1 00:01:08,935 --> 00:01:10,596 Doc! Help! Doc! 2 00:01:25,785 --> 00:01:27,719 It stopped bleeding. It stopped bleeding. 3 00:01:27,787 --> 00:01:31,518 That's because your blood is freezing as it's hitting the air. 4 00:01:32,325 --> 00:01:34,020 Here. Apply pressure on it. 5 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:35,493 I think my leg is frozen. 6 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:39,156 That's the least of your problems. The blade severed your femoral artery. 7 00:01:49,742 --> 00:01:51,300 Am I going to lose my leg? 8 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:52,605 Frostbite's not too bad. 9 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:55,705 But I've got to fix your artery now. This is going to hurt. 10 00:02:03,089 --> 00:02:04,147 Are you going to put that in me? 11 00:02:04,257 --> 00:02:06,851 Glue's the best way to repair your artery at this temperature. 12 00:02:09,562 --> 00:02:10,722 It looks okay. 13 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:13,196 Here. Tear off some pieces. I have to check your foot. 14 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:23,139 Blood flow looks good. Your leg should be okay. 15 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:25,502 I thought I was done. 16 00:02:25,578 --> 00:02:28,513 Yeah, like I'd let anything happen to you. 17 00:02:28,581 --> 00:02:30,446 You're the only one who could fix the generators. 18 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:34,814 Okay. One, two... 19 00:02:36,589 --> 00:02:39,649 Cate. Cate, are you okay? Are you okay? 20 00:02:42,095 --> 00:02:43,357 Hey. 21 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:51,832 I need help. 22 00:02:52,839 --> 00:02:54,101 Who am I supposed to get? 23 00:03:44,824 --> 00:03:47,258 Why do I even give you an office? 24 00:03:47,327 --> 00:03:49,795 New case. Psych department asked for you personally. 25 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:51,158 The patient's a crazy person? 26 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:52,596 You're a crazy person. 27 00:03:52,665 --> 00:03:53,927 The patient's a psychiatrist. 28 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,729 There's something wrong with coma guy's cable. 29 00:03:56,936 --> 00:03:58,597 He seems fine with it. 30 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:01,638 Your patient is an adjunct faculty member here, but currently... 31 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:08,778 The budget committee voted to charge for cable in the patient rooms. 32 00:04:09,849 --> 00:04:11,510 Slippery slope. 33 00:04:11,618 --> 00:04:13,984 Today, we withhold porn. Tomorrow, it's clean bandages. 34 00:04:14,053 --> 00:04:16,954 Talk to Carlson in Derm, he runs the budget committee, 35 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:18,547 after you look at this. 36 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:21,185 After you talk to Carlson, maybe I'll... 37 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:23,626 The patient is trapped at the South Pole. 38 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:34,701 Any possibility of evacuating her? 39 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:36,241 Well, that wouldn't be any fun. 40 00:04:36,342 --> 00:04:41,006 And for the next two months, winds make it impossible to fly anything in or out. 41 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:42,911 Could be appendicitis or a gallstone. 42 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:44,313 Or a kidney stone. 43 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:46,249 That wouldn't be any fun. 44 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:49,483 If it's appendicitis down there, her appendix ruptures, she dies. 45 00:04:49,555 --> 00:04:51,785 There's nothing we can do. If it's a stone, she takes pain meds, 46 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:53,758 stone passes. There's nothing we need to do. 47 00:04:53,826 --> 00:04:55,760 Could be a struvite kidney stone. 48 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:59,821 Most kidney stones are calcium and benign. Why would you suspect a struvite stone? 49 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:01,924 Because he said kidney stones were boring. 50 00:05:02,035 --> 00:05:04,833 It's possible. She's on birth control. 51 00:05:04,904 --> 00:05:07,168 Lots of sex could lead to urinary tract infection, 52 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,731 which could lead to an infection-laced struvite kidney stone. 53 00:05:09,842 --> 00:05:12,106 Excessive Antarctic drilling, 54 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:14,579 bad for the environment and the ladies. 55 00:05:14,681 --> 00:05:16,615 If it's a struvite stone, she needs to break it up quickly 56 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:18,377 before the infection shuts down her kidneys. 57 00:05:18,451 --> 00:05:20,112 This is where it gets fun. 58 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:25,088 These are the supplies and medications she has available. 59 00:05:28,194 --> 00:05:29,718 Nothing here that could break up a kidney stone. 60 00:05:30,496 --> 00:05:31,724 What else do they have down there? 61 00:05:32,365 --> 00:05:35,163 I just said... I don't mean medical stuff. Other stuff. 62 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:38,461 Some geological equipment breaks ice and rock 63 00:05:38,571 --> 00:05:39,902 the same way we break kidney stones. 64 00:05:44,243 --> 00:05:47,212 Discovery Channel. I like watching them blow stuff up. 65 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:48,747 Who doesn't? 66 00:05:50,316 --> 00:05:51,442 That reminds me. 67 00:05:52,051 --> 00:05:54,042 Coma guy needs cable. 68 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:56,652 Women's billiards is the only thing that's keeping him alive. 69 00:05:56,723 --> 00:05:59,283 I'm sure Carlson will be moved by his plight. 70 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:01,519 Carlson won't listen. He says I hit on his wife. 71 00:06:02,495 --> 00:06:03,792 You knew? God, no. 72 00:06:03,896 --> 00:06:05,659 I thought I was hitting on his daughter. 73 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:08,493 Look, you're on the committee. He'll listen to you. 74 00:06:08,601 --> 00:06:11,331 I'm an avid reader of Committees with Hotties message boards. 75 00:06:11,437 --> 00:06:13,132 Amoxicillin, 500 milligrams, IV. 76 00:06:13,239 --> 00:06:17,938 Studies conducted at major hospitals indicate that happy patients recover faster. 77 00:06:18,010 --> 00:06:21,104 Studies conducted in my apartment show that TV makes people happy. 78 00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:23,546 Premium channels have a particularly striking effect. 79 00:06:23,649 --> 00:06:26,516 Charging patients for cable is bringing in 13 grand a month. 80 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:31,716 Until this injustice is righted, I am going to waste 13 grand a day. 81 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:36,558 That's $2.49 down. 82 00:06:37,497 --> 00:06:39,328 Get an EKG and a cardiac enzyme. 83 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:42,300 If those check out, discharge him, and tell him to get a snow-blower. 84 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:46,701 How much is 13 grand divided by 4 cents? 85 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,471 I am not giving you cable. 86 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:52,409 You're gonna have to somehow survive with the broadcast networks alone. 87 00:06:52,512 --> 00:06:54,571 I'll be fine on Tuesdays. 88 00:06:56,549 --> 00:06:59,017 If sound waves from the flaw detector break the egg, 89 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,212 it should safely dissolve your kidney stone. 90 00:07:07,593 --> 00:07:08,855 This isn't going to work. 91 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:10,190 Well, there's no reason it shouldn't. 92 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,527 Sound waves are sound waves. Stones are stones. 93 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:15,658 Some are bigger than others. Some are inside me. 94 00:07:15,735 --> 00:07:18,033 How's it going, Team MacGyver? 95 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:19,366 Oh, great. 96 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:22,772 I can't get cable, but I can get the South Pole on high-def. 97 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:24,274 We're almost ready to start the test. 98 00:07:24,343 --> 00:07:27,005 Test? Did Ford test the Edsel? 99 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:32,446 Did Coke test New Coke? Did Shakespeare test his final play, Snow Dogs? 100 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:34,850 I'm guessing you're Dr. House? 101 00:07:36,088 --> 00:07:38,921 I was wondering when you might drop by. 102 00:07:39,725 --> 00:07:40,851 Could she see me? 103 00:07:40,927 --> 00:07:42,087 Oh, yeah. 104 00:07:42,728 --> 00:07:44,491 You think Jagger shows up for the sound check? 105 00:07:49,068 --> 00:07:50,899 Okay, roadies, off the stage. 106 00:07:52,238 --> 00:07:53,569 Go help Cameron in the ER. 107 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:56,130 Why? No way you're just doing her a favor. 108 00:07:56,242 --> 00:07:57,800 ER is standing room only. 109 00:07:57,910 --> 00:07:59,377 Which means Cameron's bound to make a mistake. 110 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:01,312 Find it so I can blackmail her. 111 00:08:02,582 --> 00:08:03,708 As far as you know, 112 00:08:03,783 --> 00:08:07,446 this is way more than just some silly battle over cable. 113 00:08:13,459 --> 00:08:14,790 Ready. 114 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:42,553 You might wanna dial it down a smidge. 115 00:08:44,056 --> 00:08:46,718 I am not doing this. 116 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:50,356 Your kidney stone theory hinges on me having sex, but I... 117 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:53,057 Let me guess. You're as pure as the driven snow. 118 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:54,962 Only if the snow likes to be on top. 119 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:58,067 But I am here doing psychological research. 120 00:08:58,170 --> 00:09:01,196 Generally not a good idea to swap fluids with your subjects. 121 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:04,674 Struvite stones are possible in people who don't have sex. 122 00:09:04,744 --> 00:09:06,974 They're certainly possible in people who claim not to... 123 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:10,482 I've had no UTI's, no pain on urination. 124 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:13,144 You do realize that only one of us is a real doctor. 125 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:16,120 You do realize only one of us has any control over my actions. 126 00:09:19,692 --> 00:09:21,922 Dr. Milton, are you able to run a CHEM-7? 127 00:09:21,994 --> 00:09:23,018 Yes. 128 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:24,960 Well, that'd tell us if her kidney function is declining. 129 00:09:25,364 --> 00:09:26,661 If it is, he's right. 130 00:09:26,732 --> 00:09:28,927 Struvite stone's the most likely explanation. 131 00:09:29,001 --> 00:09:30,866 If not, she's right. 132 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:38,541 Sorry. I know how you like to avoid avoiding confrontation. 133 00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:42,911 While we're waiting for that test to prove me right, start IV cefuroxime. 134 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:45,575 Keep the infection in the stone from wiping out your kidneys. 135 00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:47,846 I'll send the CHEM-7 results when I'm done. 136 00:09:52,525 --> 00:09:56,552 She's a great psychiatrist. One session, I've got shrinkage. 137 00:09:57,029 --> 00:10:00,157 House wants us to spy on you, report back. 138 00:10:01,934 --> 00:10:03,595 And you're telling me this because... 139 00:10:03,669 --> 00:10:05,193 We don't want to do it. 140 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:06,431 I don't see a problem so far. 141 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:09,440 If our choice is between pissing House off or pissing you off, 142 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:11,100 that's not much of a choice. 143 00:10:11,210 --> 00:10:13,644 So unless I give House cable, 144 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:15,542 you're gonna make my life miserable. 145 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,173 Yes. 146 00:10:17,249 --> 00:10:20,241 And you're telling me this so you won't feel as guilty when you do it. 147 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:23,515 Yes. 148 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:26,554 Accommodating House's every whim is not my job anymore. 149 00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:28,218 But it is ours. 150 00:10:29,061 --> 00:10:31,393 House will get what he wants. 151 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:40,496 Maybe we should just pay for it ourselves and tell him she folded. 152 00:10:41,907 --> 00:10:43,101 No. 153 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:49,538 Your CHEM-7 results showed your kidney function is declining. 154 00:10:49,615 --> 00:10:50,980 Sounds like a kidney stone to me. 155 00:10:51,083 --> 00:10:52,573 The decreased function 156 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:56,588 could be from dehydration caused by vomiting due to a gallstone. 157 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,989 You agreed that the CHEM-7 would decide if it was a struvite stone. 158 00:11:00,092 --> 00:11:03,721 I agreed to do the test. The results are up for interpretation. 159 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:06,230 I'll re-do the test in an hour when I'm re-hydrated. 160 00:11:06,298 --> 00:11:09,893 Have you noticed any improvement since starting the cefuroxime? 161 00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:11,368 Not really. Pain's about the same. 162 00:11:11,437 --> 00:11:13,064 While you're waiting, we should run another test 163 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:14,231 with the geology equipment. 164 00:11:14,306 --> 00:11:15,739 You're not taking the cefuroxime. 165 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:18,272 She's right-handed. 166 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:20,972 Means she would put the IV in her left arm. 167 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,014 Catheter in the arm makes it hard to bend the elbow, 168 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:24,343 the way people do when they drink. 169 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:28,113 We have a limited supply of medication, and I am not about to waste it. 170 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,246 Last I checked you had a limited supply of doctors. 171 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:35,021 Right before I got sick, one of my crew members severed his femoral artery. 172 00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:36,424 He needs the cefuroxime. 173 00:11:36,495 --> 00:11:37,792 Right. He called dibs. 174 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:42,129 His need is definitive. Mine is speculative. 175 00:11:42,668 --> 00:11:44,033 You're breathing fast. 176 00:11:44,136 --> 00:11:45,660 It's because I'm pissed off! 177 00:11:45,771 --> 00:11:48,706 Lift up your chin. Show me your windpipe. 178 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:53,435 My chest hurts. 179 00:11:53,512 --> 00:11:54,604 It's deviating to the left. 180 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:56,011 Because her right lung is collapsing. 181 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:57,845 Cate, is anyone there with you? 182 00:11:57,950 --> 00:11:59,440 Sean went to the mess. You need to call someone. 183 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:01,679 There's no time. Get a syringe and a needle. 184 00:12:01,787 --> 00:12:03,345 Why am I doing that? Shut up and look. 185 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,056 She could pass out. She needs to... 186 00:12:07,126 --> 00:12:08,423 She needs to re-inflate that lung. 187 00:12:09,361 --> 00:12:10,953 Okay. Now, pull out the plunger. 188 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:13,055 I want you to stab yourself in your right side 189 00:12:13,165 --> 00:12:16,032 between the second and third rib, in the midclavicular line. 190 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:21,204 By the time we get someone else there, you'll have suffocated. 191 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:22,567 Just do it. 192 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:37,249 See all the good stuff that happens when you listen to me? 193 00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:41,617 Means it's not a kidney stone. 194 00:12:52,037 --> 00:12:54,028 Right side pain, vomiting, 195 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:57,439 and now a lung that gets traumatized without any trauma. 196 00:12:57,543 --> 00:12:59,204 Sounds odd. Probably is odd. 197 00:12:59,278 --> 00:13:01,143 We should discuss this, then call her back. 198 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:05,308 No, it's fine. I made sure we got the South Pole long distance plan. 199 00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:07,408 Her latest kidney function test shows... 200 00:13:07,486 --> 00:13:09,317 I know what it shows. I ran it. 201 00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:12,117 The more you interrupt, the longer my grandstanding is going to take. 202 00:13:12,224 --> 00:13:14,658 Since when do you let patients participate in differentials? 203 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,228 Since the patient and her doctor happen to be the same person. 204 00:13:17,963 --> 00:13:20,989 Your kidney function is still declining. Means you have a kidney problem. 205 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:24,467 But not one that needed antibiotics. Makes us equally wrong. 206 00:13:24,570 --> 00:13:27,733 No. Makes us both wrong. Not equally. 207 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,667 You were at least six wronger. 208 00:13:30,609 --> 00:13:32,577 They run a PPD before you shipped out? 209 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,579 On me and everybody else here. It's not TB. 210 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:36,478 Excuse us a second. 211 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,614 Cancer explains her symptoms. 212 00:13:39,685 --> 00:13:42,779 A tumor in her lung or kidney that threw a clot to the other organ. 213 00:13:42,855 --> 00:13:46,416 And you're worried the tumor might overhear, realize we're on to it. 214 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:49,791 Cancer's a hard diagnosis for patients, even when they're not in the South Pole. 215 00:13:49,862 --> 00:13:52,126 We should figure this out, maybe bring Wilson in. 216 00:13:57,870 --> 00:14:00,168 Obviously, you two think I'm in bad shape. 217 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:02,365 Only if you count the tumor. House. 218 00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:03,965 Probably in your abdomen. 219 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,375 But you don't have any advanced imaging equipment. 220 00:14:06,478 --> 00:14:08,139 You also don't have a surgeon to biopsy it, 221 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:10,079 any stains to use on the slide, 222 00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:12,083 or an oncologist to analyze it. 223 00:14:12,985 --> 00:14:14,577 I'm too far away to hold her hand. 224 00:14:15,487 --> 00:14:16,613 I have cancer? 225 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:18,380 Possibly. 226 00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:22,688 Since the only imaging equipment you have is x-ray, let's start there. 227 00:14:22,795 --> 00:14:24,820 X- ray your entire body. 228 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:27,165 I'll upload the images when I'm done. 229 00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:32,628 Good for you. 230 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:01,523 She's annoying. 231 00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:05,368 Refused to take the antibiotics because other people might need them. 232 00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:08,201 She said she cares about other people? 233 00:15:08,274 --> 00:15:09,468 What a poser. 234 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:11,509 KUB is clean. 235 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:14,637 You don't like her because she's a psychiatrist. 236 00:15:14,713 --> 00:15:17,910 Mmm, I'm a complicated man. I loathe her for many reasons. 237 00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:20,144 Never before has a profession been so decried 238 00:15:20,219 --> 00:15:22,210 by someone who needed it so badly. 239 00:15:22,321 --> 00:15:25,484 You talk a lot of smack about tranny hookers. 240 00:15:25,557 --> 00:15:27,354 Enlarged mediastinal node. 241 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:28,484 Lymphoma? Probably, 242 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,551 but we can't confirm it without a biopsy. 243 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:32,255 We can't analyze a biopsy without a stain. 244 00:15:32,331 --> 00:15:33,525 We can't biopsy. 245 00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:36,397 Since they don't have stains down there, we need a substitute. 246 00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:39,903 She can't biopsy that node without a surgical team and an OR. 247 00:15:40,005 --> 00:15:43,441 Anything with a strong color could work as a stain. 248 00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:46,510 Printer ink, food coloring, coffee. 249 00:15:46,578 --> 00:15:47,704 No, thanks. 250 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:50,214 I'll find a node closer to the surface. One she can biopsy. 251 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:52,274 That makes sense. 252 00:15:52,351 --> 00:15:53,375 That makes sense? 253 00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:54,680 I said it first. 254 00:15:54,753 --> 00:15:57,119 In a shockingly calm manner. 255 00:15:58,090 --> 00:16:00,854 After I've just been jerking you around for 30 seconds 256 00:16:00,926 --> 00:16:03,554 without you complaining or analyzing said jerking. 257 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:04,994 I was being mature. 258 00:16:05,764 --> 00:16:07,231 In a lavender shirt. 259 00:16:07,733 --> 00:16:10,224 You, for some reason, are happy. 260 00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:11,860 How dare you. 261 00:16:11,937 --> 00:16:14,235 The x-rays don't show any other abnormal nodes. 262 00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:18,436 Abnormal nodes can be felt before they can be seen on an x-ray. 263 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:20,741 You're wearing that shirt for someone. 264 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:23,281 The Health Department. They frown on topless oncology. 265 00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:24,713 You're gonna do a physical? 266 00:16:24,783 --> 00:16:28,219 Have to. You and Foreman are going to be here looking for a stain. 267 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:34,355 I can do the physical. There's no reason you need to watch. 268 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:37,091 I can think of at least three reasons. 269 00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:38,493 One of them is medical. 270 00:16:38,597 --> 00:16:40,565 Where are you? Not in your office. 271 00:16:40,632 --> 00:16:42,657 You're not in the hospital. No reason for me to be. 272 00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:45,828 I'm not undressing for you in your apartment. 273 00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:47,235 You're not in my apartment. 274 00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:50,337 You're three quarters of a world away. 275 00:16:50,809 --> 00:16:52,242 I promise not to get fresh. 276 00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:53,710 I'm not taking off my clothes. 277 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:55,806 One of us has to. 278 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:02,784 Show me your place. 279 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:09,086 It's got walls, a floor, and in some places, a roof. 280 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:12,324 I am not exposing myself without some reciprocity. 281 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:14,092 It's my apartment. It's not my soul. 282 00:17:19,638 --> 00:17:21,128 Living room. 283 00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:22,929 Slow down. 284 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:24,398 Huh! 285 00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:28,504 Lots of books. I'm betting all medical. 286 00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:32,050 Only if you count Jenna Jameson's autobiography as a gynecological text. 287 00:17:32,151 --> 00:17:33,709 Fiction is a waste of time. 288 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:35,643 Unless you can laugh at it? 289 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:37,882 I love to laugh. Moving on. 290 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:41,114 Back up. 291 00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:44,159 How bad is the insomnia? 292 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:46,726 Let me quantify that. 293 00:17:46,832 --> 00:17:51,565 Do you drink two or three scotches before passing out in front of the TV? 294 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:53,629 You are so far off. 295 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:55,468 It's bourbon. 296 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:58,736 No photos anywhere. 297 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:00,809 Family and friends aren't important? 298 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:03,341 Well, you're sick. 299 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:06,543 You have 20 people down the hall, and you've had exactly one visitor. 300 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:07,983 I don't want to panic anyone. 301 00:18:08,053 --> 00:18:11,489 You don't like people. You hide on that ice cube, so... 302 00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:17,189 Stop projecting. You're antisocial, so you assume I'm antisocial? 303 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:19,526 How about if I just get naked, and you shut up? 304 00:18:19,631 --> 00:18:22,429 If I thought I could get you naked, I would have led with that. 305 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,696 You'd rather show me your soul than your leg. 306 00:18:27,473 --> 00:18:30,169 Great. You got me all figured out. 307 00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:32,400 You going to try and fix me now? 308 00:18:33,212 --> 00:18:35,646 I never said you needed fixing. 309 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:40,810 He's letting her take part in the differentials. 310 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:43,514 Of course he is. He likes her. 311 00:18:43,589 --> 00:18:47,116 Big shock. Spaghetti sauce doesn't work as a lymph tissue stain. 312 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:50,325 I'll try the coffee. 313 00:18:50,395 --> 00:18:53,421 He's annoyed by her, doesn't respect her as a doctor, 314 00:18:53,532 --> 00:18:55,159 constantly insults her. 315 00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:57,930 That's House's version of courtship. 316 00:18:58,770 --> 00:19:01,034 Oh, God. He's been wooing me for years. 317 00:19:01,106 --> 00:19:02,664 She's the perfect woman for him. 318 00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:05,608 Willing to literally go to the end of the earth for her career, 319 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:08,544 making her unavailable for a real relationship. 320 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:11,082 And she's afflicted with a mysterious illness. 321 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:13,117 Soy sauce is a no-go. 322 00:19:13,919 --> 00:19:15,318 We're gonna be here all night. 323 00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:18,180 How long does it take you to get naked? 324 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:20,088 It's the South Pole. 325 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:21,888 I wear a lot of layers. 326 00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:26,228 Okay. Ready. 327 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:28,232 I saw socks. 328 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:29,528 That's not naked. 329 00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:30,795 Have I mentioned it's freezing here? 330 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:35,534 When they discover lymph nodes in feet, I will take off my socks. 331 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:38,436 Use your right hand to palpate the nodes. 332 00:19:39,211 --> 00:19:42,112 Any node you can feel is the one we can biopsy. 333 00:19:42,214 --> 00:19:45,775 Let's start with your breasts, move down to the ass, then... 334 00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:49,081 I was thinking go from the neck and work my way down. 335 00:19:49,154 --> 00:19:50,917 We could, 336 00:19:50,989 --> 00:19:54,083 but I'd never forgive myself if we found something before we got to your breasts. 337 00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:58,256 I'm starting with the anterior cervical nodes. 338 00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:05,998 Turn your head. 339 00:20:06,104 --> 00:20:08,231 Locate the SCM muscle. 340 00:20:08,807 --> 00:20:10,900 I know how to find my lymph nodes. 341 00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:15,208 Did they teach you that before or after the class on fondling your inner child? 342 00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:19,974 No swelling. No tenderness. And... 343 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:22,511 I can hear that, House. 344 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:24,418 Just thought it might help you relax. 345 00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:28,521 Anything in the axillary nodes? 346 00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:31,320 All clear. 347 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:33,055 Both sides. 348 00:20:33,865 --> 00:20:36,493 Now slide your hand to your sternum. 349 00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:42,663 Probe for nodes moving slowly downward. 350 00:20:43,775 --> 00:20:45,265 Down to what, House? 351 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:48,438 Sorry. Can't hear you on account of your heavy breathing. 352 00:20:48,513 --> 00:20:50,174 I'm supposed to be on oxygen, you tool. 353 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:57,382 Hold it. 354 00:20:57,489 --> 00:21:00,549 Your fingers didn't go quite as deep. Feel that node again. 355 00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:03,556 It's swollen. 356 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:07,897 Looks like you're doing a biopsy. 357 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:22,242 It's pretty numb. 358 00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:26,648 Okay. Take a deep breath and insert the needle into the node. 359 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:32,155 Come on, Cate. Let's get this over with. 360 00:21:34,092 --> 00:21:35,821 You used her name. 361 00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:39,824 Just trying to move things along, Bob. 362 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:50,464 Okay. I'm in. 363 00:21:50,542 --> 00:21:52,635 You need to pull back on the syringe. 364 00:21:55,847 --> 00:21:56,905 You need to pull harder. 365 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:08,991 You okay? 366 00:22:09,661 --> 00:22:10,855 Yeah. 367 00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:14,590 "Are you okay?" 368 00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:15,860 It's a valid medical question. 369 00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:18,367 I have never heard you ask a patient that question. 370 00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:19,698 You've never asked me that question, 371 00:22:19,805 --> 00:22:23,639 and you've seen me fall down a flight of stairs drunk. 372 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,802 You've slept with her. 373 00:22:25,877 --> 00:22:27,936 She's 9,000 miles away. 374 00:22:28,814 --> 00:22:30,441 And while a certain part of me, unfurled... 375 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:32,005 No, I... 376 00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:35,553 Somehow, you've been intimate with her. 377 00:22:35,654 --> 00:22:37,019 Why are you following me? 378 00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:38,981 I thought you were following me. 379 00:22:39,057 --> 00:22:40,649 No. You are definitely following me. 380 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:42,284 Where are you going? Out to lunch. 381 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,521 You never go out to lunch. 382 00:22:43,628 --> 00:22:45,186 Which means there's a reason you're going out to lunch. 383 00:22:45,297 --> 00:22:47,026 I assume that reason is a human being. 384 00:22:47,132 --> 00:22:48,360 Or a sandwich. 385 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:49,559 Sandwiches can come here. 386 00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:50,896 So can human beings. 387 00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:52,834 And yet, she's not, which I find interesting. 388 00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:54,132 I'm leaving, now. 389 00:22:54,639 --> 00:22:56,072 Small world. 390 00:22:56,575 --> 00:22:59,544 Are you going to follow me into my car? 391 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:01,711 It's got two doors. 392 00:23:01,813 --> 00:23:05,408 Okay, look, the reason I haven't told you is... 393 00:23:11,656 --> 00:23:13,749 Call off your dogs, House. 394 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,554 Your little helpers are interrogating my patients, 395 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:17,992 swiping my charts, intercepting prescriptions. 396 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,087 Why would you think that I... 397 00:23:19,164 --> 00:23:20,426 Because I'm not a moron. 398 00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:22,762 You had to be pulling the strings, here. 399 00:23:22,868 --> 00:23:24,165 You think that because they make me miserable, 400 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:25,601 I'm going to give you cable. 401 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:27,635 Let's assume that's true, 402 00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:29,535 and it certainly sounds like it might be. 403 00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:31,166 What are you going to do? Nothing. 404 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:32,904 I resigned from the budget committee. 405 00:23:33,011 --> 00:23:36,447 I only joined the committee to help the hospital. You made me a liability. 406 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:39,779 I now have zero influence over the hospital's cable policy. 407 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,592 Well done. 408 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:53,561 It didn't work. There's nothing more that we can do... 409 00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:55,190 Put these up. 410 00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:58,025 "Free rottweiler puppies. 411 00:23:58,103 --> 00:24:01,129 "Please call after 11:00 p. m. And before 5:00 a. m." 412 00:24:01,239 --> 00:24:02,263 Is this Cameron's home number? 413 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:04,240 I'd love a new puppy. 414 00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:06,607 My last one was delicious, very tender. 415 00:24:06,678 --> 00:24:08,236 There's no point in torturing her. 416 00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:11,942 If she can resign, she can un-resign. Go to DEFCON 1. 417 00:24:12,050 --> 00:24:13,950 Forget waiting for a mistake. Make her make one. 418 00:24:14,052 --> 00:24:16,543 You want us to sabotage another doctor, 419 00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:19,385 possibly harm a patient, all so you can have cable. 420 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:23,588 Harm suggests permanent damage. Get her to screw up, then fix it. 421 00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:25,027 Oh! And this time, 422 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,098 don't tell her what you're gonna do before you do it. 423 00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:34,671 So, how long do I let the lymph node marinate in the red wine? 424 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,032 It should be ready, now. 425 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:43,576 Try increasing the magnification on the camera. 426 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:46,640 You know, I emailed a couple of colleagues at the hospital about you. 427 00:24:46,751 --> 00:24:48,446 You're checking up on me? Not House? 428 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:54,358 Yeah, well House is straightforward, brilliant and an ass. 429 00:24:54,459 --> 00:24:56,825 Two out of three good qualities. Clear majority. 430 00:24:56,928 --> 00:25:00,659 Whereas you, on the other hand, have a perfect score. 431 00:25:00,765 --> 00:25:04,531 You are responsible, nice, human. 432 00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:06,595 And yet, you're House's best friend. 433 00:25:06,938 --> 00:25:08,098 Hold there. 434 00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:10,867 Makes you think he's secretly nicer than he seems? 435 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:14,537 Makes me think that you're secretly a lot less nice than you seem. 436 00:25:14,646 --> 00:25:16,170 Do you always insult your doctors? 437 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:20,047 It's not an insult. Indiscriminate niceness is overrated. 438 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:23,044 No wonder he likes you. 439 00:25:25,991 --> 00:25:29,518 Based on this slide you do not have cancer. 440 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:32,796 Oh! 441 00:25:32,864 --> 00:25:33,888 Thank God. 442 00:25:33,999 --> 00:25:36,229 I do see some inflammation, which could mean... 443 00:25:37,469 --> 00:25:38,868 Cate? 444 00:25:38,970 --> 00:25:39,994 You all right? 445 00:25:40,071 --> 00:25:42,005 My left side. It hurts. 446 00:25:43,708 --> 00:25:45,801 It's the same pain that I had on the right. 447 00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:47,139 Your other kidney. 448 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:50,340 No. I hope it's, it's something, it's maybe... 449 00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:53,575 I'm screwed. 450 00:26:00,091 --> 00:26:03,788 The bad news is you're O for two in the kidney department. 451 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:07,263 Is there good news? You're back at home. 452 00:26:08,266 --> 00:26:09,699 Of course. There's cable. 453 00:26:10,268 --> 00:26:12,099 And freedom to work pant-free. 454 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:13,398 That is good news. 455 00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:17,305 Wilson found signs of inflammation in your biopsy. 456 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:20,404 That, plus the two failing kidneys, points to autoimmune disease. 457 00:26:20,478 --> 00:26:24,141 Probably SLE or vasculitis. Treatment for both is prednisone. 458 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:25,648 Start with a hundred milligrams. 459 00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:27,514 Autoimmune is just your latest theory. 460 00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:30,247 Like cancer before that, and a kidney stone before. 461 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:33,519 Take the prednisone. You'll get better. That will be your confirmation. 462 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:35,855 You practice medicine like it's a fire sale. 463 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:38,293 You've wasted antibiotics, x-rays... 464 00:26:38,530 --> 00:26:40,623 That was not a waste. We've ruled out... 465 00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:42,496 We have a crew member here who has asthma. 466 00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:46,628 If he has an episode after I've used up the prednisone, he'll die. 467 00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:48,332 There's a good chance he's going to die anyway. 468 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:49,998 Since there won't be a doctor there to help him. 469 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:53,373 Show me proof that it's autoimmune, 470 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:55,940 and then I'll take the prednisone. 471 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,688 We should send her outside. 472 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:06,951 Right. Let's just tell her to head north until she runs into a hospital. 473 00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:10,119 Autoimmune diseases are basically inflammation running wild. 474 00:27:10,195 --> 00:27:13,892 Extreme cold has been used as treatment, like putting ice on a sprained ankle. 475 00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:16,900 She starts to feel better outside, we know it's autoimmune. 476 00:27:17,002 --> 00:27:18,492 Is that my wallet? 477 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:19,867 You can have it back. 478 00:27:19,971 --> 00:27:21,233 I've already been through it. 479 00:27:21,706 --> 00:27:23,435 I like your ice on the sprain metaphor. 480 00:27:23,508 --> 00:27:25,499 Makes it seem like we're not killing her. 481 00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:27,306 She'd only need to be outside five minutes. 482 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:30,678 Without her mittens. Mom told me that was a bad idea. 483 00:27:30,749 --> 00:27:34,310 Especially that winter. It was 70 below, and I had dual kidney failure. 484 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:38,755 This is a good idea. It's perfect for you. Experimental, risky. 485 00:27:38,857 --> 00:27:40,484 Wilson's right. You care about... 486 00:27:40,558 --> 00:27:43,322 You didn't touch the cash, but you took the receipts? 487 00:27:46,364 --> 00:27:51,097 A hundred and ninety dollar restaurant tab. That's dessert, probably booze. 488 00:27:51,202 --> 00:27:52,260 It means you lingered. 489 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:55,430 Means it's at least a third date. Means... 490 00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:57,440 Where are you going? To talk to the people I pay 491 00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:58,804 to come up with medical ideas. 492 00:27:58,877 --> 00:28:00,868 There are no ideas. 493 00:28:00,945 --> 00:28:02,606 The test for autoimmune is ANA. 494 00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:04,841 Unless penguins poop immunoanalyzers... 495 00:28:04,916 --> 00:28:06,440 Before ANA testing, 496 00:28:06,551 --> 00:28:08,917 people had autoimmune diseases. 497 00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:10,385 How did they know? 498 00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:12,355 C3. Before that. 499 00:28:12,424 --> 00:28:15,916 LE Prep. But she doesn't have any controlled pore glass beads. 500 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:17,927 You don't need them. 501 00:28:22,967 --> 00:28:24,229 When you shake the test tube, 502 00:28:24,302 --> 00:28:27,066 the paperclip will damage some of your blood cells. 503 00:28:27,138 --> 00:28:28,469 If you have an autoimmune disease, 504 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:31,269 your immune system will gorge itself on the damaged cells. 505 00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:34,470 They'll get big and fat so that you can see them under a microscope. 506 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,469 How you doing? 507 00:28:37,415 --> 00:28:38,905 No change. 508 00:28:38,983 --> 00:28:42,749 So, how long should I give the cells to fatten up before I check them? 509 00:28:42,821 --> 00:28:44,448 A couple hours. 510 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:47,047 Or you could stop being a hypocrite and take the prednisone now. 511 00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:49,719 Not bending to your will makes me a hypocrite? 512 00:28:49,794 --> 00:28:53,890 If your psych patients demanded lab results you'd never make a diagnosis. 513 00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:55,159 So, I'm wrong. 514 00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:58,429 You sleep like a baby. Your life is unfolding as you dreamed. 515 00:28:58,503 --> 00:29:00,471 Everyone is miserable. 516 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:02,563 You don't change that because people don't change. 517 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,664 You want to believe that 518 00:29:03,775 --> 00:29:06,403 because then you're freed from any responsibility for your misery. 519 00:29:06,478 --> 00:29:08,002 Oh, shut up. 520 00:29:08,947 --> 00:29:10,346 I get enough of this from Wilson. 521 00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:11,847 And yet, you keep hanging out with him. 522 00:29:13,952 --> 00:29:19,083 And, from what I hear, you have spent more time with me than with any other patient. 523 00:29:22,994 --> 00:29:24,291 Sorry about that. 524 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:27,030 Call me when you get the results. 525 00:29:33,972 --> 00:29:35,269 How's your patient? 526 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:37,669 She has an autoimmune disease. 527 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:39,300 Tell the psych department she's in denial. 528 00:29:42,313 --> 00:29:44,042 I had to fire Cameron. 529 00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:46,174 What? What happened? 530 00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:49,720 A sixty-five-year-old man came into the ER with a hip fracture. 531 00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:51,789 Cameron gave him Demerol. 532 00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:53,346 The guy was on an MAOl. 533 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,016 Put him into a hypertensive crisis. 534 00:29:55,093 --> 00:29:56,151 Is he going to live? 535 00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:57,626 Taub caught the error in time. 536 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:00,054 If she'd just admitted the mistake, 537 00:30:00,165 --> 00:30:02,326 maybe I could have just suspended her, but... 538 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:05,629 She's packing up. If you want to say goodbye. 539 00:30:05,703 --> 00:30:07,728 We should be hearing from the South Pole in a few minutes. 540 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,664 That's it? 541 00:30:10,608 --> 00:30:12,041 There's nothing to be done. 542 00:30:12,143 --> 00:30:14,873 She screwed up. She's got no one to blame but herself. 543 00:30:18,349 --> 00:30:19,839 I've got to go talk to Cameron. 544 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:21,476 Cuddy wouldn't can her for one screw-up. 545 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:23,578 And if she did, she wouldn't come to me. 546 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:25,883 And if she did, she wouldn't open with, "How's your patient?" 547 00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:27,754 And if she did... Why would she lie? 548 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,817 Timeless question. 549 00:30:29,894 --> 00:30:32,692 In this case, she conspired with your co-workers to teach me 550 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:35,062 that some things are more important than cable. 551 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:37,066 I'm going to have to teach them that they're wrong. 552 00:30:37,168 --> 00:30:40,228 Come on. South Pole really should be calling. 553 00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:47,036 LE Prep test was negative. It's not autoimmune. 554 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:51,212 You're basing that on a test done with a paper clip. Just take the prednisone. 555 00:30:51,716 --> 00:30:55,117 Either find another diagnosis, or find another test. 556 00:30:55,186 --> 00:30:56,915 There is one way. 557 00:30:57,422 --> 00:31:02,121 You can take this experimental drug called prednisone. 558 00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:04,223 If your kidneys start working... 559 00:31:04,295 --> 00:31:05,887 There is another test. 560 00:31:07,899 --> 00:31:10,629 I think Foreman may have just broken up, there. 561 00:31:10,735 --> 00:31:13,636 What he actually said was, "There is no other test. " 562 00:31:13,738 --> 00:31:15,399 If you have an autoimmune disease, 563 00:31:15,473 --> 00:31:17,964 exposure to the cold should decrease your kidney pain. 564 00:31:18,076 --> 00:31:20,806 If I go outside, we'll have our answer? 565 00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:22,875 And you knew about this? 566 00:31:22,947 --> 00:31:25,507 I rejected it because if you're frozen solid, 567 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:27,676 it's hard to get the needles into your arms. 568 00:31:27,752 --> 00:31:29,185 How long do I need to stay out? 569 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:30,312 At least five minutes. 570 00:31:30,421 --> 00:31:32,946 Eight minutes outside would kill a healthy person. 571 00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:34,922 And healthy people don't suck on oxygen masks. 572 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:36,585 Healthy people can pee. 573 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:38,629 I'll go get Sean, have him come with me. 574 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:40,960 Just take the prednisone. 575 00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:42,259 Once I come inside, 576 00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:45,132 if it's autoimmune. 577 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:50,904 Are you all right? 578 00:31:52,176 --> 00:31:54,371 Oh, I'm sure she's just fine. 579 00:31:55,146 --> 00:31:56,477 Cate? 580 00:31:58,283 --> 00:32:00,808 Do you know if there's anyone down there who has a cell phone? 581 00:32:16,734 --> 00:32:19,259 It took the station mechanic 20 minutes to respond. 582 00:32:20,038 --> 00:32:21,266 She'd already slipped into a coma. 583 00:32:21,372 --> 00:32:23,397 Started her on prednisone, but no improvement. 584 00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:26,170 Means it's not autoimmune. 585 00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:28,874 Good thing she's in a coma. 586 00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,278 Or we'd have to listen to her gloat. 587 00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:31,610 And where are we going? 588 00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:33,581 To find the useful members of my team. 589 00:32:33,651 --> 00:32:34,879 You're letting them off the hook? 590 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:38,787 You happy? Because of you, I'm not gonna be able to watch Law & Order in Korean. 591 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:39,914 Why am I here? 592 00:32:40,024 --> 00:32:42,686 Because I want to ask you about your girlfriend. 593 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,388 I must know who she is, or you'd have told me her name. 594 00:32:45,463 --> 00:32:48,694 She doesn't have a name. It's some sort of birth defect. 595 00:32:48,766 --> 00:32:50,859 There's only about 12 people we both know. 596 00:32:50,935 --> 00:32:52,664 And I can't remember five of their names, 597 00:32:52,737 --> 00:32:55,865 so we're down to Cuddy, your ex-wives. 598 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:57,407 Your mama. 599 00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,773 You need to run a kidney function test. 600 00:33:00,878 --> 00:33:04,109 Yes. If only she wasn't in a coma, we could get her to run a test 601 00:33:04,215 --> 00:33:05,580 to find out why she's in a coma. 602 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:08,141 The results would likely be paradoxical. 603 00:33:08,252 --> 00:33:11,153 It can't be Cuddy, because you're straight. It can't be... 604 00:33:11,255 --> 00:33:13,246 We could talk the mechanic through the test. 605 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:14,985 Too complicated. 606 00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:19,786 Unless he's thirsty. 607 00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:23,894 Drink her urine? 608 00:33:23,968 --> 00:33:25,765 If it has a strong, concentrated taste, 609 00:33:25,870 --> 00:33:27,565 it means the problems are in her kidneys. 610 00:33:27,638 --> 00:33:29,538 Watery taste means it's her brain. 611 00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:32,435 And then you can fix it? 612 00:33:32,710 --> 00:33:34,541 Let's say, yeah. 613 00:33:36,114 --> 00:33:37,376 How do I get the urine out of her? 614 00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:38,745 Take a straight catheter and insert it... 615 00:33:38,816 --> 00:33:40,283 Those are your only questions? 616 00:33:41,386 --> 00:33:43,251 Not, "Is it safe?" 617 00:33:43,721 --> 00:33:45,746 Or, "Is there another way?" 618 00:33:45,823 --> 00:33:48,121 Or, "Are you out of your minds?" 619 00:33:48,626 --> 00:33:49,786 You wouldn't ask me if... 620 00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:51,493 Wait a second. 621 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:53,795 You're in love with her. 622 00:33:54,632 --> 00:33:57,965 That explains why you're so eager to get her naked, then have a drink. 623 00:33:58,069 --> 00:34:00,333 Because most guys like to go the other way around. 624 00:34:00,438 --> 00:34:01,871 Why do you care how I feel about her? 625 00:34:03,641 --> 00:34:07,805 Because now I know that I can get you to do anything to save her. 626 00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:11,939 Tell him how to tap the keg. 627 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,445 You got Cameron fired. 628 00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:20,150 Cuddy wasn't supposed to find out. 629 00:34:20,258 --> 00:34:21,782 No kidding! 630 00:34:21,859 --> 00:34:25,625 Get me cable. How tough can that be? You cost a woman her job. 631 00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:29,265 There's only one thing you can say to keep me from firing you. 632 00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:30,698 Cameron wasn't fired. We... 633 00:34:30,768 --> 00:34:32,167 Wrong. 634 00:34:33,704 --> 00:34:35,501 You know? We're still fired? 635 00:34:35,606 --> 00:34:38,370 That should be a hint as to what you're supposed to say. 636 00:34:38,476 --> 00:34:40,341 We're sorry. Wrong. 637 00:34:40,445 --> 00:34:41,707 I love you. 638 00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:43,571 Wrong. 639 00:34:44,015 --> 00:34:46,848 This is a game? First, we have to screw with our co-worker, 640 00:34:46,951 --> 00:34:49,181 now we have to try to figure out what you want us to say? 641 00:34:49,287 --> 00:34:50,845 This is insane. I'm not playing. 642 00:34:51,856 --> 00:34:53,118 Right. 643 00:34:54,325 --> 00:34:55,952 You should have said this two days ago. 644 00:34:57,395 --> 00:34:59,124 Do not play games with me. 645 00:34:59,197 --> 00:35:02,030 Number one, you are going to lose. You're just not ready. 646 00:35:02,133 --> 00:35:05,625 Number two, the game was to force you to stop playing games. 647 00:35:05,703 --> 00:35:08,194 I need you to stand up to me. Challenge me. 648 00:35:08,306 --> 00:35:10,968 I need you to stop worrying about getting fired. 649 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:13,169 And go pay for my cable. 650 00:35:13,878 --> 00:35:14,970 No! 651 00:35:15,813 --> 00:35:17,474 I didn't mean on this. 652 00:35:18,516 --> 00:35:20,006 Seriously. I need cable. 653 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:31,385 Milk, milk, lemonade. 654 00:35:34,765 --> 00:35:36,858 It tastes kind of watery. 655 00:35:37,768 --> 00:35:39,326 That's bad news. 656 00:35:39,403 --> 00:35:41,428 Either increased intracranial pressure 657 00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:43,838 or something's wrong with her hypothalamus. 658 00:35:43,908 --> 00:35:45,500 How do you figure out which one it is? 659 00:35:45,576 --> 00:35:47,510 We don't do anything. 660 00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:51,438 You're gonna drill a hole in her skull. 661 00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:57,218 If she regains consciousness, it's increased intracranial pressure. 662 00:35:58,856 --> 00:35:59,880 And if it's the other thing? 663 00:36:00,224 --> 00:36:01,521 She'll die. 664 00:36:01,592 --> 00:36:03,526 But if it's the hypothalamus, she's dead, anyway. 665 00:36:05,129 --> 00:36:08,724 If the problem is the pressure in her brain, and I fix it, 666 00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:09,925 is she going to be all better? 667 00:36:10,368 --> 00:36:13,565 No, but it'll give us more time to figure out what's wrong. 668 00:36:14,739 --> 00:36:16,730 I have to get someone else. I can't do this. 669 00:36:19,243 --> 00:36:20,733 You love her. 670 00:36:21,445 --> 00:36:23,777 You'd do anything to save her. 671 00:36:23,881 --> 00:36:25,212 Not this. 672 00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:27,251 I can't do this. 673 00:36:27,318 --> 00:36:29,252 If she dies because of something that I did, then I... 674 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:30,981 Listen. Listen. 675 00:36:31,088 --> 00:36:34,057 I am not going to let you hurt her. Okay? 676 00:36:34,792 --> 00:36:38,159 Now, please. This is her only chance. 677 00:36:44,769 --> 00:36:45,997 Okay. 678 00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,572 That was easy. 679 00:36:58,549 --> 00:37:01,211 Okay. Her head is stabilized, 680 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:04,317 and the drill bit is sterile. 681 00:37:04,422 --> 00:37:07,550 Place the drill bit against the upper left part of her forehead, 682 00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:08,956 about an inch above the temple. 683 00:37:26,844 --> 00:37:28,175 It's not going anywhere. 684 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:29,975 Bone's harder than wood. Lean into it. 685 00:37:30,481 --> 00:37:32,142 The skull is only a quarter inch thick. 686 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,582 Once you're midway through, drill in shorter bursts. 687 00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:37,147 If you come out the other side, you've gone too far. 688 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:42,286 Okay. Now, what? Now, what? 689 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:43,418 Let the fluid drain. 690 00:37:57,441 --> 00:37:58,635 She's waking up. She's waking up. 691 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:09,879 Sean? 692 00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:13,318 What's going on? 693 00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:18,821 South Pole doc is out of her coma, 694 00:38:19,196 --> 00:38:20,925 and now we have a new symptom. 695 00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:23,790 Increased intracranial pressure. 696 00:38:24,368 --> 00:38:25,960 Why are we out here? 697 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:27,527 That's the patient room. 698 00:38:28,105 --> 00:38:31,597 ICP plus kidney problems plus lung collapse equals... 699 00:38:31,676 --> 00:38:33,871 The most likely suspect is a tumor throwing off clots. 700 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:35,343 We ruled out cancer. 701 00:38:35,413 --> 00:38:36,641 But not clots. 702 00:38:37,114 --> 00:38:38,479 What causes blood clots? 703 00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:39,777 Bacterial endocarditis. 704 00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:40,942 Not without a fever. 705 00:38:41,018 --> 00:38:43,009 Deep vein thrombosis plus an existing PFO. 706 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,214 PFO would have been discovered on her pre-South Pole physical exam. 707 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:47,655 What if the clots aren't clots? 708 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:52,125 Atherosclerosis. Fatty plaque builds up on the arterial walls. 709 00:38:52,196 --> 00:38:55,290 Pieces break off, block blood flow. Explains everything. 710 00:38:55,366 --> 00:38:59,359 She has zero risk factors. Forget fat. Think clots. 711 00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:00,528 No. 712 00:39:02,506 --> 00:39:03,939 You're standing up to me? 713 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:05,032 Maybe. 714 00:39:05,142 --> 00:39:07,667 Just to clarify, you should do that when you're right. 715 00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:09,474 Sorry for the confusion. 716 00:39:09,547 --> 00:39:11,344 How could a clot... Could be a different kind of fat. 717 00:39:11,415 --> 00:39:12,905 Fat emboli. 718 00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:17,413 It's a perfect fit. Except it's completely impossible. 719 00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:20,982 Fat emboli requires an un-repaired bone breakage. 720 00:39:21,058 --> 00:39:23,424 Between the x-ray and the exam, I've seen her entire... 721 00:39:32,169 --> 00:39:33,693 See, that's what I'm talking about. 722 00:39:36,741 --> 00:39:38,436 Take off her socks. 723 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:41,109 I can... I can do it. 724 00:39:41,178 --> 00:39:42,406 No. I got it. 725 00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:54,318 Your toe is broken. 726 00:39:55,926 --> 00:39:57,518 Oh, my God. 727 00:39:58,028 --> 00:40:00,588 Bits of bone marrow have been leaking into your bloodstream. 728 00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:04,964 Those fat emboli have caused blockages in your kidney, lungs, and brain. 729 00:40:05,936 --> 00:40:07,028 It doesn't even hurt. 730 00:40:07,104 --> 00:40:08,799 Cold numbs everything. 731 00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:11,568 Does a particularly great job on the extremities. 732 00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:15,134 You'll need to close the break to stop the marrow from leaking. 733 00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:16,577 This one you will feel. 734 00:40:17,615 --> 00:40:19,242 Will you do it? 735 00:40:20,117 --> 00:40:24,247 He drilled a hole in your skull after drinking your pee. I think he's up for this. 736 00:40:24,321 --> 00:40:25,948 Grab the tip of her toe with your right hand. 737 00:40:26,056 --> 00:40:27,887 Hold the break with the other. 738 00:40:27,958 --> 00:40:29,550 On the count of three, pull hard. 739 00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:32,786 One, two, 740 00:40:33,297 --> 00:40:34,559 three. 741 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:46,341 Splint your toe. You'll be fine. 742 00:40:51,482 --> 00:40:53,245 Thank you, House. 743 00:40:54,518 --> 00:40:57,851 Don't thank me. He's the one who saved your life. 744 00:41:25,449 --> 00:41:26,973 He likes her. 745 00:41:35,392 --> 00:41:39,192 A bottle of the Bordeaux and some sparkling water. 746 00:41:44,568 --> 00:41:48,368 Well, you didn't pick her up, which means she's coming from work, too, 747 00:41:48,472 --> 00:41:50,406 which means you're comfortable enough to meet her. 748 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:52,601 Damn. I thought I lost you when I walked backwards 749 00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:54,166 through my own footprints in the snow. 750 00:41:54,245 --> 00:41:57,305 I think I've got it narrowed down to three possibilities. 751 00:41:57,381 --> 00:41:59,372 Better leave. If you see her, it'll be cheating. 752 00:41:59,483 --> 00:42:00,711 It's not one of your ex-wives. 753 00:42:00,784 --> 00:42:01,842 Because they hate me. 754 00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:05,184 They don't. They should, but they don't. I called them. 755 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:07,724 It's someone new, but someone I know. 756 00:42:07,825 --> 00:42:09,816 Did you ever consider being happy for me? 757 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:11,225 Briefly. 758 00:42:11,295 --> 00:42:13,286 You ordering the wine before she got here... 759 00:42:14,832 --> 00:42:17,767 Girls are good, House, and you know it. 760 00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:20,564 You solved your case because you cared about that girl. 761 00:42:20,671 --> 00:42:24,004 You're demonstrating the illusion of manly confidence, 762 00:42:24,074 --> 00:42:26,042 which means you haven't closed the deal, yet. 763 00:42:26,110 --> 00:42:28,237 I closed the deal. I just like her. 764 00:42:28,312 --> 00:42:29,438 Still? 765 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:32,072 You knew your patient hated having cold feet, 766 00:42:32,182 --> 00:42:35,618 because you did a physical exam, because you liked her. 767 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,951 Your theory is I cared, therefore I let her keep her socks on. 768 00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:42,685 If that's what love is, then I don't wanna have anything to do with it. 769 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,593 It starts with warm feet, but leads to other things. 770 00:42:45,696 --> 00:42:47,425 Your mom and I will explain when you're older. 771 00:42:47,531 --> 00:42:50,625 If I'd made her take them off like I should have, I'd have seen the toe 772 00:42:50,734 --> 00:42:52,031 and solved the case days ago. 773 00:42:52,102 --> 00:42:53,501 But you don't care about her. 774 00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:57,667 Of course not. House doesn't care about anyone. 775 00:43:00,244 --> 00:43:01,677 Hi. 776 00:43:01,745 --> 00:43:02,939 Sorry I'm late. 777 00:43:05,082 --> 00:43:06,845 Cutthroat Bitch? 778 00:43:07,618 --> 00:43:09,552 I call her Amber. 779 00:43:09,954 --> 00:43:11,683 Was she on your list?