No, really. You had me completely fooled.
I just put Frasier on and meant to watch the episode with the caricature, but somehow accidentally clicked on the one with Daphne's court ordered anger management.
I know how it ends and where it all goes, but when it actually got there, it occurred to me all of the things that TV pairings (generally) go through that House & Cuddy haven't yet. When the therapist asks Daphne why she was wearing her favourite dress when she'd gone to Niles' apartment having no idea that it was for a surprise bridal shower, when she allegedly expected to be making sticky toffee pudding... and it plays the "surprise!" back and shows you the build up as well; then she has that moment of sudden realisation, and now there are all of these questions and she wonders if she's falling in love with Niles.
Obviously that's not how it's going to work for House & Cuddy, there's not going to be some realisation; but as it does every time I watch it, the ending of this Frasier episode absolutely killed me and I don't know. It just hit me; a somewhat vague insight into what it might be like to hear House say that he's in love with Cuddy. To have a moment THAT huge for a ship that means a lot to me.
There are all of these huge existing House/Cuddy moments and yet really, when you think about it, they've barely even begun. They've not had a relationship, they're not in a relationship. They may as well be, for all intents and purposes, but there's SO much more to explore.
Then I think about Daphne finding out that Niles in love with her, about hearing him tell her that he'll leave Mel in a heartbeat - how it felt (feels) to hear that line, to experience those moments. These huge turning points where everything changes and things start to happen, these things that can't be taken back or reversed. All of these lines, references and touches that floor me even more now that it's over and I'm looking back, that are significant to me and never cease to take my breath away. I don't know, I just cannot wrap my head around what we have to come, especially with the way this season is shaping up in terms of spoilers. The next "I always wanna kiss you" or "I need you". It's never going to be clear cut like with Niles and Daphne, but the significant moments of the same magnitude are going to be there. Soon. And House & Cuddy are, in all honesty, in a whole other league to me now.
Cannot even articulate it.
I know how it ends and where it all goes, but when it actually got there, it occurred to me all of the things that TV pairings (generally) go through that House & Cuddy haven't yet. When the therapist asks Daphne why she was wearing her favourite dress when she'd gone to Niles' apartment having no idea that it was for a surprise bridal shower, when she allegedly expected to be making sticky toffee pudding... and it plays the "surprise!" back and shows you the build up as well; then she has that moment of sudden realisation, and now there are all of these questions and she wonders if she's falling in love with Niles.
Obviously that's not how it's going to work for House & Cuddy, there's not going to be some realisation; but as it does every time I watch it, the ending of this Frasier episode absolutely killed me and I don't know. It just hit me; a somewhat vague insight into what it might be like to hear House say that he's in love with Cuddy. To have a moment THAT huge for a ship that means a lot to me.
There are all of these huge existing House/Cuddy moments and yet really, when you think about it, they've barely even begun. They've not had a relationship, they're not in a relationship. They may as well be, for all intents and purposes, but there's SO much more to explore.
Then I think about Daphne finding out that Niles in love with her, about hearing him tell her that he'll leave Mel in a heartbeat - how it felt (feels) to hear that line, to experience those moments. These huge turning points where everything changes and things start to happen, these things that can't be taken back or reversed. All of these lines, references and touches that floor me even more now that it's over and I'm looking back, that are significant to me and never cease to take my breath away. I don't know, I just cannot wrap my head around what we have to come, especially with the way this season is shaping up in terms of spoilers. The next "I always wanna kiss you" or "I need you". It's never going to be clear cut like with Niles and Daphne, but the significant moments of the same magnitude are going to be there. Soon. And House & Cuddy are, in all honesty, in a whole other league to me now.
Cannot even articulate it.