They should have had Kutner go work for the White House medical liason office. Or up on a space shuttle as a medic. Even THAT would have been more believable.

I heard about the "memorial" but didn't visit it. Too creepy. Must've been even more so for Kal Penn.

I didn't feel the need to express the "loss" of a fictional character, anyway.

The writers/producers justified his sudden offing as a sign that House is losing his ability to solve puzzles. This is one puzzle he can't solve and it vexes him. He is terribly vexed.

But I heard a rumor that it will be revealed that Wilson and Cutty knew something about something...likely to mitigate the viewer outrage that this came so far out of left field.

Sorry, but ANYONE thinking of offing themselves leaves little signs. Perhaps tiny and subtle, but there. Kal Penn asked the producers if, a few eps back, he should start indicating little hints, and they said not at all.

It's just a poopy thing to do. I mean, if they're just going to off someone, I nominate Cameron. Or Chase. Or both.