No TV show has ever made a will, they won't date like Home
did between Gregory House and Lisa Cuddy. House stands out among medical procedural drama shows for a wide variety of reasons, but one of the most compelling and enduring aspects of the show has been the tension between House and Cuddy. Huddy, as some fans affectionately nicknamed the duo, has an electrical connection.
However, due to their positions as a practicing doctor and head of the hospital, House and Cuddy avoid taking the relationship further. There's also the fact that the pair seem to have a certain level of animosity, as they constantly throw jabs and pithy comments at each other. But there's no denying that there's an intense connection that they eventually give space to explore.
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“I always want to kiss you”
At the end of Season 5, House and Cuddy went through an entire season that saw them struggling to decide whether to move forward in their personal romantic relationship. In episode 23, "Under My Skin", they find themselves close, due to House asking Cuddy to support him while he detoxes from vicodin. The time they spend together is intimate, but not necessarily romantic, as they show affection and care for each other.
However, in the final moments of the episode, as House prepares to leave Cuddy's house after the intense process, Cuddy recognizes something in the way House is looking at her. She says "you want to kiss me, don't you?" to which he responds beautifully and honestly. The fact is that House and Cuddy have an intense connection, and although they are hesitant to explore it, it remains potent.
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“You are an idiot, your heart stopped”
One of the best episodes of the entire series arrives in season 4. “House’s Head” is a TV masterclass, with the entire episode revolving around House following a bus accident. As he recovers from a concussion and begins to come to his senses, House is resurrected by Cuddy. The moment he comes back from unconsciousness, Cuddy exclaims the above, which may not seem all that loving or meaningful, but that's the way it's said.
This is before any kind of real romantic breakthrough, but it's a real moment of connection between them. This comes at a time of extreme turbulence, but it comes just before the pair begin to take steps forward. And in many ways, this is a transitional moment that helps the relationship progress from co-workers to two people expressing their feelings for each other, after Cuddy realizes that she cares deeply about House.
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House's public declaration of affection
Nothing about the relationship between House and Cuddy was conventional, but when they got further into the relationship, things went downhill quickly. By the Season 5 finale, “Both Sides Now,” House and Cuddy have already consummated their relationship. The pair took their relationship to the next level, and House wasn't interested in walking on eggshells in any way.
Then, in typical House fashion, he stands on the top floor and shouts to everyone at reception, “Attention! I slept with Lisa Cuddy.” Moments later, Cuddy enters the area, unsure of what House just said, but it's kind of cute to see House shouting his feelings from the rooftops in a metaphorical sense. It's also a fun, brilliant moment that elevated their relationship from a potential one-night stand to something that was open.
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Remembering how they met
In "Known Unknowns", House and Cuddy attend a 1980s themed party together. House, ever defiant, chooses to dress in much more regal attire, but clearly, at this point in her relationship with Cuddy, she is undeterred by that. Instead, she laughs and enjoys his quirky nature. And what's more, the two dance together and discuss how they met.
This moment is wonderful, as House mentions a moment, and then Cuddy interrupts about a brief interaction a few days earlier. The reality is that despite their early connection, and what would seem like a missed opportunity for the couple to start dating in college, House tells Cuddy that he planned to reach out, but the same night they would have connected, he was kicked out. from school.
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The house is a little too comfortable
Later in HomeAs the duo tries to make a relationship work legitimately, House shows his bad behavior in some creative ways. In Season 7, Episode 9, “Larger than Life,” House and Cuddy sit down to dinner with Cuddy's mother and House's best friend, James Wilson. During dinner, Cuddy's mother immediately begins a difficult line of questioning, which nearly causes House to get into a heated argument, before Cuddy Sr. suddenly faints.
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Luckily, House, anticipating a difficult conversation, drugged Cuddy's mother to avoid arguments. Wilson is initially in favor of the unorthodox idea, until he starts to feel drowsy and realizes that House has also drugged him. While most normal couples don't recover from this, House is trying to serve his girlfriend in his own way. It's weird, it's certainly messy, but it's classic Huddy.
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House administering an injection to Cuddy's rear
Very early in the show, tensions are rising. House and Cuddy always have a connection, but early on they just flirt with the idea. However, there are a few moments that come early on where the pair show how comfortable they are with each other and how close they are willing to get. In Home Season 2, Episode 23, 'Who's Your Father?', Cuddy asks House to administer an injection into her buttocks to prepare for IVF.
House spends a lot of time looking at her legs and buttocks and cleaning the area. When Cuddy comments on this, the two share an admiring smile and clearly hint at a mutual attraction. That may have been early on, but even at that point, the connection was electric and unlike anything either of them displayed when they were with other characters.
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"You would have been a great mother"
House ran for a total of eight seasons, and from the beginning, House and Cuddy had a cordial flirtation that spoke to something deeper. Despite this, the pair refrained from giving in to their emotions for most of the series, with their first kiss coming in Season 5 Episode 6, "Joy." This tender moment occurs when Cuddy narrowly misses out on the opportunity to adopt due to other circumstances, and while Cuddy is feeling tender and distressed, House arrives to comfort her.
Obviously, their brand of comfort can seem confrontational, and the pair seem to almost have an argument after House says the above line, but the pair allow themselves to be vulnerable and embrace in the show's first kiss. The moment reveals a lot about two characters who are constantly fighting for control and pushing people back to protect themselves. Right now, they're just two vulnerable people, and that's all they need to be.
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Cuddy comforts home after accident
Following on from "House's Head", "Wilson's Heart" is the second part of this extended storyline. Before any relationship, or a shared kiss, Cuddy makes it clear how much she adores House. Season 4 was noticeably shorter than the other seasons of Homemeaning this episode was actually the season finale. House is still recovering from the accident, but Cuddy is with him, holding his hands and sitting by his side.
In most situations, these are the actions of a spouse or loved one, not a boss. Although the two have been friends for a long time, Cuddy's actions and her concerns for House and his well-being clearly highlight much deeper and more intense emotions. Sure, they're close, they've known each other for years and work together, but even without a formal romantic relationship, Cuddy genuinely loves House, and he loves her back.
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Settling Into a Romantic Relationship
When Season 7 arrived, House and Cuddy finally put everything on the line to be together and forgot about the things that could get in the way. In the Season 7 premiere, “Now What?”, House and Cuddy decided to step away from the hospital for a day and just focus on their relationship. However, when big problems start to arise, House tries to stop the information from reaching Cuddy to avoid ruining their day.
While this is evidently problematic, there were enjoyable moments in the episode. For example, House is very afraid that the relationship will fall apart again, which is why he is determined not to let this moment slip away. However, Cuddy knows who House is, all of his shortcomings, and the problems that are likely to come his way, and while she recognizes this, she says "you are the most incredible man I have ever met, you will always be the most incredible man I have ever known." I knew." With her reassurance, House finally tells her he loves her for the first time, and it looks like their relationship is finally ready to go the distance.
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House's moment of clarity
While the Season 7 finale sees actress Cuddy leaving Home forever just 10 episodes earlier, in “Two Stories,” House experiences a true moment of growth and clarity as he develops a deeper understanding of his relationship. House is a man who has been destroyed by life in many ways. His choices, in turn, only served to make him more reclusive, more frustrated, and often more repressed. Instead of showing the truth about who he is to the people who matter most, he pushes them away, and the same happens in his relationship with Cuddy.
However, in this episode, House moves forward in his connection with Cuddy when he says this; “I need her in my life… you know what it’s like to really need someone.” House has developed a dependency and connection that literally causes him pain when he is separated from Cuddy. As romantic as the idea is, it's challenging, and the way things turned out, it clearly wasn't entirely healthy, but it was pivotal in their relationship. Home.