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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!”
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.
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.
This episode, while watching it live when it was broadcast, just HURT. I had gotten to love these characters, and I didn't expect this. It REALLY put a hurt on me for awhile.
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 .
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.
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.
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
00:19:30 Because it's House, the biggest thing blinking tells you is he's either so out of it, or so aware of how serious his medical situation is, that he's actually following instructions :D
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
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.
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 ❤💛
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 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.
Regarding wilson blaming house I was told a story by a paramedic that reminds me of this. Kid drinks a bottle of draino, the whole thing from full. Mom calls 911. Paramedics show up and the kid's foot falls off because the draino ate theough his entire body, dissolving everything in its path, until it settled in his feet. Kid was dead on arrival. Paramedics give the kid chest compressions and try to give him whatever they can in the ambulance. The EMT told me that he did this because the last time he had a DOA and didnt try to save the person, their family was torn apart with blaming this person or that, because they felt like nobody even tried to save the guy. Anyway Wilson blaming house is because House didnt waste his effort saving Amber.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 UA-cam 😝 All is well though! I hope you're doing okay!!
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.
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.
I was legit wrecked. That was a lot! So epically heartbreaking 💔
Lin Manuel Miranda is a joy in those episodes!
I literally cannot keep myself from crying when i see wilson even try to tell cuddy "to tell her she's... she" hits me hard.
Same. I first saw this when it aired and it is still the one episode that sticks with me.
Yeah I got to me too and I honestly could not stand Amber.
It's a testament to her acting that she made us all hate her so much and then made us so sad when she died
For real bro, the look on her face when she understands she is dead is amazing, that's one hell of an actress right there
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.
Wait, you guys hated her?
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.
The absolute terror in her eyes... Makes me tear up every single time
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.
Totally true 😊 I wanted to give some more up to date information too though 😊
The fact that Amber figured out so fast what was killing her showed how smart she was... she was on par with House in that matter.
Truth 😊
She was an absolute bitch but she was good. She was a female version of House in a lot of ways.
She was a figment of his imagination? That was his subconscious telling him, not Amber.
@@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.
@@vvanheukelum I think all of them couldve told with all that information. Shes definetly not on par with house dafuq :,D
When in the previous episode House realizes it’s Amber in his hallucination, I always always alway get goosebumps. This finale was so tragic.
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.
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.
A good anmount of people miss when house woke up and he sees wilson
He silently said "i am sorry"
My heart broke so much when house realized he called wilson and got amber 😢
the double meaning of her note gets me every time
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.
FOR REAL!!!!
Aveces en circunstancias así no piensas bien. El solo quería que viviera su esposa. Y en cierta manera culpaba a house de lo que le había pasado.
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.
Haha you make an excellent point!
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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s most definitely on my list!!! 😊
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.
Poor Wilson... he can't catch a break but he's so sweet. He puts everyone before himself and gets kicked in the gut.
Yes and no. Aside from this one's end, his relationships have ended because he cheats
The sad irony here is Wilson is the pro when it comes to telling someone they are about to die. Now he has to tell Amber. 😢
This episode absolutely broke me. Thanks for bringing it all back, oof.
SAME! It was a lot. I cried a lot… 🙈🙈🙈
This was a brutal one. For me, it's a tie between this one and the one when the mom accidentally killed her infant.
These episodes and the ones of him in the psychiatric hospital (season 6 episode 1 and 2) are my favorites. Thank you for the amazing reaction.
Omg well it sounds like I need to add the psych hospital episodes to my list!!! Thank you so much for the support 😊
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?"
YES!!! Exactly!!! Something’s gotta be pumping everything 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!”
LOL! I’m certain my husband feels the same way 😂
If I ever needed a good tear jerker, or feel like I need to let out my sad emotions, this is one of my episodes for watch.
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.
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.
I’ll add that to my list!! Sounds intriguing! Thank you! 😊
@@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.
This episode, while watching it live when it was broadcast, just HURT. I had gotten to love these characters, and I didn't expect this. It REALLY put a hurt on me for awhile.
And Wilson blames House... which I've always seen as a bit unfair, considering he pressured House to risk his life to get answers
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.
if house doesn't make her drink, she drives him home and this doesn't happen
@@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 love watching doctors and other medical pros react/review to these shows to find out how close to real the writers got.
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.
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.
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
00:19:30 Because it's House, the biggest thing blinking tells you is he's either so out of it, or so aware of how serious his medical situation is, that he's actually following instructions :D
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
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.
The fact that Robert Sean Leonard didnt get the best supporting role yet alone a nomination is just criminal
Robert Sean Leonard is one hell of an actor. That's all I wanted to say
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.
House nearly killed himself trying to save Amber.
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 ❤💛
Thank you so much!!! Always more to come ❤️
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.
Hypocritical, sure. But grief isn't logical.
@@toolatetothestory I can't entirely blame him because he's simply human and just going through the emotions of losing a loved one.
I don't think he hated him, he just couldn't look at him properly without seeing Amber.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you so much! And thanks for the feedback! I’ll check on that!
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
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
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!
Dang, this still makes me tear up! Some major acting chops here...
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.
Thank you!! I'll add it to my list! I need something a bit... Lighter than these two episodes were!! 😊
@@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 seen the episode before i looked it up this made me so emotinal at the end..now i understand why everyone loved this episode
Love these reactions, cool personality nice commentary enjoys the show while still critical, may the algorithm bless you Jess.
Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️
the actors in house were just all so good. It was such a well done show
To me, this was the saddest episode in the entire show - and that's saying something. Great information. Keep up the good reviews!
Thanks! Will do!
Wilson will do almost anything for House. House will do anything for Wilson. When necessary.
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.
Season 5 is an absolute gem. The season finale is so good. Hugh Laurie is such a fantastic actor.
This episode wrecked me for....almost years.
oh, so dark the letter at the end, “Sorry I’m not here, went to pick up House”… she will never be there again 😢
Regarding wilson blaming house I was told a story by a paramedic that reminds me of this.
Kid drinks a bottle of draino, the whole thing from full. Mom calls 911. Paramedics show up and the kid's foot falls off because the draino ate theough his entire body, dissolving everything in its path, until it settled in his feet. Kid was dead on arrival. Paramedics give the kid chest compressions and try to give him whatever they can in the ambulance. The EMT told me that he did this because the last time he had a DOA and didnt try to save the person, their family was torn apart with blaming this person or that, because they felt like nobody even tried to save the guy. Anyway Wilson blaming house is because House didnt waste his effort saving Amber.
First time watching you react to house. Please just watch every house episode and I'll binge watch them all with you.
Haha thank you very much!!! Many more to come 😊
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.
Chest compression, chest compression, chest compres.... Oh, wrong channel, but awesome content regardless. Subbed!
Very nice reaction. Lots of empathy. You have very expressive eyes!
Thank you so much! 🙏❤️
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.
Thank you!! I'll put them on my list! How cool!! I'll look out for you in that ep when I watch it! ❤️
Also look at "5 to 9", a Cuddy-centric episode. A day in the life of someone running a major hospital.
The barman at 7:20 is Fred Durst, lead singer of Limp Bizkit.
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.
House is such an amazing show I love you videos btw hope you do more house in the future
Thank you so much! Definitely will!! 😊
I don't cry. This episode made me ugly cry like I haven't since i was a preteen. Excellent writing.
Love these reactions definitely one of my favorites. I recommend the last 4 episodes of Season 5, it's a real tear jerker.
Thank you!! Will add to my list!!
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.
The scene in which Wilson switches off the devices that keep Amber alive was missing. That's the icing on the cake of the sad dramatization.
Yep agreed and I tried to leave it in but got hit with copyright issues 😕
Great Video Doc!!!! Thank you...
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️
i thought it was a nice touch that House admits he doesn't want Wilson hating him.
Damnit, I'm crying at work listening to this one.
This one hit HARD!
I loved these episodes.
Thank you so much!
Wilsons Heart 😢
Was that Fred Durst as the bartender? Lol
Yes.
Just found your channel and had to sub. I see you haven't reacted to the episode My Old Lady from Scrubs. Id highly recommend it
LOL it’s literally going up tomorrow morning!! 😊
Wilson's Heart
(the title says... it all).
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.
Never mind, she's on a cardiac bypass machine right?
Yeah, I think she was on ECMO by that point 😊
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.
Very nice commentary. After this series you ,ight want to try "Saving Hope".
Thank you! Added to my list 😊 any specific episodes you’d like to see?
I wish you or someone would react to the whole series 🙏
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. 🥲
Thank you so much!! ❤️ I'm human... I think it's okay to show that I am, in fact, human 😝
@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.
I love Hugh Laurie, but this episode made me realize that the actor who plays Wilson is the better actor.
We need more house reactions
I gotchu 😊 I have a bunch on my list and am working on it! 😊
lol Fred Durst
Please react to downtown abbey season 3 episode 5! Sybil’s death :(
I forgot Fred Durst was in this episode…
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.
Yeah, but since when has House ever been ethical in behavior on the show?
I did. Despite the sadness.
DoctorMike: CHEST COMPRESSIONS, CHEST COMPRESSIONS, CHEST COMPRESSIONS!
House always looks for zebras. 🤷♂
Doctor House making an extremely unethical decision? No!
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How do you produce urine with both kidneys goosed
If both kidneys are completely gone.... Yeah, you definitely can't produce urine.... 🙈
This episode and Scrubs " my fallen idol " are rough to watch
They really are 😫 my fallen idol is on my list of upcoming reactions too!! ❤️
Yeah, this episode is hell. When I was binging House the first time, I got to this 2-parter and I had to stop watching for a few days.
How weird. Don't they have advisors for this series?
So these 2 eps were the best of the series. Meaning you need to do the 3rd best. An episode called "Help Me"
Haha I can definitely put it on my list 😊 I also have gotten a lot of requests for “three stories”! 😊
Jess, are you doing well?
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 UA-cam 😝 All is well though! I hope you're doing okay!!
Could you react to the episode After Hours? House tries to perform surgery on himself.
Added to my list!
Couldn't they flush it out of her system through dialysis or something of blood transfusions?
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.
There’s an Episode where House CURES his leg by giving himself rat cancer. Think it was a two parter. It’d be a shame if someone reacted to it…
Lol! Do you have the specific episode name? 😊
@@JessTheMD S7 E22 "After Hours"
Hello Jess
Hello! 😊
I still have no idea why they didn't just do a kidney transplant and just let them philter the drugs out.
Lots of issues with that - top of the list is finding a donor in time, and being top of the list to get a kidney 😕
@@JessTheMD As opposed to the doctors giving up and not putting her on the list in the first place.
You can't put her on the list if you don't have a diagnostic first. What's causing her organs' failure could damage the new kidneys/heart/liver.
They had a diagnosis. Amantadine poisoning. The House episode explained all of this.
@@edwardmeyers4466 When they reached this diagnosis, it was far too late to do anything to save her.
have you seen Season 5 ep 24 yet? 😅
Not yet, but it’s on my list!!