1 00:00:02,190 --> 00:00:04,109 (DRUMS PLAYING) 2 00:00:07,571 --> 00:00:09,489 (GUITAR PLAYING) 3 00:00:09,906 --> 00:00:12,242 This is a really nice room. 4 00:00:12,367 --> 00:00:14,369 Yeah, it sounds thick. Too bad he's not coming. 5 00:00:14,494 --> 00:00:16,913 Look, I talked to him myself. He'll be here. 6 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:17,873 Right. 7 00:00:17,998 --> 00:00:20,083 You're the one who said that the song could use a horn part, 8 00:00:20,334 --> 00:00:23,128 - so I got the best, John Henry. - You think I'm stupid? 9 00:00:23,253 --> 00:00:25,255 Of course I do, but that's not the point. 10 00:00:26,256 --> 00:00:27,215 He'll be here, okay? 11 00:00:28,592 --> 00:00:30,385 (PLAYING PIANO) 12 00:00:30,510 --> 00:00:33,180 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 13 00:00:35,682 --> 00:00:37,059 GILES: Take a left up ahead. 14 00:00:37,184 --> 00:00:40,312 South Street? I canceled this gig. 15 00:00:40,562 --> 00:00:43,190 You said you didn't want to do any sessions for a while. 16 00:00:43,315 --> 00:00:45,984 For a while. I called her. I un-canceled it. 17 00:00:46,735 --> 00:00:49,738 - Are you up to it? - Let's find out. 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:54,201 (SINGING) You lied to me 19 00:00:54,326 --> 00:00:58,121 John Henry's never gonna show up 20 00:00:58,246 --> 00:00:59,289 Will you stop? 21 00:00:59,414 --> 00:01:02,167 - It's been, like, two hours. - And we will keep waiting. 22 00:01:02,292 --> 00:01:04,503 I mean, you've heard this guy play, and you know what he does, 23 00:01:04,628 --> 00:01:06,129 so can you just shut up, Tommy? 24 00:01:06,254 --> 00:01:07,214 (DOOR OPENS) 25 00:01:08,965 --> 00:01:10,175 Oh, my God. 26 00:01:11,593 --> 00:01:12,969 Am I late? 27 00:01:14,012 --> 00:01:17,182 (FUNK MUSIC PLAYING) 28 00:01:21,228 --> 00:01:22,229 (MUSIC STOPS) 29 00:01:22,354 --> 00:01:25,357 - You need to hear it again? - Nope. I get it. 30 00:01:25,524 --> 00:01:28,652 Let's try one. See what we get. Let's do it. 31 00:01:29,027 --> 00:01:31,655 (MUSIC RESUMES) 32 00:01:58,306 --> 00:02:00,142 (GASPING) 33 00:02:02,352 --> 00:02:03,770 John, you okay? 34 00:02:04,855 --> 00:02:07,441 - You okay? - I can't breathe. I can't breathe. 35 00:02:07,649 --> 00:02:08,942 (COUGHING) 36 00:02:09,067 --> 00:02:12,320 Call an ambulance! Now! 37 00:03:00,285 --> 00:03:01,536 I want in. 38 00:03:03,455 --> 00:03:05,665 John Henry Giles, you a fan of his music? 39 00:03:05,791 --> 00:03:07,334 He's a musician? 40 00:03:08,251 --> 00:03:10,962 That paralysis thing, guy can't walk for two years, 41 00:03:11,087 --> 00:03:13,507 nobody knows why, it seems mildly interesting. 42 00:03:13,632 --> 00:03:15,050 Forget his paralysis. 43 00:03:15,175 --> 00:03:16,760 Tell that to the rest of his bowling team. 44 00:03:17,219 --> 00:03:18,887 As far as this hospital is concerned, 45 00:03:19,012 --> 00:03:21,264 this is a simple case of lobar pneumonia. Boring. 46 00:03:21,389 --> 00:03:24,893 But that not-walking thing. That could turn into something serious. 47 00:03:25,018 --> 00:03:28,230 Marty Hamilton is his primary physician out in California. 48 00:03:28,355 --> 00:03:29,523 He's dealing with the paralysis. 49 00:03:29,648 --> 00:03:32,442 Know all about it. Multiple treatments, multiple surgeries. 50 00:03:32,567 --> 00:03:33,902 He's making real progress. 51 00:03:34,027 --> 00:03:35,195 Fixed everything but the legs. 52 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,531 Dr. Hamilton already called and asked for your team. 53 00:03:37,781 --> 00:03:41,243 And by team, I don't mean you. 54 00:03:41,368 --> 00:03:43,870 Like I always say, there's no "I" in team. 55 00:03:43,995 --> 00:03:45,914 There is a "me" though, if you jumble it up. 56 00:03:47,123 --> 00:03:49,084 Foreman did his residency with Hamilton. 57 00:03:49,209 --> 00:03:52,796 I know. I accidentally glanced at his resume before I hired him. 58 00:03:52,921 --> 00:03:54,381 He wants someone he can trust. 59 00:03:54,506 --> 00:03:56,341 He must've spoken to Foreman's parole officer. 60 00:03:56,466 --> 00:03:59,052 Someone who will stick to the pneumonia. 61 00:03:59,177 --> 00:04:02,264 John Henry's on an experimental protocol for the paralysis. 62 00:04:02,389 --> 00:04:04,516 I respect that. I'm not going to get in his way. 63 00:04:04,641 --> 00:04:08,562 - It's Foreman's case. - It's pneumonia. He can handle it. 64 00:04:08,687 --> 00:04:11,398 The guy's already paralyzed. How badly can he screw it up? 65 00:04:28,123 --> 00:04:30,125 So, what are his sats? 66 00:04:30,250 --> 00:04:32,043 Staying in the 90s on the nasal cannula. 67 00:04:32,168 --> 00:04:33,044 Coughing up much sputum? 68 00:04:33,169 --> 00:04:34,921 CAMERON: Almost none. He seems to be stabilized. 69 00:04:35,088 --> 00:04:36,631 Dr. House, is anything back from micro? 70 00:04:36,756 --> 00:04:39,217 Not yet. You gonna fire me? 71 00:04:39,342 --> 00:04:40,927 You can make up for it by washing my car. 72 00:04:41,052 --> 00:04:42,596 Oh, this is fun. 73 00:04:42,721 --> 00:04:44,931 FOREMAN: Okay. Let's keep him on the broad-spectrum antibiotics. 74 00:04:45,056 --> 00:04:47,225 And since he's displaying septic physiology, 75 00:04:47,350 --> 00:04:50,353 draw blood for adrenal and thyroid function. 76 00:04:52,314 --> 00:04:53,940 What about the paralysis? 77 00:04:54,065 --> 00:04:55,191 We're sticking to the pneumonia. 78 00:04:55,317 --> 00:04:58,987 Well, you certainly are, boss, like a wet tongue sticks to dry ice. 79 00:04:59,112 --> 00:05:02,407 The paralysis has already been diagnosed by Dr. Hamilton. It's ALS. 80 00:05:02,532 --> 00:05:05,410 Lou Gehrig's disease. It's a lovely diagnosis. 81 00:05:05,535 --> 00:05:06,786 They make movies about it. 82 00:05:06,912 --> 00:05:09,915 No tests, no treatment, it's a disease of exclusion. 83 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,000 Because Hamilton has excluded everything else. 84 00:05:12,125 --> 00:05:13,293 I haven't. 85 00:05:17,881 --> 00:05:18,798 What else could it be? 86 00:05:19,716 --> 00:05:21,635 Guillain-Barre, which would be reversible. 87 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:22,761 Excellent. 88 00:05:22,886 --> 00:05:27,140 No. The progression of the paralysis would be symmetric. This wasn't. 89 00:05:27,265 --> 00:05:28,224 Transverse myelitis. 90 00:05:28,350 --> 00:05:29,517 Hamilton tested for it. Negative. 91 00:05:29,643 --> 00:05:31,353 And he was negative for masses and AVM. 92 00:05:31,478 --> 00:05:33,021 Antibodies could be attacking the nerves. 93 00:05:33,146 --> 00:05:34,397 Multifocal motor neuropathy. 94 00:05:34,522 --> 00:05:37,567 Uncommon, but it fits. It's also treatable. 95 00:05:37,692 --> 00:05:39,653 Did Hamilton try putting the guy on Mg? 96 00:05:39,778 --> 00:05:41,154 No, because the MRI showed no... 97 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,323 Well, let's do an MRI of our own. 98 00:05:46,785 --> 00:05:48,912 Guys, it's my case. 99 00:05:50,664 --> 00:05:53,041 ALS fits. It even predicts the pneumonia. 100 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:56,711 - The paralysis is progressive. - It's a death sentence. 101 00:05:57,545 --> 00:05:59,381 That doesn't make it wrong. 102 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,679 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 103 00:06:13,228 --> 00:06:14,229 (MUSIC STOPS) 104 00:06:17,857 --> 00:06:20,944 So you think the breathing stuff is connected to my ALS? 105 00:06:21,069 --> 00:06:22,612 It makes sense. 106 00:06:24,990 --> 00:06:26,700 So it's just gonna get worse, huh? 107 00:06:26,825 --> 00:06:28,868 - Well, Dr. Hamilton... - Great guy. 108 00:06:28,994 --> 00:06:32,622 Really smart doctor, and his treatment obviously isn't working. 109 00:06:34,708 --> 00:06:36,042 Do you think I'm going to die here, 110 00:06:36,167 --> 00:06:38,628 or you think I get to go back home first? 111 00:06:38,753 --> 00:06:40,380 An MRI would give us a better idea... 112 00:06:40,505 --> 00:06:42,757 An MRI, come on. For pneumonia? 113 00:06:42,882 --> 00:06:44,217 Well, Dr. House thinks we should test for... 114 00:06:44,342 --> 00:06:47,053 House? Yeah, I heard about him. 115 00:06:47,178 --> 00:06:48,138 Obsessive son of a bitch? 116 00:06:48,263 --> 00:06:49,639 (LAUGHS) That's him. 117 00:06:51,933 --> 00:06:54,936 So who do you think is right, Hamilton or House? 118 00:06:55,061 --> 00:06:57,439 Hey, they're both excellent physicians. 119 00:06:57,564 --> 00:06:59,024 Come on. 120 00:06:59,149 --> 00:07:03,486 One of them says ALS. The other one says not ALS. 121 00:07:03,611 --> 00:07:05,613 You got to pick one, son. 122 00:07:07,032 --> 00:07:09,075 Everything points to ALS. 123 00:07:10,035 --> 00:07:11,453 Then no MRI. 124 00:07:15,874 --> 00:07:18,043 And I want one of them papers that say 125 00:07:18,168 --> 00:07:20,211 I don't want nothing done if something go bad. 126 00:07:20,545 --> 00:07:22,213 HIDE] 127 00:07:22,672 --> 00:07:24,132 Mr. Giles, you don't want to rush into... 128 00:07:24,257 --> 00:07:28,219 It's been two years. I ain't rushing. I want to sign one. 129 00:07:30,221 --> 00:07:31,347 Now. 130 00:07:32,891 --> 00:07:35,143 While my arm still works. 131 00:07:35,977 --> 00:07:39,064 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 132 00:08:00,210 --> 00:08:01,795 He signed a DNR. 133 00:08:05,256 --> 00:08:07,133 He rhymes with dinner? 134 00:08:08,051 --> 00:08:12,472 - He signed a DNR. - Oh. That makes more sense. 135 00:08:14,015 --> 00:08:16,017 You tell him it might not be ALS? 136 00:08:16,142 --> 00:08:17,310 No. 137 00:08:18,019 --> 00:08:20,271 Well, no wonder he signed. Who wouldn't? 138 00:08:20,396 --> 00:08:22,982 I started him on IV steroids and Synthroid. 139 00:08:23,108 --> 00:08:27,862 Great. If it was my case, I'd be adding a little Mg to the mix. 140 00:08:27,987 --> 00:08:29,447 For his pneumonia? 141 00:08:29,572 --> 00:08:31,366 That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. 142 00:08:32,992 --> 00:08:35,912 He doesn't want anything done, no treatment. 143 00:08:36,121 --> 00:08:39,707 DNR means "do not resuscitate", not "do not treat". 144 00:08:40,959 --> 00:08:44,420 You do nothing, doesn't matter which one of us is right. 145 00:08:46,798 --> 00:08:48,633 And hang on to that DNR. 146 00:08:48,758 --> 00:08:51,177 That signature could be worth a lot of money real soon. 147 00:08:58,643 --> 00:09:01,980 This is Dr. Foreman. What's Mr. Giles's status? 148 00:09:02,105 --> 00:09:05,024 Okay. Increase the steroids to 100 milligrams every 12 hours 149 00:09:05,150 --> 00:09:08,611 and start him on Mg. 150 00:09:08,736 --> 00:09:11,197 Yeah, yeah, I'm sure. One gram per kilo. 151 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:15,451 My nature isn't what it used to be. 152 00:09:15,577 --> 00:09:18,204 The little man has lost some bounce in his step. 153 00:09:18,329 --> 00:09:21,708 He needs to crank it up, have himself some fun this weekend. 154 00:09:21,833 --> 00:09:23,418 He wants the blue pills. 155 00:09:24,377 --> 00:09:26,796 You're talking about your penis in the third person. 156 00:09:26,921 --> 00:09:30,008 - Me and him, two people. - Separate vacations? 157 00:09:30,550 --> 00:09:33,928 That'd be a drag for one of you. I don't think you need the pills. 158 00:09:34,053 --> 00:09:36,055 I think you have a conflict in medications. 159 00:09:36,306 --> 00:09:39,475 You need to up your insulin to chocolate-chip ice-cream levels. 160 00:09:40,059 --> 00:09:42,145 - Insulin? - Yeah, you remember. 161 00:09:42,270 --> 00:09:43,938 That's the stuff you take for the diabetes 162 00:09:44,063 --> 00:09:46,065 that you forgot to tell the nurse about. 163 00:09:46,649 --> 00:09:47,567 Your hands. 164 00:09:49,027 --> 00:09:51,738 No hair, which means nerve damage. 165 00:09:51,863 --> 00:09:54,157 And your shoes look about two sizes too small, 166 00:09:54,282 --> 00:09:56,701 which means you've lost sensation in your feet. 167 00:09:56,826 --> 00:09:58,620 And then there's your pants. 168 00:09:58,745 --> 00:10:00,371 My pants tell you I have diabetes? 169 00:10:00,496 --> 00:10:01,789 No. They tell me you're an idiot. 170 00:10:02,498 --> 00:10:05,460 Powdered sugar on the right pant leg. 171 00:10:05,585 --> 00:10:07,420 Based on the two napkins in your pocket, 172 00:10:07,629 --> 00:10:10,215 I'd be willing to bet it's not your first donut of the day. 173 00:10:15,220 --> 00:10:16,429 (SIGHS) 174 00:10:18,848 --> 00:10:22,310 - You're giving me the pills? - Sure. Why not? 175 00:10:22,477 --> 00:10:26,773 If you've got heart disease from ignoring the diabetes, they'll kill you. 176 00:10:26,898 --> 00:10:29,317 Otherwise, you two have a fun weekend. 177 00:10:32,195 --> 00:10:33,196 (DOOR CLOSES) 178 00:10:34,072 --> 00:10:35,657 (GASPING) 179 00:10:38,701 --> 00:10:40,620 - O2 sats are dropping. - Breath sounds? 180 00:10:40,745 --> 00:10:41,704 Junky- 181 00:10:41,829 --> 00:10:44,958 - Mucus plug? - Our mistake. Sludging from the Mg. 182 00:10:45,083 --> 00:10:46,084 Blood can't get through to his lungs. 183 00:10:46,209 --> 00:10:47,669 Start heparin, 500 ccs IV push. 184 00:10:47,794 --> 00:10:49,254 He won't last long enough for it to work. 185 00:10:49,379 --> 00:10:50,964 We've got to intubate him stat. 186 00:10:51,673 --> 00:10:55,134 - We can't. He's DNR. - What? 187 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,479 - Someone likes music. - Oh, yeah. 188 00:11:13,403 --> 00:11:15,029 His sats are in the 70s. How long's he been like this? 189 00:11:15,154 --> 00:11:16,406 - Ten minutes. - Well, why aren't you... 190 00:11:16,531 --> 00:11:18,324 The Mg put him in respiratory failure. 191 00:11:18,449 --> 00:11:19,617 You put him on Mg? 192 00:11:19,742 --> 00:11:22,954 - We did this. - So undo it. Chase? 193 00:11:23,079 --> 00:11:24,205 It's too late. We killed him. 194 00:11:24,330 --> 00:11:26,291 Nobody killed him. He's not dead. 195 00:11:26,416 --> 00:11:28,793 - Chase, intubate him. - He's DNR. 196 00:11:40,096 --> 00:11:41,472 What are you doing? 197 00:11:47,020 --> 00:11:48,646 You can't do this! 198 00:11:50,481 --> 00:11:52,942 - Bag. - You can't do this. 199 00:11:53,067 --> 00:11:54,402 200 00:12:02,493 --> 00:12:06,164 He had a bad reaction to some medicine we gave him. 201 00:12:06,372 --> 00:12:10,668 - What did you just do? - He saved his life. 202 00:12:26,059 --> 00:12:28,770 CHASE: He's stable on the ventilator, oxygenating well. 203 00:12:28,895 --> 00:12:30,646 The Mg made him worse, 204 00:12:30,772 --> 00:12:34,192 which means multifocal motor neuropathy was a bad diagnosis. 205 00:12:34,317 --> 00:12:35,777 Okay, what's really wrong with him? 206 00:12:35,902 --> 00:12:37,070 What's wrong with you? 207 00:12:37,195 --> 00:12:38,279 Everyone knows what's wrong with me. 208 00:12:38,404 --> 00:12:40,073 What's wrong with him is much more interesting. 209 00:12:40,198 --> 00:12:42,325 You tubed him, and he didn't want to be tubed. 210 00:12:42,450 --> 00:12:44,452 He has a legal paper saying just that. 211 00:12:44,577 --> 00:12:47,747 To intubate or not to intubate, that is the big ethical question. 212 00:12:47,872 --> 00:12:49,248 Actually, I was hoping we could avoid it, 213 00:12:49,374 --> 00:12:50,458 maybe just practice some medicine. 214 00:12:50,583 --> 00:12:53,378 There is no question. It's the patient's decision. 215 00:12:53,503 --> 00:12:55,421 If the patient is competent to make it. 216 00:12:55,546 --> 00:12:57,924 If his thyroid numbers aren't making him sad. 217 00:12:58,049 --> 00:12:59,175 Oh, my God. You don't believe that. 218 00:12:59,300 --> 00:13:00,676 His thyroid levels were a little... 219 00:13:00,802 --> 00:13:03,262 It's nothing. Do not defend him! 220 00:13:03,388 --> 00:13:05,223 Why did he sign that DNR? 221 00:13:05,348 --> 00:13:06,182 I didn't talk him into... 222 00:13:06,307 --> 00:13:08,184 No. He signed the DNR 'cause he didn't 223 00:13:08,309 --> 00:13:10,186 want a slow, painful death from ALS. 224 00:13:10,311 --> 00:13:12,105 What was happening to him had nothing to do with his ALS. 225 00:13:12,230 --> 00:13:15,733 Right, exactly! It's the Mg. You screwed up! 226 00:13:15,858 --> 00:13:18,152 You're not going to let him die because you screwed up. 227 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,698 Technically, your case, you screwed up. 228 00:13:22,824 --> 00:13:25,701 Is that what this is about, looking bad in front of your old boss? 229 00:13:25,827 --> 00:13:27,245 You assaulted that man. 230 00:13:27,370 --> 00:13:29,288 - Fine, I'll never do it again. - Yes, you will. 231 00:13:29,414 --> 00:13:31,707 All the more reason this debate is pointless. 232 00:13:32,417 --> 00:13:33,376 (SCOFFS) 233 00:13:37,213 --> 00:13:40,299 His lungs are worse. Any theories? 234 00:13:41,384 --> 00:13:44,595 Oh, I'm sure he just went to the little boys' room. Come on, people. 235 00:13:45,638 --> 00:13:46,597 Vasculitis? 236 00:13:46,722 --> 00:13:48,224 Wouldn't likely hit both lungs. 237 00:13:48,349 --> 00:13:50,893 It could be Wegener's granulomatosis. 238 00:13:51,018 --> 00:13:52,186 Dr. House? 239 00:13:54,814 --> 00:13:57,233 Cuddy sent me a stripper again? 240 00:13:57,358 --> 00:13:59,152 Love that woman, so thoughtful. 241 00:14:00,278 --> 00:14:02,155 Sorry. 242 00:14:02,447 --> 00:14:03,990 There are case reports of Wegener's 243 00:14:04,115 --> 00:14:05,283 hitting both the lungs and the spine. 244 00:14:05,408 --> 00:14:08,703 Well, it's not great, but it's better than ALS. At least it's treatable. 245 00:14:08,828 --> 00:14:09,996 It's a restraining order. 246 00:14:10,121 --> 00:14:12,248 You're not to come within 50 feet of John Henry Giles, 247 00:14:12,373 --> 00:14:16,210 and they've asked the D.A. to file criminal charges for battery. 248 00:14:18,004 --> 00:14:22,258 - Cameron, test the blood for c-ANCA. - These are criminal charges. 249 00:14:22,383 --> 00:14:24,427 They're not going to let you take blood to make more tests. 250 00:14:24,552 --> 00:14:26,053 He has blood left in the lab. 251 00:14:26,179 --> 00:14:27,388 Just add on the c-ANCA. 252 00:14:27,513 --> 00:14:30,308 Foreman got you doing bronchoscopic suctioning for the pneumonia? 253 00:14:30,433 --> 00:14:31,267 Every four hours. 254 00:14:31,392 --> 00:14:33,728 Well, while you're down in his lungs, grab a biopsy. 255 00:14:33,853 --> 00:14:36,063 We'll need it to confirm Wegener's. 256 00:14:36,189 --> 00:14:37,940 And move the patient to the second-floor ICU. 257 00:14:38,065 --> 00:14:40,193 - Why? - It's right above the clinic. 258 00:14:40,318 --> 00:14:42,361 I'm pretty sure it's 50 feet in any direction. 259 00:14:43,488 --> 00:14:46,365 It's nice having a court order saying you don't have to work clinic duty. 260 00:14:56,209 --> 00:14:59,378 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 261 00:15:03,466 --> 00:15:05,092 Dr. Cuddy! 262 00:15:05,551 --> 00:15:06,844 Excuse me. 263 00:15:08,179 --> 00:15:10,431 - You paged me. - Why the yelling? 264 00:15:10,723 --> 00:15:14,352 His bed is behind that wall, the plaintiff's. 265 00:15:14,477 --> 00:15:17,104 I can't, you know, come any closer. 266 00:15:18,314 --> 00:15:20,233 It's right over the clinic. Very cute. 267 00:15:20,358 --> 00:15:23,444 Can we get the lecture over with 'cause I've got to... 268 00:15:24,403 --> 00:15:26,948 Actually, I've got nothing to do. Take your time. 269 00:15:27,448 --> 00:15:28,616 You need a lawyer? 270 00:15:29,659 --> 00:15:32,078 You don't have a problem with what I did? 271 00:15:32,203 --> 00:15:34,622 When I hired you, I knew you were insane. 272 00:15:34,747 --> 00:15:38,125 I will continue to try and stop you from doing insane things, 273 00:15:38,251 --> 00:15:42,255 but once they're done, trying to convince an insane person 274 00:15:42,380 --> 00:15:45,258 not to do insane things is, in itself, insane, 275 00:15:45,383 --> 00:15:49,637 so when I hired you, I also set aside $50,000 a year for legal expenses. 276 00:15:50,846 --> 00:15:53,391 So far, you've come in under-budget. 277 00:15:53,516 --> 00:15:57,228 Great. Any chance you could help me run some tests? 278 00:15:58,271 --> 00:16:02,775 Dr. Foreman called Dr. Hamilton. He's flying in from LA. 279 00:16:02,900 --> 00:16:04,610 You can talk to him. 280 00:16:04,735 --> 00:16:10,366 Dr. Hamilton is flying in as a friend of John Henry's to pull the plug. 281 00:16:14,996 --> 00:16:17,665 Yeah. I need a lawyer. 282 00:16:23,004 --> 00:16:25,214 LAWYER: Your Honor, on behalf of Gregory House, 283 00:16:25,339 --> 00:16:27,717 we have convened an emergency session of this court 284 00:16:27,842 --> 00:16:32,138 to bring a motion requesting that John Henry Giles remain on life support. 285 00:16:32,263 --> 00:16:38,686 Mr. House faces criminal charges for battery against John Henry Giles. 286 00:16:39,895 --> 00:16:41,772 You beat up a guy in a wheelchair? 287 00:16:41,897 --> 00:16:45,192 Dr. House is alleged to have forced a tube 288 00:16:45,318 --> 00:16:48,154 down Mr. Giles's throat against his will. 289 00:16:48,404 --> 00:16:50,990 A medical tube, saving his life. 290 00:16:51,115 --> 00:16:54,327 Dr. House, please let your attorney speak for you. 291 00:16:54,452 --> 00:16:55,286 (CLEARS THROAT) 292 00:16:56,746 --> 00:16:58,998 I'm sorry, Your Honor, I was way out of line. 293 00:17:01,334 --> 00:17:05,296 So, your client forced the patient into this position, 294 00:17:05,671 --> 00:17:10,635 and now he wants a court order to force the patient to stay that way. 295 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:14,430 Without the tube, there's a high likelihood that Mr. Giles will die. 296 00:17:14,555 --> 00:17:17,850 Well, I assume the patient knows that. He had a DNR. 297 00:17:17,975 --> 00:17:21,020 That's why your client is facing criminal charges, right? 298 00:17:21,145 --> 00:17:23,814 Exactly. And Mr. Giles's death 299 00:17:23,939 --> 00:17:26,776 will violate my client's Sixth Amendment right. 300 00:17:27,068 --> 00:17:31,697 His right to face his accuser. That's clever, huh? 301 00:17:31,822 --> 00:17:35,326 Your Honor, in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Hoselton, 302 00:17:35,451 --> 00:17:37,620 the Third District ruled that a defendant 303 00:17:37,745 --> 00:17:39,830 may not use that status to rule against a felony charge. 304 00:17:39,955 --> 00:17:40,915 (CLEARS THROAT) 305 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,167 Why are you doing this? It's not gonna keep you out of jail. 306 00:17:43,292 --> 00:17:44,251 No. 307 00:17:44,377 --> 00:17:46,253 Even if you win, the restraining order 308 00:17:46,379 --> 00:17:49,423 and battery charge stay in place, so what have you gained? 309 00:17:49,548 --> 00:17:50,466 Time. 310 00:17:50,591 --> 00:17:51,550 (STUTTERING) 311 00:17:51,676 --> 00:17:53,344 To diagnose him? You can't get near him. 312 00:17:53,469 --> 00:17:54,595 I don't want to be near him. 313 00:17:55,554 --> 00:17:58,140 Well, some doctors have the messiah complex. 314 00:17:58,265 --> 00:17:59,725 They need to save the world. 315 00:17:59,850 --> 00:18:01,936 You've got the Rubik's complex. 316 00:18:02,061 --> 00:18:03,229 You need to solve the puzzle. 317 00:18:03,354 --> 00:18:07,233 Are you done, or do you have more references to 1980s fads? 318 00:18:07,358 --> 00:18:08,359 I'm trying to listen to this. 319 00:18:09,777 --> 00:18:11,821 LAWYER: That DNR may not be valid. 320 00:18:11,946 --> 00:18:13,823 The patient was suffering from depression, 321 00:18:13,948 --> 00:18:15,741 brought on by a thyroid imbalance. 322 00:18:15,866 --> 00:18:22,415 The DNR order was witnessed by Dr. House's own staff, Dr. Foreman. 323 00:18:22,540 --> 00:18:24,333 My staff are idiots. 324 00:18:24,458 --> 00:18:26,043 I'm sure you know what it's like, Your Honor. 325 00:18:26,168 --> 00:18:27,628 Sit down. 326 00:18:31,465 --> 00:18:35,010 LAWYER: The validity of the DNR is a question of fact. 327 00:18:35,136 --> 00:18:36,929 Dr. House should have the opportunity 328 00:18:37,054 --> 00:18:39,014 to make his argument at a full trial. 329 00:18:39,140 --> 00:18:41,016 And this poor guy has got to stay 330 00:18:41,142 --> 00:18:43,853 on life support until we can schedule a trial. 331 00:18:43,978 --> 00:18:44,979 Your Honor. 332 00:18:45,104 --> 00:18:46,063 Dr. House, 333 00:18:46,188 --> 00:18:50,317 I will hold you in contempt if you don't sit down. 334 00:18:50,443 --> 00:18:51,610 I have a medical issue. 335 00:18:51,736 --> 00:18:53,028 If it pertains to this case, your attorney... 336 00:18:53,154 --> 00:18:54,613 It doesn't. 337 00:18:56,157 --> 00:18:58,951 Do you have any history of heart disease in your family? 338 00:18:59,076 --> 00:19:00,077 Your Honor! 339 00:19:00,202 --> 00:19:01,162 Your fingers. 340 00:19:01,287 --> 00:19:05,040 They show signs of clubbing, which indicates a heart problem. 341 00:19:05,166 --> 00:19:07,001 Remember Bart Giamatti? 342 00:19:07,126 --> 00:19:09,003 Same thing, just dropped dead one day. 343 00:19:09,128 --> 00:19:10,796 Please see your doctor. 344 00:19:10,921 --> 00:19:12,965 He's admitted this isn't relevant. 345 00:19:13,090 --> 00:19:15,676 Can we get back to the motion? 346 00:19:15,801 --> 00:19:17,636 Of course. I'm sorry. 347 00:19:17,762 --> 00:19:19,555 LAWYER 2: Your Honor, 348 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,309 a person's right to control the treatment of their own body 349 00:19:23,434 --> 00:19:26,187 is fundamental to understanding this case. 350 00:19:26,312 --> 00:19:30,149 A long line of cases, both federal and state, stand to... 351 00:19:30,816 --> 00:19:33,986 Congratulations. Impressive legal argument. 352 00:19:34,111 --> 00:19:35,362 I watched Matlock last night. 353 00:19:35,488 --> 00:19:36,697 Say no more. 354 00:19:36,822 --> 00:19:38,657 I didn't notice any clubbing on the judge's fingers. 355 00:19:38,783 --> 00:19:40,201 Neither did I. 356 00:19:40,326 --> 00:19:42,203 So the family history thing... 357 00:19:42,328 --> 00:19:44,914 Every family has some history of heart disease. 358 00:19:45,039 --> 00:19:46,707 And mental illness. 359 00:19:50,169 --> 00:19:52,379 Biopsy only shows inflammation. 360 00:19:53,172 --> 00:19:54,757 Start him on Cytoxan. 361 00:19:54,882 --> 00:19:57,092 You're diagnosing Wegener's based on a little inflammation? 362 00:19:57,468 --> 00:20:00,221 Well, unfortunately, I think we've exhausted all the tests we can do 363 00:20:00,346 --> 00:20:03,224 in our capacity as the doctors that he doesn't want doing tests on him. 364 00:20:03,349 --> 00:20:04,183 But you don't... 365 00:20:04,308 --> 00:20:05,226 We'll know I'm right if he starts walking. 366 00:20:05,351 --> 00:20:07,728 We can't do any more tests, but you want me to treat him? 367 00:20:07,853 --> 00:20:09,271 Medicine's in the pharmacy. 368 00:20:09,396 --> 00:20:11,148 Patient's immobilized in the ICU. 369 00:20:11,273 --> 00:20:13,901 Sounds like a simple geography problem. 370 00:20:14,985 --> 00:20:16,153 Are you asking us to jeopardize 371 00:20:16,278 --> 00:20:18,197 our medical licenses for this treatment? 372 00:20:44,306 --> 00:20:46,016 Can I help you? 373 00:20:47,226 --> 00:20:48,644 I'm Dr. House. 374 00:20:48,769 --> 00:20:51,230 Greg, right? I'm Marty Hamilton, John Henry's doctor. 375 00:20:54,275 --> 00:20:55,901 We should talk. 376 00:20:59,572 --> 00:21:01,991 Appreciate any list of medications, anything like that. 377 00:21:02,116 --> 00:21:04,118 I've started him on Cytoxan. 378 00:21:05,202 --> 00:21:07,121 For Wegener's, right? 379 00:21:07,246 --> 00:21:08,455 Look, Greg. 380 00:21:09,290 --> 00:21:11,417 I checked you out, you know? 381 00:21:11,542 --> 00:21:13,127 I know you're a good doctor, 382 00:21:13,252 --> 00:21:15,379 and you have to appreciate that I'm a good doctor, too. 383 00:21:15,504 --> 00:21:16,630 Why? 384 00:21:16,755 --> 00:21:18,924 Wegener's is one of the first things I looked for. 385 00:21:19,049 --> 00:21:21,385 The biopsy and the blood test were negative, just like yours. 386 00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:23,929 There's an error rate, Marty. 387 00:21:24,054 --> 00:21:26,307 And there's a time to let go. 388 00:21:26,765 --> 00:21:28,309 Look, I'm gonna take him off the ventilator, 389 00:21:28,434 --> 00:21:30,144 and John Henry's going to die. 390 00:21:30,269 --> 00:21:31,520 He's accepted that. 391 00:21:31,645 --> 00:21:32,771 FOREMAN: Dr. Hamilton. 392 00:21:33,731 --> 00:21:34,982 - Hey- - Hey- 393 00:21:35,107 --> 00:21:37,151 ' He)!' hOW you doing? - How you doing? 394 00:21:37,276 --> 00:21:38,777 Listen, Dr. Hamilton, I'm sorry. 395 00:21:38,903 --> 00:21:40,112 I should have never put your patient on Mg. 396 00:21:40,237 --> 00:21:41,488 HAMILTON: It's not your fault, Eric. 397 00:21:41,614 --> 00:21:44,283 No, it's mine, Eric. 398 00:21:44,408 --> 00:21:45,910 That's not what I said. 399 00:21:46,035 --> 00:21:47,369 Everybody asks about you out in LA. 400 00:21:47,494 --> 00:21:48,996 FOREMAN: How's the old place doing? 401 00:21:49,121 --> 00:21:52,833 Oh, this is wonderful, but before you guys break out the oil, 402 00:21:52,958 --> 00:21:54,251 I should point out that you can't 403 00:21:54,376 --> 00:21:56,211 pull the plug. I have a court order. 404 00:21:57,463 --> 00:21:58,797 You used to, but... 405 00:21:58,923 --> 00:22:01,508 I have the right to face my accuser. Judge said so. 406 00:22:01,634 --> 00:22:03,344 Not if no one's accusing you. 407 00:22:03,469 --> 00:22:05,346 All the charges have been dropped. 408 00:22:12,645 --> 00:22:14,563 He doesn't have to die. 409 00:22:17,858 --> 00:22:19,276 It's not Wegener's. 410 00:22:34,333 --> 00:22:38,003 If it's Wegener's, his lungs won't be able to handle it. 411 00:22:38,128 --> 00:22:40,631 Soon as they pull that plug, he'll die. 412 00:22:40,756 --> 00:22:43,634 That's why they call it "pulling the plug". 413 00:23:04,363 --> 00:23:06,323 I'm gonna miss you. 414 00:23:29,722 --> 00:23:31,765 (GASPING) 415 00:23:34,309 --> 00:23:35,352 (EXHALES) 416 00:23:43,944 --> 00:23:46,989 - He's still breathing. - His O2 sats are holding. 417 00:23:52,327 --> 00:23:55,289 - He's holding his own. - He's still breathing. 418 00:23:56,582 --> 00:23:58,000 It's not Wegener's. 419 00:24:06,008 --> 00:24:07,301 Wrong again. 420 00:24:12,765 --> 00:24:15,559 WILSON: He's stable, but one of his arms is now paralyzed. 421 00:24:15,684 --> 00:24:18,771 The real question is, why is he still alive? 422 00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:21,065 Do you think he's just being stubborn? 423 00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:23,901 He's alive because you were wrong. It's not Wegener's. 424 00:24:24,026 --> 00:24:26,028 Yeah. Seem to be doing that a lot lately. 425 00:24:26,153 --> 00:24:28,113 People keep living because of my mistakes. 426 00:24:28,238 --> 00:24:29,698 Progression of the paralysis pretty much 427 00:24:29,823 --> 00:24:31,450 confirmed Hamilton was right. It's ALS. 428 00:24:31,575 --> 00:24:33,786 Assuming this is a progression of his paralysis. 429 00:24:33,911 --> 00:24:35,162 He can't move his arm. 430 00:24:35,287 --> 00:24:38,248 Yes, his arm is paralyzed. Yes, his legs are paralyzed. 431 00:24:38,373 --> 00:24:41,960 Why is everyone so gung ho to connect those two conditions? 432 00:24:42,086 --> 00:24:44,755 You can think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to stop thinking. 433 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,007 How about this one? He's not our patient. 434 00:24:47,132 --> 00:24:48,675 Nope. Not good enough. 435 00:24:48,801 --> 00:24:51,095 He could've suffered a stroke when he was intubated. 436 00:24:51,678 --> 00:24:53,722 Well, blood clots are common in paralyzed patients. 437 00:24:53,847 --> 00:24:55,057 The inactivity causes... 438 00:24:55,182 --> 00:24:56,308 Not interested in why. 439 00:24:56,433 --> 00:24:59,103 Let's get an MR angiogram, check for an embolic stroke. 440 00:24:59,228 --> 00:25:00,187 He doesn't want you treating him. 441 00:25:00,312 --> 00:25:01,438 They dropped the court order. 442 00:25:01,563 --> 00:25:03,690 Yeah, and that girl dropped the charges against Kobe, 443 00:25:03,816 --> 00:25:06,151 doesn't mean he should call her and see if she's free to get a sundae. 444 00:25:06,276 --> 00:25:09,363 Good point. But I can go within 50 feet of him now. 445 00:25:16,203 --> 00:25:18,080 If you need, have them page me, anytime. 446 00:25:18,205 --> 00:25:19,248 Okay- 447 00:25:19,373 --> 00:25:21,500 (COUGHING) 448 00:25:32,302 --> 00:25:33,971 (DOOR OPENS) 449 00:25:36,348 --> 00:25:38,100 Get out of here. 450 00:25:38,225 --> 00:25:42,896 Sure. That makes sense. You hate me for saving your life. 451 00:25:43,230 --> 00:25:44,606 Well, in fairness to your side, 452 00:25:44,731 --> 00:25:46,024 you were also dying because of me, so... 453 00:25:46,150 --> 00:25:47,734 You knew I didn't want to be saved. 454 00:25:47,860 --> 00:25:49,153 That's what's interesting. 455 00:25:49,278 --> 00:25:52,781 Your thyroid was low, but not enough to cause depression. 456 00:25:53,198 --> 00:25:55,284 So you came here to tell me that even if I can't walk, 457 00:25:55,409 --> 00:25:57,995 I can still hear the birds sing, 458 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,914 enjoy a rainbow, the feeling of sunshine on my face. 459 00:26:02,374 --> 00:26:04,168 Those things are fun. 460 00:26:05,419 --> 00:26:07,254 Okay. Life sucks. 461 00:26:08,172 --> 00:26:10,465 Your life sucks more than most. 462 00:26:10,591 --> 00:26:14,219 It's not as bad as some, which is depressing all by itself, 463 00:26:15,429 --> 00:26:17,055 but do me a favor. 464 00:26:18,182 --> 00:26:21,143 Just let me find out what's wrong with you. 465 00:26:21,518 --> 00:26:24,229 Then if you still want to kill yourself, 466 00:26:26,982 --> 00:26:30,110 I'll give you a hand. That sound fair? 467 00:26:30,235 --> 00:26:31,195 Yeah. Sure. 468 00:26:32,237 --> 00:26:35,199 I'll stick around to indulge your obsession. 469 00:26:35,949 --> 00:26:38,327 It's over. I lost my air. 470 00:26:39,494 --> 00:26:41,205 The session the other night with those kids, 471 00:26:41,330 --> 00:26:43,665 that was a test to see if I could still play. 472 00:26:44,208 --> 00:26:45,334 I can't. 473 00:26:45,751 --> 00:26:48,295 And that's all you are, a musician? 474 00:26:49,213 --> 00:26:55,010 - I got one thing, same as you. - Really? 475 00:26:55,135 --> 00:26:58,013 Well, apparently, you know me better than I know you. 476 00:26:58,138 --> 00:27:02,184 I know that limp. I know the empty ring finger. 477 00:27:02,726 --> 00:27:06,313 And that obsessive nature of yours, that's a big secret. 478 00:27:07,105 --> 00:27:09,274 You don't risk jail and your career 479 00:27:09,399 --> 00:27:11,235 to save somebody who doesn't want to be saved 480 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:15,030 unless you got something, anything, one thing. 481 00:27:15,948 --> 00:27:20,911 The reason normal people got wives and kids and hobbies, whatever, 482 00:27:21,620 --> 00:27:24,164 that's because they ain't got that one thing that, 483 00:27:24,289 --> 00:27:27,251 that hits them that hard and that true. 484 00:27:27,376 --> 00:27:30,003 I got music. You got this. 485 00:27:30,128 --> 00:27:31,838 The thing you think about all the time, 486 00:27:31,964 --> 00:27:34,007 thing that keeps you south of normal. 487 00:27:34,258 --> 00:27:38,053 Yeah. Makes us great. Makes us the best. 488 00:27:38,178 --> 00:27:40,722 All we miss out on is everything else. 489 00:27:41,807 --> 00:27:45,560 Little woman waiting at home after work with the drink and the kiss. 490 00:27:45,686 --> 00:27:50,565 - That ain't gonna happen for us. - That's why God made microwaves. 491 00:27:51,358 --> 00:27:53,068 Yeah. 492 00:27:53,193 --> 00:27:58,073 But when it's over, it's over. 493 00:28:03,078 --> 00:28:03,996 Yeah. 494 00:28:21,805 --> 00:28:23,015 What are you doing? 495 00:28:23,140 --> 00:28:24,933 (MACHINE BEEPING) 496 00:28:25,058 --> 00:28:26,310 It's not over for me. 497 00:28:26,435 --> 00:28:30,314 Either you're gonna call the cops again, or we're doing this. 498 00:28:30,439 --> 00:28:33,942 You want to die, you can do it just as easily inside an MRI machine. 499 00:28:38,822 --> 00:28:39,948 HAMILTON: That's another nice place. 500 00:28:40,073 --> 00:28:41,116 FOREMAN: Exactly. 501 00:28:42,451 --> 00:28:46,038 So when I go back to LA, I'm doing the Dana lectures again this year. 502 00:28:46,163 --> 00:28:48,290 - Wow. - Thank you. 503 00:28:48,415 --> 00:28:49,499 Thanks. That's quite an honor. 504 00:28:49,624 --> 00:28:52,627 - It's all political. - Don't be modest. You've earned it. 505 00:28:53,128 --> 00:28:55,213 I got lucky on a couple studies I was doing. 506 00:28:55,339 --> 00:28:56,965 It all sells tickets. 507 00:28:57,090 --> 00:28:58,467 You remember last year's lectures, don't you? 508 00:28:58,592 --> 00:29:00,469 I remember the cigar bar afterwards. 509 00:29:00,594 --> 00:29:02,846 The only reason to attend the thing, cigars and pool. 510 00:29:03,305 --> 00:29:04,431 (LAUGHING) 511 00:29:06,558 --> 00:29:08,352 You enjoy working with Dr. House? 512 00:29:10,645 --> 00:29:12,064 Not the word I'd use. 513 00:29:12,939 --> 00:29:16,193 We work too hard not to enjoy ourselves, right? 514 00:29:17,736 --> 00:29:20,072 - You seeing anybody? - Kind of, sort of. 515 00:29:20,197 --> 00:29:23,617 - Serious? - I don't know. It could be. 516 00:29:23,742 --> 00:29:25,869 You think she'd enjoy LA? 517 00:29:43,929 --> 00:29:46,139 Hamilton offered me a job. 518 00:29:46,264 --> 00:29:48,392 - You gonna take it? - I haven't decided. 519 00:29:48,517 --> 00:29:50,060 You already have the most prestigious fellowship. 520 00:29:50,185 --> 00:29:51,812 It's a partnership. 521 00:29:51,937 --> 00:29:55,941 Three times the money, car allowance, moving expense, pension plan, 522 00:29:56,066 --> 00:29:58,735 the chance to work for a guy who gives a crap what other people think. 523 00:29:58,860 --> 00:30:01,029 So why didn't you just tell him yes? 524 00:30:01,154 --> 00:30:04,032 - I made a commitment here. - Right. 525 00:30:04,157 --> 00:30:06,159 House would let you out of it in a heartbeat. 526 00:30:06,284 --> 00:30:07,994 Or he wouldn't, just to jerk me around. 527 00:30:08,954 --> 00:30:10,622 Would you guys have taken the job? 528 00:30:10,747 --> 00:30:11,706 Don't need the money. 529 00:30:11,832 --> 00:30:14,292 I'm not like you. I don't hate House. 530 00:30:14,418 --> 00:30:17,254 You guys really don't have a problem with him, with what he did? 531 00:30:17,379 --> 00:30:19,172 He knows we disagree with his choice. 532 00:30:19,297 --> 00:30:21,550 Choice? Chase, it's not apples and oranges. 533 00:30:21,675 --> 00:30:22,843 It's right and wrong. 534 00:30:22,968 --> 00:30:24,428 And he does it like he doesn't care. 535 00:30:24,553 --> 00:30:26,179 He assaults the guy and moves on 536 00:30:26,304 --> 00:30:27,431 to the next differential diagnosis like it's... 537 00:30:27,556 --> 00:30:28,890 What do you want from him? 538 00:30:29,015 --> 00:30:30,392 More hand-wringing, more torment? 539 00:30:30,517 --> 00:30:32,060 You want him to cry himself to sleep at night? 540 00:30:32,185 --> 00:30:35,480 Yeah! Yeah, I want some clue that he knows it's a big deal. 541 00:30:35,605 --> 00:30:37,732 That it scares him, that it matters. 542 00:30:37,858 --> 00:30:38,817 Whoa! 543 00:30:39,192 --> 00:30:40,318 What was that? 544 00:30:42,154 --> 00:30:43,572 It was a stroke. 545 00:30:44,948 --> 00:30:47,325 - Well done, Cameron. - House called it. 546 00:30:47,451 --> 00:30:49,286 The arm and legs are unrelated. 547 00:30:49,953 --> 00:30:52,164 You make enough calls, one of them is bound to be right. 548 00:30:52,289 --> 00:30:55,333 Yeah. He's just a lucky, lucky guy. 549 00:30:55,459 --> 00:31:00,297 Listen, listen. I just think it wouldn't hurt him to learn a little humility. 550 00:31:00,881 --> 00:31:02,716 So what's the verdict? 551 00:31:03,550 --> 00:31:06,678 Embolus. The arm problem was caused by a clot. 552 00:31:06,803 --> 00:31:09,347 There's a good chance we can still bust the clot with tPA. 553 00:31:10,056 --> 00:31:12,726 Do it. See what happens to his arm. 554 00:31:22,569 --> 00:31:25,155 We found a blood clot in your brain. 555 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,366 We'd like to start you on heparin. It's a blood thinner. 556 00:31:28,492 --> 00:31:29,743 What are the side effects? 557 00:31:30,494 --> 00:31:33,246 Well, your lungs are kind of chewed up from the pneumonia. 558 00:31:33,371 --> 00:31:34,873 Good chance there'll be an effusion. 559 00:31:35,165 --> 00:31:37,751 - Bleeding? - Into his lungs. 560 00:31:37,876 --> 00:31:40,378 It's our best chance to give you back the use of your arm. 561 00:31:40,504 --> 00:31:42,172 I don't need my arm without my air. 562 00:31:42,339 --> 00:31:44,132 The damage would likely be minimal. 563 00:31:44,257 --> 00:31:45,634 No. 564 00:31:47,969 --> 00:31:49,387 It's his call. 565 00:31:51,598 --> 00:31:53,892 Or we could do an embolectomy. 566 00:31:54,017 --> 00:31:56,102 Basically, we go in and pull the clot out. 567 00:31:56,728 --> 00:32:00,273 He's saying no to drugs, and you're recommending brain surgery? 568 00:32:00,398 --> 00:32:02,359 Bypasses the risk to the lungs. 569 00:32:02,484 --> 00:32:03,568 It'll either help your arm, or... 570 00:32:03,693 --> 00:32:05,153 It'll kill me. 571 00:32:05,278 --> 00:32:07,948 From your point of view, it's a win-win. 572 00:32:09,658 --> 00:32:10,825 Okay- 573 00:32:11,451 --> 00:32:13,370 We'll set up the procedure for today. 574 00:32:25,173 --> 00:32:27,634 We're in your carotid artery. 575 00:32:27,759 --> 00:32:31,513 This is gonna take us all the way up into your brain. 576 00:32:31,638 --> 00:32:33,265 You all right? 577 00:32:33,932 --> 00:32:35,058 Yes. 578 00:32:42,232 --> 00:32:44,359 CAMERON: The sludge is blocking the blood flow to 579 00:32:44,484 --> 00:32:46,861 the part of the brain that controls your arm. 580 00:32:55,954 --> 00:32:58,707 All done. You still okay? 581 00:33:00,834 --> 00:33:02,002 I think so. 582 00:33:03,128 --> 00:33:04,838 I don't know. I guess... 583 00:33:04,963 --> 00:33:06,548 It's just with Dr. Hamilton here, 584 00:33:06,673 --> 00:33:08,758 I noticed a difference in styles. 585 00:33:09,593 --> 00:33:11,803 His style involves humility? 586 00:33:13,263 --> 00:33:15,348 Another difference in our styles, 587 00:33:15,473 --> 00:33:18,560 I don't care much for apologies. You can go. 588 00:33:18,685 --> 00:33:20,979 I didn't know you were standing there when I said that, okay? 589 00:33:21,104 --> 00:33:22,397 It was completely rude. 590 00:33:22,522 --> 00:33:24,149 Do you mean genuine humility, 591 00:33:24,274 --> 00:33:26,860 you know, all the self-doubt and the self-questioning, 592 00:33:26,985 --> 00:33:30,739 or Hamilton's polite, patronizing, aw-shucks humility? 593 00:33:30,864 --> 00:33:31,906 You're both excellent doctors. 594 00:33:32,032 --> 00:33:32,991 Thank you. 595 00:33:33,116 --> 00:33:34,951 And humility is an important quality, 596 00:33:35,869 --> 00:33:37,245 especially if you're wrong a lot. 597 00:33:37,370 --> 00:33:40,040 You've been wrong every step of the way. 598 00:33:44,544 --> 00:33:49,549 'Course, when you're right, self-doubt doesn't help anybody, does it? 599 00:33:50,592 --> 00:33:54,262 (PAGER BEEPING) 600 00:33:55,972 --> 00:33:57,599 We got to go. 601 00:34:05,190 --> 00:34:06,483 Congratulations, Greg. 602 00:34:08,068 --> 00:34:10,779 Congratulations. Why, Marty? 603 00:34:10,904 --> 00:34:13,156 John woke up. He can use his arm. 604 00:34:14,074 --> 00:34:15,325 Thank you. 605 00:34:15,450 --> 00:34:17,243 Now, look, I know we've had our differences, 606 00:34:17,369 --> 00:34:19,120 but I think when a person does something well, 607 00:34:19,245 --> 00:34:21,289 it ought to be recognized. 608 00:34:21,414 --> 00:34:23,124 The phone works. 609 00:34:23,249 --> 00:34:24,250 Next time you want to make me feel 610 00:34:24,376 --> 00:34:26,044 all warm and fuzzy, leave a message. 611 00:34:26,878 --> 00:34:29,214 Don't get me wrong. I'm overcome with joy. 612 00:34:29,589 --> 00:34:31,091 - Doc. - Yeah. 613 00:34:31,216 --> 00:34:34,177 - What? - You just touched my leg. 614 00:34:35,011 --> 00:34:37,722 What, are you gonna charge me with assault again? 615 00:34:37,847 --> 00:34:38,890 No. 616 00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:41,559 I felt it. 617 00:34:51,653 --> 00:34:54,072 HOUSE: He now has feeling all the way up to the calf. 618 00:34:54,197 --> 00:34:57,033 This is the way medicine evolved. 619 00:34:57,158 --> 00:34:58,827 Patients sometimes get better. 620 00:34:58,952 --> 00:35:02,330 You have no idea why, but unless you give a reason, they won't pay you. 621 00:35:02,455 --> 00:35:04,374 Anybody notice if there's a full moon? 622 00:35:04,499 --> 00:35:06,501 You're saying he just spontaneously got better? 623 00:35:06,626 --> 00:35:09,087 No, I'm saying let's rule out the lunar god and go from there. 624 00:35:09,212 --> 00:35:11,214 Something he's on is working. 625 00:35:11,339 --> 00:35:14,384 The enzyme replacement protocol is working, reversing the ALS. 626 00:35:14,509 --> 00:35:16,845 The timing doesn't seem suspicious to you? 627 00:35:16,970 --> 00:35:18,805 Do you think Dr. House will see it that way, 628 00:35:18,930 --> 00:35:20,724 figure it's his medication doing the job? 629 00:35:20,849 --> 00:35:22,267 I'm sure he will. 630 00:35:22,392 --> 00:35:23,518 HOUSE: It's one of ours. 631 00:35:23,643 --> 00:35:25,645 How do we figure out which drug is doing the trick? 632 00:35:25,770 --> 00:35:27,897 Easy. We just stop all of them. 633 00:35:28,022 --> 00:35:29,107 One of those drugs is helping him. 634 00:35:29,232 --> 00:35:32,110 And the rest, steroids, antibiotics, 635 00:35:32,235 --> 00:35:33,778 anti-inflammatories, they're toxic. 636 00:35:33,903 --> 00:35:34,863 If we leave him on all of them... 637 00:35:34,988 --> 00:35:35,947 He'll walk again. 638 00:35:36,072 --> 00:35:37,073 Yeah, to his own funeral. 639 00:35:37,198 --> 00:35:38,700 But if we stop everything, he'll get worse. 640 00:35:38,825 --> 00:35:41,244 True. Then we'll add our medications back one at a time. 641 00:35:41,369 --> 00:35:43,079 When he gets better, then we'll have our answer. 642 00:35:43,204 --> 00:35:46,958 - And if he doesn't get better? - Then we're in trouble. 643 00:35:47,083 --> 00:35:51,921 Not as much as he is, but I suppose that was your point. 644 00:35:54,174 --> 00:35:56,134 I assume you want me to convince Hamilton 645 00:35:56,259 --> 00:35:57,302 to stop his treatments, too. 646 00:35:57,427 --> 00:35:58,636 Don't care. 647 00:35:58,762 --> 00:36:01,431 FOREMAN: You know at least five of the medications are part of his protocol. 648 00:36:01,556 --> 00:36:04,225 If his stuff was helping, the guy would be playing tennis months ago. 649 00:36:04,559 --> 00:36:06,811 It's our round of treatment that's helping. 650 00:36:06,936 --> 00:36:09,230 Right. So that's what you'll stop. 651 00:36:10,106 --> 00:36:12,484 It shouldn't be more than 15 to 20 minutes. 652 00:36:12,609 --> 00:36:13,902 So your philosophy is, 653 00:36:14,027 --> 00:36:16,196 if they don't want treatment, they get it shoved down their throat, 654 00:36:16,321 --> 00:36:19,324 but if it might cure their paralysis, whoa, better slow down. 655 00:36:19,449 --> 00:36:20,575 Yeah. 656 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:23,953 HOUSE: My old philosophy used to be live and let live, 657 00:36:24,078 --> 00:36:26,039 but I'm taking this needlepoint class, 658 00:36:26,164 --> 00:36:28,249 and they gave us these really big pillows. 659 00:36:28,374 --> 00:36:30,126 What's your philosophy on employee relations? 660 00:36:30,251 --> 00:36:32,170 That's a very tiny pillow. 661 00:36:32,295 --> 00:36:34,047 Great. It sounds like you know what you're doing. 662 00:36:34,172 --> 00:36:35,215 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 663 00:36:35,673 --> 00:36:37,842 Greg, can I have a word? 664 00:36:37,967 --> 00:36:40,804 Can it wait for the commercial, Marty? 665 00:36:40,929 --> 00:36:42,972 Say hi to my friend Jimmy. 666 00:36:44,140 --> 00:36:45,266 Pleasure. 667 00:36:46,309 --> 00:36:48,228 Your diagnostic trial. 668 00:36:48,353 --> 00:36:50,605 Seriously, commercial's in about five minutes. 669 00:36:50,730 --> 00:36:51,815 That's a dangerous game. 670 00:36:51,940 --> 00:36:53,483 Only if we're watching in the bathtub. 671 00:36:54,234 --> 00:36:57,320 I need to know exactly what medications you were giving John Henry. 672 00:36:57,445 --> 00:36:58,571 Forget it. 673 00:36:58,696 --> 00:37:00,949 And if Foreman tells you what John Henry used to be on... 674 00:37:01,074 --> 00:37:03,827 - You're gonna fire him? - Nope. 675 00:37:03,952 --> 00:37:06,287 I'll make him live out every day of his two-year contract. 676 00:37:06,412 --> 00:37:08,039 - Foreman asked to leave? - Not yet. 677 00:37:08,164 --> 00:37:11,793 - But how do you know I made him... - You're a polite twit, not an idiot. 678 00:37:12,710 --> 00:37:16,422 I need to know what medications you've taken him off of. 679 00:37:18,842 --> 00:37:21,261 Wait a second. You're not an idiot. 680 00:37:24,889 --> 00:37:29,060 You need to know what medications I've stopped because... 681 00:37:32,063 --> 00:37:33,773 He's getting worse. 682 00:37:38,862 --> 00:37:41,656 Right now you still work for me. Come on. 683 00:37:43,741 --> 00:37:45,618 No feeling, no wiggling. 684 00:37:45,743 --> 00:37:47,829 Bad news is John Henry's back where he started. 685 00:37:47,954 --> 00:37:49,706 Good news is Hamilton looks bad. 686 00:37:49,831 --> 00:37:50,874 Yeah, it's not whether you win or lose. 687 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,375 It's whether the other guy loses. 688 00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:53,877 What was the first thing we put him on? 689 00:37:54,002 --> 00:37:55,044 Steroids, for the pneumonia. 690 00:37:55,169 --> 00:37:57,964 Well, put him back on them. Give him 24 hours. See what happens. 691 00:37:58,089 --> 00:37:59,507 His lungs aren't great. 692 00:37:59,632 --> 00:38:01,092 They might cause another respiratory collapse. 693 00:38:01,217 --> 00:38:02,051 I sure hope not. 694 00:38:02,176 --> 00:38:04,304 I didn't much like that lawyer. And get an MRI. 695 00:38:04,429 --> 00:38:05,513 He already got one and an MRA. 696 00:38:05,638 --> 00:38:08,099 Well, obviously something is different now. Do it again. 697 00:38:08,224 --> 00:38:09,267 Chase, take care of the scan. 698 00:38:09,392 --> 00:38:11,227 Cameron, put him on the steroids. 699 00:38:14,272 --> 00:38:16,566 We should probably talk, huh? 700 00:38:21,946 --> 00:38:23,031 CHASE: Thin cuts. 701 00:38:23,156 --> 00:38:24,115 What levels? 702 00:38:24,657 --> 00:38:27,952 T-9 through the cauda equina, same as the last time. 703 00:38:29,037 --> 00:38:31,956 You really think House would let Foreman out of his contract? 704 00:38:32,081 --> 00:38:35,209 He has to. If he doesn't, he's telling Foreman he needs him. 705 00:38:35,335 --> 00:38:37,295 House can't handle that. 706 00:38:42,884 --> 00:38:44,010 Oh, my God. 707 00:38:49,807 --> 00:38:51,434 I checked him out. 708 00:38:52,936 --> 00:38:54,687 He's a great doctor. 709 00:38:55,939 --> 00:38:57,440 You think he's better than I am? 710 00:38:58,524 --> 00:39:02,612 - This about your ego? - Answer the question. 711 00:39:04,030 --> 00:39:06,532 It's not gonna change how I think about myself. 712 00:39:06,658 --> 00:39:08,368 Might affect my opinion of you, 713 00:39:08,493 --> 00:39:11,245 but that shouldn't affect your opinion of yourself. 714 00:39:12,121 --> 00:39:13,498 Now I'm getting confused. 715 00:39:13,706 --> 00:39:15,416 If you think he's a better doctor than I am, 716 00:39:15,541 --> 00:39:17,001 then you should take the job. 717 00:39:17,126 --> 00:39:18,836 Otherwise, you should get him to buy you 718 00:39:18,962 --> 00:39:20,964 two or three more nostalgic lunches 719 00:39:21,089 --> 00:39:22,674 and then politely decline. 720 00:39:22,799 --> 00:39:26,094 It's that simple? I should just ignore the mockery and abuse? 721 00:39:26,219 --> 00:39:29,180 - Oh, how do I abuse you? - How do you not? 722 00:39:29,305 --> 00:39:30,139 If I make a mistake... 723 00:39:30,264 --> 00:39:31,933 I hold you accountable. So what? 724 00:39:32,058 --> 00:39:34,978 Dr. Hamilton forgives. He's capable of moving on. 725 00:39:35,103 --> 00:39:36,604 That is not what he does. 726 00:39:36,729 --> 00:39:38,189 I screwed up his case. He told me... 727 00:39:38,314 --> 00:39:39,857 He never said you were forgiven. 728 00:39:39,983 --> 00:39:41,818 I was there. He said it wasn't your fault. 729 00:39:41,943 --> 00:39:43,945 - So? - So, it was. 730 00:39:44,904 --> 00:39:46,948 You took a chance. You did something great. 731 00:39:47,073 --> 00:39:49,200 You were wrong, but it was still great. 732 00:39:49,325 --> 00:39:50,368 You should feel great that it was great. 733 00:39:50,493 --> 00:39:52,912 You should feel like crap that it was wrong. 734 00:39:53,037 --> 00:39:54,414 That's the difference between him and me. 735 00:39:54,789 --> 00:39:57,041 He thinks you do your job, and what will be, will be. 736 00:39:57,166 --> 00:40:00,253 I think that what I do and what you do matters. 737 00:40:01,587 --> 00:40:04,298 He sleeps better at night. He shouldn't. 738 00:40:04,424 --> 00:40:05,383 (DOOR OPENS) 739 00:40:07,385 --> 00:40:11,389 - Arteriovenous malformation. - lntradural. Compressing his spine. 740 00:40:13,099 --> 00:40:15,018 Causing his paralysis. 741 00:40:15,143 --> 00:40:15,977 (SCOFFS) 742 00:40:16,102 --> 00:40:18,021 How could Hamilton have missed an AVM? 743 00:40:18,146 --> 00:40:21,691 Well, we missed it, too, 'cause it wasn't there before. 744 00:40:22,525 --> 00:40:24,277 Are you saying it just grew overnight? 745 00:40:24,402 --> 00:40:26,029 No. 746 00:40:26,154 --> 00:40:29,949 It was on the spine. It wasn't on the MRI. 747 00:40:30,491 --> 00:40:32,243 Same anatomic location. 748 00:40:33,119 --> 00:40:34,120 It's not there. 749 00:40:34,912 --> 00:40:37,248 - Well, what is there? - Nothing. 750 00:40:37,915 --> 00:40:40,668 Or something that looks like nothing. 751 00:40:42,420 --> 00:40:45,715 - Background noise, static? - Scar tissue? Inflammation? 752 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:49,469 If it's inflammation, the steroids would've shrunk it down. 753 00:40:49,927 --> 00:40:52,138 Revealing the AVM, 754 00:40:52,263 --> 00:40:54,474 which has always been there, hiding behind its own swelling. 755 00:40:54,599 --> 00:40:56,309 We remove that, he'll walk again. 756 00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:47,110 Dr. House. 757 00:41:49,570 --> 00:41:52,281 Cora's meeting me outside with the limo. 758 00:41:52,698 --> 00:41:54,492 I'm being discharged. 759 00:41:55,368 --> 00:41:58,329 50 bucks says I can beat you to the curb. 760 00:41:59,580 --> 00:42:01,666 Thanks for sticking with the case. 761 00:42:01,791 --> 00:42:03,835 I can't do anything else. 762 00:42:05,837 --> 00:42:08,131 You're much more easily amused when you can walk. 763 00:42:08,256 --> 00:42:09,507 How bizarre. 764 00:42:10,299 --> 00:42:12,510 I'm guessing that you weren't exactly Mr. Sunshine 765 00:42:12,635 --> 00:42:15,263 even before your leg got messed up. 766 00:42:17,140 --> 00:42:19,350 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 767 00:42:19,475 --> 00:42:20,560 I want you to have this. 768 00:42:31,279 --> 00:42:32,321 Wow. 769 00:42:32,446 --> 00:42:33,489 You can sell it if you want to. 770 00:42:33,614 --> 00:42:35,575 Just promise me you won't play it. 771 00:42:40,830 --> 00:42:43,124 How many of those pills you taking? 772 00:42:44,876 --> 00:42:46,169 I'm in pain. 773 00:42:48,296 --> 00:42:49,422 Yes. 774 00:42:51,799 --> 00:42:52,758 Aren't we all? 775 00:42:55,386 --> 00:42:56,929 So, where do you buy these things? 776 00:42:57,054 --> 00:42:58,306 Do they have cane stores? 777 00:42:58,431 --> 00:43:02,393 Oh, don't worry about it. You'll be jogging before you need a second one. 778 00:43:02,518 --> 00:43:04,395 See you tomorrow, Eric.