Spoilers ahead for House season 4, episode 15, “House’s Head.”
Most episodes inHousework as standalone stories that new viewers can watch without needing to know the rest of the plot. However, there is one specific scene from an iconic episode that is so shocking, those who are not familiar with the show will want to binge it to find out the context. “House’s Head” is one ofthe most important episodes inHouse, but new viewers will only truly appreciate it after watching the rest of the series.
Houseis about an antisocial doctor who is addicted to Vicodin and despises patients but lives for the diagnostic process. Most episodes followed the same structure, with Hugh Laurie’s character cracking the case and saving the day at the end.
But somespecial episodes ofHouse, such as “House’s Head” and “Wilson’s Head,” threw the formula out the window and shocked us with twists that would make any casual viewer want to go back and watch the entire show from start to finish.
House’s Amber Realization Is The Show’s Biggest Plot Twist
House is involved in a bus crash in the episode “House’s Head,” but can’t remember much about what happened. All he knows is that there is a patient who is dying, and as he takes increasingly desperate measures to try and work out who, his memory comes back in fragments. In a heartbreaking plot twist, he realizes too late that it is Amber.
“House’s Head” was submitted for five Primetime Emmy Awards and won one of them.
House experiences a series of disturbing hallucinations involving a woman who introduces herself as The Answer, and repeatedly asks him, “What’s my necklace made of?” In the last few seconds of the episode, he realizes that the necklace is made of amber, and The Answer transforms into Amber Volakis. This gives House the answer to the question of who is dying.
House’s Most Tragic Scene Makes No Sense Without Context
The Twist Still Gets A Lot Of People Into Watching House
A social media post byTelyhousetook the “amber” twist out of context, showing the scene in which House realizes what The Answer was telling him. The response to the post saw many newHouseviewers saying thatthey only started watchingHouseto find out what the amber necklace meant. The moment is a shocking twist in context, but makes no sense to new viewers.
Amber’s death in the next episode, “Wilson’s Heart,” is a turning point for the show, as it forces House to confront his own selfishness.Amber was on the bus to pick House up, and while her death was not his fault, it shattered his relationship with Wilson. Despite reconciling, both characters are haunted by her death for the remainder of the show.
The Tragic Two-Episode Arc Pulls Off A Difficult Storytelling Feat
Houseis full of stressful episodes, but the two-episode Amber story is one of the most well-written parts of the show. Seeing the usually self-assured House struggling to find answers before racing against time to try to save Amber is one of the standout moments forHouse. This is made even more tragic asAmber was already doomed by the time they figured everything out.
The writers made Amber’s death the most tragic inHouse.
Amber is an extremely divisive character, and it comes as a surprise to both House and viewers when Wilson reveals that he is dating her. Making an unpopular character into a sympathetic figure is difficult enough, but the writers made Amber’s death the most tragic inHouse. This was an exceptional feat of storytelling and one of the best episodes of the show.
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House is a medical mystery drama in which the villain is typically a difficult-to-diagnose medical malady. It follows Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), a world-renowned disabled diagnostician with a notorious substance abuse issue. With his team of world-class doctors, House has built a reputation as one of the most brilliant doctors in the world - an especially impressive feat when taking into account that he rarely actually sees his patients.
