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.
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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