Hm. Yeah, last night was the most Housian episode in a painfully long time. So it gets my vote for that. Hearing House tell Hadley she's fired can't be that much better, can it?
I liked finding out where the Houserents actually lived now. I wish I knew why House seems so ambivalent toward his origins in the case of his mother, but would readily hurl them at his father. It looks to me like she was really no better than John was, as far as shunting aside House's wishes and/or needs to facilitate her own comfort. The fact that House doesn't complain about any of the underhanded acts against him at all says a lot, too. I have theories about his relationship with his mother and none of them are at all pleasant. They bleed over into his handling of what Wilson and Cuddy do to and about him and it's terribly distressing to actually think about.
I didn't see House wanting at all to connect to any biological father, which is telling about his origins, as well. If it was supposed to tie into the PotW story that way, then the fact that he probably never wanted to know anything about this missing link (which, in his case would be relevant for genetic testing) is a clue into how he came about. Infidelity may put a damper on that curiosity, I think, but rape or something similar would kill it instantly. I certainly don't see either John or Blythe as being the sort who would hide that kind of thing from their son. Hell, they let him know every damned thing else he was 'guilty' of -- why should this be any different?
If John stopped talking to Greg for three months because of being reminded (because as californiaquail said, John is not stupid and can count) that he is not his son's biological father then what sort of thoughts did John harbor about what his wife did or went through? If it was rape, he probably agonized over a fallacy that he was supposed to protect her and those words were a reminder from the very result that he hadn't 'taken care of business' or whatever foolishness. If it was an affair, then it's a reminder that he wasn't satisfactory enough in his wife's eyes to be something worth waiting for. And -- again -- here's the result waving it in his face with relish.
Now, the fact that this would be relished in the first place doesn't seem to have mattered. I don't see House as having cared or wanted to say such things if he felt at all loved and I don't see either of his parents making that happen. Holy crap, why is House still alive? Then again, his suicide attempt(s have) failed, too! More self-punishment! Because that's just what he needs! He couldn't even get rid of the problem, himself, and spare everyone he feels he screws over every day. Yay.
myself, i didn't need all the backstory--nor will i analyze it ad nauseum. i'll just add it into 'what we know,' and go from there. my brain can't handle any more than that.
But analyzing ad nauseam is...okay, I'm going to refrain from quoting Mal Reynolds from Serenity, but I don't think I'll be able to help thinking it over. I'm just like that.
I liked finding out where the Houserents actually lived now. I wish I knew why House seems so ambivalent toward his origins in the case of his mother, but would readily hurl them at his father. It looks to me like she was really no better than John was, as far as shunting aside House's wishes and/or needs to facilitate her own comfort. The fact that House doesn't complain about any of the underhanded acts against him at all says a lot, too. I have theories about his relationship with his mother and none of them are at all pleasant. They bleed over into his handling of what Wilson and Cuddy do to and about him and it's terribly distressing to actually think about.
I didn't see House wanting at all to connect to any biological father, which is telling about his origins, as well. If it was supposed to tie into the PotW story that way, then the fact that he probably never wanted to know anything about this missing link (which, in his case would be relevant for genetic testing) is a clue into how he came about. Infidelity may put a damper on that curiosity, I think, but rape or something similar would kill it instantly. I certainly don't see either John or Blythe as being the sort who would hide that kind of thing from their son. Hell, they let him know every damned thing else he was 'guilty' of -- why should this be any different?
If John stopped talking to Greg for three months because of being reminded (because as californiaquail said, John is not stupid and can count) that he is not his son's biological father then what sort of thoughts did John harbor about what his wife did or went through? If it was rape, he probably agonized over a fallacy that he was supposed to protect her and those words were a reminder from the very result that he hadn't 'taken care of business' or whatever foolishness. If it was an affair, then it's a reminder that he wasn't satisfactory enough in his wife's eyes to be something worth waiting for. And -- again -- here's the result waving it in his face with relish.
Now, the fact that this would be relished in the first place doesn't seem to have mattered. I don't see House as having cared or wanted to say such things if he felt at all loved and I don't see either of his parents making that happen. Holy crap, why is House still alive? Then again, his suicide attempt(s have) failed, too! More self-punishment! Because that's just what he needs! He couldn't even get rid of the problem, himself, and spare everyone he feels he screws over every day. Yay.
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*mumbles line from Serenity to myself*
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