While the medical drama in this rpisode was top shelf, the real impact of the episode was, of course, Kutner's suicide. Watching the team work through their various forms of grief was a stunning window into the mechanisms that drive each of them, House was the real treasure- in all reality, House's inability to accept that sometimes there is no answer, or you'll never get to know it, boiled torturously under the surface of Hugh Laurie's performance. It wasn't about the puzzle, it wasn't about solving it; he needed to diagnose Kutner to process the loss. He needed Kutner's suicide to make sense in order for him to be able to accept and deal with the loss.
And, just like in reality, sometimes you don't get to know the reason.
And sometimes, there isn't one.
Lightly foreshadowed in several earlier episodes (Kutner talking to Taub about suicide, House using the laser pointer to tease Debbie the Death Kitty around Kutner's feet), this emotional coup de grâce was delivered with all the delicacy and brutality we've come to expect from the show.
Simple Explanation follows House's Head/Wilson's Heart as one of the most evocative and brilliant episodes in the series so far.
And for all of those who claim this portrayal of suicide is unrealistic- I'm very happy for you that you've obviously never known the reality of this kind of traumatic event. But it's not only possible, not only probable, it happens nearly every day, if not several times a day. Bringing your ignorance into judging an episode of a TV show (unless you're a PhD in psychology) only hurts people out there on the edge of this very event. Don't bring that here.
And, just like in reality, sometimes you don't get to know the reason.
And sometimes, there isn't one.
Lightly foreshadowed in several earlier episodes (Kutner talking to Taub about suicide, House using the laser pointer to tease Debbie the Death Kitty around Kutner's feet), this emotional coup de grâce was delivered with all the delicacy and brutality we've come to expect from the show.
Simple Explanation follows House's Head/Wilson's Heart as one of the most evocative and brilliant episodes in the series so far.
And for all of those who claim this portrayal of suicide is unrealistic- I'm very happy for you that you've obviously never known the reality of this kind of traumatic event. But it's not only possible, not only probable, it happens nearly every day, if not several times a day. Bringing your ignorance into judging an episode of a TV show (unless you're a PhD in psychology) only hurts people out there on the edge of this very event. Don't bring that here.