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"This Week... Wilson must decide whether to begin chemo or enjoy the time he has left, but House has some thoughts on the matter. Meanwhile, the team treat a male cheerleader suffering from hallucinations and one of House&amp;#039;s pranks goes badly awry... House Viewing... &amp;quot;Wilson is dying, Chase is gone - how close to normal do you think we can come?&amp;quot; - Following last week&amp;#039;s cruel cliffhanger, it&amp;#039;s revealed that Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) has received bad news about his cancer - he&amp;#039;s got 5 months to live and is refusing further treatment... &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not gonna let you just die!&amp;quot; barks House, knowing that his friend could live for up to 2 or 3 years if he subjected himself to painful chemotherapy. It&amp;#039;s a sign of how serious things are that, for once, House (Hugh Laurie) is not distracted by a medical mystery - he flat-out rejects the patient of the week, in favour of helping Wilson. &amp;quot;He just wants to die with a little dignity,&amp;quot; argues Adams, but our lead snaps back, &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s no such thing&amp;quot; - a nice callback to his line in the show&amp;#039;s pilot episode: &amp;quot;You can live with dignity, you can&amp;#039;t die with it.&amp;quot; Having gone through the treatment process with countless patients, Wilson refuses to change his mind. It&amp;#039;s at this point that Olivia Wilde makes a nicely understated return as Thirteen, a cameo that doesn&amp;#039;t distract from Wilson&amp;#039;s story.   First Wilson meets with House&amp;#039;s ex-team member - the one other person who can understand what he&amp;#039;s going through - for a quiet two-hander. Next, Thirteen visits her old stomping grounds, urging House to respect Wilson&amp;#039;s decision - on her own mercy firing, she tells him, &amp;quot;It was probably the most selfless thing anyone has ever done for me, and you don&amp;#039;t even like me that much.&amp;quot; House waves a literal white flag and promises Wilson no more tricks, no more manipulations, but even his new demeanour is another con, designed to make Wilson change his position. Here, the episode begins to really delve deep into these characters&amp;#039; inner turmoil - House admits that he doesn&amp;#039;t know what he&amp;#039;d do without Wilson, but his friend snaps back, &amp;quot;Our whole relationship has been about you - my dying is about me.&amp;quot; Wilson tells House he needs his support, &amp;quot;I need you to tell me that you love me&amp;quot; - it&amp;#039;s really quite bold for this show to examine long-term male friendship in such a raw, emotional manner and these scenes are of course expertly played by old pros Laurie and Leonard. The patient-of-the-week, meanwhile, is 19-year-old male cheerleader Derrick, who&amp;#039;s admitted with a massive nosebleed and dizziness, but is secretly suffering hallucinations of his dead brother. While there&amp;#039;s nothing wrong with guest star Skylar Astin&amp;#039;s performance, House acting so despondent about his case makes it difficult for the viewer to care about Derrick - we want to get back to Wilson too. As House and Wilson&amp;#039;s relationship deteriorates, the medical maverick has a major breakdown - first screaming at Taub, then losing his cool with a suicidal Derrick and throttling him\u2026  It&amp;#039;s pleasing that it&amp;#039;s Foreman - barely glimpsed this season - who eventually convinces Wilson to endure the pain of chemo for his friend. &amp;quot;You need me, and I don&amp;#039;t think that&amp;#039;s a bad thing anymore,&amp;quot; says Wilson, but House turns down his offer, having learned an important lesson from his recent behaviour, &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re smarter than I am.&amp;quot; But the pair&amp;#039;s semi-happy ending is cut short. As part of one of his trademark pranks, House earlier caused a flood that badly damaged the hospital - charged with felony vandalism, he&amp;#039;s going back to jail for six months, robbing him of his final moments with Wilson.  This final moment is one of the few things that rings false about &amp;#039;Holding On&amp;#039;. Of all the things that could have sent House back to jail, flooding the hospital just lacks power. It would perhaps have been more interesting if Derrick had pressed charges following the assault. But overall, the dramatic upward turn in the quality of House&amp;#039;s final season continues. The cast all deliver the goods, but Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard are particularly fantastic - more than a match for the challenging material they&amp;#039;ve been handed. For the first time in a long time, this writer is excited by House and how the series finale will turn out. Will Taub follow through on his threat and follow Chase out the door? Will House be jailed? What will happen to Wilson? Only one thing&amp;#039;s certain - it&amp;#039;s going to be an emotional final hour. Let us know what you thought of this week&amp;#039;s House below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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