1 00:00:00,397 --> 00:00:01,398 (PANTING) 2 00:00:08,363 --> 00:00:09,656 Good morning. 3 00:00:19,791 --> 00:00:21,001 Hey, Alfredo. 4 00:00:23,003 --> 00:00:26,131 - You done already? - No. Not yet. I finish tomorrow. 5 00:00:26,256 --> 00:00:29,426 - Mexico playing Argentina on TV? - No, no. 6 00:00:29,551 --> 00:00:30,594 (PANTING) 7 00:00:30,719 --> 00:00:32,596 My asthma is very bad today. 8 00:00:32,721 --> 00:00:35,557 Six years, Alfredo. You can't lie to me. 9 00:00:35,682 --> 00:00:37,476 - I'm throwing a dinner... - First thing tomorrow... 10 00:00:37,601 --> 00:00:38,894 Party's tonight. 11 00:00:39,019 --> 00:00:42,022 A little rain and I'm gonna have to put buckets on the dining room table. 12 00:00:42,147 --> 00:00:45,067 - No clouds, no rain. - I'll tell you what. 13 00:00:45,192 --> 00:00:48,528 You take off, but if it pours into my guests' wineglasses... 14 00:00:49,237 --> 00:00:52,991 - Okay. Okay, sefiora. I'll do it. - Thank you. 15 00:00:59,122 --> 00:01:00,749 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 16 00:01:21,603 --> 00:01:23,105 (COUGHING) 17 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:27,693 (ALFREDO SCREAMING) 18 00:01:29,569 --> 00:01:30,862 (ALFREDO GROANING) 19 00:01:34,449 --> 00:01:35,784 (SIREN WAILING) 20 00:01:38,829 --> 00:01:40,539 Spinal cord seems intact. 21 00:01:41,456 --> 00:01:43,166 Take a deep breath. 22 00:01:43,291 --> 00:01:44,793 - (GASPING) It hurts. - Try. 23 00:01:45,919 --> 00:01:48,213 Breath sounds bilateral. I don't think he has a pneumothorax. 24 00:01:48,338 --> 00:01:50,465 - Just asthma. - That and probably a broken rib. 25 00:01:50,590 --> 00:01:51,967 Tell me when it hurts the most. 26 00:01:52,092 --> 00:01:53,427 (GROANING) 27 00:01:55,095 --> 00:01:57,264 Your two little fingers are darker than the others. 28 00:01:57,389 --> 00:02:00,976 They feel funny.Como needles. 29 00:02:01,101 --> 00:02:04,312 - How long have they been like that? - Never noticed before. 30 00:02:04,438 --> 00:02:05,480 Is bad? 31 00:02:40,307 --> 00:02:42,517 CUDDY: Judging by how it looks, he could lose his hand. 32 00:02:42,642 --> 00:02:45,979 How does falling off your roof do that to a guy's fingers? 33 00:02:46,104 --> 00:02:48,440 He could have tweaked a vertebra in his neck. 34 00:02:48,565 --> 00:02:50,358 Could impinge the ulnar... 35 00:02:51,526 --> 00:02:53,528 Sorry, trouble concentrating. 36 00:02:53,653 --> 00:02:55,989 That tank top really absorbs moisture. 37 00:02:57,616 --> 00:02:59,951 Could impinge the ulnar nerve, cut the blood flow. 38 00:03:00,076 --> 00:03:03,246 Or it could be disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. 39 00:03:03,371 --> 00:03:04,664 DIC? 40 00:03:04,790 --> 00:03:06,792 Guy falls off a roof, the first thought is always, 41 00:03:06,917 --> 00:03:07,918 "it's a clotting problem". 42 00:03:08,043 --> 00:03:10,545 Trauma can activate the clotting enzymes. 43 00:03:10,670 --> 00:03:13,507 - Guy could lose more than his hand. - Thank you very much. 44 00:03:13,632 --> 00:03:15,592 This guy's been working for me for a long time, and I... 45 00:03:15,717 --> 00:03:18,386 Do I get bonus points if I act like I care? 46 00:03:19,971 --> 00:03:23,934 Cervical MRI. Work up for DIC. And start him on a heparin drip. 47 00:03:24,059 --> 00:03:25,519 - Who? - You wanna know his name? 48 00:03:25,644 --> 00:03:28,188 I'm sure it's in the file. Or you could ask her. 49 00:03:28,313 --> 00:03:31,149 She's his oldest, bestest friend. They were in Cub Scouts together. 50 00:03:31,274 --> 00:03:32,901 I'll get started on the blood tests. 51 00:03:33,026 --> 00:03:34,945 You haven't been a real doctor in 10 years. 52 00:03:35,070 --> 00:03:36,530 You'll make a mess all over the sheets. 53 00:03:36,655 --> 00:03:38,532 - I'll do it. - You have clinic duty. 54 00:03:38,657 --> 00:03:41,243 - I still know how to handle a patient. - Get me blood. 55 00:03:41,368 --> 00:03:43,036 Lots of blood. 56 00:03:43,161 --> 00:03:45,080 They're better. They've showered. 57 00:04:01,763 --> 00:04:03,682 You don't need to see him. 58 00:04:03,807 --> 00:04:06,852 One-handed handymen aren't in big demand. 59 00:04:06,977 --> 00:04:09,688 Talking. That's how lawsuits are lost. 60 00:04:09,813 --> 00:04:10,897 I know you, Lisa. 61 00:04:11,022 --> 00:04:13,942 You go in, you offer to pay his medical bills, his wages, 62 00:04:14,067 --> 00:04:15,735 you'll say something stupid like, "I'm sorry". 63 00:04:15,861 --> 00:04:16,987 You think I'm an idiot. 64 00:04:17,112 --> 00:04:19,823 I think you're not a lawyer. Don't go in there. 65 00:04:21,408 --> 00:04:23,743 Trust me, House's people can handle this. 66 00:04:25,829 --> 00:04:26,997 Yeah. 67 00:04:28,456 --> 00:04:30,375 CHASE: This might sting a little bit. 68 00:04:31,001 --> 00:04:34,129 The medicine will thin the blood and help it to circulate. 69 00:04:34,254 --> 00:04:36,172 Those are pretty nasty scars there. 70 00:04:37,048 --> 00:04:38,633 I work construction. 71 00:04:39,634 --> 00:04:40,844 (GROANING) 72 00:04:43,305 --> 00:04:45,015 How long will I be in the hospital? 73 00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:47,517 Depends how long it takes us to figure out what's going on. 74 00:04:47,642 --> 00:04:49,477 I need to work. I'll get fired. 75 00:04:49,603 --> 00:04:51,146 I'm sure Dr. Cuddy won't fire you. 76 00:04:51,271 --> 00:04:53,857 I'm a janitor at fast food six nights. I need to work. 77 00:04:53,982 --> 00:04:56,401 - My mother doesn't make enough. - I can work. I'm old enough. 78 00:04:56,526 --> 00:04:58,111 You're old enough when you finish college. 79 00:04:58,236 --> 00:04:59,237 Why? You never went... 80 00:04:59,362 --> 00:05:01,156 I never had a big brother to tell me to shut up! 81 00:05:01,281 --> 00:05:04,534 I promise we'll let you out of here as soon as we're able to. 82 00:05:04,659 --> 00:05:08,538 Look, I... I am fine. Okay? I feel better. I go home now. 83 00:05:08,663 --> 00:05:11,666 No. If this is a clotting problem, it could be very serious. 84 00:05:11,791 --> 00:05:13,543 - All right? - Look, you can't make me stay. 85 00:05:13,668 --> 00:05:16,004 - Wait... - You can't make me stay. 86 00:05:16,129 --> 00:05:17,672 Turn your hand over. 87 00:05:18,381 --> 00:05:20,008 I need to see your hand. 88 00:05:26,014 --> 00:05:27,223 Where's Dr. Cuddy? 89 00:05:27,474 --> 00:05:29,142 CHASE: We've got a third finger turning dark. 90 00:05:29,267 --> 00:05:32,354 His PTT is prolonged and the fibrin split products are off. 91 00:05:32,479 --> 00:05:35,357 He's not clotting properly. It looks like a mild case of DIC. 92 00:05:35,482 --> 00:05:37,025 Well, obviously not that mild. 93 00:05:37,150 --> 00:05:39,569 This keeps up, his hand is literally gonna be dead meat. 94 00:05:39,694 --> 00:05:42,822 His hand is connected to his arm, and his ann is connected to... 95 00:05:42,948 --> 00:05:44,366 I'm not sure, but I bet it's important. 96 00:05:44,491 --> 00:05:46,660 All this from falling off my roof! 97 00:05:46,785 --> 00:05:49,579 Yeah. If only he'd fallen on his head. 98 00:05:49,704 --> 00:05:52,374 Then he wouldn't have any of these symptoms. 99 00:05:53,416 --> 00:05:55,669 We need something stronger than heparin. 100 00:05:57,337 --> 00:05:59,297 Human Activated Protein C. 101 00:05:59,422 --> 00:06:01,675 Looks like Cuddy, same cleavage. 102 00:06:02,342 --> 00:06:05,387 Protein C is indicated only for severe sepsis. 103 00:06:05,512 --> 00:06:07,973 How many of his limbs have to be at stake for it to be severe? 104 00:06:08,098 --> 00:06:10,725 But this stuff is crazy dangerous. 105 00:06:10,850 --> 00:06:12,310 It can cause internal bleeding. 106 00:06:12,435 --> 00:06:13,687 If he bleeds, he could stroke, he could die. 107 00:06:13,812 --> 00:06:14,980 He could get better. 108 00:06:15,105 --> 00:06:17,065 You know, if I try to scheme like this, 109 00:06:17,190 --> 00:06:20,360 you get that nasty wrinkly face and screech like a hyena. 110 00:06:20,485 --> 00:06:22,195 It's very sexy, I admit. 111 00:06:23,947 --> 00:06:24,948 Do it. 112 00:06:29,119 --> 00:06:32,038 Protein C is borderline irresponsible, 113 00:06:32,163 --> 00:06:34,207 except that the safe stuff isn't doing squat. 114 00:06:34,332 --> 00:06:37,502 - It's exactly what you would do. - Obviously. 115 00:06:38,503 --> 00:06:41,423 - It's exactly what he'd do. - I know. 116 00:06:41,548 --> 00:06:43,591 I think he's trying to protect me. 117 00:06:43,717 --> 00:06:46,177 Now, that's not the type of thing he would do. 118 00:06:46,302 --> 00:06:47,387 I overruled him. 119 00:06:47,512 --> 00:06:51,516 He's the best diagnostician in this hospital, and I overrule him. 120 00:06:52,517 --> 00:06:54,019 You care about this kid. 121 00:06:54,144 --> 00:06:56,396 Yourjudgment should be worth more than his. 122 00:06:56,521 --> 00:07:00,275 He also pointed out that I haven't been a real doctor in years. 123 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,318 Now that sounds like him. 124 00:07:02,444 --> 00:07:04,112 You were just jerking Cuddy around? 125 00:07:04,237 --> 00:07:06,698 She seriously thought I wanted to stop her. 126 00:07:06,823 --> 00:07:09,367 - One thing Cuddy is not is clueless. - No. 127 00:07:09,492 --> 00:07:12,412 First casualty of this case is her sense of humor. 128 00:07:12,537 --> 00:07:16,207 That's weird. There's nothing funnier than almost killing a guy. 129 00:07:19,002 --> 00:07:21,421 I'm just having trouble getting up those steps. 130 00:07:21,546 --> 00:07:24,382 - When did you start noticing? - Oh, a week ago. 131 00:07:24,507 --> 00:07:26,384 Your blood pressure's a little high. 132 00:07:26,509 --> 00:07:28,386 I've got something new that should help you out. 133 00:07:28,511 --> 00:07:30,847 It combines a nitrate with a blood pressure pill. 134 00:07:30,972 --> 00:07:33,391 It's targeted to African-Americans. 135 00:07:33,516 --> 00:07:34,768 Targeted? 136 00:07:34,893 --> 00:07:37,604 Yeah. Well, see, we tend to have nitric oxide deficiencies. 137 00:07:37,729 --> 00:07:39,773 And the studies show this drug counteracts that problem. 138 00:07:39,898 --> 00:07:40,732 It's the first drug to... 139 00:07:40,857 --> 00:07:42,984 What kind of studies you talking about? 140 00:07:43,109 --> 00:07:44,694 What kind of studies are there? 141 00:07:44,819 --> 00:07:47,614 They get some patients. They give them some drugs. 142 00:07:48,865 --> 00:07:51,493 I've had white people lying to me for 60 years. 143 00:07:52,494 --> 00:07:55,997 - You think this is a tan? - You think they tell you everything? 144 00:07:57,207 --> 00:07:58,374 The trouble with us black folk, 145 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:01,211 we can't tell the difference anymore between racism 146 00:08:01,336 --> 00:08:03,463 - and everybody gets screwed. - Yeah? 147 00:08:03,588 --> 00:08:07,425 Well, how about them cheap meningitis drugs they're pawning off in Africa? 148 00:08:07,550 --> 00:08:10,804 - Gonna tell me that ain't racism? - That's just greed. 149 00:08:12,764 --> 00:08:14,390 You really wanna screw whitey? 150 00:08:14,516 --> 00:08:18,812 Be one of the few black men who live long enough to collect social security. 151 00:08:18,937 --> 00:08:20,438 Take the medicine. 152 00:08:29,697 --> 00:08:31,366 (ECG BEEPING) 153 00:08:34,911 --> 00:08:36,371 (GASPING) Nurse. 154 00:08:36,496 --> 00:08:39,666 Nurse! Help! Nurse! Help! 155 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:41,584 - Nurse! - What's up? 156 00:08:41,709 --> 00:08:45,547 - I can't move my arm! - Take it easy. Take it easy. 157 00:08:48,967 --> 00:08:53,054 The Protein C side effects we were worried about, they happened. 158 00:08:53,179 --> 00:08:54,973 - Where was the bleed? - His brain. 159 00:08:55,098 --> 00:08:56,558 It's causing right side paralysis. 160 00:08:56,683 --> 00:08:59,727 I've stopped the treatment and called a neurosurgeon. 161 00:09:39,184 --> 00:09:40,685 I can move it now. 162 00:09:40,810 --> 00:09:43,646 - It's okay now? Can I go home soon? - The surgery went well. 163 00:09:43,771 --> 00:09:46,858 But all we did was fix the problem created by the medicine we gave you. 164 00:09:46,983 --> 00:09:48,401 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 165 00:09:50,653 --> 00:09:52,530 She says you... You look young. 166 00:09:53,156 --> 00:09:54,199 Are you sure... 167 00:09:54,324 --> 00:09:56,659 There's five of us working on the case. 168 00:09:56,784 --> 00:09:58,745 The others are older. 169 00:09:58,870 --> 00:10:00,914 Why doesn't Dr. Cuddy come to... 170 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:03,374 (COUGHING) 171 00:10:06,044 --> 00:10:07,837 That doesn't sound too good. 172 00:10:20,058 --> 00:10:21,434 CAMERON: His fingers are even darker. 173 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,353 His temperature's 102 and spiking. 174 00:10:23,478 --> 00:10:27,148 And the x-ray now shows lung infiltrates. 175 00:10:27,273 --> 00:10:31,027 Well, the good news is he won't be bitching about losing his hand if he can't breathe. 176 00:10:31,152 --> 00:10:34,405 The trauma from the fall could have caused acute respiratory distress syndrome. 177 00:10:34,530 --> 00:10:36,366 Right. I forgot. Your roof. 178 00:10:36,491 --> 00:10:39,285 It would cause lung infiltrates and maybe fever 179 00:10:39,410 --> 00:10:41,287 and conceivably the cyanotic fingers. 180 00:10:41,412 --> 00:10:44,582 - The only question is why. - Why what? 181 00:10:44,874 --> 00:10:46,709 Why her weird psychopathology 182 00:10:46,834 --> 00:10:50,880 requires a diagnosis infonned entirely by personal guilt. 183 00:10:51,005 --> 00:10:53,341 Let's assume we've been wrong up until now. 184 00:10:53,466 --> 00:10:55,176 Let's assume, just for one second, 185 00:10:55,301 --> 00:10:58,137 that the earth doesn't revolve around (Buddy's roof. 186 00:10:58,930 --> 00:11:02,267 What if he was sick before he had his run-in with gravity? 187 00:11:02,392 --> 00:11:03,476 He just didn't notice anything. 188 00:11:03,601 --> 00:11:06,479 Well, pneumonia can cause DIC which can cause cyanotic fingers. 189 00:11:06,604 --> 00:11:08,648 - Pneumonia doesn't hit that fast. - Sure. 190 00:11:08,773 --> 00:11:12,235 Only pavement hits that fast. It's not pneumonia. 191 00:11:13,027 --> 00:11:14,654 He might have missed a finger turning dark. 192 00:11:14,779 --> 00:11:16,239 He's not gonna miss breathing problems. 193 00:11:16,364 --> 00:11:18,116 - What else? - It's pneumonia. 194 00:11:20,410 --> 00:11:22,370 He wanted to go home. I thought he was lying. 195 00:11:22,495 --> 00:11:25,581 I told him I had a dinner party. I made him go up there. 196 00:11:26,332 --> 00:11:28,459 Well, why didn't you just take out a gun and shoot him? 197 00:11:28,584 --> 00:11:30,253 I thought it was just asthma. 198 00:11:30,378 --> 00:11:32,463 You might've mentioned this earlier, Doctor. 199 00:11:32,588 --> 00:11:35,174 Maybe we could have sent some blood cultures to the lab 200 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:37,802 instead of wasting a day indulging your self-loathing. 201 00:11:37,927 --> 00:11:42,223 If it's just garden-variety bacterial pneumonia, he's gonna be fine. 202 00:11:42,348 --> 00:11:45,727 So give him garden-variety Levaquin, and a garden-variety echocardiogram. 203 00:11:45,852 --> 00:11:47,061 And go check out the kid's house. 204 00:11:47,186 --> 00:11:49,439 The blood work will show us which type of pneumonia it is... 205 00:11:49,564 --> 00:11:53,067 If he's huffing nail polish or pulling the wings off his pet parrot, 206 00:11:53,192 --> 00:11:54,485 this way'll be faster. 207 00:11:54,610 --> 00:11:57,780 And I bet Julio's just dying to find out what's wrong with him. 208 00:11:57,905 --> 00:12:00,283 - Go with her. - It's Alfredo. 209 00:12:01,159 --> 00:12:02,952 And I can handle getting a key and... 210 00:12:03,077 --> 00:12:06,998 Rico and I no longer trust you deciding what's important and what's not. 211 00:12:14,005 --> 00:12:17,258 You ever think about writing a book on office politics? 212 00:12:17,383 --> 00:12:18,593 Trust me, 213 00:12:18,718 --> 00:12:22,013 it would be a lot worse if I told her that you had to break into her house. 214 00:12:23,014 --> 00:12:26,225 (STUTTERING) What? Wait, wait, wait... Cuddy's house? 215 00:12:26,351 --> 00:12:27,935 See? It is shocking. 216 00:12:28,936 --> 00:12:31,439 The guy's been working there every day for the last three weeks. 217 00:12:31,564 --> 00:12:33,441 You think it's impossible he could've picked something up? 218 00:12:33,566 --> 00:12:36,736 - I'm not breaking into my boss's house. - I'm your boss. 219 00:12:36,861 --> 00:12:38,613 She's scarier than you are. 220 00:12:39,238 --> 00:12:42,575 She's a woman. Relax. I'm coming with. 221 00:12:48,539 --> 00:12:51,084 House is having lunch with his juniors now? 222 00:12:51,209 --> 00:12:53,836 - No. Not a chance. - Then where do you think they're going? 223 00:12:53,961 --> 00:12:56,255 I have no idea. 224 00:12:56,381 --> 00:12:57,799 Then why don't you think they're going to lunch? 225 00:12:57,924 --> 00:13:00,009 Because it's not like House. That was your point, right? 226 00:13:00,134 --> 00:13:01,427 He had that smug look on his face. 227 00:13:01,552 --> 00:13:02,762 When he's that pleased about something 228 00:13:02,887 --> 00:13:05,348 he's gotta tell somebody, and the only somebody he knows is you. 229 00:13:05,473 --> 00:13:06,849 (SIGHING) 230 00:13:06,974 --> 00:13:10,561 - He's breaking into (Buddy's home. - What? 231 00:13:10,686 --> 00:13:11,729 Why? 232 00:13:12,647 --> 00:13:14,357 Medical reasons? 233 00:13:14,482 --> 00:13:15,942 Why is he so curious about Cuddy? 234 00:13:16,067 --> 00:13:17,443 Why are you so curious about his curiosity? 235 00:13:17,568 --> 00:13:18,778 Why are you so curious about me... 236 00:13:18,903 --> 00:13:21,447 Because you dumped him and you're married 237 00:13:21,572 --> 00:13:25,118 and they are neither of those things. 238 00:13:25,243 --> 00:13:26,577 I'm just curious. 239 00:13:27,495 --> 00:13:30,581 - Nothing wrong with that. - No. Nothing wrong with that. 240 00:13:34,794 --> 00:13:36,754 What do you think? Red thongs? 241 00:13:38,172 --> 00:13:39,882 I think red thongs. 242 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:45,054 Okay, 20 bucks says I can get through this door in 20 seconds. 243 00:13:45,179 --> 00:13:46,806 - You're on. - Count me in. 244 00:14:03,489 --> 00:14:07,535 No furniture polish, no paint thinner, nor anything else worth sniffing. 245 00:14:07,660 --> 00:14:11,497 Nothing in here, either, except a few cockroaches. 246 00:14:12,790 --> 00:14:16,252 Nice. Someone should fix Alfredo's roof. 247 00:14:18,463 --> 00:14:21,757 So, why haven't you fired House? 248 00:14:23,718 --> 00:14:27,054 It's just, you guys are always screaming at each other, 249 00:14:27,180 --> 00:14:29,849 - and I figure you hate him, so... - I don't hate him. 250 00:14:32,226 --> 00:14:33,227 Why not? 251 00:14:35,354 --> 00:14:37,273 He's a great doctor, 252 00:14:37,398 --> 00:14:40,276 but any other hospital administrator would have fired him years ago. 253 00:14:40,401 --> 00:14:42,028 CUDDY: Four of them did. 254 00:14:42,153 --> 00:14:44,363 The question is, why did I hire him? 255 00:14:45,573 --> 00:14:47,408 FOREMAN: So, how'd you know about her key? 256 00:14:47,533 --> 00:14:50,620 You been doing a little handyman work for Cuddy yourself? 257 00:14:50,745 --> 00:14:54,540 Someone as obsessive and insecure as Cuddy probably has three extra keys 258 00:14:54,665 --> 00:14:56,334 hidden away within 10 feet of the door. 259 00:14:56,459 --> 00:14:59,587 And you consider obsession a negative quality. 260 00:15:00,505 --> 00:15:04,133 Insecticide is organic. Soap is hypoallergenic. 261 00:15:05,593 --> 00:15:06,886 I got the bedroom. 262 00:15:12,266 --> 00:15:14,602 This is where it all happens. 263 00:15:20,608 --> 00:15:23,486 You both went to Michigan. Did you know him while you were there? 264 00:15:23,611 --> 00:15:26,405 I was still an undergrad, but, yeah, I knew him. 265 00:15:26,531 --> 00:15:28,115 He was already a legend. 266 00:15:29,242 --> 00:15:32,828 - So you just knew him as a legend? - My God, you're subtle. 267 00:15:32,954 --> 00:15:34,580 Anything on your mind? 268 00:15:38,709 --> 00:15:40,711 - More cockroaches? - Worse. 269 00:15:44,173 --> 00:15:45,258 Beautiful. 270 00:15:46,926 --> 00:15:49,845 There's no way you just deduced where that key was. 271 00:15:49,971 --> 00:15:51,597 Does this count as red? 272 00:15:53,766 --> 00:15:56,477 You gave yourself 20 seconds and put money on it. 273 00:15:56,602 --> 00:15:57,603 Oh, my God. 274 00:15:59,105 --> 00:16:01,566 She's got pictures of you in here. 275 00:16:01,691 --> 00:16:04,569 Just you. It's like some kind of weird shrine. 276 00:16:04,694 --> 00:16:06,445 - You're kidding. - Yeah. 277 00:16:13,619 --> 00:16:16,622 She uses super tampons. What does that mean? 278 00:16:16,747 --> 00:16:20,751 You two are just too nasty to each other not to have been nasty. 279 00:16:21,586 --> 00:16:23,879 I can be a jerk to people I haven't slept with. 280 00:16:24,005 --> 00:16:25,381 I am that good. 281 00:16:26,340 --> 00:16:27,633 There's nothing here. 282 00:16:27,758 --> 00:16:30,469 You ready to go, or you got some more stuff you wanna sniff? 283 00:16:30,595 --> 00:16:32,305 Whoa! Check this out. 284 00:16:33,681 --> 00:16:38,436 It's fuzzy. It's black. It's alive. 285 00:16:54,619 --> 00:16:58,164 Patient's lung function's declining rapidly. Levaquin's not working. 286 00:16:58,289 --> 00:17:00,416 He obviously doesn't have garden-variety pneumonia. 287 00:17:00,541 --> 00:17:03,002 I'm glad you learned to take his impending death in stride. 288 00:17:03,127 --> 00:17:05,129 - Guess what he does have. - Rats. 289 00:17:06,589 --> 00:17:08,674 - Scars on his hand. - Rat bites. 290 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:10,635 But he says they're from construction work 291 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,846 so he won't have to admit he's got rats at home. 292 00:17:13,971 --> 00:17:15,598 Catholics are right. Pride will kill you. 293 00:17:15,723 --> 00:17:16,849 He has streptobacillus. 294 00:17:16,974 --> 00:17:18,059 Rat-bite fever. 295 00:17:18,184 --> 00:17:20,478 - Boogie oogie oogie. - Fits the symptoms perfectly. 296 00:17:20,603 --> 00:17:22,480 That's certainly one possibility. 297 00:17:22,605 --> 00:17:25,691 But what about the aspergillus fungus we found under the sink? 298 00:17:25,816 --> 00:17:29,320 - What sink? - You should clean your bathroom better. 299 00:17:29,445 --> 00:17:31,489 You broke into my house? 300 00:17:31,614 --> 00:17:34,992 No. No. You're wrong. I had a key. 301 00:17:35,117 --> 00:17:36,994 You had no right to invade my privacy. 302 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,121 There was no medical reason for that whatsoever, 303 00:17:39,246 --> 00:17:41,207 and there was certainly no moral reason for it. 304 00:17:41,332 --> 00:17:43,167 Oh, damn. 305 00:17:43,793 --> 00:17:45,503 You're right. 306 00:17:45,628 --> 00:17:48,255 The focal consolidation makes fungal pneumonia far more likely. 307 00:17:48,381 --> 00:17:49,590 You're right I'm right. 308 00:17:49,715 --> 00:17:53,469 On the bright side, it has the advantage of keeping you totally responsible. 309 00:17:53,594 --> 00:17:55,471 The treatment for aspergillus is amphotericin. 310 00:17:55,596 --> 00:17:58,641 - That's hugely dangerous. - Yeah? Your point being? 311 00:17:58,766 --> 00:18:01,477 Going the dangerous and aggressive route didn't work the last time. 312 00:18:01,602 --> 00:18:04,980 It's bound to work this time. Start him on the amphoterrible. 313 00:18:06,065 --> 00:18:07,608 (ALFREDO COUGHING) 314 00:18:26,836 --> 00:18:27,962 Dr. Cuddy? 315 00:18:29,338 --> 00:18:31,507 I'm Manny, Alfredo's brother. 316 00:18:31,632 --> 00:18:33,300 How's he doing? 317 00:18:33,426 --> 00:18:36,220 He's worried about money. I wanna work for you. 318 00:18:37,012 --> 00:18:38,264 (SIGHING) 319 00:18:38,389 --> 00:18:39,932 How old are you, Manny? 320 00:18:40,599 --> 00:18:42,268 - Fifteen. - Twelve? 321 00:18:43,477 --> 00:18:46,814 I can paint. I mow lawns. I rake leaves. I can start today. 322 00:18:46,939 --> 00:18:49,525 Alfredo wants you to finish school. 323 00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:50,985 Like you care. 324 00:18:52,653 --> 00:18:53,821 Manny, I've known your brother... 325 00:18:53,946 --> 00:18:57,241 He falls off your roof, and you don't come see him once? 326 00:18:59,910 --> 00:19:00,911 Bitch. 327 00:19:05,583 --> 00:19:07,168 (MUSIC PLAYING ON TV) 328 00:19:08,419 --> 00:19:09,628 With a patient. 329 00:19:10,421 --> 00:19:12,298 Not according to the log. 330 00:19:12,423 --> 00:19:14,633 - It's 3:15. - Is it a commercial? 331 00:19:16,510 --> 00:19:17,762 How's Cuddy doing? 332 00:19:19,597 --> 00:19:21,932 She's not acting like Cuddy. It's a pleasure. 333 00:19:22,057 --> 00:19:23,476 You know her. 334 00:19:23,601 --> 00:19:26,771 She has trouble with these situations, feels personally responsible. 335 00:19:26,896 --> 00:19:29,482 The technical term is narcissism. 336 00:19:29,607 --> 00:19:31,192 You can't believe that everything is your fault 337 00:19:31,317 --> 00:19:33,694 unless you also believe you're all-powerful. 338 00:19:33,819 --> 00:19:35,571 Wow, does she sound messed up. 339 00:19:35,696 --> 00:19:38,449 I don't believe I can fix everything. 340 00:19:38,574 --> 00:19:40,910 And I don't lie awake at night, torlnented by that fact. 341 00:19:41,035 --> 00:19:42,745 No. You lie awake tormented by how... 342 00:19:42,870 --> 00:19:44,872 I thought we were talking about Cuddy here. 343 00:19:44,997 --> 00:19:46,165 She cares. 344 00:19:47,291 --> 00:19:49,293 She enjoys feeling guilty. 345 00:19:49,418 --> 00:19:53,172 Lisa cares. It's why she drives you nuts. 'Cause it's not just a puzzle to her. 346 00:19:53,297 --> 00:19:54,507 The patients are actually real, 347 00:19:54,632 --> 00:19:56,342 their feelings actually relevant. 348 00:19:56,467 --> 00:19:59,512 And I'm telling her she can't even talk to him. 349 00:19:59,637 --> 00:20:02,723 My God, it's contagious. You're feeling guilty, too. 350 00:20:02,848 --> 00:20:05,810 I'm just saying, take it easy on her. You owe her that. 351 00:20:05,935 --> 00:20:07,937 MAN ON 'N: From the moment I saw you at the El... 352 00:20:08,604 --> 00:20:11,565 - Commercial's over. - So glad we talked. 353 00:20:12,608 --> 00:20:14,568 Snap, crackle, pop. 354 00:20:15,861 --> 00:20:18,113 You got some Rice Krispies in there? 355 00:20:18,906 --> 00:20:20,491 That bad, huh? 356 00:20:20,616 --> 00:20:22,493 You were here yesterday. 357 00:20:22,618 --> 00:20:26,914 I see from the chart that Dr. Foreman prescribed medicine, not a miracle. 358 00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:28,374 Got to give this stuff more than a day. 359 00:20:28,499 --> 00:20:30,709 I didn't fill that Ono's prescription. 360 00:20:31,919 --> 00:20:35,089 On the theory that you didn't trust him because he's black. 361 00:20:35,214 --> 00:20:39,009 Well, I'm gonna prescribe the same medicine and see if you fill it this time. 362 00:20:39,134 --> 00:20:41,512 I'm not buying into no racist drug, okay? 363 00:20:41,637 --> 00:20:42,680 (SCOFFING) 364 00:20:42,805 --> 00:20:46,350 It's racist because it helps black people more than white people? 365 00:20:46,475 --> 00:20:49,728 On behalf of my peeps, let me just say thanks for dying on principle for us. 366 00:20:49,854 --> 00:20:52,481 Look, my heart's red. Your heart's red. 367 00:20:52,606 --> 00:20:54,775 And it don't make no sense to give us different drugs. 368 00:20:54,900 --> 00:20:57,444 You know, I have found a difference. 369 00:20:57,570 --> 00:20:58,779 Admittedly, it's a limited sample, 370 00:20:58,904 --> 00:21:01,657 but based on my experience of the last 90 seconds, 371 00:21:01,782 --> 00:21:04,243 all black people are morons. 372 00:21:04,368 --> 00:21:07,413 - Sorry, African-Americans. - I'll see another doctor. 373 00:21:08,998 --> 00:21:10,416 Fine. Fine. 374 00:21:14,753 --> 00:21:17,631 I'll give you the same medicine we give Republicans. 375 00:21:22,177 --> 00:21:24,221 ALFREDO: I think the medicine is working. 376 00:21:26,181 --> 00:21:27,516 They're lighter, right? 377 00:21:27,641 --> 00:21:30,436 They don't look lighter to me, Alfredo. How's the tingling? 378 00:21:30,561 --> 00:21:33,188 - Does not bother me. - Tell her the other thing. 379 00:21:34,064 --> 00:21:35,649 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 380 00:21:36,358 --> 00:21:38,360 He hasn't peed since yesterday. 381 00:21:39,737 --> 00:21:41,780 - Since last night? - Afternoon. 382 00:21:41,906 --> 00:21:44,617 It's not a problem. I don't drink much. 383 00:21:46,744 --> 00:21:49,955 I think we'll give you a little rest from the meds here. 384 00:21:50,873 --> 00:21:53,000 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 385 00:21:53,125 --> 00:21:56,045 She says, "That's the medicine that's supposed to cure me". 386 00:21:56,170 --> 00:21:58,631 Just making a little adjustment. Excuse me. 387 00:22:01,592 --> 00:22:02,968 He's not making any urine. 388 00:22:03,093 --> 00:22:05,930 I think we just destroyed the kid's kidney with the amphotericin. 389 00:22:06,055 --> 00:22:07,806 I think he's dying. 390 00:22:07,932 --> 00:22:09,516 Dying? 391 00:22:09,642 --> 00:22:11,226 Cheese it, the cops. 392 00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:14,647 (SOBBING IN SPANISH) 393 00:22:17,816 --> 00:22:20,402 I guess she understands a little English. 394 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,700 CAMERON: His kidneys are shutting down 395 00:22:26,825 --> 00:22:29,828 due to the direct toxicity to the proximal tubule epithelium. 396 00:22:29,954 --> 00:22:33,207 Proof that my brilliant idea of giving him amphotericin is killing him. 397 00:22:33,332 --> 00:22:35,125 That wasn't a complete waste of time. 398 00:22:35,250 --> 00:22:38,087 His reaction shows that you don't need to clean under your sink. 399 00:22:38,212 --> 00:22:39,171 It wasn't aspergillus. 400 00:22:39,296 --> 00:22:41,757 And blood cultures show he was negative for rat-bite fever. 401 00:22:41,882 --> 00:22:44,259 There's still plenty of other cool pneumonias. 402 00:22:44,385 --> 00:22:47,680 Tested negative for Moraxella, Nocardia, cryptococcus. 403 00:22:47,805 --> 00:22:50,432 He has a low titer for chlamydia antibodies. Maybe... 404 00:22:50,557 --> 00:22:53,143 No, no. His chest x-ray's all wrong for ohlamydial pneumonia. 405 00:22:53,268 --> 00:22:54,269 But the titer points to... 406 00:22:54,395 --> 00:22:56,855 CAMERON: He had an STD last year. That explains the titer. 407 00:22:56,981 --> 00:22:58,732 He has low sodium. Maybe it's Legionella. 408 00:22:58,857 --> 00:23:00,985 No. His antigen is negative. 409 00:23:01,694 --> 00:23:03,195 Well, that all sucks. 410 00:23:04,279 --> 00:23:06,490 Maybe we were right to begin with. 411 00:23:06,615 --> 00:23:11,078 His problems are all caused by DIC precipitated by falling off my roof. 412 00:23:11,203 --> 00:23:13,455 DIC wouldn't cause a fever this high. 413 00:23:13,580 --> 00:23:15,874 See? My lap dog agrees with me. 414 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,001 How high? 415 00:23:17,126 --> 00:23:19,545 Two hours ago it was 103 with acetaminophen. 416 00:23:19,670 --> 00:23:21,797 What about on St. Alban's Day? 417 00:23:21,922 --> 00:23:25,926 Only temperature I'm interested in right now is his temperature right now. 418 00:23:28,595 --> 00:23:30,264 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 419 00:23:32,266 --> 00:23:33,225 Open up. 420 00:23:33,350 --> 00:23:35,144 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 421 00:23:35,269 --> 00:23:38,147 Okay. Let me clarify. Open up and keep it open. 422 00:23:44,445 --> 00:23:45,863 - Yeah. - Okay. 423 00:23:48,574 --> 00:23:50,075 Under your tongue. 424 00:23:54,413 --> 00:23:56,457 You're using your left hand. 425 00:23:56,582 --> 00:23:59,293 - Right one hurt? - No, I feel better. 426 00:23:59,418 --> 00:24:00,502 What, it really doesn't hurt, 427 00:24:00,627 --> 00:24:01,795 or you just figure if you say no, 428 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,130 you'll get out of the hospital sooner? 429 00:24:03,255 --> 00:24:05,299 It doesn't hurt. I feel good. 430 00:24:06,383 --> 00:24:07,843 (SNIFFING) 431 00:24:09,303 --> 00:24:11,180 You don't smell too hot. 432 00:24:12,222 --> 00:24:13,390 (GROANING) 433 00:24:18,645 --> 00:24:20,522 Your hand is starting to rot. 434 00:24:21,648 --> 00:24:22,691 HOUSE: Why are we here? 435 00:24:22,816 --> 00:24:24,443 We are talking about cutting off a kid's hand. 436 00:24:24,568 --> 00:24:26,153 Yes, we're talking about cutting it off, 437 00:24:26,278 --> 00:24:28,155 not subdividing it and putting in condos. 438 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,450 - It's not a legal issue. - Are you being intentionally dense? 439 00:24:32,743 --> 00:24:33,911 I think it's premature. 440 00:24:34,036 --> 00:24:35,370 - I've heard enough. - What? 441 00:24:35,496 --> 00:24:37,372 She says one word and you take her side. 442 00:24:37,498 --> 00:24:40,167 You should at least wait until she actually gives a medical reason. 443 00:24:40,292 --> 00:24:43,170 - Otherwise I might take it personally. - Shut up. 444 00:24:43,295 --> 00:24:46,548 If I were to somehow find out that you two were in disagreement 445 00:24:46,673 --> 00:24:48,342 over the proper medical course of action, 446 00:24:48,467 --> 00:24:50,594 it could make it awkward for my client in court. 447 00:24:50,719 --> 00:24:54,515 My client being the two of you. So, guys, I'm a little busy here. 448 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,644 Why don't we pick this conversation up in half an hour? Okay? 449 00:24:58,769 --> 00:25:01,230 All of his symptoms are caused by his underlying problem 450 00:25:01,355 --> 00:25:02,731 and the medicine we gave him. 451 00:25:02,856 --> 00:25:03,857 What underlying problem? 452 00:25:03,982 --> 00:25:05,692 You have no idea what the underlying problem is. 453 00:25:05,818 --> 00:25:08,112 - You're the diagnostician. - Fine. It's all my fault. 454 00:25:08,237 --> 00:25:09,321 Does that make you feel better? 455 00:25:09,446 --> 00:25:11,073 His hand still has an arterial pulse. 456 00:25:11,198 --> 00:25:13,992 His hand is a cesspool. And the crap is spreading. 457 00:25:14,118 --> 00:25:17,579 You are being pretty aggressive about destroying a man's livelihood. 458 00:25:17,704 --> 00:25:19,289 I don't give a damn about his livelihood. 459 00:25:19,414 --> 00:25:22,751 He loses that hand, he loses his job, all of his jobs. 460 00:25:22,876 --> 00:25:25,420 - He's not like us... - Can't work as a cripple? 461 00:25:28,924 --> 00:25:29,967 He loses his home. 462 00:25:30,092 --> 00:25:33,262 - His kid brother drops out. - An American dream destroyed. 463 00:25:33,387 --> 00:25:34,763 Very sad, very emotional, 464 00:25:34,888 --> 00:25:37,516 not one medical fact in the whole pathetic tale. 465 00:25:38,809 --> 00:25:39,935 You have lost perspective, Cuddy. 466 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:41,728 You've stopped looking at this as a doctor. 467 00:25:41,854 --> 00:25:44,690 You're acting like someone who shoved somebody off their roof. 468 00:25:44,815 --> 00:25:48,068 You wanna make things right? Too bad, nothing's ever right. 469 00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:52,281 I am happy to report that we're now so in sync 470 00:25:52,406 --> 00:25:54,658 we're actually wearing each other's underwear. 471 00:25:54,783 --> 00:25:56,243 Chop-chop time. 472 00:25:56,368 --> 00:25:59,079 Is this true? HOUSE: No. I'm lying. 473 00:25:59,705 --> 00:26:01,790 It's stupid to do it with her in the room, I guess. 474 00:26:01,915 --> 00:26:03,876 - This is a big decision. - We made it. 475 00:26:04,001 --> 00:26:05,878 We should convene a meeting of the ethics committee. 476 00:26:06,003 --> 00:26:07,087 No! 477 00:26:08,255 --> 00:26:11,758 Look, she is making a medical decision based on never wanting to feel regret. 478 00:26:11,884 --> 00:26:14,386 You're making a legal decision based on wanting me to be wrong. 479 00:26:14,511 --> 00:26:15,971 Greg, you have a history of aggressive... 480 00:26:16,096 --> 00:26:17,514 You wanted superficial agreement. 481 00:26:17,639 --> 00:26:19,516 You wanted everybody's asses covered. You got it. 482 00:26:19,641 --> 00:26:22,436 Now can I do the surgery? Pretty, pretty please. 483 00:26:26,940 --> 00:26:27,941 Lisa, 484 00:26:29,568 --> 00:26:31,778 are you sure you're okay with this? 485 00:26:34,615 --> 00:26:37,075 I should be the one to tell the family. 486 00:26:44,124 --> 00:26:45,667 Your hand is dying. 487 00:26:47,294 --> 00:26:49,171 The bacteria are eating it. 488 00:26:50,589 --> 00:26:54,092 When they run out of food there, they go somewhere else. 489 00:26:55,969 --> 00:26:58,972 If you cut off my hand, I'll be cured? 490 00:26:59,097 --> 00:27:00,849 Unfortunately, no. 491 00:27:00,974 --> 00:27:04,895 We still have to find the disease that's making you sick to begin with. 492 00:27:05,020 --> 00:27:07,940 But you won't die of gangrene while we're looking. 493 00:27:08,065 --> 00:27:09,483 (sesame) 494 00:27:14,363 --> 00:27:18,200 I quit school when I am 12 to get a job, 495 00:27:18,325 --> 00:27:20,077 to help my family. 496 00:27:21,495 --> 00:27:24,039 I know I never get a good job, 497 00:27:25,082 --> 00:27:29,086 never save money or own my own house like you. 498 00:27:31,213 --> 00:27:34,216 But, Manny, he's smart. 499 00:27:36,093 --> 00:27:37,886 He's the best in his class. 500 00:27:39,805 --> 00:27:43,100 Well, maybe Manny doesn't have to quit school. Maybe you can... 501 00:27:53,068 --> 00:27:56,071 Are you sure I need to do this? 502 00:27:58,782 --> 00:27:59,866 Yes. 503 00:28:03,745 --> 00:28:04,746 Okay- 504 00:28:05,914 --> 00:28:06,915 (sesame) Okay. 505 00:28:12,212 --> 00:28:14,423 (LUISA SINGING IN SPANISH) 506 00:28:47,581 --> 00:28:49,541 (LUISA HUMMING) 507 00:29:10,312 --> 00:29:13,148 lgave one of my clinic patients a follow-up call. 508 00:29:13,273 --> 00:29:15,025 Your name came up. 509 00:29:16,109 --> 00:29:17,986 I'm guessing an old black guy 510 00:29:18,111 --> 00:29:21,782 who thinks the CIA invented rap music to make your people want to kill each other. 511 00:29:21,907 --> 00:29:24,326 He said you gave him the white folks' stuff. 512 00:29:25,077 --> 00:29:27,120 This is exactly why black people don't live as long... 513 00:29:27,245 --> 00:29:30,916 This isn't about race, unless annoying is a race. 514 00:29:31,041 --> 00:29:33,502 - Is he not getting better? - He's fine so far. 515 00:29:34,586 --> 00:29:37,631 I'm calling him back in. I'm getting him on the right stuff. 516 00:29:37,756 --> 00:29:40,092 Relax, Foreman, he already is. 517 00:29:42,094 --> 00:29:45,514 I told him it was the white stuff. I gave him the black stuff. 518 00:29:49,101 --> 00:29:50,185 He was right. 519 00:29:51,186 --> 00:29:52,854 You did exactly what white people do. 520 00:29:52,979 --> 00:29:56,066 You figure we don't need to know the truth or can't understand it, 521 00:29:56,191 --> 00:29:58,402 so you just lie to us. 522 00:29:58,527 --> 00:30:01,113 - Just a white lie. - Good one, massa. 523 00:30:02,114 --> 00:30:03,615 Right, and I'm a racist. 524 00:30:05,117 --> 00:30:09,079 Too bad that idiot will never know for the rest of his long, long life. 525 00:30:16,086 --> 00:30:20,632 Every slave master thought they were doing the black man a favor. 526 00:30:21,425 --> 00:30:25,220 Negro can't take care of himself, so we'll put him to work. 527 00:30:26,096 --> 00:30:28,056 We'll give him four walls, a bed. 528 00:30:29,724 --> 00:30:31,476 We'll civilize the heathen. 529 00:30:31,601 --> 00:30:34,104 I'll tell you what. Stop doing us favors. 530 00:30:35,105 --> 00:30:37,399 If you're right, and we end up back in the jungle 531 00:30:37,524 --> 00:30:39,734 with lousy blood pressure medicine, 532 00:30:40,402 --> 00:30:42,112 it won't be on your head. 533 00:31:35,457 --> 00:31:36,458 You Okay? 534 00:31:40,045 --> 00:31:42,339 You wondering if you made the right call? 535 00:31:44,299 --> 00:31:47,093 I've wanted to be a doctor from the time I was 12. 536 00:31:49,095 --> 00:31:50,972 I wanted to be a lawyer from the time I was six 537 00:31:51,097 --> 00:31:53,058 until my second week of law school. 538 00:31:53,183 --> 00:31:54,809 Sorry. Your story. 539 00:31:57,103 --> 00:32:01,191 I graduated medical school at 25, pissed off that I was second in my class. 540 00:32:02,108 --> 00:32:06,738 Chief of medicine at 32, second youngest ever, first woman... 541 00:32:06,863 --> 00:32:07,864 Sad story. 542 00:32:07,989 --> 00:32:09,991 If I had been Alfredo's doctor... 543 00:32:10,116 --> 00:32:11,618 You are his doctor. 544 00:32:13,245 --> 00:32:16,915 I insisted on giving him Protein C. We had to cut his skull open. 545 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,293 I insisted on amphotericin, killed his kidneys. 546 00:32:20,418 --> 00:32:22,587 I missed the pneumonia completely. 547 00:32:23,463 --> 00:32:26,800 I would have searched his home and ignored mine. 548 00:32:26,925 --> 00:32:30,887 I would have watched him die trying to save his hand. 549 00:32:32,847 --> 00:32:36,017 If I didn't have House looking over my shoulder... 550 00:32:36,142 --> 00:32:38,603 Are you saying you're not as good a doctor as House is? 551 00:32:38,728 --> 00:32:40,355 I'm saying House is right. 552 00:32:42,107 --> 00:32:44,109 I was so anxious to get ahead. 553 00:32:45,110 --> 00:32:48,029 I haven't been a doctor in years. 554 00:32:49,197 --> 00:32:51,199 His little finger is dusky. 555 00:32:51,324 --> 00:32:53,285 Yeah, that's why we're doing this. 556 00:32:53,410 --> 00:32:57,122 No. I mean the other hand, the one we haven't chopped off yet. 557 00:33:23,898 --> 00:33:25,900 CUDDY: His O2 sats are down to 88. 558 00:33:26,026 --> 00:33:28,737 His lungs are giving out. He needs a ventilator. 559 00:33:29,571 --> 00:33:30,614 And dialysis. 560 00:33:30,739 --> 00:33:34,326 You're getting distracted by the multisystem organ failure. 561 00:33:34,451 --> 00:33:37,162 Pinkies are supposed to be pink, right? 562 00:33:37,287 --> 00:33:38,955 I mean, they're not called "gray-ies". 563 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,874 But the organ failure is gonna kill him. 564 00:33:40,999 --> 00:33:42,751 But the pinky is weirder. 565 00:33:43,501 --> 00:33:44,628 What does it tell us? 566 00:33:44,753 --> 00:33:46,838 The same thing the right hand told us before we cut it off. 567 00:33:46,963 --> 00:33:49,758 - It's the same symptom. - HOUSE: But at a different time. 568 00:33:50,759 --> 00:33:53,345 His blood work indicates mild DIC. 569 00:33:54,012 --> 00:33:56,973 What if it's mild in the way that when you get out of the ocean, 570 00:33:57,098 --> 00:33:59,643 the water clinging to your body makes the sea level drop? 571 00:33:59,768 --> 00:34:01,645 It's technically true, but it's completely irrelevant. 572 00:34:01,770 --> 00:34:04,189 A lack of DIC would explain everything 573 00:34:04,314 --> 00:34:07,067 if there were also a lack of anything to explain. 574 00:34:09,444 --> 00:34:12,405 Endocarditis. His heart's infected. 575 00:34:13,323 --> 00:34:16,826 Little bacteria cauliflowers, clinging to his valves. 576 00:34:16,951 --> 00:34:20,330 Except sometimes they can't hold on. They go swimming in his bloodstream. 577 00:34:20,455 --> 00:34:23,041 Thursday, one breaks off, goes to his right hand, 578 00:34:23,166 --> 00:34:24,626 black fingers, gangrene. 579 00:34:24,751 --> 00:34:26,961 Friday's child heads for the kidneys. 580 00:34:27,754 --> 00:34:30,256 And we all know what Saturdays are all about. 581 00:34:30,382 --> 00:34:32,384 Party with the left hand. 582 00:34:32,509 --> 00:34:33,718 Also explains the fever. 583 00:34:33,843 --> 00:34:35,804 It's perfect except for the little fact 584 00:34:35,929 --> 00:34:37,597 that we already tested for endocarditis, 585 00:34:37,722 --> 00:34:38,640 and he was negative. 586 00:34:38,765 --> 00:34:41,393 Which means he either is negative or... 587 00:34:41,518 --> 00:34:45,313 What infection can cause pneumonia and culture-negative endocarditis? 588 00:34:47,649 --> 00:34:49,776 Prize value goes down with every clue. 589 00:34:50,860 --> 00:34:53,405 (CAWING) 590 00:34:53,530 --> 00:34:55,365 You're thinking psittacosis? 591 00:34:55,490 --> 00:34:57,158 Alfredo doesn't have any pet parrots. 592 00:34:57,283 --> 00:34:59,619 Quit your squawking. Give him doxycycline. 593 00:34:59,744 --> 00:35:02,080 No! That'll just make his clotting problem worse. 594 00:35:02,205 --> 00:35:05,625 I liked you better when you were coming up with wacky drugs for us to try. 595 00:35:05,750 --> 00:35:09,170 We give him the doxy now, damn it, maybe we can save his pinky. 596 00:35:09,295 --> 00:35:11,172 He can teach his brother to count all the way to five. 597 00:35:11,297 --> 00:35:14,217 If you're wrong, he'll end up with no hands and no feet. 598 00:35:14,342 --> 00:35:17,137 Technically, if I'm wrong, he'll end up dead, but I take your point. 599 00:35:17,262 --> 00:35:19,681 - What's his night job? - He cleans up at some fast food joint. 600 00:35:19,806 --> 00:35:21,641 What, you think he got it from a chicken nugget? 601 00:35:21,766 --> 00:35:25,645 Since when do fast food joints allow 12-year-olds to mop floors? 602 00:35:25,770 --> 00:35:28,857 - Alfredo is 20. - Really? Looks younger. 603 00:35:32,569 --> 00:35:34,487 Where were you going to work tonight? 604 00:35:34,612 --> 00:35:36,740 What job do you do on Saturday nights? 605 00:35:39,451 --> 00:35:40,952 - CUDDY: What are you doing? - Wake him up. 606 00:35:41,077 --> 00:35:42,620 We just cut off his hand. 607 00:35:42,746 --> 00:35:45,749 - Yeah. We need to talk about it. - It's not happening. 608 00:35:47,250 --> 00:35:48,710 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 609 00:35:52,172 --> 00:35:53,923 Honest, I've got no idea what I just said. 610 00:35:54,048 --> 00:35:56,259 Why didn't you say you spoke Spanish? 611 00:35:56,384 --> 00:35:58,595 Well, because she'd wanna talk to me. 612 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:00,638 Or something like that. 613 00:36:00,764 --> 00:36:02,265 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 614 00:36:05,894 --> 00:36:07,645 She says he doesn't work Saturday nights. 615 00:36:07,771 --> 00:36:08,938 Give me the talking juice. 616 00:36:09,063 --> 00:36:11,191 The fact it doesn't fit your theory doesn't make it a lie. 617 00:36:11,316 --> 00:36:12,275 When she was out of the room, 618 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,321 the kid brother insisted he was gonna cover for Alfredo at work tonight. 619 00:36:16,446 --> 00:36:17,781 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 620 00:36:23,703 --> 00:36:26,164 Saturday nights he goes dancing. 621 00:36:26,289 --> 00:36:28,833 Either it's a lie or he's dancing with birds. 622 00:36:30,752 --> 00:36:31,711 Give her the talking juice. 623 00:36:31,836 --> 00:36:33,630 She doesn't know what you're talking about. 624 00:36:33,755 --> 00:36:35,173 Odds are it's gonna be close to his house. 625 00:36:35,298 --> 00:36:37,634 It's probably an abandoned warehouse or factory. 626 00:36:37,759 --> 00:36:39,928 Take the Scooby gang and spread out. 627 00:36:40,053 --> 00:36:41,554 What the hell are we looking for? 628 00:36:41,679 --> 00:36:43,348 Find somebody who looks like crap. 629 00:36:43,473 --> 00:36:45,600 Tell him you want to place a bet. 630 00:36:46,768 --> 00:36:48,186 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 631 00:36:53,358 --> 00:36:55,026 (SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING) 632 00:36:55,151 --> 00:36:56,736 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 633 00:37:36,401 --> 00:37:37,777 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 634 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:41,447 It's Cuddy. 635 00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:46,077 I already put him on the psittacosis meds. 636 00:37:47,078 --> 00:37:49,122 As soon as you left. 637 00:37:49,247 --> 00:37:50,623 You're welcome. 638 00:37:51,958 --> 00:37:55,086 What do you think the record for one-handed juggling is? 639 00:37:56,004 --> 00:37:57,755 You can yo-yo one-handed. 640 00:37:58,756 --> 00:37:59,799 Good point. 641 00:38:08,516 --> 00:38:10,059 ALFREDO: I always wash my hands. 642 00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:15,189 If a bird is infected, you can get psittacosis just from breathing his dust. 643 00:38:16,024 --> 00:38:18,651 But then, why do I get sick and nobody else? 644 00:38:18,776 --> 00:38:20,778 Your asthma made you vulnerable. 645 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,784 - You're gonna be all right now. - Yes. 646 00:38:31,205 --> 00:38:32,790 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 647 00:38:38,212 --> 00:38:39,714 For saving my life. 648 00:38:49,265 --> 00:38:50,934 He thanked me. 649 00:38:51,059 --> 00:38:53,603 - He should have. - We cut off his hand. 650 00:38:56,606 --> 00:38:57,690 If we'd figured it out earlier... 651 00:38:57,815 --> 00:38:59,692 If you'd figured it out later, he'd be dead. 652 00:38:59,817 --> 00:39:01,986 I never figured it out at all. 653 00:39:03,071 --> 00:39:05,698 - Hello. - What do you want, House? 654 00:39:06,407 --> 00:39:10,536 If you're wallowing in self-loathing, I've got something that might help. 655 00:39:10,662 --> 00:39:11,996 We're getting sued. 656 00:39:12,664 --> 00:39:15,667 - You saved his life. He admitted that. - We'll settle. 657 00:39:15,792 --> 00:39:18,711 He's got a stub where his hand used to be. We have insurance. 658 00:39:18,836 --> 00:39:20,672 Case seems pretty solid to me. 659 00:39:21,631 --> 00:39:24,300 The new American dream. Happy ending. 660 00:39:24,425 --> 00:39:26,260 Kid's gonna be just fine. 661 00:39:32,392 --> 00:39:33,476 Cuddy, 662 00:39:35,603 --> 00:39:36,771 your guilt. 663 00:39:37,772 --> 00:39:40,733 It's perverse and it makes you a crappy doctor. 664 00:39:44,195 --> 00:39:46,572 It also makes you okay at what you do. 665 00:39:47,490 --> 00:39:50,952 You figure a perverted sense of guilt makes me a good boss. 666 00:39:51,077 --> 00:39:54,872 Now, would the world be a better place if people never felt guilty? 667 00:39:54,998 --> 00:39:56,874 Makes sex better. 668 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,086 You should have seen her in the last months of our relationship. 669 00:40:00,211 --> 00:40:02,380 A lot of guilt. A lot of screaming. 670 00:40:04,799 --> 00:40:07,969 I know this wasn't just because it was your roof. 671 00:40:11,389 --> 00:40:12,473 Cuddy, 672 00:40:15,101 --> 00:40:19,188 you see the world as it is, and you see the world as it could be. 673 00:40:19,313 --> 00:40:21,941 And what you don't see is what everybody else sees, 674 00:40:23,026 --> 00:40:25,528 the giant gaping chasm in between. 675 00:40:25,653 --> 00:40:27,613 House, I'm not naive. I realize... 676 00:40:27,739 --> 00:40:30,283 If you did, you never would have hired me. 677 00:40:33,911 --> 00:40:37,498 You're not happy unless things are just right, 678 00:40:37,623 --> 00:40:39,167 which means two things. 679 00:40:39,959 --> 00:40:43,796 That you're a good boss, and you'll never be happy. 680 00:40:48,801 --> 00:40:52,472 By the way, why does everybody think you and I had sex? 681 00:40:53,222 --> 00:40:55,558 You think there could be something to it? 682 00:41:05,777 --> 00:41:09,447 WILSON: Cuddy feels guilty about not diagnosing psittacosis any earlier? 683 00:41:12,116 --> 00:41:13,367 I think so. 684 00:41:14,744 --> 00:41:16,662 There's no way she could have. 685 00:41:17,330 --> 00:41:18,456 No. 686 00:41:20,458 --> 00:41:21,959 No way she could have. 687 00:41:25,004 --> 00:41:26,631 (SLOW ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 688 00:41:33,221 --> 00:41:34,514 It's raining.