D: We've been forging bravely on through Hausvilson territory for most of the season...I'm hoping the thong quip was just an amusing joke and not a hint of Huddy to come...
*cough* --> I'll bet he needed something to tie Wilson up with. A tie is only good for one hand after all, and we all know Cuddy's a silk kind of gal. Don't want any friction burns...
Seriously though, looks like he's got a crazy scavenger hunt going, and has an alternative motive for wanting her thong. Something that would make him go all 'lyk omg!' and Cuddy all 'srsly, wtf dude?'.
Or, you know...they were reacting to something compleatly different. The 'Next Time, on House' people like to make everything look dramatic. I mean think about it, Cuddy makes that face like once every other episode.
Maybe he fainted because he's finally starting to feel the side-effects of sticking a knife into an electrical outlet that would realistically be plaguing any normal human being his age?
Who knows? If they bring up 97 Seconds again, That Scene can only come with it...