Let's go with the Jack Kerouac approach and say it's only to appease the censors

do you remember when he said that?

@@asimhussain8716 it’s a result of LGTBCDETC pushing and pushing They don’t get it, ofc it can be brotherly love but they’ll never want it to be cous it’s all made for them even when it’s not

@@alfonsopayan09 buddy what?

@@alfonsopayan09 it’s a reference to parks and rec, chill

Gotem

bruh that was the whole point of this video

The irony

I'd be so pissed if I heard that song at the end...because it'd just slap the fact we can't get any more episodes right in our faces.

but if you try sometimes...

absolutely same this was an utter joyride

I've never even seen House and I'm shook he got me to watch all 6 videos

And he went out on top instead of stretching it out another 2 episodes 😄

@@ithascome612 me too, but now i'm thinking of watching it

@@bronzeager1298 I couldve used another episode, for some of the stuff i wouldve included in it, but the author kept me locked in. ive burned every scene into my brain to the point that i cant watch it anymore, but this was a perfect 6hour joyride back down memory lane

I do tax work. I feel this.

I have definitely been there, though usually it's looking ahead to some dreaded thing that has to be done. 'Man this sucks hard, but I wouldn't have to do this if I kill myself.'

Relatable

Me at any slight inconvenience

Pov bernard black

Totally had this same thought watching the video

@@mishmash3927 Honestly it could easily be done, Wilson being there before and after House went into in patient care could be representative of how their bond is able to make it thru the thick and the thin

„Friendship“, still hope they were gay together. The world just wasnt ready for them

I've seen the episode 6 times and it still got me again

Me too.

Those two episodes are some of the best of the series

That's some tremendous acting by Leonard.

Glad I’m not the only one!

16 year old you missed the entire scene where he and Wilson have an entire conversation about him faking his own death, how he faked his own death, and what they were going to do now that he had faked his own death, huh?

This comment is giving me some Bojack Horseman's finale vibes.

But hey, it works because when you only have 5 months to live, you wanna give up on changing yourself. Because House is doing all of this for Wilson, he's both commiting to the mundane and sticking to his love for extravagance, because it's all they're gonna do from that point on.

Well, you can't always get what you want.

great point hahaha@@matiasbosques3002

Damn, another amazing take on the finale, thank you!

This is exactly what I thought when I watched the show for the first time too, thank you for wording it so beautifully. I hope more people read this because this idea behind the ending is what really made me sob as the show ended, even if other season endings seemed more clear cut etc. This change was crucial to his character, and without letting him take that step before the show ended would have been disappointing. He finally accepted a need for self sacrifice, even in a short term sense, for another person who he loved, and that was an amazing ending to the show in my opinion [not perfect, but nothing is :')]

Excellent.

"Now, do I think this was a lasting change? No. He likely puts a gun in his mouth 5 seconds after Wilson was gone" lmfao

This is incredibly well said!! Hit the nail right on the head. It was fricking beautiful, and I'm glad someone else acknowledges it in this way. Very dark but satisfying take on it.

@TheBobBrom I think the point was that they thought he had done it on purpose to clog the pipes to get back at Foreman, and since he couldn't prove his intentions and he was already out on parole, they couldn't leave him out knowing he was causing damage to the hospital when he should have been in jail? I honestly have no idea lmao, but I also guess that this time he damaged a shit ton of equipment as well as injured actual patients and doctors, which didn't happen the first time around?

@@Giuggiulu. Also, Cuddy always covered him up before, but this time Foreman is in charge

@Robin ​Right but you could have picked any of the events listed and said "House is finally in a situation he can't meddle out of." The consequences are a given-no one's suggesting changing those. The question is why that prank ... which has, at best, an indirect connection to Wilson, when the examples provided in the video would be much more directly connected.

I just think it's too random and too....silly, especially considering the crimes under House's belt before this. It's very much a vehicle of getting House to be suicidal and thus relatively unimportant with what the rest of the episode deals with, which is fine, but honestly disappointing with the rest of the material the episode has to work with, because that premise feels like a standard episode, rather than a season finale one, let alone the series' finale. Personally would have preferred the Chase tie-in as suggested, as it would feel more in-line with a medical mystery drama to end with a medical mystery gone wrong rather than none at all. And would have made for a great 2-parter. The only downside is that Chase would have ended the show guilty that his injury not only got his mentor fired but caused his mentor's death, and would become just as jaded and depressed as House is, unless House also revealed that he was still alive, and physically passed the torch to Chase, but that ruins the fact that Wilson is the only one that knows.

Thank You! Even though Jesse's take has perfectly good reasoning the way he analyzed it, I think that he was a little too critical for the sake of being critical in that matter. I thought the exact same thing You did, "House's pranks never really had a huge consequence for him, as Cuddy or Foreman or anyone else he has a relationship to just let him off the hook. Now though, his actions had such a big effect that there is just no way he can squeeze himself out of that situation." It adds that in that scenario we, the audience, and House himself did not see that coming which caused a meaningful surprise effect. Having him go to jail because of his fake marriage or not cooperating with his P.O.'s restraints may be more convenient since they were "a given". But I still believe there was actual meaning to the story how it really went down.

He showed all the thumbnails in the first episode :P

Sometimes, you get what you need.

I left a comment for you but I'll put it here. You can rest your pitchfork arm now.

not really .. he plan to finish it with wilson anyhow..

I totally think the finale was about Wilson or maybe the relationship House and Wilson have. I kinda think that the reason they didn;t end w/ You Can't Alway Get What You Want is because explitly framing Wilson as what House needs as they drive off into the sunset would have been too romantic. By using a song that is a callback the the other very important Wilson relationship, they are saying that House has just an important role in Wilson's life as Amber had (which the show explicitly said) while making the connection more subtle and hinting the aspect of death that frames the interactions between Wilson and Amber and Wilson and House in the finale

I think it's awesome how Wilsons song is "Enjoy yourself" and House's song is "You can't always get what you want". It perfectly frames their characters. Wilson's probably was that he lived for everyone else but himself while Houses problem was that he only lived for himself.

​@@ToqTheWise even if that was true, the ending reveals that House realises lief is about otters, and in that respect Wilson rubbed of on him. I dont actually believe he is selfish though, hes a idealist/romantic, they always end up dissapointed. Wilson as some have Saïd is too perfect, but that is what House will do anything for him .

Episode 7 of 6 the kitchen sink

lol that’s exactly what he did!

@@valx5 oh, you're right. Thanks for the hint, since because it wasn't called House part 7, youtube didn't suggest it as a possible continuation... ^^ ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zq1hmciJvpuRmoU.html )

Please don't

🤣🤣

I just watched through for a second time....figured i'd leave ya a comment so you could rewatch it too, enjoy

@@bababagginz thanks man, I guess 2 years is long enough to forget most of it.

@@RadJordy what about 10 months?

@@Maruhodo I still haven't rewatched it yet, so uh...make that 3 years.

What’s “you’re gonna carry that weight” from?

@@MrAnonymoose Cowboy Bebop

So it's either a Beatles reference or a Stones reference.

See you space doctor...

@@PowLoTheOddMan It is Beatles reference... or maybe. ''The Band'' the Weight.

That whole driving though Cuddy's house might have something to do with it

really joke is that a bathroom would never be above an mri room in a hospital

"the prank that actually got him in trouble was some lame bullshit he didn’t even think twice about" Exactly! Any other thing would feel appropriate, deserved. We would see it coming and so would House. All of those were calculated risks he took. This one wasn't, this was a total surprise and how stupid and mundane it is, is what makes it real and shocking. It's also both completely his fault and completely avoidable and pointless. Unlike helping Wilson with the chemo or trying to save a patient or even helping someone get a Green Card. It was pointless and that's the point. It's kinda sad, smug and pretentious that this guy thinks he's a better writer than the team of writers in this great show while missing so much.

​@@christopherbertoli7322 He was an addict but he was functional and also a genius. He knew what he was doing. He knew that breaking the rules to solve the case could get him in trouble and did it anyway. Calculated risk doesn't mean he knew he'd get away with it, only that he knew the likely consequences of his actions before doing them and did it anyway. With the prank he never thought for a second about that getting him back to jail. Didn't even cross his mind. He didn't think "this will probably get me in jail but I'll do it anyway because I have to to please my puzzle-solving mind" like he did when solving the cases or "because I just want to" like when he married a foreigner. In all of those instances he KNEW the risks. "House was only getting away because he was protected due to being that good" exactly, THAT is an example of a calculated risk. He always thought he could mess around and break the rules because he counted on the Dean of the hospital protecting him. If it was only about "season timing" they could have used any of those regular law breaks, as the video proposes, and make that his ticket back to jail. Season timing would be to randomly have the officers investigating his marriage finding something suspicious and discovering the forgery or something like that and it would be underwhelming because it was expected (by both House and the audience), because it was a calculated risk on House to do that. Same with helping Wilson with his chemo or saving a patient. EVERYONE would see it coming. There is a reason they chose to do it over a simple and mundane prank none of us (including House) thought twice about. A reason you obviously don't want to even address because I already explained it in the comment you replied to and you just ignored it and claimed it was "season timing".

​@@christopherbertoli7322 "If an addict walks into a casino, goes over to a roulette table and puts everything on 21 then loses, that isn't a calculated risk" If that addict KNOWS he can lose, it is a calculated risk. You seem to have a problem with the concept of calculated risk so just move one from it and use the other way I explained it. It's an expected outcome. Addicts are not retards, addicts just can't quit but they know the consequences of their actions. They know what's the most possible outcome, they just don't care because they're addicts. Knowing the risks and still doing it is the concept. "that isn't a calculated risk. That's them feeding their addiction and their friends enabling them." Yes, House counts on their friends enabling him while doing risky stuff. That's why it's a calculated risk. I can't explain this in any simpler terms. Why you are convinced that "friends enabling you" is somehow mutually exclusive with "calculated risk" is a complete mystery to me. Yes, they are enabling him and yes he is counting on that as a variable. Friends enabling him is part of the calculated risk. He knows and he uses and manipulates them. In the smallpox case he DID take a calculated risk, he was just wrong. You really have an issue with this concept. Calculated risk doesn't mean you know you'll get away with it. Hence the word RISK. You can still be wrong, lose your money, go to prison. The only thing that means is that you KNOW the consequences of your actions, you considered them and still decided to take that RISK. Him being wrong about smallpox doesn't mean it wasn't a calculated risk. "No backup plan, no way out of the room. He's either right or he dies." YES, EXACTLY. And he knew that beforehand but still did it. Calculated risk doesn't mean you have a back-up plan if you're wrong. I really don't know how to explain this in other terms. Maybe the definition will help. Definition of calculated risk: a hazard or chance of failure whose degree of probability has been reckoned or estimated before some undertaking is entered upon See? Nothing about a back-up plan, nothing about being 100% sure of being right or getting away with it. It's just a RISK you take after estimating the hazard. That's it. House was always a genius from episode one, it's not the last episode that sets him as a genius. If you think he's just an addict that got lucky you're either really really dumb and missed the entire point of the show or have some sort of history, predisposition and hate towards addicts and missed the entire point of the show. In any way I can't express my points in any simpler way so I'm done here. "there's been a lot of Esthers" And there have been COUNTLESS MORE of the others. There is a reason Esther has a name as an outliner and the hundreds he saves are the norm.

@@92brunod I think both of you are right in a way, as House's character is a complex one. Yes, House is a genius, knows what he's doing, counts on his friends to bail him out, etc. However he's also an addict which in turn means he also has moments of weakness where he stops being a genius and isn't exactly sure what's going to happen. The tricky part is to distinguish which parts are House being a genius with massive plot armor and which ones are showing House in his most vulnerable state. Another aspect to House's personality is his impulsiveness. Impulsive people generally tend to act before they think. Now House is not your typical impulsive person, and ordinarily is a very calculated one which is paradoxical in and of itself. However as mentioned he's never portrayed as a perfect character so it's very much plausible that some of the situations he gets himself into were not thought out and calculated ahead of time. In fact we as the audience simply don't know in most cases, as we can only judge his actions based on the outcome, as we can't really see deep inside his mind to actually know things for certain. What we do know however is that correlation doesn't equal causation. The fact that he didn't get caught doing something or had someone bail him out of a tough spot doesn't necessarily mean he had it planned all along. Sometimes that's certainly the case but not always. So as I said, you're both right, it ultimately boils down to which situations were planned and which were actual screw ups. That's for each of us to decide as none of us have the factual answer from the writers and showrunners.

That's a hell of a point, actually! He got closer with Chase I think in part of being a fatherly/mentor figure in his life and was the only one he hung out with of his own volition, but other than that, this is an intimacy he definitely never shared with any of his other fellows.

Saying you'll kill someone isn't necessarily intimacy.

@@konroh2 yes it is, if it’s based on something no one else in your life understands. If you are chronically ill and aware of the progression your illness(es) WILL make, knowing there is someone who will end it when you can’t, is the best love letter, the most important part of a relationship someone can give. Wilson turned off Ambers life support machines, because it was the best for her. House won’t let Wilson suffer when his cancer reaches a certain point. I know that not every healthy person can understand that. But your loved ones usually don’t want to let you go. So you suffer through endless, useless therapies and torture high pain just to give them more time. While it does give you time too, it’s not always worth it from the patients point of view. House made a promise of which 13 knew he would keep because he knows pain, he knows that life is not worth living at all costs. Most doctors agree with me as most of them have seen way too much that they‘d want to prolong their life if it means they have no control over their body and life. But unfortunately not every country allows a medically supported death with dignity. So people have to choose illegal options or suffer. If someone is offering you to get legally in trouble for it, then yes, it means something! Intimacy doesn’t need to involve sexuality or a life long bond. It means you connect on a deeper level with each other. I have kids, I‘m fighting and will fight (I don’t have Huntingtons but multiple other, rare illnesses) but at a certain point fighting is only causing unnecessary trauma and pain - for everyone involved. Not everyone wants that and that should be okay! Do you know how terrible Huntington’s is? Or some other chronic illnesses? You don’t just loose control over your body, you get dementia, psychosis, you loose everything that makes you, you. Not that the physical symptoms are better, at a point you can’t eat because your muscles get no or wrong signals from the brain, so you’re severely underweight. Breathing is affected, many die of pneumonia because they can’t stop fluid going down their trachea. And the worst part? You are aware of it, you watch yourself getting worse and worse, you know where it’s heading and you cannot do anything about it. So yes, they shared a moment of intimacy with each other and it means a lot that he made that offer.

@@juliaspoonie3627 I understand that you are saying that at a certain point life isn't worth living, but I disagree with that. Life is worth living, there are people who are in pain, who are suffering, who are seeing themselves succumb and yet who recognize that life is still worth living. The problem with your argument is that it's very close to saying that we should murder all people with mental illnesses, or with deformed bodies, especially if they don't know what's going on or if they want to be dead. I know this needs to be a nuanced conversation but there's usually a natural progression, it's very rare for someone to be completely aware of what's going on while losing all function, but it does happen. The problem is that the line drawn between life and death is irrevocable, while the line drawn concerning pain and suffering is subjective. Is there a certain point where all suicides are okay just because a person doesn't want to deal with life anymore? Grief, trauma, stress--we could draw the line anywhere. I think it's much more intimate to say you'll be with someone as they undergo dementia and loss of function. I know many people who have seen their spouses deteriorate and have lovingly cared for them until the end--that's true intimacy. This speaks to a larger worldview as well, whether God's in control, whether all life ends at death, whether life is valuable no matter the circumstance. It's certainly true that suicide seems more acceptable within a worldview that doesn't think there's any ultimate purpose to life, and to me that's unacceptable. Love is much more a person saying, "I'll be with you," rather than "I'll kill you."

@@konroh2 Saying that people should be able to choose their own death is miles away from saying that all disabled people should be murdered. That's an insane statement. Yes, people live with chronic pain and disability, and they want to continue to live. Those are not the people we are talking about here. We are talking about terminal diseases that will kill you either way and people who don't want to suffer. You seem to be against suicide for religious reasons, and that's fine - you are absolutely able to live out your life to the very end, and I hope it is a long and fulfilled one. But just because you have a certain viewpoint does not somehow mean that everyone else secretly thinks the same, or that any other viewpoint is somehow invalid. There are people that don't believe in God, or the afterlife, or that suicide is bad. If those people get a diagnosis of Huntington's disease, or Dementia, or anything that they know will kill them one day, they are able to think beforehand about what they wish for. A lot of terminal diseases end in pain, suffering, and confusion before finally death comes. This could be days, this could be months. And those people (not you, but people who think differently than you) can therefore decide if they want their last days to be ones of endless suffering or to end it before they have to experience that suffering. They themselves can draw the line of what they want to experience in this life. For someone who wishes to live until their last breath, "I'll be with you" will be a true form of love. For someone who doesn't want to live through it, it would be an ultimate act of betrayal, a sign that they would rather see you suffer like they would instead of accepting your personal wish. Just imagine the opposite - if you were in a situation where you have a few painful days left in your life and you ask someone to stay with you, and instead of doing that, they promise to kill you when they feel it's right. It would be an unforgiveable thing to say. Love isn't doing what you think is best, love is supporting your loved one in whatever they decide is best for themselves. Love is accepting other people for who they are.

100% agreed!!!

yes pleasee

@Paul Jakens you're so right tbh

Meh

Breaking Bad is more about acknowledging that we all have evil in our hearts. We need to work against this evil. We actually have a need beyond ourselves. We need the God of love to fill us, we need to acknowledge our weakness, we need to have faith in what God has done for us.

amen!! :D

So sad he's gone though. Such a phenomenal actor.

Right, even if it is only one of those "the actor had to leave" situations, it actually hit so so hard, because depression can be completely invisible inside an outwardly happy-go-lucky person, and that's what Kutner was. We didn't get to know him super well, but that doesn't lessen the tragedy and I think is well reflected in House's struggle with grief. I feel he was like "Well I didn't even care about the little guy as I care about none of my life's NPCs, so what I'm feeling can't possibly be grief". Just like he said to Nolan "I'm not depressed" lmao. I'm glad we as a society are finally getting to a place where we can at least think about the possibility that we might be struggling, and acknowledge that struggle for what it is.

They’re gay

I enjoyed his class

Three stories. It was amazing

And he finds 13 to kill her

I'd forgotten he said he wanted to do that. When was that? :)

Jaycie Victory 13 killed her brother because he also had Huntington disease, she worried no one would kill her when the disease gets bad so House promises her he would kill her

trosinees They were asking about him studying Physics. And I believe it was in the episode where House was contacted by the FBI. It could’ve been a different government agency, though.

@@trosinesss Sorry, I meant the Physics part, but thank you! :)

End your viewing after Broken and make it your head canon ending!

@@morot172 nope. I like that it continued. I like what came after. It's more House this way.

Seriously, Robert Sean Leonard is a criminally underrated actor.

its only one person honey.

Never Mind “They” can be used in a singular context

@@electricfishfan7159 But it’s completely fine to use a gender-neutral term, sex and gender/gender expression aren’t explicitly connected so to use “they” works great as inclusive language! :)

@@nevermind5865 It's a whole team of directors, DOPs and cinematographers making choices for the shots they want. It's they.

Amber dying is still as hard hitting after all these years.

Season 5 has my favorite finale. House in Cuddys office genuinely confused about what's happening is such an amazing moment. But I do love House doing everything possible to go deeper into his subconscious.

@@BrokenGodEnt just imagine if season 5 ended with the first 2 episodes of season 6

Absolutely. Same here (personal reasons.) That was an amazing rendition of the ending.

"Tour de force" I think is the word for it.

Discipline

Super easily, as it turns out.

You will never be satisfied

I got you, bro 😃

Oh, I wish I was in the room where it happened. The video editing, I mean.

This is random but just want to say thank you for leaving a comment where you said you didn't agree with everything he said in the series but loved and appreciated what he'd done. There are a couple of awful comments further down that are just so rude and arrogant about the series. Seriously damning with faint praise. And I just don't get why ppl are like that sometimes. So, thanks! :)

@@jaycievictory8461 Of course! I'm a tiny creator and I know how powerful a positive comment can be. He put out hours of content that probably required waaaay more than that to make. Thanks for the thanks!

Have you seen The Americans yet? Some great TV there too.

@@soeintyp9393 Sign me the F up for that. There are not nearly enough hours of commentary on everything great & terrible about House. Need more from the Longman gods.

Oh shit, it's long man bad. What up MauLer

MauLer!

how do you watch the whole series in a day

I love ladyknightthebrave! Great video essays. So thoughtful.

That's brilliant. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Perfect - And fits even better with the You can't always get what you want - Unless you do drugs and/or make shit up to cope with everything thrown at you - I mean isn't that the human experience in a nutshell?

So your disappointed with the ending and try to put a different spin on it by saying it's all in his head just like all the rest of those theories

A few bits that I believe support my interpretation: When Wilson asks house how come he survived the burning building, House comes up with a throwaway line about leaving through the back door. When Wilson asks about the coroner declaring him dead, House claims to have "switched the dental records" which is the most basic answer to how House could still be alive. When probed further, House just tells Wilson to stop worrying about it, and literally says "I'm dead". This is because it's Wilson's memory of House speaking, and as such, Wilson's mind has to come up with the answers to the questions. Once he's found the most basic justification for house being alive, he settles for those even though they're full of holes. Wilson asks House to stay with him through the painful end of his life, and House immediately self sabotages and takes heroin. Wilson makes the ultimate request of their friendship and House can't handle it. But the House Wilson believes his friend to be on the inside, can. Finally, Wilson goes home to find House on the stairs to Wilson's House. Literally he is "Wilson's House". The friend only Wilson knew. That last one is a bit on the nose, I know.

@@McJaews Wilson's House M.D. (as in "motorcycle driver"). Even though on the nose, it's still fun to think of that interpretation

Can you elaborate on that dip in part 3?

@@MrMahCloud His criticism of the Skin Deep episode was superficial at best, misrepresenting what happened to suit the narrative he was trying to push, it's very transparent if you actually remember the episode. The comment section on that video has plenty of solid arguments that I don't want to regurgitate here. Part 3 was the weakest of the 6 by far IMO, because a lot of the arguments presented there fall apart under scrutiny.

Agree, Part 3 was terrible. I already commented it there.

Thank you. I was trying to figure out what bothered me in these essays. You put it in words. I felt there was so much in the show that disagreed with the thesis presented, that was completely ignored.

It's hard not to. I've spent a lot of time around heroin addicts, and the general concensus is that heroin is fucking amazing. It's so good that it'll kill you.

That, and he wasn’t on parole the first time

Somebody said in one of the earlier videos that the writers say he's alive at the end which honestly doesn't make sense to me considering the circumstances.

Cool theory. If there's was at least a nod at it on the final episode.

Oh come on why do people always do it. We don't need twist on twist with twist in real style show

@@volodyadykun6490 this is not a twist on a twist on a twist, this is just a darker ending, for me it dodges any disappointment in the 'rushed ending', its a piece of art, that opens it up for interpretation and after a short collecting time after the last episode ended, I came to the conclusion that he was dead and as someone who likes nihilism in media, that ending was pretty fitting for house, one last case to solve. "How did he beat death? The answer is he didnt!" read that in houses voice, or in sherlocks voice or however u like it, but for something inspired by Sherlock and as TWISTY as house is, it fits, so please let me live my miserable life with a belief over a fictional characters ending in the last episode of a show, that might not be 100% 'canon'. As somebody who is big into one piece theories I know that a wrong theory isnt necessarily a bad one and when it comes to evidence within the show, please do prove to me where exactly in the last episode is tangiable proof that he lived, his explanations are short, easy and supposed to end the questioning, so thats bad writing for you and a cool clue for me, I really suck for seeking enjoyment in media, thank you for pointing that out.

@@Phantasmen I wasn't saying you can't interpret this way but I truly believe that creators said all they wanted. We should analyze art of course; but I think all begining authors, even more masters, know that "all just a dream" almost every time is a bad idea. It's not exactly this, but I feel about your theory the same way: why do they would write this, and if they does - how I supposed to catch it? I haven't saw evidence for this and I also understand finale as was in show, so I think you overcomplicating things