Picspam/Recap: House 7x02 Selfish part 5
Part 5!
HOUSE: It'll be our little secret.
CUDDY: "I sit around on my bureaucratic ass"?
TAUB: I was relaying your words.
HOUSE: I said well-formed. I said well-formed. What were you--
TAUB: I needed to be aggressive.
CUDDY: The odds are against it being hyper-acute rejection.
HOUSE: Stop. I agree with you. That was our analysis from the start. If you've got a problem with a team decision, you come to me. I'm sorry; I'll deal with him later. I said well-formed. People who have not seen Cuddy naked should not throw stones.
Clinic POTW: She does have great cans.
Oh, Taub. Jackass. "I was relaying your words." Coward. Again, though, the Cuddy/Taub scene is another one that would have been amusing to see. The ramifications are funnier though, so I get it, but still.
And they almost had the fight they needed. They almost did; her bureaucratic nature -- that's a huge button for her that House loves pushing. But he stepped back. So close. Not that it really mattered. Cuddy was doing a glorious pissed-off walk; even if he had been on his game he wouldn't have won.
Look at all the color! She's wearing bright pink/salmon! He's wearing baby blue! I don't like her outfit at all but I appreciate the color.
House, House, House. So terrified. It's cute, really, because it's so unlike him and because it's temporary. Actually, it's not entirely unlike him; he's backed off before. Like The Itch! Fascinating. He backs off, she pushes harder. This is what happens when you don't address it. She gets weird, things get different.
You can actually see the wheels turning in his head when he notices Taub gave him an out. "If you've got a problem with a team decision" -- look at him being all professional. Cuddy should have immediately called shenanigans.
"I said well-formed!" Sure, I referred to your ass but I gave you a compliment! That's not what you should be saying, House. Her look of "what the hell is wrong with you" as she leaves is fun.
"People who have not seen Cuddy naked should not throw stones." So, so true. And we're all, quite frankly, a little jealous. Taub needs to push, however, because he's the only one who can. They don't seem to be doing it themselves and everyone else has been there too long and they're letting them figure it out for themselves (but Wilson will "help" and meddle, as is his way).
Heh. I like it when clinic patients have crushes on Cuddy. Much better than calling her a bitch. "I wouldn't worry about it; I think she likes you."
"I'm sorry" #1.
TAUB: Cuddy has House on such a short leash she might as well start giving him chew toys.
CHASE: Let's give the antibiotics at least another hour.
TAUB: Amazing. And House hasn't given you one ounce of grief for your complete lack of interest in his love life?
CHASE: Did it ever occur to you that House is just happy and could a crap about other people's lives because of it?
TAUB: Well, that's ironic and depressing. And by that logic the reason you don't give a crap is because you're happy which means you've got someone new giving you chew toys.
CHASE: You're one-fourth right.
TAUB: Wait! Does that mean you're dating four women?
Aww, hello there, Chase. I know I've been talking a lot about Foreman but he's just been so surprising. You're still you. Look at you. So rumpled. So confident walking down the halls. So cocky. So--ahem. Sorry. I love that although his tie is askew in this scene, it's completely straight by the time he gets to the patient's room. Very impressive running.
Heh, chew toys. Cuddy's not actually putting him on the leash, though; House is doing that to himself. Cuddy pushes but he doesn't push back. She's probably overcompensating for okaying the lung foam; she's worried she's going to lose her edge, too.
Pedeconference!
WILSON: Wow, you hate salad. She's really got you tied up in nots.
HOUSE: I caved. Through an intermediary. I need a plan c.
WILSON: What you need is an actual plan you develop with Cuddy.
Wow. House let an opportunity for a bondage joke sail right by. He really is worried. And WIlson actually took some of his lunch. Everything's topsy turvy.
Heh. The deep fryer was broken. Poor Wilson; can't win. But the universe has righted itself. Plus, it kind of serves Wilson right for being smug about relationships. Still gross, though.
HOUSE: If she'd told us about are symptoms sooner, like ever, she might not be dying. You were right after all.
TAUB: I never said sickle--
HOUSE: If everyone were more selfish, the world would be a better place.
I kind of love the scene before this, with the tiny skateboard. For no particular reason, really; it's just fun.
Pedeconference!
If only she had actually mentioned she was sick (couldn't she bring this up during her yearly sports physicals?), her brother wouldn't be losing what little time he had left.
House arrived at the patient epiphany rather early in the episode. And he also can't keep avoiding Cuddy forever. Lot's of drama ahead.
CUDDY: We don't compromise one life for another.
HOUSE: Okay.
CUDDY: "Okay"? Seriously?
HOUSE: You made an argument. If you don't want me to defer to you why make it at all?
CUDDY: But are you deferring to me just because we're seeing each other?
HOUSE: Maybe. Yeah, I think so. This is screwing me up. Why is it not screwing you up?
CUDDY: It is. I don't know why I okayed you foaming that lung. I realized it was wrong as soon as I said it.
HOUSE: I knew it, I knew 'cause you tilted your head.
CUDDY: House. We are screwing this up. I'm going to call HR, find someone else to supervise you as soon as they can.
Favorite scene? I didn't even transcribe the whole thing; it's just amazing.
LOOK AT ALL THE COLOR!!! LOOK AT THEM INTERACTING ALONE IN A NEW PART OF THE HOSPITAL.
When Cuddy pushes, she expects him to push back. The times when he hasn't (Unfaithful comes to mind even though that was for personal obligations), she seems a little lost from her moorings. "If you don't want me to defer to you why make it at all?" House? Is that really you?
This is screwing me up. Why is it not screwing you up?
It is.
Aww. I love this. They're standing close, talking softly, finally admitting that things are different and they're not handling it as well as they thought they would. Getting warmer; you guys are almost there.
"I knew it. I knew 'cause you tilted your head." LOVE this. SO much. And then they tilt their heads the same way (toward the camera) at the same time.
And he's not really happy about where they landed. He's glad they're starting to talk about how difficult this has been for them, but to get another supervisor? That's not really going to work for either of them.
They're just so enjoyable, together. I know this is a dramatic scene and oh noes! she won't be his supervisor any more! (would have been much more dramatic if we had actually, you know, not had an entire episode centered around the fact that she's the only one who can supervise him) but I just love them together. These are two characters that are just more fun to watch on screen, together, no matter what's actually happening. So much better than last season. My biggest fear isn't so much that they'll break up; it's that they'll break up, be enormously sad, and not have any scenes together. Do not want. I want them in good scenes together; I want whatever gets me that.
Now for the superficial: I'm trying not to say that Cuddy needs to get her hair out of her face because, well, I don't want to sound like my mother. HELP ME OUT HERE, SHOW. I like her hair in the other parts of the episode.
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