1 00:00:18,425 --> 00:00:19,504 Mark. Mark! 2 00:00:20,648 --> 00:00:23,698 Mark, would you please ask your father if he wants a burger? 3 00:00:23,862 --> 00:00:25,422 I know, you're defending the free world. 4 00:00:25,423 --> 00:00:27,523 Please ask your dad if he wants a burger. 5 00:00:27,526 --> 00:00:28,476 Dad. 6 00:00:30,245 --> 00:00:31,195 Dad. 7 00:00:32,093 --> 00:00:34,093 Mom wants to know if you want a burger. 8 00:00:38,275 --> 00:00:40,375 Mom, I don't know what he wants. You ask. 9 00:00:47,282 --> 00:00:48,232 You want a burger? 10 00:01:34,515 --> 00:01:38,510 ydy.com - Synchro: jh26 11 00:02:48,353 --> 00:02:50,956 The guy drove his wheelchair into a pool. House would love that. 12 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:54,400 He'll be bored. It's a great visual, but it's diagnostically boring. 13 00:02:54,656 --> 00:02:57,316 What about post-hair-transplant aphasia guy? 14 00:02:57,569 --> 00:03:00,400 Infection throwing clots. House'll shoot it down and call you an idiot. 15 00:03:00,406 --> 00:03:02,000 Oh, well, I wouldn't want that. 16 00:03:02,027 --> 00:03:04,321 - What about yoga girl? - It has a good hook. 17 00:03:04,576 --> 00:03:05,770 Should we lead with it? 18 00:03:06,536 --> 00:03:09,851 His first day back he might want to flex his sarcasm muscle. 19 00:03:10,366 --> 00:03:12,662 Maybe we open with one of the weaker pitches. 20 00:03:16,745 --> 00:03:17,731 You ran here? 21 00:03:19,296 --> 00:03:20,440 It's just eight miles. 22 00:03:21,056 --> 00:03:22,000 Why did you— 23 00:03:22,166 --> 00:03:25,661 Why does a dog lick its workplace- acceptable euphemism for testicles? 24 00:03:25,857 --> 00:03:26,801 Because he can. 25 00:03:27,237 --> 00:03:28,621 What do you got for me, boss? 26 00:03:28,627 --> 00:03:31,243 I thought you said you needed eight weeks of rehab. 27 00:03:31,248 --> 00:03:32,511 You should've been back here— 28 00:03:32,516 --> 00:03:35,262 if I'd come back sooner, then I'd only be able to run six miles. 29 00:03:35,276 --> 00:03:36,723 I never would've made it in. 30 00:03:36,896 --> 00:03:37,822 What do you got for me? 31 00:03:37,827 --> 00:03:39,270 You're completely pain-free? 32 00:03:39,495 --> 00:03:40,972 The ketamine treatment can wear off. 33 00:03:40,975 --> 00:03:42,973 It's been two months. It's not wearing off. 34 00:03:42,975 --> 00:03:44,012 What do you got for me? 35 00:03:44,016 --> 00:03:46,772 - It can take as long as— - Why are we having this discussion? 36 00:03:46,775 --> 00:03:48,182 You wanna hear me thank you again? 37 00:03:48,188 --> 00:03:50,612 Thank you, Dr. Cuddy— not just for removing the bullet, but 38 00:03:50,625 --> 00:03:53,773 thank you for putting me in a ketamine- induced coma and changing my life. 39 00:03:53,787 --> 00:03:54,743 Happy? I am. 40 00:03:55,497 --> 00:03:58,302 Middle-aged man had a hair transplant about two months ago— 41 00:03:58,306 --> 00:04:00,450 Infection throwing clots. You're an idiot. 42 00:04:02,836 --> 00:04:04,230 Except you're not an idiot. 43 00:04:06,106 --> 00:04:08,650 And she's holding a file for a 26-year-old female. 44 00:04:09,346 --> 00:04:10,890 What do you really got for me? 45 00:04:11,528 --> 00:04:13,860 Girl was doing an inverted yoga pose. 46 00:04:13,867 --> 00:04:15,852 Neck snapped. Paralyzed from the neck down. 47 00:04:16,086 --> 00:04:19,292 Except the x-rays show no evidence of spinal injury. 48 00:04:20,767 --> 00:04:21,713 And she's cute. 49 00:04:23,237 --> 00:04:24,313 Well played, sir. 50 00:04:29,036 --> 00:04:31,982 What about Stephen Hawking trying to do the 500 butterfly? 51 00:04:32,076 --> 00:04:34,852 Forget it. Brain cancer, brain surgery. 52 00:04:35,297 --> 00:04:38,391 There's nothing left to diagnose. I would take the other one. 53 00:04:38,997 --> 00:04:39,992 I'll take 'em both. 54 00:04:47,147 --> 00:04:48,993 You don't think he had brain cancer? 55 00:04:49,097 --> 00:04:50,491 Course he had brain cancer. 56 00:04:50,665 --> 00:04:53,101 Even oncologists don't screw up for eight years. 57 00:04:53,105 --> 00:04:56,273 So if there's no diagnostic issue, why are you taking the case? 58 00:04:56,277 --> 00:04:57,652 Treatment can be interesting. 59 00:04:57,657 --> 00:04:59,133 - Not to you. - I've changed. 60 00:04:59,138 --> 00:05:00,550 - No, you haven't. - No, I haven't. 61 00:05:00,575 --> 00:05:03,581 - So why are you taking the case? - Guy tried to kill himself. 62 00:05:03,658 --> 00:05:05,110 The guy had cancer. He's a lump. 63 00:05:05,117 --> 00:05:08,010 He hasn't been able to touch his wife, speak to his kids. 64 00:05:08,145 --> 00:05:10,122 He's been in that chair for eight years. 65 00:05:10,127 --> 00:05:12,870 His muscles have atrophied. Maybe I can help him with the pain. 66 00:05:12,887 --> 00:05:14,792 Isn't that enough of a reason to want to help? 67 00:05:14,797 --> 00:05:15,741 Not for you. 68 00:05:15,978 --> 00:05:17,630 - I've changed. - No, you haven't. 69 00:05:18,045 --> 00:05:19,642 Then why am I taking this case? 70 00:05:27,508 --> 00:05:29,403 Let's start with the cute paraplegic. 71 00:05:29,495 --> 00:05:30,441 Welcome back. 72 00:05:30,855 --> 00:05:31,801 You look— 73 00:05:32,067 --> 00:05:33,011 healthy. 74 00:05:38,435 --> 00:05:41,023 Quad with no broken neck. Struck me as odd. 75 00:05:43,407 --> 00:05:46,403 You could take a whole two minutes to ease into being back. 76 00:05:46,706 --> 00:05:48,992 Wouldn't taken a whole month to ease back. But eight weeks 77 00:05:48,998 --> 00:05:52,012 is the maximum rehab time for a gunshot wound to the stomach and neck. 78 00:05:52,026 --> 00:05:52,971 So go. 79 00:05:53,227 --> 00:05:55,733 We heard they never found the guy. There's no new leads? 80 00:05:55,738 --> 00:05:57,880 What, you think he might've shot this patient, too? 81 00:05:57,885 --> 00:06:00,012 - That would explain her symptoms. - Could be M. S. 82 00:06:00,015 --> 00:06:01,411 See? It's not so difficult. 83 00:06:01,837 --> 00:06:02,782 It's not M. S. 84 00:06:03,278 --> 00:06:05,971 She had no symptoms before she climbed onto her head. 85 00:06:06,028 --> 00:06:09,233 Unless she's been upside-down for the last ten years, M. S. ain't it. 86 00:06:09,235 --> 00:06:12,461 Could be transverse myelitis, swelling in the disks choking off nerve function. 87 00:06:12,467 --> 00:06:13,813 MRI was negative for that. 88 00:06:18,917 --> 00:06:21,533 Your leg looks fine. Totally pain free? 89 00:06:21,906 --> 00:06:25,301 When did this turn into "What did you do over your summer vacation? 90 00:06:25,517 --> 00:06:28,413 "It's a little weird to discuss the case while you're staring 91 00:06:28,416 --> 00:06:29,783 at your blood on the floor. 92 00:06:29,785 --> 00:06:31,631 I asked Cuddy to replace the carpet. 93 00:06:34,065 --> 00:06:35,013 I like the carpet. 94 00:06:37,046 --> 00:06:38,692 What did you do over the summer? 95 00:06:38,737 --> 00:06:39,783 - I— - Redo the tests. 96 00:06:39,896 --> 00:06:43,892 Let's see if the source of the problem is in the limbs or the spine. Do an EMG. 97 00:06:47,698 --> 00:06:49,340 Got a whole other quad to cover. 98 00:06:49,646 --> 00:06:51,732 This guy's still got fluid in his lungs. 99 00:06:51,736 --> 00:06:53,630 You don't think that's from the pool he drank? 100 00:06:53,638 --> 00:06:56,433 Get him an O² mask. His leg muscles have atrophied. 101 00:06:56,775 --> 00:06:59,660 Tendons have shortened from disuse, causing intense pain. 102 00:07:00,475 --> 00:07:02,823 Tendon surgery will make him more comfortable. 103 00:07:03,885 --> 00:07:04,832 Comfortable? 104 00:07:07,457 --> 00:07:08,403 Scoot. 105 00:07:13,655 --> 00:07:14,802 Thanks for being here. 106 00:07:16,528 --> 00:07:17,472 Not a problem. 107 00:07:26,048 --> 00:07:27,542 My dad wouldn't kill himself. 108 00:07:27,645 --> 00:07:29,701 You haven't spoken to him in over six years. 109 00:07:29,708 --> 00:07:32,402 - I know my dad. - Mark, the doctor's just trying to— 110 00:07:32,417 --> 00:07:33,713 He wouldn't kill himself. 111 00:07:33,966 --> 00:07:34,952 Fine. I'm wrong. 112 00:07:36,475 --> 00:07:39,603 You obviously have a better understan- ding of this man who drools in front of 113 00:07:39,606 --> 00:07:42,292 - your TV set 24 hours a day. - Dr. House. 114 00:07:43,125 --> 00:07:44,612 He must have been confused. 115 00:07:44,786 --> 00:07:46,551 All right? It must have been an accident. 116 00:07:46,557 --> 00:07:48,103 Hope it was a suicide attempt. 117 00:07:49,046 --> 00:07:52,790 If he was trying to kill himself, then he knows how miserable his life is. 118 00:07:53,175 --> 00:07:55,572 It means there's still something there to kill. 119 00:07:57,088 --> 00:07:58,731 It means your dad's still there. 120 00:08:03,628 --> 00:08:04,572 Sorry. Need you. 121 00:08:06,268 --> 00:08:07,212 Thank you. 122 00:08:13,398 --> 00:08:16,832 We were doing the EMG, but we never got past the insertion of the pin. 123 00:08:17,038 --> 00:08:18,661 Did she just say "Thank you"? 124 00:08:19,258 --> 00:08:21,352 I loaned her some money. What went wrong? 125 00:08:21,485 --> 00:08:22,523 Nothing went wrong. 126 00:08:22,717 --> 00:08:24,703 If nothing went wrong, then something went right. 127 00:08:24,708 --> 00:08:26,560 You're not gonna tell me why she thanked you? 128 00:08:26,568 --> 00:08:28,660 You're not gonna tell me what went right? 129 00:08:28,778 --> 00:08:31,722 You did something for which she is grateful, and you're... 130 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:34,092 - embarrassed? - For you. 131 00:08:34,537 --> 00:08:38,462 She saw you coming up, thought you were a 14-year-old boy. I set her straight. 132 00:08:38,465 --> 00:08:40,863 I am not telling you what went wrong. Or right. 133 00:08:41,305 --> 00:08:43,403 Until you tell me why she said thank you. 134 00:08:44,166 --> 00:08:45,143 Oh, you've got me. 135 00:08:46,226 --> 00:08:48,473 You know I need to know. I am so gonna fold. 136 00:08:49,256 --> 00:08:52,102 Except you're forgetting there's one thing I can do now. 137 00:08:55,948 --> 00:08:57,943 It's either that or a reflex response— 138 00:08:59,306 --> 00:09:00,580 - What happened? - Okay. 139 00:09:01,517 --> 00:09:03,462 This is Dr. House. House, this is Caren. 140 00:09:03,465 --> 00:09:05,103 Pleasure's all mine. What happened? 141 00:09:05,105 --> 00:09:07,650 When we inserted the conduction pin, she flinched. 142 00:09:07,887 --> 00:09:09,582 She flinched! Did you hear? 143 00:09:09,827 --> 00:09:11,160 Does that mean I'm getting better? 144 00:09:11,163 --> 00:09:14,526 How big is a flinch? Bigger than a twitch? Smaller than a spasm? 145 00:09:17,729 --> 00:09:18,610 You smoke? 146 00:09:18,616 --> 00:09:19,576 Socially. A lot. 147 00:09:20,019 --> 00:09:22,863 - You do yoga and you smoke? - I know. It's hypocritical. 148 00:09:23,058 --> 00:09:25,322 Not at all. The world sees your legs. 149 00:09:26,238 --> 00:09:27,931 No one's checking out your lungs. 150 00:09:28,178 --> 00:09:29,972 - How would smoking— - It wouldn't. 151 00:09:30,168 --> 00:09:31,410 I just needed a lighter. 152 00:09:33,897 --> 00:09:35,063 - House! - Oh, my god! 153 00:09:37,586 --> 00:09:40,282 - The case was looking so promising. - Hey, I'm not faking. 154 00:09:40,295 --> 00:09:42,421 You moved. Therefore, you can move. 155 00:09:45,155 --> 00:09:47,803 Get this lunatic out of here before she bores again. 156 00:09:48,278 --> 00:09:49,303 I'm not faking! 157 00:10:12,147 --> 00:10:16,393 I heard you were watching surgery with a patient's family. 158 00:10:17,437 --> 00:10:19,562 Talking to a patient's family. 159 00:10:22,176 --> 00:10:24,351 It's because of your hallucination, isn't it? 160 00:10:24,356 --> 00:10:25,402 After you were shot. 161 00:10:25,817 --> 00:10:28,133 You chose life. You decided you wanted meaning. 162 00:10:28,135 --> 00:10:30,163 So you took a case with no mystery. 163 00:10:31,065 --> 00:10:32,610 Something any doctor could do. 164 00:10:33,208 --> 00:10:34,613 A case with no upside 165 00:10:35,466 --> 00:10:38,682 except the satisfaction of helping another human being. 166 00:10:41,066 --> 00:10:42,972 - She thanked me. - And... 167 00:10:44,136 --> 00:10:45,262 you felt nothing. 168 00:10:47,218 --> 00:10:49,612 I wasn't even sure what I was supposed to feel. 169 00:10:51,628 --> 00:10:53,772 It's like your leg. It's atrophied. 170 00:10:54,395 --> 00:10:56,391 Keep working it. The feeling will come. 171 00:10:56,927 --> 00:10:57,872 Sorry. 172 00:10:57,948 --> 00:10:59,022 Need you. Again. 173 00:10:59,026 --> 00:11:01,581 - I told you to get rid of her. - It's a good thing we didn't. 174 00:11:01,587 --> 00:11:04,711 Tightness in her chest. She can't breathe. It could be a pleural effusion. 175 00:11:04,717 --> 00:11:07,563 Right. Either that or she's holding her breath like a four-year-old. 176 00:11:18,757 --> 00:11:19,701 Relax. 177 00:11:20,138 --> 00:11:21,632 I'm not gonna burn you again. 178 00:11:22,937 --> 00:11:24,443 I'm going to stab you! 179 00:11:31,705 --> 00:11:35,603 Look, either you're faking or you've got a pleural effusion. That's a buildup 180 00:11:35,618 --> 00:11:38,860 of fluid around the lungs, which is very serious, and I'd have no choice but 181 00:11:38,867 --> 00:11:42,661 to stab you in the back with this needle and suck all the fluid out of you. 182 00:11:44,497 --> 00:11:46,243 - So. - We should give her a local. 183 00:11:47,135 --> 00:11:49,483 That would defeat the point of me being nasty. 184 00:11:50,628 --> 00:11:51,573 Ready? 185 00:12:00,806 --> 00:12:02,901 - Down. - She can't breathe if she's down. 186 00:12:03,066 --> 00:12:04,633 Down, down, down! Come on! 187 00:12:15,016 --> 00:12:18,113 - That's not a pleural effusion. - The problem's in her heart. 188 00:12:19,138 --> 00:12:20,083 Can't fake that. 189 00:12:27,915 --> 00:12:31,230 I've had to relieve the pressure three times in the last two hours. 190 00:12:31,237 --> 00:12:34,573 So either we figure out what's causing blood to build up around her heart, 191 00:12:34,576 --> 00:12:37,063 or I follow her around with a needle for the rest of her life. 192 00:12:37,068 --> 00:12:39,110 Echo was clean. No structural abnormalities. 193 00:12:39,118 --> 00:12:41,161 Could be an infectious process, TB. 194 00:12:41,435 --> 00:12:43,363 Or vasculitis would also explain the effusion. 195 00:12:43,365 --> 00:12:44,513 But not the paralysis. 196 00:12:46,027 --> 00:12:48,230 Let's assume that she wasn't faking it. 197 00:12:48,448 --> 00:12:51,440 She moved. Therefore, she could move. She wasn't paralyzed. 198 00:12:51,585 --> 00:12:54,432 Doesn't mean she was faking. Could have been a delusion. 199 00:12:54,967 --> 00:12:56,103 Either she was faking 200 00:12:56,428 --> 00:12:59,710 and coincidentally got a real cardiac problem at the exact same time, 201 00:12:59,717 --> 00:13:00,743 or it's a delusion. 202 00:13:01,215 --> 00:13:04,183 And the fake paralysis is a real neurological symptom. 203 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:06,462 You thinking vascular tumor in her spine? 204 00:13:06,505 --> 00:13:07,513 Her platelets are normal. 205 00:13:07,526 --> 00:13:09,721 And she's been scanned up and down. It was all clean. 206 00:13:09,728 --> 00:13:11,630 So open her up and find it. 207 00:13:12,607 --> 00:13:13,721 So what do you want us to do? 208 00:13:13,727 --> 00:13:16,773 Start at her neck and just keep cutting down her spine until we stumble on 209 00:13:16,778 --> 00:13:18,371 - something? - That should work. 210 00:13:26,695 --> 00:13:29,230 - His heart rate's a little high. - Should I be worried? 211 00:13:29,235 --> 00:13:32,323 Probably just means he's still in discomfort from the surgery. 212 00:13:32,328 --> 00:13:34,120 I'm gonna up his morphine a little. 213 00:13:34,865 --> 00:13:36,211 You've been so nice to us. 214 00:13:37,656 --> 00:13:38,591 That's the job. 215 00:13:38,597 --> 00:13:42,293 No, I mean, all the other doctors, all they did was obsess on the cancer, 216 00:13:42,315 --> 00:13:45,791 the treatment, the damage. Just trying to fix him. 217 00:13:47,267 --> 00:13:49,421 You're the first doctor that's ever given a damn 218 00:13:49,437 --> 00:13:51,000 about the quality of his life. 219 00:13:54,488 --> 00:13:55,881 His heart rate's come down. 220 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:57,582 Morphine worked. I was right. 221 00:14:03,456 --> 00:14:04,653 What a touching moment. 222 00:14:05,248 --> 00:14:06,742 That's why we become doctors. 223 00:14:07,016 --> 00:14:09,611 One of those rare moments when our hearts are warmed— 224 00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:11,163 Would you like to get a drink? 225 00:14:12,238 --> 00:14:14,750 Are you serious, or are you just trying to change the subject? 226 00:14:14,755 --> 00:14:15,701 No, I'm serious. 227 00:14:16,776 --> 00:14:18,110 I drink. You drink. 228 00:14:19,125 --> 00:14:20,773 We could do it at the same time. 229 00:14:21,218 --> 00:14:22,162 At the same table. 230 00:14:23,317 --> 00:14:24,263 Do you eat? 231 00:14:24,635 --> 00:14:25,783 We could do that, too. 232 00:14:27,848 --> 00:14:30,241 I mean, if the answer is no, that's cool, but— 233 00:14:33,517 --> 00:14:34,530 No, it's just— 234 00:14:35,696 --> 00:14:38,942 you're just coming off the surgery, and you're not yourself yet. 235 00:14:39,005 --> 00:14:42,201 And I work for you, and even though last year's... 236 00:14:43,925 --> 00:14:44,873 You're smiling. 237 00:14:45,498 --> 00:14:47,130 I'm saying no, and you're smiling. 238 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:50,530 Oh, don't take it personally. It's just 'cause you're full of crap. 239 00:14:50,935 --> 00:14:53,082 You have no interest in going out with me. 240 00:14:53,085 --> 00:14:54,033 Maybe you did... 241 00:14:54,275 --> 00:14:55,282 when I couldn't walk. 242 00:14:55,288 --> 00:14:58,430 When I was a sick puppy that you could nurture back to health. 243 00:14:58,645 --> 00:15:01,291 Now that I'm healthy, there's nothing in it for you. 244 00:15:02,718 --> 00:15:04,552 You are not healthy. 245 00:15:07,488 --> 00:15:08,682 Cuddy wants to see you. 246 00:15:17,375 --> 00:15:21,171 You've been back at work 24 hours, and you're already playing hide-and-seek 247 00:15:21,208 --> 00:15:23,581 - in a woman's spine. - Who won the pool? 248 00:15:24,267 --> 00:15:27,670 There's no tumor. Her platelets are normal. The scans didn't— 249 00:15:27,767 --> 00:15:29,391 What's the worst that can happen? 250 00:15:29,398 --> 00:15:30,341 I paralyze her. 251 00:15:31,007 --> 00:15:32,282 She wouldn't even notice. 252 00:15:32,295 --> 00:15:34,741 Her lawyers might. You're not doing the surgery. 253 00:15:34,997 --> 00:15:36,850 And lower the morphine on your other patient. 254 00:15:36,857 --> 00:15:37,902 Fine, I'll lower it. 255 00:15:38,357 --> 00:15:40,450 - If you'll let me do the surgery. - What? 256 00:15:41,377 --> 00:15:42,380 You want to trade? 257 00:15:43,358 --> 00:15:46,850 We're not swappin' a couple of goats for your help puttin' up a barn. 258 00:15:47,167 --> 00:15:49,380 You want something. I want something. We compromise. 259 00:15:49,388 --> 00:15:51,383 It's the grownup way to resolve our differences. 260 00:15:51,386 --> 00:15:54,423 There already is a mechanism for that. It's called the employer-employee 261 00:15:54,426 --> 00:15:56,393 relationship. I get what I want, and you don't. 262 00:16:12,988 --> 00:16:14,020 You tried to swap? 263 00:16:14,947 --> 00:16:16,043 Ran a few more tests. 264 00:16:17,017 --> 00:16:18,711 Came back negative. Surgery's on. 265 00:16:28,818 --> 00:16:30,490 You really don't give a crap, do you? 266 00:16:30,497 --> 00:16:31,692 Does that make me evil? 267 00:16:32,445 --> 00:16:33,393 Yeah. 268 00:16:33,967 --> 00:16:36,780 The girl's life is at stake. All we're talking about with the guy is— 269 00:16:36,787 --> 00:16:40,483 all we're talking about is the reason you took the case. To help someone. 270 00:16:40,555 --> 00:16:42,393 - Too bad for them. - Too bad for you. 271 00:16:42,396 --> 00:16:46,322 The reason we crave meaning is because it makes us happy. 272 00:16:47,795 --> 00:16:49,713 The first level of happiness is— 273 00:16:50,836 --> 00:16:51,833 I'm not going away. 274 00:16:52,356 --> 00:16:56,570 The fifth level of happiness involves creation. Changing lives. 275 00:16:56,966 --> 00:17:00,322 The sixth level is heroin. The seventh level is you going away. 276 00:17:00,438 --> 00:17:04,090 You're saving lives. Which is tantamount to creating lives. 277 00:17:04,178 --> 00:17:06,751 But all you're taking away from this is the game. 278 00:17:06,867 --> 00:17:08,731 You don't have to listen to them thanking you. 279 00:17:08,738 --> 00:17:11,641 You don't have to change the cases you take or even how you handle them. 280 00:17:11,645 --> 00:17:14,033 You just have to know that you made a difference. 281 00:17:23,895 --> 00:17:25,943 - House, you're not— - I'm not an idiot. 282 00:17:28,067 --> 00:17:29,261 House, leave her alone. 283 00:17:29,275 --> 00:17:32,153 - Close her up. Wanna know why? - The room's no longer sterile. 284 00:17:32,157 --> 00:17:34,650 True, but that's not the most interesting reason. 285 00:17:35,518 --> 00:17:37,793 That is not a sexy big toe. 286 00:17:38,256 --> 00:17:39,792 You would never put that in your mouth. 287 00:17:39,795 --> 00:17:42,603 - What the hell has that got to do with - Told you it was interesting. 288 00:17:43,208 --> 00:17:44,182 It gets even better. 289 00:17:48,245 --> 00:17:50,363 - Scurvy? - Yeah. Drink. 290 00:17:50,895 --> 00:17:53,340 Like what sailors get when they don't eat right? 291 00:17:54,708 --> 00:17:57,133 Your arms and leg tissues are choked with blood. 292 00:17:57,138 --> 00:18:00,132 Makes it hard to move. Also damages your hair and toenails. 293 00:18:00,838 --> 00:18:03,081 But I'm on this great diet. Lots of protein, 294 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:04,460 - lots of— - No vitamin C. 295 00:18:05,477 --> 00:18:06,423 Now drink. 296 00:18:10,908 --> 00:18:11,850 Well, thank you. 297 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:14,672 And thank Dr. House. 298 00:18:15,878 --> 00:18:16,820 Send him a note. 299 00:18:19,555 --> 00:18:23,123 The nurse changed his morphine. I thought you were worried about the— 300 00:18:23,465 --> 00:18:24,963 It's just post-op discomfort. 301 00:18:26,097 --> 00:18:27,241 He's ready to go home. 302 00:18:28,057 --> 00:18:29,513 So he won't have any pain? 303 00:18:30,497 --> 00:18:31,443 Eventually. 304 00:18:33,247 --> 00:18:34,190 Thank you. 305 00:18:35,247 --> 00:18:36,830 Everything else will be the same. 306 00:18:36,836 --> 00:18:39,882 Well, you took away his pain, and that— that changes a lot. 307 00:18:45,077 --> 00:18:46,972 Why don't you put him in some sort of 308 00:18:47,085 --> 00:18:48,033 facility? 309 00:18:49,846 --> 00:18:51,140 Someplace without a pool. 310 00:18:55,075 --> 00:18:57,693 Yeah, I could dump him there. Except... 311 00:18:59,448 --> 00:19:00,393 he's my husband. 312 00:19:01,515 --> 00:19:03,151 - He's my son's father. - Right. 313 00:19:04,285 --> 00:19:05,231 Kids need a dad. 314 00:19:06,057 --> 00:19:08,423 Someone to play catch with, talk about girls. 315 00:19:08,746 --> 00:19:11,120 Mark's learned that you don't have to abandon someone— 316 00:19:11,125 --> 00:19:12,070 get a dog. 317 00:19:15,468 --> 00:19:18,410 I'm taking care of him for the same reason you helped us. 318 00:19:18,897 --> 00:19:20,942 Some guy shot you, and you hallucinated? 319 00:19:22,647 --> 00:19:23,913 I have a responsibility. 320 00:19:24,215 --> 00:19:27,111 So he's just an anchor weighing you and your family down. 321 00:19:27,145 --> 00:19:30,861 Sapping your energy, wasting your life. That's the meaning you take from this. 322 00:19:30,867 --> 00:19:33,571 - I want to take care of him. - You enjoy this. 323 00:19:34,326 --> 00:19:35,490 I can't abandon him. 324 00:19:38,625 --> 00:19:40,570 So you don't want to take care of him. 325 00:19:41,295 --> 00:19:44,283 Taking care of him doesn't fulfill you, make you happy. 326 00:19:46,026 --> 00:19:48,672 But not taking care of him would make you miserable. 327 00:20:02,385 --> 00:20:03,333 Here we go. 328 00:20:12,667 --> 00:20:14,870 I don't need your help. I've done this a million times. 329 00:20:14,878 --> 00:20:16,120 Here, lay him back down. 330 00:20:21,265 --> 00:20:22,211 Do that again. 331 00:20:23,658 --> 00:20:24,601 Make that sound. 332 00:20:39,785 --> 00:20:40,731 What was that? 333 00:20:41,735 --> 00:20:42,683 That... 334 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:44,823 was talking. 335 00:20:49,475 --> 00:20:51,031 You guys are lousy doctors. 336 00:20:51,478 --> 00:20:53,590 You're in such a rush to make the patient feel better, 337 00:20:53,598 --> 00:20:55,391 you forgot to check what was wrong. 338 00:20:55,687 --> 00:20:58,090 Yoga girl walked out of here two hours ago. You fixed her. 339 00:20:58,096 --> 00:20:59,472 Not her. The other guy. 340 00:20:59,756 --> 00:21:02,450 He had brain cancer. They removed it eight years ago. 341 00:21:02,485 --> 00:21:04,363 His condition's been the same ever since. 342 00:21:04,366 --> 00:21:05,910 Until last night. He spoke. 343 00:21:07,345 --> 00:21:08,291 What'd he say? 344 00:21:12,068 --> 00:21:13,013 He... grunted? 345 00:21:13,255 --> 00:21:16,792 You want us to dissect eight years of medical history with grunting 346 00:21:16,967 --> 00:21:18,551 - in the differential? - Sounds good. 347 00:21:18,555 --> 00:21:19,853 Call me when you're done. 348 00:21:25,435 --> 00:21:27,882 You're fabricating a mystery because you're bored. 349 00:21:27,885 --> 00:21:28,881 I am not bored. 350 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:33,113 Damn it. 351 00:21:33,585 --> 00:21:35,731 You didn't tell the wife it was only a grunt? 352 00:21:35,735 --> 00:21:36,681 Of course not. 353 00:21:37,067 --> 00:21:40,400 Because then she never would have consented to a bunch of dangerous tests. 354 00:21:40,408 --> 00:21:42,170 I don't remember you being this bitchy. 355 00:21:42,175 --> 00:21:45,522 The vicodin dulled it. In the sober light of day, I'm a buzz-kill. 356 00:21:45,846 --> 00:21:48,880 You're giving false hope to a family that's been wrecked. Don't torture them. 357 00:21:48,885 --> 00:21:51,702 Let it go. Tell the wife it was only a grunt. Tell her to go home. 358 00:21:51,706 --> 00:21:53,302 I can't let her down like that. 359 00:21:53,565 --> 00:21:55,561 Pumped her up with too much false hope. 360 00:22:00,348 --> 00:22:03,442 Oh, I stuck that primo! 361 00:22:03,976 --> 00:22:04,992 How rad am I? 362 00:22:28,106 --> 00:22:32,143 - 2002, patient had dry eyes. - Dry eyes plus a grunt. 363 00:22:33,816 --> 00:22:36,081 - It all makes sense. - Could be a neurological issue. 364 00:22:36,086 --> 00:22:38,912 I get hay fever, I put drops in my eyes. I don't go to a neurologist. 365 00:22:38,916 --> 00:22:42,462 Dry eyes could indicate an autonomic dysfunction. Goes on the board. 366 00:22:42,776 --> 00:22:45,662 What about coughing? Or boogers? Should we include boogers? 367 00:22:45,665 --> 00:22:47,063 I'm happy we're doing this. 368 00:22:47,296 --> 00:22:50,140 I'd much rather do this than lengthen some guy's tendon. 369 00:22:50,766 --> 00:22:53,951 Patient's headaches increased. Doc scanned his head, found a tumor. 370 00:22:53,957 --> 00:22:55,351 You like wasting your time? 371 00:22:55,415 --> 00:22:56,851 - I'm learning. - To do what? 372 00:22:57,598 --> 00:23:01,092 Reconsider solved cases because you don't want to deal with the real world? 373 00:23:01,095 --> 00:23:02,561 He's pushing where there's nothing. 374 00:23:02,576 --> 00:23:04,582 Cameron, you are an excellent doctor. 375 00:23:04,796 --> 00:23:07,372 You'll get lots of tearful thank-yous from grateful patients. 376 00:23:07,377 --> 00:23:09,471 Yeah, am I such a bitch for wanting that? 377 00:23:09,478 --> 00:23:12,213 Well, it's not a bad thing. But it's not why I'm here. 378 00:23:12,216 --> 00:23:14,060 I took this fellowship to learn from House. 379 00:23:14,067 --> 00:23:15,910 He's teaching you to be a masochist. 380 00:23:16,917 --> 00:23:18,313 Dry eyes goes on the board. 381 00:23:22,496 --> 00:23:26,391 In eight years, the patient experienced 214 symptoms, many of them repeating. 382 00:23:27,047 --> 00:23:27,992 Any patterns? 383 00:23:28,235 --> 00:23:31,951 Fever plus frequent urination could mean prostatitis. 384 00:23:32,367 --> 00:23:33,863 Or a urinary tract infection. 385 00:23:34,348 --> 00:23:36,241 White count was normal. No infection. 386 00:23:36,497 --> 00:23:38,521 If you add pain into the mix, fever, 387 00:23:38,845 --> 00:23:41,442 frequent urination could indicate a kidney problem. 388 00:23:42,666 --> 00:23:43,611 I like it. 389 00:23:44,197 --> 00:23:46,532 No. Creatinine and BUN were both normal. 390 00:23:46,815 --> 00:23:48,613 Not the kidney part. The pain part. 391 00:23:48,966 --> 00:23:52,210 Abdominal pain plus all that stuff could equal pancreatic cysts. 392 00:23:52,308 --> 00:23:55,400 Perfect. You've managed to pick the one symptom he never had. 393 00:23:55,535 --> 00:23:56,482 Abdominal pain. 394 00:23:56,678 --> 00:23:58,660 It's the first symptom on the board. Grunt. 395 00:23:58,667 --> 00:24:00,931 Grunting isn't pathognomonic for abdominal pain. 396 00:24:00,936 --> 00:24:04,710 No. The traditional diagnostic marker is compression of the diaphragm 397 00:24:05,205 --> 00:24:08,032 and vibration of the larynx, leading to the audible sound. 398 00:24:08,036 --> 00:24:09,642 "I have a pain in my abdomen." 399 00:24:09,808 --> 00:24:12,692 Richard's symptoms are culled from eight years of medical history. 400 00:24:12,695 --> 00:24:16,220 They're not patterned. These are random, individual events over time. 401 00:24:16,436 --> 00:24:20,080 Illnesses have incubation periods. Do an upper endoscopic ultrasound. 402 00:24:20,345 --> 00:24:22,772 His throat will collapse. Muscle degeneration 403 00:24:22,905 --> 00:24:25,443 in his neck won't tolerate the scope. It's an automatic trach. 404 00:24:25,448 --> 00:24:27,372 You're talking about him like he's an invalid. 405 00:24:27,385 --> 00:24:29,351 - We're insensitive. - Does he drool? 406 00:24:29,797 --> 00:24:32,693 Can he hold his neck straight? Does he choke on his food? 407 00:24:34,926 --> 00:24:37,420 His neck's fine. His throat's not gonna collapse. 408 00:24:37,655 --> 00:24:39,450 Cameron, get consent from the wife. 409 00:24:42,705 --> 00:24:43,653 Open. 410 00:24:51,735 --> 00:24:52,881 I need you to swallow. 411 00:25:03,697 --> 00:25:04,641 Sorry about that. 412 00:25:12,036 --> 00:25:12,983 Here we go. 413 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:25,453 Passing through the lower esophageal sphincter, 414 00:25:25,455 --> 00:25:27,392 into the antrum of the stomach. 415 00:25:30,366 --> 00:25:32,060 There's the tail of the pancreas. 416 00:25:32,317 --> 00:25:33,263 Looks clean. 417 00:25:33,445 --> 00:25:36,843 Moving medially, the body and the head of the pancreas look clean— 418 00:25:37,076 --> 00:25:38,270 Get it out. Get it out. 419 00:25:39,168 --> 00:25:40,610 It's stuck. I can't move it. 420 00:25:40,686 --> 00:25:41,880 His throat's collapsed. 421 00:25:43,286 --> 00:25:45,730 Vitals are all over the place. We're losing him. 422 00:25:47,518 --> 00:25:48,461 I'm cutting. 423 00:25:51,125 --> 00:25:54,863 We trached him, endoscopically removed the probe, and he's breathing again. 424 00:25:54,866 --> 00:25:57,001 So, all in all, great idea. 425 00:25:57,526 --> 00:25:59,850 Did you get a look at the pancreas before the world ended? 426 00:25:59,856 --> 00:26:00,790 It was clean. 427 00:26:00,796 --> 00:26:04,482 Which means, barring anything else, meaning you, he can go home tomorrow. 428 00:26:04,488 --> 00:26:06,770 This man nearly died. How can you discharge him? 429 00:26:06,777 --> 00:26:08,980 His throat collapsed because of what we predicted. 430 00:26:08,988 --> 00:26:12,890 You stick something down someone's throat, they gag. Spasm. Which he did. 431 00:26:13,536 --> 00:26:15,521 It took us a half an hour to get that thing out. 432 00:26:15,526 --> 00:26:17,570 Except our patient's throat was sedated. 433 00:26:18,915 --> 00:26:22,461 Which means the brain should have sent a signal in not to do anything. 434 00:26:23,275 --> 00:26:24,371 This could be cancer. 435 00:26:24,997 --> 00:26:28,131 Or some bizarre neurodegeneration. Even a new type of vascular— 436 00:26:28,136 --> 00:26:29,081 Stop it. 437 00:26:29,895 --> 00:26:30,992 You're enjoying this. 438 00:26:32,078 --> 00:26:33,222 I find it interesting. 439 00:26:33,547 --> 00:26:35,031 It's interesting only if you're right. 440 00:26:35,036 --> 00:26:37,830 If you're wrong, we're torturing this guy to amuse you. 441 00:26:40,116 --> 00:26:41,660 Half hour to remove the probe? 442 00:26:43,388 --> 00:26:44,330 House. 443 00:26:45,296 --> 00:26:46,241 It's not a spasm. 444 00:26:47,685 --> 00:26:51,003 His throat didn't collapse. It locked down. Brain is supposed to tell every 445 00:26:51,008 --> 00:26:54,160 muscle in the body to relax and contract at the same time. This muscle was 446 00:26:54,167 --> 00:26:57,483 only contracting, which means a signal from the brain was not getting through. 447 00:26:57,488 --> 00:27:00,542 There are no lesions his brain. Nothing to interrupt any orders. 448 00:27:00,545 --> 00:27:02,001 All it takes is one wire down. 449 00:27:02,005 --> 00:27:03,661 You have no evidence of any wires down. 450 00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:07,161 A few micro tumors on the meninges, suddenly you're choking to death. 451 00:27:08,386 --> 00:27:10,462 You wanna look at the lining of his brain? 452 00:27:10,475 --> 00:27:13,791 The amount of contrast material you'd need to pump up there just to see— 453 00:27:13,796 --> 00:27:16,153 - He'll bleed into his brain. - No, he won't. 454 00:27:16,336 --> 00:27:18,231 Because that wouldn't be interesting. 455 00:27:19,647 --> 00:27:21,341 You can get permission this time. 456 00:27:24,037 --> 00:27:27,161 The brain is enclosed in a sack called the meninges. 457 00:27:27,337 --> 00:27:29,031 Does this mean the cancer's back? 458 00:27:29,577 --> 00:27:30,942 - No, no, no, no. - House. 459 00:27:36,467 --> 00:27:38,340 If we found cancer, 460 00:27:39,656 --> 00:27:41,422 it wouldn't be the original cancer. 461 00:27:41,426 --> 00:27:42,372 It will be new. 462 00:27:42,668 --> 00:27:45,202 So what? More surgery? More radiation? 463 00:27:46,055 --> 00:27:47,551 Might not be the worst thing. 464 00:27:48,975 --> 00:27:52,623 If this isn't just ancient history, maybe it's something we can correct. 465 00:27:53,596 --> 00:27:55,643 Might even get some brain function back. 466 00:27:57,116 --> 00:27:58,822 - He could get better? - No. 467 00:28:06,827 --> 00:28:09,421 But understanding what you're saying would be nice. 468 00:28:09,828 --> 00:28:12,122 Maybe you can figure out ways to communicate. 469 00:28:14,985 --> 00:28:17,343 - Thank god he spoke to you. - Mrs. Mcneil. 470 00:28:18,615 --> 00:28:20,362 The test to do this is very risky. 471 00:28:21,226 --> 00:28:22,173 He could die. 472 00:28:26,877 --> 00:28:27,821 He's already dead. 473 00:28:42,537 --> 00:28:43,481 Chase, 474 00:28:43,526 --> 00:28:44,471 go slow. 475 00:28:44,636 --> 00:28:46,463 Already injected into spinal canal. 476 00:28:47,876 --> 00:28:49,122 Next stop is brain. 477 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:58,263 Contrast material entering into the fourth ventricle. 478 00:28:59,045 --> 00:29:00,143 No parietal bleeds. 479 00:29:01,098 --> 00:29:02,242 Blood pressure's high. 480 00:29:02,597 --> 00:29:03,541 But it's holding. 481 00:29:03,866 --> 00:29:04,913 Meninges are intact. 482 00:29:05,788 --> 00:29:06,730 No bleeding. 483 00:29:11,707 --> 00:29:12,651 Oh, god. 484 00:29:12,737 --> 00:29:13,832 Foreman, get in here. 485 00:29:22,686 --> 00:29:24,451 Surgeon repaired the CSF leak. 486 00:29:25,047 --> 00:29:27,190 - You are lucky he didn't die. - I'm lucky? 487 00:29:27,296 --> 00:29:29,942 - He is the one who didn't die. - We told you he had haemorrhage 488 00:29:29,947 --> 00:29:32,801 You told me he bleed into his brain not out of his ear. 489 00:29:32,907 --> 00:29:35,251 - You gotta drop this. - I'm missing something. 490 00:29:35,995 --> 00:29:40,002 We did a dangerous test and something bad happened. That's all this is. 491 00:29:41,845 --> 00:29:43,771 Give me a tour of the brain Foreman. 492 00:29:44,435 --> 00:29:45,841 Walk me through the scans. 493 00:29:46,346 --> 00:29:48,911 1998, what happened? 494 00:29:49,336 --> 00:29:53,001 5 cm, grade four astrocytoma between the parietal— 495 00:29:53,005 --> 00:29:54,070 Nothing, next. 496 00:29:54,807 --> 00:29:57,003 Spec on the superior temporal region. 497 00:29:57,235 --> 00:29:58,633 It's regrowth, it's benign. 498 00:29:59,045 --> 00:30:01,100 The star thingy next to the rathke cleft? 499 00:30:01,106 --> 00:30:02,430 Scar tissue from bioposy. 500 00:30:02,767 --> 00:30:06,791 House, every spec is not suspect It's use of surgeon digging around his head. 501 00:30:07,057 --> 00:30:08,081 Let him go. 502 00:30:09,187 --> 00:30:11,201 We do every blood test he's ever had. 503 00:30:11,586 --> 00:30:12,531 Re-scan his head. 504 00:30:13,056 --> 00:30:14,002 No. 505 00:30:16,537 --> 00:30:19,742 He's in sick in suffering for 8 years and I'm not gonna helping make it worse. 506 00:30:19,747 --> 00:30:21,790 I'm not gonna help you make interesting. 507 00:30:22,158 --> 00:30:25,052 That's okay. Foreman's better at that stuff than you are. 508 00:30:25,508 --> 00:30:29,202 We need 5-millimeter cuts through the occipital and hypothalamic regions. 509 00:30:30,317 --> 00:30:31,261 No. 510 00:30:40,786 --> 00:30:41,881 How many millimeters? 511 00:30:45,325 --> 00:30:46,271 I can help him. 512 00:30:47,305 --> 00:30:48,251 This is it? 513 00:30:48,298 --> 00:30:49,393 That's your argument? 514 00:30:50,127 --> 00:30:51,260 Seems like a good one. 515 00:30:51,267 --> 00:30:54,251 If I thought for a second you wanted to help him, you'd have carte blanche. 516 00:30:54,257 --> 00:30:56,200 You're doing this because it's fun. 517 00:30:56,326 --> 00:30:57,760 Does nobody in this hospital 518 00:30:57,775 --> 00:30:59,832 have anything better to talk about than my motives? 519 00:30:59,838 --> 00:31:01,641 My motives have nothing to do with the case. 520 00:31:01,657 --> 00:31:03,831 Your motives have everything to do with your judgment. 521 00:31:03,838 --> 00:31:06,231 For the first time in years, I've got no opiates in my body. 522 00:31:06,238 --> 00:31:08,552 - Now you question my judgment. - 24 times a year 523 00:31:08,605 --> 00:31:11,481 you come storming into my office, spouting that you can help someone. 524 00:31:11,486 --> 00:31:13,122 Only you never say those words. 525 00:31:13,407 --> 00:31:15,063 You'd say something like, 526 00:31:15,397 --> 00:31:18,823 "His pancreas is gonna explode because his brain is on fire." 527 00:31:19,268 --> 00:31:21,761 You come here with medicine, not with platitudes. 528 00:31:22,348 --> 00:31:24,132 I didn't want to bore you with the details. 529 00:31:24,138 --> 00:31:26,193 There are no details. You have a hunch. 530 00:31:27,576 --> 00:31:29,070 House, you don't use hunches. 531 00:31:29,936 --> 00:31:31,500 You always have reasons. 532 00:31:32,306 --> 00:31:35,552 This hospital doesn't exist for your whims. I'm sorry. 533 00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:40,233 As of 7:00 A. M. tomorrow morning, I'm sending your patient home. 534 00:31:48,195 --> 00:31:49,141 The answer is no. 535 00:31:49,556 --> 00:31:53,200 Cuddy called 30 seconds after you left and said you'd try an end around. 536 00:32:08,567 --> 00:32:09,513 My leg hurt. 537 00:32:13,037 --> 00:32:13,982 How bad? 538 00:32:14,088 --> 00:32:15,530 Enough that I'm telling you. 539 00:32:16,788 --> 00:32:17,732 Did it go away? 540 00:32:19,358 --> 00:32:20,302 Ached for a while. 541 00:32:22,818 --> 00:32:25,563 First time I've felt anything there since the surgery. 542 00:32:26,788 --> 00:32:27,922 But it went away. 543 00:32:30,266 --> 00:32:32,363 It was muscular. There was some cramping. 544 00:32:35,256 --> 00:32:36,653 What are you smiling about? 545 00:32:39,107 --> 00:32:40,893 You're 40-something years old. 546 00:32:40,896 --> 00:32:44,061 You've been running god knows how many miles a day. Fallen 100 times off 547 00:32:44,086 --> 00:32:46,570 that skateboard, and you're shocked to have some soreness? 548 00:32:46,586 --> 00:32:48,831 - Just give me a prescription. - For vicodin? 549 00:32:49,478 --> 00:32:53,310 House, people get aching joints, cramps, they put on an ice pack. 550 00:32:53,315 --> 00:32:54,601 They take some ibuprofen. 551 00:32:54,608 --> 00:32:56,472 I know what the pangs of middle age feel like. 552 00:32:56,478 --> 00:32:57,422 No, you don't. 553 00:32:58,005 --> 00:33:00,302 Because you've been stuffing vicodin every five minutes 554 00:33:00,307 --> 00:33:02,950 - since you turned middle-age. - The surgery didn't work. 555 00:33:02,957 --> 00:33:03,901 Don't play me. 556 00:33:04,487 --> 00:33:05,983 Oh, you think this is a scam? 557 00:33:06,057 --> 00:33:09,273 I think you want me to feel sorry for you and either do the end around on 558 00:33:09,275 --> 00:33:10,823 Cuddy or give you the drugs. 559 00:33:14,685 --> 00:33:17,133 Either way, you get the high you think you need. 560 00:33:22,098 --> 00:33:24,540 House, your surgery worked. You're fine. 561 00:33:25,287 --> 00:33:27,841 It's just gonna take time for it to feel good. 562 00:35:00,806 --> 00:35:02,301 The circum ventricular system 563 00:35:02,858 --> 00:35:06,350 senses cytokines released in the early stages of the immune response. 564 00:35:06,368 --> 00:35:10,313 But CVOS releases prostaglandins that reset the hypothalamic set point upward, 565 00:35:10,588 --> 00:35:12,932 unless it's countered by anti-pyretic therapy. 566 00:35:13,068 --> 00:35:14,613 So yeah, his brain is on fire. 567 00:35:15,775 --> 00:35:18,123 The suicide attempt was not a suicide attempt. 568 00:35:18,248 --> 00:35:19,880 He drove that wheelchair into the pool 569 00:35:19,887 --> 00:35:22,340 because he couldn't regulate his body temperature. 570 00:35:22,347 --> 00:35:24,092 He had hypothalamic dysregulation. 571 00:35:25,316 --> 00:35:28,962 And you discovered this... when you stepped into the... 572 00:35:29,376 --> 00:35:30,782 university pool? 573 00:35:31,505 --> 00:35:32,452 Fountain. 574 00:35:33,197 --> 00:35:34,643 - I can cure him. - Cure him. 575 00:35:35,367 --> 00:35:37,263 Even if the fountain proved anything, 576 00:35:37,356 --> 00:35:40,430 fixing hypothalamic dysregulation isn't gonna regenerate brain. 577 00:35:40,436 --> 00:35:42,592 No, but if the scar tissue on his hypothalamus 578 00:35:42,596 --> 00:35:45,790 is resting against the pituitary, the adrenals would shut down. 579 00:35:46,017 --> 00:35:47,032 Addison's disease. 580 00:35:47,455 --> 00:35:50,351 You didn't see any scar tissue on his MRI. His CT scans— 581 00:35:50,386 --> 00:35:52,623 - His brain is functional. - His temperature's normal. 582 00:35:52,637 --> 00:35:55,823 There is nothing wrong with his hypothalamus or his pituitary. 583 00:35:55,836 --> 00:35:57,480 I can make him walk. I can make him talk. 584 00:35:57,487 --> 00:35:58,531 This is a wild guess 585 00:35:59,007 --> 00:36:01,201 that came to you because you were sweating. 586 00:36:01,857 --> 00:36:03,151 Inject him with cortisol. 587 00:36:03,476 --> 00:36:06,771 The guy'll have sex with his wife again. He'll hug his kid again. 588 00:36:08,028 --> 00:36:10,373 Hopefully that's the combination he was using. 589 00:36:10,446 --> 00:36:12,191 Be a shame if I cured a pedophile. 590 00:36:14,327 --> 00:36:16,071 You're smiling. That's a bad sign. 591 00:36:16,916 --> 00:36:17,821 You're high. 592 00:36:17,828 --> 00:36:20,012 I told you I haven't had anything in three months. 593 00:36:20,018 --> 00:36:21,412 This is as high as you get. 594 00:36:21,967 --> 00:36:25,313 A theory that ties your case up in a neat little bow. 595 00:36:25,596 --> 00:36:28,140 But you don't have a lick of substantiating proof. 596 00:36:31,637 --> 00:36:33,531 Your decision doesn't make any sense. 597 00:36:33,917 --> 00:36:37,223 There is no risk to a cortisol injection. If I'm wrong, big deal. 598 00:36:38,197 --> 00:36:40,733 He goes home a vegetable, like he already is. But if I'm right— 599 00:36:40,735 --> 00:36:43,173 This is not about downsides or risk management. 600 00:36:44,506 --> 00:36:47,103 It is a big deal for you to understand the word no. 601 00:36:50,107 --> 00:36:51,051 I'm sorry, House. 602 00:37:17,227 --> 00:37:18,672 He's on his way out of here. 603 00:37:19,296 --> 00:37:21,671 Figured you'd be on your scooter racing down the halls 604 00:37:21,678 --> 00:37:24,022 to stab the patient in the neck with cortisol. 605 00:37:26,256 --> 00:37:27,503 She was right to say no. 606 00:37:29,507 --> 00:37:32,152 I had no objective reason to think that I was right. 607 00:37:34,325 --> 00:37:35,713 Just needed the puzzle. 608 00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:51,671 Hold on a sec. 609 00:37:52,885 --> 00:37:54,132 Is everything all right? 610 00:37:56,117 --> 00:37:57,913 Yeah, it's just something I forgot. 611 00:38:10,638 --> 00:38:11,582 What's that? 612 00:38:12,908 --> 00:38:13,850 This is cortisol. 613 00:38:15,756 --> 00:38:17,391 And it's to fight infection. 614 00:38:20,265 --> 00:38:21,363 Wanna hold onto that? 615 00:38:22,437 --> 00:38:23,481 Put a bandage on it. 616 00:38:34,025 --> 00:38:34,971 Let's see. 617 00:38:42,275 --> 00:38:43,223 Is he okay? 618 00:38:48,365 --> 00:38:49,311 Yes. 619 00:38:49,458 --> 00:38:50,402 Can we go now? 620 00:38:51,116 --> 00:38:52,062 You can go. 621 00:39:02,498 --> 00:39:03,442 Excuse me. 622 00:39:31,428 --> 00:39:32,462 Richard. Richard. 623 00:39:39,077 --> 00:39:40,022 Dad, you okay? 624 00:39:50,098 --> 00:39:51,042 Richard? 625 00:39:51,565 --> 00:39:52,923 Richard! Richard! 626 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:08,351 Richard. 627 00:40:09,647 --> 00:40:10,753 You're standing. 628 00:40:34,727 --> 00:40:35,673 Thank you. 629 00:40:48,368 --> 00:40:49,310 He got up. 630 00:40:51,036 --> 00:40:52,630 - I have to go tell House. - No. 631 00:40:53,326 --> 00:40:54,270 Cuddy. 632 00:40:55,238 --> 00:40:56,232 You can't tell him. 633 00:40:56,687 --> 00:40:58,381 I have to tell him. He was right. 634 00:40:58,498 --> 00:40:59,441 Why did you do it? 635 00:40:59,965 --> 00:41:01,810 Why did you think he might be right? 636 00:41:02,355 --> 00:41:03,783 Because he's House. 637 00:41:03,947 --> 00:41:06,192 Medically. What made you think he was right? 638 00:41:07,427 --> 00:41:08,953 - Nothing. - He got lucky. 639 00:41:09,477 --> 00:41:10,770 That's all that happened. 640 00:41:11,837 --> 00:41:13,732 Telling him no was a good thing. 641 00:41:14,235 --> 00:41:17,183 Because next time, he won't get lucky. He'll kill someone. 642 00:41:18,885 --> 00:41:20,180 Just because he was right 643 00:41:20,876 --> 00:41:22,370 doesn't mean he wasn't wrong. 644 00:41:29,778 --> 00:41:31,090 I see him every day. 645 00:41:31,677 --> 00:41:32,621 I can't just... 646 00:41:33,806 --> 00:41:34,892 Everybody lies. 647 00:42:31,517 --> 00:42:36,511 ydy.com - Synchro: jh26