Wilson's actor(Robert Sean Leonard) seriously doesn't get enough credit for how good a job he did. He was also in dead poet's society if I remember correctly and he did a phenomenal job there as well
In the end his love for Wilson was greater than the hate he had for himself. All the pain all the self loathing all the misery was no match for the truest of friends...Wilson.
Yes, in the end, his job which was his life purpose not just his career was put behind! House knew that without his job he would have no purpose in life, those medical puzzles where the ones keeping him alive! He said it many times that he feared the day that those no longer worked and he would end up in a very dark place.The day came when he found that his love for his friend was more important than his job and he sacrificed everything for Wilson.He learned how to be totally selfless and according to him "people don't change' so I guess he was always that way!.
@Ban this youtube There is a shade of difference between opening up and constantly jammering about how life sucks and won't be better. The latter is most people have problem with. Energy vampires.
I live this statement from house. It hits deep. To live in pain and fight the urge to end it. Living takes guts, it's never over so long as there's breath in your lungs.
Description: "Wilson decides to stop further treatment and die with dignity" House: "There's no such thing. We can live with dignity, we can't die with it."
There's no such thing! Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're 90, sometimes before we're even born, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it! ... You can live with dignity; we can't die with it!
You're 200% correct. Sorry for your loss. Your dad was a honorable man and died all the while living in dignity. That's something most people could strive for. Stay strong!
So true! I watched my Dad die. Basically reverting back to childhood. Unable to feed himself, unable to walk, wearing diapers. No dignity in it. How can there be when your not yourself anymore.
The way Wilson says “and you’re making me go through this ALONE”, that was the best acting I’ve ever seen. Shivers. Hugh Laurie is obviously so so so talented and amazing, but this line is, for me, the most well-acted scene in the whole series.
The entire time, he was the most plausible as a doctor just stepping into the chaos that was House. His motivations were always clear, and he played it perfect.
I immediately teared when he delivered that line. Anyone who's been both sad and livid with someone in their life knows that Robert Sean Leonard acted this scene out perfectly.
"I am pissed because I am dying and it's not fair...I need a friend...I to know that your there... I need you to tell me that my life was worthwhile...and i need...I need you to tell me that you love me" this hurts. And robert is a wonderful actor...really talented
@@samanthaclaremejia7975 He didn't have to. Faking your death and sacrificing your whole livelihood so you can spend your time in your friend's final months by being with him is all the "I love you" anybody could ever need.
@Parnasian at the end of the episode, he does it implicitly by saying the opposite "I'm not gonna tell you that I love you" and Wilson saying sth like "thank god, you got Oreos?" (reference to the dinner sequence)
Nah. Look at Taub's face acknowledging how much this bothers House. House usually does whatever he wants, as outlandish as it may be, or responds with condescending sarcasm. He usually doesn't really lash out from within. This was personal af. This was as true as you can get.
I think it's the opposite actually. House doesn't really yell he doesn't care enough to so him raising his voice interrupting the whole room was out of character
it's always annoyed me that it was always his M.O. to take out his pain and anger on other people over situations that had nothing to do with them. true to people with that type of personality. I confess some satisfaction when the other Dr whacked him on the head with his cane. LOL
Unfortinely, House didn't want to take away his chronic pain when Cuddy agreed on the Methadome treatment. In those episodes, he felt different. His though process is: "The pain is what makes who I am." It's what have molded his personality, attitude and brutal honesty towards everyone. It's something he hates, but it is also something he doesn't know how to live without it
@@Destroyer2150 at the same time killing his mind slowly, just in check cause of willson and few other moments, when he got to face everything directly and without support his facade fell down, almost to the point of killing a patient. what really molded him was willson, but the burning iron got out the second the mold was doubtful. and his though process was one of a mental patient, nothing good. not to say he is a real bad person, he have issues that cant be solved or contained in that scenario. to be fair with him imagine being the one suffering most of your life, getting people always telling you that what makes you feel good is killing/adicting you, having to go to mental institutions and nothing really changes, your only support in life is your friend who has surrendered by the second try(while you have done thousands everyday supported by him) even with your support, get screamed at work and then the other person you are trying to save literally drank poison to die, is completely normal, at least in my eyes, for him to go on a rampage, nothing goes well for you and is the last straw
@@Destroyer2150 people who live long enough with chronic pain find that pain changed them to worse people...but you know what is the worst thing? If you are like him, You gradually lose focus and have a controlling idea that physical and emotional pain are you...you don't realize what it means to live without them you think eradicating pain will wipe your identity... it's wierd but it's a vicious cycle..physical pain...then emotional pain...then you lose memory of who you are without pain
@@m-w93 ive heard people with severe depression or severe anxiety talk about how it makes them think and perform better so instead of taking medication to rid or allieviate it they choose to keep it how it is using it as a tool to achieve thwir goals im thw oppisite i perform worse with gwneralized anxiety disorder so i take kratom to be free of it it helps me act like the person i see my self as inatead of being a tin foil wearing dude in a dark room muttering about the probabilties of various dangers i could face in the world feelimg like im about to fight a mountain lion somewhere in the dark any moment bear handed almost constantly lol what might be right for you might not be right for some i guess if i were house i would have amputated the leg
I love how the ending of the series reconnects with the pilot, as the school teacher had given up and wanted to die in peace while House attempted to convince her to not give up...
@@Petar321_GT forcing someone you care about to be alive as long as possible, going through torturous pain from the illness and the treatment of that illness, just because you don't want to be sad when they die, is one of the most unbelievably selfish things you can do. People don't owe you their living. People are allowed to die in a quick and painless way when they have a terminal illness instead of waiting for it to kill them slowly and painfully. How incredibly selfish and self-centered and entitled is that? If you really cared about them, you'd want them to avoid pain and suffering as much as possible. Keeping someone alive through literal torture just because you'll be sad when they die and so you want to extend their suffering as much as possible, means you don't really genuinely care about them. You just care about what they are to you, what they do for you, what you can gain from them. Their life and existence isn't all about making you happy and propping you up emotionally whenever you're having a bad time but then not giving the same thing back to them when they need it. So you'll be sad when they die. Why does that give you the right to force them to live through torture? If you really cared about them, you'd let them be at peace, and pain free, and death is the only way for them to get that at that point. Not allowing euthanasia is barbaric. Centuries from now people will look back on us as savages for not allowing people to die painlessly when they choose to. They'll think we're maniacs. And we are. Euthanasia should be free and available to everyone dying of a terminal illness.
House is a true friend in his own blunts negative way he was encouraging Wilson not to give up and to keep fighting, Wilson never gave up on House and House wasn't about to give up on Wilson
@@Set451 Yeah, House says he's doing it for himself and he normally is, but for God's sake if you don't think he's genuinely trying to help his friend and isn't purely out for himself then you just gotta rematch their relationship.
This is why the entire show is just so good. His life philosophy is that everybody lies, and his constant pretending like he doesn't care is a giant lie. He always cared.
That’s why he became a doctor. All he ever wanted to was help people. He had a pathological need for saving lives. And just like Schindler he felt it wasn’t enough. He became angry because he failed one lesson… you can’t save them all
@jeanlukvolker6647~ that's correct. When people say House was a psychopath, they forget he actually was the opposite, having the extreme need to solve medical issues to save patients. Quite the opposite of a psychopath actually.
House did all he could to help Wilson fight. And in the end House gave up his entire life to be with his best friend during his last months. Truly a bro
@@t.plasma8098 House probably lives in pain and loneliness for the rest of his life, not willing to reach out to anyone. A cool premise for a post-HouseMD show could be if he does get better, how does he get better.
For eight seasons, you thought you were watching a hospital drama, when you finally realised you’re watching one of the best bromances ever put on television
I like how Taub gets spooked at first then immediately understands whats going on as soon as House starts to yell, then signals with his eyes the people behind him, making House realize where he's at, like Taub understood House lost himself in the tought of pain.
I'm not sure that's what Taub was doing. House knew where he was; he didn't care. It's not like he was saying anything he didn't say every day to everyone he could. Taub was genuinely distressed at House cracking his ever-rational armor and the real pain pouring through. He didn't know what to do in that moment.
When he told off chase, foreman and cameron because he wanted to amputate the arm and leg of a little girl. And the guys were against it for more emotional than rational reasons.
The end of season six to Foreman " THAT'S THE POINT! I did everything right. She died anyway! Why the Hell do you think that would make me feel any better??" Or in season 1 after Chase fucked up an angiogram "YOU'LL DO NOTHIN'!"
@@LC.OneSketch It is not the same to get angry because of your own mistake, that is, because of a narcissistic wound vs being angry about a loved one that you are going to lose imminently...
I find it interesting to contrast House’s reaction to 13 dying/her having Huntington’s when he says, “I’ll kill you”, versus Wilson’s wanting to die, or rather, his submission to cancer. Yes, there are differences. 13 is a certain death which has not begun, which is in contrast to Wilson’s extremely high likelihood of death but practically speaking almost as certain; but the difference in his reaction really shows how much he cares about Wilson, how much he needs him. House certainly likes 13, perhaps even loves her to an extent, but he acts as can not survive without Wilson. He is the most important person in House’s life, and when that part of him is fading away, he finally breaks down and loses it. Even when thinking about his reaction to losing Cuddy or Stacy, they can’t seem to match up to Wilson for House. Wilson is just that special. It’s really beautiful
The context is different. Huntington's is incurable and at the point where House would kill her, she would be living a life, which by her own words, is not one she wants to live. If Wilson were hypothetically able to beat the cancer, then his quality of life would probably be decent enough. Killing 13 is not a matter of House being callous, not caring about 13, and caring about Wilson more, even though he does care for Wilson more. He wouldn't kill 13 if she was in the exact same situation as Wilson. If Wilson had Huntington's and asked, House would kill him too.
@@ihave3heads I completely agree. To me, the show gives off the strong impression that Wilson’s cancer is pretty much lethal, but he doesn’t want to live with cancer, more specifically the gazes and pain that will come with it, even if there is a chance at survival. Like I said, they are different in their circumstances, but it is still interesting to see the parallels and lack thereof.
@@LilVukie In the show, Wilson's cancer is terminal, the only choices were 1. No treatment, die in 5 months 2. Live maybe 2-3 years undergoing painful chemo and radiation and spend most of that time in a hospital
@@ihave3heads We also don't know what happened during the last part of Wilson's life. It could be that House DID help Wilson the same way... but what we do see is that when Wilson tries to bring it up as they're about to embark on their motorcycle journey, House cuts him off and says, "cancer is boring." So, I think it can't be ignored how much Wilson specifically means to House. He doesn't want to think about Wilson dying period. It might just be because he's the only person who keeps coming back to House no matter what he does. It's what makes their friendship so terrible, but at the same time so strong?? He can push everyone else away but Wilson will still be there... unless he dies. I think House would do it when the time comes, but he'll try to push that time as far ahead as possible and not acknowledge it until he absolutely has to.
when he choked out the patient, you can just feel his raw manifested rage. House is seriously a ticking time bomb when he's faced with the realization that he will be alone.
Huge Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard became very good friends as a result of their working together on this show. The chemistry between them is real and they genuinely like each other.
@ 2:10 is the crux. "I don't owe you anything. Our entire relationship has been about you. MY DYING is about me". And Wilson is exactly right. He deserves better.
@sadezem991 the season finale of season 4 shows exactly how much House cares for Wilson when he knowingly almost kills himself in order to find the cure to save amber. Even beyond that when he stops Wilson from destroying his career or even the series finale where he fakes his death in order to spend the last few months with Wilson before he dies. House has never not cared about Wilson he just showed it in his own way. Chase literally explains this when he is stabbed and chase says house doesn't want to show that he cares so he puts the work first
Man, whenever House speaks himself, it just shakes you completely. Both of them just completely sell their characters so well. I am really reaallllly glad that I watched this series. And thanks for reminding me of that.
I don't think it was conning, though. House was genuinely being honest. Wilson's compulsive need to care for others is what prompted his temporary decision to resume treatment. I think his anger was as much at himself as at House; he was realizing how much of his life had been dictated by his neuroses, and wanted to make his last act one he performed purely for himself, for once.
After the first few seasons of the show, I said "Wilson will stay even if everyone leaves." Wilson is right that he did not want to live in pain, and perhaps the best person to understand his desire is House, who spent his life in pain. However, House is right too in his reaction to the possibility of losing the only person to stay with him. Regardless, I am happy to watch this wonderful friendship. So "Enjoy yourself it's later than you think. Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink." 🎶
As someone who has a similar condition to the one House portrays, he was spot on. There is rarely a day that goes by without me thinking of taking the short trip. Most of the time it is a fleeting thought, and other times I really ponder it. But at the end of the day, I have family that needs me. If that need ever disappeared, then there would be a problem. But pain, it changes how you think. I don't want to die, but I certainly am not afraid of it. When you wake up, every single day in pain, and I don't mean a headache pain but more like someone driving a glowing red hot nail through your foot, or like every inch of your skin below your knee is on fire and feels like it is burning to the bone, when you wake up to that every single day, sometimes its the smallest thing that keeps you grounded. And a friendship like theirs would erase any need or want for House to keep waking up.
Oh man do I understand that people say I'm dramatic when I say I would happily cut my legs off for a chance at less or no pain. Pain changes a person for sure I try everyday to not become and bitter and hateful person but sometimes I just cant take it anymore and the anger comes out. I also am not scared of death I see it as a positive I won't purposefully end my life but I'm ready to go when it's my time.
Imagine going to a hospital after a suicide attempt and first thing you hear is your doctor screaming out "LIFE IS PAIN" in the hallway and then a while later he enters your room just to choke you
@@ShizuStream How did no one notice it? Imagine all of the actors during all of the seasons, even the guest actors. They were all incredible. So how did they find someone like this and no one noticed it? He diagnosed every one of his team members during the years. Except the one with a severe apathy syndrome.
@@ShizuStream Why do people hate Yi? I never understood it, Park was quite similar to Kutner and everyone loved the guy, so what's the hate against Park, I liked her character so I'm guessing it has to do with the actress, what did she do?
Not exactly sure why, but that line “you’re resisting me cause it’s our human responsibility to STAY ALIVE” really hits hard. Given what’s happening with Wilson. Man I miss this show, it will forever be one of my top 3 favourite shows of all time, still watch it whenever I can. ❤
It hearkens back to the pilot episode, where a patient wanted to "die with a little dignity". House told her, "there's no such thing. [...] We can live with dignity; we can't die with it."
First time in years that wilson has been written with more depth than "Protagonist's best friend and conscience"...and Robert Sean Leonard never fails to impress...the guy made 3 or 2 episodes which are more than wonderful...stunning and scary individual performance.. Him and hugh Laurie it's like a tennis match between two great players...great performance back and forth...delivered a painful scene..the man is a great actor
Being brutally honest will make everyone around and yourself miserable. Why do you think people start to give up on helping House? He talks about living in pain but when Cuddy offered him the methadone treatment, he refused because in his concept, pain what drives his brutal honesty and attitude on being a doctor. Sometimes... we have to lie, because the truth might break us...
@@Destroyer2150 That's not true at all. The only effect of honesty is proving yourself to be reliable and trustworthy. Lying is what will make everyone around and yourself miserable, and worse the moment they find out. People start to give up on helping House because he's acting like a selfish jerk 95% of the time, regardless of his best intentions. If you knew someone like him in real life, you would not like him. Not one bit. And he lies all the time, so you can't use House as an example of how 'honesty makes people around you miserable'. People only use that argument as an excuse for their own lies. The only people who would end up miserable due to your honesty are people who neither want nor can handle the truth, and those are people you should not want around you, because if they want lies from you, you can sure as hell bet that they will return the favor aplenty. If you love the people you keep around, then be honest to them. They deserve that much. Otherwise, your relationships themselves might as well be the smoke and mirrors that your words are.
@@tyrellwilson9334 Wow, you're very original in your response. Congratulations, must have taken a lot of effort to come up with it. Also, if you actually believe everything you just said, then I'm sorry for you and the people you claim to care about so much you would so 'compassionately and mercifully' lie to 'for their own good'. I'm sure they're thankful to know they can count on you to tell them only what they want to hear, or how you think they need to be 'shepherded'. I wonder what they'd say if you told them that. But sure. Keep telling you that, keep lying to your loved ones, keep assuming that people who are being honest are 'cruel', 'inconsiderate', 'tactless' and 'as horrible as manipulation and lies'. I'm sure it helps you sleep better at night. After all, as you said it yourself, truth has less *utility*.
Robert Sean Leonard, the first time I saw him was in "Dead Poet's Society". I was in love with his acting, and the way his performance as Neal Perry made me feel, every emotion. His handsome face was just a bonus.
Wilson now knows what it’s like to live in House’s shoes. Of course, House never had cancer, but he’s been in excruciating amounts of pain more than the average human being. While he really wants Wilson to fight through and live as long as possible, House ultimately concedes when he realizes that just like himself, he just doesn’t want to be in pain anymore. He even yelled at Taub about how he relates, “ Life is pain! I wake up everyday and I’m in pain. I go to work in pain. Do you know how many times I just wanted to give up? How many times I thought about ending it?”
Though House found purpose and value in his friendship with Wilson and others. When Wilson basically states House’s friendship isn’t enough for him, that’s rather insulting.
@@reesehendricksen1871 That's because at death's door, Wilson had to acknowledge he had made much compromises to enable House. It had been a very one-sided friendship. It's not that House's friendship isn't enough. It's just that with Wilson having so little time left, he didn't want to be the one giving more than he got. He wanted House to be more than what he had been when there was an unknown time left of either's lives. Is that insulting? I don't know. But I understand it. Wilson was trying to force himself to be selfish, because with this being House and Wilson dying, you kind of have to.
It's pretty simple, using the rational of House. Everyone is only able to make egotistical decisions, that either give them happiness or avoid pain. House can live with his pain, seeing as the pain has become his character. Wilson is a admirable man, for forgiving House and trying to understand him. Feeling the guilt towards House gives him pain and then theres real pain. The foreseeing pain would be worse. And I would add Wilson knows House will always manipulate, so he would never make a decision out of spite.
This whole clip, this whole /episode/, hits so gd hard. Wilson trying his best to keep it together. House trying to be the friend he knew he needed… It makes me wanna cry everytime. Robert and Hugh made this show what it was.
I want to believe that House wants so strongly Wilson to do the chemo, not only for his loneliness and the fact that once he is dead, he will be alone, but also because he has been living in pain, misery and depression for his entire life. Every day, like he screams, he wakes up in pain, goes to work in pain, thinks about suicide and the idea of putting himself out of his misery. However he constantly fights his demons and his physical pain. It is true that he abuses vicodin in order to fight this battle against himself, but he tries with all his strengths. When he sees these two people (Wilson and the boy who attempted suicide) that are not willing to do the same, he can't accept that. He can't accept the fact that he has always chosen to live a life of pain, whereas others have not. This is the main trigger, in my opinion, that leads to his reaction when he tries to strangulate the boy. Same thing with Wilson when he gets out of his car, leaving him alone.
4:37 Very Profound. It gives me chills. To Live Is To Fight & To Fight Is To Live. We Fight The: Pain, Depression, Sadness and Sorrow. Some Of Us Give Up, House Is Reminding Us To: KEEP FIGHTING ‼️
One thing I absolutely adore about this performance by Wilson is that it’s completely raw. So I am completely blind and can’t see his facial expressions but one of the things that bugs me about TV sometimes is when people are crying or upset. It doesn’t sound like they are because it’s supposed to be pretty. But here? He’s angry, he’s sad, he’s raging, he’s scared, And he’s ugly crying and you can hear absolutely all of it. It’s so raw in real because grief is not a pretty emotion it’s ugly, and he shows every bit of that and doesn’t get talked about nearly as much as it should. It’s very refreshing to see the true take on a man who is dying and is expressing every bit of that sadness and anger.
The writing on this show was absolutely brilliant at times. They way we go from a scene that makes us hate House and how he's treating Wilson to his interaction with Taub to give us a little more understanding into why he feels the way he does is just incredible
This was the only time in the series that House was scary. You always kind of got the feeling throughout that he was capable of snapping and going off, but strangling a patient in a violent rage was not on the bingo card. When he threw his cane down at 5:36 you knew something bad was about to happen. Brilliantly shocking scene.
"He just doesn't want to live in pain." Hmm, I wonder what happens if you say that to someone who is in constant pain. Looking down into replies: Good points across the board.
Honestly, House was wrong in this episode in my opinion. Just because he could tolerate the physical and mental pain doesn't mean others have the same tolerance. And forcing Wilson to live through all that just for the sake of keeping his friend with him is selfish, when Wilson doesn't have the tolerance that House has. If House really was his friend, he should have reciprocated it by easing Wilson's pain, not forcing him to live through it.
@@40mihirkulkarni44 I’d say though House despite all the pain has found purpose and value in his relationships though. For Wilson to say House’s friendship isn’t enough for him is rather insulting. Also if Wilson believed his life had meaning, he would fight for it despite the pain. He has the right to end it, though that doesn’t mean House has to watch a friend insult him and make a foolish choice.
@@TheLitehart1 True. but it's worth it to try and find help and hope. Sometimes it's in the office of a psychiatrist sometimes it's in the cup of coffee you are sipping while talking to an old friend. Giving up is the final resort.
@@thedev-yani The thing is, Wilson of all people understands what cancer and its treatment does to someone. His case is terminal and he doesn't want to be in a hospital bed being injected with poison that will eat away at him and probably restrict his plans on living the rest of his life. It takes a while for House to respect Wilson wishes, but in the end, he does.
@@Destroyer2150 I know. And may be that's why House admits that Wilson is just smarter than he is. I also agree that it's one's choice to refuse treatment if all that treatment would do is destroy them a little at a time. The message I took from this series is - Pain gets you to make bad decisions but the fear of pain is just as big a motivator. [Euphoria Part 1 & 2 ]. And of course - EVERYBODY LIES
Wilson was the only person House ever truly loved. There friendship was unbreakable. I have a friend like that. His name is Guy, and also a wife like that, her name is Elizabeth
I love how House it's always rude, but he is always right. You dont live for your own happiness, you live for the people you love and them for yourself
Robert at first didn't want to be anything but a side character as Wilson when the series first started but in a way, he knew his role in Hugh's House development was more than just a job for a side character. He nailed Wilson's role and it's one of the best TV arcs of all time I say.
What I love about the teams that house had along the way, was that they each got less endeared or respectful of him as the seasons went by, and each new group was less sycophantic or interested in him at all.
That moment when you understood the two sides (Wilson's &House's) because I was once suicidal. There was a part in me that just wanted to end it while there was another that wanted to fight. The one that prevailed was the later, but it was not easy. It was a constant fight every day while no one understands. It's a lonely feeling, but it is also empowering after you achieve the break through it. Not because one is stronger than those who decide to give up, but just because you made it. At the same time, it makes you feel compassion and understanding to those who are in the path or those who give up. Remember to always extend your hand to help others, everyone. You do not know if they are in this fight and just need a bit of more light in their world to keep going.
It’s Fox. Fox runs this channel. It’s an official channel. You can see that in the About page also the context clues that they wouldn’t let some rando post and monetize huge portions of their episodes. Why do so many people think this is some random fan 😂
That line when House says that he was thinking about giving up.... From personal experience all I can say is... Living with chronic pain is the hardest challenge in life and I wish luck to whoever that has to go through that. Chronic pain takes part of your soul and it's very rarely you'll get it back. Nevertheless, I hope we can seek support in each other xx
When House outbursts and strangles the patient all I could think was that he lost it, and just took all his current anger on the poor kid. But in fact he's just pissed that someone chooses to die when they could easily live, because his best friend is gonna die even though he wants to live. It's unfair, it sucks, that's life.
Love how the characters in the background at the restaurant realistically look over, glance, and you can tell they're talking about what they just heard. That's some good directing right there. Wow...
The main take away from this is House just doesn’t want to lose his one and only best friend. House wants him to fight the cancer to keep living. Everyone judging him won’t lose as much as House will if Wilson dies.
That line actually changed my life quite a bit. What drew me to this show was how much I related to House's obsessive search to expose the truth, but Park is right, sometimes the truth just sucks and it's best not to acknowledge it.
4:37 house may be a self-centered egotistical sarcastic asshat most of the time but he really has it the hardest his every waking moment is a struggle he hides
Funny, I was searching for this exact clip a day before this was uploaded... This is the second time that this happened for a house clip... Get out of my head house!
Watching these scenes was brutal for us audience as well, because we all knew we were watching the very LAST season of these two idiots messing and being emotional with each other, and like House said, we needed this.
House is a great series, but overall, pretty depressing. It's very much a "life is a veil of tears, so find joy where you can" sort of message. An uncomfortable truth we have to confront sooner or later, and sooner's better.
Watching this for at least the second time, I'm realizing something about this show. It portrays House's self destructive behaviors - suppressing his feelings, lack of self-awareness, only ever expressing anger, needing to "fix" everything, inability to be open about his feelings (except anger), and cannot ask for help - as the main villain. The traits of toxic masculinity. Meanwhile it depicts positively scenes where men open up, are vulnerable, are aware of and open about their emotions, come to others for help, ask for moral support, and support one another. A very positive message, one that more men need to see, and should be seen more often on television and in movies.
Wilson's actor(Robert Sean Leonard) seriously doesn't get enough credit for how good a job he did. He was also in dead poet's society if I remember correctly and he did a phenomenal job there as well
Yes he is in that movie. Highly underrated actor.
He's a great actor.
Phenomenal isn't a big enough word to describe how awesome he did in both House M.D and Dead Poet's Society. Absolutely love these two
It is a crime that he didn’t get a Emmy for his acting though
He’s also in swing kids with Christian bale, he did amazing there too!
In the end his love for Wilson was greater than the hate he had for himself. All the pain all the self loathing all the misery was no match for the truest of friends...Wilson.
At the end, love wins
@@tai2664 love always wins
@zbroman z for u it doesn't but normal ppl who don't live under a rock afraid of others ya love wins bud
Yes, in the end, his job which was his life purpose not just his career was put behind! House knew that without his job he would have no purpose in life, those medical puzzles where the ones keeping him alive! He said it many times that he feared the day that those no longer worked and he would end up in a very dark place.The day came when he found that his love for his friend was more important than his job and he sacrificed everything for Wilson.He learned how to be totally selfless and according to him "people don't change' so I guess he was always that way!.
WILSON!!!
"LIFE IS PAIN!! I wake up every morning in pain! I go to work in pain! "
There it was, that's the real House he's been hiding all these years.
My thoughts exactly.
@Ban this youtube There is a shade of difference between opening up and constantly jammering about how life sucks and won't be better. The latter is most people have problem with. Energy vampires.
Nahhh, House doesn't feel pain. He creates pain.
I live this statement from house.
It hits deep. To live in pain and fight the urge to end it. Living takes guts, it's never over so long as there's breath in your lungs.
He should git rid of the leg.... But yeah... Kinda hard to do that tooo that's thr logical buy really hard to cut your foot off 🤔
Description: "Wilson decides to stop further treatment and die with dignity"
House: "There's no such thing. We can live with dignity, we can't die with it."
There's no such thing! Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're 90, sometimes before we're even born, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it! ... You can live with dignity; we can't die with it!
You're 200% correct. Sorry for your loss. Your dad was a honorable man and died all the while living in dignity. That's something most people could strive for. Stay strong!
@Edward Stevenette Your father sounds like he was an incredible spirit.
@Edward Stevenette pp
So true! I watched my Dad die. Basically reverting back to childhood. Unable to feed himself, unable to walk, wearing diapers. No dignity in it. How can there be when your not yourself anymore.
The way Wilson says “and you’re making me go through this ALONE”, that was the best acting I’ve ever seen. Shivers. Hugh Laurie is obviously so so so talented and amazing, but this line is, for me, the most well-acted scene in the whole series.
His breakdown talking to Cuddy about Amber's death, the sudden burst into tears was extremely good as well. Leonard is a wonderful actor 👍
Robert's performance in these few episodes deserves alot more respect than it gets...
Definitely.
Agree! The breakdown with House is truly emotive...
You absolutely right
The entire time, he was the most plausible as a doctor just stepping into the chaos that was House. His motivations were always clear, and he played it perfect.
Fr tho, maybe because he is so good he makes the character seems natural.
“And you’re making me go through this ALOOONE 😡”
I felt that!
I immediately teared when he delivered that line. Anyone who's been both sad and livid with someone in their life knows that Robert Sean Leonard acted this scene out perfectly.
Man said that alone so hard I felt alone as well on a time limit
He didnt though...
He literally faked his own death so wilson isnt alone
No, you didn't. You just like using yawn inducing buzzwords for likes. You're not special and you've proven nothing.
"I am pissed because I am dying and it's not fair...I need a friend...I to know that your there... I need you to tell me that my life was worthwhile...and i need...I need you to tell me that you love me" this hurts. And robert is a wonderful actor...really talented
Does House eventually say that he loves him?
@@Parnasian no,he doesn't
@@m-w93man :(
@@samanthaclaremejia7975 He didn't have to. Faking your death and sacrificing your whole livelihood so you can spend your time in your friend's final months by being with him is all the "I love you" anybody could ever need.
@Parnasian at the end of the episode, he does it implicitly by saying the opposite "I'm not gonna tell you that I love you" and Wilson saying sth like "thank god, you got Oreos?" (reference to the dinner sequence)
After House's outburst, all the patients in the building were like "wtf", but all the doctors were more like "yikes that's House alright".
I think they were more like "we all already know what he's hiding"
dude woah u need more comments!!! Right in the spot~!
Nah. Look at Taub's face acknowledging how much this bothers House. House usually does whatever he wants, as outlandish as it may be, or responds with condescending sarcasm. He usually doesn't really lash out from within. This was personal af. This was as true as you can get.
I think it's the opposite actually. House doesn't really yell he doesn't care enough to so him raising his voice interrupting the whole room was out of character
it's always annoyed me that it was always his M.O. to take out his pain and anger on other people over situations that had nothing to do with them. true to people with that type of personality. I confess some satisfaction when the other Dr whacked him on the head with his cane. LOL
The greatest friendship ever portrayed on TV.
Also the most real.
No! He-Man and Cringer?!
You declared that like its an absolute fact, you've seen all TV shows to prove that?
i’m sorry but that goes to jesse pinkman and walter white... but house and wilson are a very close second
What about Miami Vice , Sonny Crocket and Ferrari Testarossa ?
I mean in that Taub confrontation, House is right. He understands the pain of life better than any of them.
Unfortinely, House didn't want to take away his chronic pain when Cuddy agreed on the Methadome treatment. In those episodes, he felt different. His though process is: "The pain is what makes who I am." It's what have molded his personality, attitude and brutal honesty towards everyone. It's something he hates, but it is also something he doesn't know how to live without it
@@Destroyer2150 at the same time killing his mind slowly, just in check cause of willson and few other moments, when he got to face everything directly and without support his facade fell down, almost to the point of killing a patient. what really molded him was willson, but the burning iron got out the second the mold was doubtful.
and his though process was one of a mental patient, nothing good.
not to say he is a real bad person, he have issues that cant be solved or contained in that scenario. to be fair with him imagine being the one suffering most of your life, getting people always telling you that what makes you feel good is killing/adicting you, having to go to mental institutions and nothing really changes, your only support in life is your friend who has surrendered by the second try(while you have done thousands everyday supported by him) even with your support, get screamed at work and then the other person you are trying to save literally drank poison to die, is completely normal, at least in my eyes, for him to go on a rampage, nothing goes well for you and is the last straw
@@Destroyer2150 people who live long enough with chronic pain find that pain changed them to worse people...but you know what is the worst thing? If you are like him, You gradually lose focus and have a controlling idea that physical and emotional pain are you...you don't realize what it means to live without them you think eradicating pain will wipe your identity... it's wierd but it's a vicious cycle..physical pain...then emotional pain...then you lose memory of who you are without pain
@@m-w93 ive heard people with severe depression or severe anxiety talk about how it makes them think and perform better so instead of taking medication to rid or allieviate it they choose to keep it how it is using it as a tool to achieve thwir goals im thw oppisite i perform worse with gwneralized anxiety disorder so i take kratom to be free of it it helps me act like the person i see my self as inatead of being a tin foil wearing dude in a dark room muttering about the probabilties of various dangers i could face in the world feelimg like im about to fight a mountain lion somewhere in the dark any moment bear handed almost constantly lol what might be right for you might not be right for some i guess if i were house i would have amputated the leg
Sure, apart from the fact that he wasn't dieing and he could've fixed his pain. Absolutely the same as Wilson's pain
I love how the ending of the series reconnects with the pilot, as the school teacher had given up and wanted to die in peace while House attempted to convince her to not give up...
Never realised that before, good spot
Wilson also brought House that patient in the 1st episode.
you cant die with dignity, only live with it
@@Petar321_GT forcing someone you care about to be alive as long as possible, going through torturous pain from the illness and the treatment of that illness, just because you don't want to be sad when they die, is one of the most unbelievably selfish things you can do. People don't owe you their living. People are allowed to die in a quick and painless way when they have a terminal illness instead of waiting for it to kill them slowly and painfully.
How incredibly selfish and self-centered and entitled is that? If you really cared about them, you'd want them to avoid pain and suffering as much as possible. Keeping someone alive through literal torture just because you'll be sad when they die and so you want to extend their suffering as much as possible, means you don't really genuinely care about them. You just care about what they are to you, what they do for you, what you can gain from them. Their life and existence isn't all about making you happy and propping you up emotionally whenever you're having a bad time but then not giving the same thing back to them when they need it. So you'll be sad when they die. Why does that give you the right to force them to live through torture? If you really cared about them, you'd let them be at peace, and pain free, and death is the only way for them to get that at that point.
Not allowing euthanasia is barbaric. Centuries from now people will look back on us as savages for not allowing people to die painlessly when they choose to. They'll think we're maniacs. And we are. Euthanasia should be free and available to everyone dying of a terminal illness.
@@duffman18 Brother, i was reciting House from the pilot episode...
House is a true friend in his own blunts negative way he was encouraging Wilson not to give up and to keep fighting, Wilson never gave up on House and House wasn't about to give up on Wilson
But he wasn't doing it for Wilson. He was doing it for himself
@@Set451 So. I think Wilson knows how incredibly self centered his best friend is.
@@Set451 Everyone does everything for themselves. You don't think Wilson got a dopamine hit being altruistic?
@@Set451 Yeah, House says he's doing it for himself and he normally is, but for God's sake if you don't think he's genuinely trying to help his friend and isn't purely out for himself then you just gotta rematch their relationship.
And that's OK up to a point. But it's Wilson's right to decide what he will/will not accept.
The way house says ,,I need you, okay?"
House's true vulnerability rose to the surface on that one.
This is why the entire show is just so good. His life philosophy is that everybody lies, and his constant pretending like he doesn't care is a giant lie. He always cared.
That’s why he became a doctor. All he ever wanted to was help people. He had a pathological need for saving lives. And just like Schindler he felt it wasn’t enough. He became angry because he failed one lesson… you can’t save them all
@jeanlukvolker6647~ that's correct. When people say House was a psychopath, they forget he actually was the opposite, having the extreme need to solve medical issues to save patients. Quite the opposite of a psychopath actually.
House did all he could to help Wilson fight. And in the end House gave up his entire life to be with his best friend during his last months. Truly a bro
And if we think about it when Wilson passes, what will house do? He only lives because Wilson makes him have a reason but if that reasons gone.
@@t.plasma8098 House probably lives in pain and loneliness for the rest of his life, not willing to reach out to anyone. A cool premise for a post-HouseMD show could be if he does get better, how does he get better.
@JA-nv4zb im glad it seems likely any House MD sequel ideas aren't on the table.
@@t.plasma8098I think it’s pretty obvious that he unalived himself after Wilson’s death
He can’t , he already made a promise to thirteen
For eight seasons, you thought you were watching a hospital drama, when you finally realised you’re watching one of the best bromances ever put on television
actually, yeah.
Even Walter wasn't this manipulative
Skip the bro, it’s just romance
right, BROmance
Robert Sean Leonard's performance here is phenomenal. I got shivers.
He's always been fantastic. He just fell under House's enormous shadow sometimes.
@@TheLitehart1 Almost every actor on the show is the same way, they're all phenomenal at their roles but Hugh Laurie is just a cut above them all.
I like how Taub gets spooked at first then immediately understands whats going on as soon as House starts to yell, then signals with his eyes the people behind him, making House realize where he's at, like Taub understood House lost himself in the tought of pain.
I'm not sure that's what Taub was doing. House knew where he was; he didn't care. It's not like he was saying anything he didn't say every day to everyone he could. Taub was genuinely distressed at House cracking his ever-rational armor and the real pain pouring through. He didn't know what to do in that moment.
"Life is pain !!!" Never saw House so intense emotional
Well when he drove the car into Cuddy's house, but yeah this was pretty intense too
When he told off chase, foreman and cameron because he wanted to amputate the arm and leg of a little girl. And the guys were against it for more emotional than rational reasons.
The end of season six to Foreman " THAT'S THE POINT! I did everything right. She died anyway! Why the Hell do you think that would make me feel any better??"
Or in season 1 after Chase fucked up an angiogram "YOU'LL DO NOTHIN'!"
@@Apnael is there any clip with that?
@@LC.OneSketch It is not the same to get angry because of your own mistake, that is, because of a narcissistic wound vs being angry about a loved one that you are going to lose imminently...
I find it interesting to contrast House’s reaction to 13 dying/her having Huntington’s when he says, “I’ll kill you”, versus Wilson’s wanting to die, or rather, his submission to cancer. Yes, there are differences. 13 is a certain death which has not begun, which is in contrast to Wilson’s extremely high likelihood of death but practically speaking almost as certain; but the difference in his reaction really shows how much he cares about Wilson, how much he needs him. House certainly likes 13, perhaps even loves her to an extent, but he acts as can not survive without Wilson. He is the most important person in House’s life, and when that part of him is fading away, he finally breaks down and loses it. Even when thinking about his reaction to losing Cuddy or Stacy, they can’t seem to match up to Wilson for House. Wilson is just that special. It’s really beautiful
The context is different. Huntington's is incurable and at the point where House would kill her, she would be living a life, which by her own words, is not one she wants to live. If Wilson were hypothetically able to beat the cancer, then his quality of life would probably be decent enough.
Killing 13 is not a matter of House being callous, not caring about 13, and caring about Wilson more, even though he does care for Wilson more. He wouldn't kill 13 if she was in the exact same situation as Wilson. If Wilson had Huntington's and asked, House would kill him too.
@@ihave3heads I completely agree. To me, the show gives off the strong impression that Wilson’s cancer is pretty much lethal, but he doesn’t want to live with cancer, more specifically the gazes and pain that will come with it, even if there is a chance at survival. Like I said, they are different in their circumstances, but it is still interesting to see the parallels and lack thereof.
@@LilVukie In the show, Wilson's cancer is terminal, the only choices were
1. No treatment, die in 5 months
2. Live maybe 2-3 years undergoing painful chemo and radiation and spend most of that time in a hospital
@@ihave3heads We also don't know what happened during the last part of Wilson's life. It could be that House DID help Wilson the same way... but what we do see is that when Wilson tries to bring it up as they're about to embark on their motorcycle journey, House cuts him off and says, "cancer is boring." So, I think it can't be ignored how much Wilson specifically means to House. He doesn't want to think about Wilson dying period. It might just be because he's the only person who keeps coming back to House no matter what he does. It's what makes their friendship so terrible, but at the same time so strong?? He can push everyone else away but Wilson will still be there... unless he dies.
I think House would do it when the time comes, but he'll try to push that time as far ahead as possible and not acknowledge it until he absolutely has to.
That and 13 knew about fate for YEARS whereas Wilson didn't...
when he choked out the patient, you can just feel his raw manifested rage. House is seriously a ticking time bomb when he's faced with the realization that he will be alone.
But no attempted murder charge apparently.
@@markmiller3713guy was probably told afterwards about houses situation and didn’t press charges
That's some really powerful acting. The chemistry between House and Wilson feels real, better than among a lot of male - female interactions.
Huge Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard became very good friends as a result of their working together on this show. The chemistry between them is real and they genuinely like each other.
@ 2:10 is the crux. "I don't owe you anything. Our entire relationship has been about you. MY DYING is about me". And Wilson is exactly right. He deserves better.
Except he isn't right. To think he is ignores a lot of House's character
@@christopherjohnson577 how so?
@sadezem991 the season finale of season 4 shows exactly how much House cares for Wilson when he knowingly almost kills himself in order to find the cure to save amber. Even beyond that when he stops Wilson from destroying his career or even the series finale where he fakes his death in order to spend the last few months with Wilson before he dies. House has never not cared about Wilson he just showed it in his own way. Chase literally explains this when he is stabbed and chase says house doesn't want to show that he cares so he puts the work first
Man, whenever House speaks himself, it just shakes you completely. Both of them just completely sell their characters so well. I am really reaallllly glad that I watched this series. And thanks for reminding me of that.
"Life is pain." Man this really touched me
"Anyone who tells you different is selling something".
Jesus -- his face when it dawns on him that House is conning him, even now -- the ultimate betrayal. Phenomenal acting.
I don't think it was conning, though. House was genuinely being honest. Wilson's compulsive need to care for others is what prompted his temporary decision to resume treatment. I think his anger was as much at himself as at House; he was realizing how much of his life had been dictated by his neuroses, and wanted to make his last act one he performed purely for himself, for once.
4:45 that eye swivel from Taub was great detail, to bring them to perspective of others listening.
That car scene was heartbreaking. Sweet, mild-mannered Wilson starts yelling and I instantly burst into tears. Gets me every time.
Robert Sean Leonard is such a fucking good actor. Like straight up some of the rawest emotion I've ever seen in media.
After the first few seasons of the show, I said "Wilson will stay even if everyone leaves."
Wilson is right that he did not want to live in pain, and perhaps the best person to understand his desire is House, who spent his life in pain. However, House is right too in his reaction to the possibility of losing the only person to stay with him.
Regardless, I am happy to watch this wonderful friendship.
So "Enjoy yourself it's later than you think. Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink." 🎶
House growling out "Life is pain!!!!" Was Art, beautiful art.
As someone who has a similar condition to the one House portrays, he was spot on. There is rarely a day that goes by without me thinking of taking the short trip. Most of the time it is a fleeting thought, and other times I really ponder it. But at the end of the day, I have family that needs me. If that need ever disappeared, then there would be a problem. But pain, it changes how you think. I don't want to die, but I certainly am not afraid of it. When you wake up, every single day in pain, and I don't mean a headache pain but more like someone driving a glowing red hot nail through your foot, or like every inch of your skin below your knee is on fire and feels like it is burning to the bone, when you wake up to that every single day, sometimes its the smallest thing that keeps you grounded. And a friendship like theirs would erase any need or want for House to keep waking up.
You are heard, and you are seen, and we love you!
Man I sincerely wish you happiness and pain free life❤️
I pray that you will be healed of your pain and that you feel relief, and that you would wake in up comfort, not in pain. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Once the thought comes, it never truly leaves. That's fucked up, but what can we do. Just keep going I suppose. Good luck mate.
Oh man do I understand that people say I'm dramatic when I say I would happily cut my legs off for a chance at less or no pain. Pain changes a person for sure I try everyday to not become and bitter and hateful person but sometimes I just cant take it anymore and the anger comes out. I also am not scared of death I see it as a positive I won't purposefully end my life but I'm ready to go when it's my time.
Imagine going to a hospital after a suicide attempt and first thing you hear is your doctor screaming out "LIFE IS PAIN" in the hallway and then a while later he enters your room just to choke you
"and you're making me go through this alone" hit me like a truck ngl that was some good acting by robert
Also, Park just can't stop hitting her bosses, right?
Lol, that's what I was thinking, poor thing has been forced to knock ts out of her bosses. Lol great acting skills on her part also!
She doesn't get enough credit. Portrays someone as "boring" and intensely emotional perfectly.
@@nicifclean what. acting. skills. she literally has one emotion, she cant act if her life depended on it. worst part of the show
@@ShizuStream How did no one notice it? Imagine all of the actors during all of the seasons, even the guest actors. They were all incredible. So how did they find someone like this and no one noticed it? He diagnosed every one of his team members during the years. Except the one with a severe apathy syndrome.
@@ShizuStream Why do people hate Yi? I never understood it, Park was quite similar to Kutner and everyone loved the guy, so what's the hate against Park, I liked her character so I'm guessing it has to do with the actress, what did she do?
Hugh Laurie as House is the best performance in Television history.
The acting is exceptional and I literally cannot stress this enough
4:37 feels so good to hear it🙂
I don't remember this part and I love this show, I watch it constantly and I certainly don't remember him assaulting the patient
Not exactly sure why, but that line “you’re resisting me cause it’s our human responsibility to STAY ALIVE” really hits hard. Given what’s happening with Wilson. Man I miss this show, it will forever be one of my top 3 favourite shows of all time, still watch it whenever I can. ❤
It hearkens back to the pilot episode, where a patient wanted to "die with a little dignity". House told her, "there's no such thing. [...] We can live with dignity; we can't die with it."
First time in years that wilson has been written with more depth than "Protagonist's best friend and conscience"...and Robert Sean Leonard never fails to impress...the guy made 3 or 2 episodes which are more than wonderful...stunning and scary individual performance..
Him and hugh Laurie it's like a tennis match between two great players...great performance back and forth...delivered a painful scene..the man is a great actor
no I think wilson was always a character in himself, not just supporting best friend
"Protagonist's best friend and conscious" is such an understatement :p
"sometimes truth,just sucks" yeah it does but can't run away from it,can we?🙂
Being brutally honest will make everyone around and yourself miserable. Why do you think people start to give up on helping House? He talks about living in pain but when Cuddy offered him the methadone treatment, he refused because in his concept, pain what drives his brutal honesty and attitude on being a doctor. Sometimes... we have to lie, because the truth might break us...
House could try, but I'm pretty sure truth would outrun him
@@Destroyer2150 That's not true at all. The only effect of honesty is proving yourself to be reliable and trustworthy. Lying is what will make everyone around and yourself miserable, and worse the moment they find out. People start to give up on helping House because he's acting like a selfish jerk 95% of the time, regardless of his best intentions. If you knew someone like him in real life, you would not like him. Not one bit. And he lies all the time, so you can't use House as an example of how 'honesty makes people around you miserable'.
People only use that argument as an excuse for their own lies. The only people who would end up miserable due to your honesty are people who neither want nor can handle the truth, and those are people you should not want around you, because if they want lies from you, you can sure as hell bet that they will return the favor aplenty.
If you love the people you keep around, then be honest to them. They deserve that much. Otherwise, your relationships themselves might as well be the smoke and mirrors that your words are.
@@tyrellwilson9334 Wow, you're very original in your response. Congratulations, must have taken a lot of effort to come up with it.
Also, if you actually believe everything you just said, then I'm sorry for you and the people you claim to care about so much you would so 'compassionately and mercifully' lie to 'for their own good'. I'm sure they're thankful to know they can count on you to tell them only what they want to hear, or how you think they need to be 'shepherded'. I wonder what they'd say if you told them that.
But sure. Keep telling you that, keep lying to your loved ones, keep assuming that people who are being honest are 'cruel', 'inconsiderate', 'tactless' and 'as horrible as manipulation and lies'. I'm sure it helps you sleep better at night. After all, as you said it yourself, truth has less *utility*.
House can’t, because of you know, the cane
Robert Sean Leonard, the first time I saw him was in "Dead Poet's Society". I was in love with his acting, and the way his performance as Neal Perry made me feel, every emotion. His handsome face was just a bonus.
Just remembering what happens makes me cry
Gotta admire park hitting house over the head with his own cane
*Bonk!*
most annoying character ever in house
@@big_2361how can you say that when Cameron exists
Wilson now knows what it’s like to live in House’s shoes. Of course, House never had cancer, but he’s been in excruciating amounts of pain more than the average human being. While he really wants Wilson to fight through and live as long as possible, House ultimately concedes when he realizes that just like himself, he just doesn’t want to be in pain anymore. He even yelled at Taub about how he relates, “ Life is pain! I wake up everyday and I’m in pain. I go to work in pain. Do you know how many times I just wanted to give up? How many times I thought about ending it?”
Taunton? It's Taub lol
Though House found purpose and value in his friendship with Wilson and others. When Wilson basically states House’s friendship isn’t enough for him, that’s rather insulting.
@@reesehendricksen1871 That's because at death's door, Wilson had to acknowledge he had made much compromises to enable House. It had been a very one-sided friendship. It's not that House's friendship isn't enough. It's just that with Wilson having so little time left, he didn't want to be the one giving more than he got. He wanted House to be more than what he had been when there was an unknown time left of either's lives.
Is that insulting? I don't know. But I understand it. Wilson was trying to force himself to be selfish, because with this being House and Wilson dying, you kind of have to.
It's pretty simple, using the rational of House. Everyone is only able to make egotistical decisions, that either give them happiness or avoid pain. House can live with his pain, seeing as the pain has become his character. Wilson is a admirable man, for forgiving House and trying to understand him. Feeling the guilt towards House gives him pain and then theres real pain. The foreseeing pain would be worse. And I would add Wilson knows House will always manipulate, so he would never make a decision out of spite.
This whole clip, this whole /episode/, hits so gd hard. Wilson trying his best to keep it together. House trying to be the friend he knew he needed… It makes me wanna cry everytime. Robert and Hugh made this show what it was.
I want to believe that House wants so strongly Wilson to do the chemo, not only for his loneliness and the fact that once he is dead, he will be alone, but also because he has been living in pain, misery and depression for his entire life. Every day, like he screams, he wakes up in pain, goes to work in pain, thinks about suicide and the idea of putting himself out of his misery. However he constantly fights his demons and his physical pain. It is true that he abuses vicodin in order to fight this battle against himself, but he tries with all his strengths.
When he sees these two people (Wilson and the boy who attempted suicide) that are not willing to do the same, he can't accept that. He can't accept the fact that he has always chosen to live a life of pain, whereas others have not. This is the main trigger, in my opinion, that leads to his reaction when he tries to strangulate the boy. Same thing with Wilson when he gets out of his car, leaving him alone.
4:37 Very Profound. It gives me chills. To Live Is To Fight & To Fight Is To Live. We Fight The: Pain, Depression, Sadness and Sorrow. Some Of Us Give Up, House Is Reminding Us To: KEEP FIGHTING ‼️
I always say there's nothing wrong with wanting to quit, but very few times it's actually okay to do so.
One thing I absolutely adore about this performance by Wilson is that it’s completely raw. So I am completely blind and can’t see his facial expressions but one of the things that bugs me about TV sometimes is when people are crying or upset. It doesn’t sound like they are because it’s supposed to be pretty. But here? He’s angry, he’s sad, he’s raging, he’s scared, And he’s ugly crying and you can hear absolutely all of it. It’s so raw in real because grief is not a pretty emotion it’s ugly, and he shows every bit of that and doesn’t get talked about nearly as much as it should. It’s very refreshing to see the true take on a man who is dying and is expressing every bit of that sadness and anger.
The writing on this show was absolutely brilliant at times. They way we go from a scene that makes us hate House and how he's treating Wilson to his interaction with Taub to give us a little more understanding into why he feels the way he does is just incredible
This was the only time in the series that House was scary. You always kind of got the feeling throughout that he was capable of snapping and going off, but strangling a patient in a violent rage was not on the bingo card. When he threw his cane down at 5:36 you knew something bad was about to happen. Brilliantly shocking scene.
He was just done with everything, might as well go off the deep end
"He just doesn't want to live in pain."
Hmm, I wonder what happens if you say that to someone who is in constant pain.
Looking down into replies: Good points across the board.
He, of all people, should understand though.
Honestly, House was wrong in this episode in my opinion. Just because he could tolerate the physical and mental pain doesn't mean others have the same tolerance. And forcing Wilson to live through all that just for the sake of keeping his friend with him is selfish, when Wilson doesn't have the tolerance that House has. If House really was his friend, he should have reciprocated it by easing Wilson's pain, not forcing him to live through it.
Doesn't really matter what House's state of pain is. Wilson's choice about what pain he will accept is his right.
@@TheLitehart1 he has the right to do so, doesn’t mean it was the right choice though.
@@40mihirkulkarni44 I’d say though House despite all the pain has found purpose and value in his relationships though. For Wilson to say House’s friendship isn’t enough for him is rather insulting. Also if Wilson believed his life had meaning, he would fight for it despite the pain. He has the right to end it, though that doesn’t mean House has to watch a friend insult him and make a foolish choice.
Life is Pain.. and it's our human responsibility to stay alive..
So much power in these 2 sentences.
For sure. But it's a human right to decide when your limits have been reached and when you want to end it.
@@TheLitehart1 True. but it's worth it to try and find help and hope. Sometimes it's in the office of a psychiatrist sometimes it's in the cup of coffee you are sipping while talking to an old friend. Giving up is the final resort.
@@thedev-yani The thing is, Wilson of all people understands what cancer and its treatment does to someone. His case is terminal and he doesn't want to be in a hospital bed being injected with poison that will eat away at him and probably restrict his plans on living the rest of his life. It takes a while for House to respect Wilson wishes, but in the end, he does.
@@Destroyer2150 I know. And may be that's why House admits that Wilson is just smarter than he is. I also agree that it's one's choice to refuse treatment if all that treatment would do is destroy them a little at a time. The message I took from this series is - Pain gets you to make bad decisions but the fear of pain is just as big a motivator. [Euphoria Part 1 & 2 ].
And of course - EVERYBODY LIES
Wilson was the only person House ever truly loved. There friendship was unbreakable. I have a friend like that. His name is Guy, and also a wife like that, her name is Elizabeth
Mkay
House: Life is pain
Westley: Anybody who says differently is selling something
I love how House it's always rude, but he is always right. You dont live for your own happiness, you live for the people you love and them for yourself
5:23 - Even before he walked into the room moments later, you can tell House was mad after hearing what Park just said.
If you haven't already, watch the 2006 Emmys opening with Connor O'Brian.
House's part is what made the whole opening
There were few scenes where House truly let down his guard and was real with the people that mattered to him.
Robert at first didn't want to be anything but a side character as Wilson when the series first started but in a way, he knew his role in Hugh's House development was more than just a job for a side character. He nailed Wilson's role and it's one of the best TV arcs of all time I say.
“Life is pain” “that’s the point” two of my favorite lines from the series
What I love about the teams that house had along the way, was that they each got less endeared or respectful of him as the seasons went by, and each new group was less sycophantic or interested in him at all.
5:00
*Taub is recorded outside*
"House yelled at me today. That was one of the most frightening experiences of my life"
That moment when you understood the two sides (Wilson's &House's) because I was once suicidal. There was a part in me that just wanted to end it while there was another that wanted to fight. The one that prevailed was the later, but it was not easy. It was a constant fight every day while no one understands. It's a lonely feeling, but it is also empowering after you achieve the break through it. Not because one is stronger than those who decide to give up, but just because you made it. At the same time, it makes you feel compassion and understanding to those who are in the path or those who give up. Remember to always extend your hand to help others, everyone. You do not know if they are in this fight and just need a bit of more light in their world to keep going.
thanks for sharing. it means a lot to me and anyone else that comes your way who are willing to listen.
Thank you. Truly, thank you. You get it. Thank you.
I pray that Jesus bless you. ❤🕊
I’m physically incapable of watching the car scene without crying I swear
💔
"I have five months to live, and you're making me go through this ALONE?!" is what starts the waterworks for me.
When house yell life is pain, and the rest of his rant, that hit hard for me
Amazing acting, the way he shouts 'ALONE'
this episode and wilson's heart literally made my eyes waterfalls.
To whoever runs the channel, if you're ever extremely bored, how about a compilation of every time that Foreman expresses concern for House.
So a 35 second video then.
It’s Fox. Fox runs this channel. It’s an official channel. You can see that in the About page also the context clues that they wouldn’t let some rando post and monetize huge portions of their episodes.
Why do so many people think this is some random fan 😂
That line when House says that he was thinking about giving up.... From personal experience all I can say is... Living with chronic pain is the hardest challenge in life and I wish luck to whoever that has to go through that.
Chronic pain takes part of your soul and it's very rarely you'll get it back. Nevertheless, I hope we can seek support in each other xx
When House outbursts and strangles the patient all I could think was that he lost it, and just took all his current anger on the poor kid. But in fact he's just pissed that someone chooses to die when they could easily live, because his best friend is gonna die even though he wants to live. It's unfair, it sucks, that's life.
"Can’t wait to die?
Here, let me help you
You see, you wanna live
You resisting me because it’s our human responsibility is STAY ALIVE!"
Love how the characters in the background at the restaurant realistically look over, glance, and you can tell they're talking about what they just heard. That's some good directing right there. Wow...
3:22
It's devastating to see a good man crying 💔💔
It is. Life is not fair.
Wow that car scene always makes me cry
That man loved Wilson more than himself
The main take away from this is House just doesn’t want to lose his one and only best friend. House wants him to fight the cancer to keep living. Everyone judging him won’t lose as much as House will if Wilson dies.
I dont think i really grasped how perfect what park said at the end was until just now.
Seen this show loads of times and it still blows my mind
That line actually changed my life quite a bit. What drew me to this show was how much I related to House's obsessive search to expose the truth, but Park is right, sometimes the truth just sucks and it's best not to acknowledge it.
There is not a single actor that I can come up with that can act out the level of total, utter despair the way Hugh Laury can.
When House says he needs you, it's real.
4:37 house may be a self-centered egotistical sarcastic asshat most of the time but he really has it the hardest his every waking moment is a struggle he hides
Funny, I was searching for this exact clip a day before this was uploaded... This is the second time that this happened for a house clip... Get out of my head house!
6:05 just when i thought she would open her mouth to speak
its incredible words get through
Watching these scenes was brutal for us audience as well, because we all knew we were watching the very LAST season of these two idiots messing and being emotional with each other, and like House said, we needed this.
4:37 electrifying acting
5:34 as soon as he threw that cane , I knew he was about to do something wild
I just finished the series today
Can't get over it😭
House is a great series, but overall, pretty depressing. It's very much a "life is a veil of tears, so find joy where you can" sort of message. An uncomfortable truth we have to confront sooner or later, and sooner's better.
@@michaelccozens you summarised it perfectly!!
5:28 you can see the fury in his eyes like a fire just got lit.
I think the acting is what makes this show so good. The story is good sure, but the actors just nailed it.
Absolutely great actors, all of them. But also remember the writers. Appreciate the minds that come up with this dialouge.
4:27 is DEEP
3:20 is a fine piece of acting.
'Oreo cookies are two disks of anthracite with a layer of sweetened industrial byproduct sandwiched between them.'
- Bill Bryson
Wilson is so well acted.
Watching this for at least the second time, I'm realizing something about this show. It portrays House's self destructive behaviors - suppressing his feelings, lack of self-awareness, only ever expressing anger, needing to "fix" everything, inability to be open about his feelings (except anger), and cannot ask for help - as the main villain. The traits of toxic masculinity. Meanwhile it depicts positively scenes where men open up, are vulnerable, are aware of and open about their emotions, come to others for help, ask for moral support, and support one another. A very positive message, one that more men need to see, and should be seen more often on television and in movies.
"Life is pain, princess. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something."
3:40
Absolutely nothing left of House's ego. No subtletly behind anything he is feeling. His true face.
"YOU WANNA LIVE DON'T YOU?"
I can't tell if he's doing the right thing there or not. Morals are weird.
No. Normally House is mean with a purpose. Then he was just angry.
@@shapen360 Angry actions aren't thought out actions, but they can still be morally correct.
💔😔 miss you kutner
“I have 5 months to live, and you’re making me go through this ALONE!!!”
I love that line so much "Youve spent your whole life looking for the truth. Well sometimes the truth sucks."