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(man)
And the only thing wrong--

The only thing wrong
with the American dream

is people, too many people.

Too many of us
telling young people

that the dream is dead.

They told me that
when I was growing up

in the slums of Trenton.

And they were wrong.

They told me that
when I decided

to run for senator, with only
$58 in my savings account.

And they were wrong,
and they are still

telling me that now,
that I don't have a chance.

Because I'm black,

because I don't have
the right nose,

because I still only have
$58 in my savings account.

[laughter echoing distortedly]

With your help,

we can keep that dream alive.

And in closing--

[echoing distortedly]

Just...

let me say...

Let me say
that you should all

donate the legal maximum

to the next President
of the United States.

[applause]

Are you okay, do you need
some water or something?

No, no, I'm fine.
I'm fine. Really.

Handsome guy like you,
I bet you get 70% of the women.

[chuckles]
Here's hoping.

Of course, it helps your wife
died of cancer.

I mean, I'm sorry, but the
sympathy vote's in your pocket.

Yeah, I appreciate...
your support.

Listen, Senator, my union

has a hell of a war chest.

Um...I've...

always been strong
on the unions...

But the thing is, you always
go on in your speeches

[echoing distortedly]
about the workers
in Indonesia, Cambodia,

Timbuktu...

Because I think we have a--
a moral--

My union members are hurting.

They don't care about
moral this, and moral that.

Are you all right?

(hostess)
Senator, are you okay?

Call 911--Hurry!

Senator, Senator,
are you all right?

[camera shutters clicking]

[new age music]

*

(Vogler)
The Senator is suffering
from nausea,

headache, and mental confusion.

Yeah, bad sushi is so hard
to diagnose.

You're being childish.

Look, if--if his case is
as trivial as you think,

it'll take you three minutes
to diagnose.

Uh-huh, three minutes
that I could spend

sitting on the toilet
with the funny pages.

You're mad at me.

No.

I never liked
Cameron or Foreman.

Do you know why I'm forcing you
to fire one of them?

Because you need to prove to me
that you're a team player.

Now, if you did that,

you wouldn't need
to go through this exercise.

Fine. I'll hold the Senator's
hair while he upchucks.

Oh, and, um, by the way.

I need you to give a speech

at the National Cardiology
Conference, um, next week.

I don't do speeches.
I'm shy.

Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals

has developed
a new ACE inhibitor.

I would like you
to extol the virtues

of this breakthrough
medication.

Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals.

Wait a second,
don't I own that company?

Oh no, that's right.
You do.

Viopril is a significant
improvement

over the old version.

All there in the study.

I know its price tag
is significantly improved.

You can either give
one ten-minute talk

and one three-minute diagnosis,

or you can fire
one of your pets.

My understanding was
that you believed in rationality

above all else.

Viopril.

(Senator Wright)
I appreciate your keeping
the media away.

(Foreman)
We're keeping your staff
away as well.

You should take it easy now.

I'm in the middle
of a campaign.

The faster
we can get you better,

the faster
you can get out of here.

Anyone else at the fundraiser
get sick?

I don't think so.

And I don't think that's it.

I mean, I've been
under the weather for weeks.

You know, lots of traveling.

I'm supposed to be
in the Sudan next week.

[video game blipping]
Oh!

Helps me concentrate.

Even better than drugs.

Open your mouth, please.

Ahhhh.

That's quite a scar.

When I was six,

I, um, fell off the swing
and bit my tongue.

Couldn't talk right
for the longest time. [laughs]

Lots of teasing.

You know, it just made me...

fight harder, speak up
for those who can't.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Tongues heal too fast.

Your political consultants
have written you a nice story.

In a tight race,

the lispers alone could
put you over the top.

You, uh, a Republican, or
you just hate all politicians?

I just find being forced
to sit through drivel annoying.

You find sincerity annoying?

You're a black kid
from the ghetto.

You made it to Yale Law
and the United States Senate.

That's a sufficiently
mythical story.

You don't need to lie
about your tongue.

Must've missed it.

What's wrong?

What is it?

It's not the food.
It's your brain.

Get an MRI
and a lumbar puncture.

Cancel your travel plans.

(Foreman)
The Senator's LP

showed no sign of infection,

and the MRI looks fairly clean.

I guess we can tell him
he's fairly healthy

and can go home.

Well, there is something
in Broca's area.

But it's small,
low intensity.

Most likely
just background noise.

Care to bet your job on that?

What was that?

What was what?

You got annoyed.

That was clearly
an annoyed face.

I get annoyed by glib remarks
about our futures.

But last week,
you didn't get annoyed,

you made poopie in your pants.

It's weird.

It's almost like now you know

you have nothing
to worry about.

Chase has nothing
to worry about?

None of you has anything
to worry about.

What happened?

Vogler...

saw the error of his ways
and repented.

The lesion could be nothing.

It also could be a brain tumor
or an infection.

There's only one way
to find out which.

You want to cut
into his brain?

Dangerous, I know.

Especially since
he's a politician,

his brain's all twisted.

But I weighed that
against the risk of him

stroking out before lunch.

Call surgery, get it scheduled.

You're not pregnant.

Well, I told you that.

But there's gotta be some other
reason I'm still spotting.

Sure. You were pregnant.

Based on your hormone levels,
you've had a miscarriage.

I haven't even been on a date.

Right.

And since it's physically
impossible

to have sex without someone
buying you dinner...

I haven't had sex

since I split up
with my husband.

That was almost a year ago.

Fine. Have it your way.

Immaculate conception.

Um...what do I do?

Well, it's obvious.

Start a religion.

In my office.

Afternoon delight.
She just loves the hard wood.

You're not doinga brain biopsy
based on a spot on an MRI.

Where'd you get that?

Not on a United States Senator.

Oh, just so I'm clear,

if he was a janitor,
that would be okay.

Do you have a list?

A brain biopsy can can cause
permanent neurological damage.

Uh-huh, whereas tumors
are really good for brains,

make 'em grow big and strong.

It's my call.

No, it's not.

You're pulling rank
on patient care?

It's not my call either.

It's up to you.

(House)
Either it's a tumor,

or it's an infection that

the lumbar puncture
didn't pick up.

Either way, unless we treat it
immediately, it could kill you.

Or it could be nothing.

Reading brain MRIs is not
an exact science.

Well, what caused by s-symptoms?

Wow. Excellent question.

Many doctors wouldn't
have gone there.

It could be a transient
ischemic attack.

You could make the argument

for watching carefully
for the time being.

Mm, but you'd only
make that argument

if you were an administrator
covering your ass.

That's absurd. And insulting.

Insulting, yes.

What will the voters think?

If they find out
I've had a b-b-brain biopsy?

This could leave you--
[mimicking] b-b-b-brain-damaged.

And you're worried
about NASCAR dads.

It's not a brain tumor.

It's not a bacterial infection
either.

(Cuddy)
So you biopsied

his brain for nothing.

If that were true,
would Dr. Wilson's mouth

be contorted
into that ugly shape?

It's toxoplasmosis.

You sure?

Which means the Great Black Hope
has full-blown AIDS.

They're gonna love that
in Dubuque.

Toxoplasmosis is
a fairly common fungus

you can get from eating
undercooked meat

or touching cat feces.

In rare cases, the fungi
travel up the bloodstream

and latch onto the brain,

causing a lesion,
or inflammation.

So?

What's the prognosis?

Toxo usually responds
to treatment.

But it only causes a lesion
in your brain

if your immune system is
extremely weak to begin with.

Senator, I'm afraid
you have AIDS.

As I'm sure you--

No!
As I'm sure you know,

people with HIV
can live a long time.

What else could do this to me?

Theoretically,

certain cancers.

If you have toxo
in your brain,

you have AIDS.

I do not have AIDS.

I don't s-shoot up drugs,

I don't s-sleep with--

Look, this is
very bad news.

I get that and I sympathize.

But we gotta speed through
the denial phase,

because you need
antiretrovirals,

and you need them fast.

You haven't even tested me
for HIV!

We will.

With the toxo drugs,

you're gonna piss off
your fungi.

And when fungi get pissed--

I am not going
to take the pills.

You're afraid word
will leak out.

Trust me,

you're not gonna be
president either way.

They don't call it
the White House

because of the paint job.

Here's what you're gonna do.

You're gonna give me the drugs

for the toxo only.

You are going to test me
for HIV

under a false name.

You are going to test me
for cancer.

And anything else that could've
done this to me.

If I have cancer,
I will deal with it.

But I do not...

have AIDS.

"Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals
are pleased to announce

"that Dr. Gregory House
will present

the latest research on their
exciting new ACE inhibitor--"

You're making that up.
That's Vogler's company.

The press release.

"during an address at the North
American Cardiology Conference."

House never gives speeches.

(House)
But when I really believe
in something--

Gosh dang it, I got a chance
to make a difference here.

You made a deal with Vogler?

It's all the rage.
Everybody's doing it.

So what's the deal?

You get to keep all of us
if you flog his products?

One speech, no biggie.

Foreman's doing

a bone marrow biopsy

to check for cancer.

Cancer?
The Senator's got AIDS.

Cancer sounds better
in a press release.

I need you guys to rush
the ELISA test for HIV.

Thank you.

For the speech.

When I said "rush," I meant,

you know, fast.

"Stat" is the word
you doctors use, right?

I know it's hard for you--
Double stat?

(Foreman)
This may hurt a little.

Sorry.

[coughs]
It wasn't the shot, it's, um--

my head's killing me.

Senator, we don't have
to do this now.

We can hold off
'til your HIV test comes back.

[laughs]
Guess you figure it's gonna
come back positive.

Well, in my experience--

Patients lie.

Politicians lie more.

And black politicians--

I don't think black politicians
lie more than white politicians.

We lie less.

You figure we're
morally superior?

[chuckles]
I've got my theories.

No, we--

We just can't get away with it.

[clears throat]
No one's gonna g-give us
the benefit of the doubt.

No one's gonna
cut us a second chance.

And when it happens, it's not
just a--a bad politician.

It's--it's a bad role model,
it's a--

a dis--dis--

credit to the race.

You ready?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Take a deep breath.

[groans]

Dr. House?

I just wanted to--
You're welcome again.

I want you
to know how much I--

Got it. You're grateful.

Apparently, you seem to think

it'll mean a lot to me
to know that.

Do you know why people
pray to God?

I thought you didn't
believe in God.

I don't.

Well, then you you better
be making a very good point.

Do you think they pray to Him
and praise Him

because they want Him to know
how great He is?

God already knows that.

Are you comparing me to God?

I mean, that's great,
but just so you know,

I've never made a tree.

I thank you because...

it means something to me.

To be grateful
for what I receive.

You are the most naive atheist
I've ever met.

(woman)
Dr. House?

You have a patient in room one.

Thank God.

People pray so that God
won't crush them like bugs.

I'm not gonna crush you.

"Petechial bruising"?

I don't know if I pronounced
that right.

Gosh, the Internet
is such a wonderful tool.

It could be leukemia.

Definitely possible.

The more likely diagnosis
is hickey.

Well, it can't be a hickey.

Why is everybody so ashamed
of sex all of a sudden?

I'm not having sex.

I've barely even
thought about sex

since my marriage--ow!

I say you're having sex,
you say you're not.

Either you're lying

or I'm wrong.

Or there's some middle ground.

You mean, like oral?

I mean you're having sex
without knowing it.

I'm testing you for booze,
drugs,

and GHB.

I don't drink. Or--

What's GHB?

The date rape drug.

It's positive.

T cell count is eight.

Which means there's
a good chance you'll die.

I'm telling you this

because we need to contact
your sexual partners.

I've only had two girlfriends.
Two.

After my wife died.

I used...

condoms.

You know, the chances

of you getting HIV from
heterosexual sex with a condom?

Yes.

Someday there will be
a black president.

Someday there will be
a gay president.

Maybe there'll even be
a gay black president.

The one combination

I do not see happening

is gay, black, and dead.

You need to stop lying to me.

It must be miserable,

always assuming the worst
in people.

Oh, cut the crap.
You're dying.

And you're clever,
you're witty,

and you are a coward.

You're scared of taking chances.

I take chances all the time.
It's one of my worst qualities.

On people?

Wanting to believe the best
about people

doesn't make it true.

Being afraid to believe it
doesn't make it false.

Well, that's very moving.
It's a shame I don't vote.

This who I am.
I believe in people.

I'm not hiply cynical,

and I don't make
easy, snide remarks.

I would rather think
that people are good

and be disappointed
once and again.

I need to draw some more blood.

Nurse!

(Cuddy)
Antiretrovirals

aren't working.

Well, it's not surprising.

He's just gonna keep getting
worse, you realize that, right?

Why are you spying
on my case?

Why are you giving that speech
next week?

We're both just doing
what we have to do.

You don't see a problem
with that?

Uh, checking in
on a patient?

Yeah, wow, how do I look myself
in the mirror?

You're not the one being asked
to perpetrate a fraud

on the American people.

It's a ten-minute speech.

That I've been ordered to give.

Vogler's drug works.
Don't care.

Why do you have to make
everything so dramatic?

'Cause I'm a very high-strung
little lapdog.

[growls]

[barks]

[snarls]

(House)
Uh-uh.

No pills.

What's going on?

The antiretrovirals
aren't working.

Why not?

'Cause you don't have AIDS.

[laughs]

First test was
a false positive.

Happens one time
in every 5,000.

You r-ran a second test?

Yeah.

You're still dying.

The only difference is,
now we don't know why.

(Foreman)
He's continuing
to lose control

of the muscles
on his right side.

His brain is getting foggier,

and his T cells
are still in single digits.

Why are we doing this here?

So Cuddy can't find us.

Unless we figure out

the underlying disease,

this guy's lied
to his last constituent.

False negative
on the PCR AIDS test?

Ran it twice.

Immunoglobulin deficiency?

No history
of respiratory problems.

Idiopathic T cell deficiency.

"Idiopathic,"
from the Latin meaning,

we're idiots 'cause we can't
figure out what's causing it.

Give him a whole body scan.

You hate whole body scans.

'Cause they're useless.

You could probably scan
every one of us

and find five different doodads
that look like cancer.

But when you're fourth down

and a hundred to go,
in the snow,

you don't call a running play
up the middle.

Unless you're the Jets.

I hate sports metaphors.

(Wilson)
Why did you order

the second AIDS test?

Standard procedure.

Oh, well, that's you.
Mr. Standard Procedure.

You suspected the first test
was a false positive?

I knew he was going to Africa,

and I figured he was vaccinated
for Hep A and B.

That could cause
a false positive.

Yeah, but you knew that before
you ordered the first test.

What changed?

I should've ordered both.

You were sure he had AIDS.

Then you talked to him,
then you had doubts.

What--what did he say?

He said he had not engaged
in any risky behavior.

Huh.

And you believed him?

Well, he didn't have
any reason to lie--

"Everybody lies."
Except...politicians?

House, I believe
you're a romantic.

You didn't just believe him,
you believed in him.

Do you want to come over tonight
and watch old movies and cry?

Dr. Cameron's getting to you.

Well, I guess you can't be
around that much niceness

and not get any on you.

Is that why you haven't
put the moves on her?

What makes you think I haven't
put the moves on her?

Oh.

Oh, boy.

You're in trouble.

[door opening]

You have restored my faith
in the human race.

You're lying.

No. I'm not lying.

Just got your results back.
No GHB, no nothing.

Means you're having sex

and you're lying about it.
No.

And I have a new symptom.

I have a rash

on my butt.

Do you wanna--?

Yeah...

What is it?

It's a carpet burn.

No. It can't be.

Doctor, I love sex,
I miss it.

I haven't had any
in over a year.

Well, you managed to keep
this appointment,

so you have no
short term memory problem.

Multiple personalities?

You find yourself losing
chunks of time?

Do you wake up and you don't
remember falling asleep?

No.

I just wake up really...
exhausted.

Something upsetting you?

No.

My ex lives
in the apartment downstairs.

So he's always calling me,

always wanting
to get back together.

Complaining
about mixed signals.

"Get out of my life,"

how much clearer can you get?

We have a sleep lab
in the basement.

If nothing else, it'll get you
away from your ex for a night.

Slightly enlarged lymph node
in his left armpit.

How slightly?
Quarter mil.

Lymphoma?

Sure, or he's had a cold
in the last six months.

What, you've got her
on speed dial?

I just follow
the scent of arrogance.

(Chase)
Another slightly enlarged node
over here.

Two more in his neck,
and one in his groin.

And there's a cyst in his liver.

(Cameron)
It looks complex.
Central necrosis?

(House)
Spontaneous bleeding.
It's benign.

I was rooting for
a really cool tumor.

Instead we're stuck
with this crap.

(Cuddy)
Doesn't matter.

Once you find 'em,
you gotta check 'em.

Well, knock yourselves out.

(Vogler)
I just saw Senator Wright.
He looks like hell.

That sushi must've been
a lot worse than you thought.

Mr. Vogler, would you like
a free whole-body scan?

A man of your stature should
get himself checked

at least three times a year.

Here's a few key points

I want you to cover
during your speech.

(House)
14 pages, the audience

will be comatose
by paragraph two.

Throw in a joke.

Dr. Chase, we need to talk.

How do you see this ending?

What ending?

I can't fire you, so you
have no reason to fear me.

And therefore, no reason
to lie to me.

You told Cuddy where I was.

You told Vogler
what I was doing.

Yeah.

So how can I work with you?

Well...
you don't have a choice.

(Foreman)
This may hurt a little.

Lie to me.

Okay, it'll, uh,
feel like a gentle massage.

House...

is a lousy teacher.

You can't lie for beans.

Have you ever told
any really big ones?

Oh ho ho ho,
I might be messed up,

but I'm not that out of it.

Strap his arm down.

Am I going to be okay?

I hope so.

I am selling my soul.

Just a little piece.

And you are getting something
in return.

I said I was selling it.

I didn't say
I was giving it away.

That would be immoral

and stupid.

All they've done
is add an antacid.

Does it work?

Well, it's not the point.

Of course, it's the point.

He's not asking you to lie,

he's not asking you to do
something illegal--

He's not asking me
to do anything.

He's not ordering you.

He gave you a choice.
You chose your staff.

I know this isn't easy for you.

You'll suffer--Vicodin sales
in Jersey will triple.

But you are doing
a good thing.

[door opening]

Only you could feel like crap
about doing something good.

(Foreman)
Kidney and liver cysts
are both benign.

And the lymph nodes
all came back clean.

His left armpit node

has antibodies for CD 11.

Well, not enough
to indicate lymphoma.

We never tested
for hairy cell leukemia.

(Wilson)
No, but we would've picked
it up somewhere else besides

one lymph node.

And his spleen
isn't enlarged.

Size isn't everything.

The spleen is the mother lode
for hairy cells.

Let's cut it open.

(Chase)
We can't biopsy his spleen.

It'll bleed like stink.

In the Senator's condition,

a spleen biopsy could easily
cause sepsis and kill him.

Why do you do this to me?

Now if I kill him,
I can't tell the judge

I had no idea
of the risks involved.

(Foreman)
His brain is turning into mush,

and he's at risk
for more infections.

We have to do it.

See, that'll sound much better
in court.

Okay, go tell
our human pin-cushion

we'll be sticking him
one more time.

Cuddy?

Don't you hate doing this?

Yeah.

What's up?

You like me.

Why?

That's kind of a sad question.

Just trying to figure out
what makes you tick.

I am not warm and fuzzy,

and you are basically
a stuffed animal

made by Grandma.

I don't think that's why
you're asking.

I think this is because

of the speech.

God, don't try
and pick me apart--

Then why are you asking?

What do you want to hear?

Hey, Senator.

We need to do one more biopsy
on your spleen.

[coughs]

I have to sign lefty.
My fingers aren't working.

[coughs]

You been coughing a lot?

Does it hurt?

It's like I can't get air...

Is it from the--the toxo?

No.

This is--this is new.

You don't need to sign.

We can't do the biopsy.

[coughs and wheezes]

(Foreman)
The Senator's breathing
is severely impaired.

His 0-2 sat levels
are at 89.

His silver stain indicates
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Another killer fungus.

It's consistent
with hairy cell leukemia.

(Foreman)
But we can't biopsy his spleen.

Respiratory distress,

his platelets
are 20 and dropping.

His blood won't clot
worth a damn.

(Cameron)
There's got to be another way
to diagnose hairy cell.

(Wilson)
No, his bone marrow's
indeterminate.

Spleen biopsy's
the only way to go.

You know, when the Inuit
go fishing,

they don't look for fish.

Why, Dr. House?

They look for the blue heron.

'Cause there's no way
to see the fish.

But if there's fish,
there's gonna be birds fishing.

Now, if he's got hairy cell,
what else should we see

circling overhead?

He should have all sorts
of weird viruses.

HTLV and ATLV.

We can test for them.

Run the titers.

These were your brain waves

at 2:45 a.m.

And here it comes,
there's an abrupt jump

from slow-wave sleep.

This indicates
partial sleep arousal.

Most common type
is somnambulism.

Sleepwalking.

That would explain why
I'm so tired when I wake up?

Yes.

And also why you were pregnant.

And the hickeys.
And the carpet burn.

I had sex in my sleep?

Sexsomnia is
a documented disorder.

You said your ex lives
downstairs?

I'll kill him.

Okay.

But he probably didn't know
that you were asleep.

Sexsomniacs can act
pretty normal.

I'm gonna write you
a prescription

for a low dose antidepressant.

It'll let you sleep better.

If you want to save yourself
the $15.00 co-pay,

you could have sex
while you're awake.

He's my ex, I don't--

You live in the same building.

You haven't had sex
with anyone else for a year.

You sleepwalk
right into his arms.

Call me crazy, but I'm sensing
unresolved issues.

Negative for HTLV 1 and 2.

And negative for ATLV
and everything else.

It's not hairy cell.

Hey.

You really gonna
give that speech?

You got an opinion too?

I'm a little surprised.

Frankly, I thought you were

too much of a self-absorbed ass
to do this for us.

You're welcome.

He's positive for Epstein-Barr.

So what?

Doesn't point to hairy cell.
It's irrelevant.

[gasping for air]
Hey.

You didn't fall off the swing
when you were eight.

[wheezing]

Six.
Ever.

Give that back!

Uh-uh.
We have to talk.

You had an epileptic seizure.

That's how you bit
your tongue.

I haven't had
a seizure since--

What medication did you take?

No...seizure since I was six.

No dr-drugs...since I was ten!

Yeah, that's it.

Don't worry about
what the question is.

Don't worry that you're
starting to feel dizzy.

Just stay on message.

[whimpering]

My--

My mother used to call it...

[wheezing]
a funny something.

Phenytoin?

Yeah!

Okay, okay. You're okay.

It's okay.

Everybody lies.

Senator Gary H. Wright
of New Jersey

had childhood epilepsy.

He took phenytoin.

That drug,
with the Epstein-Barr virus,

is associated

with common variable
immunodeficiency disease.

T cells down, B cells down,

keeps you from forming
enough antibodies.

See, the antibodies
are basically

your defensive line.

And your brain is like
the quarterback.

And then the fungi are
like blitzing linebackers,

plunging up the middle.

Your lungs are like--

Okay, you got
two quarterbacks--
(Chase)
CVID?

That's a type of
immunoglobulin deficiency.

I said that.

Yeah, well, it was a stupid idea
when you said it.

Then he got
the respiratory problem,

and he tested positive
for Epstein-Barr.

Well, it's pretty much
a childhood disease.

It's another reason why Chase's
suggestion was idiotic.

He got it when he was a kid.

Didn't get any symptoms
until now, it happens.

It gets triggered
by stress, like...

public speaking.

So you're basing your diagnosis
on a virus

that's relatively common
and a drug he took 30 years ago?

Start the Senator
on IV immunoglobulin stat.

If he gets better, I'm right.

If he dies, you're right.

Dr. House.

You faked that.
No.

Say "antiretroviral."

Antiretroviral.

Now say it three times fast.

We just got back

your latest blood results.

Your white cells are up,

and your T cells
are back up over a hundred.

Well, that's--
that's good, right?

In a week?
That's terrific.

You'll need medication
for the rest of your life,

but other than that,
you're fine.

Am I well enough
to run for president?

Why not run for pope
while you're at it?

(Foreman)
Oh, come on.

Kennedy had Addison's,
FDR had polio.

Two of the best presidents
in the last hundred years.

If they were running today,
they wouldn't stand a chance.

So you figure
you'd be Surgeon General

if you didn't have the limp?

No, there's things I can't do.

You know, like you said,

I have to live with reality.

Well...
then I'm running.

Good for you.
No.

Don't get excited,
he's right.

I, um--
I won't win.

Then why run?

Oh, I see.

Your point being, the only way
to make a difference

is to win every fight?

(Vogler)
But hey, why listen to me?

I own the company, I'm certainly
not to be trusted, right?

[laughter]

Dr. Greg House,
on the other hand,

has a reputation.

For integrity.

Among other things.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Dr. Greg House.

[applause]

[microphone squeals feedback]

Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals'
extraordinary commitment

to research excellence
is exemplified

by their new ACE inhibitor,
a breakthrough medical approach

that will protect millions
from heart disease.

That's not a speech.

I thought it was pithy.

You got enough for
a press release, anyhow.

Foreman or Cameron?

[sighs]

A few things
I forgot to mention.

Ed Vogler is
a brilliant businessman.

A brilliant judge of people.

And a man who has never
lost a fight.

You know how I know that
the new ACE inhibitor is good?

'Cause the old one was good.

The new one is really the same,
just more expensive.

A lot more expensive.

See, that's another example
of Ed's brilliance.

Whenever one of his drugs
is about to lose its patent,

he has his boys and girls

alter it just a tiny bit
and patent it all over again.

Making not just
a pointless new pill,

but millions and millions
of dollars.

Which is good
for everybody, right?

Except for the patients,
but--pffft.

I mean, who cares,

they're just so damn sick.

God obviously
never liked them anyway.

So from all the healthy people
in the room,

let's have a big round
of applause for Ed Vogler!

[clapping mockingly]

I threw in a joke.

[soft piano version
of High Hopes]

*

[knock on door]

I'm sorry.

I should've taken an extra
couple of Vicodin

and just held my nose.

I'm guessing you did take
a couple extra Vicodin.

True.

You don't need to worry
about firing anyone.

I'm leaving.

Why?

Is this another noble,
self-sacrificing gesture?

You're trying
to protect Foreman?

No.

So this is just...

"Don't fire me, I quit"?

I'm protecting myself.

You asked me why I like you.

You're abrasive and rude.

But I figured
everything you do,

you do it to help people.

But I was wrong.

You do it because it's right.

[music plays]

*

There are only two ways
I can deal with things.

One is in my control.

That's to leave.

Good-bye, House.

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