1 00:00:34,281 --> 00:00:36,915 Hey. 2 00:00:36,983 --> 00:00:39,151 How long have i...? 3 00:00:39,219 --> 00:00:41,120 forced trauma to the head... 4 00:00:41,188 --> 00:00:43,589 since the accident, he's had a continued... 5 00:00:43,656 --> 00:00:44,990 why can't i get up? 6 00:00:45,058 --> 00:00:46,024 No episodes of hyperten... 7 00:00:46,093 --> 00:00:47,025 what's wrong with my legs? 8 00:00:47,094 --> 00:00:48,427 Ekg's show normal... 9 00:00:48,495 --> 00:00:49,995 hey! Someone talk to me. 10 00:00:50,063 --> 00:00:51,964 Dilation, no hypertrophy... 11 00:00:52,031 --> 00:00:53,365 you don't hear me talking to you? 12 00:00:53,433 --> 00:00:57,002 Normal feeling pressure, normal c.k. Troponin... 13 00:00:59,172 --> 00:01:00,239 great heart for transplant. 14 00:01:01,341 --> 00:01:02,975 My heart? 15 00:01:03,042 --> 00:01:05,211 Oh, god! They don't know i'm in here. 16 00:01:05,278 --> 00:01:07,079 Hey, genius. 17 00:01:07,147 --> 00:01:10,048 I think it violates certain ethical laws 18 00:01:10,117 --> 00:01:12,284 to rip the organs out of a guy who's still alive. 19 00:01:12,352 --> 00:01:14,052 Possibly certain law laws too. 20 00:01:14,121 --> 00:01:15,554 Thank you. Thank you. 21 00:01:15,622 --> 00:01:18,023 Could you, um, get back in your bed, please, mr. House? 22 00:01:18,091 --> 00:01:19,791 It's actually doctor house. 23 00:01:19,859 --> 00:01:22,027 This guy's a doctor? There's also navy seal house. 24 00:01:22,095 --> 00:01:23,729 But you're going to have to save up for that one. 25 00:01:23,796 --> 00:01:26,298 Really? Well, that's interesting, but... 26 00:01:26,366 --> 00:01:27,866 you're here because you crashed your motorcycle, 27 00:01:27,934 --> 00:01:29,568 not because i need a consult. 28 00:01:29,636 --> 00:01:31,237 So, get back in bed. 29 00:01:31,304 --> 00:01:33,939 I scraped my elbow, i just need a truckload of vicodin. 30 00:01:34,007 --> 00:01:35,174 Whereas, this guy... 31 00:01:35,242 --> 00:01:36,175 he's brain dead. 32 00:01:36,243 --> 00:01:37,209 No, i'm not! 33 00:01:37,277 --> 00:01:38,277 So drop it. 34 00:01:38,345 --> 00:01:39,711 See that? 35 00:01:39,779 --> 00:01:42,848 Minimal brainwaves don't mean he's alive. 36 00:01:42,915 --> 00:01:45,417 I am alive! I'm here! 37 00:01:45,485 --> 00:01:46,952 No ekg response to painful stimuli, hot or cold. 38 00:01:47,020 --> 00:01:49,087 What you're seeing is random, barely discernable. 39 00:01:49,156 --> 00:01:51,557 I discerned it. Listen to him, please. 40 00:01:51,625 --> 00:01:52,824 No, that's just the amplifier's 41 00:01:52,892 --> 00:01:53,792 internal noise level. 42 00:01:53,860 --> 00:01:55,594 It's on increased sensitivity. 43 00:01:55,662 --> 00:01:57,429 No, it's not! It's me. 44 00:01:57,497 --> 00:01:58,930 Then why is his eye following you? 45 00:01:58,998 --> 00:02:00,299 Exactly. 46 00:02:00,367 --> 00:02:02,034 Following motion's an involuntary reflex. 47 00:02:02,101 --> 00:02:03,735 No. You're a doctor... 48 00:02:03,803 --> 00:02:05,003 you should know these things. 49 00:02:05,071 --> 00:02:06,972 No, no, i'm not dead, i need help. 50 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,907 I'm here! 51 00:02:11,444 --> 00:02:14,046 I also know about locked-in syndrome... 52 00:02:14,113 --> 00:02:18,450 that things are either involuntary... 53 00:02:18,518 --> 00:02:20,452 or voluntary. 54 00:02:21,988 --> 00:02:23,922 Blink if you can hear me. 55 00:02:23,990 --> 00:02:26,692 I hear you. 56 00:02:26,759 --> 00:02:28,661 Oh, this is going to be fun. 57 00:03:07,467 --> 00:03:09,702 Eye movement is deliberate. 58 00:03:09,769 --> 00:03:13,472 Can you blink once for "yes," twice for "no?" 59 00:03:13,540 --> 00:03:15,040 I hope so. 60 00:03:15,108 --> 00:03:18,244 The square root of nine? 61 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,781 He got that faster than you. 62 00:03:22,849 --> 00:03:24,916 The brain is fully functional. 63 00:03:24,984 --> 00:03:26,084 Lee... where's molly? 64 00:03:26,152 --> 00:03:27,620 You were in an accident. 65 00:03:31,991 --> 00:03:33,125 Hit the brake, hit the brake, hit the brake! 66 00:03:34,827 --> 00:03:37,596 You've sustained a traumatic injury to your brain stem 67 00:03:37,664 --> 00:03:39,431 which has cut off your brain's ability 68 00:03:39,499 --> 00:03:41,066 to communicate with the rest of your body. 69 00:03:41,134 --> 00:03:43,235 Can you fix me? Where's molly? 70 00:03:43,303 --> 00:03:45,304 You still have movement in your eyes. 71 00:03:45,372 --> 00:03:47,439 So we can get you to a rehab facility 72 00:03:47,507 --> 00:03:49,107 where they can teach you how to communicate. 73 00:03:49,175 --> 00:03:51,777 No, i can't be stuck like this. 74 00:03:51,844 --> 00:03:53,178 Unless... 75 00:03:53,246 --> 00:03:55,881 the crash didn't cause the brain damage. 76 00:03:55,948 --> 00:03:58,751 Maybe the brain damage caused the crash. 77 00:03:58,818 --> 00:04:02,954 Yeah, i couldn't stop. Why couldn't i stop? 78 00:04:03,022 --> 00:04:04,390 Look at his palms. 79 00:04:04,457 --> 00:04:05,658 There's no scrapes. 80 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,028 He didn't even try to protect himself. 81 00:04:10,096 --> 00:04:13,131 So you had slowed reflexes... or no reflexes. 82 00:04:13,199 --> 00:04:14,333 You're not a doctor in this hospital. 83 00:04:14,401 --> 00:04:15,901 You are a patient. 84 00:04:15,968 --> 00:04:18,304 Yeah, and you're the guy who wants to cut out my organs, 85 00:04:18,371 --> 00:04:19,805 and he's the guy who doesn't. 86 00:04:19,872 --> 00:04:22,040 Stroke, cancer, even a simple infection, 87 00:04:22,108 --> 00:04:24,810 anything that insults the central pons could do this. 88 00:04:24,877 --> 00:04:25,877 Then that means that i could be fixed. 89 00:04:25,945 --> 00:04:27,413 You're giving him false hope. 90 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,316 He needs to accept what's happened. 91 00:04:30,383 --> 00:04:32,017 And work on making the most of it. 92 00:04:42,662 --> 00:04:44,129 Molly. 93 00:04:44,197 --> 00:04:45,831 Hey. 94 00:04:45,898 --> 00:04:47,533 Don't look at me like that. 95 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,636 That's not making me feel better. 96 00:04:50,704 --> 00:04:51,804 I love you. 97 00:04:53,873 --> 00:04:56,007 I don't know how god is going to get us through this. 98 00:04:56,075 --> 00:04:57,175 But he will. 99 00:04:57,243 --> 00:04:59,277 Stop it. I'm blushing. 100 00:04:59,346 --> 00:05:00,912 What are you doing? 101 00:05:00,980 --> 00:05:03,915 Just looking for some reading material for the crapper. 102 00:05:03,983 --> 00:05:05,050 These cts... 103 00:05:05,117 --> 00:05:06,352 get back in your bed. 104 00:05:06,419 --> 00:05:07,619 Come on. 105 00:05:07,687 --> 00:05:09,355 The children are in the waiting area, 106 00:05:09,422 --> 00:05:10,522 can i bring them in? 107 00:05:10,590 --> 00:05:12,391 No. No, don't. 108 00:05:12,459 --> 00:05:14,025 You don't want to see them? 109 00:05:14,093 --> 00:05:15,794 I don't want them having nightmares. 110 00:05:15,862 --> 00:05:17,429 I don't want to scare them, molly. 111 00:05:17,497 --> 00:05:19,030 You don't want them to see you? 112 00:05:22,301 --> 00:05:23,301 It's okay. 113 00:05:23,370 --> 00:05:24,903 I understand. 114 00:05:26,539 --> 00:05:28,540 You're going to be better soon enough. 115 00:05:28,608 --> 00:05:30,409 You really that sure? 116 00:05:30,477 --> 00:05:32,143 Why are you so sure? 117 00:05:32,211 --> 00:05:33,645 Baby, how'd you get so sure? 118 00:05:40,653 --> 00:05:41,887 You okay? 119 00:05:41,954 --> 00:05:43,154 Never better. 120 00:05:43,222 --> 00:05:44,089 Here's your burger. 121 00:05:47,126 --> 00:05:49,395 If you can't bring mohammed to princeton, 122 00:05:49,462 --> 00:05:51,697 bring princeton to mohammed. 123 00:05:51,765 --> 00:05:53,499 That's my diagnostics posse. 124 00:05:53,566 --> 00:05:56,234 Hot, dark, and darker. 125 00:05:56,302 --> 00:05:57,803 Talk about getting me better, please. 126 00:05:57,871 --> 00:05:59,104 What are you doing up in middletown? 127 00:05:59,171 --> 00:06:02,073 Who cares? Buying a gibson '57 goldtop. 128 00:06:02,141 --> 00:06:04,443 It's the guitar duane allman used to play. 129 00:06:04,511 --> 00:06:07,212 Next to the trauma, the mostly likely causes 130 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:09,548 of a sudden onset of locked-in syndrome 131 00:06:09,616 --> 00:06:11,316 are basilar artery stroke, and brain hemorrhage. 132 00:06:11,384 --> 00:06:12,551 Ct was clean. 133 00:06:12,619 --> 00:06:14,185 Man, those fries look good. 134 00:06:14,253 --> 00:06:16,988 Guy's an active bike rider, his heart's fine. 135 00:06:17,056 --> 00:06:18,824 A well-placed tumor could explain it. 136 00:06:18,892 --> 00:06:22,428 Jeez, is the last thing i ate gonna be the last thing i ate? 137 00:06:22,495 --> 00:06:23,729 It could evade the ct, 138 00:06:23,797 --> 00:06:25,564 and still show up on an mri with contrast. 139 00:06:25,632 --> 00:06:27,866 It was a melted power bar. 140 00:06:27,934 --> 00:06:29,334 She's the smart one. 141 00:06:29,402 --> 00:06:31,269 I just keep dark and darker to fill out the quota. 142 00:06:32,972 --> 00:06:36,542 If we find it, treat it, you could be fine. 143 00:06:36,609 --> 00:06:39,645 I never thought i'd be praying for a brain tumor, 144 00:06:39,712 --> 00:06:41,780 but please, dear god. 145 00:06:41,848 --> 00:06:45,684 If you're praying in there, stop it right now. 146 00:06:45,752 --> 00:06:47,619 We'll get his doctor to order an mri. 147 00:06:47,687 --> 00:06:49,087 His doctor's busy teaching him how 148 00:06:49,155 --> 00:06:51,423 to blink out "kill me" in morse code. 149 00:06:51,491 --> 00:06:55,861 Luckily, i found some forms under the mattress. 150 00:06:59,933 --> 00:07:03,001 Check it out, they have those mri video goggles. 151 00:07:03,069 --> 00:07:04,235 I heard these were awesome. 152 00:07:04,303 --> 00:07:07,639 What do you see? It's a beach. 153 00:07:07,707 --> 00:07:09,675 Oh, look, there's taub... 154 00:07:09,742 --> 00:07:12,611 drinking a margarita and mocking us 155 00:07:12,679 --> 00:07:13,846 for driving all the way up here... 156 00:07:13,913 --> 00:07:16,448 easy, i can still feel in here. 157 00:07:16,516 --> 00:07:17,816 Excuse dr. Kutner, 158 00:07:17,884 --> 00:07:20,018 he gets a little excited about new technology. 159 00:07:20,086 --> 00:07:22,988 It can get loud in there, and a little closed off. 160 00:07:23,055 --> 00:07:25,891 These will put you in a quiet place. 161 00:07:25,959 --> 00:07:28,527 You can create a relaxing scenario for yourself. 162 00:07:28,595 --> 00:07:30,295 I hope they... 163 00:07:30,363 --> 00:07:31,730 work. 164 00:07:40,874 --> 00:07:42,608 You're in my relaxing scenario? 165 00:07:44,844 --> 00:07:46,011 I guess you like me. 166 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,080 Either that, or you got sent here. 167 00:07:49,148 --> 00:07:51,349 What? By god? 168 00:07:51,417 --> 00:07:53,785 I'm not sure if i believe in god. 169 00:07:53,853 --> 00:07:55,954 You spend an awful lot of time in church 170 00:07:56,022 --> 00:07:57,188 for someone who doesn't. 171 00:07:59,291 --> 00:08:00,993 I don't not believe either. 172 00:08:01,060 --> 00:08:03,161 It's either one or the other. 173 00:08:03,229 --> 00:08:06,231 I go to church mainly to keep my wife happy, 174 00:08:06,298 --> 00:08:08,299 but... 175 00:08:08,367 --> 00:08:10,569 i don't know, i've never actually thought 176 00:08:10,637 --> 00:08:12,871 that god could reach out and affect my life. 177 00:08:12,939 --> 00:08:16,708 But getting a brilliant doctor in the bed next to me? 178 00:08:16,776 --> 00:08:18,877 God is also the guy 179 00:08:18,945 --> 00:08:20,879 who opened his car door in front of you. 180 00:08:20,947 --> 00:08:22,915 I think molly was right. 181 00:08:22,982 --> 00:08:26,084 I think you were sent here to make me get better. 182 00:08:26,152 --> 00:08:28,520 I think so. 183 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,362 Hey! 184 00:08:37,430 --> 00:08:38,830 Hey, dad. 185 00:08:38,898 --> 00:08:40,265 Making a volcano. 186 00:08:40,332 --> 00:08:41,800 You're making a volcano? It looks like it. 187 00:08:41,868 --> 00:08:43,902 What you doing, baby? 188 00:08:47,807 --> 00:08:49,007 What time is it? 189 00:08:49,075 --> 00:08:50,709 Hope you don't mind. 190 00:08:50,777 --> 00:08:53,078 My new roommate snores. 191 00:08:53,145 --> 00:08:57,515 And my new room doesn't have you. 192 00:08:57,584 --> 00:09:02,287 Your mri showed a lesion in the central pons. 193 00:09:02,354 --> 00:09:03,555 What is that? What does that mean? 194 00:09:03,623 --> 00:09:05,090 See it there? 195 00:09:05,157 --> 00:09:06,792 No. 196 00:09:08,227 --> 00:09:10,228 Mm, that's what they said. 197 00:09:10,296 --> 00:09:12,497 But it's there. 198 00:09:12,565 --> 00:09:15,067 Which means no way head trauma did this. 199 00:09:15,134 --> 00:09:19,537 It's cancer, causing a paraneoplastic syndrome. 200 00:09:19,606 --> 00:09:21,773 Unfortunately, your current doctor thinks 201 00:09:21,841 --> 00:09:24,442 its diffuse nature means an infection. 202 00:09:24,510 --> 00:09:28,246 And the bad news is, the antivirals he's got you on 203 00:09:28,314 --> 00:09:30,482 might kill you. 204 00:09:30,549 --> 00:09:31,917 I'm not gonna die. 205 00:09:31,985 --> 00:09:34,953 But the good news is if they just almost kill you, 206 00:09:35,021 --> 00:09:38,090 then dr. Idiot will realize 207 00:09:38,157 --> 00:09:39,625 that his name is not a coincidence 208 00:09:39,692 --> 00:09:40,959 and he'll let me do whatever i want. 209 00:09:41,027 --> 00:09:42,794 Thank you. 210 00:09:45,898 --> 00:09:49,334 See, the irony here is... 211 00:09:49,401 --> 00:09:51,503 you're kind of fascinating. 212 00:09:51,570 --> 00:09:54,039 So many questions. 213 00:09:54,107 --> 00:09:56,675 But if you could answer any of them, 214 00:09:56,743 --> 00:09:58,677 you wouldn't be fascinating. 215 00:09:58,745 --> 00:10:01,013 I get it, you're a little nuts, aren't you? 216 00:10:05,351 --> 00:10:07,619 Your wife is the one getting you through this. 217 00:10:07,687 --> 00:10:09,487 Your wife and me. 218 00:10:11,691 --> 00:10:14,259 Although frankly, the mri was a lot more useful 219 00:10:14,326 --> 00:10:15,961 than four hours of hand-holding. 220 00:10:17,830 --> 00:10:20,265 I think. 221 00:10:20,332 --> 00:10:22,267 If you had a wife, you'd know why it matters. 222 00:10:23,803 --> 00:10:26,872 You're a good guy. Easy to talk to. 223 00:10:26,939 --> 00:10:29,374 Wait, something's happening. 224 00:10:29,441 --> 00:10:31,609 What's happening to me? 225 00:10:31,678 --> 00:10:33,912 I need some help in here! 226 00:10:33,980 --> 00:10:35,513 Your patient is seizing. 227 00:10:38,517 --> 00:10:39,651 Why would he have a seizure? 228 00:10:39,719 --> 00:10:41,352 Because he has cancer! 229 00:10:41,420 --> 00:10:42,954 His brain stem is compromised. 230 00:10:43,022 --> 00:10:43,955 Why are you still arguing with this guy? 231 00:10:44,023 --> 00:10:45,423 You thought i was dead. 232 00:10:45,491 --> 00:10:47,559 Welcome back. And nicely played. 233 00:10:47,626 --> 00:10:48,794 You almost died. 234 00:10:48,861 --> 00:10:51,663 Exactly as we planned. 235 00:10:51,731 --> 00:10:53,198 You knew this was going to happen? 236 00:10:53,265 --> 00:10:54,666 It usually happens when you treat cancer 237 00:10:54,734 --> 00:10:56,702 by pretending it's not cancer. 238 00:10:56,769 --> 00:10:58,469 Right, doctor? My turn? 239 00:10:58,537 --> 00:10:59,637 It's cancer? 240 00:10:59,706 --> 00:11:00,806 No, it isn't. Yes! 241 00:11:00,873 --> 00:11:01,707 A small tumor in his brain stem, 242 00:11:01,774 --> 00:11:03,575 causing paraneoplastic syndrome. 243 00:11:03,642 --> 00:11:05,110 He needs plasmapheresis. 244 00:11:05,178 --> 00:11:06,611 Can you give that to him? 245 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:08,446 No, i'm sorry, i completely disagree with dr. House. 246 00:11:08,514 --> 00:11:09,748 Please shut up. 247 00:11:09,816 --> 00:11:12,684 I don't. Which means i can treat him. 248 00:11:12,752 --> 00:11:15,420 Let him. Let him. 249 00:11:15,487 --> 00:11:16,588 Is that what you want? 250 00:11:16,655 --> 00:11:17,655 Absolutely. 251 00:11:20,326 --> 00:11:22,060 Would you send up a couple of bellboys? 252 00:11:32,697 --> 00:11:34,264 I got the transfefer papers. 253 00:11:34,332 --> 00:11:35,966 Plasmapheresis is all set up. 254 00:11:36,034 --> 00:11:37,067 Are you okay? 255 00:11:37,135 --> 00:11:38,768 Fresh infusion of macho. 256 00:11:38,836 --> 00:11:40,304 You like? 257 00:11:40,372 --> 00:11:43,474 I can't move, and she's worried about his boo-boo? 258 00:11:43,541 --> 00:11:44,875 What were you doing up there, anyway? 259 00:11:44,942 --> 00:11:46,343 Antiquing. 260 00:11:46,411 --> 00:11:48,512 I found you a late victorian corset. 261 00:11:48,579 --> 00:11:49,579 Come by later, i'll tie you up. 262 00:11:49,647 --> 00:11:50,881 Is heitting on her? 263 00:11:50,948 --> 00:11:53,350 If she turns around, she's into him too. 264 00:11:53,418 --> 00:11:55,619 And there, yeah. 265 00:11:55,686 --> 00:11:56,553 Sorry i didn't show up in middletown. 266 00:11:56,621 --> 00:11:57,854 I didn't get the message. 267 00:11:57,922 --> 00:11:59,256 Probably because there was no message. 268 00:11:59,324 --> 00:12:01,691 I've decided to accept your resignation. 269 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:03,494 Uh, i thought we were past this. 270 00:12:03,561 --> 00:12:04,928 I decided to stay. 271 00:12:04,996 --> 00:12:06,730 No, you didn't. You had it decided for you. 272 00:12:06,797 --> 00:12:08,265 So now you're stuck here with a boss 273 00:12:08,333 --> 00:12:10,334 who knows that you want to be somewhere else. 274 00:12:10,402 --> 00:12:12,436 Which means you're no longer motivated to impress me, 275 00:12:12,504 --> 00:12:13,703 which means you're no longer motivated 276 00:12:13,771 --> 00:12:14,971 to come up with good ideas. 277 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:16,640 Unless i'm wrong. 278 00:12:18,009 --> 00:12:21,878 Save the cheerleader. Save your world. 279 00:12:21,946 --> 00:12:23,080 I got it from here. 280 00:12:23,148 --> 00:12:24,348 I thought you already solved this. 281 00:12:24,416 --> 00:12:25,949 Are you thinking you might be wrong? 282 00:12:26,017 --> 00:12:27,484 What's going on? 283 00:12:28,653 --> 00:12:31,388 Hey, just curious... 284 00:12:31,456 --> 00:12:33,690 what were you driving up to middletown for? 285 00:12:33,758 --> 00:12:35,625 What do you care? Why does he care? 286 00:12:35,693 --> 00:12:37,261 Because i'm your friend. 287 00:12:37,328 --> 00:12:38,695 I was buying a guitar. 288 00:12:38,763 --> 00:12:39,896 Yeah, i heard that. 289 00:12:39,964 --> 00:12:41,432 It used to belong to a guitarist 290 00:12:41,499 --> 00:12:43,100 who died in a motorcycle accident. 291 00:12:43,168 --> 00:12:44,868 It just reeks of you screwing with people. 292 00:12:44,936 --> 00:12:47,438 Your crash was ten miles 293 00:12:47,505 --> 00:12:50,174 from the orange county progressive pain clinic. 294 00:12:50,241 --> 00:12:52,642 You live ten miles from mary's dress shop. 295 00:12:52,710 --> 00:12:54,311 And yet, that's not even on my list of reasons 296 00:12:54,379 --> 00:12:56,613 that i think you're secretly a transvestite. 297 00:12:56,681 --> 00:13:00,084 If you're going to another state to get more narcotics... 298 00:13:00,151 --> 00:13:01,418 he's on drugs? I went to visit 299 00:13:01,486 --> 00:13:02,519 your ex-ex-ex-wife... what? 300 00:13:02,587 --> 00:13:03,887 Who lives in thompson ridge. 301 00:13:03,955 --> 00:13:05,255 I let her know about the extra money 302 00:13:05,323 --> 00:13:06,856 you're making on the lecture circuit. 303 00:13:06,924 --> 00:13:08,925 So she'll be sure to adjust your alimony. 304 00:13:08,993 --> 00:13:10,494 You wouldn't do that. 305 00:13:10,562 --> 00:13:12,162 Yeah. I wouldn't do that. 306 00:13:12,230 --> 00:13:13,597 Would you? 307 00:13:13,664 --> 00:13:14,864 You guys are friends? 308 00:13:18,769 --> 00:13:20,770 Shouldn't we be entertaining our patient? 309 00:13:20,838 --> 00:13:23,840 I performed euripides with sock puppets. 310 00:13:23,908 --> 00:13:25,342 You just missed it. 311 00:13:25,410 --> 00:13:26,710 House said we should. 312 00:13:26,777 --> 00:13:28,745 The mind is like a muscle. 313 00:13:28,813 --> 00:13:30,114 If you don't exercise it, it'll atrophy, 314 00:13:30,181 --> 00:13:31,315 just like anything else. 315 00:13:31,382 --> 00:13:33,683 Whoever's with him needs to talk. 316 00:13:33,751 --> 00:13:36,886 Keep his mind active, and it'll show house you still care. 317 00:13:36,954 --> 00:13:39,189 Not sure if i do. 318 00:13:39,257 --> 00:13:40,957 Jeez, you're my doctor? 319 00:13:41,025 --> 00:13:42,292 Then why don't you just quit? 320 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:43,960 I'm not sure i want to do that, either. 321 00:13:45,530 --> 00:13:46,796 Maybe you should figure it out 322 00:13:46,864 --> 00:13:48,632 before house figures it out for you. 323 00:13:48,699 --> 00:13:50,534 Yeah, maybe you should have your midlife crisis 324 00:13:50,602 --> 00:13:52,202 after i'm better. 325 00:13:52,270 --> 00:13:55,772 Kutner... 326 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:56,973 we'll be right back. 327 00:13:57,041 --> 00:13:59,876 Wait. Wait, what did you just see? 328 00:14:06,484 --> 00:14:07,451 Do you drink? 329 00:14:07,519 --> 00:14:09,119 He's a roofer. 330 00:14:09,187 --> 00:14:11,054 Alcohol hardly proves your theory. 331 00:14:11,122 --> 00:14:12,623 Marchiafava bignami disease fits. 332 00:14:12,690 --> 00:14:14,024 Lft's are normal. 333 00:14:14,091 --> 00:14:16,426 Speak english. Is it fixable? What does that mean? 334 00:14:16,494 --> 00:14:17,927 That hurts. 335 00:14:17,995 --> 00:14:20,030 No tremors. 336 00:14:20,097 --> 00:14:21,798 How much do you drink? A six-pack a day? 337 00:14:21,866 --> 00:14:23,733 I hate beer, i don't even drink beer. 338 00:14:23,801 --> 00:14:25,469 Maybe more or less. Or maybe something else. 339 00:14:25,537 --> 00:14:26,870 It may not be alcohol at all. 340 00:14:26,937 --> 00:14:28,438 Street opiates can also cause locked-in... 341 00:14:28,506 --> 00:14:29,739 i don't get high. 342 00:14:29,807 --> 00:14:31,642 So, either we play 20,000 questions 343 00:14:31,709 --> 00:14:33,109 with every street drug, 344 00:14:33,178 --> 00:14:36,012 or instead of talking to him, we talk to the lesion. 345 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:37,381 Talk to me. 346 00:14:37,448 --> 00:14:40,551 We're going to biopsy the brain stem? 347 00:14:40,618 --> 00:14:42,952 For the record, that doesn't count as your inspired idea. 348 00:14:43,020 --> 00:14:44,588 It's sort of where i was heading. 349 00:14:44,656 --> 00:14:46,122 You're going to cut into my head? 350 00:14:46,191 --> 00:14:47,757 Why? 351 00:14:47,825 --> 00:14:50,760 Stop treating me like a piece of furniture! 352 00:14:50,828 --> 00:14:52,696 I have a right to know what's going on! 353 00:14:58,035 --> 00:14:59,403 Where's that going? 354 00:14:59,470 --> 00:15:01,838 Blood in your urine clogged up your old catheter. 355 00:15:01,906 --> 00:15:03,807 Peeing blood? 356 00:15:03,874 --> 00:15:06,009 That must be what the insecure doctor saw. 357 00:15:06,077 --> 00:15:08,612 Every new clue gets us closer to the answer. 358 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,947 Damnit. 359 00:15:11,015 --> 00:15:14,718 The surgery will get us more clues. 360 00:15:20,225 --> 00:15:23,227 You have visitors. 361 00:15:24,829 --> 00:15:27,764 No. Oh, molly. 362 00:15:27,832 --> 00:15:29,199 Come in. 363 00:15:29,267 --> 00:15:31,034 Daddy! Daddy! 364 00:15:31,102 --> 00:15:33,303 I told you not to bring them. 365 00:15:33,371 --> 00:15:37,641 Well, they wanted to see their father. 366 00:15:37,709 --> 00:15:38,942 I can't even hug them. 367 00:15:39,009 --> 00:15:40,344 They can handle it. 368 00:15:40,411 --> 00:15:42,212 It's going to be all right. 369 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,248 You're not so sure anymore, are you? 370 00:15:44,315 --> 00:15:47,183 They must've told you that it's dangerous. 371 00:15:47,252 --> 00:15:49,085 That i could die. 372 00:15:49,153 --> 00:15:51,054 And that's why you brought them in here... 373 00:15:51,122 --> 00:15:52,989 i got an a+ on my test. 374 00:15:53,057 --> 00:15:54,725 To see me before i die. 375 00:15:54,792 --> 00:15:55,925 I love you, daddy. 376 00:15:55,993 --> 00:15:57,327 Daddy loves you too. 377 00:15:57,395 --> 00:15:59,696 I want to show you my drawings. 378 00:15:59,764 --> 00:16:01,931 Kids just want a dad. 379 00:16:01,999 --> 00:16:04,735 Even if he's just a lump. 380 00:16:06,704 --> 00:16:08,272 Maybe you should go now. 381 00:16:08,339 --> 00:16:09,606 Oh, no. They can stay, please. 382 00:16:09,674 --> 00:16:13,176 Let them stay. 383 00:16:13,244 --> 00:16:17,947 Bye, daddy. 384 00:16:18,015 --> 00:16:19,916 Bye, daddy. 385 00:16:24,889 --> 00:16:25,989 Sorry. 386 00:16:26,056 --> 00:16:28,592 You were crying. 387 00:16:28,660 --> 00:16:30,427 Damn. 388 00:16:37,669 --> 00:16:39,169 We're going to put you out, 389 00:16:39,236 --> 00:16:40,804 just so we can drill the hole. 390 00:16:40,871 --> 00:16:43,173 Oh, that's very thoughtful of you. 391 00:16:44,575 --> 00:16:46,510 Then we'll wake you back up. 392 00:16:46,577 --> 00:16:49,413 We'I'll need you to answer some simple yes or no questions 393 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,114 while we're cutting, to make sure we're not cutting... 394 00:16:51,182 --> 00:16:52,849 it seems to be working. 395 00:16:52,917 --> 00:16:54,518 Deep breaths. 396 00:16:54,585 --> 00:16:58,588 In about ten seconds, you'll feel lightheaded. 397 00:16:58,656 --> 00:17:00,424 And by now... 398 00:17:00,491 --> 00:17:03,293 you should be floating high with lucy in the sky. 399 00:17:20,778 --> 00:17:22,713 How come i'm not better? 400 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:25,515 God's not supposed to work in trial and error. 401 00:17:25,583 --> 00:17:28,284 God's mistakes are well-documented. 402 00:17:28,353 --> 00:17:29,919 If he'd done everything right the first time, 403 00:17:29,987 --> 00:17:32,422 there'd have been one plague and zero great floods. 404 00:17:32,490 --> 00:17:34,524 Those were because of human mistakes. 405 00:17:34,592 --> 00:17:37,126 You think your doctor has an apartment on mount olympus? 406 00:17:37,194 --> 00:17:39,028 God put me with you for a reason. 407 00:17:39,096 --> 00:17:40,930 I'm gonna be all right still, right? 408 00:17:43,468 --> 00:17:44,534 I don't know. 409 00:17:50,375 --> 00:17:53,076 Lee. You with me now? 410 00:17:56,514 --> 00:17:58,882 Easy questions. 411 00:17:58,949 --> 00:18:00,016 You'll be done before you know it. 412 00:18:00,084 --> 00:18:02,352 Is this equation correct? 413 00:18:02,420 --> 00:18:04,621 What, so if you make a mistake, 414 00:18:04,689 --> 00:18:06,390 i'm not going to know that anymore? 415 00:18:06,457 --> 00:18:08,692 Are these lines parallel? 416 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,294 Spatial relationships intact. 417 00:18:11,362 --> 00:18:13,096 Take a look at this circle. 418 00:18:13,163 --> 00:18:16,466 Is more than half of it shaded? 419 00:18:16,534 --> 00:18:17,901 Of course. 420 00:18:17,968 --> 00:18:19,636 Don't forget to blink. 421 00:18:19,704 --> 00:18:21,471 Is more than half of the circle shaded? 422 00:18:21,539 --> 00:18:23,874 Sorry, yes. 423 00:18:23,941 --> 00:18:25,975 Look at me, lee. Again. 424 00:18:26,043 --> 00:18:28,545 Is more than half of this circle shaded? 425 00:18:28,613 --> 00:18:29,846 Blink. Come on, lee, blink. 426 00:18:29,914 --> 00:18:31,214 Foreman, back out. 427 00:18:31,282 --> 00:18:34,250 Why can't i blink? Why can't i blink? 428 00:18:39,182 --> 00:18:42,184 Why aren't his eyes moving? 429 00:18:42,252 --> 00:18:43,819 Two options: 430 00:18:43,887 --> 00:18:45,320 my neurologist screwed up, 431 00:18:45,388 --> 00:18:47,823 or else something the hospital lawyer's going to have 432 00:18:47,891 --> 00:18:49,158 to come up with when you sue us. 433 00:18:49,225 --> 00:18:50,926 Blinking and eye movements are controlled 434 00:18:50,994 --> 00:18:52,461 by a small cluster of nerves, 435 00:18:52,529 --> 00:18:54,429 just millimeters from the biopsy site. 436 00:18:54,497 --> 00:18:56,365 But he's still in there, right? 437 00:18:56,432 --> 00:18:57,466 I mean, he just can't communicate? 438 00:18:57,534 --> 00:18:58,968 It's possible. 439 00:18:59,036 --> 00:19:01,470 Also possible is that the surgery caused so much swelling 440 00:19:01,538 --> 00:19:03,205 in his brain stem, that he's just gone. 441 00:19:05,075 --> 00:19:07,777 He had one way to communicate, and now that's gone. 442 00:19:07,844 --> 00:19:09,812 Well played. 443 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,114 Brain biopsy revealed severe damage to the myelin sheath. 444 00:19:12,182 --> 00:19:13,382 Question is, why? 445 00:19:13,449 --> 00:19:15,651 Epstein barr, picorna viruses, malaria. 446 00:19:15,719 --> 00:19:18,187 He runs a business, meets a lot of people, 447 00:19:18,254 --> 00:19:19,488 he could've picked up rotavirus. 448 00:19:19,556 --> 00:19:21,523 Did he report having bloody diarrhea? 449 00:19:21,591 --> 00:19:22,992 The wife's not sure, says he doesn't complain. 450 00:19:23,060 --> 00:19:24,193 Did you ask him? 451 00:19:24,260 --> 00:19:25,761 We've prioritized. 452 00:19:25,829 --> 00:19:27,763 He can only blink, a real history would've taken weeks. 453 00:19:27,831 --> 00:19:29,598 If he had epstein barr, he'd have belly pains. 454 00:19:29,666 --> 00:19:31,667 If he had picorna virus, he'd have headaches. 455 00:19:31,735 --> 00:19:33,268 Five other yes/no questions, 456 00:19:33,336 --> 00:19:34,670 and maybe we'd know what treatment to give. 457 00:19:34,738 --> 00:19:37,673 And what treatment would kill him. 458 00:19:37,741 --> 00:19:39,942 Unless he's already dead. 459 00:19:40,010 --> 00:19:42,778 Maybe there's another way. 460 00:19:46,249 --> 00:19:48,584 Brain computer interface... 461 00:19:48,651 --> 00:19:52,088 better known as bci. 462 00:19:52,155 --> 00:19:54,857 The goal is to get you to move that cursor 463 00:19:54,925 --> 00:19:56,525 with your mind. 464 00:19:56,593 --> 00:19:58,293 When you think "up," 465 00:19:58,361 --> 00:19:59,494 the computer records the pattern. 466 00:19:59,562 --> 00:20:01,163 Think "up" enough times, 467 00:20:01,231 --> 00:20:02,598 it eventually learns what you're thinking. 468 00:20:02,665 --> 00:20:05,201 So... 469 00:20:05,268 --> 00:20:07,002 start thinking "up." 470 00:20:26,589 --> 00:20:29,091 You in there? 471 00:20:29,159 --> 00:20:31,593 Are you trying? 472 00:20:48,912 --> 00:20:51,247 I called the ex-ex-ex-wife. 473 00:20:51,314 --> 00:20:54,817 She was at a sweat lodge in new mexico last week. 474 00:20:54,885 --> 00:20:57,486 What were you really doing in new york? 475 00:20:57,553 --> 00:21:01,323 You know how you hate it when i meddle in your lies? 476 00:21:02,659 --> 00:21:03,959 I mean your life. 477 00:21:04,027 --> 00:21:05,828 Why are you being so evasive? 478 00:21:05,896 --> 00:21:08,264 Unless you have something to evade. 479 00:21:08,331 --> 00:21:10,465 Interesting. 480 00:21:10,533 --> 00:21:15,271 This has nothing to do with you, your ex-wife, or my pain. 481 00:21:15,338 --> 00:21:17,506 I was heading to the down-state correctional facility 482 00:21:17,573 --> 00:21:19,008 in fishkill. 483 00:21:19,075 --> 00:21:21,911 One of your hookers arrange a conjugal visit? 484 00:21:21,978 --> 00:21:25,281 It's where foreman's brother is being held. 485 00:21:31,521 --> 00:21:34,190 This is going to mean months of sleepless nights, 486 00:21:34,257 --> 00:21:35,925 wondering if i could've done something differently. 487 00:21:37,393 --> 00:21:40,495 Maybe it's not that i'm sick of house. 488 00:21:40,563 --> 00:21:45,467 It's that i'm sick of being scared out of my mind 489 00:21:45,535 --> 00:21:47,536 to go to work every day. 490 00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:55,110 Sorry. 491 00:22:02,285 --> 00:22:04,753 Did that just... 492 00:22:04,821 --> 00:22:06,322 was that you? 493 00:22:24,407 --> 00:22:25,507 Are you really in there? 494 00:22:32,582 --> 00:22:35,450 I knew you were in there. 495 00:22:35,518 --> 00:22:37,486 I was scared. 496 00:22:37,553 --> 00:22:39,355 Thank god. 497 00:22:40,423 --> 00:22:42,758 I am scared. 498 00:22:42,825 --> 00:22:44,626 Molly, i love you so much. 499 00:22:47,097 --> 00:22:49,298 Have you had any bloody diarrhea in the last two weeks? 500 00:22:51,001 --> 00:22:52,034 Rotavirus out. 501 00:22:52,102 --> 00:22:54,003 Any recent joint pain? 502 00:22:55,105 --> 00:22:56,438 Epstein barr's out. 503 00:22:56,506 --> 00:22:58,040 Have you traveled out of the country lately? 504 00:22:59,309 --> 00:23:00,876 What about inside the country? 505 00:23:02,212 --> 00:23:04,213 He was in st. Louis. 506 00:23:07,617 --> 00:23:08,617 Good. 507 00:23:08,684 --> 00:23:11,086 Could be missouri malaria. 508 00:23:11,154 --> 00:23:13,389 Let's start treatment. 509 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,295 He was... he was there. 510 00:23:19,362 --> 00:23:21,330 The machine must not be working. 511 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,301 Either that, or he lied to you about it. 512 00:23:25,368 --> 00:23:27,803 People do that sometimes. 513 00:23:27,870 --> 00:23:31,206 For example, i just lied to him about missouri malaria. 514 00:23:37,347 --> 00:23:38,647 Did you go to st. Louis? 515 00:23:40,550 --> 00:23:43,618 I should've told you. 516 00:23:43,686 --> 00:23:45,220 Why didn't i just tell you? 517 00:23:45,288 --> 00:23:46,721 Down. 518 00:23:56,258 --> 00:23:58,692 When you weren't in st. Louis for two days, 519 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,762 i assume you were getting some strange for two days. 520 00:24:01,829 --> 00:24:03,197 So does she. 521 00:24:04,366 --> 00:24:05,900 You have to tell her i wasn't. 522 00:24:05,967 --> 00:24:07,601 Amazing. 523 00:24:07,668 --> 00:24:10,104 A man who only has two blips at his disposal 524 00:24:10,171 --> 00:24:11,805 can still lie. 525 00:24:11,873 --> 00:24:13,173 I'm not lying. 526 00:24:13,241 --> 00:24:16,110 If you were getting some really strange strange, 527 00:24:16,177 --> 00:24:18,512 you could've contracted neurosyphilis. 528 00:24:18,579 --> 00:24:21,181 Infection went to your brain, froze you right up. 529 00:24:21,249 --> 00:24:24,285 Good news is it's treatable. 530 00:24:24,352 --> 00:24:27,221 You'll be up and moving in time to sign the divorce papers. 531 00:24:27,289 --> 00:24:29,256 Why would i tell you the truth about being in st. Louis, 532 00:24:29,324 --> 00:24:31,091 and then not tell you the truth about this? 533 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,629 He just admitted he wasn't in st. Louis in front of his wife, 534 00:24:35,696 --> 00:24:39,300 and you think he's lying when she's not even in here? 535 00:24:39,367 --> 00:24:40,901 I'm liking this one more and more. 536 00:24:40,969 --> 00:24:43,870 Don't fire him. 537 00:24:43,939 --> 00:24:46,006 Were you out of the state? 538 00:24:46,074 --> 00:24:47,641 I never left. 539 00:24:47,708 --> 00:24:50,978 were you within 20 miles of your house? 540 00:24:51,046 --> 00:24:52,813 Yes. 541 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,249 Were you within five miles? 542 00:24:55,317 --> 00:24:56,250 Yes. 543 00:24:56,318 --> 00:24:57,952 Within two miles? 544 00:24:58,019 --> 00:24:59,286 Yes. 545 00:24:59,354 --> 00:25:03,924 Did you stay at a hotel? 546 00:25:03,992 --> 00:25:05,993 No. 547 00:25:06,061 --> 00:25:08,295 You had to sleep somewhere. 548 00:25:08,363 --> 00:25:10,697 Your car? 549 00:25:10,765 --> 00:25:13,233 No. 550 00:25:13,301 --> 00:25:14,801 A friend's house? 551 00:25:14,869 --> 00:25:17,404 Yes. 552 00:25:17,472 --> 00:25:20,174 Yes. 553 00:25:20,241 --> 00:25:21,308 That narrows it down, 554 00:25:21,376 --> 00:25:23,043 depending on how popular you are. 555 00:25:23,111 --> 00:25:25,779 Tell the wife to stop crying, get in here. 556 00:25:30,885 --> 00:25:34,121 He says that when he was supposed to be in st. Louis, 557 00:25:34,189 --> 00:25:36,023 he was staying at a friend's house. 558 00:25:36,091 --> 00:25:37,491 Really. 559 00:25:37,558 --> 00:25:38,993 Yes. 560 00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:41,328 Let's assume that you believe him for the moment. 561 00:25:41,396 --> 00:25:43,097 Name your friends within two miles. 562 00:25:43,164 --> 00:25:44,865 Martin and kim's? 563 00:25:44,932 --> 00:25:47,034 No. 564 00:25:47,102 --> 00:25:50,304 Guess someone who doesn't have a wife. 565 00:25:51,639 --> 00:25:52,706 Dave? 566 00:25:52,773 --> 00:25:54,141 Yes. 567 00:25:56,177 --> 00:25:59,346 Got an address? 568 00:25:59,414 --> 00:26:00,914 If this is where he got sick, 569 00:26:00,982 --> 00:26:02,883 someone else here should have symptoms. 570 00:26:02,950 --> 00:26:06,153 Not if lee was the only one coming down to the basement. 571 00:26:06,221 --> 00:26:08,855 Furnace is rusty, but no gas leaks. 572 00:26:08,923 --> 00:26:10,824 Resumes and cover letters here... 573 00:26:10,892 --> 00:26:12,993 some are weeks old. 574 00:26:13,061 --> 00:26:15,295 He's been spending time here for a while. 575 00:26:17,732 --> 00:26:19,799 Business wasn't going good. 576 00:26:19,867 --> 00:26:22,869 I didn't want you and the kids to worry. 577 00:26:26,674 --> 00:26:32,046 I was trying to protect you. 578 00:26:32,113 --> 00:26:35,849 Molly... 579 00:26:35,917 --> 00:26:39,186 i wish you could hear me. 580 00:26:39,254 --> 00:26:42,989 I wish i could make all of this better. 581 00:26:43,058 --> 00:26:44,858 Looks like he temped a few times. 582 00:26:44,926 --> 00:26:46,593 As a janitor. 583 00:26:46,661 --> 00:26:48,462 Factory out on route 10. 584 00:26:54,235 --> 00:26:56,770 Factory foreman says they make rechargeable batteries. 585 00:26:56,837 --> 00:26:58,439 Mostly for cell phones. 586 00:26:58,506 --> 00:27:00,107 Big step down from running your own business, 587 00:27:00,175 --> 00:27:01,975 to sweeping up. 588 00:27:02,043 --> 00:27:04,711 Doing what i had to do. 589 00:27:04,779 --> 00:27:06,280 Metal filings. 590 00:27:06,347 --> 00:27:09,416 Judging by the color, i'd say cadmium. 591 00:27:09,484 --> 00:27:10,750 Which he'd aerosolize with the broom, 592 00:27:10,818 --> 00:27:12,252 then right into his lungs. 593 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,621 Heavy metal poisoning... explains everything. 594 00:27:28,035 --> 00:27:30,937 The chelation will scrub the heavy metals out of your blood. 595 00:27:31,005 --> 00:27:32,672 If we are right about the cause, 596 00:27:32,740 --> 00:27:35,008 we should see some movement in about a day or so. 597 00:27:35,076 --> 00:27:37,144 Can't put this thing on turbo? 598 00:27:37,212 --> 00:27:38,479 I'm getting a little anxious in here. 599 00:27:38,546 --> 00:27:40,447 Somebody will be here at all times 600 00:27:40,515 --> 00:27:45,852 to, uh, irrigate your eyes, keep you company. 601 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,687 Hopefully, it'll help make the time go quicker. 602 00:27:47,755 --> 00:27:49,756 My eyes still feel really dry. 603 00:27:49,824 --> 00:27:53,693 Thank you... for thinking "up." 604 00:27:53,761 --> 00:27:56,363 For helping me find you in there. 605 00:27:56,431 --> 00:27:59,666 Man, when you moved that cursor... 606 00:28:11,179 --> 00:28:13,280 bought my first girlfriend a necklace. 607 00:28:13,348 --> 00:28:15,081 It was silver. 608 00:28:15,150 --> 00:28:19,386 It cost 180 bucks... had to save for six months. 609 00:28:19,454 --> 00:28:21,288 She hated it. 610 00:28:21,356 --> 00:28:22,689 Really, seriously? 611 00:28:22,757 --> 00:28:25,559 Did you tell this story to someone who could walk away? 612 00:28:25,627 --> 00:28:27,361 Never bought another girlfriend jewelry again. 613 00:28:30,598 --> 00:28:31,532 Until dr. Hadley. 614 00:28:31,599 --> 00:28:32,932 You're dating her? 615 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,801 You might want to start all your stories with that. 616 00:28:34,869 --> 00:28:36,170 Same thing... 617 00:28:36,237 --> 00:28:37,804 she didn't even wear it. 618 00:28:37,872 --> 00:28:40,073 The diamond thing, she was wearing it the other day. 619 00:28:40,141 --> 00:28:42,142 If she doesn't like it, she doesn't like it. 620 00:28:42,210 --> 00:28:44,911 Apparently, i suck at picking out jewelry, 621 00:28:44,979 --> 00:28:46,213 but at least have the guts to tell me. 622 00:28:46,281 --> 00:28:48,348 Okay, getting boring again. 623 00:28:48,416 --> 00:28:50,717 How long until we know if this treatment is working? 624 00:28:53,655 --> 00:28:55,289 You lied to me. 625 00:28:55,356 --> 00:28:56,990 I wasn't having an affair. 626 00:28:57,058 --> 00:28:59,326 So we needed money. 627 00:28:59,394 --> 00:29:00,860 Who cares? 628 00:29:00,928 --> 00:29:03,096 Last time business was slow, you got migraines every day. 629 00:29:03,164 --> 00:29:04,531 Why would you do that to me? 630 00:29:04,599 --> 00:29:06,266 I'm sorry, i was... i was stupid. 631 00:29:06,334 --> 00:29:07,501 I was... don't go! 632 00:29:07,569 --> 00:29:09,236 Don't! Damn it, somebody... 633 00:29:09,304 --> 00:29:11,705 put "i'm sorry" on this stupid computer. 634 00:29:11,772 --> 00:29:15,075 My eye is killing me. 635 00:29:23,651 --> 00:29:25,619 I want to keep my job. 636 00:29:25,687 --> 00:29:28,054 Great. 637 00:29:28,122 --> 00:29:30,257 All you got to do is come up with a good idea. 638 00:29:31,759 --> 00:29:33,493 How about we hook the guy's brain 639 00:29:33,561 --> 00:29:35,395 into a computer, so he can communicate? 640 00:29:35,463 --> 00:29:38,465 That's a great idea. 641 00:29:38,533 --> 00:29:41,268 For the guy who invented the computer that can read minds. 642 00:29:41,336 --> 00:29:43,503 Your idea was to use his idea. 643 00:29:43,571 --> 00:29:45,672 You didn't come up with it. No one else came up with it. 644 00:29:45,740 --> 00:29:47,841 If i didn't re-establish communication, 645 00:29:47,908 --> 00:29:49,243 we never would've found... 646 00:29:49,310 --> 00:29:52,178 what's interesting is why you're here now. 647 00:29:52,247 --> 00:29:54,013 Not when i gave you the ultimatum. 648 00:29:54,081 --> 00:29:56,450 Was it something the patient said? 649 00:30:02,624 --> 00:30:07,728 I realized that what we do here... terrifies me. 650 00:30:07,795 --> 00:30:12,098 And... 651 00:30:12,166 --> 00:30:16,703 overcoming that is the only way i can matter. 652 00:30:21,509 --> 00:30:23,610 Kutner found the battery factory. 653 00:30:23,678 --> 00:30:26,880 Kutner came up with the cadmium. 654 00:30:26,947 --> 00:30:28,649 Maybe you don't matter. 655 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,867 I'm going to close your eyes so you can get some sleep. 656 00:30:47,935 --> 00:30:50,570 Hopefully, when you wake up, we'll see some improvement. 657 00:30:50,638 --> 00:30:54,408 Hope that includes my eye feeling better. 658 00:30:58,012 --> 00:30:59,346 Hand me the flourescein stain. 659 00:30:59,414 --> 00:31:00,547 What's that mean? 660 00:31:00,615 --> 00:31:04,017 Epithelium looks torn. 661 00:31:04,084 --> 00:31:06,252 These drops sting. 662 00:31:06,321 --> 00:31:08,121 I'm going to close your left eye to keep it protected. 663 00:31:25,373 --> 00:31:26,340 I'm going to blink your eye a few times 664 00:31:26,407 --> 00:31:29,008 to distribute the dye. 665 00:31:36,451 --> 00:31:38,585 Ulcerative keratitis. 666 00:31:38,653 --> 00:31:41,688 Means it's not cadmium poisoning. 667 00:31:41,756 --> 00:31:45,058 Which means you don't know what's wrong. 668 00:31:45,125 --> 00:31:46,693 Again. 669 00:31:58,343 --> 00:32:01,145 When's the last time you changed that dressing? 670 00:32:01,213 --> 00:32:03,214 Judging by the smell of it, i'd say never. 671 00:32:06,418 --> 00:32:10,221 He's locked-in, his kidneys blew a fuse, 672 00:32:10,289 --> 00:32:13,825 and now his eye is oozing puss. 673 00:32:13,893 --> 00:32:15,627 I assume you went over all of that with your team. 674 00:32:15,695 --> 00:32:17,428 I also assume they didn't have any brilliant ideas, 675 00:32:17,496 --> 00:32:19,097 or you wouldn't still be muttering to yourself. 676 00:32:19,164 --> 00:32:20,599 This is going to hurt. 677 00:32:24,637 --> 00:32:28,907 The way he's losing his myelin makes an infection most likely. 678 00:32:28,975 --> 00:32:30,308 Could be varicella... 679 00:32:30,375 --> 00:32:31,943 road debris has come to the surface. 680 00:32:32,011 --> 00:32:33,311 I'm going to have to scrub it out. 681 00:32:33,378 --> 00:32:35,981 But the initial acyclovir would've treated that. 682 00:32:36,048 --> 00:32:38,416 Which pushes me towards an autoimmune disease. 683 00:32:38,484 --> 00:32:40,451 Like behcet's. 684 00:32:40,519 --> 00:32:42,420 Here... this is going to hurt even more. 685 00:32:42,488 --> 00:32:44,155 Take two now, two later. 686 00:32:56,636 --> 00:33:00,404 Of course, if the varicella was resistant, 687 00:33:00,472 --> 00:33:01,806 it wouldn't matter what they did up in middletown. 688 00:33:01,874 --> 00:33:02,907 Do an lp. 689 00:33:05,611 --> 00:33:06,878 You've been in the er too long. 690 00:33:06,946 --> 00:33:09,280 When the patient had head trauma, 691 00:33:09,348 --> 00:33:11,883 white blood cells only indicate that he had head trauma. 692 00:33:11,951 --> 00:33:13,852 Or you could use the lp for something useful. 693 00:33:13,919 --> 00:33:16,521 If you find polys, it's varicella. 694 00:33:16,588 --> 00:33:18,189 Lymphs, behcet's. 695 00:33:21,460 --> 00:33:22,426 Why did i fire you again? 696 00:33:22,494 --> 00:33:24,663 You didn't. I quit. 697 00:33:32,104 --> 00:33:34,505 You weren't visiting foreman's brother, either. 698 00:33:34,573 --> 00:33:36,240 Busy... 699 00:33:36,308 --> 00:33:38,943 kutner's doing an lp, so i have to focus. 700 00:33:39,011 --> 00:33:42,180 I had prison security check visitor logs, phone records. 701 00:33:42,247 --> 00:33:44,683 You've never had any contact with anyone at fishkill. 702 00:33:44,750 --> 00:33:46,584 So, i ask again... 703 00:33:46,652 --> 00:33:49,187 what were you doing up in middletown? 704 00:33:51,490 --> 00:33:52,323 You know what's more interesting 705 00:33:52,391 --> 00:33:53,758 than what i was doing? 706 00:33:53,826 --> 00:33:57,261 The reason you are so obsessed with what i was doing. 707 00:33:57,329 --> 00:33:58,963 Stop deflecting, house. 708 00:33:59,031 --> 00:34:00,531 Says the deflector. 709 00:34:03,535 --> 00:34:05,203 The reason i was up there... 710 00:34:05,270 --> 00:34:08,707 is the reason you're scared i was up there. 711 00:34:08,774 --> 00:34:12,410 I was checking out your dirty, little secret. 712 00:34:12,477 --> 00:34:17,749 How long have you been sleeping with her? 713 00:34:17,817 --> 00:34:20,118 How did you know? 714 00:34:20,186 --> 00:34:23,955 Your only secrets are the girls you find embarrassing. 715 00:34:24,023 --> 00:34:25,456 And the only embarrassing girl you've met recently 716 00:34:25,524 --> 00:34:28,226 is the one at your brother's cuckoo facility. 717 00:34:28,293 --> 00:34:29,728 We've only been out a few times. 718 00:34:29,795 --> 00:34:31,596 She's a caregiver. 719 00:34:31,663 --> 00:34:32,864 Like all of your other failed exes. 720 00:34:32,932 --> 00:34:35,900 And someone who takes care of your brother. 721 00:34:35,968 --> 00:34:38,870 Who was the last person who took care of your brother? 722 00:34:41,273 --> 00:34:42,573 You think this is oedipal? 723 00:34:42,641 --> 00:34:44,242 Actually, i was thinking masturbatory. 724 00:34:44,309 --> 00:34:46,845 I guess your mom took care of him first. 725 00:34:46,912 --> 00:34:51,116 So, the safe course is to gouge your eyes out. 726 00:34:57,857 --> 00:35:00,658 Lp stands for lumbar puncture. 727 00:35:00,726 --> 00:35:03,327 We use this needle to collect fluid from your spine. 728 00:35:03,395 --> 00:35:05,529 That's a really big needle. 729 00:35:05,597 --> 00:35:07,598 You're going to feel some extreme pressure in your back. 730 00:35:07,666 --> 00:35:09,567 I already feel pressure in my front... 731 00:35:09,635 --> 00:35:11,102 my chest hurts. 732 00:35:11,170 --> 00:35:12,971 Something's wrong. 733 00:35:13,038 --> 00:35:15,306 No, my chest! 734 00:35:15,374 --> 00:35:17,475 Something's wrong. I think i'm hav... 735 00:35:17,542 --> 00:35:18,810 oh, god! 736 00:35:22,081 --> 00:35:23,314 Call the code. 737 00:35:33,926 --> 00:35:35,559 There is no god. 738 00:35:35,627 --> 00:35:38,163 You don't know what's wrong with me. 739 00:35:40,499 --> 00:35:43,802 It doesn't seem that way. 740 00:35:43,869 --> 00:35:44,903 So am i dead? 741 00:35:44,970 --> 00:35:46,905 Not yet. 742 00:35:50,109 --> 00:35:51,810 But you're about to be. 743 00:35:51,877 --> 00:35:53,244 Okay. 744 00:35:57,309 --> 00:35:58,810 Charging... clear. 745 00:35:58,878 --> 00:36:00,178 Again... clear. 746 00:36:01,380 --> 00:36:02,481 He's back. 747 00:36:02,548 --> 00:36:05,817 No. No. Let me go. 748 00:36:05,885 --> 00:36:07,919 He can't fix me. 749 00:36:07,987 --> 00:36:09,621 I've been here for three days, 750 00:36:09,689 --> 00:36:11,723 everything hurts. 751 00:36:11,791 --> 00:36:14,860 It's okay, just... just stop fighting. 752 00:36:17,062 --> 00:36:18,663 She's got to go on with her life. 753 00:36:21,166 --> 00:36:22,767 The kids don't need this. 754 00:36:22,835 --> 00:36:25,504 I can't do nothing for them... i can't... 755 00:36:25,571 --> 00:36:30,509 scratch this foot... wow, that really, really itches. 756 00:36:30,576 --> 00:36:32,143 So we put in a temporary pacer. 757 00:36:32,211 --> 00:36:33,512 Shut up, shut up. 758 00:36:37,149 --> 00:36:38,617 He's trying to talk. 759 00:36:42,555 --> 00:36:43,788 Is something bothering you? 760 00:36:45,625 --> 00:36:47,058 If there's still tightness in your chest, it's expected. 761 00:36:48,394 --> 00:36:53,164 Is it your eye? 762 00:36:53,232 --> 00:36:54,699 Why is he saying "no" three times? 763 00:36:54,767 --> 00:36:56,467 You only asked one question. 764 00:36:56,536 --> 00:36:58,269 Maybe he's not saying "no," 765 00:36:58,337 --> 00:36:59,604 maybe he's saying "down." 766 00:37:05,011 --> 00:37:05,944 Are you saying that the pain is lower? 767 00:37:07,046 --> 00:37:08,413 How low, your leg? 768 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:09,781 Your foot? 769 00:37:11,383 --> 00:37:13,618 Left foot? 770 00:37:15,354 --> 00:37:17,321 Check his... let me see now... 771 00:37:17,389 --> 00:37:18,690 yeah, his right foot. 772 00:37:18,758 --> 00:37:20,491 No bruises, no rashes, no cuts. 773 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,527 Then there should be no pain. 774 00:37:22,595 --> 00:37:24,362 Is there a tingling sensation? 775 00:37:26,398 --> 00:37:27,866 Is it itching? 776 00:37:32,738 --> 00:37:34,839 Itchy foot means liver failure. 777 00:37:34,907 --> 00:37:36,340 The liver's fine. 778 00:37:36,408 --> 00:37:37,676 His enzymes have been normal since we admitted him. 779 00:37:37,743 --> 00:37:39,711 I didn't say "failing," i said "failure." 780 00:37:39,779 --> 00:37:41,947 Just like you. 781 00:37:42,014 --> 00:37:44,282 Liver's like a cruise ship taking on water. 782 00:37:44,349 --> 00:37:46,417 As it starts to sink, it sends out an s.o.s., 783 00:37:46,485 --> 00:37:48,887 only instead of radio waves, it uses enzymes. 784 00:37:48,955 --> 00:37:51,422 The more enzymes in the blood, the worse the liver is. 785 00:37:51,490 --> 00:37:53,291 And once the ship has sunk, 786 00:37:53,358 --> 00:37:55,226 there's no more s.o.s. 787 00:37:55,294 --> 00:37:56,795 You think the liver's fine, 788 00:37:56,862 --> 00:37:58,563 but it's already at the bottom of the sea. 789 00:37:58,631 --> 00:38:00,932 So dying liver released toxins, damaged the nerves, 790 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,634 led to locked-in syndrome. 791 00:38:02,702 --> 00:38:03,835 Now we just need to know 792 00:38:03,903 --> 00:38:05,470 what's causing the liver failure. 793 00:38:05,537 --> 00:38:07,072 Liver, plus eye, plus kidney... 794 00:38:07,139 --> 00:38:08,974 most likely sclerosing cholangitis. 795 00:38:09,041 --> 00:38:11,643 Oh, god, if only taub had said that, 796 00:38:11,711 --> 00:38:12,877 it would've been a happy ending. 797 00:38:12,945 --> 00:38:15,080 Do a biopsy to confirm. 798 00:38:19,251 --> 00:38:21,319 I'm going to numb up the area 799 00:38:21,386 --> 00:38:23,187 where we'll go in for the punch biopsy. 800 00:38:23,255 --> 00:38:26,958 Where's the new bracelet? 801 00:38:27,026 --> 00:38:28,593 She was wearing the bracelet? 802 00:38:28,661 --> 00:38:30,095 You didn't notice that i was wearing it? 803 00:38:30,162 --> 00:38:31,195 Because you weren't. 804 00:38:31,263 --> 00:38:33,297 He noticed, and you didn't? 805 00:38:33,365 --> 00:38:35,233 If you don't like it, it's fine, it's not a big deal. 806 00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:36,567 I like it, that's the point. 807 00:38:36,636 --> 00:38:38,436 I'd rather have it at home in the jewelry box 808 00:38:38,504 --> 00:38:40,038 than getting peed on at work. 809 00:38:40,106 --> 00:38:42,173 You got the patient's urine on that arm? 810 00:38:42,241 --> 00:38:43,574 When i was putting in the catheter. 811 00:38:43,643 --> 00:38:44,609 Why? 812 00:38:44,677 --> 00:38:45,644 You've got a rash. 813 00:38:45,711 --> 00:38:47,378 The bracelet's real. 814 00:38:47,446 --> 00:38:49,080 I figured. 815 00:38:49,148 --> 00:38:51,816 So what if the rash isn't just a rash? 816 00:38:51,884 --> 00:38:53,985 What if it's an infection? 817 00:38:54,053 --> 00:38:56,154 If there were rats in that basement, 818 00:38:56,221 --> 00:38:59,858 then the liver failure could be caused by leptospirosis. 819 00:38:59,925 --> 00:39:01,259 It transfers through urine. 820 00:39:01,326 --> 00:39:03,294 Rat pee to him, his pee to you. 821 00:39:03,362 --> 00:39:05,830 The infection would need an entry point. 822 00:39:05,898 --> 00:39:09,400 Look for any recent scratches, cuts. 823 00:39:12,872 --> 00:39:14,405 Look. 824 00:39:14,473 --> 00:39:16,074 Next to his fingernail. 825 00:39:19,045 --> 00:39:21,112 The infection destroyed your liver, 826 00:39:21,180 --> 00:39:24,448 which released toxins that caused the locked-in syndrome. 827 00:39:24,516 --> 00:39:26,350 You were dying of a paper cut. 828 00:39:26,418 --> 00:39:28,987 I hope you're right this time. 829 00:39:29,055 --> 00:39:32,123 We found rats in your buddy dave's basement. 830 00:39:32,191 --> 00:39:34,559 Tested positive for leptospirosis. 831 00:39:34,626 --> 00:39:36,527 That means we're on the right treatment. 832 00:39:38,731 --> 00:39:40,298 So... 833 00:39:40,365 --> 00:39:41,566 try moving a finger. 834 00:39:44,203 --> 00:39:46,037 Your brain needs to get used to doing its job again. 835 00:39:46,105 --> 00:39:46,971 Try harder. 836 00:39:50,176 --> 00:39:52,911 I'm sure you've lost hope. 837 00:39:52,978 --> 00:39:55,213 I know we've told you several times 838 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,815 that we knew what this was, 839 00:39:56,882 --> 00:39:58,917 but this time we're right. 840 00:39:58,984 --> 00:40:01,252 Concentrate. 841 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,521 Move one finger for me. 842 00:40:14,366 --> 00:40:16,367 Welcome back. 843 00:40:16,435 --> 00:40:19,170 I did it. 844 00:40:26,645 --> 00:40:28,512 Rat pee. 845 00:40:28,580 --> 00:40:30,381 Very nice idea. 846 00:40:30,449 --> 00:40:32,516 Who came up with it? 847 00:40:32,584 --> 00:40:34,886 I did. 848 00:40:38,023 --> 00:40:38,890 Good. 849 00:40:45,998 --> 00:40:47,866 You okay with him claiming the credit? 850 00:40:47,933 --> 00:40:49,433 It was his idea. 851 00:40:49,501 --> 00:40:51,069 He saw the rash... 852 00:40:51,137 --> 00:40:53,905 if he did, he'd have hung a "mission accomplished" banner 853 00:40:53,973 --> 00:40:57,876 in my outer office. 854 00:40:57,943 --> 00:40:59,944 Don't toy with him. If you're going to fire him... 855 00:41:00,012 --> 00:41:01,079 the fact that he stole your idea 856 00:41:01,147 --> 00:41:03,081 means that he cares enough to lie. 857 00:41:03,149 --> 00:41:05,549 That's all i needed to know. 858 00:41:05,617 --> 00:41:07,718 Rat pee. 859 00:41:07,787 --> 00:41:10,088 That's a very nice idea. 860 00:41:12,691 --> 00:41:13,792 House. 861 00:41:13,859 --> 00:41:15,860 You left this in my office. 862 00:41:18,164 --> 00:41:19,998 No, i didn't. 863 00:41:20,065 --> 00:41:21,732 So either i have a hole in my pocket... 864 00:41:21,801 --> 00:41:23,268 oh, that's right i remember now, 865 00:41:23,335 --> 00:41:24,803 i stole it. 866 00:41:24,870 --> 00:41:27,638 Because if you had gone up there to check out my girlfriend, 867 00:41:27,706 --> 00:41:29,640 you wouldn't have come back here and lied to me about it. 868 00:41:29,708 --> 00:41:31,109 You would've thrown her right in my face. 869 00:41:31,177 --> 00:41:32,877 You underestimate the entertainment value 870 00:41:32,945 --> 00:41:34,212 of your obsessions. 871 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:35,379 And then there were all those calls 872 00:41:35,447 --> 00:41:37,448 you weren't taking in front of me. 873 00:41:39,985 --> 00:41:42,120 So i dialed the number of the calls you weren't taking. 874 00:41:42,188 --> 00:41:44,189 You're seeing a psychiatrist. 875 00:41:54,333 --> 00:41:55,967 You had no right to invade my privacy. 876 00:41:58,470 --> 00:41:59,904 Is... is that...? yeah. 877 00:41:59,972 --> 00:42:01,005 It's irony. 878 00:42:02,975 --> 00:42:04,442 Hey... 879 00:42:06,979 --> 00:42:10,148 god sent you. 880 00:42:12,117 --> 00:42:14,618 Suddenly, you're not so fascinating. 881 00:42:18,023 --> 00:42:20,124 You're spying on your team. 882 00:42:20,192 --> 00:42:22,026 Prioritize, wilson. 883 00:42:22,094 --> 00:42:24,528 Is that what you really want to torture me about right now? 884 00:42:24,596 --> 00:42:25,663 I don't want to torture you at all. 885 00:42:25,731 --> 00:42:27,065 I think this is a great thing. 886 00:42:27,132 --> 00:42:29,267 Not something you have to drive an hour out of town 887 00:42:29,335 --> 00:42:30,735 to shroud in mystery. 888 00:42:30,802 --> 00:42:32,503 Whining on someone's couch. 889 00:42:32,571 --> 00:42:34,005 That's an excellent use of my time. 890 00:42:34,073 --> 00:42:36,474 Maybe i'll discover that my childhood wasn't perfect. 891 00:42:36,541 --> 00:42:39,010 So your attitude about therapy clearly hasn't changed. 892 00:42:39,078 --> 00:42:41,312 And yet you went. 893 00:42:41,380 --> 00:42:42,546 Which leads me to believe 894 00:42:42,614 --> 00:42:44,182 that maybe something else has changed. 895 00:42:44,250 --> 00:42:46,117 Maybe you think you can change. 896 00:42:46,185 --> 00:42:47,685 I credit cuddy with that. 897 00:42:47,753 --> 00:42:50,421 Not much credit to take, because i'm not going back. 898 00:42:50,489 --> 00:42:52,690 Oh, house, please... 899 00:42:52,758 --> 00:42:55,126 i assume you went because you're tired of screwing up 900 00:42:55,194 --> 00:42:56,995 every chance you get at happiness. 901 00:42:57,062 --> 00:42:58,462 New contact. Delete contact. 902 00:42:58,530 --> 00:43:00,331 Do not let the fact that i found out about it... 903 00:43:00,399 --> 00:43:02,000 don't beat yourself up. 904 00:43:02,067 --> 00:43:05,303 I'm not going back because it doesn't work. 905 00:43:09,641 --> 00:43:10,909 You'll end up alone. 906 00:43:11,641 --> 00:43:14,909 Transcript : yyets.net