1 00:00:45,278 --> 00:00:48,213 Why are you late? You're not going to like the answer. 2 00:00:48,281 --> 00:00:50,647 I already know the answer. I missed the bus. 3 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:53,652 I don't doubt it. No bus stops near Brad's. 4 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,154 You spent the night, the alarm didn't work-- or maybe it did. 5 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:58,656 I didn't sleep with him. Girl, either there's something-- 6 00:00:58,725 --> 00:01:00,659 I missed the bus! 7 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:03,662 There's something either very wrong with you or something very wrong with him. 8 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:06,665 There's nothing wrong with him. Please tell me you know that for a fact. 9 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:08,667 Melanie, I gotta go. You're lying, aren't you? 10 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:12,068 I wouldn't lie to you. Good morning, guys! 11 00:01:12,138 --> 00:01:14,072 Good morning, Miss Rebecca! 12 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:16,904 Everybody's in their seats? Yes. 13 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:22,940 Okay. Sydney, why don't you tell us what you did this weekend? 14 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:24,950 She look-- 15 00:01:25,018 --> 00:01:27,282 Come on, Sydney. We know you're not shy. 16 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:31,619 How come we always have to tell you what we did, and you never tell us what you did? 17 00:01:33,693 --> 00:01:35,593 Okay. 18 00:01:35,662 --> 00:01:37,755 I had a really great weekend. 19 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:40,857 - But you can't tell Miss Melanie, okay? - What did you do? 20 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:43,459 I made a new friend. 21 00:01:43,536 --> 00:01:46,471 It's so much fun to make new friends, isn't it? 22 00:01:46,539 --> 00:01:48,006 Yeah. Yeah. 23 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:50,770 Did you tell your mom and dad about your new friend? 24 00:01:52,078 --> 00:01:54,012 Absolutely. 25 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,106 You should never keep anything from your parents. 26 00:01:57,183 --> 00:02:00,311 And I told mine-- 27 00:02:02,055 --> 00:02:03,818 Wha-- 28 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:13,063 Ca-- Ba-- 29 00:02:18,204 --> 00:02:21,469 Ha-- Ba-- Cra-- 30 00:02:26,112 --> 00:02:30,549 C-- A-- L-- 31 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:33,976 H-- E-- "The!" 32 00:02:34,053 --> 00:02:35,918 We know that word. "The." 33 00:03:01,047 --> 00:03:03,982 Twenty-nine-year old female. First seizure one month ago. 34 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:07,349 Lost the ability to speak. Babbled like a baby. 35 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:09,752 Progressive deterioration of mental status. 36 00:03:09,822 --> 00:03:12,757 You see that? They all assume I'm a patient because of this cane. 37 00:03:12,825 --> 00:03:16,761 So put on a white coat like the rest of us. I don't want them to think I'm a doctor. 38 00:03:16,829 --> 00:03:19,764 You see where the administration might have a problem with that attitude? 39 00:03:19,832 --> 00:03:21,766 People don't want a sick doctor. 40 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:24,769 That's fair enough. I don't like healthy patients. 41 00:03:24,837 --> 00:03:28,432 The 29-year old female-- The one who can't talk? I like that part. 42 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:31,102 She's my cousin. 43 00:03:31,177 --> 00:03:33,611 And your cousin doesn't like the diagnosis. 44 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,614 I wouldn't either. 45 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:38,173 Brain tumor. She's going to die. Boring. 46 00:03:40,587 --> 00:03:42,521 No wonder you're such a renowned diagnostician. 47 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:45,183 You don't need to actually know anything to figure out what's wrong. 48 00:03:45,258 --> 00:03:48,193 You're the oncologist. I'm just a lowly infectious disease guy. 49 00:03:48,261 --> 00:03:50,195 Yes. Just a simple country doctor. 50 00:03:50,263 --> 00:03:52,697 Brain tumors at her age are highly unlikely. 51 00:03:52,765 --> 00:03:54,960 She's 29. Whatever she's got is highly unlikely. 52 00:03:55,034 --> 00:03:57,969 The protein markers for the three most prevalent brain cancers came up negative. 53 00:03:58,037 --> 00:04:02,633 That's an H.M.O. lab. Might as well have sent it to a high school kid with a chemistry set. 54 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:04,643 No family history. 55 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:06,645 I thought your uncle died of cancer. 56 00:04:06,713 --> 00:04:09,011 Other side. No environmental factors. That you know of. 57 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:11,448 And she's not responding to radiation treatment. 58 00:04:11,517 --> 00:04:13,985 None of which is even close to dispositive. 59 00:04:14,053 --> 00:04:18,854 All it does is raise one question: Your cousin goes to an H.M.O.? 60 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:22,122 Come on. Why leave all the fun for the coroner? 61 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:25,460 What's the point of putting together a team if you're not gonna use them? 62 00:04:25,531 --> 00:04:31,299 You've got three overqualified doctors working for you, getting bored. 63 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:36,033 It's a lesion. 64 00:05:36,102 --> 00:05:40,061 And the big green thing in the middle of the bigger blue thing on a map... 65 00:05:40,139 --> 00:05:42,164 is an island. 66 00:05:42,241 --> 00:05:44,209 I was hoping for something a bit more creative. 67 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:47,940 Shouldn't we be speaking to the patient before we start diagnosing? 68 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,914 - Is she a doctor? - No, but-- 69 00:05:49,982 --> 00:05:52,246 - Everybody lies. - Dr. House doesn't like dealing with patients. 70 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:55,253 Isn't treating patients why we became doctors? 71 00:05:55,321 --> 00:05:58,256 No. Treating illnesses is why we became doctors. 72 00:05:58,324 --> 00:06:01,589 Treating patients is what makes most doctors miserable. 73 00:06:01,661 --> 00:06:04,926 So you're trying to eliminate the humanity from the practice of medicine? 74 00:06:04,997 --> 00:06:08,558 If we don't talk to them, they can't lie to us, and we can't lie to them. 75 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:11,262 Humanity's overrated. 76 00:06:11,337 --> 00:06:15,330 - I don't think it's a tumor. - First year medical school-- if you hear hoof beats, you think horses, not zebras. 77 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:17,239 Are you in first year medical school? 78 00:06:18,711 --> 00:06:22,340 No. First of all, there's nothing on the CAT scan. 79 00:06:22,415 --> 00:06:24,349 Second of all, if this is a horse, 80 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:27,978 then her kindly family doctor in Trenton makes the obvious diagnosis, and it never gets near this office. 81 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:30,648 Differential diagnosis, people. 82 00:06:30,723 --> 00:06:34,625 If it's not a tumor, what are the suspects? Why couldn't she talk? 83 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:38,095 Aneurysm, stroke or some other ischemic syndrome. 84 00:06:38,164 --> 00:06:40,655 - Get her a contrast M.R.I. - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease? 85 00:06:40,733 --> 00:06:42,394 - Mad cow? - Mad zebra. 86 00:06:42,468 --> 00:06:44,163 Wernicke's encephalopathy. 87 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:47,104 No. Blood thiamine level was normal. 88 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:49,471 The lab in Trenton could have screwed up the blood tests. 89 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:53,171 I assume it's a corollary if "people lie" that "people screw up". 90 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:58,548 Redraw the blood tests and get her scheduled for that contrast M.R.I. ASAP. 91 00:06:58,618 --> 00:07:00,950 Let's find out what kind of zebra we're treating here. 92 00:07:12,632 --> 00:07:15,032 Radiology, please call the page. 93 00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:17,296 Radiology, please call the page. 94 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:25,837 I was expecting you in my office 20 minutes ago. 95 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:29,211 Really? Well, that's odd because I had no intention of being in your office 20 minutes ago. 96 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:32,774 You think we have nothing to talk about? No. I just can't think of anything I'd be interested in. 97 00:07:32,852 --> 00:07:35,286 I sign your paychecks. I have tenure. 98 00:07:37,623 --> 00:07:41,286 Are you gonna grab my cane now, stop me from leaving? That would be juvenile. 99 00:07:46,732 --> 00:07:49,724 I can still fire you if you're not doing your job. I'm here from 9:00 to 5:00. 100 00:07:49,802 --> 00:07:52,635 Your billings are practically nonexistent. Rough year. 101 00:07:52,705 --> 00:07:55,640 You ignore requests for consults. I call back. Sometimes I misdial. 102 00:07:55,708 --> 00:07:58,643 You're six years behind on your obligations to the clinic. 103 00:07:58,711 --> 00:08:01,646 See? I was right. This doesn't interest me. 104 00:08:01,714 --> 00:08:04,649 Six years times three weeks-- you owe me better than four months. 105 00:08:04,717 --> 00:08:07,208 It's 5:00. I'm going home. 106 00:08:07,286 --> 00:08:09,220 To what? 107 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:11,279 Nice. 108 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:16,895 Look, Dr. House, the only reason why I don't fire you... 109 00:08:16,963 --> 00:08:19,898 is because your reputation is still worth something to this hospital. 110 00:08:19,966 --> 00:08:23,197 Excellent. We have a point of agreement-- you're not gonna fire me. 111 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:26,204 Your reputation won't last if you don't do your job. 112 00:08:26,272 --> 00:08:29,435 The clinic is part of your job. I want you to do your job. 113 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:33,775 But, as the philosopher Jagger once said, "You can't always get what you want". 114 00:08:41,554 --> 00:08:44,022 You're not my doctor. Are you Dr. House? 115 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:46,217 Thankfully, no. I'm Dr. Chase. 116 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:48,226 Dr. House is the head of diagnostic medicine. 117 00:08:48,294 --> 00:08:52,594 He's very busy, but he has taken a keen interest in your case. 118 00:08:55,868 --> 00:08:58,564 We inject gadolinium into a vein. 119 00:08:58,638 --> 00:09:04,201 It distributes itself throughout your brain and acts as a contrast material for the magnetic resonance imager. 120 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:08,313 Basically, whatever's in your head lights up like a Christmas tree. 121 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:11,179 - It might make you feel a little light-headed. - Dr. Cameron. 122 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:14,845 I'm sorry. I have to stop you. There is a problem. 123 00:09:15,922 --> 00:09:17,446 You pulled my authorization! 124 00:09:17,523 --> 00:09:19,582 Yes. Why are you yelling? 125 00:09:19,659 --> 00:09:21,650 No M.R.I.'s, no imaging studies, no labs. 126 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:24,753 You also can't make long distance phone calls. 127 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:28,425 - If you're going to fire me, have the guts to face me. - Or photocopies. You're still yelling. 128 00:09:28,501 --> 00:09:31,368 I'm angry! You're risking a patient's life. 129 00:09:31,437 --> 00:09:34,270 - I assume those are two separate points. - You showed me disrespect. 130 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:36,604 You embarrassed me. And as long as I work here, you have no legal-- 131 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:38,610 Is the yelling designed to scare me? 132 00:09:38,678 --> 00:09:43,115 Because I'm not sure what it is I'm supposed to be scared of. More yelling? 133 00:09:43,182 --> 00:09:45,116 That's not scary. 134 00:09:45,184 --> 00:09:48,483 That you're going to hurt me? That's scary. But I'm pretty sure I can outrun you. 135 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:53,492 Oh, I looked into that philosopher you quoted-- Jagger. 136 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,392 And you're right, you can't always get what you want. 137 00:09:56,462 --> 00:10:00,364 But as it turns out, "If you try sometimes, you get what you need". 138 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:04,403 So, because you want me to treat patients, 139 00:10:04,470 --> 00:10:07,496 you're not letting me treat patients? 140 00:10:07,573 --> 00:10:09,404 I need you to do your job. 141 00:10:18,684 --> 00:10:21,517 Do the M.R.I. She folded. 142 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:29,618 I've got to do four hours a week in this clinic until I make up the time I've missed. 143 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:34,862 2054. I'll be caught up in 2054. 144 00:10:35,935 --> 00:10:38,768 You better love this cousin a whole lot. 145 00:11:12,638 --> 00:11:15,835 All right, Rebecca, I know you may feel a little claustrophobic in there, 146 00:11:15,908 --> 00:11:18,138 but we need you to remain still. 147 00:11:19,145 --> 00:11:22,342 Okay, we're going to begin. 148 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:34,121 I don't feel so good. 149 00:11:34,193 --> 00:11:36,787 It's all right. Just try to relax. 150 00:11:43,969 --> 00:11:46,460 Rebecca? 151 00:11:47,573 --> 00:11:49,564 Rebecca? 152 00:11:58,851 --> 00:12:01,285 Rebecca? 153 00:12:01,353 --> 00:12:03,753 Get her out of there. Oh, she probably fell asleep. 154 00:12:03,823 --> 00:12:06,155 She's exhausted. She was claustrophobic 30 seconds ago. 155 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:09,160 - She's not sleeping. We gotta get her out of there. - It'll just be another minute. 156 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:12,425 If she's having an allergic reaction to the gadolinium, she'll be dead in two minutes. 157 00:12:14,366 --> 00:12:17,028 Hold her neck. All right. 158 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:19,333 Oh, she's ashen. 159 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,373 She's not breathing. Epi, .5. 160 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,772 Come on. 161 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:25,777 I can't ventilate. 162 00:12:29,248 --> 00:12:32,308 - Too much edema. Where's the surgical airway kit? - Yep. Coming. 163 00:13:08,154 --> 00:13:10,054 Good call. 164 00:13:30,276 --> 00:13:33,609 We'll get that tube out of your throat later today. 165 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,375 Just get some rest for now, okay? 166 00:13:39,618 --> 00:13:41,779 Told you. You can't trust people. 167 00:13:41,854 --> 00:13:43,788 She probably knew she was allergic to gadolinium. 168 00:13:43,856 --> 00:13:46,984 Figured it was an easy way to get someone to cut a hole in her throat. 169 00:13:47,059 --> 00:13:49,926 Can't get a picture. Gonna have to get a thousand words. 170 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:53,522 You actually want me to talk to the patient, get a history? 171 00:13:53,599 --> 00:13:57,933 We need to know if there's some genetic or environmental cause that's triggering an inflammatory response. 172 00:13:58,003 --> 00:13:59,937 I thought everybody lied. 173 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:03,202 Truth begins in lies. 174 00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:05,266 Think about it. 175 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,774 That doesn't mean anything, does it? 176 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:16,121 12:52 p.m. Dr. House checks in. Please write that down. 177 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:18,122 Do you have cable TV here somewhere? 178 00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:20,124 General Hospital starts in eight minutes. 179 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:22,126 No TV, but we've got patients. 180 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:24,628 Can't you give out the aspirin yourself? I'll do paperwork. 181 00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:27,632 I made sure your first case was an interesting one. Cough just won't go away? 182 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:30,635 Runny nose looks a funny color? Patient admitted complaining of back spasms. 183 00:14:30,703 --> 00:14:34,833 Oh? I think I read about something like that in the New England Journal of Medicine. Patient is orange. 184 00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:37,137 The color? No, the fruit. 185 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:39,643 You mean yellow. It's jaundice. I mean orange. 186 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:41,907 Well, how orange? It's probably-- Exam room one. 187 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:44,142 Dr. Kahn, you're needed in pediatrics. 188 00:14:45,417 --> 00:14:50,218 I was playing golf and my cleats got stuck. It hurt a little, but I kept playing. 189 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:53,417 The next morning, I could barely stand up. 190 00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:56,689 Well, you're smiling, so I take it that means this isn't serious. 191 00:14:57,830 --> 00:14:59,923 What's that? What are you doing? 192 00:14:59,999 --> 00:15:01,899 Painkillers. 193 00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:04,868 Oh, for you. For your leg. No, 'cause they're yummy. 194 00:15:04,937 --> 00:15:08,065 You want one? Make your back feel better. 195 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:12,543 Unfortunately, you have a deeper problem. 196 00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:14,909 Your wife is having an affair. 197 00:15:14,980 --> 00:15:18,040 - What? - You're orange, you moron. 198 00:15:18,117 --> 00:15:20,347 It's one thing for you not to notice, 199 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:24,583 but if your wife hasn't picked up on the fact that her husband has changed colors, she's just not paying attention. 200 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:28,491 By the way, do you consume just a ridiculous amount of carrots and megadose vitamins? 201 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,087 Carrots turn you yellow, the niacin turns you red. Find some finger paint and do the math. 202 00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:34,098 And get a good lawyer. 203 00:15:39,204 --> 00:15:41,138 Deep breath. 204 00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:43,731 It's cold. 205 00:15:43,809 --> 00:15:45,902 He's been using his inhaler? 206 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:48,913 Not in the past few days. He's, um, only 10. 207 00:15:48,981 --> 00:15:51,745 I worry about children taking such strong medicine so frequently. 208 00:15:51,817 --> 00:15:54,718 What happened to your leg? 209 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,779 Your doctor probably was concerned about the strength of the medicine too. 210 00:15:57,856 --> 00:16:01,155 She probably weighed that danger against the danger of not breathing. 211 00:16:01,226 --> 00:16:05,788 Oxygen is so important during those prepubescent years. Don't you think? 212 00:16:05,864 --> 00:16:08,799 Okay, I'm gonna assume nobody has ever told you what asthma is. 213 00:16:08,867 --> 00:16:11,233 Or if they have, you had other things on your mind. 214 00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:14,830 A stimulant triggers cells in your child's airways... 215 00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:18,468 to release substances that inflame the air passages and cause them to contract. 216 00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:21,911 Mucus production increases, the cell lining starts to shed. 217 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:24,506 But the steroids-- 218 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:28,246 the steroids stop the inflammation. 219 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:31,648 The more often this happens-- 220 00:16:32,691 --> 00:16:34,352 What? The more often this happens, what? 221 00:16:34,426 --> 00:16:38,419 Forget it. If you don't trust steroids, you shouldn't trust doctors. 222 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:41,694 My mother passed away four years ago. 223 00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:47,034 She had a heart attack, and my father broke his back doing construction-- 224 00:16:49,441 --> 00:16:52,433 It's House. It's urgent. I'm sorry. 225 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:58,578 You couldn't have knocked? 226 00:16:58,650 --> 00:17:02,677 Steroids. Give her steroids. High doses of prednisone. 227 00:17:11,363 --> 00:17:14,799 You're looking for support for a diagnosis of cerebral vasculitis? 228 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:17,631 Inflammation of blood vessels in the brain is awfully rare, especially for someone her age. 229 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:20,604 - So is a tumor. Her sed rate is elevated. - Mildly. 230 00:17:20,672 --> 00:17:23,072 That could mean anything. Or nothing. 231 00:17:23,142 --> 00:17:26,077 Yeah, I know. I have no reason to think that it's vasculitis. 232 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:28,079 Except that it could be. 233 00:17:28,147 --> 00:17:31,583 If the blood vessels are inflamed, that's gonna look exactly like what we saw on the M.R.I. from Trenton County, 234 00:17:31,650 --> 00:17:33,982 and the pressure is gonna cause neurological symptoms. 235 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,920 - We can't diagnose that without a biopsy. - Yes, we can. 236 00:17:36,989 --> 00:17:39,253 We treat her. If she gets better, we know we're right. 237 00:17:39,324 --> 00:17:42,691 - And if we're wrong? - Then we learn something else. 238 00:17:47,499 --> 00:17:49,194 Why steroids? 239 00:17:49,268 --> 00:17:51,202 Just part of your treatment. 240 00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,067 You haven't had many visitors. 241 00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:55,231 No boyfriend? Three dates. 242 00:17:55,307 --> 00:17:58,606 I wouldn't have stood by him if he were vomiting all day. 243 00:17:58,677 --> 00:18:01,009 What about work? You must have friends from work. 244 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,880 Pretty much everybody I like is five years old. 245 00:18:06,185 --> 00:18:08,619 The nurse said you're stopping my radiation. 246 00:18:09,988 --> 00:18:13,116 We're just trying some alternative medication. 247 00:18:13,192 --> 00:18:16,559 So where's your family from then? Steroids aren't an alternative to radiation. 248 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:18,823 The tests weren't really conclusive. 249 00:18:18,897 --> 00:18:20,831 We're treating you for vasculitis. 250 00:18:20,899 --> 00:18:23,891 It's the inflammation of blood vessels in the brain. 251 00:18:23,969 --> 00:18:26,904 I-It's not a tumor? 252 00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:28,963 I don't have a tumor? 253 00:18:32,244 --> 00:18:35,736 You should have told her the truth-- It's a long shot guess. 254 00:18:35,814 --> 00:18:38,248 Thank you. If House is right, no harm. 255 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:40,683 If he's wrong, I've given a dying woman a couple days' hope. 256 00:18:40,752 --> 00:18:44,415 False hope. If there was any other type available, I would have given her that. 257 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:56,264 Why are you smelling Billy's pants? 258 00:18:56,335 --> 00:18:58,599 I'm not. Looked like you were. 259 00:18:58,670 --> 00:19:00,831 - I was smelling the floor. - Oh. 260 00:19:00,906 --> 00:19:03,739 Do you have any pets in this class? 261 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:07,108 No. But we used to have a gerbil, but Carly L. dropped a book on it. 262 00:19:07,179 --> 00:19:09,113 Careless. 263 00:19:09,181 --> 00:19:13,140 - Do you need to smell it? - No. I'm smelling for mold. 264 00:19:13,218 --> 00:19:15,152 I don't need to smell it. 265 00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:19,452 - You could smell our parrot. - You said you didn't have any pets in this class. 266 00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:21,516 A parrot is a bird. 267 00:19:21,593 --> 00:19:23,288 Listen, Jackson's not the father-- 268 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:25,523 Parrots are the primary source of psittacosis. 269 00:19:25,597 --> 00:19:27,292 It's not the parrot. 270 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:32,269 And psittacosis can lead to nerve problems and neurological complications. 271 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,601 How many kids were in the class? Twenty. 272 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:37,107 How many are home sick? None, but-- 273 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:42,808 None. But you figured that five-year-olds are more serious about bird hygiene than their teacher? 274 00:19:42,881 --> 00:19:44,940 Have you been through her home? She lives in Trenton. 275 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:48,214 I can go up to her room tomorrow morning, ask her for the key. 276 00:19:48,287 --> 00:19:52,348 Would the police call for permission before dropping by to check out a crime scene? 277 00:19:52,424 --> 00:19:56,155 It's not a crime scene. As far as I know, she's running a meth lab out of her basement. 278 00:19:56,228 --> 00:20:00,324 She's a kindergarten teacher. And if I were a kindergarten student I would trust her implicitly. 279 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:05,659 Okay. I'll give you a "for instance". 280 00:20:05,737 --> 00:20:07,637 The lady back there... 281 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:10,140 who made your egg salad sandwich-- 282 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:13,042 Her eyes look glassy. Did you notice that? 283 00:20:13,111 --> 00:20:16,547 Now, hospital policy is to stay home if you're sick. 284 00:20:16,615 --> 00:20:20,312 But if you're making $8.00 an hour, then you kind of need the $8.00 an hour, right? 285 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:24,822 And the sign in the bathroom says that employees must wash after using the facilities, 286 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:30,487 but I figure that somebody who wipes snot on a sleeve isn't hyperconcerned about sanitary conditions. 287 00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:33,053 So what do you think-- should I trust her? 288 00:20:34,132 --> 00:20:37,761 I want you to check the patient's home for contaminants, garbage, medication. 289 00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:41,567 I can't just break into someone's house. Isn't that how you got into the Felkers' home? 290 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:49,170 Yeah, I know. 291 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:53,275 Court records are sealed. You were 16. It was a stupid mistake. 292 00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:57,083 But your old gym teacher has a big mouth. Should write a thank-you note. 293 00:20:57,155 --> 00:20:59,555 - I should thank him? - Well-- 294 00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:04,625 I needed somebody around here with street smarts. 295 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:10,363 Okay? Who knows when they're being conned, knows how to con. 296 00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:12,027 I should sue you. 297 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:15,301 Pretty sure you can't sue somebody for wrongful hiring. 298 00:21:15,374 --> 00:21:20,073 But I'm pretty sure I can sue if you fire me for not breaking into some lady's house. 299 00:21:32,691 --> 00:21:35,125 Doing research. People are fascinating, aren't they? 300 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:37,423 Why are you giving Adler steroids? 301 00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:42,627 Because she's my patient. That's what you do with patients-- you give them medicine. 302 00:21:42,701 --> 00:21:44,635 You don't prescribe medicine based on guesses. 303 00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:46,796 At least we don't since Tuskegee and Mengele. 304 00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:49,807 You're comparing me to a Nazi? Nice. 305 00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:52,070 I'm stopping the treatment. 306 00:21:56,715 --> 00:21:59,650 She's my patient. It's my hospital. 307 00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:01,652 I did not get her sick. 308 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,156 She is not an experiment. I have a legitimate theory about what's wrong with her. 309 00:22:05,223 --> 00:22:07,157 With no proof. 310 00:22:07,225 --> 00:22:08,157 There's never any proof. 311 00:22:08,226 --> 00:22:11,787 Five different doctors come up with five different diagnoses based on the same evidence. 312 00:22:11,863 --> 00:22:15,162 You don't have any evidence. 313 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:18,532 And nobody knows anything, huh? Then how is it you always think you're right? 314 00:22:18,603 --> 00:22:22,505 I don't. I just find it hard to operate on the opposite assumption. 315 00:22:22,574 --> 00:22:25,509 And why are you so afraid of making a mistake? 316 00:22:25,577 --> 00:22:29,035 Because I'm a doctor. Because when we make mistakes, people die. 317 00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:31,105 Oh, come on. 318 00:22:33,118 --> 00:22:36,110 People used to have more respect for cripples, you know. 319 00:22:39,124 --> 00:22:41,115 They didn't really. 320 00:22:44,796 --> 00:22:48,197 So how you feeling? Much better, thanks. 321 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:50,894 Are you Dr. House? I thought he was a he, but-- 322 00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:53,494 No. 323 00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:56,598 Don't eat too much, too fast. 324 00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:58,666 Thank him for me. 325 00:22:58,744 --> 00:23:01,269 Right. 326 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:14,925 Should I discontinue the treatment, boss? 327 00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:16,984 You got lucky. 328 00:23:20,365 --> 00:23:22,356 Cool, huh? 329 00:23:24,636 --> 00:23:26,570 Okay, once again. 330 00:23:29,307 --> 00:23:31,241 Good. 331 00:23:31,309 --> 00:23:33,743 Am I ever gonna meet Dr. House? 332 00:23:33,812 --> 00:23:38,511 Well, you might run into him at the movies or on the bus. 333 00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:40,608 Is he a good man? 334 00:23:40,685 --> 00:23:44,348 He's a good doctor. 335 00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:46,755 Can you be one without the other? 336 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:50,625 Don't you have to care about people? Caring is a good motivator. 337 00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:53,797 He's found something else. 338 00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:58,561 Feel this, both sides? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 339 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:02,630 Okay, squeeze. Harder. All right. 340 00:24:02,707 --> 00:24:04,607 He's your friend, huh? 341 00:24:04,676 --> 00:24:06,803 Yeah. 342 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:09,312 Does he care about you? 343 00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:12,612 I think so. You don't know? 344 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:15,915 As Dr. House likes to say, "Everybody lies". 345 00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:19,783 It's not what people say. It's what they do. 346 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:26,287 Yeah. He cares about me. 347 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,992 I can't see. 348 00:24:34,706 --> 00:24:38,142 I can't... see. 349 00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:47,917 A little help in here! 350 00:25:01,466 --> 00:25:03,764 Your chest will be sore for a while. 351 00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:06,804 We needed to shock you to get your heart going. 352 00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:14,609 Okay, can you arrange these to tell a story? 353 00:25:28,226 --> 00:25:30,160 She couldn't put them in order. 354 00:25:30,228 --> 00:25:34,324 Could the damage have been caused by a lack of oxygen during her seizure? 355 00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:38,233 No. I gave her the same test five minutes later. She did just fine. 356 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:41,830 The altered mental status is intermittent, just like the verbal skills. 357 00:25:41,907 --> 00:25:43,841 So what now? 358 00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:46,969 Given the latest symptoms, it's clearly growing deeper into the brain stem. 359 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:49,411 Soon, she won't be able to walk. 360 00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:52,917 She'll go blind permanently, and then the respiratory center will fail. 361 00:25:52,984 --> 00:25:54,918 How long do we have? 362 00:25:54,986 --> 00:25:57,819 If it's a tumor, we're talking a month or two. If it's infectious, a few weeks. 363 00:25:57,889 --> 00:26:02,451 If it's vascular, that'll probably be fastest of all. Maybe a week. 364 00:26:02,527 --> 00:26:04,654 We're gonna stop all treatment. 365 00:26:06,698 --> 00:26:09,326 I still think it's a tumor. I think we should go back to the radiation. 366 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:11,335 She didn't respond to the radiation. 367 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:15,601 Well, maybe we didn't see the effect until after we started steroids. No, it's not a tumor. 368 00:26:15,674 --> 00:26:18,643 Those steroids did something. I just don't know what. 369 00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:21,941 So we're just gonna do nothing? We're just gonna watch her die? 370 00:26:22,013 --> 00:26:26,541 Yeah, we're gonna watch her die. Specifically, we're gonna watch how fast she's dying. 371 00:26:26,618 --> 00:26:30,213 You just told us-- each diagnosis has its own time frame. 372 00:26:30,288 --> 00:26:33,485 When we see how fast it's killing her, we'll know what it is. 373 00:26:33,558 --> 00:26:36,493 And by then, maybe there's nothing we can do about it. 374 00:26:36,561 --> 00:26:38,620 There's got to be something we can do. 375 00:26:38,697 --> 00:26:40,562 Something better than watching her die. 376 00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:43,123 Well, I got nothing. 377 00:26:43,201 --> 00:26:45,192 How about you? 378 00:26:49,641 --> 00:26:51,575 Bastard. 379 00:26:51,643 --> 00:26:54,578 Oh, Cameron. I need you for a couple of hours. What's up? 380 00:26:54,646 --> 00:26:58,582 When you break into someone's house, it's better to have a white chick with you. Adler's house? 381 00:26:58,650 --> 00:27:03,212 Why don't we just ask her for her keys? For all we know, she'll be running a meth lab out of her basement. 382 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,279 I'm tired a lot. 383 00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:10,152 Any other reason why you think you might have chronic fatigue syndrome? 384 00:27:10,228 --> 00:27:12,253 It's kind of the definition, isn't it? 385 00:27:12,330 --> 00:27:14,355 It's kind of the definition of getting older. 386 00:27:14,432 --> 00:27:20,029 I had a couple headaches last month, a mild fever. Sometimes I can't sleep, and I have trouble concentrating. 387 00:27:20,105 --> 00:27:23,199 Apparently not while researching this stuff on the Internet. 388 00:27:23,274 --> 00:27:27,074 I was thinking it also might be fibromyalgia. 389 00:27:29,347 --> 00:27:31,281 Excellent diagnosis. 390 00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:33,249 Is there anything for that? 391 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:39,279 You know, I think there just might be. 392 00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:43,259 I need 36 Vicodin and change for a dollar. 393 00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:07,647 Exam room two. 394 00:28:10,488 --> 00:28:12,422 House doesn't believe in pretense. 395 00:28:12,490 --> 00:28:15,789 Figures life's too short and too painful. So he just says what he thinks. 396 00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:19,325 Nothing interesting in the garbage. 397 00:28:19,397 --> 00:28:22,161 "I say what I think" is just another way of saying "I'm an assho"-- 398 00:28:24,569 --> 00:28:27,504 Well, if you wanted to be judged for your medical prowess only, 399 00:28:27,572 --> 00:28:30,006 maybe you shouldn't have broken into someone's home. 400 00:28:30,075 --> 00:28:32,066 I was 16. 401 00:28:33,611 --> 00:28:36,603 Don't know about ticks, but her dog's definitely got fleas. 402 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:42,344 I managed to make it to 17 without a criminal record. 403 00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:47,357 Yeah? 404 00:28:47,425 --> 00:28:51,361 Well, you obviously didn't grow up in my neighborhood. 405 00:28:51,429 --> 00:28:54,865 That's right. You stole a loaf of bread to feed your starving family. Right? 406 00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:56,867 You always eat during break-ins? 407 00:28:56,935 --> 00:29:00,371 Am I supposed to respect their food more than I respect their DVD players? 408 00:29:00,438 --> 00:29:01,871 You want some? No. 409 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:04,306 You gonna go hungry until she dies? 410 00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:05,672 No. You know what? 411 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:08,975 After centuries of slavery, decades of civil rights marches... 412 00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:13,950 and, more significantly, living like a monk, never getting less than a 4.0 G.P.A., 413 00:29:14,018 --> 00:29:18,614 you don't think it's kind of disgusting I get one of the top jobs in the country because I'm a delinquent? 414 00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:22,449 We'll eat, then we'll tear up the carpet. 415 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,697 You went to Hopkins, right? 416 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:28,665 Yep. 417 00:29:28,733 --> 00:29:31,998 So you went to a better school than I did. You got better grades than I did. 418 00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:35,005 So how did you get the job? 419 00:29:35,073 --> 00:29:37,473 You stab a guy in a bar fight? 420 00:29:45,116 --> 00:29:47,050 Nothing. 421 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:50,485 It's not a tumor. She's getting worse too fast. 422 00:29:50,555 --> 00:29:54,013 - She can't stand up. - No toxins? No medications? 423 00:29:54,092 --> 00:29:55,753 Nothing that would explain these symptoms. 424 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:57,818 Family history of neurological problems? 425 00:29:57,896 --> 00:30:00,228 Not that I could tell from her underwear drawer. 426 00:30:00,298 --> 00:30:02,732 You said "nothing that would explain these symptoms". 427 00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:05,429 What did you find that doesn't explain these symptoms? 428 00:30:06,771 --> 00:30:10,764 Dr. Wilson convinced you to treat this patient under false pretenses. 429 00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:12,935 Adler's not his cousin. 430 00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:16,046 That's ridiculous. Ask her yourself. Can we get ba-- 431 00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:18,605 - She's not jewish. - Rachel Adler's not jewish? 432 00:30:18,683 --> 00:30:22,175 I had ham at her apartment. 433 00:30:22,253 --> 00:30:26,451 Dr. Foreman, a lot of Jews have non-Jewish relatives, and most of us don't keep kosher. 434 00:30:26,524 --> 00:30:30,085 I can see getting through high school without learning a thing about jews, but medical school? 435 00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:33,597 Okay, maybe she's Jewish, but she's definitely not your cousin. 436 00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:36,031 Really? This guy is-- 437 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:39,763 You don't even know her name. You called her Rachel. Her name is Rebecca. 438 00:30:40,905 --> 00:30:43,066 Yes. Yes, her name is Rebecca. 439 00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:47,107 I-I call her Rachel. 440 00:30:47,178 --> 00:30:49,544 You idiot! Listen, he's-- 441 00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:51,605 Not you. Him. 442 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:55,449 - You said you didn't find anything. - Everything I found was in my-- 443 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,920 - You found ham. - So? 444 00:30:57,989 --> 00:31:00,321 Where there's ham, there's pork. 445 00:31:00,391 --> 00:31:03,224 Where there's pork, there's neurocysticercosis. 446 00:31:03,294 --> 00:31:05,819 Tapeworm? You think she's got a worm in her brain? 447 00:31:05,897 --> 00:31:08,422 It fits. Could have been living there for years. Never occurred to me that-- 448 00:31:08,499 --> 00:31:12,230 Millions of people eat ham every day. It's quite a leap to think that's she's got a tapeworm. 449 00:31:12,303 --> 00:31:17,400 Okay, Mr. Neurologist, what happens when you give steroids to a person who has a tapeworm? 450 00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:21,138 They-- They get a little better, and-- and then they get worse. 451 00:31:23,681 --> 00:31:26,775 Just like Rebecca Adler did. 452 00:31:36,461 --> 00:31:39,988 In a typical case, if you don't cook pork well enough, 453 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:43,556 you digest live tapeworm larvae. 454 00:31:43,635 --> 00:31:45,865 They've got these little hooks, 455 00:31:45,937 --> 00:31:48,269 they grab onto your bowel, they live, they grow up, they reproduce. 456 00:31:48,339 --> 00:31:52,708 Reproduce? There's only one lesion, and it's nowhere near her bowel. 457 00:31:52,777 --> 00:31:55,143 That's because this is not a typical case. 458 00:31:55,213 --> 00:31:59,172 Tapeworm can produce 20,000 to 30,000 eggs a day. 459 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,184 Guess where they go? Out. 460 00:32:01,252 --> 00:32:03,186 Not all of them. 461 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:08,715 Unlike the larvae, the egg can pass right through the walls of the intestines into the bloodstream. 462 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:11,057 And where does the bloodstream go? Everywhere. 463 00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:15,327 As long as it's healthy, the immune system doesn't even know it's there. 464 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:20,531 The worm builds a wall, uses secretions to shut down the body's immune response and control fluid flow. 465 00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:23,403 It's really very beautiful. 466 00:32:23,474 --> 00:32:26,034 As long as it's healthy. So what do we do? 467 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:29,045 Call a vet, nurse the little guy back to health? 468 00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:32,048 It's too late for that. It's dying. 469 00:32:32,116 --> 00:32:36,519 And as it dies, this parasite loses the ability to control the host's defenses. 470 00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:40,580 The immune system wakes up, attacks the worm, and everything starts to swell. 471 00:32:40,658 --> 00:32:43,684 And that is very bad for the brain. 472 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:46,389 It could still be a hundred other things. 473 00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:48,659 The eosinophil count was normal. 474 00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:51,566 - It's only abnormal in 30% of cases. - Proving nothing. 475 00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:56,767 No, no, no, no. It-- Don't you see? It fits. It's perfect. It explains everything. 476 00:32:56,841 --> 00:32:59,674 - But it proves nothing. - I can prove it by treating it. 477 00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:01,712 No, you can't. 478 00:33:01,779 --> 00:33:05,374 I was just with her. She doesn't want any more treatments. 479 00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:08,942 She doesn't want any more experiments. She wants to go home and die. 480 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:33,503 Would you excuse us, please? 481 00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:40,745 I'm Dr. House. 482 00:33:40,818 --> 00:33:43,378 It's good to meet you. 483 00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:49,758 You're being an idiot. 484 00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:56,923 You have a tapeworm in your brain. 485 00:33:58,169 --> 00:34:01,866 It's not pleasant, but if we don't do anything, you'll be dead by the weekend. 486 00:34:01,939 --> 00:34:04,237 Have you actually seen the worm? 487 00:34:04,308 --> 00:34:07,277 When you're all better, I'll show you my diplomas. 488 00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:10,109 You were sure I had vasculitis too. 489 00:34:10,181 --> 00:34:13,116 Now I can't walk and I'm wearing a diaper. 490 00:34:13,184 --> 00:34:15,209 What's this treatment gonna do for me? 491 00:34:15,286 --> 00:34:18,687 I'm not talking about a treatment. I'm talking about a cure. 492 00:34:18,756 --> 00:34:21,748 But because I might be wrong, you want to die. 493 00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:25,185 What made you a cripple? 494 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,091 I had an infarction. 495 00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:33,603 A heart attack? 496 00:34:33,671 --> 00:34:36,105 It's what happens when blood flow is obstructed. 497 00:34:36,174 --> 00:34:39,200 If it's in the heart, it's a heart attack. If it's in the lungs, it's a pulmonary embolism. 498 00:34:39,277 --> 00:34:42,212 If it's in the brain, it's a stroke. I had it in my thigh muscles. 499 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,874 Wasn't there something they could do? 500 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:48,112 There was plenty they could do, if they'd made the right diagnosis. 501 00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:51,087 But the only symptom was pain. 502 00:34:52,290 --> 00:34:55,282 Not many people get to experience muscle death. 503 00:34:55,359 --> 00:34:57,054 Did you think you were dying? 504 00:34:57,128 --> 00:34:59,722 I hoped I was dying. 505 00:35:00,865 --> 00:35:03,800 So you hide in your office, refuse to see patients... 506 00:35:03,868 --> 00:35:07,497 because you don't like the way people look at you. 507 00:35:07,572 --> 00:35:11,770 You feel cheated by life, so now you're gonna get even with the world. 508 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:14,778 But you want me to fight this. 509 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:16,780 Why? 510 00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:19,817 What makes you think I'm so much better than you? 511 00:35:19,884 --> 00:35:22,978 What, you're scared you'll turn into me? 512 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:26,319 I just want to die with a little dignity. 513 00:35:26,390 --> 00:35:28,688 There's no such thing. 514 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:32,024 Our bodies break down. Sometimes when we're 90. Sometimes before we're even born. 515 00:35:32,096 --> 00:35:35,031 But it always happens, and there's never any dignity in it. 516 00:35:35,099 --> 00:35:40,002 I don't care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass. It's always ugly. Always. 517 00:35:44,041 --> 00:35:47,033 We can live with dignity. We can't die with it. 518 00:36:04,862 --> 00:36:06,853 No treatment. 519 00:36:07,865 --> 00:36:11,198 Maybe we can get a court order, uh, override her wishes, 520 00:36:11,269 --> 00:36:14,204 claim she doesn't have the capacity to make this decision. 521 00:36:14,272 --> 00:36:16,206 But she does. 522 00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:19,209 But we could claim that the illness made her mentally incompetent, right? 523 00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:21,711 A pretty common result. That didn't happen here. 524 00:36:21,779 --> 00:36:25,545 He's not gonna do it. She's not just a file to him anymore. 525 00:36:25,616 --> 00:36:27,550 He respects her. 526 00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:30,314 So because you respect her, you're going to let her die? 527 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:35,089 I solved the case. My work is done. 528 00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:39,226 Patients always want proof. 529 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:41,492 We're not making cars here. 530 00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:43,932 We don't give guarantees. 531 00:36:45,603 --> 00:36:47,594 I think we can prove it's a worm. 532 00:36:49,173 --> 00:36:51,641 It's noninvasive. It's safe. 533 00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:54,872 I'm not completely sure, but-- Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's the damn idea? 534 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:57,380 Have you ever seen a worm under an X-ray? 535 00:36:57,448 --> 00:37:00,383 A regular, old, no-contrast, hundred-year-old-technology X-ray? 536 00:37:00,451 --> 00:37:04,581 They light up like shotgun pellets, just like on a contrast M.R.I. 537 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:07,954 Which is the same thing as a CT scan, which we did, which proved nothing. 538 00:37:08,025 --> 00:37:10,960 The worm's cyst is the same density as the cerebrospinal fluid. 539 00:37:11,028 --> 00:37:13,588 We're not gonna see anything in her head. 540 00:37:13,664 --> 00:37:17,122 But Chase is right. He's right. We should X-ray her. 541 00:37:17,201 --> 00:37:20,136 But we don't X-ray her brain. We X-ray her leg. 542 00:37:20,204 --> 00:37:24,868 Worms love thigh muscle. If she's got one in her head, I guarantee you there's one in her leg. 543 00:37:38,322 --> 00:37:40,222 Hold still, Rebecca. 544 00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:51,232 This here... 545 00:37:51,302 --> 00:37:53,236 is a worm larva. 546 00:37:53,304 --> 00:37:55,898 So, if it's in my leg, it's in my brain? 547 00:37:55,973 --> 00:37:59,238 Are you looking for a guarantee? 548 00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:01,835 It's there. Probably been there six to 10 years. 549 00:38:01,912 --> 00:38:05,177 - Do I have more? - Probably. 550 00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:08,676 It's good news. 551 00:38:08,753 --> 00:38:11,745 - What do we do now? - Now we get you better. 552 00:38:14,158 --> 00:38:16,149 Albendazole. 553 00:38:17,928 --> 00:38:22,262 - Two pills? - Yeah. Every day, for at least a month, with a meal. 554 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:24,893 - Two pills? - Yeah. 555 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:30,271 Possible side effects include abdominal pain, nausea, headaches, dizziness, fever... 556 00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:32,275 and hair loss. 557 00:38:32,343 --> 00:38:35,210 We'll probably make you keep taking the pills even if you get every one of those. 558 00:38:54,565 --> 00:38:56,795 Why did you hire me? 559 00:38:57,802 --> 00:39:00,566 - Does it matter? - Kinda hard to work for a guy who doesn't respect you. 560 00:39:00,638 --> 00:39:02,663 - Why? - Is that rhetorical? 561 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:05,334 No. It just seems that way 'cause you can't think of an answer. 562 00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:09,342 Does it make a difference what I think? 563 00:39:09,413 --> 00:39:14,407 I'm a jerk. The only thing that matters is what you think. Can you do the job? 564 00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:17,784 You hired a black guy because he had a juvenile record. No. 565 00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:19,789 It wasn't a racial thing. 566 00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:21,791 I didn't see a black guy. 567 00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:24,020 I just saw a doctor... 568 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:26,029 with a juvenile record. 569 00:39:26,097 --> 00:39:29,032 I hired Chase 'cause his dad made a phone call. 570 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,227 I hired you... 571 00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:33,429 because you are extremely pretty. 572 00:39:33,504 --> 00:39:38,441 You hired me to get into my pants? I can't believe that that would shock you. 573 00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:40,443 It's also not what I said. 574 00:39:40,511 --> 00:39:42,706 No, I hired you because you look good. 575 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:45,271 It's like having a nice piece of art in the lobby. 576 00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:47,783 - I was in the top of my class. - But not the top. 577 00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:51,344 I did an internship at the Mayo Clinic. Yeah. You were a very good applicant. 578 00:39:51,422 --> 00:39:54,357 But not the best. Would that upset you? Really? 579 00:39:54,425 --> 00:39:58,794 To think that you were hired because of some genetic gift of beauty instead of some genetic gift of intelligence? 580 00:39:58,863 --> 00:40:01,297 I worked very hard to get where I am. 581 00:40:01,365 --> 00:40:03,299 But you didn't have to. 582 00:40:03,367 --> 00:40:07,565 People choose the paths that gain them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. 583 00:40:07,638 --> 00:40:11,438 That's a law of nature, and you defied it. That's why I hired you. 584 00:40:11,509 --> 00:40:14,444 You could have married rich. You could have been a model. 585 00:40:14,512 --> 00:40:18,039 You could have just shown up and people would have given you stuff. Lots of stuff. 586 00:40:18,115 --> 00:40:21,482 But you didn't. You worked your stunning little ass off. 587 00:40:21,552 --> 00:40:23,986 Am I supposed to be flattered? 588 00:40:24,054 --> 00:40:26,488 Gorgeous women do not go to medical school... 589 00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:29,549 unless they're as damaged as they are beautiful. 590 00:40:29,627 --> 00:40:31,561 Were you abused by a family member? 591 00:40:31,629 --> 00:40:33,426 - No. - Sexually assaulted? 592 00:40:33,497 --> 00:40:35,624 No! 593 00:40:35,699 --> 00:40:37,564 But you are damaged, aren't you? 594 00:40:41,405 --> 00:40:45,171 I have to go. 595 00:40:49,313 --> 00:40:51,008 I followed her. 596 00:40:51,081 --> 00:40:55,484 - Oh. - I couldn't stop thinking about what that doctor said. 597 00:40:55,553 --> 00:40:58,147 - I told you not to listen to him. He's an idiot. - I was orange! 598 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:02,791 - I don't want to know what you found out. - You don't care? 599 00:41:02,860 --> 00:41:04,794 I'm your doctor. 600 00:41:04,862 --> 00:41:07,797 You've been good to me and good to this hospital. Ofcourse I care. 601 00:41:07,865 --> 00:41:11,323 But I don't see how this conversation can end well for me. 602 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:14,667 Either your wife is having an affair, or she's not having an affair, 603 00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:17,673 and you have come here because you rightly think I should fire him. 604 00:41:17,741 --> 00:41:21,802 But I can't. Even if it costs me your money. 605 00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:25,212 The son of a bitch is the best doctor we have. 606 00:41:30,788 --> 00:41:32,722 Feeling any better? 607 00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:34,724 I can't complain. 608 00:41:34,792 --> 00:41:37,124 As you know, the hospital has certain rules. 609 00:41:37,194 --> 00:41:41,062 And as you also know, we tend to ignore them. 610 00:41:41,131 --> 00:41:43,565 But I think this one's gonna be a little obvious unless we get your help. 611 00:41:43,634 --> 00:41:47,001 If anyone asks, you have 11 daughters and five sons. 612 00:41:47,071 --> 00:41:50,802 Hi! Look who's here! 613 00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:54,709 It's so good to see you guys. I missed you. 614 00:41:55,479 --> 00:41:57,379 Is this for me? 615 00:41:57,448 --> 00:41:59,507 It's beautiful. 616 00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:04,649 Oh, I love you guys. 617 00:42:04,722 --> 00:42:07,691 I wanted to thank Dr. House, but he never visited again. 618 00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:10,090 He cured you. You didn't cure him. 619 00:42:11,228 --> 00:42:16,256 Okay, I want a hug and a kiss from every single one of you! Get up here right now! 620 00:42:18,302 --> 00:42:21,237 - There. - Hold on. 621 00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:23,535 She's converted. 622 00:42:25,609 --> 00:42:28,237 You said she was your cousin. 623 00:42:28,312 --> 00:42:30,246 Why would you lie? 624 00:42:30,314 --> 00:42:33,112 It got you to take the case. 625 00:42:34,118 --> 00:42:37,952 You lied to a friend to save a stranger. You don't think that's kind of screwed up? 626 00:42:38,022 --> 00:42:39,785 You've never lied to me? 627 00:42:39,857 --> 00:42:42,382 I never lie. 628 00:42:42,459 --> 00:42:45,019 Oh. Right. 629 00:42:46,330 --> 00:42:49,026 - Why do we do this? - Because we're doctors. 630 00:42:49,099 --> 00:42:51,431 If we make mistakes, people die. 631 00:42:53,470 --> 00:42:56,098 Dr. House? 632 00:42:56,173 --> 00:42:58,198 You have a patient. 633 00:43:02,713 --> 00:43:06,046 He says he needs a refill. 634 00:43:09,186 --> 00:43:11,211 Got change for a dollar? 635 00:43:55,265 --> 00:43:56,527 Ripped by phaelox for divxstation.com