# "House, M.D." 4/12/05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065 "2005-04-13T02:15:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065/21 "2005-04-14T15:17:03Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > And lemme tell ya, I’m _really_ enjoying the ambiguity! I am _so sick_ of simplicity. Do ya think I shoulda broken open the thesaurus? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065/22 "2005-04-14T15:17:31Z")
I’m just wondering when and if one of their patients with a mystery illness is actually going to die. It’s just funny to me that they’re on death’s door for the whole episode and then in the last five minutes they receive a miracle cure and are all better. (ok, the homeless lady died, I think, but still, y’all know what I mean) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065/23 "2005-04-14T15:26:56Z")
> [@Digital Stimulus](#): > > Here’s my take on these: > Ambiguous.There’s a weird interplay going on with House and Wilson. They’re friends, but at times closer to acquaintences. Wilson is essentially a boyscout (and married); the idea that he was hitting on Cameron might have been startling. On the other hand, it might have evoked some sense of recognition in House that he really does care for Cameron – to what extent is ambiguous. Actually, I think that House considers Wilson a ladies’ man, maybe even a philanderer. It’s been mentioned a couple of times before, about Wilson always having lunch with female colleagues. House was startled when Wilson said “What makes you think I haven’t put the moves on her,” not because he thinks Wilson is too moral to try anything, but because he suspects him of being capable of actually seducing her. Whether he’s worried because he actually has feelings for her, or he’s just being platonically protective, Wilson seemed to think it was the former. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065/24 "2005-04-14T15:37:09Z")
> [@Digital Stimulus](#): > > Do ya think I shoulda broken open the thesaurus? 🙂 Nope. I like the word as much as you. As for Wilson’s comment, my kids asked about that. I said it was a guy thing. He’s enjoying pulling House’s chain. Hell, everybody except Cameron enjoys pulling House’s chain. There’s just something about the guy that makes you want–NEED–to jerk him around. That self-satisfied veneer over a bundle of insufficiently-doped insecurities…could YOU resist? I hope Cameron stays. She is very, very pretty but needs to grow more backbone to survive in the Jungle of Big-Time TV Medicine. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065/25 "2005-04-14T15:39:51Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Actually, I think that House considers Wilson a ladies’ man, maybe even a philanderer. Ah…good take on it. Now that you mention it, I do remember something mentioned about an affair Wilson had. You may very well be right. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065/26 "2005-04-14T16:27:21Z")
House caught Wilson in a lie when he said he was going to a conference, but had long cancelled his appearance. He also seemed upset when Morrison was sleeping with a pharmaceutical rep. But Vogler made it seem that Cuddy and House may have had an assignation in the past. (Assignation being my new favorite euphemism). ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065/27 "2005-04-14T18:43:04Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > As far as I can tell, House’s specialty is diagnostic medicine. I don’t know about Cameron or Chase. Wilson is an oncologist, and Foreman is a neurologist. House has a dual specialty in diagnostics and nephrology. Cameron’s is immunology. Chase is an ‘intensivist,’ which I gather means his specialty is intensive care medicine. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065/28 "2005-04-15T14:16:05Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > House has a dual specialty in diagnostics and nephrology. No wonder he’s so pissy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-m-d-4-12-05/299065.md?page=1)