1 00:00:15,382 --> 00:00:16,815 It's cold. 2 00:00:21,988 --> 00:00:23,956 Good. Thank you. 3 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:27,016 There's a new girl at the ice cream store. 4 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:30,586 She doesn't seem too fond of buttoning her top button. 5 00:00:30,663 --> 00:00:32,153 Let's go check her out. 6 00:01:55,815 --> 00:01:57,442 What are we supposed to be doing? 7 00:01:57,517 --> 00:01:58,677 It's almost 4:00. 8 00:01:58,751 --> 00:02:00,218 You got somewhere to be? 9 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:02,345 We know he likes to manipulate people. 10 00:02:02,422 --> 00:02:04,447 He's probably testing us. 11 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:06,253 To find out what? 12 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:08,123 How long we can look stupid for? 13 00:02:10,196 --> 00:02:11,959 He said he'd be here by 3:00. 14 00:02:12,031 --> 00:02:13,862 He's obviously not coming. 15 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:17,395 I'm going home. Nobody follow her. 16 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:20,803 She Pied Pipered nine people right out of a job last week. 17 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:28,309 Would you mind holding my metaphor for a second? 18 00:02:28,414 --> 00:02:31,406 New patient, 37-year-old male. 19 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:33,782 Suffers from severe ascending muscle weakness. 20 00:02:33,853 --> 00:02:35,684 Why are you late? To see who'd put up with it. 21 00:02:35,788 --> 00:02:37,346 So, if we'd have left, we would have been fired? 22 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:39,448 I was going to fire whoever stuck around, 23 00:02:39,526 --> 00:02:42,256 but since everyone stuck around... 24 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:49,127 28º/º curvature of the spine has caused reduced lung capacity 25 00:02:49,202 --> 00:02:50,931 and he has reduced the bone mineral density. 26 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:53,404 The patient has spinal muscular atrophy. 27 00:02:53,473 --> 00:02:55,964 It's genetic, incurable. 28 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:57,939 This is not a diagnostic mystery. 29 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:00,673 You have just given the state secrets to the enemy. 30 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:02,714 What enemy? New patient, new rules. 31 00:03:02,782 --> 00:03:05,342 Today, you're going to split yourselves into two teams. 32 00:03:05,418 --> 00:03:07,784 The first to figure out what's threatening to deprive the patient 33 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:10,049 of the 20 or so miserable years he's got left 34 00:03:10,123 --> 00:03:12,751 with SMA gets to keep their jobs. 35 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:15,123 Take off your numbers. You look stupid. 36 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:16,662 And I think I know who you are by now. 37 00:03:16,729 --> 00:03:18,458 Wait, how do you want us to split up? 38 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:22,058 Good question, Overly Excited Former Foster Kid. 39 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:23,261 There's 10 of you. 40 00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:25,497 I was thinking six against six? No, wait. 41 00:03:25,572 --> 00:03:27,130 How about women versus men? 42 00:03:27,207 --> 00:03:29,801 Excellent suggestion, Fat Twin. 43 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,037 More interesting than evens versus odds. 44 00:03:32,111 --> 00:03:34,579 Less interesting than shirts against skins. 45 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:37,912 If your sex organs dangle, you're the Confederates. 46 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:40,976 If your sex organs are aesthetically pleasing, you're the Yanks. 47 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:44,285 Dr. House? I'd like to be on the men's team. 48 00:03:44,357 --> 00:03:47,053 Do your sex organs dangle, Cutthroat Bitch? 49 00:03:47,126 --> 00:03:49,356 Not yet. You've never hired more 50 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:51,488 than one female on your team before. 51 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:53,259 If you're going to purge an entire gender 52 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,358 it isn't going to be the danglers. 53 00:03:55,435 --> 00:03:59,064 Sounds logical, if you don't think about it for more than three seconds. 54 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:01,834 I just told you that if the danglers lose, they're out. 55 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:04,376 So, I can only assume you're hiding the real reason. 56 00:04:04,477 --> 00:04:06,342 You don't think the women will be aggressive enough, 57 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:08,403 will be good enough at science. They'll be too emotional. 58 00:04:08,481 --> 00:04:09,948 Can I switch teams? 59 00:04:11,718 --> 00:04:13,583 If the danglers are okay, I'm okay. 60 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:15,780 We're not okay. I get it. 61 00:04:15,855 --> 00:04:18,551 You don't like me because maybe I'm a little bit competitive. 62 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:19,649 Manipulative. 63 00:04:19,726 --> 00:04:21,353 "Cutthroat Bitch" is your official title. 64 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:23,861 It's a game. You can either play for fun or play to win. 65 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:26,865 If you want to win, you want "Cutthroat". 66 00:04:27,233 --> 00:04:28,996 No, thank you. 67 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:31,434 First thing we have to do is get inside his head. 68 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:32,697 It's not psychological. 69 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:35,036 I'm not talking about the patient, I'm talking about House. 70 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:37,633 He's insane, but he's not irresponsible. 71 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:40,201 He wouldn't be playing this game if he didn't already know the answer. 72 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,111 The first thing we do is gang-bang the sucker. 73 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:45,013 There's five of us. We can run dozens of tests. 74 00:04:45,084 --> 00:04:47,177 We don't need a theory. We just need brute force. 75 00:04:47,253 --> 00:04:48,845 What about the assist dog? 76 00:04:48,921 --> 00:04:52,118 Picks bacteria-infested things up with its bacteria-infested mouth, 77 00:04:52,191 --> 00:04:53,317 hands them over to the guy... 78 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:54,883 It's not the dog, wouldn't be fair. 79 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:57,088 To who? Whom. 80 00:04:57,163 --> 00:04:59,825 The men. House knows I used to be a vet. 81 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:02,197 If the dog's the answer, they'd be at a handicap. 82 00:05:02,268 --> 00:05:03,633 What about the dog? 83 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:05,068 Assist dogs put everything in their mouth. 84 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:06,469 Money, doorknobs... 85 00:05:06,539 --> 00:05:08,632 Great. That's not what I said. 86 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:10,403 Why do you think a low sodium... I don't. 87 00:05:10,476 --> 00:05:12,569 Patient took a trip to Thailand two weeks ago. 88 00:05:12,645 --> 00:05:15,170 Hey, write bigger and angle the board more so they can see it. 89 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:16,408 This is wrong. 90 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:17,574 It's only wrong if they cheat off us. 91 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:18,878 And if they cheat off us, they're wrong. 92 00:05:18,951 --> 00:05:22,318 They're not cheating, but one of them is moving. 93 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:29,092 Hey. Stop playing with your sutures or I'll have to re-do them. 94 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:32,689 Why do you guys keep a D-cell battery in a urine specimen cup? 95 00:05:32,765 --> 00:05:34,858 Because we pulled it from a patient's intestine. 96 00:05:34,934 --> 00:05:37,198 Why would somebody swallow a battery? 97 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:39,500 Why do you assume it was swallowed? 98 00:05:39,572 --> 00:05:41,631 Bed five needs a bag of Ringer's lactate. 99 00:05:41,708 --> 00:05:44,302 Would have been worse if he'd used a nine-volt. 100 00:05:44,377 --> 00:05:46,368 Who said it was a "he"? 101 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:47,970 False assumptions. You're good. 102 00:05:48,047 --> 00:05:49,378 You're trying to get me to think like him. 103 00:05:49,449 --> 00:05:52,782 And you're trying to kiss my ass. Why are you talking to me? 104 00:05:52,885 --> 00:05:56,981 Because House is turning patient care into a game. It's dangerous. 105 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:59,991 The patient's going to suffer. Maybe die. 106 00:06:06,065 --> 00:06:09,000 Wow! You really need a shave. 107 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:12,100 See what I did there? 108 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:13,796 Whoa. 109 00:06:22,014 --> 00:06:23,572 Interesting. 110 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:28,283 I need a crash cart in here! 111 00:06:37,663 --> 00:06:39,290 I didn't do it. 112 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:42,926 When a person faints, it's because they're 113 00:06:43,002 --> 00:06:44,469 not getting enough blood to their brain. 114 00:06:44,537 --> 00:06:46,698 The act of falling corrects the problem. 115 00:06:46,806 --> 00:06:50,298 You faint again strapped into that power chair where you can't fall, 116 00:06:50,376 --> 00:06:51,775 you might not wake up. 117 00:06:51,844 --> 00:06:53,539 Killed by an assistive device? 118 00:06:53,679 --> 00:06:55,374 At least my death would be ironic. 119 00:06:55,481 --> 00:06:56,573 I think when you went to Thailand, 120 00:06:56,649 --> 00:06:59,083 you picked up a threadworm called strongyloides. 121 00:06:59,152 --> 00:07:00,346 They usually go up through your feet. 122 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:02,684 I didn't do a lot of walking on the beach. 123 00:07:02,755 --> 00:07:05,690 But I assume you did have someone lay you down in the sand. 124 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:09,990 Bare back, bare legs increases exposure tenfold over bare feet. 125 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:14,162 Two pills. You'll be all better. 126 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,837 Can I have some water for those, please? 127 00:07:24,177 --> 00:07:25,337 Hey, take a number! 128 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:26,605 House didn't say anything about taking turns. 129 00:07:26,679 --> 00:07:27,771 What's she testing you for? 130 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:30,748 Don't. They'll spend all day obsessing over my idea 131 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:32,978 instead of coming up with one of their own. 132 00:07:33,052 --> 00:07:35,020 And, hey, I might be wrong. 133 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:36,918 Seriously. I'm worried that if we don't know 134 00:07:36,989 --> 00:07:38,422 what she's given you, there could be conflicts. 135 00:07:38,491 --> 00:07:39,617 No, you're not. 136 00:07:39,692 --> 00:07:41,785 House told me he's keeping track of all that. 137 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:44,352 Ten doctors. I should be getting ten cures. 138 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:47,160 We need blood, hair, and stool. 139 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:48,996 You poop and then you use the wooden 140 00:07:49,068 --> 00:07:50,558 sticks to collect the fecal matter, 141 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:52,228 then rub it on the green box. 142 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:53,363 Hand it to my dog. 143 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,134 Only one of those things I can do on my own. 144 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:58,336 And the last couple of days, I haven't been doing that. 145 00:07:58,411 --> 00:08:01,437 Is it all right with you if we carry you into the bathroom? 146 00:08:01,514 --> 00:08:04,972 If you want me there, that's the way you're going to have to do it. 147 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:13,519 Okay. 148 00:08:14,660 --> 00:08:15,718 Ready? Mmm-hmm. 149 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:17,695 One, two, three. 150 00:08:17,763 --> 00:08:19,594 Can I get a little head support, please? 151 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:20,996 Thank you. 152 00:08:39,051 --> 00:08:40,746 Why are you here? 153 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:43,686 My offices are being used by my teams. 154 00:08:45,491 --> 00:08:46,617 Teams? 155 00:08:46,692 --> 00:08:48,683 Which means this is the only place where you can yell at me. 156 00:08:48,761 --> 00:08:49,955 You have "teams"? 157 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:51,087 Two of them. 158 00:08:51,197 --> 00:08:52,858 I wanted to deal with the yelling today 159 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:54,763 because I noticed what you were wearing, 160 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:57,064 and I wouldn't have to listen all that closely. 161 00:08:57,603 --> 00:08:59,662 You can't make a competition out of patient care. 162 00:08:59,739 --> 00:09:03,368 Without competition, we'd still be single cell organisms. 163 00:09:03,442 --> 00:09:05,876 Can I go now? Not until after the yelling. 164 00:09:05,945 --> 00:09:06,934 What's wrong with him? 165 00:09:07,013 --> 00:09:09,140 I have seven of the finest minds on it. 166 00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:10,375 Along with three very special... 167 00:09:10,449 --> 00:09:12,508 You wouldn't be doing this unless you already knew. 168 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:14,280 I tell you, you tell them. Game's over. 169 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:16,218 If you know, you are obligated to treat... 170 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:18,951 Well, then, in that case, I don't know. 171 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:23,962 Why would a guy voluntarily shove 172 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:26,294 a metal object into an electrical socket? 173 00:09:26,365 --> 00:09:29,892 I'm getting closer and closer to knowing the answer. 174 00:09:29,969 --> 00:09:31,994 What would happen if I shut down this game? 175 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:35,199 I'd fire them all, hire 40 new fellowship applicants 176 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:37,742 and start the game all over again. 177 00:09:37,810 --> 00:09:39,778 You do know what's wrong with him, right? 178 00:09:39,845 --> 00:09:43,212 It would be pretty irresponsible if I didn't, wouldn't it? 179 00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:49,220 Antibiotics aren't working. 180 00:09:49,288 --> 00:09:51,722 Legionella could explain the lungs, the fever. 181 00:09:51,791 --> 00:09:54,157 If she had Legionella, she'd have low sodium. 182 00:09:54,226 --> 00:09:55,989 What can you tell me about her? 183 00:09:56,062 --> 00:09:57,552 She likes body surfing. 184 00:09:57,630 --> 00:10:00,155 Maybe picked up a virus swimming off Jones Beach. 185 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,757 But she doesn't even have the energy to finish her crossword anymore. 186 00:10:02,835 --> 00:10:03,927 Her boyfriend said... 187 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:05,231 That's it. 188 00:10:05,304 --> 00:10:06,703 What is? Blurry vision. 189 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:08,672 How do you get blurry vision from not being... 190 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:12,177 You don't stop a daily ritual that cures boredom because you're bored. 191 00:10:12,244 --> 00:10:13,802 She stopped doing her crossword puzzle 192 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:15,369 because she's having a hard time reading it. 193 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:18,383 What causes fever, boggy lungs, and blurry vision? 194 00:10:18,451 --> 00:10:20,544 Fungal. Aspergillus would explain 195 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:22,850 the pneumonia, which explains the fever. 196 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:24,612 Start her on amphotericin. 197 00:10:26,592 --> 00:10:28,787 Hey, guys. Great job. 198 00:10:37,937 --> 00:10:42,840 If you were going to try to take yourself out, why choose electricity? 199 00:10:42,942 --> 00:10:45,342 You eat a bullet, jump off a building... 200 00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:47,436 I love the team thing, by the way. 201 00:10:47,513 --> 00:10:50,004 Bury yourself alive in Cuddy's cleavage. 202 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:53,574 Teamwork, collaboration, all for the greater good... 203 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,814 It could have been a suicidal gesture 204 00:10:55,955 --> 00:10:58,150 as opposed to an actual attempt. 205 00:10:58,257 --> 00:11:00,885 Interestingly, the rain in Spain doesn't 206 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,986 actually fall in the plain all that much. 207 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:06,789 But who puts their internal organs 208 00:11:06,866 --> 00:11:08,891 on a skillet just to get attention? 209 00:11:08,968 --> 00:11:10,265 Go ask him. 210 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:14,296 That would be cheating. 211 00:11:17,543 --> 00:11:19,101 Got a diagnosis yet? 212 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:20,236 Get out of here. 213 00:11:20,312 --> 00:11:21,438 Got a stool sample yet? 214 00:11:21,514 --> 00:11:22,538 How could you know? 215 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:25,641 Oh, I talked to a nurse. Pretty brilliant, huh? 216 00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:29,051 I give you a move House will love straight from one of his former fellows 217 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:30,486 and you let me join your team. 218 00:11:30,556 --> 00:11:32,820 You're too late. We already have our diagnosis. 219 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:36,020 He's lying because he wants you to go away. 220 00:11:36,095 --> 00:11:37,119 So do I. 221 00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:38,629 How do we know you're not a double agent? 222 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,563 Find out what we're thinking then go back to the women. 223 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:42,464 Because I don't care what you're thinking. 224 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,435 You want to know why I want to be on your team? 225 00:11:44,503 --> 00:11:45,697 Because you're idiots. 226 00:11:45,771 --> 00:11:48,365 If I can get the women out of the competition, I'm in. 227 00:11:48,474 --> 00:11:50,374 And so are two of you. 228 00:12:02,788 --> 00:12:04,517 So what's the big move? 229 00:12:05,191 --> 00:12:07,056 It's called xenodiagnosis. 230 00:12:07,159 --> 00:12:10,424 We let these bugs bite you, then we test their feces for parasites. 231 00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:12,225 Why can't you test my feces? 232 00:12:12,331 --> 00:12:14,822 Because you've been chugging milk of magnesia for the past hour. 233 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:17,164 You've got a lot going in and nothing coming out. 234 00:12:17,236 --> 00:12:20,797 Testing the bugs' feces is actually more accurate than testing yours. 235 00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:23,398 Smaller haystack, easier to find the needle. 236 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,775 You okay? Get the bugs off him. 237 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:34,750 Get the bugs off him! 238 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:35,912 The test isn't done. 239 00:12:35,988 --> 00:12:37,114 He's choking! 240 00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:49,528 Patchy infiltrates on the X-ray, but patient 241 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:51,627 improved with chest PT and oxygen, 242 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:53,137 consistent with aspiration. 243 00:12:53,205 --> 00:12:55,332 So, now we have another symptom to explain. 244 00:12:55,407 --> 00:12:58,968 Why does his throat think his lungs are his stomach? 245 00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:02,840 And why are your throats closing up? 246 00:13:02,915 --> 00:13:04,610 Shouldn't we be in separate rooms? 247 00:13:04,683 --> 00:13:07,550 You think I'm going to run two differentials at this time in the morning? 248 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:08,678 Grumpy, you're first. 249 00:13:08,754 --> 00:13:09,743 I'm not grumpy. 250 00:13:09,822 --> 00:13:12,518 Well, why would I call you that if you weren't? 251 00:13:12,591 --> 00:13:14,422 It's an unusual combination. 252 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:16,825 Unusual equals exotic equals foreign. 253 00:13:16,896 --> 00:13:18,557 It has to be connected to his trip to Thailand. 254 00:13:18,664 --> 00:13:20,188 You practice medicine overseas? 255 00:13:20,266 --> 00:13:22,530 I was with Doctors Without Borders for eight years. 256 00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:24,762 Ta-da! It's in my file. 257 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:27,168 David Blaine hides the six of hearts in a beer bottle. 258 00:13:27,239 --> 00:13:28,706 It's still impressive. 259 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:30,639 You like exotic. Why are you here? 260 00:13:30,709 --> 00:13:31,767 I want this job. 261 00:13:31,844 --> 00:13:34,438 Parent sick? No. I... I just... 262 00:13:34,513 --> 00:13:35,912 This is not the job you want. 263 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:37,642 This is the job in the zip code you want. 264 00:13:37,716 --> 00:13:38,740 You engaged? 265 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:39,842 Yes. 266 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:40,943 Ta-da! 267 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:43,614 Am I not allowed to grow up and change my priorities? 268 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:45,953 You're allowed to. People usually don't. 269 00:13:46,058 --> 00:13:47,457 This is not a new symptom. 270 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,494 Our patient has spinal muscular atrophy. 271 00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:51,462 He has documented trouble swallowing. 272 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:52,792 The choking is not new. 273 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:55,163 So, if it's nothing new, what caused the old? 274 00:13:55,234 --> 00:13:56,929 Strongyloides worms explain the fainting. 275 00:13:57,002 --> 00:13:58,333 We already treated... 276 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:02,170 So, he's all better, woman who... Thirteen. 277 00:14:02,241 --> 00:14:03,367 He hasn't gotten any worse. 278 00:14:03,442 --> 00:14:04,807 That's a pretty passive approach 279 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:06,139 for the daughter of an alcoholic. 280 00:14:06,212 --> 00:14:07,338 Wrong again. 281 00:14:07,413 --> 00:14:10,109 We could stress his system, put him on a tilt table. 282 00:14:10,182 --> 00:14:11,171 If he stays conscious, 283 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:13,377 it means we made the right diagnosis and we win. 284 00:14:13,452 --> 00:14:15,010 Then, why haven't you? 285 00:14:17,756 --> 00:14:19,781 Six against four. 286 00:14:20,292 --> 00:14:23,420 One of the men is going to have to join the women's team. 287 00:14:23,495 --> 00:14:25,690 On the other hand, one of the men isn't 288 00:14:25,764 --> 00:14:28,790 an actual doctor, so I guess it's pretty fair. 289 00:14:30,202 --> 00:14:32,636 Men, you're in the penalty box. 290 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:33,763 Who's not the doctor? 291 00:14:33,839 --> 00:14:35,636 Glad you asked about that. 292 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:38,643 The reason I'm penalizing you is time management. 293 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:41,703 In diagnostics, you're always working against the clock. 294 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:44,044 The women came up with a theory and they treated the patient. 295 00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:45,549 You guys just sat around in a lab, 296 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:48,280 hoping a series of blind tests would give you a theory. 297 00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:50,822 You wasted the patient's time. 298 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:52,983 Now, I'm going to waste yours. 299 00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:54,787 Her gums are turning yellow. 300 00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:57,226 Whatever it is, it's in her liver now. 301 00:14:57,296 --> 00:14:59,127 Fungal fit perfectly. 302 00:14:59,198 --> 00:15:01,393 We were wrong. 303 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,628 And we're going to keep being wrong until we're right. 304 00:15:03,702 --> 00:15:05,192 Or until she dies. 305 00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:06,863 Yeah. That was very helpful. 306 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:10,406 Need a team to tell me we're mortals. 307 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:14,576 Look. I'm sorry. You're right. 308 00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:19,416 Doesn't hurt to be reminded that we're dealing with real stakes, here. 309 00:15:19,518 --> 00:15:22,919 Liver failure is a bad thing, but it's also a clue. 310 00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:24,717 What does it tell us? 311 00:15:33,265 --> 00:15:36,894 I can't let you leave if I think you're still suicidal. 312 00:15:37,002 --> 00:15:38,867 I wasn't trying to off myself. 313 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:42,601 No, that's right, you were just trying to kill the wall. 314 00:15:43,108 --> 00:15:45,542 I check this box, and your next roommates 315 00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:48,671 are going to be Jesus and Crazy McLoonybin. 316 00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:51,845 That guy never had a chance. 317 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:53,544 It's going to sound stupid. 318 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:55,450 Suddenly, you're shy? 319 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:57,452 You pooped your pants in front of me. 320 00:15:57,556 --> 00:16:00,548 It's one of the nasty side effects of dying. 321 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:08,297 Last Saturday I got in a car crash. 322 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:12,595 A drunk driver came over the line and hit me, head on. 323 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,031 It was like slow motion. 324 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,642 I saw these headlights, 325 00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:20,077 then, 326 00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:22,443 I saw... 327 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:30,878 Paramedics said I was technically dead for 97 seconds. 328 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:38,591 It was the best 97 seconds of my life. 329 00:16:46,238 --> 00:16:47,466 Okay, here's what happened. 330 00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:50,667 Your oxygen-deprived brain was shutting down. 331 00:16:51,977 --> 00:16:54,502 A flood of endorphins and serotonin was released. 332 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,172 That's what gave you the visions. 333 00:16:56,281 --> 00:16:59,580 No. Believe me. It wasn't chemicals. 334 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:03,453 I've done every hallucinogenic there is. 335 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:06,489 This was way bigger than that. 336 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:11,825 There's something out there. 337 00:17:14,133 --> 00:17:15,725 Something more. 338 00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:20,237 Hey, can I have my knife back? 339 00:17:20,305 --> 00:17:21,329 Nope. 340 00:17:24,843 --> 00:17:26,367 Who the hell isn't a doctor? 341 00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:27,776 House said we can't talk. 342 00:17:27,846 --> 00:17:29,177 He meant we can't talk about the case. 343 00:17:29,248 --> 00:17:30,943 House is just jerking us around. 344 00:17:31,016 --> 00:17:32,415 That's what he does. 345 00:17:32,484 --> 00:17:33,883 You're not curious. 346 00:17:33,952 --> 00:17:35,749 Only one reason you wouldn't be curious. 347 00:17:35,821 --> 00:17:38,255 We should talk about the case. 348 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:39,949 He's punishing us for wasting time. 349 00:17:40,025 --> 00:17:41,549 Maybe we shouldn't be wasting this time. 350 00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:42,685 Close that door. 351 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:43,785 You're going to get us all fired. 352 00:17:43,862 --> 00:17:47,423 We need to find a link between fainting and trouble swallowing. 353 00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:50,764 We need to know if it's dysphagia or full-blown achalasia. 354 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:52,097 Paraganglioma. 355 00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:54,900 How would a neo-plastic growth in his abdomen explain... 356 00:17:54,973 --> 00:17:56,338 Not his abdomen. In his neck. 357 00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:58,672 A carotid body tumor causes trouble swallowing. 358 00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:02,043 Food presses against the vagus nerve and causes the fainting. 359 00:18:02,114 --> 00:18:04,981 So, if this guy has cancer, we get to keep our jobs. 360 00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:06,108 If he's healthy, we're fired. 361 00:18:06,185 --> 00:18:07,413 We need a CT to prove it. 362 00:18:07,486 --> 00:18:09,818 And we need the women not to figure it out while we're sitting here. 363 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:13,289 And does House's computer have a built-in microphone? 364 00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:43,646 There is a potential toxicity with an experimental treatment. 365 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:45,885 I was never here. 366 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:52,492 Blood pressure is remaining stable through 60 degrees. 367 00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:55,158 No pauses on his EKG, no nausea. 368 00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:56,895 Our treatment worked. 369 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:58,266 I need our patient. 370 00:18:58,337 --> 00:19:00,396 Syncope's cured, Amber. It's over. 371 00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:04,733 You obviously haven't stressed his system hard enough. 372 00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:07,778 You crank it up high enough, anyone will pass out. 373 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:10,440 This is incredible! 374 00:19:10,516 --> 00:19:13,076 This is the most I've moved in 20 years. 375 00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:18,112 The tilt table test showed that the patient's EKG, 376 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:19,714 BP and pulse remained normal, despite... 377 00:19:19,791 --> 00:19:21,554 Who are you, Thirteen? 378 00:19:21,627 --> 00:19:23,458 My name's in the file. 379 00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:25,053 The fact that you won't answer my questions 380 00:19:25,130 --> 00:19:26,859 tells me more about you than answers could. 381 00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:27,990 No, it doesn't. 382 00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:29,090 We turned the thing up to 95 degrees... 383 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:31,466 You don't think that non-answers tell me anything? 384 00:19:31,537 --> 00:19:33,095 Sure. Just not as much as actual answers. 385 00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:34,400 That's why they're called answers. 386 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:35,735 They tell me you're hiding something. 387 00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:37,035 Tells you I'm hiding everything. 388 00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:38,940 Tells me you've got something worth hiding. 389 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:41,002 Was it Turkish prison? Gay porn? 390 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:43,274 You killed a man just 'cause he was asking too many questions? 391 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:44,906 Can I finish reporting on the patient? 392 00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:46,109 No need. 393 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:47,652 See you in an hour or so. 394 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:49,482 Got to set some stuff up. 395 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:57,890 Thank you all for coming to tribal council. 396 00:19:59,898 --> 00:20:03,390 A man of your integrity, I feel I can trust, Big Love. 397 00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:06,835 And I don't call you that 'cause you're a Mormon. 398 00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:08,600 Where's your team's sixth man? 399 00:20:08,674 --> 00:20:10,437 She went rogue. Broke the rules. 400 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:13,339 You also sinned. You have no right to cast the first stone. 401 00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:15,175 And atheists have no right to quote scripture. 402 00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:16,544 The rules said, "No talking. " 403 00:20:16,615 --> 00:20:17,673 I told them not to talk. 404 00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:18,738 Out loud. 405 00:20:18,817 --> 00:20:20,409 We were trying to save a man's life. 406 00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:22,112 Key word being "trying". 407 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:25,782 Tilt table test confirmed that you guys were wrong. 408 00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:28,085 You're fired. 409 00:20:29,861 --> 00:20:32,022 The prodigal son returneth. 410 00:20:32,097 --> 00:20:33,325 You're also fired. 411 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:35,889 We thought there was a tumor on the patient's esophagus. 412 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:38,436 We were right about the area, wrong about the diagnosis. 413 00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:41,802 Turns out the esophagus is just straightening. It's scleroderma. 414 00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:43,238 Explains the syncope and the choking. 415 00:20:43,308 --> 00:20:44,366 He needs steroids. 416 00:20:44,443 --> 00:20:46,138 You did a CT scan? Obviously. 417 00:20:46,211 --> 00:20:47,974 After you were already proven wrong? 418 00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:49,513 Good for you. 419 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:52,243 It's too bad you're wrong. 420 00:20:52,317 --> 00:20:54,547 Straightening indicates weakening, not hardening. 421 00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:57,111 SMA explains the weakening. 422 00:20:57,222 --> 00:20:59,986 Strongyloides infection explains everything else. 423 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:03,550 You ladies have the honor to give the patient a feeding tube. 424 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:05,722 Discharge him. Show up for work tomorrow. 425 00:21:05,797 --> 00:21:09,426 The rest of you... You're a disappointment. 426 00:21:10,569 --> 00:21:13,231 You make me want to stop dangling. 427 00:21:21,346 --> 00:21:24,008 It was the best two weeks of my life. 428 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:28,018 I think I will miss you most of all, Ridiculously Old Fraud. 429 00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:38,952 Do you think House could be wrong? 430 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:40,123 I thought he fired you. 431 00:21:40,198 --> 00:21:41,756 No. He fired the men. 432 00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:48,768 I don't think he's wrong. 433 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,102 If he is, how would I prove it? 434 00:21:50,175 --> 00:21:51,802 I just said I don't think he is. 435 00:21:51,877 --> 00:21:54,539 Well, thinking isn't good enough. 436 00:21:54,646 --> 00:21:57,513 You have to run a blood test for anticentromere antibodies. 437 00:21:57,616 --> 00:21:59,049 Would you mind running the labs? 438 00:21:59,117 --> 00:22:00,141 You can't. 439 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:01,344 Well, I can, but... 440 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:03,320 No, I was making a statement. 441 00:22:03,388 --> 00:22:04,446 You've been fired. 442 00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:06,150 So, you no longer have lab privileges. 443 00:22:06,224 --> 00:22:07,316 You weren't coming here for advice. 444 00:22:07,392 --> 00:22:10,054 You were coming here to con a favor to save your job. 445 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,460 Sorry. I'm not working for him anymore, 446 00:22:12,531 --> 00:22:14,624 but he can still make my life miserable. 447 00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:19,364 And you have a chance to make his life miserable. 448 00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:24,173 I'm insulted. 449 00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:26,972 You conned Cameron by appealing to her humanity... 450 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:28,512 I told her what she wanted to hear. 451 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:30,377 And you told me what you thought I wanted to hear. 452 00:22:30,449 --> 00:22:33,941 If it's any consolation, I think your motives are more interesting. 453 00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:37,749 I cannot believe he fired you. 454 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:40,319 Go draw his blood. 455 00:22:40,392 --> 00:22:42,257 I'll meet you in the lab when I'm done here. 456 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:51,669 Guess you didn't find your tumor. 457 00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:53,898 The other doctors tell you that you were fine? 458 00:22:54,005 --> 00:22:57,736 Yeah, in the sense it's just my disease getting worse. 459 00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:03,742 You come to terms with this disease. 460 00:23:05,016 --> 00:23:08,577 You know it's there. You know it's waiting. 461 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:12,054 And every now and again it takes something away. 462 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,059 Took my walking. Took my modesty. 463 00:23:19,598 --> 00:23:22,431 Now, it's taking one of my last pleasures. 464 00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:24,596 Well, there's an outside shot 465 00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:26,068 that something other than the SMA 466 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:27,765 is causing your eating problems. 467 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:31,297 And if it is, we can fix it, remove that tube. 468 00:23:39,284 --> 00:23:42,014 Is that my blood? It's green. 469 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,155 What does that mean? 470 00:23:49,961 --> 00:23:51,758 It means I'm not fired. 471 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:56,127 Is he a Vulcan? 472 00:23:56,935 --> 00:23:59,733 If no, what makes Nimoy bleed green? 473 00:23:59,805 --> 00:24:01,033 Are we officially un-fired? 474 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:03,097 How do we know she didn't fake the green blood? 475 00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:04,869 'Cause that would be stupid. 476 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:08,401 And while she may be manipulative, borderline evil, shallow... 477 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,539 They get it. I'm not stupid. 478 00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:11,877 What contrast did you use for the CT? 479 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:13,008 ICM. 480 00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:14,244 His kidneys aren't working. 481 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:18,085 They didn't filter the contrast, which, in ICM, is green. 482 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:20,383 Ten points. 483 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:22,859 Okay, let's add kidney failure to our list of symptoms. 484 00:24:22,928 --> 00:24:25,453 What are these points? Is that how you're deciding who to fire? 485 00:24:25,564 --> 00:24:28,089 I'm going to fire the next person who asks me who I'm going to fire. 486 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:29,224 Now we're on the point system? 487 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:30,325 What happened to men against women? 488 00:24:30,435 --> 00:24:31,459 Forget the game. 489 00:24:31,536 --> 00:24:32,560 What do you mean, forget the game? 490 00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:34,537 I mean, forget the damn game! 491 00:24:34,606 --> 00:24:35,698 This guy's kidneys are failing. 492 00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:37,071 We need to diagnose exactly... 493 00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:38,404 I thought we were diagnosing. 494 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:41,002 You were diagnosing. Now, I am, too. 495 00:24:41,112 --> 00:24:44,172 I thought that Thirteen was right about the strongyloides. 496 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:45,443 I was obviously wrong. 497 00:24:46,785 --> 00:24:49,481 Okay, kidney failure, aspiration, fainting. Go. 498 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:52,250 Kidney failure could be the result of a gram negative bacteria. 499 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:54,258 Our patient wears a catheter full-time. 500 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,191 It virtually guarantees bacterial infection. 501 00:24:56,294 --> 00:24:58,592 Which could have migrated up to his kidneys. 502 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:02,463 Infection stresses his already weakened system, makes his SMA worse. 503 00:25:02,534 --> 00:25:04,434 That explains the choking and fainting. 504 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:05,970 Put him on an IV amp and gent. 505 00:25:06,037 --> 00:25:08,096 Our team's scleroderma diagnosis still holds. 506 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:09,663 The test could have been negative because 507 00:25:09,741 --> 00:25:11,072 the blood was tainted with the contrast. 508 00:25:11,142 --> 00:25:12,575 Do a skin biopsy. 509 00:25:12,644 --> 00:25:14,612 Get a side of lymph node to confirm. 510 00:25:21,553 --> 00:25:23,544 I could have you fired. 511 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,383 You already had me fired. 512 00:25:25,457 --> 00:25:26,617 Just proves that I can. 513 00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:27,749 Were the men wrong? 514 00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:28,884 No. 515 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,894 That doesn't change the fact... Why are you yelling at me? 516 00:25:30,962 --> 00:25:32,327 Because performing tests for someone 517 00:25:32,397 --> 00:25:33,762 who is not a doctor in this hospital... 518 00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:36,096 You're frustrated. You want help, I'm here. 519 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:38,863 If you just need to vent, leave a message. 520 00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:44,504 I like him better like this. You? 521 00:25:47,145 --> 00:25:48,544 Patient developed pneumonia. 522 00:25:48,613 --> 00:25:49,773 His lungs are filling fast. 523 00:25:49,848 --> 00:25:51,281 We started him on antibiotics. 524 00:25:51,349 --> 00:25:52,611 Nothing. We were wrong. 525 00:25:52,684 --> 00:25:53,673 And you're here to say? 526 00:25:53,752 --> 00:25:54,776 We were wrong, too. 527 00:25:54,853 --> 00:25:56,320 He doesn't have scleroderma. 528 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:57,980 Biopsy revealed no fibrotic changes. 529 00:25:58,056 --> 00:25:59,956 Cervical lymph node has black flecks. 530 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:02,016 Just small areas of necrosis. It's nothing. 531 00:26:02,093 --> 00:26:04,220 You say, "Nothing," I say, "Cancer. " 532 00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:06,494 It's a bit of a stretch to jump right to cancer. 533 00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:07,623 I'm not jumping. 534 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:09,496 Broad specs haven't worked, so it's not bacterial. 535 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,162 Failing liver despite treatment suggests it's not fungal. 536 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:14,102 And her high lactic acidosis points towards 537 00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:16,106 anaplastic large cell lymphoma. 538 00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:19,903 Also suggests infection, which is a lot easier and safer to treat. 539 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:21,946 Large cell lymphoma is incredibly aggressive. 540 00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:24,015 She'll be dead in a week if we follow the textbooks. 541 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:26,050 Unless it's infection, in which case you irradiate her, 542 00:26:26,117 --> 00:26:27,914 and she'll be dead in a day. 543 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:29,749 And I know you have some experience with that. 544 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:33,924 I've seen doctors do this before. 545 00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:35,357 Go back to the scene of the crime, 546 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:37,861 if you're right this time, you purge yourself of past ghosts. 547 00:26:37,929 --> 00:26:39,521 I know it's contrary to protocol. 548 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,225 But I think it's more likely... 549 00:26:41,299 --> 00:26:43,267 Ghosts are there for a reason. 550 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:45,599 So you don't make the same mistake twice. 551 00:26:46,838 --> 00:26:50,274 Switch her over to third-generation cephalosporin. 552 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,608 You want to remove his eye? 553 00:26:57,682 --> 00:26:58,842 Who told you? 554 00:26:58,917 --> 00:27:00,475 You booked the OR. 555 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:01,610 Good. 556 00:27:03,154 --> 00:27:04,985 You can't beat me in a foot race. 557 00:27:05,056 --> 00:27:07,047 I thought we were dancing. 558 00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:11,088 Cervical lymph node is a garbage dump. 559 00:27:11,162 --> 00:27:12,186 A very small one. 560 00:27:12,263 --> 00:27:14,493 Just one truck comes and it only comes from one home. 561 00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:16,328 Al Gore would be appalled. The home... 562 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,426 The home is the right eye. I get it. 563 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:20,394 Do a biopsy. 564 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:21,803 On my way. 565 00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:23,932 You're not doing a biopsy. 566 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:25,636 You ordered an orbital exenteration. 567 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:27,803 Right. Because I don't want to remove a little, tiny piece, 568 00:27:27,879 --> 00:27:29,608 sit in the lab and confirm what I already know, 569 00:27:29,681 --> 00:27:31,615 while my patient drowns in his own fluid. 570 00:27:31,683 --> 00:27:34,550 But if you want me to, I absolutely will. 571 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,280 How advanced is the pneumonia? 572 00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:38,413 It's taking college courses. 573 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:40,082 Hey, Wilson! 574 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:41,887 I'm going to cut some cripple's eye out! 575 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,894 Want to come watch? 576 00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:46,657 Good times. 577 00:27:46,731 --> 00:27:47,891 We good to go? 578 00:27:58,476 --> 00:28:01,070 I thought melanoma was skin cancer. 579 00:28:01,846 --> 00:28:04,610 Technically, it's cancer of the pigment cells. 580 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:07,709 The same cells that give your iris its color. 581 00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:09,184 Cancer? 582 00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:12,746 Why not? What else can God throw at me? 583 00:28:12,857 --> 00:28:16,520 Hail, locusts, smiting of the first born... 584 00:28:16,594 --> 00:28:18,494 All depends on how evil you've been. 585 00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:19,825 House. 586 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:23,496 If it's cancer, it's spread everywhere, right? 587 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:27,395 That's what's in my lungs? My kidneys? 588 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:30,997 There is a chance, by removing the eye, to get the primary tumor, 589 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:32,509 and three courses of radiation, 590 00:28:32,877 --> 00:28:33,935 that could... 591 00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:37,446 Could what? A few months? Years? 592 00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:41,278 More likely months. 593 00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:45,186 Any of your other doctors have any cheerier diagnoses? 594 00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:47,247 If they do, they're wrong. This is the answer. 595 00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:49,293 It's the only way to help you. 596 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:52,261 I already can't walk. I can't eat. 597 00:28:55,133 --> 00:28:57,966 You're telling me that the rest of my life 598 00:28:58,036 --> 00:29:01,369 is in this bed, puking and pain? 599 00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:03,866 We can manage the pain. 600 00:29:03,942 --> 00:29:06,604 I'd rather just get this over with. 601 00:29:07,946 --> 00:29:13,316 I've been trapped in this useless body long enough. 602 00:29:15,453 --> 00:29:18,445 It'd be nice to finally get out. 603 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:21,754 Get out and go where? 604 00:29:21,826 --> 00:29:23,259 I mean, you think you're going to sprout wings 605 00:29:23,328 --> 00:29:25,057 and start flying around with the other angels? 606 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:26,324 Don't be an idiot. 607 00:29:26,397 --> 00:29:27,989 There is no "after". There's just this. 608 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:29,260 House! 609 00:29:40,645 --> 00:29:43,546 You can't let a dying man take solace in his beliefs? 610 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:44,741 His beliefs are stupid. 611 00:29:44,816 --> 00:29:46,078 Everybody lies. 612 00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:47,778 Some for good reasons, some for bad. 613 00:29:47,852 --> 00:29:49,513 This would have been a fantastic reason to lie. 614 00:29:49,587 --> 00:29:51,214 Hi. Greg House. 615 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:54,349 Why can't you just let him have his fairy tale? 616 00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:56,324 If it gives him comfort to imagine beaches 617 00:29:56,427 --> 00:29:58,793 and loved ones and life outside a wheelchair... 618 00:29:58,863 --> 00:30:00,353 Are there 72 virgins, too? 619 00:30:00,431 --> 00:30:01,557 It's over. 620 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:03,863 He's got days, maybe hours left. 621 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:06,869 What pain does it cause you if he spends that time with a peaceful smile? 622 00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:08,598 What sick pleasure do you get in making 623 00:30:08,673 --> 00:30:10,903 damn sure he's filled with fear and dread? 624 00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:13,876 He shouldn't be making a decision based on a lie. 625 00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:15,105 Misery is better than nothing. 626 00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:17,171 You don't know there's nothing. You haven't been there. 627 00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:19,646 Oh, God, I am tired of that argument. 628 00:30:19,717 --> 00:30:22,117 I don't have to go to Detroit to know that it smells. 629 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:25,816 Yes. Detroit, the afterlife, same thing. 630 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:03,651 You're not getting enough oxygen, 631 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:06,155 so we're inserting a tube directly into your lungs. 632 00:32:06,257 --> 00:32:08,418 It should help us drain some of this excess fluid. 633 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:10,757 Should make you a little more comfortable. 634 00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:18,468 SATs are still dropping. 635 00:32:18,536 --> 00:32:19,696 The fluid's clear. 636 00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:22,705 If this was cancer, there should be blood. 637 00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:24,274 Call House. 638 00:32:25,476 --> 00:32:27,171 He just paged me. 639 00:32:34,819 --> 00:32:36,184 Dr. House! 640 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:51,791 Maybe it was 641 00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:53,967 just an accident. 642 00:32:54,405 --> 00:32:56,032 It wasn't an accident. 643 00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:58,870 Think his nihilism got the best of him and he tried to kill himself? 644 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,569 He paged me. He paged you? 645 00:33:00,678 --> 00:33:02,236 Why you? I assume because... 646 00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:04,338 Don't assume anything. 647 00:33:04,849 --> 00:33:06,874 Don't fall into that trap. 648 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:08,418 Is he okay? 649 00:33:09,854 --> 00:33:11,116 Burned his hand pretty good. 650 00:33:11,189 --> 00:33:13,248 His heart stopped for nearly a minute. 651 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:16,191 But your cohort managed to restart it. 652 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:19,593 But he has not regained consciousness. 653 00:33:21,699 --> 00:33:24,668 So, since I have you all here, 654 00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:27,170 we should probably talk about your actual patient. 655 00:33:27,238 --> 00:33:30,139 Clear fluid from the lungs indicates that it's probably not cancer. 656 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:33,871 So it would be nice if we could come up with a new idea. 657 00:33:43,254 --> 00:33:45,882 You're an idiot. You nearly killed yourself. 658 00:33:45,957 --> 00:33:46,981 That was the whole idea. 659 00:33:47,058 --> 00:33:48,047 You wanted to kill yourself? 660 00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:50,458 I wanted to nearly kill myself. 661 00:33:50,561 --> 00:33:51,858 Is he better? 662 00:33:51,929 --> 00:33:52,953 No. 663 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:54,157 But he doesn't have cancer. 664 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:56,063 We think it might be eosinophilic pneumonia. 665 00:33:56,134 --> 00:33:59,069 Maybe you didn't want to die, but you didn't care if you lived. 666 00:33:59,137 --> 00:34:02,265 You insisted that I needed to see for myself. 667 00:34:03,574 --> 00:34:04,598 Was he discharged? 668 00:34:04,675 --> 00:34:06,040 No. He's dying. 669 00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:09,377 You've already had two near-death experiences. 670 00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:12,974 Not that guy, the guy in the car accident. 671 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,541 With the knife. 672 00:34:15,486 --> 00:34:18,216 I need to talk to him. 673 00:34:18,289 --> 00:34:20,450 He died almost an hour ago. 674 00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:23,754 Apparently, it's bad to electrocute yourself 675 00:34:23,828 --> 00:34:27,320 within days of suffering massive internal injuries. 676 00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:31,261 Why did you need to talk to him? 677 00:34:31,335 --> 00:34:33,735 Did you see something? 678 00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:35,967 Eosinophilic pneumonia. 679 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,372 House? What did you see? 680 00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:39,705 Nothing. 681 00:34:39,777 --> 00:34:41,142 Whose idea was that? 682 00:34:41,212 --> 00:34:42,372 Brennan. 683 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:45,348 "Nothing," you don't want to talk about it, or, "Nothing... " 684 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:47,008 Which one's Brennan? 685 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:48,609 Is he the ridiculously old guy? 686 00:34:48,686 --> 00:34:50,551 House, you've got to talk about this. 687 00:34:50,621 --> 00:34:54,819 If it's aggressive enough it might have gotten past the steroids. 688 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:57,052 Start him on cyclophosphamide. 689 00:34:57,128 --> 00:34:58,652 I already did. 690 00:34:58,763 --> 00:35:00,355 Just looking at you hurts. 691 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:04,659 I'm gonna order up some extra pain meds. 692 00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,202 I love you. 693 00:35:10,975 --> 00:35:14,433 How fast will this work? 694 00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:17,106 New meds should start helping in minutes, okay? Hang in there. 695 00:35:17,181 --> 00:35:20,048 Vacutainer's full. I need to replace it. 696 00:35:20,151 --> 00:35:24,554 I don't think it's working. 697 00:35:24,655 --> 00:35:26,179 Try and relax. 698 00:35:28,659 --> 00:35:30,149 You must be wrong. 699 00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:31,695 Stop talking. 700 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:35,455 Hurry up and get the chest tube working. 701 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:37,125 Okay. I got it. 702 00:35:37,201 --> 00:35:40,602 Can you get Hoover? 703 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:03,022 I can't... 704 00:36:03,094 --> 00:36:05,824 Can you put my 705 00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:07,990 hand 706 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:10,865 on his head? 707 00:36:15,773 --> 00:36:18,537 It's okay. Don't worry. 708 00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:22,709 I'm not scared. 709 00:36:37,895 --> 00:36:39,192 Oh, God. 710 00:36:51,776 --> 00:36:53,471 Time of death... 711 00:37:03,921 --> 00:37:05,889 You're looking better. 712 00:37:07,458 --> 00:37:08,948 Stark's dead. 713 00:37:14,832 --> 00:37:16,356 What are you doing? 714 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:18,058 Going to see our patient. 715 00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:19,795 He's dead. 716 00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:21,929 "Dead" is not a diagnosis. 717 00:37:22,006 --> 00:37:23,303 You really shouldn't be... 718 00:37:23,407 --> 00:37:25,238 Shut up and give me my cane. 719 00:37:27,678 --> 00:37:29,236 I assume we're all fired. 720 00:37:29,313 --> 00:37:31,042 Should I fire myself, too? 721 00:37:32,016 --> 00:37:34,814 I thought it was strongyloides, then I thought it was cancer. 722 00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:36,352 A little help, here? 723 00:37:36,487 --> 00:37:37,920 Ready? One, two... 724 00:37:43,861 --> 00:37:46,261 Why did you call me? 725 00:37:46,330 --> 00:37:48,093 Because if I pooped myself in front of Wilson, 726 00:37:48,165 --> 00:37:49,189 I'd never hear the end of it. 727 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:50,995 But why not one of the others? 728 00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:52,364 You always have that phone in your hand. 729 00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:55,132 We all have cell phones, that's not the reason. What is? 730 00:37:55,206 --> 00:37:57,538 If I died, you'd never get the job. 731 00:37:57,608 --> 00:37:59,371 I knew you wouldn't let that happen. 732 00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:01,911 You don't think anybody else has any reason to care? 733 00:38:01,979 --> 00:38:03,503 I think this is starting to come back to me. 734 00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:05,912 It's right, left, then repeat. 735 00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:08,680 Yeah. That works. 736 00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:13,314 What did we miss? 737 00:38:13,391 --> 00:38:14,881 If we knew, he wouldn't be dead. 738 00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:17,154 So, that's it? You're just gonna give up? 739 00:38:17,261 --> 00:38:19,695 No. We were defeated. It's over. 740 00:38:21,465 --> 00:38:23,262 Patient presented with syncope. 741 00:38:23,334 --> 00:38:25,802 We thought it was thread worms, gave him ivermectin. 742 00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:27,861 Thank you. 743 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:31,999 The patient seemed better until his blood turned green. 744 00:38:32,109 --> 00:38:33,633 Can we at least remove the body before 745 00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:36,043 launching into a purely academic exercise? 746 00:38:36,113 --> 00:38:39,276 The patient didn't respond to antibiotics or steroids. 747 00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:40,442 You okay, boy? 748 00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:42,679 What's wrong with the dog? 749 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:52,523 He's dead. 750 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,564 There are only a handful of viruses 751 00:38:54,632 --> 00:38:56,657 that can cross between dogs and humans. 752 00:38:56,734 --> 00:38:58,725 But they may not be connected at all. 753 00:38:58,836 --> 00:39:00,633 The dog was old. I've seen it before. 754 00:39:00,705 --> 00:39:02,798 They hang on way past their normal life expectancy 755 00:39:02,873 --> 00:39:04,306 to take care of their masters. 756 00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:06,741 Did you watch him take the pills? 757 00:39:08,846 --> 00:39:10,871 The ivermectin. Did you watch the patient 758 00:39:10,948 --> 00:39:12,745 put them in his mouth and swallow them? 759 00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:14,682 I don't know. I think so. 760 00:39:14,752 --> 00:39:15,776 What kind of dog is that? 761 00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:16,842 English Shepherd. 762 00:39:16,921 --> 00:39:18,047 That's in the collie family, right? 763 00:39:18,122 --> 00:39:19,180 Not really. 764 00:39:19,256 --> 00:39:20,450 But they share the MDR-1 gene? 765 00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:21,684 Yeah. 766 00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:25,752 What happens when you give a dog with the MDR-1 gene ivermectin? 767 00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:26,887 They don't. 768 00:39:26,997 --> 00:39:29,158 I mean, it's used to treat heartworms in most dogs, 769 00:39:29,233 --> 00:39:31,701 but it would be fatal if they... 770 00:39:39,443 --> 00:39:41,001 Look familiar? 771 00:39:41,846 --> 00:39:43,279 I think the last time you saw it, 772 00:39:43,347 --> 00:39:45,747 it didn't have that dead dog's teeth marks on it. 773 00:39:45,850 --> 00:39:48,011 I just put it on the bed tray to get him some water. 774 00:39:48,085 --> 00:39:51,111 When I asked you if you watched the patient swallow the pills, 775 00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:53,383 the right answer was, "No. " 776 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:58,418 Take his body down to the morgue. 777 00:40:11,742 --> 00:40:14,802 If you hadn't treated this patient as a game, he wouldn't be dead. 778 00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:16,641 Feeling much better, thank you. 779 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:19,307 I'm supposed to show you sympathy? 780 00:40:19,984 --> 00:40:23,613 He died while his attending was lying on a hospital bed 781 00:40:23,721 --> 00:40:26,315 because he stuck a knife in a wall socket. 782 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:29,325 He died because a doctor made a mistake. 783 00:40:29,827 --> 00:40:30,816 She was an idiot. 784 00:40:30,895 --> 00:40:32,157 You employed her. 785 00:40:33,164 --> 00:40:34,961 You're responsible. 786 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:49,245 Dr. Foreman. 787 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:53,712 How's she doing? 788 00:40:54,385 --> 00:40:58,048 Fever's gone. AST and ALT are back within normal range. 789 00:40:58,556 --> 00:41:01,184 She should be out of here in a few days. 790 00:41:01,258 --> 00:41:02,418 Gutsy call. 791 00:41:02,493 --> 00:41:03,482 Thanks. 792 00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:04,993 It wasn't a compliment. 793 00:41:05,896 --> 00:41:07,557 If you were wrong, she'd be dead. 794 00:41:07,631 --> 00:41:08,655 I was sure... 795 00:41:08,732 --> 00:41:10,427 No, you weren't. You couldn't be. 796 00:41:10,501 --> 00:41:11,763 There's a reason we have rules. 797 00:41:11,836 --> 00:41:14,304 If every doctor did whatever his gut told him was right, 798 00:41:14,405 --> 00:41:17,568 we'd have a lot more dead bodies to deal with. 799 00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:19,199 It won't happen again. 800 00:41:19,276 --> 00:41:20,675 Yes, it will. 801 00:41:20,778 --> 00:41:23,941 Because you confuse saving her life with doing the right thing. 802 00:41:25,983 --> 00:41:28,645 I'm sorry, Dr. Foreman, you're fired. 803 00:41:48,939 --> 00:41:50,964 As soon as the pathologist cut into the lungs, 804 00:41:51,041 --> 00:41:53,134 we saw the threadworms. 805 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,004 Do you think it's fair that I fired 806 00:41:58,082 --> 00:41:59,481 all the other members of your team 807 00:41:59,550 --> 00:42:02,519 when you guys actually came up with the right diagnosis? 808 00:42:04,321 --> 00:42:07,154 I keep replaying it in my mind. 809 00:42:07,224 --> 00:42:10,057 Did I drop the pills when I put them on the bed tray? 810 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,323 Did I knock them over when I turned to leave? 811 00:42:15,666 --> 00:42:17,691 You know, he'd be alive. 812 00:42:19,503 --> 00:42:20,731 His dog would be alive. 813 00:42:20,804 --> 00:42:21,998 I know. 814 00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:25,406 You forced us to act on a false assumption. 815 00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:26,500 I know. 816 00:42:26,577 --> 00:42:30,035 Everything we built from that step on, 817 00:42:30,114 --> 00:42:32,082 every test, every theory, every treatment... 818 00:42:32,149 --> 00:42:35,346 I know. Forget the lecture and fire me already. 819 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:41,491 If I was gonna fire you, I wouldn't be giving you the lecture. 820 00:42:44,695 --> 00:42:48,859 I know you're not gonna let anything like this ever happen again. 821 00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:54,937 I'll see you tomorrow. 822 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:07,945 I'm sorry to say, 823 00:43:09,553 --> 00:43:11,077 I told you so.