1 00:00:57,204 --> 00:00:58,205 (PHONE CLICKS) 2 00:01:02,959 --> 00:01:04,961 You. Give me that. 3 00:01:05,879 --> 00:01:07,923 What are you talking about? 4 00:01:08,048 --> 00:01:09,925 - Mrs. Miller? - Your phone, young lady. 5 00:01:10,050 --> 00:01:12,636 I was just switching it to silent in case someone called. 6 00:01:12,761 --> 00:01:14,596 No, you were cheating. 7 00:01:14,721 --> 00:01:16,390 - Please. Like I have to cheat. - Lady? 8 00:01:16,515 --> 00:01:18,558 I said wait! 9 00:01:18,684 --> 00:01:20,185 Give it here. 10 00:01:20,310 --> 00:01:21,436 Sure. 11 00:01:26,108 --> 00:01:28,235 Love the blouse. 12 00:01:31,655 --> 00:01:33,740 I need to use the bunk room. 13 00:01:34,408 --> 00:01:36,159 The bathroom? Sure. 14 00:01:36,868 --> 00:01:37,911 In 19 minutes. 15 00:01:38,036 --> 00:01:39,121 Can't do it. 16 00:01:39,996 --> 00:01:42,249 You got a friend in the bathroom with the answers? 17 00:01:42,374 --> 00:01:43,500 (GROANS) 18 00:01:46,878 --> 00:01:49,256 Fine. I'll get you an escort. 19 00:01:55,595 --> 00:01:56,930 (PANTING) 20 00:01:57,097 --> 00:01:59,725 Don't stink up till I kill you. 21 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,019 Don't stand up. 22 00:02:03,145 --> 00:02:04,730 Dx... 23 00:02:05,731 --> 00:02:06,773 Di... 24 00:02:06,898 --> 00:02:09,234 Hey, he's really sick. 25 00:02:13,113 --> 00:02:14,281 Eyes on your work. 26 00:02:14,406 --> 00:02:15,741 Are you all right? 27 00:02:16,908 --> 00:02:17,951 What is going on? 28 00:02:18,076 --> 00:02:19,286 Get some help. 29 00:02:57,157 --> 00:02:58,992 FOREMAN: The kid was just taking his AP calculus exam, 30 00:02:59,117 --> 00:03:00,952 when all of a sudden, he got nauseous and disoriented. 31 00:03:01,077 --> 00:03:02,913 That's the way calculus presents. 32 00:03:03,038 --> 00:03:04,206 Severe bradycardia. 33 00:03:04,331 --> 00:03:06,082 Heart rate's down to 48 and falling fast. 34 00:03:06,208 --> 00:03:08,877 - You know the kid? - No, he just came in. 35 00:03:09,002 --> 00:03:13,089 - Mom real good looking? - I didn't notice. 36 00:03:13,381 --> 00:03:15,217 Then it's a mystery. 37 00:03:15,342 --> 00:03:17,844 Not why he's sick, but why you care so much. 38 00:03:17,969 --> 00:03:19,930 Gift shop's open. Buy him a card. 39 00:03:20,055 --> 00:03:22,724 - He's not responding to atropine. - Boys love fart jokes. 40 00:03:22,849 --> 00:03:24,684 Find one with a good fart joke. 41 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,772 He's a teenager. It's drugs. 42 00:03:29,523 --> 00:03:32,567 Tell those ER geniuses to give him charcoal and naloxone, 43 00:03:32,692 --> 00:03:33,902 and stop following me. 44 00:03:34,027 --> 00:03:37,447 His tox screen was negative. He's still whacked out. 45 00:03:38,532 --> 00:03:41,993 You don't care about the kid. You just find his illness intriguing. 46 00:03:42,118 --> 00:03:43,370 His CAT scan was clean. 47 00:03:43,495 --> 00:03:45,413 There's no sign of infection. It's not diabetes. 48 00:03:45,539 --> 00:03:47,165 And you don't care about him. 49 00:03:47,290 --> 00:03:50,001 If that's what you wanna hear, not in the slightest. 50 00:03:50,126 --> 00:03:51,545 Me, neither. 51 00:03:53,296 --> 00:03:55,131 Means we'll be objective. 52 00:04:01,763 --> 00:04:02,973 Maybe it's shigellosis. 53 00:04:03,098 --> 00:04:04,975 Wouldn't account for the bradycardia. 54 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:06,059 Viral myocarditis? 55 00:04:06,184 --> 00:04:08,270 Wouldn't account for the whacked out. 56 00:04:08,395 --> 00:04:11,439 So, what's the differential for a negative tox screen? 57 00:04:11,565 --> 00:04:12,524 He was clean. 58 00:04:12,649 --> 00:04:13,942 Unless someone screwed up the test. 59 00:04:14,067 --> 00:04:15,610 That never happens. 60 00:04:15,735 --> 00:04:18,113 Or he 0D'd on something we didn't test for. 61 00:04:18,238 --> 00:04:20,991 1,4-butanediol would give you these symptoms. 62 00:04:21,324 --> 00:04:23,910 - That's a new one. - Copy machine toner. 63 00:04:24,244 --> 00:04:28,665 Same punch as GHB. A little pricier, way more dangerous. 64 00:04:29,124 --> 00:04:31,167 On the other hand, it is legal. 65 00:04:31,293 --> 00:04:34,170 I want you to go to his house and find his stash. 66 00:04:34,296 --> 00:04:36,548 I'll bet you know all the good hiding spots. 67 00:04:36,673 --> 00:04:38,842 Actually, I never did drugs. 68 00:04:39,175 --> 00:04:42,220 Better go with him, in case he gets high. 69 00:04:43,221 --> 00:04:44,389 How much atropine is the kid getting? 70 00:04:44,514 --> 00:04:45,515 One ml. 71 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,894 Make it two. In case he needs his heart later on. 72 00:04:51,187 --> 00:04:54,024 CHASE: Matt, did you take any drugs this morning? 73 00:04:54,482 --> 00:04:56,067 Pencils down. 74 00:04:57,777 --> 00:04:59,863 Can you squeeze my fingers for me? 75 00:05:03,950 --> 00:05:07,454 Did anyone give you anything to help with the math test? 76 00:05:08,246 --> 00:05:09,289 Matt? 77 00:05:09,414 --> 00:05:11,207 I told you. He doesn't take drugs. 78 00:05:12,125 --> 00:05:15,795 Ms. Davis, all parents think that about their children, 79 00:05:15,921 --> 00:05:17,923 and they're usually wrong. 80 00:05:18,089 --> 00:05:21,051 I gave my mum a little trouble when I was his age. 81 00:05:21,176 --> 00:05:23,386 I turned out okay. Even she thought so. 82 00:05:23,511 --> 00:05:25,096 I know my kid. 83 00:05:25,221 --> 00:05:28,350 The fact that you did drugs doesn't mean he did. 84 00:05:29,935 --> 00:05:32,103 Did he go anywhere last night? 85 00:05:34,147 --> 00:05:36,483 No, he was home studying. 86 00:05:36,608 --> 00:05:39,527 - Any friends come over to help him? - And bring him drugs? 87 00:05:39,653 --> 00:05:41,488 - Is that what your friends did? - Ms. Davis... 88 00:05:41,613 --> 00:05:42,572 Look, 89 00:05:44,866 --> 00:05:46,284 I tested him myself. 90 00:05:46,409 --> 00:05:48,995 The home kit. I took some hair off his brush. 91 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,332 I didn't want him to know about it, because I do trust him. 92 00:05:53,208 --> 00:05:55,293 Then why did you test him? 93 00:05:57,337 --> 00:05:59,255 MARGO: All he did last night was study 94 00:05:59,381 --> 00:06:01,967 and argue about his college interviews. 95 00:06:02,258 --> 00:06:06,972 He wants to be himself. No haircut, ratty old clothes. 96 00:06:07,097 --> 00:06:08,974 That'll go over big. 97 00:06:09,099 --> 00:06:11,643 Then we both gave up and went to bed. That's it. 98 00:06:11,768 --> 00:06:16,231 CHASE: Has he ever had any problems like this before? Any family history? 99 00:06:16,356 --> 00:06:18,775 No, it's just me and Matt. 100 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:20,902 - Diazepam, 10 milligrams, stat. - Right. 101 00:06:21,027 --> 00:06:24,030 MARGO: What's going on? Just taking some precautions. 102 00:06:24,781 --> 00:06:27,909 He's seizing. Help me hold him. 103 00:06:29,703 --> 00:06:32,330 Stay cool, mate. We'll calm you down. 104 00:06:42,966 --> 00:06:45,343 This room is way too clean for a teenage boy. 105 00:06:45,468 --> 00:06:47,137 You know why House thinks I'm a druggie? 106 00:06:47,262 --> 00:06:48,888 This is gonna be a racial thing, isn't it? 107 00:06:49,014 --> 00:06:51,307 Same reason he thinks this kid overdosed. 108 00:06:51,433 --> 00:06:54,561 When you're a drug addict, you wanna believe everyone else is, too. 109 00:06:54,686 --> 00:06:56,896 He's not addicted. He has to take drugs. 110 00:06:57,022 --> 00:06:59,399 The definition of an addict. 111 00:07:00,066 --> 00:07:01,067 He's in pain. 112 00:07:01,192 --> 00:07:02,944 FOREMAN: And addicted to pain killers. 113 00:07:03,069 --> 00:07:04,738 What a coincidence! 114 00:07:07,157 --> 00:07:09,117 You really never did any drugs? 115 00:07:09,242 --> 00:07:10,035 (FOREMAN CHUCKLES) 116 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,537 Now this is gonna be a racial thing. 117 00:07:13,496 --> 00:07:14,998 Deflecting a personal question with a joke. 118 00:07:15,123 --> 00:07:16,958 Gee, who do I know that does that? 119 00:07:17,083 --> 00:07:19,002 Yeah, I'm just like him. 120 00:07:19,127 --> 00:07:22,005 Except for the angry, bitter, pompous cripple part. 121 00:07:22,130 --> 00:07:24,299 Maybe we should all pitch in and get you a nice cane. 122 00:07:24,424 --> 00:07:26,968 You already have the matching gym shoes. 123 00:07:36,603 --> 00:07:37,520 Check this out! 124 00:07:39,939 --> 00:07:43,276 Mom's not too careful with the homemade tomato sauce. 125 00:07:44,986 --> 00:07:46,029 When the top sticks out like that, 126 00:07:46,154 --> 00:07:49,574 it's a sign of bacterial contamination. 127 00:07:55,121 --> 00:07:56,623 This one's open. 128 00:08:05,590 --> 00:08:08,009 I am extremely disappointed. 129 00:08:10,678 --> 00:08:13,139 I send you out for exciting new designer drugs, 130 00:08:13,264 --> 00:08:15,850 and you come back with tomato sauce. 131 00:08:16,601 --> 00:08:19,854 I bet you paid twice as much. I got mine online. 132 00:08:20,105 --> 00:08:23,942 Matt decided to make himself a homemade pizza for a bedtime snack. 133 00:08:24,067 --> 00:08:26,653 Source of botulism, as well as a million other toxins 134 00:08:26,778 --> 00:08:29,823 that cause gastroenteritis, cardiac symptoms and mental confusion. 135 00:08:29,948 --> 00:08:31,616 I'm not so sure about gastroenteritis. 136 00:08:31,741 --> 00:08:34,119 But mental confusion? Bring it on. 137 00:08:34,244 --> 00:08:35,954 Don't, but... 138 00:08:36,079 --> 00:08:38,081 (EXCLAIMS) Delicious. 139 00:08:38,206 --> 00:08:39,582 Do you have a death wish? 140 00:08:39,707 --> 00:08:41,126 I notice you didn't try to save me. 141 00:08:41,251 --> 00:08:43,169 I figured you were trying to make some kind of subtle point. 142 00:08:43,294 --> 00:08:45,713 I was. The kid just started seizing. 143 00:08:45,839 --> 00:08:47,799 Not a symptom of food borne toxins. 144 00:08:48,383 --> 00:08:50,009 Also not a symptom of drug use, 145 00:08:50,135 --> 00:08:52,220 not two hours after admission. 146 00:08:52,345 --> 00:08:54,222 So, what would make him seize, 147 00:08:54,347 --> 00:08:56,599 in addition to all these other delightful symptoms? 148 00:08:56,724 --> 00:08:59,185 - Pesticide poisoning. - Carbamates. 149 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:04,107 - Or organophosphates, organochlorines. - Inhalation or absorption? 150 00:09:04,232 --> 00:09:05,400 Too soon to tell. 151 00:09:05,775 --> 00:09:08,069 We should wash him down. The poison could still be on his skin. 152 00:09:08,528 --> 00:09:09,863 Already told the nurses. 153 00:09:24,294 --> 00:09:26,671 WOMAN ON PA: Nursing supervisor to the instrument room. 154 00:09:26,796 --> 00:09:28,673 I feel good. 155 00:09:30,133 --> 00:09:32,093 That's your complaint? 156 00:09:32,844 --> 00:09:34,012 Your major symptom. 157 00:09:34,137 --> 00:09:35,680 I told her this was a waste of time. 158 00:09:35,805 --> 00:09:37,473 I notice colors more. 159 00:09:38,183 --> 00:09:42,478 And music! I'm really hearing music. 160 00:09:43,146 --> 00:09:46,024 I'm 82, and I'm supposed to be 161 00:09:46,149 --> 00:09:48,610 playing canasta with the other old ladies, 162 00:09:48,735 --> 00:09:53,615 but now, when I see a guy with a cute butt, 163 00:09:54,824 --> 00:10:00,830 I can't stop looking at him. Or a sexy beard. 164 00:10:01,664 --> 00:10:06,085 And you figure that enjoying cute butts is a sign of disease? 165 00:10:06,211 --> 00:10:08,588 It all started a month ago when Mark 166 00:10:08,713 --> 00:10:10,757 rented Gone with the Wind for me, 167 00:10:10,882 --> 00:10:12,550 but it had the wrong DVD in it. 168 00:10:13,092 --> 00:10:15,220 Right, I forgot. This is all my fault. 169 00:10:15,345 --> 00:10:17,597 Of course, he was too busy to bring it back. 170 00:10:17,722 --> 00:10:19,015 Yeah, like I don't have a life. 171 00:10:19,140 --> 00:10:22,518 So I watched it, and it had this actor in it, 172 00:10:22,936 --> 00:10:25,772 this kid called Ashton Kutcher. 173 00:10:26,231 --> 00:10:32,237 Now, I think about Ashton all the time. 174 00:10:34,405 --> 00:10:36,449 All the time. 175 00:10:37,283 --> 00:10:38,409 Ah. 176 00:10:39,077 --> 00:10:43,498 You remind me of him. Same bedroom eyes. 177 00:10:44,207 --> 00:10:46,292 People are always mixing us up. 178 00:10:46,417 --> 00:10:49,379 I suppose you, you need to check my heart? 179 00:10:49,504 --> 00:10:52,924 No. No, no, that... That won't be necessary. 180 00:10:53,049 --> 00:10:54,008 I told you. 181 00:10:54,133 --> 00:10:56,302 HOUSE: But I am going to admit you to the hospital for tests. 182 00:10:56,427 --> 00:10:58,304 What tests? She's just old. 183 00:10:58,429 --> 00:11:00,265 And you're just insufferable. 184 00:11:00,390 --> 00:11:02,141 Your mother has had a sudden personality change. 185 00:11:02,267 --> 00:11:03,142 She should be checked out. 186 00:11:03,268 --> 00:11:05,353 I'll have a nurse come in and admit her. 187 00:11:05,603 --> 00:11:07,230 I'm too handsome to do paperwork. 188 00:11:10,650 --> 00:11:12,026 (BEEPING) 189 00:11:13,403 --> 00:11:15,738 WOMAN ON PA: Anesthesiologist to OR Room 4. 190 00:11:16,447 --> 00:11:19,325 Anesthesiologist to OR Room 4. 191 00:11:21,411 --> 00:11:23,037 (SIGHS) 192 00:11:23,454 --> 00:11:26,040 He's been on this medication for over an hour. 193 00:11:26,165 --> 00:11:27,625 Pralidoxime is very effective. 194 00:11:27,750 --> 00:11:29,919 It just takes a little time for it to kick in. 195 00:11:30,044 --> 00:11:32,380 And maybe you're wrong. Maybe it's not a pesticide. 196 00:11:32,505 --> 00:11:34,757 The blood work was pretty conclusive. 197 00:11:34,882 --> 00:11:36,467 It's an organophosphate. 198 00:11:37,135 --> 00:11:39,554 (ERRATIC BEEPING) 199 00:11:41,389 --> 00:11:42,223 Oh, my God. 200 00:11:42,348 --> 00:11:45,560 Move back. Ms. Davis, move back, please. 201 00:11:47,603 --> 00:11:49,897 We're at 30, bradycardic arrest. Get me the pads. 202 00:11:52,275 --> 00:11:53,818 MARGO: What are you doing? 203 00:11:53,943 --> 00:11:56,070 CHASE: We're gonna beat his heart for him. 204 00:11:56,988 --> 00:11:58,406 Set it at 60. 205 00:12:12,462 --> 00:12:13,588 (SIGHS) 206 00:12:26,225 --> 00:12:27,352 (SIGHS) 207 00:12:31,314 --> 00:12:33,524 I can't stand this anymore. 208 00:12:33,649 --> 00:12:35,485 We'll keep him on the pads for another hour. 209 00:12:35,610 --> 00:12:36,986 Then what? 210 00:12:38,071 --> 00:12:39,280 Let's see what happens. 211 00:12:41,366 --> 00:12:46,621 Well, that's not my philosophy, especially when it comes to my son. 212 00:12:46,746 --> 00:12:50,041 And if something bad might happen, 213 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:51,751 I'd like to know what our options are. 214 00:12:54,045 --> 00:12:55,755 The pralidoxime isn't doing him any good. 215 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:56,923 We're gonna have to wire his heart. 216 00:12:57,048 --> 00:12:58,132 Maybe we're wrong about the pesticides. 217 00:12:58,257 --> 00:12:59,884 I ran his plasma again, twice. 218 00:13:00,009 --> 00:13:02,220 Are there any stronger treatments for the organophosphate poisoning? 219 00:13:02,929 --> 00:13:05,348 Damn it! You caught me. We went with the weak stuff. 220 00:13:05,473 --> 00:13:06,641 I was just trying to save a little money. 221 00:13:06,766 --> 00:13:08,309 Actually, one of my professors at Columbia 222 00:13:08,434 --> 00:13:10,186 developed an experimental treatment for the Army. 223 00:13:10,311 --> 00:13:12,105 CAMERON: What's the success rate? FOREMAN: They're targeted. 224 00:13:12,230 --> 00:13:14,232 There's a different hydrolase treatment for each poison. 225 00:13:14,357 --> 00:13:16,984 We need to know if Matt got hit with Orthene or malathion... 226 00:13:17,110 --> 00:13:18,069 What's the success rate? 227 00:13:18,194 --> 00:13:20,154 Excellent, I'm sure. It's the US Army. 228 00:13:20,279 --> 00:13:21,948 "Be all you can be." 229 00:13:22,073 --> 00:13:24,158 Point is, what are the kid's chances without it? 230 00:13:24,409 --> 00:13:26,953 Minimal at best. The poison's broken the blood-brain barrier. 231 00:13:27,078 --> 00:13:29,872 I assume "minimal at best" is your stiff-upper-lip, 232 00:13:29,997 --> 00:13:31,624 British way of saying "no chance in hell". 233 00:13:31,749 --> 00:13:32,959 I'm Australian. 234 00:13:33,084 --> 00:13:35,086 You put the Queen on your money. You're British. 235 00:13:35,211 --> 00:13:36,754 And call your professor. 236 00:13:36,879 --> 00:13:39,173 If we don't know what kind of organophosphate we're targeting, 237 00:13:39,298 --> 00:13:41,092 we don't know which hydrolase to ask for. 238 00:13:41,217 --> 00:13:42,260 There's over 40 organophosphates. 239 00:13:42,385 --> 00:13:44,846 - I'll get all of them. - Get all of them. 240 00:13:45,555 --> 00:13:47,223 Great minds think alike. 241 00:13:47,348 --> 00:13:49,225 By the time they get here, we're gonna know which one we need. 242 00:13:49,350 --> 00:13:50,935 Well, if we figure out how he got exposed, 243 00:13:51,060 --> 00:13:52,353 we'll figure out what he was exposed to. 244 00:13:52,478 --> 00:13:54,188 HOUSE: Well, the mom had homemade tomato sauce. 245 00:13:54,313 --> 00:13:57,942 Call me crazy, but I'm thinking maybe homemade tomatoes. 246 00:13:58,067 --> 00:13:59,318 - Front yard, vegetable garden. - Yeah. 247 00:13:59,444 --> 00:14:02,196 Kid's out there spraying, sees a pretty girl, 248 00:14:02,321 --> 00:14:05,158 hormones raging, spray can goes off in his face. 249 00:14:06,284 --> 00:14:08,786 - I'll check into it. - I'll make the call. 250 00:14:08,911 --> 00:14:11,831 I'll keep the kid alive, for a while, at least. 251 00:14:12,999 --> 00:14:14,917 I'll have lunch. 252 00:14:15,751 --> 00:14:20,673 Through the superior vena cava, into the right atrium. 253 00:14:21,716 --> 00:14:23,968 Through the tricuspid valve 254 00:14:26,012 --> 00:14:29,348 and lodging into the wall of the right ventricle. 255 00:14:32,059 --> 00:14:34,103 Can you turn off the pads? 256 00:14:34,937 --> 00:14:36,564 (MACHINES BEEPING) 257 00:14:39,192 --> 00:14:41,194 Capturing? 258 00:14:41,319 --> 00:14:42,945 Getting a native heart rate of 36. 259 00:14:43,070 --> 00:14:44,864 No, that won't do. Let's get him to 50. 260 00:15:09,180 --> 00:15:12,725 "The healer with his magic powers, 261 00:15:13,184 --> 00:15:17,063 I could rub his gentle brow for hours 262 00:15:17,939 --> 00:15:21,442 His manly chest, his stubbled jaw 263 00:15:21,943 --> 00:15:25,238 Everything about him leaves me raw" 264 00:15:25,363 --> 00:15:26,447 Psych Ward's upstairs. 265 00:15:26,572 --> 00:15:27,740 “Nth 266 00:15:28,616 --> 00:15:33,371 Oh, House, your very name will never leave this girl the same" 267 00:15:33,913 --> 00:15:36,207 It's not bad for an 82-year-old. 268 00:15:36,332 --> 00:15:38,292 She asked me to give that to her true love. 269 00:15:38,417 --> 00:15:41,295 What can I say? Chicks with no teeth turn me on. 270 00:15:41,420 --> 00:15:44,298 - That's fairly disgusting. - And that's ageism. 271 00:15:44,423 --> 00:15:46,634 You better watch yourself around this babe. 272 00:15:46,759 --> 00:15:48,761 Here are her test results. 273 00:15:54,225 --> 00:15:55,393 Impressive. 274 00:15:55,518 --> 00:15:56,644 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 275 00:15:59,105 --> 00:16:00,815 Yeah. CAMERON: I found the pesticide. 276 00:16:00,940 --> 00:16:02,650 It's disulfoton. 277 00:16:02,775 --> 00:16:04,485 And it's empty. He used up the whole can. 278 00:16:04,610 --> 00:16:05,987 Okay, I'll get Chase on it. 279 00:16:07,029 --> 00:16:09,073 CHASE: The poison's called disulfoton. 280 00:16:09,198 --> 00:16:11,784 This should bond with it and neutralize the poison. 281 00:16:11,909 --> 00:16:13,452 Then his nervous system will start sending 282 00:16:13,578 --> 00:16:14,954 the correct signals to the rest of his body. 283 00:16:15,079 --> 00:16:17,039 But there was no disul... 284 00:16:17,164 --> 00:16:18,249 Well, that stuff in that can. 285 00:16:18,374 --> 00:16:20,251 The label says "disulfoton". I can show you. 286 00:16:20,376 --> 00:16:22,295 But you didn't test it. 287 00:16:22,461 --> 00:16:25,089 You said Matt sprayed with it this morning before school. 288 00:16:25,214 --> 00:16:28,217 Matt started that garden himself for an environmental science class. 289 00:16:28,342 --> 00:16:29,760 They weren't allowed to use pesticides. 290 00:16:29,885 --> 00:16:31,012 Apparently, he cheated a little. 291 00:16:31,137 --> 00:16:34,098 It was orange-peel oil, totally organic. 292 00:16:34,223 --> 00:16:35,516 He dumped that other stuff last winter. 293 00:16:35,641 --> 00:16:37,059 The symptoms fit. 294 00:16:37,184 --> 00:16:38,686 There must have been some left in the can. 295 00:16:38,811 --> 00:16:42,148 If you're wrong, what will this treatment do to him? 296 00:16:42,315 --> 00:16:46,402 Well, theoretically, it could increase the toxicity and... 297 00:16:47,153 --> 00:16:47,987 But we're not wrong. 298 00:16:48,112 --> 00:16:50,156 - Don't. - We're not wrong. 299 00:16:50,281 --> 00:16:52,199 I can't let you do this. 300 00:16:56,454 --> 00:16:57,747 HOUSE: Get a court order. 301 00:16:57,872 --> 00:17:00,625 Unless you wanna see someone killed by sheer irrationality. 302 00:17:00,750 --> 00:17:02,668 Maternal instinct is always irrational. 303 00:17:02,793 --> 00:17:04,545 Doesn't mean it's wrong. 304 00:17:04,670 --> 00:17:06,505 Actually, that's the definition. 305 00:17:06,631 --> 00:17:08,549 It doesn't make her mentally incompetent. 306 00:17:08,674 --> 00:17:10,509 She is risking her son's life 307 00:17:10,635 --> 00:17:13,554 based on a teenager's claim that he washed something. 308 00:17:13,679 --> 00:17:15,598 How mentally incompetent can you get? 309 00:17:15,723 --> 00:17:17,975 That's a brilliant legal argument. 310 00:17:20,102 --> 00:17:22,063 Listen, have your Harvard law dog whip up 311 00:17:22,188 --> 00:17:25,191 some high-grade, legal-sounding psychobabble. 312 00:17:25,316 --> 00:17:28,361 "Temporary insanity brought on by acute panic distress syndrome." 313 00:17:28,486 --> 00:17:30,196 I don't care. We have to give him the hydrolase. 314 00:17:30,321 --> 00:17:34,116 Her only sign of mental illness is that she disagrees with you. 315 00:17:34,742 --> 00:17:36,744 Some would consider that a sign of sanity. 316 00:17:36,869 --> 00:17:38,996 Not the kid. Let's ask him. 317 00:17:39,121 --> 00:17:41,123 Oh, no, I forgot. We can't. He's dying. 318 00:17:42,750 --> 00:17:46,253 Get the mother to sign off that she's refusing this treatment. 319 00:17:56,305 --> 00:17:57,723 Good-bye. 320 00:17:58,224 --> 00:17:59,266 (HOUSE CLEARS THROAT) 321 00:18:00,226 --> 00:18:03,020 "I, Margo Davis, have been informed of the risks 322 00:18:03,145 --> 00:18:05,940 which may arise from my refusal of advised medical care. 323 00:18:06,065 --> 00:18:08,317 - I hereby release..." - Who are you? 324 00:18:08,442 --> 00:18:09,652 I work for the hospital. 325 00:18:11,028 --> 00:18:13,906 "...the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and its employees, 326 00:18:14,031 --> 00:18:16,409 agents and otherwise, from any adverse medical conditions 327 00:18:16,534 --> 00:18:17,785 resulting from my refusal. 328 00:18:17,952 --> 00:18:21,247 It is not the hospital's fault if my son kicks off." 329 00:18:21,372 --> 00:18:23,082 Kicks off? 330 00:18:23,207 --> 00:18:26,711 I punched up the language, mostly for clarification. 331 00:18:27,586 --> 00:18:30,923 "I understand my doctors consider my decision to be completely idiotic..." 332 00:18:31,048 --> 00:18:31,882 Why are you doing this? 333 00:18:32,007 --> 00:18:34,009 "...but I am convinced I know more than they do. 334 00:18:34,260 --> 00:18:36,762 I took a biology course in high school." 335 00:18:36,887 --> 00:18:38,806 I assume that's... Yeah. 336 00:18:39,390 --> 00:18:44,103 "Besides, I enjoy controlling every single aspect of my son's life, 337 00:18:44,228 --> 00:18:46,355 even if it means his death." 338 00:18:47,898 --> 00:18:51,152 Sign here, please. I brought a pen. 339 00:18:53,237 --> 00:18:54,321 Who are you? 340 00:18:54,447 --> 00:18:56,907 I'm the doctor who's trying to save your son. 341 00:18:57,032 --> 00:18:59,326 You're the mom who's letting him die. 342 00:18:59,452 --> 00:19:02,204 Clarification, it's a beautiful thing. 343 00:19:08,627 --> 00:19:11,088 MAN ON PA: Dr. Morell, contact the CAP lab. 344 00:19:11,213 --> 00:19:12,882 Dr. Morell, contact the CAP lab. 345 00:19:13,299 --> 00:19:15,968 She rethought her position. 346 00:19:16,093 --> 00:19:19,972 - Start him on the hydrolase. - No. We've got a problem. 347 00:19:21,474 --> 00:19:23,350 Three. One, two, three. 348 00:19:25,561 --> 00:19:28,314 Heart rate's 49. O2 stat, 84 and falling. 349 00:19:28,439 --> 00:19:30,608 Saline, atropine and diazepam, now. 350 00:19:31,192 --> 00:19:34,111 His name is Chi Ling. He was admitted 12 minutes ago. 351 00:19:34,236 --> 00:19:36,989 Identical symptoms as Matt. Chase isn't sure he's gonna make it. 352 00:19:47,666 --> 00:19:48,918 This one. 353 00:19:49,877 --> 00:19:51,045 354 00:20:01,180 --> 00:20:02,348 (BEEPING) 355 00:20:05,643 --> 00:20:08,354 Matt's next-door neighbor, by any chance? 356 00:20:08,896 --> 00:20:11,065 They live 10 miles apart. 357 00:20:11,398 --> 00:20:14,443 Apparently, they don't even know each other. 358 00:20:36,131 --> 00:20:39,385 We live in an apartment. We have two bamboo trees. 359 00:20:39,510 --> 00:20:43,305 No pesticides, just dry seaweed for fertilizer. 360 00:20:44,014 --> 00:20:46,183 The second kid's heart is almost as weak as Matt's. 361 00:20:46,308 --> 00:20:47,977 We may need to get it wired up, too. 362 00:20:48,102 --> 00:20:49,728 And I don't know how long Matt's brain will hold up. 363 00:20:49,854 --> 00:20:50,938 His heart's not pumping enough oxygen. 364 00:20:51,063 --> 00:20:52,606 - How much are you giving him? - Eighty percent. 365 00:20:52,731 --> 00:20:53,691 Make it 90. 366 00:20:53,816 --> 00:20:55,150 We're risking damage to his retina. 367 00:20:55,276 --> 00:20:56,902 What the heck. Do it anyway. 368 00:20:57,027 --> 00:20:58,070 He's a calculus student. 369 00:20:58,195 --> 00:21:00,281 Probably likes having a brain. 370 00:21:00,406 --> 00:21:01,991 I'll have Foreman take care of it. 371 00:21:02,825 --> 00:21:03,826 I'm the primary. 372 00:21:03,951 --> 00:21:06,078 Yeah, but the mom wants to get rid of you. 373 00:21:06,203 --> 00:21:08,205 And you know me. I'm a people-pleasing kind of guy. 374 00:21:08,330 --> 00:21:10,374 What, she complained? About me? 375 00:21:10,499 --> 00:21:11,542 She went to the principal. 376 00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:14,044 Told Cuddy you took drugs in high school. 377 00:21:14,169 --> 00:21:16,046 This is gonna go on your permanent record. 378 00:21:16,171 --> 00:21:17,381 I was trying to get information. 379 00:21:17,506 --> 00:21:18,674 It was a strategy. 380 00:21:18,799 --> 00:21:21,510 She also used the word "slacker". You wanna come in? 381 00:21:21,635 --> 00:21:24,138 Smoke a little weed? Watch some MTV? 382 00:21:27,016 --> 00:21:28,183 High school has no idea what could have happened. 383 00:21:28,309 --> 00:21:31,145 You sure that Chi didn't sneak onto Matt's tomato patch? 384 00:21:31,270 --> 00:21:33,731 Maybe they sniffed disulfoton together to get high. 385 00:21:33,856 --> 00:21:36,358 Same school, different grades, different cliques, different everything. 386 00:21:36,483 --> 00:21:37,902 They managed to get poisoned together. 387 00:21:38,027 --> 00:21:39,153 They must have something in common. 388 00:21:39,278 --> 00:21:40,905 Their classes aren't even in the same building. 389 00:21:41,030 --> 00:21:43,657 They don't even eat lunch in the same lunchroom. 390 00:21:44,283 --> 00:21:46,118 How do they get to school? 391 00:21:47,536 --> 00:21:50,164 BUS DRIVER: Unless you're with the board, the police or the union, 392 00:21:50,289 --> 00:21:51,874 I don't care who you are. 393 00:21:51,999 --> 00:21:54,084 Sir, we need to test the bus for chemical residue. 394 00:21:54,209 --> 00:21:56,295 And I need to pick up the basketball team. 395 00:21:56,420 --> 00:21:59,214 You got a problem with that, call my supervisor. 396 00:21:59,757 --> 00:22:02,217 Two kids were poisoned on your bus this morning. 397 00:22:02,343 --> 00:22:03,969 They're dying- 398 00:22:09,058 --> 00:22:11,727 My God. The things he said. 399 00:22:13,103 --> 00:22:16,065 Dr. House wanted your son to get the medicine he needed. 400 00:22:16,190 --> 00:22:18,108 He was willing to do whatever it took to make that happen. 401 00:22:18,233 --> 00:22:22,237 - The wrong kind of medicine. - He didn't know that. 402 00:22:22,363 --> 00:22:24,114 At the time, it was our only choice. 403 00:22:24,239 --> 00:22:27,326 He would have known if he had listened to me. 404 00:22:27,493 --> 00:22:31,664 He listened. He just assumed you were wrong. 405 00:22:32,873 --> 00:22:34,959 To be honest, that's true of most of our patients. 406 00:22:35,084 --> 00:22:36,835 (SCOFFS) 407 00:22:36,961 --> 00:22:40,047 You're just as pompous and superior as he is. 408 00:22:43,050 --> 00:22:44,468 BUS DRIVER: Matt is back row, right. 409 00:22:44,593 --> 00:22:46,637 The Asian kid, first or second row, left. 410 00:22:46,762 --> 00:22:48,263 - Okay. - Look, 411 00:22:48,389 --> 00:22:51,266 I got this rash in kind of my groin region. 412 00:22:51,684 --> 00:22:53,811 It's not a symptom. 413 00:22:54,103 --> 00:22:55,354 Neither is being obnoxious. 414 00:22:55,479 --> 00:22:57,940 Looks like you're in the clear. 415 00:23:02,987 --> 00:23:04,113 So who poisoned them? 416 00:23:05,197 --> 00:23:06,949 We're not sure yet if it was done on purpose. 417 00:23:07,074 --> 00:23:09,076 Oh, yeah? You ought to see these little bastards, 418 00:23:09,201 --> 00:23:10,869 screaming and punching each other all day long. 419 00:23:10,995 --> 00:23:12,496 Did you happen to notice if anyone was doing any spraying 420 00:23:12,621 --> 00:23:14,999 near the bus route? 421 00:23:15,708 --> 00:23:17,668 Yeah, there was this truck down by the pond 422 00:23:17,793 --> 00:23:19,086 doing something or other. 423 00:23:19,211 --> 00:23:21,005 It smelled kind of funny, too. 424 00:23:28,470 --> 00:23:30,014 Dr. House! 425 00:23:30,139 --> 00:23:32,599 Well, it took you long enough. We've been waiting here... 426 00:23:32,725 --> 00:23:34,852 Mr. Adams, would you step outside for a moment? 427 00:23:35,185 --> 00:23:38,063 - Why? - Because you irritate me. 428 00:23:38,188 --> 00:23:41,066 He is my son, Doctor. 429 00:23:41,191 --> 00:23:44,236 He's just a little cranky from not eating. 430 00:23:45,654 --> 00:23:49,783 Fine. Mrs. Adams, have you had any recent sexual activity? 431 00:23:50,034 --> 00:23:51,035 What? 432 00:23:52,870 --> 00:23:56,206 Well, I don't suppose fantasies count. 433 00:23:56,331 --> 00:23:57,750 Oh, my God. 434 00:23:57,875 --> 00:24:01,253 Unfortunately, I've hit kind of a dry spell. 435 00:24:02,129 --> 00:24:05,799 Only for the last, I don't know, 15 years. 436 00:24:05,924 --> 00:24:08,135 You see? She's confused. 437 00:24:08,260 --> 00:24:10,512 My father died eight years ago. Heart attack. 438 00:24:10,637 --> 00:24:12,347 Not in bed, dear. 439 00:24:16,351 --> 00:24:18,270 Why do you ask? 440 00:24:19,354 --> 00:24:22,608 Because you have tested positive for syphilis. 441 00:24:22,733 --> 00:24:26,111 That's impossible! And insulting. 442 00:24:27,821 --> 00:24:29,031 I don't think it's the first time 443 00:24:29,156 --> 00:24:31,950 that Mom has heard this diagnosis. 444 00:24:35,454 --> 00:24:37,915 Cupid's disease. 445 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,374 That's what we used to call it. 446 00:24:40,959 --> 00:24:42,419 When did you get it? 447 00:24:44,296 --> 00:24:49,468 1939, prom night, I think. He had a Chevrolet. 448 00:24:51,929 --> 00:24:54,098 It was before I met your father. 449 00:24:54,223 --> 00:24:55,307 But you said that... 450 00:24:57,226 --> 00:25:01,647 - You said Dad was your first love. - He was. 451 00:25:03,524 --> 00:25:05,651 We're talking about sex. 452 00:25:08,570 --> 00:25:10,239 But I was treated. 453 00:25:10,364 --> 00:25:13,033 Which suppressed it, in your case, for 60 years, 454 00:25:13,742 --> 00:25:16,912 but now it's back, and the spirochetes that cause syphilis 455 00:25:17,037 --> 00:25:19,081 are eating away at your brain cells. 456 00:25:19,206 --> 00:25:22,126 (EXCLAIMS) That's revolting. 457 00:25:22,251 --> 00:25:24,211 It's not as revolting as chlamydia. 458 00:25:24,336 --> 00:25:25,671 That's got seepage. 459 00:25:26,171 --> 00:25:27,339 And it's the 21st century. 460 00:25:27,464 --> 00:25:30,968 We've got flying cars, robot dogs and penicillin. 461 00:25:31,677 --> 00:25:33,554 High-dose regimen for two weeks, you're cured. 462 00:25:33,679 --> 00:25:36,932 - I can't believe this. - Yeah, well, pinch yourself. 463 00:25:37,057 --> 00:25:41,353 I guess for the next two weeks, I'd better practice safe sex. 464 00:25:43,021 --> 00:25:47,109 You'll be fine. Just feed that cranky kid. 465 00:25:53,365 --> 00:25:55,075 CAMERON: The county's worried about West Nile, 466 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,911 so they sprayed ethyl parathion right next to the bus route. 467 00:25:58,412 --> 00:26:00,622 Do you have the hydrolase for ethyl parathion? 468 00:26:00,747 --> 00:26:04,084 Yeah, only one problem. Matt's mother faxed his records to the CDC. 469 00:26:04,209 --> 00:26:05,586 She refuses to let us do anything 470 00:26:05,711 --> 00:26:07,921 until she hears back from them. 471 00:26:08,046 --> 00:26:10,632 Well, you're getting good at this godlike doctor racket. 472 00:26:10,757 --> 00:26:12,551 Why don't you talk her out of this lunacy? 473 00:26:12,676 --> 00:26:14,344 She's not really a big fan of mine. 474 00:26:14,469 --> 00:26:15,554 Or mine. 475 00:26:15,679 --> 00:26:19,766 Well, only one man left in the bull pen, and he throws like a girl. 476 00:26:22,269 --> 00:26:24,229 I hate sports metaphors. 477 00:26:25,898 --> 00:26:27,733 Give her the high, hard one. 478 00:26:28,233 --> 00:26:30,152 We really think the hydrolase is the only... 479 00:26:30,277 --> 00:26:32,154 I'm thinking about transferring Matt out of here. 480 00:26:32,279 --> 00:26:34,323 Ms. Davis, your son is very sick. 481 00:26:34,448 --> 00:26:35,657 He won't survive a transfer. 482 00:26:35,782 --> 00:26:38,702 I'm getting a second opinion from the Center for Disease Control. 483 00:26:38,827 --> 00:26:42,497 Right. Look, when my grandmother got sick... 484 00:26:42,623 --> 00:26:46,168 What? You're gonna tell me some tough decision you had to make? 485 00:26:46,293 --> 00:26:47,252 I know how hard this is for you. 486 00:26:47,377 --> 00:26:49,004 Maybe embroider the story a little? 487 00:26:49,129 --> 00:26:50,631 Make it fit? 488 00:26:50,964 --> 00:26:52,633 I can't imagine being in your position. 489 00:26:52,758 --> 00:26:55,135 Honesty, a kind of vulnerable honesty. 490 00:26:55,260 --> 00:26:56,720 That's your thing. And the looks. 491 00:26:56,845 --> 00:26:57,888 On, boy. 492 00:26:58,013 --> 00:27:00,807 They send a single woman to hustle the single mom. 493 00:27:00,933 --> 00:27:03,185 Actually, they sent a doctor 494 00:27:03,310 --> 00:27:05,812 to tell you that if your son doesn't get this treatment, 495 00:27:05,938 --> 00:27:07,981 there's a good chance he'll die. 496 00:27:08,482 --> 00:27:12,152 That's what House said about a treatment that would have killed Matt. 497 00:27:12,277 --> 00:27:13,403 You've gotta do better than that. 498 00:27:13,528 --> 00:27:15,906 No, it's on you. 499 00:27:16,031 --> 00:27:18,617 You need to do better. Right now. Yes or no? 500 00:27:21,787 --> 00:27:24,706 - I don't know. - Figure it out. 501 00:27:26,041 --> 00:27:27,167 Wait. 502 00:27:31,088 --> 00:27:32,256 (HEART MONITOR BEEPING) 503 00:28:21,596 --> 00:28:22,597 Nurse! 504 00:28:22,723 --> 00:28:23,682 (ALARM BEEPING) 505 00:28:23,807 --> 00:28:25,642 Help! WOMAN: Okay. Coming. 506 00:28:27,602 --> 00:28:28,979 Seizing. Suction. 507 00:28:29,104 --> 00:28:30,272 WOMAN: Watch his head. 508 00:28:31,356 --> 00:28:33,150 MY Son! 509 00:28:37,863 --> 00:28:39,031 Coming. 510 00:28:39,156 --> 00:28:40,198 Diazepam. 511 00:28:40,324 --> 00:28:41,366 WOMAN: Got it. 512 00:28:44,828 --> 00:28:46,580 CAMERON: Suction. Ten milligrams. 513 00:28:46,705 --> 00:28:47,831 CAMERON: Right. 514 00:28:47,956 --> 00:28:50,292 He's not responding. Another 10 milligrams. 515 00:28:50,417 --> 00:28:52,002 You're killing him! 516 00:28:52,878 --> 00:28:54,129 MARGO: You're killing him! 517 00:28:54,254 --> 00:28:55,797 Get her out of here. Get her out of here! 518 00:28:55,922 --> 00:28:58,008 Come on, ma'am. Ma'am? 519 00:28:58,842 --> 00:29:00,135 (ERRATIC BEEPING) 520 00:29:07,976 --> 00:29:10,354 FOREMAN: Their hearts are barely pumping. Their lungs are shot. 521 00:29:10,479 --> 00:29:12,397 Now they're showing liver toxicity. 522 00:29:12,522 --> 00:29:14,232 HOUSE: I guess Matt's mom won't nominate us 523 00:29:14,358 --> 00:29:16,109 for any doctor-of-the-year awards. 524 00:29:16,234 --> 00:29:19,946 Only explanation is they got poisoned by something besides ethyl parathion. 525 00:29:20,072 --> 00:29:21,656 Then the hydrolase would release the neurotoxins 526 00:29:21,782 --> 00:29:22,783 instead of bonding with them. 527 00:29:22,908 --> 00:29:24,910 The only thing they have in common is the bus. 528 00:29:25,035 --> 00:29:26,536 Except their symptoms. 529 00:29:26,661 --> 00:29:29,414 Given their severity and the fact their cardiac symptoms are getting worse 530 00:29:29,539 --> 00:29:31,625 much faster than their other ones, what does that tell us? 531 00:29:31,750 --> 00:29:33,627 The poison was probably absorbed through the skin. 532 00:29:33,752 --> 00:29:36,046 They were admitted at 8:45 and 11 :00. 533 00:29:36,171 --> 00:29:36,922 When were they poisoned? 534 00:29:37,047 --> 00:29:39,925 Absorption through the skin, anywhere from three to eight hours. 535 00:29:40,050 --> 00:29:41,885 In a case that bad, more like one-and-a-half to four. 536 00:29:42,010 --> 00:29:46,681 So Matt was poisoned before 7:15. Before he got on the bus. 537 00:29:47,140 --> 00:29:50,310 You're thinking each kid got poisoned in his own house? 538 00:29:50,435 --> 00:29:51,603 Two separate exposures? 539 00:29:51,728 --> 00:29:55,065 What do teenage boys do in the morning, besides the obvious? 540 00:29:55,399 --> 00:29:57,484 Wake up, go to the bathroom, 541 00:29:57,609 --> 00:30:00,779 then the obvious, then check their zits in the mirror. 542 00:30:00,904 --> 00:30:02,989 Do they both use the same acne cream? 543 00:30:03,115 --> 00:30:05,784 Because acne cream contains lanolin, which could have pesticides, 544 00:30:05,909 --> 00:30:07,953 and you're thinking they both bought the same product. 545 00:30:08,078 --> 00:30:09,913 It was contaminated. Shaving cream. 546 00:30:10,038 --> 00:30:11,248 Chi doesn't look like he shaves. 547 00:30:11,373 --> 00:30:12,332 But he sweats. 548 00:30:12,457 --> 00:30:13,500 Deodorant could contain lanolin. 549 00:30:13,625 --> 00:30:15,001 Do these people have animals? 550 00:30:15,127 --> 00:30:16,670 Chi has a dog. Matt has a cat. 551 00:30:16,795 --> 00:30:19,589 - Fleas, flea powder. - Okay. Go to their houses. 552 00:30:19,714 --> 00:30:21,007 Check for anything that might have touched their skin 553 00:30:21,133 --> 00:30:23,635 between the time they got up and the time they went to school. 554 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,470 And I'm running low on tomato sauce. 555 00:30:26,054 --> 00:30:27,222 (EXCLAIMS) 556 00:30:27,347 --> 00:30:28,765 Dr. House! 557 00:30:30,350 --> 00:30:31,601 Hello. 558 00:30:33,019 --> 00:30:36,398 - I sent you home. - Well, I came back. 559 00:30:37,023 --> 00:30:38,942 I took a cab, 560 00:30:39,067 --> 00:30:42,946 so my son wouldn't try to chaperone us this time. 561 00:30:43,071 --> 00:30:46,241 I'm sorry, but the fact that the sexual-pleasure center 562 00:30:46,366 --> 00:30:49,286 of your cerebral cortex has been over-stimulated by spirochetes, 563 00:30:49,411 --> 00:30:52,789 it's a poor basis for a relationship. 564 00:30:52,914 --> 00:30:54,207 I learned that one the hard way. 565 00:30:55,625 --> 00:30:59,754 Doctor, these feelings that I've been having, 566 00:31:00,922 --> 00:31:03,758 is it all because of the syphilis? 567 00:31:04,092 --> 00:31:05,135 Yes. 568 00:31:06,636 --> 00:31:07,929 Then 569 00:31:09,431 --> 00:31:11,975 here's the prescription you gave me. 570 00:31:17,272 --> 00:31:20,859 Well, it's not likely I'm going to infect anyone. 571 00:31:21,151 --> 00:31:24,070 No, but it'll kill you. 572 00:31:24,946 --> 00:31:28,033 Well, gotta go sometime, 573 00:31:29,493 --> 00:31:32,078 and I really don't want to play canasta 574 00:31:32,204 --> 00:31:33,997 for the rest of my life. 575 00:31:34,664 --> 00:31:38,585 I like feeling sexy again, 576 00:31:40,045 --> 00:31:44,883 making a fool out of myself with handsome, young doctors. 577 00:31:47,719 --> 00:31:50,805 Do you think that I would have given you this 578 00:31:50,931 --> 00:31:53,266 if it would stop you from flirting with me? 579 00:31:53,391 --> 00:31:54,726 Well, but if I'm cured... 580 00:31:54,851 --> 00:31:57,771 Then all the spirochetes will die off. 581 00:31:57,896 --> 00:32:00,023 But the little pieces of your cerebral cortex 582 00:32:00,148 --> 00:32:02,526 that have been destroyed won't grow back. 583 00:32:04,319 --> 00:32:06,196 You're brain damaged. 584 00:32:07,906 --> 00:32:11,034 Doomed to feeling good for the rest of your life. 585 00:32:11,159 --> 00:32:12,202 (GIGGLING) 586 00:32:13,161 --> 00:32:16,122 Really? Well, thank you. 587 00:32:16,248 --> 00:32:17,541 Georgia. 588 00:32:22,087 --> 00:32:27,217 When I stop being contagious, I'll come by for a checkup. 589 00:32:34,224 --> 00:32:35,058 Yeah. 590 00:32:38,853 --> 00:32:39,854 Matt uses Sure. 591 00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:41,314 Chi uses Old Spice. 592 00:32:41,439 --> 00:32:42,399 No zit cream. 593 00:32:42,524 --> 00:32:43,525 Lucky kid. 594 00:32:44,442 --> 00:32:45,569 Floral air freshener. 595 00:32:45,694 --> 00:32:46,736 Doesn't matter. 596 00:32:46,861 --> 00:32:48,321 When was the last time you heard of a teenage boy 597 00:32:48,446 --> 00:32:51,199 using air freshener? 598 00:32:51,324 --> 00:32:55,078 - Pert shampoo. - Johnson's over here. 599 00:32:56,037 --> 00:32:57,914 Matt's mom would make him use air freshener. 600 00:32:58,039 --> 00:33:01,126 There are limits to a mother's power, even hers. 601 00:33:01,751 --> 00:33:03,044 Just check. 602 00:33:05,255 --> 00:33:06,381 Negative on the floral. 603 00:33:06,506 --> 00:33:08,466 Matt's ALTs are up to 800. 604 00:33:08,592 --> 00:33:10,135 If they get any higher, we can toss his liver. 605 00:33:10,260 --> 00:33:11,136 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 606 00:33:12,637 --> 00:33:14,097 - Yeah. - No matches on flea powder 607 00:33:14,222 --> 00:33:15,348 or underarm deodorant. 608 00:33:15,473 --> 00:33:16,600 Or any other kind of deodorant. 609 00:33:16,725 --> 00:33:17,809 What about shampoo? 610 00:33:17,934 --> 00:33:21,688 No to shampoo, bar soap, dish soap, dish detergent. 611 00:33:21,813 --> 00:33:23,064 How about laundry detergent? 612 00:33:23,189 --> 00:33:24,858 Maybe they both washed their clothes this morning. 613 00:33:24,983 --> 00:33:25,984 I'll check. 614 00:33:26,109 --> 00:33:27,110 FOREMAN: You know, if we cure Matt, 615 00:33:27,235 --> 00:33:30,155 he can use his close brush with death on his college essays. 616 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:31,865 Admission guys love that stuff. 617 00:33:31,990 --> 00:33:35,243 That's how you got in, right? Jailhouse diary? 618 00:33:38,830 --> 00:33:40,123 TKO. 619 00:33:40,248 --> 00:33:41,583 TKO. 620 00:33:43,293 --> 00:33:45,587 - Liquid? - Liquid, 128 ounces. 621 00:33:45,712 --> 00:33:47,964 128, yellow jug. "Special..." 622 00:33:48,089 --> 00:33:50,300 "Environmentally safe formula." 623 00:33:50,467 --> 00:33:52,260 CAMERON: It's the same. Bring in the detergent. 624 00:33:52,385 --> 00:33:54,679 So the detergent was contaminated with pesticides? 625 00:33:54,804 --> 00:33:56,056 Which soaked into their clothes 626 00:33:56,181 --> 00:33:58,725 and got absorbed into their skin. 627 00:34:00,060 --> 00:34:03,396 HOUSE: Hi. Listen, the clothes your son wore today, 628 00:34:03,521 --> 00:34:05,440 he washed them this morning, right? 629 00:34:05,565 --> 00:34:06,566 What? 630 00:34:06,691 --> 00:34:09,152 Nice, respectful Asian kid does the laundry. 631 00:34:09,277 --> 00:34:10,654 (SPEAKING CHINESE) 632 00:34:11,780 --> 00:34:14,240 My wife said he didn't. 633 00:34:15,283 --> 00:34:18,244 Well, then I'm betting he washed them last night without you knowing. 634 00:34:18,370 --> 00:34:20,497 (BOTH SPEAKING CHINESE) 635 00:34:20,622 --> 00:34:22,957 He doesn't even know how to turn on the machine. 636 00:34:23,083 --> 00:34:24,250 And those clothes were new. 637 00:34:24,376 --> 00:34:26,836 - Nobody washed them. - His clothes are all new? 638 00:34:27,087 --> 00:34:30,382 The ones he wore today, yes. Never washed. 639 00:34:38,473 --> 00:34:40,141 Now what? 640 00:34:42,852 --> 00:34:45,730 What about Matt's clothes? Were they new? 641 00:34:46,439 --> 00:34:48,775 They're ratty old jeans, I think. 642 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,653 They've been bagged and taken downstairs. 643 00:35:01,788 --> 00:35:04,124 - "Davis." - Yeah, they're Matt's. 644 00:35:06,584 --> 00:35:08,294 And they're old. 645 00:35:09,713 --> 00:35:12,757 And yet the label isn't faded in the slightest. 646 00:35:12,882 --> 00:35:16,010 Fake old. $100 for the homeless look. 647 00:35:16,928 --> 00:35:19,764 What? Kids aren't pretentious in England? 648 00:35:20,849 --> 00:35:21,933 Chi was wearing a different brand. 649 00:35:22,058 --> 00:35:23,893 How could they both have been contaminated? 650 00:35:24,018 --> 00:35:25,687 That is the question for the ages. 651 00:35:25,812 --> 00:35:27,772 Meantime, get these tested. 652 00:35:57,844 --> 00:36:01,055 I never bother to wash new clothes before I wear them. 653 00:36:01,181 --> 00:36:03,057 Right. Your wife does. 654 00:36:03,224 --> 00:36:05,101 She likes you feeling nice and comfortable. 655 00:36:05,226 --> 00:36:06,686 Hey, I'm a man. 656 00:36:06,853 --> 00:36:10,106 I don't have time for laundry. I'm saving lives here. 657 00:36:11,816 --> 00:36:13,109 No, she doesn't wash them, either. 658 00:36:13,234 --> 00:36:17,280 So your skin absorbs a little dye, the odd chemical here and there. 659 00:36:17,405 --> 00:36:20,116 You know me, Mr. Living-on-the-Edge. 660 00:36:20,241 --> 00:36:22,076 Judging by the self-importance of your strut, 661 00:36:22,202 --> 00:36:24,120 you have identified the chemical in question. 662 00:36:24,245 --> 00:36:25,705 Phosdfin. 663 00:36:26,998 --> 00:36:28,041 Hit them with the hydrolase. 664 00:36:28,166 --> 00:36:31,211 - Chi's parents said yes, but... - Mighty Mom said no. 665 00:36:31,878 --> 00:36:33,171 Well, she's gonna feel like a million bucks 666 00:36:33,296 --> 00:36:36,257 when Chi lives and her son dies. 667 00:36:36,549 --> 00:36:38,092 Send Cameron. 668 00:36:38,218 --> 00:36:40,261 She's the only one of you who's managed to talk her into anything. 669 00:36:40,386 --> 00:36:42,680 Not this time. Matt's mom won't make a move 670 00:36:42,806 --> 00:36:45,892 until she gets that opinion from the CDC. 671 00:36:46,142 --> 00:36:47,310 (SCOFFS) 672 00:36:47,602 --> 00:36:49,604 Godot would be faster. 673 00:37:22,762 --> 00:37:24,430 What is this? 674 00:37:25,598 --> 00:37:27,517 Thought I'd hang out. 675 00:37:29,227 --> 00:37:30,812 In case you change your mind. 676 00:37:33,189 --> 00:37:36,192 Then I could give Matt the medicine right away. 677 00:37:42,282 --> 00:37:44,409 Don't worry. I've got time. 678 00:37:46,619 --> 00:37:50,540 - The CDC promised they'd call. - I'm sure they will. 679 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,710 Maybe tomorrow. Maybe the day after. 680 00:37:54,419 --> 00:37:57,130 It takes time to review faxed records. 681 00:37:57,505 --> 00:37:58,631 Then they'll probably tell you 682 00:37:58,756 --> 00:38:01,885 they can't make a decision based on faxed records. 683 00:38:04,178 --> 00:38:05,805 This is Suzie. 684 00:38:06,514 --> 00:38:09,058 She's never gonna marry him. No money. 685 00:38:09,809 --> 00:38:12,604 What makes you think you're right this time? 686 00:38:12,896 --> 00:38:15,148 Same reason as last time. 687 00:38:18,776 --> 00:38:22,322 If you wanna see how the other kid does first, that's okay. 688 00:38:22,447 --> 00:38:23,489 Might help you. 689 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,159 Although there's a real good chance... 690 00:38:26,284 --> 00:38:28,536 What? Matt might kick off? 691 00:38:29,829 --> 00:38:31,164 That's a little blunt. 692 00:38:31,748 --> 00:38:33,291 I was gonna say "run out of time", 693 00:38:33,416 --> 00:38:37,211 or just kind of let my voice trail off. 694 00:38:39,797 --> 00:38:41,090 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 695 00:38:47,096 --> 00:38:47,931 Hello? 696 00:38:49,015 --> 00:38:51,017 Yes, this is Margo Davis. 697 00:38:55,313 --> 00:38:58,191 But you have his records. I sent them. 698 00:39:02,028 --> 00:39:03,863 Yes, I understand. 699 00:39:11,329 --> 00:39:13,039 They can't help me. 700 00:39:14,248 --> 00:39:15,875 They haven't seen him. 701 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,044 - They can't make a decision... - Give it to him. 702 00:39:29,847 --> 00:39:33,685 "The CDC is unable to give an opinion at this time, ma'am. 703 00:39:33,810 --> 00:39:37,230 We're gonna have a doctor in your area next week." 704 00:39:37,605 --> 00:39:39,607 You fooled her with that? 705 00:40:47,341 --> 00:40:48,843 (BEEPING) 706 00:40:50,762 --> 00:40:52,096 House! 707 00:41:31,469 --> 00:41:32,637 So I'm gonna be cured? 708 00:41:32,762 --> 00:41:35,890 As long as you don't wear any more poison pants. 709 00:41:36,974 --> 00:41:38,267 I'm sorry, Mom. 710 00:41:38,392 --> 00:41:39,811 I knew the pants were stolen. 711 00:41:40,561 --> 00:41:42,438 They were only five bucks. 712 00:41:42,563 --> 00:41:43,981 You're gonna give me hell, aren't you? 713 00:41:44,107 --> 00:41:46,859 Honey, I'm just glad you're alive. 714 00:41:46,984 --> 00:41:49,570 Let's get you home so you can rest. 715 00:41:50,029 --> 00:41:52,323 Maybe I am too hard on you. 716 00:41:52,448 --> 00:41:54,951 You don't have to make up that test till next week. 717 00:41:55,076 --> 00:41:58,371 You can stay in bed and work on your applications. 718 00:41:58,496 --> 00:42:01,582 Some guy was selling pants off the back of his truck near the school. 719 00:42:02,166 --> 00:42:04,210 When he wasn't busy as a clothing entrepreneur, 720 00:42:04,335 --> 00:42:07,004 he did day labor at a cornfield out on Route 1. 721 00:42:07,130 --> 00:42:08,631 He used the same truck for both jobs. 722 00:42:08,756 --> 00:42:12,301 So he spilled pesticide on the pants and was too lazy to clean up. 723 00:42:12,426 --> 00:42:15,346 Real question is why are you still here? 724 00:42:16,222 --> 00:42:20,059 Why aren't you out there making up with the joyful mother? 725 00:42:20,893 --> 00:42:23,855 - Why would I do that? - No reason at all. 726 00:42:24,063 --> 00:42:26,941 If you don't care about her or her son. 727 00:42:33,614 --> 00:42:35,074 Dr. House. 728 00:42:36,242 --> 00:42:37,827 The CDC called 729 00:42:39,162 --> 00:42:41,789 - again. - Oops. 730 00:42:45,126 --> 00:42:46,127 Who are those guys? 731 00:42:46,252 --> 00:42:49,380 They're the arrogant jerks that saved your life. 732 00:43:10,026 --> 00:43:11,319 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)