Behind "Half-Wit" and Beyond: An Interview with House Executive Producer Katie Jacobs - Page 3

Her other bit of news was the just-finalized casting of Jane Adams as Wilson's second ex-wife in an upcoming episode. A Tony-award winner, as is Robert Sean Leonard, Adams is probably best known as Niles' second ex-wife on Frasier. Chances are she's going to be playing a needy character, in keeping with Wilson's history.

"He's been married three times and he tends to gravitate towards slightly wounded people, thinking he can make them feel better. So House certainly fits into the same category."

Jacobs, who admires the "brilliant chemistry" between Leonard and Laurie, hinted that Wilson might find someone other than House to gravitate toward soon, though. "Wilson is now three times divorced and alone and has plenty of time for House. What happens if he no longer has as much time because he's finding himself in a relationship?"

Cameron, who's still obviously harbouring feelings for her boss, has for now turned to the "very practical "friends-with-benefits arrangement with coworker Chase." They slept together once last season and it didn't screw things up, so why not," Jacobs laughed. "So we're having a really good time playing with that. How long can that go on? Maybe it will be entirely successful, but somebody always starts to feel more of an attachment than the other person."

Though Jacobs doesn't hold out much hope of romantic success for House himself, she said "it would be hard not to" show him in future relationships. While she's cagey on the possibility of one being with a regular cast member, she loves the escalating tension between Cuddy and House in the second part of season three. "There's always been a tension there, and we have slightly more fun in dealing with that. "

"It's what he knows, to keep people at arm's length."

A hallmark of the character is his incredible talent for keeping people at a distance, romantically and otherwise. "He pushes those relationships that he does have pretty far," Jacobs said about "Half-Wit," which the FOX promotions promise will reveal something shocking about House.

Though a network promo that didn't use the word "shocking" would be shocking, the news release with the episode description reveals more than I wanted to know, and does seem fairly, well, startling. I put Jacobs in the thankless position of clarifying without spoiling further. What she had to say is far from surprising, and far from un-vague. "I think it's a turning point in the season, but not in the way you'd expect it. ... The ultimate reveal does change things slightly, but we'll never change him too much. His evolution will be gradual."

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