1 00:00:02,733 --> 00:00:05,444 GIRL: I'm gonna tickle you! 2 00:00:05,569 --> 00:00:07,154 (MUSIC PLAYING) 3 00:00:08,530 --> 00:00:11,325 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 4 00:00:12,242 --> 00:00:13,785 I need a refill. 5 00:00:15,287 --> 00:00:17,581 - You've already had three. - So what? They're free. 6 00:00:17,706 --> 00:00:19,666 I got a birthday. Get it yourself. 7 00:00:19,791 --> 00:00:21,960 No wonder he doesn't get any tips. 8 00:00:22,085 --> 00:00:23,253 All right. 9 00:00:23,378 --> 00:00:27,716 Who's ready to sing the Ralphie's Rumpus birthday rump shake? 10 00:00:31,678 --> 00:00:35,307 (SINGING) Let's sing, let's ride, let's bling, let's slide 11 00:00:35,432 --> 00:00:38,810 It's time for Ralphie 12 00:00:38,935 --> 00:00:42,397 We'll dance, eat cake and do the rump shake 13 00:00:42,522 --> 00:00:44,983 It's time for Ralphie 14 00:00:45,108 --> 00:00:46,068 You okay, man? 15 00:00:52,866 --> 00:00:54,284 You Okay? 16 00:01:06,254 --> 00:01:08,048 (CHILDREN GROANING) 17 00:01:08,173 --> 00:01:11,051 Okay. All right. Let's get you in the back. 18 00:01:11,176 --> 00:01:13,178 It's gonna be okay, kids. Sorry. 19 00:01:22,187 --> 00:01:24,940 Got a heartbeat. Jack? Jack? 20 00:01:25,065 --> 00:01:26,650 - I need you to step back. - He's my brother. 21 00:01:26,775 --> 00:01:28,527 - Jack, wake up! - Call your parents. 22 00:01:28,652 --> 00:01:30,445 Tell them to go to Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital. 23 00:01:30,570 --> 00:01:33,740 Our parents died. He's all we've got. 24 00:02:11,486 --> 00:02:14,573 I was not parked illegally. I live here. 25 00:02:14,698 --> 00:02:17,075 Love note. From Detective Twitter. 26 00:02:21,246 --> 00:02:22,372 FOREMAN: Heart attack. 27 00:02:22,497 --> 00:02:25,584 His cath was clean and echo showed no structural abnormalities. 28 00:02:25,709 --> 00:02:28,754 Fatigue, night sweats, weight loss preceded the heart attack. 29 00:02:28,879 --> 00:02:31,631 Eighteen-year-old kid's suddenly an orphan and a single father of two. 30 00:02:31,757 --> 00:02:34,217 Party of Five. Powerful stuff. 31 00:02:34,342 --> 00:02:36,136 The O. C. of its day. 32 00:02:36,261 --> 00:02:40,056 Stress explains everything except the itchy feet. 33 00:02:40,182 --> 00:02:41,433 Athlete's foot covers that. 34 00:02:41,558 --> 00:02:43,977 Waiters work 12 hours a day in old sneakers. 35 00:02:44,561 --> 00:02:47,063 Good idea. Ignore the symptoms. Makes our job easy. 36 00:02:47,189 --> 00:02:49,816 I'm not ignoring a symptom. I'm explaining a symptom. 37 00:02:49,941 --> 00:02:53,069 Kid's been hanging over a toilet despite antiemetic therapy. 38 00:02:53,195 --> 00:02:54,488 Persistent vomiting could indicate 39 00:02:54,613 --> 00:02:56,406 increased intracranial pressure, tumor... 40 00:02:56,531 --> 00:02:59,201 Sure. Heart problems. It's gotta be the brain. 41 00:02:59,326 --> 00:03:01,286 Thank God there's a neurologist in the room. 42 00:03:01,411 --> 00:03:04,456 Right. It's the feet. If only I were a podiatrist. 43 00:03:04,581 --> 00:03:08,084 Probably caught an intestinal virus from one of those feral kids running around. 44 00:03:08,210 --> 00:03:10,629 Repeated vomiting causes an electrolyte imbalance, 45 00:03:10,754 --> 00:03:13,673 which leads to an arrhythmia, which leads to the heart attack. 46 00:03:13,799 --> 00:03:16,134 - And itchy feet. - Nope. 47 00:03:17,219 --> 00:03:20,388 - That's it? Nope? - I've said too much already. 48 00:03:20,514 --> 00:03:24,559 - This isn't a game, House. - No, it's not. But it could be. 49 00:03:26,102 --> 00:03:28,104 - What are you writing? - Nothing. 50 00:03:28,230 --> 00:03:29,731 If you know the diagnosis, why don't... 51 00:03:29,856 --> 00:03:31,274 How are you gonna learn to swim 52 00:03:31,399 --> 00:03:34,861 unless I take off your floaties and throw you into shark-infested waters? 53 00:03:34,986 --> 00:03:37,572 You can't know what's wrong after a 30-second perusal of his file. 54 00:03:37,697 --> 00:03:40,909 Apparently, you can't. Now, what's a game without rules? 55 00:03:41,034 --> 00:03:45,664 No tag-backs. No biting. You get one test each. 56 00:03:45,789 --> 00:03:50,710 And the clock runs until lunch. If I'm right, he'll still be alive. 57 00:03:50,836 --> 00:03:53,421 If I'm wrong, this is a very cruel game. 58 00:03:55,298 --> 00:03:56,341 STEINERMAN: You're late. 59 00:03:56,466 --> 00:03:58,301 I charge for the time you were supposed to be here. 60 00:03:58,426 --> 00:04:00,136 Tritter towed my car. 61 00:04:00,262 --> 00:04:02,597 He's frozen my assets. He's on a crusade. 62 00:04:02,722 --> 00:04:05,559 You're a person of interest in a narcotics investigation. 63 00:04:05,684 --> 00:04:07,269 You're linked to their suspect and his activities. 64 00:04:07,394 --> 00:04:11,731 I'm not Pablo Escobar's evil henchman cruising into Miami in a Cigarette boat. 65 00:04:12,107 --> 00:04:14,234 I'm a physician who prescribed Vicodin to a pain patient. 66 00:04:14,359 --> 00:04:17,946 This police report you faxed me says they found 600 pills in his apartment. 67 00:04:18,071 --> 00:04:19,030 You prescribe those? 68 00:04:19,155 --> 00:04:22,075 He's in chronic pain. This is obviously an abuse of power. 69 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,076 Is that a yes or no? 70 00:04:23,201 --> 00:04:25,453 Patients build up a tolerance over the years. 71 00:04:25,579 --> 00:04:28,081 Perfect motive for him to forge those scrips. 72 00:04:28,206 --> 00:04:29,666 Still don't have an answer. 73 00:04:29,791 --> 00:04:31,626 - What are we, like, role-playing? - Yeah. 74 00:04:31,751 --> 00:04:33,003 And you suck at it. 75 00:04:33,128 --> 00:04:36,631 Which is really unfortunate, because you're pretending to be you. 76 00:04:36,756 --> 00:04:38,383 I gotta get to court. 77 00:04:38,508 --> 00:04:40,176 Michael told me you could help me get my car back. 78 00:04:40,302 --> 00:04:43,680 Yeah, divorce lawyers usually know the ins and outs of drug enforcement. 79 00:04:43,805 --> 00:04:44,848 You want your car back? 80 00:04:44,973 --> 00:04:46,474 You're gonna have to give the cops what they want. 81 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,520 Thanks. Usually people feel helpless in these situations. 82 00:04:50,645 --> 00:04:53,106 Dr. House is probably going to jail. 83 00:04:53,231 --> 00:04:55,775 You keep on lying for him, you'll go right along with him. 84 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,822 House was on this page when he got that annoying "I'm such a genius" look. 85 00:05:00,947 --> 00:05:02,324 - What's there? - Patient history. 86 00:05:02,449 --> 00:05:05,368 He's 18. Probably drinks, smokes, does drugs. 87 00:05:05,744 --> 00:05:07,495 How close am I? 88 00:05:07,621 --> 00:05:11,041 Quit drugs when his parents died. Quit smoking. 89 00:05:12,709 --> 00:05:16,338 House didn't mock my viral idea. He just said it was wrong. 90 00:05:16,671 --> 00:05:18,131 Which means he didn't want to give reasons. 91 00:05:18,256 --> 00:05:20,425 Which means I must have been close. 92 00:05:21,468 --> 00:05:23,136 I'm thinking bacterial. 93 00:05:23,261 --> 00:05:24,763 I'm doing a blood culture. 94 00:05:25,764 --> 00:05:27,349 I am doing an MRI. 95 00:05:27,474 --> 00:05:29,017 If it was a tumor, intracranial pressure 96 00:05:29,142 --> 00:05:30,977 could cause his brain to herniate before lunch. 97 00:05:31,102 --> 00:05:32,354 Same thing with the stress test. 98 00:05:32,479 --> 00:05:35,190 - Which is why I'm ditching it. - What are you doing instead? 99 00:05:35,315 --> 00:05:36,232 Not telling. 100 00:05:36,358 --> 00:05:38,193 Seriously? You're playing his game? 101 00:05:38,318 --> 00:05:40,654 We're all playing his game. Might as well enjoy it. 102 00:05:41,947 --> 00:05:43,156 Anybody else sick at work? 103 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,701 I had a stomachache before him. 104 00:05:46,826 --> 00:05:48,954 This isn't your fault, Will. Keep working. 105 00:05:49,079 --> 00:05:50,664 My brother's in the hospital. 106 00:05:50,789 --> 00:05:53,375 Mrs. Collier won't care if I finish my homework. 107 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:55,919 Your brother cares if you finish your homework. 108 00:06:08,264 --> 00:06:10,684 Can I be your imaginary friend? 109 00:06:11,309 --> 00:06:13,061 He's a doctor. 110 00:06:13,395 --> 00:06:15,563 How are the feet? Still itch? 111 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,568 - Is that important? - I don't know. Is it? 112 00:06:24,239 --> 00:06:25,198 What kinds of drugs you into? 113 00:06:25,323 --> 00:06:26,825 You don't have to talk about that right now. 114 00:06:26,950 --> 00:06:27,826 No, it's okay. 115 00:06:27,951 --> 00:06:29,369 I don't keep secrets from them. 116 00:06:29,494 --> 00:06:31,454 They know I did drugs before our parents died. 117 00:06:31,579 --> 00:06:35,208 Clever. Admit the past. Deny the present. 118 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:36,584 I'm clean. 119 00:06:36,710 --> 00:06:39,295 I'm raising two kids. It'd be pretty irresponsible, wouldn't it? 120 00:06:39,421 --> 00:06:41,881 But confiding in an eight-year-old is okay. 121 00:06:42,007 --> 00:06:44,175 If I'm open with them, then they'll be open with me. 122 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:48,138 Yeah. Turning the other cheek's a good strategy in boxing. 123 00:06:48,263 --> 00:06:49,806 Kids don't lie because they got trust issues. 124 00:06:49,931 --> 00:06:51,975 They lie because they've got something to hide. 125 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:53,226 Look at him. 126 00:06:53,351 --> 00:06:55,562 He's sitting there doing nothing and he's still lying. 127 00:06:55,687 --> 00:06:57,605 We don't lie to Jack. 128 00:06:57,731 --> 00:06:59,899 - Spelling test you failed and forgot... - No. 129 00:07:00,025 --> 00:07:00,900 - Math test? - No. 130 00:07:01,026 --> 00:07:01,985 Fight with the kid sitting next to you? 131 00:07:02,110 --> 00:07:04,195 He doesn't sit next to me. 132 00:07:07,032 --> 00:07:08,533 And the other one's probably having sex. 133 00:07:08,658 --> 00:07:10,535 - I am not. - Yet. 134 00:07:10,660 --> 00:07:13,788 But when you start, you're gonna lie about it. 135 00:07:23,256 --> 00:07:25,925 - Colder. - I'm not playing. 136 00:07:26,259 --> 00:07:29,137 Keep very still for me, Jack. This won't take long. 137 00:07:31,139 --> 00:07:32,807 How much dope did you smoke? 138 00:07:32,932 --> 00:07:35,852 - Does he have to be here? - No. Ignore him. 139 00:07:36,728 --> 00:07:39,064 - It's not his lungs. - I never said it was. 140 00:07:39,189 --> 00:07:41,566 What about the cigarettes? How'd you quit? 141 00:07:41,691 --> 00:07:44,194 Gum? The patch? Hypnosis? 142 00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:46,404 He went from two packs to nothing, cold turkey. 143 00:07:47,822 --> 00:07:49,949 Or we could just make small talk. 144 00:07:50,075 --> 00:07:51,910 You still seeing that nurse in Pedes? 145 00:07:52,035 --> 00:07:53,620 I just don't think she's right for you. 146 00:07:53,745 --> 00:07:57,582 You need someone detached, calculating, ambitious. 147 00:07:57,707 --> 00:07:59,584 You need yourself in a skirt. 148 00:07:59,709 --> 00:08:01,795 Jack, he asked you a question. 149 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,215 I didn't really quit. I just sort of lost taste for it. 150 00:08:05,548 --> 00:08:08,593 Interesting. Sounds like one of those symptom thingies. 151 00:08:08,718 --> 00:08:12,806 He's still puking, and he had a heart attack and itchy feet. 152 00:08:12,972 --> 00:08:16,684 - It's not his lungs. - I never said it was. 153 00:08:20,271 --> 00:08:21,773 Ice cold. 154 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:29,280 I'm injecting ergonovine to see if your heart attack 155 00:08:29,405 --> 00:08:32,951 was caused by a spasm in the vessels surrounding your heart. 156 00:08:33,076 --> 00:08:36,329 Let me know if anything feels... unusual. 157 00:08:38,540 --> 00:08:41,793 If the problems are at my heart, why did that other doctor look at my brain? 158 00:08:41,918 --> 00:08:44,671 Yeah. Why did that other doctor look at his brain? 159 00:08:45,255 --> 00:08:48,550 We're just trying to eliminate as many possibilities as we can. 160 00:08:48,675 --> 00:08:51,761 So because you think that a spasm caused his heart attack, 161 00:08:51,886 --> 00:08:53,972 you're gonna induce another spasm? 162 00:08:54,097 --> 00:08:55,348 Did you consent to this? 163 00:08:56,224 --> 00:08:57,392 CAMERON: Everything's under control. 164 00:08:57,517 --> 00:09:01,062 Tests are gonna identify which arteries are affected so we can repair them. 165 00:09:01,187 --> 00:09:03,356 Your meds don't seem to be doing anything. 166 00:09:03,481 --> 00:09:04,983 So either you're wrong, 167 00:09:05,108 --> 00:09:09,070 or his system hasn't been pushed enough to set anything off. 168 00:09:17,078 --> 00:09:18,371 You wanna get back home, right? 169 00:09:18,496 --> 00:09:22,375 I mean, you're probably already falling behind with the housework and the bills. 170 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:25,795 How many sick days you think you'll get before they replace you? 171 00:09:28,298 --> 00:09:30,341 Heart rate's up. Nothing else. 172 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,261 They can't fire me if I'm sick. 173 00:09:33,386 --> 00:09:35,388 Right. You're irreplaceable. 174 00:09:35,513 --> 00:09:38,308 Who else would they find qualified to dance with a rodent? 175 00:09:38,433 --> 00:09:39,934 How can you even support your family? 176 00:09:40,059 --> 00:09:43,730 What happens when those kids grow out of their clothes? When they get sick? 177 00:09:43,855 --> 00:09:45,148 Still no spasm. 178 00:09:45,690 --> 00:09:47,483 They'll take those kids away from you, Jack. 179 00:09:47,609 --> 00:09:52,030 Maybe I should bring them in here right now so that you can kiss them goodbye. 180 00:09:52,155 --> 00:09:55,658 Can't you see his heart is fine! Stop torturing him! 181 00:09:55,783 --> 00:09:58,077 What kind of doctor are you? 182 00:09:59,871 --> 00:10:02,624 CUDDY: Wonderful. Thank you so much. Okay, bye. 183 00:10:04,083 --> 00:10:06,002 - You're just getting here? - Busses suck. 184 00:10:06,127 --> 00:10:08,379 - Where's your car? - It's a hostage. 185 00:10:08,504 --> 00:10:10,757 Tritter wants me to testify against House. 186 00:10:10,882 --> 00:10:12,175 You're not going to. 187 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:13,885 Is that a question or an order? 188 00:10:14,010 --> 00:10:16,888 Any sort of conviction will cost House his license... 189 00:10:17,013 --> 00:10:18,348 Which will cost this hospital. Relax. 190 00:10:18,473 --> 00:10:20,308 I'm not gonna mess with your precious resource. 191 00:10:20,433 --> 00:10:23,895 I told my lawyer to tell Tritter to go to hell. Marco! 192 00:10:25,688 --> 00:10:27,649 Why are all my prescriptions getting bounced back? 193 00:10:27,774 --> 00:10:30,360 Sorry, Dr. Wilson. I was trying to call you. Where's your phone? 194 00:10:30,485 --> 00:10:32,445 In my car. My patients, on the other hand, 195 00:10:32,570 --> 00:10:34,155 are here and needed their medications. 196 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,450 I'm sorry. I can't. Your DEA number's been suspended. 197 00:10:41,537 --> 00:10:42,872 HOUSE: Why so sad? 198 00:10:43,373 --> 00:10:45,917 There's still a chance that Chase got it right. 199 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:47,001 (GROANS) 200 00:10:47,126 --> 00:10:49,837 That was suspenseful for about two seconds. 201 00:10:50,380 --> 00:10:53,258 Blood culture was negative for bacteria. 202 00:10:53,383 --> 00:10:55,218 But positive for hepatitis A? 203 00:10:55,677 --> 00:10:58,721 I wonder who could've ordered that extra test. 204 00:10:58,846 --> 00:11:01,182 Must be somebody who knew what persistent vomiting, 205 00:11:01,307 --> 00:11:03,518 sudden distaste for nicotine and itchy feet have in common. 206 00:11:03,643 --> 00:11:05,186 Hep A doesn't explain the heart attack. 207 00:11:05,311 --> 00:11:09,065 No. But as Chase so deftly pointed out earlier, puking does. 208 00:11:09,190 --> 00:11:10,858 And hep A explains the puking. 209 00:11:10,984 --> 00:11:14,654 If this had been real life instead of just a game... 210 00:11:16,990 --> 00:11:20,618 The DEA just revoked my prescription privileges. 211 00:11:21,244 --> 00:11:22,870 Well, who's gonna prescribe my Vicodin? 212 00:11:22,996 --> 00:11:24,372 Yes, well, that's why I'm here. 213 00:11:24,497 --> 00:11:25,790 This is a disaster for you. 214 00:11:25,915 --> 00:11:27,166 Relax. 215 00:11:27,583 --> 00:11:29,711 Tritter's just getting desperate. He's got no real evidence. 216 00:11:29,836 --> 00:11:31,212 He's trying to squeeze you into ratting. 217 00:11:31,337 --> 00:11:33,548 I'm not gonna let him squeeze my patients. 218 00:11:33,673 --> 00:11:37,176 They'll be fine. Most of your cancer medicine sucks anyway. 219 00:11:39,012 --> 00:11:40,805 I'm gonna use your team to do my prescribing 220 00:11:40,930 --> 00:11:43,641 until this is straightened out. 221 00:11:44,183 --> 00:11:46,477 Suddenly this doesn't seem nearly as dramatic. 222 00:11:46,602 --> 00:11:51,357 Go pump MG into the kid, cure him and get him out of here. 223 00:11:51,983 --> 00:11:54,819 - Hep A? - No. 224 00:11:55,611 --> 00:11:57,488 "Chase, blood test for bacteria. 225 00:11:57,613 --> 00:11:59,699 "Foreman, MRI, too stubborn to check the lungs. 226 00:11:59,824 --> 00:12:01,409 "Cameron, nice try. No spasm." 227 00:12:05,079 --> 00:12:09,250 "But the princess sat and sat and sat, 228 00:12:10,293 --> 00:12:12,295 "pretending not to listen." 229 00:12:13,796 --> 00:12:18,259 Pretending to write in her journal with the flowers on it. 230 00:12:19,927 --> 00:12:23,139 Pretending she didn't like stories about eight-year-olds who save the world. 231 00:12:23,264 --> 00:12:24,182 I'm 11. 232 00:12:24,307 --> 00:12:25,850 Which is why you can no longer save the world. 233 00:12:25,975 --> 00:12:27,977 - I'm eight! - Yeah. 234 00:12:28,644 --> 00:12:30,188 We're all completely dependent on you. 235 00:12:30,313 --> 00:12:31,647 - Morning. - Morning. 236 00:12:31,773 --> 00:12:34,984 Good news. We can take you off the MG. 237 00:12:35,109 --> 00:12:39,197 The hep A has cleared your system. You'll be good to go by tomorrow. 238 00:12:40,239 --> 00:12:41,616 How do you think I got it? 239 00:12:41,741 --> 00:12:43,117 Well, it could've been contaminated food. 240 00:12:43,242 --> 00:12:45,328 It could've been from cleaning the bathrooms at work. 241 00:12:45,453 --> 00:12:47,497 Or it could've been... 242 00:12:48,915 --> 00:12:51,125 Don't worry. They've heard it all. 243 00:12:51,250 --> 00:12:53,127 Anilingus is a common way. 244 00:12:53,503 --> 00:12:55,129 You should just tell the people that you've dated 245 00:12:55,254 --> 00:12:57,465 they should get themselves checked. 246 00:12:58,299 --> 00:13:01,219 Don't worry. I've been too busy chasing after these guys to go spelunking. 247 00:13:01,344 --> 00:13:02,220 You're gross. 248 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,641 - I think. - Does your arm hurt? 249 00:13:06,766 --> 00:13:07,642 Arm's fine, bro. 250 00:13:07,767 --> 00:13:10,770 - Then why's it bleeding? - It's not. It's... 251 00:13:13,773 --> 00:13:16,025 Raise your arm above your head. 252 00:13:16,609 --> 00:13:19,779 Your ear... And your nose... 253 00:13:28,996 --> 00:13:33,000 FOREMAN: High PT and PTT on Jack's blood panel confirm a coagulopathy. 254 00:13:33,543 --> 00:13:38,631 So, we cure the hep A, something else pops up. 255 00:13:39,257 --> 00:13:40,341 Interesting. 256 00:13:40,675 --> 00:13:43,553 At in 1 ions cause DI 257 00:13:45,179 --> 00:13:46,431 You Okay? 258 00:13:47,265 --> 00:13:49,725 Hurt my shoulder playing fantasy football. 259 00:13:49,851 --> 00:13:51,436 Shall we discuss what causes DIC, 260 00:13:51,561 --> 00:13:54,147 or should we just send the kid back to his miserable life? 261 00:13:54,272 --> 00:13:56,274 - He's not miserable. - Right. 262 00:13:56,399 --> 00:13:58,568 He's thrilled that his parents are dead and his life is over. 263 00:13:58,693 --> 00:14:01,863 The restaurant's probably teeming with E. coli, Eikenella and strep. 264 00:14:01,988 --> 00:14:04,615 Kids don't wash their hands between the potty and the party and... 265 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:07,076 Or it's a food-borne toxin. Jack eats at that cesspool every day. 266 00:14:07,201 --> 00:14:08,995 And Jack's the only one who got sick? 267 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,080 Kid's got tattoos, piercings 268 00:14:11,205 --> 00:14:13,583 and probably some nasty little girl who loaned him the hep A. 269 00:14:13,708 --> 00:14:15,543 Could've also given him syphilis or gonorrhea. 270 00:14:15,668 --> 00:14:17,420 - I need one of you. - Take Cameron. 271 00:14:17,545 --> 00:14:18,754 Your idea was dumb anyway. 272 00:14:19,714 --> 00:14:24,051 Chase, I need you to head back to that cesspool and get me the kid's puke. 273 00:14:24,177 --> 00:14:27,847 Foreman, do an LP and have Cameron run down that potty-party theory. 274 00:14:27,972 --> 00:14:30,266 Why don't I just test him? 275 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:33,269 Let's not discuss this in front of the help. 276 00:14:38,816 --> 00:14:41,527 The amount of vomiting that kid did, 277 00:14:41,652 --> 00:14:44,822 there wouldn't be enough toxins left in his system to show up in his blood. 278 00:14:44,947 --> 00:14:47,241 And since he vomited in the toilet here instead of on somebody, 279 00:14:47,366 --> 00:14:50,328 that restaurant is our only source of essential vomit. 280 00:14:50,453 --> 00:14:51,954 And you couldn't say that in front of Foreman? 281 00:14:52,079 --> 00:14:57,168 No, I couldn't say this in front of Foreman. I need a refill. 282 00:14:57,460 --> 00:14:59,754 Detective Tritter knows about the scrips I wrote before. 283 00:14:59,879 --> 00:15:03,257 Exactly. If you stop now, it'll look suspicious. 284 00:15:03,716 --> 00:15:05,301 Does anyone fall for that argument? 285 00:15:05,426 --> 00:15:07,470 Write the scrip. 286 00:15:07,970 --> 00:15:08,971 No. 287 00:15:09,096 --> 00:15:10,264 One prescription isn't gonna make... 288 00:15:10,389 --> 00:15:13,476 We both know it's not gonna be just one. 289 00:15:13,726 --> 00:15:16,854 I'd rather lose my job than lose my license. 290 00:15:23,611 --> 00:15:29,492 Daniel Silvers, prostate cancer. Needs filgrastim, two-week supply. 291 00:15:29,617 --> 00:15:31,994 Andrea Donovan, breast cancer. 292 00:15:32,119 --> 00:15:34,539 Just needs her refill on her megestrol. 293 00:15:35,915 --> 00:15:37,542 - You're not writing. - You want me to write? 294 00:15:37,667 --> 00:15:40,503 Well, you could phone them in. But eventually, yeah, 295 00:15:40,628 --> 00:15:43,464 probably somebody's gonna want something written down. 296 00:15:43,589 --> 00:15:46,425 - I haven't met these people. - I have. 297 00:15:46,551 --> 00:15:49,387 - I've diagnosed them and everything. - I know. 298 00:15:49,887 --> 00:15:52,348 I know. I'm not saying I don't trust you. 299 00:15:52,473 --> 00:15:53,766 Just my diagnoses. 300 00:15:53,891 --> 00:15:55,434 These are gonna be my prescriptions. I... 301 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,271 - They're my patients. My prescriptions. - My name! 302 00:16:00,565 --> 00:16:02,650 That Tritter will read on the scrip. 303 00:16:03,693 --> 00:16:08,239 He wants to make you miserable. You don't think he's gonna ask questions? 304 00:16:08,364 --> 00:16:09,407 (SIGHS) 305 00:16:09,532 --> 00:16:13,077 ls there anything Jack does that no one else does? Any special duties? 306 00:16:13,202 --> 00:16:15,413 No, we got lots of bussers. 307 00:16:15,538 --> 00:16:17,707 What kind of cleaning products do you use? 308 00:16:17,832 --> 00:16:20,710 We got a bunch of kids running around, sticking everything in their mouths, 309 00:16:20,835 --> 00:16:24,547 so we can't use anything toxic. 310 00:16:24,964 --> 00:16:27,425 This is it. Monday's trash. 311 00:16:33,472 --> 00:16:36,350 So there's no one who can maybe help get the bags out? 312 00:16:36,475 --> 00:16:38,686 Sorry. Short-handed. 313 00:16:38,811 --> 00:16:40,187 I can tip. 314 00:16:40,313 --> 00:16:43,482 I'm pretty sure Jack's puke is in a blue trash bag with the wrapped gifts, 315 00:16:43,608 --> 00:16:46,986 but if you find spaghetti that's the wrong vomit. 316 00:16:55,119 --> 00:16:58,122 How much longer do I have to stay on this medication? 317 00:16:58,247 --> 00:17:00,708 I mean, I'm nauseous all the time. 318 00:17:00,833 --> 00:17:03,294 Maybe I should go back on the tamoxifen. 319 00:17:03,419 --> 00:17:05,379 You're doing so much better on the anastrozole, Beth. 320 00:17:05,504 --> 00:17:07,131 I'm reluctant to make a change. 321 00:17:07,256 --> 00:17:11,177 I can't play with my daughter or pick her up from school. 322 00:17:11,302 --> 00:17:12,845 I can barely get up and tuck her in at night. 323 00:17:12,970 --> 00:17:15,514 There's got to be something else. 324 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:16,932 Who is she? 325 00:17:17,058 --> 00:17:19,393 Well, as you know, this is a teaching hospital. 326 00:17:19,935 --> 00:17:22,188 - She's a student? - No, I'm a doctor. 327 00:17:22,313 --> 00:17:23,981 I'm assisting Dr. Wilson today. 328 00:17:24,106 --> 00:17:26,067 Why? Do you think he got my diagnosis wrong? 329 00:17:26,192 --> 00:17:28,486 - No. I'm sure... - No. No. 330 00:17:28,611 --> 00:17:31,572 She's just consulting regarding my prescriptions. 331 00:17:31,697 --> 00:17:34,408 - You think he got my meds wrong? - No. It's just... 332 00:17:34,533 --> 00:17:36,535 - No. - Then why is she here? 333 00:17:42,708 --> 00:17:43,876 What are you doing now? 334 00:17:44,919 --> 00:17:47,963 I'm gonna get a sample of your brother's spinal fluid. 335 00:17:48,089 --> 00:17:49,423 - Where's Will? - School. 336 00:17:52,677 --> 00:17:53,636 Is that gonna hurt? 337 00:17:53,761 --> 00:17:56,722 It's gonna help us figure out what's making him sick. 338 00:17:56,847 --> 00:17:59,392 - Shouldn't you be in class, too? - Teacher work day. 339 00:17:59,517 --> 00:18:01,018 For you but not Will? 340 00:18:01,143 --> 00:18:03,354 Yeah, didn't make sense to me, either. 341 00:18:06,816 --> 00:18:07,983 Can I help? 342 00:18:09,443 --> 00:18:13,781 Well, I guess it's quicker than calling a nurse and a truant officer. 343 00:18:13,906 --> 00:18:17,785 Okay, grab his shins and push his knees up towards his chest. 344 00:18:19,995 --> 00:18:21,664 Now hold him there tight. 345 00:18:22,873 --> 00:18:24,125 This all nurses do? 346 00:18:25,751 --> 00:18:27,795 My boss doesn't trust them to do anything else. 347 00:18:29,338 --> 00:18:30,673 (JACK GROANING) 348 00:18:34,176 --> 00:18:35,720 Is he gonna die? 349 00:18:38,222 --> 00:18:40,808 No. No one's gonna die. 350 00:18:40,933 --> 00:18:43,269 In the whole world ever? That's so great. 351 00:18:45,187 --> 00:18:47,148 - I meant... - I know what you meant. 352 00:18:48,691 --> 00:18:50,693 But I also know bad things do happen. 353 00:18:53,028 --> 00:18:55,823 My dad always had a few drinks when they went out. 354 00:18:56,115 --> 00:18:58,617 Always said he'd be okay to drive. 355 00:18:59,326 --> 00:19:01,370 Until he wasn't. 356 00:19:04,665 --> 00:19:07,168 I would just like some warning this time. 357 00:19:11,422 --> 00:19:16,260 We're nowhere near anything like that happening right now. Okay? 358 00:19:19,930 --> 00:19:21,724 Let's get him back over. 359 00:19:23,309 --> 00:19:24,518 (JACK SCREAMS) 360 00:19:24,977 --> 00:19:26,812 What was that? 361 00:19:27,062 --> 00:19:29,106 What did you do? 362 00:19:29,523 --> 00:19:32,109 - You broke his rib? - I barely touched him. 363 00:19:32,234 --> 00:19:33,068 Which means... 364 00:19:33,194 --> 00:19:34,320 (GROANS) 365 00:19:34,570 --> 00:19:36,322 - Found it. - Fix it. 366 00:19:36,822 --> 00:19:40,075 Steomyelitis. Means the infection's spread to his bones, 367 00:19:40,201 --> 00:19:43,245 which means it's either bacterial or viral and not... 368 00:19:43,412 --> 00:19:44,288 (GROANS) 369 00:19:45,122 --> 00:19:48,876 I hired you to take away the pain. Was there some confusion? 370 00:19:49,001 --> 00:19:51,504 Ever thought about using your cane on the proper side? 371 00:19:51,629 --> 00:19:52,922 Yeah, that's the issue. 372 00:19:53,047 --> 00:19:56,926 Friday night my cane suddenly noticed it was on the wrong side. 373 00:19:57,551 --> 00:20:00,012 - Can you score me some Vicodin? - No. 374 00:20:00,137 --> 00:20:01,514 I did a needle aspiration to confirm which... 375 00:20:01,639 --> 00:20:02,890 How long till the culture's... 376 00:20:03,015 --> 00:20:04,517 (SCREAMS) 377 00:20:05,017 --> 00:20:07,311 Why do you only do that when I'm talking? 378 00:20:07,436 --> 00:20:09,271 You gotta rest your shoulder. 379 00:20:09,772 --> 00:20:13,317 And we're gonna get you on some different equipment. 380 00:20:24,620 --> 00:20:27,665 - Nice cane. - If I know what you mean. 381 00:20:28,666 --> 00:20:31,585 - Chase, you can stop doing that. - I'm almost finished. 382 00:20:31,710 --> 00:20:33,587 He's got osteomyelitis. 383 00:20:33,712 --> 00:20:36,799 Means you're wrong about food-borne toxins. 384 00:20:36,924 --> 00:20:42,137 And you can stop, too. It's syphilis. 385 00:20:42,263 --> 00:20:44,223 - You sure? - Read the print out. 386 00:20:48,102 --> 00:20:51,021 He's also positive for Eikenella. 387 00:20:55,609 --> 00:20:57,278 - One of you two screwed up. - No. 388 00:20:57,403 --> 00:20:58,821 Not a chance. 389 00:21:00,865 --> 00:21:05,160 Or this kid is a lot sicker than we thought. Finish that test. 390 00:21:05,286 --> 00:21:08,622 Should be impossible to get two right answers to one question. 391 00:21:08,747 --> 00:21:12,751 - It's okay to have three? - Apparently. 392 00:21:13,460 --> 00:21:15,921 CHASE: He's positive for botulism, too. 393 00:21:16,255 --> 00:21:22,094 So, we knock down one infection and three more pop up. 394 00:21:22,678 --> 00:21:24,763 I think this game is rigged. 395 00:21:36,358 --> 00:21:38,444 Jack? Somebody help! 396 00:21:38,569 --> 00:21:40,905 FOREMAN: We've managed to clear all three infections out of his system, 397 00:21:41,030 --> 00:21:42,990 but now he's having seizures every few hours. 398 00:21:43,115 --> 00:21:45,492 - He's gotta be immunocompromised. - No. 399 00:21:45,618 --> 00:21:47,786 White count was nonnal, and he was negative for HIV. 400 00:21:47,912 --> 00:21:49,079 Well, if he's not immunocompromised, 401 00:21:49,204 --> 00:21:50,915 why is he acting like he's immunocompromised? 402 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,207 HOUSE: What do the seizures tell us? 403 00:21:52,333 --> 00:21:54,960 Nothing. There were no structural abnormalities on the CT, 404 00:21:55,085 --> 00:21:58,005 nonfocal neuro exam, no electrolyte imbalance. Nothing. 405 00:21:58,130 --> 00:22:02,509 What do unexplained seizures and really sick 18-year-olds have in common? 406 00:22:02,635 --> 00:22:05,971 - You thinking trauma? - I'm thinking drugs. 407 00:22:06,347 --> 00:22:09,975 He's an admitted user. The drugs trashed his immune system. 408 00:22:10,601 --> 00:22:11,727 Tox screen was clean. 409 00:22:11,852 --> 00:22:15,147 Clean tox screen means there's no drugs in his blood or urine. 410 00:22:15,272 --> 00:22:19,360 There could still be drugs trapped in his fat cells from the good old days. 411 00:22:19,485 --> 00:22:21,946 If they're in his fat, why would they be affecting him now? 412 00:22:22,071 --> 00:22:25,824 The keen observer would notice that he's had some digestive issues lately. 413 00:22:25,950 --> 00:22:28,243 His weight loss could've burned off fat cells 414 00:22:28,369 --> 00:22:30,913 and released the drugs back into his system. 415 00:22:31,038 --> 00:22:34,166 FOREMAN: There's no way to know. It's impossible to test fat cells for drugs. 416 00:22:34,291 --> 00:22:37,628 But it's not impossible to make him lose more weight. 417 00:22:37,753 --> 00:22:41,131 You want us to starve him so we can drive him into another seizure? 418 00:22:41,256 --> 00:22:43,968 Maybe a heart attack? Just so we can run another tox screen? 419 00:22:44,093 --> 00:22:47,554 That'd be cruel. Just sweat it out of him. 420 00:22:50,265 --> 00:22:53,894 I haven't touched a thing since the night my parents died. 421 00:22:54,019 --> 00:22:56,438 Drugs stay in your system a long time. 422 00:23:03,612 --> 00:23:07,408 I was high the night the cops came to tell us what happened. 423 00:23:10,786 --> 00:23:13,038 You know the first thing I did when they told me? 424 00:23:15,916 --> 00:23:17,459 I laughed. 425 00:23:20,004 --> 00:23:22,339 I'm not the person I was when they died. 426 00:23:23,424 --> 00:23:25,509 I wish they could see that. 427 00:23:25,634 --> 00:23:29,847 Well, I'm sure they're watching, and I'm sure they're proud. 428 00:23:30,764 --> 00:23:33,684 That's what Will's guidance counselor keeps telling him. 429 00:23:33,809 --> 00:23:35,519 What do you tell him? 430 00:23:37,771 --> 00:23:39,398 I tell him it's crap. 431 00:23:40,024 --> 00:23:44,611 Our parents live on in our memories, but they don't live on. 432 00:23:52,327 --> 00:23:53,370 CHASE: Jack? 433 00:23:53,495 --> 00:23:54,663 CAMERON: Hold him still. 434 00:23:54,788 --> 00:23:55,622 Don't break his arm. 435 00:23:55,748 --> 00:23:58,000 CAMERON: We'll fix it. We need to get a sample. 436 00:24:01,670 --> 00:24:02,671 House. 437 00:24:03,547 --> 00:24:04,798 Bad news. 438 00:24:04,923 --> 00:24:05,966 Look at you. 439 00:24:06,759 --> 00:24:09,470 You couldn't have sent Cameron down here to this air-conditioned hallway 440 00:24:09,595 --> 00:24:10,554 to deliver the bad news? 441 00:24:10,679 --> 00:24:14,141 Jack seized again, but his blood was clean. Completely drug free. 442 00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:17,061 So he just happened to have a seizure at the exact time 443 00:24:17,186 --> 00:24:18,520 that we stuck him in a sauna? 444 00:24:18,645 --> 00:24:19,563 It's not a coincidence. 445 00:24:19,688 --> 00:24:23,442 He's still seizing every few hours whether we stick him in a sauna or not. 446 00:24:23,567 --> 00:24:26,945 Oh, my God! Why are you using that? 447 00:24:28,447 --> 00:24:29,948 I've had it for years. 448 00:24:30,407 --> 00:24:33,243 No, that's... That's gonna make your shoulder hurt. 449 00:24:33,368 --> 00:24:34,495 You need one of these. 450 00:24:35,913 --> 00:24:37,414 He's a doctor. 451 00:24:37,790 --> 00:24:40,501 - Is he still infection-free? - I'm sure not for long. 452 00:24:40,626 --> 00:24:44,338 My point being that something other than those infections caused these seizures. 453 00:24:44,463 --> 00:24:45,923 Means there's something in his head. Scan him. 454 00:24:46,048 --> 00:24:48,842 - We scanned him. - Well, that was then. This is not then. 455 00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:51,178 Kid keeps changing. Scan him again. 456 00:24:51,303 --> 00:24:52,679 Where is Cameron? 457 00:24:52,805 --> 00:24:54,932 I am not writing you a script for Vicodin. 458 00:24:55,057 --> 00:24:57,267 I've only got two pills left. 459 00:24:57,601 --> 00:24:59,770 Cut them in half. Then you'll have four. 460 00:24:59,895 --> 00:25:02,606 You're prescribing for Wilson. Wilson prescribes for me. 461 00:25:02,731 --> 00:25:04,108 Write up a scrip. 462 00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:06,151 - You know you have a problem. - Yeah. 463 00:25:06,276 --> 00:25:07,402 It's got a badge and everything. 464 00:25:07,528 --> 00:25:10,239 - You're taking too much... - Fine! You're right. 465 00:25:10,364 --> 00:25:14,409 What's the correct amount? Write up a scrip for the correct amount. 466 00:25:14,952 --> 00:25:18,747 No answer? That's 'cause we're having the wrong debate. 467 00:25:18,872 --> 00:25:20,415 This has got nothing to do with my problem 468 00:25:20,541 --> 00:25:22,000 and everything to do with you avoiding a problem. 469 00:25:22,126 --> 00:25:23,836 You're afraid that if you write me a prescription 470 00:25:23,961 --> 00:25:24,962 you're gonna wind up like Wilson. 471 00:25:25,087 --> 00:25:26,880 Of course I am. 472 00:25:29,424 --> 00:25:31,885 Tritter wants to win by giving pain. 473 00:25:33,011 --> 00:25:35,180 Do you really want to be a part of that? 474 00:25:35,305 --> 00:25:37,057 As a doctor, how do you do that? 475 00:25:44,606 --> 00:25:45,607 Here. 476 00:25:46,150 --> 00:25:48,861 This'll tide you over. Takes the edge off my PMS. 477 00:25:48,986 --> 00:25:50,904 Should do wonders for you. 478 00:25:56,451 --> 00:25:58,745 Why are you looking at my head again? 479 00:25:59,163 --> 00:26:01,748 Seizures usually indicate something neurological. 480 00:26:01,874 --> 00:26:03,333 I'm not gonna get better. 481 00:26:04,668 --> 00:26:05,544 Am n 482 00:26:06,461 --> 00:26:08,338 We'll know more after the test. 483 00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:12,384 I've gotta find out who can take care of Will and Kama. 484 00:26:12,509 --> 00:26:14,261 Let's not get ahead of ourselves, okay? 485 00:26:15,721 --> 00:26:19,850 You'll be home yelling at them and kicking their butts before you know it. 486 00:26:28,150 --> 00:26:29,234 (FOREMAN SIGHS) 487 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,320 This kid might be facing a terminal disease, 488 00:26:31,445 --> 00:26:33,405 and he's more worried about his brother and sister. 489 00:26:33,530 --> 00:26:35,199 CHASE: Brain stem's clean. 490 00:26:35,699 --> 00:26:37,951 - Nothing in the midbrain. - What's that? 491 00:26:38,619 --> 00:26:41,079 The frontal lobe, upper-right quadrant. 492 00:26:41,538 --> 00:26:43,498 - I don't see anything. - There. 493 00:26:45,167 --> 00:26:47,544 It's tiny, but I think it's a tumor. 494 00:26:47,669 --> 00:26:51,256 That size should be excisable. Why didn't we see it earlier? How could... 495 00:26:51,381 --> 00:26:52,758 Oh, God! 496 00:26:53,842 --> 00:26:55,719 Axial view. There's another one. 497 00:26:55,844 --> 00:26:57,638 Bring up the next slice. 498 00:27:00,974 --> 00:27:02,226 They're everywhere. 499 00:27:06,730 --> 00:27:09,483 Jack's brain is riddled with tumors. 500 00:27:10,150 --> 00:27:12,653 - And you know what he's doing? - Moaning? 501 00:27:12,778 --> 00:27:16,240 - Setting up play dates. - Wow, what a guy. Theories? 502 00:27:16,365 --> 00:27:18,659 The obvious one, brain cancer destroyed his immune system, 503 00:27:18,784 --> 00:27:20,535 left him wide open for these infections. 504 00:27:20,661 --> 00:27:22,663 House, you're pathetic. 505 00:27:23,205 --> 00:27:26,583 You'll analyze anyone's faults, hypocrisies, weaknesses, 506 00:27:26,708 --> 00:27:27,876 but this kid's got some strength, 507 00:27:28,001 --> 00:27:30,796 and all of a sudden there's no time to talk about anything but the medicine. 508 00:27:30,921 --> 00:27:33,465 He's teaching pro-pubescent kids that truth matters, 509 00:27:33,590 --> 00:27:36,927 God doesn't and life sucks. I like him. Treatment? 510 00:27:37,052 --> 00:27:38,637 We need to start him on radiation. 511 00:27:38,762 --> 00:27:40,847 That'll destroy whatever's left of his immune system. 512 00:27:40,973 --> 00:27:42,975 FOREMAN: And save his life! 513 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:45,602 I know the notion of self-sacrifice is foreign to you... 514 00:27:45,727 --> 00:27:49,314 You wanna think that he's sacrificing himself because if one person can do it, 515 00:27:49,439 --> 00:27:53,360 then maybe the world isn't the cold, selfish place you know that it is. 516 00:27:53,694 --> 00:27:55,862 Radiation could kill him. Alternatives? 517 00:27:55,988 --> 00:27:58,240 There aren't any. We saw the tumors... 518 00:27:58,365 --> 00:28:00,909 We could choose to say they aren't tumors. 519 00:28:01,034 --> 00:28:04,288 They're just pus, which would explain why they weren't there yesterday. 520 00:28:04,413 --> 00:28:06,581 It can't be an infection. He got MG, 521 00:28:06,707 --> 00:28:08,709 - broad-spectrum antibiotics... - Exactly. 522 00:28:08,834 --> 00:28:12,546 Creates a perfect world for fungus, moves in, gets married, 523 00:28:12,671 --> 00:28:13,672 has little fungi... 524 00:28:13,797 --> 00:28:17,217 If you're wrong about the fungus, you're wasting what little time he has left. 525 00:28:17,342 --> 00:28:20,470 Not a big sacrifice. His life sucks. 526 00:28:21,346 --> 00:28:24,266 So let's be right. Go stick a needle in the kid's head. 527 00:28:24,391 --> 00:28:25,267 If you suck out a liquid, 528 00:28:25,392 --> 00:28:26,810 then I'm right and we haven't answered anything. 529 00:28:26,935 --> 00:28:31,565 If you suck out a solid, you're right and no more worrying about play dates. 530 00:28:36,570 --> 00:28:39,698 Okay. Fine. I'll father your child. 531 00:28:39,865 --> 00:28:42,367 First, you got to write me a Vicodin prescription, 532 00:28:42,492 --> 00:28:44,036 just so I can get through the foreplay. 533 00:28:44,161 --> 00:28:45,412 How many days do you have left? 534 00:28:45,537 --> 00:28:48,165 Could probably get through maybe the next minute or so. 535 00:28:48,290 --> 00:28:52,878 And your coming to me means your lackeys actually stood up to you. I'm impressed. 536 00:28:53,003 --> 00:28:55,130 Yes, their cowardice is inspiring. 537 00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:56,965 Well, you should be thanking them. 538 00:28:57,090 --> 00:28:59,092 If they caved, it'd give the cops evidence 539 00:28:59,217 --> 00:29:02,346 that you intimidated underlings to feed your addiction. 540 00:29:02,512 --> 00:29:04,222 I hate writing thank-you notes. 541 00:29:04,348 --> 00:29:08,143 Would it be weird if I asked Cameron to write them? You're hooking me up? 542 00:29:08,268 --> 00:29:11,229 Unfortunately, if I cut you off, it'd give the cops evidence 543 00:29:11,355 --> 00:29:12,606 that you don't really need the pain meds. 544 00:29:12,731 --> 00:29:17,235 I knew that cleavage was a smokescreen. You're a genius. 545 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,655 - You can't lift your arm. - You can't pee standing up. 546 00:29:20,781 --> 00:29:23,033 - Gimme. - You been doing physio? 547 00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:24,659 - Maybe you pulled... - Yeah. 548 00:29:24,785 --> 00:29:27,162 Been training for Pants-Off Dance-Off. Give me the script. 549 00:29:27,287 --> 00:29:29,748 Your shoulder problem isn't physical. 550 00:29:29,873 --> 00:29:31,708 We'll find out if you ever give me that... 551 00:29:31,833 --> 00:29:32,918 What's new? 552 00:29:33,043 --> 00:29:35,170 What's different? Any big changes in your life recently? 553 00:29:35,295 --> 00:29:37,047 Fight with the wife maybe? 554 00:29:37,672 --> 00:29:41,468 It's good. Means your shoulder's a human being. 555 00:29:41,593 --> 00:29:42,844 It's a start. 556 00:29:44,888 --> 00:29:47,974 - I'm right. Right? - Yeah. 557 00:29:48,392 --> 00:29:49,518 Just not about me. 558 00:30:01,113 --> 00:30:01,947 I was right, right? 559 00:30:02,072 --> 00:30:04,741 They were abscesses from a fungal infection. Aspergillus. 560 00:30:04,866 --> 00:30:06,701 FOREMAN: But we still have no idea why. 561 00:30:06,827 --> 00:30:10,664 Our kid's immune system has a factory defect. It's genetic. 562 00:30:10,789 --> 00:30:11,873 It can't be genetic. 563 00:30:11,998 --> 00:30:13,834 He would've been getting infections since he was an infant. 564 00:30:13,959 --> 00:30:17,295 - Not if he grew up in a bubble. - Or if he grew up on Mars. 565 00:30:17,421 --> 00:30:20,298 - No germs there, either. - I don't mean a literal bubble. 566 00:30:20,424 --> 00:30:23,718 A sweet suburban bubble where mommies and daddies protect their children. 567 00:30:23,844 --> 00:30:25,846 They die. Bubble bursts. 568 00:30:25,971 --> 00:30:28,598 Continuing emotional trauma triggers the genetic illness. 569 00:30:28,723 --> 00:30:30,100 Question is, which one? 570 00:30:30,225 --> 00:30:33,770 HOUSE: The infections he's contracted narrow down the possibilities. 571 00:30:33,979 --> 00:30:37,107 Hep A indicates a problem with his B cells. 572 00:30:37,232 --> 00:30:39,568 - Bruton's Agammaglobulinemia? - Eikenella. 573 00:30:39,693 --> 00:30:41,111 Points to a complement deficiency. 574 00:30:41,236 --> 00:30:42,779 (DOOR OPENS) 575 00:30:43,363 --> 00:30:46,199 - I have a patient. I need... - Not now. 576 00:30:46,324 --> 00:30:48,201 - I'll go. - You'll stay. 577 00:30:48,326 --> 00:30:50,287 - Patient's dying. - So is mine. 578 00:30:50,412 --> 00:30:52,497 Not in the next hour. 579 00:30:52,622 --> 00:30:54,458 What does the syphilis tell us? 580 00:30:56,626 --> 00:30:58,420 What does it tell us? 581 00:30:59,087 --> 00:31:01,590 It could mean chronic granulomatous disease. 582 00:31:01,715 --> 00:31:06,094 And the aspergillus is a T cell issue. Common variable immunodeficiency. 583 00:31:07,471 --> 00:31:09,598 Genetic testing's gonna take time. 584 00:31:09,723 --> 00:31:11,099 Given the rate he's picking up infections... 585 00:31:11,224 --> 00:31:12,434 Why don't we turn it into a race? 586 00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:14,144 Little late to be playing games with us. 587 00:31:14,269 --> 00:31:17,647 - Not you guys. The infections. - What infections? 588 00:31:19,107 --> 00:31:21,651 The infections we're gonna give him. 589 00:31:22,694 --> 00:31:25,363 The only way to cure me is to make me sicker? 590 00:31:25,489 --> 00:31:27,741 Each of the four possible genetic conditions 591 00:31:27,866 --> 00:31:31,286 is most susceptible to different types of infection. 592 00:31:32,037 --> 00:31:32,913 What's that? 593 00:31:34,206 --> 00:31:39,377 This is a cocktail of serratia, meningococcus, cepacia and rhinovirus. 594 00:31:39,503 --> 00:31:41,796 Whichever germ gains the most ground 595 00:31:41,922 --> 00:31:45,050 plants the flag of its leader, gives us our answer. 596 00:31:45,175 --> 00:31:48,220 And how are you gonna know which one gains the most ground? 597 00:31:48,345 --> 00:31:50,180 Well, that's the fun part. 598 00:31:50,305 --> 00:31:54,392 See, if the meningococcus is king of the hill, you get to have another seizure. 599 00:31:54,518 --> 00:31:56,186 Serratia will shut down your lungs. 600 00:31:56,311 --> 00:31:58,355 If it's cepacia, you'll have a heart attack. 601 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,191 And if it's the rhinovirus, you'll sneeze. 602 00:32:03,109 --> 00:32:05,820 They can't all be dramatic. We good? 603 00:32:05,946 --> 00:32:06,947 Hell, no. 604 00:32:07,072 --> 00:32:10,992 Well, the alternative is we guess, and there's a three out of four chance 605 00:32:11,117 --> 00:32:15,121 that your little brother and sister will get to cry over another coffin. 606 00:32:15,247 --> 00:32:18,375 You study fractions in school? We good? 607 00:32:22,879 --> 00:32:24,005 (SIGHS) 608 00:32:30,303 --> 00:32:31,263 (COUGHS) 609 00:32:31,930 --> 00:32:35,892 And this test isn't exactly FDA approved, 610 00:32:36,017 --> 00:32:38,687 so let's just keep it our little secret, okay? 611 00:33:04,713 --> 00:33:06,047 (COUGHING) 612 00:33:21,187 --> 00:33:22,897 (GASPING) 613 00:33:29,654 --> 00:33:31,615 (GASPING) 614 00:33:36,453 --> 00:33:38,997 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 615 00:33:40,874 --> 00:33:41,708 (CUDDY CLEARS THROAT) 616 00:33:41,833 --> 00:33:45,545 Little Orphan Annie and Oliver Twist slept in our hallways last night. 617 00:33:45,670 --> 00:33:46,921 Are they singing? 618 00:33:47,047 --> 00:33:49,674 They're children. They need a guardian. 619 00:33:49,966 --> 00:33:51,259 Couldn't find a babysitter 620 00:33:51,384 --> 00:33:53,345 on account of not being able to make any phone calls, 621 00:33:53,470 --> 00:33:54,763 on account of not being able to breathe, 622 00:33:54,888 --> 00:33:57,307 on account of his lungs filling up with serratia. 623 00:33:57,432 --> 00:33:59,976 He has chronic granulomatous disease. 624 00:34:00,101 --> 00:34:01,936 Game over. Our work is done. 625 00:34:02,062 --> 00:34:03,688 Then he's gonna keep getting sick. 626 00:34:03,813 --> 00:34:05,440 You gotta call Social Services. 627 00:34:05,565 --> 00:34:08,485 Bone marrow transplant would re-boot his whole immune system. 628 00:34:08,610 --> 00:34:11,196 He'll be healthy enough to win Miserable Daddy of the Year. 629 00:34:11,321 --> 00:34:13,073 So see if one of his kids is a match. 630 00:34:13,198 --> 00:34:15,241 My kids are already testing his kids. 631 00:34:17,577 --> 00:34:19,329 FOREMAN: Will's a match. 632 00:34:19,454 --> 00:34:20,413 You tested him? 633 00:34:21,081 --> 00:34:23,083 - I never consented for that. - It's just a blood draw. 634 00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:24,626 - There's no danger. - To the testing. 635 00:34:24,751 --> 00:34:27,921 - What about the surgery? - The risk for Will is next to nothing. 636 00:34:29,547 --> 00:34:31,424 (MACHINE BEEPING) 637 00:34:32,425 --> 00:34:35,595 What if I don't do it? What are my other options? 638 00:34:37,097 --> 00:34:39,391 Your immune system can't fight off the germs 639 00:34:39,516 --> 00:34:41,685 we all come into contact with every day. 640 00:34:41,810 --> 00:34:44,854 Now that we know, we can use more targeted medications, 641 00:34:44,979 --> 00:34:49,192 but you'll still get sick all the time. 642 00:34:49,651 --> 00:34:51,236 You'll be in and out of hospitals... 643 00:34:51,361 --> 00:34:52,821 But I'll live. 644 00:34:58,618 --> 00:34:59,869 Jack, 645 00:35:01,830 --> 00:35:04,708 your lifespan will be substantially shortened. 646 00:35:05,917 --> 00:35:09,713 And you'll be too sick to care for your brother and sister anymore. 647 00:35:09,838 --> 00:35:10,964 You shouldn't have pressured him into... 648 00:35:11,089 --> 00:35:11,923 There was no pressure. 649 00:35:12,048 --> 00:35:14,134 He's eight years old! 650 00:35:14,259 --> 00:35:15,885 You tell him his brother's dying unless he helps. 651 00:35:16,010 --> 00:35:18,054 - What do you think he's gonna do? - He wants to help you. 652 00:35:18,179 --> 00:35:20,056 He has no idea. 653 00:35:20,598 --> 00:35:25,979 It's like you asked him to let me play with one of his toys. This is surgery. 654 00:35:26,104 --> 00:35:28,481 - He could die. - He'll be fine. 655 00:35:29,524 --> 00:35:31,025 But you... 656 00:35:31,151 --> 00:35:34,362 You're gonna have a hard time protecting him like this if you're dead. 657 00:35:38,658 --> 00:35:39,868 I'll do it... 658 00:35:41,411 --> 00:35:44,289 when Will's 18 and can decide for himself. 659 00:35:48,418 --> 00:35:50,962 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 660 00:35:51,963 --> 00:35:54,632 - Noble. - Moronic. 661 00:35:56,801 --> 00:35:58,261 It's a synonym. 662 00:35:58,386 --> 00:36:01,139 Why can't you accept he wants to protect his brother? 663 00:36:01,264 --> 00:36:03,725 Has to protect his brother. Doesn't want to. 664 00:36:03,850 --> 00:36:07,187 Wants to run screaming from protecting his brother. 665 00:36:07,854 --> 00:36:09,731 You're a hypocrite. 666 00:36:11,941 --> 00:36:16,988 "Evidence is everything. Truth is all that matters." 667 00:36:17,489 --> 00:36:20,158 Except when it comes to people. 668 00:36:20,909 --> 00:36:23,536 Everything we've learned about this kid says you're wrong. 669 00:36:24,537 --> 00:36:26,456 But you can't accept that. 670 00:36:26,581 --> 00:36:29,000 It's easy to reject the diagnosis. 671 00:36:29,125 --> 00:36:31,836 Not so easy to reject your misanthropy, 672 00:36:32,295 --> 00:36:35,840 because then you'd have to give people a fighting chance. 673 00:36:35,965 --> 00:36:38,885 And that scares the crap out of you. 674 00:36:41,012 --> 00:36:42,305 Okay- 675 00:36:44,724 --> 00:36:46,684 Let's get some evidence. 676 00:36:53,024 --> 00:36:54,609 It's your lucky day. 677 00:36:54,734 --> 00:36:58,154 HOUSE: Just found another donor in the registry. Perfect match. 678 00:36:58,279 --> 00:37:00,949 We can do the transplant with no danger to the rug rat. 679 00:37:01,074 --> 00:37:03,159 Just have to sign here. 680 00:37:05,245 --> 00:37:08,164 Unless there's another reason you don't want it. 681 00:37:08,581 --> 00:37:10,291 There's a chance I'd die. 682 00:37:10,416 --> 00:37:12,919 A chance you'll be cured. 683 00:37:13,253 --> 00:37:15,672 Maybe you don't want that, either. 684 00:37:15,797 --> 00:37:18,591 Maybe hanging out in a hospital getting waited on hand and foot 685 00:37:18,716 --> 00:37:20,134 reminds you of what life used to be like 686 00:37:20,260 --> 00:37:23,137 before you were forced to play Mister Mom. 687 00:37:23,263 --> 00:37:24,806 I don't like being sick. 688 00:37:24,931 --> 00:37:27,934 But you don't want to be healthy, either. 689 00:37:28,059 --> 00:37:29,602 This is your way out. 690 00:37:29,727 --> 00:37:30,645 Guilt free. 691 00:37:32,689 --> 00:37:34,440 I said I'd do it when Will's 18. 692 00:37:34,566 --> 00:37:38,194 And he's able to take care of himself without you. 693 00:37:38,987 --> 00:37:42,156 Jack, your brother and sister need you. 694 00:37:42,282 --> 00:37:44,993 I know! I know every second of every day that they need me, 695 00:37:45,118 --> 00:37:47,579 but I'm too young to be their dad. 696 00:37:56,504 --> 00:37:58,006 Good for you. 697 00:38:04,304 --> 00:38:06,306 Don't pretend you're surprised. 698 00:38:21,821 --> 00:38:24,908 Want to go throw stuff at people off the balcony? 699 00:38:26,492 --> 00:38:28,286 Come on. Mail can wait. 700 00:38:28,953 --> 00:38:31,247 I'm referring my patients to other oncologists. 701 00:38:31,372 --> 00:38:33,666 - I'm shutting down my practice. - Oh, good. 702 00:38:34,167 --> 00:38:35,460 'Cause I was afraid you might overreact. 703 00:38:35,585 --> 00:38:37,295 I can't just ask my patients to wait 704 00:38:37,420 --> 00:38:39,797 because Dr. Cameron's boss won't let her come out and play! 705 00:38:39,923 --> 00:38:41,591 I kept you waiting for maybe an hour... 706 00:38:41,716 --> 00:38:42,842 Three hours! 707 00:38:43,801 --> 00:38:46,179 - Anybody die? - Not this time. 708 00:38:46,304 --> 00:38:49,349 Cameron's available now. Use her all you want. 709 00:38:49,474 --> 00:38:51,935 So now's a better time for me to have my life taken away? 710 00:38:52,060 --> 00:38:55,021 - It fits into your schedule better? - Oh, poor you. 711 00:38:55,146 --> 00:38:58,149 - Think if you suffer loudly enough... - You committed a crime! 712 00:38:58,274 --> 00:38:59,651 What do you want me to do? Turn myself in? 713 00:38:59,776 --> 00:39:03,154 Yes! Yes! Do something! Go in! Show some remorse! 714 00:39:03,279 --> 00:39:04,781 Tell Tritter you'll get some help! 715 00:39:04,906 --> 00:39:06,157 I don't need help! 716 00:39:08,076 --> 00:39:11,913 House, get out of here. Get out of here. 717 00:39:13,748 --> 00:39:17,752 You are not gonna make me feel guilty about what Tritter is doing to us. 718 00:39:17,877 --> 00:39:19,504 (SCOFFS) 719 00:39:19,629 --> 00:39:21,172 You already feel guilty. 720 00:39:21,297 --> 00:39:24,717 Your mysterious shoulder pain isn't coming from your cane. 721 00:39:24,842 --> 00:39:26,928 It's coming from your conscience. 722 00:39:27,845 --> 00:39:29,597 That used to be enough. 723 00:39:30,181 --> 00:39:32,767 Despite all your smartass remarks, I knew you gave a damn. 724 00:39:32,892 --> 00:39:33,935 This time... 725 00:39:36,646 --> 00:39:39,983 You were either gonna help me through this or you weren't. 726 00:39:40,316 --> 00:39:41,818 I got my answer. 727 00:39:56,833 --> 00:39:58,876 Who's gonna drive me to school, 728 00:39:59,711 --> 00:40:01,170 help me with my homework? 729 00:40:02,046 --> 00:40:04,340 There'll be a mom where they take you. 730 00:40:05,842 --> 00:40:08,636 A real mom, someone who can cook. 731 00:40:13,850 --> 00:40:16,269 Don't worry. I'll still be able to see you guys. 732 00:41:01,773 --> 00:41:03,649 You said you'd make him better. 733 00:41:05,151 --> 00:41:06,986 I'm sorry. 734 00:41:19,123 --> 00:41:20,875 Thank you for not telling them. 735 00:41:22,919 --> 00:41:24,378 You're a good kid. 736 00:41:26,255 --> 00:41:29,801 Three months from now, six months from now, 737 00:41:31,135 --> 00:41:34,639 you'll be visiting them and you won't be able to say goodbye. 738 00:41:35,723 --> 00:41:37,850 You're gonna know you screwed up. 739 00:41:39,060 --> 00:41:42,688 You'll take his bone marrow and you'll take them back. 740 00:41:44,315 --> 00:41:47,276 And they'll be a burden and a pain, 741 00:41:48,820 --> 00:41:51,739 and your life will never be what it was supposed to be. 742 00:41:53,366 --> 00:41:55,409 But you'll be proud of yourself. 743 00:41:57,954 --> 00:42:02,125 And your parents, they'll be proud of you. 744 00:42:05,211 --> 00:42:06,671 I don't think so. 745 00:42:10,758 --> 00:42:12,093 (SIGHS) 746 00:42:14,303 --> 00:42:15,471 It's what I wanna believe.