don't think it's so much that Thirteen is making House stupid as maybe he thinks he deserves this, that he's "taking his own medicine" for what he's done

i have the same thought. it appears that's his overriding attitude this season. i'm currently 'studying' that attitude, in a new fic. it makes me unutterably sad.

edited because 'overriding' is a word, and superfluous hyphens are just... superfluous!