. I CALLED IT THAT FAR BACK. THE SCAR, THE OP, THE EVERYTHING.
- ALSO THE SEXING AND THE KISSING. UNF. P/S I KNOW THE CAPSLOCK IS MISLEADING BUT I LOVED HOW GENTLE AND QUIET AND REVERENT THIS OPENING SCENE IS - HOW THE SEX AND THE TALKING AND THE CONNECTION IS SCORED TO A SIMPLE PIANO PIECE. SO SWEET, SO PERFECT. THAT IT'S NOT... EXPLOITATIVE OR ALL ABOUT TEH SEX THE WAY THE PROMOS WERE, SO IN-YOUR-FACE. THIS IS JUST... GENTLE. TENDER. ALSO HOT AS FUCKITY FUCK FUCK.
- THAT IS A LOT OF NAKED LISA EDELSTEIN TO HAVE IN YOUR ARMS, HUGH LAURIE. "SO, NOW WHAT?"
- I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE NEW OPENING SEQUENCE HAS MARSHMALLOW JELLYFISH EVERYWHERE.
- "EVERYTHING'S GOOD." IT IS. I LOVE HOW SHE PUSHES HER RESPONSIBILITIES ASIDE - GETTING DRESSED AND GOING HOME - SO THEY CAN WORK ON "THE BEGINNING OF IT".
- CUDDY'S ASSISTANT = DO NOT LIKE.
- TELLING HOUSE TO TAKE A BATH ONLY AFTER YOU'VE HAD SEX POSSIBLY 2420343 TIMES? I LIKE YOUR PRIORITIES, CUDDY.
- CHASE STEAMING ENVELOPES OPEN IS STILL MY FAVOURITE. :D JESSE SPENCER, YOU ARE FOREVER MY FAVOURITE DUCKLING.
- "I WAS IN A MOOD." HEE.
- CUDDY POCKETING THE VICODIN (NOT THAT SHE HAD POCKETS IN WHAT SHE WAS ALMOST-WEARING SO WHERE THE EFF DID SHE HIDE THE PILLS??) - HOUSE LYING TO HER ABOUT RICHARDSON - OH YOU GUYS. SCREWED-UP AS ALWAYS. LYING AS ALWAYS. HEARTS.
- "THIS IS IMPORTANT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HOSPITAL. SO I SAY WE TURN OFF OUR PHONES AND KEEP THE MORNING TO US." OMIGOD. PERFECTION FOREVER. CUDDY AGREEING TO TURN OFF HER PHONE. ARGH ARGH ARGH.
- LISA CUDDY WANDERING AROUND IN HOUSE'S BLACK T-SHIRT. OMG SO SEXY. I LIKE HER SEX!HAIR. (SHE REALLY IS DISTRACTING.)
- MASSAGING HER OUT OF THE TOILET AND PROMISING HER A "MAGICAL BATH" SO YOU CAN LIE TO HER - OH HOUSE.
- NOW THAT I'M WATCHING FOREMAN AND 13 BITCHING EACH OTHER OUT ABOUT ROME - WHY DID 13 HAVE A TICKET TO GO TO ROME IF THE MED TRIAL PEOPLE THERE HADN'T HEARD OF HER EVER? IS THIS 13'S VERSION OF EAT PRAY LOVE? OH WHATEVER I'VE STOPPED CARING ALREADY.
- BECAUSE HOUSE AND CUDDY ARE LYING IN A BATH TOGETHER. OMG CUDDY CALLING HIM ON AN 'OPEN' RELATIONSHIP. I LOVE HOW SHE ALREADY ASSUMES IT'S COMMITTED AND MONOGAMOUS (BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN, BASICALLY/METAPHORICALLY, FOR HALF THEIR LIVES NOW). LOVE HOW HOUSE IS ALREADY TALKING EVERYTHING OUT, BECAUSE HE WOULD. "IMPULSIVE MOVE" - I LOVE THAT HE CALLED HER ON THAT, AND SHE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED THAT SHE DIDN'T REGRET DUMPING LUCAS' ASS. "WHY DO YOU HAVE TO ANALYSE THINGS TO DEATH?" I LOVE HOW HAPPY THEY LOOK TOGETHER.
- UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THEY REALISE THAT THE SECRET BATH IS "BURNING HER LADY PARTS" AND HIS ANUS LOLOLOLOLOL
- "I'M... NOT A NEUROSURGEON?" CHASE ILU FOREVER. REALLY.
- THAT IS A DISGUSTING FIRST MEAL. CORN FLAKES + CHILI SAUCE REDUCTION. *WEEPS* IF THEY STAYED IN FOR DAYS... WHAT WERE THEIR SUBSEQUENT MEALS?
- OMG "I CAN TELL WHEN YOU LIE" CONVERSATION. FAVOURITE FOREVER AND EVER. CUDDY'S BORING AND PREDICTABLE SEXUAL HISTORY IS MY FAVOURITE. (EXCEPT FOR THAT TIME SHE TRIPPED AND SLEPT WITH HER FATHER'S BEST FRIEND, YO.) HOW SASSY AND CUTE IS CUDDY IN THIS SCENE???!?! I LOVE HOW IT SEEMS SO NATURAL THE WAY THEY BANTER - LIKE THERE ISN'T A SHIFT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS - THE BIGGEST ONE POSSIBLE. "I USED TO HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU." AHAHAHAHAHA AND SHE CALLED HIS BLUFF A+++ CUDDY = HBIC. I WANT THAT PHOTO OF CUDDY IN A SLEEPING BEAUTY OUTFIT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WOULD WANT IT FOR, BUT I WANT IT.
- HOUSE GIVING CUDDY A SWORD. YEAH. PERFECTION. (WHERE DID HOUSE GET THE CHAMPAGNE?) AND HAY THEY CHANGED CLOTHES AGAIN. I LOVE THIS. AND I LOOOOVE HOW THEY'RE LAUGHING. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER SEEN HOUSE QUITE THIS... LOOSE AND COMFORTABLE. JUST THAT MOMENT WHEN HE LAUGHS AFTER SHATTERING THE BOTTLE. JUST... LAUGHING AND HAVING FUN WITHOUT OVERTHINKING ANYTHING. ♥
- WILSON INTERVENTION!!!!!!!!!! OT3 ILUUUUUU. "WHAT CAN WE DO THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE TALKING?" EEEK CUTENESS.
- "YOU TURNED ON MY RINGER!" LOLOLOL I LOVE LOVE LOVE HOW SHE DID THAT TO HIM, AND WILSON SHOUTING THROUGH THE DOOR. AND OMG HOUSE'S MESSAGES! "IF THIS IS WILSON..." "IF THIS IS STILL WILSON.... *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*" LOLOLOL OMIGOD I HONESTLY LOVE HOUSE AND WILSON SO MUCH IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
- KICKASS!13 WITH RICHARDSON IS PRETTY HILARIOUS. "WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE A FAIRLY RISKY DRUG IF IT WOULD MAKE IT ALL GO AWAY?"
- WHAT THE EFF KIND OF SEXUAL POSITION WOULD RESULT IN HOUSE AND CUDDY FALLING INTO BED THAT WAY, BREATHING SO HARD? FUCK THIS IS SEXINESS TIMES ONE MILLION AND FIVE.
- "YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT WILSON WHEN WE WERE HAVING SEX? THAT'S SO COOL, SO WAS I!" I LOVE HOW THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS WHOLE BIT. HER ACCUSING HIM OF HIDING HER, HIM CLAIMING TO PROTECT HER PRIVACY, HER CLAIMING TO WANT IT TO BE KNOWN TO THE WORLD AND SAYING HE'S NOT READY - I LOVE HOW HE'S JUST... PROCESSING, AND LISTENING TO HER
- CHASE'S SEX PROPOSITION TO 13 IS BOTH ADORABLE AND KIND OF OUT-OF-THE-BLUE. "DEADLINE'S BEEN MOVED UP." I PRETTY MUCH THINK CHASE COULD DO ANYTHING AND MY REACTION WOULD BE - SO CUTE! SO SHINY!!! (LIKE THE LAMP!) SO CHAAAAAAAAAASE.
- I WANT A HOUSE/CUDDY SEX-TAPE.
- WILSON BREAKING IN = OMIGOD. OTHER FAVOURITE THING APART FROM THE HOUSE/CUDDY THIS EPISODE. LEGIT I LOVE THE OT3 IN A WAY THAT MAKES MY HEART AND MY BRAIN HURT. "OR I'M IGNORING YOU FOR A DIFFERENT REASON - SEX WITH MY GIRLFRIEND." CUE UTTER DISBELIEF FROM WILSON. HOUSE WHEELING WILSON IN. AHAHAHAHA SO CUTE. "SINCE WHEN DID YOU START REFERRING TO HOOKERS AS GIRLFRIENDS?" "THERE'S AN 'I' IN CUDDY." OMG AHAHAHAHA FAVOURITE.
- P/S I TOTES THINK HONEYBUNS WAS HIDING. SHE PANICKED AND TRIED TO PUT IT ON HOUSE.
- WILSON. STOP WITH THE COCKBLOCKING AND THE PRETENDING-T0-LIKE-MONSTER-TRUCK-RALLIES!!!! ;)
- CUDDY HIDING IN THE CLOSET, LOOKING RIDICULOUSLY SEXY. STOP RATIONALISING THE FACT THAT YOU PANICKED, OMG. AND THEN ASKING HIM IF HE HAS ANY RESPONSE TO HIM NOT BEING READY FOR THIS. YAY SCREWED-UP SHIP ILU.
- RICHARDSON COMING OUT OF THE OR AND STRIPPING WAS PRETTY HILARIOUS. THOUGH I AM PATENTLY NOT PAYING MUCH ATTENTION TO THESE POINTS OF THE EPISODE, AM I...?
- "YOU DIDN'T SEE 'LOVE'?" "I THINK YOU TAKE MY LACK OF BOARD GAME SKILLS TOO PERSONALLY." I LOVE FOREVER THE FACT THAT CUDDY CALLED HIM ON WHY HE DIDN'T SAY WHY HE LOVED YOU. YES. DORIS EGAN BASICALLY TOOK A CHECKLIST OF EVERYTHING A CONCERNED FAN WOULD HAVE NOTICED FROM 6X21 AND ANSWERED IT IN THIS EPISODE. I THINK THIS HAS GOT TO BE MY FAVOURITE SCENE BEYOND THE ONE IN WHICH THEY HAD THE LEGIT SERIOUS CHAT ABOUT WHY THEY WOULDN'T WORK. BECAUSE IT'S SO HER, FRUSTRATED BY HIM AS ALWAYS - "YOU REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A STAND ON THIS?" AND THEN IT'S SO HIM, TO SKIRT AROUND TELLING THIS TRUTH AND NOT MAKE HIMSELF ANY MORE VULNERABLE TO HER THAN HE ALREADY IS - BUT TELLING HER HOW HE FEELS ANYWAY, HIS WAY. "BECAUSE I FORGOT TO GRAB A 'V'." OMIGOD OMIGOD. "'LOBE' GETS YOU ONE POINT." LIKE, HOW MUCH MORE PERFECT COULD THIS EPISODE GET? I LOVE HOW THEY'RE CONNECTING AND OPENING UP AND STILL BEING JUST THEM AND FUCK I GIGGLE EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS SCENE LIKE A SILLY LITTLE GIRL. IT'S SO PERFECT I CAN'T EVEN ALFHSDLFHDLFHDSLFHSDLFHSDFS.
- OMIGOD NAKED SEXY HOUSE AND CUDDY ON HIS BED. HOUSE AND HIS STRATEGICALLY-PLACED MACBOOK. I LOVE THAT LITTLE SMILE ON CUDDY'S FACE WHEN SHE REALISES THAT HOUSE NOTICED A SCREENSAVER SHE USED YEARS AGO. AND HOW HE'S ALREADY PLANNED THEIR TRIP. "THE HOSPITAL DOES NOT NEED YOUR BODY. I DO." AND HER BEING RATIONAL - "YOU BREAK UP YOUR ENGAGEMENT BUT YOU WON'T ADJUST YOUR SCHEDULE." AND CUDDY GIVING HIM FRANCE TWO WEEKENDS FROM NOW. FUCK FUCK FUCK THIS PUSH-PULL. I WANT THIS COUPLE TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER. CUDDY'S SMILE!! HER SMILE WHEN SHE LOOKS AT HIM. PROOF POSITIVE OF MY POINT THAT LISA IS INSANELY GORGEOUS TIMES A MILLION IN THIS EPISODE LSDFHSDLFHLFDHSLFHSLD
- "LONG WAY AROUND TO BEING FRIENDS" - WISH I'D STOPPED CARING A WHILE AGO, FORETEEN!
- TIPPY-TOE THANK YOU KISS!
- AND THEN. AND THEN THIS SHIP CRUSHES ME AND I LOVE IT. I LOVE HOW SAD AND REAL IT GETS AT THIS MOMENT, WHEN SHE LEAVES, AND HE'S, LIKE, "THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK", BECAUSE ONCE SHE'S OUT OF HIS APARTMENT, ONCE SHE LEAVES AND GOES BACK TO HER LIFE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE WORLD, SHE'LL REALISE HE'S BAD FOR HER, THAT HE'S WRONG FOR HER, AND THAT HE'LL KEEP DOING HORRIBLE THINGS TO HER. OH HOUSE. SO TRUE. "I'M AN INSANE CHOICE FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS A KID." I LOVE - THAT HE BRINGS IT UP, RIGHT UPFRONT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNOW IT'S TRUE, IT'S EASY TO JUST PRETEND AND SHOVE IT UNDER A RUG. BUT HE WANTS IT OUT THERE, SO THAT SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S GETTING INTO. AND YET AND YET - SHE ALWAYS KNEW WHAT SHE WAS GETTING INTO. FUCK I LOVE THIS SCREWED-UP SHIP. THEY'RE SO DAMN REAL AND ADULT AND CHILDISH AND AUGH. PERFECTION.
- I WANT CHASE/13 BECAUSE I WANT CHASE TO HAVE MOAR SCREEN-TIME. I'M SUCH A WHORE FOR CHASE.
- TIME FOR MY FAVOURITE FAVOURITE FAVOURITE SCENE/EXCHANGE OF THE ENTIRE EPISODE. OF MY LIFE. I LOVE THAT HOUSE BROUGHT UP THIS SHIT AND MADE CUDDY CRY. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS WRONG, BUT I LOVE IT THAT SHE'S CRYING, THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. I'VE ALWAYS ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT HE DOESN'T THINK HE DESERVES HER, NEVER BELIEVES HE WILL DESERVE HER - BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE CAN'T CHANGE, OR AT LEAST HE CAN'T EVER CHANGE ENOUGH SO THAT HE WILL DESERVE HER. I LOVE THAT HE CHALLENGES HER: "TELL ME WHERE I'M WRONG." LIKE HE'S ALMOST BEGGING FOR HER TO GIVE HIM A REASON. AND TO HAVE HER SAY ALL THIS TO HIM: IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR, AS AN AUDIENCE, AND WHAT HE NEEDS TO HEAR BEFORE HE CAN LET THAT LOGICAL PART OF HIM GO, THE PART THAT TELLS HIM EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO SOUTH - "I DON'T WANT YOU TO CHANGE. I KNOW YOU'RE SCREWED-UP. I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SCREWED-UP BUT YOU'RE THE MOST INCREDIBLE MAN I'VE EVER KNOWN. YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE MOST INCREDIBLE MAN I'VE EVER KNOWN. SO UNLESS YOU'RE BREAKING UP WITH ME, I AM GOING HOME NOW." BEAUTIFULLY - FUCKING BEAUTIFULLY DELIVERED BY LISA EDELSTEIN. AND THEN SHE KISSES HIM - AND HE GRABS HER. "I LOVE YOU." AND THAT - THAT WAS JUST PERFECTION ON HUGH LAURIE'S PART FOREVER AND EVER. THE WAY THE WORDS LOOK COMFORTABLE AND COMPLETELY ALIEN ON HIS LIPS, BECAUSE HE HASN'T SAID THEM IN... A DECADE, AT LEAST, AND THAT LOOK ON HIS FACE. GOOD GOD.
- I HONESTLY TEAR UP EVERY. TIME. I WATCH THIS SCENE. AND I'VE WATCHED IT AT LEAST FIVE TIMES BY NOW. AUGH IT'S SO PERFECT.
- P/S I DON'T THINK I WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT IF YOU TELL ME THAT, AFTER WATCHING THIS SCENE, YOU DON'T WANT TO MARRY LISA CUDDY. WHATEVER YOUR GENDER/SEXUAL ORIENTATION. SHE IS THE PERFECT WOMAN. FACT OF LIFE. I AM BROOKING NO ARGUMENT ON THIS.
- ETA: I WAS REWATCHING (ALWAYS) THE EPISODE AND IT JUST STRUCK ME - THAT HOUSE DIDN'T TELL CUDDY HE LOVED HER, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A PART OF HIM THAT WANTED TO PROTECT HER. YES, HE WANTED TO PROTECT HIMSELF, TO KEEP THAT ONE LAST ADMISSION OF VULNERABILITY FROM HER. BUT ALSO HE SAW THE COMMITMENT SHE WAS ALREADY POURING INTO THE RELATIONSHIP, INTO HIM. ALL SHE ASKED WAS FOR HIM TO SAY THAT HE LOVED HER BACK. AND HE COULDN'T BECAUSE... YOU KNOW, HE'S THE INSANE CHOICE. BUT WHEN SHE TOLD HIM WHAT SHE DID - THAT HE WOULD STILL BE WORTH IT, EVEN IF HE COULDN'T CHANGE FOR HER - THAT'S WHEN HE SAID IT. OMFG OMFG OMFG I LOVE THIS SHIP ALSFDASLFLSAA.
- BYE, 13, HAVE FUN FILMING A MOVIE WITH COWBOYS AND ALIENS! WHATEVER. GET ME MORE SEXY HOUSE/CUDDY.
- "IT'S GONNA BE GREAT." PRETTY PRETTY CUDDY. I LOVE HOW HER FACE SHADES INTO APPREHENSION - THAT SHE DOESN'T FLOAT OFF ON A CLOUD OF HAPPINESS AND JOY, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT... REAL. AND I KNOW THIS SHOW ISN'T REAL (DO I, REALLY?) BUT I LOVE HOW THEY GET TO TOUCH ON COUPLE ISSUES AND "BEING TOGETHER" PROPERLY, IN AN ACTUALLY STUDIED WAY... MAYBE I WAS SCARRED BY THE X-FILES, IDK, THEY JUST NEVER HAD "ISSUES" BECAUSE MULDER KEPT DISAPPEARING AND/OR GETTING ABDUCTED. THEY NEVER TALKED ABOUT BEING TOGETHER... AND HERE, WE HAVE AN EPISODE OF JUST THAT.
- I STILL CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENING. I JUST WATCHED THIS EPISODE TWICE AND I STILL. CAN'T BELIEVE. IT'S HAPPENING. FUCKITY FUCKITY FUCK FUCK. THE PROMO FOR SUBSEQUENT EPISODES LOOKS EVEN MOAR EXCITING. WITH SOME DELICIOUS ANGST AND BUTT-GRABBING IN MY FUTURE. I LIKE THAT. A LOT.
- DORIS EGAN, ILU. WHAT AN AMAZING, FANTASTIC SEND-OFF EPISODE FOR HOUSE(/CUDDY) FANS. OMG. FAVOURITE.
AND NOW I HAVE TO WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE OF SEASON 3 OF CASTLE BEFORE I GO TO BED. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO FOCUS THOUGH. NOT WHEN THIS EPISODE WAS BASICALLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
LIFE. BASICALLY NOW PERFECT. I AM REWATCHING THE EPISODE - BECAUSE I CAN AND I WILL, PRETTY MUCH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND ALL YOU LUCKY BUGGERS GET TO COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE AS I LIVE-BLOG MY SECOND VIEWING. DKFHLSHFGDSLHFLSDFS THIS WAS HONESTLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
P/S THERE IS SO MUCH CAPSLOCK IN WHAT FOLLOWS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE ABOUT CLICKING ON THE CUT IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO CAPSLOCK. IF YOU HAVE, HOWEVER, BEEN MY FRIEND FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU WOULD BE ALLERGIC TO CAPSLOCK. BECAUSE HONESTLY - LOWER-CASE IS JUST FAIL.
SOME QUICK FIRST IMPRESSIONS BEFORE I EMBARK ON MY SECOND VIEWING:
- I LOOOOVED THIS EPISODE. I FUCKING LOVED IT. I LOVE THAT THEY WERE SWEET TOGETHER, AND PERFECT TOGETHER, AND SNARKY TOGETHER. I LOVE HOW THEY FIT, THE WAY THEY WERE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO - MESSY, JAGGED AT THE EDGES, PUSHING AND PULLING AND LYING AND TRUSTING, ALL AND EVERYTHING AT ONCE.
- HONESTLY I WAS BRIEFLY WORRIED THAT THERE WOULD JUST BE HOT SEX AND NO DEEP CONVERSATIONS, WHICH I COULDN'T RECONCILE WITH THIS SHIP I'VE LOVED FOR SOOO LONG. THE PROMOS, THEY WERE MISLEADING AND ALL ABOUT THE NUUUUCLEEAR SEX. WHICH, YOU KNOW, I CLEARLY APPROVE OF, BUT I WAS WORRIED NONETHELESS. OR MAYBE I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GET MY HOPES UP ONLY TO HAVE THEM CRASHING DOWN ON ME. BUT YAY OMG HOUSE WRITERS (DORIS EEEGAAAN), THANK YOU FOR NEVER LETTING ME DOWN. THERE WAS SEX (LOTS OF IT, INCLUDING SOME THAT APPARENTLY INVOLVED THEM DOING ACROBATIC TRICKS ON THE CEILING) BUT OMIGOD GUYS, I LOVE THE CONVERSATIONS SO MUCH MORE. THE FRENCH CHATEAU. ILOBEYOU. MOST INCREDIBLE MAN. NOT WANTING HIM TO CHANGE. (BECAUSE SHE HAS ALWAYS LOVED HIM FOR AND IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. I MAINTAIN THIS FOREVER BECAUSE I KNOW IT TO BE TRUE.) I LOVE YOU. THE HINT OF APPREHENSION EVEN AFTER THEY AGREE IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. CUDDY CLEARLY PANICKING AND JUMPING IN A CLOSET AND THEN TRYING TO BLAME IT ON HOUSE BEING FORCED TO COME CLEAN ABOUT THEM TO WILSON. BECAUSE MY SHIP IS REAL, IT'S FUCKED-UP, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT PERFECT. IT'S NOT ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT... THOUGH I VERY MUCH APPROVE OF THE FACT THAT, AFTER SIX YEARS OF PUSH-AND-PULL-AND-TEASE, WE DID - WE ACTUALLY DID - GET SOME SWEETNESS AND LIGHT. BECAUSE HOUSE DESERVES IT, AND CUDDY DESERVES IT, AND OMIGOD.
- HUGH LAURIE AND LISA EDELSTEIN ARE PERFECT. PERFECT. THEY WERE BOTH SINGULARLY MORE GORGEOUS AND BEAUTIFUL IN THIS EPISODE THAN I'VE EVER EVER SEEN THEM. AND THAT'S SAYING QUITE A LOT CONSIDERING HOW I'VE SPENT MUCH OF THE LAST SIX YEARS LUSTING AFTER BOTH OF THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. I THINK (ACTING LIKE THEY'RE IN) LOVE JUST MADE THEM... GLOW. OR MAYBE IT WAS THE LIGHTING, WHATEVER. BUT SERIOUSLY. LISA EDELSTEIN, I AM GAY FOR YOU AGAIN ALWAYS.
- GUYS. THIS WAS... LIKE, THE PERFECT CULMINATION OF A SHIP THAT YOU'VE BEEN PULLING FOR FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND HOPING TO SEE IT WORKED INTO THE SHOW IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T SEND IT SPIRALLING INTO FAILURE. IT WASN'T THE X-FILES (OH HAY GUISE GUESS WHAT, THEY'VE BEEN SEXING EACH OTHER UP FOR YEARS, DID WE FORGET TO TELL YOU THAT EXTREMELY PERTINENT FACT?) OR BONES (PUSH-PULL AND DENIAL DONE GORGEOUSLY AND SO SO WELL BUT THERE'S EVEN LESS DENIABILITY ABOUT HOW BOOTH AND BRENNAN ARE TOTES MFEO SO I CAN IMAGINE THE DANCING-ABOUT GETTING WEARYING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER). THIS THIS THIS. THEY JUST... PULLED IT INTO THE FABRIC OF THE SHOW AND MADE IT PART OF EVERYTHING. I LOVE IT. BECAUSE HOWEVER MUCH HOUSE IS A PROCEDURAL DRAMA, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT'S ALWAYS JUST THE TRAPPINGS OF THE SHOW - MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IT'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF ONE MAN. AND WE'VE SEEN HIM HIT EVERY LOW ON THE WAY DOWN TO HELL AND BACK. IT'S ABOUT TIME TO SEE HIS PSYCHE TRY TO WRAP ITSELF AROUND SOME CUDDY HAPPINESS. ASDLFHSDFLSDFLSDFHSD SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. (ETA: AND NOW THAT I'VE WATCHED THE EPISODE A SECOND TIME - IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'VE WANTED TO SEE. HOUSE SOFTENED AT THE EDGES, TENDER AND CARING AND THOUGHTFUL IN HIS VERY SPECIFIC, UNIQUE WAY - THE WAY HE WAS WITH STACY - AND YET STILL, RECOGNISABLY, HOUSE.)
OKAY I AM BORING MYSELF AND I JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO THE GORGEOUS EPISODE OF GORGEOUS.
LIVE-BLOGGING 7X01 - BECAUSE I CAN.
- ARGH, CLIPS FROM HELP ME, WHY SO ANGSTY.
- THEIR HANDS. HAND-HOLDING. SO PRETTY. I LOVE HOW HE LOOKS AT HER LIKE HE CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S THERE, THAT SHE JUST SAID WHAT SHE DID, THAT THEY JUST KISSED.
- ALSO THAT SHE'S TAKING OFF HIS SHIRT. GOOD THING SHE'S CLEANING THAT WOUND NOW BECAUSE HIS SHOULDER'S GONNA GET A WORKOUT OVER THE NEXT 72 HOURS.
- "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO - YOU ARE." OMIGOD. LEGIT TEARS. THE WAY SHE TOUCHES HIS SCAR - AND HE TELLS HER NOT TO, AND - OMIGOD. "I LOVE YOU". AND SHE KISSES IT AND OMIGOD TEARS. THREE STORIES, GUYS. I CALLED IT THAT FAR BACK. THE SCAR, THE OP, THE EVERYTHING.
- ALSO THE SEXING AND THE KISSING. UNF. P/S I KNOW THE CAPSLOCK IS MISLEADING BUT I LOVED HOW GENTLE AND QUIET AND REVERENT THIS OPENING SCENE IS - HOW THE SEX AND THE TALKING AND THE CONNECTION IS SCORED TO A SIMPLE PIANO PIECE. SO SWEET, SO PERFECT. THAT IT'S NOT... EXPLOITATIVE OR ALL ABOUT TEH SEX THE WAY THE PROMOS WERE, SO IN-YOUR-FACE. THIS IS JUST... GENTLE. TENDER. ALSO HOT AS FUCKITY FUCK FUCK.
- THAT IS A LOT OF NAKED LISA EDELSTEIN TO HAVE IN YOUR ARMS, HUGH LAURIE. "SO, NOW WHAT?"
- I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE NEW OPENING SEQUENCE HAS MARSHMALLOW JELLYFISH EVERYWHERE.
- "EVERYTHING'S GOOD." IT IS. I LOVE HOW SHE PUSHES HER RESPONSIBILITIES ASIDE - GETTING DRESSED AND GOING HOME - SO THEY CAN WORK ON "THE BEGINNING OF IT".
- CUDDY'S ASSISTANT = DO NOT LIKE.
- TELLING HOUSE TO TAKE A BATH ONLY AFTER YOU'VE HAD SEX POSSIBLY 2420343 TIMES? I LIKE YOUR PRIORITIES, CUDDY.
- CHASE STEAMING ENVELOPES OPEN IS STILL MY FAVOURITE. :D JESSE SPENCER, YOU ARE FOREVER MY FAVOURITE DUCKLING.
- "I WAS IN A MOOD." HEE.
- CUDDY POCKETING THE VICODIN (NOT THAT SHE HAD POCKETS IN WHAT SHE WAS ALMOST-WEARING SO WHERE THE EFF DID SHE HIDE THE PILLS??) - HOUSE LYING TO HER ABOUT RICHARDSON - OH YOU GUYS. SCREWED-UP AS ALWAYS. LYING AS ALWAYS. HEARTS.
- "THIS IS IMPORTANT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HOSPITAL. SO I SAY WE TURN OFF OUR PHONES AND KEEP THE MORNING TO US." OMIGOD. PERFECTION FOREVER. CUDDY AGREEING TO TURN OFF HER PHONE. ARGH ARGH ARGH.
- LISA CUDDY WANDERING AROUND IN HOUSE'S BLACK T-SHIRT. OMG SO SEXY. I LIKE HER SEX!HAIR. (SHE REALLY IS DISTRACTING.)
- MASSAGING HER OUT OF THE TOILET AND PROMISING HER A "MAGICAL BATH" SO YOU CAN LIE TO HER - OH HOUSE.
- NOW THAT I'M WATCHING FOREMAN AND 13 BITCHING EACH OTHER OUT ABOUT ROME - WHY DID 13 HAVE A TICKET TO GO TO ROME IF THE MED TRIAL PEOPLE THERE HADN'T HEARD OF HER EVER? IS THIS 13'S VERSION OF EAT PRAY LOVE? OH WHATEVER I'VE STOPPED CARING ALREADY.
- BECAUSE HOUSE AND CUDDY ARE LYING IN A BATH TOGETHER. OMG CUDDY CALLING HIM ON AN 'OPEN' RELATIONSHIP. I LOVE HOW SHE ALREADY ASSUMES IT'S COMMITTED AND MONOGAMOUS (BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN, BASICALLY/METAPHORICALLY, FOR HALF THEIR LIVES NOW). LOVE HOW HOUSE IS ALREADY TALKING EVERYTHING OUT, BECAUSE HE WOULD. "IMPULSIVE MOVE" - I LOVE THAT HE CALLED HER ON THAT, AND SHE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED THAT SHE DIDN'T REGRET DUMPING LUCAS' ASS. "WHY DO YOU HAVE TO ANALYSE THINGS TO DEATH?" I LOVE HOW HAPPY THEY LOOK TOGETHER.
- UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THEY REALISE THAT THE SECRET BATH IS "BURNING HER LADY PARTS" AND HIS ANUS LOLOLOLOLOL
- "I'M... NOT A NEUROSURGEON?" CHASE ILU FOREVER. REALLY.
- THAT IS A DISGUSTING FIRST MEAL. CORN FLAKES + CHILI SAUCE REDUCTION. *WEEPS* IF THEY STAYED IN FOR DAYS... WHAT WERE THEIR SUBSEQUENT MEALS?
- OMG "I CAN TELL WHEN YOU LIE" CONVERSATION. FAVOURITE FOREVER AND EVER. CUDDY'S BORING AND PREDICTABLE SEXUAL HISTORY IS MY FAVOURITE. (EXCEPT FOR THAT TIME SHE TRIPPED AND SLEPT WITH HER FATHER'S BEST FRIEND, YO.) HOW SASSY AND CUTE IS CUDDY IN THIS SCENE???!?! I LOVE HOW IT SEEMS SO NATURAL THE WAY THEY BANTER - LIKE THERE ISN'T A SHIFT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS - THE BIGGEST ONE POSSIBLE. "I USED TO HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU." AHAHAHAHAHA AND SHE CALLED HIS BLUFF A+++ CUDDY = HBIC. I WANT THAT PHOTO OF CUDDY IN A SLEEPING BEAUTY OUTFIT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WOULD WANT IT FOR, BUT I WANT IT.
- HOUSE GIVING CUDDY A SWORD. YEAH. PERFECTION. (WHERE DID HOUSE GET THE CHAMPAGNE?) AND HAY THEY CHANGED CLOTHES AGAIN. I LOVE THIS. AND I LOOOOVE HOW THEY'RE LAUGHING. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER SEEN HOUSE QUITE THIS... LOOSE AND COMFORTABLE. JUST THAT MOMENT WHEN HE LAUGHS AFTER SHATTERING THE BOTTLE. JUST... LAUGHING AND HAVING FUN WITHOUT OVERTHINKING ANYTHING. ♥
- WILSON INTERVENTION!!!!!!!!!! OT3 ILUUUUUU. "WHAT CAN WE DO THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE TALKING?" EEEK CUTENESS.
- "YOU TURNED ON MY RINGER!" LOLOLOL I LOVE LOVE LOVE HOW SHE DID THAT TO HIM, AND WILSON SHOUTING THROUGH THE DOOR. AND OMG HOUSE'S MESSAGES! "IF THIS IS WILSON..." "IF THIS IS STILL WILSON.... *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*" LOLOLOL OMIGOD I HONESTLY LOVE HOUSE AND WILSON SO MUCH IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
- KICKASS!13 WITH RICHARDSON IS PRETTY HILARIOUS. "WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE A FAIRLY RISKY DRUG IF IT WOULD MAKE IT ALL GO AWAY?"
- WHAT THE EFF KIND OF SEXUAL POSITION WOULD RESULT IN HOUSE AND CUDDY FALLING INTO BED THAT WAY, BREATHING SO HARD? FUCK THIS IS SEXINESS TIMES ONE MILLION AND FIVE.
- "YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT WILSON WHEN WE WERE HAVING SEX? THAT'S SO COOL, SO WAS I!" I LOVE HOW THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS WHOLE BIT. HER ACCUSING HIM OF HIDING HER, HIM CLAIMING TO PROTECT HER PRIVACY, HER CLAIMING TO WANT IT TO BE KNOWN TO THE WORLD AND SAYING HE'S NOT READY - I LOVE HOW HE'S JUST... PROCESSING, AND LISTENING TO HER
- CHASE'S SEX PROPOSITION TO 13 IS BOTH ADORABLE AND KIND OF OUT-OF-THE-BLUE. "DEADLINE'S BEEN MOVED UP." I PRETTY MUCH THINK CHASE COULD DO ANYTHING AND MY REACTION WOULD BE - SO CUTE! SO SHINY!!! (LIKE THE LAMP!) SO CHAAAAAAAAAASE.
- I WANT A HOUSE/CUDDY SEX-TAPE.
- WILSON BREAKING IN = OMIGOD. OTHER FAVOURITE THING APART FROM THE HOUSE/CUDDY THIS EPISODE. LEGIT I LOVE THE OT3 IN A WAY THAT MAKES MY HEART AND MY BRAIN HURT. "OR I'M IGNORING YOU FOR A DIFFERENT REASON - SEX WITH MY GIRLFRIEND." CUE UTTER DISBELIEF FROM WILSON. HOUSE WHEELING WILSON IN. AHAHAHAHA SO CUTE. "SINCE WHEN DID YOU START REFERRING TO HOOKERS AS GIRLFRIENDS?" "THERE'S AN 'I' IN CUDDY." OMG AHAHAHAHA FAVOURITE.
- P/S I TOTES THINK HONEYBUNS WAS HIDING. SHE PANICKED AND TRIED TO PUT IT ON HOUSE.
- WILSON. STOP WITH THE COCKBLOCKING AND THE PRETENDING-T0-LIKE-MONSTER-TRUCK-RALLIES!!!! ;)
- CUDDY HIDING IN THE CLOSET, LOOKING RIDICULOUSLY SEXY. STOP RATIONALISING THE FACT THAT YOU PANICKED, OMG. AND THEN ASKING HIM IF HE HAS ANY RESPONSE TO HIM NOT BEING READY FOR THIS. YAY SCREWED-UP SHIP ILU.
- RICHARDSON COMING OUT OF THE OR AND STRIPPING WAS PRETTY HILARIOUS. THOUGH I AM PATENTLY NOT PAYING MUCH ATTENTION TO THESE POINTS OF THE EPISODE, AM I...?
- "YOU DIDN'T SEE 'LOVE'?" "I THINK YOU TAKE MY LACK OF BOARD GAME SKILLS TOO PERSONALLY." I LOVE FOREVER THE FACT THAT CUDDY CALLED HIM ON WHY HE DIDN'T SAY WHY HE LOVED YOU. YES. DORIS EGAN BASICALLY TOOK A CHECKLIST OF EVERYTHING A CONCERNED FAN WOULD HAVE NOTICED FROM 6X21 AND ANSWERED IT IN THIS EPISODE. I THINK THIS HAS GOT TO BE MY FAVOURITE SCENE BEYOND THE ONE IN WHICH THEY HAD THE LEGIT SERIOUS CHAT ABOUT WHY THEY WOULDN'T WORK. BECAUSE IT'S SO HER, FRUSTRATED BY HIM AS ALWAYS - "YOU REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A STAND ON THIS?" AND THEN IT'S SO HIM, TO SKIRT AROUND TELLING THIS TRUTH AND NOT MAKE HIMSELF ANY MORE VULNERABLE TO HER THAN HE ALREADY IS - BUT TELLING HER HOW HE FEELS ANYWAY, HIS WAY. "BECAUSE I FORGOT TO GRAB A 'V'." OMIGOD OMIGOD. "'LOBE' GETS YOU ONE POINT." LIKE, HOW MUCH MORE PERFECT COULD THIS EPISODE GET? I LOVE HOW THEY'RE CONNECTING AND OPENING UP AND STILL BEING JUST THEM AND FUCK I GIGGLE EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS SCENE LIKE A SILLY LITTLE GIRL. IT'S SO PERFECT I CAN'T EVEN ALFHSDLFHDLFHDSLFHSDLFHSDFS.
- OMIGOD NAKED SEXY HOUSE AND CUDDY ON HIS BED. HOUSE AND HIS STRATEGICALLY-PLACED MACBOOK. I LOVE THAT LITTLE SMILE ON CUDDY'S FACE WHEN SHE REALISES THAT HOUSE NOTICED A SCREENSAVER SHE USED YEARS AGO. AND HOW HE'S ALREADY PLANNED THEIR TRIP. "THE HOSPITAL DOES NOT NEED YOUR BODY. I DO." AND HER BEING RATIONAL - "YOU BREAK UP YOUR ENGAGEMENT BUT YOU WON'T ADJUST YOUR SCHEDULE." AND CUDDY GIVING HIM FRANCE TWO WEEKENDS FROM NOW. FUCK FUCK FUCK THIS PUSH-PULL. I WANT THIS COUPLE TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER. CUDDY'S SMILE!! HER SMILE WHEN SHE LOOKS AT HIM. PROOF POSITIVE OF MY POINT THAT LISA IS INSANELY GORGEOUS TIMES A MILLION IN THIS EPISODE LSDFHSDLFHLFDHSLFHSLD
- "LONG WAY AROUND TO BEING FRIENDS" - WISH I'D STOPPED CARING A WHILE AGO, FORETEEN!
- TIPPY-TOE THANK YOU KISS!
- AND THEN. AND THEN THIS SHIP CRUSHES ME AND I LOVE IT. I LOVE HOW SAD AND REAL IT GETS AT THIS MOMENT, WHEN SHE LEAVES, AND HE'S, LIKE, "THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK", BECAUSE ONCE SHE'S OUT OF HIS APARTMENT, ONCE SHE LEAVES AND GOES BACK TO HER LIFE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE WORLD, SHE'LL REALISE HE'S BAD FOR HER, THAT HE'S WRONG FOR HER, AND THAT HE'LL KEEP DOING HORRIBLE THINGS TO HER. OH HOUSE. SO TRUE. "I'M AN INSANE CHOICE FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS A KID." I LOVE - THAT HE BRINGS IT UP, RIGHT UPFRONT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNOW IT'S TRUE, IT'S EASY TO JUST PRETEND AND SHOVE IT UNDER A RUG. BUT HE WANTS IT OUT THERE, SO THAT SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S GETTING INTO. AND YET AND YET - SHE ALWAYS KNEW WHAT SHE WAS GETTING INTO. FUCK I LOVE THIS SCREWED-UP SHIP. THEY'RE SO DAMN REAL AND ADULT AND CHILDISH AND AUGH. PERFECTION.
- I WANT CHASE/13 BECAUSE I WANT CHASE TO HAVE MOAR SCREEN-TIME. I'M SUCH A WHORE FOR CHASE.
- TIME FOR MY FAVOURITE FAVOURITE FAVOURITE SCENE/EXCHANGE OF THE ENTIRE EPISODE. OF MY LIFE. I LOVE THAT HOUSE BROUGHT UP THIS SHIT AND MADE CUDDY CRY. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS WRONG, BUT I LOVE IT THAT SHE'S CRYING, THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. I'VE ALWAYS ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT HE DOESN'T THINK HE DESERVES HER, NEVER BELIEVES HE WILL DESERVE HER - BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE CAN'T CHANGE, OR AT LEAST HE CAN'T EVER CHANGE ENOUGH SO THAT HE WILL DESERVE HER. I LOVE THAT HE CHALLENGES HER: "TELL ME WHERE I'M WRONG." LIKE HE'S ALMOST BEGGING FOR HER TO GIVE HIM A REASON. AND TO HAVE HER SAY ALL THIS TO HIM: IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR, AS AN AUDIENCE, AND WHAT HE NEEDS TO HEAR BEFORE HE CAN LET THAT LOGICAL PART OF HIM GO, THE PART THAT TELLS HIM EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO SOUTH - "I DON'T WANT YOU TO CHANGE. I KNOW YOU'RE SCREWED-UP. I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SCREWED-UP BUT YOU'RE THE MOST INCREDIBLE MAN I'VE EVER KNOWN. YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE MOST INCREDIBLE MAN I'VE EVER KNOWN. SO UNLESS YOU'RE BREAKING UP WITH ME, I AM GOING HOME NOW." BEAUTIFULLY - FUCKING BEAUTIFULLY DELIVERED BY LISA EDELSTEIN. AND THEN SHE KISSES HIM - AND HE GRABS HER. "I LOVE YOU." AND THAT - THAT WAS JUST PERFECTION ON HUGH LAURIE'S PART FOREVER AND EVER. THE WAY THE WORDS LOOK COMFORTABLE AND COMPLETELY ALIEN ON HIS LIPS, BECAUSE HE HASN'T SAID THEM IN... A DECADE, AT LEAST, AND THAT LOOK ON HIS FACE. GOOD GOD.
- I HONESTLY TEAR UP EVERY. TIME. I WATCH THIS SCENE. AND I'VE WATCHED IT AT LEAST FIVE TIMES BY NOW. AUGH IT'S SO PERFECT.
- P/S I DON'T THINK I WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT IF YOU TELL ME THAT, AFTER WATCHING THIS SCENE, YOU DON'T WANT TO MARRY LISA CUDDY. WHATEVER YOUR GENDER/SEXUAL ORIENTATION. SHE IS THE PERFECT WOMAN. FACT OF LIFE. I AM BROOKING NO ARGUMENT ON THIS.
- ETA: I WAS REWATCHING (ALWAYS) THE EPISODE AND IT JUST STRUCK ME - THAT HOUSE DIDN'T TELL CUDDY HE LOVED HER, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A PART OF HIM THAT WANTED TO PROTECT HER. YES, HE WANTED TO PROTECT HIMSELF, TO KEEP THAT ONE LAST ADMISSION OF VULNERABILITY FROM HER. BUT ALSO HE SAW THE COMMITMENT SHE WAS ALREADY POURING INTO THE RELATIONSHIP, INTO HIM. ALL SHE ASKED WAS FOR HIM TO SAY THAT HE LOVED HER BACK. AND HE COULDN'T BECAUSE... YOU KNOW, HE'S THE INSANE CHOICE. BUT WHEN SHE TOLD HIM WHAT SHE DID - THAT HE WOULD STILL BE WORTH IT, EVEN IF HE COULDN'T CHANGE FOR HER - THAT'S WHEN HE SAID IT. OMFG OMFG OMFG I LOVE THIS SHIP ALSFDASLFLSAA.
- BYE, 13, HAVE FUN FILMING A MOVIE WITH COWBOYS AND ALIENS! WHATEVER. GET ME MORE SEXY HOUSE/CUDDY.
- "IT'S GONNA BE GREAT." PRETTY PRETTY CUDDY. I LOVE HOW HER FACE SHADES INTO APPREHENSION - THAT SHE DOESN'T FLOAT OFF ON A CLOUD OF HAPPINESS AND JOY, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT... REAL. AND I KNOW THIS SHOW ISN'T REAL (DO I, REALLY?) BUT I LOVE HOW THEY GET TO TOUCH ON COUPLE ISSUES AND "BEING TOGETHER" PROPERLY, IN AN ACTUALLY STUDIED WAY... MAYBE I WAS SCARRED BY THE X-FILES, IDK, THEY JUST NEVER HAD "ISSUES" BECAUSE MULDER KEPT DISAPPEARING AND/OR GETTING ABDUCTED. THEY NEVER TALKED ABOUT BEING TOGETHER... AND HERE, WE HAVE AN EPISODE OF JUST THAT.
- I STILL CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENING. I JUST WATCHED THIS EPISODE TWICE AND I STILL. CAN'T BELIEVE. IT'S HAPPENING. FUCKITY FUCKITY FUCK FUCK. THE PROMO FOR SUBSEQUENT EPISODES LOOKS EVEN MOAR EXCITING. WITH SOME DELICIOUS ANGST AND BUTT-GRABBING IN MY FUTURE. I LIKE THAT. A LOT.
- DORIS EGAN, ILU. WHAT AN AMAZING, FANTASTIC SEND-OFF EPISODE FOR HOUSE(/CUDDY) FANS. OMG. FAVOURITE.
AND NOW I HAVE TO WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE OF SEASON 3 OF CASTLE BEFORE I GO TO BED. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO FOCUS THOUGH. NOT WHEN THIS EPISODE WAS BASICALLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.