1 00:00:02,107 --> 00:00:06,194 ANNOUNCER: As the riders begin Lap Two, Jeff Forster is leading the pack. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:07,696 They're jockeying for position, now... 3 00:00:11,283 --> 00:00:12,159 This is so cool. 4 00:00:12,284 --> 00:00:13,452 Did we miss anything? 5 00:00:13,577 --> 00:00:15,579 They've got, like, 11 laps to go. 6 00:00:15,996 --> 00:00:18,624 We gotta find a good place where we can see the sign when he goes by. 7 00:00:18,749 --> 00:00:19,708 Wait up, kids! 8 00:00:21,001 --> 00:00:24,338 ANNOUNCER: There is a strong chase pack forming led by Vernonski... 9 00:00:25,297 --> 00:00:27,883 At this point in the race, things are still too close to call. 10 00:00:28,008 --> 00:00:30,177 It's anybody's race, but Forster looks... 11 00:00:32,262 --> 00:00:33,930 Turn six. Come on. 12 00:00:34,222 --> 00:00:35,390 (wmzeznqe) 13 00:00:37,392 --> 00:00:40,020 ANNOUNCER: Mike Larson has made a nice break from the pack 14 00:00:40,145 --> 00:00:42,481 and has closed the gap on Forster and the lead group. 15 00:00:44,524 --> 00:00:46,526 (CROWD CHEERING) 16 00:00:50,822 --> 00:00:52,157 That's it. Up there. 17 00:00:52,658 --> 00:00:54,743 Can you see anything? 18 00:00:57,162 --> 00:00:58,413 Did you bring his inhaler? 19 00:00:58,538 --> 00:00:59,623 Crap! 20 00:00:59,748 --> 00:01:02,584 I think it's in the car. I'll go get it. 21 00:01:08,173 --> 00:01:09,299 (wmzeznqe) 22 00:01:09,424 --> 00:01:11,551 Are you okay? Your dad's gonna be right back... 23 00:01:11,677 --> 00:01:12,969 I can see him. He's right up front. 24 00:01:13,095 --> 00:01:14,304 Honey, you're wheezing. 25 00:01:14,429 --> 00:01:17,015 Here they come. Go, Jeff! Yeah! 26 00:01:17,349 --> 00:01:18,767 (GASPING) You're number one! 27 00:01:19,393 --> 00:01:20,602 He doesn't look so good. 28 00:01:31,905 --> 00:01:34,700 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, Forster is down. 29 00:02:18,744 --> 00:02:19,870 Yeah! 30 00:02:20,328 --> 00:02:21,872 We need to talk. 31 00:02:22,497 --> 00:02:26,793 Oh, God. Are you pregnant? 'Cause I really wanna finish high school. 32 00:02:27,377 --> 00:02:29,212 You have to renew your credential. 33 00:02:29,337 --> 00:02:30,839 They're good for two more months. 34 00:02:30,964 --> 00:02:32,799 Three weeks. And the paperwork takes forever. 35 00:02:32,924 --> 00:02:36,011 Your application, your malpractice insurance, 36 00:02:36,136 --> 00:02:38,889 criminal records check and you know that's gonna take some explaining. 37 00:02:39,014 --> 00:02:42,434 You know, our relationship was way better when we were sleeping together. 38 00:02:42,559 --> 00:02:44,269 Why did we stop doing that? Did you get married? 39 00:02:44,394 --> 00:02:47,314 Yeah. Otherwise I'd be on you like red on rice. 40 00:02:47,439 --> 00:02:50,192 Look, rice isn't... Oh, I get it. 41 00:02:50,317 --> 00:02:52,027 You're also behind on your dictations. 42 00:02:52,152 --> 00:02:53,528 I don't do dictations. 43 00:02:53,653 --> 00:02:54,988 Cameron does them, or somebody. 44 00:02:55,113 --> 00:02:57,157 And you can't have your sole female employee 45 00:02:57,282 --> 00:02:59,743 doing your clerical work, which you'd know if you'd attended 46 00:02:59,868 --> 00:03:01,703 the required sexual harassment seminars. 47 00:03:01,828 --> 00:03:04,790 Now, I'm gonna pause so you can make a crack about harassment. 48 00:03:04,915 --> 00:03:05,916 Joke killer. 49 00:03:06,041 --> 00:03:08,126 House, got a patient. 50 00:03:09,377 --> 00:03:12,631 Sorry. Can't play anymore. My mom's calling me. 51 00:03:15,509 --> 00:03:17,344 We just admitted a world-class cyclist. 52 00:03:17,469 --> 00:03:19,971 - You gotta fire Stacy. - Yeah, I'll get right on that. 53 00:03:20,096 --> 00:03:23,600 Jeff Forster, respiratory arrest at 30 miles per hour. 54 00:03:23,725 --> 00:03:26,061 She's loading me up with pointless paperwork. 55 00:03:26,311 --> 00:03:28,355 Well, you're way behind on your pointless paperwork. 56 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,607 - O2 sats are in the... - She's hostile. 57 00:03:30,941 --> 00:03:33,860 You know me, hostility makes me shrink up like a... 58 00:03:34,694 --> 00:03:36,738 I can't think of a non-sexual metaphor. 59 00:03:36,863 --> 00:03:39,658 She's gonna stand over my desk with a ruler, checking my spelling... 60 00:03:39,783 --> 00:03:41,243 ER checked for lung infiltrates. Nothing there. 61 00:03:41,368 --> 00:03:45,288 Professional athletes, Cuddy. It's like watching an old movie at 2 a.m. 62 00:03:45,413 --> 00:03:46,998 Reliving all the classic moments. 63 00:03:47,123 --> 00:03:49,960 The part where he denies it's drugs. 64 00:03:50,085 --> 00:03:52,212 The part where the good guys ride in, tests a-blazing, 65 00:03:52,337 --> 00:03:53,880 prove that it is drugs. 66 00:03:54,005 --> 00:03:57,133 Oscar clip. He can't imagine how they got into his body. 67 00:03:57,384 --> 00:03:59,302 It's so familiar, so comforting. 68 00:03:59,427 --> 00:04:00,887 She can't handle working with me. 69 00:04:01,012 --> 00:04:02,472 Oh, right. Yeah. 70 00:04:02,597 --> 00:04:05,392 She's still got a thing for you, making it impossible for her to deal. 71 00:04:05,517 --> 00:04:07,644 It makes perfect sense, except for the pronouns. 72 00:04:08,019 --> 00:04:10,021 Anyway, thanks for getting me out of that meeting. 73 00:04:12,023 --> 00:04:13,817 He's not denying the drugs. 74 00:04:17,571 --> 00:04:19,906 I'm thinking he's actually sick. 75 00:04:24,035 --> 00:04:25,579 Jeff Forster, this is... 76 00:04:25,704 --> 00:04:28,415 I'm a doctor. You're a sick person. 77 00:04:29,749 --> 00:04:32,127 And you are a loved one. Actually, manager. 78 00:04:32,252 --> 00:04:33,712 We've been together for 7 years. 79 00:04:33,837 --> 00:04:36,673 So what's the drug dujour on the bike circuit these days? 80 00:04:36,798 --> 00:04:40,093 Still erythropoietin, or are you guys just chugging battery acid? 81 00:04:40,218 --> 00:04:44,723 There's no way I'd touch EPO. Too many guys stroking out and dying. 82 00:04:44,848 --> 00:04:45,891 Damn. 83 00:04:46,308 --> 00:04:48,560 10 bucks for the ticket, six for the popcorn. 84 00:04:48,810 --> 00:04:50,604 I do straight blood doping. 85 00:04:50,729 --> 00:04:51,771 Plot twist. 86 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,150 That's a very daring confession. 87 00:04:55,275 --> 00:04:56,943 We've got confidentiality, right? 88 00:04:57,068 --> 00:04:59,362 Assuming I'm more ethical than your client. 89 00:05:00,030 --> 00:05:04,200 So, injecting yourself with donor red blood cells for fun and profit. 90 00:05:04,993 --> 00:05:06,828 Any other tricks up your sleeve? 91 00:05:06,953 --> 00:05:08,580 Well, nothing much recently. 92 00:05:08,914 --> 00:05:11,875 I'm in town for a charity ride, so it didn't matter if I won. 93 00:05:12,125 --> 00:05:13,376 The kids just needed to see me. 94 00:05:13,501 --> 00:05:15,587 If you go slower, they see you longer. 95 00:05:16,087 --> 00:05:20,342 Let's say our health could be affected by things we did before last Friday. 96 00:05:21,426 --> 00:05:27,057 Well, I usually sleep in a Hyperbaric Chamber. 97 00:05:27,390 --> 00:05:30,352 I've been pumping up electrolytes with an IV drip. 98 00:05:30,477 --> 00:05:35,065 Anabolic herbal supplements, amphetamines and diuretics. 99 00:05:35,482 --> 00:05:38,068 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But why would you be sick? 100 00:05:38,193 --> 00:05:42,322 I know that doping has risks. I know that it's outside the rules. 101 00:05:42,948 --> 00:05:47,786 But I do what I have to to kick ass at my job. Don't you? 102 00:05:48,244 --> 00:05:51,873 Dr. House is a firm believer in good old-fashioned hard work. 103 00:05:54,250 --> 00:05:57,796 This guy doesn't even get sick like a regular person. 104 00:05:58,004 --> 00:06:00,090 Instead of a list of symptoms and no cause, 105 00:06:00,215 --> 00:06:03,176 we have a list of possible causes for one symptom. 106 00:06:03,385 --> 00:06:05,220 Is the symptom death? 107 00:06:05,345 --> 00:06:06,805 Respiratory distress. 108 00:06:07,222 --> 00:06:09,182 Insanity doesn't cause it. I looked it up. 109 00:06:09,307 --> 00:06:12,811 It's the doping. Injecting extra red cells boosts your endurance level 110 00:06:12,936 --> 00:06:14,479 but it also thickens your blood. 111 00:06:14,604 --> 00:06:16,940 Thick blood equals clots equals respiratory distress. 112 00:06:17,065 --> 00:06:18,942 Not with a clean spiral chest CT. 113 00:06:19,067 --> 00:06:20,819 The guy's sleeping in a Hyperbaric Chamber. 114 00:06:20,944 --> 00:06:22,737 Over-oxygenation can cause cell damage, 115 00:06:22,862 --> 00:06:24,239 and if the cells in the lungs are damaged... 116 00:06:24,364 --> 00:06:26,366 That'd cause pulmonary edema, which he doesn't have. 117 00:06:26,491 --> 00:06:28,785 The supplements he's been taking contain yohimbe 118 00:06:28,910 --> 00:06:30,578 which can cause nerve paralysis. 119 00:06:30,704 --> 00:06:31,955 Tox-screen was normal. 120 00:06:32,122 --> 00:06:33,415 All the tests were normal. 121 00:06:33,540 --> 00:06:37,127 There's no clot, no edema, and yet he still can't breathe. 122 00:06:37,252 --> 00:06:39,921 So there's something in here that we can't see. 123 00:06:42,257 --> 00:06:43,258 (GROANS) 124 00:06:43,508 --> 00:06:44,551 Air. 125 00:06:44,676 --> 00:06:45,719 Come to Papa. 126 00:06:45,927 --> 00:06:48,179 This guy's been injecting himself how many times a day? 127 00:06:48,304 --> 00:06:50,807 All it'd take is one slip of the needle to cause an air embolus. 128 00:06:50,932 --> 00:06:52,726 So, air is keeping him from breathing air. 129 00:06:52,851 --> 00:06:54,394 Well, let's go with that for the irony. 130 00:06:54,686 --> 00:06:57,272 Get a VQ scan and check his veins for bubbles. 131 00:07:02,736 --> 00:07:04,112 Xenon 133. 132 00:07:04,237 --> 00:07:07,741 It's just radioactive enough for us to track the air moving through your lungs. 133 00:07:07,866 --> 00:07:09,200 Was my accident on the news? 134 00:07:09,325 --> 00:07:11,327 Yeah, you made Plays of the Week. 135 00:07:11,453 --> 00:07:15,415 A few more of those, and cycling will be as popular as NASCAR. 136 00:07:15,874 --> 00:07:19,461 We inject similar stuff into your blood so we can watch it circulate. 137 00:07:20,336 --> 00:07:22,839 If you accidentally injected a bubble, 138 00:07:22,964 --> 00:07:25,300 we'll see good air flow but poor blood flow. 139 00:07:25,592 --> 00:07:27,177 I'm careful, man. 140 00:07:27,677 --> 00:07:29,846 With all due respect, man, 141 00:07:30,263 --> 00:07:33,767 I doubt there's anything wrong with you that you didn't do to yourself. 142 00:07:36,394 --> 00:07:40,023 There's this kid in oncology, she's got a picture of Jeff above her bed. 143 00:07:42,150 --> 00:07:43,568 Mickey Mantle was an alcoholic. 144 00:07:43,693 --> 00:07:44,944 At least he hit his own home runs. 145 00:07:45,070 --> 00:07:46,905 He didn't physically alter himself. 146 00:07:47,030 --> 00:07:49,657 We take drugs to help us fall asleep, to stay awake... 147 00:07:49,783 --> 00:07:52,160 Yeah, but we don't make careers out of who can stay awake the longest. 148 00:07:52,285 --> 00:07:55,955 Really? Ever been to, oh, I don't know, med school? 149 00:07:56,081 --> 00:07:58,792 Guys, he plays a game for a living. Who cares? 150 00:07:58,917 --> 00:08:00,335 You don't even like sports. 151 00:08:00,460 --> 00:08:02,712 He's making millions of dollars ripping off fans. 152 00:08:02,837 --> 00:08:05,006 Anyone who thinks they should pay a guy money 153 00:08:05,131 --> 00:08:07,884 because he can throw a ball really far or pedal really fast 154 00:08:08,009 --> 00:08:11,054 - deserves to be ripped off. - Yeah, stupid, stupid kids. 155 00:08:11,179 --> 00:08:14,724 I've got an uncle. He can spit a cherry pit 50 yards. 156 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:17,143 He's working part-time at a lube shop. Life isn't fair. 157 00:08:17,268 --> 00:08:18,645 (BEEPING) 158 00:08:20,563 --> 00:08:21,856 Maybe it is. 159 00:08:22,941 --> 00:08:24,025 CHASE: You were right. 160 00:08:24,943 --> 00:08:27,362 Now, there were three wasted words. 161 00:08:27,487 --> 00:08:31,032 There is a bubble in his lung. We should do a Swan-Ganz catheterization. 162 00:08:31,157 --> 00:08:33,618 I love when you do both sides of the conversation. 163 00:08:33,743 --> 00:08:35,912 It's like white noise. It's very peaceful. 164 00:08:45,547 --> 00:08:48,424 Is there a light somewhere that goes on when I have food? 165 00:08:49,050 --> 00:08:52,637 Green for food, orange for beverages, red for impure thoughts. 166 00:08:52,971 --> 00:08:55,140 That bulb burns out every two weeks. 167 00:08:55,265 --> 00:08:56,349 How's your biker? 168 00:08:56,850 --> 00:08:59,102 Pumped an air bubble into a vein in his lung. 169 00:08:59,227 --> 00:09:02,063 The things people do. Doping, Vicodin... 170 00:09:02,188 --> 00:09:04,691 Hey, you're talking about me, aren't you? 171 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:09,320 I'm just trying to function. He's trying to win himself some little yellow jerseys. 172 00:09:10,738 --> 00:09:11,823 Oh. 173 00:09:11,948 --> 00:09:12,949 What? 174 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:15,451 Trouble in paradise. 2 o'clock. 175 00:09:15,618 --> 00:09:17,620 Your 2 o'clock or my 2 o'clock? 176 00:09:17,745 --> 00:09:18,830 There. 177 00:09:23,918 --> 00:09:25,879 She seems perfectly happy. 178 00:09:26,004 --> 00:09:28,756 Obviously they huddled in the hall and worked up this circus act 179 00:09:28,882 --> 00:09:30,091 on the off chance you'd be in here. 180 00:09:30,216 --> 00:09:32,051 She was unbelievably pissy three hours ago. 181 00:09:32,177 --> 00:09:33,052 Hmm. 182 00:09:33,344 --> 00:09:35,597 Pissy with you, happy with her husband. 183 00:09:35,722 --> 00:09:38,099 Yes, there can only be one possible explanation for that. 184 00:09:38,224 --> 00:09:40,393 When she's angry she gets sarcastic. 185 00:09:40,643 --> 00:09:42,061 When she's annoyed she's funny. 186 00:09:42,187 --> 00:09:43,897 But when she's frustrated she gets pissy. 187 00:09:44,022 --> 00:09:45,815 Yes, yes, I'm with you so far. 188 00:09:45,940 --> 00:09:48,818 She's miserable with Mark because he's not me. 189 00:09:48,985 --> 00:09:50,528 So she's gotta make me not me, 190 00:09:50,653 --> 00:09:52,071 so she makes my professional life miserable. 191 00:09:52,197 --> 00:09:55,408 - If I can't do my job... - You really, really need to get some... 192 00:09:55,533 --> 00:09:57,702 Oh, I get some "some" all the time. 193 00:09:58,077 --> 00:10:00,705 It's why I always need to borrow some money. 194 00:10:01,873 --> 00:10:05,376 Hi, James. Greg, you gotten to that paperwork? 195 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,003 I've been pissy. 196 00:10:07,128 --> 00:10:07,962 Pardon me? 197 00:10:08,588 --> 00:10:10,131 I've been busy. 198 00:10:10,465 --> 00:10:13,343 When you save someone's life, they owe you forever. 199 00:10:13,468 --> 00:10:15,637 You're right. Take Stacy. 200 00:10:16,012 --> 00:10:18,806 Oh, wait, she'd probably just leave you all over again. 201 00:10:19,057 --> 00:10:22,185 How's your recovery going? Gotten around to the small muscles yet? 202 00:10:22,310 --> 00:10:25,772 It's not the size of the muscle, it's where you get to put it. 203 00:10:26,022 --> 00:10:30,276 My goodness, it's like watching Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward in the third grade. 204 00:10:30,401 --> 00:10:31,653 Excuse us. 205 00:10:35,698 --> 00:10:37,492 How awkward was that? 206 00:10:38,326 --> 00:10:41,663 What's he doing here anyway? He's got physio Tuesdays and Fridays. 207 00:10:41,913 --> 00:10:45,208 Mark is in group therapy for people coping with disability. 208 00:10:45,416 --> 00:10:47,210 He was thinking about developing a drug addiction, 209 00:10:47,335 --> 00:10:51,256 - but that would be stupid. - Hey, you're...You, again. 210 00:10:53,967 --> 00:10:56,552 WILSON: You're not gonna make some joke about Mark being in therapy? 211 00:10:57,887 --> 00:11:01,182 What's there to say? He's doing the responsible thing. 212 00:11:03,643 --> 00:11:05,144 I'm sure he's got a lot to deal with. 213 00:11:05,603 --> 00:11:06,980 You're making me nervous. 214 00:11:09,649 --> 00:11:14,028 MOIRA: Every time an athlete goes down, you guys assume it's drugs. 215 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,116 Look, the doctors say it's probably acid reflux. 216 00:11:18,366 --> 00:11:21,786 Yeah, look, call me tomorrow. There's a good chance he'll be released. 217 00:11:21,911 --> 00:11:23,371 Okay. Bye-bye- 218 00:11:23,997 --> 00:11:25,540 So, is this fixing him? 219 00:11:25,665 --> 00:11:28,293 If his acid reflux isn't worse than we thought, yeah. 220 00:11:28,418 --> 00:11:31,004 I gotta be in Spain in four days. 221 00:11:31,462 --> 00:11:32,922 Shouldn't be a problem. 222 00:11:33,047 --> 00:11:34,173 Great. 223 00:11:34,299 --> 00:11:37,385 If I could just find the little bugger, should be able to suck it out. 224 00:11:43,558 --> 00:11:44,976 My legs feel weak. 225 00:11:45,101 --> 00:11:48,938 You're under mild sedation for the test. It'll wear off. 226 00:11:50,148 --> 00:11:51,190 CHASE: There it is. 227 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,826 - Got it. - Fantastic, I'll pack his things. 228 00:12:01,951 --> 00:12:04,996 Not yet. I wanna monitor him for a couple of hours, make sure he's okay. 229 00:12:05,121 --> 00:12:08,416 Give him time to sign a picture for me, maybe even a jersey. 230 00:12:08,541 --> 00:12:10,710 "To Doctor Chase, I owe you everything." 231 00:12:10,835 --> 00:12:12,628 (STAMMERING) It doesn't have to be that personal. 232 00:12:13,504 --> 00:12:15,923 Not too many eBay shoppers named Doctor Chase, huh? 233 00:12:16,549 --> 00:12:19,344 Still trying to unload the Barbara Walters spit cup. 234 00:12:19,510 --> 00:12:20,636 MOIRA: Here you go. 235 00:12:25,975 --> 00:12:27,769 Seriously, anything's fine. 236 00:12:30,271 --> 00:12:31,397 Jeri! 237 00:12:33,066 --> 00:12:34,150 CHASE: You all right? 238 00:12:35,151 --> 00:12:36,694 Jeff, can you swallow? 239 00:12:38,988 --> 00:12:41,532 What makes a guy start drooling? 240 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,411 Chase, were you wearing your short shorts? 241 00:12:45,536 --> 00:12:47,705 Muscle fatigue in his neck and jaw. 242 00:12:47,830 --> 00:12:49,791 He's obviously got something worse than an air embolus. 243 00:12:49,916 --> 00:12:50,917 Why? 244 00:12:51,042 --> 00:12:52,794 Because you don't drool from your lungs? 245 00:12:52,919 --> 00:12:56,506 Maybe the problem is not the embolus itself. Maybe it's the treatment. 246 00:12:56,672 --> 00:12:58,841 Maybe you hit a nerve, literally. 247 00:12:59,717 --> 00:13:03,638 The embolectomy was clean. His legs were tired, too. 248 00:13:03,763 --> 00:13:06,099 I thought it was from the sedation, but if not, 249 00:13:06,224 --> 00:13:07,433 it means he's got something systemic. 250 00:13:07,558 --> 00:13:10,395 Which means it would have nothing to do with the stunts he's been pulling. 251 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,565 Lupus or polymyositis. 252 00:13:14,732 --> 00:13:16,401 It explains the progressive muscle weakness. 253 00:13:16,526 --> 00:13:17,527 It could be ALS. 254 00:13:17,652 --> 00:13:18,611 He's too young for that. 255 00:13:18,736 --> 00:13:20,238 Some type of muscular dystrophy? 256 00:13:20,363 --> 00:13:21,614 He's too old for that. 257 00:13:21,739 --> 00:13:23,699 So what would be just right, Goldilocks? 258 00:13:24,617 --> 00:13:27,578 HOUSE: Full blood workup, including ANA for lupus. 259 00:13:27,703 --> 00:13:31,916 And get a muscle biopsy. Find out if we're talking myopathy or neuropathy. 260 00:13:32,750 --> 00:13:34,627 I'm late for my session. 261 00:13:34,752 --> 00:13:35,628 Session? 262 00:13:36,754 --> 00:13:38,631 It's all a part of the process. 263 00:13:38,756 --> 00:13:40,258 You get angry and then you get... 264 00:13:40,383 --> 00:13:42,760 Yeah. I'm right on schedule. 265 00:13:43,136 --> 00:13:44,887 So, when am I gonna be done? 266 00:13:45,430 --> 00:13:47,557 No, I need to know, 'cause I got plans to make. 267 00:13:47,682 --> 00:13:50,184 When can I safely book a game of squash? 268 00:13:50,435 --> 00:13:52,353 MARK: When am I gonna stop being angry? 269 00:13:52,478 --> 00:13:53,646 Not today. 270 00:13:56,149 --> 00:13:57,775 I've come for the healing. 271 00:13:58,568 --> 00:14:03,322 Dr. Harper, as you know, I have a bum leg. 272 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:08,578 What you don't know is I'm upset about it. I need to talk. 273 00:14:09,412 --> 00:14:11,497 You know House. You know we have a history. 274 00:14:11,622 --> 00:14:13,958 You've been telling me for years that I should come by. 275 00:14:14,542 --> 00:14:16,669 Here I am. Hi, guys. 276 00:14:16,919 --> 00:14:19,130 - HARPER: I've got a Thursday group. - Poker night. 277 00:14:19,505 --> 00:14:21,299 - Monday morning? - Book club. 278 00:14:22,592 --> 00:14:25,887 Well, look, if it's a problem, I'll just go deal with my rage privately. 279 00:14:26,012 --> 00:14:27,013 Wait. 280 00:14:27,638 --> 00:14:29,390 If you two could resolve this tension, 281 00:14:29,515 --> 00:14:31,350 you could really help each other. 282 00:14:33,769 --> 00:14:35,104 I'm tired of fighting. 283 00:14:39,484 --> 00:14:41,319 So either I say yes or I'm the jerk? 284 00:14:41,444 --> 00:14:43,571 Oh, God, I know that feeling. 285 00:14:46,115 --> 00:14:48,242 I took the muscle specimen from Jeff's thigh. 286 00:14:48,367 --> 00:14:50,828 I figured that's where we'd have the best chance at finding something. 287 00:14:50,953 --> 00:14:52,914 The most painful place to cut into. 288 00:14:54,499 --> 00:14:56,667 I assume that's caffeine-free. 289 00:14:56,876 --> 00:14:59,253 Wouldn't want to be artificially boosting your perforlnance. 290 00:14:59,378 --> 00:15:00,671 Don't start her up again. 291 00:15:00,796 --> 00:15:02,089 Caffeine's legal. 292 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,467 All about the rules, eh? 293 00:15:04,592 --> 00:15:06,302 It's a bike race, 294 00:15:06,677 --> 00:15:09,138 a completely arbitrary set of rules that everyone complies with 295 00:15:09,263 --> 00:15:11,974 for no other reason than that some committee says that they should. 296 00:15:12,475 --> 00:15:14,310 But that's the point. That's what the game is. 297 00:15:14,435 --> 00:15:17,605 So, if you break an arbitrary rule, Cameron damns you to hell. 298 00:15:17,730 --> 00:15:19,565 But if you break a rule that actually has a reason 299 00:15:19,690 --> 00:15:20,900 that's designed to protect people, 300 00:15:21,025 --> 00:15:23,027 Cameron develops a crazy crush on you. 301 00:15:23,152 --> 00:15:25,530 House doesn't pretend to be some golden boy. 302 00:15:25,655 --> 00:15:27,490 He does it to help people, not to glorify himself. 303 00:15:27,615 --> 00:15:29,825 So why don't you report Jeff to the biking authorities? 304 00:15:30,826 --> 00:15:31,827 Ethics. 305 00:15:31,953 --> 00:15:33,955 Well, you wouldn't be doing it to glorify yourself. 306 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,706 You'd just be trying to make a better world. 307 00:15:38,459 --> 00:15:40,211 At least you can still get around on your own. 308 00:15:41,087 --> 00:15:42,338 Yeah, I know. 309 00:15:42,463 --> 00:15:45,550 But you're starting to walk. You're gonna get better. 310 00:15:46,592 --> 00:15:48,678 You have a job, a way to be productive. 311 00:15:48,886 --> 00:15:50,263 And you have a wife. 312 00:15:50,888 --> 00:15:52,265 Which gives greater meaning? 313 00:15:54,392 --> 00:15:56,602 A wife could make things harder, too, I suppose. 314 00:15:58,729 --> 00:15:59,981 This isn't about Stacy. 315 00:16:00,982 --> 00:16:04,443 When it happened to me, Stacy was great. 316 00:16:05,361 --> 00:16:06,821 She kept telling me not to rush it. 317 00:16:08,573 --> 00:16:09,865 I never believed her. 318 00:16:10,908 --> 00:16:11,909 She means it. 319 00:16:13,369 --> 00:16:14,537 I know, but... 320 00:16:16,122 --> 00:16:19,125 Stacy. She shouldn't have to wait, right? 321 00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:21,335 And you know she feels it, too. 322 00:16:23,671 --> 00:16:26,757 There's more time at work. There's more satisfaction from work. 323 00:16:27,133 --> 00:16:29,302 She didn't get married to be a nursemaid. 324 00:16:31,470 --> 00:16:32,680 She wants a man. 325 00:16:40,688 --> 00:16:44,358 How the hell could she have loved a manipulative son of a bitch like you? 326 00:16:44,483 --> 00:16:45,735 That's an interesting question. 327 00:16:45,860 --> 00:16:48,654 Maybe she was attracted to different things in the two of us. 328 00:16:48,779 --> 00:16:49,780 She left you. 329 00:16:49,905 --> 00:16:51,198 But why was she with me to begin with? 330 00:16:51,324 --> 00:16:54,035 - She made a mistake. - Maybe it's that simple. 331 00:16:54,368 --> 00:16:55,620 Or maybe she saw something in me, 332 00:16:55,745 --> 00:16:57,246 something she doesn't get from you. 333 00:16:57,371 --> 00:16:59,582 - I'm not an ass. - Maybe she wanted an ass. 334 00:16:59,707 --> 00:17:02,043 - She obviously did once. - Either he goes or I go. 335 00:17:02,168 --> 00:17:03,711 You think that's the kind of thing you can just turn off? 336 00:17:03,836 --> 00:17:07,048 - Get him out of here! - Dr. House, cancel your book group. 337 00:17:07,506 --> 00:17:08,674 You're coming on Mondays. 338 00:17:13,179 --> 00:17:17,558 Here's my new theory. The drooling's another competitive edge. 339 00:17:17,808 --> 00:17:19,810 Nobody can draft behind it. The road gets slick. 340 00:17:19,935 --> 00:17:21,520 He's the only one not racing in the rain. 341 00:17:21,646 --> 00:17:23,606 He can barely move his arms and legs. 342 00:17:24,231 --> 00:17:26,692 - Paralysis? - No, just general weakness. 343 00:17:26,817 --> 00:17:28,819 Muscle biopsy is negative for polymyositis. 344 00:17:28,944 --> 00:17:31,364 And ALS and muscular dystrophy. 345 00:17:31,489 --> 00:17:33,532 FOREMAN: ANA for lupus, also negative. 346 00:17:33,658 --> 00:17:35,409 CAMERON: Maybe his bike shorts are just on too tight. 347 00:17:35,534 --> 00:17:38,162 So, by your rationale, House shouldn't use a cane. 348 00:17:38,287 --> 00:17:40,623 He should just drag his bum leg around as God intended? 349 00:17:40,748 --> 00:17:43,959 House has a handicap. All he's aiming for is norlnality. 350 00:17:44,085 --> 00:17:45,711 CHASE: And who decides what's normal? 351 00:17:45,836 --> 00:17:48,172 What if we find a drug that makes people live 20 years longer? 352 00:17:48,297 --> 00:17:49,632 Should we ban that because it's not normal? 353 00:17:49,757 --> 00:17:51,926 Jeff doesn't want normal. He wants superpowers. 354 00:17:52,551 --> 00:17:55,388 - So why is he normal? - Oh, God, you too? 355 00:17:55,930 --> 00:17:58,599 He's shooting for extraordinary. 356 00:17:58,724 --> 00:17:59,975 So why is everything so ordinary? 357 00:18:00,101 --> 00:18:03,229 I mean, this guy's breathing, drinking and injecting himself 358 00:18:03,354 --> 00:18:05,564 with everything he can find to amp up his body chemistry, 359 00:18:05,690 --> 00:18:06,732 and yet every test is normal. 360 00:18:07,608 --> 00:18:10,444 He's artificially raising his red blood count, so why isn't it raised? 361 00:18:10,569 --> 00:18:11,904 Maybe his count is raised. 362 00:18:12,029 --> 00:18:14,907 Maybe what's normal for us is out of whack for him. 363 00:18:15,157 --> 00:18:16,742 Can't slip anything by you. 364 00:18:16,867 --> 00:18:18,869 FOREMAN: Well, if that's true, his white cells are up, too. 365 00:18:18,994 --> 00:18:20,705 Which would point to some kind of infection. 366 00:18:20,830 --> 00:18:24,208 Muscle weakness, exhaustion. He could have encephalitis. 367 00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:26,377 - That's kind of a long shot. - HOUSE: Yeah. 368 00:18:26,585 --> 00:18:28,462 But it's been over an hour since we've poked the patient 369 00:18:28,587 --> 00:18:31,298 with something sharp. So, get a lumbar puncture 370 00:18:31,465 --> 00:18:33,467 and order broad-spectrum antibiotics. 371 00:18:34,593 --> 00:18:36,470 CUDDY: No, it's not about judging. 372 00:18:36,595 --> 00:18:40,266 It's just that on a dating service you should post a photo. 373 00:18:41,517 --> 00:18:42,643 I have to go. 374 00:18:44,311 --> 00:18:46,397 - I am so sorry to bother you. - Nope, not a problem. 375 00:18:46,522 --> 00:18:49,024 I was just accounting. 376 00:18:49,150 --> 00:18:50,901 I'm Jeff Forster's manager. 377 00:18:51,026 --> 00:18:52,570 He's been here a whole day, 378 00:18:52,695 --> 00:18:55,406 and it doesn't seem like we're any closer to a diagnosis. 379 00:18:55,531 --> 00:18:57,450 Jeff Forster. A whole day, huh? 380 00:18:57,575 --> 00:18:58,576 Mmm-hmm. 381 00:18:58,701 --> 00:19:02,246 I was just wondering if I could help speed things up. 382 00:19:02,371 --> 00:19:05,541 Your client's had a muscle biopsy, a full blood workup 383 00:19:05,666 --> 00:19:08,169 and he's scheduled for a lumbar puncture at 10 a.m. tomorrow. 384 00:19:08,294 --> 00:19:09,795 Jeff is in the Lucas Wing. 385 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,506 If Mr. Lucas showed up needing a lumbar puncture, 386 00:19:12,631 --> 00:19:14,216 would he have to wait until tomorrow? 387 00:19:14,341 --> 00:19:16,469 - Mr. Lucas is dead. - Good. 388 00:19:16,594 --> 00:19:17,553 Then there's an opening. 389 00:19:19,889 --> 00:19:23,309 Jeff is used to doing whatever he has to to be first, isn't he? 390 00:19:23,434 --> 00:19:24,894 It's been very lucrative for him. 391 00:19:25,102 --> 00:19:27,897 He feels it's important that he give something back. 392 00:19:28,147 --> 00:19:31,776 I hear you've been raising funds for your nuclear medicine department 393 00:19:34,779 --> 00:19:35,821 or whatever. 394 00:19:44,622 --> 00:19:47,374 (RASPING) Thank you, guys, for working so late. 395 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:48,626 Glad to be here. 396 00:19:50,419 --> 00:19:53,422 FOREMAN: The lumbar puncture will tell us what kind of infection you've got. 397 00:19:53,547 --> 00:19:55,925 In the meantime, we're administering antibiotics. 398 00:19:58,511 --> 00:19:59,845 Do you like being a hero? 399 00:20:02,306 --> 00:20:03,557 It's a living. 400 00:20:03,766 --> 00:20:05,518 You don't feel a sense of responsibility? 401 00:20:05,643 --> 00:20:06,977 There's kids out there that worship you. 402 00:20:09,647 --> 00:20:12,316 When I was a rookie on the tour, 403 00:20:13,651 --> 00:20:15,778 I got a letter from a guy in Wisconsin. 404 00:20:16,570 --> 00:20:19,073 He wanted me to send a note to his son. 405 00:20:20,032 --> 00:20:21,826 He said he worshipped me. 406 00:20:22,701 --> 00:20:25,371 You know what worship means? I looked it up. 407 00:20:27,248 --> 00:20:31,669 It means to love unquestioningly and uncritically. 408 00:20:31,794 --> 00:20:32,795 (GASPING) 409 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,966 So the kid doesn't even know me, but he loves me 410 00:20:37,466 --> 00:20:39,760 unquestioningly and uncritically. 411 00:20:40,511 --> 00:20:42,638 So you decided to take advantage of that. 412 00:20:43,514 --> 00:20:48,227 What should I have done? "Dear sir, I'm just a guy 413 00:20:48,644 --> 00:20:50,521 who rides a bike pretty good. 414 00:20:50,688 --> 00:20:53,649 You and your kid are out of your minds." 415 00:20:56,610 --> 00:20:57,695 My arms feel funny. 416 00:20:57,820 --> 00:20:58,654 (CLEARS THROAT) 417 00:20:59,613 --> 00:21:01,073 (RETCHING) 418 00:21:02,241 --> 00:21:04,535 The sats are dropping. He's in respiratory arrest. 419 00:21:04,660 --> 00:21:05,870 He can't be. We fixed that. 420 00:21:06,662 --> 00:21:07,705 Apparently not. 421 00:21:21,719 --> 00:21:24,680 HOUSE: So glad we cured his respiratory arrest. 422 00:21:25,014 --> 00:21:27,182 It freed him up to develop respiratory arrest. 423 00:21:27,308 --> 00:21:29,101 LP was negative for encephalitis. 424 00:21:29,226 --> 00:21:30,477 The white count's still the same, 425 00:21:30,603 --> 00:21:32,938 but the red count's fallen to 29%. 426 00:21:33,105 --> 00:21:34,273 What was my theory yesterday? 427 00:21:34,398 --> 00:21:36,150 That I screwed up the embolectomy. 428 00:21:37,484 --> 00:21:39,153 We'll get a chest x-ray to check. 429 00:21:39,278 --> 00:21:40,529 I didn't screw up. Why would you... 430 00:21:40,654 --> 00:21:43,032 How can you be so petty, Chase? He's down a quart. 431 00:21:43,157 --> 00:21:45,784 Either he's losing blood because you nicked something 432 00:21:45,910 --> 00:21:47,036 or he's just not producing blood, 433 00:21:47,161 --> 00:21:49,121 in which case, we're talking acute anemia 434 00:21:49,246 --> 00:21:50,289 combined with a muscular disorder. 435 00:21:50,414 --> 00:21:52,166 Paraneoplastic syndrome? 436 00:21:52,291 --> 00:21:54,752 Either you screwed up or he's got cancer. 437 00:22:02,051 --> 00:22:03,886 I think I should start smoking again. 438 00:22:04,136 --> 00:22:07,097 You want a medical opinion supporting that decision? 439 00:22:07,473 --> 00:22:09,183 The symptoms started as soon as I quit. 440 00:22:09,308 --> 00:22:12,770 Symptoms meaning diarrhea. 441 00:22:14,188 --> 00:22:16,190 - A lot of diarrhea. - 10 or 12 times a day. 442 00:22:16,315 --> 00:22:19,610 It's really embarrassing. I'm a flight attendant and... 443 00:22:22,237 --> 00:22:23,864 Well, on the up side, my hiccups are gone. 444 00:22:23,989 --> 00:22:25,282 You went to his group. 445 00:22:25,824 --> 00:22:29,119 Well, you were the one who was all, "Greg, you need to confront your feelings". 446 00:22:29,244 --> 00:22:30,245 That was five years ago. 447 00:22:30,371 --> 00:22:31,413 Well, I've been pissy. 448 00:22:31,538 --> 00:22:34,208 Fine, you don't want help. Does that mean nobody should get it? 449 00:22:34,333 --> 00:22:37,962 Mark's looking for help because, what, he's resentful, overwhelmed? 450 00:22:38,087 --> 00:22:40,214 - I'm asking because I care. - Not about him. 451 00:22:40,339 --> 00:22:42,800 You still wanna jump me, so you don't care whose marriage... 452 00:22:42,925 --> 00:22:45,010 Listen, I can get my rocks off any time I want. 453 00:22:45,135 --> 00:22:46,887 What I don't seem to be able to do is my job 454 00:22:47,012 --> 00:22:48,597 without you hanging over my shoulder. 455 00:22:50,140 --> 00:22:51,141 (SCOFFS) 456 00:22:54,353 --> 00:22:55,396 How many packs? 457 00:22:56,313 --> 00:22:59,900 A bit over one a day, but they were lights, and I quit. 458 00:23:01,193 --> 00:23:02,486 You used to go out with her? 459 00:23:02,611 --> 00:23:03,654 Yeah. 460 00:23:04,196 --> 00:23:05,322 What was I thinking? 461 00:23:05,864 --> 00:23:09,743 I'm talking about the gum you're chewing to replace smoking as an oral fixation. 462 00:23:09,952 --> 00:23:12,204 - How many packs? - Six, maybe seven. 463 00:23:12,329 --> 00:23:13,372 (DOOR OPENS) 464 00:23:13,497 --> 00:23:14,790 I'm trying to protect you. 465 00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:17,918 Cuddy and I may be the only people stopping you from jumping off a cliff... 466 00:23:18,043 --> 00:23:20,504 - You're pissy. - Oh, I am angry! 467 00:23:20,629 --> 00:23:22,631 - You get pissy when you're frustrated. - Shut up. 468 00:23:23,132 --> 00:23:24,174 Okay, I'm wrong. 469 00:23:24,633 --> 00:23:27,761 This is unbelievably difficult for Mark, which you should know. 470 00:23:27,970 --> 00:23:31,223 Which you should be able to summon up some level of empathy for. 471 00:23:31,348 --> 00:23:34,143 Right. The crippled boys. We should start a band. 472 00:23:34,643 --> 00:23:36,311 I have a good thing with Mark. 473 00:23:36,478 --> 00:23:38,939 We are handling this the best way we know how. 474 00:23:39,064 --> 00:23:40,774 And none of this has anything to do with me? 475 00:23:40,899 --> 00:23:45,029 No, nothing, except that you can't or won't just let it go. 476 00:23:47,364 --> 00:23:48,991 Let it go. 477 00:23:56,790 --> 00:23:58,083 You're being poisoned. 478 00:23:59,209 --> 00:24:00,419 BY gum? 479 00:24:00,544 --> 00:24:03,714 Sugarless gum uses sorbitol as a sweetener. 480 00:24:04,173 --> 00:24:06,675 We use sorbitol as a laxative. 481 00:24:13,390 --> 00:24:15,768 This will tell you if he's got cancer in his blood? 482 00:24:16,268 --> 00:24:18,687 If he does, we'll see abnormal cells in the marrow. 483 00:24:19,688 --> 00:24:21,774 How long will the tests take? 484 00:24:21,899 --> 00:24:23,692 I'll get them in as soon as I can. 485 00:24:24,943 --> 00:24:28,405 And if he doesn't have cancer, what else could it be? 486 00:24:28,530 --> 00:24:31,408 It's possible some damage was done during one of the tests we gave him. 487 00:24:31,533 --> 00:24:34,286 So either one of your doctors screwed up a simple procedure 488 00:24:34,411 --> 00:24:35,662 or he's got cancer. 489 00:24:36,288 --> 00:24:39,166 We can't know anything for sure until the biopsy comes back. 490 00:24:39,291 --> 00:24:40,876 (LABORED BREATHING) 491 00:24:42,002 --> 00:24:43,295 WILSON: It stings, I know. 492 00:24:43,420 --> 00:24:45,005 MOIRA: No, he wants the tube out. 493 00:24:45,130 --> 00:24:46,256 I can't do that, Jeff. 494 00:24:46,381 --> 00:24:49,551 WILSON: If you wanna say something, you've gotta write it down. Okay? 495 00:24:50,135 --> 00:24:51,261 Here. 496 00:25:07,986 --> 00:25:10,239 If it's cancer, it's possible. 497 00:25:10,989 --> 00:25:12,324 WILSON: There's no way to know for sure. 498 00:25:18,122 --> 00:25:19,748 Phone not working? 499 00:25:20,958 --> 00:25:24,753 One of the morgue attendants asked me to bring this to you. 500 00:25:28,799 --> 00:25:29,842 Wonder why they're calling me. 501 00:25:29,967 --> 00:25:30,968 Yeah, me too, actually. 502 00:25:31,093 --> 00:25:35,389 I was wondering why the Times was returning your call. 503 00:25:36,723 --> 00:25:39,101 You a doctor or the bicycle police? 504 00:25:39,351 --> 00:25:42,938 He's cheating. He shouldn't get away with it. 505 00:25:45,566 --> 00:25:47,401 Have you actually told them anything yet? 506 00:25:47,526 --> 00:25:48,527 You worried about the precedent? 507 00:25:48,652 --> 00:25:50,028 I'm worried about you. 508 00:25:50,154 --> 00:25:51,238 You gonna turn me in? 509 00:25:52,614 --> 00:25:53,699 No. 510 00:25:56,285 --> 00:26:00,164 He's made a mistake. Revealing the truth doesn't undo it. 511 00:26:00,289 --> 00:26:04,084 Kids love him, and he's not who they think he is. It's not right. 512 00:26:04,209 --> 00:26:06,587 Who cares if he's what he says he is? Who the hell is? 513 00:26:07,713 --> 00:26:10,924 If love is based on lies, does that mean it's not a real feeling? 514 00:26:11,049 --> 00:26:13,051 It doesn't bring the same pleasure? 515 00:26:13,177 --> 00:26:14,887 Are we still talking about the patient? 516 00:26:20,142 --> 00:26:22,769 Have you ever cheated? 517 00:26:29,109 --> 00:26:30,444 Well, I have. 518 00:26:30,652 --> 00:26:32,321 You wanna punish him? Good for you. 519 00:26:32,654 --> 00:26:35,157 But you can't do it without punishing the people who love him. 520 00:26:35,282 --> 00:26:37,117 Is that how you justified lying to your wives? 521 00:26:39,203 --> 00:26:40,495 I always told them. 522 00:26:44,791 --> 00:26:46,877 Well, he's negative for bleeds. 523 00:26:47,211 --> 00:26:49,838 Congratulations, Chase. It's cancer. 524 00:26:51,381 --> 00:26:54,760 Clean him up and let oncology have him. It's their party now. 525 00:26:54,927 --> 00:26:58,680 He doesn't have cancer. Biopsy shows he's got pure red cell aplasia. 526 00:26:59,223 --> 00:27:01,975 There's no way PRCA could manifest so suddenly. 527 00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:05,229 Unless it's drug-induced. He's lying about not being on EPO. 528 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:06,897 Why would he lie? 529 00:27:07,022 --> 00:27:08,232 What does it matter? 530 00:27:09,524 --> 00:27:13,237 People lie for thousands of reasons. But there's always a reason. 531 00:27:13,362 --> 00:27:15,781 Philosophically interesting, medically irrelevant. 532 00:27:16,031 --> 00:27:17,282 Unless he's not lying. 533 00:27:22,037 --> 00:27:25,415 You've got a leak. The press is all over the Jeff Forster story. 534 00:27:25,540 --> 00:27:27,960 On the off chance that one of you was stupid enough to call 535 00:27:28,085 --> 00:27:30,087 from your own office, I'm pulling your phone records, 536 00:27:30,212 --> 00:27:31,505 including your cell phones. 537 00:27:31,630 --> 00:27:34,883 I assume if I point out the fact that you have no right to do that, 538 00:27:35,008 --> 00:27:36,510 you'll interpret that as a sign of guilt? 539 00:27:36,635 --> 00:27:40,180 Wilson's chatty, plus he's got two ex-wives to support. 540 00:27:40,305 --> 00:27:41,431 You want me to tell him he's fired? 541 00:27:41,556 --> 00:27:44,518 Until we figure out who's behind this, I'm sitting in with you guys. 542 00:27:44,643 --> 00:27:47,646 You have the ethics of a 4-year-old. I'm gonna treat you like one. 543 00:27:47,771 --> 00:27:51,024 How am I supposed to practice medicine with a lawyer sitting on my shoulder? 544 00:27:51,149 --> 00:27:53,402 - Responsibly. - You know I can't do that. 545 00:27:54,945 --> 00:27:56,238 Cameron. 546 00:27:56,363 --> 00:27:57,197 I'm not the leak. 547 00:27:57,322 --> 00:27:59,908 Somebody once told me that everybody lies, 548 00:28:00,033 --> 00:28:01,994 and since you're the only people who know he has cancer... 549 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:03,078 He doesn't have cancer. 550 00:28:03,203 --> 00:28:05,122 CUDDY: The point is, you're his medical team. 551 00:28:05,330 --> 00:28:07,249 He's threatening to sue. 552 00:28:07,374 --> 00:28:09,084 HOUSE: Why would Cameron leak cancer? 553 00:28:10,335 --> 00:28:12,379 How does cancer make the guy look bad? 554 00:28:18,176 --> 00:28:19,344 He's on EPO. 555 00:28:21,888 --> 00:28:25,726 Your anemia is caused by pure red cell aplasia. 556 00:28:27,019 --> 00:28:29,396 This is gonna hurt, but we gotta talk. 557 00:28:29,521 --> 00:28:30,731 What the hell are you doing? 558 00:28:30,856 --> 00:28:31,940 He'll be fine, sort of. 559 00:28:32,065 --> 00:28:33,150 (COUGHING) 560 00:28:33,275 --> 00:28:35,777 I just don't have time to watch him write out answers. 561 00:28:37,154 --> 00:28:41,116 PRCA comes in two varieties, chronic and acute. 562 00:28:41,241 --> 00:28:44,161 Since it came on fast, you have the acute version. 563 00:28:44,286 --> 00:28:45,370 He doesn't have cancer. 564 00:28:45,495 --> 00:28:47,581 Is the good news. The bad news is 565 00:28:48,332 --> 00:28:50,000 pants are on fire. 566 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:54,379 Acute PRCA is caused by drugs, most commonly, EPO. 567 00:28:55,130 --> 00:28:57,341 Ready, and action! 568 00:28:57,466 --> 00:28:59,801 But I haven't used EPO. 569 00:29:00,552 --> 00:29:03,430 Okay, but this time, with more anger. 570 00:29:03,930 --> 00:29:06,016 Remember, this guy's accusing you of cheating. 571 00:29:06,850 --> 00:29:08,560 I haven't used that stuff. 572 00:29:11,021 --> 00:29:13,982 I believed it. It was simple, it was pure. Did you believe it? 573 00:29:14,316 --> 00:29:17,194 I guess it's silly to cast someone after the first audition. 574 00:29:17,319 --> 00:29:19,112 - Why don't you do a reading? - Give me that. 575 00:29:19,237 --> 00:29:22,282 - He doesn't do EPO. - What did you think? 576 00:29:22,407 --> 00:29:25,494 It's a different way to go, but, I don't know, I just didn't buy it. 577 00:29:25,660 --> 00:29:27,037 Does she handle any of your injections? 578 00:29:27,162 --> 00:29:29,122 You think I'm giving it to him? 579 00:29:29,247 --> 00:29:30,665 Test him. 580 00:29:30,791 --> 00:29:32,334 Gee, that's a great idea. 581 00:29:33,043 --> 00:29:36,963 I sure hope that EPO's not one of those drugs that's undetectable after six hours. 582 00:29:37,172 --> 00:29:40,217 Hey, you know what we can test for? Phone calls. 583 00:29:40,801 --> 00:29:43,136 Take her cell phone. Push the redial button. 584 00:29:43,261 --> 00:29:45,347 Even money says you'll be connected to the newspaper 585 00:29:45,472 --> 00:29:46,556 that leaked your cancer story. 586 00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:49,309 Okay- 587 00:29:51,853 --> 00:29:53,438 Okay, I should have told you. 588 00:29:53,605 --> 00:29:55,690 It's not just about the races, Jeff. 589 00:29:55,816 --> 00:29:57,442 It's about your image, okay? 590 00:29:57,776 --> 00:30:02,197 If you come back from cancer, those sponsors will be all over you. 591 00:30:03,824 --> 00:30:07,619 Okay, so I messed up. Okay? But I did not give you EPO. 592 00:30:07,744 --> 00:30:10,038 That stuff could kill me. 593 00:30:10,163 --> 00:30:11,206 (MIMICKING INCOHERENTLY) 594 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,625 Come on, give her a break. 595 00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:15,961 She was only doing what she has to to advance her career. 596 00:30:16,086 --> 00:30:18,046 Don't you have that tattooed on your tushie? 597 00:30:18,463 --> 00:30:21,425 I would never do anything to hurt you. 598 00:30:22,175 --> 00:30:23,677 Who are you gonna believe, 599 00:30:23,927 --> 00:30:25,887 the manager you've trusted for years? 600 00:30:26,179 --> 00:30:27,722 (HOUSE RAZZING) 601 00:30:27,848 --> 00:30:29,015 I've been to college. 602 00:30:30,517 --> 00:30:31,852 (GASPING) 603 00:30:37,524 --> 00:30:38,817 You're fired. 604 00:30:47,617 --> 00:30:48,869 Okay- 605 00:30:50,203 --> 00:30:53,206 You're basing this whole diagnosis, everything, 606 00:30:53,457 --> 00:30:56,960 on the idea that I was slipping him illegal drugs. 607 00:31:03,049 --> 00:31:04,468 You're gonna kill him. 608 00:31:17,689 --> 00:31:21,443 If Doctor House is so sure, why do you need to stay? 609 00:31:21,568 --> 00:31:23,570 He's a very cautious man. 610 00:31:24,529 --> 00:31:26,823 Your breathing's better. Let the prednisone do its job. 611 00:31:26,948 --> 00:31:28,408 Get some sleep. 612 00:31:33,580 --> 00:31:34,748 (GASPING) 613 00:31:37,959 --> 00:31:39,127 Jeff? 614 00:31:39,753 --> 00:31:41,796 (BEEPING) 615 00:31:49,221 --> 00:31:52,098 FOREMAN: His red blood cell count plummeted to 16%. 616 00:31:52,224 --> 00:31:55,602 He passed out, had to be resuscitated, and he still can't move his legs. 617 00:31:55,727 --> 00:31:58,480 That's not possible. The drugs should be flushing out of his system. 618 00:31:58,605 --> 00:32:00,524 Can't leave if they don't exist. 619 00:32:00,649 --> 00:32:03,527 The EPO use explains every one of his symptoms. 620 00:32:03,652 --> 00:32:06,238 He's been lying and cheating, and now it's coming back to bite him. 621 00:32:06,363 --> 00:32:09,074 The only problem with that theory is it's based on the assumption 622 00:32:09,199 --> 00:32:10,951 that the universe is a just place. 623 00:32:11,076 --> 00:32:14,204 If it were, then his poor manager wouldn't have been fired for no reason. 624 00:32:14,329 --> 00:32:16,331 - Lambert-Eaton. - His chest was clear. 625 00:32:16,456 --> 00:32:18,750 CHASE: So we run an electromyography test. 626 00:32:18,875 --> 00:32:21,086 You're still not explaining the PRCA. 627 00:32:21,253 --> 00:32:22,546 What's his red count now? 628 00:32:22,671 --> 00:32:23,880 I had to give him a blood transfusion. 629 00:32:24,005 --> 00:32:25,465 He's back around 30. 630 00:32:25,966 --> 00:32:27,676 He needed a transfusion? 631 00:32:27,842 --> 00:32:31,346 Well, he was losing blood, so, I thought maybe he needed blood. 632 00:32:34,474 --> 00:32:36,977 Go forth and scan his neck. 633 00:32:37,102 --> 00:32:38,186 His neck? 634 00:32:38,603 --> 00:32:41,231 Or repeat everything I say in question form. 635 00:32:53,743 --> 00:32:55,829 She came into the clinic and yelled at me. 636 00:32:57,247 --> 00:33:00,250 Then she left, she came back and yelled some more. 637 00:33:00,625 --> 00:33:01,585 Hmm. 638 00:33:01,918 --> 00:33:04,754 Yelling. That might be a clue. 639 00:33:05,213 --> 00:33:09,384 I know what the yelling means. It's the coming and going I find interesting. 640 00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:11,636 - It's not rational. - Anger is not rational. 641 00:33:11,803 --> 00:33:13,179 Some anger is. 642 00:33:13,305 --> 00:33:16,182 She could have pulled me aside, screamed at me privately. 643 00:33:16,683 --> 00:33:19,603 Her beef is simple and well founded. 644 00:33:20,437 --> 00:33:21,938 But she was out of control. 645 00:33:22,063 --> 00:33:23,565 You're having fun, aren't you? 646 00:33:23,690 --> 00:33:25,734 She's in my face. I need to know why. 647 00:33:25,859 --> 00:33:27,277 Professional reasons. 648 00:33:27,402 --> 00:33:28,445 Why else? 649 00:33:30,363 --> 00:33:33,617 Do you really think this is going to end well for anyone? 650 00:33:39,039 --> 00:33:42,667 After this, let's scan some other totally random body parts. 651 00:33:42,792 --> 00:33:44,586 50 bucks says we find something. 652 00:33:44,711 --> 00:33:46,212 (FOREMAN SNICKERS) 653 00:33:46,338 --> 00:33:47,297 Find what? 654 00:33:47,589 --> 00:33:49,799 Don't have a clue. We on? 655 00:33:49,924 --> 00:33:50,759 No way. 656 00:33:55,013 --> 00:33:56,723 No. We'll find something. 657 00:34:02,062 --> 00:34:04,814 - We found a thymoma. - How'd you know to look in his neck? 658 00:34:04,939 --> 00:34:06,608 Thymoma's usually present in the chest. 659 00:34:06,733 --> 00:34:08,485 I knew it wasn't in his chest. 660 00:34:08,735 --> 00:34:11,321 All we've done since he checked in is look at his chest. 661 00:34:11,446 --> 00:34:14,115 - All the more reason not to think... - There are two types of PRCA. 662 00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:16,951 Acute comes on suddenly, chronic takes its time. 663 00:34:17,452 --> 00:34:20,038 We all thought Jeff's was acute because it happened right in front of us. 664 00:34:20,163 --> 00:34:22,791 But what if it'd been there for months, maybe years? 665 00:34:22,916 --> 00:34:24,751 There's no way. It would have kept him from racing. 666 00:34:24,876 --> 00:34:26,711 With that kind of anemia, he would have needed constant... 667 00:34:29,005 --> 00:34:30,131 Blood transfusions. 668 00:34:30,256 --> 00:34:32,801 Which he was getting in convenient blood doping fonn. 669 00:34:32,967 --> 00:34:34,969 He was treating himself without even knowing it. 670 00:34:35,095 --> 00:34:38,598 Up to half of patients with chronic PRCA have a thymoma. 671 00:34:38,723 --> 00:34:41,226 And up to half of patients with a thymoma... 672 00:34:42,268 --> 00:34:44,229 I've always wanted to do this. 673 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,367 I'm not getting any better. Does that mean I'm... 674 00:35:00,203 --> 00:35:02,872 You are healed. Rise and walk. 675 00:35:03,415 --> 00:35:04,624 Are you insane? 676 00:35:04,749 --> 00:35:06,751 In the Bible, people just say, "Yes, Lord", 677 00:35:06,876 --> 00:35:08,753 and then start right in on the praising. 678 00:35:09,337 --> 00:35:12,465 First you tell me I've got cancer. 679 00:35:13,967 --> 00:35:16,803 And then you tell me that my manager... 680 00:35:30,692 --> 00:35:31,735 What did you do? 681 00:35:32,026 --> 00:35:34,237 No, "What did you do, Lord?" 682 00:35:34,529 --> 00:35:36,990 Thymoma is a tumor on the thymus gland. 683 00:35:37,407 --> 00:35:39,951 He's a bit of a wimp, but he hangs with the tough guys. 684 00:35:40,076 --> 00:35:43,663 PRCA and an autoimmune disease called myasthenia gravis. 685 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,124 MG causes muscle fatigue 686 00:35:46,249 --> 00:35:49,169 including respiratory problems and difficulty swallowing. 687 00:35:50,295 --> 00:35:51,880 And it can hit you that fast? 688 00:35:52,005 --> 00:35:54,382 The treatment for PRCA is blood transfusions. 689 00:35:54,507 --> 00:35:56,634 The treatment for MG is hyperbaria. 690 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,596 You were doing both as part of your regular freak show. 691 00:35:59,721 --> 00:36:01,765 When you took a break, everything went to hell, 692 00:36:01,931 --> 00:36:04,517 which is not an uncommon reaction in Jersey. 693 00:36:04,642 --> 00:36:08,730 So, the whole thing with my manager... 694 00:36:09,314 --> 00:36:12,400 Oops. No, no EPO. 695 00:36:12,650 --> 00:36:15,236 This has nothing to do with anything you did. 696 00:36:15,361 --> 00:36:17,739 - Let her know she's in the clear. - I could. 697 00:36:18,531 --> 00:36:21,785 Or 10% of a Nike contract 698 00:36:21,910 --> 00:36:23,745 is a hell of a lot of cash. 699 00:36:26,623 --> 00:36:27,916 You don't need your thymus. 700 00:36:28,041 --> 00:36:29,834 If we take it out, everything else is manageable. 701 00:36:29,959 --> 00:36:31,544 Manageable? I thought you just cured me. 702 00:36:31,669 --> 00:36:34,214 Uh-uh. This is just diagnostic. 703 00:36:34,339 --> 00:36:37,759 Tensilon erases the symptoms of MG for five or six minutes. 704 00:36:38,843 --> 00:36:39,928 (GASPING) 705 00:36:46,935 --> 00:36:48,770 Sometimes less. 706 00:36:49,854 --> 00:36:52,690 This is exactly why I created nurses. 707 00:36:52,982 --> 00:36:54,651 Clean up on Aisle Three! 708 00:37:06,079 --> 00:37:08,331 If you've come to search my office, you should wait 10 minutes. 709 00:37:08,456 --> 00:37:09,666 I'll be out of your hair. 710 00:37:09,791 --> 00:37:13,002 Here, start with my purse. Just save me some mints. 711 00:37:14,295 --> 00:37:16,464 What do you wanna know? My sex life with Mark? 712 00:37:16,589 --> 00:37:18,675 My guilt over crippling your damn leg? 713 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,427 Or are you just here to gloat because you weren't the leak? 714 00:37:21,761 --> 00:37:23,221 I want to apologize. 715 00:37:28,726 --> 00:37:29,727 Maybe I've 716 00:37:31,729 --> 00:37:33,940 been punishing you for a little too long. 717 00:37:36,776 --> 00:37:38,278 And maybe you've been punishing me. 718 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,949 If we're going to work together, I need to know. 719 00:37:45,702 --> 00:37:48,621 Do you hate me or do you love me? 720 00:37:51,165 --> 00:37:52,834 Either way, I think we've got a problem. 721 00:37:56,170 --> 00:37:59,257 I hate you and I love you. 722 00:38:02,260 --> 00:38:03,970 And I love Mark. 723 00:38:06,848 --> 00:38:08,474 And you don't hate him. 724 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:09,684 No. 725 00:38:13,479 --> 00:38:14,814 So what do we do? 726 00:38:14,939 --> 00:38:17,150 We deal with each other. 727 00:38:19,569 --> 00:38:20,653 Right. 728 00:38:21,487 --> 00:38:23,573 That plan's been working great so far. 729 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:27,619 It'll get better. It'll get easier. 730 00:38:28,536 --> 00:38:29,787 - Why? - I don't know. 731 00:38:29,913 --> 00:38:31,623 That's what my therapist tells me. 732 00:38:51,684 --> 00:38:54,312 JEFF ON T.V.: In the professional cycling world, we are subject to 733 00:38:54,437 --> 00:38:57,565 what seems like constant witch-hunts and finger-pointing. 734 00:38:59,025 --> 00:39:01,945 But I want to thank Dr. House and the excellent medical team 735 00:39:02,070 --> 00:39:03,738 here at Princeton-Plainsboro. 736 00:39:03,863 --> 00:39:06,741 My hope is that this diagnosis 737 00:39:06,866 --> 00:39:08,534 will put to rest any rumors that I would ever... 738 00:39:08,660 --> 00:39:10,578 He needs blood transfusions every two weeks, 739 00:39:10,703 --> 00:39:12,580 which means he can dope all he wants. 740 00:39:12,956 --> 00:39:14,832 He's got a doctor's pass. 741 00:39:15,792 --> 00:39:17,168 It's medicinal. 742 00:39:18,586 --> 00:39:20,088 He got away with it. 743 00:39:20,630 --> 00:39:21,714 Mmm-hmm. 744 00:39:22,382 --> 00:39:24,467 He cheated and won a game. 745 00:39:25,802 --> 00:39:29,847 Life's more complicated than who gets to the finish line first. 746 00:39:34,686 --> 00:39:37,021 I fell in love with my husband's best friend. 747 00:39:41,025 --> 00:39:43,486 Near the end, I was at the hospital every day, 748 00:39:45,238 --> 00:39:47,782 and Joe would come by after work. 749 00:39:48,992 --> 00:39:51,744 We'd go for walks and try to talk each other through it. 750 00:39:53,579 --> 00:39:54,998 We kind of clung on to each other. 751 00:40:00,628 --> 00:40:01,671 My wife 752 00:40:03,715 --> 00:40:06,634 wasn't dying. She wasn't even sick. 753 00:40:06,759 --> 00:40:08,594 Everything was fine. 754 00:40:09,887 --> 00:40:11,139 But I met someone who 755 00:40:13,975 --> 00:40:16,686 made me feel funny. 756 00:40:20,189 --> 00:40:21,232 Good. 757 00:40:22,358 --> 00:40:24,819 And I didn't want to let that feeling go. 758 00:40:31,659 --> 00:40:33,578 What happened to you? 759 00:40:35,038 --> 00:40:37,832 How can anyone go through that alone? 760 00:40:38,666 --> 00:40:40,084 You can't control your emotions. 761 00:40:40,209 --> 00:40:41,294 No. 762 00:40:45,006 --> 00:40:47,175 Just your actions. 763 00:40:53,639 --> 00:40:56,476 You didn't do it, did you? You didn't sleep with him. 764 00:40:57,477 --> 00:41:00,188 I couldn't have lived with myself. 765 00:41:07,403 --> 00:41:10,156 You'd be surprised what you can live with. 766 00:41:26,589 --> 00:41:27,507 Hey. 767 00:41:30,384 --> 00:41:31,469 I need you to open a door. 768 00:41:31,594 --> 00:41:32,678 It's not allowed. 769 00:41:33,679 --> 00:41:36,516 (STAMMERING) Yeah, I was having therapy in here today 770 00:41:37,058 --> 00:41:38,184 and I left my cane. 771 00:41:38,309 --> 00:41:39,519 Sorry. 772 00:41:41,562 --> 00:41:43,106 Dude, 773 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:45,733 I'm crippled.