Recently, I was watching the second season of House MD, in which Doctor House (the inimitable Hugh Laurie) was hoping that his old flame, Stacy (Sela Ward) would come back to him (despite his unending bad temper, and an ego the size of the national debt). And suddenly, there was one of those moments. The two were waiting in an airport on business for a delayed flight, and when Stacy sat down, she found that House had gotten her a cup of coffee... And not just any coffee, but the kind she liked, done the way she liked... That little moment, showing that even years after their relationship ended,...
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