House Doesn't Want to Treat This Patient | House M.D.

can we just admire the fact that house was willing to swallow his pride and admit that he couldn't give her the help she needed

He's sincere. Nothing is worse than fake empathy

Two kinds of caregivers; the ones who will hold your hand while you die, and the ones who ignore your screams while trying to save your life. Both are necessary.

House made her feel safe because he didn’t sugarcoat anything and he took proper care of her, he made her feel like she could talk about what happened to her and not many doctors can make people feel safe like this.

House knew right away that he wasn't the right one for the job. Deep down, he does have a sense of compassion

Patient: "...I trust you." House: "I see. That's a bad reason." Serious scenario but House adds levity.

Hugh Laurie is a great actor. You can see the exact moment in his eyes where he drops the snark and realizes something’s wrong. And it’s before she says “don’t touch me.”

The ending of the episode was very sweet. She opened up to him and told him about the whole thing..he listened..I was sobbing

Everyone in the show says House is unprofessional. But, he just knew when to be serious. He was just playful up until this point but when he realised she was violated he immediately dropped his snarky attitude.

-I'd like to keep being treated by him. -.......why I love Cuddy.

as a r-pe victim myself, i kinda understand why she wanted him to treat her. she sees House as a man who wouldn't hurt her and considering he's the only one who knows about her assault, she feels the need to trust him. she lost the trust of a man/men when she was assaulted, so she's trying to keep herself from distrusting all men altogether by sticking it out with House. i did the same thing with guy friends of mine when i was assaulted in my early teens. it's weird and it's funky, but it's the complex trust issues that come with that sort of trauma, especially shortly after the fact.

The way he said oh god brings chills. He knows how serious this is and how traumatic it is. He knew he isn't right for it and saw it for how serious it really was.

She probably recognized that he wasn't somebody who was trying to be nice to get on her good side which presented him is being more honest

She appreciates the fact that he went from being completely snarky and sarcastic to incredibly serious about her case I think she also senses inside him the same fear and an anger and pain that she's feeling and that's why she wants to talk to him and no one else

She wanted someone strong enough to vent her rage at. Thats why she wanted House.

House didn’t push for her to talk about the trauma but he also didn’t pretend it didn’t happen. He’s very candid and open and lets her decide how she feels about the situation

And then she went on to become one of history's most powerful Viking shieldmaidens.

Even house knows when something is WAY out of his league. Goes to show the benefits of knowing ones limits.

0:55 That might be the scariest face I’ve ever seen an actor make. That kind of face and emotion she can put behind it would make her an excellent horror movie killer. House was right to get another doctor. He knows his limits, what he’s good at, what his patients need and when they need it. She was just a special case that needed his brand of cynical sympathy. His frankness and harshness might be what she needs.

House asking Cuddy if she really thinks he's the right doctor for this patient shows how else he's great at his job. He knows when he's cut out to help someone and when he's not. And I love how in the end, he was able to help her- he just didn't know it yet.