1. I'm just relieved that it wasn't Taub. I thought since I read that suicide spoiler that Taub's history was complete misdirection. It was kind of nice to be right about that. Kutner, while I liked him, mattered to me the least, and his death goes along well with the general theory in the show that nobody is truly happy.
2. What annoys me most about the Cuddy and Cameron interaction in that preview is that it seems like there's a cat fight going on. It's always bugged me that they're been tension between them. Oh, watch this man come between Cuddy and Cameron, who both "want" him for the wrong reasons. Both of those women need to realize that love is not what they've been feeling at all. For Cameron, House has always fulfilled a kind of need to "save" someone. For Cuddy, she's been creating an illusion for herself that House can ease the pain of her loneliness/fill a void in her life that she doesn't otherwise know how to fill. I'll save my big judgements for the episode, but I think this season has seen a lot of the characters building an illusion for themselves that will break down, and probably soon.
3. I think you're being slightly unfair to Cameron. She, like all the other characters, have had moments of poorly judging House and misunderstanding him. I think each character has moments where they do understand, but still, they all fall short across the board most often, it seems. I think she's an interesting character in her own right in many ways, but I agree that she isn't (and neither is Cuddy, but may seem so because of how desperately both she and House have been trying to ease/avoid emotional pain this season--romantic love is not what's going on here) a 'love interest' in the classic sense of the word. I think because of all their issues, her interactions with House can be interesting, even if they sometimes...miss the mark. (The only other person who struck me as a 'love interest' in the classic sense, was Cate in Frozen, and it's too bad she can't come back.)
4. A lot of what has been happening this season has had a lot to do with House and his pre-infarction past, and I don't doubt he's given a lot of thought to it.
Excellent points, shutterbug! Thanks much for your long and detailed reply! I, too, am relieved that it wasn't Taub, and I, too, suspected that the previous references to his suicide attempt was an intentional misdirection. :-) And, yes, Kutner's suicide goes with the "nobody's happy" theme - but I still really liked him, and I'm hoping maybe the whole episode was a dream (yes, I'm clearly in denial!).
I've never minded the tension between Cuddy and Cameron (i.e. Cuddy saying Cameron isn't nearly as delightful as she thinks she is, talking to Cameron about having sex with Chase, etc.), but I never wanted to see them fight over House, or even to have that implied, which the promo suggests. It seems like there hasn't been tension between them this season, though, as Cuddy put her in charge for a few days and we were shown Cameron encouraging Cuddy to invite House to the baby ceremony.
I couldn't possibly agree with you more about Cuddy and Cameron wanting House for the wrong reasons. I like Cuddy a lot, I'm delighted that she got her baby, but I find her increased interest in a romantic relationship with House to be completely misguided. All season it's seemed like she's been trying to get House to be someone that he's not, to make him into who she wants him to be. With Cameron, I'm not so sure that she wants to save him; I don't question her reasons for crushing on him in S1, but her inability to let go of her infatuation several years later makes me think she is in need of therapy. It's not healthy to pine for someone who doesn't return one's feelings for years on end. I have always maintained that a House/Cameron relationship would be such a cliche that it would drag down the quality of the show, and I still feel that way now.
You might be right that I'm unfair to Cameron, but I really, really do not care for her. At first, in S1, I liked her and I even felt empathy for her when she refused to come back to work unless House took her on a date (though I did think she seemed more like a coed than a 30ish doctor), but I began to think she was a narcissistic snot after the way she behaved toward Mark, Stacy, and House in "Honeymoon". Her "You just couldn't love me" speech (as I refer to it), while House was watching Stacy with Mark, clearly in pain, really made me think she's selfish. Then her unprofessional judging and punishing of patients (hurting Jeff in Spin, Hannah in Sleeping Dogs Lie, Ezra in Informed Consent) really led me to not like her. Yes, it's interesting that this character has these flaws, but the fact that she's never been called on them makes me wonder (a) how there can be growth (which there isn't, because TPTB keep dragging out her House obsession) when she's never asked to face - or even acknowledge - her flaws, and (b) whether TPTB even know they *are* flaws.
I agree that each character misunderstands House (Wilson probably more than anyone else, yet I still adore Wilson), and I'm probably affected by all the House/Cameron fans' posts I used to read, in which they proclaimed repeatedly that Cameron is the only one who truly understands House and the only one with whom House opens up, neither of which I've ever seen.
I think Cameron/House interactions *could* be interesting, but the ones I've seen thus far just bore and/or infuriate me. Usually it's just Cameron insinuating herself into House's business in completely inappropriate ways (trying to have dinner with his parents in Daddy's Boy, attempting to send Blythe flowers on House's behalf in Birthmarks - that's screwed up). Besides Stacy, Cate is the only one I could begin to see House in a relationship with as well. :-)
>>4. A lot of what has been happening this season has had a lot to do with House and his pre-infarction past, and I don't doubt he's given a lot of thought to it.<<
That's certainly the way *I* interpret it! But I tend to tie everything back to the infarction and Stacy because, to me, that is the bigger story that is being told.
2. What annoys me most about the Cuddy and Cameron interaction in that preview is that it seems like there's a cat fight going on. It's always bugged me that they're been tension between them. Oh, watch this man come between Cuddy and Cameron, who both "want" him for the wrong reasons. Both of those women need to realize that love is not what they've been feeling at all. For Cameron, House has always fulfilled a kind of need to "save" someone. For Cuddy, she's been creating an illusion for herself that House can ease the pain of her loneliness/fill a void in her life that she doesn't otherwise know how to fill. I'll save my big judgements for the episode, but I think this season has seen a lot of the characters building an illusion for themselves that will break down, and probably soon.
3. I think you're being slightly unfair to Cameron. She, like all the other characters, have had moments of poorly judging House and misunderstanding him. I think each character has moments where they do understand, but still, they all fall short across the board most often, it seems. I think she's an interesting character in her own right in many ways, but I agree that she isn't (and neither is Cuddy, but may seem so because of how desperately both she and House have been trying to ease/avoid emotional pain this season--romantic love is not what's going on here) a 'love interest' in the classic sense of the word. I think because of all their issues, her interactions with House can be interesting, even if they sometimes...miss the mark. (The only other person who struck me as a 'love interest' in the classic sense, was Cate in Frozen, and it's too bad she can't come back.)
4. A lot of what has been happening this season has had a lot to do with House and his pre-infarction past, and I don't doubt he's given a lot of thought to it.
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I've never minded the tension between Cuddy and Cameron (i.e. Cuddy saying Cameron isn't nearly as delightful as she thinks she is, talking to Cameron about having sex with Chase, etc.), but I never wanted to see them fight over House, or even to have that implied, which the promo suggests. It seems like there hasn't been tension between them this season, though, as Cuddy put her in charge for a few days and we were shown Cameron encouraging Cuddy to invite House to the baby ceremony.
I couldn't possibly agree with you more about Cuddy and Cameron wanting House for the wrong reasons. I like Cuddy a lot, I'm delighted that she got her baby, but I find her increased interest in a romantic relationship with House to be completely misguided. All season it's seemed like she's been trying to get House to be someone that he's not, to make him into who she wants him to be. With Cameron, I'm not so sure that she wants to save him; I don't question her reasons for crushing on him in S1, but her inability to let go of her infatuation several years later makes me think she is in need of therapy. It's not healthy to pine for someone who doesn't return one's feelings for years on end. I have always maintained that a House/Cameron relationship would be such a cliche that it would drag down the quality of the show, and I still feel that way now.
You might be right that I'm unfair to Cameron, but I really, really do not care for her. At first, in S1, I liked her and I even felt empathy for her when she refused to come back to work unless House took her on a date (though I did think she seemed more like a coed than a 30ish doctor), but I began to think she was a narcissistic snot after the way she behaved toward Mark, Stacy, and House in "Honeymoon". Her "You just couldn't love me" speech (as I refer to it), while House was watching Stacy with Mark, clearly in pain, really made me think she's selfish. Then her unprofessional judging and punishing of patients (hurting Jeff in Spin, Hannah in Sleeping Dogs Lie, Ezra in Informed Consent) really led me to not like her. Yes, it's interesting that this character has these flaws, but the fact that she's never been called on them makes me wonder (a) how there can be growth (which there isn't, because TPTB keep dragging out her House obsession) when she's never asked to face - or even acknowledge - her flaws, and (b) whether TPTB even know they *are* flaws.
I agree that each character misunderstands House (Wilson probably more than anyone else, yet I still adore Wilson), and I'm probably affected by all the House/Cameron fans' posts I used to read, in which they proclaimed repeatedly that Cameron is the only one who truly understands House and the only one with whom House opens up, neither of which I've ever seen.
I think Cameron/House interactions *could* be interesting, but the ones I've seen thus far just bore and/or infuriate me. Usually it's just Cameron insinuating herself into House's business in completely inappropriate ways (trying to have dinner with his parents in Daddy's Boy, attempting to send Blythe flowers on House's behalf in Birthmarks - that's screwed up). Besides Stacy, Cate is the only one I could begin to see House in a relationship with as well. :-)
>>4. A lot of what has been happening this season has had a lot to do with House and his pre-infarction past, and I don't doubt he's given a lot of thought to it.<<
That's certainly the way *I* interpret it! But I tend to tie everything back to the infarction and Stacy because, to me, that is the bigger story that is being told.
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