Oh, Idon, I missed you too. Life's been nuts since I graduated college, but now that I'm settled (and with new House on the air!) I'm back on the playing field. It's so good to get a reply from you. I enjoy reading what you have to say thoroughly.
I read Wilson's reaction to House's declaration similarly. His reaction struck me as: "You love what I can do for you, not me as I am." and/or "Whatever, dude. Everybody lies."
Any normal human being would probably feel the same way. You don't survive a damaged friendship without feeling wary. Most people in Wilson's situation throughout season 3 would have given-up on House a long time ago. It speaks to Wilson's patience and endurance that he hasn't let the friendship completely disintegrate. What worries me, however, is that he may be holding onto the friendship because he has nothing else. It certainly seems to be playing that way.
I had to re-watch the scene from 97 Seconds a few times to fully appreciate what was going on. It was definitely a serious declaration that was portrayed (intentionally, per the writers and director, most likely) as a poorly masked joke. Wonderful acting on Hugh's part. Moreover, the scene cuts to the POTW, who dies. You don't slap a inconsequential scene next to the ultimate climax of the episode. You just don't. You do, however, place a scene that is relevant to the climax before it.
What I mean to say is: whereas the POTW believed he didn't have anything worth living for, not even his deeply invested dog, House survived death and woke-up reaffirmed in his belief that there's nothing better than the living present (as the "Told you so" line seems to suggest). Waking-up to his deeply invested best friend, Wilson, had to have spurred him to say "I love you."
A few viewers criticized the dog's accidental death since trained helping dogs are usually disciplined to not eat random pills off the floor. That's all well and good, but these viewers are forgetting we're watching a story. The dog died for symbolic reasons. When his master died, the dog would have no one. The dog had lost its purpose and its only real companion whom it was good to, loyal to, and loved unconditionally. That is a pressing point: what would Wilson have if House had died? There's a reason- a DAMNED good reason- why these two scenes are next to one another!
Which makes me believe that you are correct, Idon. In the future, I have some faith that House will prove that their love for one another is mutual. To that House must do what the POTW could not: value his own life.
Beyond all this, my only beef with the 'afterlife' storyline is that House has already died for about a minute in Three Stories. He's technically "already been there." Twice if you count No Reason. I'm not sure about MLC, though that was also clearly a near-death experience. But how do you hallucinate if you're dead? How do you remember "nothing" if you've been dead? What if you just don't remember what you saw when you wake-up? And clearly, House will outlive everyone. Wilson doesn't need to worry. The man's indestructable.
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I read Wilson's reaction to House's declaration similarly. His reaction struck me as: "You love what I can do for you, not me as I am." and/or "Whatever, dude. Everybody lies."
Any normal human being would probably feel the same way. You don't survive a damaged friendship without feeling wary. Most people in Wilson's situation throughout season 3 would have given-up on House a long time ago. It speaks to Wilson's patience and endurance that he hasn't let the friendship completely disintegrate. What worries me, however, is that he may be holding onto the friendship because he has nothing else. It certainly seems to be playing that way.
I had to re-watch the scene from 97 Seconds a few times to fully appreciate what was going on. It was definitely a serious declaration that was portrayed (intentionally, per the writers and director, most likely) as a poorly masked joke. Wonderful acting on Hugh's part. Moreover, the scene cuts to the POTW, who dies. You don't slap a inconsequential scene next to the ultimate climax of the episode. You just don't. You do, however, place a scene that is relevant to the climax before it.
What I mean to say is: whereas the POTW believed he didn't have anything worth living for, not even his deeply invested dog, House survived death and woke-up reaffirmed in his belief that there's nothing better than the living present (as the "Told you so" line seems to suggest). Waking-up to his deeply invested best friend, Wilson, had to have spurred him to say "I love you."
A few viewers criticized the dog's accidental death since trained helping dogs are usually disciplined to not eat random pills off the floor. That's all well and good, but these viewers are forgetting we're watching a story. The dog died for symbolic reasons. When his master died, the dog would have no one. The dog had lost its purpose and its only real companion whom it was good to, loyal to, and loved unconditionally. That is a pressing point: what would Wilson have if House had died? There's a reason- a DAMNED good reason- why these two scenes are next to one another!
Which makes me believe that you are correct, Idon. In the future, I have some faith that House will prove that their love for one another is mutual. To that House must do what the POTW could not: value his own life.
Beyond all this, my only beef with the 'afterlife' storyline is that House has already died for about a minute in Three Stories. He's technically "already been there." Twice if you count No Reason. I'm not sure about MLC, though that was also clearly a near-death experience. But how do you hallucinate if you're dead? How do you remember "nothing" if you've been dead? What if you just don't remember what you saw when you wake-up? And clearly, House will outlive everyone. Wilson doesn't need to worry. The man's indestructable.
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