Couple Counseling – House, 7×06 “Office Politics”
Cuddy alone in session.
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Cuddy : House was right, it’s not gonna work.
Maya: Why are anda saying this? What happened?
Cuddy: He lied to me.
Maya: About what?
C: Why do anda care? A lie’s a lie.
M: Yes… and no. Some lies are meant to hurt, some are meant to protect. There’re all sorts of lies… So which was it?
C: He faked a blood test to get my approval on a risky procedure.
M: How did anda find out? Did he confess what he did to you?
C: House, confess? Are anda kidding? … No, I found out oleh myself.
M: I see. Tell me how anda feel.
C: I feel hurt!
M: But what hurts anda the most − the fact that he lied, atau the fact that he didn’t tell you?
C: I don’t understand. You’re implying one should be less hurtful than the other?
M: Well, obviously House’s lie is not just a professional issue to you.
C: Of course it’s not! We’re in a relationship. He betrayed my trust. I know this is House we’re talking about and that he doesn’t care about rules. But…
M: anda think because anda two are in a relationship, he’s going to act differently now?
C: Well I hope so! Am I being unreasonable? Isn’t that the minimum I’m entitled to expect from a man who says he loves me?
M: Of course it is. But anda berkata it: it’s House. He’s lied to anda before to treat a patient. Why would he be truthful to anda now lebih than before?
C: Is this some kind of sick joke? Are anda asking me why trust is important in a relationship for real atau are anda just trying to mess with me?
M: I’m trying to define where your priorities are. So, do anda think House’s actions were meant to purposely hurt you?
C: That is a stupid question! Do anda realize what you’re asking me to consider?
M: Yes. And, did you?
C: Pfff! That’s crazy… I mean, he did it to save a life…
M: So his motives were good. anda acknowledge that.
C: Yes. But that’s not what matters. What matters is that what he did ultimately hurt me. I’m sure he knew it would.
M: So it was intentional then?
C: Stop playing with words! You’re just jerking me around.
M: Let’s examine the medical aspect of that then. What were House’s alternatives?
C: He faked a test. Something I had specifically told him not to do.
M: You’re not answering my question. If he hadn’t faked the test, would anda have approved the treatment?
C: No.
M: And would the patient have survived?
C (puffing): This is unfair.
M: Why?
C: anda make it sound like my decision was completely heartless.
M: No, I’m saying you’re confronted oleh hard, difficult decisions, maybe even conflicting sometimes. But my pertanyaan is: when anda asked House not to administer the treatment, who was asking him that?
C: What? I don’t understand.
M: Did anda ask him that as the Dean atau as Lisa Cuddy?
C: As the Dean but…
M: And who do anda think overruled you? House atau the Head of Diagnosis Department?
C: House.
M: That’s an interesting difference, don’t anda think?
C: There’s no difference. Especially not after I’d specifically told House it meant a lot to me that he could respect me enough not to lie to me. And then he did it anyway.
M: But who did? You’re saying anda asked House not to overrule your order as the Dean and–
C: anda don’t understand: I’m Lisa Cuddy and the Dean of Medicine. When House lied to me as the Dean, he hurt me as his girlfriend. I’m sorry, but I can’t separate the two of them.
M: You’re saying anda can’t but actually anda are.
C: What do anda mean?
M: You’re angry and hurt because of what House did when he lied to you, but anda refuse to consider his medical motives.
C: That’s not true. I told anda I understood he did that in the patient’s best interest.
M: Yet, anda only hold your boyfriend House responsible for the lie. Not the Head of Diagnostics. So the truth is, you’re perfectly capable of separating the two… Cuddy, anda know medicine is an extremely important thing in House’s life. anda know what kind of great lengths he’s ready to go to just for the sake of saving a patient, even putting his own life in danger sometimes, like he did with Amber…
C: So what? I should encourage him to do lebih crazy things?
M: No. What I’m saying is: this is not a one-sided thing. When House faked that test, he didn’t just overrule you. But anda tend to think that was his primary motive. Why?
C: Because I can’t believe he didn’t care at all. I’m sure he thought about it!
M: I’m sure he did. But maybe not in the way anda think he did. Maybe he wanted to protect anda from the risks. Maybe it was his way of tampilkan anda respect.
C: That’s just crap! He lied. Period. Lying does not equal respect.
M: It’s not easy to draw the line, is it?
C: What line?
M: The line between what anda can demand from House as his boss and what anda can only request as his girlfriend.
C: Are anda saying respect is a double-standard concept that changes whenever it’s convenient?
M: No. What I’m saying is, at work you’re entitled to expect him to defer to you. But what about outside the hospital? anda don’t order him around there, do you? Because then, anda cease to see yourself as his boss, correct?
C: Of course!
M: Yet, anda want House to keep considering anda as his boss.
C: I do not! It’d be insane!
M: Unconsciously that’s what anda do. When anda think a decision he makes in a professional context determines how he treats anda as a woman, anda are the one taking away his chance of tampilkan anda respect the way anda ask him to because anda force him to always keep in mind that you’re his boss.
C: So this is all my fault?
M: No. anda are both responsible. House, as your employee, should defer to you. He didn’t and, as his boss, that’s something anda have the right to be angry at. But you’re mixing up your expectations. House is not going to change his way of practicing medicine and anda know that. Be honest, your feelings for him would probably not be the same if he was not the kind of doctor he is. A part of anda admires him for that. You’re talking about double standards but you’re right in the middle of one because you’re angry for unclear reasons, even to you. The truth is House gives lebih importance to anda as a woman than he does to anda as his boss. I get why this is annoying, but just ask yourself this: do anda really feel House respects anda less as a woman because he challenges your authority at work?
