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House and Cuddy were made for each other.
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“So much energy and drama just trying to find someone”- Why I love Huddy
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I don’t think House MD, when it started, had any intentions of developing the Huddy relationship, in fact, if it wasn’t for the Vogler arc, Cuddy was being considered to be dropped from the show. They instead focused on the Hameron relationship, and left the Huddy interactions as charged conflicts between the boss and a rather troublesome employee. Cuddy’s character was used as a foil to House and even used as his “arch nemesis” so to speak, to highlight his morality and pure honesty in an otherwise curmudgeon of a character. But when the season’s final two episodes came around, a very important development was revealed about those two character’s relationship. Cuddy was House’s doctor during his infarction and is essentially responsible for cutting out part of his leg and leaving him crippled for life. Though this part of the story, nor the post-infarction era, has never been fully discussed, the lasting effects on their relationship are something to behold. I will not pretend to see more there than there actually is, but twice this twist in their past has come up to be reflected on by the show. The first time this happens is in “Skin Deep”. In “Skin Deep” House is still reeling from the effects of Stacy no longer being a part of his life and, as is common with his character, his pain increases massively due to the mental anguish of losing her. He decides that he needs a drug more powerful than Vicodin and settles on Morphine, but he doesn’t just want it injected into his veins, he wants it injected into his
The episode of “No Reason” is the first time as viewers that we were allowed into House’s mind as the whole episode was in fact a hallucination. Therefore all of House’s interactions with the characters reflected what his brain picked up on when he interacted with them normally. House’s interactions with Cuddy were no different. The scene that always amazes me is the scene where Cuddy sees him walking fine for the first time and reveals her plan with the Ketamine and the German pain clinic. Cuddy: It worked! [House turns.] There’s a clinic in Germany, they’ve been treating chronic pain by inducing comas and letting the mind basically reboot itself. There’s about a fifty
No Reason, Season 2, Episode 24 In this we see that House has understood the guilt that Cuddy feels and it has morphed into her following research in a German clinic just for him. While I understand that this conversation is merely House’s subconscious reminding of him of maybe a magazine article he read a while back about Ketamine, the fact that House’s brain associates Cuddy with that image shows a great deal about what he has picked up about Cuddy and in fact what he thinks she feels about him. A great deal of manipulation, on Wilson’s and Cuddy’s part, goes on for House’s benefit, and I think his overreaction to their trying to help him, rings back to his infarction and of Stacy’s ”betrayal” when she fixed him without his consent. The episode reveals a great deal about the tension that still exists between House and Cuddy on that front. The depth and complexity of this part of their relationship is always something wonderful to behold because it is so rare to find a couple in TV now, that is not just about chemistry, but has a huge story behind them, something that reminds of the romantic stories you get in books. After season 1 had ended, it seemed the writers had a change of heart about the Huddy relationship. At this point in my shipping I was a die-hard Hacy fan, love gone horribly wrong, but looking back, it was obvious that House and Stacy were never going to be together and that she was eventually going to leave (but the journey was fantastic to watch) and now that I have hindsight, one can see that the makings of Huddy were already being introduced. In “Humpty Dumpty” it was revealed and hinted at that Huddy had once known each other at university and may have slept together at that point. Though in reality this point does not really add to why I find their relationship so wonderful, but it proves that at this point at least, the writers had decided that they had their claws into something quite unique and were setting us up for more. Season 2’s Cuddy was still a similar
House: Cuddy…You see the world as it is, and you see the world as it could be. But what you don’t see is what everyone else sees, the giant gaping chasm in between. Cuddy: House, I’m not naïve, I realize… House: If you did, you would have never hired me. You’re never happy unless things are just right, which means two things. One you’re a good boss and you’ll never be happy. Humpty Dumpty, Season 2, Episode 3 Now I know I have shipping bias, but what a perfectly beautiful moment. I have ranted and ranted about this moment, more times than any sane person really should have, but the grace and eloquence in this scene has yet to ever be matched by another couple for me. It’s not sexy flirting, nor fluffy compliments or kissing; it just reveals his deep knowledge about who Cuddy really is. It’s not even that much of a romantic scene, in fact many people probably disregard it (well not on Fanpop lol), but to me it represents the epitome of the Huddy relationship. This gentle aspect of their relationship, which is repeated later on in “No More Mr. Nice Guy”, gives the viewers a look into what House thinks and feels about Cuddy. The tone of his voice in this scene, mixed with the beautiful dialogue, gives this sense of mourning for Cuddy, a sort of deep pity but the kind that does not foster resentment, but instead a feeling of esteem. House is drawn to inherently good people who look out for those around them, Wilson, Cuddy and Cameron all fit that, and he is drawn to Cuddy because of her idealism and though I think it annoys him at times, I truly believe that deep down there is a desire to protect her from the shattering of her ideals, something I don’t see House doing with any other character (at least the mains). These gentler parts of their relationship bring out House’s desire to shelter Cuddy from the world (if anyone’s read ‘Heart of Darkness’ by Joseph Conrad, House’s relationship with Cuddy reminds me a bit of Marlow and The Intended). But the gentler aspects are not the only times House’s “protectiveness” is brought out. The end of season 2 and season 3 saw the beginnings of a new type of character for House to play in the Huddy relationship, the jealous suitor. House is a character, who hides a lot of emotions, but the audience is always given pretty good hints as to what he feels in most episodes, and a very large hint the writers like to throw to us about House’s feelings about people is his jealous streak. He gets jealous very easily when he feels that the people he truly cares about may be taken from his inside circle. He acts out and commits a whole series of outrageous behavior, breaking into confidential files, sharing with
But by the end of season 4, in the midst of the emotional turmoil of Amber’s death, Huddy again (or rather the lovely Lisa Edelstein) managed to step up to the plate only adding to the excellence that was already present. A lovely bit of their relationship was drawn out during those two episodes, and while their sexual tension was played out in the strip tease, the caring and protectiveness of Cuddy was brought out by the end. [The music fades as Cuddy leans over House, her concern writ all over her face.] LISA CUDDY: Hey, I'm here. Blink if you can hear me. [House blinks absent-mindedly.] # There are things that drift away # [Cuddy sighs deeply in relief. House inhales, about to say something.] LISA CUDDY: No, shh, don't try to talk. Just rest. Wilson’s Heart, Season 4, Episode 16 Her tear stained face and distraught expression at last shows the viewers the deep feelings that Cuddy might have for House. Holding onto his hand at the end, in a desperate attempt to reassure House that she’s still there, speaks very strongly about the protection she wishes to give House, and these two episodes reflect that feeling more so than “Babies and Bathwater” or “Words and Deeds” could ever do. Protecting House against Wilson earlier on in his attempt to save Amber and then later on when Wilson is no longer there for House, Cuddy shows her consistency in House’s life and she once more remains at his side. Their scenes are by far some of the more beautiful of the show’s. So we’ve seen how Cuddy feels toward House, and now season 5 seems to deal with the other side of that matter, how House feels about Cuddy. Season 5 has been pretty damn difficult for House, from almost losing Wilson, to kissing Cuddy and then her getting a baby and then Kutner killing himself. House has had to re-evaluate a lot this year and while every season has shaken House and made him stop to think about his present situation in life, never more he has to think so much. House’s feelings for Cuddy are revealed in their twisted way in almost all of the episodes
To wrap it up, in my personal opinion, Huddy is probably the most complex relationship ever to hit the small screen. It’s fun and dysfunctional side meshing with its angst and needy side, come together to create a whole web of hidden meanings and emotional problems that pretty much kicks the ass of most of your regular “boy meets girl” scenarios. So in fact, House and Cuddy are much more than just sex buddies and are more than just the sexual appeal that so many people only give them credit for, they are an epic couple (yes I said it) that not only has a story behind them, but a very interesting future ahead and while we all have to know that the future may not end with a white house with blue shutters, I think that’s part of what makes them all the better, the uncertainty. That is why House and Cuddy are my favorite ship ever. Other parts that I couldn’t find a place for the in the article but have to mention: - Nicknames - Parallels (needles, running, bed sides, coffee mugs, matching outfits) - Cuddy’s Serenade - Innuendo - House and his sexual harassment - The desk - Power plays - Wilson the Huddy shipper
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1) it's a very detailed and insightful recap of the progression of huddy (in the show & in our personal lives - I can totally relate to your shipping transition)! cheers to your writing skills;
2) now it's the perfect time to do this - specially because I think there'll be major changes in their relationship & the way we ship them after this season ends;
3) I really admire your dedication to this ship. few of us have the energy to write down this kind of stuff even though we recognise and appreciate these events that built on the huddy in the writing of the show;
4) your article serves a great deal to the huddy spot & huddy shipping in general since, as we can see, many fans join each day and not all of them have seen all of these episodes yet. it's an awesome guide into huddy.
now i'll go back to reading it. i might even think of other reasons why this is great. thanx for writing it ;)
edit: done reading. awesome work! btw, I've had may ships, but huddy is my favorite too, and mostly for the reasons you mentioned =]
I too do not really ship that much when it come to shows, and I have never been so invested in a couple as I am with Huddy. I really don't think I will ever love another couple as much as I love them, for the exact reasons you mentioned in this article. They are like no other couple I have ever seen, and I dont think all the words in the world could quite describe their relationship. They truly are an epic couple, and if their relationship were all about the sex, as some people say, they would have had sex (again) a long time ago and we would not have gotten this beautiful, emotional arc this season :)
P.S. Last year we read Heart of Darkness in my AP English Lit class and I kept thinking about House and Cuddy when I read about Marlow and The Intended lol. (I had the same problem in Pride and Prejudice and various other books we read lol)
It completely irks me when people refuse to admit that there are indeed several layers to Huddy!
Huddy is the only couple I ship. They are really and truly an "epic couple" as you said.
You're so right about this.
Great analysis of their relationship.
Exactly.. I love that (but I have read it for an hour, and my eyes are totally dry)!
with the booth/bones thing, i kinda get what you mean and kinda don't (ha, i love picking up on the most unimportant detail in the article. IT really throws people off :P) as in i wouldn't mind if booth got with other people (i love the booth/cam arc in season 2) but i am still completely and utterly in love with them. In fact that is the case with most tv shows: i am either competely obsessed with them and DON'T mind them getting with others, or i mind them getting with others but i'm not tht into them (the first one if B/B the second one is Jelliot). The only two exceptions to that rule are Huddy and Spuffy. Both incredibly epic, startlingly dysfunctional and have this incredible reparte that Huddy does better making it slightly more preferable. The beauty behind this is that neither couples will probably ever properly get together ;)
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