You see, i'm half and half on this matter. On one hand, i really feel for Cuddy because this rollercoaster ride of emotions she and House have been on since their kiss must have really been wearing her down. It's obvious she has feelings for him, it's FREAKING obvious that he has feelings for her so i guess she thought it was time for one of them to take that step forward.
However, on the other hand, a part of me also thinks that maybe she handled it in the wrong way. House hates being backed into corners and being asked direct questions like that: it would only be expected for him to not answer her properly or even at all.
Poor Cuddy, i think she was, in that moment, temporarily blinded by the emotions between the two of them and went straight for it not really giving a thought to the fact that he would "reject" her advances like he did.

*bear-hugs Cuddy*

I agree, PG.

*joins bear hug*

But wilson said that Cuddy isnt going to get anywhere just being in his office, and so she made a move?

I dunno im to tired hahahah

I agree with PG aswell tho :P

This was a very difficult pick and I am still kinda split. I agree with PG in that House does hate to be directly confronted with anything so obviously he would either deflect (Like in "Insensetive") or react with something like the boob grab. But I think Cuddy was frustrated that nothing was being done about the feelings they both obviously have for eachother, so I commend her for putting herself out there. When House said "depends on your answer," he was basically telling her the ball was in her court, but I don't think he was expecting her to be so forward and direct, and it sucks that it freaked him out. Idk I'm so conflicted lol, but I also want to give Cuddy a huge bear hug.

I felt sorry for both House and Cuddy when she said them infamous words. Maybe she knew he would reject her, but then he would understand how she felt and then the ball would be in his court then. Cuddy is a lot smarter than we give her credit for in situations like this. It was a clever ploy to alert House about her feelings and also very tactical thing to do in the long run.

xoxo

*dies inside*
hmm, that is the question.
Well for the yes answer House seems like more of a dog than human: force him into a corner and he will bite. I mean maybe we should hang a beware sound around his neck?
" This person will feel you up if you trap him in a verbal corner "
but jokes aside.

As my lovely wife said, obviously they have feelings for each other. And if it were that sentence, then what Cuddy did was exactly the right thing to do. Even in Wilson's sentence "you're not getting anywhere by just sitting there" is absolutely 100% correct to what she should have done. Something. She did something. What she didn't factor in is the fact that its not just anybody that has feelings for someone else, its House. And its House & Cuddy. And in that move they finally confront the..... the Huddy-ish-ness of the situation. And thats huge, but it also means to pay it right you have to play it in a very Housian way. Don't force him into corners, don't ruin the game, don't break the dance, don't make him m think about things he doesn't want to so up frontly. Slow and steady wins the race. Carrying o the dance metaphor, just change the music. Instead of a dance that involves one step forward, two steps back, make it a dance where each partner takes a small step forward and then they twirl around in the middle before eventually getting together. And thats some sort of game, isn't it? /don't make him feel trapped, but put him in a situation where theres nothing he can do but twirl, so he remains in control but he has no longer the choice to take another step back. Make it natural, make it a game, make sure he thinks he's in control, and you're sorted. So yeah she did it wrong, she let her emotions run away from her so she thought those rules didn't apply.

Wait Wait... or Something.

I was really sad after that scene...
I hated House for a while (that boob grab was really HORRIBLE!)...
but that was a well-known house action.
On the positive hand that was the deep-love-igniter. I hope in january episodes...something like: house soaked by his water-from-the-roof, he rings at Cuddy's, she is with the baby...and everythingis done!!!

PG can I join the bear hug late?

BB that dance metaphor ahahahah perfect!

I agree and I don't like repeating stuff other people have nicely summed up so I agree.