1 00:00:21,260 --> 00:00:22,460 Now I'm gonna kill you! 2 00:00:26,723 --> 00:00:27,773 Uh, I need a refill. 3 00:00:29,779 --> 00:00:32,376 - You've already had three. - So what? They're free. 4 00:00:32,377 --> 00:00:34,127 I got a birthday. Get it yourself. 5 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:36,151 No wonder he doesn't get any tips. 6 00:00:36,534 --> 00:00:37,484 All right... 7 00:00:37,976 --> 00:00:41,076 who's ready to sing the Ralphy's rump us birthday rump shake? 8 00:00:46,232 --> 00:00:52,709 let's sing, let's ride let's bling, let's slide it's time for Ralphy 9 00:00:53,373 --> 00:00:59,494 we'll dance, eat cake and do the rump shake it's time for Ralphy 10 00:00:59,628 --> 00:01:00,570 Are you okay, man? 11 00:01:07,615 --> 00:01:08,562 You okay? 12 00:01:15,269 --> 00:01:17,881 It's time for Ralphy— 13 00:01:23,031 --> 00:01:25,665 Okay, all right. Let's get you in the back. Come on. 14 00:01:25,669 --> 00:01:27,311 It's gonna be okay, kids. Sorry! 15 00:01:36,805 --> 00:01:37,750 Got a heartbeat. 16 00:01:37,917 --> 00:01:39,202 Jack? Jack? 17 00:01:39,416 --> 00:01:41,240 - I need you to step back. - He's my brother. 18 00:01:41,248 --> 00:01:42,320 Jack! Wake up! 19 00:01:42,416 --> 00:01:45,122 Call your parents, tell them to go to Princeton Plainsboro hospital. 20 00:01:45,135 --> 00:01:46,172 Our parents died. 21 00:01:47,397 --> 00:01:48,391 He's all we've got. 22 00:01:51,316 --> 00:01:55,862 ydy.com - Synchro: jh26 23 00:02:24,166 --> 00:02:26,730 I was not parked illegally. I-I live here. 24 00:02:27,668 --> 00:02:29,423 Love note from detective Tritter. 25 00:02:33,995 --> 00:02:34,942 Heart attack. 26 00:02:35,248 --> 00:02:38,442 His cath was clean and echo showed no structural abnormalities. 27 00:02:38,497 --> 00:02:41,452 Fatigue, night sweats, weight loss preceded the heart attack. 28 00:02:41,456 --> 00:02:44,383 18-year-old kid, suddenly an orphan and a single father of two. 29 00:02:44,386 --> 00:02:46,292 Party of five! Powerful stuff. 30 00:02:46,885 --> 00:02:48,111 The O.C. of its day. 31 00:02:48,836 --> 00:02:52,272 Stress explains everything except the itchy feet. 32 00:02:52,888 --> 00:02:54,191 Athlete's foot covers that. 33 00:02:54,198 --> 00:02:56,223 Waiters work 12 hours a day in old sneakers. 34 00:02:56,227 --> 00:02:57,601 Hmm, good idea. 35 00:02:57,918 --> 00:02:59,863 Ignore the symptoms. Makes our job easy. 36 00:02:59,876 --> 00:03:02,551 I'm not ignoring a symptom. I'm explaining a symptom. 37 00:03:02,555 --> 00:03:05,650 kid's been hanging over a toilet, despite antiemetic therapy. 38 00:03:05,755 --> 00:03:09,270 Persistent vomiting could indicate increased intracranial pressure, tumor— 39 00:03:09,276 --> 00:03:11,621 Sure. Heart problems. It's gotta be the brain. 40 00:03:12,095 --> 00:03:14,070 Thank god there's a neurologist in the room. 41 00:03:14,077 --> 00:03:17,171 Right. It's the feet. If only I were a podiatrist. 42 00:03:17,286 --> 00:03:20,220 Probably caught an intestinal virus from one of those feral kids 43 00:03:20,225 --> 00:03:23,301 running around. Repeated vomiting causes an electrolyte imbalance, 44 00:03:23,305 --> 00:03:26,361 which leads to an arrhythmia, which leads to the heart attack. 45 00:03:26,366 --> 00:03:27,520 And itchy feet. 46 00:03:28,148 --> 00:03:29,092 Nope. 47 00:03:29,808 --> 00:03:31,321 That's it? Nope? 48 00:03:31,546 --> 00:03:34,411 - I've said too much already. - This isn't a game, House. 49 00:03:34,417 --> 00:03:35,992 No, it's not. But it could be. 50 00:03:38,656 --> 00:03:40,451 - What are you writing? - Nothing. 51 00:03:40,706 --> 00:03:43,681 - If you know the diagnosis, why don't— - How are you gonna learn to swim 52 00:03:43,686 --> 00:03:45,223 unless I take off your floaties and throw you into shark-infested waters? 53 00:03:45,227 --> 00:03:47,911 You can't know what's wrong after a 30-second perusal of his file. 54 00:03:47,916 --> 00:03:49,110 Apparently you can't. 55 00:03:49,315 --> 00:03:51,012 Now, what's a game without rules? 56 00:03:51,028 --> 00:03:55,031 No, tag-backs, no biting. You get one test each. 57 00:03:56,195 --> 00:03:57,791 And the clock runs until lunch. 58 00:03:58,675 --> 00:04:02,521 If I'm right, he'll still be alive. If I'm wrong, this is a very cruel game. 59 00:04:03,776 --> 00:04:06,741 You're late. I charge for the time you were supposed to be here. 60 00:04:06,748 --> 00:04:10,501 Tritter towed my car. He's frozen my assets. He's on a crusade. 61 00:04:10,848 --> 00:04:13,743 You're a person of interest in a narcotics investigation. 62 00:04:13,757 --> 00:04:15,763 You're linked to their suspect and his activities. 63 00:04:15,768 --> 00:04:19,713 I'm not Pablo Escobar's evil henchman cruising into Miami in a cigarette boat. 64 00:04:19,805 --> 00:04:22,123 I'm a physician who prescribed vicodin to a pain patient. 65 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:25,822 This police report you faxed me says they found 600 pills in his apartment. 66 00:04:25,828 --> 00:04:28,272 - You prescribed those? - He's in chronic pain. 67 00:04:28,275 --> 00:04:30,971 - This is obviously an abuse of power. - Is that a yes or no? 68 00:04:30,978 --> 00:04:33,322 Patients build up a tolerance over the years. 69 00:04:33,445 --> 00:04:35,742 Perfect motive for him to forge those scrips. 70 00:04:35,776 --> 00:04:37,512 - I still don't have an answer. - What, are we, like, role playing? 71 00:04:37,518 --> 00:04:39,073 Yeah. And you suck at it. 72 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:41,392 Which is really unfortunate, because 73 00:04:41,517 --> 00:04:42,961 you're pretending to be you. 74 00:04:43,285 --> 00:04:44,381 I gotta get to court. 75 00:04:44,635 --> 00:04:46,712 Michael told me you could help me get my car back. 76 00:04:46,718 --> 00:04:49,953 Yeah, divorce lawyers usually know the ins and outs of drug enforcement. 77 00:04:49,957 --> 00:04:52,941 You want your car back, you're gonna have to give the cops what they want. 78 00:04:52,948 --> 00:04:56,120 Thanks. Usually people feel helpless in these situations. 79 00:04:56,998 --> 00:04:58,843 Dr. House is probably going to jail. 80 00:04:59,425 --> 00:05:02,372 You keep on lying for him, you'll go right along with him. 81 00:05:03,936 --> 00:05:07,292 House was on this page when he got that annoying” I'm such a genius" look. 82 00:05:07,298 --> 00:05:08,900 - What's there? - Patient history. 83 00:05:08,905 --> 00:05:11,441 He's 18. Probably drinks, smokes, does drugs. 84 00:05:12,306 --> 00:05:13,250 How close am I? 85 00:05:14,017 --> 00:05:16,412 Quit drugs when his parents died. Quit smoking. 86 00:05:19,118 --> 00:05:22,111 House didn't mock my viral idea. He just said it was wrong. 87 00:05:22,977 --> 00:05:25,481 Which means he didn't want to give reasons. Which means, 88 00:05:25,485 --> 00:05:26,683 I must have been close. 89 00:05:28,045 --> 00:05:29,240 I'm thinking bacterial. 90 00:05:29,887 --> 00:05:31,230 I'm doing a blood culture. 91 00:05:32,127 --> 00:05:34,541 - I am doing an MRI. - It there was a tumor, 92 00:05:34,636 --> 00:05:37,411 intracranial pressure could cause his brain to herniate before lunch. 93 00:05:37,416 --> 00:05:40,391 - Same thing with your stress test. - Which is why I'm ditching it. 94 00:05:40,397 --> 00:05:42,693 - What are you doing instead? - Not telling. 95 00:05:42,717 --> 00:05:44,362 Seriously—you playing his game? 96 00:05:44,625 --> 00:05:47,222 We're all playing his game. Might as well enjoy it. 97 00:05:48,238 --> 00:05:49,583 Anybody else sick at work? 98 00:05:50,798 --> 00:05:52,780 I had a stomach ache before him. 99 00:05:53,087 --> 00:05:55,232 This isn't your fault, Will. Keep working. 100 00:05:55,465 --> 00:05:56,963 My brother's in the hospital. 101 00:05:57,056 --> 00:05:59,651 Mrs. Collier won't care if I finish my homework. 102 00:06:00,007 --> 00:06:02,401 Your brother cares if you finish your homework. 103 00:06:14,647 --> 00:06:16,242 Can I be your imaginary friend? 104 00:06:17,608 --> 00:06:18,550 He's a doctor. 105 00:06:19,737 --> 00:06:21,403 How are the feet? Still itch? 106 00:06:23,808 --> 00:06:24,753 Is that important? 107 00:06:25,137 --> 00:06:26,082 I don't know. 108 00:06:26,435 --> 00:06:27,383 Is it? 109 00:06:30,138 --> 00:06:31,551 What kinds of drugs you into? 110 00:06:31,556 --> 00:06:33,330 You don't have to talk about that right now. 111 00:06:33,335 --> 00:06:35,541 No, it's okay. I don't keep secrets from them. 112 00:06:35,846 --> 00:06:37,861 They know I did drugs before our parents died. 113 00:06:37,865 --> 00:06:38,812 Clever. 114 00:06:39,205 --> 00:06:41,130 Admit the past. Deny the present. 115 00:06:41,638 --> 00:06:45,430 I'm clean. I'm raising two kids. It'd be pretty irresponsible, wouldn't it? 116 00:06:45,715 --> 00:06:47,912 But confiding in an eight-year-old is okay? 117 00:06:48,185 --> 00:06:50,522 If I'm open with them, then they'll be open with me. 118 00:06:50,525 --> 00:06:51,471 Yeah. 119 00:06:51,776 --> 00:06:54,422 Turning the other cheek's a good strategy in boxing. 120 00:06:54,426 --> 00:06:56,281 Kids don't lie because they got trust issues. 121 00:06:56,286 --> 00:06:58,321 They lie because they got something to hide. 122 00:06:58,328 --> 00:06:59,272 Look at him, 123 00:06:59,716 --> 00:07:01,911 sitting there doing nothing, and he's still lying. 124 00:07:01,918 --> 00:07:03,011 We don't lie to Jack. 125 00:07:04,035 --> 00:07:06,192 - Spelling test you failed and forgot - No. 126 00:07:06,196 --> 00:07:07,143 - Math test? - No. 127 00:07:07,145 --> 00:07:08,671 Fight with the kid sitting next to you? 128 00:07:08,675 --> 00:07:09,931 He doesn't sit next to me. 129 00:07:13,378 --> 00:07:15,840 - The other one's probably having sex. - I am not! 130 00:07:15,846 --> 00:07:18,243 Yet. When you start, you're gonna lie about it. 131 00:07:29,477 --> 00:07:31,381 - Colder. - I'm not playing. 132 00:07:32,556 --> 00:07:35,153 Keep very still for me, Jack. This won't take long. 133 00:07:37,387 --> 00:07:38,831 How much dope did you smoke? 134 00:07:39,287 --> 00:07:41,901 - Does he have to be here? - No. Ignore him. 135 00:07:43,098 --> 00:07:45,390 - It's not his lungs. - I never said it was. 136 00:07:45,457 --> 00:07:46,803 What about the cigarettes? 137 00:07:47,005 --> 00:07:49,300 How did you quit? Gum, patch, hypnosis? 138 00:07:50,555 --> 00:07:52,950 He went from two packs to nothing, cold turkey. 139 00:07:54,126 --> 00:07:55,821 Or we could just make small talk. 140 00:07:56,307 --> 00:08:00,080 You still seeing that nurse in pedes? I just don't think she's right for you. 141 00:08:00,087 --> 00:08:01,083 You need someone... 142 00:08:01,148 --> 00:08:03,260 detached, calculating, ambitious. 143 00:08:03,966 --> 00:08:05,460 You need yourself in a skirt. 144 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:07,832 Jack, he asked you a question. 145 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:09,371 I didn't really quit. 146 00:08:09,441 --> 00:08:11,145 I just sort of lost taste for it. 147 00:08:11,769 --> 00:08:14,792 Interesting. Sounds like one of those symptom thingies. 148 00:08:14,987 --> 00:08:18,503 He's still puking, and he had a heart attack and itchy feet. 149 00:08:19,226 --> 00:08:21,821 - It's not his lungs. - I never said it was. 150 00:08:26,546 --> 00:08:27,641 Ice cold. 151 00:08:33,245 --> 00:08:35,622 I'm injecting ergonovine to see if your heart attack 152 00:08:35,628 --> 00:08:38,670 was caused by a spasm in the vessels surrounding your heart. 153 00:08:39,346 --> 00:08:40,991 Let me know if anything feels... 154 00:08:41,838 --> 00:08:42,783 unusual. 155 00:08:44,617 --> 00:08:48,220 If the problem's around my heart, why did that other doctor look at my brain? 156 00:08:48,226 --> 00:08:50,771 Yeah, why did that other doctor look at his brain? 157 00:08:51,745 --> 00:08:54,941 We're just trying to eliminate as many possibilities as we can. 158 00:08:54,987 --> 00:08:56,711 So because you think the spasm 159 00:08:57,137 --> 00:09:00,130 caused his heart attack, you're gonna induce another spasm. 160 00:09:00,418 --> 00:09:01,662 Did you consent to this? 161 00:09:02,538 --> 00:09:03,843 Everything's under control. 162 00:09:03,856 --> 00:09:07,540 Tests are gonna identify which arteries are affected so we can repair them. 163 00:09:07,548 --> 00:09:10,891 Your meds don't seem to be doing anything. So either you're wrong, 164 00:09:11,448 --> 00:09:14,761 or his system hasn't been pushed enough to set anything off. 165 00:09:23,478 --> 00:09:24,881 You wanna get back home, right? 166 00:09:24,885 --> 00:09:28,781 I mean, you're probably already falling behind with the housework, the bills. 167 00:09:28,785 --> 00:09:32,182 How many sick days do you think you'll get before they replace you? 168 00:09:34,755 --> 00:09:36,501 Heart rate's up, but nothing else. 169 00:09:37,245 --> 00:09:38,841 They can't fire me if I'm sick. 170 00:09:39,747 --> 00:09:41,421 Right, you're irreplaceable. 171 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:44,761 Who else would they find qualified to dance with a rodent? 172 00:09:44,876 --> 00:09:46,343 How can you even support your family? 173 00:09:46,347 --> 00:09:50,133 What happens when those kids grow out of their clothes, when they get sick? 174 00:09:50,136 --> 00:09:51,140 Still no spasm. 175 00:09:52,206 --> 00:09:54,103 They'll take those kids away from you, Jack. 176 00:09:54,105 --> 00:09:58,100 Maybe I should bring them in here right now so that you can kiss them good-bye. 177 00:09:58,466 --> 00:10:00,161 Can't you see his heart is fine? 178 00:10:00,656 --> 00:10:03,243 Stop torturing him! What kind of doctor are you? 179 00:10:06,226 --> 00:10:08,352 Wonderful, thank you so much. Okay, bye. 180 00:10:10,407 --> 00:10:12,490 - You're just getting here? - Buses suck. 181 00:10:12,495 --> 00:10:14,443 - Where's your car? - It's a hostage. 182 00:10:14,606 --> 00:10:16,752 Tritter wants me to testify against House. 183 00:10:17,128 --> 00:10:20,023 - You're not going to. - Is that a question or an order? 184 00:10:20,265 --> 00:10:23,110 Any sort of conviction will cost House his license. 185 00:10:23,186 --> 00:10:24,421 Which will cost this hospital. 186 00:10:24,425 --> 00:10:26,643 Relax, I'm not gonna mess with your precious resource. 187 00:10:26,645 --> 00:10:29,012 I told my lawyer to tell Tritter to go to hell. 188 00:10:29,028 --> 00:10:29,973 Marco! 189 00:10:31,878 --> 00:10:33,923 Why are all my prescriptions getting bounced back? 190 00:10:33,926 --> 00:10:35,910 Sorry, Dr. Wilson. I was trying to call you. 191 00:10:35,915 --> 00:10:37,563 - Where's your phone? - In my car. 192 00:10:37,578 --> 00:10:40,530 My patients, on the other hand, are here and needed their medications. 193 00:10:40,535 --> 00:10:43,592 I'm sorry, I can't. Your DEA number's been suspended. 194 00:10:47,868 --> 00:10:48,810 Why so sad? 195 00:10:49,717 --> 00:10:52,112 There's still a chance that Chase got it right. 196 00:10:52,378 --> 00:10:55,530 Oh! That was suspenseful for about two seconds. 197 00:10:56,728 --> 00:10:58,772 Blood culture was negative for bacteria. 198 00:10:59,878 --> 00:11:01,280 Positive for hepatitis A? 199 00:11:01,488 --> 00:11:04,321 Hmm, I wonder who could have ordered that extra test. 200 00:11:05,036 --> 00:11:07,601 Must be somebody who knew what persistent vomiting, 201 00:11:07,605 --> 00:11:09,982 sudden distaste for nicotine and itchy feet have in common. 202 00:11:09,985 --> 00:11:11,561 Hep A doesn't explain the heart attack. 203 00:11:11,567 --> 00:11:15,043 No, but as Chase so deftly pointed out earlier, puking does. 204 00:11:15,365 --> 00:11:16,952 And hep A explains the puking. 205 00:11:17,225 --> 00:11:19,872 If this had been real life instead of just a game... 206 00:11:23,305 --> 00:11:26,020 The DEA just revoked my prescription privileges. 207 00:11:27,376 --> 00:11:29,070 Who's gonna prescribe my vicodin? 208 00:11:29,296 --> 00:11:32,270 Yes, well, that's why I'm here. This is a disaster for you. 209 00:11:32,276 --> 00:11:34,973 Relax. Tritter's just getting desperate. 210 00:11:34,976 --> 00:11:37,650 He's got no real evidence. He's trying to squeeze you into ratting. 211 00:11:37,658 --> 00:11:39,802 I'm not gonna let him squeeze my patients. 212 00:11:39,927 --> 00:11:40,872 They'll be fine. 213 00:11:41,225 --> 00:11:43,370 Most of your cancer medicine sucks anyway. 214 00:11:45,405 --> 00:11:47,210 I'm gonna use your team to do my prescribing 215 00:11:47,215 --> 00:11:48,743 till this is straightened out. 216 00:11:50,478 --> 00:11:52,823 Suddenly this doesn't seem nearly as dramatic. 217 00:11:52,978 --> 00:11:56,020 Go pump IVIG into the kid. Cure him and get him out of here. 218 00:11:58,406 --> 00:11:59,352 Hep A? 219 00:12:00,506 --> 00:12:01,453 No. 220 00:12:01,908 --> 00:12:03,612 "Chase,” blood test for bacteria. 221 00:12:03,928 --> 00:12:07,972 "Foreman, M.R.I." too stubborn to check the lungs. Cameron, nice try. No spasm". 222 00:12:11,586 --> 00:12:15,110 "But the princess sat and sat and sat". 223 00:12:16,698 --> 00:12:18,120 Pretending not to listen, 224 00:12:19,995 --> 00:12:24,243 pretending to write in her journal with the flowers on it. 225 00:12:26,126 --> 00:12:29,571 Pretending she didn't like stories about eight-year-olds who save the world. 226 00:12:29,578 --> 00:12:30,493 I'm 11. 227 00:12:30,496 --> 00:12:32,351 Which is why you can no longer save the world. 228 00:12:32,357 --> 00:12:34,082 - I'm eight. - Yeah. 229 00:12:35,036 --> 00:12:36,790 We're all completely dependent on you. 230 00:12:36,796 --> 00:12:37,941 - Mornin'! - Mornin'. 231 00:12:38,155 --> 00:12:39,103 Good news. 232 00:12:39,468 --> 00:12:40,960 We can take you off the IVIG. 233 00:12:41,395 --> 00:12:44,842 The hep A has cleared your system. You'll be good to go by tomorrow. 234 00:12:46,498 --> 00:12:48,002 How do you think I got it? 235 00:12:48,007 --> 00:12:49,581 It could have been contaminated food. 236 00:12:49,587 --> 00:12:51,731 It could have been from cleaning bathrooms at work. 237 00:12:51,735 --> 00:12:52,953 Or it could have been... 238 00:12:55,255 --> 00:12:57,001 Don't worry. They've heard it all. 239 00:12:57,566 --> 00:12:58,911 Anilingus is a common way. 240 00:12:59,665 --> 00:13:01,653 You should just tell the people that you've dated 241 00:13:01,655 --> 00:13:03,453 they should get themselves checked. 242 00:13:04,457 --> 00:13:07,821 Don't worry, I've been too busy chasing after these guys to go spelunking. 243 00:13:07,828 --> 00:13:08,770 You're gross. 244 00:13:09,896 --> 00:13:10,842 I think. 245 00:13:11,815 --> 00:13:13,910 - Does your arm hurt? - Arm's fine, bro. 246 00:13:14,056 --> 00:13:16,560 - Then why is it bleeding? - It's not, it's... 247 00:13:20,225 --> 00:13:21,820 Raise your arm above your head. 248 00:13:22,955 --> 00:13:23,900 Your ear. 249 00:13:24,898 --> 00:13:25,843 And your nose. 250 00:13:33,568 --> 00:13:37,211 High PT and PTT on Jack's blood panel confirm a coagulopathy. 251 00:13:37,957 --> 00:13:38,903 So... 252 00:13:39,308 --> 00:13:40,423 we cure the hep A... 253 00:13:41,658 --> 00:13:44,060 and something else pops up. Interesting. 254 00:13:45,248 --> 00:13:47,700 What infections cause DIC? 255 00:13:49,686 --> 00:13:50,633 You okay? 256 00:13:51,877 --> 00:13:54,123 I hurt my shoulder playing fantasy football. 257 00:13:54,276 --> 00:13:55,972 Shall we discuss what causes DIC, 258 00:13:56,107 --> 00:13:58,920 or shall we just send the kid back to his miserable life? 259 00:13:58,926 --> 00:14:00,521 - He's not miserable. - Right. 260 00:14:00,817 --> 00:14:03,251 He's thrilled that his parents are dead and his life is over. 261 00:14:03,256 --> 00:14:06,421 The restaurant's probably teeming with e. coli, eikenella, and strep. 262 00:14:06,425 --> 00:14:09,081 Kids don't wash their hands between the potty and the party, and— 263 00:14:09,086 --> 00:14:11,690 Or it's a food-borne toxin. Jack eats at that cesspool every day. 264 00:14:11,696 --> 00:14:13,272 Jack's the only one who got sick. 265 00:14:13,567 --> 00:14:15,232 Kid's got tattoos, piercings, 266 00:14:15,717 --> 00:14:18,030 and probably some nasty little girl loaned him the hep A. 267 00:14:18,045 --> 00:14:20,140 Could have also given him syphilis or gonorrhea. 268 00:14:20,148 --> 00:14:22,021 - I need one of you. - Take Cameron. 269 00:14:22,027 --> 00:14:23,423 Your idea was dumb, anyway. 270 00:14:24,286 --> 00:14:28,030 Chase, I need you to head back to that cesspool and get me the kid's puke. 271 00:14:28,487 --> 00:14:32,162 Foreman, do an LP, and have Cameron run down that potty/party theory. 272 00:14:32,506 --> 00:14:33,851 Why don't I just test him? 273 00:14:35,495 --> 00:14:37,741 Let's not discuss this in front of the help. 274 00:14:43,396 --> 00:14:45,242 The amount of vomiting that kid did, 275 00:14:46,067 --> 00:14:49,343 wouldn't be enough toxins left in this system to show up in his blood. 276 00:14:49,348 --> 00:14:51,851 Since he vomited into the toilet here instead of on somebody, 277 00:14:51,858 --> 00:14:54,603 that restaurant is our only source of essential vomit. 278 00:14:54,787 --> 00:14:56,681 And you couldn't say that in front of Foreman? 279 00:14:56,706 --> 00:14:59,003 No, I couldn't say this in front of Foreman. 280 00:15:00,438 --> 00:15:01,380 I need a refill. 281 00:15:01,965 --> 00:15:04,372 Detective Tritter knows about the scrips I wrote before. 282 00:15:04,376 --> 00:15:06,823 Exactly. If you stop now, it'll look suspicious. 283 00:15:08,187 --> 00:15:11,080 - Does anyone fall for that argument? - Write the scrip. 284 00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:13,420 No. 285 00:15:13,536 --> 00:15:15,062 One prescription isn't gonna make you— 286 00:15:15,065 --> 00:15:16,962 we both know it's not gonna be just one. 287 00:15:18,145 --> 00:15:20,392 I'd rather lose my job than lose my license. 288 00:15:28,216 --> 00:15:33,561 Daniel Silvers, prostate cancer, needs filgrastim, two-week supply. 289 00:15:33,988 --> 00:15:39,003 Andrea Donavan, breast cancer, just needs her refill of her megestrol. 290 00:15:40,366 --> 00:15:42,193 - You're not writing. - You want me to write? 291 00:15:42,197 --> 00:15:44,470 Well, you could phone them in. But eventually, 292 00:15:44,526 --> 00:15:47,571 yeah, probably somebody's gonna want something written down. 293 00:15:48,116 --> 00:15:50,161 - I haven't met these people. - I have. 294 00:15:51,016 --> 00:15:53,462 - I've diagnosed them and everything. - I know. 295 00:15:54,417 --> 00:15:56,783 I know, I'm not saying I don't trust you. 296 00:15:56,958 --> 00:15:58,013 Just my diagnosis. 297 00:15:58,356 --> 00:16:00,061 These are gonna be my prescriptions, I— 298 00:16:00,068 --> 00:16:01,841 They're my patients! My prescriptions. 299 00:16:01,848 --> 00:16:02,793 My name! 300 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:07,013 That Tritter will read on the scrip. 301 00:16:08,197 --> 00:16:11,892 He wants to make you miserable. You don't think he's gonna ask questions? 302 00:16:14,117 --> 00:16:17,661 Is there anything Jack does that no one else does? Any special duties? 303 00:16:17,688 --> 00:16:19,082 No, we got lots of bussers. 304 00:16:20,138 --> 00:16:22,280 What kind of cleaning products do you use? 305 00:16:22,338 --> 00:16:25,303 We got a bunch of kids running around sticking everything in their mouths. 306 00:16:25,307 --> 00:16:27,830 So we can't use anything toxic. 307 00:16:29,467 --> 00:16:30,412 That's it. 308 00:16:30,518 --> 00:16:31,463 Monday's trash. 309 00:16:38,067 --> 00:16:40,961 So there's no one who can maybe... help get the bags out? 310 00:16:41,075 --> 00:16:42,193 Sorry, short-handed. 311 00:16:43,317 --> 00:16:44,261 I can tip. 312 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:48,782 I'm pretty sure Jack's puke is in a blue trash bag with the wrapped gifts. But 313 00:16:48,797 --> 00:16:51,143 if you find spaghetti, that's the wrong vomit. 314 00:16:59,947 --> 00:17:02,643 How much longer do I have to stay on this medication? 315 00:17:02,707 --> 00:17:04,453 I mean, I'm nauseous all the time. 316 00:17:05,306 --> 00:17:07,352 Maybe I should go back on the tamoxifen. 317 00:17:07,958 --> 00:17:10,141 You're doing so much better on the anastrozole, Beth. 318 00:17:10,145 --> 00:17:13,542 - I'm reluctant to make a change. - I can't play with my daughter. 319 00:17:14,055 --> 00:17:17,472 Or pick her up from school. I can barely get up and tuck her in at night. 320 00:17:17,516 --> 00:17:19,180 There's got to be something else. 321 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:21,150 Who is she? 322 00:17:21,667 --> 00:17:24,062 Well, as you know, this is a teaching hospital. 323 00:17:24,487 --> 00:17:25,430 She's a student? 324 00:17:25,536 --> 00:17:28,241 No, I'm a doctor. I'm assisting Dr. Wilson today. 325 00:17:28,637 --> 00:17:30,670 Why, do you think he got my diagnosis wrong? 326 00:17:30,677 --> 00:17:33,081 - No, I'm sure— - No, no. 327 00:17:33,206 --> 00:17:35,820 She's just consulting regarding my prescriptions. 328 00:17:36,148 --> 00:17:37,670 You think he got my meds wrong? 329 00:17:37,678 --> 00:17:39,373 - No, it's just— - No. 330 00:17:39,776 --> 00:17:40,900 Then why is she here? 331 00:17:47,395 --> 00:17:48,593 What are you doing now? 332 00:17:49,548 --> 00:17:52,291 I'm gonna get a sample of your brother's spinal fluid. 333 00:17:52,736 --> 00:17:54,081 - Where's Will? - School. 334 00:17:57,247 --> 00:17:58,240 Is that gonna hurt? 335 00:17:58,317 --> 00:18:01,013 It's gonna help us figure out what's making him sick. 336 00:18:01,398 --> 00:18:04,092 - Shouldn't you be in class too? - Teacher work day. 337 00:18:04,188 --> 00:18:05,330 For you, but not Will? 338 00:18:05,635 --> 00:18:07,683 Yeah, it didn't make sense to me either. 339 00:18:11,505 --> 00:18:12,452 Can I help? 340 00:18:14,028 --> 00:18:17,573 Well, I guess it's quicker than calling a nurse. And a truant officer. 341 00:18:18,526 --> 00:18:21,471 Here, grab his shins. Push his knees up towards his chest. 342 00:18:24,435 --> 00:18:25,733 Now hold him there tight. 343 00:18:27,355 --> 00:18:28,513 This all nurses do? 344 00:18:30,188 --> 00:18:32,533 My boss doesn't trust 'em to do anything else. 345 00:18:38,726 --> 00:18:39,670 Is he gonna die? 346 00:18:42,678 --> 00:18:43,622 No. 347 00:18:44,048 --> 00:18:45,040 No one's gonna die. 348 00:18:45,476 --> 00:18:46,771 In the whole world, ever? 349 00:18:47,008 --> 00:18:47,953 That's so great. 350 00:18:49,626 --> 00:18:51,820 - Well, I meant— - I know what you meant. 351 00:18:53,188 --> 00:18:55,081 But I also know bad things do happen. 352 00:18:57,527 --> 00:19:00,073 My dad always had a few drinks when they went out. 353 00:19:00,676 --> 00:19:02,423 Always said he'd be okay to drive. 354 00:19:03,907 --> 00:19:04,851 Until he wasn't. 355 00:19:09,337 --> 00:19:11,431 I would just like some warning this time. 356 00:19:16,086 --> 00:19:19,032 We're nowhere near anything like that happening right now. 357 00:19:20,216 --> 00:19:21,162 Okay? 358 00:19:24,326 --> 00:19:25,672 Let's scoot him back over. 359 00:19:29,818 --> 00:19:30,763 What was that? 360 00:19:31,596 --> 00:19:32,541 What'd you do? 361 00:19:33,998 --> 00:19:36,290 - You broke his rib? - I barely touched him. 362 00:19:36,948 --> 00:19:37,890 Which means— 363 00:19:39,076 --> 00:19:40,430 - Found it. - Fix it. 364 00:19:41,325 --> 00:19:44,430 Osteomyelitis. Means the infection's spread to his bones. 365 00:19:44,776 --> 00:19:47,522 Which means it's either bacterial or viral, and that— 366 00:19:49,697 --> 00:19:52,770 I hired you to take away the pain. Is there some confusion? 367 00:19:53,478 --> 00:19:56,122 You ever thought about using your cane on the proper side? 368 00:19:56,125 --> 00:19:57,320 Yeah, that's the issue. 369 00:19:57,508 --> 00:20:00,750 Friday night, my cane suddenly noticed it was on the wrong side. 370 00:20:02,107 --> 00:20:04,103 - Can you score me some vicodin? - No. 371 00:20:04,445 --> 00:20:06,212 I did a needle aspiration to confirm which— 372 00:20:06,217 --> 00:20:07,660 How long till the cultures— 373 00:20:09,648 --> 00:20:11,743 Why do you only do that when I'm talking? 374 00:20:11,936 --> 00:20:13,433 You gotta rest your shoulder. 375 00:20:14,375 --> 00:20:17,022 And we're gonna get you on some different equipment. 376 00:20:29,226 --> 00:20:31,881 - Nice cane. - If I know what you mean? 377 00:20:33,245 --> 00:20:36,140 - Chase, you can stop doing that. - I'm almost finished. 378 00:20:36,215 --> 00:20:37,603 He's got osteomyelitis. 379 00:20:38,268 --> 00:20:40,462 Means you're wrong about food-borne toxins. 380 00:20:41,456 --> 00:20:42,403 And... 381 00:20:43,818 --> 00:20:45,903 you can stop too. Syphilis. 382 00:20:46,787 --> 00:20:48,540 - You sure? - Read the printout. 383 00:20:52,727 --> 00:20:54,423 He's also positive for eikenella. 384 00:21:00,257 --> 00:21:01,493 One of you two screwed up. 385 00:21:01,497 --> 00:21:02,692 - No. - Not a chance. 386 00:21:05,395 --> 00:21:07,642 Or this kid is a lot sicker than we thought. 387 00:21:08,395 --> 00:21:09,343 Finish that test. 388 00:21:10,196 --> 00:21:13,472 It should be impossible to get two right answers to one question. 389 00:21:13,477 --> 00:21:14,772 Is it okay to have three? 390 00:21:16,397 --> 00:21:17,343 Apparently. 391 00:21:18,287 --> 00:21:19,883 He's positive for botulism too. 392 00:21:20,745 --> 00:21:21,692 So... 393 00:21:22,757 --> 00:21:25,493 we knock down one infection and three more pop up. 394 00:21:27,405 --> 00:21:28,933 I think this game is rigged. 395 00:21:38,686 --> 00:21:40,580 Jack? Somebody help! 396 00:21:40,696 --> 00:21:43,183 We've managed to clear all three infections out of his system. 397 00:21:43,186 --> 00:21:45,360 But now he's having seizures every few hours. 398 00:21:45,365 --> 00:21:47,061 He's gotta be immuno-compromised. 399 00:21:47,197 --> 00:21:50,041 No, white count was normal, and he was negative for HIV. 400 00:21:50,045 --> 00:21:51,433 If he's not immuno-compromised, 401 00:21:51,435 --> 00:21:53,320 why is he acting like he's immuno-compromised? 402 00:21:53,326 --> 00:21:54,560 What do the seizures tell us? 403 00:21:54,568 --> 00:21:57,220 Nothing, there were no structural abnormalities on the CT, 404 00:21:57,228 --> 00:22:00,072 non-focal neuro-exam, no electrolyte imbalance, nothing. 405 00:22:00,266 --> 00:22:04,331 What do unexplained seizures and really sick 18-year-olds have in common? 406 00:22:04,685 --> 00:22:05,732 You thinking trauma? 407 00:22:06,787 --> 00:22:07,821 I'm thinking drugs. 408 00:22:08,456 --> 00:22:09,642 He's an admitted user. 409 00:22:10,107 --> 00:22:11,752 Drugs trashed his immune system. 410 00:22:12,626 --> 00:22:13,722 Tox screen was clean. 411 00:22:13,986 --> 00:22:17,132 Clean tox screen means there's no drugs in his blood or urine. 412 00:22:17,297 --> 00:22:21,092 There could still be drugs trapped in his fat cells from the good ol' days. 413 00:22:21,557 --> 00:22:24,160 If they're in his fat, why would they be affecting him now? 414 00:22:24,165 --> 00:22:27,813 A keen observer would notice that he's had some digestive issues lately. 415 00:22:28,046 --> 00:22:29,392 His weight loss could have 416 00:22:29,426 --> 00:22:32,721 burned off fat cells and released the drugs back into his system. 417 00:22:33,246 --> 00:22:36,322 There's no way to know. It's impossible to test fat cells for drugs. 418 00:22:36,325 --> 00:22:39,461 It's not impossible to make him lose more weight. 419 00:22:40,006 --> 00:22:43,262 You want us to starve him so we can drive him into another seizure, 420 00:22:43,276 --> 00:22:46,260 and maybe a heart attack, just so we can run another tox screen? 421 00:22:46,265 --> 00:22:47,212 That'd be cruel. 422 00:22:47,945 --> 00:22:49,241 Just sweat it out of him. 423 00:22:52,645 --> 00:22:55,593 I haven't touched a thing since the night my parents died. 424 00:22:56,296 --> 00:22:58,242 Drugs stay in your system a long time. 425 00:23:05,997 --> 00:23:06,940 I was high... 426 00:23:07,497 --> 00:23:09,990 the night the cops came to tell us what happened. 427 00:23:13,047 --> 00:23:15,541 You know the first thing I did when they told me? 428 00:23:18,086 --> 00:23:19,033 I laughed. 429 00:23:22,277 --> 00:23:24,321 I'm not the person I was when they died. 430 00:23:25,598 --> 00:23:26,992 I wish they could see that. 431 00:23:28,158 --> 00:23:31,201 Well, I'm sure they're watching, and I'm sure they're proud. 432 00:23:33,108 --> 00:23:35,953 That's what Will's guidance counselor keeps telling him. 433 00:23:35,987 --> 00:23:37,080 What do you tell him? 434 00:23:40,026 --> 00:23:41,122 I tell him it's crap. 435 00:23:42,296 --> 00:23:45,341 Our parents live on in our memories, but they don't live on. 436 00:23:54,595 --> 00:23:55,543 Jack? 437 00:23:55,565 --> 00:23:56,511 Hold him still! 438 00:23:57,105 --> 00:23:58,771 - Don't break his arm. - We'll fix it. 439 00:23:58,778 --> 00:24:00,020 We need to get a sample. 440 00:24:03,965 --> 00:24:04,911 House. 441 00:24:05,638 --> 00:24:06,583 Bad news. 442 00:24:07,155 --> 00:24:09,741 Look at you. Couldn't have sent Cameron down here 443 00:24:09,885 --> 00:24:12,733 to this air-conditioned hallway to deliver the bad news? 444 00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:16,123 Jack seized again, but his blood was clean. Completely drug-free. 445 00:24:16,428 --> 00:24:19,960 So he just happened to have a seizure at the exact time that we stuck him 446 00:24:19,965 --> 00:24:21,883 - in a sauna? - It's not a coincidence. 447 00:24:21,885 --> 00:24:25,683 He's still seizing every few hours, whether we stick him in a sauna or not. 448 00:24:25,747 --> 00:24:26,730 Oh, my god! 449 00:24:27,735 --> 00:24:28,933 Why are you using that? 450 00:24:30,877 --> 00:24:32,022 I've had it for years. 451 00:24:32,577 --> 00:24:33,590 No, that's— 452 00:24:33,998 --> 00:24:37,040 that's gonna make your shoulder hurt. You need one of these. 453 00:24:38,195 --> 00:24:39,143 He's a... doctor. 454 00:24:40,006 --> 00:24:42,801 - Is he still infection-free? - I'm sure not for long. 455 00:24:42,847 --> 00:24:46,181 My point being that something other than those infections caused these seizures. 456 00:24:46,186 --> 00:24:48,251 That means there's something in his head. Scan him. 457 00:24:48,258 --> 00:24:49,203 We scanned him. 458 00:24:49,365 --> 00:24:53,113 Well, that was then. This is not then. Kid keeps changing. Scan him again. 459 00:24:53,366 --> 00:24:54,313 Where is Cameron? 460 00:24:54,967 --> 00:24:57,013 I'm not writing you a scrip for vicodin. 461 00:24:57,317 --> 00:24:58,810 I've only got two pills left. 462 00:24:59,797 --> 00:25:01,791 Cut 'em in half. Then you'll have four. 463 00:25:02,116 --> 00:25:05,862 You're prescribing for Wilson. Wilson prescribes for me. Write up a scrip. 464 00:25:06,198 --> 00:25:07,600 You know you have a problem. 465 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:09,550 Yeah, it's got a badge and everything. 466 00:25:09,685 --> 00:25:12,182 - You're taking too much— - Fine! You're right. 467 00:25:12,438 --> 00:25:13,710 What's the correct amount? 468 00:25:13,728 --> 00:25:15,771 Write up a scrip for the correct amount. 469 00:25:17,035 --> 00:25:17,980 No answer? 470 00:25:18,665 --> 00:25:20,613 That's 'cause we're having the wrong debate. 471 00:25:20,616 --> 00:25:23,521 This has got nothing to do with my problem and everything to do with you 472 00:25:23,538 --> 00:25:26,310 avoiding a problem. You're afraid that if you write me a prescription, 473 00:25:26,316 --> 00:25:28,701 - you're gonna wind up like Wilson. - Of course I am. 474 00:25:31,598 --> 00:25:33,960 Tritter wants to win by giving pain. 475 00:25:35,085 --> 00:25:37,130 Do you really want to be a part of that? 476 00:25:37,525 --> 00:25:39,173 As a doctor, how do you do that? 477 00:25:46,855 --> 00:25:47,801 Here. 478 00:25:48,258 --> 00:25:49,400 This'll tide you over. 479 00:25:49,615 --> 00:25:52,362 Keeps the edge off my PMS, it will do wonders for you. 480 00:25:58,668 --> 00:26:00,560 Why are you looking at my head again? 481 00:26:01,337 --> 00:26:03,832 Seizures usually indicate something neurological. 482 00:26:04,075 --> 00:26:05,372 I'm not gonna get better. 483 00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:07,710 Am I? 484 00:26:08,547 --> 00:26:10,142 We'll know more after the test. 485 00:26:12,585 --> 00:26:14,781 I've gotta find out who can take care of Will and Kama. 486 00:26:14,785 --> 00:26:16,780 Let's not get ahead of ourselves, okay? 487 00:26:17,796 --> 00:26:21,591 You'll be home, yelling at them and kicking their butts before you know it. 488 00:26:31,538 --> 00:26:33,440 This kid might be facing a terminal disease, 489 00:26:33,446 --> 00:26:35,610 and he's more worried about his brother and sister. 490 00:26:35,617 --> 00:26:36,611 Brain stem's clean. 491 00:26:37,818 --> 00:26:39,963 - Nothing in the midbrain. - What's that? 492 00:26:40,925 --> 00:26:42,921 The frontal lobe, upper-right quadrant. 493 00:26:43,628 --> 00:26:44,723 I don't see anything. 494 00:26:45,238 --> 00:26:46,181 There. 495 00:26:47,395 --> 00:26:48,341 It's tiny, but... 496 00:26:48,856 --> 00:26:49,843 I think it's a tumor. 497 00:26:49,846 --> 00:26:51,391 That size should be excisable. 498 00:26:52,338 --> 00:26:54,532 - Why didn't we see it earlier? - Oh, god. 499 00:26:55,926 --> 00:26:57,572 Axial view, there's another one. 500 00:26:58,007 --> 00:26:59,251 Bring up the next slice. 501 00:27:03,275 --> 00:27:04,272 They're everywhere. 502 00:27:06,616 --> 00:27:08,952 Jack's brain is riddled with tumors. 503 00:27:09,995 --> 00:27:11,291 You know what he's doing? 504 00:27:11,526 --> 00:27:13,961 - Moaning? - Setting up play dates. 505 00:27:14,585 --> 00:27:16,023 Wow, what a guy! Theories? 506 00:27:16,178 --> 00:27:18,702 The obvious one. Brain cancer destroyed his immune system. 507 00:27:18,705 --> 00:27:20,460 Left him wide open for these infections. 508 00:27:20,465 --> 00:27:21,412 House... 509 00:27:21,556 --> 00:27:22,500 you're pathetic. 510 00:27:23,086 --> 00:27:26,112 You'll analyze anyone's faults, hypocrisies, weaknesses. 511 00:27:26,306 --> 00:27:27,730 But this kid's got some strength, 512 00:27:27,738 --> 00:27:30,750 and all of a sudden there's no time to talk about anything but the medicine. 513 00:27:30,757 --> 00:27:33,351 He's teaching prepubescent kids that truth matters, 514 00:27:33,358 --> 00:27:35,542 god does not, and life sucks. I like him. 515 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:38,643 - Treatment? - We need to start him on radiation. 516 00:27:38,647 --> 00:27:40,932 And destroy whatever's left of his immune system. 517 00:27:40,936 --> 00:27:41,980 And safe his life! 518 00:27:42,897 --> 00:27:45,542 I know the notion of self-sacrifice is foreign to you. 519 00:27:45,545 --> 00:27:48,780 You wanna think he's sacrificing himself because if one person can do it, 520 00:27:48,797 --> 00:27:52,390 then maybe the world isn't the cold, selfish place you know that it is. 521 00:27:53,677 --> 00:27:55,670 Radiation could kill him. Alternatives? 522 00:27:55,926 --> 00:27:58,042 There aren't any. We saw the tumors. 523 00:27:58,265 --> 00:28:00,412 We could choose to say they aren't tumors. 524 00:28:00,856 --> 00:28:01,803 They're just pus. 525 00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:04,231 Which would explain why they weren't there yesterday. 526 00:28:04,238 --> 00:28:07,541 It can't be an infection. He got IVIG, broad spectrum antibiotics— 527 00:28:07,548 --> 00:28:10,263 Exactly. It creates a perfect world for fungus. 528 00:28:11,075 --> 00:28:13,180 Moves in, gets married, has little fungi. 529 00:28:13,487 --> 00:28:17,191 If you're wrong about the fungus, you're wasting what little time he has left. 530 00:28:17,196 --> 00:28:19,360 Not a big sacrifice. His life sucks. 531 00:28:21,165 --> 00:28:23,963 So let's be right. Go stick a needle in the kid's head. 532 00:28:24,238 --> 00:28:27,252 If you suck out a liquid, then I'm right, and we haven't answered anything. 533 00:28:27,256 --> 00:28:30,630 If you suck out a solid, you're right, and no more worrying about play dates. 534 00:28:36,498 --> 00:28:38,722 Okay, fine. I'll father your child. 535 00:28:39,668 --> 00:28:42,161 First, you gotta write me a vicodin prescription. 536 00:28:42,285 --> 00:28:45,273 - Just so I'd get through the foreplay. - How many days you have left? 537 00:28:45,275 --> 00:28:48,080 Ah, I could probably get through maybe... next minute or so. 538 00:28:48,088 --> 00:28:51,933 And your coming to me means your lackeys actually stood up to you— 539 00:28:52,057 --> 00:28:54,803 - I'm impressed. - Yes, their cowardice is inspiring. 540 00:28:55,155 --> 00:28:56,903 Well, you should be thanking them. 541 00:28:57,066 --> 00:28:59,071 If they caved, it'd give the cops evidence 542 00:28:59,076 --> 00:29:01,871 that you intimidated underlings to feed your addiction. 543 00:29:02,358 --> 00:29:03,951 I hate writing thank-you notes. 544 00:29:04,138 --> 00:29:06,730 Would it be weird if I asked Cameron to write them? 545 00:29:07,138 --> 00:29:08,070 You're hooking me up? 546 00:29:08,077 --> 00:29:09,901 Unfortunately, if I cut you off, 547 00:29:09,946 --> 00:29:12,733 it'd give the cops evidence that you don't really need the pain meds. 548 00:29:12,735 --> 00:29:15,892 I knew that cleavage was a smoke screen. You're a genius. 549 00:29:18,125 --> 00:29:20,652 - You can't lift your arm. - You can't pee standing up. 550 00:29:20,657 --> 00:29:21,602 Gimme. 551 00:29:21,636 --> 00:29:22,781 You been doing physio? 552 00:29:23,577 --> 00:29:24,283 Maybe you pulled— 553 00:29:24,298 --> 00:29:26,482 Yeah, been training for pants off dance off. 554 00:29:26,488 --> 00:29:27,250 Gimme the scrip. 555 00:29:27,255 --> 00:29:29,153 Your shoulder problem isn't physical. 556 00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:31,682 Well, we'll find out if you ever give me the— 557 00:29:31,696 --> 00:29:33,501 what's new? What's different? 558 00:29:33,618 --> 00:29:37,062 Any big changes in your life recently? A fight with the wife, maybe? 559 00:29:37,555 --> 00:29:38,503 It's good. 560 00:29:39,236 --> 00:29:41,993 Means your shoulder's a human being. It's a start. 561 00:29:44,937 --> 00:29:46,021 I'm right, right? 562 00:29:47,486 --> 00:29:48,912 Yeah. Just not about me. 563 00:30:01,085 --> 00:30:01,960 I was right, right? 564 00:30:01,965 --> 00:30:04,692 They were abscesses from a fungal infection. Aspergillus. 565 00:30:04,696 --> 00:30:06,243 But we still have no idea why. 566 00:30:06,708 --> 00:30:09,052 Our kid's immune system has a factory defect. 567 00:30:09,697 --> 00:30:11,691 - It's genetic. - It can't be genetic. 568 00:30:11,697 --> 00:30:14,002 He'd have been getting infections since he was an infant. 569 00:30:14,005 --> 00:30:15,312 Not if he grew up in a bubble. 570 00:30:15,316 --> 00:30:18,020 Or if he grew up on Mars. No germs there, either. 571 00:30:18,255 --> 00:30:19,830 I don't mean a literal bubble. 572 00:30:20,145 --> 00:30:23,671 A sweet, suburban bubble where mommies and daddies protect their children. 573 00:30:23,685 --> 00:30:24,950 They die, bubble bursts. 574 00:30:25,507 --> 00:30:28,381 Continuing emotional trauma triggers a genetic illness. 575 00:30:28,537 --> 00:30:29,733 Question is, which one? 576 00:30:30,317 --> 00:30:33,410 The infections he's contracted narrow down the possibilities. 577 00:30:33,805 --> 00:30:36,133 Hep A indicates a problem with his B cells. 578 00:30:36,948 --> 00:30:38,470 Bruton's agammaglobulinemia? 579 00:30:38,706 --> 00:30:41,250 - Eikenella. - Points to a complement deficiency. 580 00:30:43,146 --> 00:30:45,193 - I have a patient. I need— - Not now! 581 00:30:46,187 --> 00:30:47,641 - I'll go. - You'll stay. 582 00:30:48,188 --> 00:30:50,001 - Patient's dying. - So is mine. 583 00:30:50,376 --> 00:30:51,470 Not in the next hour. 584 00:30:52,456 --> 00:30:54,052 What does the syphilis tell us? 585 00:30:56,478 --> 00:30:57,913 What does it tell us? 586 00:30:58,997 --> 00:31:01,323 It could mean chronic granulomatous disease. 587 00:31:01,566 --> 00:31:05,211 And the aspergillus is a T-cell issue. Common variable immunodeficiency. 588 00:31:07,368 --> 00:31:09,162 Genetic testing's gonna take time. 589 00:31:09,346 --> 00:31:11,141 Given the rate he's picking up infections— 590 00:31:11,147 --> 00:31:12,493 why don't we turn it into a race? 591 00:31:12,496 --> 00:31:14,232 Little late to be playing games with us. 592 00:31:14,236 --> 00:31:17,140 - Not you guys. The infections. - What infections? 593 00:31:18,955 --> 00:31:20,802 The infections we're gonna give him. 594 00:31:22,798 --> 00:31:25,262 The only way to cure me is to make me sicker? 595 00:31:25,388 --> 00:31:28,632 Each of the four possible genetic conditions is most susceptible 596 00:31:29,636 --> 00:31:31,282 to different types of infection. 597 00:31:31,897 --> 00:31:32,843 What's that? 598 00:31:34,026 --> 00:31:39,053 This is a cocktail of serratia, meningococcus, cepacia, and rhinovirus. 599 00:31:39,296 --> 00:31:43,010 Whichever germ gains the most ground plants the flag of its leader, 600 00:31:43,386 --> 00:31:44,430 gives us our answer. 601 00:31:45,005 --> 00:31:47,801 How are you gonna know which one gains the most ground? 602 00:31:48,385 --> 00:31:49,983 Well, now, that's the fun part. 603 00:31:50,305 --> 00:31:54,251 See, if the meningococus is king of the hill, you get to have another seizure. 604 00:31:54,327 --> 00:31:57,173 The serratia will shut down your lungs. If it's cepacia, 605 00:31:57,188 --> 00:32:00,801 you'll have a heart attack. If it's the rhinovirus, you'll sneeze. 606 00:32:02,805 --> 00:32:04,700 Can't all be dramatic. We good? 607 00:32:05,908 --> 00:32:08,631 - Hell, no. - Well, the alternative is we guess. 608 00:32:09,206 --> 00:32:10,820 And there's a three out of four chance 609 00:32:10,828 --> 00:32:14,472 that your little brother and sister will get to cry over another coffin. 610 00:32:15,415 --> 00:32:17,161 Did you study fractions in school? 611 00:32:17,607 --> 00:32:18,553 We good? 612 00:32:32,605 --> 00:32:36,080 This test isn't exactly FDA approved. So 613 00:32:36,488 --> 00:32:38,680 let's just keep it our little secret, okay? 614 00:33:41,668 --> 00:33:45,210 Little orphan Annie and Oliver Twist slept in our hallways last night. 615 00:33:45,617 --> 00:33:46,561 Are they singing? 616 00:33:46,805 --> 00:33:48,802 They're children. They need a guardian. 617 00:33:49,755 --> 00:33:51,112 Couldn't find a babysitter. 618 00:33:51,117 --> 00:33:53,250 On account of not being able to make any phone calls, 619 00:33:53,266 --> 00:33:54,882 on account of not being able to breathe, 620 00:33:54,886 --> 00:33:57,250 on account of his lungs filling up with serratia. 621 00:33:57,258 --> 00:33:59,101 He has chronicgranulomatous disease. 622 00:33:59,876 --> 00:34:01,380 Game over. Our work is done. 623 00:34:01,755 --> 00:34:05,100 Then he's gonna keep getting sick. You gotta call social services. 624 00:34:05,458 --> 00:34:08,422 Bone marrow transplant would reboot his whole immune system. 625 00:34:08,428 --> 00:34:11,173 He'll be healthy enough to win miserable daddy of the year. 626 00:34:11,177 --> 00:34:13,010 So see if one of his kids is a match. 627 00:34:13,018 --> 00:34:14,911 My kids are already testing his kids. 628 00:34:17,565 --> 00:34:18,510 Will's a match. 629 00:34:19,245 --> 00:34:20,193 You tested him? 630 00:34:20,946 --> 00:34:21,943 I never consented— 631 00:34:22,067 --> 00:34:23,853 It's just a blood draw. There's no danger. 632 00:34:23,858 --> 00:34:25,482 To the testing. What about the surgery? 633 00:34:25,495 --> 00:34:27,542 The risk for Will? It's next to nothing. 634 00:34:32,335 --> 00:34:34,832 What if I don't do it? What are my other options? 635 00:34:36,668 --> 00:34:39,071 Your immune system can't fight off the germs 636 00:34:39,287 --> 00:34:41,331 we all come into contact with every day. 637 00:34:41,615 --> 00:34:45,061 Now that we know, we can use more targeted medications. But... 638 00:34:46,697 --> 00:34:48,491 you'll still get sick all the time. 639 00:34:49,596 --> 00:34:52,391 - You'll be in and out of hospitals— - But I'll live. 640 00:34:58,507 --> 00:34:59,451 Jack... 641 00:35:01,697 --> 00:35:04,253 your lifespan will be substantially shortened. 642 00:35:05,748 --> 00:35:09,140 And you'll be too sick to care for your brother and sister anymore. 643 00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:11,123 You shouldn't have pressured him into— 644 00:35:11,126 --> 00:35:13,520 - There's no pressure. - He's eight years old! 645 00:35:13,907 --> 00:35:15,881 You tell him his brother's dying unless he helps, 646 00:35:15,885 --> 00:35:18,213 - what do you think he's gonna do? - He wants to help you. 647 00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:19,350 He has no idea. 648 00:35:20,325 --> 00:35:23,370 It's like you asked him to let me play with one of his toys. 649 00:35:24,275 --> 00:35:26,550 This is surgery. He could die. 650 00:35:27,205 --> 00:35:28,150 He'll be fine. 651 00:35:29,406 --> 00:35:30,352 But you... 652 00:35:31,085 --> 00:35:34,631 you're gonna have a hard time protecting him like this if you're dead. 653 00:35:38,527 --> 00:35:39,473 I'll do it. 654 00:35:41,397 --> 00:35:43,733 When Will's 18, and can decide for himself. 655 00:35:52,017 --> 00:35:52,963 Noble. 656 00:35:53,448 --> 00:35:54,390 Moronic. 657 00:35:56,666 --> 00:35:57,611 It's a synonym. 658 00:35:58,336 --> 00:36:01,033 Why can't you accept he wants to protect his brother? 659 00:36:01,207 --> 00:36:03,601 Has to protect his brother. He doesn't want to. 660 00:36:03,696 --> 00:36:06,443 He wants to run screaming from protecting his brother. 661 00:36:07,778 --> 00:36:08,770 You're a hypocrite. 662 00:36:11,946 --> 00:36:13,472 Evidence is everything. 663 00:36:14,775 --> 00:36:16,382 Truth is all that matters. 664 00:36:17,287 --> 00:36:19,582 Except when it comes to people. 665 00:36:20,357 --> 00:36:23,300 Everything we've learned about this kid says you're wrong. 666 00:36:24,445 --> 00:36:25,791 But you can't accept that. 667 00:36:26,337 --> 00:36:28,261 It's easy to reject the diagnosis. 668 00:36:29,155 --> 00:36:31,183 Not so easy to reject your misanthropy. 669 00:36:31,985 --> 00:36:34,881 Because then you'd have to give people a fighting chance. 670 00:36:35,736 --> 00:36:36,682 And that... 671 00:36:37,367 --> 00:36:38,760 scares the crap out of you. 672 00:36:40,935 --> 00:36:41,881 Okay. 673 00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:45,781 Let's get some evidence. 674 00:36:52,826 --> 00:36:53,871 It's your lucky day. 675 00:36:54,568 --> 00:36:57,611 I just found another donor in the registry. A perfect match. 676 00:36:57,986 --> 00:37:00,580 We can do the transplant, no danger to the rug rat. 677 00:37:00,875 --> 00:37:02,271 You just have to sign here. 678 00:37:05,038 --> 00:37:07,483 Unless there's another reason you don't want it. 679 00:37:08,395 --> 00:37:09,692 There's a chance I'd die. 680 00:37:10,268 --> 00:37:11,560 A chance you'll be cured. 681 00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:14,810 Maybe you don't want that, either. 682 00:37:15,645 --> 00:37:18,932 Maybe hanging out in a hospital and getting waited on hand and foot reminds 683 00:37:18,935 --> 00:37:22,580 you of what life used to be like before you were forced to play Mr. Mom. 684 00:37:23,037 --> 00:37:24,280 I don't like being sick. 685 00:37:24,827 --> 00:37:26,873 But you don't want to be healthy either. 686 00:37:27,865 --> 00:37:28,961 This is your way out. 687 00:37:29,517 --> 00:37:30,463 Guilt-free. 688 00:37:32,515 --> 00:37:34,161 I said I'd do it when Will's 18. 689 00:37:34,418 --> 00:37:37,062 When he's able to take care to himself. Without you. 690 00:37:38,938 --> 00:37:39,882 Jack... 691 00:37:40,618 --> 00:37:42,110 your brother and sister need you. 692 00:37:42,117 --> 00:37:45,032 I know! I know every second of every day that they need me. 693 00:37:45,038 --> 00:37:46,781 But I'm too young to be their dad! 694 00:37:56,317 --> 00:37:57,260 Good for you. 695 00:38:04,175 --> 00:38:05,773 Don't pretend you're surprised. 696 00:38:21,616 --> 00:38:24,010 Wanna go throw stuff at people off the balcony? 697 00:38:26,396 --> 00:38:27,900 Come on. Mail can wait. 698 00:38:28,927 --> 00:38:31,202 I'm referring my patients to other oncologists. 699 00:38:31,206 --> 00:38:32,591 I'm shutting down my practice. 700 00:38:32,608 --> 00:38:33,543 Oh, good! 701 00:38:33,896 --> 00:38:35,472 'Cause I was afraid you might overreact. 702 00:38:35,478 --> 00:38:37,163 I can't just ask my patients to wait 703 00:38:37,165 --> 00:38:39,901 because Dr. Cameron's boss won't let her come out and play! 704 00:38:39,907 --> 00:38:42,702 - I kept you waiting for maybe an hour. - Three hours! 705 00:38:43,545 --> 00:38:45,880 - Did anybody die? - Not this time. 706 00:38:46,267 --> 00:38:47,513 Cameron's available now. 707 00:38:48,105 --> 00:38:49,202 Use her all you want. 708 00:38:49,325 --> 00:38:51,983 Oh, so now's a better time for me to have my life taken away? 709 00:38:51,987 --> 00:38:54,682 - It fits into your schedule better? - Oh, poor you. 710 00:38:54,955 --> 00:38:58,111 - You think if you suffer loudly enough - You committed a crime! 711 00:38:58,118 --> 00:38:59,861 What do you want me to do, turn myself in? 712 00:38:59,868 --> 00:39:01,951 Yes! Do something! Go in! 713 00:39:02,126 --> 00:39:04,693 Show some remorse! Tell Tritter you'll get some help! 714 00:39:04,707 --> 00:39:05,753 I don't need help! 715 00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:09,142 House, get out of here. 716 00:39:10,585 --> 00:39:11,533 Get out of here. 717 00:39:13,638 --> 00:39:17,662 You are not gonna make me feel guilty about what Tritter is doing... to us. 718 00:39:19,347 --> 00:39:20,591 You already feel guilty. 719 00:39:21,168 --> 00:39:22,921 Your mysterious shoulder pain 720 00:39:23,468 --> 00:39:26,610 isn't coming from your cane. It's coming from your conscience. 721 00:39:27,727 --> 00:39:28,923 That used to be enough. 722 00:39:29,996 --> 00:39:33,643 Despite all your smart-ass remarks, I knew you gave a damn. This time... 723 00:39:36,515 --> 00:39:39,513 you were either gonna help me through this, or you weren't. 724 00:39:40,168 --> 00:39:41,210 And I got my answer. 725 00:39:56,796 --> 00:39:58,391 Who's gonna drive me to school? 726 00:39:59,417 --> 00:40:00,711 Help me with my homework? 727 00:40:01,998 --> 00:40:03,942 There'll be a mom where they take you. 728 00:40:05,716 --> 00:40:06,661 A real mom. 729 00:40:07,347 --> 00:40:08,441 Someone who can cook. 730 00:40:13,626 --> 00:40:16,070 Don't worry. I'll still be able to see you guys. 731 00:41:01,807 --> 00:41:03,403 You said you'd make him better. 732 00:41:05,158 --> 00:41:06,101 I'm sorry. 733 00:41:19,005 --> 00:41:20,601 Thank you for not telling them. 734 00:41:22,777 --> 00:41:23,722 You're a good kid. 735 00:41:26,045 --> 00:41:27,290 Three months from now... 736 00:41:28,246 --> 00:41:29,393 six months from now... 737 00:41:30,817 --> 00:41:32,060 you'll be visiting them. 738 00:41:32,498 --> 00:41:34,443 And you won't be able to say good-bye. 739 00:41:35,437 --> 00:41:37,130 You're gonna know you screwed up. 740 00:41:38,968 --> 00:41:41,973 You'll take his bone marrow. And you'll take them back. 741 00:41:44,348 --> 00:41:46,533 And they'll be a burden and a pain. 742 00:41:48,566 --> 00:41:49,663 And your life will... 743 00:41:49,988 --> 00:41:51,831 never be what it was supposed to be. 744 00:41:53,146 --> 00:41:54,923 But you'll be proud of yourself. 745 00:41:57,846 --> 00:41:58,793 Your parents... 746 00:42:00,237 --> 00:42:01,481 they'll be proud of you. 747 00:42:05,165 --> 00:42:06,111 I don't think so. 748 00:42:14,146 --> 00:42:15,492 It's what I wanna believe. 749 00:43:02,718 --> 00:43:07,710 ydy.com - Synchro: jh26