I seem to recall a poker game with friends of Wilson’s but I could be wrong…
– IG
The poker game was at a hospital charity event (IIRC, unless there was another poker game) and it was all people from the hospital.
There was a poker games at House’s place and Wilson was peeved he wasn’t invited. So House relented and invited him and it turned out the other guys were just random guys like House’s dry cleaner.
I don’t think either one of them has any friends.
Hmm, in the Sherlock stories, Watson and Holmes were roommates until Watson hooked up with a gal from a case and moved out. Then after the Moriarity/Holmes showdown and Holmes’ return, Watson moved back in with Holmes. I can’t remember if there was mention of where Mrs. Holmes was. Maybe they’ll do an arc like that on the show. (because, of course, House and Wilson have to wind up together. 
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Foreman, Chase, and Cameron are all Inspector Lestrade, whose job is to make wrong guesses to that Holmes can come to the correct conclusion.
That’s the one I was thinking of.
– IG
I have always looked upon Wilson as the conscience of House. When the show began (and I hated it at first, now love it), I believed that Wilson was actually a figment of House’s imagination since the only scenes I recalled were of the two together, never with others. Now I see him as an extremely patient friend attempting to act as the concsience for this curmudgeon.
There’s also another aspect of their relationship that nobody’s brought up yet: Wilson has a pathological need to be needed, to help people. In a way, he likes broken people as much as Cameron does, but while Cameron wants to fix them, Wilson wants to help them. I think that Wilson considers House as much a “project” as he is a friend. If House was well adjusted, I don’ t think the two of them would get along as well as they do. There was a great speech about it awhile back, where House nailed Wilson’s motives (can’t remember which ep it was in, though, unfortunately).
Wilson, in his way, is as flawed as House (see his inability to keep a relationship and his bad choices in wives). It’s a symbiotic relationship.
Wow, I love this thread! It has definitely broadened my understanding of this show. Why I never realized the House / Holmes connection is beyond me because it’s the same sort of theme in L & O: CI and that’s one of my favorite shows. (ie. Bobby Goren = Holmes, Eames = Watson, etc) And the cop / Moriarty connection…completely whooshed me, I’m embarrassed to say!
As far as Wilson’s part of the relationship: I think in addition to being needed as winterhawk11 just pointed out, he also has a need to analyze House and somehow try to change him. Remember when Wilson told Cuddy not to tell House how his idea saved the patient in the wheelchair? Wilson is constantly wanting to do things for House’s “own good”…it’s like Wilson’s little hobby.
This show is getting better and better!
Wow, thanks for the insights, everyone. I can’t help but wonder if their friendship will “break” like Wilson predicted.
I also have the feeling that somewhere out there, Wilson/House slash exists.
Pixiesnix, while I suspect you’re right. Keep in mind that House also showed in this week’s episode that he isn’t willing to break the relationship. He told Wilson to leave the room while they discussed suicide and mentioned “Maybe I don’t want to push this until it breaks.” Referring to their relationship.
– IG
I think it was the same episode as the poker game that Wilson wasn’t invited to. House ranted to Wilson about his motives for getting it on with a dying woman.
It shouldn’t be overlooked that although House is often an arsehole, he is a well intentioned arsehole with a soft squidgy interior. If I knew someone like that I’d probably like them, I might not want to spend a lot of time with them, but I’d still like them.
Well, it definitely does - now. Never forget the first rule of slash: if you are capable of conceiving of a particular pairing, it exists. 
tremorviolet writes:
> Hmm, in the Sherlock stories, Watson and Holmes were roommates until
> Watson hooked up with a gal from a case and moved out. Then after the
> Moriarity/Holmes showdown and Holmes’ return, Watson moved back in with
> Holmes. I can’t remember if there was mention of where Mrs. Holmes was.
> Maybe they’ll do an arc like that on the show. (because, of course, House and
> Wilson have to wind up together.
It’s generally supposed by Sherlock Holmes scholars that Watson was married two or three times, Watson being widowed once or twice. It’s the only internally consistent way to explain the timeline of the stories, since it appears that Watson lived with Holmes two or three different times. Of course, another possibility is that Arthur Conan Doyle didn’t mean for the times that Watson lived with Holmes to be two or three different stretches, but he was incapable of writing a consistent timeline for the stories.
Or that he (and readers) didn’t give a damn about timelines. They were, after all, independent stories.
Oh, I assure you, there’s a thriving market in House/Wilson slash. 
It’s one of the favorite pairings in the fandom. Check fanfiction.net (though you have to sort through a lot of crap to get to the good stuff) and there’s also several LiveJournal communities devoted to the various slash pairings.
Oh I’m sure it’s been around for ages and ages, it’s an obvious pairing. I was just using Pixiesnix’s post as a way to spread my theories on the Laws of the Universe.
Someday, everyone will come to realize the flawlessness of my logic. Until that day comes, I’ll be over here, with a cup of ovaltine, reading BtVS slash. Yes, that’s right. Ovaltine.
Am I the only one who thinks that Wilson is the brightest or best when it comes to medicine? He is more of an administrator.
I think House & Wilson met in med school, and House “helped” Wilson through it. He uses this knowledge to run free reign around Wilson, knowing he is protected.
I’m going to assume you meant “isn’t” here–it makes more sense that way. If I’m wrong, please correct me.
I think Wilson actually *is * a pretty good doctor. The problem is, House is a phenomenal doctor, and Wilson’s light kind of pales in comparison. I think Wilson represents more of the conventional–he progressed up the career path in the expected way, has all the expected perks of his position, and practices competent but “safe” medicine. In other words, he’s a great foil for House.
Two totally different specialties… Wilson is an Oncologist… House regularly uses Wilson’s expertise to eliminate/confirm cancerous diagnoses and treatment… House’s specialty is in… well, I would say diagnostics, but most of the cases seem to be enviromental… disease…
I would say that Wilson is in the top of his field, but so specialized in his field that House’s ability to look “at everything” makes it seem like Wilson isnt as smart…
Did that make sense?
To be fair though - to be a great Oncologist (as Wilson is), you need to be a pretty compassionate person with the knowledge that many of your patients will not make it.
I don’t think House has the stomach for that, he prefers to root out the cause and fix people’s medical problem. Having a bunch of patients that he can not do anything for would not suit him at all.
That said, I love both House and Wilson.