amber (wilson's dead girlfriend) (when house found out they started dating he said wilson was dating a carbon copy of him) (he hallucinated her and she represented his subconscious) made him pick out a mattress for their apartment when they moved in together, to force him to have an opinion on something.
house (wilson's best friend) (constantly paralleled to his dead girlfriend) (he risked his life to save amber's and it didn't work) (the only person he cares about is wilson, so the only reason he would risk his life to save amber is because he knew wilson cared about them equally) moved in with wilson, to a new apartment (out of the one he shared with amber) (he refused to redecorate for years) and MADE WILSON PICK OUT A PIECE OF FURNITURE TO FORCE HIM TO HAVE AN OPINION ON SOMETHING.
I wondered, on rewatching House, if I'd have similar revelations as I had rewatching other shows I mostly saw as a preteen, particularly in terms of women characters. I was much less self-conscious of my internalized misogyny back then and hated lots of female characters with my whole heart, for Reasons, some of which were valid and many of which were not. Upon a (very brief, incomplete) revisit of Breaking Bad, for instance, I realized I should never have hated Skylar. This has happened across a few shows, where I've realized I liked a character more than I did as a kid and perhaps more than the writers intended for me to.
I remember mostly liking Cuddy and Cameron and being straight-up obsessed with Thirteen. I remember hating Amber. I wondered if a rewatch would change my perspective. I think if she hadn't pulled that fake-ghost shit with Thirteen... But she did, and I still hate Amber. I like Wilson less for his involvement with her. She pops up and he kisses her and I just want to puke. Does he know how fucking evil she is? Does he not care? Is she as evil as my angry intestines insist? Am I blinded to some good qualities in Amber by my love of Thirteen? Am I still thirteen years old and that's why I'm writing a fucking blog post on Tumblr about it?? If you are a fan of Amber and you see this in the House tags please lmk why. Not super worried about spoilers for the 20 year old show I've already seen but I'm not quite to season 5 yet in the rewatch if that matters.
House, Wilson, and Amber share a california king bed. every night House and Amber jump onto it and wrestle (NOT sexual this is pure violence and power struggle) until Wilson walks in in his nightgown and floppy nightcap christmas carol style, at which point House and Amber immediately move to their respective sides of the bed so that Wilson can get in between them. while they're getting tucked in Wilson says something insane he thought of while he was brushing his teeth, specifically designed to spur House into another round of 4d chess with him at work tomorrow. then House and Amber kiss Wilson on both his rosy schoolboy cheeks at the same time. they all go to sleep after that but periodically through the night House and Amber will wake up and lean across Wilson to whisper evil things into the other's ear, because they're both trying to induce night terrors in the other person. it has never worked but they're still trying. Wilson hears it every time but he thinks it's funny. like it or not this is what domestic bliss looks like <3
this scene is just so haunting like this is one of the extremely few times that house is genuinely scared to the point where he begs wilson to help him like yeah wow.