1 00:00:02,969 --> 00:00:04,231 (KEN LAUGHING) 2 00:00:05,572 --> 00:00:07,597 KEN: I ought to have this framed. 3 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:10,670 My last bill from Princeton. 4 00:00:12,112 --> 00:00:13,374 And I thought we were celebrating 5 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:15,209 the fact that I actually graduated. 6 00:00:15,281 --> 00:00:16,873 I always knew you'd be able to graduate. 7 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:20,750 What I didn't know was whether I would be able to pay for it. 8 00:00:21,287 --> 00:00:24,688 Your mom, she'd be so proud of you. 9 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:27,916 You always say that. 10 00:00:27,994 --> 00:00:30,963 I'm so proud of you. Always was. 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,332 Come on, Dad, you're gonna cry. 12 00:00:37,404 --> 00:00:40,100 You wanna be embarrassed? You got it! 13 00:00:49,182 --> 00:00:51,412 Look, don't party too hard tonight. 14 00:00:51,484 --> 00:00:53,918 Your grandmother wants a picture of you getting that sheepskin, 15 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:56,217 and it'd be nice if you didn't look completely hung over. 16 00:00:56,289 --> 00:00:57,551 Oh, no, don't worry, 17 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:59,353 I've had enough alcohol in the past week 18 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:00,950 to last me another four years. 19 00:01:01,027 --> 00:01:02,824 Good, I think. 20 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:06,365 (LOUD ROCK MUSlC PLAYlNG) 21 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,434 (PEOPLE CHATTERlNG) 22 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:14,730 ALL: Drink! Drink! Drink! 23 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:18,209 MAN: More! More! Drink! Drink! Drink! 24 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:25,511 1 2:55! 25 00:01:25,718 --> 00:01:27,242 (ALL WHOOPlNG) 26 00:01:28,321 --> 00:01:29,481 Man! 27 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:33,787 You are the man! Tell me something I don't know! 28 00:01:34,627 --> 00:01:36,424 (GROANlNG) 29 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:38,730 Hey, that's not funny, man. What? 30 00:01:38,798 --> 00:01:41,926 Yeah, right, you shocked me. With what? I got nothing. 31 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,600 Well, hey, whoever's doing that better cut it out! 32 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:54,505 (YELLS) 33 00:01:56,516 --> 00:01:58,245 What the hell's going on? 34 00:01:58,318 --> 00:02:00,684 Maybe there's a short somewhere, the floor's covered with beer. 35 00:02:00,753 --> 00:02:01,913 No way, no, the outlets are GFl, 36 00:02:01,988 --> 00:02:03,455 plus he's got rubber-soled shoes on. 37 00:02:05,258 --> 00:02:07,886 KATRlNA: Oh, my God! TADDY: Somebody call 91 1! 38 00:02:46,766 --> 00:02:48,097 (GRUNTlNG) 39 00:02:52,338 --> 00:02:55,205 WlLSON: Patient experiences shock-like sensations 40 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:59,211 as well as headaches, nausea, and drowsiness. 41 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:00,673 CHASE: Shocks? 42 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:02,847 Excruciatingly painful shocks. 43 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:04,679 ER docs referred him to a neurologist, 44 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:07,276 who referred him to five other doctors in the last seven days. 45 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:10,083 Shocks could be Lhermitte's sign. Early symptom of MS. 46 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:12,317 No. MRl showed no white matter lesions, 47 00:03:12,392 --> 00:03:14,917 and the shocks aren't accompanied by neck flexing. 48 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:17,053 Good morning! It's almost noon. 49 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:19,291 Really? That must be why I'm so hungry. 50 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:20,423 Who's up for lunch? 51 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:21,967 What's with the jacket? 52 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:25,493 It keeps me warm and cool. How does it know? 53 00:03:25,572 --> 00:03:27,005 WlLSON: We're discussing your new patient. 54 00:03:27,106 --> 00:03:29,836 Must be a boring discussion, seeing as I haven't accepted a new patient. 55 00:03:29,909 --> 00:03:33,003 You accepted him the moment I loaned you 5 grand. 56 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:34,646 Oh, wait, wait. 57 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:37,376 When I said I'd do anything for the money, obviously I didn't mean it. 58 00:03:37,450 --> 00:03:40,248 You're gonna like this. The kid's getting shocked every few minutes. 59 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:41,878 Why would you need $5,000? 60 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:44,719 Bad night at poker, or great night with a hooker? 61 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:46,315 Thank you for saving me the trouble 62 00:03:46,392 --> 00:03:49,384 of deflecting that personal question with a joke. 63 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:51,462 College student? 64 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:53,762 Nitrous oxide's fun at parties. 65 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:56,233 Caused the shocks, and drinking till we puke every night 66 00:03:56,302 --> 00:03:57,394 can cause everything else. 67 00:03:57,470 --> 00:03:59,028 Give him some B1 2. Been there, done that. 68 00:03:59,105 --> 00:04:02,074 Also ruled out cancer, MS, pyridoxine toxicity, 69 00:04:02,141 --> 00:04:04,234 and all the popular neuropathies. 70 00:04:05,044 --> 00:04:07,911 Cervical spondylosis. Doesn't explain the low white count. 71 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:09,278 He's black. 72 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:12,375 I'm assuming he's not just really dirty, but is of African descent, 73 00:04:12,452 --> 00:04:13,942 which means he'd have a lower white count. 74 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:16,352 Not this low. He's a wrestler. 75 00:04:16,422 --> 00:04:18,219 Probably uses diuretics to cut weight. 76 00:04:18,291 --> 00:04:19,553 That can also cause low white count. 77 00:04:19,626 --> 00:04:21,491 Not this low. "Not this low." 78 00:04:21,561 --> 00:04:23,188 Behcet's. No skin lesions. 79 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:26,494 Cervical herpes zoster, myelitis... No external outbreak. 80 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:32,632 Something's missing. Find out what it is. 81 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:35,930 I don't even know what that means. Well, figure it out. 82 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:38,739 Find it out, and then find me. I'll be at lunch. 83 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:42,179 CARNELL: No ideas? CAMERON: Lots of ideas. 84 00:04:42,548 --> 00:04:45,016 Too many ideas, that's why so many tests. 85 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:48,179 Have you used any recreational drugs? 86 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:54,454 What? I'm gonna get mad at you for getting stoned? 87 00:04:54,727 --> 00:04:56,490 Not today, not here. 88 00:04:59,565 --> 00:05:02,659 At Christmas, one of the guys had some ecstasy, 89 00:05:02,735 --> 00:05:03,793 I mean, l... It was... 90 00:05:03,903 --> 00:05:05,928 (GRUNTlNG LOUDLY) 91 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:10,470 Son of a bitch! 92 00:05:16,049 --> 00:05:18,779 ANA is negative for lupus, again. 93 00:05:18,851 --> 00:05:22,309 House wants more information, not the same information done over again. 94 00:05:22,388 --> 00:05:23,446 "Find what's missing." 95 00:05:23,523 --> 00:05:26,117 For all we know, the kid is dying and he's giving us riddles? 96 00:05:26,192 --> 00:05:28,592 Did a more detailed history, went back three generations. 97 00:05:28,661 --> 00:05:30,356 And? His mom died in a car accident, 98 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:32,489 his mom's mom had arthritis, and his mom's mom's dad 99 00:05:32,565 --> 00:05:35,090 served in an all-black tank battalion under Patton. 100 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:37,659 Fascinating. If it's not a tumor, it has to be MS. 101 00:05:37,737 --> 00:05:38,829 Wilson already ruled out... 102 00:05:38,905 --> 00:05:41,271 MRl can't rule out MS 100% of the time. 103 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:44,469 MS doesn't explain the low white count. Alcoholism does. 104 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:48,105 On admission, his BAC was 2.0, liver enzymes off the chart. 105 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:51,116 It was graduation weekend. He barely drank in the weeks before that, 106 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,516 and he didn't drink at all during his wrestling season. 107 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:55,554 If you believe him. I did a tox screen... 108 00:05:55,621 --> 00:05:58,454 It doesn't matter if she believes him or not, it's already in the chart. 109 00:05:58,524 --> 00:06:01,015 We're supposed to find out what's missing. 110 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:10,830 Well, this... This is perfect. 111 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:13,737 Invite me to dinner on Thursday night. 112 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:16,673 Come on, we haven't had a nice meal together since... 113 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:20,440 Yesterday, when I loaned you $5,000 to buy a new car. 114 00:06:20,513 --> 00:06:21,775 My treat. 115 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:26,810 Two-wheeled vehicles that travel 150 miles an hour 116 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:30,083 don't really go well with crippled, irresponsible drug addicts. 117 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:34,058 Actually, two-wheeled vehicles that go 180 miles an hour do not go well 118 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:36,118 with healthy, responsible architects 119 00:06:36,195 --> 00:06:38,288 who don't know how to separate braking and turning. 120 00:06:38,364 --> 00:06:40,889 Good news is, it brings the price right down. 121 00:06:40,967 --> 00:06:43,492 You're taking it back. Mom! 122 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:48,273 How about we talk about this over dinner? Forget dinner, you're gonna kill yourself! 123 00:06:48,341 --> 00:06:50,809 CHASE: Nice bike! Thank you. 124 00:06:51,477 --> 00:06:54,571 See, that's how you do it. Compliments, dinner. 125 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:57,182 What do you do with your cane? 126 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:59,115 If he buys me dinner, he'll find out. 127 00:07:03,723 --> 00:07:05,782 Evel Knievel had the same setup. 128 00:07:05,858 --> 00:07:07,519 And he broke every bone in his body. 129 00:07:07,593 --> 00:07:11,051 We went through all the imaging studies and redid the blood cultures. 130 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:13,860 (REvvlNG) I don't want hand-me-downs, I want brand-new stuff. 131 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:17,130 (REvvlNG HARDER) Well, there's nothing... There's nothing missing! 132 00:07:17,203 --> 00:07:19,797 Sorry, I didn't catch that last part! 133 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:23,373 (ENGlNE REvvlNG) There's... There's... 134 00:07:28,781 --> 00:07:30,749 There's nothing else we can do. 135 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:32,944 Did you check the police report? On what? 136 00:07:33,019 --> 00:07:34,418 On his mom's car accident. 137 00:07:34,487 --> 00:07:36,853 That was 15 years ago. The kid wasn't even in the car. 138 00:07:36,923 --> 00:07:39,448 She veered off a straight, dry road in broad daylight. 139 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:40,583 That doesn't seem odd to you? 140 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:43,322 She probably got distracted changing radio stations or something. 141 00:07:43,396 --> 00:07:44,556 That's what the police thought. 142 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:46,791 Of course, they didn't know that she has a family member 143 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:49,858 who is frequently incapacitated by shock-like sensations. 144 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:53,064 A genetic component seems unlikely. But it's interesting. 145 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:55,471 Type ll neurofibromatosis could cause the shocks. 146 00:07:55,541 --> 00:07:57,008 You knew this was missing? 147 00:07:57,076 --> 00:07:59,704 I knew something was missing, maybe this, maybe something else. 148 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:03,078 Get a DNA analysis of the long arm of chromosome 22. 149 00:08:03,149 --> 00:08:04,741 (REvvlNG) 150 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:11,320 You'd rather have dinner with your wife? Yes, I would. 151 00:08:11,390 --> 00:08:13,290 If she were speaking to me. 152 00:08:14,293 --> 00:08:17,126 Unlike her, I could make it worth your while. 153 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:20,090 Fine. 154 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,290 Shall I drive? 155 00:08:23,402 --> 00:08:24,426 No. 156 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:28,136 And I'm not letting you in my car until I see your wallet. 157 00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:33,201 NF2. It's an inherited disease. 158 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:36,773 It could cause abnormal growths on the cranial nerves. 159 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:38,578 It would explain the shocks and other symptoms. 160 00:08:38,651 --> 00:08:40,619 DNA analysis will show whether your son 161 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:42,517 has the specific chromosome mutation 162 00:08:42,588 --> 00:08:43,680 which causes the disease. 163 00:08:43,756 --> 00:08:46,816 But if it's inherited, that means someone else in our family would have it. 164 00:08:46,893 --> 00:08:48,451 We think your wife may have had it. 165 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:51,053 No. She never had any sort of health problems. 166 00:08:51,130 --> 00:08:53,530 No odd-looking freckles, nodules in the iris? 167 00:08:53,599 --> 00:08:55,794 Nothing. I mean, why would you think she was sick? 168 00:08:55,868 --> 00:08:58,962 We think it may have been what caused her car accident. 169 00:08:59,171 --> 00:09:01,833 Wait, what do you mean? My mom's car was hit by a drunk driver. 170 00:09:01,908 --> 00:09:04,502 That's not what the police report indicated. 171 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:08,637 Well, you must have gotten the wrong report. 172 00:09:08,881 --> 00:09:11,179 No. They didn't. 173 00:09:16,989 --> 00:09:18,115 (SlGHS) 174 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,317 When you started driving... 175 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:21,918 I... 176 00:09:23,596 --> 00:09:25,427 You lied about how Mom died? 177 00:09:25,498 --> 00:09:27,898 KEN: I figured if her death could somehow mean something, it... 178 00:09:27,967 --> 00:09:30,333 How does lying about it mean something? 179 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:33,330 How could you use her like that, Dad? Her death? 180 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:36,500 I was just trying to protect you. What else isn't true? 181 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:38,771 She wasn't a teacher, you just wanted me to read? 182 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:40,243 What's that smell? 183 00:09:40,813 --> 00:09:42,906 I don't smell... 184 00:09:47,486 --> 00:09:48,578 We're gonna need a nurse. 185 00:09:48,654 --> 00:09:51,623 What the hell? It's okay. We'll take care of it. 186 00:09:52,224 --> 00:09:53,452 You didn't feel anything? 187 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:54,949 No. 188 00:09:57,964 --> 00:09:59,522 You feel that? Yeah. 189 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:01,032 But you didn't feel any of this? 190 00:10:01,467 --> 00:10:02,456 No. 191 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:17,013 Sphincter paralysis plus shocks equals Miller Fisher Syndrome. 192 00:10:17,083 --> 00:10:18,414 Not if you add the stool sample, 193 00:10:18,484 --> 00:10:19,883 which is negative for C. jejuni. 194 00:10:19,952 --> 00:10:22,819 He lied to his son about how his mom died? 195 00:10:23,189 --> 00:10:24,884 CAMERON: He was just protecting him. 196 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:26,151 Manipulating him. 197 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:29,055 That's what parents do. They lie to us because they love us. 198 00:10:29,128 --> 00:10:30,322 Who's getting teary? 199 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:31,727 Mom's death is irrelevant. 200 00:10:31,797 --> 00:10:33,594 DNA revealed no NF2 markers 201 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:35,224 or any other inherited disease. 202 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:37,997 Apparently, she really did fall asleep at the wheel. 203 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:40,630 So, what exactly are we talking about here? 204 00:10:40,706 --> 00:10:44,608 A little peeker, or did the prairie dog actually come out to play? 205 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:47,145 Excuse me? Are we talking explosive? 206 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,414 (PHONE RlNGlNG) The hemoccult was negative for blood, 207 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:55,250 and I wouldn't say he actually exploded. More like gushed? 208 00:10:55,521 --> 00:10:57,614 Good, then we're getting somewhere. 209 00:10:57,690 --> 00:10:58,850 Yeah? Where? 210 00:10:58,991 --> 00:11:00,652 I have no idea. 211 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:01,984 Of course. Hello? 212 00:11:02,061 --> 00:11:04,222 Love the riddles. Hi, Mom. 213 00:11:04,430 --> 00:11:08,366 Look, I have a business dinner on Thursday night. I can't get out of it. 214 00:11:09,468 --> 00:11:11,902 I know, I really wanted to see you, too. 215 00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:16,874 Actually, can I call you back? I'm in a meeting right now. 216 00:11:16,942 --> 00:11:18,273 Okay, thanks. 217 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:21,237 Who was that? 218 00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:22,644 Angelina Jolie. 219 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:25,578 I call her "Mom." Who thinks that's sexy? 220 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:28,243 So, explosive or gushing... 221 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,481 She never calls here, is everything okay? 222 00:11:32,024 --> 00:11:33,423 Great, yeah. 223 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:35,987 My dad's taking her to Europe. 224 00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:38,462 They got a nine-hour layover in Newark on Thursday. 225 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:41,967 If it's gastrointestinal... You lied to avoid seeing your own mom. 226 00:11:42,034 --> 00:11:44,764 Are you kidding? I can't lie to my mom. 227 00:11:45,337 --> 00:11:46,668 Seriously, I can't. 228 00:11:46,739 --> 00:11:48,138 Wilson's invited me to dinner. 229 00:11:48,207 --> 00:11:50,675 It'd be rude to stand up a guy who just loaned me 5 grand. 230 00:11:50,743 --> 00:11:52,506 Transverse myelitis. 231 00:11:52,678 --> 00:11:55,078 Could cause numbness, anal sphincter dysfunction, 232 00:11:55,147 --> 00:11:56,171 and the shocks. 233 00:11:56,248 --> 00:11:58,944 Thank you for taking no interest in my mother. 234 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:00,382 But that begs the question, 235 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:02,614 what caused the transverse myelitis? 236 00:12:02,688 --> 00:12:05,122 Well, we've ruled out cancer and MS. 237 00:12:05,191 --> 00:12:06,351 Leaves infection. 238 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:07,949 If there was infection, there'd be a fever. 239 00:12:08,027 --> 00:12:09,927 And his blood and CSF cultures are all negative. 240 00:12:09,995 --> 00:12:13,192 Maybe the infection's gone but the memory remains. 241 00:12:13,966 --> 00:12:15,456 Molecular mimicry. 242 00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:16,757 Nice. 243 00:12:17,369 --> 00:12:20,805 Okay, get an immunoglobulin level and electrophoresis. 244 00:12:24,777 --> 00:12:28,372 You're good, my friend. I'm sure we'll meet again. 245 00:12:29,715 --> 00:12:31,910 Do you really think that was his mom on the phone? 246 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:34,544 Probably, don't know why he'd lie about that. 247 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:35,744 Who cares? 248 00:12:35,821 --> 00:12:38,415 You're not the least bit curious what his parents are like? 249 00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:39,856 I'm sure his mom's a piece of work. 250 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:41,620 Only a mother could do that much damage. 251 00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:43,423 My bet's he was born the way he is. 252 00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:45,726 Probably tormented his parents, not the other way around. 253 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:48,323 Yeah, he was either a fast runner or one hell of a fighter. 254 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,163 Where are you going? 255 00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:52,700 You guys can handle the tests, right? 256 00:12:58,878 --> 00:13:02,177 Is there something important that you and House need to discuss over dinner? 257 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:04,113 Other than the skyrocketing 258 00:13:04,183 --> 00:13:06,048 interest rates on personal loans? 259 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:08,882 You know, this is the fourth time I've loaned him money. 260 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:11,047 Not lunch money, money-money. 261 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:12,215 House's parents. 262 00:13:12,858 --> 00:13:15,349 They have a layover in Newark Thursday evening. 263 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:20,459 I'm canceling dinner. No. 264 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:24,995 I thought maybe you could just invite a few more people. 265 00:13:25,337 --> 00:13:27,635 FOREMAN: An infectious agent's molecular structure 266 00:13:27,706 --> 00:13:29,367 can resemble the spinal cord's. 267 00:13:29,441 --> 00:13:31,375 And when the immune system attacks the infection, 268 00:13:31,443 --> 00:13:34,071 it ends up attacking the spinal cord's as well. 269 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:35,806 So he has an infection? 270 00:13:35,881 --> 00:13:36,973 They just said I don't. 271 00:13:37,049 --> 00:13:39,711 Even after the infection is gone, it goes right on attacking 272 00:13:39,785 --> 00:13:41,116 because the spinal cord is still there. 273 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:42,211 KEN: Is there a treatment? 274 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:44,449 Depends on what the original infection was. 275 00:13:44,523 --> 00:13:45,455 All right, you're done. 276 00:13:45,524 --> 00:13:49,051 You need to lay flat after a lumbar puncture for about an hour. 277 00:13:49,128 --> 00:13:51,096 I feel like I'm gonna throw up. 278 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:53,563 Hey, Dad, can you get me a Coke, please? 279 00:13:53,632 --> 00:13:55,623 Yeah, that usually helps. 280 00:13:57,203 --> 00:13:58,602 You're done. 281 00:13:59,805 --> 00:14:01,033 If you're nauseous... 282 00:14:01,106 --> 00:14:03,666 No, I'm not nauseous. I just want him out of here. 283 00:14:03,742 --> 00:14:06,370 He's your dad. He's gonna be around. 284 00:14:06,612 --> 00:14:07,977 Yeah, I know. 285 00:14:09,014 --> 00:14:10,914 It's not that, it's... 286 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:14,448 Are these people completely incapable 287 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:15,885 of telling the truth to each other? 288 00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:18,287 He went to Jamaica with his friends. 289 00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:19,721 No wonder he lied. 290 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:22,018 Children aren't supposed to have good times. 291 00:14:22,094 --> 00:14:23,925 One of his friends flew them down. 292 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:27,124 Carnell's dad has this thing about him accepting stuff from rich friends. 293 00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:30,259 He wants him to remember who he is, where he came from. 294 00:14:30,336 --> 00:14:31,462 Where have you been? 295 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:34,097 Making dinner plans. What's up? 296 00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:36,334 The boys have uncovered the shocking fact 297 00:14:36,408 --> 00:14:39,400 that the patient has a crappy relationship with his dad. 298 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:41,571 They seem to actually care. Well, I don't. 299 00:14:41,647 --> 00:14:44,138 There's only one reason any kid with a plane flies to Jamaica. 300 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:46,582 It wasn't for marijuana. He doesn't do anything but drink. 301 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:48,017 He said that to you or his pops? 302 00:14:48,087 --> 00:14:50,112 Tox screen was negative for THC. 303 00:14:50,689 --> 00:14:52,623 Spring break was over a month ago. 304 00:14:52,691 --> 00:14:54,022 Even pot would have washed out by now. 305 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:55,458 Even if he'd smoked, 306 00:14:55,527 --> 00:14:58,018 no way marijuana causes transverse myelitis. 307 00:14:58,097 --> 00:15:00,827 True. But the stuff they put on it does. 308 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,292 Pesticides. 309 00:15:02,368 --> 00:15:05,462 Well, why would he come clean about the trip but lie about smoking pot? 310 00:15:05,537 --> 00:15:08,165 He wouldn't necessarily have to smoke to get pesticide poisoning. 311 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,174 He could have eaten fruit that'd been sprayed, 312 00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:12,301 or been exposed through his skin on a hike. 313 00:15:12,378 --> 00:15:15,006 Or he could have smoked it. A lot of it. 314 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,640 Then lied about it because that's what this family does. 315 00:15:17,716 --> 00:15:20,116 Start him on lv pralidoxime. Two grams per liter, 316 00:15:20,185 --> 00:15:22,983 and then one gram every eight hours until you see some improvement. 317 00:15:23,055 --> 00:15:25,888 You have no evidence to support a poisoning diagnosis. 318 00:15:25,958 --> 00:15:29,416 Which is why it's gonna be so cool when I turn out to be right. 319 00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:33,392 Cameron. 320 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:36,195 Who are you making dinner plans with? 321 00:15:36,635 --> 00:15:37,693 No one. 322 00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:44,307 HOUSE: You bastard. 323 00:15:46,378 --> 00:15:48,778 You invited my parents to dinner. 324 00:15:50,449 --> 00:15:51,973 Cameron's got a big mouth. 325 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:53,109 Not as big as yours. 326 00:15:53,185 --> 00:15:56,279 Hey! You used me to avoid seeing your parents. 327 00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:57,549 Well, what do you care? I don't. 328 00:15:57,623 --> 00:15:59,648 I just thought it might be interesting to find out why. 329 00:15:59,725 --> 00:16:02,216 You could've just asked. You would've lied. 330 00:16:02,394 --> 00:16:04,055 And you would've believed me. 331 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:05,687 Which would've kept us both happy. 332 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:09,631 You want your money back? Is that what this is about? 333 00:16:09,702 --> 00:16:10,760 No! 334 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,633 Wait, have you got the money? 335 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:22,113 If you have the money, then why did you need the loan? 336 00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:24,581 I didn't. I just wanted to see if you'd give it to me. 337 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:26,515 I've been borrowing increasing amounts 338 00:16:26,585 --> 00:16:28,712 ever since you lent me $40 a year ago. 339 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:30,246 A little experiment, 340 00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:32,256 to see where you draw the line. 341 00:16:33,425 --> 00:16:37,418 You're trying to objectively measure 342 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:39,555 how much I value our friendship? 343 00:16:39,698 --> 00:16:42,428 Hey, it's 5 grand. You've got nothing to be ashamed of. 344 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:46,562 So, what do you say? One little phone call, one big check? 345 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,100 Fine. 346 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:52,871 Thanks. 347 00:16:53,545 --> 00:16:54,603 Now, be a grownup 348 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,944 and either tell Mommy and Daddy you don't wanna see them, 349 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:59,541 or I'm picking you up at 7:00 for dinner. 350 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:03,217 What do you mean? You just said that... I lied. 351 00:17:03,288 --> 00:17:05,381 I've been lying to you in increasing amounts 352 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:08,483 ever since I told you you looked good unshaved a year ago. 353 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,221 It's a little experiment, you know, 354 00:17:10,295 --> 00:17:12,092 to see where you draw the line. 355 00:17:13,732 --> 00:17:15,063 (CAR ENGlNE STARTlNG) 356 00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:18,862 CUDDY: How's the patient? 357 00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:20,370 Haven't been in yet, today. 358 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:22,771 As long as he hasn't gotten any worse. 359 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:25,870 We're treating him for pesticide poisoning 360 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:27,639 without any proof of pesticides. 361 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:28,975 I'm gonna have a hell of a time 362 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,481 explaining that to our lawyer. 363 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:32,574 I told House not to... 364 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:37,313 Wow. 365 00:17:38,257 --> 00:17:40,157 Lawyer's not gonna believe this. 366 00:17:40,926 --> 00:17:42,621 He's got his appetite back. 367 00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:44,829 Whatever you did, it's working. 368 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:48,191 He's healthy, so all is forgiven. 369 00:17:48,267 --> 00:17:49,859 Now I'm feeling nauseous. 370 00:17:49,935 --> 00:17:51,493 He is not healthy. 371 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,800 Nausea and diarrhea were not his only symptoms. 372 00:17:53,872 --> 00:17:55,271 The shocks have also decreased. 373 00:17:55,340 --> 00:17:56,739 But not disappeared. 374 00:17:56,809 --> 00:17:57,969 And he's out of the diaper, 375 00:17:58,043 --> 00:17:59,305 which is good news for everyone. 376 00:17:59,378 --> 00:18:01,073 What about his low white count? 377 00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:03,842 Well, the little buggers need time to grow. 378 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:07,375 Don't worry, our wrestling Rastafarian will be back on his feet 379 00:18:07,453 --> 00:18:10,445 and sneaking around behind Pop's back again in no time. 380 00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:11,853 (PHONE RlNGlNG) 381 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:13,016 Yeah. 382 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:16,884 Check it again. 383 00:18:18,564 --> 00:18:20,191 I'll be right there. 384 00:18:20,265 --> 00:18:21,596 What happened? 385 00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:22,998 Apparently I can save money 386 00:18:23,068 --> 00:18:25,696 by switching to another long-distance carrier. 387 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,102 Oh, I was right, wasn't l? 388 00:18:27,172 --> 00:18:29,766 Oh, yeah, it's always about you, isn't it? 389 00:18:30,809 --> 00:18:32,800 CAMERON: He has the chills and his temperature's spiking. 390 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:34,675 It's nearly 106. KEN: What's that mean? 391 00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:36,373 I mean, what's happening? 392 00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:37,608 You want the truth, 393 00:18:37,683 --> 00:18:39,810 or you want me to make something up to protect you? 394 00:18:39,885 --> 00:18:41,750 We think a drunk driver broke into his room... 395 00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:43,617 What's happening to my son? 396 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:48,459 The truth is I have no idea. 397 00:18:58,504 --> 00:19:00,972 There's the fever that Cameron was looking for. 398 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:03,234 We knew if it was myelitis, there had to be an "-itis." 399 00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:05,776 This must be the infection that set it off. Yeah. 400 00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:08,335 Except in this universe, effect follows cause. 401 00:19:08,413 --> 00:19:09,573 I've complained about it, but... 402 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:10,808 Maybe the tests were wrong. 403 00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:14,080 No. The tests were right. Yesterday he had no fever, no infection. 404 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:16,417 So he just happened to catch a bug while he was here? 405 00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:17,512 That's all this is? 406 00:19:17,589 --> 00:19:18,521 Yeah. 407 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:21,058 Because his white blood cell count was down, he was vulnerable. 408 00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:24,459 Because it's really down, it might kill him. That's all this is. 409 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:26,293 Is he still pooping his pants? 410 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:27,889 It just started again. 411 00:19:27,966 --> 00:19:28,955 Again? 412 00:19:29,034 --> 00:19:30,729 It stopped when he was getting better. 413 00:19:31,970 --> 00:19:35,030 When he was feeling better. He was never getting better. 414 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:38,474 So, all we have to answer is, what causes a 22-year-old kid 415 00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:40,034 to become immunocompromised 416 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:41,773 with Gl involvement and shocks? 417 00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:43,610 Just stop and start for no apparent reason. 418 00:19:43,682 --> 00:19:44,808 And we need to find an answer 419 00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:46,180 before this infection kills him. 420 00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:47,912 That would be the ideal. 421 00:19:48,253 --> 00:19:50,517 You. Intravenous broad spectrum antibiotics. 422 00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:54,423 You get a cervical, thoracic, and lumbar T2-weighted fast spin-echo MRl. 423 00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:57,553 And you, track down all those Richie Rich's who went to Jamaica, 424 00:19:57,629 --> 00:20:01,087 see if any of them have got the shocks, the trots or the hots. 425 00:20:02,167 --> 00:20:03,998 The hots, it's the fever. 426 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:08,529 You guys gonna join us for dinner Thursday? 427 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:10,105 Gotta do my laundry. 428 00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:11,908 You're not curious? 429 00:20:12,311 --> 00:20:15,474 I'm curious about crocs, but I don't stick my head in their mouths. 430 00:20:15,547 --> 00:20:18,277 I'm out, too. Look, House is a freak! 431 00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:21,114 There's no virus that causes that, no DNA mutation. 432 00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:22,847 You're gonna have one dinner with two people. 433 00:20:22,921 --> 00:20:25,981 Sixty minutes, most of it spent chewing or talking about the weather. 434 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,457 Unless they say something like, 435 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,460 "Do you prefer the chardonnay or the merlot?" 436 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:32,258 and, "Oh, we kept Greg locked in a closet for 17 years." 437 00:20:32,331 --> 00:20:33,764 You're not gonna learn anything. 438 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,055 Okay. 439 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,468 CAMERON: We'd like to talk to some of your friends, 440 00:20:37,536 --> 00:20:39,231 see if they have any similar symptoms. 441 00:20:39,304 --> 00:20:41,704 The doctors in the ER already asked me that. 442 00:20:41,773 --> 00:20:42,865 We understand, 443 00:20:42,941 --> 00:20:45,205 but they didn't have all the information that we have now. 444 00:20:45,277 --> 00:20:47,006 What kind of information? 445 00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:52,679 Would you mind if I spoke with Carnell alone for a minute? 446 00:20:53,685 --> 00:20:54,879 Is this bad news? 447 00:20:54,953 --> 00:20:56,853 No. It's just confidential. 448 00:20:57,990 --> 00:21:00,356 Why is something suddenly confidential? 449 00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:02,325 I mean, if you know something about my son, 450 00:21:02,394 --> 00:21:03,725 I need to know what's going on. 451 00:21:03,795 --> 00:21:06,286 I'm sorry, I have to insist. 452 00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:07,491 I'm his father, 453 00:21:07,899 --> 00:21:10,367 and if I'm going to take care of him, I need to know the truth. 454 00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:11,527 Dad. 455 00:21:13,338 --> 00:21:15,966 She wants to know who I went to Jamaica with. 456 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:17,867 You've never been to Jamaica. 457 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:20,969 Taddy's dad flew a bunch of us down over spring break. 458 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:27,043 You told me you had two papers to write over the break. 459 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,555 'Cause I didn't want to come home and work my ass off. 460 00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:34,155 I wanted an actual break during a break for once. 461 00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:38,894 I shouldn't have lied to you. 462 00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:41,262 No, what you should have done is come home 463 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:43,767 instead of partying with your rich friends. 464 00:21:43,835 --> 00:21:46,133 I'm sorry, we need those names. 465 00:21:51,943 --> 00:21:53,205 What do you want? 466 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:55,276 To apologize. 467 00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:59,245 I realize that my attention to the clinic has been somewhat lax of late, 468 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,286 and I wanna make amends. 469 00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:03,751 How about tomorrow night? I take the night shift. 470 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:05,449 The clinic's closed at night. 471 00:22:05,524 --> 00:22:08,152 Yeah, but I'm sure there's plenty of things to be done, 472 00:22:08,226 --> 00:22:10,751 there's charts to be reviewed, supplies inventoried... 473 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:12,421 Dinners avoided. 474 00:22:12,764 --> 00:22:13,753 You're going, too? 475 00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:15,424 I love their Cobb Salad. 476 00:22:17,402 --> 00:22:18,869 Give me a reason to get out of this, 477 00:22:18,937 --> 00:22:20,564 and I'll tell you who started the rumor 478 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:22,573 about you being a transsexual. 479 00:22:23,208 --> 00:22:25,176 There is no such rumor. There will be, 480 00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:26,938 unless you get me out of this dinner. 481 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:28,502 No one's making you do this, House. 482 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:30,104 Just do what everybody else does. 483 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:31,308 Lie to them. 484 00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:32,509 You lie to your mother? 485 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:34,017 Only since I was 1 2! 486 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:36,247 My mom's a human polygraph. 487 00:22:36,321 --> 00:22:38,653 My dad should be taking her to vegas, not the Louvre. 488 00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:41,249 Trust me, your mom would much rather think 489 00:22:41,326 --> 00:22:43,920 you have a business meeting than you hate her. 490 00:22:44,229 --> 00:22:47,062 I don't hate her. I hate him. 491 00:22:49,234 --> 00:22:52,397 TADDY: We all had headaches, nausea, vomiting. 492 00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:53,961 You know, we figured it was connected 493 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:55,836 to the massive amounts of drinking. 494 00:22:55,907 --> 00:22:57,738 What, you think what happened to Carnell 495 00:22:57,809 --> 00:22:58,901 has something to do with the trip? 496 00:22:58,977 --> 00:23:00,137 Don't know. 497 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:01,702 You haven't had any unexplained pain 498 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:03,270 or strange feelings since you got back? 499 00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:06,146 No, except for a little athlete's foot, I'm fine. 500 00:23:06,418 --> 00:23:07,908 Can I see it? 501 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:10,180 See what? Your feet. 502 00:23:10,255 --> 00:23:13,816 There's a common parasite in Jamaica 503 00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:16,224 that can resemble foot fungus. 504 00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:19,390 It's not really my feet. 505 00:23:20,298 --> 00:23:22,562 You know, I figured fungus is fungus. 506 00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:25,631 It's my groin. 507 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:29,373 I'm going to need to take a look at that. 508 00:23:29,808 --> 00:23:30,797 Now? 509 00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:32,876 Unless you wanna come down to the hospital with me. 510 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:34,878 No, no, I can't. I mean, I just started two days ago. 511 00:23:34,946 --> 00:23:36,538 We're right in the middle of a big merger... 512 00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:38,139 Then drop your pants. 513 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:56,459 Reilly, I need the... What the hell's going on here? 514 00:23:56,635 --> 00:23:57,659 She's a doctor. 515 00:23:57,736 --> 00:23:59,829 I'm a doctor, he has a rash, and a friend of his is... 516 00:23:59,905 --> 00:24:02,567 Right. Well, as soon as she's done treating your rash, 517 00:24:02,641 --> 00:24:04,074 I need the numbers on D-Port Technology. 518 00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:05,268 Yes, sir. 519 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:08,972 And, Doctor, why don't you leave a card on your way out? 520 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:18,817 Except for one guy with a rash, 521 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:20,949 no one else on the trip has any health issues. 522 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:22,050 What kind of rash? 523 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:23,651 I don't know, I took some scrapings, 524 00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:25,320 it doesn't appear to be ringworm. 525 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:28,230 What did it look like, aside from "not ringworm"? 526 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,824 Basically like diaper rash. 527 00:24:29,901 --> 00:24:31,129 He's been working around the clock, 528 00:24:31,203 --> 00:24:33,194 he said he hasn't changed his clothes in three days. 529 00:24:33,271 --> 00:24:35,136 Kaposi's Sarcoma can look like diaper rash. 530 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:36,799 Any discoloration around the edges? 531 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:38,900 Get him in here. We all wanna take a look. 532 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,002 Even if it is Kaposi's, it's not related. 533 00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:42,512 Our patient doesn't have any skin symptoms 534 00:24:42,581 --> 00:24:44,105 and we've already ruled out cancer. 535 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:45,877 What are the odds of two friends 536 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,816 who just returned from a trip outside the country 537 00:24:47,886 --> 00:24:50,377 coming down with unexplained but unrelated illnesses? 538 00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:51,854 Get him in here. CAMERON: He won't come. 539 00:24:51,923 --> 00:24:53,356 Just started a new job after graduation, 540 00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:54,790 they're working on some big merger. 541 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:56,691 Tell him his friend's life hangs in the balance. 542 00:24:56,761 --> 00:24:58,592 That's what I told him the first time. 543 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:00,961 Still wound up driving into Manhattan. 544 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,563 Tell him his life hangs in the balance. 545 00:25:03,635 --> 00:25:05,364 Tell him the rash is flesh-eating, 546 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:08,565 and the next course on the menu is his frank and beans. 547 00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:13,734 Where's Stacy? 548 00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:16,603 Speaking at a conference in Baltimore. Why, what do you need? 549 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:17,909 Can I subpoena a patient? 550 00:25:17,983 --> 00:25:20,213 House wants me to lie to the kid to get him in here. 551 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:22,310 Well, then you'll be the one getting the subpoena. 552 00:25:22,387 --> 00:25:24,821 Well, we do need him to diagnose his friend. 553 00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:26,118 Take the test to the kid. 554 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:28,682 There is no test, House just wants to look at it. 555 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,387 Then take House to it. 556 00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:32,123 Yeah, like that's gonna happen. 557 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:35,862 Tell House his parents called. 558 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:37,458 Said they were coming in early. 559 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,902 He'll go anywhere just to avoid them. 560 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:45,406 So, it's okay to lie to House but not to a patient? 561 00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:46,603 Yup. 562 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:48,737 (PAGER BEEPlNG) 563 00:25:50,415 --> 00:25:53,350 FOREMAN: What's wrong? KEN: His stomach's getting a lot worse. 564 00:25:53,418 --> 00:25:55,147 (CARNELL SCREAMlNG) It's rigid! 565 00:25:59,858 --> 00:26:01,587 He's bleeding into his abdomen! 566 00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:02,684 CAMERON: What's going on? 567 00:26:02,761 --> 00:26:05,628 We need a surgeon and an OR, stat! On it. 568 00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:08,932 Try to hang in there, Carnell. 569 00:26:17,809 --> 00:26:20,869 The infection caused a perforation in his sigmoid colon. 570 00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:22,004 It's repairable. 571 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,014 But it means the antibiotics aren't working. 572 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:26,414 Double the dose, and add Tygacil to the list. 573 00:26:26,484 --> 00:26:27,951 Soon as he's out of surgery. 574 00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:29,247 Where's Richie Rich? 575 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:31,016 He said he can't leave work. 576 00:26:31,289 --> 00:26:33,189 Yeah, you told me that two hours ago. 577 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:34,657 I'm not gonna lie. 578 00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:37,593 Why, 'cause it's wrong? Or because you're a coward? 579 00:26:37,929 --> 00:26:39,055 Tough choice. 580 00:26:39,130 --> 00:26:41,690 You'd be wasting two hours of the kid's time. 581 00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:45,036 Is that deeply and unforgivably morally wrong? No. 582 00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:48,470 Because it's not a waste of his time. Unless we're wrong. 583 00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:51,805 Unless his condition's got nothing to do with his friend's. 584 00:26:52,210 --> 00:26:54,644 You're just afraid of being wrong. 585 00:26:58,416 --> 00:27:00,179 Your parents called. 586 00:27:01,419 --> 00:27:04,047 They had to catch an earlier... You don't have to lie to him. 587 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:05,513 Kid's on his way here. 588 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:06,716 He got off work? 589 00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:10,750 Yeah, by vomiting blood. Ambulance is 10 minutes out. 590 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:19,964 You Taddy? Why? 591 00:27:20,538 --> 00:27:22,938 Love the name. If I ever had a dog. 592 00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:24,134 Take off his pants. 593 00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:25,233 Hey. 594 00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:26,675 Don't talk to her, listen to me. 595 00:27:26,745 --> 00:27:28,679 He's vomited in excess of three units of blood. 596 00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:31,011 He needs to be admitted before... If you wanted to be a doctor, 597 00:27:31,082 --> 00:27:33,516 maybe you should have buckled down a little more in high school. 598 00:27:33,585 --> 00:27:34,950 Bite me. What are you doing? 599 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:36,681 Exactly how close were you and Carnell? 600 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:37,813 Not so close. 601 00:27:37,889 --> 00:27:39,584 Spend a lot of time together in Jamaica? 602 00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:40,852 Share a room? 603 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:43,758 Wait, you don't think... Look, we're not gay. 604 00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:46,661 I'm not saying you're gay. I'm saying you had sex. 605 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:49,133 Look, we're not gay. We hardly even hung out. 606 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,963 Right. Guess you just flew him down to Jamaica 607 00:27:51,036 --> 00:27:52,060 'cause he won a contest. 608 00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:53,536 No, he's in my frat. 609 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:55,072 All right, between school and wrestling 610 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:57,870 and going home every break to work in his father's junkyard, 611 00:27:57,942 --> 00:28:00,103 Carnell didn't have any time to hang out with anybody. 612 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:01,304 It's not fungus. 613 00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:02,778 CAMERON: I already told you that. 614 00:28:02,847 --> 00:28:05,372 There's no pustules, it's not staph. 615 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:09,175 His dad's what? 616 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:11,620 His dad owns a scrap metal salvage yard. 617 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:13,817 Carnell worked there during breaks. 618 00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:21,387 You lied. 619 00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:22,797 What are you talking about? 620 00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:25,062 Oh, yeah, of course, in this family, 621 00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:27,229 you probably need more specifics. 622 00:28:27,305 --> 00:28:30,468 You told us you owned a construction company, not a salvage yard. 623 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:32,009 I know the way things work. 624 00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:34,511 The better my job, the better my son gets treated. 625 00:28:34,579 --> 00:28:36,240 Right, that's why I'm mad, 626 00:28:36,314 --> 00:28:38,805 we wasted all that filet mignon on you. 627 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:41,545 Did your kid find anything unusual the last time he worked for you? 628 00:28:41,619 --> 00:28:42,643 No. 629 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:43,710 Braided wire? 630 00:28:43,788 --> 00:28:46,348 Metal weights on each end, a lead canister, maybe just a lid. 631 00:28:46,424 --> 00:28:48,415 Probably used it as a doorstop or a paperweight. 632 00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:50,120 Why would he wanna... 633 00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:53,921 Okay, here it comes. 634 00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:55,726 I gave him an early graduation gift, 635 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,234 an old plumb I found, looks like a fishing weight. 636 00:28:58,303 --> 00:29:01,795 Put it on a keychain, so he'd always remember where he came from. 637 00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:03,841 So he could lie about it later? 638 00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:06,536 Where's the keychain? I don't know, he never used it. 639 00:29:06,611 --> 00:29:08,101 Just kept it as a good luck charm. 640 00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:10,306 Kept it where? I don't know. 641 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:13,611 Why? Why does it matter? 642 00:29:14,719 --> 00:29:16,016 Where are the kid's clothes? 643 00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:17,952 In the bureau back in his regular room. 644 00:29:18,022 --> 00:29:20,422 You two, get it to radiology. His clothes? 645 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:22,483 The bureau. Don't open it. 646 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,221 You, come with me. 647 00:29:30,335 --> 00:29:31,962 HOUSE: Set it down there. 648 00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:37,535 Now get out of here, this thing's radioactive. 649 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:41,045 The chances of radiation causing CNS symptoms? 650 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:42,978 (CRACKLlNG) 651 00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:47,117 (CRACKLlNG lNTENSlFlES) FOREMAN: Whoa. 652 00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:54,524 Call the boys in the lead pajamas. 653 00:30:08,006 --> 00:30:09,837 The radiation measurements weren't high enough 654 00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:12,274 to cause central nervous system damage. 655 00:30:12,343 --> 00:30:13,674 It mightn't have caused nerve damage, 656 00:30:13,745 --> 00:30:16,043 but it definitely destroyed his immune system. 657 00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:17,411 And caused tumors. 658 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:20,849 We don't know that. None of the MRls showed anything. 659 00:30:22,353 --> 00:30:25,550 Do a PET scan. Check his cervical spine. 660 00:30:27,158 --> 00:30:29,183 It's not gonna be good news. 661 00:30:32,297 --> 00:30:34,925 FOREMAN: Mr. Hall, it's not good news. 662 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,995 The piece of metal you gave Carnell 663 00:30:38,069 --> 00:30:41,095 was from an industrial device used to test wells. 664 00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:43,730 People aren't supposed to just dump radioactive material. 665 00:30:43,808 --> 00:30:45,207 But they do. 666 00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:52,646 So, what now? I mean, what do you do? 667 00:30:52,984 --> 00:30:55,043 FOREMAN: Anyone who's had contact with the source 668 00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:58,316 will have to immediately get treatment for radiation sickness. 669 00:30:58,389 --> 00:31:00,357 Taddy carried it on his lap on the flight. 670 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:02,154 So there is a treatment? 671 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,093 Transfusions. 672 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:07,555 And we try to get the fluids and electrolytes balanced. 673 00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:08,894 Carnell, 674 00:31:10,435 --> 00:31:12,403 he's had much more exposure. 675 00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:15,564 The equivalent of about 70,000 chest X rays. 676 00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:20,107 His ability to create white blood cells has been completely destroyed. 677 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:23,605 And that's why he can't fight off this infection? 678 00:31:23,748 --> 00:31:26,717 Yeah. He's gonna need a bone marrow transplant. 679 00:31:28,987 --> 00:31:31,581 And we did another PET scan. 680 00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:36,049 There's a cavernous angioma within his spinal cord, it's a tumor. 681 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:39,719 That's what's been causing the shocks and CNS symptoms. 682 00:31:40,298 --> 00:31:43,665 He has a tumor inside of his spinal cord? 683 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:48,632 The cord is made of strands 684 00:31:48,706 --> 00:31:51,436 put together, sort of like a kite string. 685 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:55,739 The surgeon should be able to pull the strands apart and excise the tumor. 686 00:31:56,347 --> 00:32:01,011 But surgery on someone who's as hemopoetically compromised as your son 687 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,678 is extremely risky. 688 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:14,825 And, 689 00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:19,399 if you don't do the surgery? I mean... 690 00:32:19,971 --> 00:32:22,872 The tumor could cause his breathing to stop. 691 00:32:23,541 --> 00:32:25,338 Possibly his heart as well. 692 00:32:29,247 --> 00:32:31,807 There's no way you could have known. 693 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,626 Now, you're gonna have to come with us. 694 00:32:45,697 --> 00:32:46,994 You need to start treatment yourself. 695 00:32:47,065 --> 00:32:48,589 No. No, no. 696 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:51,766 I can start my treatment later. 697 00:32:51,836 --> 00:32:53,235 But he can't. 698 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:58,068 He needs to be in a sterile isolation room to prevent further infections. 699 00:33:05,149 --> 00:33:06,810 Mom. We're early. 700 00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:10,454 It's great to see you. Oh, Greg, don't lie. 701 00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:15,456 We came at a bad time, didn't we? 702 00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:19,155 Actually, yeah, I think I have to take a rain check. 703 00:33:19,564 --> 00:33:22,465 Oh, plans have been made. Wilson made them. 704 00:33:23,234 --> 00:33:24,565 I asked him to cancel. 705 00:33:24,635 --> 00:33:27,001 I'm dealing with a kind of a complicated case right now so... 706 00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:28,663 Well, we'll just come back 707 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:30,867 when things aren't so out of control. 708 00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:33,342 My team is busy. 709 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:34,571 You don't wanna see us. 710 00:33:34,645 --> 00:33:36,237 Mom, don't make me feel guilty. 711 00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:38,248 No, no, of course not. Sorry. 712 00:33:38,316 --> 00:33:41,410 I've got a patient who's probably gonna die of radiation poisoning. 713 00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:43,613 So that means you can't eat? 714 00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:47,953 Come on, let's grab a bite in the cafeteria. 715 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:49,618 I'll buy you a Reuben. 716 00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:54,888 Well, I guess I got time for a sandwich. 717 00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:55,955 Good. 718 00:33:59,904 --> 00:34:00,893 Yeah? 719 00:34:00,972 --> 00:34:02,234 I just wanted to let you know 720 00:34:02,306 --> 00:34:03,830 that Carnell's prepped for surgery. 721 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:05,239 Thank you. 722 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:10,837 Hi, I'm Allison Cameron. I work with your son. 723 00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:13,043 Greg's told us all about you. 724 00:34:13,117 --> 00:34:14,106 Really? 725 00:34:15,686 --> 00:34:16,778 New, huh? 726 00:34:16,854 --> 00:34:18,344 Nope, just gullible. 727 00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:21,221 I'm sorry, I was just making fun of my son, 728 00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:22,418 not of you. 729 00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:25,058 We were just about to go to get something to eat, 730 00:34:25,129 --> 00:34:26,653 would you care to join us? 731 00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:32,699 You don't have a lot of time with your son. 732 00:34:32,970 --> 00:34:34,870 Maybe another time. 733 00:34:44,148 --> 00:34:47,174 Do you like the Beatles? They're all right. 734 00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:51,411 My 1 2-year-old just turned me back on to them. 735 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:56,758 McCartney's gotta have more money than God. 736 00:34:58,429 --> 00:35:01,057 I think that's all of it. Reverse him. 737 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:03,690 How's he doing? 738 00:35:05,169 --> 00:35:08,400 Looks pretty good down here. Do I rock, or what? 739 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:11,102 (BEEPlNG) NURSE: His pressure's dropping! 740 00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:13,109 Give him another two units. I did already! 741 00:35:13,177 --> 00:35:14,906 His heart rate's falling. 742 00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:16,808 CHASE: He's hemorrhaging. 743 00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:27,991 They're talking about Mom's last trip to the dentist. 744 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,818 Grown children talking to their parents, 745 00:35:30,895 --> 00:35:32,453 nothing gets talked about. 746 00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:34,828 Trust me, you're not missing anything. 747 00:35:36,734 --> 00:35:39,100 So, besides work, what you been up to? 748 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:40,228 Not much. 749 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:42,704 MR. HOUSE: You always say that, "Not much." 750 00:35:43,407 --> 00:35:44,931 It's always the answer. 751 00:35:45,009 --> 00:35:47,443 Any new babes you might wanna tell me about? 752 00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:49,412 Leave him alone, John. 753 00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:51,941 Got a new motorcycle. 754 00:35:54,051 --> 00:35:55,518 Might have seen it out front, 755 00:35:55,586 --> 00:35:57,952 it's orange with a gigantic scrape. 756 00:35:58,022 --> 00:36:00,217 Is it the one in the handicapped parking? 757 00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:01,280 Yeah. 758 00:36:02,093 --> 00:36:03,890 Looks like crap, but it drives great. 759 00:36:03,961 --> 00:36:06,156 Well, you'll be careful, right? 760 00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:08,664 Last I checked, you still have two legs. 761 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:10,132 Actually, three. 762 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:13,098 You know what your problem is, Greg? 763 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:14,502 Shifting gears? 764 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:17,200 You just don't know how lucky you are. 765 00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:22,639 Where's the head? 766 00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:31,980 Well, good thing we got that cleared up. 767 00:36:32,056 --> 00:36:34,081 Oh, he was just trying to help. 768 00:36:34,158 --> 00:36:35,625 I don't need help. 769 00:36:35,693 --> 00:36:36,921 I know. 770 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:40,255 You're absolutely perfect just the way you are. 771 00:36:57,882 --> 00:36:59,042 Thank you. 772 00:37:05,022 --> 00:37:08,048 So, how much longer do you think he'll be in surgery? 773 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:09,752 It's hard to say. 774 00:37:20,771 --> 00:37:23,831 You know, he just started school when Ann died. 775 00:37:24,475 --> 00:37:25,965 I was a mess. 776 00:37:29,347 --> 00:37:32,714 Still adjusting to being a parent, much less a single parent. 777 00:37:34,385 --> 00:37:38,515 You know, I used to put cold pancakes in his lunch box. 778 00:37:40,124 --> 00:37:41,955 I mean, that was the only thing 779 00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:43,687 I could make that he would eat. 780 00:37:44,962 --> 00:37:47,556 You did okay, he's a good kid. Yeah. 781 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:55,464 Hey. So, how is he? 782 00:37:56,807 --> 00:37:59,537 Well, the surgeon has removed the tumor 783 00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:01,601 without damaging the spinal cord. 784 00:38:01,679 --> 00:38:04,341 But, the infection has caused 785 00:38:04,415 --> 00:38:06,576 another intestinal perforation. 786 00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:08,910 We stopped the bleeding, 787 00:38:08,986 --> 00:38:11,011 but his white count keeps falling. 788 00:38:11,088 --> 00:38:12,214 Okay. 789 00:38:15,359 --> 00:38:18,590 So what now? Another drug, antibiotics, what? 790 00:38:21,365 --> 00:38:22,696 I'm sorry. 791 00:38:24,001 --> 00:38:26,196 The reality is, no matter what we give him, 792 00:38:26,270 --> 00:38:30,104 it's unlikely he's gonna be able to fight off the infections. 793 00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:56,564 Okay, okay. 794 00:38:58,669 --> 00:38:59,931 (ENGlNE ROARlNG) 795 00:39:03,474 --> 00:39:06,272 The father and the friend are responding well to treatment. 796 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:09,177 Things aren't looking so good for Carnell. 797 00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:11,914 Thank you, 798 00:39:12,583 --> 00:39:14,141 for not eating. 799 00:39:17,054 --> 00:39:18,851 It was none of my business. 800 00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:23,153 They seem perfectly pleasant, don't they? 801 00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:24,850 They are. 802 00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:29,026 He was a marine pilot. She was a housewife. 803 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:33,367 Married 47 years, they had one child. 804 00:39:35,172 --> 00:39:36,935 Mom is just like everyone else, 805 00:39:37,975 --> 00:39:39,442 she's nice enough, 806 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:42,479 no great sense of humor, hates confrontation. 807 00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:45,881 My dad's just like you. 808 00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:49,485 Not the caring till your eyes pop out part, 809 00:39:50,421 --> 00:39:52,286 just the insane moral compass 810 00:39:52,356 --> 00:39:54,824 that won't let you lie to anybody about anything. 811 00:39:54,892 --> 00:39:56,826 It's a great quality for Boy Scouts 812 00:39:56,894 --> 00:39:58,327 and police witnesses. 813 00:40:00,297 --> 00:40:02,322 Crappy quality for a dad. 814 00:40:17,481 --> 00:40:18,573 Hey. 815 00:40:19,650 --> 00:40:20,947 How you doing? 816 00:40:21,485 --> 00:40:23,009 I'm hanging in there. 817 00:40:28,459 --> 00:40:30,927 I'm sorry I lied to you about Mom. 818 00:40:32,897 --> 00:40:35,092 I'm sorry I lied to you, too. 819 00:40:37,701 --> 00:40:40,829 There was nothing good that came out of her dying. 820 00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:42,270 I'm not mad. 821 00:40:43,874 --> 00:40:45,774 I know why you did it. 822 00:40:47,845 --> 00:40:49,176 It worked. 823 00:40:51,048 --> 00:40:53,016 I never drink and drive. 824 00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:01,015 I'm scared, Dad. 825 00:41:05,496 --> 00:41:06,758 Come on. 826 00:41:08,499 --> 00:41:10,797 There's nothing to be scared of. 827 00:41:11,602 --> 00:41:13,069 You're gonna be just fine. 828 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:14,597 Don't play me. 829 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,340 I wanna know the truth. 830 00:41:19,643 --> 00:41:21,668 I'm telling you the truth. 831 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,942 You're gonna be fine, I swear. 832 00:41:32,890 --> 00:41:34,482 I love you, Dad. 833 00:41:36,961 --> 00:41:38,553 I love you, too. 834 00:41:54,111 --> 00:41:56,636 Why does he hate seeing his parents? 835 00:41:57,314 --> 00:42:00,511 So his dad tells the truth, he can't handle that? 836 00:42:01,085 --> 00:42:03,519 He hates being a disappointment. 837 00:42:03,587 --> 00:42:06,078 He's a doctor, world famous. 838 00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:09,421 How disappointed can they be? 839 00:42:10,928 --> 00:42:12,293 You know what I figure is worse 840 00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:14,558 than watching your son become crippled? 841 00:42:15,566 --> 00:42:17,625 Watching him be miserable.