# House 4/23:  Body and Soul

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-23-body-and-soul/619712>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 23, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-23-body-and-soul/619712 "2012-04-23T17:25:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-23-body-and-soul/619712/21 "2012-04-26T15:43:22Z")

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> [@Moonlitherial](#):
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> She’s gone but there is always a chance she comes back.

My guess says, this. At the very end of the last episode, _My Fair Lady_-style.

Bonus points if House responds with something along the lines of “Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?”

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**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-4-23-body-and-soul/619712/22 "2012-04-26T16:03:20Z")

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> [@Stoid](#):
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> Bad. Didn’t make sense. Not that big a deal. They are digging each other, what’s the big deal with him not letting her know right away? What difference does it make? And the IMPORTANT part is WHY he did it! He wants to stay together, she should have been flattered at minimum and thrilled at max.
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> Just bad.

The difference it makes is he deliberately withheld important information from her for his own selfish motivations. That damages, if not destroys trust and shows her very little respect. House could have grown some balls, said, “Hey, your certificate came in, but I really care about you and don’t want you to leave. Will you stay anyway?” I think she probably would have, but that would mean House would have to show vulnerability and being open to love and he just cannot bring himself to do that. I wouldn’t stay with him after whopper lie like that, but. There is always the possibility, because they dig each other, that she returns to pick up something she left at House’s place, they have a nice long talk about how much he misses her and cares about her, he apologizes for being deceptive, and she agrees to stay anyway. It’s TV; anything could happen.

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