1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:03,960 BOY: Welcome to the world of illusion! 2 00:00:04,037 --> 00:00:06,631 What is real and what is magic? 3 00:00:06,706 --> 00:00:08,640 This is what you will wonder 4 00:00:08,708 --> 00:00:12,303 as I perform feats that will astound you! 5 00:00:12,545 --> 00:00:15,105 As you see, there is nothing up my sleeve. 6 00:00:15,281 --> 00:00:17,909 And this hat, it's just an ordinary old hat. 7 00:00:17,984 --> 00:00:21,351 Watch, as I wave three times above the hat, 8 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:24,820 and whisper the magic words. And now... 9 00:00:26,326 --> 00:00:28,089 (AUDlENCE APPLAUDlNG) 10 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:30,629 Mom, it's not working! It's ripped! 11 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:32,392 It's okay, baby, it's just a little tear. 12 00:00:32,465 --> 00:00:35,263 Hurry up, Mom! What are you so worried about? 13 00:00:35,368 --> 00:00:38,360 Sally's gonna make fun of us. Sally Ayerson? 14 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:42,998 She said her mom bought her dress at Bloomingdale's and you had to make ours. 15 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:44,941 We're gonna look stupid. 16 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:48,643 Do you girls remember that music we were listening to yesterday? 17 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:51,206 That lady who sang about respect? Reetha? 18 00:00:51,284 --> 00:00:52,751 Aretha, that's right. 19 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:54,946 Do you think she had lots of money growing up in Detroit? 20 00:00:55,021 --> 00:00:56,955 What's Detroit? It's a city. 21 00:00:57,023 --> 00:01:00,584 The point is, is that she's one of the best singers ever. 22 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:02,520 If Sally's mean to you again, 23 00:01:02,595 --> 00:01:04,961 I'm just gonna have to key her daddy's new convertible. 24 00:01:05,031 --> 00:01:07,431 (AUDlENCE APPLAUDlNG) BOY: Great. And thank you! 25 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,331 Do you know what that means? 26 00:01:10,036 --> 00:01:11,025 Good. 27 00:01:11,137 --> 00:01:12,695 (MUSlC PLAYlNG) 28 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:15,040 (BOTH HUMMlNG) 29 00:01:25,985 --> 00:01:28,886 (SlNGlNG) Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 30 00:01:28,955 --> 00:01:31,788 Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 31 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:37,455 Little-bitty, pretty one Come on and talk to me 32 00:01:37,630 --> 00:01:42,966 Lovey-dovey, dovey one Come on sit down on my knee 33 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:47,139 Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 34 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:48,674 (KAYLA GROANlNG LOUDLY) 35 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:57,040 (KAYLA SCREAMlNG LOUDLY) 36 00:02:31,184 --> 00:02:33,049 (WOMAN ANNOUNClNG ON P.A. SYSTEM) 37 00:02:35,288 --> 00:02:36,277 Hey. Hey. 38 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:38,790 You speak to Chase and House yet? The disciplinary hearing. 39 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:40,553 The McGinley case, that's not for two weeks. 40 00:02:40,627 --> 00:02:41,616 Tomorrow. 41 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:43,553 Scheduling disaster, you don't wanna hear it. 42 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:45,325 You gotta get the boys' okay to move the hearing up, 43 00:02:45,398 --> 00:02:47,457 and you gotta do that whole legal advice thing. 44 00:02:47,534 --> 00:02:50,025 Can you ask someone else? I'm asking you. 45 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:53,498 Let me work with Chase. House should have separate counsel. 46 00:02:53,573 --> 00:02:55,438 Stop looking for whatever you're looking for. 47 00:02:55,508 --> 00:02:57,601 For the last month, House has been crowing 48 00:02:57,677 --> 00:03:00,544 that you can't work with him because you're just swooning in love. 49 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:03,673 There is nothing approaching love in what I feel about him right now. 50 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:07,277 Well, if you can't work with him, it amounts to the same thing. 51 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:10,979 We had a fight. It's awkward. Why not use another lawyer? 52 00:03:11,057 --> 00:03:14,083 Because 40% of our lawsuits last year were about House. 53 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,890 If you can't work with him, you can't work here. 54 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:19,331 HOUSE: She's overreacting. 55 00:03:20,166 --> 00:03:23,329 WlLSON: You snuck into her shrink's office and read her private file. 56 00:03:23,403 --> 00:03:25,428 When Nixon did that, he got impeached. 57 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:29,464 So you're saying I'm not allowed to have oral sex with an intern, either? 58 00:03:29,642 --> 00:03:32,236 Yes! And yes. 59 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:36,271 That file got me on the floor of her attic with her pouring out her soul. 60 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:38,840 The only thing I did wrong was get caught. 61 00:03:40,486 --> 00:03:41,953 STACY: Where's Chase? 62 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:45,548 He's too busy to service you until after work. 63 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:48,150 I got a couple minutes, though. 64 00:03:48,294 --> 00:03:50,023 Feel free to say something like, 65 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:52,257 "What'll we do with the time left over?" 66 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:54,896 Or you could just stew, that works as well. 67 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:56,731 She stews before she gets violent. 68 00:03:56,803 --> 00:03:59,533 This one says you're okay with moving the disciplinary hearing to tomorrow. 69 00:03:59,606 --> 00:04:02,507 This one says I've advised you of your legal rights. 70 00:04:03,476 --> 00:04:06,036 Any legal rights I should know about? Nope. 71 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:09,005 Great. 72 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:11,812 And you thought this was gonna be awkward. 73 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:13,918 You shouldn't sign it. 74 00:04:13,987 --> 00:04:15,887 Postponing is almost always the smart thing to do. 75 00:04:15,955 --> 00:04:18,389 Tempers cool, memories fade. 76 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:20,551 They rule on me, it's done, right? 77 00:04:20,627 --> 00:04:23,095 Yeah, but... Then let's get it over with. 78 00:04:23,162 --> 00:04:25,790 Have you ever done a peer review before? No. 79 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:27,123 Good. 80 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:29,962 Peer's a misnomer. These are your bosses. 81 00:04:30,036 --> 00:04:32,903 This could cost you some money, some privileges 82 00:04:32,972 --> 00:04:35,304 or it could cost you your career. 83 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:37,406 All I can tell them is what happened. 84 00:04:37,477 --> 00:04:39,172 There is an objective reality to what happened, 85 00:04:39,245 --> 00:04:41,440 and that committee is never gonna know it. 86 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:43,607 All they're gonna know is what they picture happened, 87 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:46,982 which depends a little on what you tell them and a whole lot 88 00:04:47,887 --> 00:04:49,411 on how you tell them. 89 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:51,757 May 1 1. 90 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:55,355 The patient presented to the clinic. What's her name? 91 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:57,555 It's in the file. Do you know it? 92 00:04:57,764 --> 00:04:58,924 Then use it. 93 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:04,329 Kayla presented to the clinic with multiple joint and stomach pain. 94 00:05:04,604 --> 00:05:07,368 CHASE: Dr. Foreman was called in for a neurological consult. 95 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,964 What's the point of this, man? 96 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:11,408 Checking your sister's cerebral coordination. 97 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:14,002 The thing is in her leg and her stomach. 98 00:05:14,113 --> 00:05:17,344 Wait in the clinic for six hours so she can play patty cake? 99 00:05:17,717 --> 00:05:20,185 You could have gone to the ER last night. 100 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:23,044 You gonna come over and baby-sit her kids? 101 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:25,784 Okay. Patient comes from a family of jerks, I get it. 102 00:05:25,858 --> 00:05:27,792 Can you stick to the medicine? 103 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:29,853 Something wrong? 104 00:05:29,962 --> 00:05:32,396 CHASE: There was some uveitis. STACY: Meaning? 105 00:05:32,465 --> 00:05:35,491 Her iris, the colored part of her eye, was inflamed. 106 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:38,264 Meaning? Worst case, blindness. 107 00:05:38,738 --> 00:05:40,831 But there was an upside. 108 00:05:41,307 --> 00:05:43,298 It was weird enough to get House interested. 109 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:46,368 Young woman, joint pain, gonorrhea's a possibility. 110 00:05:46,612 --> 00:05:49,103 It's polyarticular. Maybe rheumatoid. 111 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:51,116 That's typically small joints, this hit her knee. 112 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,049 Takayasu's arteritis. 113 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:56,684 Get a sed rate and serologies. 114 00:05:58,024 --> 00:05:59,582 "Childproof." 115 00:05:59,726 --> 00:06:01,921 How many kids are hopped up on Vicodin? 116 00:06:01,994 --> 00:06:05,054 Give me. Right. Like I'd ever get it back. 117 00:06:05,665 --> 00:06:06,654 HOUSE: Chase? 118 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:09,298 STACY : Don't care about the Vicodin. 119 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:12,167 Might not just be her arteries, could be all her blood vessels. 120 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:15,002 Vasculitis, with stomach pains, so Behcet's. 121 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:17,634 No, she'd have oral sores. Or genital. 122 00:06:18,444 --> 00:06:19,672 Go find them. 123 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:24,647 I thought she was Foreman's patient. Why did you do the exam? 124 00:06:25,451 --> 00:06:27,885 FOREMAN: She'd have oral sores. HOUSE: Or genital. 125 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:29,616 Go find them. 126 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,659 Whoa, whoa, Foreman. 127 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:40,164 Chase can handle the pelvic. 128 00:06:42,001 --> 00:06:43,298 Any pain? 129 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:45,429 Is it bad? 130 00:06:47,039 --> 00:06:49,564 This would go a lot easier if you talked to me. 131 00:06:51,043 --> 00:06:52,533 I'm sorry. 132 00:06:53,479 --> 00:06:54,878 I, um... 133 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:57,613 I just really hate hospitals. 134 00:06:57,683 --> 00:07:00,277 When I was 1 2, I had my tonsils out. 135 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:03,379 Got to skip school, lots of ice cream, made me wanna be a doctor. 136 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:06,789 My mom died when I was eight, 137 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:10,689 so I spent months at Princeton General. 138 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:16,059 She died of DTs, your mom? 139 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:19,704 Bottles stashed around the house? Mood swings? That whole deal? 140 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:20,830 You've been there? 141 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:22,065 My mom. 142 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:25,377 Dad left, Mom crawled inside a bottle. 143 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:27,636 Made for a great year 1 2 of high school. 144 00:07:27,713 --> 00:07:30,511 You okay with your dad now? 145 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:32,640 No. 146 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:36,483 Does your dad have anything to do with this story? 147 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:38,056 No, it's just... 148 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:41,150 Okay, I get it, the two of you bonded, which is probably why you haven't been sued. 149 00:07:41,227 --> 00:07:43,058 Patients never sue doctors they like. 150 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:45,461 But keep it brief, okay? The panel doesn't like to think 151 00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:48,432 they're being manipulated when they're being manipulated. 152 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:50,128 She had some ulceration. 153 00:07:50,269 --> 00:07:51,896 Confirming Behcet's. 154 00:07:52,004 --> 00:07:56,532 I gave her some prednisone, an antacid, and I ran a pathergy test on her arm. 155 00:07:56,609 --> 00:07:58,600 Takes 24 hours to confirm. 156 00:07:58,678 --> 00:08:00,509 Told her any doctor could check it out. 157 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:02,673 You didn't make an appointment. Nope. 158 00:08:02,748 --> 00:08:04,215 She just showed up. 159 00:08:06,719 --> 00:08:08,983 Dr. Chase? Hi. 160 00:08:10,056 --> 00:08:12,115 All right, let's take a look. 161 00:08:14,827 --> 00:08:18,126 Okay, those little pustules mean it's positive. 162 00:08:18,197 --> 00:08:21,928 Talk to Nurse Preven, get an appointment with Dr. Brustin in Rheumatology. 163 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:24,936 Behcet's is very treatable, you're gonna be fine. 164 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:27,131 Okay. Thanks. 165 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:30,334 And you were just chatting on the phone with someone 166 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:31,842 and she happened to run into you. 167 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:33,003 That's what happened. 168 00:08:33,079 --> 00:08:35,309 No appointment, no real examination? 169 00:08:35,381 --> 00:08:37,042 Just gave her the test results. 170 00:08:37,116 --> 00:08:39,311 So, lower standard of care, 171 00:08:39,385 --> 00:08:42,047 you really couldn't be expected to notice there was anything else wrong. 172 00:08:42,121 --> 00:08:44,316 We didn't even go into an exam room. 173 00:08:49,161 --> 00:08:53,461 As your lawyer, I can't stop you from lying, I can't even be in the room. 174 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:56,696 But I would be remiss if I didn't prep you to lie better. 175 00:08:58,504 --> 00:09:01,701 You wrote her a prescription, which means there was an examination. 176 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:03,298 What really happened? 177 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:05,510 I was on the phone. 178 00:09:08,781 --> 00:09:11,409 Dr. Chase? Hi. 179 00:09:12,084 --> 00:09:13,176 Hi. 180 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:15,845 Kayla. I'm here for the test. My arm. 181 00:09:15,988 --> 00:09:18,047 Oh, yeah. 182 00:09:18,858 --> 00:09:19,847 Okay. 183 00:09:20,459 --> 00:09:21,983 It's positive. 184 00:09:22,061 --> 00:09:26,122 Talk to Nurse Preven, get an appointment with Dr. Brustin in Rheumatology. 185 00:09:27,333 --> 00:09:31,167 I took that medicine you gave me, but my stomach still hurts. 186 00:09:34,206 --> 00:09:35,935 Behcet's could be stronger than we thought, 187 00:09:36,008 --> 00:09:38,841 or it could be reflux from the prednisone. 188 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:41,775 Here's a stronger antacid. 189 00:09:42,548 --> 00:09:44,914 Doctor? Yes? 190 00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:48,442 Nothing. 191 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:53,390 STACY: You didn't ask her anything about the stomach pain? 192 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:56,690 I made one little mistake. 193 00:09:57,229 --> 00:09:59,697 As little mistakes go, that was a biggie. 194 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:07,329 She's only advising Chase? Not you? 195 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:10,475 Well, what's the committee gonna do to me? I never even met this patient. 196 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:12,238 Your disdain for human interaction 197 00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:14,836 doesn't exculpate you, it inculpates you. 198 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:17,144 You signed the charts, you're responsible for everything Chase does. 199 00:10:17,216 --> 00:10:18,615 Which is why this doesn't matter. 200 00:10:18,684 --> 00:10:20,379 She protects Chase, she protects me. 201 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:24,253 Unless her advice to Chase is to make a deal and give you up. 202 00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:28,592 "I'm so sorry, if only Dr. House had paid attention. 203 00:10:28,828 --> 00:10:31,524 "He never even met her, he never does." 204 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:34,097 Chase loves me. And isn't Turkish. 205 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:36,899 Cameron loves you, Chase loves his job. 206 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:39,301 You really think Stacy hates me that much? 207 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:42,535 I think right now she hates you more than enough. 208 00:10:42,675 --> 00:10:45,872 You think emotion only affects doctors' judgments? 209 00:10:49,849 --> 00:10:52,147 Everything stemmed from that one interaction. 210 00:10:52,218 --> 00:10:53,344 They're gonna slam you on it. 211 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:56,650 Were you distracted? Your problem. Overworked? That's their problem. 212 00:10:56,722 --> 00:10:58,053 Forgetful, yours, lazy... 213 00:10:58,124 --> 00:10:59,853 I just figured the stomach pain was the Behcet's. 214 00:10:59,925 --> 00:11:01,290 Any doctor would have thought the same. 215 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,659 Then why did you call her an hour after she left the clinic? 216 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:07,562 Nurse Preven said you asked her to have Kayla come back in. 217 00:11:07,633 --> 00:11:11,569 The way she hesitated, I thought she might have had a doorknob question. 218 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:13,732 Patient comes in, 219 00:11:13,806 --> 00:11:16,741 says he's got a sniffly nose, you examine him for 10 minutes, right? 220 00:11:16,809 --> 00:11:18,470 Then you're leaving, hand on the doorknob, 221 00:11:18,544 --> 00:11:21,843 and he says, "Oh, yeah, and my penis has turned green." 222 00:11:21,914 --> 00:11:24,382 Embarrassing question, the only important one, patient saves it for last. 223 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:27,908 So you knew she was about to ask the most important question 224 00:11:28,287 --> 00:11:29,379 and you left. 225 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:32,322 No, I didn't. I figured it out later. 226 00:11:32,391 --> 00:11:33,619 What changed? 227 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,787 Nothing. Bad answer. 228 00:11:35,861 --> 00:11:38,762 I wasn't thinking clearly at first. Worse answer. 229 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:41,592 So what was her doorknob question? 230 00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:44,269 I figured it might be blood in her stool, 231 00:11:44,637 --> 00:11:46,935 which could indicate a bleeding ulcer. 232 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:48,162 CHASE: Talk to me. 233 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,367 Thirty-five year old female, vomiting massive amounts of blood, 234 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:54,470 LOC at work, BP 80 over 20, heart rate 140. You push fluids? 235 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:57,175 Three liters in the field, and we're bolusing another one right now. 236 00:11:57,249 --> 00:11:58,682 It's gotta be a bleeding ulcer, Doc. 237 00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:02,016 Her coworkers said she's been eating ibuprofens like candy. 238 00:12:02,188 --> 00:12:03,985 I thought she had Behcet's! 239 00:12:04,223 --> 00:12:06,316 One, two, three. 240 00:12:22,708 --> 00:12:23,902 CHASE: I'm in the stomach. 241 00:12:23,976 --> 00:12:25,671 There's too much blood, I can't see. 242 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:27,906 Did she burst an artery? No. 243 00:12:27,980 --> 00:12:30,448 There. Bubbling. Just a bad ulcer. 244 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:31,540 Cauterizing. 245 00:12:31,617 --> 00:12:34,177 I can't see, use some more saline. Hold on. 246 00:12:34,286 --> 00:12:35,275 Okay. 247 00:12:35,888 --> 00:12:36,912 (EXHALES) 248 00:12:36,989 --> 00:12:40,117 Looks good. Bleeding ulcer. We got it. 249 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:42,022 (MONlTOR BEEPlNG) She was fine two hours ago. 250 00:12:42,161 --> 00:12:43,651 FOREMAN: Systolic BP 70. 251 00:12:43,729 --> 00:12:46,095 Where's the ulcer? It's brown, I cauterized it. 252 00:12:46,165 --> 00:12:47,632 There must be something else. 253 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:48,724 There. 254 00:12:48,801 --> 00:12:51,964 FOREMAN: A second ulcer? Not anymore. It perforated. 255 00:12:53,072 --> 00:12:54,164 Get her to an OR! 256 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:57,204 The surgeons were able to suture the perforation. 257 00:12:57,810 --> 00:12:59,937 But the contents of the patient's, 258 00:13:00,312 --> 00:13:03,213 Kayla's, stomach had spilled into her body. 259 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:04,872 She got septic. 260 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:07,248 Then the infection lowers her blood pressure... 261 00:13:07,319 --> 00:13:09,116 Fifty over palp at one point. 262 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:11,418 It damaged her liver and kidneys. 263 00:13:12,825 --> 00:13:14,884 Listen, I know this looks bad. 264 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,985 I obviously got the diagnosis wrong, 265 00:13:17,062 --> 00:13:18,927 but I did everything by the book. 266 00:13:18,998 --> 00:13:21,523 I couldn't have known what was gonna happen. 267 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:25,198 If I skip my coffee, I get cranky. Do you want anything? 268 00:13:34,113 --> 00:13:35,978 STACY: Why did Chase screw up? 269 00:13:36,048 --> 00:13:38,949 He forgot to ask a question, does there need to be a reason? 270 00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:40,417 It might help him. 271 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:43,682 As far as I'm concerned, he made a little mistake. It happens. 272 00:13:43,756 --> 00:13:45,053 How far are you concerned? 273 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:46,785 You think I'm biased? 274 00:13:46,926 --> 00:13:49,895 You're colleagues. You worked together for over a year. 275 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:52,226 And everyone says you slept together. 276 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:53,958 Who says? 277 00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:56,501 The correct answer is, "We're not involved and I'm not biased." 278 00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:59,595 We're not involved, and I don't know why he messed up. 279 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:02,740 House has worked with him longer than I have. 280 00:14:02,808 --> 00:14:04,537 You should talk to House. 281 00:14:06,278 --> 00:14:07,370 Yeah. 282 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:09,639 STACY: Why did Chase screw up? 283 00:14:09,882 --> 00:14:12,282 Because he doesn't give a crap about patients. 284 00:14:12,351 --> 00:14:14,080 Well, he always gets positive patient reviews. 285 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:16,587 Yeah. He smiles all 84 of his teeth, 286 00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:18,122 tells them his tonsil story... 287 00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:20,750 It's a nice story. He still has his tonsils! 288 00:14:20,826 --> 00:14:23,920 As soon as he's out of the room, which is as soon as he can be out of the room, 289 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:25,793 he starts in on the trash talking. 290 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:28,356 He thinks not giving a crap makes him like House. 291 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:30,527 Like it's something to aspire to. 292 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:33,160 Am I gonna have to testify? 293 00:14:33,239 --> 00:14:35,673 I won't be encouraging them to call you. 294 00:14:35,741 --> 00:14:37,106 What did House say? 295 00:14:38,510 --> 00:14:40,171 (CHUCK COUGHlNG) 296 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:44,983 Two months like this. 297 00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:47,085 Let me guess, no insurance. 298 00:14:47,152 --> 00:14:49,916 You've just heard about the free clinic. It's a good move. 299 00:14:49,989 --> 00:14:54,483 You don't wanna skimp on the essentials like wristwatches, MP3 players. 300 00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:56,619 I need to talk to you. 301 00:14:57,029 --> 00:14:58,929 From the doorway? It's confidential. 302 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:00,727 Cool. I love gossip. 303 00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:05,061 HOUSE: You hear that crackling sound? 304 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:06,831 Like crumpling up paper? 305 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:09,898 Keep listening, let me know if it changes. 306 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:21,109 Two questions. 307 00:15:21,186 --> 00:15:23,677 Why did Chase screw up, and how bad was it? 308 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:26,782 Wow. Talk about efficient, I only need one answer. 309 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:29,191 Chase didn't screw up. He said he did. 310 00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:32,162 Well, I'm not a lawyer, but that seems like a sucky legal strategy. 311 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:34,893 They're gonna wanna know what you think a reasonable doctor would have done 312 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:35,956 in Chase's position. 313 00:15:36,035 --> 00:15:38,526 If I thought he was a reasonable doctor, I wouldn't have hired him. 314 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:40,333 God, you two are a couple of geniuses. 315 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:43,534 Deny everything, completely fool the lawyer who's trying to help you. 316 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:46,840 Too bad the review committee members are actually doctors. 317 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:48,743 Stacy. 318 00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:52,541 (SlGHS) 319 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:53,778 I'm in the stomach. 320 00:15:53,852 --> 00:15:55,877 There's too much blood, I can't see. 321 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,980 Did she burst an artery? No. 322 00:15:58,057 --> 00:16:00,992 There. Bubbling. Just a bad ulcer. 323 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:04,126 Okay. Cauterizing. 324 00:16:04,196 --> 00:16:07,495 Looks good. Bleeding ulcer. We got it. 325 00:16:07,766 --> 00:16:09,199 She was fine two hours ago. 326 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:11,998 If by "fine," you mean she had fountains of blood 327 00:16:12,071 --> 00:16:15,040 (MONlTOR BEEPlNG) spurting out of every orifice, then yeah, I believe you. 328 00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:16,131 (MONlTOR BEEPlNG) 329 00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:18,506 I'm guessing those are celebratory bells. 330 00:16:18,577 --> 00:16:19,942 Systolic BP 70. 331 00:16:20,112 --> 00:16:21,170 Show me the ulcer. 332 00:16:21,246 --> 00:16:22,508 It's brown, I cauterized it. 333 00:16:22,581 --> 00:16:24,879 Sweep back. Show me the whole stomach. 334 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,010 Stop. 335 00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:31,986 FOREMAN: A second ulcer? Not anymore. It perforated. 336 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:34,090 Get her to an OR! 337 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,149 Let's go. 338 00:16:38,564 --> 00:16:41,431 She was not "fine" two hours ago. 339 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:44,427 Did she mention stomach pain? Yeah, so I gave her a stronger... 340 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:47,301 You didn't do an exam. She just came in for a follow-up. 341 00:16:47,373 --> 00:16:48,897 The results of the pathergy test... 342 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:50,565 Did you listen to her stomach? 343 00:16:50,642 --> 00:16:51,631 Check her vitals? 344 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:54,144 Maybe if she'd said something about taking ibuprofen, 345 00:16:54,213 --> 00:16:56,147 mentioned the rectal bleeding... Yeah! 346 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:58,479 Why didn't she go to med school like you did? 347 00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:01,348 Diarrhea, blood in the stool, these are routine questions! 348 00:17:01,420 --> 00:17:02,717 That doctors skip all the time! 349 00:17:02,788 --> 00:17:05,222 It was a minor mistake, I couldn't have known this was gonna happen... 350 00:17:05,290 --> 00:17:07,485 Mistakes are as serious as the results they cause! 351 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:10,528 This woman could die because you were too lazy to ask one simple question! 352 00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:12,496 No, she might die because I had 353 00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:14,531 the bad luck to spill your damn Vicodin pills! 354 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,467 I responded with a number of trenchant remarks 355 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:20,528 which made Chase cry, none of which I'm gonna testify about. 356 00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:23,006 Unless you convince Chase to roll on me. 357 00:17:23,842 --> 00:17:26,936 Excuse me. Testify about what? 358 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:31,538 Chuck. 359 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,110 I'm gonna break from the parable of the wicked doctor 360 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:38,520 and tell a little story about a patient, let's call him Buck. 361 00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:41,922 Who has low O2 sats and crackling lung sounds. 362 00:17:41,994 --> 00:17:43,086 Like I have. 363 00:17:43,162 --> 00:17:46,393 Buck has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 364 00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:48,759 His lung tissue's turning to rock. 365 00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:51,227 There's no known cause, no treatment. 366 00:17:51,303 --> 00:17:52,565 He is slowly suffocating. 367 00:17:52,704 --> 00:17:54,001 You're talking about me? 368 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:56,633 Lung transplant's about $500,000, 369 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:58,335 but this poor sucker's got no insurance. 370 00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:01,709 If he tried to sign up now, he'd be excluded, preexisting condition. 371 00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:03,907 But let me confirm with my lawyer. 372 00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:06,045 She confirms. 373 00:18:06,685 --> 00:18:11,122 If only Buck hadn't been diagnosed with fibrosis before he got insurance. 374 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:13,758 So, back to the exam. 375 00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:26,934 That's how you tell this guy he's dying? 376 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:29,200 Oh, relax. He's got a cold. 377 00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:31,172 And soon, health insurance. 378 00:18:32,010 --> 00:18:34,706 Such a hero, always righting wrongs. 379 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,643 Who cares who you have to manipulate? 380 00:18:36,715 --> 00:18:37,875 I'm sorry. 381 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:40,646 I didn't realize you and Buck were so close. 382 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:46,283 It's a point of principle. Right. 383 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:48,016 It's got nothing to do with what I did to you. 384 00:18:48,093 --> 00:18:49,993 There's nothing for us to talk about. 385 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:51,552 That's why you're following me. 386 00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:53,564 I read some notes. If Chase screwed up... 387 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:56,863 I was wrong! I'm terribly, terribly sorry. 388 00:18:57,102 --> 00:18:59,332 If Chase screwed up so badly, why didn't you fire him? 389 00:18:59,404 --> 00:19:00,803 He has great hair. 390 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,334 What are you hiding? I'm gay. 391 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:08,511 Oh, that's not what you meant. It does explain a lot, though. 392 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,844 No girlfriend, always with Wilson. 393 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:13,213 Obsession with sneakers. 394 00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:16,350 Diarrhea, blood in the stool. 395 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:18,286 Two simple questions you could have asked her six months ago 396 00:19:18,357 --> 00:19:19,551 and averted this whole thing. 397 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:21,820 You didn't ask either, why? 398 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,793 Judging from your question and your demeanor, 399 00:19:26,198 --> 00:19:28,496 I assume you were visiting with House. 400 00:19:29,134 --> 00:19:30,931 We've been over this. I don't know. 401 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:32,231 Good doctors don't make mistakes like that. 402 00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:34,204 Good doctors never forget to ask questions? 403 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:36,503 Then you've got your answer, apparently, I'm not a good doctor. 404 00:19:36,575 --> 00:19:39,442 FYl, self-pity generally is not a good strategy in these hearings. 405 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:41,638 What happened after the operation? 406 00:19:42,981 --> 00:19:45,108 The kidney damage isn't so bad. 407 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:47,013 The liver damage is more worrisome. 408 00:19:47,085 --> 00:19:48,882 There's no dialysis for livers. 409 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:49,943 I know. 410 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,320 But if she loses a liver, she can get a transplant, right? 411 00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:54,222 We can put her on a list. 412 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,422 I could do it. 413 00:19:57,296 --> 00:19:58,422 I could give her part of my liver. 414 00:19:58,497 --> 00:20:00,465 Surgeons won't operate unless the donor's 415 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:02,567 had a long time to weigh the decision. 416 00:20:02,634 --> 00:20:03,760 There's black markets. 417 00:20:03,902 --> 00:20:05,062 For organs? 418 00:20:05,137 --> 00:20:07,162 (KAYLA GROANlNG) That's just... 419 00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:08,900 Oh, my stomach! 420 00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:11,169 The pain constant? Yeah! 421 00:20:11,243 --> 00:20:13,438 Sharp or dull? I don't know! 422 00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:16,106 It's ferric. It's a little cold. 423 00:20:16,181 --> 00:20:19,116 She's got ascites. No. It's a clot. 424 00:20:19,184 --> 00:20:20,583 Nurse! Call the OR. 425 00:20:20,652 --> 00:20:22,950 We gotta prep her for an embolectomy. 426 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,352 (GROANlNG) 427 00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:26,983 Run CBC, PT, and a liver panel. 428 00:20:27,426 --> 00:20:30,623 Sepsis had lowered her BP so much, she got clots in her liver. 429 00:20:30,696 --> 00:20:33,221 They blocked the hepatic artery, cut off the blood flow. 430 00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:34,629 Her liver was shocked. 431 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:37,533 And Cuddy listed her? With all the other problems? 432 00:20:39,037 --> 00:20:42,598 Forget it! We can't give a liver to a woman this sick. 433 00:20:42,674 --> 00:20:44,039 Do you listen to what you're saying? 434 00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:48,068 There is no point in giving a new liver to somebody who also has vasculitis. 435 00:20:48,146 --> 00:20:50,273 Treatable. And kidney damage. 436 00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:53,045 It's healing. You know what's really killing her? 437 00:20:53,118 --> 00:20:56,019 Chase forgot to ask a standard question about stomach pain. 438 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,556 So he missed the diagnosis, so she perforated, 439 00:20:58,624 --> 00:21:00,888 so she got sepsis, so her BP tanked, 440 00:21:01,026 --> 00:21:03,290 so she got blood clots, so she lost her liver. 441 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:07,194 Livers are important, Cuddy. You can't live without them, hence the name. 442 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,392 Here's the big issue. 443 00:21:08,467 --> 00:21:12,267 Chase is a hospital employee, and Kayla is a sympathetic mother 444 00:21:12,337 --> 00:21:15,500 of those two jury-friendly moppets, Caleb and Cody. 445 00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:16,867 Dory and Nikki. 446 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:21,003 Your point, beyond just trying to make Chase wet himself, 447 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:24,742 seems to be that the hospital faces liability here. 448 00:21:24,983 --> 00:21:26,974 Well, thanks for clearing that up. 449 00:21:27,052 --> 00:21:28,849 I still need a medical reason to list her. 450 00:21:28,987 --> 00:21:30,818 That is the medical reason. 451 00:21:30,889 --> 00:21:35,349 If the family wins this hospital in a lawsuit, they'll turn it into condos. 452 00:21:35,427 --> 00:21:38,794 And people will die waiting outside a condo for medical care. 453 00:21:44,169 --> 00:21:47,263 Start praying for a 1 2-car pileup on the turnpike, 454 00:21:47,339 --> 00:21:50,365 'cause we're not exactly swimming in livers over here. 455 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:59,777 When you're testifying, skip the details on how House convinced Cuddy. 456 00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:02,149 I don't think the people who got bumped down the transplant list 457 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:03,209 need to know why. 458 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:04,277 It didn't matter anyway. 459 00:22:04,756 --> 00:22:06,690 SAM: She next on the list? Yes. 460 00:22:06,758 --> 00:22:10,023 But she's AB negative, very rare. 461 00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:14,123 SAM: How long can she go on like this? 462 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:16,197 Probably another day or two. 463 00:22:18,937 --> 00:22:21,098 I'm donating my liver. Sam, we talked about this. 464 00:22:21,239 --> 00:22:24,208 I'm a perfect match, six out of six HLA proteins. 465 00:22:24,576 --> 00:22:25,941 How'd you get checked out so fast? 466 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:28,479 I know a guy in medical testing, and I paid him to rush it. 467 00:22:28,547 --> 00:22:31,516 Sam bribed someone to rush his tests? Wouldn't you? 468 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:33,447 Someone's going to get the blame for what happened, 469 00:22:33,518 --> 00:22:35,918 so the more we spread it around, we might as well... 470 00:22:35,987 --> 00:22:40,151 You said no surgeon would do a live donor transplant on such short notice. 471 00:22:40,225 --> 00:22:42,386 House took care of that, too. 472 00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:47,431 Your patient's hardly clotting. 473 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,328 Sub-Q vitamin K and fresh frozen plasma pre-op. 474 00:22:51,403 --> 00:22:52,495 Pretty risky. 475 00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:55,096 Well, that's why I came to the best transplant surgeon in the hospital. 476 00:22:55,173 --> 00:22:56,800 She's dead without you. 477 00:22:58,944 --> 00:23:00,673 Get her in this afternoon. 478 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:04,641 Thank you very much. My pleasure. 479 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,580 And this was right before you ran the marathon, I suppose? 480 00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:10,621 Was it the part where he warmly clasped my hands in thanks, 481 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:11,678 was that too much? 482 00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:12,781 What did you do to him? 483 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:15,588 The hospital lawyer asks me if I did something unethical? 484 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:18,094 If I did, the last person I'd tell is the hospital lawyer, 485 00:23:18,163 --> 00:23:20,688 especially since she's gone all Old Testament on me. 486 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:22,165 You'll tell me. 487 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:23,733 Oh. Okay then. 488 00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:28,567 One caveat, I've moved past threesomes, I'm now into foursomes. 489 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:31,471 If someone backs out, then, you've still got a threesome. 490 00:23:31,543 --> 00:23:34,068 And if two people back out, you're still having sex. 491 00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:35,545 You'd be amazed, even if three people... 492 00:23:35,614 --> 00:23:37,548 Anything you say is attorney-client. 493 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:39,811 So you can get advice about the bad, bad thing you did, 494 00:23:39,885 --> 00:23:42,854 knowing I'll be tortured because I can't tell a soul. 495 00:23:44,055 --> 00:23:46,250 Actually, it is kind of cool. 496 00:23:47,225 --> 00:23:50,092 Are you completely out of your mind? 497 00:23:50,495 --> 00:23:51,826 She's dying on her own, 498 00:23:51,897 --> 00:23:54,627 why would I volunteer to be her executioner? 499 00:23:54,866 --> 00:23:58,529 And I'd just be inviting a lawsuit from the brother no matter what. 500 00:23:59,905 --> 00:24:01,031 5 grand. 501 00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:05,502 And that's just ante money. After the surgery, you get another 15. 502 00:24:05,577 --> 00:24:08,045 Though I warn you, that includes the tip. 503 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:09,205 (LAUGHlNG) 504 00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:12,006 I make 600 grand a year. 505 00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:15,541 You think I'm gonna risk tanking my percentages for $20,000? 506 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:17,249 It's tax-free. 507 00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:18,819 For the record, 508 00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:20,889 I hope the Department takes you and Chase 509 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:23,951 and drop-kicks both your asses out the back door. 510 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:26,119 Great! 511 00:24:26,865 --> 00:24:29,425 That means I don't have to bother welshing on the 15 grand 512 00:24:29,501 --> 00:24:31,162 I would have owed you. 513 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:34,737 If you don't do the surgery, I'm gonna tell your wife 514 00:24:34,806 --> 00:24:37,639 that you've been sleeping with a series of nurses. 515 00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:40,735 Currently Nurse Cutler in Radiology. 516 00:24:41,446 --> 00:24:44,108 Now, what's 600 grand divided by two? 517 00:24:44,749 --> 00:24:46,216 Last Christmas party, 518 00:24:46,284 --> 00:24:49,253 Nurse Cutler handed you one of those little hot dogs. 519 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:51,412 And you didn't thank her. 520 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:54,955 Well, that only happens when you're very, very intimate. 521 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:58,128 That, and the fact that you've been practically dancing around 522 00:24:58,196 --> 00:25:01,723 with your zipper open, and a used condom stuck on your shoe. 523 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,132 Your wife is apparently the only one who doesn't know. 524 00:25:04,202 --> 00:25:05,567 There's no way you'll tell her. 525 00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:07,069 Of course I won't. 526 00:25:07,138 --> 00:25:08,696 I'm much too cowardly. 527 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:11,135 No, I'll just send an anonymous letter. 528 00:25:11,209 --> 00:25:15,305 Now, I've got an OR booked for 4:00 this afternoon. 529 00:25:15,814 --> 00:25:17,406 Are you free? 530 00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:23,718 Oh, and "for the record," 531 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:27,083 you are the worst transplant surgeon in this hospital. 532 00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:31,254 But unfortunately, you're the only one who's currently cheating on his wife. 533 00:25:37,602 --> 00:25:40,435 You bribed him and then you blackmailed him? 534 00:25:40,505 --> 00:25:43,497 She'd have been dead in two days if I hadn't made Ayersman do the surgery. 535 00:25:43,575 --> 00:25:45,805 Leave the blackmail out of the story you tell the committee. 536 00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:48,004 I tried to leave it out of the story I told you. 537 00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:50,604 And then there was that incident in the parking lot. 538 00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:52,980 Don't do that! Hey, what, are you nuts? 539 00:25:53,485 --> 00:25:55,043 No, please, I didn't do it! 540 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,714 I didn't do anything! Please! No! 541 00:25:57,789 --> 00:26:00,781 Apparently, someone sent an anonymous letter to his wife. 542 00:26:00,859 --> 00:26:04,761 You blackmailed Ayersman, he performed the surgery, and you ratted him out anyway? 543 00:26:04,829 --> 00:26:05,921 Doesn't seem fair, does it? 544 00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:07,862 You just can't control yourself, can you? 545 00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:10,060 No matter how stupid, how self-destructive... 546 00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:13,036 To make this conversation easier, can we discard the fiction 547 00:26:13,104 --> 00:26:16,437 that we're talking about anything other than what I did to you? 548 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:19,272 You're not mad because I broke into your psychiatrist's office. 549 00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:20,538 Yeah, I was thrilled about that. 550 00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:21,873 Okay, it was a lousy thing to do. 551 00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:22,936 But if what I had found 552 00:26:23,014 --> 00:26:25,380 was that everything was all kittens and moonbeams in Markville, 553 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:27,782 you'd be over it. No, I wouldn't! 554 00:26:27,886 --> 00:26:30,411 You're mad at me for letting you know what I did. 555 00:26:30,488 --> 00:26:32,979 Because you liked where things were going. 556 00:26:35,493 --> 00:26:37,620 And for that, I actually am sorry. 557 00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:39,391 It was stupid. 558 00:26:47,372 --> 00:26:48,361 (SlGHS) 559 00:26:50,408 --> 00:26:52,808 Let me tell you a story about a patient. 560 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:56,437 A patient we'll call Fusan. 561 00:26:58,016 --> 00:26:59,745 CHASE: Because Sam had rushed his tests, 562 00:26:59,818 --> 00:27:02,810 we were able to get them into surgery that afternoon. 563 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:07,015 Dr. Ayersman performed the live-donor transplant. 564 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,787 He resected the right lobe, hepatic vein, 565 00:27:09,928 --> 00:27:12,123 and hepatic artery of Sam 's liver, 566 00:27:12,197 --> 00:27:14,188 and transplanted it into Kayla. 567 00:27:14,265 --> 00:27:16,096 The operation was a success. 568 00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:19,565 Kayla and Sam continued to receive routine care. 569 00:27:20,772 --> 00:27:22,706 Two months later, 570 00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:24,899 she came by for an exam. 571 00:27:25,043 --> 00:27:26,567 July 24, be precise. 572 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:28,036 You did the exam? 573 00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:29,512 Honestly, I just wanted... "Honestly"? 574 00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:31,048 So you've been lying up until now? 575 00:27:31,116 --> 00:27:33,346 Let's make a deal. I won't use the word "honestly," 576 00:27:33,418 --> 00:27:35,079 and you'll quit stopping by to see House 577 00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:36,915 so you don't take it out on me afterwards. 578 00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:38,285 How about that? 579 00:27:40,358 --> 00:27:43,191 I wanted to be as far away from Kayla as possible. 580 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:45,360 And House was rubbing my nose in it. 581 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,897 How are the girls? 582 00:27:47,032 --> 00:27:48,522 They're great. 583 00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:53,195 Dory had her first crush, which was cute. Oh, yeah? 584 00:27:53,438 --> 00:27:55,372 And then her first sort of breakup, 585 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,237 (BEEPlNG) which was not so cute. 586 00:27:59,744 --> 00:28:03,077 You're hot. 99.3. 587 00:28:03,815 --> 00:28:05,339 Have you been coughing? No. 588 00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:07,442 Pain in urinating? No. 589 00:28:09,854 --> 00:28:12,288 99's not that high, is it? 590 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,518 Immunosuppressants block fevers, 591 00:28:14,592 --> 00:28:16,025 you shouldn't have one at all. 592 00:28:17,662 --> 00:28:20,597 I'm sending a nurse in here to draw cultures. 593 00:28:20,932 --> 00:28:22,695 And I'm ordering a chest x-ray. 594 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:24,798 I wasn't making any more mistakes. 595 00:28:24,869 --> 00:28:27,064 Another phrase to avoid in front of the committee. 596 00:28:27,138 --> 00:28:29,197 She spiked a fever an hour later. 597 00:28:29,274 --> 00:28:32,835 Her AST and ALT are up. She's rejecting the liver. 598 00:28:32,911 --> 00:28:34,708 No, it's just an infection. 599 00:28:34,779 --> 00:28:36,679 One of her cultures is growing out strep. 600 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:38,215 Just one? Probably a contaminant. 601 00:28:38,283 --> 00:28:41,047 She's dehydrated, her hematocrit's way up. It's strep. 602 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:42,484 Her transaminases are up, too. 603 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:44,647 That's just stress from the strep. Jeez, Chase. 604 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:47,021 You and this strep. Get a room already. 605 00:28:47,092 --> 00:28:49,026 She's not rejecting the liver. 606 00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:52,294 It's just an infection, she'll be fine. 607 00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:53,887 CAMERON: Worst case, we could re-list her. 608 00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:55,398 You House? 609 00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:56,966 Well, that depends. 610 00:28:57,535 --> 00:28:59,765 Are you gonna hit Dr. House? 611 00:29:00,872 --> 00:29:03,432 You haven't even seen my sister, and you're being cute with me? 612 00:29:03,508 --> 00:29:05,908 Sam, we're talking about her right now. 613 00:29:06,144 --> 00:29:08,237 Her fever might... Could be hep B, hep C, right? 614 00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:11,805 This is treatable. You give her interferon, she's okay, right? 615 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:13,611 You know a lot about hepatitis. 616 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:15,846 He just donated his liver. 617 00:29:16,855 --> 00:29:19,187 You're flushed. You sick? 618 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:22,226 I'm tired. You're hiding the fact that you're sick. 619 00:29:23,294 --> 00:29:24,989 Now, why would you do that? Hey, what are you... 620 00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:26,621 Now, either you specifically asked 621 00:29:26,698 --> 00:29:29,360 for a tattoo of a heart that's been left out in the sun too long, 622 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:31,561 or that is a really bad home job. 623 00:29:31,636 --> 00:29:35,163 It's a very common way of getting hep C. Which you have. 624 00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:37,207 And you've had it a long time. 625 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:43,240 It was gonna keep me from giving my liver. 626 00:29:43,314 --> 00:29:45,407 You paid off that lab tech to say you were clean? 627 00:29:45,483 --> 00:29:47,781 It hasn't been active in years, she was gonna die if I didn't. 628 00:29:47,852 --> 00:29:49,319 You paid someone off? 629 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:50,944 That is totally unethical! 630 00:29:52,056 --> 00:29:54,684 Get an MRl for him and his sister, right now. 631 00:29:55,927 --> 00:29:57,588 She got hep from me, didn't she? 632 00:29:57,662 --> 00:30:00,290 No! No, no, no, no. God, no. 633 00:30:00,665 --> 00:30:02,690 I think she got cancer from you. 634 00:30:09,407 --> 00:30:10,635 House was right? 635 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:12,801 The brother had an undiagnosed hepatoma 636 00:30:12,877 --> 00:30:14,868 that was transplanted with his liver. 637 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:18,673 It grew a lot faster in Kayla because she was immunosuppressed. 638 00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:20,681 How could House have known? 639 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:22,650 Hepatitis can cause liver cancer. 640 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:26,315 Plus, her hematocrit, red blood cell count, was high. 641 00:30:26,424 --> 00:30:28,449 Usually means dehydration. 642 00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:31,495 Rare cases, cancer. 643 00:30:33,131 --> 00:30:35,031 It probably saved Sam's life. 644 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:39,330 CHASE: We were able to operate on him early enough, before it metastasized. 645 00:30:39,470 --> 00:30:41,097 SURGEON: O2 sats 94. 646 00:30:42,941 --> 00:30:45,603 Kayla had already started rejecting the liver. 647 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:48,805 And you couldn't re-list her because of the cancer. Nothing we could do. 648 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:50,612 This is good. 649 00:30:50,748 --> 00:30:53,182 The brother lying about his hep, it's an intervening act. 650 00:30:53,251 --> 00:30:55,685 The proximate cause of her cancer, not your mistake. 651 00:30:55,753 --> 00:30:58,847 She would have died six months ago if he hadn't given up his liver. 652 00:30:58,923 --> 00:31:00,515 Maybe. Can't prove it. 653 00:31:00,592 --> 00:31:01,889 (PAGER BEEPlNG) 654 00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:05,191 You need to come with me. 655 00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:06,855 Just been served with papers. 656 00:31:06,998 --> 00:31:08,590 Actually, paper. One page. 657 00:31:09,267 --> 00:31:12,327 "Defendants Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital 658 00:31:12,403 --> 00:31:14,997 "and Dr. Robert Chase. Blah, blah, blah. 659 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:18,042 "Medical malpractice, negligence. Blah, blah." 660 00:31:18,109 --> 00:31:19,337 HOUSE: You're surprised they're suing? 661 00:31:19,410 --> 00:31:22,277 You think people love Chase so much they're gonna just forgo... 662 00:31:22,347 --> 00:31:25,714 Punitive damages in the amount of $10 million. 663 00:31:25,783 --> 00:31:28,581 Punitives? That means they're alleging gross negligence. 664 00:31:28,653 --> 00:31:30,484 Their lawyer's obviously out of his mind. 665 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,648 Larry Ruseckas, he's not crazy. 666 00:31:32,790 --> 00:31:34,917 Oh, no. I've been sued by him. 667 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:37,928 You have been hiding things and lying to me all day. 668 00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:39,758 I haven't lied about anything. 669 00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:42,425 Except for the parts that I admitted I was lying about. 670 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:45,401 And I'm not the one being sued. I feel funny. 671 00:31:45,970 --> 00:31:49,098 Well, what haven't you told us? 672 00:31:57,515 --> 00:31:58,504 (SlGHS) 673 00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:03,018 Before she checked out, Sam found her a second liver. 674 00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:05,851 She had cancer, how could she... Black market. 675 00:32:06,157 --> 00:32:08,682 There's a doctor in Mexico City who was gonna do the surgery. 676 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,694 She's leaving from JFK at 5:00. 677 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,889 To meet some Mexican guy in the back of a van 678 00:32:12,964 --> 00:32:14,488 with a pig's liver and a hacksaw? This is nuts! 679 00:32:14,565 --> 00:32:16,089 You wanna rat me out to House? 680 00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:18,567 He'll say if there's a chance in a billion then go for it. 681 00:32:18,636 --> 00:32:20,160 This is not what she wants. 682 00:32:20,238 --> 00:32:21,830 She's being manipulated 683 00:32:21,906 --> 00:32:25,103 by a morally guilty brother and a legally guiltier doctor. 684 00:32:25,176 --> 00:32:26,734 You think she wants to die? 685 00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:28,436 She's dying either way. 686 00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:30,970 Chase! 687 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:34,814 How many people you know walking around with a black market organ 688 00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:36,319 from a Third World surgeon, huh? 689 00:32:36,387 --> 00:32:38,548 This isn't gonna be your salvation. 690 00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:41,250 It's just one more thing they'll pin on you. 691 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:44,494 Go in there, be the good guy. 692 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:50,931 We need to talk. 693 00:32:51,069 --> 00:32:52,400 No, there's no time. 694 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:53,630 Two minutes. 695 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:55,431 Kayla. 696 00:32:56,407 --> 00:32:57,840 I made a mistake. 697 00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:02,338 I wasn't as blunt as I should have been about your odds. 698 00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:04,511 I probably didn't want to face them myself. 699 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:06,480 Dr. Chase, please don't do this. 700 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:11,386 The stress of the travel, the operation and even then the cancer... 701 00:33:11,522 --> 00:33:14,286 Kayla, we're going! My dad died. 702 00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:16,453 Lung cancer. 703 00:33:16,527 --> 00:33:18,620 I saw him a couple of months before it happened. 704 00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:19,856 We never talked about it. 705 00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:21,922 I'm sorry your father died, but it has nothing... 706 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,127 He never even told me he was sick. 707 00:33:25,103 --> 00:33:26,468 I wish he had. 708 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:28,798 It would... 709 00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:34,670 You're gonna die. Alone. 710 00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:36,611 Thousands of miles from your children. 711 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,613 You don't wanna do that to them. 712 00:33:47,592 --> 00:33:48,581 Kayla... 713 00:33:48,726 --> 00:33:49,715 I'm sorry, Sam. 714 00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:54,264 Kayla, you can't give up. 715 00:33:56,401 --> 00:33:57,834 If you do this, 716 00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:01,571 if you go home, 717 00:34:03,608 --> 00:34:05,200 I killed you. 718 00:34:08,479 --> 00:34:09,673 No. 719 00:34:12,683 --> 00:34:15,379 You gave me three months. 720 00:34:15,953 --> 00:34:19,286 You gave Dory and Nikki three more months with me. 721 00:34:21,859 --> 00:34:23,793 And when they found my cancer, 722 00:34:25,763 --> 00:34:27,128 they found yours. 723 00:34:31,335 --> 00:34:34,031 And I got to save my baby brother. 724 00:34:43,314 --> 00:34:44,303 (SOBBlNG) 725 00:34:45,650 --> 00:34:48,380 CHASE: A week later, Kayla died at home. 726 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:50,978 Sam was furious. 727 00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:52,989 Gotta be why the big lawsuit. 728 00:34:53,057 --> 00:34:54,649 Are you buying this? STACY: Of course not! 729 00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:57,057 There was no illegal transplant, there's no causation. 730 00:34:57,128 --> 00:34:58,823 He was ready to kill me. 731 00:34:59,230 --> 00:35:00,857 Maybe he's lying to his lawyers. 732 00:35:00,998 --> 00:35:02,625 Or you're lying to us. 733 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,998 Last Thursday he saw you for post-op care. If you hate your doctor, 734 00:35:06,070 --> 00:35:08,868 you find another doctor before you find a lawyer. 735 00:35:09,574 --> 00:35:12,441 This guy didn't sue Cameron or Foreman, he didn't even sue House! 736 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:13,875 There's something personal here, 737 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:17,073 something you don't want us to know before your hearing. 738 00:35:17,748 --> 00:35:21,275 The guy didn't hate you before that meeting, he hated you after. 739 00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:25,218 So, how's everything else? 740 00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:27,154 The girls? Oh, you know. 741 00:35:27,225 --> 00:35:30,058 A lot of crying, some nightmares. 742 00:35:32,497 --> 00:35:34,226 We'll be okay, though. 743 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:36,792 Good. 744 00:35:36,934 --> 00:35:40,062 Girls are not gonna be happy about leaving town, though. 745 00:35:41,172 --> 00:35:42,799 They love that house, 746 00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:45,472 the yard, their friends. 747 00:35:45,543 --> 00:35:46,874 You're moving? Yeah. 748 00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:49,742 Ever since the operation, I've been on disability, 749 00:35:50,248 --> 00:35:52,011 and the mortgage... 750 00:35:53,684 --> 00:35:56,482 So, we're moving out of state, somewhere cheaper. 751 00:35:57,188 --> 00:35:59,782 Anyways, thanks. 752 00:36:03,928 --> 00:36:05,452 I killed your sister. 753 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:08,996 I misdiagnosed her ulcer. 754 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:11,795 It killed her. 755 00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:13,130 Shut up, man. 756 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:15,939 She liked you, just... 757 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:18,805 I was hung over when she came back to see me. 758 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:21,936 I'd been up half the night drinking, had a headache, 759 00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,743 and I just wanted to get the hell out of there. 760 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:31,688 I couldn't care less what your sister was saying about her stomach pain. 761 00:36:34,258 --> 00:36:35,247 (CRASHlNG) 762 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:49,206 May I speak to my future former employee? 763 00:36:50,608 --> 00:36:51,734 HOUSE: Great story. 764 00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:53,676 CHASE: You think I'm lying? 765 00:36:53,744 --> 00:36:55,109 That's exactly what I told him. 766 00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:56,645 I'm sure it is. 767 00:36:57,281 --> 00:36:59,715 But you lied to him. You want him to sue you. 768 00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:01,513 I killed his sister. 769 00:37:01,686 --> 00:37:04,587 I ordered black coffee this morning and got cream. 770 00:37:05,122 --> 00:37:08,216 Everybody screws up. They didn't put poison in your coffee. 771 00:37:08,292 --> 00:37:09,919 I've seen you hung over. 772 00:37:09,994 --> 00:37:12,189 You weren't the day you blew his sister's diagnosis. 773 00:37:12,263 --> 00:37:15,323 What does it matter why? Is she less dead if I have a good excuse? 774 00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:18,527 If I thought you'd screwed up because you were drunk, I would have fired you. 775 00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:21,663 You knew? You were depressed and distracted. 776 00:37:23,107 --> 00:37:26,235 I assumed you'd gotten a phone call from your stepmom. 777 00:37:28,679 --> 00:37:29,976 This is Robert. 778 00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:42,187 What did he die of? 779 00:37:46,897 --> 00:37:48,524 That's impossible. 780 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:52,964 I saw him two months ago. If he had lung cancer, he would have... 781 00:38:02,079 --> 00:38:03,307 Dr. Chase? 782 00:38:17,895 --> 00:38:21,092 Good news is, both your parents are dead now. 783 00:38:21,165 --> 00:38:24,464 So no reason to screw up this bad again. How'd you know? 784 00:38:24,568 --> 00:38:27,935 There's this interconnected network of computers, 785 00:38:28,005 --> 00:38:29,734 or "lnterweb," where you can... 786 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:31,603 How did you know to look? 787 00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:36,871 When he visited, he told me he only had two months left. 788 00:38:37,348 --> 00:38:39,816 When you screwed up, I did the math. 789 00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:41,579 Why didn't you tell me he was dying? 790 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:43,414 He asked me not to. 791 00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:48,549 So you just hung me out there to be blindsided? 792 00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:51,655 Yeah, Chase, it was all my fault. 793 00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:56,625 Look, you've got a choice. You can either tell the truth, 794 00:38:56,701 --> 00:38:59,932 the hospital settles, the family gets some money. 795 00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:02,404 They get to keep their house. 796 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:05,308 Or you can keep up this lie. 797 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:08,372 The family gets punitive damages, 798 00:39:08,479 --> 00:39:11,004 they buy a jet, and they move to Park Avenue, 799 00:39:11,816 --> 00:39:13,909 and you have to find another career. 800 00:39:13,984 --> 00:39:15,781 You're not gonna say anything? 801 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,717 I'm gonna keep my mouth shut. 802 00:39:20,658 --> 00:39:24,025 Legally, it's better for me if you go down in flames. 803 00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:45,507 Is Chase telling the committee about his dad? 804 00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:47,383 I don't know. 805 00:39:49,153 --> 00:39:50,142 (SlGHS) 806 00:39:50,254 --> 00:39:53,121 I thought you were gonna get him to sell me out. 807 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:55,923 I wouldn't do that. Why not? 808 00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:57,990 You're my client, too. 809 00:39:58,829 --> 00:39:59,818 Yeah. 810 00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:04,997 And that's not gonna change unless you leave this job, 811 00:40:05,669 --> 00:40:06,795 or I do. 812 00:40:07,505 --> 00:40:10,668 So how do you deal with a coworker that you have feelings for? 813 00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:12,538 Positive or negative. 814 00:40:14,979 --> 00:40:17,038 I don't wanna end up like Chase. 815 00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:21,911 I don't wanna get emotionally caught up and kill you. 816 00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:30,918 It's not all negative. 817 00:40:42,373 --> 00:40:44,307 Maybe you were right, maybe... 818 00:40:48,012 --> 00:40:50,037 Maybe that is the problem. 819 00:40:57,988 --> 00:40:59,353 So what do we do? 820 00:41:04,762 --> 00:41:06,229 I don't know. 821 00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:11,298 DR. SCHlSGAL: Dr. House? 822 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,345 After considering the testimonial and documentary evidence, 823 00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:30,353 this ad-hoc committee in the matter of Kayla McGinley has reached a decision. 824 00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:31,683 Dr. Chase, 825 00:41:32,690 --> 00:41:35,215 your error resulted in a patient's death. 826 00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:39,020 You also lied, both to your superiors and the patient's brother. 827 00:41:40,297 --> 00:41:43,528 But, taking into account the mitigating factor of your father's death, 828 00:41:43,601 --> 00:41:46,126 we've decided not to revoke your privileges. 829 00:41:46,937 --> 00:41:50,930 You'll receive one week's suspension, and a letter in your permanent file. 830 00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:53,233 Now, as for Dr. House. 831 00:41:53,811 --> 00:41:55,870 There is no evidence of a failure to supervise 832 00:41:55,946 --> 00:41:58,312 that would lead to disciplinary action. 833 00:41:58,716 --> 00:42:03,551 And yet, there is enough in the record to be very troubled by your conduct, 834 00:42:04,154 --> 00:42:08,557 including certain allegations of blackmail from members of the transplant team, 835 00:42:08,626 --> 00:42:12,118 and by your general refusal to meet with your patients. 836 00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:14,894 It should be noted that your patient's cancer 837 00:42:14,965 --> 00:42:17,798 was diagnosed as a result of a direct physical examination... 838 00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:20,962 Not of the patient. I met the brother, never met her. 839 00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:22,938 Do you want me to go to a family reunion 840 00:42:23,073 --> 00:42:24,973 every time I take on a patient? 841 00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:28,073 The committee has determined that for no less than one month, 842 00:42:28,145 --> 00:42:31,308 Dr. House will have his practice supervised by another doctor, 843 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:33,850 to be designated by Dr. Cuddy. 844 00:42:33,918 --> 00:42:36,113 This proceeding is adjourned. 845 00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:52,894 Did you know this was coming? 846 00:42:53,037 --> 00:42:54,664 They contacted me about an hour ago. 847 00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:56,569 CAMERON: What's happening to Chase? 848 00:42:56,807 --> 00:42:58,274 Now you're fired! 849 00:42:58,409 --> 00:42:59,876 No. He's not. 850 00:43:00,978 --> 00:43:02,070 Dr. House, 851 00:43:03,047 --> 00:43:04,480 meet your new boss. 852 00:43:12,690 --> 00:43:14,624 Guess I'm his best friend now.