1 00:00:03,358 --> 00:00:05,569 Okay, boys and girls. 2 00:00:05,694 --> 00:00:08,780 Guess what kind of animal Wacky Benny's making now. 3 00:00:08,905 --> 00:00:09,948 Give you a big hint. 4 00:00:11,158 --> 00:00:13,243 (CROWING) 5 00:00:17,539 --> 00:00:18,999 (CHILDREN TITTERING) 6 00:00:19,124 --> 00:00:20,876 Is it a dead animal? 7 00:00:23,587 --> 00:00:27,174 I say we put him out of his misery and bring out Emma's cake. 8 00:00:27,299 --> 00:00:30,260 He's so new to this. How's he gonna learn if we stop his act? 9 00:00:30,385 --> 00:00:31,678 You're a sucky clown. 10 00:00:32,763 --> 00:00:35,432 And you're a super-duper audience. 11 00:00:39,645 --> 00:00:41,021 Hey, that is not okay. 12 00:00:41,146 --> 00:00:42,522 Hey, keep your hands off my son! 13 00:00:42,648 --> 00:00:45,192 Tell him to keep his hands off me. 14 00:00:54,159 --> 00:00:56,495 I can't move my arm or leg. 15 00:01:29,361 --> 00:01:32,656 So how does a completely healthy teenager have a mini-stroke? 16 00:01:32,781 --> 00:01:35,367 Head CT and cerebral angiogram are normal, 17 00:01:35,492 --> 00:01:37,285 clotting parameters are normal. 18 00:01:37,411 --> 00:01:41,081 You're forgetting the wrinkly clump in the middle of his shirt. 19 00:01:41,206 --> 00:01:44,126 Thought we'd diagnose the middle-aged clown first. 20 00:01:44,710 --> 00:01:46,086 It's probably from my seatbelt. 21 00:01:46,211 --> 00:01:47,295 Wrinkle pattern's too varied. 22 00:01:47,421 --> 00:01:49,423 Looks like someone shoved you. Or grabbed you. 23 00:01:49,548 --> 00:01:52,050 Probably from the diaper bag. If the patient's using drugs, 24 00:01:52,175 --> 00:01:54,177 cocaine could've caused an arterial spasm in his brain... 25 00:01:54,302 --> 00:01:55,345 Tox screen's clean. 26 00:01:55,470 --> 00:01:58,515 I'm gonna say it was the ex-girlfriend you cheated on, 27 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,225 not the ex-wife you cheated with 28 00:02:00,350 --> 00:02:01,935 because if the latter was prone to violence, 29 00:02:02,060 --> 00:02:05,897 you'd have been scattered in various dumpsters years ago. 30 00:02:07,983 --> 00:02:09,651 Seriously? 31 00:02:09,776 --> 00:02:11,945 No one else wants to talk about the patient? 32 00:02:12,070 --> 00:02:14,823 New office furniture. Meaty topic. 33 00:02:14,948 --> 00:02:17,242 What's the action on the ex-wife? 34 00:02:18,702 --> 00:02:20,245 It was Rachel's boyfriend Phil. 35 00:02:20,370 --> 00:02:22,205 His company's moving him back to Portland. 36 00:02:22,330 --> 00:02:24,166 He wants me to change my visitation order 37 00:02:24,291 --> 00:02:27,627 so he can ask Rachel and my daughter to move out west with him. 38 00:02:27,753 --> 00:02:29,796 Things got a little heated. 39 00:02:31,214 --> 00:02:33,258 The patient was punched in the groin, 40 00:02:33,383 --> 00:02:35,969 could've triggered a massive sympathetic discharge... 41 00:02:36,094 --> 00:02:37,554 Carotid duplex is normal. 42 00:02:37,679 --> 00:02:39,806 And who's better qualified to be the daddy? 43 00:02:39,931 --> 00:02:42,851 The guy who spilled a little DNA in her gene pool, 44 00:02:42,976 --> 00:02:44,478 or the guy who's gonna be there day and night 45 00:02:44,603 --> 00:02:49,149 to pass on important values like not shtupping Mommy after the divorce? 46 00:02:49,274 --> 00:02:52,944 I am her daddy. She's staying here. 47 00:02:53,069 --> 00:02:54,154 CHI: House has a point. 48 00:02:54,279 --> 00:02:56,740 A couple nights a week with each kid may make you feel better. 49 00:02:56,865 --> 00:02:58,617 It doesn't replace two round-the-clock parents. 50 00:02:58,742 --> 00:03:01,119 Round-the-clock or not, parenting's an impossible job. 51 00:03:01,244 --> 00:03:03,538 No way not to mess it up. 52 00:03:03,663 --> 00:03:05,582 Why shouldn't Taub be the one to do it? 53 00:03:05,707 --> 00:03:07,000 - Thank you. - Makes sense. 54 00:03:07,125 --> 00:03:09,753 Park's tiger mom and dad were so insufferable, 55 00:03:09,878 --> 00:03:12,088 she has to measure their affection in hours. 56 00:03:12,214 --> 00:03:15,634 Chase's careerist dad and alcoholic mom were so indifferent, 57 00:03:15,759 --> 00:03:17,052 he has to believe it's a wash. 58 00:03:17,177 --> 00:03:18,136 Your turn. 59 00:03:18,261 --> 00:03:19,721 What did your screwed-up parents do 60 00:03:19,846 --> 00:03:21,223 to screw up your view of parenting? 61 00:03:22,766 --> 00:03:24,100 They were good parents. 62 00:03:24,226 --> 00:03:25,936 That's an oxymoron. 63 00:03:26,061 --> 00:03:28,563 Chase is right, all parents screw up all children. 64 00:03:28,688 --> 00:03:30,774 He's also dreamy, but it's not relevant now. 65 00:03:30,899 --> 00:03:32,651 TAUB: So all parents screw up all children, 66 00:03:32,776 --> 00:03:34,069 but it makes some huge difference 67 00:03:34,194 --> 00:03:36,446 if I keep my daughter here or let her move? 68 00:03:36,571 --> 00:03:39,533 Endocarditis, flipped a piece of vegetation into his brain, 69 00:03:39,658 --> 00:03:41,326 which could've broken up before the angiogram. 70 00:03:42,536 --> 00:03:44,496 Transesophageal echo to confirm. 71 00:03:45,121 --> 00:03:46,873 And screwed up is her best-case. 72 00:03:46,998 --> 00:03:49,417 Bouncing between a philandering, workaholic dad 73 00:03:49,543 --> 00:03:52,254 and an embittered, sexually-betrayed mom, 74 00:03:52,379 --> 00:03:54,798 it's gonna lead to screwed-up squared. 75 00:03:57,467 --> 00:03:59,594 - Is endocarditis treatable? - Very. 76 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:02,180 The echo will show us any growths on his heart valve. 77 00:04:02,305 --> 00:04:05,392 Most likely meds'll be enough, he won't even need surgery. 78 00:04:05,517 --> 00:04:09,354 He's just taken up performing, and it's very stressful for him. 79 00:04:10,105 --> 00:04:11,022 Could that have caused this? 80 00:04:11,147 --> 00:04:13,066 It's not stressful, I have fun. 81 00:04:13,191 --> 00:04:14,317 Stress wouldn't be relevant. 82 00:04:14,442 --> 00:04:17,821 But anything that increases his adrenaline could have made it worse. 83 00:04:18,780 --> 00:04:22,242 Maybe we find you a new hobby. One you're a little better at. 84 00:04:22,367 --> 00:04:26,580 I'm gonna get better at it, and it's not a hobby. 85 00:04:27,330 --> 00:04:28,999 I think I want to get a job working 86 00:04:29,124 --> 00:04:31,501 as a circus clown, making people laugh. 87 00:04:33,670 --> 00:04:36,464 Ben, I don't think that's a good idea. 88 00:04:36,590 --> 00:04:38,758 It was good enough for my dad. 89 00:04:40,135 --> 00:04:43,013 - You were a... - His biological father. 90 00:04:43,138 --> 00:04:45,015 Could his dad's melanoma be a factor here? 91 00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:47,142 That wouldn't be related. 92 00:04:47,767 --> 00:04:49,394 Ben, you barely knew him. 93 00:04:49,519 --> 00:04:50,979 You're such a smart kid, 94 00:04:51,104 --> 00:04:56,318 you could aim a lot higher than face paint and seltzer bottles. 95 00:04:58,862 --> 00:05:00,697 I need treatment for my Type 2 diabetes. 96 00:05:02,407 --> 00:05:05,285 There is absolutely no part of that sentence that is true. 97 00:05:05,410 --> 00:05:08,538 I've been experiencing weight gain, fatigue and sluggishness. 98 00:05:08,663 --> 00:05:10,999 Weight loss is a symptom of diabetes. 99 00:05:11,124 --> 00:05:12,918 Fatigue is a symptom of thinking you 100 00:05:13,043 --> 00:05:14,294 have a disease you don't actually have. 101 00:05:14,419 --> 00:05:16,755 And sluggishness is a synonym of fatigue. 102 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,090 I need insulin. I know it. 103 00:05:19,215 --> 00:05:22,510 Much as I'd like to kill you by dangerously lowering your blood sugar, 104 00:05:22,636 --> 00:05:24,387 murder violates my parole. 105 00:05:24,512 --> 00:05:27,265 That blood work is weeks old. Test me again. 106 00:05:27,390 --> 00:05:30,018 I am the test. The test is negative. 107 00:05:30,644 --> 00:05:33,021 The test also thinks you're a giant pain in the ass. 108 00:05:36,191 --> 00:05:38,568 That last insult was your cue to leave. 109 00:05:40,236 --> 00:05:41,947 Test me. 110 00:05:43,156 --> 00:05:45,492 Fine. Wait right here. 111 00:05:46,701 --> 00:05:47,869 Thank you. 112 00:05:50,956 --> 00:05:55,251 Sleep study. Please make sure he's not disturbed for the next eight hours. 113 00:05:55,377 --> 00:05:57,629 We need to talk about Saturday night. 114 00:05:57,754 --> 00:06:00,048 No, I10, I10, no, no. 115 00:06:00,173 --> 00:06:03,510 Historians will talk of Saturday night, not us. 116 00:06:03,635 --> 00:06:07,472 The legendary night on which we watch Santos shatter Rubio's jaw 117 00:06:07,597 --> 00:06:09,432 and you epically pay me $50. 118 00:06:09,557 --> 00:06:11,810 I have a chance to really watch it. 119 00:06:11,935 --> 00:06:14,229 A patient of mine has a pair of tickets he can't use. 120 00:06:14,354 --> 00:06:18,984 And obviously you're under house and office arrest, 121 00:06:19,109 --> 00:06:21,194 I just wanted to make sure you were cool 122 00:06:21,319 --> 00:06:23,488 if I go to Atlantic City without you. 123 00:06:23,613 --> 00:06:24,948 No, thanks. 124 00:06:25,073 --> 00:06:26,783 I'm afraid I'm gonna have to decline your invitation 125 00:06:26,908 --> 00:06:29,577 to not spend Saturday night with you. 126 00:06:29,703 --> 00:06:31,663 These are ringside seats. 127 00:06:31,788 --> 00:06:33,748 Cameras are ringside, too. 128 00:06:33,873 --> 00:06:35,834 If you want, I could sweat and spit 129 00:06:35,959 --> 00:06:37,919 and bleed on you from time to time. 130 00:06:38,044 --> 00:06:39,921 I'd take you if I could. 131 00:06:40,046 --> 00:06:42,132 Well, I'd take me if either of us could. 132 00:06:42,257 --> 00:06:45,218 - See what a tough spot I'm in? - I'm going to that fight. 133 00:06:47,512 --> 00:06:50,432 All right, I'll take the other ticket. 134 00:06:50,557 --> 00:06:53,143 Let me worry about logistics. 135 00:07:02,193 --> 00:07:05,071 Patient's heart valves are normal. It's not endocarditis. 136 00:07:05,196 --> 00:07:07,240 But he has a thickened pericardium, which makes no sense. 137 00:07:07,365 --> 00:07:11,202 He has a heart problem, but not one that could've caused his TIA. 138 00:07:11,327 --> 00:07:13,329 Syphilitic vasculitis would explain the TIA 139 00:07:13,455 --> 00:07:14,831 and the pericardial inflammation. 140 00:07:14,956 --> 00:07:18,043 Syph test was negative. Plus, the kid's never been sexually active. 141 00:07:18,168 --> 00:07:21,337 Yeah, I got that from the line on his chart that says "birthday clown". 142 00:07:21,463 --> 00:07:24,549 - His late father was a circus clown. - Histoplasmosis. 143 00:07:24,674 --> 00:07:25,884 HOUSE: He's not immunocompromised. 144 00:07:26,009 --> 00:07:27,844 And I assume you added that irrelevant tidbit 145 00:07:27,969 --> 00:07:30,513 because you're moved by the son's idiotic tribute, 146 00:07:30,638 --> 00:07:32,557 and think it justifies keeping your daughter in New Jersey. 147 00:07:32,682 --> 00:07:34,225 But what if he has a heightened immune system. 148 00:07:34,350 --> 00:07:36,644 I mentioned it because... 149 00:07:39,439 --> 00:07:42,067 Take your time. We'll continue with medicine. 150 00:07:42,192 --> 00:07:45,737 Sj6gren's could've given him chronic pericarditis and cerebral arteritis. 151 00:07:45,862 --> 00:07:48,490 Sj6gren's it is. IV immunosuppressants to treat. 152 00:07:50,658 --> 00:07:52,702 Anything? 153 00:07:54,287 --> 00:07:56,164 This'll calm your immune system. 154 00:07:56,289 --> 00:07:59,417 You should be out of here within the week. 155 00:07:59,542 --> 00:08:01,586 My mom'll be happy to hear that. 156 00:08:01,711 --> 00:08:03,838 I've got an internship that starts in three weeks. 157 00:08:04,464 --> 00:08:06,716 I take it it's not at a place with a big top. 158 00:08:07,884 --> 00:08:10,345 It's in my stepdad's law office. 159 00:08:11,971 --> 00:08:15,225 I know I'm not any good at being a clown yet, 160 00:08:15,350 --> 00:08:17,560 but when I do get a laugh, 161 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,939 see those kids' eyes light up, 162 00:08:21,064 --> 00:08:24,025 that's how my dad made me feel when I was a kid. 163 00:08:25,693 --> 00:08:26,986 You need to hang onto that. 164 00:08:28,613 --> 00:08:29,656 (SIGHS) 165 00:08:29,781 --> 00:08:33,576 My mom says he was a loving father, 166 00:08:33,701 --> 00:08:37,122 but always broke and always on the road. 167 00:08:37,247 --> 00:08:39,541 It's a stupid way to make a living. 168 00:08:40,834 --> 00:08:44,003 You're 16. Plenty of time to make money. 169 00:08:45,463 --> 00:08:47,924 Wanting to build a connection with your dad, 170 00:08:48,049 --> 00:08:51,344 pass on some of the joy that he gave you, 171 00:08:51,469 --> 00:08:53,179 that's not stupid at all. 172 00:08:56,599 --> 00:08:58,351 I got it. 173 00:09:04,315 --> 00:09:07,068 (STUTTERS) Is this because of the medication? 174 00:09:07,193 --> 00:09:08,486 Is it normal? 175 00:09:13,950 --> 00:09:17,328 It's not normal, and it's not Sj6gren's. 176 00:09:24,419 --> 00:09:26,421 TIA, thickened pericardium, and now 177 00:09:26,546 --> 00:09:29,299 he's bleeding from his nose and mouth. 178 00:09:31,718 --> 00:09:33,511 What are you doing with her? 179 00:09:33,636 --> 00:09:34,971 "Her"? 180 00:09:35,763 --> 00:09:39,934 Surely this little bundle of fun has an actual name. 181 00:09:41,311 --> 00:09:43,062 It's Sophie. 182 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:45,773 Both your kids are named... 183 00:09:45,899 --> 00:09:48,401 She's Sophie. The other one's Sophia. 184 00:09:48,526 --> 00:09:49,527 It's different enough. 185 00:09:49,652 --> 00:09:52,572 They actually have two completely different derivations. 186 00:09:53,448 --> 00:09:55,825 No, they don't. 187 00:09:55,950 --> 00:09:59,370 I wasn't in a strong negotiating position. Why is she here? 188 00:09:59,495 --> 00:10:02,498 Ruby dropped her off. Seemed pretty upset. 189 00:10:02,624 --> 00:10:04,834 Apparently someone forgot that it was Daddy's night. 190 00:10:04,959 --> 00:10:06,211 She wasn't even gonna leave her 191 00:10:06,336 --> 00:10:07,962 till I said that I was letting you off early. 192 00:10:08,087 --> 00:10:11,299 Damn it. I just started back on the team. My schedule's a mess. 193 00:10:11,424 --> 00:10:13,301 If your own kids are a scheduling item, 194 00:10:13,426 --> 00:10:15,887 maybe you should let one of them move. 195 00:10:16,012 --> 00:10:18,514 Patient has low platelets, makes me think DIC. 196 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:19,474 (BABY SQUEALS) 197 00:10:19,599 --> 00:10:20,558 HOUSE: She doesn't seem to like that idea. 198 00:10:20,683 --> 00:10:25,688 You're right. No schistocytes in his smear. 199 00:10:25,813 --> 00:10:29,651 He also has a low red count. What if it's a retroperitoneal bleed? 200 00:10:29,776 --> 00:10:30,777 No Grey-Turner's sign. 201 00:10:30,902 --> 00:10:33,571 She wasn't fussy like that when I was holding her. 202 00:10:33,696 --> 00:10:35,281 Maybe she likes the sound of my voice. 203 00:10:35,406 --> 00:10:39,577 Which is weird because I have no genetic connection to her. 204 00:10:40,787 --> 00:10:43,706 Could it be she doesn't know the difference? 205 00:10:43,831 --> 00:10:45,375 So many children of your own, 206 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:46,876 no wonder you have such insight into 207 00:10:47,001 --> 00:10:48,169 my relationship with my babies. 208 00:10:48,294 --> 00:10:51,589 Good point. How could I comprehend that you're too despised 209 00:10:51,714 --> 00:10:53,174 to keep them from having the same name, 210 00:10:53,299 --> 00:10:55,385 too overwhelmed to remember your own calendar, 211 00:10:55,510 --> 00:10:57,262 and too vain to admit that at this stage, 212 00:10:57,387 --> 00:10:59,847 you don't matter to either baby? 213 00:11:01,015 --> 00:11:03,309 Low white count suggests infection. 214 00:11:04,435 --> 00:11:07,021 What if you're all right? Low platelets, plus low red count, 215 00:11:07,146 --> 00:11:08,690 plus low white count equals... 216 00:11:08,815 --> 00:11:12,318 - Aplastic anemia. - Kid needs a bone marrow transplant. 217 00:11:13,111 --> 00:11:15,363 Everyone except Adams transfuse 218 00:11:15,488 --> 00:11:17,949 his platelets till you find a match. 219 00:11:24,414 --> 00:11:27,166 You started college a semester late 220 00:11:27,292 --> 00:11:30,169 because you left high school a semester late 221 00:11:30,295 --> 00:11:34,716 because you had five inoompletos in your junior year. 222 00:11:34,841 --> 00:11:36,467 And you're offering one bad semester 223 00:11:36,592 --> 00:11:38,386 as proof that my parents screwed me up? 224 00:11:38,511 --> 00:11:40,763 Did okay before that, straight A's after that. 225 00:11:40,888 --> 00:11:42,765 I went through a rebellious phase. 226 00:11:42,890 --> 00:11:46,311 Don't tell me. Mom and Dad were at each other's throats, 227 00:11:46,436 --> 00:11:49,689 and the academic crisis was a cry for help. 228 00:11:51,941 --> 00:11:55,528 Sorry to mess with your world view, but I'm not messed up. 229 00:11:55,653 --> 00:11:58,239 So my parents couldn't have messed me up. 230 00:11:59,032 --> 00:12:02,118 Mom's HLA is only a 3/6 match. 231 00:12:02,243 --> 00:12:04,203 Maternal grandmother's worse than that. 232 00:12:04,329 --> 00:12:05,413 Where'd you unload the baby? 233 00:12:05,538 --> 00:12:06,998 Maternity ward. Shut up. 234 00:12:07,123 --> 00:12:10,376 You realize you're making House's argument for him. 235 00:12:10,501 --> 00:12:12,545 The part where he said any parent who uses day care 236 00:12:12,670 --> 00:12:14,213 should ship their child across the country? 237 00:12:14,339 --> 00:12:16,424 No, the part where he said that baby doesn't need you. 238 00:12:16,549 --> 00:12:18,384 You've only got her a couple days a week, 239 00:12:18,509 --> 00:12:20,428 and most of that's spent with a rotating cast of nurses... 240 00:12:20,553 --> 00:12:22,472 That's how Daddy likes to spend his time, too. 241 00:12:22,597 --> 00:12:25,266 - Shut up. - First cousin's also a whiff. 242 00:12:25,391 --> 00:12:28,519 So much for genetics mattering. I'll try the marrow registry. 243 00:12:32,148 --> 00:12:33,608 TAUB: Dr. Park is searching the registry. 244 00:12:33,733 --> 00:12:36,110 Transfusing his platelets will keep him healthy while we wait. 245 00:12:36,235 --> 00:12:38,279 You sure there's no one on the father's side of the family? 246 00:12:38,404 --> 00:12:40,865 If one of them's a match, that'd speed things up a lot. 247 00:12:41,741 --> 00:12:43,701 (SIGHS) His parents died young, 248 00:12:43,826 --> 00:12:44,660 he was an only child. 249 00:12:44,786 --> 00:12:46,829 There's no living relatives that I know of. 250 00:12:46,954 --> 00:12:47,872 Something will turn up soon. 251 00:12:47,997 --> 00:12:49,832 How soon is soon? Will he miss a lot of school? 252 00:12:49,957 --> 00:12:52,877 I'm actually thinking of just getting my GED. 253 00:12:53,836 --> 00:12:55,755 How do you expect to get into a good college? 254 00:12:55,880 --> 00:13:00,176 I'm gonna take classes on magic, juggling, try to make a go of this. 255 00:13:00,301 --> 00:13:02,929 Ben, you keep your grades up, you can do anything in the world. 256 00:13:03,054 --> 00:13:05,973 Like what? Work in some boring office? 257 00:13:06,099 --> 00:13:08,893 Do you think my father would have done that for 10 minutes? 258 00:13:09,018 --> 00:13:10,603 You don't remember your father. You don't know... 259 00:13:10,728 --> 00:13:13,147 I want to build a connection with him. 260 00:13:13,981 --> 00:13:17,193 Pass on some of the joy that he gave me. 261 00:13:19,862 --> 00:13:21,072 My... 262 00:13:22,407 --> 00:13:24,242 My back hurts. 263 00:13:24,367 --> 00:13:25,326 (MACHINE BEEPING) 264 00:13:26,285 --> 00:13:28,037 His BP's dropping. 265 00:13:28,162 --> 00:13:30,706 MAN: We think we've dealt with all the liability issues. 266 00:13:34,502 --> 00:13:36,212 I'm in a meeting. 267 00:13:36,337 --> 00:13:40,007 Sorry. Since you paged me, I didn't want to keep you waiting. 268 00:13:40,133 --> 00:13:42,510 Yeah. I paged you, which means you're next. 269 00:13:42,635 --> 00:13:45,263 That's cool. I'll wait. 270 00:13:45,388 --> 00:13:49,142 That's a good start. Let's go through it point by point. 271 00:13:49,684 --> 00:13:51,352 First up... 272 00:13:55,148 --> 00:13:56,732 I'll call you back. 273 00:13:58,443 --> 00:14:00,403 Just got this. 274 00:14:01,154 --> 00:14:03,406 The American Association of Rheumatology 275 00:14:03,531 --> 00:14:07,410 wants you to speak, 9:00, Saturday, in Atlantic City. 276 00:14:07,535 --> 00:14:10,955 Dr. Neusinger canceled on them at the last minute. 277 00:14:12,206 --> 00:14:14,250 I hate conferences. 278 00:14:14,792 --> 00:14:17,503 Well, this is a big one. And it's the premium slot. 279 00:14:18,337 --> 00:14:21,340 I'd like you to do it. I'll clear it with your parole officer. 280 00:14:22,758 --> 00:14:24,802 What do I need to do for you? 281 00:14:27,597 --> 00:14:30,683 Halve the clinic hours that you recently doubled, 282 00:14:30,808 --> 00:14:34,395 and double the hooker budget that you recently halved. 283 00:14:35,855 --> 00:14:38,774 I think you refer to it as petty cash. 284 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,027 Fine. 285 00:14:42,945 --> 00:14:46,365 Just one thing. I'm gonna ask them to put you on in the morning. 286 00:14:46,491 --> 00:14:49,327 We're doing them a favor. Why should you have to spend the night? 287 00:14:49,452 --> 00:14:52,955 But you said that 9:00 was the premium slot. 288 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,333 I want to feel like I've earned my hookers. 289 00:14:55,458 --> 00:14:57,585 The place'll be a madhouse. 290 00:14:57,710 --> 00:15:01,464 Especially since it's 2 miles from the Rubio fight, at the exact same time. 291 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,594 Nice try. You called up, pretended to be Neusinger, canceled, 292 00:15:06,719 --> 00:15:09,263 then suggested yourself as a replacement. 293 00:15:09,388 --> 00:15:11,098 You go to that fight, you go to prison. 294 00:15:11,224 --> 00:15:12,475 Well, that'd be redundant 295 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,187 when I have an angry black guy waiting for me to drop the soap right here. 296 00:15:16,312 --> 00:15:19,106 Better go do some of those clinic hours I recently doubled. 297 00:15:25,196 --> 00:15:26,781 Test my urine. 298 00:15:28,032 --> 00:15:29,825 Looks like I was wrong about my diagnosis. 299 00:15:29,951 --> 00:15:31,661 Yeah. I have diabetes. 300 00:15:31,786 --> 00:15:34,330 No. But you're not a hypochondriac. 301 00:15:34,455 --> 00:15:36,165 Or you'd have imagined some new disease 302 00:15:36,290 --> 00:15:37,583 after I shot down the first one. 303 00:15:37,708 --> 00:15:41,087 So whose urine is that? Diabetic girlfriend without health insurance? 304 00:15:41,212 --> 00:15:45,007 It's not a scam, I'm sick. Now I have swollen ankles. 305 00:15:45,132 --> 00:15:47,051 The medical term is cankles. 306 00:15:47,176 --> 00:15:50,054 Is there some black market in insulin that I don't know about? 307 00:15:50,179 --> 00:15:51,556 It's in my genes. 308 00:15:51,681 --> 00:15:55,893 My old man got diabetes at 50, my older brother got it at 50, I just turned 50. 309 00:15:56,018 --> 00:15:59,188 Well, that's a great argument if diabetes was a gold watch. 310 00:15:59,313 --> 00:16:03,276 I've got sciatica like my dad, class-four hemorrhoids like him. 311 00:16:03,401 --> 00:16:05,361 I need to get a jump on this thing. 312 00:16:05,486 --> 00:16:06,487 (KNOCK AT DOOR) 313 00:16:08,322 --> 00:16:09,782 We had to stop the transfusion. 314 00:16:09,907 --> 00:16:12,034 Patient's having an allergic reaction to donor platelets. 315 00:16:12,159 --> 00:16:13,369 No one in Mom's family's a match, 316 00:16:13,494 --> 00:16:15,329 and as far as she knows, Dad has no living relatives. 317 00:16:15,454 --> 00:16:17,540 It's been years since he died. 318 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,175 If the kid's dad died young of melanoma, 319 00:16:29,677 --> 00:16:30,720 how come the overprotective mom 320 00:16:30,845 --> 00:16:32,763 never took him to a dermatologist? 321 00:16:32,888 --> 00:16:35,182 Are you gonna test my urine, or what? 322 00:16:48,904 --> 00:16:51,240 Not diabetes. 323 00:16:51,365 --> 00:16:52,742 Use crossmatched platelets, 324 00:16:52,867 --> 00:16:55,119 try to find the patient some blood that's closer to his own. 325 00:16:55,244 --> 00:16:58,039 And get the real story on clown senior's death. 326 00:16:58,164 --> 00:16:59,874 Mom's hiding something. 327 00:16:59,999 --> 00:17:02,585 There's a good bet that it's medically relevant. 328 00:17:04,503 --> 00:17:08,591 Apple juice. Easiest way to fake a spike in blood sugar. 329 00:17:12,219 --> 00:17:17,725 His family history of melanoma may have affected his cellular outlook. 330 00:17:17,850 --> 00:17:21,354 If we had more detail on the exact type of melanoma his father had... 331 00:17:22,688 --> 00:17:26,150 Otherwise we might not be able to find a marrow match. 332 00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:29,904 He never had melanoma. 333 00:17:30,029 --> 00:17:31,864 How did he die? 334 00:17:33,824 --> 00:17:35,201 He didn't. 335 00:17:38,496 --> 00:17:43,459 He lives in Pennsauken, under a different name. Mitchell Gordon. 336 00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:46,003 How could you keep this from me? From Ben? 337 00:17:50,049 --> 00:17:51,634 He really needs to know his dad 338 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:53,344 just breezed in and out of his life, 339 00:17:53,469 --> 00:17:55,096 drunk and incoherent? 340 00:17:55,221 --> 00:17:59,141 It's better to think the man's dead but decent. 341 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,778 WILSON: You realize I have to invite someone else to the Rubio fight. 342 00:18:10,903 --> 00:18:12,905 HOUSE: Nope. No realization whatsoever. 343 00:18:13,030 --> 00:18:14,949 You have a LoJack on your leg. 344 00:18:15,074 --> 00:18:16,951 I was happy watching the fight on pay-per-view. 345 00:18:17,076 --> 00:18:19,578 You're the one who insisted we go to Atlantic City. 346 00:18:32,550 --> 00:18:35,970 Your biological father was a decent, God-fearing minister, 347 00:18:36,095 --> 00:18:38,848 the guy who raised you was a cold-hearted jerk. 348 00:18:38,973 --> 00:18:40,766 I'm trying to figure out why you're so convinced 349 00:18:40,891 --> 00:18:43,310 Adams has parentally-inflicted damage. 350 00:18:43,436 --> 00:18:46,147 - You're trying to deflect. - Now you are. 351 00:18:46,272 --> 00:18:49,692 You have to believe that every parent screws up every child, 352 00:18:49,817 --> 00:18:51,986 or you were screwed out of a decent childhood. 353 00:18:52,111 --> 00:18:54,029 My decent daddy-of-the-cloth 354 00:18:54,155 --> 00:18:56,991 was also being indecent with my married mom. 355 00:18:57,825 --> 00:19:00,870 He probably would've taken other kids to the playground. 356 00:19:03,539 --> 00:19:06,041 Not my fault, bad parenting. 357 00:19:16,510 --> 00:19:18,554 Mitchell Gordon? 358 00:19:18,679 --> 00:19:20,514 I've already got a religion. Go away. 359 00:19:20,639 --> 00:19:22,224 We're doctors. 360 00:19:22,349 --> 00:19:24,185 Your son Ben is in the hospital, 361 00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:26,270 at Princeton-Plainsboro. He's very sick. 362 00:19:29,774 --> 00:19:32,234 Yeah, well, I don't have a son. Not anymore. 363 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,278 We know there are some issues there, 364 00:19:34,403 --> 00:19:36,906 but your bone marrow could cure him. 365 00:19:37,031 --> 00:19:39,575 There's a hospital 2 miles from here. It's a simple test... 366 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:42,328 You said he was at Princeton-Plainsboro. 367 00:19:42,453 --> 00:19:46,207 His mother feels it's better to do the tests at a different hospital. 368 00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:49,835 Like I said, I don't have a son anymore. 369 00:19:53,714 --> 00:19:56,717 CHASE: House isn't gonna give up. Just tell him about your parents. 370 00:19:56,842 --> 00:19:58,385 Or make up a lie. 371 00:19:58,511 --> 00:20:00,262 I don't want to lie. 372 00:20:00,387 --> 00:20:02,932 And I don't want to validate his ridiculous theory. 373 00:20:03,057 --> 00:20:05,893 It's not ridiculous. Even the best-intentioned parents 374 00:20:06,018 --> 00:20:07,144 end up damaging their kids. 375 00:20:07,269 --> 00:20:10,481 You're a smart, successful doctor. 376 00:20:10,606 --> 00:20:13,442 How much damage could you have? 377 00:20:15,236 --> 00:20:18,030 Know how I got interested in medicine? 378 00:20:18,656 --> 00:20:20,533 When my mother drank, she couldn't handle me, 379 00:20:20,658 --> 00:20:22,910 so she locked me in my father's study. 380 00:20:23,786 --> 00:20:26,121 Only so many hours you can cry and bang on the door 381 00:20:26,247 --> 00:20:28,958 before you give up, find something to read. 382 00:20:29,708 --> 00:20:33,504 We all have family dysfunction. That's why we're successful. 383 00:20:34,630 --> 00:20:36,465 To fill that hole. 384 00:20:40,010 --> 00:20:42,346 My parents have a lot of money. 385 00:20:43,722 --> 00:20:46,433 But they didn't make it legally. 386 00:20:47,476 --> 00:20:49,061 White-collar crime? 387 00:20:49,186 --> 00:20:52,439 Started with card games, high-stakes poker. 388 00:20:53,607 --> 00:20:56,235 Then my dad got into narcotics. 389 00:20:56,360 --> 00:21:00,364 At first just selling, but then using, too. 390 00:21:01,949 --> 00:21:04,535 Or he never would've gotten into the slave trade. 391 00:21:04,660 --> 00:21:06,370 Children mostly. 392 00:21:06,495 --> 00:21:10,541 Easier to pack in small crates. Plus the shipping's a lot cheaper... 393 00:21:13,502 --> 00:21:16,380 Won't even trust a co-worker. 394 00:21:16,505 --> 00:21:18,465 What did your parents do to you? 395 00:21:22,845 --> 00:21:24,138 You have to go see him yourself. 396 00:21:24,263 --> 00:21:27,057 He wouldn't even come to the door a second time. 397 00:21:28,225 --> 00:21:30,269 Okay. I'll drive over there. 398 00:21:30,394 --> 00:21:32,479 (MACHINE BEEPING) 399 00:21:36,150 --> 00:21:38,611 (BREATHING HEAVILY) (GROANING) 400 00:21:42,448 --> 00:21:43,449 It's a pleural effusion. 401 00:21:43,574 --> 00:21:47,119 He had a bleeding problem earlier, must be bleeding into his lungs. 402 00:21:57,046 --> 00:22:00,132 (GASPING FOR BREATH) 403 00:22:03,552 --> 00:22:05,971 - Except there's no blood. - What does that mean? 404 00:22:06,096 --> 00:22:07,431 Means you don't have to make that drive. 405 00:22:07,556 --> 00:22:10,893 The problem isn't his marrow, it's his liver. 406 00:22:16,106 --> 00:22:18,609 Liver failure explains everything. 407 00:22:18,734 --> 00:22:21,153 Question is, what explains the liver failure? 408 00:22:21,278 --> 00:22:23,822 It's not an infection. We tried antibiotics, but he's not responding. 409 00:22:23,948 --> 00:22:26,575 More curiously, what explains the mom lying 410 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:30,496 about Dad pushing up squirting daisies? 411 00:22:30,621 --> 00:22:34,208 This is how you plan to get to that boxing game? 412 00:22:36,210 --> 00:22:38,545 - Why are you looking at her? - Because I'm stunned. 413 00:22:38,671 --> 00:22:41,215 And I have to look at something. 414 00:22:41,340 --> 00:22:46,428 Match, bout, fight, contest, day, Helena. 415 00:22:47,346 --> 00:22:50,933 Almost anything works after boxing except the word game. 416 00:22:51,058 --> 00:22:54,436 Your bigger problem is the people who design those things aren't idiots. 417 00:22:54,561 --> 00:22:55,688 (CHUCKLING) 418 00:22:56,563 --> 00:22:58,816 Can you believe she used to work in the can? 419 00:22:58,941 --> 00:23:00,150 Nothing is tamper-proof. 420 00:23:00,275 --> 00:23:03,112 It's a synthetic problem. His liver's not synthesizing proteins, 421 00:23:03,237 --> 00:23:05,114 so fluid is leaking out of his blood vessels. 422 00:23:05,239 --> 00:23:06,657 And Mom's a selfish jerk. 423 00:23:06,782 --> 00:23:08,617 She traded up, married a lawyer, 424 00:23:08,742 --> 00:23:10,786 wants to forget the lowly circus clown. 425 00:23:10,911 --> 00:23:13,372 You're defending the father because you feel like a jerk 426 00:23:13,497 --> 00:23:15,416 for baking buns in two different ovens. 427 00:23:15,541 --> 00:23:17,668 You want to believe the mythical biological 428 00:23:17,793 --> 00:23:20,921 connection excuses being a man-slut... Ow! 429 00:23:21,046 --> 00:23:23,007 I don't know why I'm starting to doubt your expertise. 430 00:23:23,132 --> 00:23:24,842 You do have a classified ad and a piece of metal. 431 00:23:24,967 --> 00:23:27,094 It's temperature that sets it off, not force. 432 00:23:27,219 --> 00:23:30,264 The rivets go pop, I slide in the heating pad. Easy peasy. 433 00:23:30,389 --> 00:23:32,516 More likely the patient has a hyperammonemic problem. 434 00:23:32,641 --> 00:23:34,018 His liver's not cleaning out his blood, 435 00:23:34,143 --> 00:23:35,728 the buildup of toxins is causing everything. 436 00:23:35,853 --> 00:23:37,688 I'm defending the dad because he got screwed. 437 00:23:37,813 --> 00:23:39,314 After he lost his son, he lost his job, 438 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,442 been in and out of rehab, gave up clowning. 439 00:23:41,567 --> 00:23:43,694 Yes, as a parent, I empathize. 440 00:23:43,819 --> 00:23:45,154 I say we tell the kid. 441 00:23:45,279 --> 00:23:46,947 He's a minor, the mom's his guardian, 442 00:23:47,072 --> 00:23:48,907 and it's not even medically relevant. 443 00:23:49,033 --> 00:23:50,743 She robbed them of 12 years together. 444 00:23:50,868 --> 00:23:53,245 Or she ripped off the Band-Aid too late. 445 00:23:53,370 --> 00:23:56,290 That memory she let Son of Bozo establish 446 00:23:56,415 --> 00:23:59,752 is making him chase his father's moronic profession. 447 00:23:59,877 --> 00:24:03,172 When he could be living the high life in Portland. 448 00:24:03,964 --> 00:24:06,216 And I mean that metaphorically, of course. 449 00:24:06,341 --> 00:24:07,926 (LOW BEEPING) 450 00:24:08,594 --> 00:24:11,221 This is where you dazzle me with your contingency plan. 451 00:24:19,521 --> 00:24:23,317 I see why employers are reluctant to hire ex-cons. 452 00:24:27,529 --> 00:24:29,406 Well, what about the patient? 453 00:24:29,531 --> 00:24:31,408 Is the problem hyperammonemic or synthetic? 454 00:24:31,533 --> 00:24:32,618 CHASE: Can't treat for both. 455 00:24:32,743 --> 00:24:35,454 One requires hemodialysis, the other a liver transplant 456 00:24:35,579 --> 00:24:36,997 and we couldn't even get the kid a marrow match. 457 00:24:37,122 --> 00:24:39,208 Get the mom's consent to pump him full of protein. 458 00:24:39,333 --> 00:24:41,001 If it's a synthetic problem, more fluid 459 00:24:41,126 --> 00:24:43,128 will leak into his chest and his heart will fail. 460 00:24:43,253 --> 00:24:45,464 If it's hyperammonemic, toxins will overwhelm his body 461 00:24:45,589 --> 00:24:46,840 and he'll go into a coma. 462 00:24:46,965 --> 00:24:49,009 Do you only like tests that involve the risk of death? 463 00:24:49,134 --> 00:24:53,722 There are some slower, less conclusive tests, but why take that risk? 464 00:24:57,059 --> 00:24:59,812 (BEEPING) 465 00:24:59,937 --> 00:25:00,813 (STEADY BEEP) 466 00:25:00,938 --> 00:25:02,356 In here. 467 00:25:09,321 --> 00:25:12,324 Oh, my God. The water. 468 00:25:13,951 --> 00:25:15,661 This is completely my fault. 469 00:25:18,664 --> 00:25:20,499 TAUB: There are very serious risks, 470 00:25:20,624 --> 00:25:25,003 but if we don't figure out what he has, we can't treat him at all. 471 00:25:32,719 --> 00:25:34,721 I may be a little out of bounds here, 472 00:25:34,847 --> 00:25:36,306 but in case there are complications, 473 00:25:36,431 --> 00:25:39,393 might be a good time to come clean to your son. 474 00:25:39,518 --> 00:25:41,895 Let his father visit. 475 00:25:42,020 --> 00:25:43,480 A little out of bounds? 476 00:25:43,605 --> 00:25:47,568 I don't know the history, but everyone makes mistakes. 477 00:25:47,693 --> 00:25:50,904 - Your son worships him. - The doctor's right about that. 478 00:25:51,029 --> 00:25:53,782 Yeah? And when did he learn that? 479 00:25:53,907 --> 00:25:56,660 When he encouraged Ben to drop out of school? 480 00:25:58,036 --> 00:26:01,373 Mitchell is not Ben's father any more than a sperm donor would've been. 481 00:26:08,130 --> 00:26:09,798 Dr. House? 482 00:26:10,716 --> 00:26:12,634 Unless you're a locksmith or an electrician 483 00:26:12,759 --> 00:26:14,553 with political contacts, I'm busy. 484 00:26:14,678 --> 00:26:18,140 My husband saw you in the clinic. Wants treatment for diabetes. 485 00:26:18,265 --> 00:26:20,559 My condolences on your forthcoming divorce. 486 00:26:20,684 --> 00:26:22,144 He keeps imagining symptoms, 487 00:26:22,269 --> 00:26:26,440 and now I have to make him these awful anti-diabetic meals. 488 00:26:26,565 --> 00:26:28,901 Since I have no intention of testing him, treating him, 489 00:26:29,026 --> 00:26:31,278 or cooking for him... 490 00:26:32,779 --> 00:26:36,408 Could you write me a fake prescription for insulin? 491 00:26:36,533 --> 00:26:37,910 The advantage of fake prescriptions 492 00:26:38,035 --> 00:26:40,037 is you don't have to be a real doctor to write one. 493 00:26:40,162 --> 00:26:42,539 Just tell me what's safe to inject in his thigh. 494 00:26:43,582 --> 00:26:48,170 His symptoms will go away and then I can show him he was never sick. 495 00:26:48,295 --> 00:26:51,882 - Water? - Imaginary medicine's not my specialty. 496 00:26:52,507 --> 00:26:54,301 I do have an imaginary colleague 497 00:26:54,426 --> 00:26:56,803 who's just sent me an imaginary page. 498 00:26:56,929 --> 00:26:59,014 Imagine how sorry I am. 499 00:27:07,481 --> 00:27:09,107 Still mad about what happened in the lab? 500 00:27:09,233 --> 00:27:11,485 I'm not mad, I'm being professional. 501 00:27:13,278 --> 00:27:15,989 You claim you're not screwed up, you may even believe it, 502 00:27:16,114 --> 00:27:17,366 but House doesn't, and I don't. 503 00:27:17,491 --> 00:27:19,826 So you can wait till he camps out on your parents' lawn, 504 00:27:19,952 --> 00:27:23,080 or you can admit you don't live on some higher plane and thank me later. 505 00:27:23,664 --> 00:27:26,124 My... My eye feels weird. 506 00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:32,923 What's happening to me? 507 00:27:33,048 --> 00:27:34,132 (KNOCK AT DOOR) 508 00:27:37,302 --> 00:27:38,679 You look tired. 509 00:27:38,804 --> 00:27:40,138 (SCOFFS) I hate when people say that. 510 00:27:40,264 --> 00:27:41,807 I know, I look bad. 511 00:27:41,932 --> 00:27:44,017 I thought you were gonna go to bed early last night. 512 00:27:44,142 --> 00:27:47,854 Like an idiot, I went out with my girlfriends to pretend I have a life. 513 00:27:47,980 --> 00:27:51,608 When all I did was flirt with guys who'd have no interest in a mom, 514 00:27:51,733 --> 00:27:53,902 and miss the baby I couldn't wait to get rid of, 515 00:27:54,027 --> 00:27:55,862 and then get yelled at by my mom for staying out too late. 516 00:27:55,988 --> 00:27:57,364 - You need your own place. - Yes. 517 00:27:57,489 --> 00:28:00,409 I moved back home because it was too drafty at the Four Seasons. 518 00:28:00,534 --> 00:28:01,827 So go back to work at the hospital. 519 00:28:01,952 --> 00:28:04,496 Day care costs more than what I earned as a nurse. 520 00:28:04,621 --> 00:28:07,791 Have you considered sub-standard day care? 521 00:28:10,043 --> 00:28:11,420 Why don't you stay here tonight? 522 00:28:11,545 --> 00:28:12,421 (SIGHS) 523 00:28:12,546 --> 00:28:14,214 No, I mean in the guest room. 524 00:28:15,674 --> 00:28:17,884 I'll watch the baby again, you can get a real night's sleep. 525 00:28:19,594 --> 00:28:21,013 You'd do that? 526 00:28:21,138 --> 00:28:22,973 (PAGER BEEPING) 527 00:28:29,146 --> 00:28:30,397 Win-win. 528 00:28:30,522 --> 00:28:34,401 Mommy gets a rest, Daddy gets more time with his little angel. 529 00:28:37,195 --> 00:28:40,532 There's some sweats in the closet in the back. 530 00:28:43,952 --> 00:28:48,457 Lucky girl, gets another sleepover with Dada. 531 00:28:50,375 --> 00:28:52,502 Makes a difference, 532 00:28:54,171 --> 00:28:55,422 doesn't it? 533 00:29:07,726 --> 00:29:09,227 Didn't answer your page last night. 534 00:29:09,353 --> 00:29:10,771 Sorry, battery died. 535 00:29:10,896 --> 00:29:13,982 We got the patient's eye back in place with steroid injections. 536 00:29:14,107 --> 00:29:16,943 But a bulging eyeball means it's not a liver problem. 537 00:29:17,069 --> 00:29:19,780 And Mom's determination to keep Dad away, 538 00:29:19,905 --> 00:29:22,991 even as her kid gets sicker and sicker, means she's got more to hide. 539 00:29:23,116 --> 00:29:25,619 It's not diagnostically relevant, let's let it drop. 540 00:29:25,744 --> 00:29:28,789 You just lost my vote. You flip-flopped on parental rights. 541 00:29:28,914 --> 00:29:30,415 I've been trying to persuade the mother, 542 00:29:30,540 --> 00:29:32,125 but it's her son, so it's her call. 543 00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:33,960 HOUSE: Well, that's very evolved of you. 544 00:29:34,086 --> 00:29:37,172 You don't usually see Darwinian changes over breakfast. 545 00:29:37,923 --> 00:29:40,384 You made nice-nice with Phil. 546 00:29:40,509 --> 00:29:45,013 You decided that he'd make a decent father for Thing Two after all. 547 00:29:45,597 --> 00:29:48,225 I had Sophie again last night, and Ruby slept in my guest room. 548 00:29:48,350 --> 00:29:50,435 Which has nothing to do with Phil, 549 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,396 who will never be a father to my children. 550 00:29:52,521 --> 00:29:54,940 Angioneurotic edema can cause rapid swelling. 551 00:29:55,065 --> 00:29:57,401 Hey, we're having a conversation here. 552 00:29:58,276 --> 00:29:59,194 No abdominal pain. 553 00:29:59,319 --> 00:30:02,114 So that must've been nice having Ruby and the baby under one roof. 554 00:30:02,239 --> 00:30:04,533 Yes, it was nice having my daughter in my home. 555 00:30:04,658 --> 00:30:07,160 That's why I would like her sister to live near my home. 556 00:30:07,285 --> 00:30:09,704 - Anasarca? - Swelling would have followed gravity. 557 00:30:09,830 --> 00:30:13,333 Isn't that getting this whole parenting thing ass backwards? 558 00:30:13,458 --> 00:30:14,376 Aren't you supposed to figure out 559 00:30:14,501 --> 00:30:17,087 what you can sacrifice to maximize their niceness? 560 00:30:17,212 --> 00:30:20,132 And do you think I should sacrifice myself from their lives? 561 00:30:20,257 --> 00:30:25,053 Just one life. Until the other one's mommy meets someone nicer than you. 562 00:30:25,178 --> 00:30:28,515 Swelling that fast and localized has to come from the lymph nodes. 563 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,600 Burkitt's lymphoma. 564 00:30:33,186 --> 00:30:34,646 Swelling. 565 00:30:36,064 --> 00:30:36,982 ' Ankles. 566 00:30:37,107 --> 00:30:39,359 That's not a symptom of Burkitt's. Are you saying... 567 00:30:39,484 --> 00:30:42,320 It's Burkitt's. Prep him for chemo. 568 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,128 I think you should give House permission to go to Atlantic City. 569 00:30:58,253 --> 00:31:01,756 We'll stop by the rheumatology conference. Everyone's covered. 570 00:31:01,882 --> 00:31:03,550 No. 571 00:31:03,675 --> 00:31:06,344 The guy has earned the right to go to one boxing match. 572 00:31:06,470 --> 00:31:08,263 He's done everything you've asked. 573 00:31:08,388 --> 00:31:09,890 Funded and staffed his own department, 574 00:31:10,015 --> 00:31:13,268 hasn't even broken as much as a traffic law. 575 00:31:13,894 --> 00:31:17,063 - You're right. - So you'll let him go? 576 00:31:18,064 --> 00:31:22,194 No. I get why he wants to go to that fight. I'd love to go myself. 577 00:31:22,319 --> 00:31:24,070 Which is kind of why I have to stop him. 578 00:31:25,030 --> 00:31:26,615 My job is to be the jerk. 579 00:31:26,740 --> 00:31:28,992 House has to believe that I have authority over him. 580 00:31:29,117 --> 00:31:31,328 He can't function under someone's thumb. 581 00:31:31,453 --> 00:31:34,456 I know. Which means you can't go either. 582 00:31:37,709 --> 00:31:40,378 Your job is to be his friend. 583 00:31:40,504 --> 00:31:43,048 To stay here and sit with him and watch the fight on pay-per-view 584 00:31:43,173 --> 00:31:45,467 while bitching about me. If we both do our jobs, 585 00:31:45,592 --> 00:31:48,053 we might actually get him through his parole. 586 00:31:52,349 --> 00:31:53,683 You're right. 587 00:31:58,104 --> 00:31:59,481 Sorry to show up like this. 588 00:31:59,606 --> 00:32:00,857 I was expecting a battery of lawyers. 589 00:32:00,982 --> 00:32:04,986 No lawyers. Phil had something that he would like to say. 590 00:32:05,111 --> 00:32:07,280 So I thought that he should say it in person. 591 00:32:09,199 --> 00:32:12,702 It was wrong of me to confront you about taking Rachel to Portland. 592 00:32:14,204 --> 00:32:17,040 - You don't want to move to Portland? - Of course I do. 593 00:32:17,165 --> 00:32:18,917 But this is about your daughter, too, 594 00:32:19,042 --> 00:32:22,212 and I'm not gonna do something like this without your support. 595 00:32:22,796 --> 00:32:27,509 So, you guys are trying to manipulate me by playing good cop/good cop? 596 00:32:28,426 --> 00:32:30,679 Is that how little you think of me? 597 00:32:31,388 --> 00:32:33,390 It's clear you're back working for House. 598 00:32:35,016 --> 00:32:37,644 I will see you this weekend when you pick up Sophie. 599 00:32:37,769 --> 00:32:38,937 Sophia. 600 00:32:39,062 --> 00:32:40,772 We actually started calling her Sophie. 601 00:32:40,897 --> 00:32:42,190 Yeah. 602 00:32:43,358 --> 00:32:44,943 Great. 603 00:32:45,068 --> 00:32:46,653 It's cute. 604 00:32:53,076 --> 00:32:54,119 ' Ankles. 605 00:32:54,244 --> 00:32:57,956 Is there some problem with the prescription you gave me? 606 00:32:58,081 --> 00:33:02,085 I'm faint, I've been gaining more weight. I think I need a bigger dose. 607 00:33:02,210 --> 00:33:05,547 If you double his placebo, he might drown. 608 00:33:05,672 --> 00:33:09,384 Also, you forgot to mention that your heart rate is slow. 609 00:33:11,052 --> 00:33:13,346 My heart rate's not... 610 00:33:13,471 --> 00:33:16,558 -52? - The technical term is slow. 611 00:33:17,559 --> 00:33:21,771 Those awful anti-diabetic meals you eat, do they contain bok choy? 612 00:33:21,896 --> 00:33:23,690 A pound of it. Every day. 613 00:33:23,815 --> 00:33:27,027 Bok choy has glucosinolates, 614 00:33:27,152 --> 00:33:31,364 which inhibit thyroid function and account for all your symptoms. 615 00:33:31,489 --> 00:33:33,533 So, this isn't diabetes? 616 00:33:33,658 --> 00:33:36,661 You have a bad case of irony. 617 00:33:36,786 --> 00:33:40,665 The food that you're eating to stop making you sick is making you sick. 618 00:33:40,790 --> 00:33:43,126 Maybe I don't have my father's crummy genes after all. 619 00:33:43,251 --> 00:33:45,128 On the other hand, maybe you're fat enough 620 00:33:45,253 --> 00:33:47,922 to get diabetes even without him. 621 00:33:50,884 --> 00:33:52,677 (DOOR OPENS) (DOOR SLAMS SHUT) 622 00:33:53,803 --> 00:33:55,055 I can't believe I have cancer. 623 00:33:55,180 --> 00:33:58,016 We caught it early. You should be okay. 624 00:33:59,142 --> 00:34:02,187 I could die. I never went anywhere, did anything. 625 00:34:03,313 --> 00:34:06,900 If my father had lived, everything would have been different. 626 00:34:07,817 --> 00:34:11,571 Your mom and stepdad love you, they've given you a great home. 627 00:34:12,155 --> 00:34:14,074 That counts for a lot. 628 00:34:15,492 --> 00:34:16,826 (MACHINE BEEPING) 629 00:34:16,951 --> 00:34:19,579 He's crashing, everything's shutting down. 630 00:34:29,339 --> 00:34:31,466 CHASE: Renal failure, lung failure, heart failure, 631 00:34:31,591 --> 00:34:32,801 all before we started chemo. 632 00:34:32,926 --> 00:34:36,805 TAUB: Burkitt's lymphoma is fast-moving, but not this fast. 633 00:34:39,557 --> 00:34:43,978 No rush. ICU stands for "take your time" in Latin. 634 00:34:44,854 --> 00:34:46,064 Multiple aneurysms. 635 00:34:46,189 --> 00:34:49,317 That would mean every symptom after his TIA was a coincidence. 636 00:34:49,442 --> 00:34:50,735 Cholesterol emboli. 637 00:34:50,860 --> 00:34:52,612 Bingo! Fits perfectly. 638 00:34:52,737 --> 00:34:55,740 Check the file, confirm that we did major abdominal surgery on him, 639 00:34:55,865 --> 00:34:58,076 and then completely forgot about it. 640 00:34:59,285 --> 00:35:01,246 TAUB: House. 641 00:35:05,041 --> 00:35:06,376 Hello. 642 00:35:08,712 --> 00:35:09,796 What the hell are you doing here? 643 00:35:09,921 --> 00:35:13,133 I was told this might be my last chance to see my son. 644 00:35:13,258 --> 00:35:15,468 You had no right. This is none of your business! 645 00:35:15,593 --> 00:35:17,387 - I didn't... - I called him. 646 00:35:17,512 --> 00:35:21,057 This man is Ben's hero. Let them spend five minutes together. 647 00:35:23,143 --> 00:35:25,353 No. You get out of here! 648 00:35:31,943 --> 00:35:33,445 Wait. 649 00:35:38,908 --> 00:35:41,035 You sexually molested your son. 650 00:35:41,745 --> 00:35:44,164 Your walk, tabes dorsalis. 651 00:35:44,873 --> 00:35:47,250 You have late-stage syphilis. 652 00:35:47,375 --> 00:35:50,503 Which you gave to our patient, presumably 12 years ago. 653 00:35:50,628 --> 00:35:54,048 Which also explains why Mom is not big on family reunions. 654 00:35:56,718 --> 00:35:58,636 I shouldn't be here. 655 00:36:07,020 --> 00:36:10,231 We tested him for syphilis, he was negative. 656 00:36:10,356 --> 00:36:13,860 HOUSE: After 12 years, the active infection would have died down 657 00:36:14,652 --> 00:36:16,613 everywhere except the arteries in his brain, 658 00:36:16,738 --> 00:36:18,198 where it could hide out from our tests. 659 00:36:18,323 --> 00:36:22,368 When that six-year-old heckler punched him in his juggling pins, 660 00:36:22,494 --> 00:36:25,205 it kicked up the dormant bacteria in his pelvis. 661 00:36:25,330 --> 00:36:28,333 The immunosuppressants we gave him sent it into overdrive. 662 00:36:28,458 --> 00:36:32,128 The antibiotics we gave him actually started destroying the syphilis. 663 00:36:32,253 --> 00:36:34,255 But like pouring water on a fire, 664 00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:36,800 led to a trail of toxic smoke and ash, 665 00:36:36,925 --> 00:36:39,010 which made his immune system overcompensate. 666 00:36:39,135 --> 00:36:41,554 Severe Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction. 667 00:36:42,430 --> 00:36:45,391 - Is this true? - Yes. Jarisch-Herxheimer is real. 668 00:36:45,517 --> 00:36:47,644 It sounds silly but... 669 00:36:47,769 --> 00:36:50,021 You mean the... Right. 670 00:36:55,068 --> 00:36:57,654 I found stains on his clothes. 671 00:36:59,197 --> 00:37:01,032 (SIGHS DEEPLY) 672 00:37:01,157 --> 00:37:05,245 He didn't understand and he didn't seem traumatized. 673 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:10,583 I kept trying to talk to him, but before long, he'd forgotten. 674 00:37:10,708 --> 00:37:12,544 And he seemed... 675 00:37:13,628 --> 00:37:15,755 He seemed happy, and he seemed normal. 676 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:17,423 So you made Daddy go away, and you made sure 677 00:37:17,549 --> 00:37:20,134 Junior had no reason to go looking. 678 00:37:21,219 --> 00:37:23,304 I was just trying to protect him, 679 00:37:24,514 --> 00:37:27,517 like I should have done from the start. 680 00:37:28,768 --> 00:37:31,646 (SOBS) I'm sorry. 681 00:37:33,940 --> 00:37:38,444 HOUSE: IV penicillin and anti-TNF antibodies, he'll be fine. 682 00:37:38,570 --> 00:37:41,865 Apart from the whole daddy-rape thing. 683 00:37:49,372 --> 00:37:51,124 We're not done. 684 00:37:51,249 --> 00:37:52,876 No, we are not. 685 00:37:53,001 --> 00:37:56,254 Notify the dad's sexual partners, notify his employer, 686 00:37:56,379 --> 00:37:58,381 his landlord, notify the police. 687 00:37:58,506 --> 00:38:01,926 I meant the kid. We're not gonna tell him he was molested? 688 00:38:02,051 --> 00:38:04,554 To make him miserable, or to forfeit your license? 689 00:38:04,679 --> 00:38:06,723 To tell him the truth. 690 00:38:06,848 --> 00:38:09,309 He's a virgin, how do I explain the STD? 691 00:38:09,434 --> 00:38:12,103 It's a medical diagnosis. Screw the parents, the kid's our patient. 692 00:38:12,228 --> 00:38:16,232 I guess Taub's got a tough choice to make when the kid wakes up. 693 00:38:16,357 --> 00:38:19,027 - Why is it my choice? - Because you're a dad. 694 00:38:19,152 --> 00:38:21,988 How could the rest of us possibly understand? 695 00:38:31,664 --> 00:38:33,875 What was wrong with me? 696 00:38:36,628 --> 00:38:38,630 It's called syphilis. 697 00:38:39,547 --> 00:38:40,924 Uh... 698 00:38:41,799 --> 00:38:44,552 You can get that without having sex? 699 00:38:57,273 --> 00:38:59,275 I didn't tell him. 700 00:39:01,819 --> 00:39:03,446 Your heart said he needed to know, 701 00:39:03,571 --> 00:39:07,116 your brain knew he's better off without it. 702 00:39:08,618 --> 00:39:11,955 Following your heart is easy. Following your brain is tough. 703 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:16,209 Especially after years of following that much smaller, third organ. 704 00:39:17,710 --> 00:39:21,589 That's why all parents screw up all children. 705 00:39:29,722 --> 00:39:31,516 Evening. 706 00:39:36,145 --> 00:39:40,024 Clever tactic, pretending you're not interested anymore. 707 00:39:41,526 --> 00:39:44,404 How could that possibly work as a tactic? 708 00:39:45,238 --> 00:39:46,864 The fact is, once I saw those incompletes 709 00:39:46,990 --> 00:39:49,075 I knew your parents screwed you up. 710 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,411 The details are just gravy. 711 00:39:53,162 --> 00:39:55,331 You're wrong. 712 00:39:55,456 --> 00:39:59,210 The only evidence you have is proof of something else. 713 00:40:01,004 --> 00:40:02,964 I ran away from home. 714 00:40:05,717 --> 00:40:08,594 Because you had lousy parents. 715 00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:10,638 Because I didn't. 716 00:40:12,223 --> 00:40:17,270 All my friends' parents were divorced, or having affairs, 717 00:40:17,395 --> 00:40:20,273 or barely knew their kids' birthdays. 718 00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:24,444 You envied their dysfunction? 719 00:40:26,529 --> 00:40:30,158 I thought it made them deeper somehow. 720 00:40:34,662 --> 00:40:36,539 It was stupid. 721 00:40:36,664 --> 00:40:40,626 I hitchhiked to Manhattan, moved in with an older guy. 722 00:40:40,752 --> 00:40:43,463 In two months I came running home. 723 00:40:43,588 --> 00:40:46,299 Took my parents years to get over it. 724 00:40:48,009 --> 00:40:52,472 That's when you started to excel. You were making it up to them. 725 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:58,186 Your parents screwed you up by not screwing you up. 726 00:40:58,311 --> 00:41:01,481 How does briefly wishing I was screwed up make me screwed up? 727 00:41:03,441 --> 00:41:07,820 It's normal to be screwed up. It's really screwed up to romanticize it. 728 00:41:08,946 --> 00:41:11,574 Guess that's why you wanted to work with prisoners. 729 00:41:13,034 --> 00:41:15,578 It's why I wanted to work with you. 730 00:41:20,875 --> 00:41:23,377 It was a tactic. 731 00:41:40,895 --> 00:41:42,438 - Chris. - Yeah. 732 00:41:42,563 --> 00:41:45,358 I need to talk to you and Phil. 733 00:41:47,652 --> 00:41:49,570 Is everything okay? 734 00:41:51,072 --> 00:41:52,073 Yeah. 735 00:42:02,792 --> 00:42:05,336 I can't let you move. 736 00:42:05,461 --> 00:42:07,171 You drove all the way out here just 737 00:42:07,296 --> 00:42:10,258 to tell us what you already told us? 738 00:42:10,383 --> 00:42:12,426 I'm sorry. 739 00:42:21,269 --> 00:42:22,395 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) 740 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,190 WILSON: House, open up. I don't want to miss the opening bell. 741 00:42:29,735 --> 00:42:31,154 House? 742 00:42:41,789 --> 00:42:45,084 ANNOUNCER: ...telecast, and we expect an electric atmosphere in the arena 743 00:42:45,209 --> 00:42:49,046 and a sell-out crowd of about 10,000 for Rubio vs. Santos. 744 00:42:49,172 --> 00:42:51,257 Two great fighters with illustrious careers 745 00:42:51,382 --> 00:42:53,634 might have been expected to meet a long time ago. 746 00:42:53,759 --> 00:42:55,928 As for Santos, his handlers tell us 747 00:42:56,053 --> 00:42:58,639 that he's done more roadwork than at any time in his career, 748 00:42:58,764 --> 00:43:01,976 hoping to prove tonight that he can box for 12 full rounds. 749 00:43:02,101 --> 00:43:04,520 Significant, because Santos hasn't heard 750 00:43:04,645 --> 00:43:07,356 the final bell in more than six years. 751 00:43:07,481 --> 00:43:09,483 He comes in with 11 straight knockout wins. 752 00:43:09,609 --> 00:43:12,445 He saw how a power-puncher with a left hook 753 00:43:12,570 --> 00:43:14,697 was able to cut Rubio over the right eye 754 00:43:14,822 --> 00:43:17,074 in the 10th round of that last fight.