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Removing complaining.


* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. House goes into the women's restroom where Dr. Hadley is in a stall. House gets into the next stall and taps his foot on Hadley's foot, explaining that he has a "wide stance." About a year prior to the original airing of this episode, then-Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex in a men's restroom at an airport. Craig never said the words "wide stance," but those words became closely associated with the homophobic hypocrite.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. House goes into the women's restroom where Dr. Hadley is in a stall. House gets into the next stall and taps his foot on Hadley's foot, explaining that he has a "wide stance." About a year prior to the original airing of this episode, then-Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex in a men's restroom at an airport. Craig never said the words "wide stance," but those words became closely associated with the homophobic hypocrite.him.

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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the team got along particularly well with Amber. Regardless, they're all crushed by the episode's events. Darkly lampshaded when the team is discussing whether they should say goodbye to Amber. Taub asks if they even ''liked'' Amber; Foreman's response is, "We do now."
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: In death. Dr. Amber Volakis is no longer "Cutthroat Bitch," but a "young do-gooder in love." Of course, it would be exceedingly ungrateful of Dr. House to continue to insult someone who paid his bar tab and died helping him get home.
* PreviouslyOn ''House'': We're reminded of the events of [[Recap/HouseS4E15HousesHead "House's Head"]].

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* DownerEnding: Amber does not survive the episode's events; it's heavily implied that House and Wilson's friendship is severely damaged if not outright destroyed; Thirteen tests positive for Huntington's disease.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the team got along particularly well with Amber. Regardless, Amber; regardless, they're all crushed by the episode's events. Darkly lampshaded when the team is discussing whether they should say goodbye to Amber. Taub asks if they even ''liked'' Amber; Foreman's response is, "We do now."
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: In death. death, Dr. Amber Volakis is no longer "Cutthroat Bitch," but a "young do-gooder in love." Of course, it would be exceedingly ungrateful of Dr. House to continue to insult someone who paid his bar tab and died helping him get home.
* PreviouslyOn ''House'': We're reminded The opening of the events of episode briefly recaps [[Recap/HouseS4E15HousesHead "House's Head"]].



* WhamEpisode: House realizes that Wilson is willing to let him risk his life if it helps save answer. It doesn't.

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* WhamEpisode: House realizes that Wilson is willing to let him risk his life if it helps save answer. It doesn't.Amber ultimately doesn't survive her illness, and Thirteen finally tests herself for Huntington's and comes up positive.
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-->'''Amber''': Well, [[Music/TheRollingStones you can't always get what you want]].

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-->'''Amber''': Well, [[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand you can't always get what you want]].
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* Very subtle RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. House goes into the women's restroom where Dr. Hadley is in a stall. House gets into the next stall and taps his foot on Hadley's foot, explaining that he has a "wide stance." About a year prior to the original airing of this episode, then-Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex in a men's restroom at an airport. Craig never said the words "wide stance," but those words became closely associated with the homophobic hypocrite.

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* Very subtle RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. House goes into the women's restroom where Dr. Hadley is in a stall. House gets into the next stall and taps his foot on Hadley's foot, explaining that he has a "wide stance." About a year prior to the original airing of this episode, then-Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex in a men's restroom at an airport. Craig never said the words "wide stance," but those words became closely associated with the homophobic hypocrite.



* This episode is a WhamEpisode.

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* This episode WhamEpisode: House realizes that Wilson is a WhamEpisode.willing to let him risk his life if it helps save answer. It doesn't.

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* DeadAllAlong: Tragically, it turns out that there was never anything the team could have done for Amber; once her heart stopped in the ambulance, she was as good as dead.



* This episode is a WhamEpisode.

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* This episode is a WhamEpisode.WhamEpisode.
* YouAreAlreadyDead: Tragically, it turns out that there was never anything the team could have done for Amber; once her heart stopped in the ambulance, she was as good as dead.
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dead all along is for characters who were dead at the beginning of the story; we see amber alive in this episode
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* DeadAllAlong: Tragically, it turns out that there was never anything the team could have done for Amber; once her heart stopped in the ambulance, she was as good as dead.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the team got along particularly well with Amber. Regardless, they're all crushed by the episode's events. Darkly lampshaded when the team is discussing whether they should say goodbye to Amber. Taub asks if they even ''liked'' Amber; Foreman's response is, "We do now."
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* AfterlifeAntechamber: An unconscious House dreams of the bus as being this. Amber staying on the bus is GoingIntoTheLight.

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* AfterlifeAntechamber: An unconscious House dreams of the bus as being this. Amber staying on the bus is GoingIntoTheLight.[[GoIntoTheLight Going Into the Light]].



-->'''Amber''': Well, [[TheRollingStones you can't always get what you want]].

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-->'''Amber''': Well, [[TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStones you can't always get what you want]].
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* AfterlifeAntechamber: An unconscious House dreams of the bus as being this. Amber staying on the bus is GoingIntoTheLight.


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* WaxingLyrical: Amber talks a reluctant House into getting off the bus with a song lyric from the pilot episode.
-->'''House''': Because... Because it doesn't hurt here. Because... I don't wanna be in pain. I don't wanna be miserable. And I don't want him to hate me.
-->'''Amber''': Well, [[TheRollingStones you can't always get what you want]].
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Dr. House continues dealing with the bus accident. Dr. Volakis is unresponsive. Dr. House wants to restart Volakis's heart, but Dr. Wilson is concerned that a heart restart might be the wrong course of action.

House agrees to a dangerous direct brain stimulation procedure to remember what happened. The bartender took House's keys. Volakis went to the bar to pick him up. They got on the bus. Volakis took two amantadine pills. Wilson thinks it's a simple matter of putting her on dialysis to flush out the amantadine. But House points out that amantadine binds to proteins. Dialysis would accomplish nothing.

Volakis is awakened so that Wilson and the others can say goodbye to her.

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Dr. House continues dealing with the bus accident. Amber is unresponsive. Dr. Volakis is unresponsive. Dr. House wants to restart Volakis's Amber's heart, but Dr. Wilson is concerned that a heart restart might be the wrong course of action.

House agrees to a dangerous direct brain stimulation procedure to remember what happened. The bartender took House's keys. Volakis When House called Wilson to get a ride, Amber instead went to the bar to pick him up. They got on the bus. Volakis Amber took two amantadine pills. Wilson thinks it's a simple matter of putting her on dialysis to flush out the amantadine. But House points out that amantadine binds to proteins. Dialysis proteins, so dialysis would accomplish nothing.

Volakis Amber is awakened so that Wilson and the others can say goodbye to her.



* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: In death. Dr. Amber Volakis is no longer "Cutthroat Bitch," but a "young do-gooder in love." Of course it would be exceedingly ungrateful of Dr. House to continue to insult someone who paid his bar tab and died helping him get home.

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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: In death. Dr. Amber Volakis is no longer "Cutthroat Bitch," but a "young do-gooder in love." Of course course, it would be exceedingly ungrateful of Dr. House to continue to insult someone who paid his bar tab and died helping him get home.
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couple more tropes

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* PreviouslyOn ''House'': We're reminded of the events of [[Recap/HouseS4E15HousesHead "House's Head"]].
* Very subtle RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. House goes into the women's restroom where Dr. Hadley is in a stall. House gets into the next stall and taps his foot on Hadley's foot, explaining that he has a "wide stance." About a year prior to the original airing of this episode, then-Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex in a men's restroom at an airport. Craig never said the words "wide stance," but those words became closely associated with the homophobic hypocrite.
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clarifying title has apostrophe

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'''"Wilson's Heart"''' Part 2 of 2.
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Starting off (H & I aired this episode yesterday)

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Directed by: Katie Jacobs

Written by: Peter Blake and David Foster

Dr. House continues dealing with the bus accident. Dr. Volakis is unresponsive. Dr. House wants to restart Volakis's heart, but Dr. Wilson is concerned that a heart restart might be the wrong course of action.

House agrees to a dangerous direct brain stimulation procedure to remember what happened. The bartender took House's keys. Volakis went to the bar to pick him up. They got on the bus. Volakis took two amantadine pills. Wilson thinks it's a simple matter of putting her on dialysis to flush out the amantadine. But House points out that amantadine binds to proteins. Dialysis would accomplish nothing.

Volakis is awakened so that Wilson and the others can say goodbye to her.

! This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: In death. Dr. Amber Volakis is no longer "Cutthroat Bitch," but a "young do-gooder in love." Of course it would be exceedingly ungrateful of Dr. House to continue to insult someone who paid his bar tab and died helping him get home.
* This episode is a WhamEpisode.

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