Wilson's Heart -- Spoilers
I thought this was a great episode, but it's left me with a feeling of profound sadness.
- It hurt to see Wilson choosing Amber over House, when he asked him to risk his life to save hers, and it hurt to watch House's reaction to the request.
- It hurt to see House realising that he was responsible for Amber and Wilson's demise.
- It particularly hurt to see House so concerned that he'd finally pushed things beyond the point of no return. I didn't actually cry at any stage, but the late scene in the hospital room where House noticed Wilson watching him and tried to sit up a bit, but Wilson turned away just as he'd done in MLC, left me with a sense of deep anguish that I've even now not quite shaken off. I found the sight of House lying sleepless in bed, with his hand in Cuddy's, deeply... well, sad. Loud, spirited, abrasive, fuck-you and devil-may-care House, entirely quelled by the realisation of the permanent damage he'd done to Wilson, and afraid of what he might have lost.
If I wasn't already at the point of near emotional over-load, I'd probably have shed tears.
Miscellaneous thoughts:
- I'm very sorry to see the end of Amber as a character. I enjoyed the opportunities she created for H/W interaction and angst, and I thought she was fun.
- Clearly there's some 13-related angst planned for the next series, and that could be interesting.
- I normally find Foreman boring as hell, but I enjoyed him in this episode. I was glad to see Chase and Cameron join him in the bar near the end, to offer a bit of comfort. Although we don't see much of them as a group these days, it's nice to think of them sticking together now that they've shed the need to compete with each other.
- I like all 3 of the new fellows as characters. Now that the Season has ended, I feel that their introduction has worked out well.
- Bearing in mind how popular Wilson has been since a relatively early stage, it seems bizarre that this has been (AFAIR) the only truly Wilson-centric storyline since Histories, way back in the dim and distant days of Series 1. I remain pretty sure that the producers deliberately hold him back because RSL/Wilson is teh pretty and engaging, and they don't want the emphasis to shift so that it becomes in any formal sense the House/Wilson show, or even the Wilson show.
- I'd love to think that at the start of the next Season they won't zip 3 months forwards, thus missing all the opportunities for lovely H/W-related angst as House recovers (again). Experience suggests that they probably will, though. Hopefully people can write it in fanfics instead, during the summer break :) Um... not that I'm dropping any hints or anything. Oh, no... **glances around hopefully**
- I notice, on re-reading, that most of the sadness I've referred to was House's rather than Wilson's, despite the fact that we saw Wilson having an extremely traumatic experience. For me, though, it was definitely House's anguish that came across most strongly.
Maybe more stuff will occur to me later, but I wanted to write something down in honour of a 4th Season Finale before the moment passes *g*.