The episode begins with Eddie (Meat Loaf Aday) and his wife Charlotte; Eddie is dying of lung cancer, and Charlotte is watching over him, when suddenly her windpipe begins to close. Enter House and Princeton hospital. The team tries to diagnose Charlotte, Eddie meanwhile lying in the next bed. Everyone then realizes something very strange - Kutner isn't at work. After waiting for him a few hours, House sends Foreman and Thirteen to look for Kutner at his apartment. When he doesn't answer the door, they use their key to get in, only to find that he has committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
This episode was very strange for me. At first, I was incredibly excited that Meat Loaf, one of my favourite musical artists, was guest starring in the episode (and under the name Eddie, which was also the name of his character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show), but then the shock and impact of Kutner's suicide kind of ruined that for me. Kutner was always my favourite member of House's new team, and not just because I love Kal Penn as a rule. It was an incredibly rushed and as of yet unexplained death (despite House's many theories throughout the episode - including murder, a theory quickly brushed aside - no one really discovers why Kutner killed himself), and appeared to have no thought put into it. It was almost as if Kal Penn came up to the writers and said 'I'm leaving the show' just as they were writing the script, and they hastily included his death in there.
And yet, they did a good job. Taub had a great one-liner ("You can't feel that much guilt without love", which was relevant both to the patients, Eddie and Charlotte, and to Kutner's death), the song played at the end was great, and I'm sure more than a few heartstrings were tugged during the funeral scene.
Great Episode!
This episode was very strange for me. At first, I was incredibly excited that Meat Loaf, one of my favourite musical artists, was guest starring in the episode (and under the name Eddie, which was also the name of his character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show), but then the shock and impact of Kutner's suicide kind of ruined that for me. Kutner was always my favourite member of House's new team, and not just because I love Kal Penn as a rule. It was an incredibly rushed and as of yet unexplained death (despite House's many theories throughout the episode - including murder, a theory quickly brushed aside - no one really discovers why Kutner killed himself), and appeared to have no thought put into it. It was almost as if Kal Penn came up to the writers and said 'I'm leaving the show' just as they were writing the script, and they hastily included his death in there.
And yet, they did a good job. Taub had a great one-liner ("You can't feel that much guilt without love", which was relevant both to the patients, Eddie and Charlotte, and to Kutner's death), the song played at the end was great, and I'm sure more than a few heartstrings were tugged during the funeral scene.
Great Episode!