1 00:00:08,450 --> 00:00:11,191 And the only thing wrong... 2 00:00:11,295 --> 00:00:15,129 the only thing wrong with the American dream is people. 3 00:00:15,279 --> 00:00:20,297 Too many people. Too many of us telling young people that the dream is dead. 4 00:00:20,496 --> 00:00:25,299 They told me that when I was growing up in the slums of Trenton, and they were wrong. 5 00:00:25,642 --> 00:00:27,980 They told me that when I decided to run for Senator 6 00:00:28,133 --> 00:00:32,302 with only $58 in my savings account and they were wrong! 7 00:00:32,368 --> 00:00:36,362 And they are still telling me that now, that I don't have a chance: 8 00:00:36,485 --> 00:00:39,517 because I'm black, because I don't have the right nose, 9 00:00:39,559 --> 00:00:43,388 because I still have only $58 in my savings account. 10 00:00:52,297 --> 00:00:57,323 With your help, we can keep that dream alive. 11 00:01:00,626 --> 00:01:02,620 And in closing... 12 00:01:11,293 --> 00:01:16,950 just... let me say... 13 00:01:17,016 --> 00:01:24,606 Let ME say that you should all donate the legal maximum to the next President of the United States! 14 00:01:28,279 --> 00:01:30,037 Are you okay, do you need some water or something? 15 00:01:30,079 --> 00:01:32,338 No, no, I'm fine, I'm fine, really. 16 00:01:35,946 --> 00:01:38,858 A handsome guy like you, I bet you get 70% of the women. 17 00:01:38,882 --> 00:01:39,960 Heh, here's hoping. 18 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,226 Of course, it helps your wife died of cancer. 19 00:01:42,877 --> 00:01:45,258 I mean, I'm sorry, but the sympathy vote's in your pocket. 20 00:01:45,258 --> 00:01:47,483 Yeah, I appreciate your support. 21 00:01:47,818 --> 00:01:51,153 Listen, Senator, my union has a hell of a war chest. 22 00:01:53,684 --> 00:01:57,639 Um, I've always been strong on the union. 23 00:01:57,639 --> 00:02:03,514 The thing is, you always go on in your speeches about the workers in Indonesia, Cambodia, Timbuktu... 24 00:02:03,556 --> 00:02:06,746 Because I think we have... a moral, uh... 25 00:02:06,788 --> 00:02:08,394 My union members are hurting. 26 00:02:08,436 --> 00:02:11,801 They don't care about moral this or moral that. Are you all right? 27 00:02:12,396 --> 00:02:13,280 Senator? 28 00:02:13,786 --> 00:02:14,482 Hey! 29 00:02:14,552 --> 00:02:16,003 The guys are gonna love that. 30 00:02:20,955 --> 00:02:25,360 Tell him to breathe! Give him some room! 31 00:02:25,418 --> 00:02:26,579 Senator, are you all right? 32 00:02:28,797 --> 00:02:33,274 1X17: ROLE MODEL 33 00:02:55,292 --> 00:02:58,719 Original Airdate on FOX: April 12, 2005 34 00:03:00,712 --> 00:03:04,183 The Senator's suffering from nausea, headache, and mental confusion. 35 00:03:04,225 --> 00:03:07,652 Yeah, bad sushi is so hard to diagnose. 36 00:03:09,003 --> 00:03:10,453 You're being childish. 37 00:03:11,669 --> 00:03:15,393 Look, if his case is as trivial as you think it'll take you three minutes to diagnose him. 38 00:03:15,435 --> 00:03:19,440 Uh huh, three minutes that I could spend sitting on the toilet with the funny pages. 39 00:03:20,226 --> 00:03:21,463 You're mad at me. 40 00:03:21,729 --> 00:03:25,279 Nope. I never liked Cameron or Foreman. 41 00:03:25,705 --> 00:03:27,559 Do you know why I'm forcing you to fire one of them? 42 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:31,275 Because you need to prove to me that you're a team player. Now, if you did that, 43 00:03:31,513 --> 00:03:33,446 you wouldn't need to go through this exercise. 44 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,417 Fine. I'll hold the Senator's hair while he upchucks. 45 00:03:37,531 --> 00:03:39,153 Oh, and by the way, 46 00:03:39,777 --> 00:03:43,648 I need you to give a speech at the National Cardiology Conference. Next week. 47 00:03:43,767 --> 00:03:45,886 I don't do speeches. I'm shy. 48 00:03:45,953 --> 00:03:49,880 Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals has developed a new ACE inhibitor. 49 00:03:50,234 --> 00:03:53,733 I would like you to extol the virtues of this breakthrough medication. 50 00:03:54,098 --> 00:03:56,272 Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals... 51 00:03:56,515 --> 00:03:58,568 wait a second, don't I own that company? 52 00:03:59,022 --> 00:04:00,769 Oh, no, that's right, you do. 53 00:04:00,871 --> 00:04:05,006 Viopril is a significant improvement over the old version. 54 00:04:05,632 --> 00:04:06,719 All there in study. 55 00:04:06,761 --> 00:04:09,656 I know its price tag is significantly improved. 56 00:04:09,872 --> 00:04:16,247 You can either give one ten minute talk and one three minute diagnosis or you can fire one of your pets. 57 00:04:19,327 --> 00:04:22,664 My understanding was that you believed in rationality above all else. 58 00:04:30,922 --> 00:04:32,533 Viopril... 59 00:04:33,908 --> 00:04:36,157 I appreciate your keeping the media way. 60 00:04:36,294 --> 00:04:38,108 We're keeping your staff away as well. 61 00:04:38,870 --> 00:04:39,723 You're taking it easy, now. 62 00:04:39,765 --> 00:04:40,916 I'm in the middle of a campaign. 63 00:04:40,958 --> 00:04:43,991 The fast we can get you better, the faster you can get out of here. 64 00:04:44,538 --> 00:04:46,269 Anyone else at the fundraiser get sick? 65 00:04:46,534 --> 00:04:48,349 I don't think so. And I don't think that's it, 66 00:04:48,391 --> 00:04:50,851 I've been under the weather for weeks, you know. 67 00:04:50,893 --> 00:04:53,929 Lots of traveling, supposed to be in the Sudan next week. 68 00:04:53,971 --> 00:04:56,174 Ho! 69 00:04:58,858 --> 00:05:00,544 Helps me concentrate. 70 00:05:01,081 --> 00:05:03,006 Even better than drugs. 71 00:05:04,330 --> 00:05:05,839 Open your mouth, please. 72 00:05:07,516 --> 00:05:09,595 Ahhhh. 73 00:05:10,473 --> 00:05:11,855 That's quite a scar. 74 00:05:11,885 --> 00:05:15,288 When I was six, I fell off the swings and bit my tongue. 75 00:05:15,354 --> 00:05:17,016 Couldn't talk right for the longest time. 76 00:05:17,059 --> 00:05:18,798 Lots of teasing. 77 00:05:18,849 --> 00:05:22,905 But, you know, it just made me fight harder, speak up for those who can't. 78 00:05:22,947 --> 00:05:27,357 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tongues heal too fast. 79 00:05:27,549 --> 00:05:30,640 Your political consultants have written you a nice story. 80 00:05:30,743 --> 00:05:33,705 In a tight race the lispers alone could put you over the top. 81 00:05:33,853 --> 00:05:37,310 You a Republican, or you just hate all politicians? 82 00:05:37,436 --> 00:05:40,323 I just find being forced to sit through drivel annoying. 83 00:05:40,407 --> 00:05:43,559 You find sincerity annoying. 84 00:05:43,829 --> 00:05:48,825 You're a black kid from the ghetto who made it to Yale Law and the United States Senate. 85 00:05:48,909 --> 00:05:52,699 That's a sufficiently mythical story, you don't need to lie about your tongue. 86 00:05:56,318 --> 00:05:57,665 Must have missed it. 87 00:06:02,044 --> 00:06:02,977 What's wrong? 88 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:11,446 What is it? 89 00:06:11,683 --> 00:06:13,804 It's not the food. It's your brain. 90 00:06:13,985 --> 00:06:16,114 Get an MRI and a lumbar puncture. 91 00:06:16,156 --> 00:06:18,250 Cancel your travel plans. 92 00:06:27,239 --> 00:06:31,016 The LP showed no sign of infection and the MRI was fairly clean. 93 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,048 I guess we can tell him he's fairly healthy and can go home. 94 00:06:35,048 --> 00:06:38,683 Well, there is something in Broca's area, but it's small, low intensity. 95 00:06:38,725 --> 00:06:40,529 Most likely just background nose. 96 00:06:40,571 --> 00:06:42,229 Care to bet your job on that? 97 00:06:43,647 --> 00:06:44,794 What was that? 98 00:06:44,860 --> 00:06:45,832 What was what? 99 00:06:45,946 --> 00:06:47,041 You got annoyed. 100 00:06:47,084 --> 00:06:49,267 That was clearly an annoyed face. 101 00:06:49,309 --> 00:06:51,586 I get annoyed by glib remarks about our futures. 102 00:06:51,628 --> 00:06:55,137 But last week you didn't get annoyed, you made poopie in your pants. 103 00:06:55,805 --> 00:06:59,218 It's weird, it's almost like now you know you have nothing to worry about. 104 00:06:59,779 --> 00:07:01,598 Chase has nothing to worry about? 105 00:07:01,710 --> 00:07:03,837 None of you has anything to worry about. 106 00:07:04,218 --> 00:07:05,403 What happened? 107 00:07:06,311 --> 00:07:10,141 Vogler saw the error of his ways and repented. 108 00:07:10,454 --> 00:07:11,699 The lesion could be nothing. 109 00:07:11,792 --> 00:07:14,421 It could also be a brain tumor or infection. 110 00:07:14,505 --> 00:07:16,401 There's only one way to find out which. 111 00:07:16,836 --> 00:07:18,462 You wanna cut into his brain. 112 00:07:18,486 --> 00:07:19,720 Dangerous, I know. 113 00:07:19,763 --> 00:07:22,723 Especially as he's a politician, his brain's all twisted. 114 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:25,732 But I weighed that against the risk of him stroking out before lunch. 115 00:07:25,732 --> 00:07:27,559 Call surgery, get it scheduled. 116 00:07:37,607 --> 00:07:39,073 You're not pregnant. 117 00:07:39,719 --> 00:07:41,345 Well, I told you that. 118 00:07:42,134 --> 00:07:44,603 But there's gotta be some other reason I'm still spotting. 119 00:07:44,603 --> 00:07:47,451 Sure. You were pregnant. 120 00:07:47,890 --> 00:07:50,472 Based on your hormone levels, you had a miscarriage. 121 00:07:50,514 --> 00:07:52,331 I haven't even been on a date. 122 00:07:52,331 --> 00:07:56,732 Right, since it's physically impossible to have sex without someone buying you dinner. 123 00:07:56,774 --> 00:08:00,281 I haven't had sex since I split up with my husband. 124 00:08:00,323 --> 00:08:01,700 That was almost a year ago. 125 00:08:01,949 --> 00:08:06,565 Fine, have it your way. Immaculate conception. 126 00:08:06,611 --> 00:08:08,443 Um, what do I do? 127 00:08:09,299 --> 00:08:10,385 Well, it's obvious. 128 00:08:11,612 --> 00:08:13,089 Start a religion. 129 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,565 In my office. 130 00:08:22,283 --> 00:08:25,954 Afternoon delight. She just loves the hard wood. 131 00:08:27,417 --> 00:08:31,645 You're not doing a brain biopsy based on a spot on a MRI. 132 00:08:32,672 --> 00:08:33,508 Where'd you get that? 133 00:08:33,592 --> 00:08:35,528 Not on an United States Senator. 134 00:08:35,835 --> 00:08:38,701 Oh, just so I'm clear, if he was a janitor, that would be okay. 135 00:08:38,743 --> 00:08:39,290 Do you have a list? 136 00:08:39,332 --> 00:08:42,799 A brain biopsy can cause permanent neurological damage. 137 00:08:42,841 --> 00:08:46,694 Uh huh, whereas tumors are really good for brains, make 'em grow big and strong. 138 00:08:46,990 --> 00:08:48,116 It's my call. 139 00:08:48,290 --> 00:08:49,275 No, it's not. 140 00:08:49,469 --> 00:08:51,903 You're pulling rank on patient care? 141 00:08:52,234 --> 00:08:53,706 It's not my call, either. 142 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:55,235 It's up to you. 143 00:08:55,319 --> 00:08:58,790 Either it's a tumor or it's an infection that the lumbar puncture didn't pick up. 144 00:08:58,832 --> 00:09:01,137 Either way, if we don't treat it immediately, it could kill you. 145 00:09:01,179 --> 00:09:04,278 Or it could be nothing. Reading brain MRIs is not an exact science. 146 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,216 W-what caused my s-symptoms? 147 00:09:06,315 --> 00:09:09,158 Wow, excellent question. Many doctors wouldn't have gone there. 148 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,510 It could be a transient ischemic attack. 149 00:09:11,552 --> 00:09:15,829 You could make the argument for watching carefully for the time being. 150 00:09:15,871 --> 00:09:19,415 Mmm, but you'd only make that argument if you were an administrator covering your own ass. 151 00:09:19,457 --> 00:09:21,073 That's absurd, and insulting. 152 00:09:21,115 --> 00:09:22,116 Insulting, yes. 153 00:09:22,158 --> 00:09:23,552 W-what will the voters think? 154 00:09:24,550 --> 00:09:28,063 If they find out I've had a b-brain biopsy? 155 00:09:30,187 --> 00:09:35,343 This could leave you b-b-b-b-brain damaged, and you're worried about NASCAR dads? 156 00:09:54,499 --> 00:09:55,884 It's not a brain tumor. 157 00:09:55,999 --> 00:09:58,462 It's not a bacterial infection, either. 158 00:09:58,654 --> 00:10:01,369 So you biopsied his brain for nothing. 159 00:10:01,610 --> 00:10:06,732 If that were true, would Dr. Wilson's mouth be contorted into that ugly little shape? 160 00:10:08,222 --> 00:10:10,257 It's toxoplasmosis. 161 00:10:11,347 --> 00:10:12,417 You sure? 162 00:10:13,570 --> 00:10:16,866 Which means the Great Black Hope has full-blown AIDS. 163 00:10:20,075 --> 00:10:22,167 They're gonna love that in Dubuque. 164 00:10:23,902 --> 00:10:30,551 Toxoplasmosis is a fairly common fungus you can get from eating undercooked meat or touching cat feces. 165 00:10:30,677 --> 00:10:36,513 In rare cases the fungi travel up the blood stream and into the brain causing a lesion or inflammation. 166 00:10:37,321 --> 00:10:39,796 So, what's the prognosis? 167 00:10:42,292 --> 00:10:45,140 Toxo usually responds to treatment, 168 00:10:45,183 --> 00:10:49,942 but it only causes a lesion in your brain if your immune system is extremely weak to begin with. 169 00:10:53,131 --> 00:10:55,118 Senator, I'm afraid you have AIDS. 170 00:10:59,926 --> 00:11:00,922 - As I'm sure... - No! 171 00:11:00,964 --> 00:11:03,917 As I'm sure you know, people with HIV can live a long time. 172 00:11:03,959 --> 00:11:05,571 What else could do this to me? 173 00:11:06,494 --> 00:11:08,219 Theoretically, certain cancers... 174 00:11:08,261 --> 00:11:11,000 If you have toxo in your brain, you have AIDS. 175 00:11:12,659 --> 00:11:16,269 I do not have AIDS. 176 00:11:16,311 --> 00:11:23,485 I don't sh-sh-shoot up drugs, I don't sl-sleep with... 177 00:11:23,949 --> 00:11:26,773 This is very bad news. I get that, and I sympathize. 178 00:11:26,815 --> 00:11:31,498 But we've gotta speed through the denial phase because you need antiretrovirals and you need them fast. 179 00:11:34,594 --> 00:11:39,062 But... you haven't even tested me for HIV! 180 00:11:39,136 --> 00:11:40,056 We will. 181 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:44,720 But the toxo drugs are going to piss off your fungi, and when fungi get pissed... 182 00:11:46,782 --> 00:11:49,079 I am not gonna take the pills. 183 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,396 You're afraid word will leak out. 184 00:11:52,592 --> 00:11:55,069 Trust me, you're not going to be President either way. 185 00:11:55,277 --> 00:11:57,734 They don't call it the White House because of the paint job. 186 00:11:59,575 --> 00:12:00,689 Here's what you're gonna do. 187 00:12:01,283 --> 00:12:06,025 You're going to give me the drugs for the toxo only. 188 00:12:06,378 --> 00:12:10,240 You are going to test me for HIV under a false name. 189 00:12:10,282 --> 00:12:15,326 You are going to test me for cancer and anything else that could have done this to me. 190 00:12:15,752 --> 00:12:19,426 If I have cancer, I will deal with it. 191 00:12:21,873 --> 00:12:27,053 But I do not have AIDS. 192 00:12:29,719 --> 00:12:36,732 "Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals are pleased to announce that Dr. Gregory House will present the latest research on their exciting new ACE inhibitor." 193 00:12:38,751 --> 00:12:40,718 You're making that up. That's Vogler's company. 194 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:41,832 Press release. 195 00:12:42,182 --> 00:12:45,037 Doing an address at the North American Cardiology Conference. 196 00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:50,128 House never gives speeches. 197 00:12:50,128 --> 00:12:52,317 But when I really believe in something... 198 00:12:52,317 --> 00:12:55,459 Gosh dang it, I've got a chance to make a difference here. 199 00:12:55,916 --> 00:12:57,479 You made a deal with Vogler? 200 00:12:58,489 --> 00:13:01,582 It's all the rage. Everybody's doing it. 201 00:13:02,364 --> 00:13:03,837 So, what's the deal? 202 00:13:04,103 --> 00:13:06,870 You get to keep all of us if you flog his products? 203 00:13:06,912 --> 00:13:08,880 One speech, no biggie. 204 00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:12,586 Foreman's doing a bone marrow biopsy to check for cancer. 205 00:13:12,972 --> 00:13:15,092 Cancer? The Senator's got AIDS. 206 00:13:15,255 --> 00:13:17,304 Cancer sounds better on a press release. 207 00:13:17,423 --> 00:13:20,162 I need you guys to rush the ELISA test for HIV. 208 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:24,050 Thank you. For the speech. 209 00:13:24,159 --> 00:13:29,090 When I said rush, I meant, you know, fast. Stat's the word you doctors use, right? 210 00:13:29,132 --> 00:13:29,978 I know it's hard for you... 211 00:13:30,020 --> 00:13:31,190 Double stat? 212 00:13:36,283 --> 00:13:37,739 This may sting a little. 213 00:13:39,856 --> 00:13:40,661 Sorry. 214 00:13:42,057 --> 00:13:46,756 It wasn't the shot, it's, um, my head, it's killing me. 215 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:49,239 You know, Senator, we don't have to do this now. 216 00:13:49,499 --> 00:13:51,533 We can wait until your HIV test comes back. 217 00:13:52,694 --> 00:13:54,918 Guess you figure it's gonna come back positive. 218 00:13:55,702 --> 00:13:56,492 Well, in my experience... 219 00:13:56,534 --> 00:13:57,852 Patients lie. 220 00:13:57,853 --> 00:14:01,316 Politicians lie more. And black politicians... 221 00:14:01,358 --> 00:14:04,902 Whoa, I don't think black politicians lie more than white politicians. 222 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:06,333 We lie less. 223 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,564 You figure we're morally superior? 224 00:14:08,606 --> 00:14:10,959 I've got my theories. 225 00:14:12,286 --> 00:14:15,907 No, we, we just can't get away with it. 226 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:22,165 No one's gonna gi-give us the benefit of the doubt. 227 00:14:22,981 --> 00:14:25,331 No one's gonna cut us a second chance. And, 228 00:14:25,756 --> 00:14:30,530 and when it happens it's not just a bad politician, it's, it's, 229 00:14:30,572 --> 00:14:39,391 it's a bad role model, it's a dis-discredit to the race. 230 00:14:49,888 --> 00:14:51,079 You ready? 231 00:14:52,198 --> 00:14:55,205 Yeah, yeah. 232 00:14:57,030 --> 00:14:58,560 Take a deep breath. 233 00:15:09,479 --> 00:15:11,638 Dr. House. I just wanted to... 234 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:12,986 You're welcome, again. 235 00:15:12,986 --> 00:15:14,026 I want you to know how much I... 236 00:15:14,068 --> 00:15:16,017 Got it. You're grateful. 237 00:15:16,426 --> 00:15:19,173 Apparently you seem to think it'll mean a lot to me to know that. 238 00:15:19,499 --> 00:15:21,281 Do you know why people believe in God? 239 00:15:22,345 --> 00:15:23,360 I thought you didn't believe in God. 240 00:15:23,402 --> 00:15:24,393 I don't. 241 00:15:25,310 --> 00:15:27,354 Well, then you better be making a very good point. 242 00:15:27,420 --> 00:15:30,514 Do you think they pray to Him and praise Him because they want Him to know how great He is? 243 00:15:30,984 --> 00:15:32,214 God already knows that. 244 00:15:33,882 --> 00:15:36,043 Are you comparing me to God? 245 00:15:36,753 --> 00:15:39,867 I mean, that's great, but just so you know, I've never made a tree. 246 00:15:41,454 --> 00:15:45,108 I thank you because it means something to me. 247 00:15:46,516 --> 00:15:48,252 To be grateful for what I receive. 248 00:15:54,586 --> 00:15:57,701 You are the most naive atheist I've ever met. 249 00:15:57,788 --> 00:16:00,243 Dr. House, you have a patient in Room One. 250 00:16:00,643 --> 00:16:01,878 Thank God. 251 00:16:04,368 --> 00:16:08,792 People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs. 252 00:16:11,815 --> 00:16:13,551 I'm not gonna crush you. 253 00:16:18,655 --> 00:16:21,119 Petechial bruising? I don't know if I'm pronouncing that right. 254 00:16:21,161 --> 00:16:23,852 Gosh, the internet is such a wonderful tool. 255 00:16:23,894 --> 00:16:25,480 It could be leukemia. 256 00:16:25,644 --> 00:16:26,950 Definitely possible. 257 00:16:27,435 --> 00:16:29,937 The more likely diagnosis is hickey. 258 00:16:29,979 --> 00:16:31,791 Well, it can't be a hickey. 259 00:16:32,573 --> 00:16:35,338 Why is everybody so ashamed of sex all of a sudden? 260 00:16:35,422 --> 00:16:37,275 I'm not having sex. 261 00:16:37,617 --> 00:16:40,163 I've barely even thought about sex since my marriage. 262 00:16:40,205 --> 00:16:40,747 Ow! 263 00:16:40,789 --> 00:16:42,993 I say you're having sex, you say you're not. 264 00:16:43,035 --> 00:16:45,697 Either you're lying, or I'm wrong. 265 00:16:46,318 --> 00:16:48,096 Or there's some middle ground. 266 00:16:48,180 --> 00:16:49,684 You mean like oral? 267 00:16:49,726 --> 00:16:52,178 I mean you're having sex without knowing it. 268 00:16:52,489 --> 00:16:55,245 I'm testing you for booze, drugs and GHB. 269 00:16:55,291 --> 00:16:58,245 I don't drink, and... what's GHB? 270 00:16:58,575 --> 00:17:00,082 The date rape drug. 271 00:17:19,093 --> 00:17:20,373 It's positive. 272 00:17:33,948 --> 00:17:35,879 Your T-cell count is eight, 273 00:17:37,142 --> 00:17:39,283 which means there's a good chance you'll die. 274 00:17:41,008 --> 00:17:45,055 I'm telling you this because we need to contact your sexual partners. 275 00:17:45,877 --> 00:17:47,499 I've only had two girlfriends. 276 00:17:47,693 --> 00:17:53,923 Two, after my wife died. I used c-c-condoms. 277 00:17:54,287 --> 00:17:58,993 You know the chances of you getting HIV from heterosexual sex with a condom? 278 00:17:59,524 --> 00:18:00,345 Yes. 279 00:18:00,982 --> 00:18:02,948 Some day there will be a black president. 280 00:18:03,065 --> 00:18:05,366 Some day there will be a gay president. 281 00:18:05,486 --> 00:18:07,509 Maybe there will even be a gay, black president. 282 00:18:07,551 --> 00:18:12,659 But one combination I do not see happening is gay, black, and dead. 283 00:18:14,035 --> 00:18:15,455 You need to stop lying to me. 284 00:18:15,497 --> 00:18:19,315 It must be miserable, always assuming the worst in people. 285 00:18:19,357 --> 00:18:21,147 Oh, cut the crap, you're dying. 286 00:18:21,189 --> 00:18:24,353 You're clever, you're witty, and you are a coward! 287 00:18:24,618 --> 00:18:26,221 You're scared of taking chances. 288 00:18:26,443 --> 00:18:29,417 I take chances all the time, it's one of my worst qualities. 289 00:18:29,459 --> 00:18:30,572 On people? 290 00:18:34,689 --> 00:18:37,620 Wanting to believe the best about people doesn't make it true. 291 00:18:37,662 --> 00:18:39,403 Being afraid to believe it doesn't make it false. 292 00:18:39,445 --> 00:18:41,639 Well, that's very moving. It's a shame I don't vote. 293 00:18:42,867 --> 00:18:46,013 This is who I am. I believe in people. 294 00:18:46,079 --> 00:18:49,330 I'm not hiply cynical and I don't make easy, snide remarks. 295 00:18:49,330 --> 00:18:54,173 I would rather think that people are good and be disappointed once and again. 296 00:19:11,381 --> 00:19:13,384 I need to draw some more blood. 297 00:19:47,142 --> 00:19:48,757 NURSE! 298 00:19:48,778 --> 00:19:50,853 The antiretrovirals aren't working. 299 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:52,965 That's not surprising. 300 00:19:54,999 --> 00:19:57,232 He's just going to keep getting worse. You realize that, right? 301 00:19:57,274 --> 00:19:59,340 Why are you spying on my case? 302 00:19:59,709 --> 00:20:01,862 Why are you giving that speech next week? 303 00:20:01,904 --> 00:20:03,459 We're both just doing what we have to do. 304 00:20:03,459 --> 00:20:04,979 And you don't see a problem with that? 305 00:20:05,785 --> 00:20:07,143 Checking in on a patient? 306 00:20:07,337 --> 00:20:09,877 Yeah, wow, how do I look myself in the mirror? 307 00:20:09,910 --> 00:20:12,795 You're not the one being asked to perpetrate a fraud on the American people. 308 00:20:12,795 --> 00:20:14,023 It's a ten minute speech! 309 00:20:14,023 --> 00:20:15,338 That I've been ordered to give. 310 00:20:15,338 --> 00:20:16,688 Vogler's drug works! 311 00:20:16,688 --> 00:20:17,660 Don't care. 312 00:20:17,660 --> 00:20:19,810 Oh, why do you have to make everything so dramatic? 313 00:20:20,170 --> 00:20:22,731 Because I'm a very high-strung little lapdog. 314 00:20:23,293 --> 00:20:27,916 Ruff ruff ruff, rarr, ruff! 315 00:20:34,452 --> 00:20:36,422 Nuh uh. No pills. 316 00:20:36,555 --> 00:20:38,221 What's going on? 317 00:20:39,354 --> 00:20:41,969 The antiretrovirals aren't working. 318 00:20:41,969 --> 00:20:42,769 Why not? 319 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,066 Because you don't have AIDS. 320 00:20:48,803 --> 00:20:51,060 The first test was a false positive. 321 00:20:51,260 --> 00:20:53,688 Happens one time in every five thousand. 322 00:20:53,759 --> 00:20:56,199 You r-ran a second test. 323 00:20:56,387 --> 00:20:57,587 Yeah. 324 00:21:00,377 --> 00:21:01,795 You're still dying. 325 00:21:04,554 --> 00:21:06,782 The only difference is now we don't know why. 326 00:21:17,541 --> 00:21:23,009 He's continuing to lose control of the muscles on his right side, his brain is getting foggier, and his T-cells are in the single digits. 327 00:21:23,051 --> 00:21:24,325 Why are we doing this here? 328 00:21:24,349 --> 00:21:25,954 So Cuddy can't find us. 329 00:21:26,417 --> 00:21:30,295 Unless we find out the underlying disease, this guy's lied to his last constituent. 330 00:21:30,361 --> 00:21:32,325 False negative on the PCR AIDS test? 331 00:21:32,362 --> 00:21:33,511 Ran it twice. 332 00:21:34,219 --> 00:21:35,708 Immunoglobulin deficiency? 333 00:21:35,708 --> 00:21:37,250 No history of respiratory problems. 334 00:21:37,292 --> 00:21:38,991 Ideopathic T-cell deficiency. 335 00:21:39,153 --> 00:21:43,112 Ideopathic, from the Latin meaning we're idiots 'cause we can't figure out what's causing it. 336 00:21:46,118 --> 00:21:47,158 Give him a whole body scan. 337 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:48,586 You hate whole body scans. 338 00:21:48,628 --> 00:21:49,756 'Cause they're useless. 339 00:21:50,234 --> 00:21:54,360 Could probably scan everyone of us and find five different doodads that look like cancer. 340 00:21:54,402 --> 00:21:59,483 But, when you're 4th-down, 100 to go, in the snow, you don't call a running play up the middle. 341 00:21:59,483 --> 00:22:00,817 Unless you're the Jets. 342 00:22:03,293 --> 00:22:05,184 I hate sports metaphors. 343 00:22:05,437 --> 00:22:07,519 Why did you order the second AIDS test? 344 00:22:07,656 --> 00:22:08,829 Standard procedure. 345 00:22:08,871 --> 00:22:11,532 Oh, well, that's you. Mr. Standard Procedure. 346 00:22:11,532 --> 00:22:13,726 You suspected the first test was a false positive? 347 00:22:13,768 --> 00:22:17,579 I knew he was going to Africa and I figured he was vaccinated for Hep A and B. 348 00:22:17,621 --> 00:22:19,073 That could cause a false positive. 349 00:22:19,115 --> 00:22:22,118 Yeah, but you knew that before you ordered the first test. What changed? 350 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,365 I should have ordered both. 351 00:22:24,665 --> 00:22:28,854 You were sure he had AIDS, then you talked to him, then you had doubts. 352 00:22:29,146 --> 00:22:30,566 What, what did he say? 353 00:22:31,163 --> 00:22:34,424 He said he had not engaged in any risky behavior. 354 00:22:35,156 --> 00:22:37,226 Huh. And you believed him. 355 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:39,352 Well, he didn't have any reason to lie... 356 00:22:39,394 --> 00:22:42,521 Everybody lies, except politicians? 357 00:22:42,830 --> 00:22:45,396 House, I do believe you're a romantic. 358 00:22:45,580 --> 00:22:48,271 You just didn't believe him, you believed in him. 359 00:22:48,340 --> 00:22:50,864 Do you want to come over tonight and watch old movies and cry? 360 00:22:52,276 --> 00:22:54,156 Dr. Cameron's getting to you. 361 00:22:54,282 --> 00:22:57,374 Well, I guess you can't be around that much niceness and not get any one you. 362 00:22:57,416 --> 00:22:58,797 Is that why you haven't put the moves on her? 363 00:22:58,839 --> 00:23:00,698 What makes you think I haven't put the moves on her? 364 00:23:04,342 --> 00:23:08,260 Oh. Oh, boy! You're in trouble. 365 00:23:18,370 --> 00:23:21,070 You have restored my faith in the human race. 366 00:23:22,785 --> 00:23:23,556 You're lying. 367 00:23:23,682 --> 00:23:25,971 No, I'm not lying. 368 00:23:26,013 --> 00:23:29,476 I just got your results back. No GHB, no nothing. 369 00:23:29,823 --> 00:23:32,391 It means you're having sex, and you're lying about it. 370 00:23:32,433 --> 00:23:35,827 No, and I have a new symptom. 371 00:23:36,032 --> 00:23:38,819 I have a rash on my butt. 372 00:23:41,089 --> 00:23:41,930 Do you want to... 373 00:23:51,011 --> 00:23:52,330 What is it? 374 00:23:52,711 --> 00:23:54,066 It's a carpet burn. 375 00:23:54,378 --> 00:23:58,640 No! It can't be! Doctor, I love sex. 376 00:23:58,808 --> 00:24:02,084 I miss it. I haven't had any in over a year. 377 00:24:02,971 --> 00:24:04,901 Well, you managed to keep this appointment, 378 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:07,575 so you have no short-term memory problem. 379 00:24:07,665 --> 00:24:09,058 Multiple personalities? 380 00:24:09,385 --> 00:24:11,352 Do you find yourself losing chunks of time? 381 00:24:11,405 --> 00:24:13,432 Do you wake up and you don't remember falling asleep? 382 00:24:13,702 --> 00:24:16,907 No, I just wake up really exhausted. 383 00:24:16,949 --> 00:24:18,211 Is something upsetting you? 384 00:24:19,170 --> 00:24:19,938 No. 385 00:24:22,528 --> 00:24:25,270 My ex lives in the apartment downstairs. 386 00:24:25,354 --> 00:24:26,705 He's always calling me, 387 00:24:26,917 --> 00:24:29,870 always wanting to get back together, complaining about mixed signals. 388 00:24:30,044 --> 00:24:33,075 Get out of my life, how much clearer can you get? 389 00:24:34,524 --> 00:24:36,708 We have a sleep lab in the basement. 390 00:24:37,979 --> 00:24:41,017 If nothing else, it'll get you away from your ex for a night. 391 00:24:55,779 --> 00:24:58,111 Slightly enlarged lymph node in his left armpit. 392 00:24:58,153 --> 00:24:59,457 How slightly? 393 00:24:59,499 --> 00:25:00,190 Quarter mil. 394 00:25:00,386 --> 00:25:01,347 Lymphoma? 395 00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:05,070 Sure, or he's had a cold in the last six months. 396 00:25:05,112 --> 00:25:06,882 What, you've got her on speed dial? 397 00:25:07,226 --> 00:25:09,521 I just follow the scent of arrogance. 398 00:25:09,563 --> 00:25:11,459 Another slightly enlarged node over here. 399 00:25:11,543 --> 00:25:14,067 Two more in his neck and one in his groin. 400 00:25:14,375 --> 00:25:16,142 And there's a cyst in his liver. 401 00:25:16,368 --> 00:25:18,598 Looks complex. Central necrosis? 402 00:25:18,661 --> 00:25:20,861 Spontaneous bleeding, it's benign. 403 00:25:21,029 --> 00:25:24,786 I was rooting for a really cool tumor, instead we're stuck with this crap. 404 00:25:24,828 --> 00:25:27,399 Doesn't matter. Once you find 'em, ou've gotta check 'em. 405 00:25:27,503 --> 00:25:29,172 Well, knock yourselves out. 406 00:25:30,651 --> 00:25:33,030 I just saw Senator Wright, he looks like hell. 407 00:25:33,411 --> 00:25:35,679 That sushi must have been a lot worse than you thought. 408 00:25:36,795 --> 00:25:40,110 Mr. Vogler, would you like a free whole body scan? 409 00:25:40,188 --> 00:25:43,310 A man of your stature should get himself checked at least three times a year. 410 00:25:43,898 --> 00:25:46,074 Here's a few key points I want you to cover during your speech. 411 00:25:49,164 --> 00:25:53,480 Fourteen pages. The audience will be comatose by paragraph two. 412 00:25:54,265 --> 00:25:55,531 Throw in a joke. 413 00:26:00,473 --> 00:26:03,627 Dr. Chase. We need to talk. 414 00:26:06,321 --> 00:26:07,798 How do you see this ending? 415 00:26:08,449 --> 00:26:09,291 What ending? 416 00:26:09,787 --> 00:26:12,105 I can't fire you, so you have no reason to fear me, 417 00:26:12,147 --> 00:26:14,028 and therefore no reason to lie to me. 418 00:26:14,988 --> 00:26:18,714 You told Cuddy where I was. You told Vogler what I was doing. 419 00:26:24,489 --> 00:26:25,409 Yeah. 420 00:26:26,444 --> 00:26:28,130 So how can I work with you? 421 00:26:29,742 --> 00:26:32,844 Well, you don't have a choice. 422 00:26:36,283 --> 00:26:37,695 This might hurt a little. 423 00:26:38,159 --> 00:26:39,719 Lie to me. 424 00:26:41,215 --> 00:26:44,391 Okay. It'll, uh, feel like a gentle massage. 425 00:26:44,798 --> 00:26:54,035 House is a lousy teacher. You can't lie for beans. 426 00:26:54,157 --> 00:26:55,750 Have you ever told any really big ones? 427 00:26:55,792 --> 00:26:59,702 Oh, ho, I might be messed up, 428 00:26:59,850 --> 00:27:02,834 but I'm not that out of it, no no no no no... 429 00:27:04,674 --> 00:27:05,744 Strap his arm down. 430 00:27:15,067 --> 00:27:16,962 Am I gonna be okay? 431 00:27:18,700 --> 00:27:19,883 I hope so. 432 00:27:26,852 --> 00:27:29,004 I am selling my soul. 433 00:27:29,436 --> 00:27:30,634 Just a little piece. 434 00:27:31,362 --> 00:27:33,241 And you are getting something in return. 435 00:27:33,307 --> 00:27:36,463 I said I was selling it. I didn't say I was giving it away. 436 00:27:36,941 --> 00:27:41,627 That would be immoral, and stupid. All they've done is added antacid. 437 00:27:41,669 --> 00:27:42,520 Does it work? 438 00:27:42,562 --> 00:27:43,434 That's not the point! 439 00:27:43,434 --> 00:27:44,810 Well, of course it's the point! 440 00:27:45,031 --> 00:27:48,234 He's not asking you to lie, he's not asking you to do something illegal... 441 00:27:48,276 --> 00:27:49,999 He's not asking me to do anything. 442 00:27:50,041 --> 00:27:51,195 He's not ordering you. 443 00:27:51,383 --> 00:27:53,545 He gave you a choice. You chose your staff. 444 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:56,500 I know this isn't easy for you. 445 00:27:56,650 --> 00:27:59,655 You'll suffer. Vicodin sales in Jersey will triple. 446 00:27:59,919 --> 00:28:01,720 But you are doing a good thing. 447 00:28:08,663 --> 00:28:11,501 Only you could feel like crap for doing something good. 448 00:28:13,198 --> 00:28:17,077 Kidney and liver cysts are both benign, and lymph nodes all came back clean. 449 00:28:17,077 --> 00:28:20,264 His left armpit node has antibodies for CB 11. 450 00:28:20,306 --> 00:28:22,160 Well, not enough to indicate lymphoma. 451 00:28:22,381 --> 00:28:24,613 We never tested for hairy-cell leukemia. 452 00:28:24,696 --> 00:28:27,537 No, but we would have picked it up somewhere besides one lymph node. 453 00:28:27,579 --> 00:28:29,357 And his spleen isn't enlarged. 454 00:28:30,113 --> 00:28:31,725 Size isn't everything. 455 00:28:31,984 --> 00:28:34,813 The spleen is the mother load for hairy-cells. 456 00:28:37,497 --> 00:28:38,232 Let's cut it open. 457 00:28:38,274 --> 00:28:40,472 You can't biopsy his spleen. It'll bleed like... 458 00:28:40,514 --> 00:28:44,719 In the Senator's condition, a spleen biopsy could easily cause sepsis and kill him! 459 00:28:44,719 --> 00:28:46,176 Why do you do this to me? 460 00:28:47,052 --> 00:28:50,291 Now, if I kill him, I can't tell the judge I had no idea of the risks involved. 461 00:28:50,291 --> 00:28:53,874 His brain's turning into mush, and he's at risk for more infections, so we have to do it. 462 00:28:54,023 --> 00:28:55,909 See, that'll sound much better in court. 463 00:28:56,295 --> 00:28:59,908 Okay, go tell our human pincushion we'll be sticking him one more time. 464 00:29:02,571 --> 00:29:03,303 Cuddy. 465 00:29:05,922 --> 00:29:07,340 Don't you hate doing this? 466 00:29:09,169 --> 00:29:10,242 Yeah. 467 00:29:25,696 --> 00:29:26,602 What's up? 468 00:29:30,482 --> 00:29:31,983 You like me. 469 00:29:35,943 --> 00:29:36,663 Why? 470 00:29:39,477 --> 00:29:41,505 That's kind of a sad question. 471 00:29:44,226 --> 00:29:46,562 Just trying to figure out what makes you tick. 472 00:29:46,875 --> 00:29:51,544 I am not warm and fuzzy and you are basically a stuffed animal made by grandma. 473 00:29:51,568 --> 00:29:53,306 I don't think that's why you're asking. 474 00:29:54,814 --> 00:29:56,731 I think it's because of the speech. 475 00:29:56,773 --> 00:29:58,306 Oh God, don't try and pick me apart. 476 00:29:58,348 --> 00:30:00,002 Then why are you asking? 477 00:30:01,696 --> 00:30:03,436 What do you want to hear? 478 00:30:23,457 --> 00:30:27,601 Hey, Senator. We need to do one more biopsy, on your spleen. 479 00:30:29,511 --> 00:30:33,968 I'll have to sign lefty, my fingers aren't working. 480 00:30:40,364 --> 00:30:44,117 You've been coughing a lot? Does it hurt? 481 00:30:44,201 --> 00:30:51,315 It's like I can't get air. Is that from the toxo? 482 00:30:51,748 --> 00:30:55,986 No, this is, this is new. 483 00:30:57,565 --> 00:31:00,500 You don't need to sign, we can't do the biopsy. 484 00:31:07,549 --> 00:31:10,100 The Senator's breathing is severely impaired. 485 00:31:10,142 --> 00:31:11,951 His O2 stat levels are at 89. 486 00:31:11,993 --> 00:31:15,188 His silver stain indicates pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. 487 00:31:15,272 --> 00:31:18,277 Another killer fungus. It's consistent with hairy-cell leukemia. 488 00:31:18,319 --> 00:31:21,586 But we can't biopsy his spleen. Respiratory distress? 489 00:31:21,610 --> 00:31:24,329 His platelets are 20 and dropping, his blood won't clot worth a damn. 490 00:31:24,413 --> 00:31:26,240 There's gotta be another way to diagnose hairy-cell. 491 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,381 No, his bone marrow's indeterminate, spleen's the only way to go. 492 00:31:29,423 --> 00:31:32,741 You know, when the Inuit go fishing, they don't look for fish. 493 00:31:39,514 --> 00:31:41,558 Why, Dr. House? 494 00:31:42,195 --> 00:31:43,970 They look for the blue heron, 495 00:31:44,940 --> 00:31:46,696 because there's no way to see the fish. 496 00:31:46,804 --> 00:31:49,201 But if there's fish, there's gonna be birds fishing. 497 00:31:49,285 --> 00:31:52,871 Now, if he's got hairy-cell, what else are we gonna see circling overhead? 498 00:31:52,955 --> 00:31:55,110 He should have all sorts of weird viruses. 499 00:31:55,152 --> 00:31:56,850 HTLV and ATLV. 500 00:31:56,916 --> 00:31:59,690 We can test for them. Run the titers. 501 00:32:01,811 --> 00:32:04,516 These were your brain waves at 2:45 AM. 502 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,165 Now, here it comes, there's an abrupt jump from slow-wave sleep. 503 00:32:09,682 --> 00:32:12,111 This indicates partial sleep arousal. 504 00:32:12,461 --> 00:32:14,441 The most common type is somnambulism... 505 00:32:14,441 --> 00:32:15,564 sleepwalking. 506 00:32:15,732 --> 00:32:18,479 That would explain why I'm so tired when I wake up. 507 00:32:18,521 --> 00:32:21,183 Yes, and also why you were pregnant. 508 00:32:21,983 --> 00:32:24,940 And the hickies. And the carpet burn. 509 00:32:24,982 --> 00:32:27,593 I had sex in my sleep? 510 00:32:27,635 --> 00:32:30,429 Sexsomnia is a documented disorder. 511 00:32:31,509 --> 00:32:33,117 You said your ex lives downstairs... 512 00:32:33,159 --> 00:32:34,196 I'll kill him. 513 00:32:34,442 --> 00:32:37,935 Okay, but he probably didn't know that you were asleep. 514 00:32:37,977 --> 00:32:40,163 Sexsomniacs can act pretty normal. 515 00:32:40,289 --> 00:32:43,632 I'm going to write you a prescription for a low-dose antidepressant. 516 00:32:43,674 --> 00:32:45,130 It'll let you sleep better. 517 00:32:45,471 --> 00:32:49,889 If you want to save yourself the $15 co-pay, you can have sex while you're awake. 518 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:52,160 He's my ex, I... 519 00:32:52,202 --> 00:32:53,459 You live in the same building, 520 00:32:53,603 --> 00:32:55,564 you haven't had sex with anyone else for a year, 521 00:32:55,854 --> 00:32:57,820 you sleepwalk right into his arms. 522 00:32:57,862 --> 00:33:00,853 Call me crazy, but I'm sensing unresolved issues. 523 00:33:05,442 --> 00:33:07,519 Negative for HTLV-1 and 2 524 00:33:07,615 --> 00:33:11,432 and Negative for ATLV and everything else. It's not hairy-cell. 525 00:33:13,161 --> 00:33:16,394 Hey. You really gonna give that speech? 526 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,728 You've got an opinion, too? 527 00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:20,332 I'm a little surprised. 528 00:33:20,591 --> 00:33:24,626 Frankly, I thought you were too much of a self-absorbed ass to do this for us. 529 00:33:24,812 --> 00:33:28,616 You're welcome. He's positive for Epstein-Barr. 530 00:33:29,419 --> 00:33:32,380 So what? It doesn't point to hairy-cell, it's irrelevant. 531 00:33:43,669 --> 00:33:46,287 Hey! 532 00:33:47,172 --> 00:33:49,549 You didn't fall off the swings when you were eight. 533 00:33:51,911 --> 00:33:52,565 Six! 534 00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:53,561 Ever. 535 00:33:55,449 --> 00:33:56,259 Give that back! 536 00:33:56,343 --> 00:33:58,348 Uh uh. We have to talk. 537 00:33:58,691 --> 00:34:02,658 You had an epileptic seizure. That's how you bit your tongue. 538 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:06,528 I haven't had a seizure since I was... 539 00:34:06,570 --> 00:34:08,986 What medication did you take? 540 00:34:09,455 --> 00:34:17,702 No seizure since I was six. No drugs since I was ten! 541 00:34:17,744 --> 00:34:19,126 Yeah, that's it. 542 00:34:19,252 --> 00:34:21,005 Don't worry about what the question is, 543 00:34:21,048 --> 00:34:24,727 don't worry that you're starting to feel dizzy, just stay on message. 544 00:34:28,787 --> 00:34:37,184 My mother used to call it physofin... 545 00:34:37,310 --> 00:34:38,930 - Phenytoin? - Yeah! 546 00:34:43,013 --> 00:34:44,759 Okay, okay, you're okay, 547 00:34:46,830 --> 00:34:47,888 it's okay. 548 00:34:52,186 --> 00:34:54,139 Everybody lies. 549 00:34:55,369 --> 00:35:00,288 Senator Gary H. Wright of New Jersey had childhood epilepsy. 550 00:35:00,713 --> 00:35:02,046 He took phenytoin. 551 00:35:02,214 --> 00:35:07,845 That drug, with the Epstein-Barr virus, is associated with common variable immunodeficiency disease. 552 00:35:07,887 --> 00:35:11,992 T-cells down, B-cells down, it keeps you from forming enough antibodies. 553 00:35:12,034 --> 00:35:14,796 See, antibodies are basically your defensive line. 554 00:35:15,566 --> 00:35:18,309 And your brain is like the quarterback. 555 00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:22,991 And then the fungi are like blitzing linebackers, plunging up the middle. 556 00:35:23,033 --> 00:35:27,608 Your lungs are like... okay, you've got two quarterbacks... 557 00:35:27,650 --> 00:35:32,317 CVID? That's a type of immunoglobulin deficiency. I said that. 558 00:35:32,359 --> 00:35:35,216 Yeah, well, it was a stupid idea when you said it. 559 00:35:35,402 --> 00:35:39,023 Then he got the respiratory problem and tested positive for Epstein-Barr. 560 00:35:39,065 --> 00:35:40,863 That's pretty much a childhood disease. 561 00:35:40,905 --> 00:35:43,526 Another reason why Chase's suggestion was idiotic. 562 00:35:43,715 --> 00:35:45,100 He got it when he was a kid. 563 00:35:45,121 --> 00:35:47,200 Didn't get any symptoms until now, it happens. 564 00:35:47,387 --> 00:35:51,307 It gets triggered by stress, like public speaking. 565 00:35:51,447 --> 00:35:56,420 So you're basing your diagnosis on a disease that's relatively common and a drug he took thirty years ago. 566 00:35:56,966 --> 00:35:59,739 Start the senator on IV immunoglobulin stat. 567 00:35:59,781 --> 00:36:02,205 If he gets better, I'm right, if he dies, you're right. 568 00:36:40,939 --> 00:36:41,913 Dr. House! 569 00:36:48,476 --> 00:36:49,288 You faked that. 570 00:36:49,354 --> 00:36:50,143 No. 571 00:36:51,652 --> 00:36:53,149 Say "antiretroviral". 572 00:36:53,191 --> 00:36:54,226 Antiretroviral. 573 00:36:54,226 --> 00:36:56,098 Now say it three times fast. 574 00:36:56,403 --> 00:36:58,434 We just got back your latest blood results. 575 00:36:58,576 --> 00:37:00,983 Your white cells are up, your T-cells are back over 100. 576 00:37:01,025 --> 00:37:02,658 Well, that's good, right? 577 00:37:02,745 --> 00:37:04,771 In a week? That's terrific. 578 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:07,140 You'll need medication for the rest of your life, but 579 00:37:07,182 --> 00:37:09,367 other than that, you're fine. 580 00:37:09,643 --> 00:37:11,113 Am I well enough to run for president? 581 00:37:11,197 --> 00:37:12,966 Well, why not run for pope while you're at it? 582 00:37:13,008 --> 00:37:16,557 Oh, come on. Kennedy had Addison's, FDR had polio. 583 00:37:16,599 --> 00:37:18,230 Two of the best presidents in the last hundred years... 584 00:37:18,230 --> 00:37:20,302 If they were running today they wouldn't stand a chance. 585 00:37:21,053 --> 00:37:23,929 So, you figure you'd be Surgeon General if you didn't have the limp. 586 00:37:25,504 --> 00:37:31,857 No, there's things I can't do, and like you said, I have to live with reality. 587 00:37:31,857 --> 00:37:32,584 Well, 588 00:37:33,348 --> 00:37:33,930 then I'm running. 589 00:37:34,123 --> 00:37:35,110 Good for you. 590 00:37:35,271 --> 00:37:40,150 No, don't get excited, he's right, I, uh, I won't win. 591 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:42,022 Then why run? 592 00:37:45,352 --> 00:37:50,956 Oh, I see, your point being the only way to make a difference is to win every fight. 593 00:37:56,725 --> 00:37:58,139 But hey, why listen to me? 594 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,523 I own the company, I'm certainly not to be trusted, right? 595 00:38:04,418 --> 00:38:07,794 Dr. Gregg House, on the other hand, has a reputation. 596 00:38:08,298 --> 00:38:11,753 For integrity, among other things. 597 00:38:12,822 --> 00:38:14,406 Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Gregg House. 598 00:38:33,782 --> 00:38:39,596 Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals' extraordinary commitment to research excellence is exemplified by their new ACE inhibitor, 599 00:38:39,596 --> 00:38:43,283 a breakthrough medical approach that will protect millions from heart disease. 600 00:38:54,714 --> 00:38:56,168 [quietly, yet deadly] That's not a speech. 601 00:38:57,619 --> 00:38:58,821 I thought it was pithy. 602 00:38:59,358 --> 00:39:01,580 You got enough for a press release, anyhow. 603 00:39:02,013 --> 00:39:04,389 Foreman or Cameron? 604 00:39:14,870 --> 00:39:17,091 A few things I forgot to mention. 605 00:39:18,505 --> 00:39:21,725 Ed Vogler is a brilliant businessman. 606 00:39:21,767 --> 00:39:26,459 A brilliant judge of people, and a man who has never lost a fight. 607 00:39:29,521 --> 00:39:32,505 You know how I know the new ACE inhibitor is good? 608 00:39:33,485 --> 00:39:35,208 Because the old one was good. 609 00:39:35,324 --> 00:39:38,619 The new one is really the same, it's just more expensive. 610 00:39:39,269 --> 00:39:40,804 A lot more expensive. 611 00:39:41,530 --> 00:39:44,416 See, that's another example of Ed's brilliance. 612 00:39:44,445 --> 00:39:51,942 Whenever one of his drugs is about to lose its patent he has his boys and girls alter it just a tiny bit and patent it all over again. 613 00:39:52,008 --> 00:39:57,670 Making not just a pointless new pill, but millions and millions of dollars. 614 00:39:57,694 --> 00:39:59,595 Which is good for everbody, right? 615 00:39:59,691 --> 00:40:04,010 The patients, pish. Who cares, they're just so damn sick! 616 00:40:05,231 --> 00:40:07,459 God obviously never liked them anyway. 617 00:40:08,449 --> 00:40:12,504 All the healthy people in the room, let's have a big round of applause for Ed Vogler! 618 00:40:24,426 --> 00:40:26,030 I threw in a joke. 619 00:41:20,792 --> 00:41:21,885 I'm sorry. 620 00:41:24,131 --> 00:41:27,185 I should have taken a couple of extra Vicodin and just held my nose. 621 00:41:27,444 --> 00:41:30,023 I'm guessing you did take a couple extra Vicodin. 622 00:41:30,358 --> 00:41:31,229 True. 623 00:41:35,262 --> 00:41:37,490 You don't need to worry about firing anyone. 624 00:41:38,416 --> 00:41:39,721 I'm leaving. 625 00:41:41,481 --> 00:41:42,517 Why? 626 00:41:47,757 --> 00:41:51,496 Is this another noble, self-sacrificing gesture? 627 00:41:52,818 --> 00:41:53,980 You trying to protect Foreman? 628 00:41:53,980 --> 00:41:54,965 No. 629 00:41:55,049 --> 00:41:58,016 So this is just, "Don't fire me, I quit." 630 00:41:58,617 --> 00:42:00,278 I'm protecting myself. 631 00:42:04,865 --> 00:42:07,665 You asked me why I like you. 632 00:42:08,543 --> 00:42:11,472 You're abrasive and rude, 633 00:42:12,865 --> 00:42:16,683 but I figured everything you do, you do it to help people. 634 00:42:18,906 --> 00:42:20,066 But I was wrong. 635 00:42:22,798 --> 00:42:25,010 You do it because it's right. 636 00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:50,239 There are only two ways I can deal with things. 637 00:42:51,437 --> 00:42:53,511 One is in my control. 638 00:42:57,043 --> 00:42:58,959 That's to leave. 639 00:43:05,155 --> 00:43:07,576 Goodbye, House.