So. much. love. for this show!
I might be easy to please... but this episode goes straight up in my fav five. Best parts?
1. Cuddy drugging House (drop your pants! lol. House's hip... *licks*) and Wilson willing to play along - and wow, did he look good in that black suit!
2. the whole road trip business, their banter, the arrest, the warrant from Louisiana, the ringtone for the team and for Wilson (also, he changed it, because his ringtone for Wilson was 'what a man' last season...) *grins*
3. the 'how they met' tale - OMG, awesome. Of course, among 3.000 people, House chose the one who was NOT boring.
4. House breaking down while delivering the eulogy was moving. And I think that, even if he planned to take a dna sample, the breaking down thing was real.
5. Wilson immediately knowing he was up to something. That's so them.
6. the following scene, Wilson throwing that bottle, and the whole 'admit it' scene. That was so intense, and raw, and amazing.
And whoever compared it to hate!sex... hell, yeah!
7. That last scene, Wilson coming back, saying he can't choose his friends (because, clearly, his soulmate is House and he'll never find another like him...), his eyes watering when he said that was the most fun he had had since Amber. Aww.
8. And House being right about not being his father's son but telling Wilson his dad was dead? He was clearly asking for a hug, dammit!
9. Also, I think that knowledge does hurt him, even if he said it didn't change anything, because it changes his view of his mom. The 'happy family' had never been one.
Were there other characters in this episode? Ah, yes.
10. I always like Kutner - although, three children with different natural parents (the chinese girl, Kutner and House) in one episode is a bit too much, imo!
11. And I liked a lot Foreman going to Chase and Cameron for gossiping, House interpretation and differential diagnose. I felt like everyone I like had a right space in this episode (save for Cuddy, now that I think about it)