mphtrilogy

I think that was the first time I ever saw House cry. The question is was he crying because Amer was dying or that he lost his best friend?

I liked the scenese with Cuddy near him, she was holding his hands and was there when he first woke up.

I think they will get together next season.. it's time. And will make some sense since the Wilson House Breakup seems inevitable for the short term anyway.

Good season finale.. especially since the writers strike took away almost every shows mojo this 2nd half.

Patman

House cried from the tragedy of it all, brought upon by his call (drunken state and all) to Wilson that started the whole chain of events that ended with Amber dying, and his realization of Wilson being lost to him as his best friend due to his part in the tragedy.

rfduncan

I thought that too at first, but I think it would be bad in retrospect. Firstly, Cuddy would never do it because she is a professional and would realize she is House's boss before anything could happen. Secondly, I always felt that she and Wilson had a more complex and tighter bond - especially with the way they both obviously care about House.

I would like the show to move forward and dispense with the somewhat bloated cast. If they aren't going to use Chase and Cameron a lot more than they did this season, they should cut the actors loose and move on with the new team. Those two characters contributed almost nothing to this season - certainly not enough to retain them in the opening title sequence!

CPA-ESQ.

Well my GF was in tears at the end.

I think the hardest part about the ending wasn't the audience's loss of Amber, but it was (at least for me) what it would be like to live for only an hour or so knowing that when you get tired and close your eyes it is all over.

Do you try to fight it and stay awake for as long as you can? - knowing that your eyes are getting irritated and heavy. Every blink you take sooths the burning in your eyes, so you try to keep them closed for a little bit longer each time.

rfduncan

Except didn't Wilson turn off the life support machines that were keeping her alive so that she could die while "happy" instead of agonizingly waiting for her whole body to shut down?

I was kinda unclear about Wilson's rights to make any medical decisions for Amber. Shouldn't her family have been doing that?

Jay G.

I'm not sure Wilson was actually making any medical decisions as family aside from the decision to move her. He made a lot of suggestions, and House cowed to most of them. However, Cuddy and Foreman went behind his back with no reservations, which isn't something Cuddy would do if Wilson had been a family member.

Flave

Thought it was a pretty good season finale. I like how they've set up a House/Wilson/Cuddy triangle for next season.

But is it just me or is Chase some sort of Super Surgeon (TM)? Need open heart surgery? No problem-o, send up the Bat Signal and here comes Chase. Organ transplant? Piece of cake for Chase. Brain surgery? Hey, just let him loose on that cranium. Is there anything this guy can't do?

I know they want to keep Chase on the show but the lengths they're going to are beyond ridiculous.

MrX

Her heart was damaged and the medicine would cause her heart to speed up leading her to have a massive heart attack. That's why she was on the bypass machine.

RichC2

Oh yeah, it was the other organs were damaged and so she wouldn't be able to get a transplant. Whoops.

uteotw

And don't forget "medical hypnosis"!

So we never found out why House was out alone totally plastered at 5 p.m.?
But for that, CB would still be alive, so I can see why Wilson would be a little put off.
That whole waking her up to tell her she's about to die but so she can say goodbye was rough, and very well played by Wilson...

Jay G.

Wasn't Chase doing a lot of those things when he was on the team as well? I remember Chase performed brain surgery on Foreman as well. It probably just seems more ridiculous now that he's not part of the team.

Jay G.

Um... because he's House?

Kal-El

Correct. That was his specialty before and during his fellowship with House. Cameron's was auto-immune diseases and Foreman was the neurologist.

B.A.

I didn't like that they woke her up either. The character isn't a loss either.

Also liked how they handled House's anguish/remorse over what he did to his bff.

Just get Cuddy and House together already.

RSL and Laurie did a great job this ep.

orderandlaw

I was only half paying attention to the episode, so i may have missed it, but where was her family?

marty888

I'm an easy mark for anything approaching "emotional", but this left me totally unmoved. They were going for gut-wrenching but what they had was mawkish, manipulative and melodramatic.

boredsilly

I liked the episode myself, but this bothered me too. I get that she and Wilson were into each other, but they've been dating for a matter of months. Does she not have family members or friends that might want to say goodbye to her...or at least know she's dying/dead?

driv3

I agree about the amber-wilson plot getting to quick, but last night's episode is one of the best episode in TV .... Wilson's acting really delivers and so is the other casts.....

Jay G.

I'm assuming all her actual family were out of state and/or far enough away not to arrive in time, although they could've spent one line to actually explain this in the episode. As for friends, we know enough of her past to know she doesn't generate friendships that easily. The House team was probably the closest she had to friends.

kvrdave

Me too, but it was overwhelming joy.

I thought it was a good and powerful episode tonight, personally.

orderandlaw

Anyone know if there'll be a 5th season?

RichC2

Yes, it has already been confirmed. Plus, it's Fox's highest rated scripted show.

movieking

Based on a TVGuide interview months ago, CTB was never supposed to go anywhere beyond being the final cut for House's team, but because the audience seemed to like her so much, they brought her back as Wilson's girlfriend. Then, presto, an easy kill to ramp up emotion for the season finale.

Jadzia

I never understood why Amber didn't make the team but that boring-ass character Thirteen did.

It almost seemed like they threw in the bisexual thing in an attempt to make her more interesting.

sjrab16

As my wife and I watched this last night, we wondered what type of emotion we were supposed to have for this dying character. Because we just wanted to fast forward her death scene.