Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson. Tuesdays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
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Played by:- Robert Sean Leonard
- Counterpart in Holmes stories:
- Dr. John Watson
- Medical Specialty:
- Oncology
- Job Title:
- Head of the Department of Oncology
- Position with the House Team:
- Consultant, advisor, friend
- Personal Life:
- Jewish
- Married
- Previously married (maybe twice)
- Not all that happily married
- Has a roving eye for the ladies (there is mention of a nurse and Debby in accounting, etc.).
- "Uncle died of cancer." [#101]
- Personality Traits:
- Doesn't like to discuss numbers/statistics. [#202]
- Seems to have great "luck/skill" with women: married three times (at least according to the first, expanded version of the pilot which was distributed in TV Guide, and Entertainment Weekly just before the series started --- these discs are sometimes available on ebay), been in love several times, etc.). His advice on dating:
- "Comment on her shoes, her earrings, and then move on to D.H.A. Her dreams, hopes and aspirations. Trust me. Panty-peeler." [#120]
- Has a tendency to care about patients but pretend to House that he doesn't:
- Wilson: "I forgot, I need a reason to give a crap."
House: "You're giving two craps."
Wilson: "The metric system always confuses me." [#108]
- Has a tendency to care about patients but pretend to House that he doesn't:
- "Guilt can be your friend." [#314]
- What else we know about Wilson:
- According to a post on Television Without Pity's House Forum, Wilson drives a Volvo S80.
- "Wilson likes jazz." - Chase [#305]
- Information on Wilson's marriages and cheating on those marriages:
- Wilson [to Cameron who is offended by an athlete]: "Have you— ever cheated? Well, I have. You wanna punish him, good for you. But you can't do it without punishing the people who love him."
Cameron: "Is that how you justified lying to your wives?"
Wilson: "I always told them." [#206]
- Wilson [to Cameron discussing cheating]: "My wife wasn't dying, she wasn't even sick. Everything was fine. I met someone who— made me feel— funny. Good. And I didn't want to let that feeling go.... You can't control your emotions.... You'd be surprised what you can live with." [#206]
- House to Wilson (in his hallucination): "You agonize over moral choices. You aren't completely comfortable with anything until you've taken days to get your head around every possible side." [#224]
- "You've sprinted through three bad marriages into an affair with a dying patient." [#305]
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