Ключевой диалог 4х14: Patient: - You really as good as everyone seems to think you are?
House: - Are you really as miserable as everyone seems to think you are?
- I just want to do something that matters.
- Nothing matters. We're all just cockroaches. Wildebeests dying on the river bank. Nothing we do has any lasting meaning.
- And you think i'm miserable.
- If you're unhappy on the plane, jump out of it.
- I want to, but... I can't.
- Hmm,that's the problem with metaphors.They need interpretation. Jumping out of the plane is stupid.
- Well,what if i'm not in a plane? What if i'm just in a place i don't want to be?
- That's the other problem with metaphors. Yes,what if you're actually in an ice cream truck and outside are candy and flowers and virgins? You're on a plane. We're all on planes. Life is dangerous and complicated. And it's a long way down.
- So you're afraid of change?
- No,you're afraid to change. You'd rather imagine that you can instead of actually try. 'Cause if you fail, then you've got nothing. So you'll give up the chance of something real so that you can hold on to hope. The thing is, hope is for sissies.
- When i get outta here, i'm not gonna be afraid anymore.