1 00:00:02,836 --> 00:00:07,068 ANNOUNCER: As the riders begin Lap Two, Jeff Forster is leading the pack. 2 00:00:07,140 --> 00:00:08,471 They're jockeying for position, now... 3 00:00:11,945 --> 00:00:13,037 This is so cool. 4 00:00:13,113 --> 00:00:14,273 Did we miss anything? 5 00:00:14,347 --> 00:00:16,372 They've got, like, 1 1 laps to go. 6 00:00:16,716 --> 00:00:19,412 We gotta find a good place where he can see the sign when he goes by. 7 00:00:19,486 --> 00:00:20,475 Wait up, kids! 8 00:00:21,721 --> 00:00:25,179 ANNOUNCER: There is a strong chase pack forming led by Vernonski... 9 00:00:25,959 --> 00:00:28,621 At this point in the race, things are still too close to call. 10 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,856 It's anybody's race, but Forster looks... 11 00:00:32,932 --> 00:00:34,661 T urn six. Come on. 12 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:36,232 (WHEEZlNG) 13 00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:40,729 ANNOUNCER: Mike Larson has made a nice break from the pack 14 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:42,968 and has closed the gap on Forster and the lead group. 15 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:47,336 (CROWD CHEERlNG) 16 00:00:51,584 --> 00:00:53,051 That's it. Up there. 17 00:00:53,453 --> 00:00:55,512 Can you see anything? 18 00:00:58,058 --> 00:00:59,252 Did you bring his inhaler? 19 00:00:59,325 --> 00:01:00,417 Crap! 20 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:03,326 I think it's in the car. I'll go get it. 21 00:01:09,002 --> 00:01:10,094 (WHEEZlNG) 22 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:12,297 Are you okay? Your dad's gonna be right back... 23 00:01:12,372 --> 00:01:13,634 I can see him. He's right up front. 24 00:01:13,706 --> 00:01:15,105 Honey, you're wheezing. 25 00:01:15,175 --> 00:01:17,666 Here they come. Go, Jeff! Yeah! 26 00:01:17,944 --> 00:01:19,468 (GASPlNG) You're number one! 27 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:21,340 He doesn't look so good. 28 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:35,425 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, Forster is down. 29 00:02:19,772 --> 00:02:21,069 Yeah! 30 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:22,874 We need to talk. 31 00:02:23,576 --> 00:02:28,013 Oh, God. Are you pregnant? 'Cause I really wanna finish high school. 32 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:30,346 You have to renew your credential. 33 00:02:30,416 --> 00:02:31,849 They're good for two more months. 34 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:34,011 Three weeks. And the paperwork takes forever. 35 00:02:34,087 --> 00:02:36,988 Your application, your malpractice insurance, 36 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:38,182 criminal records check. 37 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:40,089 And you know that's gonna take some explaining. 38 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,527 You know, our relationship was way better when we were sleeping together. 39 00:02:43,596 --> 00:02:45,393 Why did we stop doing that? Did you get married? 40 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:48,434 Yeah. Otherwise I'd be on you like red on rice. 41 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:51,334 Look, rice isn't... Oh, I get it. 42 00:02:51,404 --> 00:02:52,996 You're also behind on your dictations. 43 00:02:53,072 --> 00:02:54,596 I don't do dictations. 44 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:56,164 Cameron does them, or somebody. 45 00:02:56,242 --> 00:02:58,301 And you can't have your sole female employee 46 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:00,778 doing your clerical work, which you'd know if you'd attended 47 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:02,678 the required sexual harassment seminars. 48 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:05,741 Now, I'm gonna pause so you can make a crack about harassment. 49 00:03:05,818 --> 00:03:06,842 Joke killer. 50 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:09,218 House, got a patient. 51 00:03:10,423 --> 00:03:13,620 Sorry. Can't play anymore. My mom's calling me. 52 00:03:16,529 --> 00:03:18,394 We just admitted a world-class cyclist. 53 00:03:18,464 --> 00:03:19,692 You gotta fire Stacy. 54 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:21,097 Yeah, I'll get right on that. 55 00:03:21,167 --> 00:03:24,603 Jeff Forster, respiratory arrest at 30 miles per hour. 56 00:03:24,671 --> 00:03:27,162 She's loading me up with pointless paperwork. 57 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:29,398 Well, you're way behind on your pointless paperwork. 58 00:03:29,475 --> 00:03:31,602 O2 sats are in the... She's hostile. 59 00:03:32,078 --> 00:03:34,808 You know me, hostility makes me shrink up like a... 60 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:37,707 I can't think of a non-sexual metaphor. 61 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:40,651 She's gonna stand over my desk with a ruler, checking my spelling... 62 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,312 ER checked for lung infiltrates. Nothing there. 63 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:46,347 Professional athletes, Cuddy. It's like watching an old movie at 2 a.m. 64 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:48,121 Reliving all the classic moments. 65 00:03:48,194 --> 00:03:50,890 The part where he denies it's drugs. 66 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:53,296 The part where the good guys ride in, tests a-blazing, 67 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:54,833 prove that it is drugs. 68 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:58,234 Oscar clip. He can't imagine how they got into his body. 69 00:03:58,438 --> 00:04:00,372 It's so familiar, so comforting. 70 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,964 She can't handle working with me. 71 00:04:02,041 --> 00:04:03,440 Oh, right. Yeah. 72 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:06,376 She's still got a thing for you, making it impossible for her to deal. 73 00:04:06,446 --> 00:04:08,573 It makes perfect sense, except for the pronouns. 74 00:04:08,881 --> 00:04:11,076 Anyway, thanks for getting me out of that meeting. 75 00:04:13,086 --> 00:04:14,713 He's not denying the drugs. 76 00:04:18,524 --> 00:04:20,992 I'm thinking he's actually sick. 77 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:26,531 Jeff Forster, this is... 78 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:29,397 I'm a doctor. You're a sick person. 79 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:32,968 And you are a loved one. Actually, manager. 80 00:04:33,039 --> 00:04:34,631 We've been together for 7 years. 81 00:04:34,707 --> 00:04:37,608 So what's the drug du jour on the bike circuit these days? 82 00:04:37,677 --> 00:04:41,135 Still erythropoietin, or are you guys just chugging battery acid? 83 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:42,579 There's no way I'd touch EPO. 84 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:43,707 (GASPlNG) 85 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:45,648 Too many guys stroking out and dying. 86 00:04:45,718 --> 00:04:46,776 Damn. 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,515 10 bucks for the ticket, six for the popcorn. 88 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:51,553 I do straight blood doping. 89 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:52,682 Plot twist. 90 00:04:54,427 --> 00:04:55,985 That's a very daring confession. 91 00:04:56,062 --> 00:04:57,825 We've got confidentiality, right? 92 00:04:57,897 --> 00:05:00,365 Assuming I'm more ethical than your client. 93 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:05,166 So, injecting yourself with donor red blood cells for fun and profit. 94 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:07,670 Any other tricks up your sleeve? 95 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:09,469 Well, nothing much recently. 96 00:05:09,742 --> 00:05:12,711 I'm in town for a charity ride, so it didn't matter if I won. 97 00:05:12,912 --> 00:05:14,311 The kids just needed to see me. 98 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:16,473 If you go slower, they see you longer. 99 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:21,281 Let's say that our health could be affected by things we did before last Friday. 100 00:05:22,355 --> 00:05:23,652 Well, 101 00:05:25,091 --> 00:05:27,855 I usually sleep in a Hyperbaric Chamber. 102 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:31,297 I've been pumping up electrolytes with an lV drip. 103 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:36,063 Anabolic herbal supplements, amphetamines and diuretics. 104 00:05:36,402 --> 00:05:39,064 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But why would you be sick? 105 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:43,268 I know that doping has risks. I know that it's outside the rules. 106 00:05:43,776 --> 00:05:48,645 But I do what I have to to kick ass at my job. Don't you? 107 00:05:49,215 --> 00:05:52,707 Dr. House is a firm believer in good old-fashioned hard work. 108 00:05:55,221 --> 00:05:58,657 This guy doesn't even get sick like a regular person. 109 00:05:58,825 --> 00:06:01,020 Instead of a list of symptoms and no cause, 110 00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:04,086 we have a list of possible causes for one symptom. 111 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:05,924 Is the symptom death? 112 00:06:05,998 --> 00:06:07,590 Respiratory distress. 113 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:10,227 Insanity doesn't cause it. I looked it up. 114 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:13,739 It's the doping. Injecting extra red cells boosts your endurance level 115 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:15,467 but it also thickens your blood. 116 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:17,839 Thick blood equals clots equals respiratory distress. 117 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:20,037 Not with a clean spiral chest CT. 118 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:21,740 The guy's sleeping in a Hyperbaric Chamber. 119 00:06:21,814 --> 00:06:23,679 Over-oxygenation can cause cell damage, 120 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:25,274 and if the cells in the lungs are damaged... 121 00:06:25,351 --> 00:06:27,376 That'd cause pulmonary edema, which he doesn't have. 122 00:06:27,453 --> 00:06:29,717 The supplements he's been taking contain yohimbe 123 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:31,552 which can cause nerve paralysis. 124 00:06:31,624 --> 00:06:33,057 Tox-screen was normal. 125 00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:34,420 All the tests were normal. 126 00:06:34,494 --> 00:06:38,191 There's no clot, no edema, and yet he still can't breathe. 127 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:40,824 So there's something in here that we can't see. 128 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:44,291 (GROANS) 129 00:06:44,504 --> 00:06:45,528 Air. 130 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:46,663 Come to Papa. 131 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,239 This guy's been injecting himself how many times a day? 132 00:06:49,308 --> 00:06:51,742 All it'd take is one slip of the needle to cause an air embolus. 133 00:06:51,811 --> 00:06:53,676 So, air is keeping him from breathing air. 134 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:55,407 Well, let's go with that for the irony. 135 00:06:55,648 --> 00:06:58,310 Get a VQ scan and check his veins for bubbles. 136 00:07:03,623 --> 00:07:05,113 Xenon 133. 137 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:08,627 It's just radioactive enough for us to track the air moving through your lungs. 138 00:07:08,694 --> 00:07:10,184 Was my accident on the news? 139 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,288 Yeah, you made Plays of the Week. 140 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:16,358 A few more of those, and cycling will be as popular as NASCAR. 141 00:07:16,736 --> 00:07:20,399 We inject similar stuff into your blood so we can watch it circulate. 142 00:07:21,307 --> 00:07:23,707 If you accidentally injected a bubble, 143 00:07:23,776 --> 00:07:26,267 we'll see good air flow but poor blood flow. 144 00:07:26,512 --> 00:07:28,173 I'm careful, man. 145 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:30,708 With all due respect, man, 146 00:07:31,250 --> 00:07:34,651 I doubt there's anything wrong with you that you didn't do to yourself. 147 00:07:37,356 --> 00:07:40,848 There's this kid in oncology, she's got a picture of Jeff above her bed. 148 00:07:42,962 --> 00:07:44,486 Mickey Mantle was an alcoholic. 149 00:07:44,564 --> 00:07:45,792 At least he hit his own home runs. 150 00:07:45,865 --> 00:07:47,765 He didn't physically alter himself. 151 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:50,564 We take drugs to help us fall asleep, to stay awake... 152 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:53,161 Yeah, but we don't make careers out of who can stay awake the longest. 153 00:07:53,239 --> 00:07:56,800 Really? Ever been to, oh, I don't know, med school? 154 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:59,674 Guys, he plays a game for a living. Who cares? 155 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:01,235 You don't even like sports. 156 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:03,544 He's making millions of dollars ripping off fans. 157 00:08:03,616 --> 00:08:05,777 Anyone who thinks they should pay a guy money 158 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:08,685 because he can throw a ball really far or pedal really fast 159 00:08:08,754 --> 00:08:09,778 deserves to be ripped off. 160 00:08:09,856 --> 00:08:11,824 Yeah, stupid, stupid kids. 161 00:08:11,891 --> 00:08:15,554 I've got an uncle. He can spit a cherry pit 50 yards. 162 00:08:15,862 --> 00:08:18,092 He's working part-time at a lube shop. Life isn't fair. 163 00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:19,495 (BEEPlNG) 164 00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:23,000 Maybe it is. 165 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:25,128 CHASE: You were right. 166 00:08:26,072 --> 00:08:28,404 Now, there were three wasted words. 167 00:08:28,474 --> 00:08:32,137 There is a bubble in his lung. We should do a Swan-Ganz catheterization. 168 00:08:32,211 --> 00:08:34,611 I love when you do both sides of the conversation. 169 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:36,841 It's like white noise. It's very peaceful. 170 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,460 Is there a light somewhere that goes on when I have food? 171 00:08:49,962 --> 00:08:53,625 Green for food, orange for beverages, red for impure thoughts. 172 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:56,232 That bulb burns out every two weeks. 173 00:08:56,302 --> 00:08:57,394 How's your biker? 174 00:08:58,004 --> 00:09:00,199 Pumped an air bubble into a vein in his lung. 175 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:03,106 The things people do. Doping, Vicodin... 176 00:09:03,175 --> 00:09:05,609 Hey, you're talking about me, aren't you? 177 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:10,310 I'm just trying to function. He's trying to win himself some little yellow jerseys. 178 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:12,709 Oh. 179 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:14,013 What? 180 00:09:14,086 --> 00:09:16,418 Trouble in paradise. 2 o'clock. 181 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:18,547 Your 2 o'clock or my 2 o'clock? 182 00:09:18,624 --> 00:09:19,716 There. 183 00:09:24,997 --> 00:09:26,760 She seems perfectly happy. 184 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:29,662 Obviously they huddled in the hall and worked up this circus act 185 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:30,929 on the off chance you'd be in here. 186 00:09:31,003 --> 00:09:32,903 She was unbelievably pissy three hours ago. 187 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:34,098 Hmm. 188 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:36,535 Pissy with you, happy with her husband. 189 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:38,941 Yes, there can only be one possible explanation for that. 190 00:09:39,011 --> 00:09:41,377 When she's angry she gets sarcastic. 191 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:43,105 When she's annoyed she's funny. 192 00:09:43,182 --> 00:09:44,774 But when she's frustrated she gets pissy. 193 00:09:44,850 --> 00:09:46,715 Yes, yes, I'm with you so far. 194 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:49,721 She's miserable with Mark because he's not me. 195 00:09:50,056 --> 00:09:51,489 So she's gotta make me not me, 196 00:09:51,557 --> 00:09:53,115 so she makes my professional life miserable. 197 00:09:53,192 --> 00:09:56,389 If I can't do my job... You really, really need to get some... 198 00:09:56,462 --> 00:09:58,623 Oh, I get some "some" all the time. 199 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:01,622 It's why I always need to borrow some money. 200 00:10:02,768 --> 00:10:06,363 Hi, James. Greg, you gotten to that paperwork? 201 00:10:06,839 --> 00:10:07,863 I've been pissy. 202 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:09,032 Pardon me? 203 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:10,975 I've been busy. 204 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:14,345 When you save someone's life, they owe you forever. 205 00:10:14,413 --> 00:10:16,574 You're right. Take Stacy. 206 00:10:16,882 --> 00:10:19,715 Oh, wait, she'd probably just leave you all over again. 207 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:23,218 How's your recovery going? Gotten around to the small muscles yet? 208 00:10:23,322 --> 00:10:26,689 It's not the size of the muscle, it's where you get to put it. 209 00:10:26,892 --> 00:10:31,295 My goodness, it's like watching Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward in the third grade. 210 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:32,592 Excuse us. 211 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:38,467 How awkward was that? 212 00:10:39,338 --> 00:10:42,603 What's he doing here anyway? He's got physio Tuesdays and Fridays. 213 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:46,244 Mark is in group therapy for people coping with disability. 214 00:10:46,412 --> 00:10:48,243 He was thinking about developing a drug addiction, 215 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:49,303 but that would be stupid. 216 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:52,283 Hey, you're...You, again. 217 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:57,516 WlLSON: You're not gonna make some joke about Mark being in therapy? 218 00:10:58,791 --> 00:11:02,158 What's there to say? He's doing the responsible thing. 219 00:11:04,530 --> 00:11:05,929 I'm sure he's got a lot to deal with. 220 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:07,796 You're making me nervous. 221 00:11:10,536 --> 00:11:15,030 MOlRA: Every time an athlete goes down, you guys assume it's drugs. 222 00:11:15,274 --> 00:11:18,903 Look, the doctors say it's probably acid reflux. 223 00:11:19,311 --> 00:11:22,644 Yeah, look, call me tomorrow. There's a good chance he'll be released. 224 00:11:22,715 --> 00:11:24,307 Okay. Bye-bye. 225 00:11:25,017 --> 00:11:26,450 So, is this fixing him? 226 00:11:26,552 --> 00:11:29,248 If his acid reflux isn't worse than we thought, yeah. 227 00:11:29,321 --> 00:11:32,017 I gotta be in Spain in four days. 228 00:11:32,391 --> 00:11:33,756 Shouldn't be a problem. 229 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:34,952 Great. 230 00:11:35,061 --> 00:11:38,326 If I could just find the little bugger, should be able to suck it out. 231 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:45,801 My legs feel weak. 232 00:11:45,871 --> 00:11:49,773 You're under mild sedation for the test. It'll wear off. 233 00:11:51,143 --> 00:11:52,167 CHASE: There it is. 234 00:12:00,219 --> 00:12:02,619 Got it. Fantastic, I'll pack his things. 235 00:12:02,688 --> 00:12:05,748 Not yet. I wanna monitor him for a couple of hours, make sure he's okay. 236 00:12:05,958 --> 00:12:09,394 Give him time to sign a picture for me, maybe even a jersey. 237 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:11,622 "To Doctor Chase, I owe you everything." 238 00:12:11,697 --> 00:12:13,562 (STAMMERlNG) It doesn't have to be that personal. 239 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:16,992 Not too many eBay shoppers named Doctor Chase, huh? 240 00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:20,336 Still trying to unload the Barbara Walters spit cup. 241 00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:21,565 MOlRA: Here you go. 242 00:12:26,846 --> 00:12:28,677 Seriously, anything's fine. 243 00:12:31,283 --> 00:12:32,375 Jeff! 244 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:35,181 CHASE: You all right? 245 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:37,621 Jeff, can you swallow? 246 00:12:40,326 --> 00:12:42,760 What makes a guy start drooling? 247 00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:46,659 Chase, were you wearing your short shorts? 248 00:12:46,732 --> 00:12:48,893 Muscle fatigue in his neck and jaw. 249 00:12:49,034 --> 00:12:51,161 He's obviously got something worse than an air embolus. 250 00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:52,261 Why? 251 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:54,272 Because you don't drool from your lungs? 252 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:58,037 Maybe the problem is not the embolus itself. Maybe it's the treatment. 253 00:12:58,177 --> 00:13:00,304 Maybe you hit a nerve, literally. 254 00:13:01,147 --> 00:13:04,878 The embolectomy was clean. His legs were tired, too. 255 00:13:05,050 --> 00:13:07,450 I thought it was from the sedation, but if not, 256 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:08,714 it means he's got something systemic. 257 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:11,689 Which means it would have nothing to do with the stunts he's been pulling. 258 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:16,023 Lupus or polymyositis. 259 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:17,686 It explains the progressive muscle weakness. 260 00:13:17,763 --> 00:13:18,787 It could be ALS. 261 00:13:18,864 --> 00:13:20,058 He's too young for that. 262 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:21,565 Some type of muscular dystrophy? 263 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,067 He's too old for that. 264 00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:25,126 So what would be just right, Goldilocks? 265 00:13:25,871 --> 00:13:28,840 HOUSE: Full blood workup, including ANA for lupus. 266 00:13:28,908 --> 00:13:33,311 And get a muscle biopsy. Find out if we're talking myopathy or neuropathy. 267 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:35,879 I'm late for my session. 268 00:13:35,948 --> 00:13:37,074 Session? 269 00:13:37,983 --> 00:13:39,883 It's all a part of the process. 270 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:41,575 You get angry and then you get... 271 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:44,179 Yeah. I'm right on schedule. 272 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:46,287 So, when am I gonna be done? 273 00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:49,023 No, I need to know, 'cause I got plans to make. 274 00:13:49,094 --> 00:13:51,528 When can I safely book a game of squash? 275 00:13:51,730 --> 00:13:53,664 MARK: When am I gonna stop being angry? 276 00:13:53,732 --> 00:13:54,892 Not today. 277 00:13:57,503 --> 00:13:58,993 I've come for the healing. 278 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:04,567 Dr. Harper, as you know, I have a bum leg. 279 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:09,777 What you don't know is I'm upset about it. I need to talk. 280 00:14:10,649 --> 00:14:12,708 You know House. You know we have a history. 281 00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:15,276 You've been telling me for years that I should come by. 282 00:14:15,754 --> 00:14:18,052 Here I am. Hi, guys. 283 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:20,418 HARPER: I've got a Thursday group. Poker night. 284 00:14:20,726 --> 00:14:22,557 Monday morning? Book club. 285 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:27,232 Well, look, if it's a problem, I'll just go deal with my rage privately. 286 00:14:27,299 --> 00:14:28,323 Wait. 287 00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:30,765 If you two could resolve this tension, 288 00:14:30,836 --> 00:14:32,736 you could really help each other. 289 00:14:35,274 --> 00:14:36,536 I'm tired of fighting. 290 00:14:41,046 --> 00:14:42,707 So either I say yes or I'm the jerk? 291 00:14:42,781 --> 00:14:44,908 Oh, God, I know that feeling. 292 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:49,646 I took the muscle specimen from Jeff's thigh. 293 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:52,316 I figured that's where we'd have the best chance at finding something. 294 00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:54,382 The most painful place to cut into. 295 00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:58,188 I assume that's caffeine-free. 296 00:14:58,364 --> 00:15:00,662 Wouldn't want to be artificially boosting your performance. 297 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:02,132 Don't start her up again. 298 00:15:02,201 --> 00:15:03,463 Caffeine's legal. 299 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:05,965 All about the rules, eh? 300 00:15:06,038 --> 00:15:07,630 It's a bike race, 301 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:10,500 a completely arbitrary set of rules that everyone complies with 302 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:13,374 for no other reason than that some committee says that they should. 303 00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:15,644 But that's the point. That's what the game is. 304 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:18,877 So, if you break an arbitrary rule, Cameron damns you to hell. 305 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:20,851 But if you break a rule that actually has a reason 306 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,319 that's designed to protect people, 307 00:15:22,388 --> 00:15:24,413 Cameron develops a crazy crush on you. 308 00:15:24,490 --> 00:15:26,822 House doesn't pretend to be some golden boy. 309 00:15:26,892 --> 00:15:28,985 He does it to help people, not to glorify himself. 310 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:31,256 So why don't you report Jeff to the biking authorities? 311 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:33,253 Ethics. 312 00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:35,357 Well, you wouldn't be doing it to glorify yourself. 313 00:15:35,434 --> 00:15:37,163 You'd just be trying to make a better world. 314 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:41,569 At least you can still get around on your own. 315 00:15:42,474 --> 00:15:43,668 Yeah, I know. 316 00:15:43,742 --> 00:15:47,041 But you're starting to walk. You're gonna get better. 317 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,939 You have a job, a way to be productive. 318 00:15:50,316 --> 00:15:51,613 And you have a wife. 319 00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:53,615 Which gives greater meaning? 320 00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:58,087 A wife could make things harder, too, I suppose. 321 00:16:00,192 --> 00:16:01,318 This isn't about Stacy. 322 00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:05,695 When it happened to me, Stacy was great. 323 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:08,190 She kept telling me not to rush it. 324 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,235 I never believed her. 325 00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:13,260 She means it. 326 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:15,766 I know, but... 327 00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:20,435 Stacy. She shouldn't have to wait, right? 328 00:16:21,246 --> 00:16:22,611 And you know she feels it, too. 329 00:16:24,883 --> 00:16:28,148 There's more time at work. There's more satisfaction from work. 330 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:30,581 She didn't get married to be a nursemaid. 331 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:34,090 She wants a man. 332 00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:45,628 How the hell could she have loved a manipulative son of a bitch like you? 333 00:16:45,704 --> 00:16:47,137 That's an interesting question. 334 00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:50,073 Maybe she was attracted to different things in the two of us. 335 00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:51,166 She left you. 336 00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:52,505 But why was she with me to begin with? 337 00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:53,806 She made a mistake. 338 00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:55,369 Maybe it's that simple. 339 00:16:55,647 --> 00:16:57,046 Or maybe she saw something in me, 340 00:16:57,116 --> 00:16:58,549 something she doesn't get from you. 341 00:16:58,617 --> 00:16:59,641 I'm not an ass. 342 00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:00,810 Maybe she wanted an ass. 343 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:01,910 She obviously did once. 344 00:17:01,987 --> 00:17:03,318 Either he goes or I go. 345 00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:05,050 You think that's the kind of thing you can just turn off? 346 00:17:05,124 --> 00:17:08,321 Get him out of here! Dr. House, cancel your book group. 347 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:10,025 You're coming on Mondays. 348 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:18,833 Here's my new theory. The drooling's another competitive edge. 349 00:17:19,238 --> 00:17:21,229 Nobody can draft behind it. The road gets slick. 350 00:17:21,306 --> 00:17:22,796 He's the only one not racing in the rain. 351 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,866 He can barely move his arms and legs. 352 00:17:25,577 --> 00:17:27,943 Paralysis? No, just general weakness. 353 00:17:28,013 --> 00:17:30,243 Muscle biopsy is negative for polymyositis. 354 00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:32,681 And ALS and muscular dystrophy. 355 00:17:32,751 --> 00:17:34,810 FOREMAN: ANA for lupus, also negative. 356 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,718 CAMERON: Maybe his bike shorts are just on too tight. 357 00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:39,519 So, by your rationale, House shouldn't use a cane. 358 00:17:39,591 --> 00:17:42,082 He should just drag his bum leg around as God intended? 359 00:17:42,161 --> 00:17:45,358 House has a handicap. All he's aiming for is normality. 360 00:17:45,431 --> 00:17:46,955 CHASE: And who decides what's normal? 361 00:17:47,032 --> 00:17:49,523 What if we find a drug that makes people live 20 years longer? 362 00:17:49,601 --> 00:17:50,898 Should we ban that because it's not normal? 363 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:53,335 Jeff doesn't want normal. He wants superpowers. 364 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:54,897 So why is he normal? 365 00:17:54,973 --> 00:17:56,702 Oh, God, you too? 366 00:17:57,342 --> 00:17:59,867 He's shooting for extraordinary. 367 00:17:59,945 --> 00:18:01,435 So why is everything so ordinary? 368 00:18:01,513 --> 00:18:04,641 I mean, this guy's breathing, drinking and injecting himself 369 00:18:04,716 --> 00:18:06,911 with everything he can find to amp up his body chemistry, 370 00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:08,247 and yet every test is normal. 371 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:12,021 He's artificially raising his red blood count, so why isn't it raised? 372 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:13,388 Maybe his count is raised. 373 00:18:13,459 --> 00:18:16,394 Maybe what's normal for us is out of whack for him. 374 00:18:16,595 --> 00:18:18,256 Can't slip anything by you. 375 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:20,355 FOREMAN: Well, if that's true, his white cells are up, too. 376 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:22,229 Which would point to some kind of infection. 377 00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:25,634 Muscle weakness, exhaustion. He could have encephalitis. 378 00:18:25,704 --> 00:18:27,763 That's kind of a long shot. HOUSE: Yeah. 379 00:18:28,140 --> 00:18:30,040 But it's been over an hour since we've poked the patient 380 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,703 with something sharp. So, get a lumbar puncture 381 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:35,040 and order broad-spectrum antibiotics. 382 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,848 CUDDY: No, it's not about judging. 383 00:18:37,916 --> 00:18:41,682 It's just that on a dating service you should post a photo. 384 00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:44,180 I have to go. 385 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:47,988 I am so sorry to bother you. Nope, not a problem. 386 00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:50,494 I was just accounting. 387 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:52,393 I'm Jeff Forster's manager. 388 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:53,931 He's been here a whole day, 389 00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:56,991 and it doesn't seem like we're any closer to a diagnosis. 390 00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:58,832 Jeff Forster. A whole day, huh? 391 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:00,132 Mmm-hmm. 392 00:19:00,205 --> 00:19:03,606 I was just wondering if I could help speed things up. 393 00:19:03,675 --> 00:19:07,042 Your client's had a muscle biopsy, a full blood workup 394 00:19:07,112 --> 00:19:09,546 and he's scheduled for a lumbar puncture at 10 a.m. tomorrow. 395 00:19:09,615 --> 00:19:11,242 Jeff is in the Lucas Wing. 396 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:13,807 If Mr. Lucas showed up needing a lumbar puncture, 397 00:19:13,886 --> 00:19:15,581 would he have to wait until tomorrow? 398 00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:17,781 Mr. Lucas is dead. Good. 399 00:19:17,856 --> 00:19:19,050 Then there's an opening. 400 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:24,659 Jeff is used to doing whatever he has to to be first, isn't he? 401 00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:26,322 It's been very lucrative for him. 402 00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:29,331 He feels it's important that he give something back. 403 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:33,232 I hear you've been raising funds for your nuclear medicine department 404 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:37,265 or whatever. 405 00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:48,716 (RASPlNG) Thank you, guys, for working so late. 406 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:49,913 Glad to be here. 407 00:19:51,757 --> 00:19:54,749 FOREMAN: The lumbar puncture will tell us what kind of infection you've got. 408 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:57,351 In the meantime, we're administering antibiotics. 409 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:01,294 Do you like being a hero? 410 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:04,863 It's a living. 411 00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:06,829 You don't feel a sense of responsibility? 412 00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:08,395 There's kids out there that worship you. 413 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:13,668 When I was a rookie on the tour, 414 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:17,245 I got a letter from a guy in Wisconsin. 415 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:20,477 He wanted me to send a note to his son. 416 00:20:21,453 --> 00:20:23,284 He said he worshipped me. 417 00:20:23,989 --> 00:20:26,719 You know what worship means? I looked it up. 418 00:20:28,627 --> 00:20:32,961 It means to love unquestioningly and uncritically. 419 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:34,259 (GASPlNG) 420 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:38,394 So the kid doesn't even know me, but he loves me 421 00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:41,238 unquestioningly and uncritically. 422 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,933 So you decided to take advantage of that. 423 00:20:45,043 --> 00:20:49,605 What should I have done? "Dear sir, I'm just a guy 424 00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:51,848 "who rides a bike pretty good. 425 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:55,147 "You and your kid are out of your minds." 426 00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:58,981 My arms feel funny. 427 00:20:59,057 --> 00:21:00,115 (CLEARS THROAT) 428 00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:02,424 (RETCHlNG) 429 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:05,792 The sats are dropping. He's in respiratory arrest. 430 00:21:05,864 --> 00:21:07,263 He can't be. We fixed that. 431 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,124 Apparently not. 432 00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:26,551 HOUSE: So glad we cured his respiratory arrest. 433 00:21:26,818 --> 00:21:28,945 It freed him up to develop respiratory arrest. 434 00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:31,080 LP was negative for encephalitis. 435 00:21:31,189 --> 00:21:32,383 The white count's still the same, 436 00:21:32,457 --> 00:21:34,755 but the red count's fallen to 29%. 437 00:21:34,893 --> 00:21:36,224 What was my theory yesterday? 438 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:38,126 That I screwed up the embolectomy. 439 00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:40,922 We'll get a chest x-ray to check. 440 00:21:40,999 --> 00:21:42,432 I didn't screw up. Why would you... 441 00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:44,833 How can you be so petty, Chase? He's down a quart. 442 00:21:45,103 --> 00:21:47,628 Either he's losing blood because you nicked something 443 00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:48,832 or he's just not producing blood, 444 00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:50,898 in which case, we're talking acute anemia 445 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,238 combined with a muscular disorder. 446 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,938 Paraneoplastic syndrome? 447 00:21:54,012 --> 00:21:56,606 Either you screwed up or he's got cancer. 448 00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:05,654 I think I should start smoking again. 449 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,822 You want a medical opinion supporting that decision? 450 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:11,091 The symptoms started as soon as I quit. 451 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:14,564 Symptoms meaning diarrhea. 452 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:17,892 A lot of diarrhea. 10 or 1 2 times a day. 453 00:22:17,969 --> 00:22:21,427 It's really embarrassing. I'm a flight attendant and... 454 00:22:24,142 --> 00:22:25,632 Well, on the up side, my hiccups are gone. 455 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:26,973 You went to his group. 456 00:22:27,612 --> 00:22:30,843 Well, you were the one who was all, "Greg, you need to confront your feelings." 457 00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:31,940 That was five years ago. 458 00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:33,279 Well, I've been pissy. 459 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:35,912 Fine, you don't want help. Does that mean nobody should get it? 460 00:22:35,987 --> 00:22:39,718 Mark's looking for help because, what, he's resentful, overwhelmed? 461 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:40,985 I'm asking because I care. 462 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:42,117 Not about him. 463 00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:44,594 You still wanna jump me, so you don't care whose marriage... 464 00:22:44,663 --> 00:22:46,756 Listen, I can get my rocks off any time I want. 465 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:48,663 What I don't seem to be able to do is my job 466 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:50,429 without you hanging over my shoulder. 467 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:52,859 (SCOFFS) 468 00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:57,265 How many packs? 469 00:22:58,009 --> 00:23:01,604 A bit over one a day, but they were lights, and I quit. 470 00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:04,281 You used to go out with her? 471 00:23:04,349 --> 00:23:05,407 Yeah. 472 00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:07,148 What was I thinking? 473 00:23:07,586 --> 00:23:11,488 I'm talking about the gum you're chewing to replace smoking as an oral fixation. 474 00:23:11,656 --> 00:23:12,884 How many packs? 475 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:14,050 Six, maybe seven. 476 00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:15,184 (DOOR OPENS) 477 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:16,522 I'm trying to protect you. 478 00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:19,621 Cuddy and I may be the only people stopping you from jumping off a cliff 479 00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:20,756 just to prove that you... You're pissy. 480 00:23:20,832 --> 00:23:22,299 Oh, I am angry! Pissy. 481 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:24,392 You only get pissy when you're frustrated. Shut up. 482 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:26,031 Okay, I'm wrong. 483 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,499 This is unbelievably difficult for Mark, which you should know. 484 00:23:29,674 --> 00:23:33,075 Which you should be able to summon up some level of empathy for. 485 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:36,012 Right. The crippled boys. We should start a band. 486 00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:38,144 I have a good thing with Mark. 487 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:40,649 We are handling this the best way we know how. 488 00:23:40,719 --> 00:23:42,516 And none of this has anything to do with me? 489 00:23:42,587 --> 00:23:46,717 No, nothing, except that you can't or won't just let it go. 490 00:23:49,194 --> 00:23:50,684 Let it go. 491 00:23:58,537 --> 00:23:59,765 You're being poisoned. 492 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:02,169 By gum? 493 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,403 Sugarless gum uses sorbitol as a sweetener. 494 00:24:05,977 --> 00:24:08,377 We use sorbitol as a laxative. 495 00:24:15,153 --> 00:24:17,451 This will tell you if he's got cancer in his blood? 496 00:24:18,056 --> 00:24:20,388 If he does, we'll see abnormal cells in the marrow. 497 00:24:21,393 --> 00:24:23,452 How long will the tests take? 498 00:24:23,528 --> 00:24:25,393 I'll get them in as soon as I can. 499 00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:29,965 And if he doesn't have cancer, what else could it be? 500 00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:33,162 It's possible some damage was done during one of the tests we gave him. 501 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:36,071 So either one of your doctors screwed up a simple procedure 502 00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:37,369 or he's got cancer. 503 00:24:38,076 --> 00:24:40,772 We can't know anything for sure until the biopsy comes back. 504 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:42,541 (LABORED BREATHlNG) 505 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:45,081 WlLSON: It stings, I know. 506 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:46,742 MOlRA: No, he wants the tube out. 507 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:48,149 I can't do that, Jeff. 508 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:51,383 WlLSON: If you wanna say something, you've gotta write it down. Okay? 509 00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:53,149 Here. 510 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:12,074 If it's cancer, it's possible. 511 00:25:12,677 --> 00:25:14,144 WlLSON: There's no way to know for sure. 512 00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:21,475 Phone not working? 513 00:25:22,821 --> 00:25:26,655 One of the morgue attendants asked me to bring this to you. 514 00:25:30,695 --> 00:25:31,719 Wonder why they're calling me. 515 00:25:31,796 --> 00:25:33,024 Yeah, me too, actually. 516 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:37,364 I was wondering why the Times was returning your call. 517 00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:41,128 You a doctor or the bicycle police? 518 00:25:41,339 --> 00:25:44,797 He's cheating. He shouldn't get away with it. 519 00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:49,377 Have you actually told them anything yet? 520 00:25:49,447 --> 00:25:50,471 You worried about the precedent? 521 00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:52,073 I'm worried about you. 522 00:25:52,150 --> 00:25:53,242 You gonna turn me in? 523 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:55,611 No. 524 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:01,919 He's made a mistake. Revealing the truth doesn't undo it. 525 00:26:02,193 --> 00:26:05,856 Kids love him, and he's not who they think he is. It's not right. 526 00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:08,456 Who cares if he's what he says he is? Who the hell is? 527 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,731 If love is based on lies, does that mean it's not a real feeling? 528 00:26:12,804 --> 00:26:14,829 It doesn't bring the same pleasure? 529 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:16,703 Are we still talking about the patient? 530 00:26:21,913 --> 00:26:24,609 Have you ever cheated? 531 00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:32,351 Well, I have. 532 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:34,253 You wanna punish him? Good for you. 533 00:26:34,526 --> 00:26:37,120 But you can't do it without punishing the people who love him. 534 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:39,095 Is that how you justified lying to your wives? 535 00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:42,394 I always told them. 536 00:26:46,638 --> 00:26:48,697 Well, he's negative for bleeds. 537 00:26:48,974 --> 00:26:51,670 Congratulations, Chase. It's cancer. 538 00:26:53,311 --> 00:26:56,610 Clean him up and let oncology have him. It's their party now. 539 00:26:56,748 --> 00:27:00,548 He doesn't have cancer. Biopsy shows he's got pure red cell aplasia. 540 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:03,716 There's no way PRCA could manifest so suddenly. 541 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:06,916 Unless it's drug-induced. He's lying about not being on EPO. 542 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:08,656 Why would he lie? 543 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:10,126 What does it matter? 544 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:15,129 People lie for thousands of reasons. But there's always a reason. 545 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,566 Philosophically interesting, medically irrelevant. 546 00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:19,168 Unless he's not lying. 547 00:27:23,775 --> 00:27:27,267 You've got a leak. The press is all over the Jeff Forster story. 548 00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:29,711 On the off chance that one of you was stupid enough to call 549 00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:32,011 from your own office, I'm pulling your phone records, 550 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:33,345 including your cell phones. 551 00:27:33,418 --> 00:27:36,649 I assume if I point out the fact that you have no right to do that, 552 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:38,348 you'll interpret that as a sign of guilt? 553 00:27:38,423 --> 00:27:41,881 Wilson's chatty, plus he's got two ex-wives to support. 554 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,291 You want me to tell him he's fired? 555 00:27:43,361 --> 00:27:46,353 Until we figure out who's behind this, I'm sitting in with you guys. 556 00:27:46,431 --> 00:27:49,457 You have the ethics of a 4-year-old. I'm gonna treat you like one. 557 00:27:49,534 --> 00:27:52,765 How am I supposed to practice medicine with a lawyer sitting on my shoulder? 558 00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:55,271 Responsibly. You know I can't do that. 559 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:57,936 Cameron. 560 00:27:58,009 --> 00:27:59,101 I'm not the leak. 561 00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:01,611 Somebody once told me that everybody lies, 562 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,671 and since you're the only people who know he has cancer... 563 00:28:03,748 --> 00:28:04,942 He doesn't have cancer. 564 00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:06,779 CUDDY: The point is, you're his medical team. 565 00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:08,881 He's threatening to sue. 566 00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:10,944 HOUSE: Why would Cameron leak cancer? 567 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:14,182 How does cancer make the guy look bad? 568 00:28:20,031 --> 00:28:21,157 He's on EPO. 569 00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:27,603 Your anemia is caused by pure red cell aplasia. 570 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,331 This is gonna hurt, but we gotta talk. 571 00:28:31,409 --> 00:28:32,603 What the hell are you doing? 572 00:28:32,677 --> 00:28:33,974 He'll be fine, sort of. 573 00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:35,137 (COUGHlNG) 574 00:28:35,213 --> 00:28:37,647 I just don't have time to watch him write out answers. 575 00:28:39,150 --> 00:28:42,916 PRCA comes in two varieties, chronic and acute. 576 00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:45,954 Since it came on fast, you have the acute version. 577 00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:47,319 He doesn't have cancer. 578 00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:49,485 Is the good news. The bad news is 579 00:28:50,295 --> 00:28:52,024 pants are on fire. 580 00:28:52,430 --> 00:28:56,332 Acute PRCA is caused by drugs, most commonly, EPO. 581 00:28:57,135 --> 00:28:59,296 Ready, and action! 582 00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:01,600 But I haven't used EPO. 583 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:05,308 Okay, but this time, with more anger. 584 00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:07,769 Remember, this guy's accusing you of cheating. 585 00:29:08,646 --> 00:29:10,409 I haven't used that stuff. 586 00:29:12,784 --> 00:29:15,947 I believed it. It was simple, it was pure. Did you believe it? 587 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:18,917 I guess it's silly to cast someone after the first audition. 588 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:20,855 Why don't you do a reading? Give me that. 589 00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:24,190 He doesn't do EPO. What did you think? 590 00:29:24,262 --> 00:29:27,356 It's a different way to go, but, I don't know, I just didn't buy it. 591 00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:28,796 Does she handle any of your injections? 592 00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:30,858 You think I'm giving it to him? 593 00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:32,502 Test him. 594 00:29:32,570 --> 00:29:34,231 Gee, that's a great idea. 595 00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:38,742 I sure hope that EPO's not one of those drugs that's undetectable after six hours. 596 00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:42,141 Hey, you know what we can test for? Phone calls. 597 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:45,082 Take her cell phone. Push the redial button. 598 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:47,243 Even money says you'll be connected to the newspaper 599 00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:48,410 that leaked your cancer story. 600 00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:51,214 Okay. 601 00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:55,319 Okay, I should have told you. 602 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:57,519 It's not just about the races, Jeff. 603 00:29:57,595 --> 00:29:59,324 It's about your image, okay? 604 00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:03,931 If you come back from cancer, those sponsors will be all over you. 605 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:09,471 Okay, so I messed up. Okay? But I did not give you EPO. 606 00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:11,805 That stuff could kill me. 607 00:30:11,876 --> 00:30:13,138 (MlMlCKlNG lNCOHERENTLY) 608 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:15,473 Come on, give her a break. 609 00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:17,742 She was only doing what she has to to advance her career. 610 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:20,011 Don't you have that tattooed on your tushie? 611 00:30:20,351 --> 00:30:23,320 I would never do anything to hurt you. 612 00:30:23,922 --> 00:30:25,514 Who are you gonna believe, 613 00:30:25,723 --> 00:30:27,691 the manager you've trusted for years? 614 00:30:28,126 --> 00:30:29,559 (HOUSE RAZZlNG) 615 00:30:29,627 --> 00:30:30,787 I've been to college. 616 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:33,659 (GASPlNG) 617 00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:40,632 You're fired. 618 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:50,674 Okay. 619 00:30:52,150 --> 00:30:55,142 You're basing this whole diagnosis, everything, 620 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:58,754 on the idea that I was slipping him illegal drugs. 621 00:31:04,762 --> 00:31:06,286 You're gonna kill him. 622 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:24,011 If Doctor House is so sure, why do you need to stay? 623 00:31:24,082 --> 00:31:25,913 He's a very cautious man. 624 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:29,319 Your breathing's better. Let the prednisone do its job. 625 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:30,786 Get some sleep. 626 00:31:35,927 --> 00:31:37,258 (GASPlNG) 627 00:31:40,431 --> 00:31:41,557 Jeff? 628 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:44,292 (BEEPlNG) 629 00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:54,544 FOREMAN: His red blood cell count plummeted to 16%. 630 00:31:54,612 --> 00:31:57,945 He passed out, had to be resuscitated, and he still can't move his legs. 631 00:31:58,016 --> 00:32:00,849 That's not possible. The drugs should be flushing out of his system. 632 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:02,819 Can't leave if they don't exist. 633 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:05,822 The EPO use explains every one of his symptoms. 634 00:32:05,890 --> 00:32:08,586 He's been lying and cheating, and now it's coming back to bite him. 635 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:11,458 The only problem with that theory is it's based on the assumption 636 00:32:11,529 --> 00:32:13,360 that the universe is a just place. 637 00:32:13,464 --> 00:32:16,558 If it were, then his poor manager wouldn't have been fired for no reason. 638 00:32:16,634 --> 00:32:18,659 Lambert-Eaton. His chest was clear. 639 00:32:18,736 --> 00:32:21,204 CHASE: So we run an electromyography test. 640 00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:23,467 You're still not explaining the PRCA. 641 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:24,836 What's his red count now? 642 00:32:24,909 --> 00:32:26,308 I had to give him a blood transfusion. 643 00:32:26,377 --> 00:32:27,776 He's back around 30. 644 00:32:28,379 --> 00:32:29,937 He needed a transfusion? 645 00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:33,682 Well, he was losing blood, so, I thought maybe he needed blood. 646 00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,382 Go forth and scan his neck. 647 00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:40,549 His neck? 648 00:32:40,892 --> 00:32:43,588 Or repeat everything I say in question form. 649 00:32:56,207 --> 00:32:58,266 She came into the clinic and yelled at me. 650 00:32:59,610 --> 00:33:02,545 Then she left, she came back and yelled some more. 651 00:33:02,847 --> 00:33:04,007 Hmm. 652 00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:06,944 Yelling. That might be a clue. 653 00:33:07,518 --> 00:33:11,648 I know what the yelling means. It's the coming and going I find interesting. 654 00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:14,055 It's not rational. Anger is not rational. 655 00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:15,489 Some anger is. 656 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,495 She could have pulled me aside, screamed at me privately. 657 00:33:18,896 --> 00:33:21,831 Her beef is simple and well founded. 658 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,292 But she was out of control. 659 00:33:24,369 --> 00:33:25,802 You're having fun, aren't you? 660 00:33:25,870 --> 00:33:27,929 She's in my face. I need to know why. 661 00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:29,571 Professional reasons. 662 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:30,698 Why else? 663 00:33:32,643 --> 00:33:35,840 Do you really think this is going to end well for anyone? 664 00:33:41,386 --> 00:33:44,878 After this, let's scan some other totally random body parts. 665 00:33:45,089 --> 00:33:47,023 50 bucks says we find something. 666 00:33:47,091 --> 00:33:48,524 (FOREMAN SNlCKERS) 667 00:33:48,593 --> 00:33:49,582 Find what? 668 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:51,996 Don't have a clue. We on? 669 00:33:52,063 --> 00:33:53,121 No way. 670 00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:59,131 No. We'll find something. 671 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:06,936 We found a thymoma. How'd you know to look in his neck? 672 00:34:07,011 --> 00:34:08,774 Thymoma's usually present in the chest. 673 00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:10,677 I knew it wasn't in his chest. 674 00:34:11,082 --> 00:34:13,550 All we've done since he checked in is look at his chest. 675 00:34:13,618 --> 00:34:16,382 All the more reason not to think... There are two types of PRCA. 676 00:34:16,454 --> 00:34:19,252 Acute comes on suddenly, chronic takes its time. 677 00:34:19,657 --> 00:34:22,319 We all thought Jeff's was acute because it happened right in front of us. 678 00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:24,918 But what if it'd been there for months, maybe years? 679 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:26,896 There's no way. It would have kept him from racing. 680 00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:29,057 With that kind of anemia, he would have needed constant... 681 00:34:31,302 --> 00:34:32,394 Blood transfusions. 682 00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:35,268 Which he was getting in convenient blood doping form. 683 00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:37,364 He was treating himself without even knowing it. 684 00:34:37,442 --> 00:34:40,878 Up to half of patients with chronic PRCA have a thymoma. 685 00:34:41,045 --> 00:34:43,570 And up to half of patients with a thymoma... 686 00:34:44,615 --> 00:34:46,583 I've always wanted to do this. 687 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:59,688 I'm not getting any better. Does that mean I'm... 688 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:05,230 You are healed. Rise and walk. 689 00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:06,830 Are you insane? 690 00:35:06,904 --> 00:35:08,929 In the Bible, people just say, "Yes, Lord," 691 00:35:09,006 --> 00:35:10,940 and then start right in on the praising. 692 00:35:11,609 --> 00:35:14,703 First you tell me I've got cancer. 693 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:19,181 And then you tell me that my manager... 694 00:35:32,897 --> 00:35:34,125 What did you do? 695 00:35:34,365 --> 00:35:36,526 No, "What did you do, Lord?" 696 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:39,327 Thymoma is a tumor on the thymus gland. 697 00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:42,298 He's a bit of a wimp, but he hangs with the tough guys. 698 00:35:42,373 --> 00:35:45,865 PRCA and an autoimmune disease called myasthenia gravis. 699 00:35:46,410 --> 00:35:48,435 MG causes muscle fatigue 700 00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:51,481 including respiratory problems and difficulty swallowing. 701 00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:54,244 And it can hit you that fast? 702 00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:56,650 The treatment for PRCA is blood transfusions. 703 00:35:56,721 --> 00:35:58,848 The treatment for MG is hyperbaria. 704 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:01,752 You were doing both as part of your regular freak show. 705 00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:03,885 When you took a break, everything went to hell, 706 00:36:04,228 --> 00:36:06,696 which is not an uncommon reaction in Jersey. 707 00:36:06,764 --> 00:36:10,860 So, the whole thing with my manager... 708 00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:14,596 Oops. No, no EPO. 709 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:17,474 This has nothing to do with anything you did. 710 00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:19,874 You can let her know she's in the clear. I could. 711 00:36:20,711 --> 00:36:24,112 Or 10% of a Nike contract 712 00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:26,082 is a hell of a lot of cash. 713 00:36:28,986 --> 00:36:30,214 You don't need your thymus. 714 00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:31,949 If we take it out, everything else is manageable. 715 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,718 Manageable? I thought you just cured me. 716 00:36:33,791 --> 00:36:36,453 Uh-uh. This is just diagnostic. 717 00:36:36,527 --> 00:36:40,088 Tensilon erases the symptoms of MG for five or six minutes. 718 00:36:40,965 --> 00:36:42,227 (GASPlNG) 719 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:50,901 Sometimes less. 720 00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:54,838 This is exactly why I created nurses. 721 00:36:55,279 --> 00:36:57,008 Clean up on Aisle Three! 722 00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:10,587 If you've come to search my office, you should wait 10 minutes. 723 00:37:10,661 --> 00:37:12,060 I'll be out of your hair. 724 00:37:12,129 --> 00:37:15,326 Here, start with my purse. Just save me some mints. 725 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:18,694 What do you wanna know? My sex life with Mark? 726 00:37:18,769 --> 00:37:20,862 My guilt over crippling your damn leg? 727 00:37:21,105 --> 00:37:23,665 Or are you just here to gloat because you weren't the leak? 728 00:37:24,141 --> 00:37:25,506 I want to apologize. 729 00:37:31,115 --> 00:37:32,104 Maybe I've 730 00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:36,279 been punishing you for a little too long. 731 00:37:38,956 --> 00:37:40,548 And maybe you've been punishing me. 732 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,290 If we're going to work together, I need to know. 733 00:37:47,898 --> 00:37:50,833 Do you hate me or do you love me? 734 00:37:53,471 --> 00:37:55,200 Either way, I think we've got a problem. 735 00:37:58,576 --> 00:38:01,568 I hate you and I love you. 736 00:38:04,582 --> 00:38:06,345 And I love Mark. 737 00:38:09,253 --> 00:38:10,948 And you don't hate him. 738 00:38:11,022 --> 00:38:12,114 No. 739 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,227 So what do we do? 740 00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:19,490 We deal with each other. 741 00:38:21,832 --> 00:38:22,890 Right. 742 00:38:23,968 --> 00:38:26,027 That plan's been working great so far. 743 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:30,073 It'll get better. It'll get easier. 744 00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:32,207 Why? I don't know. 745 00:38:32,276 --> 00:38:33,868 That's what my therapist tells me. 746 00:38:54,131 --> 00:38:56,622 JEFF ON T V.: In the professional cycling world, we are subject to 747 00:38:56,701 --> 00:39:00,034 what seems like constant witch-hunts and finger-pointing. 748 00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:04,274 But I want to thank Dr. House and the excellent medical team 749 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:05,900 here at Princeton-Plainsboro. 750 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:08,910 My hope is that this diagnosis 751 00:39:08,979 --> 00:39:10,742 will put to rest any rumors that I would ever... 752 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:12,976 He needs blood transfusions every two weeks, 753 00:39:13,050 --> 00:39:14,984 which means he can dope all he wants. 754 00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:17,186 He's got a doctor's pass. 755 00:39:18,155 --> 00:39:19,452 It's medicinal. 756 00:39:20,991 --> 00:39:22,390 He got away with it. 757 00:39:22,827 --> 00:39:24,089 Mmm-hmm. 758 00:39:24,628 --> 00:39:26,687 He cheated and won a game. 759 00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:32,192 Life's more complicated than who gets to the finish line first. 760 00:39:37,074 --> 00:39:39,338 I fell in love with my husband's best friend. 761 00:39:43,347 --> 00:39:45,713 Near the end, I was at the hospital every day, 762 00:39:47,518 --> 00:39:50,146 and Joe would come by after work. 763 00:39:51,322 --> 00:39:54,120 We'd go for walks and try to talk each other through it. 764 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:57,317 We kind of clung on to each other. 765 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:03,857 My wife 766 00:40:05,903 --> 00:40:08,838 wasn't dying. She wasn't even sick. 767 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:10,801 Everything was fine. 768 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:13,437 But I met someone who 769 00:40:16,313 --> 00:40:18,873 made me feel funny. 770 00:40:22,486 --> 00:40:23,510 Good. 771 00:40:24,622 --> 00:40:27,182 And I didn't want to let that feeling go. 772 00:40:34,064 --> 00:40:35,793 What happened to you? 773 00:40:37,368 --> 00:40:39,996 How can anyone go through that alone? 774 00:40:40,871 --> 00:40:42,395 You can't control your emotions. 775 00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:43,565 No. 776 00:40:47,344 --> 00:40:49,471 Just your actions. 777 00:40:55,853 --> 00:40:58,720 You didn't do it, did you? You didn't sleep with him. 778 00:40:59,723 --> 00:41:02,419 I couldn't have lived with myself. 779 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,398 You'd be surprised what you can live with. 780 00:41:28,919 --> 00:41:30,045 Hey. 781 00:41:32,756 --> 00:41:34,018 I need you to open a door. 782 00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:35,183 It's not allowed. 783 00:41:35,993 --> 00:41:39,053 (STAMMERlNG) Yeah, I was having therapy in here today 784 00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:40,589 and I left my cane. 785 00:41:40,664 --> 00:41:41,858 Sorry. 786 00:41:44,101 --> 00:41:45,534 Dude, 787 00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:48,237 I'm crippled.