1 00:00:02,628 --> 00:00:05,339 Girl: I'm gonna tickle you! 2 00:00:12,138 --> 00:00:13,681 I need a refill. 3 00:00:15,183 --> 00:00:17,476 - You've already had three. - So what? They're free. 4 00:00:17,602 --> 00:00:19,562 I got a birthday. Get it yourself. 5 00:00:19,687 --> 00:00:21,856 No wonder he doesn't get any tips. 6 00:00:21,981 --> 00:00:23,149 All right. 7 00:00:23,274 --> 00:00:27,612 Who's ready to sing the ralphie's rumpus birthday rump shake? 8 00:00:31,574 --> 00:00:35,203 Let's sing, let's ride, let's bling, let's slide 9 00:00:35,328 --> 00:00:38,706 it's time for ralphie 10 00:00:38,831 --> 00:00:42,293 we'll dance, eat cake and do the rump shake 11 00:00:42,418 --> 00:00:44,879 it's time for ralphie 12 00:00:45,004 --> 00:00:46,004 you okay, man? 13 00:00:52,762 --> 00:00:54,180 You okay? 14 00:01:08,069 --> 00:01:10,947 Okay. All right. Let's get you in the back. 15 00:01:11,072 --> 00:01:13,074 It's gonna be okay, kids. Sorry. 16 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:24,835 Got a heartbeat. Jack? Jack? 17 00:01:24,961 --> 00:01:26,647 - I need you to step back. - He's my brother. 18 00:01:26,671 --> 00:01:28,422 - Jack, wake up! - Call your parents. 19 00:01:28,547 --> 00:01:30,442 Tell them to go to Princeton-plainsboro hospital. 20 00:01:30,466 --> 00:01:33,636 Our parents died. He's all we've got. 21 00:02:11,382 --> 00:02:14,468 I was not parked illegally. I live here. 22 00:02:14,593 --> 00:02:16,971 Love note. From detective tritter. 23 00:02:21,142 --> 00:02:22,268 Foreman: Heart attack. 24 00:02:22,393 --> 00:02:25,479 His cath was clean and echo showed no structural abnormalities. 25 00:02:25,604 --> 00:02:28,649 Fatigue, night sweats, weight loss preceded the heart attack. 26 00:02:28,774 --> 00:02:31,535 Eighteen-year-old kid's suddenly an orphan and a single father of two. 27 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:34,113 Party of five. Powerful stuff. 28 00:02:34,238 --> 00:02:36,032 The o. C. Of its day. 29 00:02:36,157 --> 00:02:39,952 Stress explains everything except the itchy feet. 30 00:02:40,077 --> 00:02:41,329 Athlete's foot covers that. 31 00:02:41,454 --> 00:02:43,873 Waiters work 12 hours a day in old sneakers. 32 00:02:44,457 --> 00:02:46,959 Good idea. Ignore the symptoms. Makes ourjob easy. 33 00:02:47,084 --> 00:02:49,712 I'm not ignoring a symptom. I'm explaining a symptom. 34 00:02:49,837 --> 00:02:52,965 Kid's been hanging over a toilet despite antiemetic therapy. 35 00:02:53,090 --> 00:02:54,410 Persistent vomiting could indicate 36 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:56,302 increased intracranial pressure, tumor... 37 00:02:56,427 --> 00:02:59,096 Sure. Heart problems. It's gotta be the brain. 38 00:02:59,221 --> 00:03:01,182 Thank god there's a neurologist in the room. 39 00:03:01,307 --> 00:03:04,352 Right. It's the feet. If only I were a podiatrist. 40 00:03:04,477 --> 00:03:07,980 Probably caught an intestinal virus from one of those feral kids running around. 41 00:03:08,105 --> 00:03:10,524 Repeated vomiting causes an electrolyte imbalance, 42 00:03:10,649 --> 00:03:13,569 which leads to an arrhythmia, which leads to the heart attack. 43 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:16,030 - And itchy feet. - Nope. 44 00:03:17,114 --> 00:03:20,284 - That's it? Nope? - I've said too much already. 45 00:03:20,409 --> 00:03:24,455 - This isn't a game, house. - No, it's not. But it could be. 46 00:03:25,998 --> 00:03:28,000 - What are you writing? - Nothing. 47 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:29,645 If you know the diagnosis, why don't... 48 00:03:29,752 --> 00:03:31,170 How are you gonna learn to swim 49 00:03:31,295 --> 00:03:34,757 unless I take off your floaties and throw you into shark-infested waters? 50 00:03:34,882 --> 00:03:37,482 You can't know what's wrong after a 30-second perusal of his file. 51 00:03:37,593 --> 00:03:40,805 Apparently, you can't. Now, what's a game without rules? 52 00:03:40,930 --> 00:03:45,559 No tag-backs. No biting. You get one test each. 53 00:03:45,684 --> 00:03:50,606 And the clock runs until lunch. If I'm right, he'll still be alive. 54 00:03:50,731 --> 00:03:53,317 If I'm wrong, this is a very cruel game. 55 00:03:55,194 --> 00:03:56,237 Steinerman: You're late. 56 00:03:56,362 --> 00:03:58,298 I charge for the time you were supposed to be here. 57 00:03:58,322 --> 00:04:00,032 Tritter towed my car. 58 00:04:00,157 --> 00:04:02,493 He's frozen my assets. He's on a crusade. 59 00:04:02,618 --> 00:04:05,454 You're a person of interest in a narcotics investigation. 60 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:07,265 You're linked to their suspect and his activities. 61 00:04:07,289 --> 00:04:11,627 I'm not Pablo Escobar's evil henchman cruising into Miami in a cigarette boat. 62 00:04:12,002 --> 00:04:14,231 I'm a physician who prescribed Vicodin to a pain patient. 63 00:04:14,255 --> 00:04:17,842 This police report you faxed me says they found 600 pills in his apartment. 64 00:04:17,967 --> 00:04:18,967 You prescribe those? 65 00:04:19,051 --> 00:04:21,971 He's in chronic pain. This is obviously an abuse of power. 66 00:04:22,096 --> 00:04:22,972 Is that a yes or no? 67 00:04:23,097 --> 00:04:25,349 Patients build up a tolerance over the years. 68 00:04:25,474 --> 00:04:27,977 Perfect motive for him to forge those scrips. 69 00:04:28,102 --> 00:04:29,562 Still don't have an answer. 70 00:04:29,687 --> 00:04:31,522 - What are we, like, role-playing? - Yeah. 71 00:04:31,647 --> 00:04:32,898 And you suck at it. 72 00:04:33,023 --> 00:04:36,527 Which is really unfortunate, because you're pretending to be you. 73 00:04:36,652 --> 00:04:38,279 I gotta get to court. 74 00:04:38,404 --> 00:04:40,173 Michael told me you could help me get my car back. 75 00:04:40,197 --> 00:04:43,576 Yeah, divorce lawyers usually know the ins and outs of drug enforcement. 76 00:04:43,701 --> 00:04:44,743 You want your car back? 77 00:04:44,869 --> 00:04:46,471 You're gonna have to give the cops what they want. 78 00:04:46,495 --> 00:04:50,416 Thanks. Usually people feel helpless in these situations. 79 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:53,002 Dr. House is probably going to jail. 80 00:04:53,127 --> 00:04:55,671 You keep on lying for him, you'll go right along with him. 81 00:04:57,256 --> 00:05:00,718 House was on this page when he got that annoying "I'm such a genius" look. 82 00:05:00,843 --> 00:05:02,219 - What's there? - Patient history. 83 00:05:02,344 --> 00:05:05,264 He's 18. Probably drinks, smokes, does drugs. 84 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:07,391 How close am I? 85 00:05:07,516 --> 00:05:10,936 Quit drugs when his parents died. Quit smoking. 86 00:05:12,605 --> 00:05:16,233 House didn't mock my viral idea. He just said it was wrong. 87 00:05:16,567 --> 00:05:18,128 Which means he didn't want to give reasons. 88 00:05:18,152 --> 00:05:20,321 Which means I must have been close. 89 00:05:21,363 --> 00:05:23,032 I'm thinking bacterial. 90 00:05:23,157 --> 00:05:24,658 I'm doing a blood culture. 91 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,244 I am doing an mri. 92 00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:28,969 If it was a tumor, intracranial pressure 93 00:05:29,038 --> 00:05:30,878 could cause his brain to herniate before lunch. 94 00:05:30,998 --> 00:05:32,278 Same thing with the stress test. 95 00:05:32,374 --> 00:05:35,085 - Which is why I'm ditching it. - What are you doing instead? 96 00:05:35,211 --> 00:05:36,211 Not telling. 97 00:05:36,253 --> 00:05:38,088 Seriously? You're playing his game? 98 00:05:38,214 --> 00:05:40,549 We're all playing his game. Might as well enjoy it. 99 00:05:41,842 --> 00:05:43,052 Anybody else sick at work? 100 00:05:44,136 --> 00:05:46,597 I had a stomachache before him. 101 00:05:46,722 --> 00:05:48,849 This isn't your fault, will. Keep working. 102 00:05:48,974 --> 00:05:50,559 My brother's in the hospital. 103 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:53,270 Mrs. Collier won't care if I finish my homework. 104 00:05:53,395 --> 00:05:55,814 Your brother cares if you finish your homework. 105 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,579 Can I be your imaginary friend? 106 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:12,957 He's a doctor. 107 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:15,459 How are the feet? Still itch? 108 00:06:17,336 --> 00:06:20,464 - Is that important? - I don't know. Is it? 109 00:06:24,134 --> 00:06:25,195 What kinds of drugs you into? 110 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:26,821 You don't have to talk about that right now. 111 00:06:26,845 --> 00:06:27,721 No, it's okay. 112 00:06:27,846 --> 00:06:29,265 I don't keep secrets from them. 113 00:06:29,390 --> 00:06:31,350 They know I did drugs before our parents died. 114 00:06:31,475 --> 00:06:35,104 Clever. Admit the past. Deny the present. 115 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:36,480 I'm clean. 116 00:06:36,605 --> 00:06:39,191 I'm raising two kids. It'd be pretty irresponsible, wouldn't it? 117 00:06:39,316 --> 00:06:41,777 But confiding in an eight-year-old is okay. 118 00:06:41,902 --> 00:06:44,071 If I'm open with them, then they'll be open with me. 119 00:06:44,196 --> 00:06:48,033 Yeah. Turning the other cheek's a good strategy in boxing. 120 00:06:48,158 --> 00:06:49,803 Kids don't lie because they got trust issues. 121 00:06:49,827 --> 00:06:51,870 They lie because they've got something to hide. 122 00:06:51,996 --> 00:06:53,122 Look at him. 123 00:06:53,247 --> 00:06:55,457 He's sitting there doing nothing and he's still lying. 124 00:06:55,583 --> 00:06:57,501 We don't lie to Jack. 125 00:06:57,626 --> 00:06:59,795 - Spelling test you failed and forgot... - No. 126 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:00,796 - Math test? - No. 127 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:01,982 Fight with the kid sitting next to you? 128 00:07:02,006 --> 00:07:04,091 He doesn't sit next to me. 129 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:08,487 And the other one's probably having sex. 130 00:07:08,554 --> 00:07:10,431 - I am not. - Yet. 131 00:07:10,556 --> 00:07:13,684 But when you start, you're gonna lie about it. 132 00:07:23,152 --> 00:07:25,821 - Colder. - I'm not playing. 133 00:07:26,155 --> 00:07:29,033 Keep very still for me, Jack. This won't take long. 134 00:07:31,035 --> 00:07:32,703 How much dope did you smoke? 135 00:07:32,828 --> 00:07:35,748 - Does he have to be here? - No. Ignore him. 136 00:07:36,624 --> 00:07:38,959 - It's not his lungs. - I never said it was. 137 00:07:39,084 --> 00:07:41,462 What about the cigarettes? How'd you quit? 138 00:07:41,587 --> 00:07:44,089 Gum? The patch? Hypnosis? 139 00:07:44,214 --> 00:07:46,300 He went from two packs to nothing, cold Turkey. 140 00:07:47,718 --> 00:07:49,845 Or we could just make small talk. 141 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:51,805 You still seeing that nurse in pedes? 142 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:53,515 I just don't think she's right for you. 143 00:07:53,641 --> 00:07:57,478 You need someone detached, calculating, ambitious. 144 00:07:57,603 --> 00:07:59,480 You need yourself in a skirt. 145 00:07:59,605 --> 00:08:01,690 Jack, he asked you a question. 146 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:05,110 I didn't really quit. I just sort of lost taste for it. 147 00:08:05,444 --> 00:08:08,489 Interesting. Sounds like one of those symptom thingies. 148 00:08:08,614 --> 00:08:12,701 He's still puking, and he had a heart attack and itchy feet. 149 00:08:12,868 --> 00:08:16,580 - It's not his lungs. - I never said it was. 150 00:08:20,167 --> 00:08:21,669 Ice cold. 151 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:29,176 I'm injecting ergonovine to see if your heart attack 152 00:08:29,301 --> 00:08:32,846 was caused by a spasm in the vessels surrounding your heart. 153 00:08:32,971 --> 00:08:36,225 Let me know if anything feels... unusual. 154 00:08:38,435 --> 00:08:41,689 If the problems are at my heart, why did that other doctor look at my brain? 155 00:08:41,814 --> 00:08:44,566 Yeah. Why did that other doctor look at his brain? 156 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:48,445 We're just trying to eliminate as many possibilities as we can. 157 00:08:48,570 --> 00:08:51,657 So because you think that a spasm caused his heart attack, 158 00:08:51,782 --> 00:08:53,867 you're gonna induce another spasm? 159 00:08:53,992 --> 00:08:55,244 Did you consent to this? 160 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:57,389 Cameron: Everything's under control. 161 00:08:57,413 --> 00:09:00,958 Tests are gonna identify which arteries are affected so we can repair them. 162 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:03,252 Your meds don't seem to be doing anything. 163 00:09:03,377 --> 00:09:04,878 So either you're wrong, 164 00:09:05,003 --> 00:09:08,966 or his system hasn't been pushed enough to set anything off. 165 00:09:16,974 --> 00:09:18,267 You wanna get back home, right? 166 00:09:18,392 --> 00:09:22,271 I mean, you're probably already falling behind with the housework and the bills. 167 00:09:22,396 --> 00:09:25,691 How many sick days you think you'll get before they replace you? 168 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:30,237 Heart rate's up. Nothing else. 169 00:09:30,696 --> 00:09:33,157 They can't fire me if I'm sick. 170 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:35,284 Right. You're irreplaceable. 171 00:09:35,409 --> 00:09:38,203 Who else would they find qualified to dance with a rodent? 172 00:09:38,328 --> 00:09:39,830 How can you even support your family? 173 00:09:39,955 --> 00:09:43,625 What happens when those kids grow out of their clothes? When they get sick? 174 00:09:43,751 --> 00:09:45,043 Still no spasm. 175 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:47,379 They'll take those kids away from you, Jack. 176 00:09:47,504 --> 00:09:51,925 Maybe I should bring them in here right now so that you can kiss them goodbye. 177 00:09:52,050 --> 00:09:55,554 Can't you see his heart is fine! Stop torturing him! 178 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,973 What kind of doctor are you? 179 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:02,519 Cuddy: Wonderful. Thank you so much. Okay, bye. 180 00:10:03,979 --> 00:10:05,898 - You're just getting here? - Busses suck. 181 00:10:06,023 --> 00:10:08,275 - Where's your car? - It's a hostage. 182 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,652 Tritter wants me to testify against house. 183 00:10:10,778 --> 00:10:12,070 You're not going to. 184 00:10:12,196 --> 00:10:13,781 Is that a question or an order? 185 00:10:13,906 --> 00:10:16,784 Any sort of conviction will cost house his license... 186 00:10:16,909 --> 00:10:18,344 Which will cost this hospital. Relax. 187 00:10:18,368 --> 00:10:20,208 I'm not gonna mess with your precious resource. 188 00:10:20,329 --> 00:10:23,791 I told my lawyer to tell tritter to go to hell. Marco! 189 00:10:25,584 --> 00:10:27,544 Why are all my prescriptions getting bounced back? 190 00:10:27,669 --> 00:10:30,255 Sorry, Dr. Wilson. I was trying to call you. Where's your phone? 191 00:10:30,380 --> 00:10:32,341 In my car. My patients, on the other hand, 192 00:10:32,466 --> 00:10:34,051 are here and needed their medications. 193 00:10:34,176 --> 00:10:37,346 I'm sorry. I can't. Your DEA number's been suspended. 194 00:10:41,433 --> 00:10:42,768 House: Why so sad? 195 00:10:43,268 --> 00:10:45,813 There's still a chance that chase got it right. 196 00:10:47,022 --> 00:10:49,733 That was suspenseful for about two seconds. 197 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:53,153 Blood culture was negative for bacteria. 198 00:10:53,278 --> 00:10:55,113 But positive for hepatitis a? 199 00:10:55,572 --> 00:10:58,617 I wonder who could've ordered that extra test. 200 00:10:58,742 --> 00:11:01,078 Must be somebody who knew what persistent vomiting, 201 00:11:01,203 --> 00:11:03,515 sudden distaste for nicotine and itchy feet have in common. 202 00:11:03,539 --> 00:11:05,082 Hep a doesn't explain the heart attack. 203 00:11:05,207 --> 00:11:08,961 No. But as chase so deftly pointed out earlier, puking does. 204 00:11:09,086 --> 00:11:10,754 And hep a explains the puking. 205 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:14,550 If this had been real life instead of just a game... 206 00:11:16,885 --> 00:11:20,514 The deajust revoked my prescription privileges. 207 00:11:21,139 --> 00:11:22,766 Well, who's gonna prescribe my Vicodin? 208 00:11:22,891 --> 00:11:24,268 Yes, well, that's why I'm here. 209 00:11:24,393 --> 00:11:25,686 This is a disaster for you. 210 00:11:25,811 --> 00:11:27,062 Relax. 211 00:11:27,479 --> 00:11:29,707 Tritter's just getting desperate. He's got no real evidence. 212 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:31,209 He's trying to squeeze you into ratting. 213 00:11:31,233 --> 00:11:33,443 I'm not gonna let him squeeze my patients. 214 00:11:33,569 --> 00:11:37,072 They'll be fine. Most of your cancer medicine sucks anyway. 215 00:11:38,907 --> 00:11:40,701 I'm gonna use your team to do my prescribing 216 00:11:40,826 --> 00:11:43,537 until this is straightened out. 217 00:11:44,079 --> 00:11:46,373 Suddenly this doesn't seem nearly as dramatic. 218 00:11:46,498 --> 00:11:51,253 Go pump ivig into the kid, cure him and get him out of here. 219 00:11:51,879 --> 00:11:54,715 - Hep a? 220 00:11:55,507 --> 00:11:57,384 "Chase, blood test for bacteria. 221 00:11:57,509 --> 00:11:59,595 "Foreman, mri, too stubborn to check the lungs. 222 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,305 "Cameron, nice try. No spasm." 223 00:12:04,975 --> 00:12:09,146 "But the Princess sat and sat and sat, 224 00:12:10,188 --> 00:12:12,190 "pretending not to listen." 225 00:12:13,692 --> 00:12:18,155 Pretending to write in herjournal with the flowers on it. 226 00:12:19,823 --> 00:12:23,035 Pretending she didn't like stories about eight-year-olds who save the world. 227 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,160 I'm 11. 228 00:12:24,202 --> 00:12:25,847 Which is why you can no longer save the world. 229 00:12:25,871 --> 00:12:27,873 - I'm eight! - Yeah. 230 00:12:28,540 --> 00:12:30,083 We're all completely dependent on you. 231 00:12:30,208 --> 00:12:31,543 - Morning. - Morning. 232 00:12:31,668 --> 00:12:34,880 Good news. We can take you off the ivig. 233 00:12:35,005 --> 00:12:39,092 The hep a has cleared your system. You'll be good to go by tomorrow. 234 00:12:40,135 --> 00:12:41,511 How do you think I got it? 235 00:12:41,637 --> 00:12:43,114 Well, it could've been contaminated food. 236 00:12:43,138 --> 00:12:45,223 It could've been from cleaning the bathrooms at work. 237 00:12:45,349 --> 00:12:47,392 Or it could've been... 238 00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:51,021 Don't worry. They've heard it all. 239 00:12:51,146 --> 00:12:53,023 Anilingus is a common way. 240 00:12:53,398 --> 00:12:55,126 You should just tell the people that you've dated 241 00:12:55,150 --> 00:12:57,361 they should get themselves checked. 242 00:12:58,195 --> 00:13:01,115 Don't worry. I've been too busy chasing after these guys to go spelunking. 243 00:13:01,239 --> 00:13:02,239 You're gross. 244 00:13:03,575 --> 00:13:06,536 - I think. - Does your arm hurt? 245 00:13:06,662 --> 00:13:07,537 Arm's fine, bro. 246 00:13:07,663 --> 00:13:10,666 - Then why's it bleeding? - It's not. It's... 247 00:13:13,669 --> 00:13:15,921 Raise your arm above your head. 248 00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:19,675 Your ear... and your nose... 249 00:13:28,892 --> 00:13:32,896 Foreman: High pt and ptt on Jack's blood panel confirm a coagulopathy. 250 00:13:33,438 --> 00:13:38,527 So, we cure the hep a, something else pops up. 251 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:40,237 Interesting. 252 00:13:40,570 --> 00:13:43,448 What infections cause dic? 253 00:13:45,075 --> 00:13:46,326 You okay? 254 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,621 Hurt my shoulder playing fantasy football. 255 00:13:49,746 --> 00:13:51,331 Shall we discuss what causes dic, 256 00:13:51,456 --> 00:13:54,042 or should we just send the kid back to his miserable life? 257 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:56,169 - He's not miserable. - Right. 258 00:13:56,294 --> 00:13:58,564 He's thrilled that his parents are dead and his life is over. 259 00:13:58,588 --> 00:14:01,758 The restaurant's probably teeming with e. Coli, eikenella and strep. 260 00:14:01,883 --> 00:14:04,511 Kids don't wash their hands between the potty and the party and... 261 00:14:04,636 --> 00:14:07,073 Or it's a food-borne toxin. Jack eats at that cesspool every day. 262 00:14:07,097 --> 00:14:08,890 And Jack's the only one who got sick? 263 00:14:09,016 --> 00:14:10,976 Kid's got tattoos, piercings 264 00:14:11,101 --> 00:14:13,501 and probably some nasty little girl who loaned him the hep a. 265 00:14:13,603 --> 00:14:15,439 Could've also given him syphilis or gonorrhea. 266 00:14:15,564 --> 00:14:17,315 - I need one of you. - Take Cameron. 267 00:14:17,441 --> 00:14:18,650 Your idea was dumb anyway. 268 00:14:19,609 --> 00:14:23,947 Chase, I need you to head back to that cesspool and get me the kid's puke. 269 00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:27,743 Foreman, do an lp and have Cameron run down that potty-party theory. 270 00:14:27,868 --> 00:14:30,162 Why don't I just test him? 271 00:14:30,829 --> 00:14:33,165 Let's not discuss this in front of the help. 272 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:41,423 The amount of vomiting that kid did, 273 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:44,718 there wouldn't be enough toxins left in his system to show up in his blood. 274 00:14:44,843 --> 00:14:47,238 And since he vomited in the toilet here instead of on somebody, 275 00:14:47,262 --> 00:14:50,223 that restaurant is our only source of essential vomit. 276 00:14:50,348 --> 00:14:51,951 And you couldn't say that in front of foreman? 277 00:14:51,975 --> 00:14:57,064 No, I couldn't say this in front of foreman. I need a refill. 278 00:14:57,355 --> 00:14:59,649 Detective tritter knows about the scrips I wrote before. 279 00:14:59,775 --> 00:15:03,153 Exactly. If you stop now, it'll look suspicious. 280 00:15:03,612 --> 00:15:05,197 Does anyone fall for that argument? 281 00:15:05,322 --> 00:15:07,365 Write the scrip. 282 00:15:08,992 --> 00:15:10,261 One prescription isn't gonna make... 283 00:15:10,285 --> 00:15:13,371 We both know it's not gonna be just one. 284 00:15:13,622 --> 00:15:16,750 I'd rather lose my job than lose my license. 285 00:15:23,507 --> 00:15:29,387 Daniel silvers, prostate cancer. Needs filgrastim, two-week supply. 286 00:15:29,513 --> 00:15:31,890 Andrea Donovan, breast cancer. 287 00:15:32,015 --> 00:15:34,434 Just needs her refill on her megestrol. 288 00:15:35,811 --> 00:15:37,538 - You're not writing. - You want me to write? 289 00:15:37,562 --> 00:15:40,398 Well, you could phone them in. But eventually, yeah, 290 00:15:40,524 --> 00:15:43,360 probably somebody's gonna want something written down. 291 00:15:43,485 --> 00:15:46,321 - I haven't met these people. - I have. 292 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:49,282 - I've diagnosed them and everything. - I know. 293 00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:52,244 I know. I'm not saying I don't trust you. 294 00:15:52,369 --> 00:15:53,662 Just my diagnoses. 295 00:15:53,787 --> 00:15:55,387 These are gonna be my prescriptions. I... 296 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:58,166 - They're my patients. My prescriptions. - My name! 297 00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:02,546 That tritter will read on the scrip. 298 00:16:03,588 --> 00:16:08,135 He wants to make you miserable. You don't think he's gonna ask questions? 299 00:16:09,427 --> 00:16:12,973 Is there anything Jack does that no one else does? Any special duties? 300 00:16:13,098 --> 00:16:15,308 No, we got lots of bussers. 301 00:16:15,433 --> 00:16:17,602 What kind of cleaning products do you use? 302 00:16:17,727 --> 00:16:20,687 We got a bunch of kids running around, sticking everything in their mouths, 303 00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:24,442 so we can't use anything toxic. 304 00:16:24,860 --> 00:16:27,320 This is it. Monday's trash. 305 00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:36,246 So there's no one who can maybe help get the bags out? 306 00:16:36,371 --> 00:16:38,582 Sorry. Short-handed. 307 00:16:38,707 --> 00:16:40,083 I can tip. 308 00:16:40,208 --> 00:16:43,378 I'm pretty sure Jack's puke is in a blue trash bag with the wrapped gifts, 309 00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:46,882 but if you find spaghetti that's the wrong vomit. 310 00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:58,018 How much longer do I have to stay on this medication? 311 00:16:58,143 --> 00:17:00,604 I mean, I'm nauseous all the time. 312 00:17:00,729 --> 00:17:03,190 Maybe I should go back on the tamoxifen. 313 00:17:03,315 --> 00:17:05,376 You're doing so much better on the anastrozole, Beth. 314 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,027 I'm reluctant to make a change. 315 00:17:07,152 --> 00:17:11,072 I can't play with my daughter or pick her up from school. 316 00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:12,842 I can barely get up and tuck her in at night. 317 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:15,410 There's got to be something else. 318 00:17:15,535 --> 00:17:16,828 Who is she? 319 00:17:16,953 --> 00:17:19,289 Well, as you know, this is a teaching hospital. 320 00:17:19,831 --> 00:17:22,083 - She's a student? - No, I'm a doctor. 321 00:17:22,209 --> 00:17:23,877 I'm assisting Dr. Wilson today. 322 00:17:24,002 --> 00:17:25,962 Why? Do you think he got my diagnosis wrong? 323 00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:28,381 - No. I'm sure... - No. No. 324 00:17:28,506 --> 00:17:31,468 She's just consulting regarding my prescriptions. 325 00:17:31,593 --> 00:17:34,304 - You think he got my meds wrong? - No. It's just... 326 00:17:34,429 --> 00:17:36,431 - No. - Then why is she here? 327 00:17:42,604 --> 00:17:43,772 What are you doing now? 328 00:17:44,814 --> 00:17:47,859 I'm gonna get a sample of your brother's spinal fluid. 329 00:17:47,984 --> 00:17:49,319 - Where's will? - School. 330 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:53,572 Is that gonna hurt? 331 00:17:53,657 --> 00:17:56,618 It's gonna help us figure out what's making him sick. 332 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:59,287 - Shouldn't you be in class, too? - Teacher work day. 333 00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:00,914 For you but not will? 334 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:03,250 Yeah, didn't make sense to me, either. 335 00:18:06,711 --> 00:18:07,879 Can I help? 336 00:18:09,339 --> 00:18:13,677 Well, I guess it's quicker than calling a nurse and a truant officer. 337 00:18:13,802 --> 00:18:17,681 Okay, grab his shins and push his knees up towards his chest. 338 00:18:19,891 --> 00:18:21,559 Now hold him there tight. 339 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:24,020 This all nurses do? 340 00:18:25,647 --> 00:18:27,691 My boss doesn't trust them to do anything else. 341 00:18:34,072 --> 00:18:35,615 Is he gonna die? 342 00:18:38,118 --> 00:18:40,704 No. No one's gonna die. 343 00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:43,164 In the whole world ever? That's so great. 344 00:18:45,083 --> 00:18:47,043 - I meant... - I know what you meant. 345 00:18:48,586 --> 00:18:50,588 But I also know bad things do happen. 346 00:18:52,924 --> 00:18:55,719 My dad always had a few drinks when they went out. 347 00:18:56,011 --> 00:18:58,513 Always said he'd be okay to drive. 348 00:18:59,222 --> 00:19:01,266 Until he wasn't. 349 00:19:04,561 --> 00:19:07,063 I would just like some warning this time. 350 00:19:11,318 --> 00:19:16,156 We're nowhere near anything like that happening right now. Okay? 351 00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:21,619 Let's get him back over. 352 00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:26,708 What was that? 353 00:19:26,958 --> 00:19:29,002 What did you do? 354 00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:32,005 - You broke his rib? - I barely touched him. 355 00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:33,130 Which means... 356 00:19:34,466 --> 00:19:36,217 - Found it. - Fix it. 357 00:19:36,718 --> 00:19:39,971 Steomyelitis. Means the infection's spread to his bones, 358 00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:43,141 which means it's either bacterial or viral and not... 359 00:19:45,018 --> 00:19:48,772 I hired you to take away the pain. Was there some confusion? 360 00:19:48,897 --> 00:19:51,399 Ever thought about using your cane on the proper side? 361 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:52,817 Yeah, that's the issue. 362 00:19:52,942 --> 00:19:56,821 Friday night my cane suddenly noticed it was on the wrong side. 363 00:19:57,447 --> 00:19:59,908 - Can you score me some Vicodin? - No. 364 00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:01,510 I did a needle aspiration to confirm which... 365 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:02,786 How long till the culture's... 366 00:20:04,913 --> 00:20:07,207 Why do you only do that when I'm talking? 367 00:20:07,332 --> 00:20:09,167 You gotta rest your shoulder. 368 00:20:09,667 --> 00:20:13,213 And we're gonna get you on some different equipment. 369 00:20:24,516 --> 00:20:27,560 - Nice cane. - If I know what you mean. 370 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:31,481 - Chase, you can stop doing that. - I'm almost finished. 371 00:20:31,606 --> 00:20:33,483 He's got osteomyelitis. 372 00:20:33,608 --> 00:20:36,694 Means you're wrong about food-borne toxins. 373 00:20:36,820 --> 00:20:42,033 And you can stop, too. It's syphilis. 374 00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:44,119 - You sure? - Read the print out. 375 00:20:47,997 --> 00:20:50,917 He's also positive for eikenella. 376 00:20:55,505 --> 00:20:57,173 - One of you two screwed up. - No. 377 00:20:57,298 --> 00:20:58,716 Not a chance. 378 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:05,056 Or this kid is a lot sicker than we thought. Finish that test. 379 00:21:05,181 --> 00:21:08,518 Should be impossible to get two right answers to one question. 380 00:21:08,643 --> 00:21:12,647 - It's okay to have three? - Apparently. 381 00:21:13,356 --> 00:21:15,817 Chase: He's positive for botulism, too. 382 00:21:16,151 --> 00:21:21,990 So, we knock down one infection and three more pop up. 383 00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:24,659 I think this game is rigged. 384 00:21:36,254 --> 00:21:38,339 Jack? Somebody help! 385 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:40,901 Foreman: We've managed to clear all three infections out of his system, 386 00:21:40,925 --> 00:21:42,886 but now he's having seizures every few hours. 387 00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:45,388 - He's gotta be immunocompromised. - No. 388 00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:47,682 White count was normal, and he was negative for HIV. 389 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,076 Well, if he's not immunocompromised, 390 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:50,860 why is he acting like he's immunocompromised? 391 00:21:50,935 --> 00:21:52,204 House: What do the seizures tell us? 392 00:21:52,228 --> 00:21:54,856 Nothing. There were no structural abnormalities on the ct, 393 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:57,901 nonfocal neuro exam, no electrolyte imbalance. Nothing. 394 00:21:58,026 --> 00:22:02,405 What do unexplained seizures and really sick 18-year-olds have in common? 395 00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:05,867 - You thinking trauma? - I'm thinking drugs. 396 00:22:06,242 --> 00:22:09,871 He's an admitted user. The drugs trashed his immune system. 397 00:22:10,497 --> 00:22:11,623 Tox screen was clean. 398 00:22:11,748 --> 00:22:15,043 Clean tox screen means there's no drugs in his blood or urine. 399 00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:19,255 There could still be drugs trapped in his fat cells from the good old days. 400 00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:21,841 If they're in his fat, why would they be affecting him now? 401 00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:25,720 The keen observer would notice that he's had some digestive issues lately. 402 00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:28,139 His weight loss could've burned off fat cells 403 00:22:28,264 --> 00:22:30,808 and released the drugs back into his system. 404 00:22:30,934 --> 00:22:34,062 Foreman: There's no way to know. It's impossible to test fat cells for drugs. 405 00:22:34,187 --> 00:22:37,524 But it's not impossible to make him lose more weight. 406 00:22:37,649 --> 00:22:41,027 You want us to starve him so we can drive him into another seizure? 407 00:22:41,152 --> 00:22:43,863 Maybe a heart attack? Just so we can run another tox screen? 408 00:22:43,988 --> 00:22:47,450 That'd be cruel. Just sweat it out of him. 409 00:22:50,161 --> 00:22:53,790 I haven't touched a thing since the night my parents died. 410 00:22:53,915 --> 00:22:56,334 Drugs stay in your system a long time. 411 00:23:03,508 --> 00:23:07,303 I was high the night the cops came to tell us what happened. 412 00:23:10,682 --> 00:23:12,934 You know the first thing I did when they told me? 413 00:23:15,812 --> 00:23:17,355 I laughed. 414 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:22,235 I'm not the person I was when they died. 415 00:23:23,319 --> 00:23:25,405 I wish they could see that. 416 00:23:25,530 --> 00:23:29,742 Well, I'm sure they're watching, and I'm sure they're proud. 417 00:23:30,660 --> 00:23:33,580 That's what will's guidance counselor keeps telling him. 418 00:23:33,705 --> 00:23:35,415 What do you tell him? 419 00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:39,294 I tell him it's crap. 420 00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:44,507 Our parents live on in our memories, but they don't live on. 421 00:23:52,223 --> 00:23:53,266 Chase: Jack? 422 00:23:53,391 --> 00:23:54,559 Cameron: Hold him still. 423 00:23:54,684 --> 00:23:55,518 Don't break his arm. 424 00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:57,895 Cameron: We'll fix it. We need to get a sample. 425 00:24:01,566 --> 00:24:02,567 House. 426 00:24:03,443 --> 00:24:04,694 Bad news. 427 00:24:04,819 --> 00:24:05,862 Look at you. 428 00:24:06,654 --> 00:24:09,466 You couldn't have sent Cameron down here to this air-conditioned hallway 429 00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:10,490 to deliver the bad news? 430 00:24:10,575 --> 00:24:14,037 Jack seized again, but his blood was clean. Completely drug free. 431 00:24:14,162 --> 00:24:16,956 So he just happened to have a seizure at the exact time 432 00:24:17,081 --> 00:24:18,416 that we stuck him in a sauna? 433 00:24:18,541 --> 00:24:19,541 It's not a coincidence. 434 00:24:19,584 --> 00:24:23,338 He's still seizing every few hours whether we stick him in a sauna or not. 435 00:24:23,463 --> 00:24:26,841 Oh, my god! Why are you using that? 436 00:24:28,343 --> 00:24:29,844 I've had it for years. 437 00:24:30,303 --> 00:24:33,139 No, that's... That's gonna make your shoulder hurt. 438 00:24:33,264 --> 00:24:34,390 You need one of these. 439 00:24:35,808 --> 00:24:37,310 He's a doctor. 440 00:24:37,685 --> 00:24:40,396 - Is he still infection-free? - I'm sure not for long. 441 00:24:40,521 --> 00:24:44,233 My point being that something other than those infections caused these seizures. 442 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:45,919 Means there's something in his head. Scan him. 443 00:24:45,943 --> 00:24:48,738 - We scanned him. - Well, that was then. This is not then. 444 00:24:48,863 --> 00:24:51,074 Kid keeps changing. Scan him again. 445 00:24:51,199 --> 00:24:52,575 Where is Cameron? 446 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:54,827 I am not writing you a script for Vicodin. 447 00:24:54,952 --> 00:24:57,163 I've only got two pills left. 448 00:24:57,497 --> 00:24:59,666 Cut them in half. Then you'll have four. 449 00:24:59,791 --> 00:25:02,502 You're prescribing for Wilson. Wilson prescribes for me. 450 00:25:02,627 --> 00:25:04,003 Write up a scrip. 451 00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:06,047 - You know you have a problem. - Yeah. 452 00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:07,399 It's got a badge and everything. 453 00:25:07,423 --> 00:25:10,134 - You're taking too much... - Fine! You're right. 454 00:25:10,259 --> 00:25:14,305 What's the correct amount? Write up a scrip for the correct amount. 455 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:18,643 No answer? That's 'cause we're having the wrong debate. 456 00:25:18,768 --> 00:25:20,408 This has got nothing to do with my problem 457 00:25:20,436 --> 00:25:21,997 and everything to do with you avoiding a problem. 458 00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:23,832 You're afraid that if you write me a prescription 459 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:24,958 you're gonna wind up like Wilson. 460 00:25:24,982 --> 00:25:26,776 Of course I am. 461 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,781 Tritter wants to win by giving pain. 462 00:25:32,907 --> 00:25:35,076 Do you really want to be a part of that? 463 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:36,953 As a doctor, how do you do that? 464 00:25:44,502 --> 00:25:45,503 Here. 465 00:25:46,045 --> 00:25:48,756 This'll tide you over. Takes the edge off my pms. 466 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,800 Should do wonders for you. 467 00:25:56,347 --> 00:25:58,641 Why are you looking at my head again? 468 00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:01,644 Seizures usually indicate something neurological. 469 00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:03,229 I'm not gonna get better. 470 00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:05,564 Am I? 471 00:26:06,357 --> 00:26:08,234 We'll know more after the test. 472 00:26:09,986 --> 00:26:12,280 I've gotta find out who can take care of will and kama. 473 00:26:12,405 --> 00:26:14,157 Let's not get ahead of ourselves, okay? 474 00:26:15,616 --> 00:26:19,746 You'll be home yelling at them and kicking their butts before you know it. 475 00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:31,215 This kid might be facing a terminal disease, 476 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,340 and he's more worried about his brother and sister. 477 00:26:33,426 --> 00:26:35,094 Chase: Brain stem's clean. 478 00:26:35,595 --> 00:26:37,847 - Nothing in the midbrain. - What's that? 479 00:26:38,514 --> 00:26:40,975 The frontal lobe, upper-right quadrant. 480 00:26:41,434 --> 00:26:43,394 - I don't see anything. - There. 481 00:26:45,062 --> 00:26:47,440 It's tiny, but I think it's a tumor. 482 00:26:47,565 --> 00:26:51,152 That size should be excisable. Why didn't we see it earlier? How could... 483 00:26:51,277 --> 00:26:52,653 Oh, god! 484 00:26:53,738 --> 00:26:55,615 Axial view. There's another one. 485 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:57,533 Bring up the next slice. 486 00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:02,121 They're everywhere. 487 00:27:06,626 --> 00:27:09,378 Jack's brain is riddled with tumors. 488 00:27:10,046 --> 00:27:12,548 - And you know what he's doing? - Moaning? 489 00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:16,135 - Setting up play dates. - Wow, what a guy. Theories? 490 00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:18,554 The obvious one, brain cancer destroyed his immune system, 491 00:27:18,679 --> 00:27:20,431 left him wide open for these infections. 492 00:27:20,556 --> 00:27:22,558 House, you're pathetic. 493 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:26,479 You'll analyze anyone's faults, hypocrisies, weaknesses, 494 00:27:26,604 --> 00:27:27,873 but this kid's got some strength, 495 00:27:27,897 --> 00:27:30,793 and all of a sudden there's no time to talk about anything but the medicine. 496 00:27:30,817 --> 00:27:33,361 He's teaching pre-pubescent kids that truth matters, 497 00:27:33,486 --> 00:27:36,823 god doesn't and life sucks. I like him. Treatment? 498 00:27:36,948 --> 00:27:38,533 We need to start him on radiation. 499 00:27:38,658 --> 00:27:40,743 That'll destroy whatever's left of his immune system. 500 00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:42,870 Foreman: And save his life! 501 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:45,498 I know the notion of self-sacrifice is foreign to you... 502 00:27:45,623 --> 00:27:49,210 You wanna think that he's sacrificing himself because if one person can do it, 503 00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:53,256 then maybe the world isn't the cold, selfish place you know that it is. 504 00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:55,758 Radiation could kill him. Alternatives? 505 00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:58,135 There aren't any. We saw the tumors... 506 00:27:58,261 --> 00:28:00,805 We could choose to say they aren't tumors. 507 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:04,183 They're just pus, which would explain why they weren't there yesterday. 508 00:28:04,308 --> 00:28:06,477 It can't be an infection. He got ivig, 509 00:28:06,602 --> 00:28:08,604 - broad-spectrum antibiotics... - Exactly. 510 00:28:08,729 --> 00:28:12,441 Creates a perfect world for fungus, moves in, gets married, 511 00:28:12,567 --> 00:28:13,568 has little fungi... 512 00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:17,113 If you're wrong about the fungus, you're wasting what little time he has left. 513 00:28:17,238 --> 00:28:20,366 Not a big sacrifice. His life sucks. 514 00:28:21,242 --> 00:28:24,161 So let's be right. Go stick a needle in the kid's head. 515 00:28:24,287 --> 00:28:25,162 If you suck out a liquid, 516 00:28:25,288 --> 00:28:26,807 then I'm right and we haven't answered anything. 517 00:28:26,831 --> 00:28:31,460 If you suck out a solid, you're right and no more worrying about play dates. 518 00:28:36,465 --> 00:28:39,594 Okay. Fine. I'll father your child. 519 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,263 First, you got to write me a Vicodin prescription, 520 00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:43,931 just so I can get through the foreplay. 521 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:45,308 How many days do you have left? 522 00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:48,060 Could probably get through maybe the next minute or so. 523 00:28:48,185 --> 00:28:52,773 And your coming to me means your lackeys actually stood up to you. I'm impressed. 524 00:28:52,899 --> 00:28:55,026 Yes, their cowardice is inspiring. 525 00:28:55,151 --> 00:28:56,861 Well, you should be thanking them. 526 00:28:56,986 --> 00:28:58,988 If they caved, it'd give the cops evidence 527 00:28:59,113 --> 00:29:02,241 that you intimidated underlings to feed your addiction. 528 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:04,118 I hate writing thank-you notes. 529 00:29:04,243 --> 00:29:08,039 Would it be weird if I asked Cameron to write them? You're hooking me up? 530 00:29:08,164 --> 00:29:11,125 Unfortunately, if I cut you off, it'd give the cops evidence 531 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,603 that you don't really need the pain meds. 532 00:29:12,627 --> 00:29:17,131 I knew that cleavage was a smokescreen. You're a genius. 533 00:29:18,215 --> 00:29:20,551 - You can't lift your arm. - You can't pee standing up. 534 00:29:20,676 --> 00:29:22,929 - Gimme. - You been doing physio? 535 00:29:23,596 --> 00:29:24,656 - Maybe you pulled... - Yeah. 536 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,058 Been training for pants-off dance-off. Give me the script. 537 00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:29,644 Your shoulder problem isn't physical. 538 00:29:29,769 --> 00:29:31,604 We'll find out if you ever give me that... 539 00:29:31,729 --> 00:29:32,813 What's new? 540 00:29:32,939 --> 00:29:35,139 What's different? Any big changes in your life recently? 541 00:29:35,191 --> 00:29:36,943 Fight with the wife maybe? 542 00:29:37,568 --> 00:29:41,364 It's good. Means your shoulder's a human being. 543 00:29:41,489 --> 00:29:42,740 It's a start. 544 00:29:44,784 --> 00:29:47,870 - I'm right. Right? - Yeah. 545 00:29:48,287 --> 00:29:49,413 Just not about me. 546 00:30:01,008 --> 00:30:01,842 I was right, right? 547 00:30:01,968 --> 00:30:04,637 They were abscesses from a fungal infection. Aspergillus. 548 00:30:04,762 --> 00:30:06,597 Foreman: But we still have no idea why. 549 00:30:06,722 --> 00:30:10,559 Our kid's immune system has a factory defect. It's genetic. 550 00:30:10,685 --> 00:30:11,769 It can't be genetic. 551 00:30:11,894 --> 00:30:13,830 He would've been getting infections since he was an infant. 552 00:30:13,854 --> 00:30:17,191 - Not if he grew up in a bubble. - Or if he grew up on Mars. 553 00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:20,194 - No germs there, either. - I don't mean a literal bubble. 554 00:30:20,319 --> 00:30:23,614 A sweet suburban bubble where mommies and daddies protect their children. 555 00:30:23,739 --> 00:30:25,741 They die. Bubble bursts. 556 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:28,494 Continuing emotional trauma triggers the genetic illness. 557 00:30:28,619 --> 00:30:29,996 Question is, which one? 558 00:30:30,121 --> 00:30:33,666 House: The infections he's contracted narrow down the possibilities. 559 00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:37,003 Hep a indicates a problem with his b cells. 560 00:30:37,128 --> 00:30:39,463 - Bruton's agammaglobulinemia? - Eikenella. 561 00:30:39,588 --> 00:30:41,007 Points to a complement deficiency. 562 00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:46,095 - I have a patient. I need... - Not now. 563 00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:48,097 - I'll go. - You'll stay. 564 00:30:48,222 --> 00:30:50,182 - Patient's dying. - So is mine. 565 00:30:50,307 --> 00:30:52,393 Not in the next hour. 566 00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:54,353 What does the syphilis tell us? 567 00:30:56,522 --> 00:30:58,315 What does it tell us? 568 00:30:58,983 --> 00:31:01,485 It could mean chronic granulomatous disease. 569 00:31:01,610 --> 00:31:05,990 And the aspergillus is a t cell issue. Common variable immunodeficiency. 570 00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:09,493 Genetic testing's gonna take time. 571 00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:11,096 Given the rate he's picking up infections... 572 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,400 Why don't we turn it into a race? 573 00:31:12,455 --> 00:31:14,040 Little late to be playing games with us. 574 00:31:14,165 --> 00:31:17,543 - Not you guys. The infections. - What infections? 575 00:31:19,003 --> 00:31:21,547 The infections we're gonna give him. 576 00:31:22,590 --> 00:31:25,259 The only way to cure me is to make me sicker? 577 00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:27,636 Each of the four possible genetic conditions 578 00:31:27,762 --> 00:31:31,182 is most susceptible to different types of infection. 579 00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:32,932 What's that? 580 00:31:34,101 --> 00:31:39,273 This is a cocktail of serratia, meningococcus, cepacia and rhinovirus. 581 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:41,692 Whichever germ gains the most ground 582 00:31:41,817 --> 00:31:44,945 plants the flag of its leader, gives us our answer. 583 00:31:45,071 --> 00:31:48,115 And how are you gonna know which one gains the most ground? 584 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,076 Well, that's the fun part. 585 00:31:50,201 --> 00:31:54,288 See, if the meningococcus is king of the hill, you get to have another seizure. 586 00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:56,082 Serratia will shut down your lungs. 587 00:31:56,207 --> 00:31:58,250 If it's cepacia, you'll have a heart attack. 588 00:31:58,375 --> 00:32:01,087 And if it's the rhinovirus, you'll sneeze. 589 00:32:03,005 --> 00:32:05,716 They can't all be dramatic. We good? 590 00:32:05,841 --> 00:32:06,842 Hell, no. 591 00:32:06,967 --> 00:32:10,888 Well, the alternative is we guess, and there's a three out of four chance 592 00:32:11,013 --> 00:32:15,017 that your little brother and sister will get to cry over another coffin. 593 00:32:15,142 --> 00:32:18,270 You study fractions in school? We good? 594 00:32:31,826 --> 00:32:35,788 And this test isn't exactly fda approved, 595 00:32:35,913 --> 00:32:38,582 so let's just keep it our little secret, okay? 596 00:33:41,729 --> 00:33:45,441 Little orphan Annie and Oliver twist slept in our hallways last night. 597 00:33:45,566 --> 00:33:46,817 Are they singing? 598 00:33:46,942 --> 00:33:49,570 They're children. They need a guardian. 599 00:33:49,862 --> 00:33:51,155 Couldn't find a babysitter 600 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,341 on account of not being able to make any phone calls, 601 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:54,759 on account of not being able to breathe, 602 00:33:54,783 --> 00:33:57,203 on account of his lungs filling up with serratia. 603 00:33:57,328 --> 00:33:59,872 He has chronic granulomatous disease. 604 00:33:59,997 --> 00:34:01,832 Game over. Our work is done. 605 00:34:01,957 --> 00:34:03,584 Then he's gonna keep getting sick. 606 00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:05,336 You gotta call social services. 607 00:34:05,461 --> 00:34:08,380 Bone marrow transplant would re-boot his whole immune system. 608 00:34:08,505 --> 00:34:11,091 He'll be healthy enough to win miserable daddy of the year. 609 00:34:11,217 --> 00:34:12,968 So see if one of his kids is a match. 610 00:34:13,093 --> 00:34:15,137 My kids are already testing his kids. 611 00:34:17,473 --> 00:34:19,225 Foreman: Will's a match. 612 00:34:19,350 --> 00:34:20,350 You tested him? 613 00:34:20,976 --> 00:34:23,079 - I never consented for that. - It's just a blood draw. 614 00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:24,583 - There's no danger. - To the testing. 615 00:34:24,647 --> 00:34:27,816 - What about the surgery? - The risk for will is next to nothing. 616 00:34:32,321 --> 00:34:35,491 What if I don't do it? What are my other options? 617 00:34:36,992 --> 00:34:39,286 Your immune system can't fight off the germs 618 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:41,580 we all come into contact with every day. 619 00:34:41,705 --> 00:34:44,750 Now that we know, we can use more targeted medications, 620 00:34:44,875 --> 00:34:49,088 but you'll still get sick all the time. 621 00:34:49,546 --> 00:34:51,131 You'll be in and out of hospitals... 622 00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:52,716 But I'll live. 623 00:34:58,514 --> 00:34:59,765 Jack, 624 00:35:01,725 --> 00:35:04,603 your lifespan will be substantially shortened. 625 00:35:05,813 --> 00:35:09,608 And you'll be too sick to care for your brother and sister anymore. 626 00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:10,961 You shouldn't have pressured him into... 627 00:35:10,985 --> 00:35:11,819 There was no pressure. 628 00:35:11,944 --> 00:35:14,029 He's eight years old! 629 00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:15,882 You tell him his brother's dying unless he helps. 630 00:35:15,906 --> 00:35:18,051 - What do you think he's gonna do? - He wants to help you. 631 00:35:18,075 --> 00:35:19,952 He has no idea. 632 00:35:20,494 --> 00:35:25,874 It's like you asked him to let me play with one of his toys. This is surgery. 633 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,377 - He could die. - He'll be fine. 634 00:35:29,420 --> 00:35:30,921 But you... 635 00:35:31,046 --> 00:35:34,258 You're gonna have a hard time protecting him like this if you're dead. 636 00:35:38,554 --> 00:35:39,763 I'll do it... 637 00:35:41,307 --> 00:35:44,184 When will's 18 and can decide for himself. 638 00:35:51,859 --> 00:35:54,528 - Noble. - Moronic. 639 00:35:56,697 --> 00:35:58,157 It's a synonym. 640 00:35:58,282 --> 00:36:01,035 Why can't you accept he wants to protect his brother? 641 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,620 Has to protect his brother. Doesn't want to. 642 00:36:03,746 --> 00:36:07,082 Wants to run screaming from protecting his brother. 643 00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:09,626 You're a hypocrite. 644 00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:16,884 "Evidence is everything. Truth is all that matters." 645 00:36:17,384 --> 00:36:20,054 Except when it comes to people. 646 00:36:20,804 --> 00:36:23,432 Everything we've learned about this kid says you're wrong. 647 00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:26,352 But you can't accept that. 648 00:36:26,477 --> 00:36:28,896 It's easy to reject the diagnosis. 649 00:36:29,021 --> 00:36:31,732 Not so easy to reject your misanthropy, 650 00:36:32,191 --> 00:36:35,736 because then you'd have to give people a fighting chance. 651 00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:38,781 And that scares the crap out of you. 652 00:36:40,908 --> 00:36:42,201 Okay. 653 00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:46,580 Let's get some evidence. 654 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,505 It's your lucky day. 655 00:36:54,630 --> 00:36:58,050 House: Just found another donor in the registry. Perfect match. 656 00:36:58,175 --> 00:37:00,844 We can do the transplant with no danger to the rug rat. 657 00:37:00,969 --> 00:37:03,055 Just have to sign here. 658 00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:08,060 Unless there's another reason you don't want it. 659 00:37:08,477 --> 00:37:10,187 There's a chance I'd die. 660 00:37:10,312 --> 00:37:12,815 A chance you'll be cured. 661 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:15,567 Maybe you don't want that, either. 662 00:37:15,692 --> 00:37:18,487 Maybe hanging out in a hospital getting waited on hand and foot 663 00:37:18,612 --> 00:37:20,131 reminds you of what life used to be like 664 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:23,033 before you were forced to play mister mom. 665 00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:24,701 I don't like being sick. 666 00:37:24,827 --> 00:37:27,830 But you don't want to be healthy, either. 667 00:37:27,955 --> 00:37:29,498 This is your way out. 668 00:37:29,623 --> 00:37:30,623 Guilt free. 669 00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:34,336 I said I'd do it when will's 18. 670 00:37:34,461 --> 00:37:38,090 And he's able to take care of himself without you. 671 00:37:38,882 --> 00:37:42,052 Jack, your brother and sister need you. 672 00:37:42,177 --> 00:37:44,888 I know! I know every second of every day that they need me, 673 00:37:45,013 --> 00:37:47,474 but I'm too young to be their dad. 674 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:57,901 Good for you. 675 00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:06,201 Don't pretend you're surprised. 676 00:38:21,717 --> 00:38:24,803 Want to go throw stuff at people off the balcony? 677 00:38:26,388 --> 00:38:28,182 Come on. Mail can wait. 678 00:38:28,849 --> 00:38:31,143 I'm referring my patients to other oncologists. 679 00:38:31,268 --> 00:38:33,562 - I'm shutting down my practice. - Oh, good. 680 00:38:34,062 --> 00:38:35,457 'Cause I was afraid you might overreact. 681 00:38:35,481 --> 00:38:37,191 I can't just ask my patients to wait 682 00:38:37,316 --> 00:38:39,693 because Dr. Cameron's boss won't let her come out and play! 683 00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:41,487 I kept you waiting for maybe an hour... 684 00:38:41,612 --> 00:38:42,738 Three hours! 685 00:38:43,697 --> 00:38:46,074 - Anybody die? - Not this time. 686 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,244 Cameron's available now. Use her all you want. 687 00:38:49,369 --> 00:38:51,830 So now's a better time for me to have my life taken away? 688 00:38:51,955 --> 00:38:54,917 - It fits into your schedule better? - Oh, poor you. 689 00:38:55,042 --> 00:38:58,045 - Think if you suffer loudly enough... - You committed a crime! 690 00:38:58,170 --> 00:38:59,647 What do you want me to do? Turn myself in? 691 00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:03,050 Yes! Yes! Do something! Go in! Show some remorse! 692 00:39:03,175 --> 00:39:04,676 Tell tritter you'll get some help! 693 00:39:04,801 --> 00:39:06,053 I don't need help! 694 00:39:07,971 --> 00:39:11,808 House, get out of here. Get out of here. 695 00:39:13,644 --> 00:39:17,648 You are not gonna make me feel guilty about what tritter is doing to us. 696 00:39:19,525 --> 00:39:21,068 You already feel guilty. 697 00:39:21,193 --> 00:39:24,613 Your mysterious shoulder pain isn't coming from your cane. 698 00:39:24,738 --> 00:39:26,823 It's coming from your conscience. 699 00:39:27,741 --> 00:39:29,493 That used to be enough. 700 00:39:30,077 --> 00:39:32,663 Despite all your smartass remarks, I knew you gave a damn. 701 00:39:32,788 --> 00:39:33,830 This time... 702 00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:39,878 You were either gonna help me through this or you weren't. 703 00:39:40,212 --> 00:39:41,713 I got my answer. 704 00:39:56,728 --> 00:39:58,772 Who's gonna drive me to school, 705 00:39:59,606 --> 00:40:01,066 help me with my homework? 706 00:40:01,942 --> 00:40:04,236 There'll be a mom where they take you. 707 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:08,532 A real mom, someone who can cook. 708 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:16,164 Don't worry. I'll still be able to see you guys. 709 00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:03,545 You said you'd make him better. 710 00:41:05,047 --> 00:41:06,882 I'm sorry. 711 00:41:19,019 --> 00:41:20,771 Thank you for not telling them. 712 00:41:22,814 --> 00:41:24,274 You're a good kid. 713 00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:29,696 Three months from now, six months from now, 714 00:41:31,031 --> 00:41:34,534 you'll be visiting them and you won't be able to say goodbye. 715 00:41:35,619 --> 00:41:37,746 You're gonna know you screwed up. 716 00:41:38,955 --> 00:41:42,584 You'll take his bone marrow and you'll take them back. 717 00:41:44,211 --> 00:41:47,172 And they'll be a burden and a pain, 718 00:41:48,715 --> 00:41:51,635 and your life will never be what it was supposed to be. 719 00:41:53,261 --> 00:41:55,305 But you'll be proud of yourself. 720 00:41:57,849 --> 00:42:02,020 And your parents, they'll be proud of you. 721 00:42:05,107 --> 00:42:06,566 I don't think so. 722 00:42:14,199 --> 00:42:15,367 It's what I wanna believe.