I think people that are saying the kid looking House in the eyes was inaccurate for autism are being too hard on the show. Autism is a serious and extremely frustrating disease. Everyone has some romantic notion that given the right connection, autism patients can connect to the outside world, at least for a little bit. It may not be true, but it hurts people to see autism patients suffering through their inability to communicate. I say, give them their magical moment of connection; the point of entertainment is stretching the bounds of reality.

I wouldn’t be so sure if I was you. I’ve had classmates envy me because all they can see is that I breeze through maths and science with ease. Sure I’m not the most popular, but *surely* that’s not really *that* much of a sacrifice for being so smart, right?

Even after explaining to them what went with my skills, they still weren’t really able to comprehend what that’s actually *like*, and so still envied me. Maybe House *shouldn’t* envy autists, but that doesn’t make him doing so unrealistic. In fact, it’s anything but.

And to be fair, it’s not like House has the most stellar social skills anyway, so he’d probably be even less likely to see it as much of a price for the advantages than my very social classmates. Sometimes you just can’t comprehend something without experiencing it yourself.

Whatever….

so many great House comedic moments. one of my fav episodes. particularly after breathing in the gas, stumbling around the room and “YOU CANT STOP OUR LOVE” to cuddy in the board room. hilarious.