They say it is what it is. The producers went on record saying it was that. I'm shocked at that. I was thinking House was right from the first minute...
I haven't seen the episode yet, but from what I have been reading it isn't a case of the writers being lazy in their writing or malicious towards Kal Penn for leaving. They knew a few episodes prior to this that he was quitting the show but made a conscious decision that they wouldn't go down a cliched road of wrapping up his story neatly. In the real world suicide often comes out of nowhere with those around the victim struggling to find reasons for their decision. Full interview: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/04/house-exclusive.html#more
I thought it was fantastic. In the real world, it can come out of nowhere, there's not always an explanation that can be discovered for everything, no matter how much House might believe it. Suicide is shocking because people don't see it coming, and they can't understand it. People don't always leave notes. In life, actions don't always have a pinpointing cause, they're simply an accumalation of many many things over a long period of time. I had no idea that this was going to happen, but I do remember in the episode before, feeling so so bad for Kutner, when he kept repeating to whatisfaceevilbaldguy 'I'd like to think that you would be there for me, I'm here for you', and repeatedly getting shot down, and then being rewarded with having his work stolen at the end. The thing that always frustrated me about House, on a personal level, and not on a television level, was the idea it portrayed of things being curable, if only the doctor was good enough. Live's getting back to normal, explanations for things. I always wish that House was normal, because if he was, he'd be able to find out why I have narcolepsy, and then I'd get a cure, or at least pills that worked better, rather than just knowing that I have it, and having pills to counter the effect that only work if I have what feels like a stupidly restricted life that only have side-effects, and no improving benefits. So it was nice to see something that he couldn't explain, and that didn't have and easy answer, and probably, hopefully, will never be answered in a nice little bow.
I'd agree with you, except Kutner's brilliant idea wasn't really 'stolen' because House immediately recognized that Taub hadn't come up with it, and he actually congratulated Kutner for making the rat-pee-rash connection.
Double-checked, and ah yes, so he did. BUT if memory vaguely serves, didn't Taub spend the whole episode, and possibly a few before, repeatedly shitting, and trying to shit on, Kutner? That on top of whatevers going on, and the whole 'I'm not your friend, I dont care about you' (bearing in mind how much of their waking lives are revolving around work, you cant imagine they have much time out of that environment), could equal a deadly cluster of headfuck?
I agree, it probably was a contributing factor, but Kutner had to have had far worse things going through his mind than Taub's derision to put a gun to his head. That's probably why we saw the little guy break down and cry at the end of the episode.
