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House and his team have a case with a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher who collapses at school after losing the ability to talk properly. (Clinic Cases: An orange man with leg pain, a young boy with asthma, a man who thinks he has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or fibromyalgia.)
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A homeless woman collapses at an unlawful rave house. Foreman blows off the consult that Wilson asks for, and House is intrigued by Foreman's and Wilson's reactions. Clinic Cases: A mother with lots of kids; House pretends to be ill so he ends up teaching med students about taking histories.
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Twelve year-old Gabriel 'Gabe' Reilich thinks he's cursed after collapsing when his name comes out of a Ouija board game played with mates indicating him as marked for death. Dr. Robert Chase cleverly finds out about the boy's secret society's abandoned meeting place and suspicious substances there. Gabe's scary mix of suddenly appearing symptoms suggest anthrax and a rare, infectious tropical disease. Robert refuses to have any personal contact with his father, rheumatologist Rowan Chase, a world authority on auto-immune diseases, who suddenly turns up and joins the diagnostic joust. Yet House takes a stubborn interest in Rowan's reason to visit his estranged son now, as well as in Gabe's admired, separated father Jeffrey Reilich's past...
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A morbidly obese ten-year-old girl has a heart attack, and her mother insists that House and his team look past her weight to find the diagnosis. Meanwhile, Vogler pressures House to fire a member of his staff. Clinic Patients: Unidentified man with an infected pierced scrotum; overweight woman with a 30-pound tumor on her ovaries who refuses to have it removed, because she worries she will be unattractive.
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A 15-year old faith healer collapses after laying his hands on an old woman in a walker. An MRI finds a brain abnormality, but he doesn't want it treated for fear that it might affect his healing capabilities. While in the hospital, the teen uses his power on a terminal patient Wilson is treating. Elsewhere, Wilson moves out of House's apartment, but he still wants in on House's weekly poker games.
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A Katrina survivor, presumably the granddaughter of a famous blues singer, convinces House's friend Dylan Crandall that he is her father. When the girl is brought in with a deadly illness, House is sure the girl is faking, but Crandall wants her as his daughter and Crandall won't agree to a paternity test. As House and team try to save the girl's life, House and his conscience fight over the truth vs. his friend's real desire to take the girl in.
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Clancy, a 7 year old boy, who believes he is being tortured by aliens comes to the hospital because of rectal bleeding. When House, who thinks he did not solve his last case and it's affecting him physically, finds a metal object in his neck where Clancy claims a chip has been planted and when a cell with different DNA is found, the team has to give his alien theory more credit. But House's humiliation from his last case and worsening leg pain cause him to back out, forcing Cuddy, who lied to House about curing his last patient, to rethink her decision to withhold the information.
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A 19-year-old college student, Addie, starts coughing up blood during karate class and ends up one of House's cases. Foreman hands in his resignation before treating the woman and refuses to explain why. Although her symptoms show no signs of it, House is convinced that an infection is causing Addie's bleeding. Her lungs start filling with fluid and House's team believes a toxin or cancer is to blame for Addie's illness but are unable to change House's mind. Addie continues to get worse and House wants to do an extremely risky life-or-death treatment in order to confirm his diagnosis; the team starts to ask whether House cares about making a diagnosis more than Addie's own life. Meanwhile, House becomes interested in Honey, a young, attractive nutritionist who brought her boyfriend to the clinic for treatment. He gets her to fill out an employment application (for Foreman's soon-to-be vacated position) and arranges to meet her again in a more casual situation.
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As House starts his search for a new team, an astronaut comes to him for help. She needs to be treated, without NASA finding out it's her. He puts his candidates to the test as they try to find out what's wrong with the patient. As he tries to protect his patient's identity from the hospital/Dr. Cuddy, House spots some members of his old team around the hospital, even though he knows they're working else where now.
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Cuddy tells House she finally wants to know who he picks as a member of his team and he decides that however finds out what's wrong with a seedy, drug using rock musician gets the job. Foreman doesn't like the fact House plays this game with the life of the rocker. Meanwhile, Wilson has made a wrong diagnosis: He told a man he's going to die while, in fact, the man is as fit as a fiddle.
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As the team is team is about to treat a woman they think suffers from SARS, House gets word that his father has passed away. House would rather stay and treat the patient than attend the funeral and eulogize his father, but Cuddy intervenes, and he finds himself going to the funeral with Wilson. Secrets from House's past are revealed.
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A ballerina collapses during practice. As the team begins to treat her, her skin starts to fall off. With his hallucination getting worse, House cannot treat her, and asks for help to diagnose him. Cameron reveals a secret to Chase which may affect their wedding plans.
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House and his team treat a patient who had his brain split in half, now it seems like one side of his brain is causing some health/behavioral issues. House plays games with Cuddy over the night he detoxed, and those events will cause major changes. Cameron and Chase come to a decision.
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House begins a detox program at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital to get the Vicodin out of his system in an attempt to control his hallucinations. House plans to leave the treatment facility once he is clean, but he is strong-armed into staying by his attending physician, Dr. Darryl Nolan. Dr. Nolan agrees to write a recommendation to reinstate House’s medical license only if House agrees to further treatment. When House is moved to a new ward in the hospital, he develops a close relationship with his new roommate, Alvie, and Lydia, a frequent visitor who helps House bend the rules. House asks Alvie to help him uncover incriminating information about Dr. Nolan that would allow him to blackmail his way out of the treatment center and convinces Lydia to loan him her car to sneak out a delusional patient in an attempt by House to undermine Dr. Nolan’s course of treatment. But when devastating events ensue, House is humbled into reluctantly accepting help.
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House returns home to Princeton where he continues to focus on his recovery, but surprises Cuddy with the news that he's making a big change in his life. Meanwhile, the team is unable to diagnose a loud-mouthed video game creator who posts each new symptom on the Internet and opts for treatments suggested by the online community rather than by the doctors, and Foreman angles for House's job, but the pressure to solve the case creates tension in his relationship with Thirteen.
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When a controversial African politician falls ill, he is brought to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. The team struggles with whether to help a merciless dictator being subpoenaed for crimes against humanity in his country. Meanwhile, Wilson tries to make peace with a feuding neighbor, but House’s prying exacerbates the problem.
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A wealthy businessman brings his teenage son, who is suffering from inexplicable stomach pains, to Princeton Plainsboro and insists on having Dr. House handle the case. The father of the patient believes the karmic penalty of his financial success is that he is victim to personal tragedy, and that the answer to his son's medical mystery lies in a reverse of fate rather than medical treatment. Meanwhile, Foreman and Chase prepare to present information on the Dibala case.
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The team takes on the case of a reckless police detective who has a family history of sudden heart failure that killed his father, grandfather and great-grandfather all at age 40. Though House is not keen on diagnosing the patient without any detectable symptoms, the team, urged by Cameron, attempts to identify his condition so the detective can live without fear of dying young. Meanwhile, Chase is haunted by his actions in the Dibala case, and House confronts some ghosts of his own.
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After House?’s medical license is reinstated, he reclaims his role as Head of Diagnostics in time to treat Hank Hardwick, an adult film star admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for pulsating eye pain. Meanwhile, Cuddy is reminded that the hospial is not conducive to healthy personal relationships, and House angles to form a dream team.
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House and the team take on the case of James Sidas, an exceptionally brilliant physicist and author who traded his successful career for a job as a courier. For the ailing patient, intelligence is a miserable burden that has prompted depression and addiction, and this, coupled with his myriad unusual symptoms, nearly stumps the team. Meanwhile, the doctors at Princeton Plainboro wrestle with strained personal relationships.
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When an old friend and former patient of Wilson?’s exhibits paralysis in his right arm, Wilson puts himself on the case. House wagers Wilson that the patient?’s symptoms are attributed to new cancer cells. Wilson accepts even though he is reluctant to believe the cancer has returned. With the help of the team, Wilson works to diagnose the patient more optimistic results, but when things take a turn for the worse, Wilson must address his inability to separate patient from friend. Meanwhile, Cuddy seeks advice in her search for real estate.
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When drug dealer Mickey mysteriously collapses while negotiating a sale, his partner-in-crime, Eddie, accompanies him to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. But with a major deal pending, Mickey is not forthcoming with the necessary personal information the team needs to treat him. As MickeyÂ’s condition worsens, the team resorts to old-fashioned detective work to solve the case. Meanwhile, House and Wilson compete for the affection of a new neighbor, and Chase, Thirteen and Taub attempt to play a practical joke on Foreman.
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The team takes on the case of Valerie, an attractive female executive experiencing random episodes of excruciating pain. House agrees to take the case based on Valerie's looks, and while treating her, the men on the team are charmed by Valerie's beauty and personality, with Thirteen looking beyond the superficial to try to discover a link to her illness. Meanwhile, House uncharacteristically attempts to alleviate his conscience by reaching out to a former medical school colleague he wronged.
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During a day in the life of Princeton Plainsboro's Dean of Medicine, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, the inner workings of the hospital are seen through her eyes. This day proves to be especially trying as Cuddy wrestles with myriad hospital issues and staff disputes that test her perseverance and skills as an administrator, all while juggling issues in her personal life.
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House and the team take on the case of an avid blogger admitted with sudden bruising and bleeding. From her hospital bed, the patient blogs about her symptoms, doctors and prospective diagnoses to her dedicated band of followers and solicits their advice on a course of treatment. Such openness leads the team to contemplate the value of privacy, especially after House and Wilson uncover secrets from one anotherÂ’s past. Meanwhile, Chase is coaxed into testing out the dating scene .
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When a newborn disappears from the nursery, Princeton Plainsboro goes on lockdown, preventing anyone from entering, leaving or moving within the hospital. While House and his team members are trapped in various parts of the building, new insights about the teamÂ’s personal histories, relationships and regrets surface.
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House and the team take on the case of Sir William, a “knight” in a closed-off community of men and women living according to the ideals of the High Renaissance. As the team searches the medieval village for environmental factors contributing to Sir William’s rapidly deteriorating health, Thirteen and Sir William debate the acts that define honor and loyalty, especially in regard to the “queen” of the community, one of Sir William’s most frequent visitors. Meanwhile, Wilson starts over with an ex.
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House and the team take on the case of a woman Julia, who is in an open marriage and becomes ill during a date with her on-the-side boyfriend. As perplexing as the case is, JuliaÂ’s happy and healthy, yet polygamous relationship is equally baffling to the team. Meanwhile, House tests WilsonÂ’s relationship with Sam.
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The team takes on the case of an ailing groom-to-be who harbors undisclosed secrets from a previous relationship. As his fiancée tries to get answers to her many questions, a frustrated team winnows down the possibilities. Meanwhile, House spends extra-curricular time with his Princeton Plainsboro colleagues, performing a karaoke rendition of a Gladys Knight & The Pips classic with Foreman and Chase.
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During a session with Dr. Nolan, House recounts the case of a woman who arrives at the Princeton Plainsboro emergency room with an unexplained illness and no recollection of who she is. While trying to solve the mystery of the woman’s illness, House must also help her piece together her identity.
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Cuddy, House and members of the team join forces with a search-and-rescue team to provide much-needed medical attention at the scene of an emergency.
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House and Cuddy are exploring the ramifications of those feelings and attempting to make a real relationship work. Meanwhile, due to a colleague's illness, Princeton Plainsboro is left without a neurosurgeon on site, threatening the hospital's accreditation as a Level 1 Trauma Center. As the team attempts treatment to get their sick colleague back to work, they discover there is more to the illness than they originally suspected and turn to House for direction. Instead, House remains elusive, leaving the team on its own.
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When Della, a seemingly healthy and active 14-year-old, suddenly collapses during a skateboarding exhibition, House and his team struggle to diagnose her condition and reassure her parents who already have to cope with their son's terminal illness. After her body rejects a donor lung, and with time running out to save her life, Della's family is left with little hope of securing a new donor and faced with a seemingly impossible decision regarding the fate of both children. Meanwhile, House tries to appease an elderly father and his son at the clinic, and House and Cuddy begin to face the challenges of taking their romantic relationship into the workplace.
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When Alice, the author of a popular children's book series, inexplicably suffers from a seizure moments before an attempt to take her own life, the Princeton Plansboro team faces the challenges of evaluating both her underlying medical conditions, as well as her unstable psychological state. Unable to diagnose Alice, House becomes particularly motivated, as he's a fan of her books, and is convinced that the key to unlocking the mysteries of Alice's condition lies in the pages of her most recent novel. Meanwhile, House takes Cuddy on a double date with Wilson and his girlfriend, Sam, and makes a discovery that proves that life imitates art as the couple continues to make compromises in order to make their relationship work.
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When a patient named Margaret McPherson is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro after suffering severe and uncontrollable vomiting, House and the team make unexpected discoveries about her identity as they assess her symptoms. When the symptoms don't improve, the team looks to the patient's medical history to unearth more about her past. Meanwhile, House gives Chase's new hire a cold welcome, and a visit from House's massage therapist forces House and Cuddy to confront the reservations in their relationship.
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After a newborn experiences inexplicable breathing problems and liver failure, House and the team look at the baby's mother, Abbey's, own medical history for possible clues. When the team makes a discovery about her newborn's health, Abbey is presented with a difficult decision that could potentially affect both her baby's health and her own. Meanwhile, following Cuddy's directive, House challenges Foreman and Taub to hire a female doctor to join the team. When Cuddy asks House to babysit her daughter, both House and Wilson learn a few hard lessons in parenting.
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It's election season, and in the midst of a tight campaign, an incumbent New Jersey senator's campaign manager falls ill with liver failure and temporary paralysis. Cuddy pushes House to add a female doctor to his team by hiring brilliant third-year medical student Martha Masters in Thirteen's absence. House and the team are wary of the young doctor's lack of experience and medical perspective, but are forced to give their new by-the-book teammate a chance to prove herself. After the campaigning senator makes a surprising announcement, House and the team look to the candidate to find clues about the patient's condition. Meanwhile, Foreman learns that Taub has a past connection to Masters, and in an effort to save his patient's life, House must make a critical decision that may compromise his relationship with Cuddy.
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After a 200-year-old medicine jar found on an off-shore shipwreck shatters in a teenage girl's palm, she is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for symptoms closely linked to smallpox. When the Center for Disease Control's Dr. Dave Broda institutes a lockdown on the hospital and suspends House's team's ability to diagnose, Masters grows suspicious of Broda's motives and becomes convinced that the patient is suffering from a different disease. The girl's father soon experiences similar symptoms, and House is forced to make a precarious decision that puts his own life in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Wilson and Sam comfort a 6-year-old chemotherapy patient who prompts them to examine their relationship.
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Science and faith are called into question when a patient is admitted to the hospital following his reenactment of the Crucifixion. The patient, Ramon Silva, refuses to undergo the prescribed treatment, and the team learns that after his daughter's cancer was cured, he pledged an oath of self-sacrifice to God. With little time to save Ramon's life, the team struggles to understand his reasoning and seemingly extreme religious convictions, but eventually learn that faith is not an argument. Meanwhile, Taub questions his wife Rachel about her relationship with an infidelity support group member and the team attends a co-worker's wedding where Wilson's relationship with Sam takes an unexpected turn.
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When a manputs his life on the line to save a stranger who fell onto the subway tracks, he emerges from the dramatic scene miraculously unscathed but then suddenly collapses. Both the hospital and the town become captivated by the man's selfless deed, but as the team works to diagnose his symptoms, they discover that the hero's seemingly life-changing deed failed to break old habits. Meanwhile, House tries to avoid Cuddy's birthday dinner with her opinionated mother Arlene, and Taub draws unexpected attention when his face graces billboards advertising the hospital. As Taub and his wife reignite a physical relationship, Masters' outside perspective helps him realize that it's time to take action on his crumbling marriage.
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A teenage military trainee at a juvenile offender training camp suffers peculiar symptoms after enduring an intense training course, and mysteriously, his drill sergeant is soon admitted for similar symptoms. Unable to track down the cause of the shared illness, the team searches for clues in the trainee's family medical history, and Masters and House reveal a unique bond between the sergeant and trainee. Meanwhile, when an indecent photo of Chase is posted on a social-networking site following three different romantic encounters, Chase is determined to find out which girl is trying to publicly disgrace him. Also, sensing Cuddy's stress over her daughter Rachel's enrollment at a prestigious preschool, House secretly prepares Rachel for observations and reveals a soft spot for the toddler.
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Cuddy's mother, Arlene, is admitted to Princeton Plansboro after complaining about unusual symptoms, but stubborn Arlene insists that House be removed from the case, forcing House to come up with non-conventional - and unlawful - means to treat his patient. House instructs his team to follow his lead, and they discover details in Arlene's personal life that she kept secret from Cuddy and her sister Lucinda. Later, Cuddy places her trust in House to ensure that her mother receives the proper medical treatment, leading "by the book" medical student Masters to reevaluate her responsibility to practice within a code of ethics and to follow her boss' orders.
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When a waitress with a perfect memory suffers temporary paralysis, her older sister visits her in the hospital, which triggers high stress levels and even more health complications. The patient's sharp memory proves detrimental when a grudge she's been holding against her sibling gets in the way of receiving proper medical treatment, and Masters discovers that patching a broken sisterhood may prove to be more complex than diagnosing the patient. Meanwhile, Foreman volunteers to help Taub prepare for a medical examination, and House, determined to help Wilson get back in the dating scene, discovers Wilson's secret new companion.
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House participates in a school's Career Day and breaks a few rules by sharing explicit medical stories. Waiting outside the principal's office, he meets two fifth-grade students who assess House's relationship woes and try to help him understand how his selfish antics get in the way of showing Cuddy how he really feels.
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A patient is admitted after breaking out in a severe rash triggered by caustic chemical exposure at his blue-collar job. As the team treats him, they discover that he has led his wife to believe that he is still maintaining his once-lucrative real estate career. Meanwhile, Cuddy is honored with an award and needs House to be at the charity event for support, but his attendance is threatened when his patient's battle to survive forces him to question his practice and his own happiness. Also, Chase and Masters teach each other a lesson in forging meaningful personal and professional relationships.
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Tension reaches new heights when Cuddy faces sobering news that propels her to reevaluate her priorities. While House is distracted by his concern for Cuddy's well-being, the team treats a teenage patient whose worsening symptoms and suspicious body scars indicate more than just physical illness. Sensing the teen's troubled emotional and mental state, Taub turns to the patient's personal life for clues and uncovers disturbing home videos that could put the lives of his peers in danger. Meanwhile, Cuddy remains hopeful that House will be fully present when she needs him most, and a series of dreams, including a musical scene choreographed by Mia Michaels, provide glimpses into her life and her relationship with House.
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A young professional champion bullfighter is admitted for treatment after being attacked by a bull. After conducting multiple inconclusive tests, the team enlists House's advice outside of the hospital while he attends to a few issues away from the case. Back in the hospital, the bullfighter's condition continues to worsen, but with disappearing symptoms and the patient's more frequent mini-seizures, the team's last option is risky open-heart surgery. Meanwhile, Masters develops a crush on their bullfighter patient much to Taub's surprise.
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A young homeless man who is a former drug addict is found in a park showing signs of olfactory impairment and horrific scars and burn marks on his chest. With an uncertain identity and the patient's severely worsening conditions, the team looks to the patient's personal records and family history in order to understand his detachment. Meanwhile, Cuddy confides in Wilson and expresses her guilt for ending her relationship with House, and just as the team warms up to the patient, they discover a disturbing secret about the man whose life they saved.
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Thirteen has been in prison for the past year, but the real mystery for House is what she did to get there. When she exits the prison, she is taken aback to find him waiting for her, and unaware he's got plans for the two of them for the next few days. As House probes Thirteen for more information about her crime, intent on solving the puzzle of her mysterious incarceration, they travel to an annual spud-gun competition and join forces to compete against House's much younger, overconfident rival, and along the journey uncover secrets and truths about each other. At the hospital, the team treats a science teacher suffering from severe respiratory illness, and when the team inspects the patient's house for clues to his illness, they immediately learn he's a hoarder. But upon a second visit to obtain more information, they uncover something in the many piles that shocks them. Also, Taub tries to get back into the dating scene, but winds up retreating to his old habits.
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Masters faces a career crossroads on her last day as a medical student and struggles with the choice to continue on the path to become a surgeon or to accept the rare opportunity to join House's team officially. Meanwhile, the team treats a 16-year-old girl who inexplicably collapsed days before embarking on an ambitious sailing tour around the globe. Despite the patient's life-changing diagnosis, the patient's family insists on getting her back on the seas in time for her potentially record-breaking launch. But to the team's surprise, including House, Masters makes a bold decision regarding the patient's treatment.
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After suffering partial paralysis while searching for a long-lost love, lottery winner Cyrus Harry is brought to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment by House and the team. Cuddy's mother threatens to sue the hospital for malpractice, jeopardizing both Cuddy and House's medical licenses. Chase and Foreman make a bet that tests each one in different ways.
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When House and Wilson bet on a boxing match and disagree over the outcome, Wilson gives him exactly one day to pay up or prove him wrong. House presses the boxer for more information to help prove his case and ends up attempting to breathe new life into the losing fighter's career. Meanwhile, the team begins to suspect House may have another type of drug problem.
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Thirteen's ex-con friend, Darrien, arrives at Thirteen's apartment unannounced and in need of urgent medical attention. When she finds out that her friend has relapsed into drug use, Thirteen promises not to take her to the hospital where the cops could find her and instead turns to Chase in desperation. Meanwhile, House deals with devastating information, and Taub begins to come to terms with surprising news.
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Well-known performance artist Afsoun Hamidi is admitted to the hospital, but when the team learns that her symptoms may have been self-inflicted as part of a documentary for her latest performance piece, they begin to question whether treatments are necessary and if they are unwittingly participating in the creation of a piece of her art. Meanwhile, a situation prompts House to do something that could change his relationship with Cuddy and Wilson permanently.
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A year has passed since House crashed his car into Cuddy's home, and we find House spending time behind bars at the East New Jersey Correctional Facility under the close watch of the prison warden. When an antagonistic prison gang leader makes a serious threat, House solicits the help of a fellow inmate, but when another inmate's unusual medical symptoms spark his curiosity, House must come up with creative ways to treat the patient while navigating prison rules. House meets Dr. Jessica Adams, a young, intelligent and bright-eyed clinic doctor, but when they are faced with a controversial opportunity to diagnose the patient's life-threatening illness, Adams is confronted with a choice to trust House and put her career on the line or play by the book.
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A surprising visitor makes House an offer he can't refuse by giving him the opportunity to help the Princeton Plainsboro team treat a unique patient in order to save the life of an organ recipient being treated by Wilson. Although House finds himself back on familiar ground, he quickly realizes that much has changed since he left, and he is forced to work on the case with smart yet timid resident Dr. Chi Park. After several inconclusive treatments and with time running out, House and Dr. Park are left with one last option to examine the patient's medical history that could compromise House's conditional agreement with the hospital. Meanwhile, House makes an effort to reconnect with Wilson despite a cold reception.
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When Benjamin suddenly collapses after making a rare and generous donation, House and Dr. Chi Park are convinced that his extreme altruistic behavior may indicate a deeper medical disorder. With no definitive explanation for Benjamin's loss of consciousness and unresponsiveness to treatment, House pushes just the right buttons to recruit former prison doctor Jessica Adams to volunteer her time and expertise to the case. Benjamin then makes a bold but life-threatening offer that could save another life, and the team must diagnose his disorder before he puts his own life on the line. Meanwhile, Adams and Park test each other's outlook on generosity and gratitude, and Thirteen's guilt conflicts with her pursuit of personal happiness.
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A CEO falls mysteriously ill just days before he signs a contract that would relocate his company's entire labor force to China. House attempts to make an underhanded business transaction with his wealthy patient, but when the patient's condition worsens, the team must work around the clock to save his life. Meanwhile, Park prepares for her hearing with the Princeton Plainsboro Disciplinary Committee chaired by Foreman, and Adams' outlook on her patient's business venture reveals her deeper feelings about loyalty.
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A man who is well-respected in his community suddenly collapses, and in the process of diagnosing his symptoms, the team discovers that the patient has been hiding dark and dishonest secrets about his personal and professional life. But when the patient openly confesses his wrongdoings to his family and community, he compromises his chances of receiving the proper medical treatment. Meanwhile, House will stop at nothing to manipulate Taub into taking a DNA test to prove he is the father of his two six-month-old daughters.
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A teenage boy attempting to follow in his late father's footsteps as an entertainer is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro with partial paralysis. As the team searches for a bone marrow match, they uncover a disturbing family secret. Meanwhile, House looks for creative ways to remove his ankle monitor so that he can attend a boxing match in Atlantic City, and he treats a patient who is convinced he is suffering from diabetes. Also, Taub faces a tough decision when his ex-wife Rachel tells him that she wants to move across the country with their infant daughter.
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The team learns that their 14-year-old patient is suffering from more than teen angst when her physical symptoms worsen. Despite Foreman's firm opposition, House becomes obsessed with solving a peculiar case of a deceased four-year-old patient, which gets him into serious trouble. Meanwhile, Park tries to get Chase to admit the reason behind his recent obsession with grooming.
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A prosecutor suffers from what he believes to be cardiac arrest during an interrogation at the witness stand. The team's preliminary diagnosis is hyper-anxiety, but when Adams and Park investigate the patient's home and find a hidden arsenal of firearms, they uncover a more alarming and deep-seated psychological disorder. Also, Wilson becomes obsessed with proving that House is hiding something in his home, Park slowly comes out of her social shell and Foreman's lack of romantic relationships piques the interest of Taub and Chase.
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An Alzheimer's patient visits Princeton Plainsboro as part of a hospital sanctioned drug trial, but when he inexplicably suffers from violent vomiting and an increasingly explosive temper, the team begins to unravel a deeper marriage conflict between the patient and his dutiful wife. Meanwhile, House and Foreman butt heads, and Wilson treats a patient who claims to be in a chaste marriage.
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The team treats an underage and homeless female patient, but when her symptoms worsen and call for an invasive surgery requiring adult consent, House and Adams argue over whether they should contact social services. The patient confesses that she ran away from home after struggling to take care of her mother, a recovering drug addict. But when her mother appears at her bedside, a more complicated relationship is revealed and the patient's mother must put the past aside and make the best decision for her daughter. Meanwhile, Taub has a difficult time connecting with his infant daughters and House threatens to exploit Foreman's relationship with a married woman.
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When a violent incident involving a patient has serious consequences for one staff member, House and the team are placed under review by Dr. Walter Cofield, Foreman's former mentor and current Chief of Neurology. As House and each member of his team recount the details of the dramatic and life-threatening incident, Cofield must weigh the team's unconventional brand of collaboration against their ability to save lives.
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Chase takes on a patient, Moira, who is a cloistered nun on the verge of making her life-changing vows, and through the treatment process, he and Moira form a unique connection that tests their faith and reason. But when Moira's condition worsens and requires a risky surgery, Chase's judgment is compromised. Meanwhile, House and Taub try to remain one step ahead of each other's pranks.
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A marriage counselor collapses during a speaking engagement, but when he is put under close evaluation, the team notice changes in his behavior that conflict with his motivational message on the roles of men and women. Meanwhile, House and his Ukrainian "wife" Dominika make a deal to convince Immigration that they are a happily married couple. Also, House decides to name a team leader.
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House and the team battle to save a successful, independent blind man who is struck down by a mysterious illness, just prior to him asking for his girlfriend's hand in marriage. Meanwhile, House's mother unexpectedly arrives at Princeton Plainsboro to inform him of her new beau.
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Open with a soldier (Hayes) waiting at the airport for his brother (Brant), who is returning from combat. To his surprise, Brant is in handcuffs. The soldiers tell Hayes that Brant is being charged with treason. Brant then falls to the ground and begins to convulse.
We learn through House's team that Brant leaked video of 34 civilians being killed by the U.S. military. Park in particular doesn't like the fact Brant blew the whistle, calling him a coward. The initial thought is that he was faking the attack to avoid prison.
Adams is concerned something is wrong with House.
Brant tells Park he thinks making the video public was the "right thing to do." Hayes doesn't seem to agree, and they begin to discuss what their dead father would have done. His father disobeyed an order at Tora Bora and saved lives. Brant begins to have severe stomach pain, and the docs see he abdomen is bruised.
The team discussed honor. Adams gets House to sign a document. She goes to see Wilson, telling him she thinks the drug has caused House to develop Hepatic Encephalopathy (a liver disorder). Wilson isn't so sure.
Wilson goes to see Wilson, who is napping. He mentions four or five different reasons he thinks House might be sick and wants to run some tests.
Some solider have been attacked and the military believes Brant leaking the video may be to blame. Brant tells the docs the reason he joined the military is to find out what happened to his father, who died in a one-car accident when he was ten. There were two redacted pages from his record. He became friends with the locals, which is why he leaked the video. Suddenly Brant begins bleeding. His spleen is sequestering platelets. During an emergency procedure to save Brant, Chase notices his spleen is lumpy.
The team goes with Sarcoidosis and House recommends steroids.
House loses to Taub in a video game, which Adams thinks could be another symptom. Adams wants to talk to Foreman, but the rest of the docs aren't sure. Chase suggests that House could be faking this to see if his team will "whistle blow" on him.
Brant is refusing treatment unless he is allowed a public interview.
Some of the docs suggest trying to force treatment by arguing that a psychiatric problem is part of his illness. They need Hayes to sign-off as a conservator, but he refuses.
Why the team talks through Brant's case House goes to an out-of-order bathroom and moves his bowels in order to force maintenance to fix the bathroom. House wants them to give Brant a reason to live.
They have the Army promise to release the pages from Brant's record. He agrees to treatment.
Taub steals a sample of House's stool (he faked the out-of-order bathroom) and tests it. He discovers irregular bile deposits.
The team talks to House about being sick. He denies it. They press him to get checked out, but he won't budge. The team agrees to treat Brant with Heparin.
The team talks about what to do with House. Chase thinking going to Foreman is not necessary.
Wilson thinks House needs to go get some tests. House fights him.
House drops by in Brant's room and asks about his devotion to honor. He tells House about not being able to sleep after watching the tape over and over again. He says his hair turned gray in three days, which is why he shaved it.
The team discusses Brant's treatment. They disagree with his assessment and Park is wondering if maybe he is sick.
Brant complains of being cold. He has a fever.
The team tells House they don't trust his judgment. They've brought in Foreman to approve all treatment orders until he gets a clean bill of health. House tries to figure out who betrayed him. Taub, Adams and Chase all confess to stabbing him in the back. Park does not. The team decides to treat for Malaria.
Brant is again refusing treatment, since his father's files have yet to arrive. Now Hayes agrees to be the conservator. Adams thinks his is strange, and Taub agrees.
Taub confronts Hayes about the fact the file had already been given to Brant.
Hayes tells Brant that their father was drunk when he got in his accident, and killed a pedestrian in the crash. Hayes covered it up. Brant accepts treatment.
Chase is the first to figure out that House had been faking his illness the entire time. House admits to have taken some medication to pretend to have the condition. He says he wanted to figure out who was the rat.
House figures out that Brant contracted Typhus in Afghanistan. One of the symptoms is leaking the tape, he says. Meaning he can plead not guilty and avoid jail. Brant thinks that would undermined what he tried to do. House points out that Brant did this to please a father that didn't actually exist.
House figures out that Chase was the rat. He wanted to make sure somebody was there to figure out when he loses his edge.
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House (Hugh Laurie) and the team take on the case of a 22 year-old minor league hockey player who collapsed while coughing up blood after a fight on the ice. Complications ensue, such as male breast development, and after several false diagnoses the patient is saved.
Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) finds out that he may have fathered a son 11 years ago in a broken relationship, but House neglected to tell Wilson at the time. Wilson contacts the ex-girlfriend and makes arrangements to meet his son. They get along well, and Wilson has him to his apartment where the son fixes a fancy pizza with prosciutto and goat cheese. Wilson has a crisis when the son tells him that his mother wants to move to Costa Rica and that he would like to move in with Wilson, instead. Wilson confesses that he doesn't feel ready to have his son live with him. House makes the problem go away by revealing that the "son" was a child actor hired by House.
Chase (Jesse Spencer) offers to let Park (Charlyne Yi) crash at his apartment while she is having trouble with her PoPo.
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House and the team take on the case of a man who starts tearing blood. Meanwhile, House is interviewing for a new favorite hooker, since his current favorite, Emily, has decided to get married and leave the business. Desperate for Emily "companionship," House teams up with his "wife" Dominika to sabotage Emily's budding relationship.
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Open with an 8-year old boy named Lue having a bad dream about being choked by an older woman. His mother comes in to try and calm him down, but he can't breathe and slips into unconsciousness.
House isn't interested in the case until Foreman tells him about the night terrors.
House brings several boxes of files to the team related to Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome among males in the Hmong community. They eventually decide to look into infection, as well as the possibility of inhaled toxins.
Chase asks Lue's mother Lida about the possibility her son believes in evil spirits. She is an engineer and has a healthy appreciation for science.
House tells Wilson he had a dream about Dominika involving floss.
At Lue's home Taub and Park talk about her having a dream about sleeping with Chase. They smell something moldy, which turns out to be from a dismembered pig in Lue's room.
When they tell Lida, she immediately blames her father-in-law Xang. Xang tells her he only did what she should have done weeks ago in order to save Lue. Lue starts to crash and is shocked back to life.
Park tells House the pig thing is a traditional Hmong ritual used to re-call the soul. Xang thinks Lue's soul was taken along with that of his son, who is in jail after beating his boss to death. Taub suggests acute pericarditis and they decide to run a test. Park is acting strange.
Wilson thinks House's dream is the result of feeling guilty for not telling Dominika about her citizenship coming through.
Park and Chase talk about the dream.
Lue's echo was negative, but he has abdominal pain. Chase suggests thyroiditis.
House tells Dominika that it will be a few weeks, perhaps a month, until they finalize their decision.
Lue begins to panic when about to given an injection. He starts speaking in Hmong (according to Xang), even though his mother says he's never heard it. He starts seizing.
House points out the team has no idea whether or not Lue actually spoke Hmong. House doesn't trust Xang, who wants to believe his son is also possessed. House orders an MRI to check for a kind of encephalitis.
Xang thinks the doctor's are wasting Lue's time. Xang says the exact same thing happened to his son. Chase suggests he not scare Lue.
Taub tells Park she and Chase have a good thing going and she shouldn't let House try to screw it up.
House takes Dominika to the shooting range. She has been reading his physics books, which seems to appeal to House even more.
Xang tells Lue the doctors aren't looking the right place. He tells him the key is for him to talk to their ancestors and asks for forgiveness. He begins to strangle Lue, and we see that this is another nightmare. When Lue wakes up he tells them that his grandfather grabbed his neck. Taub notices neck abrasions that weren't there earlier.
House thinks Lue's brain created the dream to explain the injury. House continues to analyze Park's dreams. Liver failure is suggested and a biopsy is ordered.
Chase wants Park to get over the fact she likes him more than he likes her. They call each other names and then passionately kiss. Park climbs on top of him and rips his shirt off. We see that this was a dream of Chase's.
The biopsy was negative. Lue then looks as if he's hovering a few inches off the bed.
House and Chase don't believe that Taub and Adams saw him levitating. House thinks Xang is responsible. Chase goes with hypercalcemia and House guesses Chase had a dream about Park.
Lida is starting to think her father-in-law might be right and wants to bring Lue home so Xang can perform the exorcism. She thinks her ex-husband might have been possessed.
Foreman doesn't see any problem with catering to a scared parent and having the exorcism in the hospital. House points out the animal sacrifice component of the procedure.
After she tells him she's consulted with a lawyer, Foreman asks Lida to give them 24 hours.
House comes home to find Dominika crying. She's holding another letter, which House thinks is from immigration. In reality it's about a sick relative. She hugs him and he agrees to stay home with her.
Lue is not responding. Lida says she's calling Xang.
Xang performs the ceremony in the hospital. House wants to wait until afterwards to treat him. House suggests a long shot heart problem, while the team thinks it's something else.
Lue begins crashing and Adams gives him ibuprofen, which would be the treatment for House's diagnosis.
House and Dominika begin fooling around and are interrupted by the phone ringing. The call is from immigration, wanting her to come pick up a certificate. House apologizes and she leaves the room.
Lue is getting better. Lida and Xang think the exorcism was what saved him. She tells Lue that his grandfather saved him.
Dominika packs and leaves.
Park and Chase joke about the dreams and wonder whether it means they feel safe and trust each other. She breaks wind in the elevator to test her theory.
House tells Wilson about Dominika and says he's surprisingly depressed. Wilson tells him he has Stage 2 cancer.
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When the team takes on the case of Emily, a six-year-old girl who has numerous preexisting health problems, they must work with her mother Elizabeth, who happens to be doctor herself, specializing in her daughter's condition. The team must also deal with the battles raging between Emily's mother and father who have conflicting views on how to handle her health issues. When searching the family's home for clues to Emily's illness, the team realizes that Elizabeth's determination to cure her daughter could be the very thing that is killing her.
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Open with a doctor examining a deceased patient. He is clearly in charge with evaluating doctor performance. He takes a scalpel and cuts his own head just as another person walks into the room.
Wilson pulls up in a brand new sports car. He wants to spend a few days being selfish and shallow. House points out that he is three days before the scan that will tell him whether the treatment worked and he will live. Wilson wants to drive to Cleveland to meet his childhood crush, actress Julie Christie.
The doctor from the opening is a Dr. Treiber, and Foreman says he only wants House to work on his case. Treiber is considered a "rat" by other doctors because he checks their mistakes. The plan is to look ultrasound for clots and toxic exposure.
Treiber bickers with Chase and Adams during his ultrasound.
Park and Taub look for toxicity while she mentions how many good things Treiber has gone. They find a bunch of cans.
Wilson wants House to join him for a roadtrip the next moring. When House says no, Wilson threatens to drug him.
Traub mentions the caffeine they found. House isn't interested.
While Park works on Treiber his stomach begins to painfully distend.
The team thinks they were wrong about he stimulants being an issue. They can't get in touch with House and aren't sure what to do. They call House and find both his and Wilson's cell phones in Wilson's desk. They are MIA.
Wilson and House are on the road. House mentions that Wilson isn't talking about what is happening in three days.
Chase wants to look at Treiber's abdomen, but the bring up the fact Trieber only wants to be treated by House.
At a dive diner Wilson orders "The Big One," an 89-ounce steak that is free if you can finish it an hour.
Treiber tells Taub and Chase he wants them to run his bowel and he wants Chase to do the surgery.
Wilson finishes his steak with one second left on the clock. After having his picture taken he pukes on the floor.
Before surgery Treiber admits to Chase that he's still pissed he grabbed a spot on House's team nine years earlier. Treiber would have done big things with the opportunity, but thinks Chase has wasted it.
During surgery Chase talks to Taub about being worried he's wasted some of his life.
The team still can't reach House. They debate giving Treiber treatment without telling him House isn't on the case.
Wilson tells House he want a threesome.
Chase tells Treiber House believes they should give him the drug. He agrees.
House works to arrange Wilson's sex.
Treiber starts having complications and demands to see House. Chase has to admit they don't know where he is.
The next morning Wilson tells House the threesome was exactly what he needed.
Foreman takes over the case. Chase thinks they should biopsy his brain, Foreman decides they should look at his heart.
After having his wallet stolen by the hooker, Wilson is down to just enough gas money to get them to Julie.
We Chase grab a sample of a brain.
Wilson and House are stopped behind a funeral procession. Wilson goes crazy and cuts off the group of cards at a high rate of speed, then crashes though a fence into a field. They start walking.
Chase is still searching through Treiber's lab but can't find anything. He tells Park he's quitting after this case.
Foreman isn't worried when the team tells him Chase might be leaving. Taub thinks of something while arguing with Foreman.
Wilson decides instead of grabbing a cab to stay with an demented older women who thinks she's waiting for the bus.
Foreman talks to Chase about his thinking about leaving.
Treiber slips into a coma.
Chase thinks Treiber's problem is related to his soap.
On the bus Wilson tells House "I blew it." He eventually starts talking about "my fate" and gets emotional. House talks about being happy Wilson is who he is.
Treiber wakes up and Chase tells him that the industrial strength anti-bacterial soap screwed up his thyroid. He compliments Chase on a great catch.
Chase tries to quit. Foreman offers him his own team. He says it's time to step out of the shadow and they hug.
Chase thanks House while he waits for Wilson's scan to finish. House glances at the scan result, then looks ominously at Wilson before the episode ends.
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Wilson tells House he's not going to do anymore chemo. With only a projected five months left, Wilson would prefer to have five healthy months than a year or so laid up in a hospital room suffering terribly.
Foreman gives House a set of season tickets. Since they begin about a month after Wilson's death, House thinks this is Foreman trying to be the new Wilson.
The team tells House about a 19-year old male cheerleader named Derrick admitted with nosebleeds and dizziness. The team tries to convince House that Wilson just wants to die with dignity, but he isn't convinced.
They give Derrick a scan. During which time his brain registers as if it is hearing something.
House drugs Wilson and gives him an IV that knocks him out. The team comes to tell House that Derrick is hearing voices.
Taub and Adams go to Derrick's dorm room and find a picture of a young boy in his sock drawer.
Derrick tells him the boy is his brother Christopher, who died about ten years ago.
Wilson wakes up. House tries to prove to him how great it is he woke up, which won't be the case with death. Wilson isn't convinced, since having watched the transformation of hundreds of dying patients, he doesn't "believe we're just a bag of chemicals."
With House not around, the team goes with epilepsy as its next guess.
Derrick's girlfriend is upset. He never told her about the voices. He breaks up with her.
After Derrick's test, Adams asks about voices. He tells her his brother was killed by a drunk driver, and his father ended up drinking himself into oblivion because of it. Their father moved away and her mother hid all the pictures of Christopher. All of a sudden, Derrick can't see out of his right eye. It is a clot in the artery.
House brings Wilson to lunch in the hospital cafeteria. It is filled with former patients Wilson has saved. But quickly Wilson figures out they are others posing as the patients. House is attempting to con him into doing the chemo.
Taub tells Foreman he thinks House is imploding. Water starts seeping from under the bathroom door. House hints he may have flushed the season tickets.
Wilson is at lunch when he is joined by Thirteen at his request. He asks her about the human response to mortality. He tells her he wants to spend his remaining months with "family and friends."
House is trying to get Wilson's parents on the phone to convince Wilson to keep on living.
There continues to be problems with the plumbing.
Park gives Derrick a spinal tap and asks about hearing his brother's voice. His pressure is way too high.
Thirteen goes to see House. She tells him firing her so she could spend the rest of her life doing what she wants was an unselfish act.
House tells Wilson he's been a "disloyal, disrespectful jerk" and wants them to go out for dinner.
Derrick's mother arrives at the hospital. When he asks her about Christopher, she immediately leaves to get coffee.
Wilson and House have a great dinner, catching up on old times. Wilson starts to think about doing the chemo, then thinks he's being tricked. House eventually admits he needs Wilson and wants him to be around. This upsets Wilson, because their entire relationship has been about House: "My dying is about me."
In the parking lot, Wilson weeps in his car. House sits in the passenger seat. Wilson says he needs his friend to be with him and tells him he loves him. House says he won't do it unless Wilson fights.
During an MRI, the entire ceiling falls on top of Derrick, Park and Adams.
House arrives at the hospital to find everything a mess. The team gives him grief because his prank damaged the MRI and put them in danger. They tell him Derrick doesn't have a migraine, but thought Park was Adams. House grabs a needle and rushes to Derrick's room. He draws blood out of Derrick's right ear and tells his team he has persistent stapedial artery, a rare congenital vascular anomaly presenting as a pulsatile middle ear mass. It's been pressing against part of brain, explaining all of his symptoms.
Taub follows House down the hallway and tells him that Wilson doesn't want to live in pain. House screams at him "life is pain" and points out he lives every day of his life in pain.
The next day Park tells House that Derrick's surgery has been delayed because he drank ammonia, likely since he doesn't want to live without his brother's voice. House goes into the room and wraps a tube around Derrick's neck yelling at him his responsibility is to live. Park hits House in the back with his cane, staggering him and causing him to loosen his grip. She yells at him "sometimes the truth just sucks."
Wilson tells Foreman he's going to be leaving in the next few days. He tells him House isn't his child and he can't be held responsible for him. Foreman stops him and says over 20 years House has been his only constant and wonders if enduring the pain of chemo for his pal is what life is all about.
Derrick's mother admits she removed his photo of his brother. He asks if she'll bring it back if he gets the surgery.
Wilson stops by House's place. He says he's ready to start the next round of chemo because "you need me and I don't think that's a bad thing anymore." House says he thinks it's time for him to accept Wilson is smarter than he is. He's not okay with Wilson only having five months left, "but it's better than nothing."
Derrick says he knows his surgery worked, "because Christopher's gone." His mother gives him a folder full of photos of his brother.
Foreman brings the hospital's lawyer to see House. The police are charging him with felony vandalism for clogging the sewage pipe which led to the destruction of the MRI. His parole his been revoked and he needs to report to prison the following day to complete the rest of his sentence . . . six months.
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Open with House waking up on the floor near a man. He looks and sees Kutner, who tells him "Don't bother, he's dead." House says "you're dead, too," to which Kutner replies "The fire isn't." House looks over and sees some flames behind a wall. Kutner asks House how he met the deceased man, which leads to a ...
...flashback to House treating a patient looking for pain meds because of an orbital fracture. The man, Oliver, is clearly drug seeking, but House makes him stay when he sees bruising around his abdomen.
House brings this new case to the team, who are shocked he is both in a decent mood and wants to work on a new case.
Kutner asks House why he didn't tell House's team about his plan.
House asked Foreman to lie to his parole officer and say he needs to stay to work on a life-or-death case. Foreman agrees on the condition that he actually work on all of the cases he has.
Kutner thinks the reason House is still sitting on the floor of this burning building instead of leaving is because he's suicidal.
Foreman tells Wilson that House has disappeared.
Kutner asks House why he wants to kill himself. House mentions all of the obvious reasons. Kutner doesn't think death would be interesting for House, but wonders if perhaps life has ceased being interesting.
Kutner leaves and House is now interacting with Amber. She tells him Oliver's case must be relevant to why he's still sitting on the floor. He relays to her that Oliver coded. House ended up talking to Oliver, a former stockbroker who says he was miserable which was why he started doing heroin. Now he isn't miserable. Heroin has taken away the pain and unhappiness from his life. "Reality sucks," he says.
The question becomes why House all of a sudden was interested in talking to a patient about things not relevant to his case.
Foreman is furious that House has passed on all of his cases to other doctors. He wants to know why he's risking destroying himself. House seems confident Foreman will continue to lie for him, but Foreman says "No."
House tells Oliver he has Lou Gehrig's Disease. He then notices that his veins are not symmetrical. As a junkie Oliver inhaled a branch while high, which set off an autoimmune reaction. He is going to live.
House tells Amber that his life doesn't matter and that eventually he'll be dead just like all of his patients She points out that he's shallow and needs to live for the next case. She tells him to go home. House gets up and tries to walk out, finding fire on the other side of the door.
Foreman and Wilson go to House's place and find his bags packed and food rotting. Foreman learns House no-showed on a hooker. They see in House's phone a strange number he dialed four times.
House falls through the floor of the building, which is now almost completely engulfed in flames.
Wilson and Foreman go see Dr. Nolan who recently spoke to House. Since House is potentially a danger to himself, Nolan tells them that House mentioned "reaching oblivion" and Foreman realizes that Oliver was a heroin addict.
Now House is speaking to Stacy. She asks him whether he believes in anything and brings up love.
We see House asking Wilson to take the fall for him since Foreman is now buckling. Wilson doesn't like the potential of spending his final months jail or tarnishing his reputation. House says "I don't want to lose this time with you" and Wilson agrees. But then Wilson changes his mind since House assumed he would bail him out. Wilson doesn't like rewarding his bad behavior. He wants to teach House that there is only one person he can count on: "I need to do this," Wilson says. "For you."
Stacy says that Wilson was right. She says he needs to find within himself what he's been getting from Wilson. She helps House to his feet and she hands him a baby. She says that she and Cuddy aren't the only two people capable of loving him. He gets back on the floor, ignoring her telling him he doesn't have to die.
Next Cameron shows up in House's subconscious. She says she loves him, but thinks he should die "as a reward." She thinks he's suffered enough and deserves a chance to give up -- like Wilson did.
Wilson and Foreman arrive at the address. It looks bogus, but they smell smoke. The spot a building on fire and we hear sirens in the background.
Cameron tells House to "just let go. Go to sleep."
We see that House told Oliver he is dying. Oliver wants to take the fall for him. Eventually House agrees. On his way out of the room he tries to establish why he's doing this for him. Oliver says he has nothing else to lose. House is struggling with whether or not to tell Oliver the truth. Cameron points out that House was taking the cowardly way out. House agrees with her and says "but I can change."
House stands in the window as Wilson and Foreman arrive. A huge explosion of fire blows out from the place he is standing, knocking Foreman and Wilson, and the just-arrived firefighters to the ground.
The next morning the team waits at the scene. A body bag is pulled from the building.
Foreman tells Wilson the coroner confirmed it was House's body.
We see House's funeral. We hear positive memories from family and friends. Wilson stands at the podium and says that House was a jerk, selfish to the very end. A phone begins to ring and Wilson is surprised to find it is in his pocket. A text says "Shut up you idiot."
Wilson drives to a location and finds House waiting on some steps for him. He tells Wilson he got out of the back of the building. He switched dental records with Oliver.
Wilson points out that House can never be a doctor again. "I'm dead, Wilson. How do you want to spend your last five months?" Wilson laughs and smiles.
We see that Chase has taken over House's office.
Taub looks happy being a father.
Cameron smiles looking back at pictures of House and the team. She's married and has a child.
Foreman spots House's key card hidden underneath the leg of a table in his office. He smiles and sits back in his chair.
Wilson tries to talk about the cancer. House says "Cancer's boring" and they climb aboard motorcycles and ride off.
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Open with House waking up on the floor near a man. He looks and sees Kutner, who tells him "Don't bother, he's dead." House says "you're dead, too," to which Kutner replies "The fire isn't." House looks over and sees some flames behind a wall. Kutner asks House how he met the deceased man, which leads to a ...
...flashback to House treating a patient looking for pain meds because of an orbital fracture. The man, Oliver, is clearly drug seeking, but House makes him stay when he sees bruising around his abdomen.
House brings this new case to the team, who are shocked he is both in a decent mood and wants to work on a new case.
Kutner asks House why he didn't tell House about his plan.
House asked Foreman to lie to his parole officer and say he needs to stay to work on a life-or-death case. Foreman agrees on the condition that he actually work on all of the cases he has.
Kutner thinks the reason House is still sitting on the floor of this burning building instead of leaving is because he's suicidal.
Foreman tells Wilson that House has disappeared.
Kutner asks House why he wants to kill himself. House mentions all of the obvious reasons. Kutner doesn't think death would be interesting for House, but wonders if perhaps life has ceased being interesting.
Kutner leaves and House is now interacting with Amber. She tells him Oliver's case must be relevant to why he's still sitting on the floor. He relays to her that Oliver coded. House ended up talking to Oliver, a former stockbroker who says he was miserable which was why he started doing heroin. Now he isn't miserable. Heroin has taken away the pain and unhappiness from his life. "Reality sucks," he says.
The question becomes why House all of a sudden was interested in talking to a patient about things not relevant to his case.
Foreman is furious that House has passed on all of his cases to other doctors. He wants to know why he's risking destroying himself. House seems confident Foreman will continue to life for him, but Foreman says "No."
House tells Oliver he has Lou Gehrig's Disease. He then notices that his veins are not symmetrical. As a junkie Oliver inhaled a branch while high, which set off an autoimmune reaction. He is going to live.
House tells Amber that his life doesn't matter and that eventually he'll be dead just like all of his patients She points out that he's shallow and need to live for the next case. She tells him to go home. House gets up and tries to walk out, finding fire on the other side of the door.
Foreman and Wilson go to House's place and find his bags packed and food rotting. Foreman learns House no-showed on a hooker. They see in House's phone a strange number he dialed four times.
House falls through the floor of this building, which is now almost completely engulfed in flames.
Wilson and Foreman go see Dr. Nolan who recently spoke to House. Since House is a potentially a danger to himself, Nolan tells them that House mentioned "reaching oblivion" and Foreman realizes that Oliver was a heroin addict.
Now House is speaking to Stacy. She asks him whether he believes in anything and brings up love.
We see House asking Wilson to take the fall for him since Foreman is now buckling. Wilson doesn't like the potential of spending his final months jail or tarnishing his reputation. House says "I don't want to lose this time with you" and Wilson agrees. But then Wilson changes his mind since House assumed he would bail him out. Wilson doesn't like rewarding his bad behavior. He wants to teach House that there is only one person he can count on: "I need to do this," Wilson says. "For you."
Stacy says that Wilson was right. She says he needs to find within himself what he's been getting from Wilson. She helps House to his feet and she hands him a baby. She says that she and Cuddy aren't the only two people capable of loving him. He gets back on the floor, ignoring her telling him he doesn't have to die.
Next Cameron shows up in House's subconscious. She says she loves him, but thinks he should die "as a reward." She thinks he's suffered enough and deserves a chance to give up -- like Wilson did.
Wilson and Foreman arrive at the address. It looks bogus, but they smell smoke. The spot a building on fire and we hear sirens in the background.
Cameron tells House to "just let go. Go to sleep."
We see that House told Oliver he is dying. Oliver wants to take the fall for him. Eventually House agrees. On his way out of the room he tries to establish why he's doing this for him. Oliver says he has nothing else to lose. House is struggling with whether or not to tell Oliver the truth. Cameron points out that House was taking the cowardly way out. House agrees with her and says "but I can change."
House stands in the window as Wilson and Foreman arrive. A huge explosion of fire blows out from the place he is standing, knocking Foreman and Wilson to the ground.
The next morning the team waits at the scene. A body bag is pulled from the house.
Foreman tells Wilson the coroner has confirmed it was House's body.
We see House funeral. We hear positive memories from family and friends. Wilson stands at the podium and says that House was a jerk, selfish to the very end. A phone begins to ring and Wilson is surprised to find it is in his pocket. A text says "Shut up you idiot."
Wilson drives to a location and finds House waiting on some steps for him. He tells Wilson he got out of the back of the building. He switched dental records with Oliver.
He points out that House can never be a doctor again. "I'm dead, Wilson. How do you want to spend you last five months?" Wilson laughs and smiles.
We see that Chase has taken over House's office.
Taub looks happy being a father.
Cameron smiles looking back at pictures of House and the team. She's married and has a child.
Foreman spots House's key card hidden underneath the leg of a table in his office. He smiles and sits back in his chair.
Wilson tries to talk about the cancer. House says "cancer's boring" and they climb aboard motorcycles and ride off.
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