1 00:00:28,425 --> 00:00:29,676 (SIGHS) 2 00:00:30,761 --> 00:00:31,803 (CELL PHONE VIBRATING) 3 00:00:44,066 --> 00:00:45,233 Hey, sweetie. 4 00:00:45,901 --> 00:00:49,363 Yeah. No, I'm sorry. The meeting's running a little late. 5 00:00:49,738 --> 00:00:52,908 Well, you know Matheson, guy loves to hear himself talk. 6 00:00:55,118 --> 00:00:57,788 Yeah, yeah, I'll meet you at the restaurant. 7 00:00:58,914 --> 00:01:01,375 Hey, we're going over the contracts now. I got to get back in there. 8 00:01:02,084 --> 00:01:03,710 I love you, too. 9 00:01:15,138 --> 00:01:17,974 OFFICER SMITH: You're getting paid to clean, not window shop, Vesky. 10 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:19,434 You calling me a thief? 11 00:01:19,559 --> 00:01:21,895 Take it easy, I'm just yanking your chain. 12 00:01:23,063 --> 00:01:24,690 Damn, it's freezing in here. 13 00:01:24,815 --> 00:01:26,066 Better the cold than the smell. 14 00:01:26,191 --> 00:01:27,567 I used to think my job sucked. 15 00:01:27,818 --> 00:01:29,778 - How much you make an hour anyway? - Not enough. 16 00:01:29,903 --> 00:01:32,823 The difference is, this job is just a temporary setback. 17 00:01:32,948 --> 00:01:34,950 You, on the other hand, will always be a schmuck. 18 00:01:35,075 --> 00:01:38,286 Yeah. A schmuck with a guaranteed pension and benefits. 19 00:01:38,787 --> 00:01:40,163 I'll take it. 20 00:01:58,181 --> 00:01:59,933 BERT: Sorry I'm late. 21 00:02:01,727 --> 00:02:03,645 No talking about real estate tonight. 22 00:02:03,979 --> 00:02:05,856 I really want you to just enjoy yourself. 23 00:02:05,981 --> 00:02:07,899 Seeing you in that dress, I'd say mission accomplished. 24 00:02:08,024 --> 00:02:11,820 It gets a little better. Wait till you see what's on underneath. 25 00:02:11,945 --> 00:02:13,363 Fresh tako with lemon. Enjoy. 26 00:02:14,030 --> 00:02:16,241 I ordered the appetizer special. 27 00:02:17,159 --> 00:02:20,370 Oh, I thought take was a kind of tuna. We're so not eating this. 28 00:02:20,579 --> 00:02:22,205 Well, we should at least try it. 29 00:02:22,539 --> 00:02:23,999 Please. It's moving, Bert. 30 00:02:27,711 --> 00:02:29,212 (LAUGHS) That's so gross. 31 00:02:29,337 --> 00:02:31,506 Actually, it's not that bad. 32 00:02:31,631 --> 00:02:32,632 Really? 33 00:02:32,758 --> 00:02:33,967 I'm not eating it. 34 00:02:39,765 --> 00:02:42,684 To us, on our third anniversary. 35 00:02:43,226 --> 00:02:45,604 The day I met you was... 36 00:02:47,147 --> 00:02:48,648 Was... 37 00:02:50,192 --> 00:02:51,401 Bert? 38 00:02:52,986 --> 00:02:54,988 Bert? What is it? What... 39 00:02:56,281 --> 00:02:57,824 Honey, what's wrong? 40 00:02:58,658 --> 00:03:00,827 Oh, God. Someone, please, call 911! 41 00:03:01,661 --> 00:03:02,996 (CHOKING) 42 00:03:03,872 --> 00:03:05,415 Can you breathe? 43 00:03:50,502 --> 00:03:52,045 House! 44 00:04:21,324 --> 00:04:23,994 I assume you're avoiding me because of the charity gala. 45 00:04:24,119 --> 00:04:26,997 This Friday? It must have completely slipped my mind. 46 00:04:27,205 --> 00:04:28,373 - So you'll be there. - No, I meant 47 00:04:28,498 --> 00:04:29,833 it slipped my mind to tell you I'm not going. 48 00:04:29,958 --> 00:04:31,001 What do you think it'll look like 49 00:04:31,126 --> 00:04:32,627 if you don't show up when I get an award? 50 00:04:32,752 --> 00:04:36,798 Like I don't give a crap about awards, charities, what it looks like. 51 00:04:37,048 --> 00:04:38,091 If you ever want... 52 00:04:38,216 --> 00:04:40,719 I RSVP'd two days ago. 53 00:04:40,844 --> 00:04:42,345 What, you think I'm a complete ass? 54 00:04:47,392 --> 00:04:49,185 If you were already going, why did you... 55 00:04:49,311 --> 00:04:50,729 Foreplay. 56 00:04:58,403 --> 00:04:59,613 What? 57 00:05:00,322 --> 00:05:01,364 Are you wearing my tie? 58 00:05:01,615 --> 00:05:04,200 I saw it in your closet, and it happened to match my shirt. 59 00:05:04,326 --> 00:05:05,535 Why were you in my closet? 60 00:05:05,660 --> 00:05:07,412 Looking for a tie. What's the big deal? 61 00:05:07,537 --> 00:05:10,165 Obviously he wants you out of the closet for some reason. 62 00:05:10,290 --> 00:05:12,250 I suspect marriage, but I'm liberal that way. 63 00:05:12,876 --> 00:05:15,253 Now tell me how someone can have an allergic reaction 64 00:05:15,378 --> 00:05:18,214 when all of their tests were negative for known allergens. 65 00:05:18,340 --> 00:05:21,343 Environmental. File says he's a real estate developer. 66 00:05:21,676 --> 00:05:24,137 He could have been exposed to something visiting a construction site. 67 00:05:24,262 --> 00:05:25,597 He's lyifl9- 68 00:05:27,766 --> 00:05:29,351 He's not an executive. I saw his hands. 69 00:05:29,476 --> 00:05:31,978 They're covered with calluses and little cuts. 70 00:05:32,103 --> 00:05:33,563 He works with them, a lot. 71 00:05:35,190 --> 00:05:36,399 Stand up. 72 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:43,698 (EXCLAIMS) 73 00:05:44,449 --> 00:05:47,577 Our little girl is finally growing up. 74 00:05:47,702 --> 00:05:50,246 I mean, you dream of this day, but when it finally happens... 75 00:05:51,873 --> 00:05:55,669 So, what did Mr. Meat Hooks say when you called him a liar? 76 00:05:55,961 --> 00:05:57,212 (STUTTERS) Uh... 77 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,006 I didn't. 78 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:04,678 Baby steps. Go down there and do it. 79 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:07,681 Um... 80 00:06:08,306 --> 00:06:09,391 But what if I'm wrong? 81 00:06:09,599 --> 00:06:10,809 I'll just end up offending him. 82 00:06:10,934 --> 00:06:12,936 Consider that part a bonus. 83 00:06:15,855 --> 00:06:18,525 All right, I'll send along one of your big brothers to help. 84 00:06:18,650 --> 00:06:20,652 You want scary, smarmy or shorty? 85 00:06:25,657 --> 00:06:27,951 We need to ask you a few questions. 86 00:06:28,076 --> 00:06:30,453 Alone, if you don't mind. 87 00:06:34,374 --> 00:06:37,293 Uh, they tend to be personal in nature... 88 00:06:37,419 --> 00:06:38,253 I'm his wife. 89 00:06:38,378 --> 00:06:41,131 I can probably answer them better than he can. 90 00:06:42,632 --> 00:06:44,342 They're about his job. 91 00:06:46,052 --> 00:06:49,431 Well, what does that matter? He sits in an office all day. 92 00:06:49,556 --> 00:06:51,266 Honey, take a break. 93 00:06:51,391 --> 00:06:52,308 - It's okay. - No! 94 00:06:52,434 --> 00:06:55,311 Seriously, if there's something really wrong with him, 95 00:06:55,437 --> 00:06:56,938 I want to know about it. 96 00:06:57,063 --> 00:06:58,314 It's not... 97 00:06:59,524 --> 00:07:01,943 Our questions are about what he eats for lunch at work 98 00:07:02,068 --> 00:07:03,194 and what comes out at the end. 99 00:07:03,319 --> 00:07:04,863 Bowel movements mostly. 100 00:07:04,988 --> 00:07:06,948 Color, texture, smell. 101 00:07:07,073 --> 00:07:08,074 Okay... 102 00:07:08,450 --> 00:07:10,368 Pretty sure you can't help with that. 103 00:07:10,493 --> 00:07:12,287 Maybe I could use a break. 104 00:07:14,497 --> 00:07:15,582 Thank you for your honesty. 105 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:18,460 You're welcome. 106 00:07:23,339 --> 00:07:27,385 I can't let my wife find out about this. You have to promise me. 107 00:07:27,719 --> 00:07:29,179 That depends on if it's considered... 108 00:07:29,304 --> 00:07:30,722 We promise. 109 00:07:31,598 --> 00:07:34,601 I lost everything because of the recession. 110 00:07:35,226 --> 00:07:37,395 My entire real estate company. 111 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,523 And she has no idea. 112 00:07:41,024 --> 00:07:42,275 So what do you do for a living now? 113 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,569 I used to be a janitor when I was in college 114 00:07:44,736 --> 00:07:48,239 and now I'm almost 40 and doing it for the people I built homes for. 115 00:07:48,364 --> 00:07:49,407 Why? 116 00:07:50,325 --> 00:07:52,744 Why do you think? Because I need the money. 117 00:07:52,869 --> 00:07:55,288 No, I mean, why lie to your wife about it? 118 00:07:55,413 --> 00:07:58,166 None of our business, really. 119 00:07:59,209 --> 00:08:00,251 What kind of cleaning? 120 00:08:00,376 --> 00:08:03,755 Industrial jobs. Crime-scene clean-up, 121 00:08:04,172 --> 00:08:06,591 septic tank repair, mold removal. 122 00:08:06,966 --> 00:08:08,551 It's physically killing me. 123 00:08:09,552 --> 00:08:11,638 MARTHA: It's the holy grail of potential diseases. 124 00:08:11,805 --> 00:08:13,932 Caustic cleaning chemicals, raw sewage, 125 00:08:14,057 --> 00:08:15,725 mold spores, fungal infections. 126 00:08:15,850 --> 00:08:18,311 Not to mention cleaning up blood and other body fluids 127 00:08:18,436 --> 00:08:19,479 from a homicide yesterday. 128 00:08:19,854 --> 00:08:21,231 We should check out the crime scene. 129 00:08:21,356 --> 00:08:23,900 He might have picked up a bacterial infection from the victim's blood. 130 00:08:24,025 --> 00:08:26,319 CHASE: The place has been cleaned and sanitized by our patient. 131 00:08:26,444 --> 00:08:27,570 We sent for the autopsy report, 132 00:08:27,695 --> 00:08:28,780 probably take a week to get it. 133 00:08:28,905 --> 00:08:32,367 When he's not working, where does he go all day to hide out? 134 00:08:32,492 --> 00:08:33,576 His old real estate office? 135 00:08:33,701 --> 00:08:35,245 HOUSE: Treat for bacterial infection. 136 00:08:35,370 --> 00:08:38,957 Meantime, Bert, take Ernie and check his office for environmentals. 137 00:08:39,082 --> 00:08:41,668 I'll talk to Cuddy about getting the autopsy results faster. 138 00:08:45,088 --> 00:08:46,506 You're Bert. 139 00:08:46,631 --> 00:08:48,133 He's Ernie. 140 00:08:49,050 --> 00:08:51,636 And they're both roommates. That was a good one. 141 00:09:13,616 --> 00:09:16,744 Well, at least the Alzheimer's patient in room 202 142 00:09:16,870 --> 00:09:19,372 won't remember she only got half a ham sandwich. 143 00:09:19,497 --> 00:09:21,040 I'm doing her a favor. 144 00:09:23,084 --> 00:09:25,920 You're really going to the charity gala? 145 00:09:27,046 --> 00:09:28,131 Why? 146 00:09:28,256 --> 00:09:29,549 I wanna do something nice for my girlfriend. 147 00:09:29,674 --> 00:09:32,177 You never do anything unless it stands to benefit you. 148 00:09:32,302 --> 00:09:33,720 I realize that three failed marriages 149 00:09:33,845 --> 00:09:35,763 can leave a man twisted and bitter inside. 150 00:09:35,889 --> 00:09:38,933 But in a good relationship, people sometimes do things for each other. 151 00:09:40,643 --> 00:09:43,062 A hundred says you don't show up. 152 00:09:45,732 --> 00:09:49,152 You're giving me an incentive to actually show up? 153 00:09:49,277 --> 00:09:50,945 A personal, selfish incentive. 154 00:09:51,112 --> 00:09:52,739 I'm just making easy money. 155 00:09:53,531 --> 00:09:54,574 Two hundred. 156 00:09:58,411 --> 00:10:00,413 How high did Cuddy authorize you to go? 157 00:10:01,122 --> 00:10:03,750 (LAUGHS) She... She... 158 00:10:05,585 --> 00:10:06,669 Three. 159 00:10:06,794 --> 00:10:08,338 She really wants you there. 160 00:10:08,463 --> 00:10:11,883 Why do people believe that I'm incapable of doing anything nice? 161 00:10:12,467 --> 00:10:13,801 Experience. 162 00:10:16,304 --> 00:10:17,305 (SIGHS) 163 00:10:18,681 --> 00:10:19,766 TAUB: It's a tie. 164 00:10:20,225 --> 00:10:21,976 I'm not wearing your underwear. 165 00:10:22,143 --> 00:10:25,021 I said I was sorry. You want the tie back? 166 00:10:25,146 --> 00:10:26,231 Can we get to work? 167 00:10:26,356 --> 00:10:28,191 I can't tell if you're being passive-aggressive 168 00:10:28,316 --> 00:10:31,194 or if this is just your regular fun-loving personality. 169 00:10:31,319 --> 00:10:33,404 Both. And you can keep the tie. 170 00:10:33,529 --> 00:10:34,948 It went out of style five years ago. 171 00:10:57,220 --> 00:11:00,098 Vicodin, and he doesn't have a prescription. 172 00:11:00,807 --> 00:11:03,726 We didn't test for an allergic reaction to narcotics. 173 00:11:03,851 --> 00:11:07,397 TAUB: Or it's the obvious. Take a look at this. 174 00:11:19,492 --> 00:11:22,078 We think you're suffering from boric acid exposure. 175 00:11:22,203 --> 00:11:23,371 Which is causing the rash. 176 00:11:23,496 --> 00:11:24,956 We need to decontaminate your skin 177 00:11:25,081 --> 00:11:26,749 and hope you didn't inhale it into your lungs. 178 00:11:26,874 --> 00:11:28,251 I feel like I'm... 179 00:11:28,376 --> 00:11:29,460 (PANTING) (BEEPING) 180 00:11:29,585 --> 00:11:31,462 Never seen a fever spike this fast before. 181 00:11:31,587 --> 00:11:34,424 Acid exposure burns, literally, it shouldn't be causing this. 182 00:11:34,549 --> 00:11:35,591 What's happening to him? 183 00:11:35,717 --> 00:11:37,593 Bert? Honey, are you all right? 184 00:11:37,719 --> 00:11:39,095 We have to get his fever down right now. 185 00:11:39,220 --> 00:11:41,597 If it gets any higher, it could cause permanent brain damage. 186 00:11:45,810 --> 00:11:47,812 CHASE: We used cooling blankets to get his temperature down. 187 00:11:47,937 --> 00:11:49,480 He stabilized at 102. 188 00:11:49,605 --> 00:11:53,192 Problem's not boric acid. We found no traces of it on his skin. 189 00:11:53,318 --> 00:11:56,237 FOREMAN: Infection from the murder victim's blood? 190 00:11:57,488 --> 00:12:00,325 Autopsy report was negative for communicable disease. 191 00:12:00,658 --> 00:12:03,619 Cause of death was an overly stabbey girlfriend. 192 00:12:03,745 --> 00:12:05,204 We found Vicodin in his office. 193 00:12:05,330 --> 00:12:06,622 Give it to me. 194 00:12:09,167 --> 00:12:11,711 It might look like Vicodin, but be something else. 195 00:12:23,723 --> 00:12:24,807 (SNIFFS) 196 00:12:31,481 --> 00:12:32,690 It's real. 197 00:12:34,150 --> 00:12:35,777 HOUSE: Unfortunately. 198 00:12:36,736 --> 00:12:39,781 Because Vicodin doesn't cause rash, fever and joint pain. 199 00:12:40,656 --> 00:12:42,533 It does make Taub considerably less annoying, though. 200 00:12:42,658 --> 00:12:45,036 Maybe we're thinking too far outside the box here. 201 00:12:45,161 --> 00:12:46,245 Just because he could have picked up 202 00:12:46,371 --> 00:12:47,955 any one of a hundred exotic diseases 203 00:12:48,081 --> 00:12:49,332 from his job, doesn't mean he did. 204 00:12:49,499 --> 00:12:51,501 Taub's life partner has a point. 205 00:12:51,626 --> 00:12:54,003 We started treatment with antibiotics and he got worse. 206 00:12:54,128 --> 00:12:57,465 The simple answer begins with "M," ends with a "mia." 207 00:12:57,590 --> 00:12:58,633 Meningococcemia? 208 00:12:58,758 --> 00:12:59,842 That works, too. 209 00:12:59,967 --> 00:13:01,594 Confirm with a lumbar puncture. 210 00:13:01,719 --> 00:13:03,096 And on the off chance we're wrong, 211 00:13:03,221 --> 00:13:04,222 find out what else he's been lying about, 212 00:13:04,347 --> 00:13:06,808 besides his job and his drug use. 213 00:13:14,732 --> 00:13:17,276 You sure do hide a lot from your wife. 214 00:13:18,027 --> 00:13:20,446 Your job, your drug use, what else? 215 00:13:20,571 --> 00:13:22,323 BERT: What does it matter? 216 00:13:22,448 --> 00:13:24,534 We can't help you unless you're completely honest with us. 217 00:13:24,659 --> 00:13:27,161 I was doing manual labor. 218 00:13:27,286 --> 00:13:28,955 If I came home barely able to move, 219 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,289 Diane would know something's up. 220 00:13:30,665 --> 00:13:32,708 That's why I take the Vicodin, to hide the pain. 221 00:13:32,834 --> 00:13:34,627 I'm not an addict. 222 00:13:34,752 --> 00:13:36,254 Is that all you're hiding? 223 00:13:38,881 --> 00:13:40,466 I didn't just lose my job. 224 00:13:40,883 --> 00:13:42,593 I mean, that's how it started, 225 00:13:43,177 --> 00:13:46,514 but I figured it'd just last a couple of months. 226 00:13:47,014 --> 00:13:48,391 I maxed out our credit cards, 227 00:13:49,434 --> 00:13:50,935 took a double mortgage on the house 228 00:13:51,060 --> 00:13:54,188 and I sold all of our investments. 229 00:13:56,649 --> 00:13:58,526 Who'd have thought the recession would last this long? 230 00:13:58,651 --> 00:14:01,571 So it's Obama's fault you're lying to your wife? 231 00:14:01,696 --> 00:14:04,490 Look, I screwed up, 232 00:14:06,492 --> 00:14:07,869 but it's too late now. 233 00:14:07,994 --> 00:14:11,873 I need you to roll over on your left side for the procedure. 234 00:14:16,794 --> 00:14:18,713 Haven't you ever done something in a relationship 235 00:14:18,838 --> 00:14:19,964 you wish you could take back? 236 00:14:21,924 --> 00:14:23,968 - Maybe. - How'd you handle it? 237 00:14:25,303 --> 00:14:28,097 I told the truth, eventually. 238 00:14:29,223 --> 00:14:30,933 How'd that work out? 239 00:14:31,934 --> 00:14:33,352 Not well. 240 00:14:41,694 --> 00:14:45,448 I need some intel on this charity event on Friday night. 241 00:14:45,573 --> 00:14:48,451 If I go, do I have to actually give money to charity? 242 00:14:52,079 --> 00:14:53,498 I'm QO-WQ- 243 00:14:53,873 --> 00:14:55,625 I just don't want it to suck. 244 00:14:55,750 --> 00:14:57,752 There has to be a way to make this fun. 245 00:14:57,877 --> 00:15:00,838 Show up and behave. Problem solved. 246 00:15:01,547 --> 00:15:02,673 Your problem solved. 247 00:15:03,090 --> 00:15:04,926 Don't you think she deserves more than a plaque 248 00:15:05,051 --> 00:15:08,554 and a round of applause for 15 years of running this dump? 249 00:15:08,679 --> 00:15:10,056 It's a watch, not a plaque. 250 00:15:10,181 --> 00:15:11,724 It's a cliché. 251 00:15:12,725 --> 00:15:14,602 I want to make things more exciting. 252 00:15:14,769 --> 00:15:16,812 Something she'll remember for more than 10 minutes. 253 00:15:16,938 --> 00:15:20,525 Okay. By fun and exciting, you mean screwing this up for Cuddy, 254 00:15:20,650 --> 00:15:22,985 so she won't even dream of asking you to go to one again. 255 00:15:24,362 --> 00:15:27,657 You really can't stand seeing me happy, can you? 256 00:15:31,702 --> 00:15:35,206 Gram stains are negative in the first CSF samples. 257 00:15:35,456 --> 00:15:37,333 One down, three to go. 258 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:40,294 I'm starving. You want to get a bite... 259 00:15:40,419 --> 00:15:41,671 Already have plans. 260 00:15:41,796 --> 00:15:42,880 A date? 261 00:15:43,005 --> 00:15:43,839 What difference does it make? 262 00:15:43,965 --> 00:15:45,550 We're roommates, not a married couple. 263 00:15:45,675 --> 00:15:47,134 We don't have to eat every night together. 264 00:15:47,260 --> 00:15:50,179 So you're saying it's a date? 265 00:15:51,097 --> 00:15:53,432 Yeah, it's a date. 266 00:15:53,558 --> 00:15:54,934 I don't have plans. 267 00:15:55,059 --> 00:15:57,019 Ooh. Shocking. 268 00:15:57,144 --> 00:15:58,771 Are you mad because I picked you? 269 00:15:58,938 --> 00:16:00,690 You're stuck actually doing your job? 270 00:16:00,815 --> 00:16:02,233 A little hazing never hurt a med student. 271 00:16:02,358 --> 00:16:04,068 I doubt it ever helped either. 272 00:16:04,902 --> 00:16:06,946 I'm sorry that I think our patient 273 00:16:07,071 --> 00:16:07,947 shouldn't be lying to his wife. 274 00:16:08,072 --> 00:16:11,158 I'm a woman, I guess I just have a different perspective. 275 00:16:11,284 --> 00:16:14,954 You're sharing this unique insight that women don't like lying? 276 00:16:15,079 --> 00:16:18,374 No, I'm sharing my unique insight that you don't respect women. 277 00:16:19,041 --> 00:16:20,918 You sleep with a different one every few days. 278 00:16:21,502 --> 00:16:26,299 Or maybe you find meaning in meaningless relationships? 279 00:16:26,549 --> 00:16:27,717 At least I have relationships. 280 00:16:27,842 --> 00:16:30,261 I'm seeing a high lymphocyte count in the CSF sample. 281 00:16:30,386 --> 00:16:32,638 And that couldn't wait until they finished mocking each other? 282 00:16:34,765 --> 00:16:37,143 Means it's not meningococcemia. 283 00:16:37,268 --> 00:16:39,020 (PAGERS BEEPING) 284 00:16:40,855 --> 00:16:42,940 He's getting worse. He can barely move his legs. 285 00:16:43,065 --> 00:16:45,443 BERT: I can't feel them. I can't feel my feet! 286 00:16:48,321 --> 00:16:49,614 What is it? 287 00:16:49,822 --> 00:16:51,032 What is happening to him? 288 00:16:55,870 --> 00:16:57,330 FOREMAN: Luckily, he didn't lose his feet. 289 00:16:57,455 --> 00:16:59,123 We were able to restore his circulation, 290 00:16:59,248 --> 00:17:00,916 before any serious damage set in. 291 00:17:01,042 --> 00:17:04,045 It's not meningococcemia. CSF was negative for bacteria. 292 00:17:04,170 --> 00:17:06,964 But high on lymphocytes. It's some kind of viral infection. 293 00:17:07,089 --> 00:17:08,466 Serum sickness fits everything. 294 00:17:08,591 --> 00:17:11,302 There'd have to be a cause, some drug he's been exposed to. 295 00:17:11,427 --> 00:17:14,138 In rare cases, a tick or spider bite could set it off. 296 00:17:14,263 --> 00:17:15,306 Show of hands. 297 00:17:15,431 --> 00:17:17,141 Who's going to this charity thing Friday night? 298 00:17:18,225 --> 00:17:19,352 Already got a date. 299 00:17:20,186 --> 00:17:21,562 HOUSE: Cuddy's getting an award. 300 00:17:21,771 --> 00:17:24,148 I think we should all be there, show our support. 301 00:17:24,273 --> 00:17:25,900 I assume you're planning on screwing it up, 302 00:17:26,025 --> 00:17:27,443 so you want to maximize the witnesses. 303 00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:29,111 Why does everyone go to that? 304 00:17:29,236 --> 00:17:30,071 Experience. 305 00:17:30,237 --> 00:17:34,784 Shut up. How about go or work the clinic all weekend? 306 00:17:34,909 --> 00:17:37,119 I hear it's Genital Herpes Awareness Month. 307 00:17:38,162 --> 00:17:39,622 HOUSE: Serum sickness fits. 308 00:17:39,747 --> 00:17:43,417 Take him off the antibiotics, start him on corticosteroids. 309 00:17:43,626 --> 00:17:45,753 If we're right, he'll be better by morning. 310 00:17:50,508 --> 00:17:52,009 Canceled date, huh? 311 00:17:52,134 --> 00:17:54,178 You're bugging my call phone? 312 00:17:54,303 --> 00:17:57,515 No, I just noticed you're not wearing it. 313 00:17:57,765 --> 00:17:58,974 What? 314 00:18:00,267 --> 00:18:02,269 Your first-date shirt. 315 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:03,771 You're tracking my wardrobe? 316 00:18:03,896 --> 00:18:04,897 I'm just observant. 317 00:18:05,189 --> 00:18:06,440 It's why I'm good at my job. 318 00:18:06,565 --> 00:18:09,193 It's also the reason you're starting to annoy the crap out of me. 319 00:18:10,444 --> 00:18:13,364 Forgive me for trying to connect a little with my roommate. 320 00:18:15,241 --> 00:18:16,242 (SIGHS) 321 00:18:19,662 --> 00:18:24,667 I just found out that Rachel is now officially more than just emotional 322 00:18:24,792 --> 00:18:27,128 with her online friend. 323 00:18:28,212 --> 00:18:30,131 You're getting divorced, what'd you expect? 324 00:18:31,924 --> 00:18:34,009 I know. You're right. 325 00:18:34,135 --> 00:18:38,889 Just thinking about it kind of makes me want to throw up. 326 00:18:42,768 --> 00:18:44,395 You still want to get something to eat? 327 00:18:46,105 --> 00:18:47,398 I could cook. 328 00:18:52,027 --> 00:18:53,195 FOREMAN: - That had to hurt. TAUB: - You suck. 329 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,157 Not as bad as you, and you just missed a free upgrade. 330 00:18:56,282 --> 00:18:58,284 You just did it again. You ran past a power up. 331 00:18:58,409 --> 00:18:59,994 Double damn. 332 00:19:04,248 --> 00:19:05,332 Are you just letting me win? 333 00:19:05,458 --> 00:19:07,376 Of course I'm not letting you... 334 00:19:09,336 --> 00:19:10,880 Okay, maybe a little. 335 00:19:11,005 --> 00:19:12,798 - You're having fun, right? - Not anymore. 336 00:19:13,549 --> 00:19:15,050 I used to think the whole brooding thing 337 00:19:15,176 --> 00:19:16,510 was just part of your work persona, 338 00:19:16,635 --> 00:19:17,720 but now I live with you. 339 00:19:17,845 --> 00:19:20,014 You need to lighten up, Bert. 340 00:19:20,139 --> 00:19:22,933 And you think I need you to show me what? How to have fun? Relax? 341 00:19:23,058 --> 00:19:25,269 It was working until you flipped out. 342 00:19:27,021 --> 00:19:28,689 If I was going to take advice on how to live my life, 343 00:19:28,814 --> 00:19:30,441 it would not be from you. 344 00:19:30,566 --> 00:19:32,318 You're broke, you ruined your marriage 345 00:19:32,443 --> 00:19:34,487 and yet you act like you're the victim here. 346 00:19:34,612 --> 00:19:37,072 Like somehow we're all supposed to feel sorry for you. 347 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:39,283 You screwed up your life, 348 00:19:39,408 --> 00:19:41,327 not some emotional friend your wife met on the... 349 00:19:41,452 --> 00:19:42,912 (GROANS) 350 00:19:43,287 --> 00:19:44,538 - What's wrong? - My stomach. 351 00:19:44,663 --> 00:19:46,582 You poisoned me! 352 00:19:47,208 --> 00:19:48,667 I ate the same thing you did. 353 00:19:48,793 --> 00:19:50,419 How come I'm not... 354 00:19:50,669 --> 00:19:52,338 Oh! Oh. 355 00:19:55,007 --> 00:19:56,467 Oh, dear God. 356 00:19:57,927 --> 00:20:01,388 Open the door, Bert. Please. Baby, talk to me! 357 00:20:01,514 --> 00:20:05,893 He locked himself inside. He went crazy. He hit me. 358 00:20:07,228 --> 00:20:08,270 CHASE: Bert. 359 00:20:09,313 --> 00:20:10,731 Open the door, Bert. 360 00:20:10,856 --> 00:20:12,483 DIANE: Bert, talk to us. 361 00:20:13,526 --> 00:20:15,653 CHASE: - Bert? DIANE: - Open the door, Bert. 362 00:20:20,950 --> 00:20:22,660 (DOOR KNOB RATTLING) 363 00:20:35,172 --> 00:20:37,842 I can't get out! Why? I can't get out. 364 00:20:38,551 --> 00:20:39,593 No! “U! 365 00:20:39,718 --> 00:20:40,845 God! No! 366 00:20:40,970 --> 00:20:42,763 Why can't I get out? 367 00:20:45,140 --> 00:20:46,892 The skin rash is gone. 368 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,770 But whatever it is, it obviously moved into his brain. 369 00:20:49,895 --> 00:20:51,605 - Or not. MARTHA: - He had a psychotic break. 370 00:20:51,814 --> 00:20:53,983 I'd say that usually indicates neurological involvement. 371 00:20:54,275 --> 00:20:55,860 Usually, not always. 372 00:20:55,985 --> 00:20:57,611 The hallucinations stopped once the steroids 373 00:20:57,736 --> 00:20:59,613 we gave him cleared his system. 374 00:20:59,738 --> 00:21:03,492 I think... I think we caused this. 375 00:21:04,076 --> 00:21:05,828 What happened to you? 376 00:21:06,704 --> 00:21:08,038 Taub tried to kill me last night. 377 00:21:08,163 --> 00:21:10,249 The steroids probably did clear up the rash, 378 00:21:10,374 --> 00:21:12,668 but the rest of his symptoms are the same. 379 00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:14,962 And now bilateral conjunctivitis. 380 00:21:15,087 --> 00:21:17,131 Excuse me, I'll be back. 381 00:21:21,552 --> 00:21:23,637 I better go check on him. 382 00:21:34,148 --> 00:21:37,943 HOUSE: Swollen joints, high white count, fever, conjunctivitis. 383 00:21:38,152 --> 00:21:39,403 Anyone? 384 00:21:40,112 --> 00:21:41,739 FOREMAN: - Seriously? TAUB: - Seriously? 385 00:21:41,947 --> 00:21:44,742 What, you two can't think and poop at the same time? 386 00:21:44,867 --> 00:21:46,535 There's a life at stake here. 387 00:21:48,621 --> 00:21:51,123 TAUB: Could be Familial Mediterranean fever. 388 00:21:51,248 --> 00:21:52,750 FOREMAN: Not likely, that almost always 389 00:21:52,875 --> 00:21:56,962 presents with abdominal pain or diarrhea. 390 00:21:58,756 --> 00:22:01,050 Given his job, the skin and eye involvement, 391 00:22:01,175 --> 00:22:03,636 it's more likely a systemic fungal infection. 392 00:22:03,761 --> 00:22:06,055 We would have seen it in his blood work. 393 00:22:06,639 --> 00:22:11,477 Unless the saline used to recover and store the tissue samples 394 00:22:11,602 --> 00:22:12,645 has been shown in recent studies... 395 00:22:12,770 --> 00:22:14,313 Get new blood and CSF samples 396 00:22:14,438 --> 00:22:16,231 using formaldehyde instead of saline. 397 00:22:17,232 --> 00:22:20,277 And start him and his wife on triple antifungal therapy. 398 00:22:20,402 --> 00:22:21,445 His wife? 399 00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:23,572 Well, if he's really trying to keep her happy, 400 00:22:23,697 --> 00:22:26,200 I assume they've shared bodily fluids. 401 00:22:30,788 --> 00:22:32,289 FOREMAN: I hate you. 402 00:22:33,874 --> 00:22:36,126 You could have picked it up from your job. 403 00:22:36,251 --> 00:22:39,046 The real one, not the fake one. 404 00:22:40,464 --> 00:22:41,590 If you would've been more honest about... 405 00:22:41,715 --> 00:22:42,800 How is that relevant? 406 00:22:43,425 --> 00:22:45,094 If his wife knew about his job, 407 00:22:45,219 --> 00:22:48,180 they both might have been more alert to the early symptoms. 408 00:22:48,305 --> 00:22:49,890 We could have caught it earlier. 409 00:22:50,099 --> 00:22:51,266 That's ridiculous. 410 00:22:55,479 --> 00:22:57,606 Oh, my God, sweetheart. I'm so sorry. 411 00:22:57,731 --> 00:22:59,900 Whatever you're doing, it's obviously not working. 412 00:23:00,025 --> 00:23:02,569 We think he has a systemic fungal infection. 413 00:23:02,695 --> 00:23:04,947 We're starting him on a parenteral antifungal regimen. 414 00:23:05,072 --> 00:23:06,699 It can be transferred through bodily fluids, 415 00:23:06,824 --> 00:23:08,659 so we have to start you on the treatment as well. 416 00:23:08,867 --> 00:23:10,828 A fungus? Where would he... 417 00:23:10,953 --> 00:23:12,871 Could be from anywhere. The spores can become airborne. 418 00:23:13,038 --> 00:23:14,748 But why would he be the only one? 419 00:23:14,873 --> 00:23:17,167 No one in our neighborhood, no one in his office building. 420 00:23:17,292 --> 00:23:22,047 Sometimes it just happens that way. It's hard to explain. 421 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,717 No, it's not. 422 00:23:28,429 --> 00:23:30,556 I need to talk to my wife in private for a moment. 423 00:23:43,485 --> 00:23:45,154 Your numbers indicate the medication 424 00:23:45,279 --> 00:23:46,530 isn't helping with your cholesterol... 425 00:23:46,655 --> 00:23:48,157 (LIVELY BAND MUSIC PLAYING) 426 00:24:00,335 --> 00:24:01,378 Hey! 427 00:24:01,628 --> 00:24:02,629 (WHISTLES) 428 00:24:04,673 --> 00:24:05,674 Huh? 429 00:24:05,799 --> 00:24:07,593 - What are you doing? - What's it look like I'm doing? 430 00:24:07,801 --> 00:24:09,178 I'm auditioning a band for Friday night. 431 00:24:09,928 --> 00:24:12,639 So you're trying to ruin (Buddy's moment in the spotlight. 432 00:24:12,931 --> 00:24:16,477 Ruin? These guys recorded with Juan Gabriel. 433 00:24:16,602 --> 00:24:17,770 They're gonna cost me two grand. 434 00:24:17,936 --> 00:24:18,979 This is not a prank. 435 00:24:19,104 --> 00:24:22,107 These guys are the beginning of (Buddy's evening to remember, 436 00:24:22,399 --> 00:24:23,942 which in turn will make my evening... 437 00:24:24,068 --> 00:24:26,070 I think if you do this, 438 00:24:26,195 --> 00:24:27,780 your evening will end with you, 439 00:24:27,905 --> 00:24:30,199 in your apartment alone with a sock. 440 00:24:32,659 --> 00:24:34,078 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 441 00:24:35,913 --> 00:24:37,623 (BAND MUSIC PLAYING) 442 00:24:43,170 --> 00:24:44,630 (INAUDIBLE) 443 00:24:48,801 --> 00:24:50,344 This is all for the best. 444 00:24:50,469 --> 00:24:53,388 Yeah. Either that or the opposite. 445 00:24:55,933 --> 00:24:57,893 If it means anything, 446 00:24:58,102 --> 00:24:59,686 I think he's honestly just trying 447 00:24:59,812 --> 00:25:01,605 to protect you and keep you happy. 448 00:25:02,481 --> 00:25:03,440 Oh, God! Of course. 449 00:25:03,565 --> 00:25:05,567 He would tell a bunch of strangers before he would tell me. 450 00:25:06,068 --> 00:25:09,404 I mean, why not? I'm just a stupid housewife, right? 451 00:25:09,905 --> 00:25:12,866 You know, I have something you can share with him. It's over. 452 00:25:12,991 --> 00:25:14,993 He's a liar, and I never want to hear from him again. 453 00:25:15,661 --> 00:25:17,371 You may want to go check on him, his fever's back. 454 00:25:17,496 --> 00:25:20,040 But I'm done worrying about him. 455 00:25:22,084 --> 00:25:23,961 She was right, he's at 101. 456 00:25:24,086 --> 00:25:25,087 Diane? 457 00:25:25,212 --> 00:25:27,047 MARTHA: We're gonna have to get your fever down. 458 00:25:27,172 --> 00:25:28,382 What's wrong? What are you saying? 459 00:25:28,799 --> 00:25:30,092 (INDISTINCT) 460 00:25:30,217 --> 00:25:34,513 I can't hear you! I can't hear anything. 461 00:25:34,805 --> 00:25:36,515 Why can't I hear anything? 462 00:25:38,642 --> 00:25:40,519 His hearing's almost completely gone. 463 00:25:40,811 --> 00:25:45,732 The new blood and CSF tests were negative for spores and fungus. 464 00:25:45,858 --> 00:25:47,818 Tumor necrosis factor syndrome? 465 00:25:47,943 --> 00:25:50,487 Fits the conjunctivitis and painful swelling in his joints. 466 00:25:50,654 --> 00:25:54,658 Except it's never been documented to cause hearing loss. Ever. 467 00:25:55,033 --> 00:25:56,743 Oh, no, she didn't. 468 00:25:56,869 --> 00:25:57,953 This isn't the classroom. 469 00:25:58,078 --> 00:25:59,621 In the real world, real doctors know 470 00:25:59,746 --> 00:26:01,874 that patients can have more than one thing wrong with them. 471 00:26:02,166 --> 00:26:03,417 - Zing. CHASE: - He was taking Vicodin. 472 00:26:03,542 --> 00:26:05,335 Extreme abusers can experience hearing loss. 473 00:26:05,460 --> 00:26:08,714 Except his drug levels never got into the ototoxic zone. 474 00:26:08,839 --> 00:26:10,132 You have a better idea? 475 00:26:10,382 --> 00:26:11,383 Ugh! 476 00:26:11,508 --> 00:26:12,634 I do. 477 00:26:13,302 --> 00:26:14,261 Only in the sense that you're 478 00:26:14,386 --> 00:26:15,637 wasting my time with a bad idea 479 00:26:15,762 --> 00:26:17,472 and she's wasting my time with no idea. 480 00:26:18,098 --> 00:26:20,225 Maybe we should hear from silent and silenter. 481 00:26:20,350 --> 00:26:21,643 It's probably neurological. 482 00:26:21,768 --> 00:26:22,728 Brain tumor? 483 00:26:22,853 --> 00:26:24,229 Or a viral infection that's reached his brain. 484 00:26:24,563 --> 00:26:27,941 I say we go with Ernie on this one. Get an MRI. Find it. 485 00:26:29,318 --> 00:26:31,945 I'm gonna move out next week. 486 00:26:32,070 --> 00:26:35,157 I'd rather stay friends than be roommates. 487 00:26:36,074 --> 00:26:38,952 Just make sure I get my keys back. 488 00:26:39,077 --> 00:26:40,621 It's not my fault. 489 00:26:41,163 --> 00:26:43,165 I cooked it thoroughly! 490 00:26:46,210 --> 00:26:47,753 Looking forward to Friday night? 491 00:26:48,462 --> 00:26:49,963 Yes and no. 492 00:26:51,131 --> 00:26:52,758 Yes, because it's a great honor. 493 00:26:52,883 --> 00:26:56,220 And, no, because... Well, you know the because. 494 00:26:57,054 --> 00:26:58,555 You think House is gonna embarrass you? 495 00:26:58,764 --> 00:27:00,140 Well, not intentionally. 496 00:27:02,184 --> 00:27:04,061 - Maybe intentionally. - I know what you mean. 497 00:27:04,269 --> 00:27:06,939 I picture him doing something stupid, 498 00:27:07,064 --> 00:27:09,983 like hiring a mariachi band or something. 499 00:27:12,569 --> 00:27:14,696 Actually, I could get behind that. 500 00:27:14,821 --> 00:27:17,032 I tried to hire one last year, but the board wouldn't let me 501 00:27:17,157 --> 00:27:19,159 because they thought it was too expensive. 502 00:27:23,747 --> 00:27:25,123 I'm freezing. 503 00:27:34,508 --> 00:27:36,843 Is Diane coming back? 504 00:27:42,266 --> 00:27:43,308 Mmm-mmm. 505 00:28:04,121 --> 00:28:05,872 Bedside 101. 506 00:28:05,998 --> 00:28:08,542 When a patient is near death, try to be nice. 507 00:28:08,750 --> 00:28:10,669 She's not coming back. I'm not gonna lie to him. 508 00:28:11,169 --> 00:28:13,088 - Stop. - What? You heard what she said. 509 00:28:13,213 --> 00:28:15,590 He's seizing. We got to get him out of there. 510 00:28:19,678 --> 00:28:21,346 (BERT GRUNTING) 511 00:28:25,183 --> 00:28:27,102 CHASE: Both his kidneys are fried. 512 00:28:27,227 --> 00:28:30,147 TAUB: He's in a coma. He has maybe a few days left. 513 00:28:30,272 --> 00:28:33,483 We could try and get him on the transplant list, but in his condition 514 00:28:33,608 --> 00:28:37,779 and without a diagnosis, I don't see him getting selected. 515 00:28:38,322 --> 00:28:40,198 He wouldn't survive the surgery. 516 00:28:40,324 --> 00:28:42,242 Hence my previous comment. 517 00:28:43,201 --> 00:28:45,579 What do you want us to do, House? 518 00:28:49,583 --> 00:28:53,045 If it's a tumor, we start chemo, 519 00:28:53,170 --> 00:28:55,130 bombard his head with radiation. 520 00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:57,716 FOREMAN: Which will probably kill him in this state. 521 00:28:57,841 --> 00:29:01,178 And without an MRI, we don't even know if he has one. 522 00:29:02,304 --> 00:29:05,182 He's definitely dead if we do nothing. 523 00:29:05,307 --> 00:29:08,602 If I'm wrong, all we do is shave a few hours off. 524 00:29:08,727 --> 00:29:10,270 We'll need his wife's consent. 525 00:29:11,271 --> 00:29:12,272 Masters will get it. 526 00:29:12,898 --> 00:29:14,399 Probably not a good idea. 527 00:29:14,524 --> 00:29:16,109 - Uh, he's right. HOUSE: - No, he's not. 528 00:29:16,234 --> 00:29:20,072 Consider this me officially booting you out of the nest. 529 00:29:35,462 --> 00:29:37,089 Just wanted to watch. 530 00:29:37,339 --> 00:29:38,256 Do you even like me? 531 00:29:40,967 --> 00:29:42,052 Why? 532 00:29:42,177 --> 00:29:44,221 I put making friends and having relationships on hold, 533 00:29:44,346 --> 00:29:46,264 so I could concentrate on studying. 534 00:29:46,556 --> 00:29:49,893 I always thought there'll be plenty of time for that in the future. 535 00:29:50,977 --> 00:29:55,148 But now, when I do want them... 536 00:29:59,361 --> 00:30:01,655 I can't even get a date to this charity event. 537 00:30:02,989 --> 00:30:06,118 If I can't establish relationships in my personal life, 538 00:30:06,576 --> 00:30:08,328 how will I ever do it with a patient? 539 00:30:18,088 --> 00:30:19,214 Be honest with her. 540 00:30:19,339 --> 00:30:20,590 But if it comes down to a choice 541 00:30:20,715 --> 00:30:22,717 between the brutal truth and hope, 542 00:30:23,176 --> 00:30:24,261 side with hope. 543 00:30:34,604 --> 00:30:36,398 He's in a coma. 544 00:30:36,606 --> 00:30:40,735 We think it's a brain tumor. We need your permission to start treatment. 545 00:30:41,319 --> 00:30:43,113 Due to his current condition, the risk factor... 546 00:30:43,238 --> 00:30:45,282 You mean it could kill him? 547 00:30:47,325 --> 00:30:48,994 It's possible, 548 00:30:50,287 --> 00:30:52,789 but there is still hope. 549 00:30:56,376 --> 00:30:58,462 Can he hear me? 550 00:30:59,379 --> 00:31:02,424 They say that people in comas can still do that. 551 00:31:02,549 --> 00:31:05,385 Sometimes, but your husband's hearing 552 00:31:08,597 --> 00:31:10,140 is fine. 553 00:31:31,161 --> 00:31:34,289 I didn't mean any of those awful things I said. 554 00:31:35,624 --> 00:31:37,250 I'm so sorry. 555 00:31:38,919 --> 00:31:40,212 (SNIFFLING) 556 00:31:42,672 --> 00:31:44,341 I love you, Bert. 557 00:31:47,177 --> 00:31:49,054 I've always loved you. 558 00:31:56,645 --> 00:32:00,023 I also kept a secret from you. 559 00:32:01,483 --> 00:32:04,277 I was going to tell you at the restaurant, 560 00:32:05,195 --> 00:32:06,821 but you got sick. 561 00:32:10,116 --> 00:32:13,245 Then I wanted to wait until you felt better. 562 00:32:22,712 --> 00:32:24,839 I'm pregnant, sweetheart. 563 00:32:38,812 --> 00:32:41,022 You're going to be a daddy. 564 00:32:51,700 --> 00:32:53,493 HOUSE: Why rash again? 565 00:32:53,702 --> 00:32:56,871 It went away, it needs a reason to come back. 566 00:32:57,622 --> 00:32:59,374 We know it's not an allergic reaction, 567 00:32:59,499 --> 00:33:01,459 so we must have done something to set it off again. 568 00:33:01,585 --> 00:33:03,336 - What? - We put him on dialysis? 569 00:33:03,461 --> 00:33:04,337 Moved him to the ICU? 570 00:33:04,462 --> 00:33:06,464 We also did a partial MRI. 571 00:33:06,590 --> 00:33:08,925 Two hours before the rash came back. They're not connected. 572 00:33:09,050 --> 00:33:11,428 What was he doing two hours before he broke out the first time? 573 00:33:11,553 --> 00:33:12,762 Cleaning a crime scene. 574 00:33:12,887 --> 00:33:14,598 A crime scene and an MRI. 575 00:33:14,723 --> 00:33:15,765 CHASE: Still not seeing the connection. 576 00:33:15,890 --> 00:33:17,976 We've been missing connections this entire case. 577 00:33:18,602 --> 00:33:21,980 Did he say anything? Did he show any signs of stress in the MRI room? 578 00:33:22,105 --> 00:33:25,650 He said he was cold, but it's always freezing in there. 579 00:33:26,818 --> 00:33:28,361 Cold then rash. 580 00:33:28,486 --> 00:33:30,113 Cold urticaria causes rash, 581 00:33:30,238 --> 00:33:32,324 but it's almost instantaneous, not time delayed. 582 00:33:32,449 --> 00:33:35,076 FOREMAN: And it wouldn't explain his other symptoms. 583 00:33:35,869 --> 00:33:37,454 That's what we did. 584 00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:40,415 We made him cold. 585 00:33:44,669 --> 00:33:45,962 CAPS. 586 00:33:48,048 --> 00:33:50,258 A genetic disorder caused by a mutation 587 00:33:50,383 --> 00:33:53,511 in the cold-induced auto-inflammatory syndrome 1 gene. 588 00:33:53,637 --> 00:33:55,680 Muckle-Wells syndrome? 589 00:33:55,805 --> 00:33:58,767 There's only been a couple of thousand documented cases in the US. 590 00:33:58,975 --> 00:34:01,895 Well, now there's a couple thousand and one. 591 00:34:02,020 --> 00:34:03,271 Fits every symptom there. 592 00:34:03,938 --> 00:34:06,608 We're idiots for not seeing it before. 593 00:34:07,692 --> 00:34:09,361 Treat with rilonacept. 594 00:34:10,445 --> 00:34:12,322 He'll live a long and healthy life, 595 00:34:12,447 --> 00:34:15,575 filled with lies to his wife and future child. 596 00:36:09,439 --> 00:36:10,398 (DOOR OPENS) 597 00:36:10,523 --> 00:36:11,775 (SIGHS) 598 00:36:13,860 --> 00:36:15,278 You Okay? 599 00:36:15,820 --> 00:36:16,905 Why wouldn't I be? 600 00:36:18,782 --> 00:36:19,657 I solved my case. 601 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:21,659 But your patient died. 602 00:36:22,786 --> 00:36:24,579 I didn't say in time. 603 00:36:27,499 --> 00:36:30,251 It happens, we can't save everyone. 604 00:36:32,545 --> 00:36:34,047 I just came to apologize. 605 00:36:35,256 --> 00:36:38,009 You're right, I am turning bitter and cynical inside. 606 00:36:38,134 --> 00:36:39,719 You're finally putting the cat down. 607 00:36:40,637 --> 00:36:42,847 She loves mariachi, I told you. 608 00:36:45,517 --> 00:36:49,062 Go home and change, the party's in a few hours. 609 00:36:59,864 --> 00:37:01,074 You don't have to move out, 610 00:37:01,699 --> 00:37:03,535 if you don't want to. 611 00:37:13,086 --> 00:37:14,796 I realize you might have had a point. 612 00:37:16,631 --> 00:37:18,341 I've been alone a long time 613 00:37:19,259 --> 00:37:21,636 and I don't want to end up like House. 614 00:37:22,136 --> 00:37:23,721 What you said about me and my marriage... 615 00:37:24,097 --> 00:37:25,890 - I was being an ass. - True. 616 00:37:26,808 --> 00:37:30,436 But you were right. I needed to hear it. 617 00:37:36,985 --> 00:37:38,653 So we're good? 618 00:37:39,988 --> 00:37:41,447 You know, I have a couple tickets to... 619 00:37:41,573 --> 00:37:42,907 Don't push it. 620 00:37:48,788 --> 00:37:51,749 Taub and Foreman done? I'm hitching a ride with them. 621 00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:52,959 Me, too. 622 00:37:53,626 --> 00:37:54,794 You're not picking up your date? 623 00:37:55,587 --> 00:37:57,881 No, going solo. 624 00:37:59,382 --> 00:38:02,719 All those meaningless relationships tend to wear a guy out after a while. 625 00:38:05,597 --> 00:38:06,723 FOREMAN: We've got 15 minutes to get there 626 00:38:06,848 --> 00:38:07,891 if we want to see the board freak 627 00:38:08,016 --> 00:38:10,018 when House's mariachi band marches in. 628 00:38:18,109 --> 00:38:19,819 (CELL PHONE VIBRATING) 629 00:38:49,474 --> 00:38:51,851 All of them are gone, Wilson. 630 00:38:53,770 --> 00:38:56,606 They're all dead, because I'm screwed up. 631 00:38:59,025 --> 00:39:02,445 You lost one patient, and it wasn't your fault. 632 00:39:02,654 --> 00:39:05,782 What about that mom who gave her baby cancer? 633 00:39:07,951 --> 00:39:12,747 If I'd figured that one out quicker, she'd still be a mom, alive. 634 00:39:12,872 --> 00:39:15,333 She refused treatment when it was offered. 635 00:39:15,959 --> 00:39:17,627 How is that your fault? 636 00:39:18,002 --> 00:39:22,131 Then there was that guy I spent a day trapped in isolation with. 637 00:39:23,174 --> 00:39:25,385 I was five feet away the whole time. 638 00:39:25,927 --> 00:39:28,638 Just watched him die, like an idiot. 639 00:39:29,389 --> 00:39:31,057 Yeah. 640 00:39:31,182 --> 00:39:32,809 You've lost patients before 641 00:39:32,934 --> 00:39:34,143 and you'll lose patients again. 642 00:39:34,602 --> 00:39:36,896 Exactly. Why? 643 00:39:39,607 --> 00:39:43,319 (SIGHS) Because love and happiness are 644 00:39:46,322 --> 00:39:48,408 nothing but distractions. 645 00:39:51,577 --> 00:39:53,162 The only thing my relationship with Cuddy 646 00:39:53,287 --> 00:39:55,790 has done for me is make me a worse doctor. 647 00:39:55,915 --> 00:39:56,916 (CHUCKLES) 648 00:39:58,543 --> 00:40:02,630 Right, the great Dr. House doesn't deserve to be happy. 649 00:40:02,755 --> 00:40:03,965 You know it's not true. 650 00:40:04,173 --> 00:40:08,511 My happiness is being paid for with other people's lives. 651 00:40:11,097 --> 00:40:12,348 (SIGHS) 652 00:40:14,726 --> 00:40:15,977 How is she? 653 00:40:18,479 --> 00:40:21,816 She's worried. She's upset that you didn't show up tonight. 654 00:40:30,533 --> 00:40:33,077 I got to tell her the truth, Wilson. 655 00:40:34,078 --> 00:40:35,371 (WILSON LAUGHS) 656 00:40:35,496 --> 00:40:38,875 First... First, you're not driving anywhere. 657 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,001 And second, 658 00:40:40,126 --> 00:40:42,962 you're definitely not talking to Cuddy like this. 659 00:40:45,590 --> 00:40:46,674 Okay- 660 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,594 Then I'm gonna walk. 661 00:40:56,017 --> 00:40:56,893 (SIGHS) 662 00:40:57,310 --> 00:40:59,437 (RHYTHMIC KNOCKING ON DOOR) 663 00:41:12,950 --> 00:41:15,119 We really, really need to talk. 664 00:41:15,244 --> 00:41:18,039 You're drunk and you screwed up big time. 665 00:41:18,164 --> 00:41:19,707 Go home! 666 00:41:23,044 --> 00:41:25,129 You completely disappeared on me. 667 00:41:25,254 --> 00:41:26,798 You wouldn't even answer your cell phone. 668 00:41:26,923 --> 00:41:30,343 You're gonna want to sit down for this. 669 00:41:30,468 --> 00:41:33,137 Go ahead. Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit. 670 00:41:35,890 --> 00:41:37,141 (SIGHS) 671 00:41:42,980 --> 00:41:44,899 I've made a decision. 672 00:41:47,443 --> 00:41:50,113 Being happy and being in love with you 673 00:41:51,531 --> 00:41:53,658 makes me a crappy doctor. 674 00:41:54,992 --> 00:41:56,327 Shut up! 675 00:41:57,245 --> 00:41:59,872 You're too drunk to end this relationship. 676 00:41:59,997 --> 00:42:03,626 I am drunk, but I'm also right. 677 00:42:03,751 --> 00:42:06,796 You have made me a worse doctor 678 00:42:06,921 --> 00:42:08,965 and people are going to die because of that. 679 00:42:14,053 --> 00:42:15,096 And... 680 00:42:17,056 --> 00:42:18,099 ...you... 681 00:42:20,143 --> 00:42:21,686 ...are totally worth it. 682 00:42:27,150 --> 00:42:29,485 If I had to choose between 683 00:42:30,820 --> 00:42:32,113 saving everyone 684 00:42:33,447 --> 00:42:35,575 or loving you, being happy, 685 00:42:36,826 --> 00:42:38,077 I choose you. 686 00:42:40,204 --> 00:42:42,123 I choose being happy with you. 687 00:42:43,249 --> 00:42:45,376 I will always choose you. 688 00:42:49,088 --> 00:42:50,339 (LAUGHS) 689 00:42:50,464 --> 00:42:52,592 My head's on your vagina. 690 00:42:56,470 --> 00:42:58,222 Go to sleep, House. 691 00:42:58,890 --> 00:43:01,058 Yeah, I am kind of tired.