History TearJerker / House

* The scene in "Wilson" where Wilson asks House if he'll be there for his liver surgery:

-->'''House:''':No.

** It's also the basis for what happens at the end of the show, with Wilson being sick and House trying to not cope with the reality of it, but coming through. (And he ''will'' be alone next time, or dead too if you go by Hugh Laurie's word).

* The season 6 finale "Help Me". House was fighting so hard to save the girl's leg from being amputated. In the end there was no other way for her leg to be saved from the rubble. House had to amputate her leg with no anesthetic. She beared through the pain and came out alive. On the way to the hospital she died. A fat embolism from the amputation killed her. House did everything right, but she still died. In the end of the episode we actually see House shed tiny tears and almost relapse.

** And the most tragic part of it all? The deaths of the patient and his dog were ''completely avoidable'' -- the women's sub-team's initial diagnosis was the right one all along, and could have been cured with just a couple of pills. Which Thirteen actually did give to the patient, but unbeknownst to her, Kutner and Brennan dragged him off for a scan to prove their own theory about what was wrong before he could actually take them, allowing the dog to eat the medication and for the patient's infection to become lethal.

--->'''Wilson''': Just a little longer.\\
'''Amber''': We're always going to want just a little longer.\\

** Wilson then kisses her, so that anger ''isn't'' the last thing she experiences.

->"'''LIFE IS PAIN!''' I wake up every morning in pain! I come to work in pain! Do you know how many times I wanted to just give up?! How many times I thought about ending it?!"
-->-- Gregory House, M.D.

As much of a apathetic cynic House can be, life still finds a way to emotionally break him, both in and out of the hospital clinic.

** The scene where Amber dies in Wilson's arms, after having him to pull the plug on the machine keeping her alive. And the dialogue, especially, Wilson: "Just a little longer." Amber: "We're always going to want just a little longer." and Wilson: "It's not okay. Why is it okay with you? Why aren't you angry?" Amber: "That's not the last feeling I want to experience." - and Wilson kissing her so that it isn't. The scene's usage of Music/BonIver's heartbreaking "re: stacks" does not help.
** Just the fact that it was Wilson showing such raw emotion when he's usually cast as the straight man.
** Can't leave out Amber waking up and knowing ''exactly'' what's wrong with her after Wilson tells her what happened.

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As much of a cynical asshole Gregory House can be, life still finds a way to emotionally break him, both in and out of the hospital clinic.

As much of a cynic and Jerkass Gregory House gets, life still finds a way to emotionally break him, both in and out of the hospital clinic.

** The reveal at the end [[spoiler:that a sweet, grandmotherly volunteer with the newborns caused the epidemic in the neonatal unit by obliviously and carelessly not practicing proper hygiene after a sneeze. There's an implication that House is about to tell this lady, who clearly cares about these kids, what she's done, and she's also going to be devastated.]]

** "Aren't you ever gonna leave?" "No." And he stays with the patient until she goes.

** "Aren't you ever gonna leave?" "No."

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[[folder: Season 1]]

* The episode "Babies and Bathwater" features two successive impossible choices for a pregnant mother and her husband. The team struggle to save the mother and child...and fail. The baby's cries at the end are the cherry on top.
* In "Sports Medicine," the patient's wife wants to donate one of kidneys to him. After the tests, House tells her that she's a perfect match and that she's pregnant (they've been struggling to conceive for years). Then House explains that her pregnancy prevents her from donating the kidney. Watching her look of absolute joy turn into a look of grief is heartbreaking. This is followed by her husband's reaction to finding out that she's willing to have an abortion to give him that kidney, saying that he won't accept the organ if she does.

[[folder: Season 2]]
* In "Autopsy," House tells a nine-year-old cancer patient that she's going to die if they don't perform a particular procedure. She's brave at first, but when she says she can't let her mom mourn her just because she's tired...OH THE FEELS!

* The season 2 finale, "No Reason." Four words: "You're miserable for ''nothing''." Also House closing his eyes when Jack Moriarty - the man who shot him - says he doesn't know why House would even want to live, him shouting at Cuddy/Wilson that all he has is his brain, and the fact he's still angry over what Stacy did; conjuring up another instance where people close to him mess with his body when he's in a coma and wouldn't consent.

[[folder: Season 3]]

[[folder: Season 4]]

* In "Guardian Angels," when the patient that sees her dead mother accepts that it's a hallucination and says goodbye to her. The music during that scene really doesn't help.

** When House talks to Amber in the Limbo-bus. "I don't want him (Wilson) to hate me." A classic example of petting the dog. "Because...because it doesn't hurt here. I don't want to be in pain. I don't want to be miserable. And I don't want him to hate me."

[[folder: Season 5]]

--->'''House:''' There's a lot of people here today. Including some from the Corps. And I noticed that every one of them is either my father's rank or higher. And that doesn't surprise me. [[NiceToTheWaiter Because if the test of a man is how he treats those he has power over]]...it was a test my father failed. This man you're eager to pay homage to, he was incapable of admitting any point of view but his own. He punished failure, he did not accept anything less than...''(pause)''...He loved doing what he did, he saw his work as some kind of sacred calling, more important than any personal relationship. Maybe if he'd been a better father, I'd be a better son. But I am what I am because of him, for better or for worse.

--> '''Sophia:''' I killed my brother. I was supposed to watch him. He was in the bath. I could hear him laughing. Every time they look at me, it’s like I killed him again.

[[folder: Season 6]]

** Also: House becomes pissed when one of the doctors puts "Freedom Master" in medication-induced catatonia and makes him depressed, believing that he was functional and well, delusions of superheroism aside. Eventually, House sneaks away with him to a carnival, where he helps him regain his good mood by taking him on a ride on a skydiving simulator machine that lets him believe he can fly. His plan to help him works all too well when the patient genuinely believes he can fly and leaps from a second-story parking lot, nearly killing himself in the process. By feeding into the patient's delusion, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone House realizes how screwed up he is and practically begs Dr. Nolan to help him.]]

--> '''Alvie:''' I want to get better.

-->'''Wilson:''' ...why?

[[folder: Season 7]]

* In “Unplanned Parenthood”, a mother who has just given birth to her second child finds out that the reason her newborn infant is sick is because she has melanoma and that her child also developed cancer while in utero. Instead of opting for surgery to remove the cancerous tumors, she tries to wait and wants to continue giving her child blood transfusions so that her newborn could have a chance to survive. Instead, she ends up dying instantly from a massive pulmonary embolism, one of the bigger risks for delaying surgery. The mother’s blood is harvested, but it cost the mother her life. Her older daughter steps up and decides to raise her newborn sister to honor her mother, from whom she has been estranged for quite some time. The older daughter wants to make sure her sister never forgets her mother, who was simply trying to be the best mother she could be for her daughters, even if her decisions were incredibly risky.

[[folder: Season 8]]