Why kutner was killed off

Lawrence Kutner killed himself on the latest episode of "House: MD," it was the beginning of a new career for actor Kal Penn. The demise of Penn's character cleared the way for the actor to move on to another "House," the White House.

Penn, 31, will be an associate director for the Obama administration's Office of Public Liaison. He's not retiring from acting, just pursuing a longtime desire for public service that was rekindled when he campaigned for Barack Obama's election, Penn said. Penn played a teen terrorist on Fox's "24" before joining the network's "House" two years ago. The White House job likely ends his Kumar roles, he said.

I couldn't love it more," said Penn, who took political science classes through his time in high school and studied international relations at Stanford University. Penn approached "House" producers about the move, and they OK'd the actor's early exit from the show. Producers were mum on how Dr. Kutner's departure would specifically affect the remaining characters on "House," but they did say it would cause serious waves among hospital staff.

After hiring him permanently, House began referring to him simply as "Kutner", but in " Emancipation " he made reference to the "Former Foster Kid" nickname by calling him "Oliver Twist". Kutner turned out to be an outstanding fellow. In " Frozen ", his idea that the patient's symptoms were the result of an embolysm led House to the right result. In " No More Mr.

Nice Guy ", Kutner beat House to the punch, coming up with the final diagnosis based on something House did to mislead the team. Finally, in " Locked In ", Kutner beats everyone to the diagnosis.

Despite his success, Kutner committed suicide in the episode "Simple Explanations". His lifeless body was found with a gun nearby by Thirteen and Foreman, who had been sent to Kutner's apartment by House when Kutner was late for work. They tried to resuscitate him, but to no avail as he had been dead for several hours and his body was cold. Later in the episode House went to Kutner's apartment and declared he had been murdered, but this was primarily because House could not fathom the idea that he had not seen his suicide coming.

House felt as though he was losing his "touch" about assessing people but later came to the realization that Kutner did commit suicide. House continued to struggle with Kutner's death and began suffering from sleep-deprivation, even going so far as to hallucinate dead people, one of them being Amber Volakis , James Wilson's dead girlfriend.

This ultimately triggered House's breakdown and upon realizing he was suffering from Psychosis after realizing that his supposed night with Lisa Cuddy was merely an illusion, House temporarily left his position as the Head of Diagnostics Medicine and headed to Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital to get help for his Vicodin addiction and psychosis.

Kutner is survived by his adoptive parents. A private Hindu celebration of his life was held. It is difficult to count how many times House fired and re-hired Kutner during the application process. He fired him in " The Right Stuff " for tattling, but Kutner came up with a gambit - he changed his assigned number 6 to a number 9 and claimed House only fired number 6. House then fired him again, but re-hired him immediately after when he came up with the idea of stressing a patient's liver by giving her alcohol.

In " Games ", House fired Kutner and Thirteen only to motivate them into coming up with more ideas, then re-hired them again. House certainly appreciates Kutner's ability to focus on the patient's illness and come up with ideas rather than to focus on the patient's lifestyle or shortcomings.

House began to realize that Kutner really wanted to please him because of his friendly nature, but House appears to be using this information only to get Kutner to do things for him such as buying him expensive Christmas gifts and paying for his cable bill at the hospital. In " Here Kitty ", House was exasperated by one personality trait he cannot stand - Kutner is superstitious and has a belief in paranormal phenomena.

House exploited this by deliberately invoking superstitions, such as having a ladder in position in the office that was difficult to walk around but easy to walk under. House Wiki Explore. About Staff Forum. PENN: A lot of that stuff is up in the air. This is a relatively recent development. I love what I do. Kal is a man with broader ambitions than the entertainment.

The lack of reason behind it —. Will Chase or Cameron fill it? This will affect everybody. There are rumors that Chase and Cameron may be getting married. Care to comment? Home Article 'House' exclusive: The shocking story behind last night's big death.

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