Thirteen's Journey: Huntington's Disease | House M.D.

House loved 13 like a daughter he jokes with her pushes her boundaries but he does genuinely care for and about her

When "I'll kill you" is the most caring and empathetic words ever said by a character, you know the writers are brilliant.

Huntingtons is a nightmare. Not just because it makes life short and crazy hard but because a lot of people find out after they’ve had children. Imagine living knowing that there is a 50 percent chance your children will get it and that you as a parent won’t be there to nurse them.

when "I'll kill you. When the time comes, if you want me" is saying "i love you". 🥺🥺 and she realized it 😭😭🥹🥹🥺🥺 (a fatherly love, i know yall lol)

I never noticed how at 35:28 house had tears in his eyes... it makes his offer to kill thirteen so much more meaningful

Ok, I will extend my lunch a few minutes...

You forgot to add the funeral part speech of 13, "House tried to kill me, I'll always be grateful to him."

She's a really interesting character. Great dynamic with House, I only find her relationship with Foreman was a bit forced into the script. I also gotta praise Olivia Wilde for the portrayal. That cocktail of emotions she displays around the 35 minute mark is quite something.

What I love is the community has basically all agreed that, even if House was hiding and faked his death, he absolutely would still keep track of 13 to kill her when asked.

By promising to end her life, House is risking everything that makes his life meaningful. The look of recognition on her face says it all. At that moment she realizes how much he truly loves her. "Greater love hath no man..."

The fact that every single facet of House's snarky veneer fades as soon as she says Huntington's and he musters up every ounce of genuine remorse for his apology is well done. He returns to the snark shortly after, but he recognizes he's been poking into her mortality and he apologizes for it.

I have a chronic progressive illness. I know it for 6 months now. Watching House helps me, not only this story but also House's own story... its so bizarre to experience this and go through the grief, anger and fear... watching House and Thirteen makes me feel less alone... it also shows the stories of disabled or will-be-disabled people as real people and how they cope with it.

Id still love a single episode of House returning into her life and fulfilling his promise to her.

"I'll kill you, I can do it now if you like. I got a baseball bat in the back" 😭😂

In the final clip, when House says "I'll kill you", it's the biggest demonstration of how much he cares, because he doesn't say what everyone would, but he says what she actually want to hear, because, in the end, saying "I'm sorry', "you will be fine" wouldn't change the end, House's proposal would, he is the only one willing to actually help her.

As someone who is dealing with being diagnosed with HD, I can completely empathize with 13. I think she did a fantastic job showcasing the heart wrenching emotions that manifest when finding out you have it.

This was a great compilation of her story line, thanks for making it.

Majy years ago i worked in a long term psych residential facility. We had a resident, schizophrenic who really didn't have control of her body. Her doctor & psychiatrist thought she had really bad side effects of the long term use of antipsychotics, very common in older psych patients who were prescribed certain medications before the newer ones with less side effects came out. The patient was admitted to the hospital, with pneumonia, i think. A medical student did an in-depth medical & family history of her. And convinced the attending doctor to run genetic testing. She had Huntington's Chorea. And was pretty far advanced. Her family took her home to spend her last few months with her family. What made it even sadder was, right before her diagnosis, her son told that she was going to be a grandmother. Her son had a 50/50 chance of inheriting Huntington's from his mom. And if he was positive, he had a 50/50 chance of passing it on to his unborn child

13 and Chase were the kids he never had

House M.D. may be the only series where a character can say "I'll kill you" in someone's face and have nothing but love and compassion for the person they've just said they're going to kill.