1 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:28,403 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) 2 00:00:28,529 --> 00:00:31,073 - (SIGHS) Who is it? - It's Tom. 3 00:00:32,574 --> 00:00:34,493 Tom, your husband? 4 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:36,787 What's he doing here? 5 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:46,463 Uh, what's going on? 6 00:00:46,588 --> 00:00:48,382 I'm sorry. I know I'm not supposed to be here. 7 00:00:48,507 --> 00:00:50,801 But Evelyn's school contract is due tomorrow. 8 00:00:50,926 --> 00:00:53,512 I knew I was forgetting something. Let me find a pen. 9 00:00:53,637 --> 00:00:54,721 (CLEARING THROAT) 10 00:00:57,599 --> 00:00:59,601 - Hey- - Hey- 11 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:02,521 Not quite sure what Emily Post recommends in this situation, 12 00:01:02,646 --> 00:01:04,481 but I'm Tom. 13 00:01:04,606 --> 00:01:06,066 Damien. Hi. 14 00:01:06,191 --> 00:01:09,111 Sorry to intrude, I just... I wasn't quite sure when she'd be coming home. 15 00:01:10,195 --> 00:01:11,280 No problem. 16 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:13,156 Thank you so much for catching this. 17 00:01:13,282 --> 00:01:14,616 Yeah. 18 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:17,828 I'll get out of your way. It was good to meet you, 19 00:01:17,953 --> 00:01:19,538 and I'll see you later, hon. 20 00:01:19,663 --> 00:01:20,664 Bye. 21 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:26,086 (DOOR CLOSES) 22 00:01:29,506 --> 00:01:32,759 So, he seems like a nice guy. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 23 00:01:33,385 --> 00:01:34,553 Ooh. 24 00:01:36,555 --> 00:01:38,682 - Jules, you okay? - No, my stomach... 25 00:01:38,807 --> 00:01:40,309 Here, lie down. 26 00:01:43,687 --> 00:01:46,273 ' 0w! ' Try to... 27 00:01:46,398 --> 00:01:47,774 - Get Tom. - Okay. 28 00:01:48,734 --> 00:01:50,694 - Ow! - DAMIEN: Tom! 29 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:53,655 (PANTING) 30 00:02:26,938 --> 00:02:29,066 - You know what would be perfect? -Hmm. 31 00:02:29,191 --> 00:02:31,026 French Toast Tower. 32 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:33,737 You still go to Mickey's? What's your cholesterol? 33 00:02:33,862 --> 00:02:36,323 It's my one vice. I'm keeping it. 34 00:02:36,448 --> 00:02:39,368 As much as I would love to clog my arteries, 35 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:44,081 I have a 10:00 CT, and I still have to race home, get changed... 36 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:49,628 Maybe you could keep some clothes here. 37 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:52,839 Maybe I could. 38 00:02:54,466 --> 00:02:57,552 He's just trying to get into your skirts, 39 00:02:57,678 --> 00:02:59,805 and I don't mean metaphorically. 40 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:02,724 Well, he's got the legs for it. 41 00:03:04,434 --> 00:03:07,688 So, I will see you tonight? 42 00:03:07,813 --> 00:03:08,980 Yeah. 43 00:03:14,820 --> 00:03:17,864 - Bye, House. - Have a nice day. 44 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:24,579 "Have a nice day"? How civilized. 45 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:26,707 I said I'd stay out of it. 46 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,754 - What? - Nothing. 47 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:35,215 - Clearly something. - Nope. 48 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:36,758 House, on a list of your attributes, 49 00:03:36,883 --> 00:03:39,761 there's nothing that even rhymes with "coy." 50 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:43,974 Okay, I may have seen something in the fridge. 51 00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:46,226 Like the end of your relationship. 52 00:03:47,602 --> 00:03:50,939 She put the milk in the door and not on the shelf. 53 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:52,232 It's not a big deal. 54 00:03:52,357 --> 00:03:54,484 You hate that she did that, but you didn't say anything. 55 00:03:54,609 --> 00:03:56,445 (LAUGHS) You're trying to get us to fight. 56 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:59,740 No, I'm trying to help. If you got an issue, let her know. 57 00:03:59,865 --> 00:04:03,118 I should've known that you weren't done sabotaging this. 58 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,912 Fine. Stew in your irritation. 59 00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:08,832 Sure, last time it bubbled over into resentment and rage, 60 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:10,584 leading ultimately to a painful divorce 61 00:04:10,709 --> 00:04:13,879 that neither of you have ever really recovered from, 62 00:04:14,004 --> 00:04:17,090 but I'm sure this time, it'll be great. 63 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,980 Interesting case. 35-year-old woman with fever and abdominal pain. 64 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:34,149 ER ruled out all the usual suspects. 65 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:36,234 Stop before you interest me to death. 66 00:04:36,359 --> 00:04:38,487 And she's in an open marriage. 67 00:04:39,696 --> 00:04:41,656 That's not interesting. It's just weird. 68 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:42,866 HOUSE: Know what's weirder? 69 00:04:42,991 --> 00:04:46,161 That other humans are monogamous in the first place. 70 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:48,330 No other species on the planet mates for life, 71 00:04:48,455 --> 00:04:51,249 and if you're gonna bring up swans, they cheat like everybody else. 72 00:04:51,374 --> 00:04:53,251 They just have better PR than rabbits. 73 00:04:53,376 --> 00:04:56,171 Animals also eat their young and kill their rivals. 74 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:58,048 That make it weird that most of us don't? 75 00:04:58,173 --> 00:04:59,841 Says the guy whose opposable thumbs 76 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:02,677 have been all over how many women who aren't his wife? 77 00:05:02,803 --> 00:05:04,930 A functional open marriage is like a unicorn. 78 00:05:05,055 --> 00:05:08,183 It's a mythical creature that doesn't exist. Someone always ends up unhappy. 79 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:12,521 Our patient's unhappy because she's suffering from an intestinal blockage. 80 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:15,774 Boring. Now, I'm gonna have to find a reason to rule it out. 81 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:17,567 What about herpes colitis? 82 00:05:17,692 --> 00:05:19,820 She picks up the infection from one of her partners. 83 00:05:19,945 --> 00:05:21,863 - It takes root in her colon. - STD panel was clean. 84 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:24,241 Chances are this couple was unhappy in the first place. 85 00:05:24,366 --> 00:05:27,160 This is their attempt to save something that never... 86 00:05:31,706 --> 00:05:32,791 Go on. 87 00:05:32,916 --> 00:05:36,086 Herpes might not register if she was exposed in the last six weeks. 88 00:05:38,004 --> 00:05:41,424 But it would show up on a barium enema. 89 00:05:41,550 --> 00:05:43,927 Wait. You're going to do it? 90 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:48,723 Gotta see if our patient is a unicorn or just a slutty horse. 91 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:50,392 Think how much fun Taub could be having. 92 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:55,772 HOUSE: Barium coats the inner lining of your colon, 93 00:05:55,897 --> 00:05:58,900 lets us get a good look at it on the X-ray. 94 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:02,028 I can get somebody else to pick up Evelyn. I feel like I'm abandoning you. 95 00:06:02,153 --> 00:06:03,864 I'm on painkillers. 96 00:06:03,989 --> 00:06:06,992 I'd rather this not be what you think of every time you look at my butt. 97 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:16,626 Okay, roll onto your side. 98 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:19,754 It's fill 'er up time. 99 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,214 (EXHALES) 100 00:06:25,969 --> 00:06:30,265 - So, is Evelyn his new squeeze? - She's our daughter. 101 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:33,768 Must be interesting, growing up in a production of Oh! Calcutta! 102 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:38,315 She's six. She knows as much about our sex life as any other kid her age. 103 00:06:39,190 --> 00:06:43,028 You can explain that she's the reason the two of you stayed married. 104 00:06:43,153 --> 00:06:46,907 You've been in the room five minutes. You got us all figured out. 105 00:06:47,032 --> 00:06:49,159 Of course, you left out the part where we love each other, 106 00:06:49,284 --> 00:06:51,077 and we wanna grow old together. 107 00:06:51,202 --> 00:06:52,829 But you just don't wanna be young together. 108 00:06:52,954 --> 00:06:56,708 Look, when you think about it, tons of couples do what we do. 109 00:06:56,833 --> 00:07:00,670 It's just that with most of them, one spouse doesn't know about it. 110 00:07:00,795 --> 00:07:03,798 We decided things work better when people tell each other the truth. 111 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:09,262 Tank's full. 112 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:13,183 I'll page the radiology elves. 113 00:07:16,728 --> 00:07:19,564 I'm not saying I hate it. It just doesn't go with your eyes. 114 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:22,108 - You hate it. - Little bit. 115 00:07:22,233 --> 00:07:25,278 Any more heartless critiques of my general appearance? 116 00:07:25,403 --> 00:07:26,905 MAYA: Nope. All done. 117 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,994 So, is she as bendy as she looks? 118 00:07:34,079 --> 00:07:37,082 - Maya and I are just friends. - No, you and I are friends. 119 00:07:37,207 --> 00:07:39,167 And you don't have coffee with me three times a week. 120 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:41,211 She's an interesting person. 121 00:07:41,336 --> 00:07:43,296 She grew up in Ohio. She has three brothers. 122 00:07:43,421 --> 00:07:46,091 Fascinating. Last week that Cambodian lab tech was telling us 123 00:07:46,216 --> 00:07:50,095 how he survived the Killing Fields, and you left to go get a donut. 124 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:53,014 - So we flirt. It's fun. - It's dangerous. 125 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:54,891 That woman would totally do you. 126 00:07:55,016 --> 00:07:57,978 You think? Nothing is gonna happen. 127 00:07:58,103 --> 00:07:59,896 All I'm saying is, if you want to be on a diet, 128 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:02,524 you might want to stop hanging out by the dessert cart. 129 00:08:05,276 --> 00:08:09,406 X-ray was clean. She doesn't have herpes colitis. Or abdominal pain. 130 00:08:09,531 --> 00:08:11,157 TAUB: It stopped hurting during the X-ray, 131 00:08:11,282 --> 00:08:13,618 which means it was just an intestinal blockage that passed. 132 00:08:13,743 --> 00:08:15,370 - We should discharge her. - Absolutely. 133 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:18,206 There's no need to find any underlying cause. 134 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:20,750 These things never happen twice. 135 00:08:20,875 --> 00:08:23,003 Take her digestive system for a test drive. 136 00:08:23,128 --> 00:08:24,796 Give her a radio-opaque milkshake. 137 00:08:24,921 --> 00:08:26,631 X-ray every 15 minutes to see if it makes 138 00:08:26,756 --> 00:08:28,800 any unscheduled stops on the way through. 139 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:32,220 - We'll be here all night. - No, Taub will be here all night. 140 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:35,932 Go talk to the unicorn, then tell me you don't believe. 141 00:08:36,057 --> 00:08:38,309 I did an abdominal CT on a kid today, 142 00:08:38,435 --> 00:08:42,147 and found a six-inch bezoar made entirely of gum. 143 00:08:42,272 --> 00:08:46,276 I mean, who gives a three-year-old an endless supply of gum... 144 00:08:50,989 --> 00:08:53,199 - You okay? - Yeah. 145 00:08:54,743 --> 00:08:58,538 I mean, there was hair in it and maybe a piece of paper. 146 00:09:01,791 --> 00:09:05,086 So, how long have you been married? 147 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:09,591 One of the few drawbacks of having an open marriage. 148 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:12,469 Nobody ever asks me about current events or the weather. 149 00:09:13,678 --> 00:09:15,263 The Yankees look good this season. 150 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:17,098 (LAUGHING) 151 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:20,268 Seven years. 152 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:25,398 And how long have you, you know... 153 00:09:26,357 --> 00:09:28,151 After three years, we realized 154 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:31,112 that traditional marriage was making us both miserable. 155 00:09:32,781 --> 00:09:34,741 Most people get divorced at that point. 156 00:09:34,866 --> 00:09:37,327 Yeah, we didn't want to get divorced. We still loved each other. 157 00:09:37,452 --> 00:09:40,789 We just realized that expecting one person 158 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:43,416 to fulfill all of your needs forever is unrealistic. 159 00:09:44,125 --> 00:09:47,087 There are happy monogamous couples out there. 160 00:09:47,212 --> 00:09:49,631 Sure, one or two have the perfect marriage. 161 00:09:49,756 --> 00:09:53,259 Everybody else has figured out how to settle for less. 162 00:09:53,384 --> 00:09:56,012 I don't want to settle and end up resenting my husband. 163 00:09:57,597 --> 00:10:00,725 I'd rather get the 10% he doesn't give me somewhere else 164 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:06,022 so that I can really appreciate him for the 90% he does. 165 00:10:08,566 --> 00:10:10,068 (HEART MONITOR BEEPING) 166 00:10:10,193 --> 00:10:12,612 I think something's wrong. 167 00:10:12,737 --> 00:10:14,405 - With your stomach? - My heart is racing. 168 00:10:14,531 --> 00:10:15,657 (MONITOR BEEPING FASTER) 169 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:17,784 (BREATH ES HEAVILY) 170 00:10:19,994 --> 00:10:23,998 Try and take deep breaths. I'm gonna try to slow your heart down. 171 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:28,336 - Is this because of the blockage? - No. It's not working. 172 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:31,798 (MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY) Need a crash cart in here! 173 00:10:37,345 --> 00:10:41,391 CHASE: I need a list of all your sexual partners from the last six months. 174 00:10:41,516 --> 00:10:43,768 - Why? - Your wife had an arrhythmia. 175 00:10:43,893 --> 00:10:45,812 The progression of symptoms from bowel to heart 176 00:10:45,937 --> 00:10:47,814 makes a parasitic infection most likely. 177 00:10:47,939 --> 00:10:49,816 Since Julia hasn't been out of the country... 178 00:10:49,941 --> 00:10:52,902 The only place that I've been recently is a business trip to Nebraska. 179 00:10:53,027 --> 00:10:56,531 But either of you could have picked up a bug from one of your partners. 180 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:58,032 (SIGHS) 181 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:01,786 It's kind of complicated. 182 00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:05,415 How many partners are we talking about? Ballpark. 183 00:11:07,083 --> 00:11:09,586 - None. - None? 184 00:11:09,711 --> 00:11:13,590 We have a great sex life. I don't need anyone else. 185 00:11:13,715 --> 00:11:16,843 So why not just tell her that and close this whole thing up? 186 00:11:16,968 --> 00:11:20,555 - You married? - (STUTTERING) I was. 187 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,057 Did you ever agree to go see a chick flick with your wife 188 00:11:23,183 --> 00:11:24,976 or pretend to enjoy classical music? 189 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:29,022 Stravinsky never groped my wife in a Midtown hotel room. 190 00:11:29,147 --> 00:11:31,399 She needs this. 191 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:35,069 I don't, but I don't want her to feel bad about that. 192 00:11:38,156 --> 00:11:39,616 HOUSE: He's lying. 193 00:11:39,741 --> 00:11:43,077 CHASE: Guy's got a license to drill. Why would he lie about not using it? 194 00:11:43,203 --> 00:11:46,915 That's not the lie. The lie is that he gives a crap how his wife feels. 195 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,000 If they're both screwing around, that's one thing. 196 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:51,169 But she has a piece on the side, and he doesn't? 197 00:11:51,294 --> 00:11:52,795 The only way he'd be okay with that 198 00:11:52,921 --> 00:11:54,964 is if he's betraying her in some other way. 199 00:11:55,089 --> 00:11:56,799 Then in his mind, it makes them even. 200 00:11:56,925 --> 00:11:59,093 My unicorn isn't a unicorn. 201 00:11:59,219 --> 00:12:01,596 It's a donkey with a plunger stuck to its face. 202 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:05,642 Right, even a guy who's not cheating is doing it for underhanded reasons. 203 00:12:05,767 --> 00:12:07,227 No, no, no, he's not being cynical. 204 00:12:07,352 --> 00:12:10,063 He's assuming the husband is doing something to even the score. 205 00:12:10,188 --> 00:12:12,941 Which means he thinks there is a score. 206 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:16,903 Which means, cheating swans aside, House believes in monogamy. 207 00:12:17,028 --> 00:12:18,905 He's being romantic. 208 00:12:19,030 --> 00:12:22,700 What I believe is that men are genetically engineered to be jealous. 209 00:12:22,825 --> 00:12:25,620 Doesn't matter if I think there's a score. I guarantee you he does. 210 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:27,413 Any of the wife's partners pan out? 211 00:12:27,538 --> 00:12:30,416 She's been with two people other than Tom in the last six months. 212 00:12:30,541 --> 00:12:32,585 Neither of them have been outside the Tri-State area. 213 00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:35,296 - So we're back to the husband. - You said you believed he wasn't... 214 00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:37,006 He's doing something behind her back. 215 00:12:37,131 --> 00:12:39,842 What better cover than a business trip to Nebraska? 216 00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:42,303 Like that's really a place. 217 00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:45,807 CHASE: Let's find his travel records and get back to work. 218 00:12:48,351 --> 00:12:50,770 You seem pretty mellow about this couple's deal. 219 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:53,439 Thought you'd be first in line to shake a finger. 220 00:12:53,564 --> 00:12:56,484 They're still married. I'm not. 221 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:58,569 Not that I could ever do it. 222 00:12:58,695 --> 00:13:01,531 I was jealous of House, and Cameron never touched him. 223 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:04,284 Not counting the emotional fondling. 224 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:08,997 When my mom was dying, my dad had an affair. 225 00:13:10,498 --> 00:13:14,419 - He told you this? - I'd seen them get out of his car. 226 00:13:14,544 --> 00:13:16,462 Two years after Mom died, they got married. 227 00:13:16,587 --> 00:13:18,047 Must've sucked. 228 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:23,553 At the time, yeah, but looking back, it makes sense. 229 00:13:23,678 --> 00:13:24,929 My mom never knew about it, 230 00:13:25,054 --> 00:13:27,223 and he needed someone to make him feel less alone. 231 00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:30,059 He took care of my mom, day in and day out, 232 00:13:30,184 --> 00:13:31,811 for two-and-a-half years before she died. 233 00:13:31,936 --> 00:13:35,940 He was devoted to her. Loving someone else didn't change that. 234 00:13:36,065 --> 00:13:40,069 So loving two people at once is fine as long as one of them is dying? 235 00:13:40,194 --> 00:13:41,904 Whoever's taking care of me when I get sick, 236 00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:44,699 I hope they've got someone else to take care of them. 237 00:13:48,244 --> 00:13:49,912 Tom was telling the truth. 238 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:51,914 He really did go to Nebraska. 239 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,876 Plane ticket and restaurant receipts. 240 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:56,794 THIRTEEN: Forget Nebraska. 241 00:13:58,171 --> 00:14:00,715 Maybe they just bought their parasites at the mall. 242 00:14:02,550 --> 00:14:05,762 You know, we should really throw away that loofah. 243 00:14:05,887 --> 00:14:08,014 They're imported. Sometimes they're not sterilized. 244 00:14:08,139 --> 00:14:09,932 We think our patient got amoebiasis from hers. 245 00:14:10,058 --> 00:14:12,018 She going to be okay? 246 00:14:12,143 --> 00:14:13,686 We're treating now. She should be fine. 247 00:14:15,313 --> 00:14:17,065 It's actually kind of bizarre. 248 00:14:18,566 --> 00:14:21,944 She and her husband have an open marriage. 249 00:14:25,156 --> 00:14:26,616 They sleep with other people? 250 00:14:26,741 --> 00:14:29,994 Well, she does. Her husband's totally fine with it. 251 00:14:30,119 --> 00:14:31,162 That's crazy, right? 252 00:14:35,208 --> 00:14:37,960 And you're bringing this up because... 253 00:14:40,588 --> 00:14:42,465 I thought it was interesting. 254 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:46,219 More interesting than your other cases, I guess. 255 00:14:48,179 --> 00:14:51,015 You talk about your colleagues. You rant about House. 256 00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:53,976 You don't usually mention your patients. 257 00:14:56,604 --> 00:15:00,108 Is open marriage something you want? 258 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:02,318 No. I mean... 259 00:15:05,279 --> 00:15:07,490 I know you'd never... 260 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:11,452 (SIGHS) 261 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:16,958 All this time and energy you spent convincing me you weren't cheating. 262 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,209 And there's somebody else. 263 00:15:18,334 --> 00:15:20,211 - I'm not... - WAITER: Some more water, sir? 264 00:15:32,849 --> 00:15:34,225 Okay- 265 00:15:36,018 --> 00:15:39,939 There's a woman at work. People say she's attracted to me. 266 00:15:40,064 --> 00:15:42,358 But nothing's happened. Nothing's going to happen. 267 00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:45,528 - I'm not having an affair. - But you want to. 268 00:15:45,653 --> 00:15:49,574 No, honey, I'm trying to be honest. 269 00:15:49,699 --> 00:15:51,617 I don't want to make the same mistakes. 270 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:54,620 Be honest, then. 271 00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:57,331 Are you attracted to her? 272 00:16:02,336 --> 00:16:07,175 Look, she's attractive. There's an attraction. 273 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:09,927 Aren't there men who make you feel that way? 274 00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:11,095 Of course there are. 275 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:15,433 But it never occurs to me to act on it, because I'm married. 276 00:16:16,684 --> 00:16:18,728 To you. 277 00:16:18,853 --> 00:16:23,065 And that's enough for me. Aren't I enough for you? 278 00:16:23,191 --> 00:16:26,652 Of course you are. (PAGER BEEPING) 279 00:16:29,113 --> 00:16:31,908 Our patient's lost all movement in her legs. 280 00:16:32,033 --> 00:16:35,036 There are other doctors, Chris. We're talking. 281 00:16:36,078 --> 00:16:39,957 I'm sorry. The woman's paralyzed. 282 00:16:41,292 --> 00:16:42,877 I'll get a cab. 283 00:16:57,308 --> 00:17:01,270 TAUB: Tests show no spinal cord injury, no cerebral lesions, no hemorrhage. 284 00:17:01,395 --> 00:17:03,731 CHASE: We finally got a stool sample. The loofah's innocent. 285 00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:06,400 No sign of amoebas or any other parasite. 286 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:10,363 So paralysis, arrhythmia, and intermittent abdominal pain. 287 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,866 And he nicked himself shaving. 288 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,789 Sorry, that was Taub. But it was easier to solve. 289 00:17:19,914 --> 00:17:23,292 Means he used the crappy razor in his locker, which means he slept here. 290 00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:24,502 Thanks to you. 291 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,924 I brought up open marriage with Rachel. 292 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:31,259 It was a disaster. 293 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:38,015 On the medical front, we've knocked out sex and foreign travel. 294 00:17:38,140 --> 00:17:40,142 Could be an electrolyte imbalance. 295 00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:43,145 So the only time you're not interested in my marriage is after you blow it up? 296 00:17:43,271 --> 00:17:45,982 You were the moron who took marital advice from Tila Tequila. 297 00:17:46,107 --> 00:17:47,525 You pushed me into this. 298 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:50,278 Figured it would either blow up your marriage or make it more honest. 299 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:51,612 Either way, you win. 300 00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:54,699 What about sex? I'm talking about the patient. 301 00:17:54,824 --> 00:17:57,034 - Is that cool with everybody? - We ruled out sex. 302 00:17:57,159 --> 00:17:59,161 We ruled out sex with other people. 303 00:17:59,287 --> 00:18:02,164 Tom said he and Julia have been doing it three or four times a week. 304 00:18:02,290 --> 00:18:04,041 And she's got boys on the side. 305 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:07,420 Increased libido can be a symptom of adrenocortical carcinoma, 306 00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:09,380 which also explains her other symptoms. 307 00:18:09,505 --> 00:18:12,800 A woman who likes sex must be sick? 308 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,635 HOUSE: Just because everybody in this room 309 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,306 wishes that all women were horny all the time doesn't make it so. 310 00:18:19,307 --> 00:18:21,350 Get an MRI of her adrenal glands. 311 00:18:29,817 --> 00:18:31,110 Hi. 312 00:18:32,528 --> 00:18:35,323 - Okay if I take the sports page? - WILSON: Sure. 313 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,123 Would you mind using a coaster? 314 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:48,502 - Oh. Sure. Sorry. - It's okay. 315 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:58,095 Also, it'd be great if you'd replace the toilet paper when you finish a roll. 316 00:18:58,220 --> 00:18:59,680 And when you load the dishwasher, 317 00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:02,224 you can't put a big, flat bowl on the bottom. 318 00:19:02,350 --> 00:19:05,686 It traps the water so nothing on the top gets clean. 319 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:08,189 And please don't throw banana peels in the bedroom trash. 320 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:11,734 I haven't done any of those things. 321 00:19:11,859 --> 00:19:13,361 You're probably not even aware... 322 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:14,695 I hate bananas. 323 00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:23,746 Oh, my God. It was House. 324 00:19:23,871 --> 00:19:26,832 I'm sorry. He's been trying to get us to fight. 325 00:19:26,957 --> 00:19:29,210 Why would he think that stuff would make us fight? 326 00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:33,214 Because of the milk. You put it in the door. 327 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:36,133 The body of the refrigerator is the coldest part. 328 00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:39,011 The temperature in the door fluctuates, which decreases shelf life... 329 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:42,640 Wow. When did you get all 0CD? 330 00:19:42,765 --> 00:19:46,519 I just want clean dishes and unspoiled milk so we can all stay healthy. 331 00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:48,979 Oh. It's about health? 332 00:19:49,105 --> 00:19:53,693 What about the coaster? Does that replenish my B12 or something? 333 00:19:53,818 --> 00:19:55,903 - Can we just drop it? - Sure. 334 00:20:04,078 --> 00:20:08,374 You have this list of annoyances the entire time we were married? 335 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:14,296 - Get better, Mommy. - I love you, rabbit. 336 00:20:16,132 --> 00:20:18,718 Julia, you have a guest. 337 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:25,433 - Hi. - This isn't a good time. 338 00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:29,687 Dr. Hadley, did you say there was a video game in the playroom? 339 00:20:29,812 --> 00:20:32,606 Maybe you can teach me how to play one of them? 340 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:33,899 See you in Radiology. 341 00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:40,906 Get out of my wife's room. 342 00:20:41,031 --> 00:20:43,075 Your relationship with her stays out of our space. 343 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,786 - I was worried about her. - Tom's right. You should go. 344 00:20:48,622 --> 00:20:51,667 So it's fine if we have sex, but if I drop by to see if you're okay... 345 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,961 This is our family. 346 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,760 Sorry. 347 00:21:07,892 --> 00:21:09,769 I spent two years of residency 348 00:21:09,894 --> 00:21:11,937 wearing shirts that were a size too small. 349 00:21:12,062 --> 00:21:14,774 How hard is it to ask me not to put them in the dryer? 350 00:21:14,899 --> 00:21:17,234 And I only did your laundry because you were never home. 351 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,236 - I didn't ask you to. - Of course you didn't. 352 00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:21,864 You just got annoyed whenever you didn't have clean underwear. 353 00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:23,949 - I never said I was annoyed. - That's the point. 354 00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:25,701 You didn't say anything. 355 00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:27,787 So I'm getting a lecture on communication 356 00:21:27,912 --> 00:21:31,123 from someone who had her lawyer inform me our marriage was over. 357 00:21:34,168 --> 00:21:37,630 Asking for an open marriage. You got stones. 358 00:21:37,755 --> 00:21:42,009 Conversation sort of got away from me. It was a train wreck. 359 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,552 I think it's good you brought it up. 360 00:21:43,677 --> 00:21:45,971 I read a study that found men who have multiple copies 361 00:21:46,096 --> 00:21:49,975 of a certain vasopressin receptor are twice as likely to be unfaithful. 362 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:51,977 Maybe you're just one of those guys. 363 00:21:52,102 --> 00:21:56,106 So my cheating is biologically predetermined. Fantastic. 364 00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:58,734 Multiply times five. We need a better look at the medulla. 365 00:21:58,859 --> 00:22:01,862 I thought you'd be relieved. This gets you off the hook. It's just genetics. 366 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:06,534 I'm 5'6" and have a receding hairline. I hate genetics. Medulla's clean. 367 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:08,285 I don't see you wearing lifts or hair plugs. 368 00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:10,663 That's because being short and bald doesn't hurt anybody. 369 00:22:10,788 --> 00:22:13,374 The only thing hurtful about your other genetic predisposition 370 00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:14,875 is that you keep denying it. 371 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,962 It's not good for you or Rachel. 372 00:22:18,087 --> 00:22:21,257 There's nothing there. It's not adrenal cancer. 373 00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:24,176 And maybe you're right about me, but I'm not going to stop trying. 374 00:22:24,301 --> 00:22:25,469 Rachel's worth it. 375 00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:29,557 Look up there. The lung. What is that? 376 00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:32,309 You served me with divorce papers 377 00:22:32,434 --> 00:22:34,478 in the middle of a medical conference in New Orleans! 378 00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:36,397 I threw a bottle into an antique mirror. 379 00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:39,108 You exhibited an emotion. I wish I'd known you were capable. 380 00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:42,570 I loved you. I thought I was gonna be following you to Baltimore, remember? 381 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:44,864 I called about apartments. I set up interviews. 382 00:22:44,989 --> 00:22:46,991 How could you think that we still had a real marriage? 383 00:22:47,116 --> 00:22:48,617 We hadn't had a conversation in months. 384 00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:50,828 Maybe because I was working two jobs to support us. 385 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:54,540 No! No, it's because when you were home, it was like talking to a block of ice. 386 00:22:54,665 --> 00:22:56,292 You were obviously so pissed off at me... 387 00:22:56,417 --> 00:22:59,211 I was killing myself so that you could take that non-paying internship. 388 00:22:59,336 --> 00:23:02,590 - That you said that I should take. - Why do I have to be the bad guy? 389 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:05,009 Expressing yourself does not make you the bad guy. 390 00:23:05,134 --> 00:23:07,469 Okay, then, you were being a selfish bitch. 391 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:13,058 VIQ scan confirmed the spot on Julia's lung was a clot. 392 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:15,811 Think there's a chance the husband's a plushie? 393 00:23:15,936 --> 00:23:19,398 If he has a secret, I highly doubt it's more relevant than the clot. 394 00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:21,525 Clotting disorder would explain everything. 395 00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:23,527 (DOOR OPENS) Question is, which one? 396 00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:26,697 Do you read any of your departmental memos? 397 00:23:26,822 --> 00:23:28,699 Only the ones labeled NSFW. 398 00:23:28,824 --> 00:23:32,453 Accounting notified you two days ago about your patient's insurance. 399 00:23:32,578 --> 00:23:34,580 Sorry. That's NNSFW. 400 00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:38,751 Here. He doesn't have any. Try not to bankrupt them. 401 00:23:38,876 --> 00:23:42,296 I'm long past the number of procedures that'll bankrupt them. 402 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,924 Julia's got insurance. I saw the policy number on the forms. 403 00:23:45,049 --> 00:23:46,800 The policy lapsed due to non-payment. 404 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:48,469 I already made three calls about this. 405 00:23:48,594 --> 00:23:50,763 She should have been aware of that. 406 00:23:55,517 --> 00:23:58,896 No, that's just a mistake. Of course we have health insurance. 407 00:24:00,022 --> 00:24:04,068 We're actually a little behind on the premiums. 408 00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:07,821 But I pulled money out of my retirement account to cover it. 409 00:24:07,947 --> 00:24:11,200 - They said we'll be fine in a few... - Why the retirement account? 410 00:24:14,161 --> 00:24:17,247 We'll just give you a few minutes to... 411 00:24:17,373 --> 00:24:19,917 By "we," she means "she." 412 00:24:22,211 --> 00:24:24,755 I lost all of our savings. 413 00:24:29,093 --> 00:24:30,970 Sounds like a secret to me. 414 00:24:34,515 --> 00:24:36,600 I started her on heparin to prevent further clots, 415 00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:38,352 but we still don't know what's going on. 416 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:40,646 Of course the husband's secret was money. 417 00:24:40,771 --> 00:24:42,731 If it's not sex, it's always money. 418 00:24:42,856 --> 00:24:46,318 Unless it's sex for money. How did he lose it, anyway? 419 00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:48,612 It's not medically relevant. You're not going to care. 420 00:24:48,737 --> 00:24:50,614 Wilson's been teaching me how to care. Try me. 421 00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:53,909 He builds wind turbines and leases them out to local power companies... 422 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:55,577 You're right. I don't care. 423 00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:59,748 Clotting disorder. DIC, Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome. 424 00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:01,333 Vitamin K deficiency also fits, 425 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:04,044 causes thrombophilia and is consistent with abdominal pain. 426 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:07,506 (DOOR OPENS) Congratulations, House. Sam ended it. 427 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:10,884 - What happened? - Go test our patient's blood. 428 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:14,805 - It can wait five minutes. - For everything we discussed. 429 00:25:17,808 --> 00:25:19,101 (SIGHS) 430 00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:22,771 I'm sorry. 431 00:25:22,896 --> 00:25:26,608 Well, at least you're actually taking responsibility for once in your life. 432 00:25:26,734 --> 00:25:30,237 I'm sorry that she left, but it's not my fault. 433 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:32,823 I didn't even want to get involved. You dragged it out of me. 434 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:33,949 (SCOFFS) 435 00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:36,827 What about the dishwasher and the banana? 436 00:25:36,952 --> 00:25:40,122 Yeah, she left because of the banana. 437 00:25:40,247 --> 00:25:43,917 I just wanted you to stand up for yourself, tell her what you want. 438 00:25:44,043 --> 00:25:47,588 If doing that causes her to walk out for the second time, 439 00:25:47,713 --> 00:25:49,798 then your relationship wasn't going to last anyway. 440 00:25:49,923 --> 00:25:51,550 Or you could've stayed out of it. 441 00:25:51,675 --> 00:25:53,844 I could've kept my mouth shut, been annoyed sometimes, 442 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:56,972 but I'd be happy, because I'd still be with her. 443 00:25:57,097 --> 00:25:59,558 Now all I have is cold milk. 444 00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:03,979 As long as you're free, you want to grab some dinner? 445 00:26:08,734 --> 00:26:10,736 THIRTEEN: Did Tom go home for the night? 446 00:26:10,861 --> 00:26:14,782 For starters. I told him to leave. I don't want him here. 447 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:20,621 - Money is a complicated subject. - Yeah, it's not the money. 448 00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:22,831 I mean, the money is bad, but... 449 00:26:22,956 --> 00:26:25,459 (SIGHS) 450 00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:29,004 When we first opened our marriage, 451 00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:31,924 I got involved with a guy who lied about being single. 452 00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:35,010 And one day, his wife calls me. 453 00:26:35,135 --> 00:26:39,973 She's crying, and screaming, and totally out of control. 454 00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:42,935 And I felt... 455 00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:45,979 ...superior. 456 00:26:47,022 --> 00:26:49,566 I thought, "I don't ever have to worry about feeling this way, 457 00:26:49,691 --> 00:26:51,944 because Tom and I are honest with each other." 458 00:26:55,823 --> 00:26:58,117 Well, here I am. 459 00:27:04,915 --> 00:27:05,916 Hi. 460 00:27:09,169 --> 00:27:12,506 Sorry I didn't make it home last night. I needed to run some tests. 461 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:19,847 You know what the worst part was when you had your affair? 462 00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:25,018 It wasn't the sex. It was the lies. 463 00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:31,859 Realizing that the narrative of my life was totally wrong. 464 00:27:32,943 --> 00:27:34,778 You weren't stuck in surgery. 465 00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:36,905 You weren't out of town. 466 00:27:37,614 --> 00:27:39,741 I don't want to go through that again. 467 00:27:41,743 --> 00:27:44,454 - I told you, nothing's going... - Thursday nights. 468 00:27:46,915 --> 00:27:49,710 You have to be home by midnight. 469 00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:54,298 You don't bring her here, you don't talk to her about me, 470 00:27:54,423 --> 00:27:58,051 and I don't want to meet her ever in any context. 471 00:28:04,474 --> 00:28:08,812 Are you giving me permission to sleep with other women? 472 00:28:08,937 --> 00:28:11,773 It's what you want, isn't it? 473 00:28:11,899 --> 00:28:15,527 - I want you. - No, you want more than me. 474 00:28:17,237 --> 00:28:19,489 You want that thrill. 475 00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:27,789 But I love you, and I really believe that you love me. 476 00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:30,292 And we have a good life together. 477 00:28:30,417 --> 00:28:34,880 And at this point, either I walk away, 478 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:37,716 or I try to accept who you really are. 479 00:28:39,968 --> 00:28:43,639 - Tomorrow's Thursday. - Yes, it is. 480 00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:53,857 THIRTEEN: All our tests came back negative. It's not a clotting disorder. 481 00:28:53,982 --> 00:28:57,361 Which means we need to come up with a better idea. 482 00:28:57,486 --> 00:29:01,365 So what causes problems in the stomach, heart, nerves... 483 00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:04,910 Oh, my God. 484 00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:08,205 You know what it is? 485 00:29:08,330 --> 00:29:09,873 (SNIFFING) 486 00:29:13,627 --> 00:29:17,756 Taub's wife gave the green light for an open marriage. 487 00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:20,968 He's wearing cologne, but not the stink of shame. 488 00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:22,803 You've got a date? 489 00:29:22,928 --> 00:29:27,641 I am going out with Maya tonight with Rachel's blessing. 490 00:29:29,351 --> 00:29:30,727 Mazel tov? 491 00:29:32,688 --> 00:29:36,024 Maybe the problem isn't her blood. Maybe it's the vessels carrying the blood. 492 00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:37,818 No sign of schistocytes or hemolysis. 493 00:29:37,943 --> 00:29:40,779 So you're actually going to sleep with another woman, 494 00:29:40,904 --> 00:29:41,947 then go home to your wife? 495 00:29:42,072 --> 00:29:45,033 Thank God someone's keeping us focused on what's really important. 496 00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:47,369 Taub was going to do all of that anyway. 497 00:29:47,494 --> 00:29:48,996 Pulmonary arterial hypertension? 498 00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:52,666 Imaging showed normal diameter in her pulmonary artery. 499 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:57,879 Here's a thought. Taub's wife is now totally on the market. 500 00:29:58,005 --> 00:29:59,298 Mind hitting me with her digits? 501 00:29:59,423 --> 00:30:01,633 (PAGERS BEEPING) 502 00:30:03,385 --> 00:30:06,096 She would love that, but duty calls. 503 00:30:08,890 --> 00:30:10,017 (GROANING) 504 00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:11,852 (MONITOR BEEPING) 505 00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:14,396 - What's the matter? - My stomach. 506 00:30:14,521 --> 00:30:17,399 - Same pain as before? - Yeah. Worse. 507 00:30:17,524 --> 00:30:20,861 Get the portable ultrasound in here. We need to get a look at her belly. 508 00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:22,237 Help me. 509 00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:28,201 (BREATH ES HEAVILY) 510 00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:32,205 HOUSE: Pain, pain went away, came back another day. 511 00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:34,041 Question is, what brought it back? 512 00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:36,877 Physical exam was unrevealing. Ultrasound was clean. 513 00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:39,379 Afterwards, you gonna shower at your girlfriend's or at home? 514 00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:41,298 Patient. Abdominal pain. 515 00:30:41,423 --> 00:30:44,718 Yeah, he's right. Let's get this wrapped up before 6:00. 516 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:47,054 Taub turns back into a faithful pumpkin at midnight. 517 00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:50,307 The patient was out with her boy-toy before she came in. 518 00:30:50,432 --> 00:30:52,392 Maybe the pain was triggered by sexual excitement. 519 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:57,064 Because lying alone in a hospital bed, contemplating bankruptcy? Hot. 520 00:30:57,189 --> 00:31:00,984 My point was that arousal is a function of the parasympathetic nervous system. 521 00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:02,319 If that's where the problem is, 522 00:31:02,444 --> 00:31:04,529 the pain could be triggered by crying, which seems... 523 00:31:04,654 --> 00:31:07,032 PNS also controls digestion, which she's been doing 524 00:31:07,157 --> 00:31:09,242 without screaming her head off since she's been here. 525 00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:12,037 What if what matters isn't when the pain started, but when it stopped? 526 00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:14,498 It was during an X-ray. You think that cured her? 527 00:31:14,623 --> 00:31:17,542 No, but House prepped her for the X-ray with a barium enema. 528 00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:19,336 That wouldn't treat anything except... 529 00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:23,256 Go. 530 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:26,218 You're in pain because part of your intestine folded in on itself. 531 00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:28,804 - It's called an intussusception. - It's cutting off blood flow. 532 00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:31,098 We need to fix it before your bowel gets necrotic and dies. 533 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:32,599 Once you do that, will I get better? 534 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:35,435 When this happens in adults, it's usually a sign of abdominal cancer. 535 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,063 We'll fix the overlap, and then search your intestine for tumors. 536 00:31:38,188 --> 00:31:39,898 (WHOOSHING) 537 00:31:44,861 --> 00:31:45,862 Foam? 538 00:31:47,989 --> 00:31:50,742 I have a bad feeling about this. 539 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,494 A friend can't spontaneously buy 540 00:31:52,619 --> 00:31:55,580 an overpriced Italian espresso machine for another friend? 541 00:31:57,124 --> 00:32:00,710 - What did you do? - Nothing, that's the beauty. 542 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:03,088 I genuinely tried to help Wilson. 543 00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:06,091 I told him to stand up for himself, which you know is legitimate advice. 544 00:32:06,216 --> 00:32:08,218 And his relationship blew up. 545 00:32:08,343 --> 00:32:09,928 - Is he okay? - He'll be fine. 546 00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:12,097 Point is, I realized something. 547 00:32:12,222 --> 00:32:15,934 I do nice things, nice things happen to me. Karma works. 548 00:32:16,059 --> 00:32:18,437 So you're paying it forward? 549 00:32:19,646 --> 00:32:26,236 If this should somehow lead to Lucas dying or oral sex, so be it. 550 00:32:27,404 --> 00:32:28,738 Namaste. 551 00:32:36,538 --> 00:32:40,083 - You think I should wear a tie tonight? - This isn't weird at all. 552 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:45,172 CHASE: I mean, where's Rachel eating tonight? 553 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:46,882 TAUB: Home. 554 00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:49,050 What if she's going out too? 555 00:32:51,052 --> 00:32:54,473 - She's allowed to, right? - Of course, it's only fair. 556 00:32:55,849 --> 00:32:57,350 But I don't think she will. 557 00:32:57,476 --> 00:33:00,187 Your wife only eats dinner at home? 558 00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:05,817 If she did go out, that'd be tough. 559 00:33:05,942 --> 00:33:07,861 But I think I can handle it. 560 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,362 Don't do it unless you're sure. 561 00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:11,907 I know I'd rather be jealous than a liar. 562 00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:16,453 Got something here. Kelly clamp and scalpel. 563 00:33:16,578 --> 00:33:19,998 CHASE: Biopsy showed non-specific inflammation, which suggests IBD, 564 00:33:20,123 --> 00:33:22,167 Only that doesn't explain the cardiac problems. 565 00:33:22,292 --> 00:33:24,252 Or her declining kidney function. 566 00:33:24,377 --> 00:33:26,755 We ran panels during surgery. 567 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,300 Actually, IBD does make sense, 568 00:33:30,425 --> 00:33:32,969 'cause it can trigger ankylosing spondylitis, 569 00:33:33,094 --> 00:33:35,472 which would explain the heart and the kidneys. 570 00:33:35,597 --> 00:33:38,934 Start her on sulfasalazine and TNF-inhibitors. 571 00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:42,437 And Taub, I'm not gonna see you before you head off for Gomorrah. 572 00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:43,605 (ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS) 573 00:33:43,730 --> 00:33:46,149 - Remember, if you get disoriented... - (PAGER BEEPS) 574 00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:49,152 ...breathe through your nose and look for the horizon. 575 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,253 I can't. 576 00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:09,923 I really thought I could do this. 577 00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:15,178 Logically, it makes perfect sense. 578 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:21,309 But all afternoon, 579 00:34:21,434 --> 00:34:26,523 all I kept thinking about was the two of you together. 580 00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:29,901 And you touching her... 581 00:34:30,026 --> 00:34:33,488 Nothing's happened. It's okay. 582 00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:35,949 I'm sorry. 583 00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:39,744 - 'Cause I really wanted... - No. 584 00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:44,958 I've been an idiot. I don't need anything else. I just need you. 585 00:34:46,126 --> 00:34:47,627 You mean that? 586 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,589 I do. 587 00:34:50,714 --> 00:34:52,340 ($055) 588 00:34:54,968 --> 00:34:58,138 - I love you, Rachel. - I love you, too. 589 00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:01,057 - Let's go home. - Is that okay? 590 00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:04,102 There are other doctors. 591 00:35:14,029 --> 00:35:15,405 FOREMAN: Treatment's not working. 592 00:35:15,530 --> 00:35:17,949 Her left kidney failed last night. The other's right behind it. 593 00:35:18,074 --> 00:35:20,327 It's not ankylosing spondylitis. 594 00:35:20,452 --> 00:35:22,996 Kidney biopsy showed she had lgA nephropathy, 595 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:27,125 which could be caused by or associated with any of these conditions. 596 00:35:27,250 --> 00:35:29,294 We've gone from too few ideas to too many, 597 00:35:29,419 --> 00:35:31,671 and our patient is running out of time. 598 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:37,010 Why the lack of afterglow? Physio girl not as freaky as you'd hoped? 599 00:35:38,261 --> 00:35:41,640 - I went home with my wife. - (EXHALES) After all that? 600 00:35:41,765 --> 00:35:45,310 - You chickened out. - I can't hurt Rachel like that. 601 00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:49,356 Sickle cell anemia would've shown on blood tests. 602 00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:52,942 No flattened intestinal villi rules out celiac... 603 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:56,404 Seriously? (LAUGHS) 604 00:35:56,529 --> 00:35:59,908 Our patient's dying, and we can't move past my sex life? 605 00:36:00,033 --> 00:36:04,329 Seriously? You think it'd kill her if we spent 15 seconds mocking you? 606 00:36:04,454 --> 00:36:05,955 Time's up. 607 00:36:06,081 --> 00:36:09,918 FOREMAN: Normal liver enzymes rules out Hep B and cirrhosis. 608 00:36:10,043 --> 00:36:13,171 Alport and Anti-GBM antibody are both untreatable, 609 00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:15,173 so if she has them, we can't help her. 610 00:36:15,298 --> 00:36:17,384 And it can't be Henoch-Schonlein purpura. 611 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:20,595 No inciting respiratory infection and no rash. 612 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:23,181 I don't care what it's not. I wanna know what it could be. 613 00:36:23,306 --> 00:36:26,142 Well, everything left on the list. 614 00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:29,938 The list was not created equal. Neither was man, by the way. 615 00:36:30,063 --> 00:36:32,982 Hemochromatosis is a possibility. Excess iron builds up, 616 00:36:33,108 --> 00:36:34,567 causes problems throughout the body. 617 00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:37,612 Weil's Syndrome also affects multiple organ systems. 618 00:36:37,737 --> 00:36:41,074 And it wouldn't have been treated by the antibiotic the ER gave her. 619 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:43,743 Sarcoidosis makes sense, too. 620 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:46,913 Good. Treat for those three. 621 00:36:52,168 --> 00:36:53,962 I think you should call Tom. 622 00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:57,674 Am I going to die? 623 00:36:58,675 --> 00:37:00,301 I don't know. 624 00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:02,971 If he walked in here right now, 625 00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:05,932 I'd look at his face, and all I would think is "liar." 626 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,101 Don't you think that's kind of unfair? 627 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:09,811 You say honesty is all-important, 628 00:37:09,936 --> 00:37:13,773 but you conveniently ignore the truth that some truths hurt people. 629 00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:16,359 Tom lied to protect you. 630 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:18,153 He was covering his ass. 631 00:37:18,278 --> 00:37:20,739 I'm not talking about the money. 632 00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:26,995 Tom hasn't slept with anyone else in over a year. 633 00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:30,999 He told you that? 634 00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:35,754 So my entire marriage is a sham. 635 00:37:35,879 --> 00:37:37,172 No. 636 00:37:37,297 --> 00:37:40,717 Your husband, who only wants you, 637 00:37:40,842 --> 00:37:42,552 lied so that you could be happy. 638 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,181 That seems pretty real to me. 639 00:37:49,642 --> 00:37:51,936 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) Yeah? 640 00:37:55,732 --> 00:37:57,484 - Hey- - Hey- 641 00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:08,995 Listen, I'm sorry. 642 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,080 Me, too. I shouldn't have said... 643 00:38:11,206 --> 00:38:14,417 No. You were right. I was selfish back then. 644 00:38:16,419 --> 00:38:19,172 I'm trying to change. 645 00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:22,133 And I don't know if it's House or what, but... 646 00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:24,886 You're different, too. 647 00:38:26,179 --> 00:38:27,639 I'm trying- 648 00:38:30,225 --> 00:38:35,313 (SIGHS) I always thought that I was keeping the peace. 649 00:38:35,438 --> 00:38:39,609 But I was just resenting you and giving you a reason to leave. 650 00:38:45,365 --> 00:38:49,118 I wish we had this fight 10 years ago. 651 00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:57,418 Is it okay if we don't give House the credit? 652 00:38:57,544 --> 00:39:00,505 Oh, I recommend it. 653 00:39:00,630 --> 00:39:01,923 (CHUCKLES) 654 00:39:08,263 --> 00:39:11,140 0-for-3, her kidney function is still declining. 655 00:39:11,266 --> 00:39:13,226 We're going to need to start dialysis. 656 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:15,353 HOUSE: Glad the husband's back. 657 00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:19,023 After missing so many little deaths, he should be here for the big one. 658 00:39:19,148 --> 00:39:20,275 Top six, anyone? 659 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,068 Polyarteritis Nodosa? 660 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:25,154 We would've seen some improvement on prednisone. 661 00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:30,368 Guy's wife is dying. He stops to buy flowers. 662 00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:33,204 They're from his garden. Mercury poisoning fits. 663 00:39:33,329 --> 00:39:35,123 Those are lilacs. 664 00:39:38,543 --> 00:39:41,462 My mom used to grow lilacs. 665 00:39:41,588 --> 00:39:45,842 My dad made her get rid of them 'cause there were too many bees. 666 00:39:45,967 --> 00:39:49,929 We ruled out HSP because there was no inciting respiratory infection. 667 00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:53,016 But in rare cases, it can also be triggered by a bee sting. 668 00:39:53,141 --> 00:39:55,977 We also ruled it out because there's no rash. 669 00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:58,229 Maybe we just didn't see it. 670 00:40:04,444 --> 00:40:07,155 Have you been stung by a bee recently? 671 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,324 About a month ago. 672 00:40:11,284 --> 00:40:13,328 What's going on? 673 00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:17,248 I think your wife has Henoch-Schonlein purpura, 674 00:40:17,373 --> 00:40:20,460 systemic vasculitis that can cause lesions 675 00:40:20,585 --> 00:40:22,128 and inflammation throughout the body. 676 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:26,633 It's pretty awful, which explains why it was named after a German. 677 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:28,968 Actually, two Germans. 678 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:32,597 Lesions can pop up in the heart, sometimes in the kidneys. 679 00:40:32,722 --> 00:40:37,101 But always on the skin. Means you'd have a rash somewhere. 680 00:40:37,226 --> 00:40:39,771 - I don't. - HOUSE: Not that you know of. 681 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:45,193 Okay, I'm going to have to check your holes. I'll start with the mouth. 682 00:40:45,318 --> 00:40:48,237 If there's nothing there, then things might have to get kinky. 683 00:40:48,363 --> 00:40:51,032 - HOUSE: Say "ah." - Ah. 684 00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:55,078 (SIGHS) I was kind of hoping for kinky. 685 00:40:55,203 --> 00:40:56,621 Is that good or bad? 686 00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:59,999 We'll treat her with high-dose MG and cyclophosphamide. 687 00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:01,709 You should be fine. 688 00:41:03,336 --> 00:41:05,004 I'm going to be okay. 689 00:41:08,341 --> 00:41:10,176 I love you. 690 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:12,345 That is adorable. 691 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:15,390 Other than you still wanting to have sex with other dudes 692 00:41:15,515 --> 00:41:17,141 and him bankrupting your family, 693 00:41:17,266 --> 00:41:20,603 I think you kids are pretty much home free. 694 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:24,273 (SCOFFS) 695 00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:29,237 And... 696 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:34,075 - You two made up? - No. 697 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,160 You can thank me later. 698 00:41:36,285 --> 00:41:37,912 I'm all in. 699 00:41:39,163 --> 00:41:41,040 All right. 700 00:41:42,792 --> 00:41:44,252 - Fold. -Jesus. 701 00:41:44,377 --> 00:41:45,920 (GIGGLING) 702 00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:49,590 (WILSON LAUGHING) 703 00:42:07,942 --> 00:42:09,277 (LAUGHING) 704 00:42:14,615 --> 00:42:15,783 (GRUNTS) 705 00:42:27,253 --> 00:42:28,421 You need a hand? 706 00:42:32,133 --> 00:42:33,301 Thanks. 707 00:42:37,930 --> 00:42:40,266 Sorry about canceling the other night. 708 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:43,352 Me, too. 709 00:43:03,998 --> 00:43:05,416 You wanna go somewhere?