After watching all of season four I have come to the opinion that House and Cuddy are deeply in tình yêu with one another they just don't realize it completely. The entire season they were thêm light-hearted and teasing with each other than I think I have ever seen them. I mean there is a whole episode devoted to the two running pranks on each other. Then there is the infamous yet hilarious thong episode in which House ordered his underlings to steal Cuddy's panties. Wilson even thought it was thêm than a simple challenge when he said, "Some people would call that wooing."
In addition,there is the scene from No thêm Mr. Nice Guy, when House does a performance review of Cuddy which basically reveals how he sees her:
"What bạn want bạn run away from. What bạn need bạn haven't a clue. What you've accomplished makes bạn proud. But you're still miserable."
It may seem mean to an outsider not used to House's methods but Huddy những người hâm mộ could easily see that for him to take the time to first, think about who she really is and two, write that out, shows that she is thêm than a passing fancy like the other women he's been attracted to(i.e.Honey). Is it just me hoặc did I get the hint that he was subtley saying that he is both what she wants and needs? If bạn think about it that would make sense. In the episode,Who's Your Daddy?, he tells her she should get a sperm donor she trusts in which she replies, "Like you?" he then responds "Someone bạn like." She looks at him somewhat surprised. Her look suggested that she does indeed like him. She later comes bởi his office to thank him for all his help with the injections. But she admits that wasn't the only thing she wanted to say. I wonder if this memory is fueling the first part of his review when he says she runs from what she wants meaning a relationship with him, a closer friedship, hoặc just thêm in general. I do think that House feels that she needs him. The first reason would be that he keeps her in line when she gets too emotionally involved with her cases as others have đã đưa ý kiến on this site. Also he brings levity to an otherwise hum-drum job. She may feel exasperated with him but he brings excitement to her life.
As for saying she's still miserable I also look at this as his "twisted form of courtship," as once stated bởi Wilson in Nữ hoàng băng giá when talking about how being mean is how House shows he likes a woman. He is miserable in his own life and she tries to act as though she isn't but deep down they both know the truth. She wants the whole package(kids, husband, someone to grow old with and still have her career), but she feels that each năm these possibilities are slipping farther away from her. He sees this but I think in his own way he is trying to hiển thị her that they can find some kind of happiness together albeit in a rather complicated relationship.
Furthermore,his erotic fantaisie of Cuddy demonstrates thêm than just animal lust. He conjured her up to help him figure out the case. Of all the people House could have conjured up in his dream for medical advice(Wilson, Cameron, Foreman etc.) he calls on Cuddy. He could have easily pictured Cameron in a seductive way while she gave him medical Lời khuyên but he didn't. This scene also suggested to me that he feels he has the best of both worlds with Cuddy one being sexual stimulation and the other being intellectuel stimulation, both of which have always been important to him.
In terms of Cuddy, well, I personally think she's loved him since season two. But to be thêm specific to season 4 she seems to be less angry with him and thêm willing to play his games. The fact that she's doing pranks with him much in the same way he and Wilson have done shows that she is thêm than just his boss now. I felt that she even enjoyed the game even though he won in the end.
Lastly,the gentle moment between the two in the hospital room spoke volumes about their connection. Cuddy sat bởi House's side when he was in a coma. The small gesture of holding his hand while she slept also showed that she wants him to know he isn't alone even if he feels that way. I also think that she was holding onto him as a way to keep him with her. The old House of seasons past may have pulled out of her grasp but the House of this season seems much thêm open to her.
In conclusion, I think that these two are definitely in tình yêu but they are also both very afraid of that love. He hides behind snide remarks and she hides behind her Dean of Medicine facade. They like each other, annoy each other, but in the end care about each other. Once they both stop being so afraid of all the negatives of a relationship together they'll find each other. It'll be interesting to see how this unfolds tiếp theo season.