unbreakable clarity

Welcome to the thread!

pinkpaisley

Hey Ju!

Right, the migraine! At least it gave us this:

Aurora Cormier

Yeah there's a bright side to everything, right, hehehe

sam_doc

I think another extreme thing was in season 2, "Autopsy" when he basically "killed" the girl to save her!!

That was a very emotional episode!

pinkpaisley

Right, the cancer kid.

Oh yeah!

How about OD'ing on Christmas?

Aurora Cormier

That was horrible, I hated it when he did this kind of thing to himself I'm happy he's been doing ok so far this season


Btw, I have a question, is this thread supposed to be only about his character or is it also about the show in general?

sam_doc

It about Hugh playing this character House So I'd say it's not about the show in general.

Sunrise at Midnight

Like Andi has said..It's supposed to be about Hugh being this character, so technically it's not a general show thread, however episode discussions are now going to be happening in here so long as shipping stays in the appropriate threads.

pinkpaisley

I completely agree. It's always hard watching somebody self destruct.

Aurora Cormier

Oh, episode discussions are here? I didn't know that, I thought all celebrity boards had episode discussion threads

Isn't it amazing how far he has come? That's why I'm loving this new season so far, he's learning how to deal with things without resorting to painkillers or self-destructive behavior anymore, that's so beautiful to see

sam_doc

I don't watch season 6 but from what I've heard, they are not addressing the "pain" issue anymore, which I think is not right, because even without Vicodin addiction he has to be in pain

pinkpaisley

I agree, Ju!

He said in Broken that the pain was manageable, without being on Vicodin and in Epic Fail, his leg started acting up again, but he found out that solving medical puzzles kept his mind off of it and he hardly felt it anymore. So, I am sure he is still in pain sometimes, but not as much as before.

Sunrise at Midnight

It's at the discretion of each board.

Aurora Cormier

^ Ah I see, you and Yvonne discussed it and decided it together, good


I understand it hard to understand what's going on when we're not watching You really should, though, if you have the chance to, the season's been amazing so far, for once they're keeping the changes they made in him instead of going back to same old same old after a couple of episodes, that's really worth watching, everyone's in character, but at the same time everyone's in a new place in their lives right now. Right now the pain and the addiction are not the central part of this character's storyline, but his efforts to get out of that constant pain and need of meds. Nice change

Exactly, ITA Yvonne Since season 2 it was clear that his pain was more emotional than anything, it got worse whenever he was sad and frustrated, whenever something failed (remember that time Cuddy gave him a placeno and he felt all better just because he belived she had given him morphine?)But when he was engaged in the cases, when things were going well, when he could take his mind off of it, it was manageable like he said
I think it's especially impressive how well he's been coping with it this season, with everything he's going on, the frustration and heartbreak of not being able to be with whom he wants to be, in other times he'd be popping pills and doing whatever it took to make people miserable. Now he's doing the total opposite of this, and I can only imagine how hard this must be for him, for anyone in the same situation, really, to handle something like without resorting to self-destruction again. You gotta have double the strength and strong will, and he's been showing that so far, so kudos to him

tender looks

ITA. His character progression has been almost the biggest highlight of the season for me so far. Can you imagine what the House of old would have done in the current situation? It's wonderful to see him this way.