1 00:00:01,710 --> 00:00:05,171 working on King here, top of the key, 2 00:00:05,297 --> 00:00:08,174 dribbling around him, coming around the corner there. He's up! 3 00:00:08,759 --> 00:00:10,760 Two points! Beautiful play. 4 00:00:10,886 --> 00:00:12,512 Now, that's a great play. 5 00:00:12,638 --> 00:00:16,891 If you testify, no one can protect you, especially the Feds. 6 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:18,434 We'll keep you safe, Joey. 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:19,686 Right. In Witness Protection. 8 00:00:19,812 --> 00:00:21,562 This great new life he's giving you? 9 00:00:21,772 --> 00:00:24,524 You're sacking groceries at some goat-town Stop and Shop, 10 00:00:24,650 --> 00:00:27,360 when one of Vitale's guys comes and puts two in the back of your skull. 11 00:00:27,486 --> 00:00:29,696 Counselor, are you advising a witness 12 00:00:29,822 --> 00:00:31,614 to withhold evidence from a federal grand jury? 13 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:33,533 He came forward. He volunteered. 14 00:00:33,659 --> 00:00:37,370 I'm advising him not to testify until I'm satisfied you can protect him. 15 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:40,123 You guys mind? I got money on this. 16 00:00:40,249 --> 00:00:42,667 What do you want? We gave you everything you asked for. 17 00:00:43,001 --> 00:00:44,001 I asked for pasta. 18 00:00:44,128 --> 00:00:46,003 You got steak. Enjoy it. 19 00:00:48,924 --> 00:00:50,842 - What are you doing? - What? 20 00:00:53,011 --> 00:00:54,470 Where's your quit candy? I just gave you a pack. 21 00:00:54,596 --> 00:00:56,556 Yeah, sorry. I forgot. 22 00:00:58,475 --> 00:01:01,060 Joey, whatever they give us, what they tell you, 23 00:01:01,186 --> 00:01:03,354 you get popped, what am I gonna do, sue them? 24 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:07,567 That's not what this is about. 25 00:01:07,693 --> 00:01:09,694 You're gonna miss me. 26 00:01:09,820 --> 00:01:10,820 I'm your lawyer, Joey. 27 00:01:10,988 --> 00:01:12,071 You're my brother. 28 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,118 And I do this, you know, I go into Witness Protection, 29 00:01:17,244 --> 00:01:18,870 we're never gonna see each other again. 30 00:01:20,456 --> 00:01:22,081 That doesn't bother you? 31 00:01:22,207 --> 00:01:23,291 It kills me. 32 00:01:27,296 --> 00:01:31,048 There he goes. Nice pick. He did a good job. 33 00:01:31,216 --> 00:01:32,467 And Michael David... 34 00:01:33,886 --> 00:01:35,136 I gotta take a leak. 35 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:40,641 You all right? 36 00:01:43,270 --> 00:01:47,273 Yeah, yeah. Just a little dizzy. 37 00:01:47,399 --> 00:01:48,232 Get some air. 38 00:01:48,358 --> 00:01:49,192 Hot. 39 00:01:52,279 --> 00:01:53,988 - Joey. - What'd you say to him? 40 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:54,947 Something's wrong. 41 00:01:55,073 --> 00:01:56,032 Yeah, nice try. 42 00:01:56,158 --> 00:01:57,825 Come on! Let go of me! 43 00:01:58,035 --> 00:01:59,911 Let go of me! Can't you see he's sick? 44 00:02:00,037 --> 00:02:01,579 Joey! Joey! Let me go! 45 00:02:01,705 --> 00:02:03,080 Something's wrong with him! 46 00:02:03,290 --> 00:02:05,208 Come on, you're not getting out of this that easy. 47 00:02:05,334 --> 00:02:07,502 Either you're dead or you're testifying. 48 00:02:43,622 --> 00:02:44,455 Don't have it. 49 00:02:44,873 --> 00:02:46,165 - Budget? - Nope. 50 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,961 Revenue statement. List of expenses. 51 00:02:50,087 --> 00:02:51,629 House has been very busy. 52 00:02:52,089 --> 00:02:54,090 Saving New Jersey from leprosy. Yes, I know. 53 00:02:54,216 --> 00:02:57,343 Getting me his numbers, that's your job. 54 00:02:58,095 --> 00:02:59,178 We're in a meeting. 55 00:02:59,304 --> 00:03:00,555 I need the lawyer. 56 00:03:00,681 --> 00:03:01,931 Who'd you kill? 57 00:03:02,057 --> 00:03:03,850 Nobody. But it's not even lunch. 58 00:03:03,976 --> 00:03:07,019 I got served with a federal court order. Some witness went into a coma. 59 00:03:07,145 --> 00:03:09,063 They want me to take a look at him. 60 00:03:09,231 --> 00:03:10,314 What? 61 00:03:11,650 --> 00:03:14,610 They want you to examine a sick person? 62 00:03:14,903 --> 00:03:17,154 This is a public relations nightmare. 63 00:03:17,281 --> 00:03:19,991 Folk think our staff do that kind of thing around here, 64 00:03:20,117 --> 00:03:21,617 this place will be crawling with sick people. 65 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,996 I'm a doctor. I'm not a lapdog for the Feds. I don't play fetch. 66 00:03:25,247 --> 00:03:29,166 Nobody tells you what to do. Am I right, Dr. Cuddy? 67 00:03:29,293 --> 00:03:30,334 You have three choices. 68 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:31,836 Hire a lawyer to fight the order, 69 00:03:31,962 --> 00:03:36,007 treat the guy or go to jail for contempt. Up to you. 70 00:03:36,133 --> 00:03:40,469 Jail. You'd like that. No more naughty schoolgirl. 71 00:03:40,596 --> 00:03:43,514 Conjugal visit, that's her new fantasy. 72 00:03:50,147 --> 00:03:51,689 We're not leaving until he's gone, 73 00:03:51,815 --> 00:03:54,567 or you show me one good reason for keeping him. 74 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:22,595 He's really out of it, huh? 75 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,014 Causes of coma, metabolic, structural... 76 00:04:25,140 --> 00:04:26,807 He had his stomach pumped. 77 00:04:26,934 --> 00:04:27,934 Why would they do that? 78 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:29,018 Rule out poisoning. 79 00:04:29,144 --> 00:04:30,770 Not the typical first guess. 80 00:04:30,896 --> 00:04:32,772 Nope, first guess was faking it. 81 00:04:32,898 --> 00:04:36,025 Patient's a federal witness, reluctant, I'm assuming. 82 00:04:36,151 --> 00:04:38,069 He's also an eight on the Glasgow Coma Scale. 83 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:40,655 He's barely alive. Pretty tough to fake. 84 00:04:40,906 --> 00:04:43,658 Any recent history of head trauma? Bad car accident? Fall? 85 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:45,952 They tell me no, but do an MRI to be sure. 86 00:04:46,078 --> 00:04:48,120 Metabolic causes, liver, kidney, diabetes... 87 00:04:48,246 --> 00:04:50,748 Check for everything. Feds are paying. 88 00:04:50,874 --> 00:04:52,875 We're gonna turn a profit on this one, boys. 89 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:57,755 Dr. House, Bill Arnello. I'm a lawyer. I represent Mr. Smith. 90 00:04:57,881 --> 00:04:59,131 What's wrong with him? 91 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:01,759 Do I come to you with my problems? 92 00:05:01,885 --> 00:05:04,095 He's also my brother. 93 00:05:04,221 --> 00:05:07,098 What? You changed your name? 94 00:05:07,224 --> 00:05:08,766 Smith wasn't good enough for you? 95 00:05:08,892 --> 00:05:11,018 His name's Joey. He's my only brother. 96 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:12,645 He's important to you. Got it. 97 00:05:12,771 --> 00:05:16,148 So, no placebos for him. We'll use the real medicine. 98 00:05:16,274 --> 00:05:19,193 Well, this was fun. Let's do it again soon. 99 00:05:23,448 --> 00:05:25,282 Brother in the Mafia? 100 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,080 So, just Joey? 101 00:05:31,206 --> 00:05:32,999 I was hoping for a nickname. 102 00:05:33,125 --> 00:05:36,502 Joey Mango. Joey the Wrench. 103 00:05:42,134 --> 00:05:43,384 People know where I am. 104 00:05:43,510 --> 00:05:45,261 I want you to do your job. 105 00:05:45,387 --> 00:05:47,972 Diagnose him, fix him and keep him here. 106 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:51,267 We're a bit of a specialized hospital. 107 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:54,770 We generally only deal with patients while they're actually sick. 108 00:05:54,896 --> 00:05:56,647 If you release my brother to the government, 109 00:05:56,773 --> 00:06:00,317 and he does what they want, even if you fix him, he's dead. 110 00:06:00,444 --> 00:06:03,237 I need time to convince him of that. 111 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:14,081 Good news is, if you screw up, 112 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:17,334 you don't have to worry about a malpractice suit. 113 00:06:18,086 --> 00:06:20,963 Instead, one by one, 114 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:24,717 I'll take away the things you love till there's nothing left. 115 00:06:29,598 --> 00:06:33,225 So, on the Mafia thing, that's a yes. 116 00:06:43,820 --> 00:06:45,696 Did House seem weird to you? 117 00:06:45,822 --> 00:06:48,824 Were you expecting him to be weird? 118 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:52,161 We spoke about how we felt. 119 00:06:53,830 --> 00:06:55,539 You told him you liked him? 120 00:06:55,707 --> 00:06:56,707 No, of course not. 121 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:58,501 What are you talking about, then? 122 00:06:58,627 --> 00:07:00,836 I asked him if he liked me. 123 00:07:00,962 --> 00:07:02,379 And why would you do that? 124 00:07:02,506 --> 00:07:03,631 Because... 125 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:07,885 I like him. 126 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:10,179 You like him, like him? 127 00:07:10,305 --> 00:07:12,431 Doesn't matter. He doesn't like me. 128 00:07:12,849 --> 00:07:15,267 Hey, he doesn't like anybody. 129 00:07:18,021 --> 00:07:19,522 And nobody likes him. 130 00:07:21,066 --> 00:07:23,776 MRI showed a subdural hematoma. 131 00:07:23,902 --> 00:07:25,778 Bleeding around his brain caused pressure inside his head, 132 00:07:25,904 --> 00:07:27,947 which caused the coma. 133 00:07:28,073 --> 00:07:32,243 These look like pseudomembranes. Those take time to form. 134 00:07:32,369 --> 00:07:34,453 If it's an old injury, it wouldn't cause the coma. 135 00:07:34,746 --> 00:07:38,457 Patient history indicates he was hit with a tire iron in 1996. 136 00:07:38,583 --> 00:07:40,960 Brother says he was changing a tire and it slipped. 137 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:44,463 An old hematoma placed where this one is could have caused his coma. 138 00:07:44,589 --> 00:07:45,422 What about his liver? 139 00:07:45,549 --> 00:07:47,133 LFTs are slightly elevated. 140 00:07:47,259 --> 00:07:48,425 Key word is "slightly", 141 00:07:48,552 --> 00:07:51,262 as in not high enough to cause the coma. It's the subdural. 142 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:54,098 I say we evacuate the cavity, see if he wakes up. 143 00:07:54,224 --> 00:07:56,851 The neurologist thinks it's his brain and wants to open up his head? 144 00:07:56,977 --> 00:07:58,644 Frankly, I'm shocked. 145 00:07:58,770 --> 00:08:01,814 And you get to use the big boy drill in Daddy's big red toolbox. 146 00:08:01,940 --> 00:08:03,440 No drilling. 147 00:08:07,737 --> 00:08:08,737 Hi. 148 00:08:08,864 --> 00:08:10,114 Mr. Smith. 149 00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:13,993 Call me Joe. Can you not do that? 150 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:20,499 So, we're clear about the no drilling? 151 00:08:23,128 --> 00:08:24,920 He's okay now. He can leave. 152 00:08:25,046 --> 00:08:26,088 I'm not releasing him. 153 00:08:26,214 --> 00:08:28,007 'Cause the brother doesn't want you to? 154 00:08:28,133 --> 00:08:31,719 Or because he had an unexplained coma. Which sounds better? 155 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:33,053 The hematoma caused the coma. 156 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:35,264 That's a catchy diagnosis. You could dance to that. 157 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,975 I think Chase is right. 158 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:45,065 Well, it still should be evacuated, but it's not an immediate threat. 159 00:08:49,529 --> 00:08:51,363 Cameron's my girl. 160 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:53,282 I'd release him. 161 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:56,160 Are you disagreeing with me because... 162 00:08:56,286 --> 00:08:59,288 I'm disagreeing because that's my medical opinion. 163 00:08:59,414 --> 00:09:01,207 Of course it is. 164 00:09:01,333 --> 00:09:04,835 But unless I've been named as the fourth part of the axis of evil, 165 00:09:04,961 --> 00:09:08,672 invaded and occupied, this is still not a democracy. He's staying. 166 00:09:08,798 --> 00:09:12,009 Send for hepatitis serologies and an autoimmune panel. 167 00:09:23,688 --> 00:09:26,941 Hey, I'm with you. Old enough to drink, 168 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:29,568 old enough to do something really stupid and make yourself a baby. 169 00:09:29,694 --> 00:09:33,030 He's my brother. I'm watching him while our parents are in Barbados. 170 00:09:33,156 --> 00:09:35,991 He's having trouble breathing, and there's a lot of wheezing. 171 00:09:36,451 --> 00:09:39,787 Whistling, technically. Upper airways. Nose. 172 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:42,831 If he's got the croup, that could become meningitis, right? 173 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:44,917 - Absolutely. - I was just studying, 174 00:09:45,043 --> 00:09:48,545 and all of a sudden I hear him crying and sounding all weird. 175 00:09:48,672 --> 00:09:50,839 My parents are gonna kill me. 176 00:09:51,049 --> 00:09:52,216 I doubt it. 177 00:09:52,342 --> 00:09:53,717 You don't know them. 178 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:57,513 No, I doubt you were studying while your parents were away. 179 00:10:00,642 --> 00:10:02,101 Hello, Officer. 180 00:10:04,646 --> 00:10:08,565 You might wanna rinse this off before you let him play with it again. 181 00:10:27,335 --> 00:10:29,086 What happened? Where is he? 182 00:10:29,879 --> 00:10:31,922 Vogler called Admitting. Admitting called Justice. 183 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,466 Justice came and took him away. 184 00:10:34,592 --> 00:10:36,468 And who called Vogler? 185 00:10:45,061 --> 00:10:46,603 He loses money. 186 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:49,857 So does Ophthalmology. Who cares? This is a hospital. 187 00:10:50,317 --> 00:10:52,067 You can't just cut a department. 188 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:53,485 You can't control him. 189 00:10:53,778 --> 00:10:56,655 I am the only one that can control him. 190 00:10:57,073 --> 00:10:59,700 D... D... Dr. House in the house. 191 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:00,993 Impeccable timing as always. 192 00:11:01,119 --> 00:11:03,412 You had no authority to release my patient. 193 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:08,167 My colleague has just informed me she has a singular talent. 194 00:11:08,293 --> 00:11:11,086 You are just in time for a demonstration. 195 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:15,090 Dr. House, from what I understand, your patient... 196 00:11:15,216 --> 00:11:17,760 "From what you understand"? He's not your patient. 197 00:11:17,886 --> 00:11:19,636 How the hell do you understand anything? 198 00:11:19,763 --> 00:11:20,679 It's sad. 199 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:21,972 You're not even a doctor. 200 00:11:22,098 --> 00:11:26,518 John Smith is here only because of a court order. 201 00:11:26,644 --> 00:11:29,229 I had the records faxed to the judge. She rescinded the order. 202 00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:31,690 Why bother? Just to piss me off? 203 00:11:31,816 --> 00:11:34,610 (PAGER BEEPING) Keeping the government off our ass. 204 00:11:34,736 --> 00:11:38,072 Yeah. That makes no sense for a public institution. 205 00:11:39,449 --> 00:11:40,407 Okay. 206 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:41,950 "Okay", what? 207 00:11:42,077 --> 00:11:44,411 Okay, sir. Carry on. 208 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:50,918 He really cares about his patients. 209 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:52,669 Yeah, and he just walked out of here with nothing. 210 00:11:52,796 --> 00:11:54,630 Something's up. 211 00:11:56,007 --> 00:11:58,467 Just started vomiting and passed out. 212 00:11:58,593 --> 00:12:00,803 More lidocaine. 590 with epi. 213 00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:04,264 Thirty-five-year-old male. Vital signs are stable now. 214 00:12:04,391 --> 00:12:07,393 Gave him two liters en route. 215 00:12:07,602 --> 00:12:11,271 He was just released from here two hours ago. 216 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:13,023 You said he was good to go. 217 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:14,108 Watch that line. 218 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:16,068 He's still not responding. 219 00:12:18,655 --> 00:12:22,408 So, the junior G-man badge isn't looking so good. 220 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:34,461 His liver's worse. 221 00:12:34,879 --> 00:12:36,004 Comatose? 222 00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:38,340 No. Completely different symptoms than the first time. 223 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:41,301 His serology tests came back positive for hepatitis C. 224 00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:45,097 Hep C is a chronic condition. You don't think this is an acute situation? 225 00:12:45,223 --> 00:12:48,642 Coma, vomiting, abdominal pain. Hep C explains everything. 226 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,602 Except for the suddenness of the onset. 227 00:12:50,728 --> 00:12:52,146 What's wrong with the timing? 228 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:55,649 You get home one night, your wife hits you with a baseball bat. 229 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:59,778 Likely causes, the fact that you haven't thanked her for dinner in eight years 230 00:12:59,904 --> 00:13:03,657 or the receipt for fur handcuffs that she found in your pants? 231 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:06,076 Sudden onset equals approximate cause. 232 00:13:06,244 --> 00:13:08,203 He also has high estrogen levels in his blood. 233 00:13:08,329 --> 00:13:10,539 That's indicative of a chronic condition, not acute. 234 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:13,584 One test. What do his other liver tests tell us? 235 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:17,045 Normal albumin levels point toward acute. 236 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:21,467 Oh, okay, and why is her test better than mine? 237 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:24,928 Because she's cuter, though it's close. 238 00:13:26,097 --> 00:13:27,222 Do a liver biopsy. 239 00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:28,849 When the results come back, we'll know what we're looking at. 240 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:31,018 Why wait to treat the hep C? 241 00:13:31,144 --> 00:13:33,228 If I'm right, Joey gets better that much faster. 242 00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:37,149 Right. Then he gets to testify. And you get a gold star from Cuddy. 243 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:41,153 And what's the downside? Or is that the downside? 244 00:13:41,279 --> 00:13:44,490 Do I have a reason for not wanting you to get any stars? 245 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,702 Fine. Start the treatment. 246 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:51,788 It's all your idea. Don't even mention my name. 247 00:13:52,081 --> 00:13:55,000 There's nothing wrong with your theory. Go. 248 00:13:57,712 --> 00:14:01,924 But in the humor me department, get a biopsy while you're at it. 249 00:14:04,385 --> 00:14:06,762 Foreman, we need to talk. 250 00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:14,603 You're off the case. 251 00:14:14,729 --> 00:14:16,063 What? Why? 252 00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:19,483 Somebody told Vogler that I lied to the transplant committee. 253 00:14:19,609 --> 00:14:20,484 You think I did? 254 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:21,693 You're too careful. 255 00:14:21,819 --> 00:14:23,820 You wouldn't jump ship unless you knew what was in the water. 256 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:25,447 Stop. You're embarrassing me. 257 00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,658 But I want Vogler to think I think it's you. 258 00:14:27,784 --> 00:14:31,286 And I want Cameron and Chase, Cuddy and Wilson, the nursing staff 259 00:14:31,412 --> 00:14:34,665 and the cashier in the parking lot to think that, too. 260 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:37,793 Right. 261 00:14:39,963 --> 00:14:42,839 The blood tests show you have hepatitis C. 262 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:45,217 It's a virus that infects the liver. 263 00:14:45,343 --> 00:14:46,677 No way. 264 00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:47,844 It's not all bad news. 265 00:14:47,971 --> 00:14:51,431 It can often be cured. And even if not, it's manageable. 266 00:14:51,558 --> 00:14:52,683 How'd my brother get this? 267 00:14:52,809 --> 00:14:55,477 It usually involves the exchange of bodily fluids, either... 268 00:14:55,603 --> 00:14:57,104 Bodily fluids? What are you talking about? 269 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:59,982 There are many ways the virus can be transmitted. Sharing needles, blood... 270 00:15:00,149 --> 00:15:04,778 Hey! Nobody talks to my brother like this, okay? 271 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:07,030 Fine. No idea how he got it. 272 00:15:07,156 --> 00:15:10,909 But he has hepatitis C. We're gonna start him on... 273 00:15:11,661 --> 00:15:15,872 He doesn't have it. Don't mention it again. Don't treat him for it. 274 00:15:19,961 --> 00:15:25,382 House has some directed donations, foundation support. 275 00:15:25,508 --> 00:15:27,426 It's around here. 276 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:32,097 He makes you miserable. 277 00:15:32,223 --> 00:15:35,142 Eight years he's worked here. Never made a dime for you. 278 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:36,935 - Never listened to you. - He can change. He's... 279 00:15:37,061 --> 00:15:39,771 He hasn't changed in eight years. 280 00:15:39,897 --> 00:15:43,066 Either he can't change or you can't change him. 281 00:15:44,652 --> 00:15:48,614 You have no idea how many times he's lied to you, undercut your authority, 282 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,366 made you look like crap to other doctors. 283 00:15:51,492 --> 00:15:55,662 Yes, I hate him, and here I am, desperately trying to protect his job. 284 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:56,913 What does that tell you? 285 00:15:57,081 --> 00:15:59,333 That you don't hate him. 286 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:01,710 I do not protect people I like. 287 00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:04,087 I protect people who are assets to this hospital. 288 00:16:04,339 --> 00:16:06,715 No. That's me. 289 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:11,511 You... You're softer. 290 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,096 Right. 291 00:16:13,222 --> 00:16:16,308 There are three female chiefs of medicine 292 00:16:16,434 --> 00:16:17,934 at major hospitals in this country, 293 00:16:18,061 --> 00:16:21,188 and we all got there using our feminine wiles. 294 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:23,023 It's human nature to want to protect people we like. 295 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:24,232 I don't like him. 296 00:16:24,359 --> 00:16:25,692 To think if we just form the right team, 297 00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:27,194 we'll all get along and be able to pull the... 298 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,945 I don't get along with him! 299 00:16:29,072 --> 00:16:30,405 This is not a team. 300 00:16:30,531 --> 00:16:31,782 It's not a boat. 301 00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:34,826 It's not a machine that has a lot of parts that have to work together. 302 00:16:34,952 --> 00:16:39,373 The metaphors are all crap. This is a business. That's all it is. 303 00:16:40,291 --> 00:16:43,085 You like him. That's bad for business. 304 00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:55,222 Oh, this is all my fault. 305 00:16:55,890 --> 00:16:58,016 Took another homework break with Betty Lou? 306 00:16:58,184 --> 00:17:00,185 No, last week I showed him a magic trick. 307 00:17:00,645 --> 00:17:04,147 You pulled a quarter out of his nose. It's a classic. 308 00:17:04,482 --> 00:17:07,275 Yeah, and now he won't stop shoving stuff up there. 309 00:17:07,402 --> 00:17:08,860 Dr. House. 310 00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:09,986 Got a crisis here. 311 00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:13,031 It's okay. 312 00:17:18,788 --> 00:17:19,955 Stop! 313 00:17:36,222 --> 00:17:37,931 That's a neat trick. 314 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:41,184 They have to believe you'll actually hurt them. 315 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:50,235 Your people insulted my brother. 316 00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:53,321 What, they put Romano in the Parmesan cheese shaker again? 317 00:17:53,448 --> 00:17:56,450 Said he was a crack head or a homo or something. 318 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:57,993 Those idiots. 319 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,538 How many times am I gonna have to send them for sensitivity training? 320 00:18:01,664 --> 00:18:04,666 Nobody's saying he's a homo. That would be really, really bad. 321 00:18:04,792 --> 00:18:07,127 So let's put a nice, friendly spin on it. 322 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:10,088 Let's go with, "He got raped in prison". 323 00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:14,050 I saw the jailhouse tats. Put it together with the blood tests. 324 00:18:16,679 --> 00:18:19,931 There were rumors, but Joey never said anything about it. 325 00:18:20,308 --> 00:18:23,852 If people find out he's being treated for hep C... 326 00:18:25,062 --> 00:18:27,564 Feds get that chart, someone says something to somebody, 327 00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:29,065 word will get out. 328 00:18:29,192 --> 00:18:32,402 And then Joey's manhood, his rep, he's destroyed. 329 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:39,367 You're worried about how his coworkers will react at the Walmart in Des Moines. 330 00:18:39,494 --> 00:18:43,872 He's not going into Witness Protection. I'm not gonna let that happen. 331 00:18:45,416 --> 00:18:48,084 Listen, I don't know if you know about this, 332 00:18:48,211 --> 00:18:51,046 but mob businesses sometimes keep two sets of books. 333 00:18:52,006 --> 00:18:53,089 One legit, one not. 334 00:18:53,216 --> 00:18:54,299 Exactly. 335 00:18:57,428 --> 00:18:59,304 You jerking my chain? 336 00:18:59,514 --> 00:19:02,140 Doctors are busy. Sometimes they forget to write things down. 337 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:04,768 Happens all the time. 338 00:19:04,894 --> 00:19:06,144 Thanks. 339 00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:09,481 Oh, and... 340 00:19:12,235 --> 00:19:15,695 Whatever you're not giving him for whatever he doesn't have, 341 00:19:15,822 --> 00:19:17,197 is that gonna fix him? 342 00:19:18,866 --> 00:19:20,367 I doubt it. 343 00:19:30,837 --> 00:19:33,505 On your way to polish Vogler's car? 344 00:19:33,631 --> 00:19:35,715 Gone are the days of the grumpy old doc 345 00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:39,594 seeing patients in the basement of his house, getting paid a few chickens. 346 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:40,720 How will I eat? 347 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:43,056 You know what Cuddy's been locked away with Vogler about 348 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:44,933 all day today and yesterday? 349 00:19:45,059 --> 00:19:47,811 Floor polish costs through the roof? 350 00:19:47,937 --> 00:19:51,523 You. Her secretary's been at the photocopier all day with your records. 351 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:53,316 That's all they're looking at in there. 352 00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:55,026 My car's been stolen. 353 00:19:58,072 --> 00:20:00,240 Or rein-car-nated. 354 00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:09,791 Pink slip. 355 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:13,003 A gift from the Arnello brothers. 356 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:21,261 You know, they're gangsters, sure, but they're thoughtful, too. 357 00:20:23,514 --> 00:20:27,225 You can't keep it. It's graft. 358 00:20:27,435 --> 00:20:29,477 No, no, no. 359 00:20:29,604 --> 00:20:31,396 Graft is if I tell him I'll only make him better 360 00:20:31,522 --> 00:20:32,814 if he slips me a couple bucks. 361 00:20:32,940 --> 00:20:35,984 Or a payoff for something I'm not supposed to do. 362 00:20:36,110 --> 00:20:39,029 If I'd asked for the payoff, which I didn't, 363 00:20:39,155 --> 00:20:43,617 I would've done the bad thing anyway. So there's nothing wrong with this. 364 00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:45,535 - Right. - Damn. 365 00:20:45,661 --> 00:20:48,163 '65. 366 00:20:48,289 --> 00:20:50,290 Perfectly restored. 367 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:54,794 What do you think a guy like Joey would do if someone turned down a gift? 368 00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:57,339 That's kind of an insult, isn't it? 369 00:20:57,465 --> 00:21:01,593 He might hurt you. It's definitely possible. 370 00:21:01,719 --> 00:21:04,471 I'm screwed. Gotta take the car. 371 00:21:11,437 --> 00:21:13,188 Did you see House's new car? 372 00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:16,858 From Joey. He obviously can't keep it. 373 00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:18,944 You don't mind the hospital taking money from Vogler? 374 00:21:19,070 --> 00:21:20,904 That's different. Vogler's legit. 375 00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:24,491 (SCOFFS) That's worse. Vogler's money came with strings. 376 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:28,370 Vogler doesn't set me up to have a mobster take a swing at me. 377 00:21:28,496 --> 00:21:30,038 I'm sure House didn't know... 378 00:21:30,164 --> 00:21:32,123 Joey's pressure dropped. 379 00:21:32,249 --> 00:21:35,001 Pushed IV fluids, now he's holding 100 systolic. 380 00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:35,961 Septic? 381 00:21:36,087 --> 00:21:37,963 No, it looks like he's bleeding into his liver. 382 00:21:38,089 --> 00:21:41,508 Varices. See it with chronic hep C all the time. 383 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:43,510 Biopsy's back. 384 00:21:43,844 --> 00:21:45,929 Two findings. Number one, 385 00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:48,890 lymphocytic infiltrate and no bridging fibrosis. 386 00:21:49,016 --> 00:21:52,143 Whatever's killing him is not hep C. It's acute. 387 00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:55,397 Who said that? I forget. 388 00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:59,275 What are you doing here? I told you you were off the case. 389 00:21:59,402 --> 00:22:04,239 Right. Your diabolic plan to convince the evil genius he's in the clear, 390 00:22:04,365 --> 00:22:06,992 so he'll let his guard down and make a fatal mistake. Sure. 391 00:22:07,118 --> 00:22:10,328 Well, it's clearly not gonna work now. 392 00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:12,288 What evil genius? 393 00:22:12,415 --> 00:22:15,542 If we knew that, we wouldn't need a diabolic plan, would we? 394 00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:18,503 House thinks someone ratted him out to Vogler. 395 00:22:18,629 --> 00:22:20,380 What, one of us? 396 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:23,216 No, you guys love me too much. 397 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:26,052 All right, look. If it's not the hep C, then what's the problem? 398 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:27,429 What's causing the liver failure? 399 00:22:27,555 --> 00:22:30,432 Finding number two, toxins. 400 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:32,684 No. He's only 30 years old, 401 00:22:32,810 --> 00:22:34,853 and his job doesn't expose him to heavy metals or environmental... 402 00:22:34,979 --> 00:22:37,105 He's a 30-year-old mobster. 403 00:22:37,231 --> 00:22:40,150 He doesn't have a job that results in accidental exposure to toxins. 404 00:22:40,276 --> 00:22:44,195 He has a job that results in intentional exposure to toxins. 405 00:22:47,742 --> 00:22:49,659 Someone's poisoned him. 406 00:23:07,053 --> 00:23:09,804 Whatever this toxin is, it's doing the job and fast. 407 00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:12,265 How long till we have the next round of test results? 408 00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:13,266 About four hours. 409 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:15,727 Too bad his liver's only gonna last another two. 410 00:23:15,853 --> 00:23:17,187 We're gonna have to get him a new one. 411 00:23:17,313 --> 00:23:19,564 What, in two hours? 412 00:23:23,819 --> 00:23:25,653 There is another way. 413 00:23:29,450 --> 00:23:31,201 Relax. It's kosher. 414 00:23:41,629 --> 00:23:43,463 This is so bizarre. 415 00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:44,589 Not really. 416 00:23:44,715 --> 00:23:48,510 We just take Joey's blood out of his body and run it through a pig. 417 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:53,348 The pig's liver does what Joey's can't. It cleans the blood. 418 00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:57,227 Which we send right back to him. 419 00:23:57,353 --> 00:23:59,187 And the pig makes him better? 420 00:23:59,313 --> 00:24:03,775 Nope. Just buys us some time to figure out what's poisoning your brother. 421 00:24:03,901 --> 00:24:07,070 Like nothing. Like you do this all the time. 422 00:24:07,196 --> 00:24:10,073 Oh, we've basically got a barn in the basement. 423 00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:19,249 Cross off hemlock. 424 00:24:20,251 --> 00:24:22,669 You thought he was being poisoned by hemlock? 425 00:24:22,795 --> 00:24:24,754 Dr. Euripides tell you to check for that? 426 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,799 It grows wild by the highways out here. 427 00:24:28,759 --> 00:24:31,386 So, how much do you like House? 428 00:24:33,222 --> 00:24:35,181 - Chase has a big mouth. - Yeah. 429 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:36,474 He's probably the one who ratted to Vogler. 430 00:24:36,684 --> 00:24:37,809 I don't think that he would... 431 00:24:37,935 --> 00:24:39,769 Does it hurt when you're with House? 432 00:24:39,895 --> 00:24:42,272 Little pain in the tummy, but it sort of feels good, too? 433 00:24:42,398 --> 00:24:44,232 I don't have the right to show interest in someone? 434 00:24:44,358 --> 00:24:45,817 You absolutely do. 435 00:24:45,943 --> 00:24:49,279 And I absolutely have the right to humiliate you for it. 436 00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:51,739 Anything? 437 00:24:51,866 --> 00:24:54,325 White blood count's low, probably a result of the illness. 438 00:24:54,451 --> 00:24:56,327 Nothing to connect to the liver. 439 00:24:56,453 --> 00:24:57,287 Is he a smoker? 440 00:24:57,413 --> 00:24:58,413 Let me check. 441 00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:07,422 Early signs of emphysema. He's been smoking at least a dozen years. 442 00:25:07,548 --> 00:25:09,090 Eighteen. You got that from the white count? 443 00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:11,509 Nope. Got that from the chest x-ray. 444 00:25:11,635 --> 00:25:14,304 White count just tells me he's quitting. 445 00:25:15,598 --> 00:25:17,056 Two weeks ago. 446 00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:29,235 How's your tummy? 447 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,614 Flat and taut. 448 00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:35,450 I've been on the job for 12 years. 449 00:25:35,576 --> 00:25:39,037 You put $3,000 in your wife's checking account this morning. 450 00:25:39,163 --> 00:25:40,288 I wanna know where it came from. 451 00:25:40,414 --> 00:25:41,664 I got a perfect record. 452 00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:44,667 Where did you get the money? 453 00:25:44,793 --> 00:25:47,045 Cancel the thumbscrews. I've got our culprit. 454 00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:49,547 - Who? - Not who, "Hu". 455 00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:50,965 Huh? 456 00:25:51,091 --> 00:25:52,592 Thanks for playing along. 457 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,804 Chai Hu. Chinese herb in his quit smoking candy. 458 00:25:56,972 --> 00:26:00,433 Reduces cravings. Also reduces his white blood count. 459 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:03,061 Oh, yeah. And he also took enough of them to poison himself. 460 00:26:03,187 --> 00:26:05,021 We'll keep him on the pig for a few more hours, 461 00:26:05,147 --> 00:26:08,024 and then take him off the candy. He'll be fine. 462 00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:10,485 Pig won't be. Oh, no. 463 00:26:23,540 --> 00:26:24,666 Hey. 464 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,837 Hey, feeling better? 465 00:26:29,964 --> 00:26:31,381 I'm famished. 466 00:26:32,341 --> 00:26:33,841 I think they got fish sticks on the menu. 467 00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:37,053 Oh, yeah. Makes me miss prison. 468 00:26:41,809 --> 00:26:44,310 So, the mobster's good to go? 469 00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:46,521 I'll keep him overnight, then let the Feds know 470 00:26:46,647 --> 00:26:48,690 he's good to rat out whoever he wants. 471 00:26:48,816 --> 00:26:49,941 Brother won't be happy. 472 00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:52,986 Maybe I have to give back the car. 473 00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:54,696 You should let Vogler tell the Feds. 474 00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:56,114 Why? 475 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,241 Because it matters to him. 476 00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:01,286 Because you humiliated him the first time Joey was released. 477 00:27:01,412 --> 00:27:02,996 You think you should still be in third there, ace? 478 00:27:03,122 --> 00:27:04,580 He humiliated himself. 479 00:27:04,707 --> 00:27:07,250 And because your job depends on the kind of mood Vogler's in 480 00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:09,544 at the end of his marathon with Cuddy. 481 00:27:10,212 --> 00:27:13,006 Seriously, man, have you ever actually driven an automobile before? 482 00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:14,299 There are four gears, you know? 483 00:27:14,425 --> 00:27:17,218 The '66 came with a "shut up" button. 484 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:41,701 I have a problem with the tests. I need... 485 00:27:44,121 --> 00:27:48,541 It is my medical opinion that the patient is healthy and can be released. 486 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:53,796 Thanks for letting us know. 487 00:27:58,302 --> 00:28:00,219 Get me the U.S. Attorney's office. 488 00:28:00,346 --> 00:28:03,348 I see you found out what we're meeting about. 489 00:28:03,474 --> 00:28:04,640 You're having a meeting? 490 00:28:04,767 --> 00:28:07,352 Well, whatever the reason, the coat looks good on you. 491 00:28:08,896 --> 00:28:11,981 Chai Hu lozenges cause this kind of liver failure? No way. 492 00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:14,442 Not by themselves. But in combination with the interferon 493 00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:16,194 it's like gas to a flame. 494 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:17,445 What interferon? 495 00:28:17,571 --> 00:28:20,114 - For the hep C. - What hep C? 496 00:28:20,574 --> 00:28:21,657 Oops. 497 00:28:21,784 --> 00:28:24,827 Is hiding a mobster's hep C that important? 498 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:27,080 (PAGER BEEPING) Is letting the Feds know everything that important? 499 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,207 You know what? You are a piece of work. Even now... 500 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:30,541 Ed. 501 00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:32,001 Edward. 502 00:28:32,127 --> 00:28:34,212 Joey's back in a coma. 503 00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:43,930 He's stable, but comatose. 504 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:45,890 Worse than before. He's on a ventilator. 505 00:28:46,016 --> 00:28:47,600 Question is, why? 506 00:28:49,478 --> 00:28:55,024 It's not his brain. It's not a toxin. Our friend Babe helped with that one. 507 00:28:55,150 --> 00:28:55,983 So, what else? 508 00:28:56,110 --> 00:28:57,151 Hep C. 509 00:28:57,778 --> 00:28:59,153 We never really treated it. 510 00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:01,656 We stopped the interferon when it started poisoning his liver. 511 00:29:01,907 --> 00:29:03,950 Am I gonna have to write a song about it? 512 00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:07,578 His chronic hep C was not bad enough to produce these symptoms. 513 00:29:07,704 --> 00:29:09,497 The estrogen level indicates it is. 514 00:29:09,623 --> 00:29:11,040 It indicates something else entirely. 515 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:12,625 We can't give him interferon now. 516 00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:15,253 There are still traces of the lozenges in his system. 517 00:29:15,379 --> 00:29:16,337 It'll just poison him again. 518 00:29:16,463 --> 00:29:17,422 Genetics. 519 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,507 We don't treat the virus, we change it. 520 00:29:19,633 --> 00:29:21,884 A non-nucleoside allosteric inhibitor. 521 00:29:22,010 --> 00:29:24,011 It's never been tried on a human being. It could kill him. 522 00:29:24,179 --> 00:29:26,180 What's the difference? He's dead without it. 523 00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:29,976 They're running a trial on dogs at St. Sebastian's out in Philadelphia. 524 00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:32,437 I'll make the call. 525 00:29:33,397 --> 00:29:36,691 What else could cause his estrogen level to be that high? 526 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:40,570 Nothing. 527 00:30:01,008 --> 00:30:02,800 We're gonna put the medicine in here. 528 00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:05,720 Don't want it to burn his veins when it goes in. 529 00:30:05,846 --> 00:30:08,055 And you have no idea if it'll work. 530 00:30:08,182 --> 00:30:10,099 It's shown promise in testing. 531 00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:28,826 Maybe there's nothing up there. I watched him like a hawk. 532 00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:32,455 Pretty sure you didn't. 533 00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:35,041 I didn't let him play with any more little toys. 534 00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:38,211 Thus forcing him to shove a big one up there. 535 00:30:40,214 --> 00:30:42,590 Stop, or I snap your nose off! 536 00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:56,270 (STUTTERING) He's not too smart. 537 00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:58,814 Genetics is a powerful force. 538 00:31:05,322 --> 00:31:08,324 On the other hand, maybe he's smarter than you think. 539 00:31:11,328 --> 00:31:12,453 What's going on? 540 00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:13,913 Just give me a second. 541 00:31:18,627 --> 00:31:21,212 Always wanted to use one of these. 542 00:31:28,053 --> 00:31:30,221 - Tilt his head back. - I don't know. I... 543 00:31:30,347 --> 00:31:32,348 Just tilt his head back. 544 00:31:46,071 --> 00:31:49,198 Nice grasp of concepts. Relationships. 545 00:31:49,324 --> 00:31:51,867 Very smart. Very cool. 546 00:31:51,994 --> 00:31:55,913 First the policeman, the fireman, then the fire truck. 547 00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:59,542 Your brother was sending in teams to save the cat. 548 00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:01,711 Wow. 549 00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:06,465 Sometimes, the simplest answer... 550 00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:49,800 What types of comas do you just snap out of? 551 00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:52,762 He's not snapping out of this one. He's not improving. 552 00:32:53,764 --> 00:32:56,807 You've crossed out estrogen. You got an explanation? 553 00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:59,602 Yes, I have. A very simple one. 554 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,271 And? 555 00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:04,231 It's private. 556 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:10,863 You think I'm the one running to Vogler. 557 00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:14,659 You're currently top of the list. 558 00:33:15,619 --> 00:33:17,161 Toxic comas. 559 00:33:17,287 --> 00:33:20,456 Person's away from the cause long enough, they recover. 560 00:33:20,582 --> 00:33:24,794 The Feds checked for poisons. We checked for poisons. I didn't do it. 561 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,462 It's not a poison then. 562 00:33:26,588 --> 00:33:27,672 An allergy. 563 00:33:29,758 --> 00:33:30,925 Did you hear me? 564 00:33:31,051 --> 00:33:32,677 What about a food sensitivity? 565 00:33:32,803 --> 00:33:34,387 All his food is strictly controlled. 566 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:37,264 There's no correlation between his meals and his condition. 567 00:33:37,391 --> 00:33:39,684 He had steak and potatoes before the first coma, 568 00:33:39,810 --> 00:33:43,646 and the hospital served fish sticks before the second one. 569 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:47,983 You can trust me. 570 00:33:50,946 --> 00:33:53,572 Problem is, if I can't trust you, 571 00:33:53,699 --> 00:33:56,325 I can't trust your statement that I can trust you. 572 00:33:56,451 --> 00:33:59,286 But thanks anyway. You've been a big help. 573 00:34:11,174 --> 00:34:12,925 So, where did you get the money? 574 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,051 What? 575 00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:16,220 Someone paid you off. 576 00:34:16,346 --> 00:34:18,389 What are you talking about? 577 00:34:18,515 --> 00:34:19,682 He wasn't poisoned. You told us that... 578 00:34:19,850 --> 00:34:24,812 Who's talking about poison? I'm talking about payoffs, graft. 579 00:34:24,938 --> 00:34:26,480 Leave him alone. 580 00:34:29,151 --> 00:34:31,736 You paid the marshal off. 581 00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:34,113 I didn't pay him to poison my brother. 582 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,991 No. It just worked out that way. 583 00:34:37,117 --> 00:34:39,910 I gave the guy some money to bring in some decent food. 584 00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:43,622 Better than fish sticks? I'm thinking steak. 585 00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:46,041 We asked for pasta, but those stupid Feds could care... 586 00:34:46,168 --> 00:34:49,253 He had steak before both comas. 587 00:34:49,379 --> 00:34:52,423 Your brother has Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency. 588 00:34:52,549 --> 00:34:55,050 Want me to write it down? 589 00:34:55,218 --> 00:34:59,221 Good, 'cause it takes a while. It's genetic, can present at any time. 590 00:34:59,347 --> 00:35:01,140 If the patient eats a large amount of protein, 591 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:02,808 especially if he's not used to it. 592 00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:04,059 What, that's it? 593 00:35:04,186 --> 00:35:06,604 He just stays off the red meat, and he's gonna be fine? 594 00:35:06,730 --> 00:35:09,857 Yes. If I'm right and we stop the current treatment, he gets better. 595 00:35:09,983 --> 00:35:13,736 If we stop the current treatment and I'm wrong, he dies. 596 00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:15,529 Why would you be wrong? 597 00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:17,198 His estrogen level. 598 00:35:17,324 --> 00:35:20,117 O.T.D. doesn't explain his estrogen level. 599 00:35:20,243 --> 00:35:23,704 But I have a theory. 600 00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:26,791 There is one chemical that, if ingested, 601 00:35:26,917 --> 00:35:30,503 can cause a person's estrogen level to increase dramatically. 602 00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:33,005 - What is it? - It's called estrogen. 603 00:35:34,549 --> 00:35:38,177 Joey's taking estrogen? What? He wants a sex change? 604 00:35:38,303 --> 00:35:42,807 No, nothing like that. It's called "Male Flame". 605 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:48,145 It's probably more consumer-friendly in the original Chinese. 606 00:35:48,271 --> 00:35:49,772 It's an herbal aphrodisiac 607 00:35:49,898 --> 00:35:51,690 - marketed to gay men. - Here we go. 608 00:35:51,817 --> 00:35:55,152 And it's sold on the same Web site that sells his Chai Hu lozenges. 609 00:35:55,278 --> 00:35:58,697 Guess what's in it? It starts with an "E". 610 00:35:58,824 --> 00:36:00,950 You wanna get hit, too? 611 00:36:01,076 --> 00:36:02,409 That would be quite a trick. 612 00:36:02,536 --> 00:36:05,746 He slapped me so hard, his brother turned straight. 613 00:36:05,872 --> 00:36:09,166 Joey's a big-time mobster. Guys like that don't get raped in prison. 614 00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:13,254 They get gifts. They get food, drugs, cigarettes. 615 00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:14,713 Cable TV. 616 00:36:18,301 --> 00:36:20,594 Joey is not gay. 617 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:23,514 Maybe not gay, but certainly delightful. 618 00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:28,853 You, on the other hand, hitting a doctor, even if it was only Chase, 619 00:36:28,979 --> 00:36:33,858 and asking another one to keep Joey's chart fresh and homo-free, 620 00:36:33,984 --> 00:36:35,609 that's a bit of an overreaction, wouldn't you say? 621 00:36:35,735 --> 00:36:38,070 It's almost like you're scared that it might be true. 622 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:39,572 You're wrong. 623 00:36:39,781 --> 00:36:41,156 Okay. 624 00:36:41,283 --> 00:36:43,617 Then don't stop the treatment. 625 00:36:45,996 --> 00:36:48,330 But if you're wrong, he dies. 626 00:37:16,985 --> 00:37:18,152 Okay. 627 00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:38,589 He never said anything to me about it, not once. 628 00:37:41,176 --> 00:37:46,472 That's what I love about you mob guys, so tolerant of others. 629 00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:48,933 So accepting. 630 00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:53,187 Only way he was coming out was way, way out. 631 00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:57,733 Lose the tattoos, change his name, move to another town. 632 00:37:57,859 --> 00:38:01,028 How's a guy like him gonna do that? 633 00:38:01,154 --> 00:38:02,655 Witness Protection. 634 00:38:03,531 --> 00:38:06,075 It's not just for witnesses anymore. 635 00:38:06,201 --> 00:38:09,119 You can go in now, sit with him if you want. 636 00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:31,058 How much longer? 637 00:38:31,434 --> 00:38:32,935 It's only been three hours. 638 00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:33,978 If it's the O.T.D... 639 00:38:34,104 --> 00:38:36,230 If it's the O.T.D? 640 00:38:36,356 --> 00:38:38,273 What if House is wrong, huh? 641 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,567 That severe a reaction, it'll take some time... 642 00:38:40,694 --> 00:38:43,070 He makes these assumptions about people, talks you into things. 643 00:38:43,196 --> 00:38:45,072 Mr. Arnello. 644 00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:47,992 He's awake. He wants to see you. 645 00:38:56,209 --> 00:38:58,043 You look like crap. 646 00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:01,630 That's a joke. See? I'm sick. I said you look like... 647 00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:04,383 You have no idea what I just went through out there. 648 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:08,804 You kept getting worse. 649 00:39:08,930 --> 00:39:11,098 And Dr. House kept saying all this crap. 650 00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:15,102 You know, if I think you're normal, 651 00:39:15,228 --> 00:39:16,687 then he's gonna keep giving you the medicine. 652 00:39:16,813 --> 00:39:17,730 If you weren't... 653 00:39:17,939 --> 00:39:19,231 Weren't what? 654 00:39:22,152 --> 00:39:23,360 Normal? 655 00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:26,905 Yeah. 656 00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:31,285 He said you were a fag. 657 00:39:33,246 --> 00:39:36,582 Witness Protection, that's your big chance to be one. 658 00:39:39,252 --> 00:39:40,544 You believed him? 659 00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:43,297 I don't know what to believe. You were sick. 660 00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,719 I had to make a decision. I thought you were gonna die. 661 00:39:55,435 --> 00:39:57,770 You believed him. 662 00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:00,022 He stopped the medicine. 663 00:40:01,107 --> 00:40:02,524 Here I am. 664 00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:12,201 I wanted to talk to you about this. 665 00:40:12,327 --> 00:40:13,952 There's nothing to talk about. 666 00:40:20,585 --> 00:40:26,090 You ordered some Chinese Internet health crap, 667 00:40:27,634 --> 00:40:30,803 and they sent the wrong pills, and you took them. 668 00:40:32,972 --> 00:40:35,390 Yeah, yeah. That... 669 00:40:37,227 --> 00:40:38,977 That must be it. 670 00:40:51,991 --> 00:40:53,909 You wanna testify? 671 00:40:55,829 --> 00:40:57,704 Go ahead. 672 00:40:57,831 --> 00:41:00,958 I told the doc. He said it's okay. 673 00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:03,043 I don't expect you to understand. 674 00:41:03,169 --> 00:41:04,711 I don't. 675 00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:12,177 All I need to know is you're my brother, Joey. 676 00:41:14,097 --> 00:41:19,434 If you think this thing, whatever, is gonna make you happy, 677 00:41:24,065 --> 00:41:25,983 then I think you should do it. 678 00:41:30,155 --> 00:41:31,613 You should. 679 00:41:40,915 --> 00:41:43,250 Vogler wants to fire you. 680 00:41:44,085 --> 00:41:45,919 Lose the whole department. 681 00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:49,965 Good thing you fought for me though, right? 682 00:41:50,258 --> 00:41:53,510 Dress was a nice move, but you gotta follow it up. 683 00:41:53,636 --> 00:41:55,637 Nasty weekend in Vegas. 684 00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:59,016 Something that shows off your real administrative skills. 685 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:01,393 He threatened to fire me. 686 00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:08,150 I'm sorry. 687 00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:14,907 So, how long do I have? I've got a lot of personal stuff to pack up. 688 00:42:15,033 --> 00:42:16,950 And I assume you're gonna want to throw a party. 689 00:42:17,076 --> 00:42:18,827 I told him I know where the bodies are buried. 690 00:42:18,953 --> 00:42:20,662 The stuff he needs to know that's not in the books. 691 00:42:20,788 --> 00:42:23,332 I told him he can't ditch me. 692 00:42:23,458 --> 00:42:26,376 He's only keeping you on because you know the secret handshakes. 693 00:42:26,502 --> 00:42:28,629 He's a quick study. Six months, he'll have the moves down. 694 00:42:28,755 --> 00:42:30,672 - He won't need you anymore. - I'll deal with that then. 695 00:42:31,758 --> 00:42:33,300 - So I stay. - Yes. 696 00:42:35,303 --> 00:42:38,805 But some things are going to change. 697 00:42:38,932 --> 00:42:41,934 Profits. New world order. 698 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:43,518 Everything's about profits. 699 00:42:43,645 --> 00:42:45,020 Yeah, that's real new. 700 00:42:45,188 --> 00:42:47,522 You could rent out the Corvette every once in a while 701 00:42:47,649 --> 00:42:48,941 or lend it to a friend. 702 00:42:49,067 --> 00:42:51,568 That would be easy, and it would be wrong. 703 00:42:51,694 --> 00:42:53,528 But Cuddy stood up for you. 704 00:42:54,030 --> 00:42:55,614 To a point. 705 00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:57,366 To what point? 706 00:42:57,492 --> 00:43:02,579 I gotta do six more clinic hours a month. So do two of them. 707 00:43:02,705 --> 00:43:04,248 Why only two? 708 00:43:05,333 --> 00:43:07,417 'Cause one of them's gone. 709 00:43:08,670 --> 00:43:10,545 I gotta fire somebody. 710 00:43:27,230 --> 00:43:28,814 Good morning.