...and some 'House' thoughts.
Jan. 16th, 2006 11:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bironicThis evening was filled with beautiful, sad people. First Minnie Driver and Tom Wilkinson and a young, angular, sleek-haired Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in "The Governess," then a Wilson-heavy episode of "House" on DVD I'd somehow managed to not see until a co-worker referenced it today and I thought she was making it up. It's called "Histories" and it featured, of all things, one of the three best Wilson moments on the show so far: Having found House hiding in an exam room alone poring over his (Wilson's) personal file, Wilson snaps at him that in some cultures, it's considered almost rude for friends to spy on each other. Then, off House's nonchalant face, he adds that "Of course, in Swedish, 'friend' also translates to 'limping twerp.'" The camera cuts back to Wilson as he finishes the sentence and when he's done the look on his face -- eyes narrowing, lower jaw clenching forward, for just a moment before we're back to House -- is just unbelievable. He was really pissed. Almost as pissed as when he told House to go to hell when House said he wanted to watch Wilson tell a nine-year-old cancer patient she was going to die. And then House gets a page and Wilson cracks a half-sarcastic joke about how he's probably faking it so he can bail on the conversation, and everything is back to normal.
(The other two best moments were his "Oh boy!" when he figured out that House liked Cameron, and his voice breaking when he talked about "this stupid friendship" as he packed up his office after getting "sacked".) I do so love Robert Sean Leonard.
The other thing about "Histories" is that at the end, House follows Wilson to a part of town that's seen better days and admits to -- if I'm getting this right, since it was just the one viewing -- meeting Wilson's parents and brother after reading his file, to which Wilson responds irritably that he has two brothers, one of whom he hasn't seen in nine years since they parted ways at that very spot. Which means (a) House hadn't met Wilson's parents before this episode, and (b) House didn't know that Wilson has two brothers, and possibly didn't know he even has one. Which raises some interesting issues concerning how long they've known each other (not since childhood, or House would've met Mr. & Mrs. Wilson; less than nine years, or he'd've met the vagrant brother, unless Wilson was as secretive then as he is now), not to mention exactly how close a friendship they have (Wilson never mentioned his sibling(s), not even the "good" one?). And I found it odd because for all of Wilson's lies and House's -- well, pick a noun --, elsewhere in the series it's very, very clear that these two understand each other, spend an impossible amount of time together and share things they withhold from everyone else.
Thoughts, my "House"-watching friends?
Oh and P.S. Not only House but also Chase 'ships House/Wilson. When Foreman demanded to know why House took the case, asking, "Is it just because Wilson asked?", Chase turned to Cameron and waggled one eyebrow.
(The other two best moments were his "Oh boy!" when he figured out that House liked Cameron, and his voice breaking when he talked about "this stupid friendship" as he packed up his office after getting "sacked".) I do so love Robert Sean Leonard.
The other thing about "Histories" is that at the end, House follows Wilson to a part of town that's seen better days and admits to -- if I'm getting this right, since it was just the one viewing -- meeting Wilson's parents and brother after reading his file, to which Wilson responds irritably that he has two brothers, one of whom he hasn't seen in nine years since they parted ways at that very spot. Which means (a) House hadn't met Wilson's parents before this episode, and (b) House didn't know that Wilson has two brothers, and possibly didn't know he even has one. Which raises some interesting issues concerning how long they've known each other (not since childhood, or House would've met Mr. & Mrs. Wilson; less than nine years, or he'd've met the vagrant brother, unless Wilson was as secretive then as he is now), not to mention exactly how close a friendship they have (Wilson never mentioned his sibling(s), not even the "good" one?). And I found it odd because for all of Wilson's lies and House's -- well, pick a noun --, elsewhere in the series it's very, very clear that these two understand each other, spend an impossible amount of time together and share things they withhold from everyone else.
Thoughts, my "House"-watching friends?
Oh and P.S. Not only House but also Chase 'ships House/Wilson. When Foreman demanded to know why House took the case, asking, "Is it just because Wilson asked?", Chase turned to Cameron and waggled one eyebrow.
