1 00:00:01,815 --> 00:00:05,277 ANNOUNCER ON TV: ...working on King here, top of the key, 2 00:00:05,402 --> 00:00:08,280 dribbling around him, coming around the corner there. He's up! 3 00:00:08,864 --> 00:00:10,866 Two points! Beautiful play. 4 00:00:10,991 --> 00:00:12,618 ANNOUNCER 2: Now, that's a great play. 5 00:00:12,743 --> 00:00:16,997 If you testify, no one can protect you, especially the Feds. 6 00:00:17,122 --> 00:00:18,540 We'll keep you safe, Joey. 7 00:00:18,665 --> 00:00:19,791 Right. In Witness Protection. 8 00:00:19,916 --> 00:00:21,668 This great new life he's giving you? 9 00:00:21,877 --> 00:00:24,630 You're sacking groceries at some goat-town Stop and Shop, 10 00:00:24,755 --> 00:00:27,466 when one of Vitale's guys comes and puts two in the back of your skull. 11 00:00:27,591 --> 00:00:29,801 Counselor, are you advising a witness 12 00:00:29,926 --> 00:00:31,720 to withhold evidence from a federal grand jury? 13 00:00:31,845 --> 00:00:33,639 He came forward. He volunteered. 14 00:00:33,764 --> 00:00:37,476 I'm advising him not to testify until I'm satisfied you can protect him. 15 00:00:37,601 --> 00:00:40,228 You guys mind? I got money on this. 16 00:00:40,354 --> 00:00:42,773 What do you want? We gave you everything you asked for. 17 00:00:43,106 --> 00:00:44,107 I asked for pasta. 18 00:00:44,232 --> 00:00:46,109 You got steak. Enjoy it. 19 00:00:49,029 --> 00:00:50,947 - What are you doing? - What? 20 00:00:53,116 --> 00:00:54,576 Where's your quit candy? I just gave you a pack. 21 00:00:54,701 --> 00:00:56,662 Yeah, sorry. I forgot. 22 00:00:58,580 --> 00:01:01,166 Joey, whatever they give us, what they tell you, 23 00:01:01,291 --> 00:01:03,460 you get popped, what am I gonna do, sue them? 24 00:01:04,586 --> 00:01:07,673 That's not what this is about. 25 00:01:07,798 --> 00:01:09,800 You're gonna miss me. 26 00:01:09,925 --> 00:01:10,926 I'm your lawyer, Joey. 27 00:01:11,093 --> 00:01:12,177 You're my brother. 28 00:01:13,345 --> 00:01:17,224 And I do this, you know, I go into Witness Protection, 29 00:01:17,349 --> 00:01:18,975 we're never gonna see each other again. 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,187 That doesn't bother you? 31 00:01:22,312 --> 00:01:23,397 It kills me. 32 00:01:27,401 --> 00:01:31,154 ANNOUNCER ON TV: There he goes. Nice pick. He did a good job. 33 00:01:31,321 --> 00:01:32,572 And Michael David... 34 00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:35,242 I gotta take a leak. 35 00:01:37,869 --> 00:01:38,995 (GROANS) 36 00:01:39,121 --> 00:01:40,747 You all right? 37 00:01:43,375 --> 00:01:47,379 Yeah, yeah. Just a little dizzy. 38 00:01:47,504 --> 00:01:48,338 BILL: Get some air. 39 00:01:48,463 --> 00:01:49,297 Hot. 40 00:01:52,384 --> 00:01:54,094 - Joey. - What'd you say to him? 41 00:01:54,219 --> 00:01:55,053 Something's wrong. 42 00:01:55,178 --> 00:01:56,138 Yeah, nice try. 43 00:01:56,263 --> 00:01:57,931 Come on! Let go of me! 44 00:01:58,140 --> 00:02:00,016 Let go of me! Can't you see he's sick? 45 00:02:00,142 --> 00:02:01,685 MARSHAL: Joey! Joey! BILL: Let me go! 46 00:02:01,810 --> 00:02:03,186 Something's wrong with him! 47 00:02:03,395 --> 00:02:05,313 Come on, you're not getting out of this that easy. 48 00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:07,607 Either you're dead or you're testifying. 49 00:02:43,727 --> 00:02:44,561 Don't have it. 50 00:02:44,978 --> 00:02:46,271 ' Budget? - NOpe_ 51 00:02:47,105 --> 00:02:50,066 Revenue statement. List of expenses. 52 00:02:50,192 --> 00:02:51,735 House has been very busy. 53 00:02:52,194 --> 00:02:54,196 Saving New Jersey from leprosy. Yes, I know. 54 00:02:54,321 --> 00:02:57,449 Getting me his numbers, that's your job. 55 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,284 We're in a meeting. 56 00:02:59,409 --> 00:03:00,660 I need the lawyer. 57 00:03:00,786 --> 00:03:02,037 Who'd you kill? 58 00:03:02,162 --> 00:03:03,955 Nobody. But it's not even lunch. 59 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,125 I got served with a federal court order. Some witness went into a coma. 60 00:03:07,250 --> 00:03:09,169 They want me to take a look at him. 61 00:03:09,336 --> 00:03:10,420 What? 62 00:03:11,755 --> 00:03:14,716 They want you to examine a sick person? 63 00:03:15,008 --> 00:03:17,260 This is a public relations nightmare. 64 00:03:17,385 --> 00:03:20,096 Folk think our staff do that kind of thing around here, 65 00:03:20,222 --> 00:03:21,723 this place will be crawling with sick people. 66 00:03:22,265 --> 00:03:25,101 I'm a doctor. I'm not a lapdog for the Feds. I don't play fetch. 67 00:03:25,352 --> 00:03:29,272 Nobody tells you what to do. Am I right, Dr. Cuddy? 68 00:03:29,397 --> 00:03:30,440 You have three choices. 69 00:03:30,690 --> 00:03:31,942 Hire a lawyer to fight the order, 70 00:03:32,067 --> 00:03:36,112 treat the guy or go to jail for contempt. Up to you. 71 00:03:36,238 --> 00:03:40,575 Jail. You'd like that. No more naughty schoolgirl. 72 00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:43,620 Conjugal visit, that's her new fantasy. 73 00:03:49,125 --> 00:03:50,126 (SIGHS) 74 00:03:50,252 --> 00:03:51,795 We're not leaving until he's gone, 75 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,673 or you show me one good reason for keeping him. 76 00:03:56,174 --> 00:03:58,218 (HEART MONITOR BEEPING) 77 00:04:12,858 --> 00:04:14,818 (VIDEO GAME BLEEPING) 78 00:04:19,698 --> 00:04:22,701 He's really out of it, huh? 79 00:04:23,201 --> 00:04:25,120 Causes of coma, metabolic, structural... 80 00:04:25,245 --> 00:04:26,913 He had his stomach pumped. 81 00:04:27,038 --> 00:04:28,039 Why would they do that? 82 00:04:28,164 --> 00:04:29,124 Rule out poisoning. 83 00:04:29,249 --> 00:04:30,876 Not the typical first guess. 84 00:04:31,001 --> 00:04:32,878 Nope, first guess was faking it. 85 00:04:33,003 --> 00:04:36,131 Patient's a federal witness, reluctant, I'm assuming. 86 00:04:36,256 --> 00:04:38,174 He's also an eight on the Glasgow Coma Scale. 87 00:04:38,383 --> 00:04:39,217 (WHISTLES) 88 00:04:39,342 --> 00:04:40,760 He's barely alive. Pretty tough to fake. 89 00:04:41,011 --> 00:04:43,763 Any recent history of head trauma? Bad car accident? Fall? 90 00:04:43,889 --> 00:04:46,057 They tell me no, but do an MRI to be sure. 91 00:04:46,182 --> 00:04:48,226 CHASE: Metabolic causes, liver, kidney, diabetes... 92 00:04:48,351 --> 00:04:50,854 Check for everything. Feds are paying. 93 00:04:50,979 --> 00:04:52,981 We're gonna turn a profit on this one, boys. 94 00:04:53,106 --> 00:04:57,861 Dr. House, Bill Arnello. I'm a lawyer. I represent Mr. Smith. 95 00:04:57,986 --> 00:04:59,237 What's wrong with him? 96 00:05:00,238 --> 00:05:01,865 Do I come to you with my problems? 97 00:05:01,990 --> 00:05:04,200 He's also my brother. 98 00:05:04,326 --> 00:05:07,203 What? You changed your name? 99 00:05:07,329 --> 00:05:08,872 Smith wasn't good enough for you? 100 00:05:08,997 --> 00:05:11,124 His name's Joey. He's my only brother. 101 00:05:11,249 --> 00:05:12,751 He's important to you. Got it. 102 00:05:12,876 --> 00:05:16,254 So, no placebos for him. We'll use the real medicine. 103 00:05:16,379 --> 00:05:19,299 Well, this was fun. Let's do it again soon. 104 00:05:23,553 --> 00:05:25,388 Brother in the Mafia? 105 00:05:28,224 --> 00:05:31,186 So, just Joey? 106 00:05:31,311 --> 00:05:33,104 I was hoping for a nickname. 107 00:05:33,229 --> 00:05:36,608 Joey Mango. Joey the Wrench. 108 00:05:38,610 --> 00:05:40,153 (ELEVATOR ALARM RINGS) 109 00:05:42,238 --> 00:05:43,490 People know where I am. 110 00:05:43,615 --> 00:05:45,367 I want you to do your job. 111 00:05:45,492 --> 00:05:48,078 Diagnose him, fix him and keep him here. 112 00:05:49,704 --> 00:05:51,373 We're a bit of a specialized hospital. 113 00:05:51,498 --> 00:05:54,876 We generally only deal with patients while they're actually sick. 114 00:05:55,001 --> 00:05:56,753 If you release my brother to the government, 115 00:05:56,878 --> 00:06:00,423 and he does what they want, even if you fix him, he's dead. 116 00:06:00,548 --> 00:06:03,343 I need time to convince him of that. 117 00:06:06,346 --> 00:06:08,181 (ELEVATOR ALARM RINGS) 118 00:06:11,476 --> 00:06:14,187 Good news is, if you screw up, 119 00:06:14,312 --> 00:06:17,440 you don't have to worry about a malpractice suit. 120 00:06:18,191 --> 00:06:21,069 Instead, one by one, 121 00:06:21,194 --> 00:06:24,823 I'll take away the things you love till there's nothing left. 122 00:06:25,532 --> 00:06:27,283 (ELEVATOR DINGS) 123 00:06:29,703 --> 00:06:33,331 So, on the Mafia thing, that's a yes. 124 00:06:43,925 --> 00:06:45,802 CAMERON: Did House seem weird to you? 125 00:06:45,927 --> 00:06:48,930 Were you expecting him to be weird? 126 00:06:49,055 --> 00:06:52,267 We spoke about how we felt. 127 00:06:53,935 --> 00:06:55,645 You told him you liked him? 128 00:06:55,812 --> 00:06:56,813 No, of course not. 129 00:06:56,938 --> 00:06:58,606 What are you talking about, then? 130 00:06:58,732 --> 00:07:00,942 I asked him if he liked me. 131 00:07:01,067 --> 00:07:02,485 And why would you do that? 132 00:07:02,610 --> 00:07:03,737 Because... 133 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:06,322 (SIGHS) 134 00:07:06,531 --> 00:07:07,991 I like him. 135 00:07:08,366 --> 00:07:10,285 You like him, like him? 136 00:07:10,410 --> 00:07:12,537 Doesn't matter. He doesn't like me. 137 00:07:12,954 --> 00:07:15,373 Hey, he doesn't like anybody. 138 00:07:18,126 --> 00:07:19,627 And nobody likes him. 139 00:07:21,171 --> 00:07:23,882 MRI showed a subdural hematoma. 140 00:07:24,007 --> 00:07:25,884 Bleeding around his brain caused pressure inside his head, 141 00:07:26,009 --> 00:07:28,053 which caused the coma. 142 00:07:28,178 --> 00:07:32,348 These look like pseudomembranes. Those take time to form. 143 00:07:32,474 --> 00:07:34,559 If it's an old injury, it wouldn't cause the coma. 144 00:07:34,851 --> 00:07:38,563 Patient history indicates he was hit with a tire iron in 1996. 145 00:07:38,688 --> 00:07:41,066 Brother says he was changing a tire and it slipped. 146 00:07:41,232 --> 00:07:44,569 An old hematoma placed where this one is could have caused his coma. 147 00:07:44,694 --> 00:07:45,528 What about his liver? 148 00:07:45,653 --> 00:07:47,238 LFTs are slightly elevated. 149 00:07:47,363 --> 00:07:48,531 Key word is "slightly", 150 00:07:48,656 --> 00:07:51,367 as in not high enough to cause the coma. It's the subdural. 151 00:07:51,493 --> 00:07:54,204 I say we evacuate the cavity, see if he wakes up. 152 00:07:54,329 --> 00:07:56,956 The neurologist thinks it's his brain and wants to open up his head? 153 00:07:57,082 --> 00:07:58,750 Frankly, I'm shocked. 154 00:07:58,875 --> 00:08:01,920 And you get to use the big boy drill in Daddy's big red toolbox. 155 00:08:02,045 --> 00:08:03,546 JOEY: No drilling. 156 00:08:07,842 --> 00:08:08,843 Hi. 157 00:08:08,968 --> 00:08:10,220 FOREMAN: Mr. Smith. 158 00:08:11,012 --> 00:08:14,099 Call me Joe. Can you not do that? 159 00:08:18,019 --> 00:08:20,605 So, we're clear about the no drilling? 160 00:08:23,233 --> 00:08:25,026 CHASE: He's okay now. He can leave. 161 00:08:25,151 --> 00:08:26,194 I'm not releasing him. 162 00:08:26,319 --> 00:08:28,113 'Cause the brother doesn't want you to? 163 00:08:28,238 --> 00:08:31,825 Or because he had an unexplained coma. Which sounds better? 164 00:08:31,950 --> 00:08:33,159 The hematoma caused the coma. 165 00:08:33,284 --> 00:08:35,370 That's a catchy diagnosis. You could dance to that. 166 00:08:35,745 --> 00:08:38,081 FOREMAN: I think Chase is right. 167 00:08:41,042 --> 00:08:45,171 Well, it still should be evacuated, but it's not an immediate threat. 168 00:08:49,634 --> 00:08:51,469 Cameron's my girl. 169 00:08:51,886 --> 00:08:53,388 I'd release him. 170 00:08:55,140 --> 00:08:56,266 Are you disagreeing with me because... 171 00:08:56,391 --> 00:08:59,394 I'm disagreeing because that's my medical opinion. 172 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:01,312 Of course it is. 173 00:09:01,437 --> 00:09:04,941 But unless I've been named as the fourth part of the axis of evil, 174 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:08,778 invaded and occupied, this is still not a democracy. He's staying. 175 00:09:08,903 --> 00:09:12,115 Send for hepatitis serologies and an autoimmune panel. 176 00:09:15,076 --> 00:09:17,203 (BABY CRYING) 177 00:09:23,793 --> 00:09:27,046 Hey, I'm with you. Old enough to drink, 178 00:09:27,172 --> 00:09:29,674 old enough to do something really stupid and make yourself a baby. 179 00:09:29,799 --> 00:09:33,136 He's my brother. I'm watching him while our parents are in Barbados. 180 00:09:33,261 --> 00:09:36,097 He's having trouble breathing, and there's a lot of wheezing. 181 00:09:36,556 --> 00:09:39,893 Whistling, technically. Upper airways. Nose. 182 00:09:40,018 --> 00:09:42,937 If he's got the croup, that could become meningitis, right? 183 00:09:43,062 --> 00:09:45,023 - Absolutely. - I was just studying, 184 00:09:45,148 --> 00:09:48,651 and all of a sudden I hear him crying and sounding all weird. 185 00:09:48,776 --> 00:09:50,945 My parents are gonna kill me. 186 00:09:51,154 --> 00:09:52,322 I doubt it. 187 00:09:52,447 --> 00:09:53,823 You don't know them. 188 00:09:53,948 --> 00:09:57,619 No, I doubt you were studying while your parents were away. 189 00:10:00,747 --> 00:10:02,207 Hello, Officer. 190 00:10:04,751 --> 00:10:08,671 You might wanna rinse this off before you let him play with it again. 191 00:10:08,796 --> 00:10:10,423 (PAGER BEEPING) 192 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,192 What happened? Where is he? 193 00:10:29,984 --> 00:10:32,028 Vogler called Admitting. Admitting called Justice. 194 00:10:32,153 --> 00:10:34,572 Justice came and took him away. 195 00:10:34,697 --> 00:10:36,574 And who called Vogler? 196 00:10:45,166 --> 00:10:46,709 He loses money. 197 00:10:46,834 --> 00:10:49,963 So does Ophthalmology. Who cares? This is a hospital. 198 00:10:50,421 --> 00:10:52,173 You can't just cut a department. 199 00:10:52,298 --> 00:10:53,591 You can't control him. 200 00:10:53,883 --> 00:10:56,761 I am the only one that can control him. 201 00:10:57,178 --> 00:10:59,806 D--D--Dr. House in the house. 202 00:10:59,931 --> 00:11:01,099 Impeccable timing as always. 203 00:11:01,224 --> 00:11:03,518 You had no authority to release my patient. 204 00:11:03,685 --> 00:11:08,273 My colleague has just informed me she has a singular talent. 205 00:11:08,398 --> 00:11:11,192 You are just in time for a demonstration. 206 00:11:12,902 --> 00:11:15,196 Dr. House, from what I understand, your patient... 207 00:11:15,321 --> 00:11:17,865 "From what you understand"? He's not your patient. 208 00:11:17,991 --> 00:11:19,742 How the hell do you understand anything? 209 00:11:19,867 --> 00:11:20,785 It's sad. 210 00:11:21,035 --> 00:11:22,078 You're not even a doctor. 211 00:11:22,203 --> 00:11:26,624 John Smith is here only because of a court order. 212 00:11:26,749 --> 00:11:29,335 I had the records faxed to the judge. She rescinded the order. 213 00:11:29,460 --> 00:11:31,796 Why bother? Just to piss me off? 214 00:11:31,921 --> 00:11:34,716 (PAGER BEEPING) Keeping the government off our ass. 215 00:11:34,841 --> 00:11:38,177 Yeah. That makes no sense for a public institution. 216 00:11:39,554 --> 00:11:40,513 Okay- 217 00:11:40,638 --> 00:11:42,056 "Okay", what? 218 00:11:42,181 --> 00:11:44,517 Okay, sir. Carry on. 219 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:51,024 He really cares about his patients. 220 00:11:51,149 --> 00:11:52,775 Yeah, and he just walked out of here with nothing. 221 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:54,736 Something's up. 222 00:11:56,112 --> 00:11:58,573 Just started vomiting and passed out. 223 00:11:58,698 --> 00:12:00,908 More lidocaine. 590 with epi. 224 00:12:01,326 --> 00:12:04,370 MEDIC: Thirty-five-year-old male. Vital signs are stable now. 225 00:12:04,495 --> 00:12:07,498 Gave him two liters en route. 226 00:12:07,707 --> 00:12:11,377 He was just released from here two hours ago. 227 00:12:11,502 --> 00:12:13,129 You said he was good to go. 228 00:12:13,254 --> 00:12:14,213 Watch that line. 229 00:12:14,339 --> 00:12:16,174 DOCTOR: He's still not responding. 230 00:12:16,299 --> 00:12:18,343 (MACHINES BEEPING RAPIDLY) 231 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,513 So, the junior G-man badge isn't looking so good. 232 00:12:33,524 --> 00:12:34,567 CHASE: His liver's worse. 233 00:12:34,984 --> 00:12:36,110 Comatose? 234 00:12:36,235 --> 00:12:38,446 CAMERON: No. Completely different symptoms than the first time. 235 00:12:38,571 --> 00:12:41,407 His serology tests came back positive for hepatitis C. 236 00:12:41,532 --> 00:12:45,203 Hep C is a chronic condition. You don't think this is an acute situation? 237 00:12:45,328 --> 00:12:48,748 Coma, vomiting, abdominal pain. Hep C explains everything. 238 00:12:48,873 --> 00:12:50,708 Except for the suddenness of the onset. 239 00:12:50,833 --> 00:12:52,251 What's wrong with the timing? 240 00:12:52,377 --> 00:12:55,755 You get home one night, your wife hits you with a baseball bat. 241 00:12:56,005 --> 00:12:59,884 Likely causes, the fact that you haven't thanked her for dinner in eight years 242 00:13:00,009 --> 00:13:03,763 or the receipt for fur handcuffs that she found in your pants? 243 00:13:03,888 --> 00:13:06,182 Sudden onset equals approximate cause. 244 00:13:06,349 --> 00:13:08,309 He also has high estrogen levels in his blood. 245 00:13:08,434 --> 00:13:10,645 That's indicative of a chronic condition, not acute. 246 00:13:10,770 --> 00:13:13,689 One test. What do his other liver tests tell us? 247 00:13:13,815 --> 00:13:17,151 Normal albumin levels point toward acute. 248 00:13:17,318 --> 00:13:21,572 Oh, okay, and why is her test better than mine? 249 00:13:21,697 --> 00:13:25,034 Because she's cuter, though it's close. 250 00:13:26,202 --> 00:13:27,328 Do a liver biopsy. 251 00:13:27,453 --> 00:13:28,955 When the results come back, we'll know what we're looking at. 252 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,124 Why wait to treat the hep C? 253 00:13:31,249 --> 00:13:33,334 If I'm right, Joey gets better that much faster. 254 00:13:33,459 --> 00:13:37,255 Right. Then he gets to testify. And you get a gold star from Cuddy. 255 00:13:37,422 --> 00:13:41,259 And what's the downside? Or is that the downside? 256 00:13:41,384 --> 00:13:44,595 Do I have a reason for not wanting you to get any stars? 257 00:13:46,764 --> 00:13:48,808 Fine. Start the treatment. 258 00:13:48,933 --> 00:13:51,894 It's all your idea. Don't even mention my name. 259 00:13:52,186 --> 00:13:55,106 There's nothing wrong with your theory. Go. 260 00:13:57,817 --> 00:14:02,029 But in the humor me department, get a biopsy while you're at it. 261 00:14:04,490 --> 00:14:06,868 Foreman, we need to talk. 262 00:14:13,541 --> 00:14:14,709 You're off the case. 263 00:14:14,834 --> 00:14:16,169 What? Why? 264 00:14:16,294 --> 00:14:19,589 Somebody told Vogler that I lied to the transplant committee. 265 00:14:19,714 --> 00:14:20,590 You think I did? 266 00:14:20,715 --> 00:14:21,799 You're too careful. 267 00:14:21,924 --> 00:14:23,926 You wouldn't jump ship unless you knew what was in the water. 268 00:14:24,135 --> 00:14:25,553 Stop. You're embarrassing me. 269 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,763 But I want Vogler to think I think it's you. 270 00:14:27,889 --> 00:14:31,392 And I want Cameron and Chase, Cuddy and Wilson, the nursing staff 271 00:14:31,517 --> 00:14:34,770 and the cashier in the parking lot to think that, too. 272 00:14:36,814 --> 00:14:37,899 Right. 273 00:14:40,067 --> 00:14:42,945 The blood tests show you have hepatitis C. 274 00:14:43,070 --> 00:14:45,323 It's a virus that infects the liver. 275 00:14:45,448 --> 00:14:46,782 No way. 276 00:14:46,908 --> 00:14:47,950 It's not all bad news. 277 00:14:48,075 --> 00:14:51,537 It can often be cured. And even if not, it's manageable. 278 00:14:51,662 --> 00:14:52,788 How'd my brother get this? 279 00:14:52,914 --> 00:14:55,583 It usually involves the exchange of bodily fluids, either... 280 00:14:55,708 --> 00:14:57,210 Bodily fluids? What are you talking about? 281 00:14:57,335 --> 00:15:00,087 There are many ways the virus can be transmitted. Sharing needles, blood... 282 00:15:00,254 --> 00:15:04,884 Hey! Nobody talks to my brother like this, okay? 283 00:15:05,009 --> 00:15:07,136 Fine. No idea how he got it. 284 00:15:07,261 --> 00:15:11,015 But he has hepatitis C. We're gonna start him on... 285 00:15:11,766 --> 00:15:15,978 He doesn't have it. Don't mention it again. Don't treat him for it. 286 00:15:20,066 --> 00:15:25,488 House has some directed donations, foundation support. 287 00:15:25,613 --> 00:15:27,532 It's around here. 288 00:15:29,534 --> 00:15:32,203 He makes you miserable. 289 00:15:32,328 --> 00:15:35,248 Eight years he's worked here. Never made a dime for you. 290 00:15:35,373 --> 00:15:37,041 - Never listened to you. - He can change. He's... 291 00:15:37,166 --> 00:15:39,877 He hasn't changed in eight years. 292 00:15:40,002 --> 00:15:43,172 Either he can't change or you can't change him. 293 00:15:44,757 --> 00:15:48,719 You have no idea how many times he's lied to you, undercut your authority, 294 00:15:49,053 --> 00:15:51,472 made you look like crap to other doctors. 295 00:15:51,597 --> 00:15:55,768 Yes, I hate him, and here I am, desperately trying to protect his job. 296 00:15:55,893 --> 00:15:57,019 What does that tell you? 297 00:15:57,186 --> 00:15:59,438 That you don't hate him. 298 00:15:59,564 --> 00:16:01,816 I do not protect people I like. 299 00:16:01,941 --> 00:16:04,193 I protect people who are assets to this hospital. 300 00:16:04,443 --> 00:16:06,821 No. That's me. 301 00:16:08,573 --> 00:16:11,617 You... You're softer. 302 00:16:12,076 --> 00:16:13,202 Right. 303 00:16:13,327 --> 00:16:16,414 There are three female chiefs of medicine 304 00:16:16,539 --> 00:16:18,040 at major hospitals in this country, 305 00:16:18,165 --> 00:16:21,294 and we all got there using our feminine wiles. 306 00:16:21,419 --> 00:16:23,129 It's human nature to want to protect people we like. 307 00:16:23,254 --> 00:16:24,338 I don't like him. 308 00:16:24,463 --> 00:16:25,798 To think if we just form the right team, 309 00:16:25,923 --> 00:16:27,300 we'll all get along and be able to pull the... 310 00:16:27,425 --> 00:16:29,051 I don't get along with him! 311 00:16:29,176 --> 00:16:30,511 This is not a team. 312 00:16:30,636 --> 00:16:31,887 It's not a boat. 313 00:16:32,013 --> 00:16:34,932 It's not a machine that has a lot of parts that have to work together. 314 00:16:35,057 --> 00:16:39,478 The metaphors are all crap. This is a business. That's all it is. 315 00:16:40,396 --> 00:16:43,190 You like him. That's bad for business. 316 00:16:49,113 --> 00:16:51,449 (BABY CRYING) 317 00:16:53,743 --> 00:16:55,328 Oh, this is all my fault. 318 00:16:55,995 --> 00:16:58,122 Took another homework break with Betty Lou? 319 00:16:58,289 --> 00:17:00,291 No, last week I showed him a magic trick. 320 00:17:00,750 --> 00:17:04,253 You pulled a quarter out of his nose. It's a classic. 321 00:17:04,587 --> 00:17:07,381 Yeah, and now he won't stop shoving stuff up there. 322 00:17:07,506 --> 00:17:08,966 Dr. House. 323 00:17:09,091 --> 00:17:10,092 Got a crisis here. 324 00:17:11,677 --> 00:17:13,137 It's okay. 325 00:17:18,893 --> 00:17:20,061 Stop! 326 00:17:36,327 --> 00:17:38,037 That's a neat trick. 327 00:17:38,162 --> 00:17:41,290 They have to believe you'll actually hurt them. 328 00:17:48,381 --> 00:17:50,341 Your people insulted my brother. 329 00:17:50,466 --> 00:17:53,427 What, they put Romano in the Parmesan cheese shaker again? 330 00:17:53,552 --> 00:17:56,555 Said he was a crack head or a homo or something. 331 00:17:56,681 --> 00:17:58,099 Those idiots. 332 00:17:58,224 --> 00:18:01,644 How many times am I gonna have to send them for sensitivity training? 333 00:18:01,769 --> 00:18:04,772 Nobody's saying he's a homo. That would be really, really bad. 334 00:18:04,897 --> 00:18:07,233 So let's put a nice, friendly spin on it. 335 00:18:07,358 --> 00:18:10,194 Let's go with, "He got raped in prison". 336 00:18:10,736 --> 00:18:14,156 I saw the jailhouse tats. Put it together with the blood tests. 337 00:18:16,784 --> 00:18:20,037 There were rumors, but Joey never said anything about it. 338 00:18:20,413 --> 00:18:23,958 If people find out he's being treated for hep C... 339 00:18:25,167 --> 00:18:27,670 Feds get that chart, someone says something to somebody, 340 00:18:27,795 --> 00:18:29,171 word will get out. 341 00:18:29,296 --> 00:18:32,508 And then Joey's manhood, his rep, he's destroyed. 342 00:18:36,220 --> 00:18:39,473 You're worried about how his coworkers will react at the Walmart in Des Moines. 343 00:18:39,598 --> 00:18:43,978 He's not going into Witness Protection. I'm not gonna let that happen. 344 00:18:45,521 --> 00:18:48,190 Listen, I don't know if you know about this, 345 00:18:48,315 --> 00:18:51,152 but mob businesses sometimes keep two sets of books. 346 00:18:52,111 --> 00:18:53,195 One legit, one not. 347 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:54,405 Exactly. 348 00:18:57,533 --> 00:18:59,410 You jerking my chain? 349 00:18:59,618 --> 00:19:02,246 Doctors are busy. Sometimes they forget to write things down. 350 00:19:02,371 --> 00:19:04,874 Happens all the time. 351 00:19:04,999 --> 00:19:06,250 Thanks. 352 00:19:08,127 --> 00:19:09,587 Oh, and... 353 00:19:12,339 --> 00:19:15,801 Whatever you're not giving him for whatever he doesn't have, 354 00:19:15,926 --> 00:19:17,303 is that gonna fix him? 355 00:19:18,971 --> 00:19:20,473 I doubt it. 356 00:19:30,941 --> 00:19:33,611 On your way to polish Vogler's car? 357 00:19:33,736 --> 00:19:35,821 Gone are the days of the grumpy old doc 358 00:19:35,946 --> 00:19:39,700 seeing patients in the basement of his house, getting paid a few chickens. 359 00:19:39,825 --> 00:19:40,826 How will I eat? 360 00:19:40,951 --> 00:19:43,162 You know what Cuddy's been locked away with Vogler about 361 00:19:43,287 --> 00:19:45,039 all day today and yesterday? 362 00:19:45,164 --> 00:19:47,917 Floor polish costs through the roof? 363 00:19:48,042 --> 00:19:51,629 You. Her secretary's been at the photocopier all day with your records. 364 00:19:51,754 --> 00:19:53,422 That's all they're looking at in there. 365 00:19:53,547 --> 00:19:55,132 My car's been stolen. 366 00:19:58,177 --> 00:20:00,346 Or rein-car-nated. 367 00:20:07,895 --> 00:20:09,897 Pink slip. 368 00:20:10,022 --> 00:20:13,108 A gift from the Arnello brothers. 369 00:20:17,154 --> 00:20:21,367 You know, they're gangsters, sure, but they're thoughtful, too. 370 00:20:23,619 --> 00:20:27,331 You can't keep it. It's graft. 371 00:20:27,540 --> 00:20:29,583 No, no, no. 372 00:20:29,708 --> 00:20:31,502 Graft is if I tell him I'll only make him better 373 00:20:31,627 --> 00:20:32,920 if he slips me a couple bucks. 374 00:20:33,045 --> 00:20:36,090 Or a payoff for something I'm not supposed to do. 375 00:20:36,215 --> 00:20:39,134 If I'd asked for the payoff, which I didn't, 376 00:20:39,260 --> 00:20:43,722 I would've done the bad thing anyway. So there's nothing wrong with this. 377 00:20:43,848 --> 00:20:45,641 - Right. - Damn. 378 00:20:45,766 --> 00:20:48,269 '65. 379 00:20:48,394 --> 00:20:50,396 Perfectly restored. 380 00:20:50,688 --> 00:20:54,900 What do you think a guy like Joey would do if someone turned down a gift? 381 00:20:55,025 --> 00:20:57,444 That's kind of an insult, isn't it? 382 00:20:57,570 --> 00:21:01,699 He might hurt you. It's definitely possible. 383 00:21:01,824 --> 00:21:04,577 I'm screwed. Gotta take the car. 384 00:21:11,542 --> 00:21:13,294 CAMERON: Did you see House's new car? 385 00:21:13,419 --> 00:21:16,964 From Joey. He obviously can't keep it. 386 00:21:17,089 --> 00:21:19,049 You don't mind the hospital taking money from Vogler? 387 00:21:19,174 --> 00:21:21,010 That's different. Vogler's legit. 388 00:21:21,135 --> 00:21:24,597 (SCOFFS) That's worse. Vogler's money came with strings. 389 00:21:24,722 --> 00:21:28,475 Vogler doesn't set me up to have a mobster take a swing at me. 390 00:21:28,601 --> 00:21:30,144 I'm sure House didn't know... 391 00:21:30,269 --> 00:21:32,229 Joey's pressure dropped. 392 00:21:32,354 --> 00:21:35,107 Pushed IV fluids, now he's holding 100 systolic. 393 00:21:35,232 --> 00:21:36,066 CAMERON: Septic? 394 00:21:36,191 --> 00:21:38,068 No, it looks like he's bleeding into his liver. 395 00:21:38,193 --> 00:21:41,614 Varices. See it with chronic hep C all the time. 396 00:21:41,739 --> 00:21:43,616 Biopsy's back. 397 00:21:43,949 --> 00:21:46,035 Two findings. Number one, 398 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,996 lymphocytic infiltrate and no bridging fibrosis. 399 00:21:49,121 --> 00:21:52,249 Whatever's killing him is not hep C. It's acute. 400 00:21:52,374 --> 00:21:55,502 Who said that? I forget. 401 00:21:55,753 --> 00:21:59,381 What are you doing here? I told you you were off the case. 402 00:21:59,506 --> 00:22:04,345 Right. Your diabolic plan to convince the evil genius he's in the clear, 403 00:22:04,470 --> 00:22:07,097 so he'll let his guard down and make a fatal mistake. Sure. 404 00:22:07,222 --> 00:22:10,434 Well, it's clearly not gonna work now. 405 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:12,394 What evil genius? 406 00:22:12,519 --> 00:22:15,648 If we knew that, we wouldn't need a diabolic plan, would we? 407 00:22:15,773 --> 00:22:18,609 House thinks someone ratted him out to Vogler. 408 00:22:18,734 --> 00:22:20,486 What, one of us? 409 00:22:20,611 --> 00:22:23,322 No, you guys love me too much. 410 00:22:23,447 --> 00:22:26,158 All right, look. If it's not the hep C, then what's the problem? 411 00:22:26,283 --> 00:22:27,534 What's causing the liver failure? 412 00:22:27,660 --> 00:22:30,537 Finding number two, toxins. 413 00:22:30,788 --> 00:22:32,790 No. He's only 30 years old, 414 00:22:32,915 --> 00:22:34,959 and his job doesn't expose him to heavy metals or environmental... 415 00:22:35,084 --> 00:22:37,211 He's a 30-year-old mobster. 416 00:22:37,336 --> 00:22:40,255 He doesn't have a job that results in accidental exposure to toxins. 417 00:22:40,381 --> 00:22:44,301 He has a job that results in intentional exposure to toxins. 418 00:22:47,846 --> 00:22:49,765 Someone's poisoned him. 419 00:22:54,311 --> 00:22:56,355 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA) 420 00:23:07,157 --> 00:23:09,910 Whatever this toxin is, it's doing the job and fast. 421 00:23:10,452 --> 00:23:12,371 How long till we have the next round of test results? 422 00:23:12,496 --> 00:23:13,372 About four hours. 423 00:23:13,497 --> 00:23:15,833 Too bad his liver's only gonna last another two. 424 00:23:15,958 --> 00:23:17,292 We're gonna have to get him a new one. 425 00:23:17,418 --> 00:23:19,670 What, in two hours? 426 00:23:23,924 --> 00:23:25,759 There is another way. 427 00:23:29,555 --> 00:23:31,306 Relax. It's kosher. 428 00:23:31,598 --> 00:23:33,267 (GRUNTING) 429 00:23:33,767 --> 00:23:35,477 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 430 00:23:41,734 --> 00:23:43,569 BILL: This is so bizarre. 431 00:23:43,694 --> 00:23:44,695 CHASE: Not really. 432 00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:48,615 We just take Joey's blood out of his body and run it through a pig. 433 00:23:49,533 --> 00:23:53,454 The pig's liver does what Joey's can't. It cleans the blood. 434 00:23:53,579 --> 00:23:57,332 Which we send right back to him. 435 00:23:57,458 --> 00:23:59,293 And the pig makes him better? 436 00:23:59,418 --> 00:24:03,881 Nope. Just buys us some time to figure out what's poisoning your brother. 437 00:24:04,006 --> 00:24:07,176 Like nothing. Like you do this all the time. 438 00:24:07,301 --> 00:24:10,179 Oh, we've basically got a barn in the basement. 439 00:24:17,978 --> 00:24:19,354 CAMERON: Cross off hemlock. 440 00:24:20,355 --> 00:24:22,775 You thought he was being poisoned by hemlock? 441 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:24,860 Dr. Euripides tell you to check for that? 442 00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:27,905 It grows wild by the highways out here. 443 00:24:28,864 --> 00:24:31,492 So, how much do you like House? 444 00:24:33,327 --> 00:24:35,287 - Chase has a big mouth. - Yeah. 445 00:24:35,412 --> 00:24:36,580 He's probably the one who ratted to Vogler. 446 00:24:36,789 --> 00:24:37,915 I don't think that he would... 447 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,875 Does it hurt when you're with House? 448 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,377 Little pain in the tummy, but it sort of feels good, too? 449 00:24:42,503 --> 00:24:44,338 I don't have the right to show interest in someone? 450 00:24:44,463 --> 00:24:45,923 You absolutely do. 451 00:24:46,048 --> 00:24:49,384 And I absolutely have the right to humiliate you for it. 452 00:24:49,510 --> 00:24:51,845 Anything? 453 00:24:51,970 --> 00:24:54,431 White blood count's low, probably a result of the illness. 454 00:24:54,556 --> 00:24:56,433 Nothing to connect to the liver. 455 00:24:56,558 --> 00:24:57,392 Is he a smoker? 456 00:24:57,518 --> 00:24:58,519 CAMERON: Let me check. 457 00:25:03,774 --> 00:25:07,528 Early signs of emphysema. He's been smoking at least a dozen years. 458 00:25:07,653 --> 00:25:09,196 CAMERON: Eighteen. You got that from the white count? 459 00:25:09,321 --> 00:25:11,615 Nope. Got that from the chest x-ray. 460 00:25:11,740 --> 00:25:14,409 White count just tells me he's quitting. 461 00:25:15,702 --> 00:25:17,162 Two weeks ago. 462 00:25:27,798 --> 00:25:29,341 How's your tummy? 463 00:25:31,135 --> 00:25:32,719 Flat and taut. 464 00:25:33,595 --> 00:25:35,556 MARSHAL: I've been on the job for 12 years. 465 00:25:35,681 --> 00:25:39,143 You put $3,000 in your wife's checking account this morning. 466 00:25:39,268 --> 00:25:40,394 I wanna know where it came from. 467 00:25:40,519 --> 00:25:41,770 I got a perfect record. 468 00:25:41,979 --> 00:25:44,773 Where did you get the money? 469 00:25:44,898 --> 00:25:47,151 Cancel the thumbscrews. I've got our culprit. 470 00:25:47,317 --> 00:25:49,653 - Who? - Not who, "Hu". 471 00:25:49,903 --> 00:25:51,071 Huh? 472 00:25:51,196 --> 00:25:52,698 Thanks for playing along. 473 00:25:52,865 --> 00:25:56,910 Chai Hu. Chinese herb in his quit smoking candy. 474 00:25:57,077 --> 00:26:00,539 Reduces cravings. Also reduces his white blood count. 475 00:26:00,664 --> 00:26:03,167 Oh, yeah. And he also took enough of them to poison himself. 476 00:26:03,292 --> 00:26:05,127 We'll keep him on the pig for a few more hours, 477 00:26:05,252 --> 00:26:08,130 and then take him off the candy. He'll be fine. 478 00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:10,591 Pig won't be. Oh, no. 479 00:26:23,645 --> 00:26:24,771 Hey. 480 00:26:28,025 --> 00:26:29,943 Hey, feeling better? 481 00:26:30,068 --> 00:26:31,486 I'm famished. 482 00:26:32,446 --> 00:26:33,947 I think they got fish sticks on the menu. 483 00:26:34,198 --> 00:26:37,159 Oh, yeah. Makes me miss prison. 484 00:26:41,914 --> 00:26:44,416 So, the mobster's good to go? 485 00:26:44,541 --> 00:26:46,627 I'll keep him overnight, then let the Feds know 486 00:26:46,752 --> 00:26:48,795 he's good to rat out whoever he wants. 487 00:26:48,921 --> 00:26:50,047 Brother won't be happy. 488 00:26:50,672 --> 00:26:53,091 Maybe I have to give back the car. 489 00:26:53,217 --> 00:26:54,801 You should let Vogler tell the Feds. 490 00:26:55,010 --> 00:26:56,220 Why? 491 00:26:56,345 --> 00:26:58,347 Because it matters to him. 492 00:26:58,472 --> 00:27:01,391 Because you humiliated him the first time Joey was released. 493 00:27:01,516 --> 00:27:03,101 You think you should still be in third there, ace? 494 00:27:03,227 --> 00:27:04,686 He humiliated himself. 495 00:27:04,811 --> 00:27:07,356 And because your job depends on the kind of mood Vogler's in 496 00:27:07,481 --> 00:27:09,650 at the end of his marathon with Cuddy. 497 00:27:10,317 --> 00:27:13,111 Seriously, man, have you ever actually driven an automobile before? 498 00:27:13,237 --> 00:27:14,404 There are four gears, you know? 499 00:27:14,529 --> 00:27:17,324 The '66 came with a "shut up" button. 500 00:27:38,762 --> 00:27:41,807 I have a problem with the tests. I need... 501 00:27:44,226 --> 00:27:48,647 it is my medical opinion that the patient is healthy and can be released. 502 00:27:51,525 --> 00:27:53,902 Thanks for letting us know. 503 00:27:58,407 --> 00:28:00,325 Get me the U.S. Attorney's office. 504 00:28:00,450 --> 00:28:03,453 I see you found out what we're meeting about. 505 00:28:03,578 --> 00:28:04,746 You're having a meeting? 506 00:28:04,871 --> 00:28:07,457 Well, whatever the reason, the coat looks good on you. 507 00:28:09,001 --> 00:28:12,087 Chai Hu lozenges cause this kind of liver failure? No way. 508 00:28:12,212 --> 00:28:14,548 Not by themselves. But in combination with the interferon 509 00:28:14,673 --> 00:28:16,300 it's like gas to a flame. 510 00:28:16,425 --> 00:28:17,551 What interferon? 511 00:28:17,676 --> 00:28:20,220 - For the hep C. - What hep C? 512 00:28:20,679 --> 00:28:21,763 Oops. 513 00:28:21,888 --> 00:28:24,933 Is hiding a mobster's hep C that important? 514 00:28:25,058 --> 00:28:27,185 (PAGER BEEPING) ls letting the Feds know everything that important? 515 00:28:27,311 --> 00:28:29,313 You know what? You are a piece of work. Even now... 516 00:28:29,438 --> 00:28:30,647 Ed. 517 00:28:30,772 --> 00:28:32,107 Edward. 518 00:28:32,232 --> 00:28:34,318 Joey's back in a coma. 519 00:28:42,492 --> 00:28:44,036 CHASE: He's stable, but comatose. 520 00:28:44,161 --> 00:28:45,996 FOREMAN: Worse than before. He's on a ventilator. 521 00:28:46,121 --> 00:28:47,706 Question is, why? 522 00:28:49,583 --> 00:28:55,130 It's not his brain. It's not a toxin. Our friend Babe helped with that one. 523 00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:56,089 So, what else? 524 00:28:56,214 --> 00:28:57,257 Hep C. 525 00:28:57,883 --> 00:28:59,259 We never really treated it. 526 00:28:59,384 --> 00:29:01,762 We stopped the interferon when it started poisoning his liver. 527 00:29:02,012 --> 00:29:04,056 Am I gonna have to write a song about it? 528 00:29:04,181 --> 00:29:07,684 His chronic hep C was not bad enough to produce these symptoms. 529 00:29:07,809 --> 00:29:09,603 The estrogen level indicates it is. 530 00:29:09,728 --> 00:29:11,146 It indicates something else entirely. 531 00:29:11,271 --> 00:29:12,731 We can't give him interferon now. 532 00:29:13,190 --> 00:29:15,359 There are still traces of the lozenges in his system. 533 00:29:15,484 --> 00:29:16,443 It'll just poison him again. 534 00:29:16,568 --> 00:29:17,527 CHASE: Genetics. 535 00:29:17,694 --> 00:29:19,613 We don't treat the virus, we change it. 536 00:29:19,738 --> 00:29:21,990 A non-nucleoside allosteric inhibitor. 537 00:29:22,115 --> 00:29:24,117 It's never been tried on a human being. It could kill him. 538 00:29:24,284 --> 00:29:26,286 CHASE: What's the difference? He's dead without it. 539 00:29:26,411 --> 00:29:30,082 They're running a trial on dogs at St. Sebastian's out in Philadelphia. 540 00:29:30,415 --> 00:29:32,542 I'll make the call. 541 00:29:33,502 --> 00:29:36,797 What else could cause his estrogen level to be that high? 542 00:29:39,383 --> 00:29:40,675 Nothing. 543 00:30:01,113 --> 00:30:02,906 We're gonna put the medicine in here. 544 00:30:03,323 --> 00:30:05,826 Don't want it to burn his veins when it goes in. 545 00:30:05,951 --> 00:30:08,161 And you have no idea if it'll work. 546 00:30:08,286 --> 00:30:10,205 It's shown promise in testing. 547 00:30:26,471 --> 00:30:28,932 Maybe there's nothing up there. I watched him like a hawk. 548 00:30:29,766 --> 00:30:31,143 (BABY CRYING) 549 00:30:31,268 --> 00:30:32,561 Pretty sure you didn't. 550 00:30:32,686 --> 00:30:35,147 I didn't let him play with any more little toys. 551 00:30:35,355 --> 00:30:38,316 Thus forcing him to shove a big one up there. 552 00:30:40,318 --> 00:30:42,696 Stop, or I snap your nose off! 553 00:30:53,915 --> 00:30:56,376 (STUTTERING) He's not too smart. 554 00:30:56,501 --> 00:30:58,920 Genetics is a powerful force. 555 00:31:05,427 --> 00:31:08,430 On the other hand, maybe he's smarter than you think. 556 00:31:11,433 --> 00:31:12,559 What's going on? 557 00:31:12,684 --> 00:31:14,019 Just give me a second. 558 00:31:18,732 --> 00:31:21,318 Always wanted to use one of these. 559 00:31:28,158 --> 00:31:30,327 - Tilt his head back. - I don't know. I... 560 00:31:30,452 --> 00:31:32,454 Just tilt his head back. 561 00:31:38,001 --> 00:31:39,252 (BABY WHIMPERING) 562 00:31:46,176 --> 00:31:49,304 Nice grasp of concepts. Relationships. 563 00:31:49,429 --> 00:31:51,973 Very smart. Very cool. 564 00:31:52,098 --> 00:31:56,019 First the policeman, the fireman, then the fire truck. 565 00:31:56,144 --> 00:31:59,648 Your brother was sending in teams to save the cat. 566 00:32:00,690 --> 00:32:01,816 Wow. 567 00:32:03,193 --> 00:32:06,571 Sometimes, the simplest answer... 568 00:32:47,112 --> 00:32:49,906 What types of comas do you just snap out of? 569 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,867 He's not snapping out of this one. He's not improving. 570 00:32:53,868 --> 00:32:56,913 You've crossed out estrogen. You got an explanation? 571 00:32:57,038 --> 00:32:59,708 Yes, I have. A very simple one. 572 00:33:00,625 --> 00:33:02,377 And? 573 00:33:02,502 --> 00:33:04,337 It's private. 574 00:33:04,963 --> 00:33:06,423 (CLEARS THROAT) 575 00:33:07,591 --> 00:33:10,969 You think I'm the one running to Vogler. 576 00:33:12,262 --> 00:33:14,764 You're currently top of the list. 577 00:33:15,724 --> 00:33:17,267 Toxic comas. 578 00:33:17,392 --> 00:33:20,562 Person's away from the cause long enough, they recover. 579 00:33:20,687 --> 00:33:24,899 The Feds checked for poisons. We checked for poisons. I didn't do it. 580 00:33:25,025 --> 00:33:26,568 It's not a poison then. 581 00:33:26,693 --> 00:33:27,777 An allergy. 582 00:33:29,863 --> 00:33:31,031 Did you hear me? 583 00:33:31,156 --> 00:33:32,782 What about a food sensitivity? 584 00:33:32,907 --> 00:33:34,492 All his food is strictly controlled. 585 00:33:34,618 --> 00:33:37,370 There's no correlation between his meals and his condition. 586 00:33:37,495 --> 00:33:39,789 He had steak and potatoes before the first coma, 587 00:33:39,914 --> 00:33:43,752 and the hospital served fish sticks before the second one. 588 00:33:46,504 --> 00:33:48,089 You can trust me. 589 00:33:51,051 --> 00:33:53,678 Problem is, if I can't trust you, 590 00:33:53,803 --> 00:33:56,431 I can't trust your statement that I can trust you. 591 00:33:56,556 --> 00:33:59,392 But thanks anyway. You've been a big help. 592 00:34:11,279 --> 00:34:13,031 So, where did you get the money? 593 00:34:13,156 --> 00:34:14,157 What? 594 00:34:14,282 --> 00:34:16,326 Someone paid you off. 595 00:34:16,451 --> 00:34:18,495 What are you talking about? 596 00:34:18,620 --> 00:34:19,788 He wasn't poisoned. You told us that... 597 00:34:19,954 --> 00:34:24,918 Who's talking about poison? I'm talking about payoffs, graft. 598 00:34:25,043 --> 00:34:26,586 Leave him alone. 599 00:34:29,255 --> 00:34:31,841 You paid the marshal off. 600 00:34:31,966 --> 00:34:34,219 I didn't pay him to poison my brother. 601 00:34:34,344 --> 00:34:37,097 No. It just worked out that way. 602 00:34:37,222 --> 00:34:40,016 I gave the guy some money to bring in some decent food. 603 00:34:40,141 --> 00:34:43,728 Better than fish sticks? I'm thinking steak. 604 00:34:43,853 --> 00:34:46,147 We asked for pasta, but those stupid Feds could care... 605 00:34:46,272 --> 00:34:49,359 He had steak before both comas. 606 00:34:49,484 --> 00:34:52,529 Your brother has Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency. 607 00:34:52,654 --> 00:34:55,156 Want me to write it down? 608 00:34:55,323 --> 00:34:59,327 Good, 'cause it takes a while. It's genetic, can present at any time. 609 00:34:59,452 --> 00:35:01,246 If the patient eats a large amount of protein, 610 00:35:01,371 --> 00:35:02,914 especially if he's not used to it. 611 00:35:03,039 --> 00:35:04,165 What, that's it? 612 00:35:04,290 --> 00:35:06,710 He just stays off the red meat, and he's gonna be fine? 613 00:35:06,835 --> 00:35:09,963 Yes. If I'm right and we stop the current treatment, he gets better. 614 00:35:10,088 --> 00:35:13,842 If we stop the current treatment and I'm wrong, he dies. 615 00:35:14,175 --> 00:35:15,635 Why would you be wrong? 616 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,303 His estrogen level. 617 00:35:17,429 --> 00:35:20,223 O.T.D. doesn't explain his estrogen level. 618 00:35:20,348 --> 00:35:23,810 But I have a theory. 619 00:35:23,935 --> 00:35:26,896 There is one chemical that, if ingested, 620 00:35:27,021 --> 00:35:30,608 can cause a person's estrogen level to increase dramatically. 621 00:35:30,734 --> 00:35:33,111 - What is it? - It's called estrogen. 622 00:35:34,654 --> 00:35:38,283 Joey's taking estrogen? What? He wants a sex change? 623 00:35:38,408 --> 00:35:42,912 No, nothing like that. It's called "Male Flame". 624 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:48,251 It's probably more consumer-friendly in the original Chinese. 625 00:35:48,376 --> 00:35:49,878 It's an herbal aphrodisiac 626 00:35:50,003 --> 00:35:51,796 - marketed to gay men. - Here we go. 627 00:35:51,921 --> 00:35:55,258 And it's sold on the same Web site that sells his Chai Hu lozenges. 628 00:35:55,383 --> 00:35:58,803 Guess what's in it? it starts with an "E". 629 00:35:58,928 --> 00:36:01,055 You wanna get hit, too? 630 00:36:01,181 --> 00:36:02,515 That would be quite a trick. 631 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,852 He slapped me so hard, his brother turned straight. 632 00:36:05,977 --> 00:36:09,272 Joey's a big-time mobster. Guys like that don't get raped in prison. 633 00:36:09,439 --> 00:36:13,359 They get gifts. They get food, drugs, cigarettes. 634 00:36:13,485 --> 00:36:14,819 Cable TV. 635 00:36:18,406 --> 00:36:20,700 Joey is not gay. 636 00:36:20,825 --> 00:36:23,620 Maybe not gay, but certainly delightful. 637 00:36:23,995 --> 00:36:28,958 You, on the other hand, hitting a doctor, even if it was only Chase, 638 00:36:29,083 --> 00:36:33,963 and asking another one to keep Joey's chart fresh and homo-free, 639 00:36:34,088 --> 00:36:35,715 that's a bit of an overreaction, wouldn't you say? 640 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,176 It's almost like you're scared that it might be true. 641 00:36:38,301 --> 00:36:39,677 You're wrong. 642 00:36:39,886 --> 00:36:41,262 Okay- 643 00:36:41,387 --> 00:36:43,723 Then don't stop the treatment. 644 00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:48,436 But if you're wrong, he dies. 645 00:37:17,090 --> 00:37:18,258 Okay- 646 00:37:35,525 --> 00:37:38,695 He never said anything to me about it, not once. 647 00:37:41,281 --> 00:37:46,578 That's what I love about you mob guys, so tolerant of others. 648 00:37:47,078 --> 00:37:49,038 So accepting. 649 00:37:49,706 --> 00:37:53,293 Only way he was coming out was way, way out. 650 00:37:53,418 --> 00:37:57,839 Lose the tattoos, change his name, move to another town. 651 00:37:57,964 --> 00:38:01,134 How's a guy like him gonna do that? 652 00:38:01,259 --> 00:38:02,760 Witness Protection. 653 00:38:03,636 --> 00:38:06,180 It's not just for witnesses anymore. 654 00:38:06,306 --> 00:38:09,225 You can go in now, sit with him if you want. 655 00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:31,164 How much longer? 656 00:38:31,539 --> 00:38:33,041 It's only been three hours. 657 00:38:33,166 --> 00:38:34,083 If it's the O.T.D... 658 00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:36,336 If it's the O.T.D.? 659 00:38:36,461 --> 00:38:38,379 What if House is wrong, huh? 660 00:38:38,504 --> 00:38:40,673 That severe a reaction, it'll take some time... 661 00:38:40,798 --> 00:38:43,176 He makes these assumptions about people, talks you into things. 662 00:38:43,301 --> 00:38:45,178 Mr. Arnello. 663 00:38:45,762 --> 00:38:48,097 He's awake. He wants to see you. 664 00:38:56,314 --> 00:38:58,149 You look like crap. 665 00:38:58,942 --> 00:39:01,736 That's a joke. See? I'm sick. I said you look like... 666 00:39:01,861 --> 00:39:04,489 You have no idea what I just went through out there. 667 00:39:06,449 --> 00:39:08,910 You kept getting worse. 668 00:39:09,035 --> 00:39:11,204 And Dr. House kept saying all this crap. 669 00:39:12,872 --> 00:39:15,208 You know, if I think you're normal, 670 00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:16,793 then he's gonna keep giving you the medicine. 671 00:39:16,918 --> 00:39:17,835 If you weren't... 672 00:39:18,044 --> 00:39:19,337 Weren't what? 673 00:39:22,256 --> 00:39:23,466 Normal? 674 00:39:25,802 --> 00:39:27,011 Yeah. 675 00:39:29,722 --> 00:39:31,391 He said you were a fag. 676 00:39:33,351 --> 00:39:36,688 Witness Protection, that's your big chance to be one. 677 00:39:39,357 --> 00:39:40,650 You believed him? 678 00:39:40,775 --> 00:39:43,403 I don't know what to believe. You were sick. 679 00:39:45,530 --> 00:39:48,825 I had to make a decision. I thought you were gonna die. 680 00:39:55,540 --> 00:39:57,875 You believed him. 681 00:39:58,001 --> 00:40:00,128 He stopped the medicine. 682 00:40:01,212 --> 00:40:02,630 Here I am. 683 00:40:10,972 --> 00:40:12,306 I wanted to talk to you about this. 684 00:40:12,432 --> 00:40:14,058 There's nothing to talk about. 685 00:40:20,690 --> 00:40:26,195 You ordered some Chinese Internet health crap, 686 00:40:27,739 --> 00:40:30,908 and they sent the wrong pills, and you took them. 687 00:40:33,077 --> 00:40:35,496 Yeah, yeah. That... 688 00:40:37,331 --> 00:40:39,083 That must be it. 689 00:40:52,096 --> 00:40:54,015 You wanna testify? 690 00:40:55,933 --> 00:40:57,810 Go ahead. 691 00:40:57,935 --> 00:41:01,064 I told the doc. He said it's okay. 692 00:41:01,814 --> 00:41:03,149 I don't expect you to understand. 693 00:41:03,274 --> 00:41:04,817 I don't. 694 00:41:09,072 --> 00:41:12,283 All I need to know is you're my brother, Joey. 695 00:41:14,202 --> 00:41:19,540 If you think this thing, whatever, is gonna make you happy, 696 00:41:24,170 --> 00:41:26,089 then I think you should do it. 697 00:41:30,259 --> 00:41:31,719 You should. 698 00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:43,356 Vogler wants to fire you. 699 00:41:44,190 --> 00:41:46,025 Lose the whole department. 700 00:41:47,110 --> 00:41:50,071 Good thing you fought for me though, right? 701 00:41:50,363 --> 00:41:53,616 Dress was a nice move, but you gotta follow it up. 702 00:41:53,741 --> 00:41:55,743 Nasty weekend in Vegas. 703 00:41:55,868 --> 00:41:59,122 Something that shows off your real administrative skills. 704 00:41:59,455 --> 00:42:01,499 He threatened to fire me. 705 00:42:07,004 --> 00:42:08,256 I'm sorry. 706 00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:15,012 So, how long do I have? I've got a lot of personal stuff to pack up. 707 00:42:15,138 --> 00:42:17,056 And I assume you're gonna want to throw a party. 708 00:42:17,181 --> 00:42:18,933 I told him I know where the bodies are buried. 709 00:42:19,058 --> 00:42:20,768 The stuff he needs to know that's not in the books. 710 00:42:20,893 --> 00:42:23,437 I told him he can't ditch me. 711 00:42:23,563 --> 00:42:26,482 He's only keeping you on because you know the secret handshakes. 712 00:42:26,607 --> 00:42:28,734 He's a quick study. Six months, he'll have the moves down. 713 00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:30,778 - He won't need you anymore. - I'll deal with that then. 714 00:42:31,863 --> 00:42:33,406 - So I stay. - Yes. 715 00:42:35,408 --> 00:42:38,911 But some things are going to change. 716 00:42:39,036 --> 00:42:42,039 Profits. New world order. 717 00:42:42,165 --> 00:42:43,624 Everything's about profits. 718 00:42:43,749 --> 00:42:45,126 Yeah, that's real new. 719 00:42:45,293 --> 00:42:47,628 You could rent out the Corvette every once in a while 720 00:42:47,753 --> 00:42:49,046 or lend it to a friend. 721 00:42:49,172 --> 00:42:51,674 That would be easy, and it would be wrong. 722 00:42:51,799 --> 00:42:53,634 But Cuddy stood up for you. 723 00:42:54,135 --> 00:42:55,720 To a point. 724 00:42:55,845 --> 00:42:57,471 To what point? 725 00:42:57,597 --> 00:43:02,685 I gotta do six more clinic hours a month. So do two of them. 726 00:43:02,810 --> 00:43:04,353 Why Only two? 727 00:43:05,438 --> 00:43:07,523 'Cause one of them's gone. 728 00:43:08,774 --> 00:43:10,651 I gotta fire somebody. 729 00:43:27,335 --> 00:43:28,920 Good morning.