1 00:00:09,095 --> 00:00:10,153 Hey. 2 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:11,356 Hey, I'll be right there. 3 00:00:11,431 --> 00:00:13,023 Take your time. 4 00:00:14,067 --> 00:00:15,728 You mind if I get a drink of water? 5 00:00:15,802 --> 00:00:17,895 No, no. Not at all, help yourself. 6 00:00:32,285 --> 00:00:34,617 Not exactly beach reading, huh? 7 00:00:35,088 --> 00:00:36,385 Do you understand any of that stuff? 8 00:00:36,456 --> 00:00:37,753 Well, most of these I can get through. 9 00:00:37,824 --> 00:00:40,725 But that one, I can't get past the dust jacket. 10 00:00:40,794 --> 00:00:42,352 Where's Ted? Laid off. 11 00:00:42,429 --> 00:00:43,828 Company's going with per diem workers. 12 00:00:43,897 --> 00:00:46,331 You don't have to pay overtime, health insurance. 13 00:00:46,399 --> 00:00:47,730 Wow, that sucks. 14 00:00:47,801 --> 00:00:51,635 I don't mind. Really. I'm not a 40-hour-a-week kind of guy. 15 00:00:54,107 --> 00:00:56,575 Uh, if I could just get you to sign... 16 00:00:56,643 --> 00:00:58,110 Right. Um... 17 00:00:59,446 --> 00:01:02,506 Hang on one second. I wanna show you something. 18 00:01:06,019 --> 00:01:07,452 You're gonna laugh, 19 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,149 but I swear this guy, James Sidas, looks exactly like you. 20 00:01:13,860 --> 00:01:15,725 Wait, hang on a second. 21 00:01:16,863 --> 00:01:19,525 This guy is you. I saw a profile Nova did on you. 22 00:01:19,599 --> 00:01:22,397 You're like the youngest guy to ever graduate MIT. 23 00:01:22,469 --> 00:01:24,061 Standards were lower back then. 24 00:01:24,137 --> 00:01:25,570 You got an IQ of 178. 25 00:01:25,638 --> 00:01:27,868 Published three books and 35 papers, 26 00:01:27,941 --> 00:01:29,806 all before the age of 18? 27 00:01:29,876 --> 00:01:31,036 Yeah. 28 00:01:31,644 --> 00:01:33,305 Sorry, I really need to get going, 29 00:01:33,379 --> 00:01:34,778 so if I could just get you to sign off... 30 00:01:34,848 --> 00:01:38,477 All right. I'll trade you. I'll sign if you'll sign. 31 00:01:38,718 --> 00:01:39,946 I'm not that guy any more. 32 00:01:40,019 --> 00:01:41,748 Come on, man. This is the most exciting thing 33 00:01:41,821 --> 00:01:44,449 that's happened in this place in years. 34 00:01:52,065 --> 00:01:54,556 Come on, don't be like that. 35 00:01:54,634 --> 00:01:56,465 I'm paying you a compliment. 36 00:01:58,571 --> 00:02:00,368 It's not that. I'm... 37 00:02:01,708 --> 00:02:02,970 My hand's not working. 38 00:02:03,042 --> 00:02:05,875 Hey, hey. Whoa, whoa. You okay? 39 00:02:08,648 --> 00:02:09,672 No. 40 00:02:49,389 --> 00:02:51,186 $2.32. Put it on Dr. Wilson's tab. 41 00:02:51,257 --> 00:02:54,522 I don't know who Dr. Wilson is, and we don't have tabs. 42 00:02:54,594 --> 00:02:56,186 Do you know who I am? 43 00:02:56,262 --> 00:02:57,695 No. Good. 44 00:02:58,097 --> 00:02:59,496 But, sir... 45 00:02:59,566 --> 00:03:01,591 I got it. It's all right. 46 00:03:03,102 --> 00:03:04,467 Thanks. 47 00:03:04,537 --> 00:03:06,562 Although, I should make it clear that for two bucks, 48 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,732 all you get is top half, over the clothes. 49 00:03:10,076 --> 00:03:12,135 Any plans for turkey day? 50 00:03:12,212 --> 00:03:15,045 Going to my sister's for dinner. Why? 51 00:03:15,348 --> 00:03:16,940 Just making pleasant conversation. 52 00:03:17,016 --> 00:03:18,984 I heard tell of folks doing such. 53 00:03:19,052 --> 00:03:21,316 How about we talk about this? 54 00:03:21,387 --> 00:03:24,322 Fifteen-year-old, recurring migraines and blurred vision. 55 00:03:24,390 --> 00:03:25,584 Great. Really? 56 00:03:25,658 --> 00:03:27,683 Sure. There's no point putting a band together 57 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,159 if we're not gonna play any gigs. 58 00:03:29,229 --> 00:03:31,823 Hold on. Take this instead. 59 00:03:31,898 --> 00:03:33,695 I was expecting more resistance. 60 00:03:33,766 --> 00:03:37,634 That was the old me. New me is static guarded and friction free. 61 00:03:37,704 --> 00:03:39,535 Enjoy your drumstick. 62 00:03:44,744 --> 00:03:46,735 Ready to save some lives? 63 00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:51,373 Thirty-two-year-old courier, ataxia, anemia, mild cough. 64 00:03:51,451 --> 00:03:53,146 CT was clear, tox screen negative. 65 00:03:53,219 --> 00:03:55,016 What are you so excited about? 66 00:03:55,088 --> 00:03:57,022 Why wouldn't I be? Got all my starters back, 67 00:03:57,090 --> 00:04:01,151 plus a couple of first-class free agents. I feel like Mike Tomlin. 68 00:04:01,928 --> 00:04:04,260 Probably not as much as you do, but you get the idea. 69 00:04:04,330 --> 00:04:07,060 Ataxia and anemia, could be viral, maybe West Nile. 70 00:04:07,133 --> 00:04:11,035 No fever, lymph glands were normal. Anybody seen Wilson? 71 00:04:11,104 --> 00:04:12,264 Hyperbilirubinemia? 72 00:04:12,338 --> 00:04:14,397 Yeah, like that's a real thing. 73 00:04:14,474 --> 00:04:15,498 Meningitis. 74 00:04:15,575 --> 00:04:17,042 Anemia's a stretch. 75 00:04:17,110 --> 00:04:19,408 Page Dr. James Wilson at 558. 76 00:04:19,479 --> 00:04:20,844 What about sickle cell? 77 00:04:20,913 --> 00:04:22,380 The guy's white. Whites can get it. 78 00:04:22,448 --> 00:04:25,076 Come on. We get the tennis elbow and all the money, 79 00:04:25,151 --> 00:04:26,277 let them have sickle cell. 80 00:04:26,352 --> 00:04:27,614 TTP is a better fit. 81 00:04:27,687 --> 00:04:28,915 He's right. 82 00:04:33,693 --> 00:04:35,923 What, you thought I wouldn't agree with him? Ever? 83 00:04:35,995 --> 00:04:37,087 Well, you didn't agree with him. 84 00:04:37,163 --> 00:04:39,791 That's why he dumped you. Oh, sorry, it was mutual. 85 00:04:39,866 --> 00:04:42,096 We're cool, okay? Nobody's angry, nobody's hurt. 86 00:04:42,168 --> 00:04:43,601 Sounds passionate. 87 00:04:43,670 --> 00:04:46,036 TTP makes sense to me. Not to me. 88 00:04:46,105 --> 00:04:47,094 What if he had a history of... 89 00:04:47,173 --> 00:04:50,108 One big happy family. TTP it is. 90 00:04:50,543 --> 00:04:53,706 Confirm with a blood smear and ADAMTS13 antibodies. 91 00:04:53,780 --> 00:04:56,715 Dr. James Wilson, please dial 558. 92 00:04:57,550 --> 00:04:58,574 Can you cure it? 93 00:04:58,651 --> 00:05:00,118 TTP isn't completely curable, 94 00:05:00,186 --> 00:05:02,552 but the symptoms are manageable with the proper treatment. 95 00:05:02,622 --> 00:05:03,782 Is this the treatment? 96 00:05:03,856 --> 00:05:06,120 No. First we need to do a blood test to confirm the diagnosis. 97 00:05:06,192 --> 00:05:07,318 But he's gonna get better? 98 00:05:07,393 --> 00:05:08,758 Honey, that's what she's saying. 99 00:05:08,828 --> 00:05:09,988 I'm gonna be okay. Don't worry. 100 00:05:10,063 --> 00:05:12,190 How can't I worry? You're in the hospital. 101 00:05:12,265 --> 00:05:13,789 I'm gonna be fine. 102 00:05:13,866 --> 00:05:16,164 Are you sure everything was fine before? 103 00:05:16,235 --> 00:05:17,725 I mean, given your educational background, 104 00:05:17,804 --> 00:05:20,102 you'd think you could at least find a job with a medical plan. 105 00:05:20,173 --> 00:05:21,663 We have money. Don't worry. 106 00:05:21,741 --> 00:05:22,799 It's not that. 107 00:05:22,875 --> 00:05:24,467 It's just I want to make sure 108 00:05:24,544 --> 00:05:26,273 we have all the information we should. 109 00:05:26,346 --> 00:05:27,608 My husband wouldn't lie. 110 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,671 It's okay, baby. He's just doing his job. 111 00:05:29,749 --> 00:05:34,118 He just wants to make sure I'm not a secret drug addict or an alcoholic. 112 00:05:34,187 --> 00:05:36,985 Or hiding a history of mental illness. 113 00:05:38,658 --> 00:05:41,354 I work as a courier because I want to. 114 00:05:41,427 --> 00:05:42,655 It's easy. I don't have to think. 115 00:05:42,729 --> 00:05:43,889 It's too hard to think? 116 00:05:43,963 --> 00:05:45,954 No. Just unpleasant. 117 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,930 No matter what I did, it really wasn't good enough. 118 00:05:50,002 --> 00:05:51,128 Then I met Dara. 119 00:05:51,204 --> 00:05:52,432 She didn't care how smart I was, 120 00:05:52,505 --> 00:05:54,996 or what I might accomplish in the future. 121 00:05:55,074 --> 00:05:58,475 It was the first time in my life that I was really happy. 122 00:05:58,544 --> 00:06:02,105 So I decided I would rather be happy than smart. 123 00:06:13,693 --> 00:06:15,251 You all right? 124 00:06:16,129 --> 00:06:19,064 Sorry. I know you're not okay. I mean... 125 00:06:20,199 --> 00:06:21,530 She left. 126 00:06:22,168 --> 00:06:23,965 Went back to Chicago. 127 00:06:25,037 --> 00:06:26,402 Any chance of reconciliation? 128 00:06:26,672 --> 00:06:27,798 No. 129 00:06:28,975 --> 00:06:30,806 You sure you don't wanna grab a drink after work? 130 00:06:30,877 --> 00:06:33,004 I figured we could talk about the perils of dating doctors. 131 00:06:33,079 --> 00:06:34,478 I wasn't dating Cameron. 132 00:06:34,547 --> 00:06:35,571 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... 133 00:06:35,648 --> 00:06:38,708 I know what you're doing, and I appreciate it. 134 00:06:38,785 --> 00:06:40,980 But I've got it under control. 135 00:06:41,053 --> 00:06:43,078 That's what you said about the Dibala incident, 136 00:06:43,156 --> 00:06:44,987 and obviously you didn't. 137 00:06:45,057 --> 00:06:48,584 And talking about it obviously made things so much better. 138 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,026 Didn't you think there was something weird about that guy? 139 00:06:57,103 --> 00:06:59,537 Not really. In fact, he seemed pretty normal. 140 00:06:59,605 --> 00:07:01,232 That's my point. 141 00:07:01,307 --> 00:07:02,968 Guys with IQs off the chart 142 00:07:03,042 --> 00:07:05,738 are usually completely abnormal. 143 00:07:06,679 --> 00:07:08,943 Speaking of House, why did you come back? 144 00:07:09,015 --> 00:07:10,505 I mean, you must have taken a major pay cut. 145 00:07:10,583 --> 00:07:12,016 Life's too short to worry about money. 146 00:07:12,084 --> 00:07:13,244 Your wife feel the same way? 147 00:07:13,319 --> 00:07:16,220 She's happy to cut back on some things. 148 00:07:16,289 --> 00:07:17,722 Like sex. 149 00:07:19,625 --> 00:07:21,252 Why'd you come back? Why wouldn't I? 150 00:07:21,327 --> 00:07:24,819 Like Foreman said, nobody's angry, nobody's hurt. 151 00:07:24,897 --> 00:07:25,989 Schistocytes. 152 00:07:27,300 --> 00:07:28,597 That means TTP. 153 00:07:28,668 --> 00:07:30,863 Which is what we thought it'd be, remember? This is a good thing. 154 00:07:30,937 --> 00:07:34,031 This is an easy thing, and House doesn't take cases that are easy, 155 00:07:34,140 --> 00:07:35,732 which means it's not TTP. 156 00:07:35,808 --> 00:07:39,175 And he wants to see how long it takes us to catch up to him. 157 00:07:41,981 --> 00:07:44,313 Schistocytes suggest TTP. 158 00:07:44,383 --> 00:07:46,112 Good, now what? 159 00:07:46,452 --> 00:07:48,079 Normally we'd try plasmapheresis, 160 00:07:48,154 --> 00:07:50,315 but the patient has an albumin colloid allergy. 161 00:07:50,389 --> 00:07:51,447 So? 162 00:07:51,524 --> 00:07:53,617 So that means we have to give him a splenectomy. 163 00:07:53,693 --> 00:07:55,285 Yes, it does. 164 00:08:09,242 --> 00:08:11,233 Wilson? No. 165 00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:12,470 Do you know where he is? 166 00:08:12,545 --> 00:08:13,637 Not in here. 167 00:08:13,713 --> 00:08:15,613 You're sure you want us to take out his spleen? 168 00:08:15,681 --> 00:08:16,875 Is that what a splenectomy is? 169 00:08:16,949 --> 00:08:19,110 I thought it was an ice cream treat. Yuck. 170 00:08:19,185 --> 00:08:20,948 So you do really think he has TTP. 171 00:08:21,020 --> 00:08:22,146 You're not just testing us. 172 00:08:22,221 --> 00:08:24,746 Yeah. Like I have time for games. 173 00:08:26,392 --> 00:08:28,326 So, why did you really take this case? 174 00:08:28,394 --> 00:08:31,625 Isn't it obvious? I'm fishing for a dinner invite. 175 00:08:41,374 --> 00:08:44,070 Missed you at breakfast this morning. 176 00:08:44,343 --> 00:08:45,742 And lunch. 177 00:08:45,811 --> 00:08:47,438 I had a dentist appointment. 178 00:08:47,513 --> 00:08:49,674 You know where Cuddy's sister lives? 179 00:08:49,749 --> 00:08:53,116 You see, this is why I don't answer your urgent pages, 180 00:08:53,185 --> 00:08:54,982 because they're not urgent pages. 181 00:08:55,054 --> 00:08:57,989 I've decided what I'm gonna do about Cuddy and Lucas. 182 00:08:58,057 --> 00:08:59,456 I'm going to break them up. 183 00:09:00,026 --> 00:09:02,051 Of course. It's given me a purpose in life, 184 00:09:02,161 --> 00:09:04,459 a goal, a raison d'etre. 185 00:09:04,530 --> 00:09:08,432 Albeit a selfish, mean-spirited, childish raison. 186 00:09:08,501 --> 00:09:11,061 I think of it more as benevolent. 187 00:09:11,437 --> 00:09:13,803 There's only two possible outcomes for their relationship, 188 00:09:13,873 --> 00:09:16,068 they split or they stay together forever. 189 00:09:16,142 --> 00:09:18,770 If it's split, then the sooner it happens, the better for everyone. 190 00:09:18,844 --> 00:09:21,108 If it's stay, then my meddling won't matter. 191 00:09:22,281 --> 00:09:24,078 In fact, if they survive it, 192 00:09:24,150 --> 00:09:26,345 it might even make their bond stronger. 193 00:09:26,419 --> 00:09:28,979 How you manage to elevate your narcissism 194 00:09:29,055 --> 00:09:31,888 to beneficence is masterful. 195 00:09:32,725 --> 00:09:35,853 And I've decided to do it at Thanksgiving dinner, 196 00:09:35,928 --> 00:09:37,691 just 'cause I'm sentimental. 197 00:09:37,763 --> 00:09:39,856 Dinner's at Cuddy's sister's, which brings us back to... 198 00:09:39,932 --> 00:09:41,627 House, don't. 199 00:09:41,701 --> 00:09:45,000 I fished for an invite. Cuddy wasn't biting, so I'll have to crash. 200 00:09:45,071 --> 00:09:48,006 I have no idea where Cuddy's sister lives. 201 00:09:48,074 --> 00:09:50,269 Ask and thou shalt receive. 202 00:09:50,376 --> 00:09:53,368 You can't honestly think I would help you with this. 203 00:09:53,446 --> 00:09:56,142 Not help me, help Cuddy, remember? 204 00:09:56,482 --> 00:10:00,111 If you don't get it, I'll be forced to use more nefarious methods. 205 00:10:00,186 --> 00:10:01,710 Happy holidays. 206 00:10:05,858 --> 00:10:06,882 Ah. 207 00:10:06,959 --> 00:10:08,358 Looks great. 208 00:10:08,427 --> 00:10:10,418 So, he's all better? 209 00:10:10,496 --> 00:10:12,259 Probably be on some long-term meds, 210 00:10:12,331 --> 00:10:14,060 and he's about 10 ounces lighter, 211 00:10:14,133 --> 00:10:17,125 other than that, he won't even know it's gone. 212 00:10:18,137 --> 00:10:21,732 Did you hear that, honey? You're gonna be just fine. 213 00:10:22,274 --> 00:10:23,536 When can I get out of here? 214 00:10:23,609 --> 00:10:25,975 If everything checks out, less than a week. 215 00:10:26,045 --> 00:10:29,606 Good. 'Cause those boxes aren't gonna deliver colors. 216 00:10:30,950 --> 00:10:31,974 Colors? 217 00:10:32,051 --> 00:10:34,611 Green and orange 218 00:10:35,621 --> 00:10:37,145 and ceiling. 219 00:10:37,657 --> 00:10:39,488 Mr. Sidas, do you know where you are? Chewing. 220 00:10:40,693 --> 00:10:41,717 Jimmy? 221 00:10:41,794 --> 00:10:42,783 Shirt. 222 00:10:42,862 --> 00:10:45,695 He's stroking. Call the cath lab, now! 223 00:10:45,765 --> 00:10:46,993 Oh, my God. 224 00:10:50,970 --> 00:10:53,939 Blood flow's restored, appears to be no permanent damage. 225 00:10:54,006 --> 00:10:56,270 Good news is it turns out to be an exciting, 226 00:10:56,342 --> 00:10:58,572 action-packed thrill ride of a case after all. 227 00:10:58,644 --> 00:11:01,408 Bad news is we took out his spleen for nothing. 228 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,914 Thank God he's still got his appendix and tonsils. 229 00:11:03,983 --> 00:11:07,646 So what looks like TTP, acts like TTP, 230 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,245 Tests like TTP, but isn't TTP? 231 00:11:10,322 --> 00:11:12,790 CNS Vasculitis, explains the ataxia 232 00:11:12,858 --> 00:11:14,155 and anemia, maybe the stroke. 233 00:11:14,226 --> 00:11:15,716 CT would have picked up something. 234 00:11:15,795 --> 00:11:18,992 Hi, I'm Greg House. I'm a friend of your sister, Lisa. 235 00:11:19,065 --> 00:11:20,555 Could be DIC. 236 00:11:20,633 --> 00:11:21,964 Lisa Cuddy. 237 00:11:22,034 --> 00:11:23,626 Sorry, wrong number. You gonna ask? 238 00:11:23,703 --> 00:11:25,671 I'm sure he's got a perfectly logical explanation. 239 00:11:25,738 --> 00:11:27,831 Can't be DIC, no hemorrhaging. 240 00:11:27,907 --> 00:11:30,535 And I'm calling all 12 Julia Cuddys within 100-mile radius. 241 00:11:31,711 --> 00:11:34,976 See? Completely reasonable. Acquired pancytopenia? 242 00:11:35,047 --> 00:11:36,105 WBC's normal. 243 00:11:36,182 --> 00:11:40,482 Hey, Julia. You're Lisa's sister, right? 244 00:11:41,053 --> 00:11:43,419 Are you sure? You are number 12. 245 00:11:43,489 --> 00:11:45,787 Maybe she got married and changed her name. 246 00:11:45,858 --> 00:11:47,257 Otis Campbell. 247 00:11:47,326 --> 00:11:48,657 Probably kept her first name. 248 00:11:48,728 --> 00:11:49,854 The mnemonic for toxins. 249 00:11:49,929 --> 00:11:52,659 "O" for organophosphates, "T" for tricyclics, "l" for insulin... 250 00:11:52,732 --> 00:11:55,257 Or as I remember it, "Moist Place." 251 00:11:55,334 --> 00:11:57,768 That's "Place" spelled with two "L's and a silent "B." 252 00:11:57,837 --> 00:11:59,134 Except the tox screen was negative. 253 00:11:59,205 --> 00:12:01,605 Standard tox screen. Unstandard toxins don't show up on it. 254 00:12:01,674 --> 00:12:05,110 Well, you two do an unstandard tox screen. You two search his home. 255 00:12:05,177 --> 00:12:07,839 Otis Campbell's gotta be hiding somewhere. 256 00:12:08,681 --> 00:12:10,148 Smartest guy in the world 257 00:12:10,216 --> 00:12:11,979 and this is the best he can do? 258 00:12:12,051 --> 00:12:13,643 Maybe he's doing what he loves. 259 00:12:13,719 --> 00:12:16,244 Delivering boxes was a childhood dream. 260 00:12:16,622 --> 00:12:19,455 Soda, processed cheese, marshmallow spread. 261 00:12:19,525 --> 00:12:21,117 Nothing in here is capable of going bad. 262 00:12:21,193 --> 00:12:24,890 Ibuprofen, eye drops, cough syrup. 263 00:12:25,765 --> 00:12:28,962 You want to come over for Thanksgiving dinner? 264 00:12:30,636 --> 00:12:32,729 You never asked me over before, why now? 265 00:12:32,805 --> 00:12:36,468 Just never thought of it. But now that we're both on the team... 266 00:12:36,542 --> 00:12:38,533 And my wife left me? 267 00:12:40,412 --> 00:12:42,073 Is that a bad reason? 268 00:12:42,148 --> 00:12:44,446 No, but I'm okay. 269 00:12:45,251 --> 00:12:47,583 On both the food and friends. 270 00:12:47,653 --> 00:12:49,143 Mice. 271 00:12:49,221 --> 00:12:52,679 Leptospirosis could explain the ataxia and the anemia. 272 00:12:52,758 --> 00:12:54,885 But not without a fever. 273 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,155 You have someone to talk to? 274 00:12:57,229 --> 00:12:58,662 Yeah. Who? 275 00:13:00,633 --> 00:13:02,157 What, you want names? 276 00:13:02,234 --> 00:13:04,862 Look, you lost a friend, I get it. 277 00:13:04,937 --> 00:13:06,063 But I'm not Kutner. 278 00:13:06,138 --> 00:13:09,630 Good. 'Cause Kutner never used to come over for dinner. 279 00:13:10,309 --> 00:13:12,004 I'm going to pretend there's something interesting over here, 280 00:13:12,077 --> 00:13:13,738 so you'll shut up. 281 00:13:25,257 --> 00:13:30,490 Actually, there is. He's got sketches of atomic structure. 282 00:13:31,163 --> 00:13:34,030 This one is full of math proofs. 283 00:13:34,099 --> 00:13:36,863 They're all old. Nothing since '96. 284 00:13:36,936 --> 00:13:38,528 This isn't some homework assignment 285 00:13:38,604 --> 00:13:40,868 his parents forced on him, 286 00:13:40,940 --> 00:13:44,671 this is passion. Why would he want to stop doing this? 287 00:13:44,777 --> 00:13:47,109 Marriage destroyed his soul? 288 00:13:59,391 --> 00:14:00,517 Ooh. 289 00:14:01,861 --> 00:14:04,853 Or maybe it was just the booze. 290 00:14:09,034 --> 00:14:10,661 Thank you, Doctor. You've been wonderful. 291 00:14:10,736 --> 00:14:12,567 As have you, Diana. Be well. 292 00:14:12,638 --> 00:14:14,071 Thank you. 293 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,972 You're helping. Voluntarily. 294 00:14:17,910 --> 00:14:19,309 He's done six already. 295 00:14:19,378 --> 00:14:21,005 I figured you might be getting backed up 296 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,411 with the holiday season and all. 297 00:14:22,481 --> 00:14:26,008 So which one of us slipped through the wormhole into an alternate dimension? 298 00:14:26,085 --> 00:14:29,077 I have always loved to travel. And paint. 299 00:14:29,154 --> 00:14:30,212 Lucky number seven. 300 00:14:30,289 --> 00:14:32,655 House, I know you're trying to be nice. 301 00:14:32,725 --> 00:14:35,819 But I also know you're doing it because you have an agenda. 302 00:14:35,895 --> 00:14:38,193 Wow. Sexy and smart. 303 00:14:39,365 --> 00:14:40,525 Lucas is a lucky guy. 304 00:14:40,599 --> 00:14:44,660 The question is, is this a bad agenda or a good one? 305 00:14:45,037 --> 00:14:47,767 Either you're trying to screw with me, 306 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,435 or you're trying to show me that you've really changed. 307 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,010 So which is it? I'm dying to know. 308 00:15:04,490 --> 00:15:06,458 What are you doing for Thanksgiving dinner? 309 00:15:08,193 --> 00:15:09,956 Peace in our time! 310 00:15:11,196 --> 00:15:13,960 Only cost me 45 minutes of clinic duty. 311 00:15:16,201 --> 00:15:17,964 This is a three-hour drive. 312 00:15:18,037 --> 00:15:20,801 Have you considered the possibility that this is a fake address? 313 00:15:20,873 --> 00:15:24,001 You think she'd send me to a vacant lot for Thanksgiving dinner? 314 00:15:24,076 --> 00:15:26,044 If she's smart. She is. 315 00:15:26,111 --> 00:15:29,080 That's why I ran it through Motor Vehicles. Good as gold. 316 00:15:29,148 --> 00:15:31,708 This cannot end well. 317 00:15:31,784 --> 00:15:35,447 Don't want it to end well. You should come as my date. 318 00:15:35,788 --> 00:15:38,416 You're not gonna want to miss this. 319 00:15:41,927 --> 00:15:43,360 The unstandard tox screen 320 00:15:43,429 --> 00:15:45,021 was as clean as the standard one. 321 00:15:45,097 --> 00:15:48,066 But we found vodka stashed away in his place. 322 00:15:48,901 --> 00:15:50,698 What's with the ties? 323 00:15:51,403 --> 00:15:56,033 Makes me look adorably non-threatening. Party or party-hearty? 324 00:15:56,108 --> 00:15:58,508 Liver failure would explain all the symptoms. 325 00:16:00,946 --> 00:16:02,243 Party. 326 00:16:04,183 --> 00:16:09,052 So, the guy's a brainiac and his secret drug of choice is booze? 327 00:16:09,121 --> 00:16:11,021 It's kind of pedestrian, don't you think? 328 00:16:11,090 --> 00:16:12,682 Talk to him, he's a pedestrian guy. 329 00:16:12,758 --> 00:16:16,353 With pedestrian alcoholism. Liver biopsy can wait until after Thanksgiving. 330 00:16:16,428 --> 00:16:18,123 Yes, assuming the biopsy 331 00:16:18,197 --> 00:16:20,256 is going to tell us exactly what we expect it to tell us, 332 00:16:20,332 --> 00:16:21,890 it can wait till after New Years. 333 00:16:21,967 --> 00:16:25,528 On the other hand, Taub and Thirteen can do the liver biopsy today. 334 00:16:25,604 --> 00:16:26,730 Why us? 335 00:16:26,805 --> 00:16:28,966 Juniority. Welcome back. 336 00:16:29,942 --> 00:16:30,966 What do you want us to do? 337 00:16:31,043 --> 00:16:34,274 Same as me. Have a happy Thanksgiving. 338 00:16:37,016 --> 00:16:38,278 I'm not an alcoholic. 339 00:16:38,350 --> 00:16:41,217 Yes, you just hide vodka around the house for fun. 340 00:16:41,286 --> 00:16:43,516 I drink, just not a lot. 341 00:16:43,589 --> 00:16:45,454 Since when do you drink at all? 342 00:16:46,525 --> 00:16:48,891 I have one shot when I get home from work, baby. That's it. 343 00:16:48,961 --> 00:16:50,394 So why lie to your wife about it? 344 00:16:50,462 --> 00:16:52,157 Because it's not important. 345 00:16:52,231 --> 00:16:53,289 What difference does it make? 346 00:16:53,365 --> 00:16:55,629 That you drink every day, by yourself? 347 00:16:55,701 --> 00:16:58,295 I have one lousy drink, okay? 348 00:16:58,370 --> 00:16:59,564 Have you ever seen me drunk? Ever? 349 00:16:59,638 --> 00:17:02,573 No, but you've obviously been drinking enough to hurt your liver. 350 00:17:02,641 --> 00:17:04,609 My liver is fine. Hold still. 351 00:17:08,414 --> 00:17:09,938 There we go. 352 00:17:10,015 --> 00:17:11,812 This test is a waste of time. 353 00:17:24,930 --> 00:17:26,659 Hey. This wine? 354 00:17:36,008 --> 00:17:39,671 All right. Very good. There, we got this... 355 00:17:40,345 --> 00:17:41,334 String beans? 356 00:18:03,368 --> 00:18:04,357 Julia? 357 00:18:04,436 --> 00:18:05,869 No, I'm the house sitter. 358 00:18:06,438 --> 00:18:08,736 They're in Hawaii for the week. 359 00:18:16,715 --> 00:18:17,704 Happy Thanksgiving. 360 00:18:17,783 --> 00:18:19,444 Happy Thanksgiving, you guys. 361 00:18:19,518 --> 00:18:20,507 Happy Thanksgiving. 362 00:18:20,586 --> 00:18:21,678 Cheers. Cheers. 363 00:18:22,554 --> 00:18:23,987 You must be Dr. House. 364 00:18:24,056 --> 00:18:26,889 I was told I should offer you a turkey sandwich. 365 00:18:41,473 --> 00:18:44,101 Tuna salad. Closest thing they had to turkey. 366 00:18:44,176 --> 00:18:46,201 Thanks. But I'm hoping I can still get out of here 367 00:18:46,278 --> 00:18:48,178 and catch the tail end of dinner with my wife. 368 00:18:48,247 --> 00:18:49,236 Anything? 369 00:18:49,314 --> 00:18:51,407 No cirrhosis, no scarring, no infection. 370 00:18:51,483 --> 00:18:54,247 Blood panel? Elevated albumin, 7.2. 371 00:18:55,354 --> 00:18:58,221 That's it? Everything else is fine. 372 00:18:58,290 --> 00:19:00,451 So it was a waste of time. 373 00:19:01,126 --> 00:19:03,617 Unless, it's not his liver 374 00:19:03,695 --> 00:19:06,630 that's elevating his albumin, it's his kidneys. 375 00:19:06,698 --> 00:19:08,427 Renal failure. Explains the anemia. 376 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:09,899 If he developed hyperkalemia, 377 00:19:09,968 --> 00:19:12,801 that would explain the ataxia, but the stroke... 378 00:19:12,871 --> 00:19:14,634 Ischemic encephalopathy. 379 00:19:14,940 --> 00:19:16,066 Nice. 380 00:19:16,842 --> 00:19:19,936 Except now we have to stay and test his kidneys. 381 00:19:33,292 --> 00:19:35,157 Key under the mat. 382 00:19:35,227 --> 00:19:36,285 There's no key under the mat. 383 00:19:36,361 --> 00:19:37,555 Oh, right. 384 00:19:38,497 --> 00:19:41,625 You need to replace one of your kitchen windows. 385 00:19:42,167 --> 00:19:44,761 I helped myself to your wine cellar. 386 00:19:44,836 --> 00:19:46,667 I'll leave a buck on the way out. 387 00:19:47,339 --> 00:19:49,068 You're not right for her. 388 00:19:49,141 --> 00:19:50,233 And you are? 389 00:19:50,309 --> 00:19:51,674 Less wrong. 390 00:19:51,743 --> 00:19:52,732 Ah. 391 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,944 But then I started thinking... 392 00:20:02,020 --> 00:20:03,317 What was I saying? 393 00:20:03,388 --> 00:20:05,788 You were saying it's late and... 394 00:20:05,857 --> 00:20:09,691 She invited me. She didn't know if she should. 395 00:20:09,761 --> 00:20:13,857 She was trying to figure out if I really have changed 396 00:20:15,033 --> 00:20:19,163 or if I'm still the same old SOB I've always been. 397 00:20:22,307 --> 00:20:24,673 But she always gave me a chance. 398 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:29,912 Eight hundred and thirty-two chances, 399 00:20:29,982 --> 00:20:32,143 and I used up every one of them. 400 00:20:32,217 --> 00:20:35,653 Eight hundred and thirty-two's her limit, make a note. 401 00:20:39,224 --> 00:20:41,249 How about a cup of coffee? 402 00:20:41,693 --> 00:20:43,024 It's just instant, but... 403 00:20:50,569 --> 00:20:52,093 I'm pathetic. 404 00:20:53,872 --> 00:20:55,703 I don't deserve her. 405 00:20:56,975 --> 00:21:00,069 Okay. Okay. All right. 406 00:21:00,612 --> 00:21:01,943 Here. 407 00:21:06,385 --> 00:21:08,649 Maybe you should crash here. 408 00:21:08,954 --> 00:21:10,615 It's a sofa bed. 409 00:21:12,257 --> 00:21:13,747 I love her. 410 00:21:19,464 --> 00:21:22,058 Patient's liver is fine, it's his kidneys that are shot. 411 00:21:22,134 --> 00:21:23,499 And where the hell is House? 412 00:21:23,568 --> 00:21:26,059 He left a message on the machine. He's not coming in today. 413 00:21:26,138 --> 00:21:27,628 So what causes kidney failure? 414 00:21:27,706 --> 00:21:28,730 Rhabdomyolysis. 415 00:21:28,807 --> 00:21:30,035 No edema. 416 00:21:30,108 --> 00:21:32,201 I trust you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 417 00:21:32,277 --> 00:21:35,303 I don't remember. So I guess I did. 418 00:21:36,048 --> 00:21:37,879 Multiple myeloma. No bone pain. 419 00:21:37,949 --> 00:21:39,348 You got drunk alone? 420 00:21:39,418 --> 00:21:41,010 No. That would be a sign 421 00:21:41,086 --> 00:21:43,111 that I need to talk to you about this. 422 00:21:43,188 --> 00:21:44,587 Polycystic kidney disease. 423 00:21:44,656 --> 00:21:46,146 No UTIs or flank pain. 424 00:21:48,026 --> 00:21:50,961 Well, what if his cough is more than just a cold? 425 00:21:51,029 --> 00:21:53,122 He hasn't been coughing. It's in his history, 426 00:21:53,198 --> 00:21:55,428 and we found a new bottle of cough syrup in his medicine cabinet. 427 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:57,024 Cough could mean Goodpasture Syndrome, 428 00:21:57,102 --> 00:21:58,694 affects kidneys and lungs. 429 00:21:58,804 --> 00:22:00,931 Start him on immunosuppressors and dialysis. 430 00:22:01,006 --> 00:22:02,598 We'll do it right after we run it by House. 431 00:22:02,674 --> 00:22:04,039 He's not answering his pager. 432 00:22:04,109 --> 00:22:05,474 Looks like he's leaving it up to us. 433 00:22:05,544 --> 00:22:06,909 Us. Not you. 434 00:22:06,978 --> 00:22:08,809 And since we don't disagree, 435 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,212 you can save your fight for another case. 436 00:22:17,622 --> 00:22:20,113 How long do I have to be hooked up for? 437 00:22:20,192 --> 00:22:21,784 Four to six hours a day 438 00:22:21,860 --> 00:22:23,885 until we see an improvement. What if you don't? 439 00:22:23,962 --> 00:22:25,793 Then we keep doing it until he gets a transplant. 440 00:22:25,864 --> 00:22:27,456 You were sure it was his spleen, 441 00:22:27,532 --> 00:22:29,329 and then you were sure it was his liver, 442 00:22:29,401 --> 00:22:30,800 which he told you it wasn't, 443 00:22:30,869 --> 00:22:32,200 and now you're sure it's his kidneys. 444 00:22:32,270 --> 00:22:33,635 It's definitely his kidneys. 445 00:22:33,705 --> 00:22:36,367 We just don't know why it's his kidneys. 446 00:22:39,978 --> 00:22:41,843 Any word from Cameron? 447 00:22:43,081 --> 00:22:44,241 Nope. 448 00:22:45,384 --> 00:22:48,820 I started seeing a counselor after my diagnosis. 449 00:22:48,887 --> 00:22:50,081 She's really good. 450 00:22:51,089 --> 00:22:54,786 Why does everyone assume that everyone works in the exact same way? 451 00:22:54,860 --> 00:22:56,122 We pretty much do. 452 00:22:56,194 --> 00:22:59,652 Our egos want us to think we're all snowflakes, no two alike, 453 00:22:59,731 --> 00:23:01,494 but really, we all want the same things, 454 00:23:01,566 --> 00:23:05,229 love, forgiveness, chocolate. 455 00:23:06,138 --> 00:23:07,469 Well, what I want is for everyone to leave me alone. 456 00:23:08,607 --> 00:23:09,904 How do I get that? 457 00:23:19,551 --> 00:23:22,145 What did you say to Lucas last night? 458 00:23:24,189 --> 00:23:26,817 I know there were a lot of consonants. 459 00:23:28,927 --> 00:23:31,418 I don't remember how I got here, never mind what I said. 460 00:23:31,496 --> 00:23:32,690 Well, I just talked to him. 461 00:23:32,764 --> 00:23:34,095 And he said he thought it'd be better 462 00:23:34,166 --> 00:23:36,600 if we stopped seeing each other. 463 00:23:36,735 --> 00:23:38,396 Said he didn't realize how much 464 00:23:38,470 --> 00:23:40,995 there still was between you and me. 465 00:23:41,072 --> 00:23:44,405 And he didn't want to get caught in the middle of us. 466 00:23:48,213 --> 00:23:49,680 I was drunk. 467 00:23:49,948 --> 00:23:51,142 Whatever I said, he can't really... 468 00:23:51,216 --> 00:23:53,684 I've had enough, House. 469 00:23:53,752 --> 00:23:56,846 I actually felt bad about scamming you, 470 00:23:58,590 --> 00:24:03,118 but then you lived down to my expectations, and then some. 471 00:24:07,132 --> 00:24:08,793 There is no us. 472 00:24:11,036 --> 00:24:12,833 There never will be. 473 00:24:20,779 --> 00:24:22,144 It worked. 474 00:24:22,647 --> 00:24:24,581 Please tell me you're talking about a medical procedure. 475 00:24:24,649 --> 00:24:26,378 They split up this morning. 476 00:24:26,451 --> 00:24:28,544 You're the very first one I've told. 477 00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:32,613 And you think she'll start dating you? I'm sure she hates you. 478 00:24:33,325 --> 00:24:34,622 But her eyes say, 479 00:24:34,693 --> 00:24:37,218 "How will I ever pay you for that tennis lesson?" 480 00:24:37,295 --> 00:24:38,956 What a shame. 481 00:24:39,030 --> 00:24:40,292 They'll get over it. 482 00:24:40,899 --> 00:24:44,232 I meant for you. I'll get over it faster than they do. 483 00:24:45,403 --> 00:24:47,837 I can't believe that Lucas fell for my 484 00:24:47,906 --> 00:24:49,771 "I'd never say this because it's so personal 485 00:24:49,841 --> 00:24:52,241 "except that I'm drunk" profession of love. 486 00:24:52,310 --> 00:24:53,868 Second oldest trick in the book. 487 00:24:53,945 --> 00:24:57,312 You're right. It's his fault because he's stupid. 488 00:25:01,786 --> 00:25:03,481 He certainly is. 489 00:25:11,096 --> 00:25:12,688 You're stupid. 490 00:25:14,332 --> 00:25:17,358 Well, I'm rubber and you're glue... 491 00:25:17,435 --> 00:25:19,494 He's not pedestrian, he's stupid. 492 00:25:20,005 --> 00:25:23,702 Or at least stupider than he should be. He's a DXM junkie. 493 00:25:24,476 --> 00:25:26,444 Dextromethorphan. As in cough syrup? 494 00:25:26,511 --> 00:25:28,411 He wasn't taking it for his cough. 495 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,278 It's cheap, available at your corner drugstore, 496 00:25:31,349 --> 00:25:34,512 and taken in high doses, it's a dumb drug. 497 00:25:34,786 --> 00:25:38,085 Dumb drug? He obviously hasn't... 498 00:25:38,156 --> 00:25:39,748 He's smart compared to you, 499 00:25:39,824 --> 00:25:42,384 he's a moron compared to what he was. 500 00:25:43,395 --> 00:25:47,627 Robotripping lowers the IQ, it also causes brain damage. 501 00:25:47,699 --> 00:25:50,862 Unless taken with the proper amount of ethanol, 502 00:25:50,936 --> 00:25:52,403 about one drink per day. 503 00:25:53,071 --> 00:25:54,470 He wasn't abusing the booze 504 00:25:54,539 --> 00:25:57,269 and taking the cough remedy medicinally, 505 00:25:57,342 --> 00:26:01,210 he was abusing the cough meds and taking the booze medicinally. 506 00:26:02,747 --> 00:26:04,078 Bravo. 507 00:26:04,749 --> 00:26:06,444 Why would you do that? 508 00:26:06,518 --> 00:26:09,851 If you had a gift, why would you just throw it away? 509 00:26:09,921 --> 00:26:13,550 I didn't throw it away. I just turned it down a little. 510 00:26:14,092 --> 00:26:18,495 When my brain was on low, everything didn't seem so miserable any more. 511 00:26:18,563 --> 00:26:20,326 Life was bearable. 512 00:26:21,166 --> 00:26:23,327 I thought that I did that. 513 00:26:23,902 --> 00:26:25,164 You do. 514 00:26:26,338 --> 00:26:29,501 Long-term abuse of DXM explains all your symptoms. 515 00:26:29,574 --> 00:26:33,203 Even, oh, sweet irony, your cough. 516 00:26:33,278 --> 00:26:35,803 Whole bowel lavage, activated charcoal. 517 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,871 We get all traces of it out of your system, 518 00:26:37,949 --> 00:26:40,782 you'll be the unhappiest little courier in no time. 519 00:26:42,053 --> 00:26:44,715 I don't think I can live without it. 520 00:26:46,591 --> 00:26:49,321 You'd be surprised what you can live without. 521 00:26:49,394 --> 00:26:51,021 Make him a genius. 522 00:26:54,532 --> 00:26:58,764 I can't believe it. He looks so much better already. 523 00:27:00,005 --> 00:27:02,473 We were thinking about calling GQ. 524 00:27:02,540 --> 00:27:05,509 Lavage has removed all traces of DXM from his body. 525 00:27:06,678 --> 00:27:08,578 You're drawing again. What is it? 526 00:27:08,647 --> 00:27:09,671 Just doodles. 527 00:27:09,748 --> 00:27:12,876 No, it's not. Come on, Jimmy, I want to know. 528 00:27:14,552 --> 00:27:17,453 This is a toroidal helicon plasma device. 529 00:27:21,559 --> 00:27:24,756 It determines the amount of energy 530 00:27:24,829 --> 00:27:27,923 expended by the subatomic particles. 531 00:27:30,635 --> 00:27:33,934 I'm thirsty. Could you get me a juice or something? 532 00:27:34,439 --> 00:27:36,066 Yeah. Of course. 533 00:27:36,908 --> 00:27:38,671 I'm so happy, Jimmy. 534 00:27:45,083 --> 00:27:46,573 I told you. 535 00:27:47,986 --> 00:27:51,513 You know what the difference between her IQ and mine is? 536 00:27:51,589 --> 00:27:52,749 91 points. 537 00:27:52,824 --> 00:27:56,385 In relation, she's closer to a gibbon than she is to me. 538 00:27:56,461 --> 00:27:59,897 Having sex with her would be an act of bestiality. 539 00:28:00,899 --> 00:28:02,161 I assume you didn't marry her 540 00:28:02,233 --> 00:28:03,700 for her skill in Applied Physics. 541 00:28:03,768 --> 00:28:06,066 I just wish she could spell it. 542 00:28:06,805 --> 00:28:08,329 You really think you'd be happier 543 00:28:08,406 --> 00:28:09,896 with someone who could spell better? 544 00:28:09,974 --> 00:28:11,305 No. 545 00:28:12,310 --> 00:28:15,507 That's the problem. I'm the one who's a jerk. 546 00:28:16,981 --> 00:28:19,108 But I owe her everything. 547 00:28:20,018 --> 00:28:23,249 I want to want to be with her. 548 00:28:24,456 --> 00:28:26,515 And when I'm clear, I... 549 00:28:29,427 --> 00:28:30,689 I can't. 550 00:28:32,831 --> 00:28:35,629 Fainting, dizziness, shortness of breath? 551 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:36,962 Sometimes. 552 00:28:37,802 --> 00:28:39,565 Is the wait always this long? 553 00:28:39,637 --> 00:28:43,095 Only on days that end in "day. " Diarrhea, weight loss? 554 00:28:43,174 --> 00:28:44,368 A bit. 555 00:28:45,510 --> 00:28:47,068 Don't you ever shave? 556 00:28:47,145 --> 00:28:49,306 Yeah, once a week. How about you? 557 00:28:50,448 --> 00:28:51,972 Stomach pain, tenderness? 558 00:28:52,050 --> 00:28:54,575 Every now and then. Are you this rude to all your patients? 559 00:28:54,652 --> 00:28:56,745 Oh, yes, don't think you're special. 560 00:28:56,821 --> 00:29:00,917 So we got a lot of vague, unverifiable symptoms, 561 00:29:00,992 --> 00:29:03,825 yet all the physical signs are perfectly normal. 562 00:29:03,895 --> 00:29:05,658 What do you think I have? I'm not sure, 563 00:29:05,730 --> 00:29:09,097 but I think it's a lame job. 564 00:29:09,167 --> 00:29:10,293 What? 565 00:29:10,735 --> 00:29:12,794 You're a rat. Insurance company sends you out 566 00:29:12,871 --> 00:29:14,839 to check on the quality of medical care. 567 00:29:14,906 --> 00:29:15,998 That's ridiculous. 568 00:29:16,074 --> 00:29:17,098 Is it really? 569 00:29:17,175 --> 00:29:18,540 'Cause you seem a lot more interested 570 00:29:18,610 --> 00:29:20,237 in asking questions than answering them. 571 00:29:20,311 --> 00:29:22,438 Handwriting in your medical records is obviously not a doctor's, 572 00:29:22,514 --> 00:29:23,776 'cause I can almost read it. 573 00:29:23,848 --> 00:29:26,681 And when you went out for a urine sample, I looked in your purse. 574 00:29:26,751 --> 00:29:28,582 Found the list of questions you were supposed to memorize 575 00:29:28,653 --> 00:29:32,350 before you came to the clinic. I was looking for gum. 576 00:29:32,857 --> 00:29:33,949 You're an ass. 577 00:29:34,025 --> 00:29:35,083 Put it in your report. 578 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,923 I'll tell you what. I'll give you 20 bucks 579 00:29:36,995 --> 00:29:38,326 if you'll pretend that I'm not 580 00:29:38,396 --> 00:29:39,863 when we leave this room. 581 00:29:42,634 --> 00:29:45,626 Remember, first ice, then heat. 582 00:29:45,703 --> 00:29:47,796 If you have any problems, don't hesitate to call me. 583 00:29:47,872 --> 00:29:49,669 Thank you, Dr. House. 584 00:29:52,243 --> 00:29:54,370 Wait a second. Where's Cuddy? 585 00:29:54,445 --> 00:29:56,276 Gone for the day. 586 00:29:57,549 --> 00:29:59,073 Hey! Hey! Hey! 587 00:30:00,852 --> 00:30:04,447 Sorry, can't remember if I've mocked you yet for being a male nurse. 588 00:30:05,190 --> 00:30:06,521 I think this counts. 589 00:30:07,292 --> 00:30:08,589 Fair enough. 590 00:30:11,963 --> 00:30:14,158 That isn't the man I married. 591 00:30:14,599 --> 00:30:18,968 Yes, he is. He's just smarter. Give him some time. 592 00:30:19,037 --> 00:30:20,527 I'm sure... He hates me. 593 00:30:20,605 --> 00:30:23,369 His body is going through withdrawal. He's adjusting. 594 00:30:23,441 --> 00:30:26,342 Maybe he never loved me. Not really. 595 00:30:26,411 --> 00:30:29,471 Maybe we never really had anything at all. 596 00:30:29,547 --> 00:30:31,947 Somebody help! 597 00:30:36,387 --> 00:30:40,790 I can't feel my legs. I can't feel my legs. 598 00:30:43,928 --> 00:30:45,987 Anywhere. Nothing. 599 00:30:51,603 --> 00:30:53,730 We have to talk about this. 600 00:30:54,105 --> 00:30:56,266 It's late. I'm tired. 601 00:30:58,243 --> 00:31:00,143 I know it's a big pay cut, 602 00:31:00,211 --> 00:31:01,906 but I'll always have the chance to make money. 603 00:31:01,980 --> 00:31:04,540 I won't always have the chance to do this job. 604 00:31:04,616 --> 00:31:07,779 That's what you think? That it's about the money? 605 00:31:08,253 --> 00:31:11,188 So it's that I didn't consult you before I took the job? 606 00:31:11,256 --> 00:31:13,816 That was offensive, but it's not about that either. 607 00:31:13,892 --> 00:31:15,359 So then... 608 00:31:18,429 --> 00:31:20,829 Can you give me the first letter? 609 00:31:23,434 --> 00:31:25,197 When we got married, 610 00:31:25,270 --> 00:31:28,205 you were an intern working 30-hour shifts, doing grunt work, 611 00:31:28,273 --> 00:31:29,740 and we both put up with it because we knew 612 00:31:29,807 --> 00:31:31,468 that it was leading to something better. 613 00:31:31,542 --> 00:31:35,706 In your private practice, you are the boss. You call the shots. 614 00:31:35,780 --> 00:31:37,372 But now, you're 40 years old, 615 00:31:37,448 --> 00:31:39,507 you're still doing grunt work. 616 00:31:40,051 --> 00:31:42,986 That's what this is about? You think I'm a wuss? 617 00:31:43,955 --> 00:31:46,583 He made you miss Thanksgiving dinner. 618 00:31:57,068 --> 00:32:00,560 Vitamin B12 deficiency gives us anemia, numbness... 619 00:32:00,638 --> 00:32:01,627 Not a stroke. 620 00:32:01,706 --> 00:32:02,695 If he has a vascular malformation... 621 00:32:02,807 --> 00:32:04,707 Anemia's not macrocytic. 622 00:32:07,312 --> 00:32:08,506 Sorry to inconvenience you. 623 00:32:08,579 --> 00:32:10,240 Dying patients can be so thoughtless. 624 00:32:10,315 --> 00:32:11,475 Don't. 625 00:32:12,050 --> 00:32:14,951 Great comeback. Is that Oscar Wilde? Come on, people. 626 00:32:15,019 --> 00:32:16,145 Bone marrow malignancy. 627 00:32:16,220 --> 00:32:17,414 Wouldn't produce schistocytes. 628 00:32:17,488 --> 00:32:19,388 Lupus. Gee, thanks for coming in. 629 00:32:19,457 --> 00:32:20,947 ANA was negative. 630 00:32:21,926 --> 00:32:22,950 What about you? 631 00:32:23,027 --> 00:32:25,689 You got any predictable drivel you'd like to add? 632 00:32:25,763 --> 00:32:27,253 I think they've given you enough already. 633 00:32:27,332 --> 00:32:29,994 At least they're trying, not just sitting there like roadkill. 634 00:32:30,068 --> 00:32:31,763 Give me something! 635 00:32:31,836 --> 00:32:34,771 Give me something or I'll get your ex-smarter half 636 00:32:34,839 --> 00:32:36,636 on the phone and ask her. 637 00:32:36,708 --> 00:32:37,936 House... 638 00:33:12,610 --> 00:33:14,544 You're going to be pressing charges? 639 00:33:14,612 --> 00:33:16,671 Against the ottoman I tripped over? 640 00:33:16,748 --> 00:33:18,272 Against Chase. 641 00:33:18,883 --> 00:33:21,875 I'm pretty sure the ottoman was acting alone. 642 00:33:22,620 --> 00:33:24,053 You free for dinner this weekend? 643 00:33:24,122 --> 00:33:26,852 At least three other people saw him do it. 644 00:33:26,924 --> 00:33:28,653 Mass hysteria. Either night? 645 00:33:28,726 --> 00:33:30,887 I can't have doctors punching each other out. 646 00:33:30,962 --> 00:33:33,226 Oh, my God, who got punched? 647 00:33:33,297 --> 00:33:35,458 And more importantly, for Chase's sake, 648 00:33:35,566 --> 00:33:37,158 I need to know if he's able to handle himself 649 00:33:37,235 --> 00:33:39,328 or if I should be getting him some help. 650 00:33:39,404 --> 00:33:40,996 Chase couldn't have punched anyone. 651 00:33:41,072 --> 00:33:42,801 He was with me when I tripped over the ottoman. 652 00:33:42,874 --> 00:33:46,469 If you're not planning on eating this weekend, maybe a movie? 653 00:33:46,577 --> 00:33:48,875 I'm not doing this, House. 654 00:33:48,946 --> 00:33:50,811 It's not fun any more. 655 00:33:51,582 --> 00:33:53,311 Just do your job. 656 00:34:06,464 --> 00:34:08,091 I need your help. 657 00:34:08,833 --> 00:34:10,994 What happened to your face? 658 00:34:11,302 --> 00:34:14,271 I was mowing the lawn when the phone rang. 659 00:34:14,338 --> 00:34:17,899 You're a computer. I'm gonna feed you data, and you analyze it. 660 00:34:17,975 --> 00:34:18,999 What are you gonna feed me, 661 00:34:19,077 --> 00:34:20,874 20 years of medical knowledge, too? 662 00:34:20,945 --> 00:34:23,209 It's not gonna work. 663 00:34:24,182 --> 00:34:27,743 I know. But I don't have anyone else to ask. 664 00:34:31,789 --> 00:34:33,689 It's Ionely, isn't it? 665 00:34:34,792 --> 00:34:36,589 It's not that bad. 666 00:34:37,128 --> 00:34:39,323 Then you're not that smart. 667 00:34:40,598 --> 00:34:42,691 You ever try to kill yourself? 668 00:34:42,767 --> 00:34:43,927 Not quickly. 669 00:34:44,001 --> 00:34:45,025 I did. 670 00:34:45,103 --> 00:34:47,799 Twelve years ago, I jumped off the top of my eight-story building 671 00:34:47,872 --> 00:34:50,773 into a dumpster bin the day before pick-up. 672 00:34:50,842 --> 00:34:55,802 I broke my collar bone, my leg and three ribs. 673 00:34:56,647 --> 00:34:58,706 When I was in the hospital, they put me on narcotics 674 00:34:58,783 --> 00:35:01,718 and suddenly everything was just better. 675 00:35:02,653 --> 00:35:06,145 I didn't feel isolated or Ionely. 676 00:35:07,391 --> 00:35:08,915 That's where I met my wife. 677 00:35:08,993 --> 00:35:13,953 She was so happy and dumb. 678 00:35:15,967 --> 00:35:17,628 And I was 679 00:35:19,170 --> 00:35:23,072 smart and miserable. 680 00:35:23,841 --> 00:35:26,332 You tell me who the genius is. 681 00:35:26,410 --> 00:35:29,868 I fell in love with her buzzed out of my head 682 00:35:29,947 --> 00:35:33,280 and I knew I wanted to stay that way forever. 683 00:35:41,726 --> 00:35:43,819 Enjoy. 684 00:35:44,729 --> 00:35:47,664 Easier on your conscience if I die an idiot? 685 00:35:48,566 --> 00:35:50,431 What's a conscience? 686 00:36:01,345 --> 00:36:05,611 Which ribs did you break in the fall? Down the left side? 687 00:36:05,683 --> 00:36:09,016 Yeah, bottom three. But that was 12 years ago. 688 00:36:13,691 --> 00:36:17,354 This probably cost me my marriage, so it better be awesome. 689 00:36:17,428 --> 00:36:18,895 Ferrous oxide contrast? 690 00:36:18,963 --> 00:36:22,023 It gets absorbed by the spleen, 691 00:36:22,099 --> 00:36:23,657 unless he doesn't have one, 692 00:36:23,734 --> 00:36:26,726 in which case it's absorbed by the liver and fries that. 693 00:36:26,804 --> 00:36:27,896 You're killing him? 694 00:36:27,972 --> 00:36:29,963 You think I opened him up and didn't take out his spleen? 695 00:36:30,041 --> 00:36:33,533 All organs do look kind of the same, red and squishy. 696 00:36:39,483 --> 00:36:40,848 Oh, my God. 697 00:36:40,918 --> 00:36:42,647 Accessory spleens. 698 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,950 Okay, that is amazing. 699 00:36:45,022 --> 00:36:47,855 Twelve years, eight stories and a dumpster ago, 700 00:36:47,925 --> 00:36:50,223 he broke three ribs, damaged his spleen. 701 00:36:50,294 --> 00:36:52,922 Bits of it split off, circulated through his blood stream 702 00:36:52,997 --> 00:36:55,056 until they landed and attached somewhere else. 703 00:36:55,132 --> 00:36:58,101 So, it is TTP. 704 00:36:58,169 --> 00:37:02,333 I just didn't remove all of his spleens. 705 00:37:02,406 --> 00:37:05,466 Sixteen splenectomies, 706 00:37:05,543 --> 00:37:08,011 pretty sure he gets a set of steak knives with that. 707 00:37:18,923 --> 00:37:20,652 I can outrun you. 708 00:37:24,629 --> 00:37:29,032 Sorry about the nose. And the eye. And the eyebrow. 709 00:37:31,168 --> 00:37:32,260 Guess I deserved it. 710 00:37:32,336 --> 00:37:35,134 Well, if I thought that, I wouldn't be apologizing. 711 00:37:35,206 --> 00:37:37,538 Your fist slipped? 712 00:37:37,608 --> 00:37:40,873 Everybody kept bugging me, asking if I was okay. 713 00:37:42,146 --> 00:37:45,479 So you bust my nose to keep people off your back? 714 00:37:49,020 --> 00:37:50,112 Pretty much. 715 00:37:50,187 --> 00:37:51,984 Making people even more worried about you. 716 00:37:52,056 --> 00:37:55,548 Maybe. But at least they're not talking to me about it. 717 00:37:57,795 --> 00:37:59,422 Fair enough. 718 00:37:59,497 --> 00:38:00,794 Cheers. 719 00:38:09,573 --> 00:38:10,597 Thank you. 720 00:38:10,675 --> 00:38:11,937 Don't be so grateful. 721 00:38:12,009 --> 00:38:15,536 You'll be delivering packages for 70 years to pay for it. 722 00:38:15,813 --> 00:38:19,146 Well, thanks for our talk. 723 00:38:19,216 --> 00:38:22,344 It's been a while since I had a stimulating conversation. 724 00:38:22,420 --> 00:38:23,478 So what are you going to do? 725 00:38:23,554 --> 00:38:25,181 Go back to my life. 726 00:38:25,256 --> 00:38:26,484 Which one? 727 00:38:27,158 --> 00:38:29,058 The one that has my wife in it. 728 00:38:31,228 --> 00:38:32,752 Robotripping. 729 00:38:33,364 --> 00:38:34,592 How does she feel about that? 730 00:38:34,665 --> 00:38:38,192 Well, she doesn't have to know. It's worked for 12 years. 731 00:38:44,408 --> 00:38:46,706 Tell your brain I said goodbye. 732 00:38:55,786 --> 00:38:57,913 Einstein's giving himself a lobotomy, 733 00:38:57,988 --> 00:38:59,751 and you're cool with that? 734 00:39:02,059 --> 00:39:03,788 Ignorance is bliss. 735 00:39:07,398 --> 00:39:09,059 Hold that pose. 736 00:39:14,271 --> 00:39:18,230 I'll start with t-shirts and mugs and see how it goes. 737 00:39:26,484 --> 00:39:27,974 Home early. 738 00:39:31,555 --> 00:39:33,489 What happened to him? 739 00:39:37,561 --> 00:39:38,926 You beat up House? 740 00:39:38,996 --> 00:39:40,896 Just one right hook. 741 00:39:40,965 --> 00:39:41,989 Why? What happened? 742 00:39:42,066 --> 00:39:43,055 You were right. 743 00:39:43,134 --> 00:39:46,433 I told him we need to lay down some ground rules, it got a little heated. 744 00:39:46,504 --> 00:39:50,497 That's not what I meant. Is he okay? 745 00:39:50,574 --> 00:39:52,371 Are you going to be fired? Arrested? 746 00:39:52,443 --> 00:39:54,172 Everything's fine. 747 00:39:56,113 --> 00:39:57,341 Wow. 748 00:40:16,066 --> 00:40:17,397 Dr. Cuddy. 749 00:40:22,940 --> 00:40:24,931 Can we at least be civil? 750 00:40:26,110 --> 00:40:27,737 How's your nose? 751 00:40:28,446 --> 00:40:30,141 It's okay. 752 00:40:30,214 --> 00:40:32,546 Does your kid like animals? 753 00:40:32,616 --> 00:40:34,607 I got tickets to that holiday carnival. 754 00:40:34,685 --> 00:40:37,210 I hear they have a nice petting zoo. 755 00:40:38,055 --> 00:40:39,955 I think I was pretty clear before. 756 00:40:40,024 --> 00:40:41,787 I don't mean with me. 757 00:40:42,660 --> 00:40:45,561 Here. Take them. Enjoy. 758 00:40:46,597 --> 00:40:47,962 No, thanks. 759 00:40:49,733 --> 00:40:52,668 They're not fake. I didn't steal them. 760 00:40:52,736 --> 00:40:56,103 One of the nurses was selling them for her kid's scout troop. 761 00:40:56,173 --> 00:40:57,663 I know it doesn't make things right between us, 762 00:40:57,741 --> 00:41:00,471 but I just wanted to do something nice. 763 00:41:03,481 --> 00:41:05,244 I don't want them. 764 00:41:08,152 --> 00:41:09,380 Okay. 765 00:41:10,321 --> 00:41:12,255 I'll see you tomorrow. 766 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:24,297 They didn't split up. 767 00:41:24,702 --> 00:41:26,932 She wouldn't take the tickets. 768 00:41:27,404 --> 00:41:31,431 Of course. Windtalker code for "we never split up." 769 00:41:31,509 --> 00:41:33,136 House, she told you multiple times 770 00:41:33,210 --> 00:41:34,768 she wants nothing to do with you. 771 00:41:34,845 --> 00:41:37,040 I wasn't gonna be there. 772 00:41:37,114 --> 00:41:41,278 She just felt guilty that I felt guilty, so she couldn't take them. 773 00:41:41,685 --> 00:41:43,846 Either that or she didn't want to appease you. 774 00:41:43,921 --> 00:41:45,889 These weren't reparations, 775 00:41:45,956 --> 00:41:50,052 just a simple gesture of remorse, and she slapped it down. 776 00:41:51,061 --> 00:41:52,961 They didn't break up. 777 00:41:53,564 --> 00:41:56,431 She just wanted me to think that, so I'd back off. 778 00:41:58,536 --> 00:42:00,936 Dare I ask what you're gonna do? 779 00:42:03,374 --> 00:42:04,602 Nothing. 780 00:42:05,476 --> 00:42:07,740 I said they'd either break up or they'd stay together. 781 00:42:07,811 --> 00:42:09,745 They didn't break up. 782 00:42:11,215 --> 00:42:13,274 And you're okay with that? 783 00:42:14,051 --> 00:42:15,712 It is what it is. 784 00:42:18,822 --> 00:42:20,380 Good for you. 785 00:42:29,567 --> 00:42:31,330 House knows I lied. 786 00:42:31,402 --> 00:42:32,733 Why? What did he say? 787 00:42:33,571 --> 00:42:35,436 Nothing. I could just tell. 788 00:42:35,506 --> 00:42:36,871 You gonna stage another breakup? 789 00:42:36,941 --> 00:42:38,169 No. 790 00:42:38,542 --> 00:42:39,634 Oh. 791 00:42:40,144 --> 00:42:41,304 Hi. 792 00:42:41,812 --> 00:42:44,781 It seems like he's going to leave us alone. 793 00:42:44,848 --> 00:42:47,339 Mmm. Why would he do that? 794 00:42:47,418 --> 00:42:49,010 I'm not completely sure. 795 00:42:50,487 --> 00:42:54,014 So, we have his blessing? 796 00:42:55,192 --> 00:42:56,523 I guess so. 797 00:42:56,594 --> 00:42:59,119 I made you some eggplant Parmesan. 798 00:43:02,132 --> 00:43:04,862 And maybe House isn't so bad after all. 799 00:43:07,471 --> 00:43:09,837 That would be nice, wouldn't it?