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Duration: 43 min.
Released: 06.04.200907.04.2009 05:00
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5 season
s05e20
s05e16 - The Softer Side
s05e17 - The Social Contract
s05e18 - Here Kitty
s05e19 - Locked In
s05e20 - Simple Explanation
s05e21 - Saviors
s05e22 - House Divided
s05e23 - Under My Skin
s05e24 - Both Sides Now

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PROXOR23
PROXOR23
27 Dec 2014, 14:21 #
Here's an unexpected twist. I didn't think any character would be cut down this season.
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Ira123
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08 Jan 2015, 19:34 #
I had to clean up, the actor got another job.
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PROXOR23
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09 Jan 2015, 23:33 #
How interesting. And what kind of work was that? Clearly not another Harold and Kumar adventure.
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Ira123
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10 Jan 2015, 01:12 #
Obama has something, I don't remember anymore, as a secretary to the White House or something, it is written in his biography
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Инельгердис
Инельгердис
25 Jun 2015, 00:10 #
@PROXOR23: "the actor left for a job as deputy director of the public relations office in the administration of US President Barack Obama" Wikipedia
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wooolfsons
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29 Sep 2017, 23:52 #
@Inelgerdis: as a result, he appeared in the TV series "the last candidate" as the press secretary of the president or something)
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platon0va
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10 Apr 2015, 18:22 #
it was a pity for him, I noticed that often at the end of the season something sad happens
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platon0va
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10 Apr 2015, 18:27 #
I really liked Kutner as a character, but he was taken and leaked
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Tristia
Tristia
06 Jun 2015, 20:20 #
I would be less upset if Taub merged.
Although his character is more problematic...
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AlanRichter
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23 Jun 2015, 20:57 #
Such an unexpected and shocking turn that it takes your breath away. And I just started liking the character recently. :with
When he first appeared, he was annoying, and then he began to arouse sympathy. Now I feel sorry for him.
I wonder why all the same? The lack of an explanation is kind of interesting, you can come up with it yourself, but still want to know the real reason. That's the beauty of open endings.)
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Nog
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09 Jul 2015, 04:47 #
It's hard to think of a more idiotic way to get an actor out of the series.
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Koralain
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25 Jul 2021, 19:28 #
@Nog: I'm reviewing House and realized that the actor's conclusion from the plot is similar to the one in the Bones series (I won't write who, otherwise they will consider it a spoiler, whoever watched it will understand).
It was unexpected and very sad. 😢
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id118991635
id118991635
19 Sep 2015, 23:19 #
That's the 0.0 turn
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porcupine_
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20 Dec 2015, 00:27 #
Most of all, Taub is sorry at the very end :((((
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DancingFish
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06 Jan 2016, 20:58 #
His dog died, so he shot himself. It came after 7 years :\
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Инельгердис
Инельгердис
07 Jan 2016, 01:07 #
@DancingFish: But it probably is! You're a genius! I've reviewed it three times, but I still haven't thought of it(
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DancingFish
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07 Jan 2016, 06:21 #
@Inelgerdis: Sometimes, sometimes you just start noticing things that you didn't notice before. Thanks for the "genius" :(
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twenty-ten
twenty-ten
06 Oct 2016, 22:34 #
@DancingFish: Please explain what kind of dog? It never got to me.
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youarebymyside
youarebymyside
09 Oct 2016, 04:58 #
@twenty-ten: It was mentioned in the episode that Kutner didn't show up because his dog got sick and (I'm not sure) he took the dog to the vet. Or it was said that a dog had died... I do not remember.

Anyway, it's a strange reason to commit suicide. If only it was the last straw in a severe depression.
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Anastasia_TS
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24 Jan 2018, 18:26 #
@youarebymyside: It was an excuse taken out of thin air to cover for him, not the real reason.
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Nегодяечkа
Nегодяечkа
22 Jan 2016, 02:58 #
Kutner. shock. I wouldn't have thought of it for anything..
if the actor went to another job, then the character could be fired. why kill something right away...
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arturkocharyan3
arturkocharyan3
01 Feb 2017, 05:31 #
He probably couldn't act at all anymore, so there was no way to remove his dismissal.
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LiliyaLeto
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23 Oct 2019, 04:44 #
The actor asked to kill his character himself, as far as I know.
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89614769610
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31 Jan 2016, 16:59 #
My favorite character, how I cried😭😭😭
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КэтЛин
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19 Mar 2016, 01:40 #
What a life! Kutner liked you so much ((and Taub generally pisses him off, it would have been better if House had fired him then when he wanted to leave for a "friend" at the firm.
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bloody_tequila
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28 Jun 2016, 03:19 #
An unexpected twist. I definitely didn't expect this. When Taub was "covering for him," I wasn't thinking about anything serious. At first I didn't believe in his death, I feel so sorry for him. All the time it seemed that Kutner had played a prank on everyone.
Taub and House are afraid to admit their affection for Kutner. It was obvious from them.
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kristi_st
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05 Aug 2016, 12:18 #
Wow. It seems that nothing foreshadowed trouble ((( it's a pity that such a good character was removed((
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Kaspy
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10 Aug 2016, 19:24 #
A very dark series
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youarebymyside
youarebymyside
25 Sep 2016, 19:46 #
It's a sad business, but the line with Kutner is very sad, in the end she still cried. The character is really very cool. was. :\
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svstrekoza
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04 May 2017, 13:33 #
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dust_space
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22 Sep 2023, 23:40 #
Solid Cartner in the comments
Better tell me what kind of ambiguous "mom doesn't sing either" from Miss 7-tk. Are the liberties of the translation or is there the same subtext in the original?
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Cherembeshka
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13 Mar 15:55 #
@dust_space: There's probably ethanol in the mouthwash syrup. And mom does not spit, de facto, likes to swell, and does not shy away from a rinse aid.
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xavini
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09 May 2017, 20:28 #
I did not expect such a turn in the series at all. Kutner seemed to me to be a very positive person. At the moment when they said that he almost blew up the office, tears almost came (and then I was horrified by how much I got used to this character).
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Ragnalstan
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11 Aug 2017, 21:56 #
And a few episodes ago, Kutner said that he was not one of those who commits suicide..
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Katerina5887
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21 Apr 2018, 03:04 #
I also remembered when I watched that she and Taub had recently talked about suicides..
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siberiandragon
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04 Dec 2020, 21:59 #
@Ragnalstan: theoretically, this may indicate that he at least thought about it, perhaps he struggled with depression and similar thoughts for a long time. Kutner was lonely, it was shown many times. He reached out to everyone with friendship, but it didn't work out in any way. So it is quite possible to suggest a prolonged depression or even a disorder, with the next exacerbation of which he could not cope.
The actor himself came up with exactly such an exit for the character, he probably saw some kind of integrity in it.
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alavitka
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12 Mar 2021, 23:13 #
@siberiandragon: I thought, but not in connection with myself, otherwise I would not have claimed such a thing and in such a calm tone. It would be strange if the doctor had never encountered suicides during his training and work, and if something angered him (and this is normal, if anything, the voice of the instinct of self-preservation).

Personally, from the very beginning of the series, I was sure that Kutner was killed and House would understand and start an investigation. There should also be a direct "tribute" to Sherlock Holmes =))
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wooolfsons
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29 Sep 2017, 23:56 #
well, in the end, it was not for nothing that they gave him so much time in the season, it was a little predictable, but still somehow unexpectedly
it was a pity that he was brought out in this way.
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cut_my_finger
cut_my_finger
26 Dec 2017, 01:25 #
It's a really strange way to get a character out of the series, Foreman and Taub were fired in one season, and then suicide..with that, it's practically sucked out of your finger, eh..
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bеlka
bеlka
28 Feb 2018, 00:56 #
This series is like a blow to my heart, it's so simple and banal to merge a character... but I just started to like Kutner, it's a pity : with
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obsessiveness
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11 Mar 2018, 00:26 #
It's strange, but now I think that in episode 5.18 there were jokes about the cat rubbing near the Cutter for a reason. What if it was a reference?
In general, as for me, loneliness played a role. The dog's illness may have played the last role in this.
It's true, the character was stupidly removed. He was good.
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Arhangelska
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16 Jul 2018, 19:41 #
@obsessiveness: By the way, yes. When everyone was gone, and he was left with a 1-on-1 cat, she stared at him intently, and he staggered in fright
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siberiandragon
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04 Dec 2020, 22:00 #
@obsessiveness: yes, if you look at it, you can see how easily he makes friends with everyone and how his friends throw him. When Taub knocked him off, saying about teenagers in an online toy, it just became sad.
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pertweelove33
pertweelove33
23 Jun 2018, 06:17 #
I knew about it, but it was still shocking. It hurts a lot and makes you think.
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Arhangelska
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16 Jul 2018, 19:40 #
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waldeinsamkeit
waldeinsamkeit
13 Aug 2018, 22:00 #
He roared at the end of the episode, why is it indifferent?
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LizaM05
LizaM05
23 Oct 2021, 03:13 #
Taub, it seems to me, suffers the most
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leighton13
leighton13
18 Aug 2018, 23:45 #
Kutner has become my favorite character)))) I've watched the series several times and I'm always upset about his death...
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Виргиния
Виргиния
07 Sep 2018, 03:04 #
I'm just shocked! I can't even watch the episode when a new medical case is being sorted out, as if nothing had happened. I need to come to my senses. Couldn't it have been done that he left? Well, anything but that ((Drama for drama's sake. Such a positive, interesting character, unlike the boring Taub. Eh, the series needs an update.
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siberiandragon
siberiandragon
04 Dec 2020, 22:01 #
@Virginia: the actor decided to show it that way himself. Apparently, this fit into his understanding of the character. However, when I reviewed it, it seemed to me that everything fits in - Kutner is lonely, trying to cling to someone, but does not come out...
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Виргиния
Виргиния
07 Sep 2022, 00:16 #
@siberiandragon: ясно(((
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ezcett
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05 Nov 2018, 05:05 #
I have repeatedly reviewed the series, and the thought of the reason, as at the first viewing, is the same. The last scenes during the funeral clearly make this clear. House searches for photos, finds travel cards, with acquaintances (whom we did not see at the funeral), with friends (whom he did not have left, because he was always alone at home), and stops at a card where Kutner did not pose for a photo, but just looked somewhere. Loneliness. House looks forward and sees a mirror. It is clearly a comparison of two characters, the last of whom is kept in life by riddles.
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siberiandragon
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04 Dec 2020, 22:02 #
@ezcett: I support it, I also paid attention when reviewing it. And small remarks about friends - first one framed, then Taub rejected. And there was a cut where everyone is with someone, and Kutner is watching TV alone.
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Innokentya
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02 Mar 2019, 18:20 #
This is one of the most emotionally difficult episodes that Dr. House has, and it's unlikely that anyone will convince me otherwise. Instead of the required forty-odd minutes, I watched it for a little more than an hour and a half, because it hurt too much. And I... I do not know why anymore.

It's an incredible pity for Kutner — it was impossible not to love this eternally smiling and sometimes seriously fucked-up sun. And although you don't want to understand the reasons for his action at all, you do... you still understand to some extent.

I feel incredibly sorry for each of the team — they are all very worried. Because they did not understand, did not see, did not protect. Foreman, who digs into his own apartment; Remy, who is the only woman who carries the coffin; Taub, who hides behind a mask and eventually sobs... And, of course, House. House, who always finds it difficult to deal with the loss of people who have become close to him (if only he could remember his behavior with Foreman's disease). He doesn't have children of his own, but he is so often on the verge of losing others. And now this loss is all too real.

This episode broke every bone in my body while watching, broke my heart several times, and eventually made a glass crumb out of it. I mean, I hate this show for this episode, but... But, perhaps, at the same time, it is worth saying thank you for him.
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WarmMess
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26 Sep 2019, 20:48 #
A very touching and emotional episode that was very hard to watch. It's very sad that this happened to Kutner, I couldn't even think that something like this could happen to them
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Muffin24
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30 Sep 2019, 01:20 #
God, I loved Kutner so much : with
The most reckless with sudden and interesting ideas 😭
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Shebolkova5
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17 Oct 2019, 17:28 #
Suddenly 😢
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NyanQt3_14
NyanQt3_14
10 Dec 2019, 00:29 #
The second time I watched the series, I knew that he would die, but how sad it is.
Especially those gray tones throughout the series..
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katerina_017
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18 Feb 2020, 19:36 #
I understand that the actor had to leave the series, but it would be better to merge the useless Taub, from whom there is only one whining, I am already very tired of him🙄
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cherry1317cat
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02 May 2020, 21:33 #
The season of the suffering spleen. From series to series, she is being treated
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fellini_md
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03 May 2020, 20:49 #
@cherry1317cat: not everyone is looking for lupus))
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lili4ka_7
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07 Aug 2020, 01:45 #
@fellini_md: 🤣🤣🤣🤣exactly🤣👍
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Staro4ka
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29 Jun 2020, 17:36 #
I waited until the last moment that it wasn't true, some kind of House dream or something. Very unexpected and very unfortunate (I liked Kutner, unlike this slippery Taub.
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eva4ka2000
eva4ka2000
04 Jul 2020, 19:04 #
They probably have a sooooo big hospital, their single rooms are too gorgeous. And what kind of examination room do they have at the free clinic? Have you seen the room where House took the girl and her mother, there you can make a ballroom studio😏
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siberiandragon
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04 Dec 2020, 22:03 #
@eva4ka2000: Cuddy is doing a good job collecting donations)
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lili4ka_7
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07 Aug 2020, 02:11 #
Sorry for Kutner. I just started to open up and here's a twist......
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VillainG
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23 Sep 2020, 20:02 #
Kutner... Until the last moment, I hoped that this was just someone's dream and at the end of the series everything would get better (
"Living unhappy is comparatively better than dying unhappy..."
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HDMI
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01 Oct 2021, 00:25 #
@VillainG: A really strong quote. No matter what happens in life, the most important moment will be at the moment of death.
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Zarina2623
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08 Nov 2020, 05:15 #
At first, I actually thought that House had put him up to making fun of 13 and Foreman (also in the previous episode they showed a dictaphone with which House monitors his employees).
It's sad.
Stubbornly hiding his pain, Taub probably feels a lot of guilt for "stealing" the idea in the last episode (he doesn't know what House understood).
House is trying to figure out the reason. Seeing House without a mask is always a pain. His sad eyes and serious face. It's just as hard for him as it is for everyone.
Yes, suicides take place precisely when no one notices, if they see it, they will try to help the person. Perhaps it still makes some sense.
But this is a very sharp conclusion of the character..
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dashas
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17 Jan 2021, 17:54 #
@Zarina2623: If I'm not mistaken, House told him at the beginning of the episode that he knows everything about the idea. When Taub suggested that the patients be placed in one room, he just noticed that this was his own idea.
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Schroederoid
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25 Feb 2021, 04:14 #
After the problems at 13 and Tauba, I literally thought when watching the previous episode that for sure the screenwriters are about to throw Kutner to develop the plot of the tragedies. But not that much! x_X
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ezcett
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28 Mar 2021, 02:15 #
In fact, Kutner was approached quite explicitly, showing him as the very character who needs friends the most. In class, out of fear of loneliness, he took an active aggressive position and mocked the weaker ones so that they would not mock him. He said that an Indian with American parents is not particularly perceived. He tried to make friends with Mormon, but was betrayed because he went along with Cuddy. He rolled up to the Amber he liked. He obviously wanted to make friends with Taub for the last few episodes. 13 and Foreman are busy with their relationship. no one was more impressed with him than a colleague. and now, the finale.

Taub was touched at the end. He was the closest to Kutner up to this point, it seemed to me. that Kutner was worried about him, that Chris had responded to his desire to make friends only a couple of episodes ago.
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ezcett
ezcett
28 Mar 2021, 02:26 #
Cuddy: Didn't you notice anything at all?
House: His favorite football team lost. I thought, "He can handle it."

Black humor is charming
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id137715504
id137715504
29 Jul 2021, 00:19 #
Now I have read that David Schorr insisted specifically on suicide in order to show the viewer that anyone who allegedly has no reason can commit suicide, that even after 2 years of close communication, people can be strangers to each other, that even such a brilliant diagnostician as House can miss severe depression.
And I also don't understand why everyone dislikes Taub so much. He's just a man who has the right to make mistakes. Gspd, at the end of the episode he was crying, how can he be considered a rotten person?
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MrsChimodanova
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10 Apr 2023, 02:47 #
@id137715504: Thanks for writing! Really, they did it very cool. Kutner has always been so cheerful and cheerful, that's really the right face for inconspicuous depression (without sarcasm). And the fact that no one noticed anything, and didn't even leave a note.
And I agree about Taub. I like him, and he's a cool diagnostician, and his relationship with his wife is touching, no matter what.
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Котейка_Бумчик
Котейка_Бумчик
22 Aug 2021, 07:12 #
This is a very unexpected turn of events, because the truth is that nothing foreshadowed trouble. Kutner seemed to be a cheerful and wonderful doctor, and then bam...He committed suicide. And yes, as mentioned above, even a seemingly happy person can commit suicide.
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bugette
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12 Sep 2021, 22:03 #
It's a pity that such a wonderful character, whom I just started to recognize, was removed.. Also in this way. Probably the kindest and simplest (in a good sense of the word) character. I miss you already : with
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katekuzne
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24 Oct 2021, 15:02 #
It was too unexpected, it's hard to accept that Kutner will no longer be in the next series :((
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АлисаКошкина
АлисаКошкина
27 Jun 2022, 12:34 #
I'm watching it for the 4th time.
And I have a new idea of the reason for suicide - because Taub stole his idea during diphdiagnosis. In the last episode, it was just mentioned at the end. And I expected Taub to feel guilty. As I think this was the case, since he went to work the most and did not go to the funeral
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27 Jun 2022, 22:21 #
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27 Jun 2022, 22:23 #
Well, it's still not literally the cause, rather, the last straw, for example, with depression. People who feel good mentally would hardly react like that
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АлисаКошкина
АлисаКошкина
30 Jun 2022, 07:40 #
@id137715504: I agree, it could have been a reason or the last straw
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Airy_fairy
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09 Apr 22:03 #
@Alisakoshkina: Well, how can this be the reason? Firstly, thanks to the idea, they made the right diagnosis and saved the person, and secondly, House made it clear that he guessed whose idea it really was. So that's definitely not the reason.
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kvishnyan
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27 Jul 2022, 13:43 #
the hardest episode in five seasons

how to stop crying
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ngc4319
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14 Sep 2022, 02:16 #
Mmmm, massive glass eating, thank you. I loved him so much.
The second newcomer was brought out.
No, I'm not going to review the series. It's too much. Like Remy said, it's cold.…
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Annie10792
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17 Dec 2022, 23:32 #
Damn, are you kidding me?! Kutner(((( He has become my favorite character in recent seasons! In the first 3, I adored Chase, but Chase now appears extremely rarely, alas. But then there was this bright kid, Kutner. He was such a kind, sweet, cool kid, and even a great doctor! He gave out good ideas every now and then. Well, how so (((

And Wilson did a good job in this series. Why does it have to be that "House is afraid he's losing his genius"? Has it never occurred to you that a person is just worried?! And he is trying to cope with the shock in his usual way, to unravel the "case", even if there is no case.
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siberiandragon
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25 Jan 2023, 01:19 #
@Annie10792: Wilson with his couch psychoanalysis generally angers regularly)
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mrs__Milka
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11 Jan 2023, 00:23 #
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TatianaBlunt
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11 Feb 2023, 20:34 #
I understand that the actor left the series. Damn, well, how did they get him out? I really liked Kutner and wanted more of his development. Suicide is a very difficult topic. Depression has different faces. But I probably agree with House, these people who say he was absolutely happy, just didn't try to delve into the life and condition of a suicide
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Egomartar
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03 Mar 2023, 16:20 #
It's a pity for Kutner, he's just starting to like the character and he's being killed... well, how so
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MrsChimodanova
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10 Apr 2023, 02:52 #
The way Taub denies the whole episode that he cares, and at the end sobs in the hallway TT Also almost burst into tears. I wanted to drag him in when I blurted out that suicide is not always a cry for help. But in the end, it's obvious that he just didn't want to admit, like House, that he couldn't help. They worked side by side, just yesterday Kutner helped him keep his job-and that's it. And no one knows why, and there's not even a note.
The Thirteenth has the most mature reaction. While Foreman is hiding, and House and Taub are in denial, she is experiencing grief without falling into childishness.
Kutner is a wonderful character, there was too little of him. This series takes the best(
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