The fact that Robert Sean Leonard never even got an Emmy nom for his supporting role as Wilson throughout House MD's run (especially for this episode) is both a tragedy and a crime.
The scene on the bus with House and Amber was the best scene of the entire tv series - and very powerful, with Anne Dudek playing Amber absolutely brilliantly.
The part where he is holding back and desperately trying not to cry, only for that dam to break in half a second... I feel that, such a good show, such good acting
I was PISSED at Wilson for blaming House the next season. Because it made NO sense. House done really really bad things and Wilson doesn't care, sometimes he just does them BACK but he didn't do anything wrong here. He called his friend for a ride home because he had been drinking, normal. Friend never got the message, friends GF whom he doesn't like showed up instead, they trade barbs (This seems to be how they comminate and both sort of like it). Decides he doesn't want ride from GF and gets on a bus, GF follows. None of that is that all crazy, it's actually NORMAL, especially for House. You are not REQUIRED to take a ride from someone. AFTER GF gets hurt and House has forgotten Amber consciencely (Actually this is sort of Chase's fault as he was the one who had him "forget about Amber" while under hypnoses ), but still remembers her subconsciously he tries so hard and risk so much to find her and diagnosis her … he flat lines, seizes and ends up with brain bleed!
Not one person who has ever truly loved another (child, partner, parent, sibling or friend) would forgo the opportunity for more time with the person(s) they love!
Ugh, I remember this scene. I just felt so bad for everyone; Wilson losing his true love (other than House), House losing his best friend, even Amber slipping away... just the entire thing is heartbreaking.
@deekat3279 House and Wilson weren't on speaking terms really for a little while after this; Wilson kinda blamed House for Amber dying because Amber went to pick him up from his self destructive behavior.
@deekat3279 I'm talking about specifically in this moment. It's a soap opera, so obviously they would make up because they were one of the best parts of the show. Doesn't mean that, in that moment, they were just done.
I think Wilson purposefully stood there because he's conflicted.. he already blames House for Amber's death, yet he still think of him as his closest friend. so he stood at the far end of the room instead of the other side of his bed, and immediately left when he made sure he's fine (awake). a masterpiece is made of those little details.
I think Cuddy holding House's hand was one of his hallucinations. You can clearly see the shot before, when Wilson was looking at both of them, and Cuddy wasn't holding his hand. She only was when House was awake.
3:40 The terror on Amber's face when she realizes what happened and says, "I'm dead!" is one of the single best pieces of acting I've ever seen. Anne Dudek was fantastic.
It was an amazing episode. However, if she is talking and expressing emotion isnt she actually alive? Pushes the boundaries on when someone is still conscious or not doesnt it?
tell-me a-story I don’t think that’s what she meant. It’s more like she knew she wasn’t going to get out of it alive, like when someone threatens you by saying “you’re dead,” you know? It’s a guarantee
@@tell-mea-story611 her brain still alive, her body survives entirely through machine. Technically, human could have everlasting life if they have life support for the rest of their life, as long as the brain itself doesn't rot
There's a lesson here. We don't know when OUR last feeling/experience is be. Somewhere between 2300 to 2400 people will die today from cardiovascular disease. Most will just drop dead and not be resuscitated. What will be the last feeling, last emotion, last sentiments of most of them. Will they harbor resentment against someone who wronged them. Anger against an unfaithful partner. Bitterness over being passed up for a promotion. Or will they express how much they love the people in their lives and feel gratitude for the life they have and the people in it. 3700 people die daily of in motor vehicle accidents. Both CVD and MVAs are sudden unexpected fatal situations that occur... What will you chose to be your final exchanges with the people in your life. What will be the last feelings you will have.
She’s not wrong. I hope that nobody wants their last feeling to be any of the negative ones, especially if there are people with them at that moment. I know that I don’t.
@@jamess069 I feel like "not wrong" is an understatement. I imagine in real life, the drugs probably would take a role. But having the mindset to realize that she must filter the negative thoughts and appreciate what is in front of her is transcendental. It is difficult beyond imagination. Just imagine how long people take to grief a loved one. Then imagine the loved one is yourself AND you only have minutes to arrive at the fifth stage. And I love that the show had established that she is absolutely smart enough to arrive at that state in no time.
I really love too, the part where she had no real control over her mouth muscles when Wilson put his hand on her face before she dies is subtle but so incredibly accurate. It makes this scene so much harder to watch.
Here is the thing though, unless you're really asleep. It is not possible. At least I never seen a patient close their eyes. When you die, and if you are awake that is saying. You will lose sight of vision before ever realizing to shut your eyes. This death was way to fast to be honest. The least thing that would have happened is, she would have slow death in where she might fall asleep and never wake up which would explain why she closed her eyes. But as for a instant death like this. It's not possible. When they took my father off life support, I remember every feeling in the world about it. Though he was asleep, death did not instantly happen. It took anywhere between 3 to 10 mins.
She wanted her last feelings to be happy ones, and for his last moments with her to be peaceful. They deserved each other. Good alignment, the two of them, despite how conniving amber could be. Big soft fat bleeding hearts. All we are is experience. Experience is like the wind. It's little more than the sum of its parts. It's hard to pin down. When you go to show someone, it might be there, or it might not, but either way it's just as much the same wind or lack of it. The last moments are meaningful as any of the other ones. The first ones. The ones in the middle. But the thing is, is that it's not meaningless. This human orientation to the serial effect. First and last is the most important. Because when you tell a story, those are the most important parts. How you choose to define the start and the end of something, or what it is and what it isn't, is most of how we understand all things. Cause and effect. Beginning, end. So, to make sense of things, we think of now always as now. As a nonstop moment. The world moves around us, or us around it, all to the beat of the same drummer called time. Yet, we are free to think out of rhythm, and make decisions. We feel like we're playing an MMORPG, exploring the vast open map. In the game, you can take all the time you need. Go everywhere. Do everything. In any order. In real life, everything is always changing. Lines don't exist, so the more we squint and examine them with a microscope, the more blurry they appear. Human connection is an experience like wind, but there is something about it that feels...right. Right in a way that is peaceful and soft and just a little while longer. I don't know where I'm going with this...death changes everything. And that everything, is the everything that life means, and both are nothinf, because it's all lines, and from a distance, from the right angle, with the right eye, all those blurry squiggles resolve into indivisibility.
There was nothing natural about Amber's death. She was hooked on machines, they woke her up from death just to say goodbye while technically she was already dead.
Also the contrast of Amber being vulnerable and accepting her fate in one scene and the next scene, she's full of confidence and personality again. "Everybody dies"... and they return to their true selves, even if it's just how House remembers her in this scene.
Wilson's breakdown is probably the most realistic one I've seen in fiction. I was holding just fine till that moment but then, him trying to be strong and failing finished me. Amber was so strong. Real proof how much she loved him.
we see House's true colors here. there are zero insults, zero witty remarks, zero sarcastic cynical etc.... virtually his entire personality is on hold, on pause, out of respect for his friend's loss. that's character. that's being true when it matters most
@@smurfyday it wasn’t house’s fault. If my friend hadn’t gone to work on 9/11 showing up early, she would still be alive. So her action led to her death. Still wasn’t her fault.
House risked death 2x to find the answer. And his actions did NOT lead to her death. House was never at factual fault. He called expecting Wilson. Amber came...if she had NOT. House would have either taken the bus by himself OR called a cab. House left his cane there...which is a signal of how much he did NOT want to be anywhere near Amber because Amber is Wilson's girl and House did not like her. Amber decided to take the cane to House, if she had not...House would have gotten it the next day. Also, Amber took the anti-viral medication which is what doomed her.
House was willing to sacrifice his mind, what Wilson claimed was most important to him, and potentially his life to find a way to help Amber, and people still have the audacity to call House a bad friend to Wilson. Any time it actually mattered House was always there for him no matter the personal cost to himself.
House never asked Amber to get on the bus with him, he never even asked her to come meet him. he tried again and again to save her, even while on the bus. Yet he was still blamed for what happened and it began driving him crazy.
Plus house's ultimate sacrifice in the series finale shows just how much Wilson meant to him and what he was willing to sacrifice for their friendship. Yes house did bad and yes at times was a shitty friend to Wilson but as you said when it really counted he was their for his best friend and vice versa.
@@justaguy7831 oh, I didn't see that scene, I dont know where else to watch so I watch here with shortened clips. Did he get shocked by a wire or something while trying to get her out of the bus and then have a seizure?
Episodes name was "House's head, Wilson's heart". I remember thinking how appropriately these episodes are named. Great writing, story telling, acting... House M. D is one of those rare shows that was perfect from beginning to end.
And House is talking about both physical pain and emotional pain. House is a tortured soul...he distrusts his own mother, who was repeatedly unfaithful to his childhood father figure. That father figure was cold, harsh, demanding and merciless to House. House's story (in Son of Coma Guy) about the janitor in Japan who was a brilliant diagnostician that everyone had to pay attention to even though he had zero status is House revealing how he views himself. House thinks his genius is the ONLY reason any one puts up with him. For the most part, House's acerbic nature and sharp, curt verbal takedowns and retorts and withering degrading of others pretty much makes that the case. The only two people who seem to push past all that to actually LIKE House are Wilson and Cuddy.
What were they saying before that I heard something about he still nonresponsive or something like that? It’s kind of hard to hear things with the music too loud.
Kinda reminded me when I put my first dog down. Obviously doesn't compare to a human you love, but still. He's in my earliest memory, and we took him to the vet when I was 16. I held him as the vet administered the poison. I thought right before she stuck him, "he's still fully alive. I could stop her right now, overpower her if I need to." Then she started to push the plunger down. "I can't stop her now, it would be monstrous." Then, as I felt the life ebb out of him, I couldn't help but think he felt frightened and betrayed. "Oh my God, I've killed my dog." You hear about cutting life support to from unconcious patients, but I can't imagine cutting life from a loved one while laying down with them and talking face to face. I guess the one bright spot would be that she was fully cognizant of the circumstances, and understood this was the only path for her. Still, the primitive part of you doesn't understand that.
@@JohnSmith-wx9wj As advanced as we are, we still need to keep in mind that life will always be 100% fatal. Your life is but 2 dates and a dash. Make the most of the dash. Time is not the predator that stalks us all our lives, it is a companion that goes along with us on the journey to remind us to cherish every second.
@@JohnSmith-wx9wj As a person who loves animals and has been betrayed and beaten by most people and society as a whole, I have lost many animals. But when my mother died, I was grateful that one more person who had made my life a living hell was gone.
@@downhomesunset Man...that is a sad story. I hope that you're able to let go of all that was done to you. There are some incredibly loving people in this world...people who are kind, affectionate, caring, generous, positive, and supportive. May you find them and be befriended by such people soon.
1:20 is the most realistic crying performance I’ve ever seen in my life. Also “That's not the last feeling I want to experience” is the most heartbreaking sentence in history of tv shows and I won’t change my mind
The fact that her Dr. skills were still sharp, she knew the flu meds she took is what killed her, without Wilson having to tell her, after Wilson explained about which organs were going/gone into failure.
@@anachyinuk it's simple, the meds do their job(fight flu) but still they should get expelled from our body. Kidney is supposed to do that. Kidneys gets destroyed in the accident. The meds then become a poison in your body and kills every organ, thus killing you.
@@irabucc469 Unfortunately, she had something approaching House's arrogance, plus a need to prove herself and a massive penchant for competition. Would have made it very difficult to work under House; odds are good she would have undermined him when she disagreed. Others did it from time to time, but I believe she would have been habitual. Plus, she had less to learn than the others did by working with House, and House DOES value that side of his employees. He wants to see them consistently improving.
@@anachyinuk The flu pills she took killed her. It couldn't be filtered out because her kidneys failed from the internal bleeding and other trauma. So she basically overdosed and the unfiltered drug damaged her organs and made her have a heart attack.
This was one of the hardest episodes to watch in House. The pain was so genuine. I felt bad for all three of them. Brilliant acting by Robert Sean Leonard and Anne Dudek. Those last moments literally tore my heart
Truer words haven never been said. This is the episode I will remember decades later due to the sheer amount of heavy emotions involved. Incredibly well done, made me cry for an hour after it ended.
I re-watch House all the time but this episode gets me in the gut. Such a waste; Anne Dudek created a memorable character and it was hard to say goodbye to Amber.
I wish I could live at your place, full of Willson stereotypes because my town is full of jerks. Everyone takes the slightest opportunity to butcher someone else behind their backs. I have yet to see a human being like him around here.
House's words to Amber in his head are some of the most honest ones we ever get from him. He cares DEEPLY about Wilson. He doesn't want Wilson to hate him, to give up on him. He doesn't want to be miserable and in constant pain. He just doesn't know how to...to live, really.
As someone who feels trapped in a despair and depression cycle, its portrayed so honestly. You know what you want, it just isnt attainable, even if it is, it never feels that way. You go through life just chasing anything to feel alive and distract from the misery.
@@MoodyBluesRequiem80 Talking doesn't help if you have endogenic clinical depression meaning that your brain is literally coded into relapsing into it again and again. Talking doesn't solve anything in this case. Real depression requires medication, not just therapy. (I am speaking from experience)
@@osurac14vlb Clinical depression here. Even stopped chasing it because what's the point when your brain doesn't function the way it should and you're programmed into relapsing into this botomless pit again and again.
8:53 Robert Leonard is always great, but he's channeling this experience so truthfully. That look of defeat mixed with jealously and mild hostility, but still with concern... He pulls it off amazingly, even though he likely had to go to a dark place mentally to achieve it.
Most of acting is just that. Forcing yourself back into times where you felt what the character needs to feel. And crying on camera convincingly is one of the hardest things to achieve as an actor. He is so good it's unreal.
It will never make sense to me how Amber's death was House's fault. He never asked her to pick him up, he never told her to get on the bus, he didn't cause the crash, and he risked his life to try to find the underlying cause. I was never his fault.
Wilson knows that, even though he keeps saying it. Doesn't make it any less painful for him knowing that House is still the reason why she was on that bus, no matter the fact that nobody would've ever known that it would crash.
Spoiler warning! Amber: Dies in bus crash Kutner: Suicide Thirteen: severe life limiting genetic disease Taub: *nervous sweating* This second team was cursed from the beginning.
If you haven't got a Wilson in your life, be a Wilson in someone else's. I've said it before and I'm not afraid to say it again - for me at least, House was/is, the greatest consistently well written ensemble acted TV series EVER. Period. Love @ Peace to all my fellow jonesing 'Housesters' still here in 2020. ❤️✌️
@@kamdaddypurp3341 I hear ya. Impossible to maintain that epic standard forever. But if you can recommend anything on TV now that's as good or better than the last couple of seasons, I'd be surprisingly grateful.
House's head and Wilson's heart are two of the best episodes ever, great plot, great music and great acting! I cried everytime I watch this scene, I cried harder when House said he doesn't want Wilson to hate him😭
They never got to show us the true amber because of cutting the series 4 short. She wasnt a bitch really we just never got to saw enough of her IMO but shore said she never got to be portrayed fully because of the writers strike and that he was close to writing her back into houses team in series 4 while being in a relationship with Wilson. Never got to because of the writers strike.
Everyone deserves a friend like Wilson. He always protected people and wasn't afraid to show his heart. Wilson was the exact opposite to house. The yin and yang. He really got to fall in love after his failed marriage and it was stolen from him, arguably by his best friend
@@haissouma Not saying it is, but other people would say that if House didn't go out and get drunk at the bar, Amber wouldn't have had to leave, get there, get on the bus, then have her kidneys damaged due to the crash, therefore the flu pills wouldn't have killed her. Who could've predicted that?
It's really not arguably House's fault. Someone went to pick him up and a tragedy happened. If I invited someone to a party and they died on the way here, similarly, I'm not at fault.
Brendan Galvin thank you, he didn’t even ask her to come. It’s like saying I’m the reason my gf has trust issues after I cheated on her 6 times. Nah but fr tho it wasn’t houses fault
This season did an incredible job of making me hate a character, redeeming her to somewhat likeable status, and then making me bawl my eyes out when she died...
Well, I'd say her connection to Wilson plays a large role in that empathy, since we don't want to see him hurt. If she wasn't as important to him, I'd argue the audience would not be as impacted.
Anne Dudek’s acting was phenomenal throughout the entire time she graced the show, but in Wilson’s Heart she made me feel things almost no other actor did. The look of complete & utter fear as she realizes… “I’m dead”, was just… bewildering. Her chemistry with Robert Sean Leonard was amazing right from the get go, and their relationship, as unseemly & surprising, still felt real & raw.
For those wondering, the songs from the episode according to IMDB are: Teardrop by José González Re: Stacks by Bon Iver Light For The Deadvine by People in Planes Passing Afternoon by Iron & Wine
The best part of House...was the complicated relationship between him and Wilson...it was messy...it was both healthy and enabling...it was sad...it was happy...it was a journey they chose to go together...it was real...in the end both of them were willing to spend a person's greatest commodity...their time...together for 1 last ride...very poetic...in a way we all long for a real relationship that can withstand each other's follies and faults...
To top it off, House was legally on the run and faked his death. He will inevitably go to prison after it is all said and done. Incredible sacrifice to spend time with his friend one last time.
This episode was obviously about Wilson, but House's conviction in wanting to stay on the bus because "it doesn't hurt here" immediately being destroyed by the use of one of the earliest lines we've heard him say in the show, was super special. In the matter of one second he realized that nope, you don't always get what you want; that he might not want to be in pain but he has people to there for and a life worth living. Only takes one second for him to change his tune and stroll right off that bus.
Seeing him walk off the bus so confidently makes me emotional too. The way he’s walking so well and so proud of it knowing he’s choosing to leave that behind.
man... I really feel for Wilson. besides his medical practice, he lost everything in this episode. as tragic as this episode is, it also shows how strong his character is. but it still sucks. at least he got to say goodbye though.
@jakecruise90The true karma comes from them being hollow inside, having no love, and with what comes in the after. Karma exists, it’s just a matter of when.
When House really wanted to die because he couldn't remember to save Amber, he was willingly to go with her for the right reason. Right when Amber tells him to get off the bus, it just circles back of what he did to her earlier and made him even more guilty and vulnerable. That is some Godly painfully writing scene.
I love when shes putting it all together and you can see the fear. Even when he puts his face next to her, she doesnt look at him, shes still in shock, staring into space trying to comprehend everything. Amazing acting by Anne.
These two parts of one episode are probably the best in the whole show, especially the first part, especially the ending of the first part, when we finally see bus crash...
Of all the episodes of House that I had watched over the years, this one blindsided me. When he discovered that it was Amber on the bus with him, from the color of the necklace, I sat straight up and hollered at the tv.
There is something so powerful and moving about her choosing not to be angry. I remember first watching this episode her saying "that's not the last feeling I want to experience". Blew my mind. That even in the worst moments imaginable we can choose what to focus on and how we want to feel. It actually dramatically changed my life. Not too long after I got really into researching the mind which lead me to formally learning mindfulness and mindfulness meditation practices. Thank you to this amazing show and beautiful moment.
I almost never cry in life, but I cry every time I watch it and they tell Wilson to wake her up, just so he can tell her it's over. It's just such a terrifying concept. And then those few hours. It's just heartbreaking.
I really feel for Wilson and the emotions he’s going through. I’ve had to put down two of my dogs and I’ve had them my entire life. I lost one of them because they were very old and in constant pain, and the other because of a malignant tumor. They meant everything to me. It hurts in an indescribable way to watch someone you care about slipping away from you and life itself. This episode made me cry.
Everytime I watch this masterpiece of an episode, I am just unable to hold back my tears. The acting, the music, the cinematography, everything about these two episodes (House's head & Wilson's heart) is an example of sheer perfection in television history.
It’s so much harder to see Wilson lose someone because he’s generally a good person and he’s trying to look out for others and their well-being. If this was a loss for house, the audience wouldn’t FEEL sympathy for him
I just realized.... The note at the end has a double meaning, both that she went to pickup house for whatever before the accident, and to get him off the bus between the afterlife and life
Super underrated use of music here. The transition from the hospital bed with that fast, anxious strumming, culminating in the abrupt stop when Amber answers his question. And then the somber acoustic song about reflecting on innocent childhood and how the times pass into memory. It's perfect, all of it.
I revisit this every once in a blue moon, usually when I'm down, it's like a healing process to a real event in my life that happened long ago. This is painfully Beautiful, House is a Beautiful series and it'll be all cool happies tomorrow from the tears of today ❤️
7:50 Amber says “Well, you can’t always get what you want.” Which is also a phrase used by House in the pilot. House probably knew that wasn’t Amber’s ghost or anything, but that quote probably reminded him that he was literally talking to himself. Which is why he then got off the bus.
One of the greatest lines in any show I've seen. "It doesn't hurt here". Meaning he would rather die than return to the painful reality. Something many people can relate to.
It is a thing, that able bodied people don't tend to understand, but it's incredibly exhausting being disabled, being in pain all day every day, unable to do the things you want and need to do. You just want a day off, a break, a holiday away from the pain, but you never get one, it's every day. There's a reason why a lot of people with disabilities end up killing themselves. It's an escape, from pain and torture.
"It doesn't hurt here." House is talking about more than his leg pain. He's talking about this pervading and I argue expanding sense of dread mixed with ennui (what the Hindu's coin as Dukha or in the Buddhist version an undertow of dissatisfactoriness) that House is plagued with. House's exceptional intelligence takes the interest, the wonder, the marvel out of life. Imagine if when you look at a rainbow you simply see variations light frequencies, or sunsets simply optics caused by a combination of Rayleigh Scattering and aerosol pollution. In many ways, this is what life is to House. Stripped of its "magic", imbued with severe rationalist cynicism, Life becomes an exercise in the inane. Everyone, every person is a hypocrite and a liar. And most people embrace willful self-delusion, rather than face reality. House looks at reality without filters. He sees himself living a lonely, solitary, empty life. Pleasures are transient and often transactional. Pain is intractable and ever-present. People come and go and rarely stick around long enough to matter to him and/or for him to matter to them. He sees himself becoming a grim, bitter, sullen, angry old man in constant pain, incapable of forging true deep abiding connections, save perhaps for Wilson. House's pain is emotional, physical, and dare I say, spiritual--he cannot fathom a quality to existence that extends beyond the physical form which itself is broken and limiting!
1:24 when that happened when I actually was watching house it broke my heart. I cried and had to pause it to try and calm down. Incredible actor and amazing scene
These two episodes will never fail to make me weep like a baby. House desperately trying to remember, the bus crash scene (oh god tears be flowing), Amber saying goodbye to Wilson (more fucking tears), and Amber and House on the bus, followed by House looking at Wilson outside of his room so meaningfully. In a way it's almost like he's trying to convey with his eyes "please don't leave me". Hugh Laurie and the entire cast are such good actors. Apart from season 8 but that's besides the point.
1. Guess from a certain perspective Amber and Wilson relationship is the most succesful one for any major character of this show, as it did not end in a divorce or horrible breakup but literally "death did them part" 2. Amber is a medical genius. She wakes up after days of coma and she figures out everything in 30 seconds. 3. Anne Dudek's and R. S. Leonard's acting is phenomenal
The fact that Robert Sean Leonard never even got an Emmy nom for his supporting role as Wilson throughout House MD's run (especially for this episode) is both a tragedy and a crime.
After seeing him in Dead Poets Society I knew he had what it took as an actor. He's underrated and deserves more screen time.
Scarlet Fate
It was his choice not to be in anymore TV shows and movies
He wants to star only in plays on stages
@@mikhail_tal1866 I didn't know that, I can definitely see him on stage! Thanks for letting me know ❤️
He was a really good. Hugh was great but RSL was really Wilson. the best Watson ever.....
Hes also been in the new show the hot zone. About the ebola virus outbreak
Robert's cry when he's trying to speak to cuddy, the sudden burst into tears... it is so realistic. So beautifully performed.
it broke me when i watched the episode. reminded me of my experiences with death. it’s so hard to just say “dead”.
Yeah, absolutely heartbreakimg even if you dont watch the show and dont know the context.
Ya, it's genius acting and its so good it's actually heartbreaking
The scene on the bus with House and Amber was the best scene of the entire tv series - and very powerful, with Anne Dudek playing Amber absolutely brilliantly.
X2 :'
The part where he is holding back and desperately trying not to cry, only for that dam to break in half a second... I feel that, such a good show, such good acting
Sheadon Truesdale I agree
Comment to like ratio?
I literally went "WTF" at that break.
That's very true to life.
A man trying to keep it together is always rough to watch. Fantastic acting chops.
The fact that house would rather die than not have Wilson in his life is so heartbreaking
Because hurting his best friend is a suffering much worse than death.
@@armandomiranda2037 :'(
I was PISSED at Wilson for blaming House the next season. Because it made NO sense. House done really really bad things and Wilson doesn't care, sometimes he just does them BACK but he didn't do anything wrong here. He called his friend for a ride home because he had been drinking, normal. Friend never got the message, friends GF whom he doesn't like showed up instead, they trade barbs (This seems to be how they comminate and both sort of like it). Decides he doesn't want ride from GF and gets on a bus, GF follows. None of that is that all crazy, it's actually NORMAL, especially for House. You are not REQUIRED to take a ride from someone. AFTER GF gets hurt and House has forgotten Amber consciencely (Actually this is sort of Chase's fault as he was the one who had him "forget about Amber" while under hypnoses ), but still remembers her subconsciously he tries so hard and risk so much to find her and diagnosis her … he flat lines, seizes and ends up with brain bleed!
@@maggiemakgill THIS
He'd rather die than have Wilson experience the loss of Amber. That's a friend.
“We’re always gonna want a little longer.”
That line broke my heart.
well it's true you both would always want a little bit longer that is what makes it hit so close to home for everyone watching
Not one person who has ever truly loved another (child, partner, parent, sibling or friend) would forgo the opportunity for more time with the person(s) they love!
Ugh, I remember this scene. I just felt so bad for everyone; Wilson losing his true love (other than House), House losing his best friend, even Amber slipping away... just the entire thing is heartbreaking.
no pun intended right
Oscar Pine 🤣🤣🤣
@deekat3279 House and Wilson weren't on speaking terms really for a little while after this; Wilson kinda blamed House for Amber dying because Amber went to pick him up from his self destructive behavior.
@deekat3279 I'm talking about specifically in this moment. It's a soap opera, so obviously they would make up because they were one of the best parts of the show. Doesn't mean that, in that moment, they were just done.
House??? He had it coming. He deserved worse, much much worse. And if Wilson hadn't been so pathetic he would have given it to House.
Imagine seeing someone you care so deeply about breathe their last breathe and all you can do is hold them. Man that is some next level pain
It is .. I been there I was mad at the world for years slowly getting better but still struggling
Death comes for everyone... It's inevitable, like breathing... Just be happy they lived.
This happened to me December 18th 2019. I watched my father die.😭
@@rianawarner171 Sorry for your lost.
Don't have to imagine it, I saw my mother die as cancer won the war. It is not easy, i can vouch for that
Man these scenes were some of the greatest pieces of television ever. Story, acting, music...
Do you know the song at 5:49 ?
@@danielziegler6310 People in planes : Light for the deadvine
I always cry when i watch those episodes, I love how they realised them, they're just perfect.
One of the best series of all time.
@@bloodstainedyoshi5333 please do you know what the song playing at the end is?
cuddy falling asleep holding houses hand is adorable. but Wilson seeing them together and then going back to his empty apartment… heartbreaking 💔
Yeah, it’s a sweet moment😢
I think Wilson purposefully stood there because he's conflicted.. he already blames House for Amber's death, yet he still think of him as his closest friend. so he stood at the far end of the room instead of the other side of his bed, and immediately left when he made sure he's fine (awake). a masterpiece is made of those little details.
@@dapidminiAiki yeah he was making sure he was ok but also clearly angry at him. really great detail
I think Cuddy holding House's hand was one of his hallucinations. You can clearly see the shot before, when Wilson was looking at both of them, and Cuddy wasn't holding his hand. She only was when House was awake.
3:40 The terror on Amber's face when she realizes what happened and says, "I'm dead!" is one of the single best pieces of acting I've ever seen. Anne Dudek was fantastic.
3:40
Yep. Absolute terror. I would NEVER want to be woken up and told that. Even if it meant saying goodbye. No way.
Sure is something. Being that she was one of the stuck-up spoiled-brat sisters from "White Chicks."
She saw herself on bypass, remembered what happened, put 2+2 together...and it's heartbreaking to come to that conclusion that...you're dead.
Yeah I still think about this scene, sometimes. She is an award worthy actress
God the part where she realises and confirms that she's already dead gets me
Some of the best acting I've ever seen.
It was an amazing episode. However, if she is talking and expressing emotion isnt she actually alive? Pushes the boundaries on when someone is still conscious or not doesnt it?
tell-me a-story I don’t think that’s what she meant. It’s more like she knew she wasn’t going to get out of it alive, like when someone threatens you by saying “you’re dead,” you know? It’s a guarantee
@@tell-mea-story611 She realized that nothing can be done to save her life, that's why she says that
@@tell-mea-story611 her brain still alive, her body survives entirely through machine.
Technically, human could have everlasting life if they have life support for the rest of their life, as long as the brain itself doesn't rot
"Thats not the last feeling i want to experience"
Damn that gets me
YES. THIS is the line!
There's a lesson here. We don't know when OUR last feeling/experience is be. Somewhere between 2300 to 2400 people will die today from cardiovascular disease. Most will just drop dead and not be resuscitated. What will be the last feeling, last emotion, last sentiments of most of them. Will they harbor resentment against someone who wronged them. Anger against an unfaithful partner. Bitterness over being passed up for a promotion. Or will they express how much they love the people in their lives and feel gratitude for the life they have and the people in it.
3700 people die daily of in motor vehicle accidents. Both CVD and MVAs are sudden unexpected fatal situations that occur... What will you chose to be your final exchanges with the people in your life. What will be the last feelings you will have.
One of the most impactful lines for me, really broke me
She’s not wrong. I hope that nobody wants their last feeling to be any of the negative ones, especially if there are people with them at that moment. I know that I don’t.
@@jamess069 I feel like "not wrong" is an understatement. I imagine in real life, the drugs probably would take a role. But having the mindset to realize that she must filter the negative thoughts and appreciate what is in front of her is transcendental. It is difficult beyond imagination. Just imagine how long people take to grief a loved one. Then imagine the loved one is yourself AND you only have minutes to arrive at the fifth stage. And I love that the show had established that she is absolutely smart enough to arrive at that state in no time.
I think she made a point in her last moment to close her eyes. That way Wilson wouldn’t see her light go out. This scene is so heartbreaking
Such brilliant acting. You can actually see the life leaving her eyes just before she closes her eyes. It's heartbreaking
I really love too, the part where she had no real control over her mouth muscles when Wilson put his hand on her face before she dies is subtle but so incredibly accurate. It makes this scene so much harder to watch.
One of the best scenes on the show
Here is the thing though, unless you're really asleep. It is not possible. At least I never seen a patient close their eyes. When you die, and if you are awake that is saying. You will lose sight of vision before ever realizing to shut your eyes. This death was way to fast to be honest. The least thing that would have happened is, she would have slow death in where she might fall asleep and never wake up which would explain why she closed her eyes. But as for a instant death like this. It's not possible. When they took my father off life support, I remember every feeling in the world about it. Though he was asleep, death did not instantly happen. It took anywhere between 3 to 10 mins.
She wanted her last feelings to be happy ones, and for his last moments with her to be peaceful.
They deserved each other. Good alignment, the two of them, despite how conniving amber could be. Big soft fat bleeding hearts.
All we are is experience. Experience is like the wind. It's little more than the sum of its parts. It's hard to pin down. When you go to show someone, it might be there, or it might not, but either way it's just as much the same wind or lack of it.
The last moments are meaningful as any of the other ones. The first ones. The ones in the middle.
But the thing is, is that it's not meaningless. This human orientation to the serial effect. First and last is the most important. Because when you tell a story, those are the most important parts.
How you choose to define the start and the end of something, or what it is and what it isn't, is most of how we understand all things. Cause and effect. Beginning, end.
So, to make sense of things, we think of now always as now. As a nonstop moment. The world moves around us, or us around it, all to the beat of the same drummer called time. Yet, we are free to think out of rhythm, and make decisions. We feel like we're playing an MMORPG, exploring the vast open map.
In the game, you can take all the time you need. Go everywhere. Do everything. In any order.
In real life, everything is always changing. Lines don't exist, so the more we squint and examine them with a microscope, the more blurry they appear.
Human connection is an experience like wind, but there is something about it that feels...right. Right in a way that is peaceful and soft and just a little while longer.
I don't know where I'm going with this...death changes everything. And that everything, is the everything that life means, and both are nothinf, because it's all lines, and from a distance, from the right angle, with the right eye, all those blurry squiggles resolve into indivisibility.
The contrast between how naturally Amber passes away and the zoom in shot on House as he seems to defy death again is chilling and I love it
Yeah, this whole scene has me a bawling mess
There was nothing natural about Amber's death. She was hooked on machines, they woke her up from death just to say goodbye while technically she was already dead.
Also the contrast of Amber being vulnerable and accepting her fate in one scene and the next scene, she's full of confidence and personality again. "Everybody dies"... and they return to their true selves, even if it's just how House remembers her in this scene.
Wilson's breakdown is probably the most realistic one I've seen in fiction. I was holding just fine till that moment but then, him trying to be strong and failing finished me.
Amber was so strong. Real proof how much she loved him.
we see House's true colors here. there are zero insults, zero witty remarks, zero sarcastic cynical etc.... virtually his entire personality is on hold, on pause, out of respect for his friend's loss. that's character. that's being true when it matters most
Well, his actions led to her death, so.
@@smurfyday Indirectly. The truck crashing into the bus was out of House's control.
Oh boy, if only that were true for Cuddy.
@@smurfyday it wasn’t house’s fault. If my friend hadn’t gone to work on 9/11 showing up early, she would still be alive. So her action led to her death. Still wasn’t her fault.
House risked death 2x to find the answer. And his actions did NOT lead to her death. House was never at factual fault. He called expecting Wilson. Amber came...if she had NOT. House would have either taken the bus by himself OR called a cab. House left his cane there...which is a signal of how much he did NOT want to be anywhere near Amber because Amber is Wilson's girl and House did not like her. Amber decided to take the cane to House, if she had not...House would have gotten it the next day. Also, Amber took the anti-viral medication which is what doomed her.
House was willing to sacrifice his mind, what Wilson claimed was most important to him, and potentially his life to find a way to help Amber, and people still have the audacity to call House a bad friend to Wilson. Any time it actually mattered House was always there for him no matter the personal cost to himself.
House never asked Amber to get on the bus with him, he never even asked her to come meet him. he tried again and again to save her, even while on the bus. Yet he was still blamed for what happened and it began driving him crazy.
Plus house's ultimate sacrifice in the series finale shows just how much Wilson meant to him and what he was willing to sacrifice for their friendship. Yes house did bad and yes at times was a shitty friend to Wilson but as you said when it really counted he was their for his best friend and vice versa.
How did he sacrifice his mind? I dont understand what happened here
@@blueangels111 that scene where he shocked himself trying to save Amber.
@@justaguy7831 oh, I didn't see that scene, I dont know where else to watch so I watch here with shortened clips. Did he get shocked by a wire or something while trying to get her out of the bus and then have a seizure?
Episodes name was "House's head, Wilson's heart". I remember thinking how appropriately these episodes are named. Great writing, story telling, acting... House M. D is one of those rare shows that was perfect from beginning to end.
It was a two part episode. Part 1 was House's Head, part 2 was Wilson's Heart
TB or not TB was the greatest title in that show for me .. man it cracked me
@@mikotokingofhamora theres also Cane and Able
Accidentally press the thumbs down trying to hit the more. So ima give you the thumbs up
honestly i didn't really enjoy the last season too much, except the end. Felt a bit weak, but overall i agree 100% with you
“ Get off the bus” “I can’t ..” Why not.?” “Because it doesn’t hurt here”🥺💔
And House is talking about both physical pain and emotional pain. House is a tortured soul...he distrusts his own mother, who was repeatedly unfaithful to his childhood father figure. That father figure was cold, harsh, demanding and merciless to House. House's story (in Son of Coma Guy) about the janitor in Japan who was a brilliant diagnostician that everyone had to pay attention to even though he had zero status is House revealing how he views himself. House thinks his genius is the ONLY reason any one puts up with him. For the most part, House's acerbic nature and sharp, curt verbal takedowns and retorts and withering degrading of others pretty much makes that the case. The only two people who seem to push past all that to actually LIKE House are Wilson and Cuddy.
When House wakes up, and you really listen close, he's saying "I killed her."
I never caught that. Thanks for pointing it out.
YES. It's almost just like a breath but he does say that
I’m crying right now
Great now my heart just shattered more if that was even possible
What were they saying before that I heard something about he still nonresponsive or something like that? It’s kind of hard to hear things with the music too loud.
I showed this to my depression, now it has depression
Depression²
Jokes aside, hope you're getting help.
does that mean you have double depression
@@zura_4307 his depression got depressed and commited suicide so now he is cured
Antonaros -1 x -1 = 1 no more negative depression!
“It’s time for me to leave.”
“Just a little longer.”
Kinda reminded me when I put my first dog down. Obviously doesn't compare to a human you love, but still. He's in my earliest memory, and we took him to the vet when I was 16. I held him as the vet administered the poison. I thought right before she stuck him, "he's still fully alive. I could stop her right now, overpower her if I need to." Then she started to push the plunger down. "I can't stop her now, it would be monstrous." Then, as I felt the life ebb out of him, I couldn't help but think he felt frightened and betrayed. "Oh my God, I've killed my dog."
You hear about cutting life support to from unconcious patients, but I can't imagine cutting life from a loved one while laying down with them and talking face to face. I guess the one bright spot would be that she was fully cognizant of the circumstances, and understood this was the only path for her. Still, the primitive part of you doesn't understand that.
@@anon777... condolences
@@JohnSmith-wx9wj As advanced as we are, we still need to keep in mind that life will always be 100% fatal.
Your life is but 2 dates and a dash. Make the most of the dash.
Time is not the predator that stalks us all our lives, it is a companion that goes along with us on the journey to remind us to cherish every second.
@@JohnSmith-wx9wj As a person who loves animals and has been betrayed and beaten by most people and society as a whole, I have lost many animals. But when my mother died, I was grateful that one more person who had made my life a living hell was gone.
@@downhomesunset Man...that is a sad story. I hope that you're able to let go of all that was done to you. There are some incredibly loving people in this world...people who are kind, affectionate, caring, generous, positive, and supportive. May you find them and be befriended by such people soon.
House is sad
*audience* : eh
Wilson is sad
*audience* : **uncontrollable crying**
quack quack House is open about why he is sad: tears comeeth
@@ZakanaHachihaCBC i can relate
House is always sad though, let's be honest
House has Vicodin Wilson doesn't
House is always sad, so nobody really thinks about him since it's usual
1:20 is the most realistic crying performance I’ve ever seen in my life.
Also “That's not the last feeling I want to experience” is the most heartbreaking sentence in history of tv shows and I won’t change my mind
That's true!
I wholeheartedly agree
The fact that her Dr. skills were still sharp, she knew the flu meds she took is what killed her, without Wilson having to tell her, after Wilson explained about which organs were going/gone into failure.
She is the best of the newbies
I wish I understood how they caused it
@@anachyinuk it's simple, the meds do their job(fight flu) but still they should get expelled from our body. Kidney is supposed to do that. Kidneys gets destroyed in the accident. The meds then become a poison in your body and kills every organ, thus killing you.
@@irabucc469 Unfortunately, she had something approaching House's arrogance, plus a need to prove herself and a massive penchant for competition. Would have made it very difficult to work under House; odds are good she would have undermined him when she disagreed. Others did it from time to time, but I believe she would have been habitual.
Plus, she had less to learn than the others did by working with House, and House DOES value that side of his employees. He wants to see them consistently improving.
@@anachyinuk The flu pills she took killed her. It couldn't be filtered out because her kidneys failed from the internal bleeding and other trauma. So she basically overdosed and the unfiltered drug damaged her organs and made her have a heart attack.
This was one of the hardest episodes to watch in House. The pain was so genuine. I felt bad for all three of them. Brilliant acting by Robert Sean Leonard and Anne Dudek. Those last moments literally tore my heart
same!! House is my favorite drama if not all time favorite show because of moments like this. I've never cried so much watching a show before 😭
Truer words haven never been said. This is the episode I will remember decades later due to the sheer amount of heavy emotions involved. Incredibly well done, made me cry for an hour after it ended.
I re-watch House all the time but this episode gets me in the gut. Such a waste; Anne Dudek created a memorable character and it was hard to say goodbye to Amber.
His performance in this gave me chills just like he did in Dead Poet's Society..
Of house? That's incorrect. It was one of the hardest things to watch EVER. This scene made me want to throw up.
“You can’t always get what you want”
Such a deep, but pragmatic show; there will never be another like it
pretty sure thats anod to early episode where house has used that quote (well lyrics in this case)
God the part where she realises and confirms that she's already dead gets me scared of that reality every time
Man that moment just crushed my heart all over again 💔
I actually do not understand the selfishness of Wilson to wake her up to give her that last dose of sheer terror. Inhumane.
@@SaraFiga bruh they shared a tender moment together.
@@SaraFigagiving someone else self-determination is not selfish
There are moments in movies, TV shows, books where I find myself staring directly into the abyss of my own inevitable death, and this for me is #1.
Wilsons character is the most accurate portrayal of a human being I have ever seen on tv or film
I wish I could live at your place, full of Willson stereotypes because my town is full of jerks. Everyone takes the slightest opportunity to butcher someone else behind their backs. I have yet to see a human being like him around here.
@@SheWasLevel18 then be the human being like him
@@SheWasLevel18 Because you're him
So true. Doesn’t even seem like he’s acting
House's words to Amber in his head are some of the most honest ones we ever get from him. He cares DEEPLY about Wilson. He doesn't want Wilson to hate him, to give up on him. He doesn't want to be miserable and in constant pain. He just doesn't know how to...to live, really.
As someone who feels trapped in a despair and depression cycle, its portrayed so honestly. You know what you want, it just isnt attainable, even if it is, it never feels that way. You go through life just chasing anything to feel alive and distract from the misery.
@@osurac14vlbI know what you feel. I hope we get better one day! Do talk to someone, especially a therapist! Best wishes! 🖤🖤
@@MoodyBluesRequiem80 Talking doesn't help if you have endogenic clinical depression meaning that your brain is literally coded into relapsing into it again and again. Talking doesn't solve anything in this case. Real depression requires medication, not just therapy. (I am speaking from experience)
@@osurac14vlb Clinical depression here. Even stopped chasing it because what's the point when your brain doesn't function the way it should and you're programmed into relapsing into this botomless pit again and again.
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849therapy absolutely does help for all flavors of depression.
I love how Wilson and cuddly have sibling relationship. always there for each other
Cuddly
*Cuddy
8:53 Robert Leonard is always great, but he's channeling this experience so truthfully. That look of defeat mixed with jealously and mild hostility, but still with concern... He pulls it off amazingly, even though he likely had to go to a dark place mentally to achieve it.
Most of acting is just that. Forcing yourself back into times where you felt what the character needs to feel. And crying on camera convincingly is one of the hardest things to achieve as an actor. He is so good it's unreal.
The conversation where Wilson is talking to her while laying next to her just broke my heart.
It will never make sense to me how Amber's death was House's fault. He never asked her to pick him up, he never told her to get on the bus, he didn't cause the crash, and he risked his life to try to find the underlying cause. I was never his fault.
Wilson knows that, even though he keeps saying it. Doesn't make it any less painful for him knowing that House is still the reason why she was on that bus, no matter the fact that nobody would've ever known that it would crash.
Wilson actually said that
he seid it ain't House falt
Wilson's hate for House is still a better love story than twilight
@@tinatoofer676 What isn't a better love story than twilight?
@@ghostboy463 yeah. not like either of them has a quasi uncontrollable urge to drink the other's blood lol
Spoiler warning!
Amber: Dies in bus crash
Kutner: Suicide
Thirteen: severe life limiting genetic disease
Taub: *nervous sweating*
This second team was cursed from the beginning.
Esmée Bruinsma Wilson has cancer and house having house problems it’s basically a group of incurable doctors
@@jaspermennink7409 I know right.Guess that's what you get for being a major character in a hospital drama series.
I read all these spoiler alerts🥺
@@she.lives.to.see.the.sun. currently on season 5
Chase got shot..
If you haven't got a Wilson in your life, be a Wilson in someone else's.
I've said it before and I'm not afraid to say it again - for me at least, House was/is, the greatest consistently well written ensemble acted TV series EVER. Period.
Love @ Peace to all my fellow jonesing 'Housesters' still here in 2020.
❤️✌️
Anthony Butt until the last couple seasons
@@kamdaddypurp3341
I hear ya.
Impossible to maintain that epic standard forever.
But if you can recommend anything on TV now that's as good or better than the last couple of seasons, I'd be surprisingly grateful.
Anthony Butt breaking bad was pretty solid Dexter was horrible lol
Or you can be a Wilson in someone else's life. Too bad most of us are Houses lol
Sad part is I'm more like house.
House's head and Wilson's heart are two of the best episodes ever, great plot, great music and great acting! I cried everytime I watch this scene, I cried harder when House said he doesn't want Wilson to hate him😭
Three best episodes of House:
1: Three stories
2. House’s head
3. Wilson’s Heart
♥️
Euphoria too!!
Yeah
I place "no reason" at the top personally(season 2 finale). I have yet to find an episode of TV with such strong writing.
One day, one room
"The Dig" was sick too.
Basically every episode directed by Hugh was a banger.
I like how she identified the strange circumstance and diagnosis like a true and talented acolyte of House would be.
The tragedy that Wilson spent a career learning how to tell his patients that they're dying. But how it broke him to tell Amber.
Wilson and amber relationship was so good. Really showed her non bitchy side
the whole serial was about deep characters of all kind... I have never seen anything better since then
They never got to show us the true amber because of cutting the series 4 short. She wasnt a bitch really we just never got to saw enough of her IMO but shore said she never got to be portrayed fully because of the writers strike and that he was close to writing her back into houses team in series 4 while being in a relationship with Wilson. Never got to because of the writers strike.
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Robert Sean Leonard deserved an Emmy for this episode alone
Everyone deserves a friend like Wilson. He always protected people and wasn't afraid to show his heart.
Wilson was the exact opposite to house. The yin and yang. He really got to fall in love after his failed marriage and it was stolen from him, arguably by his best friend
How was it stolen by house??
@@haissouma Not saying it is, but other people would say that if House didn't go out and get drunk at the bar, Amber wouldn't have had to leave, get there, get on the bus, then have her kidneys damaged due to the crash, therefore the flu pills wouldn't have killed her. Who could've predicted that?
@@bradleyy_a.m.8712 Oh, my bad. I only watch clips so these storylines sometimes don't come up.
It's really not arguably House's fault. Someone went to pick him up and a tragedy happened. If I invited someone to a party and they died on the way here, similarly, I'm not at fault.
Brendan Galvin thank you, he didn’t even ask her to come. It’s like saying I’m the reason my gf has trust issues after I cheated on her 6 times. Nah but fr tho it wasn’t houses fault
WILSON: "Why aren't you angry?"
AMBER: "That's not the last feeling I want to experience..."
OMG, This scene broke my heart!❤
I couldn't stop crying.😥
Same here.
Of everything in this clip, it was Amber's note that got me bawling. Having experienced this before... You hold onto those things forever.
Life isn't fair. This episode really nailed it into my head. Wilson wasn't always the best character but he had a good heart.
Merfolk except when he kidnapped House’s guitar!
I just did my makeup. I *JUST* finished my makeup. And you have the *AUDACITY* to ruin it by ripping my heart out like this?
House don't care about your makeup.
It needed to be done.
You knew what you were getting into by watching this clip. You have nobody to blame but yourself.
Isley Moody I feel this I did too !
Isley Moody it's ok. It's just bat poop
This season did an incredible job of making me hate a character, redeeming her to somewhat likeable status, and then making me bawl my eyes out when she died...
Actress. Superb acting.
Well, I'd say her connection to Wilson plays a large role in that empathy, since we don't want to see him hurt. If she wasn't as important to him, I'd argue the audience would not be as impacted.
Anne Dudek’s acting was phenomenal throughout the entire time she graced the show, but in Wilson’s Heart she made me feel things almost no other actor did. The look of complete & utter fear as she realizes… “I’m dead”, was just… bewildering. Her chemistry with Robert Sean Leonard was amazing right from the get go, and their relationship, as unseemly & surprising, still felt real & raw.
Amber in House's dream is so pretty with the soft light on her...
For those wondering, the songs from the episode according to IMDB are:
Teardrop by José González
Re: Stacks by Bon Iver
Light For The Deadvine by People in Planes
Passing Afternoon by Iron & Wine
Thank you
@@danielziegler6310 yw
Thanks a million ☺️
Passing afternoon really breaks you up
Thank you so much I've been trying to find these for so long :,))
Wilson's hate for House is still a better love story than twilight
Wilson loves House.
Радослав Лазаров dead meme bro
thats an old meme. twilight is actually good if you go back and read the books. everyone just hated it because it was fun to hate.
Angel I hated it cause I’m a straight white male
@@jezeski2011 nope it is well and alive
The best part of House...was the complicated relationship between him and Wilson...it was messy...it was both healthy and enabling...it was sad...it was happy...it was a journey they chose to go together...it was real...in the end both of them were willing to spend a person's greatest commodity...their time...together for 1 last ride...very poetic...in a way we all long for a real relationship that can withstand each other's follies and faults...
To top it off, House was legally on the run and faked his death. He will inevitably go to prison after it is all said and done. Incredible sacrifice to spend time with his friend one last time.
Robert Sean Leonard carried the show in a lot of ways and this episode in particular left him far underrated. He was brilliant.
This episode was obviously about Wilson, but House's conviction in wanting to stay on the bus because "it doesn't hurt here" immediately being destroyed by the use of one of the earliest lines we've heard him say in the show, was super special. In the matter of one second he realized that nope, you don't always get what you want; that he might not want to be in pain but he has people to there for and a life worth living. Only takes one second for him to change his tune and stroll right off that bus.
Seeing him walk off the bus so confidently makes me emotional too. The way he’s walking so well and so proud of it knowing he’s choosing to leave that behind.
God the acting in this series is so good
man... I really feel for Wilson. besides his medical practice, he lost everything in this episode. as tragic as this episode is, it also shows how strong his character is.
but it still sucks. at least he got to say goodbye though.
Wilson is too good a human being to have had to go through this.
Yeah, but the universe doesn't work like "should". It's up to human societies to do that.And right now we're not doing so great with that.
Yeah...he deserved better ...
@jakecruise90The true karma comes from them being hollow inside, having no love, and with what comes in the after. Karma exists, it’s just a matter of when.
Life
When House really wanted to die because he couldn't remember to save Amber, he was willingly to go with her for the right reason. Right when Amber tells him to get off the bus, it just circles back of what he did to her earlier and made him even more guilty and vulnerable.
That is some Godly painfully writing scene.
Nice catching that detail tho...
I love when shes putting it all together and you can see the fear. Even when he puts his face next to her, she doesnt look at him, shes still in shock, staring into space trying to comprehend everything. Amazing acting by Anne.
These two parts of one episode are probably the best in the whole show, especially the first part, especially the ending of the first part, when we finally see bus crash...
Of all the episodes of House that I had watched over the years, this one blindsided me. When he discovered that it was Amber on the bus with him, from the color of the necklace, I sat straight up and hollered at the tv.
There is something so powerful and moving about her choosing not to be angry. I remember first watching this episode her saying "that's not the last feeling I want to experience". Blew my mind. That even in the worst moments imaginable we can choose what to focus on and how we want to feel. It actually dramatically changed my life. Not too long after I got really into researching the mind which lead me to formally learning mindfulness and mindfulness meditation practices. Thank you to this amazing show and beautiful moment.
I almost never cry in life, but I cry every time I watch it and they tell Wilson to wake her up, just so he can tell her it's over. It's just such a terrifying concept. And then those few hours. It's just heartbreaking.
“Just a little longer”
“We’re always gonna want a little longer”
That exchange gets me every time
I watched my mom take her last breath after a painful fight with pancreatic cancer, and the acting was exactly what I remember. she fucking nailed it.
I'm so sorry that you lost your mother. Anyone who fights cancer is a warrior.
So sorry for your loss..
Very sorry for your loss and hope you are doing okay.
I came here because i saw Wilson Sad😩
the last scene 9:32 always gets to me , no matter how many times you watch this scene , tears just automatically roll down.
Cuddy is worried about House, House is worried about Wilson, Wilson is worried about Amber...Great writing. I love this show.
The way he burst into tears before hugging cuddy was some incredible acting
I follow Dr. House occasionally and probably in the most "distant" way. But damn the whole Wilson act was awesome. So realistic.
I really feel for Wilson and the emotions he’s going through. I’ve had to put down two of my dogs and I’ve had them my entire life. I lost one of them because they were very old and in constant pain, and the other because of a malignant tumor. They meant everything to me. It hurts in an indescribable way to watch someone you care about slipping away from you and life itself. This episode made me cry.
Wilson was such a great character. May he Rest In Peace.
SLiM M maybe House figured out a cure during their motorcycle escapades!
Y'all he's not dead he just had lupus, which house managed to cure
Wilson: sad
Viewers: sad
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Everytime I watch this masterpiece of an episode, I am just unable to hold back my tears. The acting, the music, the cinematography, everything about these two episodes (House's head & Wilson's heart) is an example of sheer perfection in television history.
Don’t do this, maaaaan. Not to Wilson ;-;
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It’s so much harder to see Wilson lose someone because he’s generally a good person and he’s trying to look out for others and their well-being. If this was a loss for house, the audience wouldn’t FEEL sympathy for him
Nope you’re wrong about that I know I would
I just realized.... The note at the end has a double meaning, both that she went to pickup house for whatever before the accident, and to get him off the bus between the afterlife and life
She was such a good actor, the fear of death seemed so realistic in her face when given the news by wilson
Super underrated use of music here. The transition from the hospital bed with that fast, anxious strumming, culminating in the abrupt stop when Amber answers his question. And then the somber acoustic song about reflecting on innocent childhood and how the times pass into memory. It's perfect, all of it.
I cried years ago when I saw this episode as a teenager, I'm here crying again. What a masterpiece, right to the feels.
When that Bon Iver song hits, my heart aches.
I didnt think I was gonna be crying this morning...
I revisit this every once in a blue moon, usually when I'm down, it's like a healing process to a real event in my life that happened long ago. This is painfully Beautiful, House is a Beautiful series and it'll be all cool happies tomorrow from the tears of today ❤️
7:50 Amber says “Well, you can’t always get what you want.”
Which is also a phrase used by House in the pilot.
House probably knew that wasn’t Amber’s ghost or anything, but that quote probably reminded him that he was literally talking to himself.
Which is why he then got off the bus.
To whoever manages this House MD channel. I WAS DOING FINE UNTIL YOU REMINDED ME OF THE ONE THING THAT BROKE ME ON THIS SHOW. GOD DAMMIT
Wilsons heart?!
MY HEART BRO!
"Why aren't you angry?"
"That's not the last thing I want to feel."
If I had to face oblivion, I'd rather face it feeling loved than feeling anger.
The way she says “I’m dead”, not “I’m dying” or “I’m going to die” but “I’m dead, I’m gone, the rest of me just hasn’t caught up” I am crying
One of the greatest lines in any show I've seen. "It doesn't hurt here". Meaning he would rather die than return to the painful reality. Something many people can relate to.
It is a thing, that able bodied people don't tend to understand, but it's incredibly exhausting being disabled, being in pain all day every day, unable to do the things you want and need to do. You just want a day off, a break, a holiday away from the pain, but you never get one, it's every day.
There's a reason why a lot of people with disabilities end up killing themselves. It's an escape, from pain and torture.
"It doesn't hurt here." House is talking about more than his leg pain. He's talking about this pervading and I argue expanding sense of dread mixed with ennui (what the Hindu's coin as Dukha or in the Buddhist version an undertow of dissatisfactoriness) that House is plagued with. House's exceptional intelligence takes the interest, the wonder, the marvel out of life. Imagine if when you look at a rainbow you simply see variations light frequencies, or sunsets simply optics caused by a combination of Rayleigh Scattering and aerosol pollution. In many ways, this is what life is to House. Stripped of its "magic", imbued with severe rationalist cynicism, Life becomes an exercise in the inane. Everyone, every person is a hypocrite and a liar. And most people embrace willful self-delusion, rather than face reality. House looks at reality without filters. He sees himself living a lonely, solitary, empty life. Pleasures are transient and often transactional. Pain is intractable and ever-present. People come and go and rarely stick around long enough to matter to him and/or for him to matter to them. He sees himself becoming a grim, bitter, sullen, angry old man in constant pain, incapable of forging true deep abiding connections, save perhaps for Wilson. House's pain is emotional, physical, and dare I say, spiritual--he cannot fathom a quality to existence that extends beyond the physical form which itself is broken and limiting!
Wilson is probably one of the best support characters, and it’s always amazing whenever he has the centre stage
God bless the person running this channel
R R right
1:24 when that happened when I actually was watching house it broke my heart. I cried and had to pause it to try and calm down. Incredible actor and amazing scene
These two episodes will never fail to make me weep like a baby. House desperately trying to remember, the bus crash scene (oh god tears be flowing), Amber saying goodbye to Wilson (more fucking tears), and Amber and House on the bus, followed by House looking at Wilson outside of his room so meaningfully. In a way it's almost like he's trying to convey with his eyes "please don't leave me". Hugh Laurie and the entire cast are such good actors. Apart from season 8 but that's besides the point.
I cried thru out this whole scene. For Wilson to finally forgive House shows how he still needed House as much as House needed Wilson.
I miss the show so much. But I'm happy you keep releasing clips like this, it's such a good idea!
House's head and Wilson's heart are the best episodes.
"Because it doesn't hurt here" 😢
Its lovely the way House n Wilson are together at the end. Thats true love too
1. Guess from a certain perspective Amber and Wilson relationship is the most succesful one for any major character of this show, as it did not end in a divorce or horrible breakup but literally "death did them part"
2. Amber is a medical genius. She wakes up after days of coma and she figures out everything in 30 seconds.
3. Anne Dudek's and R. S. Leonard's acting is phenomenal