I didn't realize until I read the blogcritic's review what that "candy" epiphany was about. In each of Cuddy's dream sequences, House had candy -- a candy cane, a lollipop, whatever it was he was chewing in the western sequence, bubble gum in the sitcom. Her subconscious knew she was involved with an addict under stress. That's sufficiently fantastic writing to make up for "unplanned parenthood" and "two stories."