What I most like about Chase is how unabashed he is about sucking up to House. In Deception, he said he wouldn't do what House wanted because House was not longer head of the department and couldn't treat him like crap any more and House says "crap is a relative term", Chase immediately tries to do what House wants. The example you gave with Fools for Love, he says it's not because of principles or ethics that he won't do it, it's because of being sued. In Skin Deep, he agrees that he doesn't report the sexual abuse because he's afraid of pissing off his boss. In Informed Consent Chase is willing to help House euthanize Ezra but only because it's House doing it, on his own he won't. It's one of his most attractive qualities, that he knows who he is and he makes no apologies for it.
And this is why I am irritated about the other characters antagonising House at all costs at all time - which is done to illustrate how strong and opinionated they are - while Chase, who chooses the sensible option if there are no other ones present, namely to go along with House's ideas, because as everybody knows House tends to be right about things, is accused of being the whimpy suck-up. House relies on the fellows arguing with him and telling him where he's wrong (No Reason). It's not a black point against Foreman and Cameron that they challenge House, it's what he needs them to do so that he can do his job (without killing the patient).
Something that really bugs me: Cameron did not blackmail House into the date, not under any dictionary or legal definiton of blackmail. As House said about Abigail in MLC, calling a thing by specific name (in Abigai's case 'dwarf') does not make it so.
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Date: 2007-02-04 10:00 pm (UTC)And this is why I am irritated about the other characters antagonising House at all costs at all time - which is done to illustrate how strong and opinionated they are - while Chase, who chooses the sensible option if there are no other ones present, namely to go along with House's ideas, because as everybody knows House tends to be right about things, is accused of being the whimpy suck-up.
House relies on the fellows arguing with him and telling him where he's wrong (No Reason). It's not a black point against Foreman and Cameron that they challenge House, it's what he needs them to do so that he can do his job (without killing the patient).
Something that really bugs me: Cameron did not blackmail House into the date, not under any dictionary or legal definiton of blackmail. As House said about Abigail in MLC, calling a thing by specific name (in Abigai's case 'dwarf') does not make it so.