1 00:00:02,149 --> 00:00:03,066 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 2 00:00:03,275 --> 00:00:04,985 SENATOR WRIGHT: And the only thing wrong... 3 00:00:05,110 --> 00:00:07,279 The only thing wrong with the American dream 4 00:00:07,404 --> 00:00:10,073 is people, too many people, 5 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,077 too many of us telling young people that the dream is dead. 6 00:00:14,286 --> 00:00:17,456 They told me that when I was growing up in the slums of Trenton. 7 00:00:17,581 --> 00:00:19,166 And they were wrong. 8 00:00:19,291 --> 00:00:21,835 They told me that when I decided to run for senator 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,880 with only $58 in my savings account. 10 00:00:25,005 --> 00:00:28,634 And they were wrong and they are still telling me that now, 11 00:00:28,759 --> 00:00:31,303 that I don't have a chance because I'm black, 12 00:00:31,428 --> 00:00:33,305 because I don't have the right nose, 13 00:00:33,430 --> 00:00:37,017 because I still only have $58 in my savings account. 14 00:00:37,184 --> 00:00:38,393 (LAUGHING) 15 00:00:46,109 --> 00:00:50,822 With your help, we can keep that dream alive. 16 00:00:54,284 --> 00:00:56,411 And in closing... 17 00:01:05,045 --> 00:01:06,338 Just" 18 00:01:09,675 --> 00:01:10,676 let me say... 19 00:01:10,842 --> 00:01:15,180 Let me say that you should all donate the legal maximum 20 00:01:15,305 --> 00:01:18,892 to the next president of the United States. 21 00:01:21,978 --> 00:01:23,730 Are you okay? Do you need some water? 22 00:01:23,855 --> 00:01:25,857 No. I'm fine, really. 23 00:01:29,611 --> 00:01:32,572 Handsome guy like you, I bet you get 70% of the women. 24 00:01:32,698 --> 00:01:33,824 Here's hoping. 25 00:01:33,949 --> 00:01:36,576 Of course, it helps your wife died of cancer. 26 00:01:36,702 --> 00:01:39,037 I'm sorry, but the sympathy vote's in your pocket. 27 00:01:39,162 --> 00:01:41,540 Yeah, I appreciate your support. 28 00:01:41,665 --> 00:01:45,210 Listen, Senator, my union has a hell of a war chest. 29 00:01:48,338 --> 00:01:51,133 I've always been strong on the union. 30 00:01:51,299 --> 00:01:54,386 The thing is, you always go on in your speeches about the workers 31 00:01:54,511 --> 00:01:57,264 in Indonesia, Cambodia, Timbuktu. 32 00:01:57,389 --> 00:02:00,350 Because I think we have a... A moral... 33 00:02:00,475 --> 00:02:01,977 My union members are hurting. 34 00:02:02,102 --> 00:02:06,022 They don't care about moral this and moral that. Are you all right? 35 00:02:06,148 --> 00:02:08,024 - Senator? - Hey! 36 00:02:08,150 --> 00:02:09,818 MAN 1: The guys are gonna love that. 37 00:02:12,821 --> 00:02:15,949 MAN 2: Everyone, give him some room. Give him room to breathe! 38 00:02:16,533 --> 00:02:18,326 Back off, please! 39 00:02:18,452 --> 00:02:19,828 Senator, are you all right? 40 00:02:54,780 --> 00:02:56,948 VOGLER: The senator's suffering from nausea, 41 00:02:57,073 --> 00:02:59,326 headache and mental confusion. 42 00:02:59,451 --> 00:03:02,245 Bad sushi is so hard to diagnose. 43 00:03:03,288 --> 00:03:05,332 You're being childish. 44 00:03:05,874 --> 00:03:08,168 Look, if his case is as trivial as you think, 45 00:03:08,293 --> 00:03:10,212 it'll take you three minutes to diagnose. 46 00:03:10,337 --> 00:03:12,214 Three minutes that I could spend sitting on the toilet 47 00:03:12,339 --> 00:03:14,424 with the funny pages. 48 00:03:14,549 --> 00:03:17,219 - You're mad at me. - Nope. 49 00:03:17,344 --> 00:03:20,138 I never liked Cameron or Foreman. 50 00:03:20,263 --> 00:03:22,182 Do you know why I'm forcing you to fire one of them? 51 00:03:22,307 --> 00:03:24,226 Because you need to prove to me that you're a team player. 52 00:03:24,351 --> 00:03:28,021 Now, if you did that, you wouldn't need to go through this exercise. 53 00:03:28,146 --> 00:03:31,900 Fine. I'll hold the senator's hair while he upchucks. 54 00:03:32,025 --> 00:03:34,152 Oh, and by the way, 55 00:03:34,277 --> 00:03:36,947 I need you to give a speech at the National Cardiology Conference 56 00:03:37,072 --> 00:03:38,114 next week. 57 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,116 I don't do speeches. I'm shy. 58 00:03:40,242 --> 00:03:44,579 Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals has developed a new ACE inhibitor. 59 00:03:44,704 --> 00:03:46,331 I would like you to extol the virtues 60 00:03:46,456 --> 00:03:48,625 of this breakthrough medication. 61 00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:50,877 Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals? 62 00:03:51,002 --> 00:03:53,255 Wait a second, don't I own that company? 63 00:03:53,380 --> 00:03:55,298 Oh, no, that's right. You do. 64 00:03:55,423 --> 00:03:59,511 Viopril is a significant improvement over the old version. 65 00:03:59,845 --> 00:04:01,137 All there in the study. 66 00:04:01,263 --> 00:04:03,807 Well, I know its price tag is significantly improved. 67 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:08,520 You can either give one 10-minute talk and one 3-minute diagnosis, 68 00:04:08,645 --> 00:04:11,147 or you can fire one of your pets. 69 00:04:13,567 --> 00:04:17,821 My understanding was that you believed in rationality above all else. 70 00:04:25,328 --> 00:04:26,705 Viopril. 71 00:04:28,331 --> 00:04:30,667 SENATOR WRIGHT: I appreciate your keeping the media away. 72 00:04:30,792 --> 00:04:33,128 FOREMAN: We're keeping your staff away as well. 73 00:04:33,253 --> 00:04:35,422 - Take it easy now. - I'm in the middle of a campaign. 74 00:04:35,547 --> 00:04:38,884 The faster we can get you better, the faster you can get out of here. 75 00:04:39,009 --> 00:04:40,594 Anyone else at the fundraiser get sick? 76 00:04:40,719 --> 00:04:42,888 I don't think so. And I don't think that's it. 77 00:04:43,013 --> 00:04:45,056 I mean, I've been under the weather for weeks. 78 00:04:45,181 --> 00:04:48,184 You know, lots of traveling. I'm supposed to be in the Sudan next week. 79 00:04:48,310 --> 00:04:49,269 (ELECTRONIC BEEPING) 80 00:04:49,394 --> 00:04:50,478 Oh! 81 00:04:53,273 --> 00:04:56,985 Helps me concentrate. Even better than drugs. 82 00:04:58,778 --> 00:05:00,822 Open your mouth, please. 83 00:05:04,743 --> 00:05:06,328 That's quite a scar. 84 00:05:06,453 --> 00:05:09,789 When I was six, I fell off the swing and bit my tongue. 85 00:05:09,915 --> 00:05:12,250 Couldn't talk right for the longest time. 86 00:05:12,375 --> 00:05:13,501 Lots of teasing. 87 00:05:13,627 --> 00:05:17,672 You know, it just made me fight harder, speak up for those who can't. 88 00:05:17,797 --> 00:05:19,466 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 89 00:05:19,841 --> 00:05:22,052 Tongues heal too fast. 90 00:05:22,177 --> 00:05:25,055 Your political consultants have written you a nice story. 91 00:05:25,180 --> 00:05:28,224 In a tight race, the lispers alone could put you over the top. 92 00:05:28,350 --> 00:05:31,770 You a Republican, or you just hate all politicians? 93 00:05:31,895 --> 00:05:34,731 I just find being forced to sit through drivel annoying. 94 00:05:34,856 --> 00:05:38,109 You find sincerity annoying? 95 00:05:38,234 --> 00:05:40,111 You're a black kid from the ghetto 96 00:05:40,236 --> 00:05:43,156 who made it to Yale Law and the United States Senate. 97 00:05:43,281 --> 00:05:45,241 That's a sufficiently mythical story. 98 00:05:45,367 --> 00:05:48,203 You don't need to lie about your tongue. 99 00:05:50,830 --> 00:05:52,499 Must've missed it. 100 00:05:56,336 --> 00:05:57,712 What's wrong? 101 00:06:05,136 --> 00:06:06,179 What is it? 102 00:06:06,304 --> 00:06:08,306 It's not the food. It's your brain. 103 00:06:08,431 --> 00:06:10,475 Get an MRI and a lumbar puncture. 104 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,268 Cancel your travel plans. 105 00:06:21,695 --> 00:06:23,989 The senator's LP showed no sign of infection, 106 00:06:24,114 --> 00:06:25,365 and the MRI looks fairly clean. 107 00:06:25,490 --> 00:06:29,285 I guess we can tell him he's fairly healthy and can go home. 108 00:06:29,411 --> 00:06:31,538 Well, there is something in Broca's area, 109 00:06:31,663 --> 00:06:35,083 - but it's small, low intensity. - Most likely just background noise. 110 00:06:35,208 --> 00:06:37,669 Care to bet your job on that? 111 00:06:38,003 --> 00:06:39,254 What was that? 112 00:06:39,379 --> 00:06:40,296 What was what? 113 00:06:40,422 --> 00:06:41,548 You got annoyed. 114 00:06:41,673 --> 00:06:43,675 That was clearly an annoyed face. 115 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,094 I get annoyed by glib remarks about our futures. 116 00:06:46,219 --> 00:06:47,637 But last week you didn't get annoyed. 117 00:06:47,762 --> 00:06:50,932 You made poopie in your pants. It's weird. 118 00:06:51,057 --> 00:06:54,310 It's almost like now you know you have nothing to worry about. 119 00:06:54,436 --> 00:06:56,229 Chase has nothing to worry about? 120 00:06:56,354 --> 00:06:58,648 HOUSE: None of you has anything to worry about. 121 00:06:58,773 --> 00:07:00,608 What happened? 122 00:07:00,734 --> 00:07:04,904 Vogler saw the error of his ways and repented. 123 00:07:05,030 --> 00:07:06,364 The lesion could be nothing. 124 00:07:06,489 --> 00:07:08,992 Also, it could be a brain tumor or an infection. 125 00:07:09,117 --> 00:07:11,244 There's only one way to find out which. 126 00:07:11,369 --> 00:07:13,038 You want to cut into his brain? 127 00:07:13,163 --> 00:07:14,247 Dangerous, I know. 128 00:07:14,372 --> 00:07:17,208 Especially since he's a politician and his brain's all twisted. 129 00:07:17,333 --> 00:07:20,211 But I weighed that against the risk of him stroking out before lunch. 130 00:07:20,336 --> 00:07:21,963 Call Surgery. Get it scheduled. 131 00:07:31,931 --> 00:07:33,933 You're not pregnant. 132 00:07:34,059 --> 00:07:35,435 Well, I told you that. 133 00:07:36,436 --> 00:07:38,730 But there's got to be some other reason I'm still spotting. 134 00:07:38,855 --> 00:07:41,399 Sure. You were pregnant. 135 00:07:41,983 --> 00:07:44,694 Based on your hormone levels, you've had a miscarriage. 136 00:07:44,819 --> 00:07:46,404 I haven't even been on a date. 137 00:07:46,529 --> 00:07:47,697 Right. 138 00:07:47,822 --> 00:07:49,657 And since it's physically impossible to have sex 139 00:07:49,783 --> 00:07:50,950 without someone buying you dinner... 140 00:07:51,076 --> 00:07:54,746 I haven't had sex since I split up with my husband. 141 00:07:54,871 --> 00:07:55,997 That was almost a year ago. 142 00:07:56,122 --> 00:08:00,794 Fine. Have it your way. Immaculate conception. 143 00:08:00,919 --> 00:08:03,505 What do I do? 144 00:08:03,630 --> 00:08:04,798 Well, it's obvious. 145 00:08:05,924 --> 00:08:07,842 Start a religion. 146 00:08:10,678 --> 00:08:12,680 In my office. 147 00:08:16,851 --> 00:08:18,228 Afternoon delight. 148 00:08:18,394 --> 00:08:20,563 She just loves the hard wood. 149 00:08:21,856 --> 00:08:26,986 You're not doing a brain biopsy based on a spot on an MRI. 150 00:08:27,112 --> 00:08:28,113 Where'd you get that? 151 00:08:28,238 --> 00:08:30,156 Not on a United States senator. 152 00:08:30,281 --> 00:08:31,407 Oh, just so I'm clear, 153 00:08:31,533 --> 00:08:33,743 a janitor would be okay? Do you have a list? 154 00:08:33,868 --> 00:08:37,539 A brain biopsy can cause permanent neurological damage. 155 00:08:37,664 --> 00:08:39,207 Whereas tumors are really good for brains. 156 00:08:39,332 --> 00:08:41,126 Make them grow big and strong. 157 00:08:41,417 --> 00:08:43,878 - It's my call. - No, it's not. 158 00:08:44,003 --> 00:08:46,548 So you're pulling rank on patient care? 159 00:08:46,673 --> 00:08:48,007 It's not my call either. 160 00:08:48,675 --> 00:08:49,717 It's up to you. 161 00:08:49,843 --> 00:08:51,594 HOUSE: Either it's a tumor or it's an infection 162 00:08:51,719 --> 00:08:53,179 that the lumbar puncture didn't pick up. 163 00:08:53,304 --> 00:08:55,431 Either way, unless we treat it immediately, it could kill you. 164 00:08:55,557 --> 00:08:58,643 Or it could be nothing. Reading brain MRls is not an exact science. 165 00:08:58,768 --> 00:09:00,603 Well, what caused my symptoms? 166 00:09:00,728 --> 00:09:02,230 Wow! Excellent question. 167 00:09:02,355 --> 00:09:03,606 Many doctors wouldn't have gone there. 168 00:09:03,731 --> 00:09:06,151 It could be a transient ischemic attack. 169 00:09:06,276 --> 00:09:10,196 You could make the argument for watching carefully for the time being. 170 00:09:10,321 --> 00:09:11,865 But you'd only make that argument 171 00:09:11,990 --> 00:09:13,741 if you were an administrator covering your ass. 172 00:09:13,867 --> 00:09:16,536 - That's absurd and insulting. - Insulting, yes. 173 00:09:16,661 --> 00:09:18,454 What would the voters think? 174 00:09:18,663 --> 00:09:22,208 (STAMMERING) If they find out I've had a brain biopsy? 175 00:09:24,586 --> 00:09:27,338 (STAMMERING) This could leave you brain damaged, 176 00:09:27,463 --> 00:09:29,549 and you're worried about NASCAR dads? 177 00:09:31,426 --> 00:09:32,677 (WHIRRING) 178 00:09:49,068 --> 00:09:50,361 It's not a brain tumor. 179 00:09:50,486 --> 00:09:53,156 It's not a bacterial infection either. 180 00:09:53,281 --> 00:09:55,783 So you biopsied his brain for nothing? 181 00:09:56,075 --> 00:09:58,578 If that were true, would Dr. Wilson's mouth 182 00:09:58,703 --> 00:10:00,997 be contorted into that ugly shape? 183 00:10:02,665 --> 00:10:05,126 It's toxoplasmosis. 184 00:10:05,752 --> 00:10:07,128 You sure? 185 00:10:08,213 --> 00:10:11,507 Which means the Great Black Hope has full-blown AIDS. 186 00:10:14,510 --> 00:10:17,180 They're gonna love that in Dubuque. 187 00:10:21,184 --> 00:10:24,604 Toxoplasmosis is a fairly common fungus you can get 188 00:10:24,729 --> 00:10:27,690 from eating under-cooked meat or touching cat feces. 189 00:10:27,857 --> 00:10:30,151 In rare cases, the fungi travel up the bloodstream 190 00:10:30,276 --> 00:10:34,239 and latch onto the brain, causing a lesion or inflammation. 191 00:10:34,364 --> 00:10:36,741 So, what's the prognosis? 192 00:10:39,285 --> 00:10:42,205 Toxo usually responds to treatment, 193 00:10:42,330 --> 00:10:44,165 but it only causes a lesion in your brain 194 00:10:44,290 --> 00:10:47,835 if your immune system is extremely weak to begin with. 195 00:10:50,088 --> 00:10:52,674 Senator, I'm afraid you have AIDS. 196 00:10:57,011 --> 00:10:58,054 - As I'm sure... - No! 197 00:10:58,179 --> 00:11:01,057 As I'm sure you know, people with HIV can live a long time. 198 00:11:01,182 --> 00:11:02,934 What else could do this to me? 199 00:11:03,643 --> 00:11:05,144 Theoretically, certain cancers. 200 00:11:05,270 --> 00:11:08,439 If you have toxo in your brain, you have AIDS. 201 00:11:09,857 --> 00:11:13,569 I do not have AIDS. 202 00:11:13,695 --> 00:11:17,365 (STAMMERING) I don't shoot up drugs. 203 00:11:17,490 --> 00:11:21,119 I don't sleep with... 204 00:11:21,244 --> 00:11:24,080 This is very bad news. I get that and I sympathize. 205 00:11:24,205 --> 00:11:26,165 But we gotta speed through the denial phase 206 00:11:26,291 --> 00:11:28,543 because you need antiretrovirals and you need them fast. 207 00:11:34,048 --> 00:11:36,217 You haven't even tested me for HIV! 208 00:11:36,342 --> 00:11:37,176 We will. 209 00:11:37,302 --> 00:11:40,096 But the toxo drugs are gonna piss off your fungi. 210 00:11:40,221 --> 00:11:42,223 And when fungi get pissed... 211 00:11:43,933 --> 00:11:46,227 I am not going to take the pills. 212 00:11:46,352 --> 00:11:48,604 You're afraid word will leak out. 213 00:11:49,856 --> 00:11:52,400 Trust me. You're not gonna be president either way. 214 00:11:52,525 --> 00:11:55,820 They don't call it the White House because of the paint job. 215 00:11:56,946 --> 00:11:58,239 Here's what you're gonna do. 216 00:11:58,614 --> 00:12:02,910 You're gonna give me the drugs for the toxo only. 217 00:12:03,661 --> 00:12:07,498 You're going to test me for HIV under a false name. 218 00:12:07,623 --> 00:12:09,792 You are going to test me for cancer 219 00:12:09,917 --> 00:12:12,795 and anything else that could have done this to me. 220 00:12:13,004 --> 00:12:16,382 If I have cancer, I will deal with it. 221 00:12:19,177 --> 00:12:24,307 But I do not have AIDS. 222 00:12:26,934 --> 00:12:29,187 "Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals are pleased to announce 223 00:12:29,312 --> 00:12:30,897 that Dr. Gregory House will present 224 00:12:31,022 --> 00:12:34,442 the latest research on our exciting new ACE inhibitor." 225 00:12:35,902 --> 00:12:37,904 You're making that up. That's Vogler's company. 226 00:12:38,029 --> 00:12:39,113 Press release. 227 00:12:39,238 --> 00:12:43,201 "During an address at the North American Cardiology Conference." 228 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,288 House never gives speeches. 229 00:12:47,413 --> 00:12:49,165 But when I really believe in something... 230 00:12:49,290 --> 00:12:52,377 Gosh dang it, I got a chance to make a difference here. 231 00:12:53,252 --> 00:12:55,380 You made a deal with Vogler? 232 00:12:55,505 --> 00:12:58,174 It's all the rage. Everybody's doing it. 233 00:12:59,509 --> 00:13:01,052 So, what's the deal? 234 00:13:01,177 --> 00:13:04,180 You get to keep all of us if you flog his products? 235 00:13:04,305 --> 00:13:05,807 One speech. No biggie. 236 00:13:06,808 --> 00:13:10,228 Foreman's doing a bone marrow biopsy to check for cancer. 237 00:13:10,353 --> 00:13:12,397 Cancer? The senator's got AIDS. 238 00:13:12,522 --> 00:13:14,649 Cancer sounds better in a press release. 239 00:13:14,774 --> 00:13:17,485 I need you guys to rush the ELISA test for HIV. 240 00:13:17,610 --> 00:13:19,070 Thank you. 241 00:13:20,113 --> 00:13:21,197 For the speech. 242 00:13:21,322 --> 00:13:24,033 When I said "rush", I meant, you know, fast. 243 00:13:24,158 --> 00:13:26,202 "Stat's" the word you doctors use, right? 244 00:13:26,327 --> 00:13:28,704 - I know it's hard for you. - Double stat? 245 00:13:33,501 --> 00:13:35,503 FOREMAN: This may sting a little. 246 00:13:37,046 --> 00:13:40,174 - Sorry. - It wasn't the shot. 247 00:13:40,299 --> 00:13:43,761 It's... My head's killing me. 248 00:13:44,303 --> 00:13:46,472 You know, Senator, we don't have to do this now. 249 00:13:46,597 --> 00:13:48,766 We can hold off till your HIV test comes back. 250 00:13:48,891 --> 00:13:49,976 (CHUCKLES) 251 00:13:50,101 --> 00:13:52,687 Because you figure it's gonna come back positive. 252 00:13:52,812 --> 00:13:53,980 In my experience... 253 00:13:54,105 --> 00:13:55,106 Patients lie, 254 00:13:55,231 --> 00:13:58,860 politicians lie more, and black politicians... 255 00:13:59,318 --> 00:14:02,280 I don't think black politicians lie more than white politicians. 256 00:14:02,405 --> 00:14:03,990 We lie less. 257 00:14:04,115 --> 00:14:06,826 You figure we're morally superior? 258 00:14:06,951 --> 00:14:08,744 I've got my theories. 259 00:14:09,579 --> 00:14:13,124 No, we just can't get away with it. 260 00:14:13,958 --> 00:14:15,001 (CLEARS THROAT) 261 00:14:15,126 --> 00:14:19,380 No one's gonna give us the benefit of the doubt. 262 00:14:20,173 --> 00:14:22,383 No one's gonna cut us a second chance. 263 00:14:23,009 --> 00:14:26,929 And when it happens, it's not just a bad politician. 264 00:14:27,054 --> 00:14:29,390 It's a bad role model. 265 00:14:29,515 --> 00:14:32,310 It's a dis... 266 00:14:32,894 --> 00:14:36,397 discredit to the race. 267 00:14:47,325 --> 00:14:49,202 You ready? 268 00:14:49,327 --> 00:14:50,495 Yeah. 269 00:14:51,287 --> 00:14:52,246 Yeah. 270 00:14:54,207 --> 00:14:56,209 Take a deep breath. 271 00:14:57,126 --> 00:14:58,419 (GRUNTS) 272 00:15:06,886 --> 00:15:09,055 Dr. House, I just wanted... 273 00:15:09,180 --> 00:15:10,139 You're welcome, again. 274 00:15:10,264 --> 00:15:11,349 I want you to know how much... 275 00:15:11,474 --> 00:15:13,726 Got it. You're grateful. 276 00:15:13,851 --> 00:15:16,687 Apparently you seem to think it will mean a lot to me to know that. 277 00:15:16,812 --> 00:15:19,357 Do you know why people pray to God? 278 00:15:19,482 --> 00:15:20,525 I thought you didn't believe in God. 279 00:15:20,650 --> 00:15:21,609 I don't. 280 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,320 Well, then you better be making a very good point. 281 00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:25,988 Do you think they pray to him and praise him 282 00:15:26,113 --> 00:15:27,865 because they want him to know how great he is? 283 00:15:28,074 --> 00:15:29,492 God already knows that. 284 00:15:31,118 --> 00:15:33,704 Are you comparing me to God? 285 00:15:33,829 --> 00:15:38,042 I mean, that's great, but just so you know, I've never made a tree. 286 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,921 I thank you because it means something to me 287 00:15:43,548 --> 00:15:45,925 to be grateful for what I receive. 288 00:15:51,722 --> 00:15:54,809 You are the most naive atheist I've ever met. 289 00:15:54,934 --> 00:15:57,812 Dr. House, you have a patient in Room 1. 290 00:15:57,937 --> 00:15:59,438 Thank God. 291 00:16:01,399 --> 00:16:06,404 People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs. 292 00:16:08,948 --> 00:16:11,617 I'm not gonna crush you. 293 00:16:15,830 --> 00:16:18,165 WOMAN: Petechial bruising? I don't know if I pronounced that right. 294 00:16:18,291 --> 00:16:20,960 Gosh, the Internet is such a wonderful tool. 295 00:16:21,085 --> 00:16:24,547 - It could be leukemia. - Definitely possible. 296 00:16:24,672 --> 00:16:27,174 The more likely diagnosis is hickey. 297 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:29,802 Well, it can't be a hickey. 298 00:16:29,927 --> 00:16:32,388 Why is everybody so ashamed of sex all of a sudden? 299 00:16:32,513 --> 00:16:34,724 I'm not having sex. 300 00:16:34,849 --> 00:16:37,184 I've barely even thought about sex since my marriage. 301 00:16:37,310 --> 00:16:38,144 (EXCLAIMS) 302 00:16:38,269 --> 00:16:40,313 I say you're having sex, you say you're not. 303 00:16:40,438 --> 00:16:43,357 Either you're lying or I'm wrong. 304 00:16:43,482 --> 00:16:45,276 Or there's some middle ground. 305 00:16:45,401 --> 00:16:46,611 You mean, like, oral? 306 00:16:46,736 --> 00:16:49,655 I mean, you're having sex without knowing it. 307 00:16:49,780 --> 00:16:52,199 I'm testing you for booze, drugs and GHB. 308 00:16:52,325 --> 00:16:55,786 I don't drink... What's GHB? 309 00:16:55,911 --> 00:16:58,080 The date-rape drug. 310 00:17:16,349 --> 00:17:18,267 HOUSE: It's positive. 311 00:17:31,030 --> 00:17:34,241 Your T cell count is eight, 312 00:17:34,367 --> 00:17:36,202 which means there's a good chance you'll die. 313 00:17:38,162 --> 00:17:43,042 I'm telling you this because we need to contact your sexual partners. 314 00:17:43,167 --> 00:17:46,045 I've only had two girlfriends. Two. 315 00:17:46,712 --> 00:17:48,881 After my wife died. 316 00:17:49,006 --> 00:17:51,425 I used condoms. 317 00:17:51,550 --> 00:17:53,844 You know the chances of you getting HIV 318 00:17:53,969 --> 00:17:56,555 from heterosexual sex with a condom? 319 00:17:56,681 --> 00:17:58,265 Yes. 320 00:17:58,391 --> 00:18:00,351 Someday there will be a black president. 321 00:18:00,476 --> 00:18:02,687 Someday there will be a gay president. 322 00:18:02,812 --> 00:18:04,939 Maybe there'll even be a gay, black president. 323 00:18:05,064 --> 00:18:10,236 But one combination I do not see happening is gay, black and dead. 324 00:18:11,237 --> 00:18:12,697 You need to stop lying to me. 325 00:18:12,822 --> 00:18:14,740 It must be miserable, 326 00:18:14,865 --> 00:18:16,575 always assuming the worst in people. 327 00:18:16,701 --> 00:18:18,327 Cut the crap. You're dying. 328 00:18:18,452 --> 00:18:21,831 And you're clever, you're witty and you are a coward. 329 00:18:21,956 --> 00:18:23,666 You're scared of taking chances. 330 00:18:23,791 --> 00:18:25,292 I take chances all the time. 331 00:18:25,418 --> 00:18:26,711 It's one of my worst qualities. 332 00:18:26,836 --> 00:18:28,295 0" People? 333 00:18:31,924 --> 00:18:35,094 Wanting to believe the best about people doesn't make it true. 334 00:18:35,219 --> 00:18:36,721 Being afraid to believe it doesn't make it false. 335 00:18:36,846 --> 00:18:38,723 Well, that's very moving. It's a shame I don't vote. 336 00:18:38,848 --> 00:18:41,726 No, no, no. This is who I am. 337 00:18:41,851 --> 00:18:43,102 I believe in people. 338 00:18:43,227 --> 00:18:46,480 I'm not hiply cynical, and I don't make easy, snide remarks. 339 00:18:46,605 --> 00:18:49,024 I would rather think that people are good 340 00:18:49,150 --> 00:18:51,235 and be disappointed once and again. 341 00:19:08,544 --> 00:19:10,546 I need to draw some more blood. 342 00:19:44,413 --> 00:19:45,915 Nurse! 343 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,001 The antiretrovirals aren't working. 344 00:19:49,126 --> 00:19:51,086 That's not surprising. 345 00:19:52,213 --> 00:19:54,548 He's just gonna keep getting worse. You realize that, right? 346 00:19:54,673 --> 00:19:57,051 Why are you spying on my case? 347 00:19:57,176 --> 00:19:59,345 Why are you giving that speech next week? 348 00:19:59,470 --> 00:20:01,013 We're both just doing what we have to do. 349 00:20:01,138 --> 00:20:02,598 You don't see a problem with that? 350 00:20:02,723 --> 00:20:04,600 Checking in on a patient? 351 00:20:04,725 --> 00:20:07,102 Yeah, wow. How do I look myself in the mirror? 352 00:20:07,228 --> 00:20:10,147 You're not being asked to perpetrate a fraud on the American people. 353 00:20:10,272 --> 00:20:11,273 It's a 10-minute speech. 354 00:20:11,398 --> 00:20:12,566 That I've been ordered to give. 355 00:20:12,691 --> 00:20:14,735 - Vogler's drug works. - Don't care. 356 00:20:14,860 --> 00:20:17,363 Why do you have to make everything so dramatic? 357 00:20:17,488 --> 00:20:20,282 'Cause I'm a very high-strung little lap dog. 358 00:20:20,950 --> 00:20:22,952 (BARKING) 359 00:20:23,327 --> 00:20:24,411 (GROWLS) 360 00:20:24,537 --> 00:20:25,663 (BARKS) 361 00:20:27,206 --> 00:20:28,499 (GRUNTS) 362 00:20:31,710 --> 00:20:33,838 Uh-uh. No pills. 363 00:20:33,963 --> 00:20:35,381 What's going on? 364 00:20:36,674 --> 00:20:39,051 The antiretrovirals aren't working. 365 00:20:39,176 --> 00:20:40,010 Why not? 366 00:20:41,804 --> 00:20:43,389 Because you don't have AIDS. 367 00:20:43,514 --> 00:20:45,015 (LAUGHS) 368 00:20:45,975 --> 00:20:48,435 The first test was a false positive. 369 00:20:48,561 --> 00:20:51,146 Happens one time in every 5,000. 370 00:20:51,272 --> 00:20:53,399 You ran a second test? 371 00:20:53,524 --> 00:20:55,359 Yeah. 372 00:20:55,484 --> 00:20:56,402 Yeah. 373 00:20:57,570 --> 00:20:59,488 You're still dying. 374 00:21:01,866 --> 00:21:04,994 The only difference is, now we don't know why. 375 00:21:09,039 --> 00:21:10,374 (MONITOR BEEPING) 376 00:21:17,756 --> 00:21:19,884 He's continuing to lose control of the muscles on his right side. 377 00:21:20,009 --> 00:21:23,137 His brain is getting foggier and his T cells are still in single digits. 378 00:21:23,262 --> 00:21:26,265 - Why are we doing this here? - So Cuddy can't find us. 379 00:21:26,432 --> 00:21:28,475 Unless we figure out the underlying disease, 380 00:21:28,601 --> 00:21:30,352 this guy's lied to his last constituent. 381 00:21:30,477 --> 00:21:32,479 False negative on the PCR AIDS test? 382 00:21:32,605 --> 00:21:33,856 Ran it twice. 383 00:21:34,231 --> 00:21:35,774 Immunoglobulin deficiency? 384 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:37,234 No history of respiratory problems. 385 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,403 Idiopathic T cell deficiency. 386 00:21:39,528 --> 00:21:41,405 "Idiopathic" from the Latin meaning "we're idiots" 387 00:21:41,530 --> 00:21:44,074 'cause we can't figure out what's causing it. 388 00:21:45,951 --> 00:21:48,662 - Give him a whole body scan. - You hate whole body scans. 389 00:21:48,787 --> 00:21:50,247 Because they're useless. 390 00:21:50,372 --> 00:21:51,790 Could probably scan every one of us 391 00:21:51,916 --> 00:21:54,251 and find five different doodads that look like cancer. 392 00:21:54,418 --> 00:21:57,671 But when you're fourth down and a hundred to go in the snow, 393 00:21:57,796 --> 00:22:00,799 you don't call a running play up the middle, unless you're the Jets. 394 00:22:03,385 --> 00:22:05,554 I hate sports metaphors. 395 00:22:05,679 --> 00:22:06,804 Why did you order the second AIDS test? 396 00:22:06,805 --> 00:22:07,806 Why did you order the second AIDS test? 397 00:22:07,932 --> 00:22:09,016 Standard procedure. 398 00:22:09,141 --> 00:22:11,685 Oh, well, that's you, Mr. Standard Procedure. 399 00:22:11,810 --> 00:22:13,979 You suspected the first test was a false positive? 400 00:22:14,104 --> 00:22:15,564 I knew he was going to Africa, 401 00:22:15,689 --> 00:22:17,816 and I figured he was vaccinated for Hep A and B. 402 00:22:17,942 --> 00:22:19,318 That could cause a false positive. 403 00:22:19,443 --> 00:22:21,528 Yeah, but you knew that before you ordered the first test. 404 00:22:21,654 --> 00:22:23,489 - What changed? - I should have ordered both. 405 00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:26,492 You were sure he had AIDS. 406 00:22:26,617 --> 00:22:29,244 Then you talked to him, then you had doubts. 407 00:22:29,370 --> 00:22:30,663 What did he say? 408 00:22:31,163 --> 00:22:34,458 He said he had not engaged in any risky behavior. 409 00:22:36,085 --> 00:22:39,463 - And you believed him. - He didn't have any reason to lie. 410 00:22:39,588 --> 00:22:42,841 Everybody lies, except politicians? 411 00:22:42,967 --> 00:22:45,511 House, I believe you're a romantic. 412 00:22:45,636 --> 00:22:48,222 You didn't just believe him, you believed in him. 413 00:22:48,347 --> 00:22:51,100 Do you want to come over tonight and watch old movies and cry? 414 00:22:52,226 --> 00:22:54,103 Dr. Cameron's getting to you. 415 00:22:54,228 --> 00:22:56,146 Well, I guess you can't be around that much niceness 416 00:22:56,271 --> 00:22:57,356 and not get any on you. 417 00:22:57,481 --> 00:22:58,899 Is that why you haven't put the moves on her? 418 00:22:59,024 --> 00:23:02,236 What makes you think I haven't put the moves on her? 419 00:23:06,281 --> 00:23:08,075 Boy! You're in trouble. 420 00:23:18,377 --> 00:23:21,338 You have restored my faith in the human race. 421 00:23:22,715 --> 00:23:25,718 - You're lying. - No. I'm not lying. 422 00:23:26,135 --> 00:23:29,805 Just got your results back. No GHB, no nothing. 423 00:23:29,930 --> 00:23:32,182 It means you're having sex and you're lying about it. 424 00:23:32,307 --> 00:23:35,310 No. And I have a new symptom. 425 00:23:36,103 --> 00:23:39,231 I have a rash on my butt. 426 00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:44,570 Do you wanna... Yeah. 427 00:23:50,951 --> 00:23:52,578 What is it? 428 00:23:52,703 --> 00:23:56,623 - It's a carpet burn. - No. It can't be. 429 00:23:56,749 --> 00:23:58,584 Doctor, I love sex. 430 00:23:58,709 --> 00:24:01,920 I miss it. I haven't had any in over a year. 431 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,965 Well, you managed to keep this appointment, 432 00:24:05,090 --> 00:24:07,426 so you have no short-term memory problem. 433 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,511 Multiple personalities? 434 00:24:09,636 --> 00:24:11,346 Do you find yourself losing chunks of time? 435 00:24:11,472 --> 00:24:13,599 Do you wake up and you don't remember falling asleep? 436 00:24:13,724 --> 00:24:16,977 No. I just wake up really exhausted. 437 00:24:17,102 --> 00:24:20,272 - Something upsetting you? - No. 438 00:24:22,399 --> 00:24:25,319 My ex lives in the apartment downstairs. 439 00:24:25,444 --> 00:24:26,945 He's always calling me, 440 00:24:27,071 --> 00:24:28,405 always wanting to get back together, 441 00:24:28,530 --> 00:24:30,032 complaining about mixed signals. 442 00:24:30,157 --> 00:24:33,285 "Get out of my life." How much clearer can you get? 443 00:24:34,411 --> 00:24:37,122 We have a sleep lab in the basement. 444 00:24:38,123 --> 00:24:41,752 If nothing else, it will get you away from your ex for a night. 445 00:24:55,933 --> 00:24:58,310 Slightly enlarged lymph node in his left armpit. 446 00:24:58,435 --> 00:24:59,269 How slightly? 447 00:24:59,394 --> 00:25:00,312 WILSON: Quarter mil. 448 00:25:00,437 --> 00:25:02,189 - Lymphoma? - Sure. 449 00:25:02,815 --> 00:25:05,109 Or he's had a cold in the last six months. 450 00:25:05,234 --> 00:25:07,152 What, you got her on speed dial? 451 00:25:07,277 --> 00:25:09,613 I just follow the scent of arrogance. 452 00:25:09,738 --> 00:25:11,657 CHASE: Another slightly enlarged node over here. 453 00:25:11,782 --> 00:25:14,368 Two more in his neck and one in his groin. 454 00:25:14,493 --> 00:25:16,286 And there's a cyst in his liver. 455 00:25:16,411 --> 00:25:18,622 CAMERON: It looks complex. Central necrosis? 456 00:25:18,747 --> 00:25:21,125 HOUSE: Spontaneous bleeding. It's benign. 457 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:23,168 I was rooting for a really cool tumor. 458 00:25:23,293 --> 00:25:24,962 Instead, we're stuck with this crap. 459 00:25:25,087 --> 00:25:27,714 Doesn't matter. Once you find them, you gotta check them. 460 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,633 Knock yourselves out. 461 00:25:30,634 --> 00:25:33,178 I just saw Senator Wright. He looks like hell. 462 00:25:33,303 --> 00:25:36,974 That sushi must've been a lot worse than you thought. 463 00:25:37,099 --> 00:25:39,977 Mr. Vogler, would you like a free whole body scan? 464 00:25:40,269 --> 00:25:42,187 A man of your stature should get himself checked 465 00:25:42,312 --> 00:25:43,981 at least three times a year. 466 00:25:44,106 --> 00:25:47,484 Here's a few key points I want you to cover during your speech. 467 00:25:49,278 --> 00:25:50,821 HOUSE: Fourteen pages. 468 00:25:50,946 --> 00:25:54,324 The audience will be comatose by paragraph two. 469 00:25:54,449 --> 00:25:55,993 Throw in a joke. 470 00:26:00,497 --> 00:26:03,208 Dr. Chase, we need to talk. 471 00:26:06,295 --> 00:26:08,130 HOUSE: How do you see this ending? 472 00:26:08,255 --> 00:26:09,673 What ending? 473 00:26:09,798 --> 00:26:11,925 I can't fire you, so you have no reason to fear me, 474 00:26:12,050 --> 00:26:14,970 and, therefore, no reason to lie to me. 475 00:26:15,095 --> 00:26:16,972 You told Cuddy where I was. 476 00:26:17,097 --> 00:26:18,891 You told Vogler what I was doing. 477 00:26:24,438 --> 00:26:28,025 - Yeah. - So how can I work with you? 478 00:26:29,693 --> 00:26:32,571 Well, you don't have a choice. 479 00:26:36,158 --> 00:26:37,534 FOREMAN: This might hurt a little. 480 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,661 Lie to me. 481 00:26:39,786 --> 00:26:40,996 (CHUCKLES) 482 00:26:41,330 --> 00:26:44,291 Okay. It'll feel like a gentle massage. 483 00:26:44,833 --> 00:26:50,339 House is a lousy teacher. 484 00:26:50,464 --> 00:26:54,009 You can't lie for beans. 485 00:26:54,134 --> 00:26:56,762 Have you ever told any really big ones? 486 00:26:57,804 --> 00:27:01,475 I might be messed up, but I'm not that out of it. 487 00:27:03,060 --> 00:27:04,353 (EXCLAIMS) 488 00:27:04,561 --> 00:27:06,313 FOREMAN: Strap his arm down. 489 00:27:14,988 --> 00:27:17,115 Am I going to be okay? 490 00:27:18,742 --> 00:27:19,993 I hope so. 491 00:27:26,959 --> 00:27:31,088 - I am selling my soul. - Just a little piece. 492 00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:33,131 And you are getting something in return. 493 00:27:33,257 --> 00:27:36,885 I said I was selling it, I didn't say I was giving it away. 494 00:27:37,010 --> 00:27:39,388 That would be immoral and stupid. 495 00:27:39,513 --> 00:27:41,682 All they've done is add an antacid. 496 00:27:41,807 --> 00:27:43,350 - Does it work? - Well, it's not the point. 497 00:27:43,475 --> 00:27:46,478 Of course it's the point. He's not asking you to lie. 498 00:27:46,603 --> 00:27:48,188 He's not asking you to do something illegal. 499 00:27:48,313 --> 00:27:50,023 He's not asking me to do anything. 500 00:27:50,148 --> 00:27:51,275 He's not ordering you. 501 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,236 He gave you a choice. You chose your staff. 502 00:27:55,153 --> 00:27:57,239 I know this isn't easy for you. You'll suffer. 503 00:27:57,364 --> 00:27:59,866 Vicodin sales in Jersey will triple. 504 00:27:59,992 --> 00:28:02,244 But you are doing a good thing. 505 00:28:08,834 --> 00:28:12,379 Only you could feel like crap about doing something good. 506 00:28:13,171 --> 00:28:15,132 FOREMAN: Kidney and liver cysts are both benign, 507 00:28:15,257 --> 00:28:17,134 and the lymph nodes all came back clean. 508 00:28:17,259 --> 00:28:20,220 His left armpit node has antibodies for CD11. 509 00:28:20,345 --> 00:28:22,306 Well, not enough to indicate lymphoma. 510 00:28:22,431 --> 00:28:24,641 We never tested for hairy cell leukemia. 511 00:28:24,766 --> 00:28:26,101 WILSON: No, but we would have picked it up 512 00:28:26,226 --> 00:28:27,728 somewhere else besides one lymph node. 513 00:28:27,853 --> 00:28:30,230 And his spleen isn't enlarged. 514 00:28:30,355 --> 00:28:31,690 Size isn't everything. 515 00:28:32,149 --> 00:28:34,609 The spleen is the mother lode for hairy cells. 516 00:28:37,612 --> 00:28:39,823 - Let's cut it open. - You can't biopsy his spleen. 517 00:28:39,948 --> 00:28:41,867 - It'll bleed like stink. - In the senator's condition, 518 00:28:41,992 --> 00:28:44,786 a spleen biopsy could easily cause sepsis and kill him. 519 00:28:44,911 --> 00:28:47,039 Why do you do this to me? 520 00:28:47,164 --> 00:28:48,915 Now if I kill him, I can't tell the judge 521 00:28:49,041 --> 00:28:50,334 I had no idea of the risks involved. 522 00:28:50,459 --> 00:28:51,585 FOREMAN: His brain is turning into mush, 523 00:28:51,710 --> 00:28:53,920 and he's at risk for more infections. We have to do it. 524 00:28:54,046 --> 00:28:56,214 See? That'll sound much better in court. 525 00:28:56,340 --> 00:28:58,091 Okay. Go tell our human pincushion 526 00:28:58,216 --> 00:29:00,761 we'll be sticking him one more time. 527 00:29:02,637 --> 00:29:03,889 HOUSE: Cuddy. 528 00:29:05,849 --> 00:29:09,936 - Don't you hate doing this? - Yeah. 529 00:29:25,827 --> 00:29:27,287 What's up? 530 00:29:30,624 --> 00:29:32,167 You like me. 531 00:29:35,837 --> 00:29:36,880 Why? 532 00:29:39,591 --> 00:29:41,885 That's kind of a sad question. 533 00:29:44,179 --> 00:29:46,807 I'm just trying to figure out what makes you tick. 534 00:29:46,932 --> 00:29:48,558 I am not warm and fuzzy, 535 00:29:48,683 --> 00:29:51,603 and you are basically a stuffed animal made by Grandma. 536 00:29:51,728 --> 00:29:54,398 I don't think that's why you're asking. 537 00:29:55,023 --> 00:29:56,733 I think this is because of the speech. 538 00:29:56,858 --> 00:29:58,443 God, don't try and pick me apart. 539 00:29:58,568 --> 00:30:03,156 Then why are you asking? What do you want to hear? 540 00:30:23,468 --> 00:30:25,053 Hey, Senator. 541 00:30:25,178 --> 00:30:27,848 We need to do one more biopsy on your spleen. 542 00:30:28,098 --> 00:30:29,307 (COUGHS) 543 00:30:29,516 --> 00:30:34,479 I'll have to sign lefty. My fingers aren't working. 544 00:30:40,527 --> 00:30:42,195 FOREMAN: Have you been coughing a lot? 545 00:30:43,405 --> 00:30:47,325 - Does it hurt? - It's like I can't get air. 546 00:30:48,535 --> 00:30:51,037 Is it from the toxo? 547 00:30:51,913 --> 00:30:55,876 No. This... This is new. 548 00:30:56,209 --> 00:30:57,210 (wmzeznqe) 549 00:30:57,502 --> 00:31:00,630 You don't need to sign. We can't do the biopsy. 550 00:31:09,598 --> 00:31:12,184 FOREMAN: The senator's breathing is severely impaired. 551 00:31:12,309 --> 00:31:14,060 His O2 sat levels are at 89. 552 00:31:14,186 --> 00:31:17,355 His silver stain indicates Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. 553 00:31:17,481 --> 00:31:20,567 Another killer fungus. Consistent with hairy cell leukemia. 554 00:31:20,692 --> 00:31:23,737 FOREMAN: But we can't biopsy his spleen. Respiratory distress. 555 00:31:23,862 --> 00:31:26,531 His platelets are 20 and dropping. His blood won't clot worth a damn. 556 00:31:26,656 --> 00:31:28,325 CAMERON: There's gotta be another way to diagnose hairy cell. 557 00:31:28,450 --> 00:31:31,536 No. His bone marrow's indeterminate. Spleen biopsy's the only way to go. 558 00:31:31,661 --> 00:31:34,998 You know, when the Inuit go fishing, they don't look for fish. 559 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,798 Why, Dr. House? 560 00:31:44,174 --> 00:31:48,637 They look for the blue heron because there's no way to see the fish. 561 00:31:48,762 --> 00:31:50,972 But if there's fish, there's gonna be birds fishing. 562 00:31:51,223 --> 00:31:54,935 Now, if he's got hairy cell, what else should we see circling overhead? 563 00:31:55,060 --> 00:31:57,187 He should have all sorts of weird viruses. 564 00:31:57,312 --> 00:31:58,980 HTLV and ATLV. 565 00:31:59,105 --> 00:32:01,691 We can test for them. Run the titers. 566 00:32:03,985 --> 00:32:06,655 HOUSE: These were your brain waves at 2:45 a.m. 567 00:32:06,780 --> 00:32:10,367 Now, here it comes. There's an abrupt jump from slow-wave sleep. 568 00:32:11,743 --> 00:32:14,412 This indicates partial sleep arousal. 569 00:32:14,538 --> 00:32:17,791 Most common type is somnambulism. Sleepwalking. 570 00:32:17,916 --> 00:32:20,335 That would explain why I'm so tired when I wake up. 571 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:23,129 Yes. And also why you were pregnant. 572 00:32:23,922 --> 00:32:27,008 And the hickeys. And the carpet burn. 573 00:32:27,133 --> 00:32:29,553 I had sex in my sleep? 574 00:32:29,678 --> 00:32:32,222 Sexsomnia is a documented disorder. 575 00:32:33,598 --> 00:32:35,183 You said your ex lives downstairs. 576 00:32:35,308 --> 00:32:36,434 I'll kill him. 577 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,854 Okay. But he probably didn't know that you were asleep. 578 00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:42,232 Sexsomniacs can act pretty normal. 579 00:32:42,357 --> 00:32:45,694 I'm gonna write you a prescription for a low-dose antidepressant. 580 00:32:45,819 --> 00:32:47,445 It'll let you sleep better. 581 00:32:47,571 --> 00:32:49,864 If you wanna save yourself the $15 co-pay, 582 00:32:49,990 --> 00:32:51,825 you could have sex while you're awake. 583 00:32:53,243 --> 00:32:54,244 He's my ex. I... 584 00:32:54,369 --> 00:32:55,620 You live in the same building. 585 00:32:55,745 --> 00:32:57,998 You haven't had sex with anyone else for a year. 586 00:32:58,123 --> 00:32:59,833 You sleepwalk right into his arms. 587 00:33:00,041 --> 00:33:02,961 Call me crazy, but I'm sensing unresolved issues. 588 00:33:07,424 --> 00:33:09,759 Negative for HTLV 1 and 2. 589 00:33:09,884 --> 00:33:12,178 And negative for ATLV and everything else. 590 00:33:12,304 --> 00:33:14,306 It's not hairy cell. 591 00:33:15,307 --> 00:33:18,310 Hey. You really gonna give that speech? 592 00:33:19,227 --> 00:33:22,647 - You got an opinion, too? - I'm a little surprised. 593 00:33:22,772 --> 00:33:24,232 Frankly, I thought you were too much 594 00:33:24,357 --> 00:33:26,776 of a self-absorbed ass to do this for us. 595 00:33:26,901 --> 00:33:28,653 You're welcome. 596 00:33:28,778 --> 00:33:30,447 He's positive for Epstein-Barr. 597 00:33:31,448 --> 00:33:33,241 So what? It doesn't point to hairy cell. 598 00:33:33,366 --> 00:33:34,993 It's irrelevant. 599 00:33:46,421 --> 00:33:47,547 Hey! 600 00:33:47,672 --> 00:33:48,882 (GASPING) 601 00:33:49,132 --> 00:33:51,593 You didn't fall off the swings when you were eight. 602 00:33:54,095 --> 00:33:55,388 - Six. - Ever. 603 00:33:57,474 --> 00:34:00,435 - Give that back. - We have to talk. 604 00:34:00,810 --> 00:34:04,731 You had an epileptic seizure. That's how you bit your tongue. 605 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,735 I haven't had a seizure since I... 606 00:34:08,860 --> 00:34:11,529 What medication did you take? 607 00:34:11,655 --> 00:34:14,991 (STAMMERING) No seizure since I was six. 608 00:34:15,116 --> 00:34:19,871 No drugs since I was 10. 609 00:34:19,996 --> 00:34:21,289 Yeah, that's it. 610 00:34:21,414 --> 00:34:23,208 Don't worry about what the question is. 611 00:34:23,333 --> 00:34:25,001 Don't worry that you're starting to feel dizzy. 612 00:34:25,126 --> 00:34:26,878 Just stay on message. 613 00:34:30,965 --> 00:34:32,175 My... 614 00:34:33,134 --> 00:34:36,012 My mother used to call... Call it... 615 00:34:38,223 --> 00:34:39,432 "funny" something. 616 00:34:39,557 --> 00:34:41,226 - Phenytoin? - Yes! 617 00:34:43,228 --> 00:34:44,688 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 618 00:34:44,854 --> 00:34:47,065 Okay, okay. You're okay. 619 00:34:49,067 --> 00:34:50,360 It's okay. 620 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,032 Everybody lies. 621 00:34:57,450 --> 00:35:02,330 HOUSE: Senator Gary H. Wright of New Jersey had childhood epilepsy. 622 00:35:02,747 --> 00:35:06,751 He took phenytoin. That drug, with the Epstein-Barr virus, 623 00:35:06,876 --> 00:35:10,213 is associated with common variable immunodeficiency disease. 624 00:35:10,338 --> 00:35:12,298 T cells down, B cells down. 625 00:35:12,424 --> 00:35:14,092 Keeps you from forming enough antibodies. 626 00:35:14,217 --> 00:35:16,970 See, the antibodies are basically your defensive line. 627 00:35:17,512 --> 00:35:20,557 And your brain is like the quarterback. 628 00:35:20,682 --> 00:35:24,978 And then the fungi are like blitzing linebackers plunging up the middle. 629 00:35:25,145 --> 00:35:27,397 Your lungs are like... 630 00:35:28,398 --> 00:35:29,482 Okay, you got two quarterbacks. 631 00:35:29,607 --> 00:35:30,567 CHASE: CVID? 632 00:35:30,692 --> 00:35:34,404 That's a type of immunoglobulin deficiency. I said that. 633 00:35:34,529 --> 00:35:37,574 Yeah, well, it was a stupid idea when you said it. 634 00:35:37,699 --> 00:35:39,033 Then he got the respiratory problem 635 00:35:39,159 --> 00:35:40,952 and he tested positive for Epstein-Barr. 636 00:35:41,077 --> 00:35:42,871 That's pretty much a childhood disease. 637 00:35:42,996 --> 00:35:45,665 That's another reason why Chase's suggestion was idiotic. 638 00:35:45,790 --> 00:35:48,460 He got it when he was a kid. Didn't get any symptoms until now. 639 00:35:48,585 --> 00:35:49,586 It happens. 640 00:35:49,711 --> 00:35:53,423 It gets triggered by stress, like public speaking. 641 00:35:53,548 --> 00:35:56,843 So you're basing your diagnosis on a virus that's relatively common 642 00:35:56,968 --> 00:35:58,261 and a drug he took 30 years ago. 643 00:35:58,803 --> 00:36:02,015 Start the senator on IV immunoglobulin, stat. 644 00:36:02,140 --> 00:36:04,309 If he gets better, I'm right. If he dies, you're right. 645 00:36:06,895 --> 00:36:08,271 (MONITOR BEEPING) 646 00:36:42,847 --> 00:36:44,057 Dr. House? 647 00:36:50,355 --> 00:36:52,106 - You faked that. - No. 648 00:36:53,483 --> 00:36:55,109 HOUSE: Say "antiretroviral". 649 00:36:55,235 --> 00:36:56,069 Antiretroviral. 650 00:36:56,194 --> 00:36:58,196 Now, say it three times fast. 651 00:36:58,321 --> 00:37:00,156 We just got back your latest blood results. 652 00:37:00,281 --> 00:37:03,076 Your white cells are up. Your T cells are back over a hundred. 653 00:37:03,201 --> 00:37:04,494 Well, that's... That's good, right? 654 00:37:04,619 --> 00:37:06,913 In a week? That's terrific. 655 00:37:07,038 --> 00:37:08,873 You'll need medication for the rest of your life, 656 00:37:08,998 --> 00:37:11,334 but other than that, you're fine. 657 00:37:11,459 --> 00:37:13,127 Am I well enough to run for president? 658 00:37:13,253 --> 00:37:14,963 Why not run for pope while you're at it? 659 00:37:15,088 --> 00:37:16,089 FOREMAN: Oh, come on. 660 00:37:16,214 --> 00:37:18,424 Kennedy had Addison's. FDR had polio. 661 00:37:18,550 --> 00:37:20,134 Two of the best presidents in the last hundred years. 662 00:37:20,260 --> 00:37:22,971 If they were running today, they wouldn't stand a chance. 663 00:37:23,096 --> 00:37:26,307 So you figure you'd be surgeon general if you didn't have the limp? 664 00:37:27,350 --> 00:37:29,352 No. There's things I can't do. 665 00:37:29,477 --> 00:37:33,648 And like you said, I have to live with reality. 666 00:37:33,815 --> 00:37:36,067 Well, then I'm running. 667 00:37:36,192 --> 00:37:37,068 Good for you. 668 00:37:37,193 --> 00:37:38,736 Now, don't get excited. 669 00:37:38,862 --> 00:37:41,865 He's right. I... I won't win. 670 00:37:42,699 --> 00:37:44,117 Then why run? 671 00:37:47,161 --> 00:37:48,872 Oh, I see. Your point being, 672 00:37:48,997 --> 00:37:53,167 the only way to make a difference is to win every fight. 673 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,967 But, hey, why listen to me? 674 00:38:01,092 --> 00:38:04,721 I own the company. I'm certainly not to be trusted, right? 675 00:38:06,347 --> 00:38:08,349 Dr. Greg House, on the other hand, 676 00:38:08,474 --> 00:38:13,605 has a reputation for integrity, among other things. 677 00:38:14,856 --> 00:38:16,691 Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Greg House. 678 00:38:16,816 --> 00:38:18,109 (AUDIENCE CLAPS) 679 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,505 "Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals' commitment to research excellence 680 00:38:39,631 --> 00:38:41,633 is exemplified by their new ACE inhibitor, 681 00:38:41,758 --> 00:38:42,800 a breakthrough medical approach 682 00:38:42,926 --> 00:38:45,136 that will protect millions from heart disease." 683 00:38:56,814 --> 00:38:58,566 That's not a speech. 684 00:38:59,525 --> 00:39:01,194 I thought it was pithy. 685 00:39:01,319 --> 00:39:04,113 You got enough for a press release anyhow. 686 00:39:04,238 --> 00:39:06,324 Foreman or Cameron. 687 00:39:17,001 --> 00:39:19,295 A few things I forgot to mention. 688 00:39:20,296 --> 00:39:23,758 Ed Vogler is a brilliant businessman, 689 00:39:23,883 --> 00:39:28,388 a brilliant judge of people, and a man who has never lost a fight. 690 00:39:31,516 --> 00:39:35,311 You know how I know that the new ACE inhibitor is good? 691 00:39:35,436 --> 00:39:37,146 'Cause the old one was good. 692 00:39:37,271 --> 00:39:40,274 The new one is really the same, just more expensive. 693 00:39:41,109 --> 00:39:42,860 A lot more expensive. 694 00:39:43,319 --> 00:39:46,364 You see, that's another example of Ed's brilliance. 695 00:39:46,489 --> 00:39:48,825 Whenever one of his drugs is about to lose its patent, 696 00:39:48,950 --> 00:39:53,830 he has his boys and girls alter it just a tiny bit, patent it all over again, 697 00:39:53,955 --> 00:39:56,833 making not just a pointless new pill, 698 00:39:56,958 --> 00:39:59,377 but millions and millions of dollars. 699 00:39:59,794 --> 00:40:01,504 Which is good for everybody, right? 700 00:40:01,629 --> 00:40:04,048 Except the patients. But who cares? 701 00:40:04,173 --> 00:40:06,217 They're just so damn sick. 702 00:40:07,093 --> 00:40:09,053 God obviously never liked them anyway. 703 00:40:10,221 --> 00:40:12,098 From all the healthy people in the room, 704 00:40:12,223 --> 00:40:14,892 let's have a big round of applause for Ed Vogler. 705 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:27,905 I threw in a joke. 706 00:40:33,119 --> 00:40:34,996 (PIANO PLAYING) 707 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:52,221 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) 708 00:41:22,794 --> 00:41:24,295 I'm sorry. 709 00:41:26,255 --> 00:41:28,257 I should've taken an extra couple of Vicodin 710 00:41:28,382 --> 00:41:29,383 and just held my nose. 711 00:41:29,509 --> 00:41:32,136 I'm guessing you did take a couple extra Vicodin. 712 00:41:32,261 --> 00:41:33,596 True. 713 00:41:37,225 --> 00:41:39,477 You don't need to worry about firing anyone. 714 00:41:40,353 --> 00:41:41,354 I'm leaving. 715 00:41:43,439 --> 00:41:44,565 Why? 716 00:41:49,862 --> 00:41:53,533 Is this another noble, self-sacrificing gesture? 717 00:41:54,659 --> 00:41:55,910 Are you trying to protect Foreman? 718 00:41:56,035 --> 00:41:57,036 No. 719 00:41:57,161 --> 00:42:00,039 So this is just, "Don't fire me. I quit"? 720 00:42:00,665 --> 00:42:02,625 I'm protecting myself. 721 00:42:06,963 --> 00:42:09,257 You asked me why I like you. 722 00:42:10,716 --> 00:42:13,052 You're abrasive and rude. 723 00:42:15,012 --> 00:42:18,933 But I figured, everything you do, you do it to help people. 724 00:42:21,102 --> 00:42:22,728 But I was wrong. 725 00:42:25,064 --> 00:42:26,941 You do it because it's right. 726 00:42:49,338 --> 00:42:53,050 There are only two ways that I can deal with things. 727 00:42:53,467 --> 00:42:55,261 One is in my control. 728 00:42:58,973 --> 00:43:00,224 That's to leave. 729 00:43:07,273 --> 00:43:09,108 Goodbye, House.