This episode is beautifully done but also fuck you tv shows shouldn't make me cry.
I understand why they had to remove Kutner, but this felt way too sudden and out of nowhere. I know that that's how depression can be, but it's just a tad too unbelievable for me. I can't really rate this episode because of it, it completely pulled me out of the immersion.
Gotta say though, he'll be missed. He was one of my faves, especially interacting with Taub.
Fuck, I knew something is going to happen to kutner (because I saw the number of episodes credits!) but definitely didn't expect suicide!
Amazing episode, very different from the usual formula. The colder, darker tone was an immediate cue as to something bad happening this episode. It was interesting that they killed him off like this, since Kal Penn had to go to a different job. But damn, I really liked Kutner. I don’t think he was similar to House, that was Foreman’s role. But Kutner was always the one coming up with good ideas and the cure most of the time, even stealing House’s thunder several times. I guess in that way, it’s a realistic representation of depression never truly showing itself externally unless the person tells someone and Kutner was good at helping others but never asked for help himself. As a character, he will be missed. Also, Taub did a great job in this episode too by hiding his pain - since most of Kutner’s interactions are with him and they were friendly to each other.
It is okay not to be okay
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I cried in the end, and my heart is officially in two pieces.
I guess it’s as the saying goes… it’s okay not to be okay.
It was a very sad start to the episode losing Kutner, he was a character that grew on me since House’s initiations begun.
I'M IN FUCKING AGONY OMYGOD THIS IS SO NOT OKAY YOU CAN NOT DO THIS TO ME THIS IS JUST NO JUST NO NO NON NON ONONOOONOO FUCK I FEEL SICK SHIT THIS SUCKS
Review by Felipe IbañezBlockedParentSpoilers2017-04-21T04:34:55Z
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
From the first scene we notice the unusually subdued colors, which successfully conveys a cold, sad mood, long before we realize that Kutner is dead. Many people were thoroughly shocked by his suicide, as I would have been, had I not been slightly spoiled by an article which said someone on House would commit suicide. Since House M.D. doesn't like to do the expected thing, I kinda predicted that it was Kutner who would kill himself. His discussion with Taub about suicide a few episodes before just seemed to point that way, if you knew what to look for. However, the last scene with House and Kutner in the previous episode had me convinced that his suicide would still be far away, which was some great misdirection by the writers.
I didn't really care about the medical mystery this episode, even though Meat Loaf turned in a nice performance, so my whole focus was on the drama side. For the first time in a long while they showed us a Gregory House who actually cared (as well as showed it) and was thoroughly shaken by what had occurred. Although he would never admit it, Kutner was so much like House it was sometimes scary. He took risks, had a similar sense of humor (Yes, a cat.), as well as keen intuition. In the end the fact there's no reason for Kutner's suicide makes this episode that much more chilling and realistic, which is probably the main reason for some of the hate this episode receives.
Throughout "Simple Explanation" one thing particularly stood out for me. The performances. Everyone was on top of their game this time. However, the Special Gold Acting Star™ with Sparkles (sold separately) goes to Peter Jacobson, who acted his ass off and actually made me cry when he broke down at the end, although the big funeral montage just before that might've had something to do with that... you know, weakened my defenses, which makes my crying in no way unmanly, I tells you.