In the end, when he meets her in a bar under the pretense of doing a job interview, there's a glimmer of something else. A woman who can listen to his listing of failures – and if anything, he's under-reporting – with a "how miserable can you be, saving lives, sleeping around, and doing drugs?" just might be more of a match for him than appearances would suggest.
While his confession to her shows a huge degree of self-awareness and an unusually large degree of honesty for the man, it's hard to say if his revelation that he's on anti-depressants is a sign that he's going to continue taking them voluntarily. It would be strange to use the present tense if not, but then again, he doesn't go so far as to admit he's depressed, just that his friend thinks he's depressed. Whatever he's learned from Wilson and Addie in this episode, I doubt we'll see a shiny, happy House from here on out. Even if he is getting it on with a beautiful nutritionist with low expectations.
Oh, one more conversation inspired by "Resignation": the bet has now been declared on national radio. My competitor said to CBC: "They've done the duckling-gonna-leave plot before. If he doesn't actually leave, that's schmuck bait. But I think he's actually gonna go." Will Foreman really leave? I say only a schmuck would think so.
Article comments
1 - Maddoc
Hmmmmmm.
2 - Kaonashi
The exploding head scene was sooo gross. They were picking up pieces of her scalp and putting it in a bag! *BARF*
I'm not sure about the patient's form of suicide though. Turning kitchen cleanser into a pill sounds far-fetched to me. If she were truly depressed and suicidal, wouldn't have she just done the deed much quicker? Is this based on a real event?
3 - Diane Kristine
I don't know - I wouldn't be surprised if it's based on truth, but it did seem like a too-convenient way to commit suicide (and then go to karate?), designed to create a medical mystery instead of being all that believable. It didn't bother me too much, but it was a little jarring.
4 - Kaonashi
Hi Diane,
Exactly! She tries to kill herself and then goes to karate class? I wonder if it was an actual attempt of suicide or a desperate call for help to her parents.
5 - MT
I kind of buy the suicide thing. She doesn't know why she wants to do it, and she doesn't want others (like parents) to know, doesn't want to have traces of drugs in her system, so have the kitchen cleaner in the pill sounds like a good way of going about it. Although I'm not quite sure how House got the kitchen cleaner and pill thing; I didn't recall it's been mentioned anywhere till he brought it up, so that's a bit wierd.
Also, she would have done it a while ago(thus the scars forming), but no immediate effect, so she's still going abouther business like karate as usual, kind of like a routine that one just does but without actually experience the moment. That's my take on it.
6 - Diane Kristine
You're right about the timing - I'd forgotten about the scar tissue, so she didn't likely gobble the pills and then go to karate. It still felt they created a convoluted suicide attempt to turn it into a medical mystery, but whatever. I was too distracted by exploding heads to be bothered too much.
7 - PDESR
I believe that the only way Foreman is going to stay is if he winds up overriding House on a decision and saves a patients life. I think it may be the only way he could personally justify his continued existence on the team.