We all have our own favourite ship. Many 'House MD' fans long for Huddy action. Others crave Hameron loving, and many more like a bit of Chameron. There are even some who are desperate for Hilson to happen, but to those people I say "NO!". But why do I say no to Hilson? Because Wilson is promised to someone else...
Dr Lisa Cuddy! Wilson and Cuddy. Also known as 'Wuddy'. That's right people: Wilson and Cuddy is the best ship out there, so climb aboard me hearties and let us set sail!
Our very first sniff of Wuddy was in the 17th episode of the first season, 'Babies and Bathwater', in which this exchange between House and Wilson occurs:
House walking into Wilson's office where Wilson is packing up his stuff:
House: "Listen, Vogler's all about clinical trials, the hospital's chock full of them. There's got to be something for small-cell lung cancer." (House finally notices what Wilson is doing.) "What are you doing?"
Wilson: "I got sacked."
House: "Did you make a pass at Cuddy? Told you, she only has thighs for me."
This foreshadows later events in later episodes in which House seems to be jealous of Wilson's relationship with Cuddy.
Then, in season two, episode 22 ('Forever'), Wilson and Cuddy go on a date! It seems that Cuddy asked Wilson...
House: "Tonight."
Wilson: "What?
House: "'L Word' Marathon."
Wilson: "You watch 'The L Word'?"
House: "On mute."
Wilson: "I'll pass. Dinner with Cuddy...."
House (after Wilson explains): "She asked you?"
Wilson: "She's smart. She knows if she buys me enough alcohol my defenses just might be weakened."
House: "Doesn't make sense. Unless she ran out of batteries."
Wilson: "Hey. I'm recently single. She's single."
House: "You're too nice for her to like you. She's not needy enough for you to like her. She's got an agenda. Just not one that includes an appearance by 'little Jimmy'."[b/]
Of course, House is very curious...
[b]Cuddy (when she finds House waiting in her office0: "What do you want?"
House: "I want to talk about your date with Wilson."
Cuddy: "It's not a date."
House: "This is fun. Spring Chase from NICU and I'll shut up about your date."
And so the speculation begins!
Wilson (telling House that his theory that Cuddy wanted to consult because she had cancer was wrong0: "It was a date."
House: "What are you doing?"
Wilson: "PCR test."
House: "You're doing it yourself. In the middle of the night. On a spoon. Cuddy's spoon."
Wilson: "I'm checking her saliva for cancer markers."
House: "Yeah— I do that after all my dates, too. People think you're the nice one."
Wilson: "Why are you so worried about Cuddy?"
House: "You go first. You desperately want this to be a date."
Wilson: "Because the alternative is cancer."
House: "Just admit that you like her. She's smart, funny. Got a zesty bod. It's great you can look beyond the fact she's the devil"
Wilson: "I stole a spoon. You stole her garbage.
House: "She's my boss. She gets sick, the hospital might replace her. Especially if she dies. I'd have to learn how to manipulate someone new."
Wilson: "Whoa. I think I'm gonna cry."
So, while nothing eventuates from their 'date', there is plenty of evidence that Wuddy could happen.
The next time Wuddy appears in the fourth episode of the third season, 'Lines In The Sand'. In this episode, House gets a little upset (now that's an understatement!) about his carpet situation. This leads to this Wuddy exchange in the stairwell:
Wilson stops at the landing in between two flights of stairs.
Cuddy: Are we stopping here so House doesn't find us?
Wilson: Unless you wanna make out?
Wow! If that isn't sexual tension, I don't know what is!
Then, fast-forward to episode 19 of season three, 'Act Your Age'. House gives Wilson two tickets to a play (one for Wilson and one for a woman he would like to see naked) and discovers that Wilson took Cuddy to the play! This leads House to becoming a little agitated, which leads to this scene:
[1]When House figures out that Wilson took Cuddy to the play, he goes to find Wilson who is eating in the Hospital cafeteria:[/i]
House: "You're trying to have sex with Cuddy."
Wilson (offering House some of his food): "Fries?"
House: "You took her to a play, you only take women to plays because—"
Wilson: "No, You only take women to plays for that reason. That's your theory."
House: "Ok, then why did you take her to a play?"
Wilson: "She's a friend."
House: "A friend with a squish mitten."
Wilson: "It is possible to have a friend of the opposite sex without—"
House: "Blasphemer! She's not a friend of the opposite sex she's a different species. She's an administrator. She's going to eat your head after she's done."
Wilson: "Yes, I slept with her."
House: "Seriously?"
Wilson: "No."
House: "Yes you did."
Wilson: "Yes I did."
House: "Seriously?"
Wilson: "No. You've got a problem House."
Wilson claims that Cuddy is merely a friend, but judging by the nervous excitement he exhibits when he receives flowers from "Lisa" perhaps he would like to be more than her friend...
Later Wilson comes to House as House buys a magazine:
Wilson: "You were right."
House: "Of course I was, what are we talking about? They printed my letter."
Wilson: "Great. Cuddy."
House: "You want to see her naked."
Wilson: "No no no, she wants to see me naked. She sent me flowers."
House: "Just thanking you for the play. You see some people have an emotion called gratitude."
Wilson: "There's a card."
House: "I suspected, explains how you knew who they were from."
Wilson (reads from the card): "Lets do it again. Soon. X X. Lisa. X's are the kisses right?"
House: "No— I think they're the hugs. I think O's are the kisses."
Wilson: "No, no, X's are definitely the kisses. Soon is its own sentence...."
House (walks away from Wilson and catches up to Cuddy): "They printed my letter. How was the play Mrs Lincoln?"
Cuddy: "What's up with Wilson?"
House: "He's just a little freaked."
Cuddy: "Why?"
House: "I sent him flowers."
Oooooooooooo things are heating up! And House is having fun trying to sabotage the blossoming Wuddy romance.
Wilson later asks House what he should do about Cuddy
House: "Just be straight with her."
Wilson: "I'm not sure what that is. I— I can't stop thinking about her."
House: "In what way?"
Wilson: "Maybe she's right, maybe— maybe this is worth exploring?"
House: "You sure she feels—"
Wilson: "She sent me flowers! How do I do this? What do I say?"
House: "Cameron would tell you to say how you feel. Me, I'd get her drunk."
Wilson: "I'm not going to say anything. I'm just going to walk into her office, and I'm going to kiss her."
House: "That's— a bold move, Cuddy likes bold. Yeah your right, if you spoke you'd say something stupid."
Wilson: "Yeah, and I'll either get a girlfriend or get fired. Ok— yeah ok."
Wilson is trying to give House a chance to tell him something but when House doesn't take the bait, Wilson walks out and then a moment later bursts back in.
Wilson: "You, you you you! You were going to let me do that?"
House: "Well you made a compelling argument."
Wilson: "You sent those flowers to me!"
House: "Yes because, you took her to a play because actually you do want to march down there and kiss her."
Wilson: "No! I don't!"
House: "Yes you do."
Wilson: "You're right."
House: "Seriously?"
Wilson: "No. You're a jerk."
But despite House's attempts at relationship-killing, Wuddy blazes on! And Wilson asks Cuddy out again, in the next episode (season three, episode 20, 'House Training').
House: "I asked Cuddy to a play Thursday. She said she was busy."
Wilson: "And you didn’t believe her, so you bribed a janitor, broke into her computer and checked her appointments?"
House: "I asked her as a test."
Wilson: "What would you have learned if she’d said yes?"
House: "A lot about bondage. She’s busy for me, but not for you…she’s not interested in the play, she’s interested in you."
Wilson: "No! I'm not getting sucked into the vortex of your insanity again. Don't pass me notes in class, don't tell me to ask her to the prom."
House: "You cannot see her socially. You're leading her on."
Wilson: "I'll consider that after I take her to the Hockney exhibit.... It's not a date."
When House looks at him without accepting this, Wilson continues, "She enjoyed the play. I enjoyed her enjoying the play. The woman works hard. It's nice to see her relax."
House: "So all this enjoying is an act of charity?"
Wilson: "I'm keeping the receipts for tax purposes."
Not content with this, House confronts Cuddy.
Cuddy: "What’s the problem?"
House: "You won’t go to a play with me. Why?"
Cuddy: "House, why is my social life suddenly red hot? One minute, I’m mushing along with the huskies as usual, and suddenly its global warming. You think you saw someone pick up a toy from the sandbox and suddenly you want it."
House: "Is that why you said no?"
Cuddy: "Maybe I just want a friend and I thought Wilson was a safe choice."
House: "I'm not safe. Cool. James Wilson is never the safe choice."
Cuddy: "Going to a gallery, we’re not getting married."
House: "Oh, sure you say that now. But he always marries them in the end."
HA! Both Wilson and Cuddy are unphased by House's attempts to screw with their date, so off they go to the 'Hockney' exhibit...
Cuddy: "So this is Hockney?"
Wilson: "No. I don’t know what happened."
Cuddy: "I’m sure you don’t. I never knew your tastes were so eclectic."
Wilson: "Oh, the Hockney exhibit finished on April 20th, I thought it was May 20th. Okay, my bad. This is not somewhere I’d bring someone on a date. Not that this is a date, obviously. I was just thinking… he’s doing landscapes on multiple canvases now, and they’re kind of peaceful, and you’re always busy, and…"
Cuddy: "Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you embarrassed before."
Of course House is still sticking his nose in Wuddy's business and is probing one of Wilson's ex-wives, Bonnie, about how Wilson conducts his relationships. He learns a lot and relays this information to Wilson.
Wilson: "Bonnie called last night to talk about the dog. Your name came up."
House: "Good lord, how do you still have teeth?"
Wilson: "She’s the worst realtor in New Jersey. What is this, escalation? I go out with Cuddy, you hook up with my ex? I don’t even know what that’s designed to do."
House: "You’re an addict. I’m saving you from yourself."
Wilson: "By condo shopping, thank you."
House: "If I can figure out where you keep going wrong, then I can nip this Cuddy thing in the bud before she becomes the fourth ex-Mrs. Wilson.
Wilson: Yes, I was worried there was no way to stop that train."
House: "You have to have sex with Cuddy."
Wilson: "Wait… to stop the train? Bonnie said (quietly) I’m bad in bed?"
House: (loudly) "Huh?! (normally) Yeah. She also said if she slept with you before she liked you, then it would have been easier to handle when you turned into the sorry bastard that left her alone."
Wilson: "I told her you were wasting her time, by the way."
House: "You think that’s going to stop her? The woman’s the worst realtor in New Jersey."
So these are my main points:
1) House wants desperately to stop the Wuddy Train because a) he knows they would be so good together, and b) because he doesn't necessarily want Cuddy, he just doesn't want anyone else to have her.
2) Cuddy and Wilson complement each other well. They share the common goal of the betterment of House as a human being and they both care deeply for him.
So, if I'm going to hop on board a ship, it is going to be the good ship H.M.S Wuddy, for it is sturdy yet sexy vessel and it will hopefully set sail soon!
Dr Lisa Cuddy! Wilson and Cuddy. Also known as 'Wuddy'. That's right people: Wilson and Cuddy is the best ship out there, so climb aboard me hearties and let us set sail!
Our very first sniff of Wuddy was in the 17th episode of the first season, 'Babies and Bathwater', in which this exchange between House and Wilson occurs:
House walking into Wilson's office where Wilson is packing up his stuff:
House: "Listen, Vogler's all about clinical trials, the hospital's chock full of them. There's got to be something for small-cell lung cancer." (House finally notices what Wilson is doing.) "What are you doing?"
Wilson: "I got sacked."
House: "Did you make a pass at Cuddy? Told you, she only has thighs for me."
This foreshadows later events in later episodes in which House seems to be jealous of Wilson's relationship with Cuddy.
Then, in season two, episode 22 ('Forever'), Wilson and Cuddy go on a date! It seems that Cuddy asked Wilson...
House: "Tonight."
Wilson: "What?
House: "'L Word' Marathon."
Wilson: "You watch 'The L Word'?"
House: "On mute."
Wilson: "I'll pass. Dinner with Cuddy...."
House (after Wilson explains): "She asked you?"
Wilson: "She's smart. She knows if she buys me enough alcohol my defenses just might be weakened."
House: "Doesn't make sense. Unless she ran out of batteries."
Wilson: "Hey. I'm recently single. She's single."
House: "You're too nice for her to like you. She's not needy enough for you to like her. She's got an agenda. Just not one that includes an appearance by 'little Jimmy'."[b/]
Of course, House is very curious...
[b]Cuddy (when she finds House waiting in her office0: "What do you want?"
House: "I want to talk about your date with Wilson."
Cuddy: "It's not a date."
House: "This is fun. Spring Chase from NICU and I'll shut up about your date."
And so the speculation begins!
Wilson (telling House that his theory that Cuddy wanted to consult because she had cancer was wrong0: "It was a date."
House: "What are you doing?"
Wilson: "PCR test."
House: "You're doing it yourself. In the middle of the night. On a spoon. Cuddy's spoon."
Wilson: "I'm checking her saliva for cancer markers."
House: "Yeah— I do that after all my dates, too. People think you're the nice one."
Wilson: "Why are you so worried about Cuddy?"
House: "You go first. You desperately want this to be a date."
Wilson: "Because the alternative is cancer."
House: "Just admit that you like her. She's smart, funny. Got a zesty bod. It's great you can look beyond the fact she's the devil"
Wilson: "I stole a spoon. You stole her garbage.
House: "She's my boss. She gets sick, the hospital might replace her. Especially if she dies. I'd have to learn how to manipulate someone new."
Wilson: "Whoa. I think I'm gonna cry."
So, while nothing eventuates from their 'date', there is plenty of evidence that Wuddy could happen.
The next time Wuddy appears in the fourth episode of the third season, 'Lines In The Sand'. In this episode, House gets a little upset (now that's an understatement!) about his carpet situation. This leads to this Wuddy exchange in the stairwell:
Wilson stops at the landing in between two flights of stairs.
Cuddy: Are we stopping here so House doesn't find us?
Wilson: Unless you wanna make out?
Wow! If that isn't sexual tension, I don't know what is!
Then, fast-forward to episode 19 of season three, 'Act Your Age'. House gives Wilson two tickets to a play (one for Wilson and one for a woman he would like to see naked) and discovers that Wilson took Cuddy to the play! This leads House to becoming a little agitated, which leads to this scene:
[1]When House figures out that Wilson took Cuddy to the play, he goes to find Wilson who is eating in the Hospital cafeteria:[/i]
House: "You're trying to have sex with Cuddy."
Wilson (offering House some of his food): "Fries?"
House: "You took her to a play, you only take women to plays because—"
Wilson: "No, You only take women to plays for that reason. That's your theory."
House: "Ok, then why did you take her to a play?"
Wilson: "She's a friend."
House: "A friend with a squish mitten."
Wilson: "It is possible to have a friend of the opposite sex without—"
House: "Blasphemer! She's not a friend of the opposite sex she's a different species. She's an administrator. She's going to eat your head after she's done."
Wilson: "Yes, I slept with her."
House: "Seriously?"
Wilson: "No."
House: "Yes you did."
Wilson: "Yes I did."
House: "Seriously?"
Wilson: "No. You've got a problem House."
Wilson claims that Cuddy is merely a friend, but judging by the nervous excitement he exhibits when he receives flowers from "Lisa" perhaps he would like to be more than her friend...
Later Wilson comes to House as House buys a magazine:
Wilson: "You were right."
House: "Of course I was, what are we talking about? They printed my letter."
Wilson: "Great. Cuddy."
House: "You want to see her naked."
Wilson: "No no no, she wants to see me naked. She sent me flowers."
House: "Just thanking you for the play. You see some people have an emotion called gratitude."
Wilson: "There's a card."
House: "I suspected, explains how you knew who they were from."
Wilson (reads from the card): "Lets do it again. Soon. X X. Lisa. X's are the kisses right?"
House: "No— I think they're the hugs. I think O's are the kisses."
Wilson: "No, no, X's are definitely the kisses. Soon is its own sentence...."
House (walks away from Wilson and catches up to Cuddy): "They printed my letter. How was the play Mrs Lincoln?"
Cuddy: "What's up with Wilson?"
House: "He's just a little freaked."
Cuddy: "Why?"
House: "I sent him flowers."
Oooooooooooo things are heating up! And House is having fun trying to sabotage the blossoming Wuddy romance.
Wilson later asks House what he should do about Cuddy
House: "Just be straight with her."
Wilson: "I'm not sure what that is. I— I can't stop thinking about her."
House: "In what way?"
Wilson: "Maybe she's right, maybe— maybe this is worth exploring?"
House: "You sure she feels—"
Wilson: "She sent me flowers! How do I do this? What do I say?"
House: "Cameron would tell you to say how you feel. Me, I'd get her drunk."
Wilson: "I'm not going to say anything. I'm just going to walk into her office, and I'm going to kiss her."
House: "That's— a bold move, Cuddy likes bold. Yeah your right, if you spoke you'd say something stupid."
Wilson: "Yeah, and I'll either get a girlfriend or get fired. Ok— yeah ok."
Wilson is trying to give House a chance to tell him something but when House doesn't take the bait, Wilson walks out and then a moment later bursts back in.
Wilson: "You, you you you! You were going to let me do that?"
House: "Well you made a compelling argument."
Wilson: "You sent those flowers to me!"
House: "Yes because, you took her to a play because actually you do want to march down there and kiss her."
Wilson: "No! I don't!"
House: "Yes you do."
Wilson: "You're right."
House: "Seriously?"
Wilson: "No. You're a jerk."
But despite House's attempts at relationship-killing, Wuddy blazes on! And Wilson asks Cuddy out again, in the next episode (season three, episode 20, 'House Training').
House: "I asked Cuddy to a play Thursday. She said she was busy."
Wilson: "And you didn’t believe her, so you bribed a janitor, broke into her computer and checked her appointments?"
House: "I asked her as a test."
Wilson: "What would you have learned if she’d said yes?"
House: "A lot about bondage. She’s busy for me, but not for you…she’s not interested in the play, she’s interested in you."
Wilson: "No! I'm not getting sucked into the vortex of your insanity again. Don't pass me notes in class, don't tell me to ask her to the prom."
House: "You cannot see her socially. You're leading her on."
Wilson: "I'll consider that after I take her to the Hockney exhibit.... It's not a date."
When House looks at him without accepting this, Wilson continues, "She enjoyed the play. I enjoyed her enjoying the play. The woman works hard. It's nice to see her relax."
House: "So all this enjoying is an act of charity?"
Wilson: "I'm keeping the receipts for tax purposes."
Not content with this, House confronts Cuddy.
Cuddy: "What’s the problem?"
House: "You won’t go to a play with me. Why?"
Cuddy: "House, why is my social life suddenly red hot? One minute, I’m mushing along with the huskies as usual, and suddenly its global warming. You think you saw someone pick up a toy from the sandbox and suddenly you want it."
House: "Is that why you said no?"
Cuddy: "Maybe I just want a friend and I thought Wilson was a safe choice."
House: "I'm not safe. Cool. James Wilson is never the safe choice."
Cuddy: "Going to a gallery, we’re not getting married."
House: "Oh, sure you say that now. But he always marries them in the end."
HA! Both Wilson and Cuddy are unphased by House's attempts to screw with their date, so off they go to the 'Hockney' exhibit...
Cuddy: "So this is Hockney?"
Wilson: "No. I don’t know what happened."
Cuddy: "I’m sure you don’t. I never knew your tastes were so eclectic."
Wilson: "Oh, the Hockney exhibit finished on April 20th, I thought it was May 20th. Okay, my bad. This is not somewhere I’d bring someone on a date. Not that this is a date, obviously. I was just thinking… he’s doing landscapes on multiple canvases now, and they’re kind of peaceful, and you’re always busy, and…"
Cuddy: "Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you embarrassed before."
Of course House is still sticking his nose in Wuddy's business and is probing one of Wilson's ex-wives, Bonnie, about how Wilson conducts his relationships. He learns a lot and relays this information to Wilson.
Wilson: "Bonnie called last night to talk about the dog. Your name came up."
House: "Good lord, how do you still have teeth?"
Wilson: "She’s the worst realtor in New Jersey. What is this, escalation? I go out with Cuddy, you hook up with my ex? I don’t even know what that’s designed to do."
House: "You’re an addict. I’m saving you from yourself."
Wilson: "By condo shopping, thank you."
House: "If I can figure out where you keep going wrong, then I can nip this Cuddy thing in the bud before she becomes the fourth ex-Mrs. Wilson.
Wilson: Yes, I was worried there was no way to stop that train."
House: "You have to have sex with Cuddy."
Wilson: "Wait… to stop the train? Bonnie said (quietly) I’m bad in bed?"
House: (loudly) "Huh?! (normally) Yeah. She also said if she slept with you before she liked you, then it would have been easier to handle when you turned into the sorry bastard that left her alone."
Wilson: "I told her you were wasting her time, by the way."
House: "You think that’s going to stop her? The woman’s the worst realtor in New Jersey."
So these are my main points:
1) House wants desperately to stop the Wuddy Train because a) he knows they would be so good together, and b) because he doesn't necessarily want Cuddy, he just doesn't want anyone else to have her.
2) Cuddy and Wilson complement each other well. They share the common goal of the betterment of House as a human being and they both care deeply for him.
So, if I'm going to hop on board a ship, it is going to be the good ship H.M.S Wuddy, for it is sturdy yet sexy vessel and it will hopefully set sail soon!