1 00:00:03,150 --> 00:00:06,945 Given goodish behavior 2 00:00:07,863 --> 00:00:09,615 and eight of 12 months time served, 3 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:11,950 we have the discretion to grant parole Friday the 10th, 4 00:00:12,075 --> 00:00:13,869 five days from now. 5 00:00:15,579 --> 00:00:17,623 Are you sorry about what you did? 6 00:00:19,625 --> 00:00:21,168 Yes. 7 00:00:25,380 --> 00:00:26,632 Yes? 8 00:00:28,425 --> 00:00:30,010 That's the correct answer, isn't it? 9 00:00:30,844 --> 00:00:31,803 Are you trying to annoy us? 10 00:00:31,928 --> 00:00:35,390 No. I'm just trying to give you the answers you need to cover your asses, 11 00:00:35,515 --> 00:00:37,684 fill out your forms and let me out of here. 12 00:00:37,809 --> 00:00:39,770 We need you to show us remorse. 13 00:00:40,646 --> 00:00:42,105 Is that how our system works? 14 00:00:42,230 --> 00:00:43,607 Release the best actors? 15 00:00:43,732 --> 00:00:44,858 I shudder to think what that world would be like. 16 00:00:44,983 --> 00:00:47,527 You drove your car into your ex-girlfriend's house 17 00:00:47,653 --> 00:00:49,404 and then fled the country for three months. 18 00:00:49,696 --> 00:00:52,991 I knew that her daughter was at grandma's, like every Friday. 19 00:00:53,116 --> 00:00:55,494 And I saw everyone else move into the living room... 20 00:00:55,619 --> 00:00:56,828 They could have moved back. 21 00:00:56,953 --> 00:00:59,331 Which I would have noticed since I was driving right towards them. 22 00:00:59,456 --> 00:01:00,582 Shut up. 23 00:01:00,707 --> 00:01:03,126 We got an order to reduce overcrowding. 24 00:01:03,585 --> 00:01:05,420 But let me be clear. 25 00:01:05,545 --> 00:01:06,838 You mouth off to one guard, 26 00:01:06,963 --> 00:01:09,716 we catch you with a single cafeteria tray in your cell, 27 00:01:09,841 --> 00:01:12,260 you break any rules I don't even remember, 28 00:01:12,386 --> 00:01:14,763 you can park your ass here for four more months. 29 00:01:15,263 --> 00:01:19,518 So forget being sorry. Can you stay out of trouble for five days? 30 00:01:22,479 --> 00:01:24,022 Yes. 31 00:01:56,763 --> 00:01:58,849 (PRISONERS TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 32 00:02:11,111 --> 00:02:12,696 Gather up for meds. 33 00:02:12,821 --> 00:02:13,947 Asofa. 34 00:02:24,207 --> 00:02:25,459 Yeah. 35 00:02:25,584 --> 00:02:26,918 Why you keep helping him out? 36 00:02:29,171 --> 00:02:31,047 Yeah. Why would I wanna make sure 37 00:02:31,173 --> 00:02:35,385 that my homicidal cell mate is taking the right anti-psychotics? 38 00:02:39,306 --> 00:02:40,849 House. 39 00:02:51,777 --> 00:02:53,278 Mendelson. 40 00:02:58,492 --> 00:03:01,119 He's on 80 milligrams of propranolol, this is 40. 41 00:03:05,457 --> 00:03:06,917 You're right. Sorry. 42 00:03:07,042 --> 00:03:09,711 No worries. I like my nurses naughty. 43 00:03:14,466 --> 00:03:15,675 HOUSE: You know, I'm starting to think, Mendelson, 44 00:03:15,801 --> 00:03:18,512 you just really like the taste of my spit. 45 00:03:18,637 --> 00:03:19,846 (LAUGHING) 46 00:03:21,181 --> 00:03:24,893 Hey, House, check out our new brand. 47 00:03:26,978 --> 00:03:30,065 You've really got a thing for swastikas, Mendelson. 48 00:03:31,483 --> 00:03:33,068 Like an ironic thing? 49 00:03:33,318 --> 00:03:34,611 It's a German name. 50 00:03:34,736 --> 00:03:36,905 So is House, and I'm Jewish. 51 00:03:39,074 --> 00:03:42,160 Nah. I'm a black, 93V 9W5)!- 52 00:03:55,549 --> 00:03:58,134 Knight to king's bishop three. 53 00:03:59,344 --> 00:04:01,429 Queen to king's bishop seven. 54 00:04:04,975 --> 00:04:07,102 Hey. You're House, right? 55 00:04:08,478 --> 00:04:12,732 I got these weird pains in my elbows and in my knees. 56 00:04:12,858 --> 00:04:15,777 You know what's weirder is how the clinic is a large room, 57 00:04:15,902 --> 00:04:17,779 and you somehow confused me with it. 58 00:04:17,904 --> 00:04:20,323 Well, to be fair, I am large. 59 00:04:27,414 --> 00:04:29,124 Hi, Rollo. 60 00:04:29,749 --> 00:04:32,752 I realize this is probably a rhetorical question. 61 00:04:32,878 --> 00:04:34,004 Why are you stealing my stuff? 62 00:04:34,129 --> 00:04:36,923 Hey, House. I heard you're on short time. 63 00:04:37,048 --> 00:04:38,800 You won't need this. 64 00:04:38,925 --> 00:04:40,969 You heard about my parole. 65 00:04:41,094 --> 00:04:45,098 But not about my violent reactions when people steal my tuna. 66 00:04:45,974 --> 00:04:48,018 - Put it back. - Nuh-uh. 67 00:04:50,103 --> 00:04:51,271 Really? 68 00:04:52,689 --> 00:04:55,650 You're stepping to a guy who outweighs you by 50 pounds 69 00:04:55,775 --> 00:04:58,528 and who is carrying a cane which, while prison-approved, 70 00:04:58,653 --> 00:05:02,073 will still cause some issues if inserted into your colon. 71 00:05:03,074 --> 00:05:05,368 Yeah, like you losing your parole. 72 00:05:06,494 --> 00:05:08,872 And you ain't gonna rat me out neither, 'cause you don't wanna get 73 00:05:08,997 --> 00:05:11,917 a snitch jacket and wind up shanked in the showers. 74 00:05:12,042 --> 00:05:15,003 So you're just gonna let me walk out of here. 75 00:05:31,186 --> 00:05:33,521 You wanna get back at these guys, 76 00:05:34,022 --> 00:05:36,066 get out alive on Friday. 77 00:05:38,818 --> 00:05:40,111 (BUZZING) 78 00:05:40,236 --> 00:05:42,447 Okay? Now, go to work, House. 79 00:05:46,117 --> 00:05:48,828 - And that was checkmate, right? - Yep. 80 00:05:54,125 --> 00:05:55,835 I heard you're on that short time, House. 81 00:05:55,961 --> 00:05:57,712 If you like tuna, you're a little late. 82 00:05:59,047 --> 00:06:02,175 I want your stereo and your headphones. 83 00:06:04,094 --> 00:06:05,345 (URINATING) 84 00:06:06,346 --> 00:06:08,682 It can wait till you finish your work. 85 00:06:11,351 --> 00:06:13,353 Drop it off in my cell. 86 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:28,326 (THERMOMETER BEEPS) 87 00:06:29,577 --> 00:06:32,998 99.9. I'm gonna start him on ceftriaxone. 88 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:38,044 Good catch. I might have missed that. 89 00:06:45,093 --> 00:06:46,803 It's not gonorrhea. 90 00:06:48,054 --> 00:06:50,056 I didn't say it was. 91 00:06:50,181 --> 00:06:52,851 Not out loud. You're just figuring a joint pain 92 00:06:52,976 --> 00:06:54,811 plus fever plus a low lifestyle 93 00:06:54,936 --> 00:06:56,688 equals a ceftriaxone prescription. 94 00:06:56,813 --> 00:06:58,148 NICK: So you saying I got the clap? 95 00:06:58,273 --> 00:07:01,192 I've only been in here one week, my girlfriend's clean. 96 00:07:01,317 --> 00:07:03,361 I ain't got a girlfriend in here. 97 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,990 How do you know about ceftriaxone? 98 00:07:07,115 --> 00:07:09,200 House used to be a doctor. 99 00:07:10,952 --> 00:07:12,162 Not going back. 100 00:07:12,287 --> 00:07:15,165 And that look of shock is elitist and offensive. 101 00:07:15,498 --> 00:07:18,209 Doctors can be degenerates. This is America. 102 00:07:19,169 --> 00:07:20,670 There's subtle eyebrow loss. 103 00:07:21,212 --> 00:07:22,714 It's lupus. 104 00:07:30,180 --> 00:07:32,766 Well, there's no discoid or malar rash on his face. 105 00:07:32,891 --> 00:07:36,102 Which would be dispositive if he was just a giant head. 106 00:07:36,394 --> 00:07:39,147 He's got a point, but I'll let you make the call. 107 00:07:39,272 --> 00:07:41,524 No, there's no reason to search for a bodily rash 108 00:07:41,649 --> 00:07:44,152 since lupus doesn't usually present that way. 109 00:07:44,277 --> 00:07:45,528 "Usually"? 110 00:07:46,821 --> 00:07:49,657 Well, I guess that's good enough for prison work. 111 00:07:57,207 --> 00:08:00,418 You don't write people up for mouthing off, do you? 112 00:08:00,543 --> 00:08:01,753 (SCOFFS) 113 00:08:02,087 --> 00:08:03,838 Not usually. 114 00:08:09,219 --> 00:08:10,929 You don't want to mess with Stamper. 115 00:08:11,471 --> 00:08:15,558 He didn't get that name because he's a fan of Santa's reindeer. 116 00:08:19,270 --> 00:08:21,523 You think one of Santa's reindeer was called Stamper? 117 00:08:21,648 --> 00:08:22,816 You're missing my point. 118 00:08:22,941 --> 00:08:24,818 I'm not gonna listen to a guy who can't name the reindeer. 119 00:08:24,943 --> 00:08:27,195 You saw what happened in the yard with Diaz. 120 00:08:28,279 --> 00:08:31,950 He barely said a couple of words and set the boy off. 121 00:08:35,370 --> 00:08:36,913 Oh, no. 122 00:08:37,038 --> 00:08:38,706 I know that look. 123 00:09:02,355 --> 00:09:04,190 - Hey, Stamper. - Where's my stereo? 124 00:09:04,315 --> 00:09:06,234 I brought it to your cell. It ain't there. 125 00:09:06,359 --> 00:09:08,069 I was just getting to that part. 126 00:09:08,194 --> 00:09:11,114 Rollo followed me in and took it. 127 00:09:15,034 --> 00:09:16,744 - No way Rollo diss me like that. - Way. 128 00:09:17,287 --> 00:09:19,205 I don't want to start any rumors, but... 129 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:21,249 But what? 130 00:09:21,374 --> 00:09:23,835 He was all, "I can take Stamper," 131 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:25,336 and I was all, "How come?" 132 00:09:25,461 --> 00:09:28,923 And he was all, "'Cause of how Diaz kicked his ass last month." 133 00:09:29,465 --> 00:09:33,178 In fact, he actually called you "Stompee," with an "E." 134 00:09:33,303 --> 00:09:35,346 I think his gist was... 135 00:09:35,805 --> 00:09:36,973 STOMPER: You took my stereo? 136 00:09:37,098 --> 00:09:40,393 ROLLO: Get out of my house, Stamper, I ain't got no stereo. 137 00:09:41,019 --> 00:09:42,312 What's this, then? 138 00:09:42,437 --> 00:09:43,605 What? I didn't put that there! 139 00:09:43,730 --> 00:09:45,273 You gonna lie to my face, you lying son of a bitch! 140 00:09:45,398 --> 00:09:47,192 What? I didn't do anything! 141 00:09:47,317 --> 00:09:49,152 Next time I will take your stereo! 142 00:09:49,277 --> 00:09:50,904 GUARD: That's enough! 143 00:09:51,029 --> 00:09:52,071 ROLLO: Ow! 144 00:09:52,197 --> 00:09:52,279 (ALARM BUZZING) 145 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:53,489 (ALARM BUZZING) 146 00:09:55,617 --> 00:09:57,452 (JAZZ PLAYING ON HEADPHONES) 147 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:10,465 That was stupid. 148 00:10:12,675 --> 00:10:15,178 HOUSE: Is that like a synonym for "clever"? 149 00:10:15,303 --> 00:10:16,512 Time they get out of solitary, 150 00:10:16,638 --> 00:10:20,225 I'll be teaching physics at the University of Fiji. 151 00:10:22,769 --> 00:10:24,812 You have four days left. 152 00:10:25,897 --> 00:10:28,441 How many more tricks do you got? 153 00:10:36,157 --> 00:10:38,034 (CRICKET CHIRPING) 154 00:11:22,537 --> 00:11:24,163 Don't. 155 00:11:26,916 --> 00:11:28,543 Another pet? 156 00:11:29,669 --> 00:11:32,630 This is gonna end badly. Again. 157 00:11:33,548 --> 00:11:35,091 Remember, we talked about this? 158 00:11:35,216 --> 00:11:38,594 Or at least I talked and you stared at me eerily? 159 00:11:41,347 --> 00:11:45,476 I think it was eerily. Eerily felt like the best-case scenario. 160 00:11:59,574 --> 00:12:01,034 HOUSE: Hey. 161 00:12:01,159 --> 00:12:04,245 Take off your shirt so I can find the rash. 162 00:12:04,370 --> 00:12:06,331 Now you wanna help me? 163 00:12:06,581 --> 00:12:08,166 'Cause that doctor didn't believe you? 164 00:12:08,291 --> 00:12:10,418 Well, if you could think of a better way 165 00:12:10,543 --> 00:12:13,046 to prove that she's an idiot, I'm all ears. 166 00:12:13,171 --> 00:12:14,422 Now, let's get this over with. 167 00:12:14,547 --> 00:12:15,673 Yeah. 168 00:12:20,762 --> 00:12:22,221 That's Nicole. 169 00:12:22,347 --> 00:12:24,974 She lives at her mom's now, on account that she lost her job. 170 00:12:25,099 --> 00:12:27,310 Her mom hates me, 171 00:12:27,435 --> 00:12:31,314 so she can't visit, she ain't accepting my calls. 172 00:12:32,482 --> 00:12:35,360 That's what happens when you date a 12-year-old. 173 00:12:35,485 --> 00:12:37,362 You don't believe me? 174 00:12:37,487 --> 00:12:42,116 Belief implies a level of giving a crap that I'm never gonna achieve. 175 00:12:42,658 --> 00:12:44,535 Pull down your pants. 176 00:12:59,217 --> 00:13:00,760 Hey. 177 00:13:00,885 --> 00:13:03,763 It's not that I was trying to prove you're an idiot or anything, 178 00:13:03,888 --> 00:13:06,307 but lupus boy and I were at the beach this morning, 179 00:13:06,432 --> 00:13:09,477 and I noticed a rash on his left thigh. 180 00:13:09,852 --> 00:13:11,562 I checked you out. 181 00:13:12,647 --> 00:13:14,649 You were a pretty big deal. 182 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:16,943 What went wrong? 183 00:13:18,403 --> 00:13:20,947 Something very obvious and very boring. 184 00:13:21,697 --> 00:13:23,282 Drug related? 185 00:13:23,408 --> 00:13:25,660 Forging prescriptions? 186 00:13:26,327 --> 00:13:27,412 You're good. 187 00:13:27,537 --> 00:13:30,415 Just like lupus boy will be, when you start him on prednisone. 188 00:13:30,540 --> 00:13:33,042 Name should have been a giveaway. I'll send him up. 189 00:13:34,210 --> 00:13:37,380 Why are you so sure I'm gonna do what you say? 190 00:13:38,589 --> 00:13:42,593 Because you're a smart, old money trust-fund girl who took this job 191 00:13:42,718 --> 00:13:45,596 because your liberal ideology makes you want to make a difference, 192 00:13:45,721 --> 00:13:48,599 but you're already getting bored, and this is interesting. 193 00:13:48,724 --> 00:13:51,060 Why would you say any of that? 194 00:13:52,478 --> 00:13:54,439 Your shoes. 195 00:13:54,564 --> 00:13:57,483 A different, expensive pair every day, but never leather. 196 00:13:57,608 --> 00:13:59,569 Which means you're both rich and liberal. 197 00:13:59,694 --> 00:14:02,447 Antique locket that's unpolished gold, not some hipster thing. 198 00:14:02,572 --> 00:14:04,574 It's a family heirloom, which means old money. 199 00:14:04,699 --> 00:14:07,243 Osler scarf, only on Fridays, 200 00:14:07,368 --> 00:14:09,537 which means you did your residency at Hopkins. 201 00:14:09,662 --> 00:14:14,041 Which means you're smarter than our interactions would so far indicate. 202 00:14:14,584 --> 00:14:15,918 And your eyes. 203 00:14:16,043 --> 00:14:17,753 The only time you haven't looked bored 204 00:14:17,879 --> 00:14:19,422 in the three months since you've been here 205 00:14:19,547 --> 00:14:22,467 is when we've been discussing this diagnosis. 206 00:14:22,758 --> 00:14:25,636 So, yeah, you'll treat him for lupus. 207 00:14:25,761 --> 00:14:26,888 (KNOCKS ON DOOR) 208 00:14:38,858 --> 00:14:40,234 House. 209 00:14:41,694 --> 00:14:43,070 He wants you. 210 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,790 MENDELSON: Parole? 211 00:14:56,959 --> 00:14:58,294 You didn't tell me. 212 00:15:01,672 --> 00:15:03,257 I didn't want a big emotional scene. 213 00:15:04,634 --> 00:15:06,594 You know what the rules are. 214 00:15:06,719 --> 00:15:08,721 On short time, tax goes up. 215 00:15:11,224 --> 00:15:12,683 How many do you want? 216 00:15:12,808 --> 00:15:14,519 All of them. 217 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,523 Come on, Mendelson. I should be on six a day. 218 00:15:18,648 --> 00:15:21,108 I get four and I give you two. 219 00:15:25,780 --> 00:15:27,490 Fine. 220 00:15:27,615 --> 00:15:29,367 I'll get one in my cell after lights out, 221 00:15:29,492 --> 00:15:32,453 plus Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. That's 11 in all. 222 00:15:32,578 --> 00:15:34,038 I count 20. 223 00:15:34,956 --> 00:15:37,959 You knew on Monday, you get out Friday. Five days. 224 00:15:38,793 --> 00:15:40,461 Should have told me earlier. 225 00:15:41,212 --> 00:15:43,589 They give out four a day, max. 226 00:15:44,757 --> 00:15:46,634 You'll figure something out. 227 00:15:46,759 --> 00:15:47,760 You're a creative guy. 228 00:15:47,885 --> 00:15:49,637 What if I just go into protective custody 229 00:15:49,762 --> 00:15:51,389 and spend the next three days in the hole? 230 00:15:52,723 --> 00:15:54,559 You could PC up. 231 00:15:54,684 --> 00:15:56,894 But then you'll get out. 232 00:15:58,771 --> 00:16:02,567 And unlike you, I got friends on the outside. 233 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:07,655 Porter. 234 00:16:07,780 --> 00:16:09,824 Doc. What you need? 235 00:16:10,783 --> 00:16:13,202 I'm running a special on grilled cheese this week. 236 00:16:13,327 --> 00:16:14,453 I got some new girly mags, too. 237 00:16:14,579 --> 00:16:17,665 I was thinking of something more Vicodinny. 238 00:16:17,790 --> 00:16:20,960 At least 16, and I need them Friday at noon. 239 00:16:21,919 --> 00:16:24,463 Man, that's pricey, but it can be done. 240 00:16:24,589 --> 00:16:26,132 How about you have one of your peeps on the outside 241 00:16:26,257 --> 00:16:28,593 send $200 to my boy up in Trenton? 242 00:16:28,718 --> 00:16:30,428 I am peepless. 243 00:16:31,804 --> 00:16:34,765 - This is just you haggling, right? - No. 244 00:16:35,808 --> 00:16:39,395 You ever seen me chatting on the phone? Taking visitors? 245 00:16:39,645 --> 00:16:41,731 All right. I'm gonna have to clean you out. 246 00:16:41,856 --> 00:16:43,190 I'm gonna need to see some tuna, 247 00:16:43,316 --> 00:16:45,526 I'm gonna need to see some stamps, stereo... 248 00:16:45,651 --> 00:16:47,153 Just give them to me as soon as you can. 249 00:16:47,278 --> 00:16:48,487 (NICK GROANS) 250 00:16:52,742 --> 00:16:54,368 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 251 00:16:57,663 --> 00:16:59,081 What happened? 252 00:16:59,624 --> 00:17:01,292 I was trying to use the phone, I just... 253 00:17:01,417 --> 00:17:02,835 I just got jostled a little, that's all. 254 00:17:04,629 --> 00:17:05,963 Who hit you? 255 00:17:06,255 --> 00:17:08,799 No. I just... I just bumped into the wall. 256 00:17:11,469 --> 00:17:12,845 (CRIES OUT IN PAIN) 257 00:17:16,682 --> 00:17:18,184 It's not lupus. 258 00:17:18,684 --> 00:17:20,102 Is that good? 259 00:17:21,729 --> 00:17:23,439 Does it feel good? 260 00:17:46,212 --> 00:17:47,546 (SIGHS) 261 00:17:53,094 --> 00:17:54,887 ASOFA: Sick. 262 00:17:55,012 --> 00:17:57,848 HOUSE: No, I'm just going through a bit of withdrawal. 263 00:17:58,224 --> 00:18:01,894 I'm trying to survive on one a day for the next few days. 264 00:18:02,812 --> 00:18:04,355 No. 265 00:18:09,777 --> 00:18:11,320 Fix him. 266 00:18:24,208 --> 00:18:27,128 It's not lupus. He broke his arm. 267 00:18:27,253 --> 00:18:29,588 Or it is lupus, and he was in a fight. 268 00:18:29,714 --> 00:18:30,756 He was in a jostle. 269 00:18:30,881 --> 00:18:33,384 Because if he admits he was in a fight, then he goes to the hole. 270 00:18:33,509 --> 00:18:36,637 That's why he'd lie to the guards. He's got no reason to lie to me. 271 00:18:37,304 --> 00:18:38,347 Oh. 272 00:18:38,848 --> 00:18:41,350 See? There are those eyes again. 273 00:18:43,894 --> 00:18:46,355 How about a viral syndrome or MRSA? 274 00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:49,483 No, wouldn't chew up the bone that fast. 275 00:18:49,608 --> 00:18:50,901 But reaction to meds could. 276 00:18:51,026 --> 00:18:52,278 May I? May you what? 277 00:18:52,403 --> 00:18:56,323 Make me lose my job by showing you a patient file? 278 00:18:58,117 --> 00:19:01,328 But why don't you assume no recent meds? 279 00:19:01,454 --> 00:19:04,206 How long can I assume that he's been smoking, 280 00:19:04,331 --> 00:19:05,791 based on his yellow fingers? 281 00:19:05,916 --> 00:19:08,753 You're thinking lung cancer, metastatic. 282 00:19:09,128 --> 00:19:11,589 I'll x-ray him on Friday. 283 00:19:11,714 --> 00:19:14,550 We share a traveling x-ray machine with two other clinics. 284 00:19:14,675 --> 00:19:16,761 I'm out of here on Friday. He's not. 285 00:19:17,887 --> 00:19:20,931 Well, but if he throws a clot and strokes out, 286 00:19:21,056 --> 00:19:23,642 you can use the x-ray to do the autopsy. 287 00:19:23,768 --> 00:19:24,935 Start him on blood thinners. 288 00:19:25,060 --> 00:19:27,104 Very interesting practice you must have run. 289 00:19:27,229 --> 00:19:30,149 No need for tests, no need for proof? 290 00:19:31,567 --> 00:19:33,611 Where are you going? To the proof store. 291 00:19:38,699 --> 00:19:40,993 You were right about Nicole. 292 00:19:41,827 --> 00:19:44,288 About me not caring? I thought so. 293 00:19:45,122 --> 00:19:47,166 It wasn't her mom. It's her. 294 00:19:48,334 --> 00:19:49,835 She doesn't want to talk to me. 295 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,131 Please. I'm trying to listen to your lungs, not your self-pity. 296 00:19:55,549 --> 00:19:56,967 Cancer can wait. 297 00:19:57,092 --> 00:19:59,970 - Hey, you heading out to the yard? - Mmm-hmm. 298 00:20:00,095 --> 00:20:02,515 Mind trying to find me a cricket? 299 00:20:03,599 --> 00:20:05,351 The old swap trick. 300 00:20:05,851 --> 00:20:08,187 You don't think that'll piss off your cellie even more 301 00:20:08,312 --> 00:20:09,855 when he figures it's a different bug? 302 00:20:09,980 --> 00:20:12,983 I'll dress them the same, like in Vertigo. 303 00:20:13,192 --> 00:20:18,531 I'll try. But they spray so much pesticides, I'm surprised we're alive. 304 00:20:22,201 --> 00:20:23,744 Good point. 305 00:20:25,371 --> 00:20:26,539 Hey. 306 00:20:27,164 --> 00:20:28,165 How's it coming? 307 00:20:28,290 --> 00:20:29,333 It ain't. 308 00:20:29,458 --> 00:20:31,210 Confederates be giving themselves spanking new tats. 309 00:20:31,335 --> 00:20:33,379 They putting a claim on all my Vicodin. 310 00:20:33,504 --> 00:20:35,005 Now I love you and all, my brother, 311 00:20:35,130 --> 00:20:39,343 but not as much as I love my gang of crazy, roided out Nazi bitches. 312 00:20:44,139 --> 00:20:46,225 Now try an inch to the left. 313 00:20:47,726 --> 00:20:52,940 - Hear the difference? - Yeah. 314 00:20:53,399 --> 00:20:55,484 It's called an acoustical shadow. 315 00:20:55,609 --> 00:20:57,027 Means he's got a tumor. 316 00:20:57,152 --> 00:20:58,696 How did you find that without a stethoscope? 317 00:20:58,821 --> 00:21:00,155 I didn't even know you could do this. 318 00:21:00,281 --> 00:21:02,157 Start the blood thinners. 319 00:21:02,283 --> 00:21:04,159 So I for sure got lung cancer? 320 00:21:04,285 --> 00:21:05,911 - No. - Yeah. 321 00:21:06,620 --> 00:21:09,039 All you've proven is there's an anomaly in his chest. 322 00:21:09,164 --> 00:21:10,916 Which means your initial diagnosis could still be right? 323 00:21:11,041 --> 00:21:13,127 Which, apparently, really bugs you. 324 00:21:16,797 --> 00:21:19,008 I could do a clotting test. 325 00:21:23,804 --> 00:21:25,014 That's a good idea. 326 00:21:25,139 --> 00:21:26,640 JESSICA: We're just gonna cut your earlobe a bit 327 00:21:26,765 --> 00:21:28,183 and check back in two minutes. 328 00:21:28,309 --> 00:21:31,604 If there's a little blood bubbling up, that's normal. 329 00:21:32,104 --> 00:21:37,067 But if it's completely clotted, it may indicate cancer. 330 00:21:37,192 --> 00:21:39,194 Okay? Ready? 331 00:22:01,216 --> 00:22:03,218 Are you really leaving medicine? 332 00:22:05,054 --> 00:22:06,931 What are you gonna do? 333 00:22:10,601 --> 00:22:14,438 You know, for someone who asks as many favors as you do, 334 00:22:14,563 --> 00:22:17,733 you sure don't make any effort to win me over. 335 00:22:21,654 --> 00:22:26,617 Before I went to med school, I thought about getting a PhD in physics. 336 00:22:27,326 --> 00:22:29,662 You ever heard of dark matter? 337 00:22:30,287 --> 00:22:33,082 The way galaxies rotate, the motion of the universe, 338 00:22:33,207 --> 00:22:37,127 it means there's six times more stuff than we can detect. 339 00:22:37,962 --> 00:22:41,006 It's been theorized, but no one's ever proved it exists. 340 00:22:41,131 --> 00:22:43,425 So you'd want to research it? 341 00:22:44,093 --> 00:22:47,554 - Why? - It's the greatest mystery there is. 342 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,139 Theory of everything. 343 00:22:49,264 --> 00:22:52,351 And completely divorced from humanity. 344 00:22:53,018 --> 00:22:56,230 Me and humanity, we got together too young. 345 00:22:58,732 --> 00:23:00,401 You have a gift. 346 00:23:01,151 --> 00:23:05,114 There is something in this world you are undeniably great at. 347 00:23:06,615 --> 00:23:09,952 You can read people. You understand them. 348 00:23:10,828 --> 00:23:12,329 You gotta go back to medicine. 349 00:23:14,707 --> 00:23:17,501 Well, if that gift is related to what brought me here, 350 00:23:17,626 --> 00:23:21,171 you'll understand why I'd wanna check the returns policy. 351 00:23:21,296 --> 00:23:24,216 Hey! Is this supposed to happen? 352 00:23:29,847 --> 00:23:31,473 Cool. 353 00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:46,864 Jiminy didn't chirp much last night. 354 00:23:48,824 --> 00:23:51,618 If it's a disease, he's six inches under. 355 00:23:52,411 --> 00:23:55,372 But this could also be pesticide poisoning, 356 00:23:56,665 --> 00:23:59,376 which bicarbonate of soda has been used to treat. 357 00:24:01,420 --> 00:24:04,548 See? Just so much, and no more. 358 00:24:15,017 --> 00:24:16,518 Mmm. 359 00:24:23,233 --> 00:24:25,778 This is where you say thank you. 360 00:24:27,696 --> 00:24:31,492 Or I say thank you for not killing me. 361 00:24:37,706 --> 00:24:39,333 Thank you. 362 00:25:02,189 --> 00:25:03,899 Hey. 363 00:25:04,733 --> 00:25:07,027 The x-ray didn't show any tumors. 364 00:25:07,152 --> 00:25:09,321 The acoustical shadow was just a lipoma. 365 00:25:09,446 --> 00:25:11,990 I'm thinking... You all right? 366 00:25:12,699 --> 00:25:14,076 I'm fine. 367 00:25:14,201 --> 00:25:15,661 Ibuprofen? 368 00:25:15,786 --> 00:25:17,287 It's not gonna help. 369 00:25:27,506 --> 00:25:29,883 You can look at the patient file if you want. 370 00:25:30,884 --> 00:25:32,302 You trust me? 371 00:25:32,427 --> 00:25:33,929 Any reason I shouldn't? 372 00:25:34,054 --> 00:25:37,141 You're really not good at reading people, are you? Or buildings. 373 00:25:37,266 --> 00:25:38,767 People are complicated. 374 00:25:38,892 --> 00:25:40,727 And people change. 375 00:25:40,853 --> 00:25:43,438 Not that much to the first and not at all to the second. 376 00:25:43,939 --> 00:25:45,524 But if it'll get me the file... 377 00:25:45,649 --> 00:25:48,235 If we add clotting disorder to the symptoms, it's gotta be a toxin... 378 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,820 This guy's the only one with symptoms. 379 00:25:50,154 --> 00:25:51,822 It's either gotta be his cell or his workstation. 380 00:25:51,947 --> 00:25:55,367 The laundry. So maybe a solvent or detergent? 381 00:25:55,492 --> 00:25:58,579 Can you get me an escort to gather samples? 382 00:25:58,996 --> 00:26:00,455 Dr. Adams. 383 00:26:01,165 --> 00:26:02,875 Why does this man have a file? 384 00:26:15,053 --> 00:26:17,306 You need to get cotton swabs. 385 00:26:17,431 --> 00:26:19,725 Not now. I got something to do. 386 00:26:20,350 --> 00:26:22,060 You're a prisoner on tier time. 387 00:26:22,186 --> 00:26:23,812 By definition, you have nothing to do. 388 00:26:23,937 --> 00:26:25,772 I'm gonna call her family, her friends, her work. 389 00:26:25,898 --> 00:26:27,191 I'm gonna get through eventually. 390 00:26:27,316 --> 00:26:28,692 You're moving slower, you're getting weaker. 391 00:26:28,817 --> 00:26:31,320 This thing is attacking your bones, your joints, your blood. 392 00:26:31,445 --> 00:26:33,697 Look, my girl's more important. 393 00:26:34,907 --> 00:26:37,367 She's not your girl, you idiot! 394 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,121 She was the girlfriend of a loser drug dealer. 395 00:26:41,246 --> 00:26:44,708 You think she's got the self-control to wait around for three years? 396 00:26:44,833 --> 00:26:45,918 You think she should? 397 00:26:46,043 --> 00:26:50,005 There's a reason we're locked away from nice, normal people. 398 00:26:53,008 --> 00:26:55,177 Your life outside is over. 399 00:26:57,638 --> 00:27:00,557 Your friends, your girl, everyone you worked with, 400 00:27:00,682 --> 00:27:02,351 they've moved on. 401 00:27:05,604 --> 00:27:07,397 Get out of my house. 402 00:27:09,316 --> 00:27:10,817 Get out! 403 00:27:15,322 --> 00:27:16,531 (PUNCHES WALL) 404 00:27:21,036 --> 00:27:23,121 Where's Sykes? Off at his other clinics. 405 00:27:25,082 --> 00:27:27,292 Great. I'm gonna go to the laundry. 406 00:27:27,417 --> 00:27:29,253 - Give me some swabs... - No. 407 00:27:29,378 --> 00:27:32,297 What? He yelled at you for letting me see the file. 408 00:27:32,422 --> 00:27:34,299 You'll get over it. Few years of therapy maybe... 409 00:27:34,424 --> 00:27:37,636 Why did you lie to me about what you were in for? 410 00:27:43,892 --> 00:27:48,272 Okay, so I drove a car into a wall instead of stealing some pills. 411 00:27:48,397 --> 00:27:51,275 You obviously don't care what I did, you care that I lied to you. 412 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,443 - You feel jilted. - I feel stupid. 413 00:27:53,986 --> 00:27:57,572 It doesn't even make sense. Why are you doing time? 414 00:27:57,698 --> 00:28:00,701 You didn't have any priors. You didn't hurt anyone. 415 00:28:05,622 --> 00:28:07,374 I had a bad lawyer. 416 00:28:17,175 --> 00:28:18,760 I'm sorry. 417 00:28:19,469 --> 00:28:21,346 We can't talk about this case any more. 418 00:28:46,204 --> 00:28:49,541 We hear you're gonna need an incentive to get all my pills by tomorrow. 419 00:28:49,666 --> 00:28:53,462 I can't get all 20, but once I get out... 420 00:28:53,587 --> 00:28:55,255 Give us a minute. 421 00:29:02,679 --> 00:29:05,307 Why do you think I'm on buspirone? 422 00:29:05,432 --> 00:29:06,767 The stress. 423 00:29:07,684 --> 00:29:09,978 I get the runs almost every day. 424 00:29:11,646 --> 00:29:13,440 Any sign of weakness, 20 guys would line up 425 00:29:13,565 --> 00:29:16,985 to stick a sharpened-up toothbrush in my eye. 426 00:29:17,110 --> 00:29:22,449 So as much as my better nature, really, wants to give you a pass, 427 00:29:22,574 --> 00:29:25,619 it just wouldn't be good for my health. 428 00:29:26,620 --> 00:29:28,497 See you tomorrow. 429 00:29:50,394 --> 00:29:52,020 I need your help. 430 00:29:54,064 --> 00:29:55,941 You got any matches? 431 00:29:56,066 --> 00:29:58,944 No. That's serious contraband. 432 00:29:59,069 --> 00:30:00,821 What are you planning to do? 433 00:30:00,946 --> 00:30:03,115 How about a stick of gum? 434 00:30:04,032 --> 00:30:05,409 Sure. 435 00:30:08,870 --> 00:30:10,997 I'm gonna need that, too. 436 00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:15,335 Why? 437 00:30:15,877 --> 00:30:17,587 Why do I need the pen 438 00:30:17,712 --> 00:30:21,258 that you always carry around and never write with? 439 00:30:24,636 --> 00:30:26,304 This is plan B. 440 00:31:02,382 --> 00:31:04,718 What happened to your cheek? 441 00:31:06,052 --> 00:31:07,554 What is it? 442 00:31:07,762 --> 00:31:09,723 (FIRE ALARM BLARES) 443 00:31:12,642 --> 00:31:13,810 A fire? 444 00:31:13,935 --> 00:31:17,105 House, we gotta evacuate this area. Come on. 445 00:31:23,236 --> 00:31:24,613 NICK: Hey, House. 446 00:31:24,738 --> 00:31:28,533 You were saying something about how I should, like, swab or... 447 00:31:28,658 --> 00:31:31,661 You're confusing me with the clinic again. 448 00:31:34,789 --> 00:31:37,000 What, you're abandoning me? 449 00:31:37,667 --> 00:31:39,127 As soon as you leave, I am. 450 00:31:39,252 --> 00:31:40,962 Why? What changed? 451 00:31:42,005 --> 00:31:47,469 I'm just done. No you, medicine, fixing people. Done. 452 00:31:48,428 --> 00:31:50,096 - Now, get out. - No. 453 00:31:54,434 --> 00:31:56,436 Your lips are swelling. 454 00:31:57,521 --> 00:31:58,939 Open your mouth. 455 00:31:59,064 --> 00:32:00,357 Did you just eat something? 456 00:32:00,482 --> 00:32:03,276 Meatloaf, potatoes, coffee... 457 00:32:03,401 --> 00:32:04,861 You allergic to anything? 458 00:32:06,196 --> 00:32:07,572 Guard! 459 00:32:08,198 --> 00:32:09,658 You're going into anaphylactic shock. 460 00:32:09,783 --> 00:32:11,284 Guard! 461 00:32:11,409 --> 00:32:12,702 Damn it. 462 00:32:12,827 --> 00:32:14,663 I gotta make a hole, so you can breathe. 463 00:32:29,761 --> 00:32:30,929 (FLUSHES) 464 00:32:31,638 --> 00:32:32,889 ALVAREZ: House, get away from him! 465 00:32:33,014 --> 00:32:34,683 He's having an allergic reaction. He can't breathe. 466 00:32:34,808 --> 00:32:36,309 Lie on the ground with your hands behind your head. 467 00:32:36,434 --> 00:32:38,853 Alvarez, look at what I'm doing. It's a tracheotomy. 468 00:32:38,979 --> 00:32:40,855 Come on, man. You know I'm a doctor. 469 00:32:40,981 --> 00:32:42,691 (INHALES) 470 00:32:43,858 --> 00:32:45,777 What's wrong with him? 471 00:32:46,987 --> 00:32:48,697 I have no idea. 472 00:32:51,908 --> 00:32:53,702 (CRICKET CHIRPING) 473 00:33:02,210 --> 00:33:04,379 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 474 00:34:39,432 --> 00:34:42,227 Saving us both from contraband charges. 475 00:34:42,894 --> 00:34:44,562 (TOILET FLUSHING) 476 00:34:45,271 --> 00:34:46,731 It's been great knowing you. 477 00:34:46,856 --> 00:34:48,400 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 478 00:34:52,153 --> 00:34:55,115 I need to be taken into protective custody. 479 00:35:11,005 --> 00:35:13,717 Wow, that was great. 480 00:35:14,509 --> 00:35:16,803 I think I really dodged a bullet there. 481 00:35:16,928 --> 00:35:19,097 You don't need PC? 482 00:35:19,848 --> 00:35:22,434 Nothing personal. We'll reschedule. 483 00:35:22,559 --> 00:35:24,477 Rain check, I promise. 484 00:35:30,650 --> 00:35:32,694 It wasn't the food. 485 00:35:32,819 --> 00:35:34,446 It was the heat. 486 00:35:35,029 --> 00:35:36,448 It's mastocytosis. 487 00:35:36,948 --> 00:35:39,909 Could be set off by hot liquids, like the coffee he just drank. 488 00:35:40,034 --> 00:35:43,121 - Masto's usually a skin disease. - "Usually"? 489 00:35:43,246 --> 00:35:44,873 It can hit any organ. 490 00:35:45,123 --> 00:35:50,545 Joint pain, osteopenia and anaphylaxis, eyebrow loss. It fits. 491 00:35:50,670 --> 00:35:52,922 It's a possibility. I'll run some blood tests. Thank you. 492 00:35:53,047 --> 00:35:56,676 No. No! It's almost impossible to confirm masto with blood work. 493 00:35:57,135 --> 00:35:59,137 Just give him five aspirin. 494 00:36:00,221 --> 00:36:01,931 If he has masto, 495 00:36:02,056 --> 00:36:04,934 he'll go into anaphylactic shock and won't be able to breathe again. 496 00:36:05,059 --> 00:36:07,687 You do understand the meaning of the word "confirm". 497 00:36:07,812 --> 00:36:08,938 I'll do it. 498 00:36:09,063 --> 00:36:11,441 I almost died in that cell. 499 00:36:12,066 --> 00:36:13,777 House, you're in here 500 00:36:13,902 --> 00:36:16,154 because you think you can do whatever you want, whenever you want. 501 00:36:16,279 --> 00:36:17,781 You can't. And neither can I. 502 00:36:17,906 --> 00:36:20,909 The ACLU would have my job, my license, maybe even my house 503 00:36:21,034 --> 00:36:22,786 if I do an unauthorized, experimental... 504 00:36:22,911 --> 00:36:24,954 - But if it is masto... - It's not. 505 00:36:25,079 --> 00:36:26,915 Well, what do you have to lose by giving him the aspirin? 506 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,374 I'm not taking the risk. 507 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:29,959 It's his risk to take. 508 00:36:30,084 --> 00:36:32,378 If he has another attack and there isn't a doctor in the next cell, 509 00:36:32,504 --> 00:36:33,630 he could die. 510 00:36:33,755 --> 00:36:37,008 For one second, will you stop covering your ass and do the test? 511 00:36:38,051 --> 00:36:39,344 I think House is right. 512 00:36:39,469 --> 00:36:40,929 No. 513 00:36:45,934 --> 00:36:48,978 You're a moron and a coward. I'll do it myself. 514 00:36:49,437 --> 00:36:50,897 Guard. 515 00:36:51,022 --> 00:36:52,607 You're done here, 516 00:36:52,732 --> 00:36:56,319 just like every other place you've ever set foot in your life. 517 00:36:56,444 --> 00:36:57,654 If I ever see you in here again, 518 00:36:57,779 --> 00:37:01,074 I will write you up and they will revoke your parole. 519 00:37:12,669 --> 00:37:14,170 JESSICA: Dr. House. 520 00:37:15,797 --> 00:37:18,508 Did you get all the Vicodin you needed? 521 00:37:18,633 --> 00:37:20,176 I'm not an idiot. 522 00:37:20,301 --> 00:37:23,012 That fire, that bruise on your face. 523 00:37:23,137 --> 00:37:25,431 I talk to prisoners, I know about exit taxes. 524 00:37:25,557 --> 00:37:28,476 You're clearly getting squeezed. 525 00:37:29,602 --> 00:37:31,145 I need 20. 526 00:37:38,486 --> 00:37:40,697 And let me back in the clinic when Sykes is gone. 527 00:37:40,822 --> 00:37:43,283 - I'll take care of Nick. - You can't if you're not willing. 528 00:37:43,408 --> 00:37:45,660 Just take care of yourself. 529 00:38:10,685 --> 00:38:12,270 Well done. 530 00:38:12,395 --> 00:38:14,355 I knew if you'd learned nothing else in here, 531 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:18,234 you'd learned the smart thing is to fall in line. 532 00:38:26,534 --> 00:38:28,536 You're absolutely right. 533 00:38:35,877 --> 00:38:37,045 Hey! Hey! Hey! 534 00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:38,838 I need back-up here. 535 00:38:38,963 --> 00:38:41,174 - Hey! Hey! - Son of a bitch! 536 00:38:42,050 --> 00:38:44,302 You gotta get past me before solitary, you hear me? 537 00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:48,264 Come on. Come on! 538 00:38:49,807 --> 00:38:51,768 Thanks for getting me to the clinic. 539 00:38:52,810 --> 00:38:54,228 Take him out. 540 00:38:55,605 --> 00:38:58,232 I got only two years left in my stretch. 541 00:38:58,858 --> 00:39:00,568 Take him out. 542 00:39:02,070 --> 00:39:03,738 HOUSE: C.O.! Need a little help here! 543 00:39:03,863 --> 00:39:08,076 I need back-up! Without back-up there will be a fight here. 544 00:39:08,201 --> 00:39:09,827 Alvarez! 545 00:39:15,625 --> 00:39:17,293 ALVAREZ: Sullivan, back off! 546 00:39:17,418 --> 00:39:19,295 Mendelson, you'll be held responsible! 547 00:39:19,420 --> 00:39:22,465 Hey, I'm just playing solitaire. 548 00:39:48,241 --> 00:39:50,076 Hands behind your head. 549 00:39:50,201 --> 00:39:51,911 On the ground! 550 00:39:58,876 --> 00:40:00,378 You are so lucky. 551 00:40:00,503 --> 00:40:02,714 We got a guy in an ambulance heading to Princeton General. 552 00:40:02,839 --> 00:40:05,216 Another dozen getting tear gas hosed off them. 553 00:40:05,341 --> 00:40:07,218 Hey, sit down! 554 00:40:07,927 --> 00:40:09,137 Back off! 555 00:40:09,262 --> 00:40:10,555 Sit down! 556 00:40:15,351 --> 00:40:17,437 Where's the aspirin? 557 00:40:21,149 --> 00:40:24,485 Oh, God. Did you get beaten up on purpose? 558 00:40:24,610 --> 00:40:26,779 House. What are you doing? 559 00:40:27,321 --> 00:40:28,448 Hey! 560 00:40:29,157 --> 00:40:32,368 GUARD: House, open up. This is a direct order. 561 00:40:32,493 --> 00:40:34,328 Yeah, it's always a direct order. 562 00:40:34,454 --> 00:40:37,331 Eight months, and I haven't heard an indirect order in here. 563 00:40:37,457 --> 00:40:39,000 Dr. Adams! 564 00:40:39,375 --> 00:40:41,002 They're gonna revoke your parole. 565 00:40:41,127 --> 00:40:43,212 They're gonna charge you with extra crimes. 566 00:40:43,337 --> 00:40:45,840 You'll be here six more months, minimum. 567 00:40:45,965 --> 00:40:47,425 Sorry, distracted. 568 00:40:47,550 --> 00:40:48,593 You were saying? 569 00:40:48,718 --> 00:40:50,595 I checked your file. You didn't have a bad lawyer, 570 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:52,096 you had no lawyer. 571 00:40:52,221 --> 00:40:56,017 You took the first deal they offered you because you wanted to punish yourself. 572 00:40:56,142 --> 00:40:57,477 You think getting beaten up, 573 00:40:57,602 --> 00:40:59,896 you think saving this one guy will wipe your slate clean? 574 00:41:00,021 --> 00:41:01,105 No. 575 00:41:01,230 --> 00:41:04,275 - Then why are you doing this? - Because I have a gift. 576 00:41:06,069 --> 00:41:08,905 Once you drink this, you should get an attack almost immediately. 577 00:41:09,030 --> 00:41:10,239 That is, if I am right. 578 00:41:10,364 --> 00:41:12,408 You just bought yourself months in solitary. 579 00:41:12,533 --> 00:41:14,577 Was it really worth it? If I'm wrong, no, it wasn't. 580 00:41:16,079 --> 00:41:18,831 No! No! No! Get the cup! Get the cup! 581 00:41:18,956 --> 00:41:20,041 Drink it! Drink it! 582 00:41:20,166 --> 00:41:21,959 DR. SYKES: No! Grab the cup! 583 00:41:24,128 --> 00:41:26,214 GUARD: Hands behind your back. 584 00:41:27,757 --> 00:41:31,010 - What were you thinking? - I don't know. I... 585 00:41:31,427 --> 00:41:33,262 I was... I was scared. 586 00:41:41,270 --> 00:41:42,897 No! 587 00:41:43,439 --> 00:41:44,899 You're fired. 588 00:41:45,024 --> 00:41:46,734 You're beyond fired. 589 00:41:46,859 --> 00:41:50,655 You're completely un-hirable anywhere. Do you understand that? 590 00:41:52,448 --> 00:41:55,952 Yes. Now shut up and let's see if he has an attack. 591 00:42:14,303 --> 00:42:17,265 HOUSE: Come on. Just a little more time. 592 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,897 DR. SYKES: Get him out of here. 593 00:42:41,247 --> 00:42:43,749 (DOOR OPENING)