NOT FEELING THE H/W LOVE
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house_wilson_ghcWell, watched "Top Secret" a couple of times, feeling bummed.
WARNING! Long rambling dissertation under the LJ cut! Possibly TL;DR! Also, spoilers inside!
It’s undeniable now. House and Wilson got divorced.
They were happily, wonderfully married throughout all of Season One (even during the Vogler mess!!). They were totally married throughout Season Two (balcony scenes anyone? House deleting the apartment message from his answering machine anyone? Still the gold standard of H/W love!).
Then along came the "Euphoria" two-parter, and then Season Three, and all my happy slashy dreams were shattered. SHATTERED.
"Euphoria" had open hostility between House and Wilson (or, more likely, hostility from House toward Wilson—here I’m thinking specifically of the scene where House snarls at Wilson, "I’ll bet you you can even have unprotected sex with your patients without even catching a damn thing. Boy I wish I had your job." YEOWCH!), and here we see House considering packing up his things and asking for his magic decoder ring back. Sad. Really, really sad. I started getting a queasy feeling in my stomach right then.
Then, somewhere after House got the ketamine treatment and Wilson started manipulating him (withholding information from House about his paralyzed patient, refusing to prescribe Vicodin, etc), House got a separation from Wilson.
The lovely sexy sparkly chemistry onscreen between House and Wilson just shuddered to a halt. Sad, sad, sad!
Then somewhere after Tritter finally got booted off the show, House filed for divorce from Wilson. Looks like the trial separation didn’t go too well.
Where’d the chemistry go? Where’d all the jump cuts focusing on Wilson and House giving one another sexy, significant looks go?
What the hell is going on, here?
In "Half-Wit," I felt more depressed. Here House is DYING OF BRAIN CANCER, and what do we get from House and Wilson? One half-assed scene with the upright piano in the patient’s room and one sneering, hostile scene in House’s office at the end. Gah!
House actually looks simmeringly angry with Wilson in that last scene. Man. It almost felt to me, on watching that scene, that House has filed for divorce in a fit of betrayed fury—and Wilson didn’t even know they were married in the first place. Bizarre! That scene actually reads to me like House is still furious with Wilson, and Wilson has no freaking clue that House is even mad. Wilson gets House flowers. House throws them out the window. Wilson cluelessly gets House chocolates. House throws them at his head. Wilson’s all like, "Pizza and a movie?" House is all like, "Choke on that pizza and DIE!!!"
Am I the only one who saw that? Just how crazy am I?
Is anyone else not seeing the chemistry?
It’s like the actors are no longer comfortable playing scenes together. It’s awful. I don’t see House and Wilson interacting on the screen any more; I see Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard pretending to be House and Wilson on a set. Awful.
And so now we come to the latest episode, "Top Secret."
I would have enjoyed this episode much, much more if there had been ANY chemistry between House and Wilson AT ALL. And I’m not even being greedy and asking for sexual chemistry. Just plain old "House and Wilson are bestest buds and Platonically LUV each other!" chemistry would have made my day.
But no. Nothing.
The banter in the bathroom? Not feeling it. Feels forced and half-assed.
The fights about House’s drug use and House’s patient? Feels like the bickering of a divorced couple, sad to say. Seriously. This is how my mom and dad used to fight/argue/bicker with each other, after they got divorced. I know firsthand how post-divorce arguments sound and look, and House and Wilson in "Top Secret" fit the bill.
But maybe it’s not just House and Wilson, HL and RSL.
The scenes between House and Cuddy weren’t all that sparkly with chemistry, either. Or, at least not the sexual kind. The scene in House’s office where Cuddy gives House the patient file for Riley (or whatever his name in the show is), I see ZERO sexual chemistry between Cuddy and House. House looks tired and distracted. He doesn’t even leer at Cuddy’s cleavage. In return, Cuddy looks tired and concerned. More maternal than anything. Odd. It’s that way in the end scene, too, where we finally get confirmation that Cuddy and House had been up to sexy shenanigans years ago, in what appears to be a one-night stand.
Sexual chemistry? Zip.
Cuddy’s still looking and acting motherly towards House, not sexual at ALL, and House acts like Cuddy is a sister or something.
This is so weird.
So maybe it’s not just House and Wilson that’s lost its zing. Maybe it’s ALL the grownups of the show.
Cameron and Chase were kinda hot in the supply closet together. Foreman was fun and engaging in the ep. Has the end of the world come about? Am I actually enjoying the scenes with the kids more than the scenes with H, Cuddy, and W?
Please counter myarguments ramblings if you can. Please let me know if you DID see any chemistry between House and Wilson in the last few eps. Really. I’d like to know if anyone agrees with my view, that the chemistry is alarmingly absent from H & W these days. I’d also like to know if anyone disagrees, if they DO see chemistry. That would make me feel a lot better.
So. Anyone else with problems with the show and the H/W relationship? Anyone else thinking the thrill is gone? Or do I need to start going to therapy to resolve my issues with over-analyzing a stupid show? (I mean, seriously. It's just a show! This much obsession can't be healthy.)
........send help!
ETA: Removed a few refs to "Top Secret" outside the LJ cut just in case.
WARNING! Long rambling dissertation under the LJ cut! Possibly TL;DR! Also, spoilers inside!
It’s undeniable now. House and Wilson got divorced.
They were happily, wonderfully married throughout all of Season One (even during the Vogler mess!!). They were totally married throughout Season Two (balcony scenes anyone? House deleting the apartment message from his answering machine anyone? Still the gold standard of H/W love!).
Then along came the "Euphoria" two-parter, and then Season Three, and all my happy slashy dreams were shattered. SHATTERED.
"Euphoria" had open hostility between House and Wilson (or, more likely, hostility from House toward Wilson—here I’m thinking specifically of the scene where House snarls at Wilson, "I’ll bet you you can even have unprotected sex with your patients without even catching a damn thing. Boy I wish I had your job." YEOWCH!), and here we see House considering packing up his things and asking for his magic decoder ring back. Sad. Really, really sad. I started getting a queasy feeling in my stomach right then.
Then, somewhere after House got the ketamine treatment and Wilson started manipulating him (withholding information from House about his paralyzed patient, refusing to prescribe Vicodin, etc), House got a separation from Wilson.
The lovely sexy sparkly chemistry onscreen between House and Wilson just shuddered to a halt. Sad, sad, sad!
Then somewhere after Tritter finally got booted off the show, House filed for divorce from Wilson. Looks like the trial separation didn’t go too well.
Where’d the chemistry go? Where’d all the jump cuts focusing on Wilson and House giving one another sexy, significant looks go?
What the hell is going on, here?
In "Half-Wit," I felt more depressed. Here House is DYING OF BRAIN CANCER, and what do we get from House and Wilson? One half-assed scene with the upright piano in the patient’s room and one sneering, hostile scene in House’s office at the end. Gah!
House actually looks simmeringly angry with Wilson in that last scene. Man. It almost felt to me, on watching that scene, that House has filed for divorce in a fit of betrayed fury—and Wilson didn’t even know they were married in the first place. Bizarre! That scene actually reads to me like House is still furious with Wilson, and Wilson has no freaking clue that House is even mad. Wilson gets House flowers. House throws them out the window. Wilson cluelessly gets House chocolates. House throws them at his head. Wilson’s all like, "Pizza and a movie?" House is all like, "Choke on that pizza and DIE!!!"
Am I the only one who saw that? Just how crazy am I?
Is anyone else not seeing the chemistry?
It’s like the actors are no longer comfortable playing scenes together. It’s awful. I don’t see House and Wilson interacting on the screen any more; I see Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard pretending to be House and Wilson on a set. Awful.
And so now we come to the latest episode, "Top Secret."
I would have enjoyed this episode much, much more if there had been ANY chemistry between House and Wilson AT ALL. And I’m not even being greedy and asking for sexual chemistry. Just plain old "House and Wilson are bestest buds and Platonically LUV each other!" chemistry would have made my day.
But no. Nothing.
The banter in the bathroom? Not feeling it. Feels forced and half-assed.
The fights about House’s drug use and House’s patient? Feels like the bickering of a divorced couple, sad to say. Seriously. This is how my mom and dad used to fight/argue/bicker with each other, after they got divorced. I know firsthand how post-divorce arguments sound and look, and House and Wilson in "Top Secret" fit the bill.
But maybe it’s not just House and Wilson, HL and RSL.
The scenes between House and Cuddy weren’t all that sparkly with chemistry, either. Or, at least not the sexual kind. The scene in House’s office where Cuddy gives House the patient file for Riley (or whatever his name in the show is), I see ZERO sexual chemistry between Cuddy and House. House looks tired and distracted. He doesn’t even leer at Cuddy’s cleavage. In return, Cuddy looks tired and concerned. More maternal than anything. Odd. It’s that way in the end scene, too, where we finally get confirmation that Cuddy and House had been up to sexy shenanigans years ago, in what appears to be a one-night stand.
Sexual chemistry? Zip.
Cuddy’s still looking and acting motherly towards House, not sexual at ALL, and House acts like Cuddy is a sister or something.
This is so weird.
So maybe it’s not just House and Wilson that’s lost its zing. Maybe it’s ALL the grownups of the show.
Cameron and Chase were kinda hot in the supply closet together. Foreman was fun and engaging in the ep. Has the end of the world come about? Am I actually enjoying the scenes with the kids more than the scenes with H, Cuddy, and W?
Please counter my
So. Anyone else with problems with the show and the H/W relationship? Anyone else thinking the thrill is gone? Or do I need to start going to therapy to resolve my issues with over-analyzing a stupid show? (I mean, seriously. It's just a show! This much obsession can't be healthy.)
........send help!
ETA: Removed a few refs to "Top Secret" outside the LJ cut just in case.
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Date: 2007-03-29 02:42 pm (UTC)But.
House and Wilson have
lovedknown each other for a very long time, and the fact that they're having a dry spell (honestly, I was only put off by Wilson's nonchalance about House's peeing problem...not peeing for three days is definitely fodder for at least MOCKERY, if not medical attention!) and are tense with each other about it only signifies that their chemistry is STILL there. Their actions during this tumultuous season are saying, "Hey, I still love you but I kinda wanna punch you in the face...wanna fuck later?" If the spark was gone, they wouldn't be doing anything at all. We wouldn't notice the obvious discord. House doesn't go out of his way to be with people he doesn't want to be around, except maybe patients ~:)Have faith, my dear! Couples aren't always puppies and sunshine. Once Wilson has his breakdown (like we don't know it's coming?) House will hobble to his rescue and things will be merry again.
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Date: 2007-03-29 02:57 pm (UTC)When you're friends with (and married to) someone for such a long time, you aren't going to be lovey-dovey every day of your life. You get arguments, but everything pretty much ends up okay in the end.
I agree that Wilson needs a crisis. He needs to be something more other than a cheap mouthpiece for all the moral lessons House doesn't need to learn in the show.
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Date: 2007-03-29 03:21 pm (UTC)House and Wilson have loved known each other for a very long time, and the fact that they're having a dry spell ... and are tense with each other about it only signifies that their chemistry is STILL there.
This is a great view, and I'm going to practice using this view for all future episodes. Except...
Have faith, my dear! Couples aren't always puppies and sunshine. Once Wilson has his breakdown (like we don't know it's coming?) House will hobble to his rescue and things will be merry again.
Couples certainly have problems and fights and awful moments and a rocky road together, but since H and W aren't an open couple, I'm worried that this is the show's way of getting rid of all the icky H/W slashy subtext that I enjoy so much. Which is really silly (and paranoid! Yeesh), but it's how I'm feeling lately. It would be one thing if H & W were an acknowledged couple on the show. Then at least their current rift could be addressed. But since they're not, I worry that more of the same is to come. More unhappy tension between the two, making room for Ham, Huddy, or God-knows-what.
And if Wilson ever does have his breakdown (which I personally think has been a long time coming), I'm not so sure that House would even attempt to help him out. I really don't see House doing much to help his friend. At least not in any meaningful or satisfying way. That worries me. But really, I think I might be worrying just a little TOO much.
I need a sedative.
Thanks, though. Your response has put things into better perspective, and I'm feeling better about my favorite TV show couple. :)
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Date: 2007-03-29 03:50 pm (UTC)Don't forget that at least some of the writers on the show are H/W shippers/supporters! They know the demand is high, I'm sure they'll try and get H/W to stick it through.
Tension is going to happen. Both House and Wilson have their own major issues and are adults, so they're set in their ways and those issues are going to be hard to work through. But like I mentioned before, they have a long history together and a lot of their ways and habits always involve each other. Cameron is half House's age and works for him--if there is ever any deeper Ham action, it will be purely physical. She's young and hot and he's an pseudo-authority figure--I think the worst that will happen is they'll have a one-night stand, like with Cuddy, and is definitely up House's alley. He'll get bored with Cameron. Wilson is the only person who keeps him interested, and isn't sick.
About Wilson's breakdown, and House helping him...Wilson is too important to him not to help. House went through rehab just for show and still managed to try and seriously, conciously repair some of the damage he'd caused to their relationship, even if he just ended up using again later. Now that House's life is as close as back-together as it could be, he'll be able to help Wilson when his own life falls apart...again.
I'm glad I helped you see it differently! That makes me feel all warm and fuzzy ~:D