House season finale
May. 21st, 2008 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bananacosmicgirlOkay, here comes the reflections on the House season finale, Wilson's Heart.
It brought what I thought it would - and more. Unlike the Bones season finale, which left me disappointed and wanting on so many levels, House managed to live up to my expectations, and for that I can only say, well done.
So the pills killed Amber. Very fitting for the House proxy and the symbolism is beautiful (and a bit less obvious than last week's metal rod through the leg). I assumed she'd die, because House just doesn't do the lovely dovey stuff where she pulls through against all odds, and it just didn't seem to fit with the story, that she'd surivive. Despite this, I did root for her. I haven't been a fan of hers, but I haven't hated her - I've been in the not-particularly-bothered camp, waiting for it to end so that House and Wilson can get back to being House and Wilson. They now can.
I think Wilson had every right to be sad and angry in the end - not necessarily angry at House, but at life and its unfairness. The beautiful young doctor who wants to save people and is in love dies, and House lives (although he shouldn't for much longer, considering he almost died three times in the last two episodes (I think it was three - on the bus, trying to remember at the end of House's Head, and once in this? Am I forgetting any instance?), and once in 97 seconds - really, his heart should give out rather soon). However, if Wilson is still angry by the time the next season comes around, he's an ass. It's not House's fault that the bus accident happened. Sure, House's drinking was why Amber was on the bus, but he didn't cause her death. He's hardly the first person in history drinking alone in a bar and needing a ride home.
ETA: I don't get the bits of Wilson-hate I've seen online. I don't think he hates House. He stayed until House woke up, to show that he was there, and then he left to mourn. I would mourn too if my girlfriend just died in my arms. But Wilson goes to see House first. It would have been Wilson-hate if he hadn't come at all, but he did. /ETA
The dream sequence in the death bus was beautiful and heartbreaking - House doesn't want to live if Wilson hates him, and considering the whole scene is in House's head, which means his subcounscious, it sounds like House thinks Wilson should hate him. To the House/Wilson shipper in me, I have to say unrequited love, although it might be requited, because after all, Wilson keeps coming back.
The House/Cuddy is just something I want over and done with. Blah. The two have UST and need to make that go away, so please do so over the course of four episodes or so, and then it ends and everyone's happy again. Seriously - holding his hand? And why not force him to bed much earlier, if she cares so much? As mentioned above, he almost died three times in the last episode, and all she's done before that is look annoyed and tell him to go to bed. And then she's holding his hand. Blah.
Wilson asking House to risk his life to save Amber... He only asked after House suggested it, and it didn't look like an easy decision for Wilson. It did, however, put House in a difficult situation where he couldn't say no, because if he did, Wilson would hate him - and as we see in the dream sequence, House doesn't want that. Then again, House offered to begin with because Amber meant so much to Wilson.
As if the rest wasn't enough, we just had to add a bit more - Thirteen is positive for Huntington's, Kutner's parents were shot dead, and it's all just very depressing. *sigh* However, seeing Foreman with Chase and Cameron was nice; three years together and now they actually seem to be friends (they never seemed like friends when they were the ducklings).
Robert Sean Leonard played very well in the episode and Amber's death scene actually had me crying a little. Overall, it was heartbreaking to watch Wilson. Hugh Laurie was just as perfect as he always is; I just adore him.
A fantastic, depressing episode.
It brought what I thought it would - and more. Unlike the Bones season finale, which left me disappointed and wanting on so many levels, House managed to live up to my expectations, and for that I can only say, well done.
So the pills killed Amber. Very fitting for the House proxy and the symbolism is beautiful (and a bit less obvious than last week's metal rod through the leg). I assumed she'd die, because House just doesn't do the lovely dovey stuff where she pulls through against all odds, and it just didn't seem to fit with the story, that she'd surivive. Despite this, I did root for her. I haven't been a fan of hers, but I haven't hated her - I've been in the not-particularly-bothered camp, waiting for it to end so that House and Wilson can get back to being House and Wilson. They now can.
I think Wilson had every right to be sad and angry in the end - not necessarily angry at House, but at life and its unfairness. The beautiful young doctor who wants to save people and is in love dies, and House lives (although he shouldn't for much longer, considering he almost died three times in the last two episodes (I think it was three - on the bus, trying to remember at the end of House's Head, and once in this? Am I forgetting any instance?), and once in 97 seconds - really, his heart should give out rather soon). However, if Wilson is still angry by the time the next season comes around, he's an ass. It's not House's fault that the bus accident happened. Sure, House's drinking was why Amber was on the bus, but he didn't cause her death. He's hardly the first person in history drinking alone in a bar and needing a ride home.
ETA: I don't get the bits of Wilson-hate I've seen online. I don't think he hates House. He stayed until House woke up, to show that he was there, and then he left to mourn. I would mourn too if my girlfriend just died in my arms. But Wilson goes to see House first. It would have been Wilson-hate if he hadn't come at all, but he did. /ETA
The dream sequence in the death bus was beautiful and heartbreaking - House doesn't want to live if Wilson hates him, and considering the whole scene is in House's head, which means his subcounscious, it sounds like House thinks Wilson should hate him. To the House/Wilson shipper in me, I have to say unrequited love, although it might be requited, because after all, Wilson keeps coming back.
The House/Cuddy is just something I want over and done with. Blah. The two have UST and need to make that go away, so please do so over the course of four episodes or so, and then it ends and everyone's happy again. Seriously - holding his hand? And why not force him to bed much earlier, if she cares so much? As mentioned above, he almost died three times in the last episode, and all she's done before that is look annoyed and tell him to go to bed. And then she's holding his hand. Blah.
Wilson asking House to risk his life to save Amber... He only asked after House suggested it, and it didn't look like an easy decision for Wilson. It did, however, put House in a difficult situation where he couldn't say no, because if he did, Wilson would hate him - and as we see in the dream sequence, House doesn't want that. Then again, House offered to begin with because Amber meant so much to Wilson.
As if the rest wasn't enough, we just had to add a bit more - Thirteen is positive for Huntington's, Kutner's parents were shot dead, and it's all just very depressing. *sigh* However, seeing Foreman with Chase and Cameron was nice; three years together and now they actually seem to be friends (they never seemed like friends when they were the ducklings).
Robert Sean Leonard played very well in the episode and Amber's death scene actually had me crying a little. Overall, it was heartbreaking to watch Wilson. Hugh Laurie was just as perfect as he always is; I just adore him.
A fantastic, depressing episode.
