A Missed Case In His Deathbed | House M.D..

[@peachpanda96]

‘I was never there when she needed me what right do I have to need her now?’ The most unselfish thing I’ve ever heard from an absent parent..

[@thewind6047]

But he was lying to himself and he knew it

[@sws212]

​@@thewind6047 Not really seeing the lie in that statement, it was said because that he wanted to keep torturing himself to the very end.

[@talisredstar1543]

@@sws212 Right he did, because he believed he deserved it. On some level yes, but if it were me in his shoes. "Gracie, its your father. I know i wasn't there for you, and i'm so sorry. I know this means little, but I needed to say it. I love you." Is probably what I would of said. On the outside might mean little, especially if Gracie calls up her mom and tells her what happens. Maybe some harsh words come from mother, and the daughter semi-sorta agrees with them. However, now imagine both Mom and daughter learn that he passed away. A father's last words on this earth of meaning were to tell his daughter that he loved her. Still might not really hit her, but may years down the road, it hits Gracie. My father was thinking of me at the end. that I feel is a bit of closure. Both my mother and father passed away suddenly at different times. I never got say good bye, won't get to hear their voices again, but in my memories. I try to tell her, and show her that I love her often. So that incase, the same happens to me, and I leave her suddenly. That she will always have those memories. Took time to get over the pain, and there are times and days I still get down.. But then a memory comes to me, or someone says something that sparks a memory. And I smile again. I think for the character Gracie, in time that lil message might bring just a shred of that to her. I know i'm going on, but my point is. I think the more selfish thing would be to leave things unsaid, and that the more selfless thing, though it may not seem like it at first, is to for him to face his own pain, and shame, and to get those words off his chest. Because like I said, may not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but maybe someday they will bring closure.

[@g4lifepl76]

@@talisredstar1543 im sorry mate for the things that happened to you but maybe you should seek a psychiatrist because from what i have read you have conflicted feelings with the sprinkle of deep sorrow whitch is understandable but that combination usually results in fighting deamons down the line and its a loosing battle alone

[@rowdyreidgirl]

This made me cry my eyes out.

[@TimeAce]

“I’m going to be dead in a few hours. Your secrets couldn’t be safer... unless you’re keeping them from yourself.” This scene is the most depressing in the entire series honestly.

[@enkiimuto1041]

Same, although it crushes me on the part he says she changed him and then she left.

[@pasteurvo6217]

Was it cuddy did she leave?

[@BilliePannkaka]

@@pasteurvo6217 no a girl he met when he was in the psychward, she was visiting her sister I think

[@genkatqltr737]

@@pasteurvo6217 No, the woman played by Sela Ward. She's the one responsible for him being a cripple. His leg was badly injured and infected,doctors said it should be amputated because surgery to remove all the damage to save the leg, would leave him in horrible pain, crippled, and on crutches or using a cane until he died. Without any surgery he would die from the septic wound and blood poisoning. He forbid any kind of surgery. He didn't want to live without a leg or in terrible pain until he died. His wife gave permission to save his leg and his life, when he was out of his head (I think). He hated her for doing that to him and they couldn't go on together.

[@derfinofred5491]

@@genkatqltr737 no the one he is talking about here is the one on the psych ward who is visiting her sister in law who isnt talking, they had an affair after the sister in law got cured she left with her husband

[@lostman8830]

They truly get amazing actors for a lot of these scenes. You don't question the emotion in the room, because they do so well at showing it.

[@theolamp5312]

@Veng - So true - And, I've seen this actor dozens of times. He was always good in his roles. Yet, I can't recall his name. That's one of the strengths and dilemmas of a character actor. The strength being that they, as actors, are invisible in their roles. They become the character they are playing, without the audience seeing a personality of the actor that intrudes on the role he is playing.

[@bighominid]

@@theolamp5312 He's the always-excellent David Strathairn.

[@EhCanadianGamer]

I thank Alan Moore for *V For Vendetta* He made me realize.... *I was a HoUsE* :/ I was hurting myself by pushing YOU out.

[@annaheart7731]

Yeah, I'm in tears almost every clip :)

[@fixafix69]

The secret ingredient is to actually kidnap dying people and force them to say stuff in front of a camera

[@linasayshush]

This episode is probably the most depressing one, along with the one about the father who wakes up from a coma and kills himself to donate a heart to the son.

[@RachitaThaldi]

there's another one, this woman who lost her entire family and became homeless and had rabies. that one stuck with me.

[@IEATPEOPLE4FUN2]

One of the saddest ones was where a building falls on this dudes girlfriend, she survives and they spend the whole episode trying to save her but at the end he figures out it wasn't his girlfriend that survived but a similar looking co worker.

[@lean.2366]

Also the one where this soldier decides to amputate his perfectly fine leg so he can stay with his wife while she gives birth instead of getting sent to the Middle East.

[@kevaninthe4135]

@@lean.2366 A really sad one also is "House Training" where Foreman presses for the patient to get a full body radiation treatment but it turned out she only had a Staph Infection from a cut from her bra hook and her immune system was completely destroyed. Foreman stays with her until her quick end. Then at the end of the episode he seeks solace from his mom but she can't offer any. Alzheimer's has destroyed her brain, she has no idea she's hugging her son and Foreman cries. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqKyZ2aYg7Bkp6c

[@edwardterry9468]

How are you going to discuss sad House episodes, and not even mention Amber's death?

[@thelegendary0173]

Out of the all "patients", if you will, he had the best rebuttals to House's statements. Every counter was clean hit.

[@sonofizzy]

And true, but without any vindictiveness.

[@silentwalker434]

I think the reason this patient was able to get to House was because he was able to rebuke House without any pettiness. A lot of people have tried to match House's intellect or his sarcasm or nastiness. But this patient managed to do it purposefully because he hit House where it was the most personal.

[@tonyravioli1982]

@@silentwalker434 Those who walk the same path see one another. House and him are alike, once you know good you see good, once you know evil you see evil. Once you see a person who has no confidence, but a fake shield to protect themselves, because you have the same. You know it.

[@memejuliyamemepuchkova4882]

Damn, even house felt something in that part with the voicemail...

[@GrammeStudio]

i've always read this part of the episode as a cautionary tale for House--at what would've become of him too, if he continued down his attitude at life and how he treats the closed ones around him. him teasing the dying man was his way of testing at how bad it would be for him when it's his time. how insightful he is at what's going on in the dying man's life is due to his ability to apply his own state of mind onto the patient's.

[@Razgriz0ne]

For some reason she sounds exactly like my co worker Gracie like no joke so I can’t take it serious 😂😂

[@emreozkardesler3957]

I think House almost always felt something he was just good at hiding it

[@seprithlicastia463]

It sucks this cuts House's line: "I'm sorry I didn't take your case," and the defeated reply, "Me, too."

[@nasis18]

One of the few times house showed true remorse.

[@L1b3rta]

@@827Drew I would too, but it's missing a laugh track.

[@Matt-wg9xn]

Would it have actually made a difference? It sounds like whatever he had wasn't really treatable

[@chessconnoisseur8763]

@@Matt-wg9xn I think it was in the earlier stages. If not treatable then at it could be slowed down but this was needed because house is sitting with someone he could have saved and if not then made life longer, so in essence this person is at deaths door and house feels he put him there. He feels he put him there because the man wasn’t interesting enough and the fact that the dying person doesn’t lash out as much because he may want house to be with him makes it all the more depressing. There is something wrong when you have to sit through the most painful hours of your life knowing you are going to die while you seek comfort from someone who could have saved but didn’t because they were bored.

[@randomindividual769]

@@nasis18 House shows remorse, pain, regret, sympathy, and sadness frequently

[@brentage5000]

One of the greatest single-episode appearances by a guest actor ever.

[@WalterLiddy]

It's good, but imo James Earl Jones takes that prize.

[@luf4rall]

@@WalterLiddy James Earl Jones was great but that storyline was pretty muddled.

[@dextercochran4916]

Not true. He also appears in an earlier episode.

[@heatherlm8348]

“Oh God, don’t tell me we used to date?” I live for his humor...

[@catrionacolville2192]

Humour.

[@altonb93]

@@catrionacolville2192 humor

[@catrionacolville2192]

@@altonb93 nope.

[@StoneBuzzard]

@@catrionacolville2192 It's both based of geographical location but nice try

[@Sniperboy5551]

@StoneBuzzard I think the original comment is because Hugh Laurie is a British actor, so the British spelling is more fitting

[@Tyrosine0910]

That very last scene, where House hands him back the phone & insists that he tell his daughter "what he needs to say," reminds me that however callous & indifferent he pretends to be 99% of the time, there's truly some remote inner place within him that does genuinely care about people. I think he felt safe allowing this side of him to show for the briefest of moments because the man was about to die, & so the situation morphed into one of those vanishingly rare moments where he felt he could make himself ever-so-slightly vulnerable. It's really incredibly sad, but at the same time, it's really a needed reminder that House isn't truly a monster.

[@oz_jones]

Also the way the show ended showed how much he cares

[@arsatinsky1]

You write like a writer

[@shydreameress264]

I wish everyone saw the show like you do, I see so many people calling him a narcissist, who enjoys being cruel to people.

[@wowalamoiz9489]

​@@shydreameress264 Ah, but he does enjoy being cruel to people. He can be a narcissist without being a psychopath. He's a complex character.

[@cleanerben9636]

@@shydreameress264 I think he does enjoy it. Only that it's pyrrhic joy. He punishes himself by hurting others and pushing them away.

[@Infammo]

"Tomorrow will the same for you." "...but yesterday would have been different." God I love that line. House has always been shaped by his fatalism and belief that nothing matters, and here a dying man he ignored gives him such a simple yet powerful rebuke.

[@Sifat_Rashid]

fk house,that man could have lived

[@manaaddict5050]

@@Sifat_Rashid it's not his fault, he can't take every case, so many people want him to be their doctor and he can only deal with so much.

[@Therockster12]

can someone explain that line to me? it just isn't registering with me lol

[@LyneaSilver]

@@Therockster12 He's essentially saying that even though he will die one way or another, he could have lived his life differently.

[@andresvlieg4248]

Why does this remind me of Oogway's saying?

[@stupendoushorrendous8258]

David Strathairn is a fantastically underrated actor.

[@janesmith699]

I've noticed that too.

[@Dunmerdog]

He really is - I came to the comments to see if anyone knew it was him. I don’t think any performance of his will top Klaes Ashford

[@XeroFailGames]

@The Architect you haven't seen Delores Claiborne have you?

[@12jazon]

He usually always plays some evil US Government boss pulling the strings behind the black curtain. Nice to see him out of his element.

[@Phoenix-214]

​@@12jazon I mostly know him as Klaus Ashford from the Expanse, and he was easily one of the best characters in the show.

[@mathlete855]

Having rewatched House, I just realized Nash unknowingly quoted Lydia, that’s why House was so shocked by Nash’s counter to “Tomorrow will still be the same.” “But yesterday would’ve been different.” = “Just because the ending sucks doesn’t mean the beginning has to as well.“

[@HarryWizard]

btw at the end he does want the morphine amount to go up and so house respects his request

[@pawprints1986]

I still miss this show... on the surface it was just a medical drama... but the deeper meaning was so much better!

[@shrikadhir5897]

Oh god. Don't tell me we used to date. 😂😂😂

[@acrophobe]

What did television ever do to deserve two actors as fine as this?

[@singhhomeland]

This is all time my favourite.. Dr. Gregory House: I like being alone. At least, I convince myself that I'm better off that way. And then I met someone at a psychiatric hospital of all places. She changed me. And then she left. We're better off alone. We suffer alone. Doesn't matter if you're a model husband, or father of the year. Tomorrow will be the same for you..

[@amiqai]

But yesterday would be different.

[@michaelccozens]

He's not wrong, but, when you consider the larger context, he's also not right. House is, for all his bluster, deeply fearful. He's terrified of love, because losing it hurts. The problem is, as he says, we all suffer and die alone anyway. Refusing to risk additional pain won't change that. All it does do is make the inevitable suffering meaningless. Love makes pain worthwhile, because at least your suffering has a chance of making things better for someone who you think deserves it.

[@ipopmyneck805]

The saddest part was when he said "I know she gets off late, I only call just to hear her voice through the voicemail" just the way he says it is depressing

[@melissapyle7879]

As the daughter of an absentee parent who lost that parent unexpectedly... I would have loved to have that phone call. Or anything that would have given closure. I always loved him...

[@dinosorbutt]

Maybe you should have been a better daughter

[@melissapyle7879]

@@dinosorbutt ur an idiot 🙄

[@BardFromEntry]

"But yesterday would've been different." Jesus.

[@callmeNoro]

"I like being alone, at least I convince myself that I'm better off that way". That hit home hard. I felt that way for many years.

[@jesuschristislord6790]

I had hoped house would say something like >wait, your vomit is bright orange >you actually have *insert some weird disease only house could come up with* And he gets cured.

[@FranciumBoron]

Oh well, we can't all be saved.

[@PHATB0Y20]

Hidden Secrets this making the entire hour worthless

[@princesurein7275]

Hidden Secrets You people don’t give house m.d the credit it deserves. It is unrealistic but when it comes to exploring the human nature it is as real as they get.

[@mordredvonumbra154]

@@princesurein7275 Medicine is just nice addition. Its bout ppl. Thats what this show truly is.

[@justinalicea1590]

That's why the scene is so painful. Because there is no last second change. Nothing that was missed. It's just a case House didn't take, and that meant no one else could see it until it was too late.

[@niakarahara]

when you realize House doesn't like to come in contact with patients is because they rub off on him

[@edwardterry9468]

That's actually a really interesting theory.

[@wolffang489]

@@edwardterry9468 Barely a theory at this point given how invested he gets almost every time he meets them. His distance is an attempt to keep himself impartial.

[@fixafix69]

@@wolffang489 a lot of doctors tent to do that. I mean, could you work with people who sometimes will die for reasons completely out of your control, repeatedly for years? I am the type of person that tent to form bonds easily and faster than usual with people and I think this is the most important reason of why I'll never be able to be a doctor, even before the fact that I puke every time I see blood running

[@jameshill2450]

I bet he made the diagnosis and knew the guy was going to die the minute he read the file. That's why he didn't want to take the case, because he knew there was nothing he could do to save him. He didn't want to get invested in a person he couldn't fix.

[@nonchalantcommenting2273]

I mean that sounds like a cool theory but then again not really. It’s clearly stated in the episode every doctor thought it was a heart problem. House literally said he didn’t take it because it was a heart problem and boring. Guy said it started as a tooth ache and House is immediately puzzled and interested. Have to pay attention my guy

[@filipsaric8266]

that last scene was amazing... the emotion is so real with these actors

[@anteodak2965]

Klapa

[@johhnyboiii6015]

Where are you from?

[@NilRacing]

"I like being alone, at least I convince myself I'm better off that way Then I met someone, in a psychiatric hospital of all places, she changed me... and then she left" Besides the psychiatric hospital bit, I gone through something exactly like that, was devastating, even with time I was never the same and don't even know if was for the best or not... that's why this scene gets me every time...

[@drektar1]

same thing for me.... it was actually just 2 weeks ago she left. I still kind of keep hoping i will have the chance to prove the changes, be there as she wanted. I don't know though.... might be too fed up with my previous attitude

[@mertarican5456]

Well i dont know if this will change abything but my mom used to say dont focus on people or relationships. Just remember the good memories of your life and interactions life is too unpredictable.

[@SugaryPhoenixxx]

@@drektar1 Me too. I drove 800 miles as a last resort to see if we could make it, but then got told to go away & never come back. I am a changed person. For the better? For now it is very hard to tell. It has been almost a year.

[@shambolicrhetoric6143]

Same. 9 years with the man that I loved, then one day I come home and he's left and I never saw him again. No good bye. No indication whatsoever that he was unhappy. No explanation given. He even took MY dog with him. That was 4 years ago and I feel the same way. It changes you in a way I never imagined possible.

[@Jason22Douce]

Who is he referring to

[@bmkoh0815]

Just realized thats the guy who was chasing jason bourn

[@rageagainstthemachine5686]

Prior to that he was after James Bond.

[@TheExplorder]

@@rageagainstthemachine5686 And one of the heads of the Kabal, manipulating the world of Red.

[@mrfreeman1763]

David Strathairn Noah Vosen was the character he played in Bourne Ultimatum.

[@scottmatheson3346]

"Jesus Christ, it's ischemic cardiomyopathy!"

[@dougzwaan925]

Thank you, I was trying to remember where I knew him from!

[@easternlights3155]

"You think Odysseus would lie whimpering in a hospital bed like a loser?" A Classics student here. Yes, yes he would. Also, David Strathairn is killing it in his scene.

[@briancrawford8751]

Classicist here. Agreed.

[@rachelgoldenburg2241]

@@briancrawford8751 why?

[@philistine3260]

@@rachelgoldenburg2241 I barely know anything about Odysseus, but based on the comments above I think it's an easy guess that Odysseus had a history of whimpering like a loser

[@hardwirecars]

@@philistine3260 Odysseus was a coward... I think.

[@Donnies_lil_ding_ding]

By the end of the story, I was secretly hoping Odysseus would get killed. Omg, with your fucking WHINING dude…. The fact that Kratos didn’t kill him in god of war was a severely missed opportunity for my personal catharsis.

[@jimjimmyjames59]

David Strathairn is such an amazing actor!! Great combination of talent in this scene.

[@Messier31NGC224]

I absolutely LOVE this episode, one of my all time favorites from House. Keep the videos coming! Keep this amazing show alive, as it remains in many of our's hearts and minds forever.

[@ArticularsCA]

iDemandU90 would you be able to explain the context of this episode? Like why is he locked in? Haha

[@Messier31NGC224]

ArticularsCA Firstly, this episode was directed by Hugh Laurie himself. It's amazing, go watch it. The hospital goes on lockdown because a baby goes missing.

[@fieldaj2011]

I have 3 daughters myself and tell them to never forget how much I love them. I sign off every call with my wife “I love you”. If a bus runs me over tomorrow I know I will have left nothing unsaid!

[@F.R.A.N.K.I.E]

My partner and I do the same. We always tell each other how we feel, I believe that that's so important. ♥

[@tobias1273]

Damn emotions hit me like a truck

[@samantharobinson3571]

I wish I had done this. My partner died suddenly 6 months ago and I will never get to tell him how much he meant to me. I regret hurts just as much as being without him. I'm heartbroken.

[@Nevertoleave]

I try to do it before bed too, we’re young but still. Get in the habit cause you never know

[@wowalamoiz9489]

If a bus runs over you they won't know what you had for supper that day, so clearly false

[@control123blitz7]

Wow that was deep. Amazing acting

[@bigwhite8049]

3:20 am, just binging house videos...

[@Tyrosine0910]

1:04 AM here. So glad I work afternoons & don't have to wake up early LOL

[@FranciumBoron]

05:27 GET ON MAH LEVEL, SON!

[@Scarletwitch2024]

3.31am and same. Laying in bed watching non stop house clips!

[@chennykins1550]

1:50 am here 🤗

[@shapen360]

3:36 here

[@dean1039]

These scenes show you how much House truly cares about people inside, he just can't ever bring himself to show it. But at certain times, such as when the old man said "I love you" on the phone, you can see it in his eyes.

[@jacobcrow748]

David Strathairn always sound so believable in his roles! I can't quite place his accent, but it was even more clear in his voice during "The Expanse"(Series) It truly allows me to believe that he is the person he pretends to be, even if it is for a brief moment before I tell myself that it is just a movie or a series.

[@easternlights3155]

He's a chameleon. You see him in movies, and you see his characters, not him. Amazing actor. But I'm sure his accent in The Expanse was faked, normally he speaks General American, I think.

[@jadefire2817]

@@easternlights3155 His accent for The Expanse was "Belter". What the show's creators imagined them to sound like.

[@anna-majandersson6716]

Both my parents died 10 years ago. Since then I try to tell the people that I love, that I love them, as often as I can! ♥️ So I won't be in this guy's situation one day...

[@ElderSeb]

Be careful... we never know what tomorrow will offer to us. It can be heaven on earth and in a second switch to a lonely nightmare.

[@dontgetmadgetwise4271]

Are you afraid to be 'alone'? I hope you can address that and find peace in this life. As do I.

[@TheKyle666]

One day we will all know your pain, there after we will feel your strength

[@oliver2189]

So no head

[@michaelbrooks3220]

Sorry for your loss

[@swetashetty941]

I love characters who give a tough fight emotionally or intellectually to House

[@tieflingcorpse9817]

honestly i wish they made the whole show like this season where we get to take deep dive into house's mind and mental health

[@NFPA-704]

"Unless you're keeping them from yourself"

[@Destroyer2150]

I love how this episode deconstruct House's persona and basically shows him what will happen if he keeps this chaotic and destructive behavior. Yes, he's a smart doctor (if not the smartest around), but at the same time he's cold, insensitive and sarcastic with everyone close to him, and lives in his own little world where he tells himself that is better this way.

[@wowalamoiz9489]

Is this before or after he gets shot? My biggest problem with this show is that House is given opportunities to change with epiphanies over and over and over... But he chooses each time to go back to his old habits.

[@hel2727]

@@wowalamoiz9489 that's cause' he's house.

[@philbateman1989]

"The future's gonna be the same for you." "But yesterday could have been different." That line broke my heart.

[@thewind6047]

Great quote to keep in mind

[@xoxjelloxox]

I didn’t get it

[@hectorguzman8435]

@@xoxjelloxox it means pretty much that even though he will be dead in a few hours no matter what, he could’ve had a different path in life and be a different and better person. It seems like he is advising House to not go down the same route and fix himself before it’s too late. Simple rebuttal but good God!! so powerful

[@xoxjelloxox]

@@hectorguzman8435 oh I see thanks for the explaination

[@wowalamoiz9489]

"What is today but yesterday's tomorrow" ~Mr Krabs

[@TheJavierMartinez88]

9:47 I love that last second House.

[@ChickenJoe12]

House offering to unlock the regulator on the morphine is exactly the type of thing why Wilson wanted to give that speech

[@joelcordial]

Best acting from a patient. Holy cow.

[@hitokiribattousai111]

If your eyes didn't sweat for that last part congratulations.... You're dead inside

[@TacticalKiwi4862]

Been through too much to care about other humans pain and sufferings. I don't take pride in my lack of emotions. But it's just who I am now.

[@georgepaul6240]

Thank you thank you

[@probower4726]

They didn't, I feel very few emotions

[@explosivezz._.killas9049]

ye i know i am dead af from the inside.

[@asparrow9876]

My eyes teared up at the end. I'm still dead inside though. So congratulations?

[@thejudgmentalcat]

David Strathairn is great.

[@68404]

Great in LA Confidential

[@Brswing]

Also great in The Expanse. Always a treat to see him in almost anything he does.

[@sheldonscott4037]

Also in "Good-night & Good Luck".

[@janesmith699]

Holy crap i didn't recognize him. Always love seeing him though. He's great in The River Wild.

[@kenhasibar2624]

Is that David Strathairn?! Doesn't do too much TV. He is amazing.

[@Charles-of2vz]

This has to be one of my most favourite episodes of House

[@MantraHerbInchSin]

This is one of the episodes that stuck in my brain, one of the best ones

[@thewind6047]

Agreed. Maybe my favorite.

[@nodeUser]

Imagine her picking up the phone only to hear her father's voice for the very last time.

[@beautybard]

I'm glad House made him leave that message. I'd give ANYTHING to have a vm from my dad. I may or may not be in tears rn.

[@tonyacosta4574]

U r very pretty

[@angeladavies993]

House always comes across as not caring but you can tell by his eyes and head position when something gets to him. He cares very much but wont admit it. An amazing actor.

[@melanietoth1376]

As a historian who spends most of her time with people who've died hundreds of years ago...yes, everyone I know well is very very dead.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

You spend time with the interpretations, not with the real deal.

[@thespaceshuttlechallenger7882]

@@RandalfElVikingo We are all interpreting other peoples based on what we see and hear about their words and actions. Having a physical encounter with somebody else's meat vehicle can give you clues to who they are... but so can reading their life story, or their journal, or the letters they wrote to their friends and family, or looking at the clothes they wore, or recreating their daily routine.

[@renalexis7606]

Amazing performance by David Strathairn. Amazing scenes. Amazing ep.

[@Dominiquetd]

I miss watching House back in the day. May start it again...

[@JayG666]

This acting deserved an award.

[@AzguardMike]

“I’m going to be dead in a few hours. Your secrets couldn’t be safer... unless you’re keeping them from yourself.” Reminds me of my friend years ago who was dying from late stage cancer. I sat with him and he said something very similar, he knew i had things i'll never say again. Held me hand and told me to just say whatever i wanted to get off my chest because he wouldn't exactly be blagging it. When I finished, he patted my hand. I left the room to gather myself. Minute or so later, he died.

[@kevinpoole6122]

“I wish I’d spent more time at the office,” said no one from their death bed.

[@renatacantore3684]

Wrenching 💔 It’s interesting how they sized each other up so succinctly.

[@bobajaj4224]

so house can be human,, at the right moment with the right person.

[@edwardterry9468]

Apparently only when he knows that person is taking the knowledge of it to his grave.

[@pranayarana1958]

Well, they did date.

[@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk]

Pride standing in the way. The saddest of all stories

[@constantinezh7156]

Very strong performance from Strathairn, man.

[@kida4313]

David Strathairn is amazing.

[@Thricecooked72]

im surprised no one here knew that this single episode was actually directed by house himself (i mean the actor hugh laurie) and this is one of the saddest episodes ever in the series. it is so sad that i actually refused to watch it again everytime i rewatched the house series.

[@tahutoa]

That Straithairn guy is top notch

[@RyanLynch1]

when he left the message 😭😭😭

[@McGillus]

House expected him to say more than "I love you" and realized there isn't much more to say.

[@james-p]

Damn. Great writing. Great acting.

[@Scrubject16]

Had to leave family, Daughter named gracie, Same actor, Spiderwick?

[@koolbambino8186]

Arthur Spiderwick’s daughter’s name was Lucy tho

[@nanomachinesson5951]

never realised this was Ashford. the voice just gave it away to me

[@Dunmerdog]

Same thing here, i can never forget this absolute legend

[@diditheslayer4854]

“What time is it?” “ What does it matter to you? T -4 hours.” * Sad lol *

[@3lttlbrds]

he looks like an older Ryan Gosling

[@sukanyamukherjee8489]

It's an awesome show.. Not a one time wonder... Every time I watch the clips.. It feels awesome in the same way.. A powerful scene.. Death...the ultimate destination and helplessness... House is best show ever

[@alicedefrance4411]

And still this is not really high. People can’t usually understand morphine isn’t the best. Must be fentanyl for people in death bed

[@kevinmichaelcallihansr5053]

Denial here among those five stages of death which makes these episodes compelling to the teacher and their perpetual students.

[@lordmiz6967]

when he said gracey this is your father i love you that hit me hard

[@jayfuri5835]

This is the most human House has ever been

[@someboy89]

Great scene of what working in a end of life ward can be. Covid musta been rough.

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

I never realized how much the woman from the mental hospital affected House

[@William180-s9e]

Is it just me or the moment the father said he loves u (it makes me cry)....

[@hafeeez87]

House went from insulting this person for his disease to being estranged by his own daughter to feeling guilty about not taking his case. House is a really caring person in my opinion and not the sad man that he portrays.

[@hellsfire9892]

This was a really depressing but extremely amazing episode

[@Kolt461]

If House caught this case this guy's life expectancy would have improved incredibly.

[@padawanmage71]

Makes me want to watch the whole episode now.

[@emmaginative]

wow... this made me bawl my eyes out

[@bosstwins1012]

How I feel when I get lost in a cave in Minecraft

[@Squeeko639]

I would really love to see an indie short film of the daughter receiving this call then attending her fathers funeral. There are so many “B stories” that can intensify moments like these...

[@user-cl9zf9wj9i]

Had a writing prompt like this way back; the story was something about a school bus driving off into a River? And some lawyer passing through was stuck in the town helping w/ the investigation Anyway, he’s got a daughter and she called while he was in a car wash, with or something. The “something” was our prompt. Turned it into a story about a junkie (requiem for a dream was a “recent” film) who sells plasma/blood to get $ (other than calling he father for cash) and gets AIDS along the way. The phone call was the bombshell “I’m gonna die soon” Just another “B story” out in the æther

[@danniis9444]

My daughter's name was Grace. We called her Gracie. She died in 2013. If you have kids cherish every moment because believe me, one day you may not have any more moments with them.

[@moniqueengleman873]

I am so sorry for your loss. I can not even imagine the pain and grief. Sending you loving vibes. Remember her Life. Not her death.💔💔💔

[@thewind6047]

May she Rest In Peace. If you don’t want to respond I understand but was it sudden or did your family know it was coming?

[@mandy2917]

I dunno why but this scene just hit me so hard. It’s so sad. 😔 😞 😢

[@sophiebaker3907]

Right at the start: "Alert the police if you see anything suspicious" House: bonjour

[@Slbk8905]

This was so sad, especially the ending.... Gracie, this is your Father, I love you! I knew he would say Father! I can relate to this in a way

[@RunningAWOL411]

The scene toward the end imo ends the debate if house is a psychopath. He didnt stand to gain anything from having the dad call the daughter to say goodbye, that proves he isn't a psychopath.

[@grainfrizz]

This one of the best scenes.

[@MrErizid]

David Strathairn is so good. I loved him in The Expanse.

[@nasis18]

Who did he play in the expanse?

[@josephroy0204]

@6:40 Lydia really made a big impact to house.

[@shanedwyer6250]

This guy would've been placed in a hospice not a hospital when he reached this state...

[@janehrahan5116]

He was gonna be moved but then lockdown.

[@Elohims.favorite1]

Depends on the state

[@bedbug9130]

this guys acting is too good

[@930aladdin]

Ah! Son of a gun! Just gonna punt my feelings right in the nards?!

[@JMZL2573]

This was so wholesome

[@MyaB1986]

Had to rewatch cause this is some of the best acting you can see on the tv

[@OopsOlliePopp]

“Your secret is safe with me. Unless youre hiding it from yourself” Ouch. This show is way too real sometimes