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It took me until today to find out that House is a medical show. And it was only last week that I learned that House is, apparently, the name of the main character.

So, it's a show about someone called Doctor House. For some reason, this really amuses me.

Mental image: A building holding a scalpel and leaning over to cut open this tiny person in front of it.

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Exactly how slashy is the show? Like, what's the best slash moment thus far?

Watch "Detox" and you will understand.

Other moments I can think of, well, in "Sports Medicine", there's the almost-date to see Monster Truck, there's the "are we breaking up?". Most recently in "Cursed", there's the jealousy tinted snark over Wilson chatting up a pretty accountant. As many have said, this show is really like an alternative universe version of the Holmes and Watson show, and just as slashy.

Hmmm, I lent my discs out so I can't rewatch to make sure, but...I think it's ep 4 or 5 when they go back to House's place for some together time instead of wilson going home to the wife.

That comment in I forget-which-episode that House is taking a case only becaus Wilson wants him to. The many glances of complicity between House and Wilson. The way that House is crabby with Wilson but seriously mean to everyone else. The way they are such little boys looking at girls together. *loves* The way they watch that medical soap opera together.

The snide remark about Wilson and his propensity for infidelity reeks of jealousy to me.

The obvious trust between them in "Detox," and the way House accepts Wilson sitting in on a work meeting just to keep an eye on House's physical condition. The trust Wilson has in House's judgment, no matter how impaired it might be. Detox's ending is so, so "Wilson taking care of House without him knowing it".

thete1's been posting about the show lately. I think those posts aren't locked...

The slashiest moment for me remains the one which lo, showed me the slash--I'd caught about an episode and a half, and heard people talking about the slash, and was going, "Okay... well... I guess." And then I sat down and watched Damned If You Do (fifth aired) when it was on, and they get to the end, and Wilson basically invites himself over to Christmas Eve dinner at House's place. Which is fairly slashy, but not that bad, as they are theoretically best friends. But then House basically goes, "But what about your wife?" and Wilson essentially goes, "Eh, wife. She'll live," and I go, "....!" and then there's a charming musical montage which features them laughing together over Chinese in House's apartment, which is especially impressive given that House, up to that point, had never been seen laughing on the show at all. We'd barely seen him smile.

It was less of a, "Wow, that's slashy," and more like a direct revelation of slash from God. I almost fell out of my chair.

Damned If You Do isn't actually a horrible place to jump in. You'd be a bit lost, but the episode actually does open with the main characters rather than the patient of the week as is typical, and it does a lot of nice balancing of fun and serious, but it's not as much in to the characters as some of the later episodes. Which is one of the reasons I'd really advise against watching Detox--it's going to lose a lot of impact if you haven't had time to get acquainted with these characters. (The other reasons are my pack of issues I have with the episode; I am and remain one of the apparent few people in the fandom who didn't really like it--hell, most people seem to have loved it--for a variety of causes ranging from technical to intensely personal. On the other hand, having gotten this icon out of the deal, I can't hate it.)

And then I sat down and watched Damned If You Do (fifth aired) when it was on, and they get to the end, and Wilson basically invites himself over to Christmas Eve dinner at House's place. Which is fairly slashy, but not that bad, as they are theoretically best friends. But then House basically goes, "But what about your wife?" and Wilson essentially goes, "Eh, wife. She'll live," and I go, "....!" and then there's a charming musical montage which features them laughing together over Chinese in House's apartment, which is especially impressive given that House, up to that point, had never been seen laughing on the show at all. We'd barely seen him smile.

That is pretty sweet. Very cool, in fact. Also -- musical montage! Ah-ha, I was right all along.

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