That pattern of being there until he's not hasn't extended to Wilson's relationship with House — yet — though we've never seen the House-Wilson dynamic in the early stages of a Mrs. Wilson. Maybe it is that scenario House is afraid of, maybe he is seriously afraid Wilson's relationship with Cuddy will detract from House being the focus of Wilson's protectiveness. Maybe he's just an ass.
We have seen the House-Wilson dynamic in the later stages of a Mrs. Wilson, when House's neediness takes him away from his wife. "Damned if You Do" and "Honeymoon," among others, showed us a glimpse of that. And that's the big reveal provided by Bonnie.
She confronts him after she finds out he's been wasting her time with the condo shopping, and tells him the source of her dog's name: it's an anagram of Dr. Greg House, combining her resentment of House with the dog's habit of peeing on the carpet.
"'Hector does go rug' is a lame anagram," House says. "Want a better one for Gregory House? 'Huge ego, sorry.'" I can't tell you how much I love that anagram. OK, maybe I can: I really love that anagram.
"You always needed him and he was always there for you," she says. "I'm not saying you ruined the marriage, but you didn't help."
So whether he accepts the lesson or not, whether it's the whole story or not, House has a key to Wilson's failed marriages: it's him. However, as he not very kindly points out, he's not going to buy a condo because he feels sorry for her.
Fortunately House is only minimally involved in Lupe's care, giving him enough time to annoy Bonnie, Wilson and Cuddy and solve his friend's doomed cycle of marriages. Foreman takes the tacit lead on the case, and when he and Chase find a crack pipe in Lupe's dodgy apartment, Foreman's even more convinced that despite her protests she's a drug user. He wants to tests her for arsenic poisoning until she vomits blood on his nice white coat and goes into respiratory arrest.
While Cameron and Chase discover a mass on the subsequent MRI, Chase casually points out that if she changes her mind about dating him, he's still available, and he will continue to remind her every Tuesday. It's a hilariously low-key pursuit that throws her off-balance. "No need to go on about it," he shrugs sweetly as she sputters her objections.
Article comments
1 - Phillip Winn
Beautiful review, Diane. You connected the dots on the scene with Foreman's mother better than I did, and I realize now that you're absolutely right. I'm sorry I didn't put that together at the time, but glad that you did.
2 - Hope
Nice recap. So...who thinks Season Three is heading towards Wilson moving back in with House??
3 - Maddoc
If I say your review probably redeemed this episode a little in my eyes.I won't be lying.I hated the out of the box TBI regimen they pulled out of thin air.I know,I know,this is not a real medicine show.I have put up with 50 or so episodes of shoddy medicine but this one bugged me like none has,so far.Maybe they should hire you.You can soften the baddest glitches into something I had not seen in the story while watching it.All the crappiness that is there starts making some sort of sense.
All in all,a good review.I just might watch it again now.
4 - Diane Kristine
Thanks guys. And, hmm, Maddoc, much as I love House, I'm tempted to tell you to pick up a book instead of watching TV shows you hate ;-)
5 - Maddoc
Hey Diane!
Whoever said I hated it?Hate is too strong a word anyway.I am a doctor.I hate the 'medicine' on the show.Just do.Having said that,I see enough 'real' medicine all day long to want it on TV as well.House is to me like Gen Hospital is to House!Only better :)
And to be honest,House/HL simply rock!
My beef was with the Med Staff on the show who tried to do something that simply does not register at a cerebral level.I still hate this 'Lets Do TBI' idea!So I think they can show rarest of the rare but not something like TBI with the lameness they showed.
They can do better than that.They have,despite all the shoddy medicine!