Okay did anyone else find it weird that Wilson was more worried about House finding out about his little 'dinner date' with Stacey than he was with his wife finding out?!?! :huh:

What is up with that boy?

Okay I realize that this Stacey is probably the 'I lived with someone once' but still...

WILSON you're a married man!

Okay, okay I know he's done this before, he doesn't seem to have issues with dating other women while he's married but to do that with someone from his AND House's past and blow off his big oncology conference and House to do it?!?! :huh: <_<

I'm going to have to spank that boy....

Oh wait he might like that. :P Ah hell I'd like that :lol:

Oh and the "To Jimmy Wilson the Cy Young of medicine" :lol: :lol:

That was just too, too funny!!!

Jimmy :lol:

That was funnier than the Jimmy from DNR. :P

Just to play devil's advocate...

Do we know that Julie doesn't already know about his dinner with Stacey?

If Wilson was keeping it a secret from Julie, do we know he wasn't worried about Julie finding out, but just didn't share that worry with House?

From the way he was talking, it doesn't sound like Julie's coming along for this dinner. (I do think that it would be wise of Wilson to invite Julie along.)

Is this a date? I'm not sure that it is. It would be an interesting parallel to House's amended plans with Cam if it weren't. Plus House didn't immediately start turning on him, but just shrugged and said, "Well, you two are friends...."


And another thing -- why wasn't House going to the oncology dinner? Wilson was talking like it was a big thing for him, and two of three ducklings were planning on going.

I get the feeling Wilson didn't tell Julie...and that this was a date. He shouldn't have lied to House though, doesn't he know House knows
*ALL*

House is not exactly the type who would to attend hospital gatherings. Gotta feeling if monster trucks aren't involved, he'd much rather stay home. :lol:

I figured, because it's been established that Wilson and House have known each other for awhile and are pretty close there was somthing that happened in the past that may make House awkward around Stephanie maybe she broke his heart or left town without warning. All I know is that there is something in the past between Wilson, House, and Stephanie

I think Julie is cheating on Wilson as much as he cheats on her. Take the end of Damned If You Do where Wilson won't talk about their relationship. She did something to hurt him because if it was something he did, he wouldn't keep it from House (or House would press him till he admitted it--House didn't press him, ergo it's something she did to him and thus too personal to talk about).

Besides, Wilson's on his third marriage. She must know that--it isn't the kind of secret you keep from a spouse cause it's kind of a matter of public record. My bet: there was something in the beginning between them and it's gone sour; she stays in the game for his money and he stays in the game because he can't stand being alone at night, even if their relationship means next to nothing.

About the oncology dinner: the ducklings have to go because they're junior hires and they need to attend social functions in order to move up the institutional ladder--prove that they're not just doctors and researchers, but socialable also (plus it's a free meal and probably free drinks too). House doesn't have to go because he has tenure and is a department head and thus doesn't need to do anymore social climbing. It should be a big deal to Wilson because it's his department and he's the department head, although as department head he does have the right to blow it off.

At least, I'm assuming it works that way in the medical field. That's how it works in my field.

Sy
has to go to stupid university English gatherings all the **** time...but isn't too bad because they're all open bar and watching your collegues/professors get skunked and do dumb things is funny (recall Foreman's comment to Marty in DNR about going to a gathering for the cigar bar afterward ;) )

I do not think Wilson be having dinner with other woman, he should be with his wife. I do not know much about Wilson but I know that he is married and that House is his friend. I bet House and Stacy where living together but House was friends wtih the both of them, when House or Stacy broke it off, Wilson remained House is friend and he also is friends with Stacy.

I am guessing that Julie is Wilson's wife. I bet she thinks he is cheating on her and that is why he do not say anyting about the dinner with Stacy.

Christina

I'm sure Julie knows he has a propensity for see other women while married. How could she not but I got the distinct impression that he was more concerned about hiding the date from House than from Julie. I'll have to watch it again to more clearly state what gives me that impression but I do get the impression that he hasn't told Julie either.

Next if it's just an innocent I'm going out with an old friend why did he lie and then putz around about coming clean when House called him on it?! And if it's so innocent why would he blow off the monster truck rally. He was initially very excited about it, I don't think he was faking that. So if it's just a 'hey let's get together' with an old friend why would he not just gracefully back out and go to the truck rally? I'm sure an old friend would be understanding about his excitement at getting all access $1000 tickets to an event and be more than willing to reschedule.

You could go with the theory that she came in from out of town and was only going to be there that day but still he could have done lunch instead. There are enough other option that for him to not go to the truck rally suggests this is more than 'dinner with a friend'.

I'll have to watch it again but the only other theory I can come up with is he's trying to get House to start expanding his social horizons some. But that doesn't wash because he seemed genuinely nervous about telling him it was to go out with Stacey. Why bring a seemingly bad subject into the picture if he was just backing out to get House to take someone else? He could have lied and said he was patching things up with Julie or any number of other lies.

In fact I'm beginning to think Wilson's a bit of a snake <_<

Kidding, don't kill me Sanlin :lol:

LOL Your life is perfectly safe, rtlemurs. But, don't be too hard on "Boy Wonder," until we find out what the real deal is with Stacey. And, we already know Wilson's character is being written as a womanizer. But, think of all the times he's 'been there' for House. I don't know what the whole backstory or present story is with Stacey, yet, so I'm reserving judgment until I do. There has to be a compelling reason that would keep Wilson from doing something that House and Wilson both love so much, though.

Hugs,
Sanlin

I'm put in mind of our discussion from last week's Detox episode about Wilson going behind House's back in order to get the skinny on his addiction. If you put that 'deception' and this intended one side-by-side, what does that tell us about Wilson?

It's pretty complex when you think about it. He did a behind-the-scenes orchestration of House's Detox and, as we speculated, House's reaction to that would possibly not have been a good one at all had he found out. Here, House *does* find out that he's been lied to directly which posits the probability that what Wilson was trying to hide (meeting with Stacy) was a more serious breach than his detox orchestration, but House's reaction to being lied to directly was much more tame than we assumed his reaction to the Detox orchestration would've been. The question is - were both 'deceptions' meant to help House? I know that more remains to be learned about the whole Stacy storyline, but it's interesting to consider, as we have been, just why Wilson found it necessary to lie, not just once, about his dinner with Stacy. Was it purely out of worrying over his friend's reaction or was it perhaps coming from a more selfish place?



<_<

-Pradon

Given how many times we've seen Wilson 'be there,' for House, I'm giving him a 'pass' on the whole Stacey thing until we know more... The whole setup/situation seems 'off' to me... There's a mystery, there, but we don't have much more than tantalizing hints to go on in the series, yet... <_< ;) I'm currently of the "Stacey was House's 'ex' that he lived with and was Wilson's 'friend,' as well" frame of mind... I can't see Wilson blowing off House for something they *both* love so much, unless he had a *really* compelling reason to do so. Not to mention a cancer seminar that he booked a year in advance. It's not like Wilson has a hard time getting 'chicks,' wives, girlfriends, etc. LOL No, House, Wilson and Stacey have a 'history,' together, and, now, for some reason, after all this time, that history has started to surface, again. We pretty much knew that House, at 45, had to have some past history/relationships. But, it sounds like he's had surprisingly *little* of that, in his life. He wasn't a 'chick magnet' in high school. He's never been married. And, apparently, he's only 'lived with' one person. (All that we know of, at least, so far.) Sounds like a pretty 'lonely' existence, all the way through. Wilson has been his best/only friend for awhile, but now House has the Ducklings and Cuddy, as well.

Hugs,
Sanlin

I wonder since this was supposed to air before Detox if this wasn't Wilson and Cuddy trying to set up House?! Hmmmmm...

Maybe he wasn't going out with Stacey at all, but brought that up because he thought (and I'm going on the theory that Stacey is house's ex-girl) that it would motivate House to start getting back into life.

Force him to remember what it was like and fire up his desire to love and be loved again.

Just a thought.

Using the production number from the site listed below, this would be my best guess on what the show order should of been:

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/Episo...id-22374/House/

Pilot
Occam's Razor
The Socratic Method
Maternity
Paternity
Damned If You Do
Fidelity (aka: Truth or Consequences)
Poison
Cursed
Sports Medicine
DNR
Histories
Detox
Control

***FYI: The site justed listed the title, Control, but with no description on what the show would be about.

I've seen some people speculating that Wilson was seeing Stacey because he was getting worried about House -- that he may have wanted to talk over the idea of an intervention with her. (This episode was meant to air before Detox.) It also would have given us more hints that Wilson does lie to House sometimes.

I've seen other people speculating that Wilson was doing House a favor -- perhaps Stacey was not good for him, and Wilson was meeting with her to "head her off at the pass."

I thought those were both intriguing ideas, but of course we'll have to wait for some more evidence.