It's time for tears again.
So much drama and emotions this season and the finale is here to break your heart. Wilson's heart made me cry a lot. Life is unfair and House's cannot be God all the time. A very bittersweet episode where love and friendship are at stake.

I just want to say that the two-parter episode is one of, if not THE BEST season finale of a TV Drama that I have seen in awhile. Because of that, because I'm so enamored with it, I feel the need to write about it. And boy, do I write.

AND AGAIN CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS WITH PICTURES AND SPECIFIC DETAILS OF SOME SCENE!

House 4.16 - Wilson's Heart (Season Finale)

Other than plot, this episode also relied on the outstanding and remarkable performances from Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, and Anne Dudek. Together in harmony, the three of them worked splendidly. The rest of the cast built some sort of strong fortress around to support the three of them, to make sure that everybody delivered the structure with perfect result. Oh, how they did.

Let me start with Anne Dudek.

I thought she did a superb job with her character, Amber. Hate her or not, she brought a different atmosphere to the world of Plainsboro Hospital. The last two episodes particularly, she won me over. The scene where Amber remembered what had happened to her, broke down and said that "she shouldn't have gotten on the bus", and realized that "she was already dead" due to the flu pills was mind-blowingly good. As well as the part where she told Wilson that it was time for her to go to sleep. Tears running like Niagara Falls from my eyes. I think that's a testament to Anne Dudek's acting skills.



Then, there was Robert Sean Leonard. Stepping into the spotlight after being a faithful supporting figure to Hugh Laurie's character for the past 4 years, RSL gave a heartwrenching performance as a man who was about to lose his dearly loved.




It started in his office when – confronted by Cuddy to do the right thing, to wake Amber up so he could say goodbye, so both could say goodbye, and spent those last precious moments on Earth – Wilson broke down and cried. Covering his eyes and face and then hugged Cuddy tight, for knowing that it was the exact thing, the ONLY thing, he needed to do right now. RSL didn’t falter, not even a bit, to let out all those emotions.

The way he tried to calm himself when telling Amber about what happened, and then the last hours he spent, lying by her side. His voice broke down when he begged Amber to stay awake just a little bit longer and demanded why she wasn’t angry. At him. At House. At the unfairness of the situation. Why is it okay with you? Why aren’t you angry? When Amber answered patiently, we could see that even if he didn’t want to, Wilson realized it was time to let her go.

So he resigned to it … kissed her and quickly turned the machine off (like he didn’t want her to suffer more). Watch RSL’s eyes and shaking hands as he watched his lover took that one last breath. Amazing. Even if you have a cold stone heart, I’m sure that in that one moment, there is a tiny crack as RSL delivered the whole scene astoundingly.




And of course, I kinda save the best thing for last. The man, the genius, the persistent wonder named Hugh Laurie. In this episode, I thought he just took himself to a next level of acting achievement. I simply worship the ground he is walking. Hugh Laurie stripped away all barriers, all non sense, all defenses, from House's character. His blue eyes speak a thousand more than words. His facial expression, his body gesture, every single thing Hugh Laurie did, were a divine example of someone who is in tune with the character he was playing.

There were 3 powerful scenes delivered by Hugh Laurie with such perfection, he gave me more than enough reason to become his worthy slave.

First, the scene where he asked Wilson, "You think I should risk my life to save Amber's?", and when Wilson nodded, he looked like he was punched in the solar plexus for tiny few seconds. A disappointment over this selfish request from Wilson. Few seconds later though, with a sigh, he agreed to do it. Just like that - an act of pure love, pure friendship, and altruistic cause for his beloved best friend.



We could still saw his bitter disappointment though, through his eyes as he watched Wilson helping him with the dangerous procedure. His eyes still asking, did you really want me to go through with this?. When Wilson just looked away, we saw the total resignation over the whole thing.



And of course, after House realized that he could not do anything in the end, that Amber's fate was already sealed - him in his mind saying sorry to Wilson - but when the camera closed up to House's face in the reality, we saw tears falling down his cheek. SUPERB.



Second, was when House sat with Amber in the restored glowing bus, hovering between life and death. When he told amber that he preferred to stay with her, in a place where it didn't hurt. Because he didn't to be in pain, to be miserable, and above all, he didn't want Wilson to hate him. His voice broke, the short intake breath, the precise pause in between sentences, and we can feel his naked feelings in those three sentences. Guilt, sorrow, pain ... of past regret and future fear, everything rolled into one, and Hugh Laurie did not even seem to be in difficulty to translate all those emotions. Just with the tone of his voice, the look on his face, it is BRILLIANT, he made me speechless.



Final scene was of course, when he noticed Wilson standing outside his room. It was a quick scene, I know, but in those few seconds, you could practically saw him trying to say he was sorry through his eyes. When Wilson refused to enter the room, just took a deep breath, turned around, and walked away wordlessly ... even without the camera panning to him, from a far we could see him getting still, like waiting for the worse thing to come. AMAZING.






I practically couldn't see this episode clearly, with all those tears running down my face, my nose, and me getting hard to breather. I'm so hooked. This episode changes everything. There is a chance, of course, that MAYBE Wilson did not 100% hate House at first. By coming to see House after he woke up from coma, Wilson showed that he still cared for his wreck of a friend. But grief and anger and frustration might keep him from walking into the room and said anything.

HOWEVER, as he returned to the empty apartment, and then found the note that Amber left for him, we could see from his expression that this COULD change into a full blown-up hatred. Why? Because I think, it all started with House doing his usual selfish thing. He got drunk and then simply Dial-A-Wilson to help him with all the mess. It is something that painfully too familiar and Wilson has tried so many times to help House clean the act, with no avail. And this time, this time that simple common act ends up with a very tragic ending.




So maybe when House told Amber in retrospect that Wilson was going to hate him - Amber's reply couldn't be closer to the truth. "Well, you kind of deserve it," she said.

That's it -- the episode ended with the big lingering question, "How's it gonna be?"



For once, I don't care if the old team was barely there. I don't care for the old ducklings or the new ones. I don't even feel bothered with the fact that Cameron had no dialog what-so-ever here. This episode is a dedication for House and Wilson's relationship as friends.


Phewwww, glad that I let those all out!

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