People always talk about the mental hospital episodes of House, but for as long as I live I will never not remember Wilson and Amber holding each other as she dies. Absolutely shattering.
It's literally Heel turned Babyface if I can borrow a metaphor from professional wrestling. It was an effective and victorious redemption arc. Amber went from Snidely Whiplash to Dudley Do-right.
From a character perspective, she had a harsh personality, but like most relationships, once we get to know her more, we liked at least some parts of her and appreciated her being there.
You’ve got to remember that this episode is over 15 years old. What we know about the hyperthermia and amantadine now was probably not what they knew then.
@@NoudlePipW No, I wasn't talking about the Amber in his subconscious, I mean when Wilson tells Amber she's in the hospital, and with what issues, she knows what's going on in seconds.
Followed instantly by the garbage truck hitting the bus exactly where she was sitting and the glass exploding all around her. You could literally feel the impact.
Everyone was continuously being insensitive to House including Wilson in suggesting dangerous courses of action when they came to know it was Amber even though House risked his life so many times in trying to find the identity of the victim and then to retrieve his memory to save her from some possible clue. They forgot he too had cracked open his skull in the crash and hadn't slept since then.
I always just assumed that there is no ethics authority in House because everything he does would basically be an ethics violation. He can’t even spend 2 mins taking a patient history without breaking a rule.
I always assumed cuddly sorted him with good insurance and she only keeps him because he can solve cases others cannot. Problem is he solves them because he violates rules.
they've explained this, actually. Wilson and Cuddy are on the Board so short of House shooting someone in the face in front of everyone he will never be fired. additionally, Cuddy also mentioned they give him a lot of slack because he has a success rate of like, 98% or something and they also allocate funds just for legal representation for him. not to mention the patients House sees aren't charged by the hospital and they end up being immensely grateful seeing as how he's usually the person that was able to cure them after no one else could.
Wilson breaking down mid-sentence when talking to Cuddy is SUCH GOOD ACTING. I've never experienced anything like this and I'm still punched in the gut by that scene every time. fuck man.
I would recommend that you review the "three stories" episode. House gives a lecture to medical students. If I recall correctly, it was the most highly rated episode.
Its my favorite. I like the one where a team member Infected with the same contagious disease that they can't figure out. He got it from a patient and his symptoms are mimicking the patient's symptoms. And eventually one of the symptoms becomes unavoidable and unblockable pain. You go into a coma but the brain scans show that even in acoma you are feeling the pain. Not even unconsciousness gets rid of it.
this 2-parter started me with confusion and even as a non medical person knew the ambulance stuff was not legit..however the 2nd half was an absolute emotional bomb. I loved Amber with Wilson. She was what he and House needed in their lives for different reasons. I was crushed when she died and mad at David Shore.
I can’t imagine any reason they would write him out of the show for as long as they did without it being at his request. He’s a pretty decent actor so maybe he had other opportunities and was needing a break from playing the same character. But I agree with you, it killed the momentum of the show which up until then had been my favorite series ever.
Totally agreed! I also thought it was unfair. I haven't seen the following episodes (in many years at least!), so I don't know exactly what happens with their relationship, but I'm thinking this is part of Wilson's grieving process right now. He *should* realize that it wasn't entirely House's fault that this happened, and what's more, it's not like he intentionally did this... There was no malicious intent there, at least from what was shown in these 2 episodes!
@@JessTheMD Tbh i rewatched the show lately and House is selfish enough to say no, even to his best friend... The point is, every episode he spits on Wilson to get him to be selfish, and that's the only moment in the whooole show Wilson asks anything to House. And that's why House does it, because for once, HE can help his friend, and he know HE is the one that made his life bad enough for him to ask that.
@@JessTheMD this started the arc where she kept appearing to him as hallucinations resulting from the Vicodin and it started making him make bad medical decisions to the point where he was a danger to himself and his patience (more than normal). Then you get him detoxing in a mental hospital and finally Wilson coming back in the episode where his father dies. Honestly for me it killed the show because it lost the edge that made it fun and exciting at the same time. The last couple seasons were OK but never what it was up to these two episodes.
@@meenamjahso dumb. How could he POSSIBLY have known they would get into a bus crash, and all the following things would happen?? You can say it wouldn’t have happened and fine, (though who knows if they had gotten into a regular car accident , life is unpredictable) , but house had no clue and he tried to call Wilson not Amber . He never wanted her there in the first place she just showed up. He didn’t intend for any of that to happen and he risked his life cause even so felt guilty .
I'm no doctor, but I remember seeing this episode and, during the scene in the ambulance, thinking "How is any saline, or anything else, going to get into her if her heart isn't pumping blood through her veins?"
@@JessTheMD thank you for confirming! My girlfriend is an MD and I always feel like a little kid when I learn or catch some silly medical thing and I tell her. And she kind of pats me on the head, like, “yeah, you’re getting it big guy!”
My favorite episode of House is called ' Human Error ' . It is about Cuban refugees. I usually like the deep science stuff and have enough medical knowledge to see the medical errors in the show,l but this episode got around that problem in a really amazing way.
@@JessTheMD it is a tear-jerker because of the phenomenal acting of the patients husband. But it would be fascinating to see your opinion of the final outcome and if you ever had something similar happen.
The one episode of House that I found most compelling was titled. "Informed Consent", starring the renowned actor, Joel Grey, as a research physician who had 'taken unethical liberties' in the process of conducting his studies, & had contracted a mysterious illness as the result of having been bitten by one of his lab rats. The sub-plot that clues House into figuring things out, & the clandestine, but compassionate action of one of his staff, really make the episode memorable, along w/ the soundtrack of Mazzy Star's, " Into Dust", during it's final scenes. But mostly, House's sympathetic reaction to that staff member's angst to her action was most rare.
I'm so impressed that you've gotten beyond all the leaps of faith that it takes to allow this storyline to continue forward. It comes from Samuel Coleridge, "The willing suspension of disbelief', allowing us to continue to enjoy the ride. What comes next is so worth it, so compelling that it makes trivial all that is medically hyperbolic or unbelievable about this story. It is overwhelmingly good drama. This is why I love House.
It's not surprising that there are medical mistakes. The subject is just too complicated for TV writers even with expert advisors available. I have a BS and MS in physics and most science fiction I watch requires a lot of willful suspension of my disbelief. The movie "Interstellar" was mostly scientifically accurate, at least until Matthew Mcconaughey jumped into a black hole. Great reaction! Thanks.
How cool! I was wondering how accurate the science was in interstellar! There most certainly is an element of suspension of disbelief in these types of shows and movies! It’s an interesting and engaging watch, though! 😊
"I have a BS and MS in physics and most science fiction I watch requires a lot of willful suspension of my disbelief" why because of what humans currently believe? just because it seems unbelievable now, doesnt mean it wont be possible in the future, besides which we have no clue whats really out there OR how it might work
Wilson blaming House is hypocritical of him to do, since House was willing (after being pressured by Wilson) to do a risky operation on his brain to possibly find a way to save his girlfriend. I remember Wilson saying that he doesn't blame House during Season 5, but I never believed him because of how he treats House and avoids him, even though he kept in contact with almost everyone else. All that said, it's hard to blame him because I also see someone just going through the emotions of losing someone he loves. From this episode and into Season 5, we see him go through desperation, fear, loss, denial, anger, and then eventually acceptance (which involved a crazy trip to a funeral, 🤣). Upon rewatching this show, both House and Wilson are the dynamic duo that made the experience so memorable. It's their friendship that makes it both comedic and heartfelt, considering all that they've gone through as friends, which is very fitting that the final scene of the entire series is just the two of them.
It maybe not reasonable, but feelings are not reasonable. In a logical level Wilson knows is not House's fault, but the pain and the guilt is making him the scapegoat to protect himself. Remember it was his responsibility to go for House because is his friend, but Amber went as a favor for Wilson
They were supposed to get another season, but the network decided not to renew during the filming of what ended up being the last season and it's a testament to what incredible writers they had that they managed to wrap up the series so well on such short notice.
If you ever decide to revisit House, I'd like to recommend four episodes, "Games", "One Day, One Room", "Frozen" and "Autopsy". Some extraordinary guest appearances and very compelling storylines. Hope you're doing well. Really enjoy your comments and analysis.
Despite the medical nonsense, for my money, it's the best scripted and acted 2 hours of television I've ever watched. I cry every time I see it and the actress who plays Amber, even after pristine performances from the rest of the cast, comes in and steals the show at the end.
I’ve only really seen him in House and Dead Poets Society but on those two credits alone you’re absolutely right. He was still a kid in DPS and his performance was haunting.
I luv this episode! It is so emotional and draws you in to the moment! Your comments are insightful and helpful. Thanks! Looking forward to more! Luv ya Dr Jess ❤💛
Brutal episode. House S01E19: Kids, would be a good episode to review. They improvise a lot because of their temporarily limited resources to diagnose the kid. And it's not sad.
@@JessTheMD The first part House's Head is a great choice for a doctor's reaction. There's a lot of weird stuff happening. But yeah. Wilson's Heart is a lot!
I absolutely love your reaction. It's great to get both a clinical and a humane reaction. If I may offer some slight criticism, in the beginning of the clip, the clip audio was a bit quiet and yours was a bit loud. That aside, your reactions are amazing. I love your House MD episodes and hope you do more soon! Another great two-parter (if you do plan to do those) is Euphoria - S2E20/21.
There are two other episodes I would like you to watch. One features Katheryn Winnick from history channel's Vikings "One Day, One Room" The other I am in. "Airborne" takes place on an airplane. I was a passenger in coach sitting next to Cuddy.
Love your reactions, I can tell that you're a kind and empathic human being (I mean "I can tell" - it's so obvious!) which must make you a great doctor IRL. Keep on being so nice
Honestly, at this point I'm not surprised that House usually tends to go for the "rare" diseases/conditions first, when normally we'd assume something simpler. It's like an oncologist thinking everything's cancer or at least a symptom of one. Given his backstory, and his penchant to be more intrigued about difficult cases, it tracks. I love your reaction!
I know this is kind of off-topic a bit, but House criticized a doctor for not getting tested for Huntington's Disease, when she knows she has a predisposition for it. I personally would be the same. With genetic testing these days, you can find out if you have a likelihood of getting a variety of diseases. But if I'm not symptomatic, and if there's nothing I can do to change the course of things, I wouldn't bother getting tested either. Yes, if it's something I may be able to improve the odds on by lifestyle changes or taking a medication, I'd get tested. But if that's out of my hands, and there's nothing I could do to prevent or minimize the risk of getting the disease, I wouldn't bother getting tested until I start showing symptoms. Otherwise, you're just sucking the joy out of life by focusing on the what-ifs. But...that's me. I know others feel differently.
I completely do understand what you’re saying. There’s a balance between knowing what to look out for with a particular disease that you may be genetically predisposed to and being anxious/nervous/scared about developing it constantly. I will say - I recently tested positive for the BRCA2 mutation, and initially it was just really upsetting to find that out, but after processing it - I’m glad I got tested and know about it. Granted, this knowledge does allow me to make some changes (having a mastectomy, etc), but there are some organs I can’t remove that are at higher risk (ie pancreas), so having this knowledge allows me to get screened regularly. I’d rather know about this risk and do everything I can to prevent a bad outcome, than get blindsided by cancer because I didn’t know I have this increased risk. At the same time, I agree with you - if you can’t change the outcome at all, is it really worth knowing? I guess it’s a personal preference, right? For some people, it might make them constantly anxious knowing they *might* have this risk but not knowing for sure. The decision to get tested or not is super individual, in my opinion 😊
@@JessTheMD Absolutely I agree that it’s something personal. I would never criticize someone who wants all possible awareness of their health vulnerabilities, and understand your decision. For me, the decision not to know only applies to diseases that nothing I could do would help mitigate, and even then, only until I start experiencing symptoms. Otherwise, I feel like I would be paranoid about every ache, cramp, pain that came my way, and it would suck the joy out of life.
Meanwhile I’ve had genetic testing as I got fed up of being undiagnosed for 16 years despite having a 9/9 Beighton score, stretchy skin etc obvious connective tissue disorder. They’re literally thinking over treating me as having factitious disorder and disposing my genetic testing results even though it all lines up with my symptoms, family history and conditions I was already diagnosed with as a ‘control’. One thing that came up was pathogenic variants associated with multiple autoimmune and endocrine disorders etc including predisposition toward Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and Grave’s disease. I had blood work on November 15, guess what, elevated thyroid antibodies. They won’t see me for another two weeks but I have been complaining my of debilitating fatigue, hair loss and severe eye pain. Genetic testing might not be a guarantee you have x condition or will ever get it especially if taking about variants of unknown significance but sometimes if the shoe fits occam’a razor applies. But every doctor I meet acts like I’m a flat earth preaching conspiracy theorist and need to be involuntarily committed because I dared to get genetic testing and am taking any of the results seriously (like the fact I have so many variants associated with Stickler Syndrome, cleft palate, have kyphoscoliosis, have severe astigmatism, myopia, photosensitivity etc)
I think I would still rather be sure. When I was in college, I would rush freaked out to my RA asking if they thought something was a lump, because when my sister was around the same age, she had Hodgkins. The diagnostic journey started as a lump on her neck that turned out to be more than a swollen lymph node. (Mine were ever only swollen lymph nodes. 😅 )
@@maskedmallard537 That’s different. A lump can be treated. I’m talking about being tested for something you MIGHT get someday for which there’s no preventative and no cure.
I never understood what the relevance of the flu medicine was back when I watched this the first time. It always bugged me that I didn’t know what was happening.
Ive only cried to a piece of media maybe once every other year, if even that often. This episode is one of them. Cant help but tell my friends and family what they mean to me after i see this, because i might not get woken up for a final goodbye and nothing should go unsaid.
True an intelligent doctor probably shouldn’t take too many drugs, but you are watching a show where the main character is very smart and takes way too many pain pills.
Love your reactions! I'm happy to hear a medical professional say that amphetamines used in proper dosages do not cause heart damage. I'm living proof. As a truck driver back in the 80s, we used what are now near non-existent Benzedrine (Bennies, West Coast Turnarounds, Black Beauties) to stay awake for a run. However, unlike fabricated tales of all truck drivers, we took them for like a run from Seattle to Miami. They were our co-pilots. We reasonable drivers knew that once that run was done, we needed sleep. There is no substitute for sleep. So I required 36 hours off to get that sleep after a long run. Most of us used prescribed dosages (maybe took next one a few hours early to prevent dropoff), but we did not abuse them and stay up 5 days as this would cause visual impairment and mild paranoia. We were not all stupid. If you check the pilots in the Navy, they are prescribed the same for missions. There is no such thing as a random drug test (unless you are in an accident that requires a tow). We smart people know that if you get a run from Minneapolis to Houston but they tell you to drop it off at your terminal in Dallas, you can bet they are going to do a drug test. So to beat it, you stop taking them, take Lasix and drink tons of water to clean your system out since it is a water-soluble drug (marijuana stores in fat so you would be screwed). This worked for 20 years or so until older age made me stop doing it all together. And as an older driver, I was given more time to do the runs. 2.3 million miles with no accidents. Like any drug, it can be used as self-medication if you stick to the labeled instructions. There were a few that went overboard and gave us a bad rep, but I assure you, 98% of us did it responsibly..and you got your food in the stores on time. lol
I binge watched this a year or two ago, having never seen an episode previously. The lasting memory I have is the sadness of both Wilson and House not finding happiness in terms of relationships. Seriously complicated story lines in that regards, and definitely no 'Hollywood' endings.
Una de las mejores series que han existido. Nunca me canso de ver Dr House. Wilson un personaje bueno y le pasará eso y además que muriera de cáncer uff. Me quede con ganas de ver más Dr House pero bueno.
The first 10 or so times I watched these episodes I just shrugged and thought they were some of the lamest because there wasn't much House Sass. I was an introverted teenager, House was personality goals. Today I cried, because unlike the other times, I know what it is like to love a partner or spouse. Now Wilson is more of a goals kind of guy, but with a living wife.
I love both house and scrubs. The fact that they aren't anywhere close to medically accurate is dwarfed bu the writing and abilities to take yoy on a rollercoaster ride. Thank you for sharing your emotions too Jess. It really adds to us seeing you as a real person rather than someone who could just edit that out. 🥲
@JessTheMD That's a fine line to walk for medical professionals, though, isn't it? There has to be an element of being non-human, or you guys would just be sobbing balls of snot all the time with some of the stuff you see. Hopefully, this sort of thing is a great outlet for you.
So if the heart is not beating, what would be the point of starting an IV of Interferon? I'm no doctor, but IV's go into veins to circulate medicine right? So unless they restarted the heart and I missed it, it seems kinda dumb to put an IV into a vein with no blood flow.
I honestly think there was a lot of buyer's remorse with killing Amber. I would have rather 13 die, if someone was going to die, and in season 7, even though she was credited in it, she left the show in the first two episodes and returned in the last 3. Anne Dudek is a better actress in my not so humble, but correct opinion, than Olivia Wilde. I noticed you made a few medical observations, but in them, it seemed like you mentioned freezing the body was a bad idea. In 2008, would that have been considered a bad idea?? And once you learned she had Amantadine poisoning, she had 2 damaged, non-functional kidneys, failing liver, dead heart, and a damaged femoral artery. In your medical opinion, she was doomed by the bus accident and there wasn't anything that likely would have worked, right? What House did was the equivalent of throwing a hail Mary pass into the end zone, and it failed. And if you have made it through 4 seasons of House, you should know, he is incredibly observant, picking up details most people wouldn't even bother looking at, and knowing exactly why they are happening. And about the sacrifices he made for Wilson, House doesn't love anyone really, other than Wilson. He's annoyed by and doesn't respect his mother, and he hates his father. He was in love with Stacy, and even that backfired, because his ability to love someone else is damaged. House is miserable, and I can relate to that. I had what House had in my left arm. It was caught before I experienced muscle death like he did, and the small clot was resolved on its own through medicine that broke the clot apart, but not before it damaged my Ulnar nerve. On top of that, I experience nerve pain from my lower back, I have 3 bulging discs, one completely degenerated, and it is impinging upon the sciatic nerve in my left leg. I used to experience cold shocks from stepping wrong on my left leg that would register as a 10 on the pain scale several times a day, as much as a dozen times in an hour. I have a spinal cord stimulator now, and it completely disrupts the pain signals, which is good, because when I had had enough of it, I told my doctor no more fucking around, either you do something about this, or I will do it myself (yes, I mean that). That was when I got the SCS. So, additionally, I know the pain he would really experience, and he does a hella good job with it. Anyway, in keeping with House, he's also a drug addict, and in time, you'll see him change for the worst during Season 5. I'm curious to get your take on it, considering it involved vicodin long-term abuse, you know, to verify if what he's experiencing is overblown, dramatic license or whether it tracks as legitimate. Fun fact: Hugh Laurie (House) developed a limp from playing the character, House.
Looked it up, amantadine does not dialyze out well. Not all drugs do. My guess would be something about molecular weight but I don't feel like doing that much research.
They explained in the episode that the amantadine stayed in her system long enough to bind itself with proteins, making it too big to filter through dialysis.
Hey! Thank you so much for checking in - doing okay, just a LOT has been going on and we we were traveling. Just life got in the way of RU-vid 😝 All is well though! I hope you're doing okay!!
I really wish you would do some ER episodes. You said you would but nothing so far. As far as which ones, I’d say Loves Labor Lost, Last Call, Fear of Flying. I won’t ask you anymore, I figure you just don’t like the show.
I actually do like the show 😊 I promise, it is on my list, but I try to do the more highly requested episodes first… ER is just a bit lower on the request list. I do have the episode about Carter and Lucy getting stabbed, if that helps tide you over.. I promise it is on my list and I am getting to it ❤️ thank you so much for the specific episode suggestions. I’ll make sure they’re on my list! 😊
Of course! I really do enjoy ER, so I promise I will! I have a scrubs episode I already filmed that I’m currently editing and then I’ll do an ER episode 😊 thank you so much for the support!!
Targeted temperature management - was previously thought to (and used to) improve outcomes. It was done in an attempt to reduce the risk of tissue injury following lack of blood flow (like in cardiac arrest). New data coming out now to show that it doesn’t necessarily cause worse outcomes but it may not be improving anything either!
Very interesting. I thought I was phenomenal with grammar but the dash before the word "was". I'm about to message my retired 6th grade English teacher.
so I know hearts are not just easy to come by along with kidneys, but since the show house is always about outlandish things happening, couldn't Amber have gotten an emergency heart transplant, and Wilson have been testing for a compat match with one of his kidneys and or got a donor one, then filter blood through a machine or pig and cleared her of the problems?
