Now I'm wondering if House's smile at the end wasn't just the enjoying of wanton violence/revenge on ortho guy but also at the fact that he has 'corrupted' Adams already.
This sounds like a decent possibility.
It certainly is a waste to destroy medical equipment, but with the type of person Adams seems to be, it seems somewhat likely that she didn't take her anger out on her ex-husband, and possibly wanted to take it out on an inanimate object as it didn't do any direct harm.
It's possible that in her frustration, she didn't consider possible indirect consequences.
But House's anger toward the orthopedics guy and his encouragement toward Adams to smash the skeleton were indeed rather violent. I wonder if this is possibly building up to something? It's possible that, as you said, it's supposed to show that House has made progress...but is it possible that he's actually escalating, maybe to some sort of breaking point?
I'm likely wrong in my speculations, but almost punching someone in the face isn't nearly as violent as indirectly destroying his equipment. The latter has long-term consequences. House seemed...on the verge of violence in this episode, not acting on it directly. Is it possible that, as he seemed to do in Season 6 in terms of cutting remarks and general nastiness, he is trying to hold himself back, ultimately ending up with him failing again?
It's difficult to say, because I felt as though in Season 6, he was trying to be a better, healthier, person (in terms of society's view) in the hopes to gain happiness and in Season 7 he tried for a "normal" "healthy" relationship in an effort to gain happiness. (I believe that David Shore once mentioned that he enjoys this aspect of "striving" in House, but perhaps never quite obtaining.) Yet this season, I feel as though, so far, House has been particularly...neutral. He certainly seems a little more open, showing his kind side a little more, although certainly allowing for his sarcasm to show, which he seemed to hide around Cuddy. He seems to have kept the intelligence and the sarcasm, but perhaps lost some of the nastiness. Perhaps it's remorse, guilt, change...I'm unsure. I'm frustrated that we have no clue as to what happened during House's time spent in prison. It's possible that his more neutral and slightly subdued demeanor is as a result of fear of his fellow inmates; he was sort of at the top of the food chain where he worked and was knocked down to the bottom when he placed himself in prison.
Again, I'm merely speculating. It's certainly early in the season and something that seems odd or confusing now could possibly be explained or dealt with later. (Or that's just me being overly hopeful again lol)
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Date: 2011-11-02 12:43 am (UTC)This sounds like a decent possibility.
It certainly is a waste to destroy medical equipment, but with the type of person Adams seems to be, it seems somewhat likely that she didn't take her anger out on her ex-husband, and possibly wanted to take it out on an inanimate object as it didn't do any direct harm.
It's possible that in her frustration, she didn't consider possible indirect consequences.
But House's anger toward the orthopedics guy and his encouragement toward Adams to smash the skeleton were indeed rather violent. I wonder if this is possibly building up to something? It's possible that, as you said, it's supposed to show that House has made progress...but is it possible that he's actually escalating, maybe to some sort of breaking point?
I'm likely wrong in my speculations, but almost punching someone in the face isn't nearly as violent as indirectly destroying his equipment. The latter has long-term consequences. House seemed...on the verge of violence in this episode, not acting on it directly. Is it possible that, as he seemed to do in Season 6 in terms of cutting remarks and general nastiness, he is trying to hold himself back, ultimately ending up with him failing again?
It's difficult to say, because I felt as though in Season 6, he was trying to be a better, healthier, person (in terms of society's view) in the hopes to gain happiness and in Season 7 he tried for a "normal" "healthy" relationship in an effort to gain happiness. (I believe that David Shore once mentioned that he enjoys this aspect of "striving" in House, but perhaps never quite obtaining.) Yet this season, I feel as though, so far, House has been particularly...neutral. He certainly seems a little more open, showing his kind side a little more, although certainly allowing for his sarcasm to show, which he seemed to hide around Cuddy. He seems to have kept the intelligence and the sarcasm, but perhaps lost some of the nastiness. Perhaps it's remorse, guilt, change...I'm unsure. I'm frustrated that we have no clue as to what happened during House's time spent in prison. It's possible that his more neutral and slightly subdued demeanor is as a result of fear of his fellow inmates; he was sort of at the top of the food chain where he worked and was knocked down to the bottom when he placed himself in prison.
Again, I'm merely speculating. It's certainly early in the season and something that seems odd or confusing now could possibly be explained or dealt with later. (Or that's just me being overly hopeful again lol)