House MD ravings ahead
Ok so at the end s1 e17 cameron says something along the lines of “i thought you were rude and abrasive because everything you do is for good but now i can see that you do it because youre right”.
And at first i was like… right about WHAT? Is she referring to his medical expertise/prowess and whatnot? And then i was like okay so. The only way this makes sense to me is that cameron just doesnt GET house, then? She thinks thats hes truly JUST, like, a pompous arrogant asshole whos right all the time. which he IS, dgmw but if that were the whole picture then that would suck. Like my current thesis is that hes a massive asshole (at least in part) because its a defense mechanism. That just makes the most sense. We’ve seen he cares about his colleagues hes just completely unwilling to show it.
This is an interesting choice from a writing perspective because i feel like the writers couldve maybe taken the opportunity to have cameron confront him/call out his behavior for what it is: a way to protect himself. Other characters have already done this i think though?? But episodes are so fast-paced and hectic its really really hard for me to recall. Which is why having cameron so totally miss the point in this scene is a really……. lets say Interesting choice.
I also feel like the writers just did NAWT know what they wanted to do with cameron and house’s dynamic. I think my ideal would be like the episode that ends w them going to the monster truck show, where house is sort of…. reluctantly trying to kind of be friends with her and cameron is confused but willing to go along. That wld be interesting and fun to watch, and theres lots of ways it could go wrong and lead to Drama, maybe by making it (more) clear that cameron just fundamentally misunderstands why house is the way he is. Instead there’s this like… doomed? unrequited? romance subplot thats kind of being weaseled in and it just doesnt make Sense based on everything else thats happened.
Thinking about all this, one line that sticks out to me from a previous episode is when cameron says “youre a misanthrope, not a misogynist” in response to some sexist shit house said. And it’s like. Yah, halfway there, now ask yourself why he works so hard to make sure everyone knows he hates them.
