Thoughts on Wilson after "Fidelity" and "House vs. God"

[bironic]

So, I'm watching "Fidelity" again for the first time in a while, and something in House and Wilson's "Your shoes say yes"/"Not gonna date a patient's daughter" conversation just struck me in light of "House vs. God."

Ze conversation:

House: So what's her name? When do I get to meet her?
Wilson: There's nobody. Give it up.
House: Your lips say no, your shoes say yes.
Wilson: Well, they're French. You can't trust a word they say.
House: Solid, yet stylish. A professional woman would be impressed. I'm thinking accountant. Actuary, maybe. Somebody in the hospital... Patient? No, chemo's not sexy. Daughter of a patient. She would certainly have the neediness you need.
Wilson: I'm not gonna date a patient's daughter.
House: Very ethical. Of course, most married men would say they don't date at all.
Wilson: There was no date! I had lunch with one of the nurses. It's her first time in an oncology unit and she's having a tough time emotionally.
House: Perfect.

House's flippancy when he wonders if it's a patient who's caught Wilson's interest suggests that he wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. Ergo, neither should we.

Same goes for the "revelation" in "House vs. God" that Wilson eats neediness. It was right here in early S1. How 'bout that.

House's casual tone also supports the argument that his anger in "House vs. God" is not (entirely) due to Wilson's having slept with/moved in with Grace. Maybe House would have fallen immediately serious in "Fidelity" if Wilson had admitted to seeing a patient, but taking into account what he knows about his friend (see also his remark that Wilson is an expert on breasts and his comment, "Yeah, and you're the good guy," in "Fidelity" alone), I'd say Wilson was closer to the truth when he accused House of being angry because he lied to him and got away with it.

Comments

[secondsilk.livejournal.com]

I always liked the idea that House vs. God showed us further depths in House and Wilson's knoweldge of each other. That they have come to terms with each other. Neither of them is actually surprised by the other.

But then I've been thinking mostly about Crandall recently (after the comment in wanderingwidget's Swallowing Smoke about House being attracted to Crandall) and how well he knows his relationship with House.

I do think Wilson's right. And House knows he's right (like Crandall was right that he was going to lose, either way), which is why he's silent afterward.

I had forgotten that we had been given a foreshadow of the needing neediness, so thanks for pointing that out.

[thirdblindmouse.livejournal.com]

Thanks for discovering that. Ah, what interestingly screwed-up characters we get.

[hopegeeksout.livejournal.com]

YEAH! And maybe he's mad at him because...he's jealous...And that would work because he can be flippant and glib all he wants to until someone has an actual relationship with Wilson, one that Wilson might value nearly as much as his friendship with House...