House **Spoilers**

So I don't really post about television but in this case I will. There has been some great drama on this season with House, as always, but also with secondary characters such as Taub and Thirteen (as much as I hate her). We haven't learned very much about Kutner and that always disappointed me because he was my favorite of the new characters introduced last season. I've been pushing for some Kutner-centric episodes for some time now and we finally got one.

When we learn early on in the April 6 episode that Kutner killed himself I was pretty angry initially because they just killed off my second favorite character on the show. The reactions of the characters on the show are understandable, noone saw it coming. Taub was downright mad because he has a history with suicide. He had a terrific response. House treated it as a puzzle to be solved because he can't bear to be wrong on anything. He's a diagnostician after all and he wouldn't miss the fact that Kutner was suicidal. Really beautiful stuff and very true to the character.

It didn't make sense at the time but when the show reminded me that 25% of suicide cases present no symptoms, it all hit me. This wasn't a case of writers/producers searching for a boost in ratings, they've been planning this at the very least all season. Taub and Kutner butted heads weeks ago about a patients attempt at suicide and that episode will deserve multiple viewings when reruns show up in the summer. Also, as I said before, there aren't many Kutner-centric episodes and that in hindsight was a pretty big clue that something big was planned for poor Lawrence Kutner.

This is a side of suicide we never see and it was great, if sad, to see some light shed on the little corner of suicide that TV and movies rarely talk about. House M.D. did a terrific job of showing the trail of devestation a decision like this can main. Suicide has rarely been handled better on television. I feel confident that it was a suicide as the picture House was holding at the end had Kutner with a decidedly melancholy look on his face.

It's terribly sad to see Kutner go. I loved him as much as one should love a character on TV. It will be interesting to see how the characters handle this as time goes on.