Change
"Be the change you want to see in the world"-Gandhi
House doesn't like change.
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New guitar, new House. House sat silently picking at his shiny replacement. Why does Wilson always have to be the psychoanalyst? So he fired Chase on a whim…he was getting annoying anyway. It wasn't because he "learned all he could" or even because House felt it was time for a change. House hates change. Even the slightest abruption in his daily routine shakes him. In fact, he was terribly tempted to return this guitar. His old one works just fine.
Sentimentality. That makes it sound so much nicer than "stubborn". And actually, House was a little bit of both. While both have their main points of attraction, House, in usual character, took measures to the extreme. He was an all-or nothing type of guy. And tonight, now, sentimentality was the main event. Wilson is nothing like him. He changed his life (and his wife) more often than he changed underwear. Yet, House….can't. He couldn't, not with his career, not with his lifestyle, not with Stacey. And today, his stubbornness caught up with him.
Foreman was leaving BECAUSE he wanted to change. He just didn't see life the way House does: change is impossible. Foreman didn't want to prevent becoming House…he was becoming House. He wanted to change, needed it. Unfortunately, the truth is, nothing can change when you want it to. It's like that old phrase (the one that always seems true): a watched pot never boils. Whatever Foreman wants…he won't get. He sees that House was, in his own definition of the term, miserable. And without realizing his imminent failure, set out to become (remain?) happy.
Cameron was the surprise, as always. Never a dull moment with that girl around. Why bother asking why if the answer doesn't matter? To House, the answer matters whether the results can be changed or not. It's comparable to performing an autopsy. Sure the person is still dead, but now we know why. Now, we know what to change for the next time. Ah, but now the "c" word emerges. Maybe Cameron wanted to prove that the answer still doesn't matter if there is never a "next time". Maybe, in her own selfish way, she wanted to change House. At the same time, this once-timid girl is now forced into changing herself. Three years ago, would she have dared to be so bold as to quit from this job? And even if she was, would she have faced House down as she did that night? Cameron doesn't realize it, but in her quest to change House, she has had to undergo some adaptations herself.
So now, finally, the team had been successful. In their ultimate sacrifice, they had left House with no other option: change or be left alone, miserable. Maybe they had not sacrificed as much as it seems. Perhaps they needed this change as much as House needs encouragement to adapt. Either way, House and the others will be stuck in a whirlwind of new experiences, and now, they will face them alone.
Maybe change was not such a good idea.