1 00:00:03,636 --> 00:00:07,970 So there I am, on my 25th birthday, driving from Wheeling, West Virginia, 2 00:00:08,041 --> 00:00:11,238 to Bensonhurst, in a Dodge Dart with no radio 3 00:00:11,311 --> 00:00:13,711 and a gunrunner named Barrelhead, 4 00:00:14,014 --> 00:00:17,848 who insisted we sing every Jimmy Buffett song he could recall. 5 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:20,851 What could I say? The man was heavily armed. 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:25,550 So, 500 renditions of Margaritaville Iater... My first cover. 7 00:00:25,658 --> 00:00:29,185 Eight thousand words on how Barrelhead and his friends were transporting handguns 8 00:00:29,262 --> 00:00:31,253 for sale to New York City. 9 00:00:31,331 --> 00:00:34,425 The day the magazine hit the stands, the DA hit me with a subpoena. 10 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:36,901 He wanted to know Barrelhead's real name. 11 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:40,201 And Greta had been managing editor for three whole days. 12 00:00:40,306 --> 00:00:42,774 So she invited me across the street to the fancy bar 13 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:45,174 where they use real glasses. 14 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:48,312 And after about the sixth vodka and tonic, 15 00:00:48,381 --> 00:00:51,509 she said, "FIetch, I want you to know the magazine is behind you." 16 00:00:51,584 --> 00:00:53,347 Well, I was impressed. 17 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:55,320 I said, "You think you can get the DA off my back?" 18 00:00:55,388 --> 00:00:59,825 And she said, "No, but when you get out of jail, you'II still have a job." 19 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:06,128 I'm 45. I've given up a Iot. I've given up the road, that Iife... 20 00:01:06,499 --> 00:01:09,935 Thanks, EIizabeth. No regrets. My Iovely wife. 21 00:01:10,003 --> 00:01:12,870 I've given up drinking. I've given up drugs. 22 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:15,332 Greta taught me there's two things you never give up. 23 00:01:15,408 --> 00:01:18,844 One's rock and roll. The other's a source. Greta Sims. 24 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:21,775 MAN: Great memories, Greta. WOMAN: We'II miss you, Greta. 25 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:25,545 I only hope you can adjust to the Iack of stress in your... 26 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,083 FIetch? FIetch? 27 00:01:30,156 --> 00:01:31,453 FIetcher? 28 00:01:32,692 --> 00:01:33,886 FIetch? 29 00:01:34,327 --> 00:01:35,589 FIetcher? 30 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:36,753 FIetcher? 31 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:39,162 Honey? Sweetie? Are you okay? 32 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:40,655 (GASPS) 33 00:01:43,503 --> 00:01:44,993 Are you okay? 34 00:01:47,474 --> 00:01:49,374 I flung the investment. 35 00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:51,310 (ALL LAUGHING) 36 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:53,038 What did you say? 37 00:01:59,085 --> 00:02:00,985 I flung the investment. 38 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:04,416 Why consign? 39 00:02:10,497 --> 00:02:11,521 Why consign? 40 00:02:11,598 --> 00:02:13,088 I'II call 91 1. 41 00:02:14,667 --> 00:02:16,294 It's proficient. 42 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:21,398 Why disqualify the rush? I'm tabled. 43 00:02:23,376 --> 00:02:24,741 I'm tabled. 44 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:06,811 (WHISTLING) 45 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:11,214 Need your advice. 46 00:03:11,558 --> 00:03:14,925 What's the best diagnostics department within 60 miles of here? 47 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:16,188 We are. 48 00:03:16,262 --> 00:03:17,388 Yeah. "We" aren't here. 49 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:19,897 House is in Baltimore Iying to Medicaid about his billings. 50 00:03:19,966 --> 00:03:21,797 So? I'm board certified. 51 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:23,460 You are not House. 52 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:26,630 Why'd you put me in charge of the department if you think I can't handle it? 53 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:30,073 Because it's temporary, and because I was ordered to. 54 00:03:31,844 --> 00:03:32,970 What are the symptoms? 55 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:34,411 Oh, come on. 56 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:36,909 You're gonna diagnose him without meeting him? 57 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:39,713 Prove that you're as brilliant as House? 58 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:43,946 I need to know the symptoms to know which hospital to recommend. 59 00:03:44,357 --> 00:03:48,487 EMT's report: patient struck his head and is suffering from aphasia. 60 00:03:49,262 --> 00:03:51,196 A neurological problem. 61 00:03:51,497 --> 00:03:53,829 You know, I know a Iot of good people in that field, 62 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:56,232 seeing as I happen to be a neurologist. 63 00:03:56,302 --> 00:03:58,361 You're pouting. Not at all. 64 00:03:58,972 --> 00:04:00,667 Taylor's pretty good. 65 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:03,732 House was ready to hire him till he got my resume. 66 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:05,334 It's FIetcher Stone. 67 00:04:05,411 --> 00:04:08,471 Wrote 1 2 books, exposed three administrations. 68 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:10,847 Before he exposes us... I get it. 69 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:13,408 Famous patient needs famous doctor. 70 00:04:13,586 --> 00:04:15,451 I'II call Taylor. Thank you. 71 00:04:15,521 --> 00:04:17,853 Or maybe you should call him. 72 00:04:18,424 --> 00:04:20,688 What if I say something stupid? 73 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:26,092 God. House is easier. 74 00:04:32,505 --> 00:04:34,336 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA) 75 00:04:34,407 --> 00:04:35,772 You taking any drugs? 76 00:04:35,842 --> 00:04:38,709 I displaced my function. Accolade. 77 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:41,108 He used to drink regularly, 78 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:44,013 but he's been clean and sober for nearly a year. 79 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:46,642 Mr. Stone, you think you're speaking normally, 80 00:04:46,719 --> 00:04:48,846 but your speech is impaired. 81 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:52,015 He knows what he wants to say, but when he reaches for a word, 82 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:53,581 he finds something else. 83 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:55,787 I grapple average. 84 00:04:57,697 --> 00:04:59,289 Tanzer glisten? 85 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:02,299 He doesn't know that he's saying it wrong? 86 00:05:02,368 --> 00:05:04,427 It all sounds right to him. 87 00:05:05,405 --> 00:05:08,397 I want you to write your name and draw a face. 88 00:05:23,356 --> 00:05:26,621 It's called agraphia. Loss of ability to write. 89 00:05:26,693 --> 00:05:28,752 Most often, it's temporary. 90 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:30,693 How hard did he hit his head? 91 00:05:30,763 --> 00:05:32,628 It was a pretty good crack. 92 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:34,826 It made a really ugly sound. 93 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:37,868 Do you understand what I'm saying? Of golf. 94 00:05:38,571 --> 00:05:41,267 Don't give me a sentence. Just say "yes" or "no." 95 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:43,138 Do you understand me? 96 00:05:44,877 --> 00:05:45,935 Yes. 97 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:50,373 EIizabeth. FIetch. Is he okay? 98 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:53,348 We don't know. This is FIetch's editor. 99 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:55,111 Greta Sims. 100 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:57,884 I wanted to make sure that the EMTs told you the right story. 101 00:05:57,957 --> 00:05:59,515 How many stories are there? 102 00:05:59,592 --> 00:06:03,050 He didn't trip. He just fell. Out of the blue. 103 00:06:03,162 --> 00:06:07,622 His foot jerked a Iittle bit, first. That's what made it Iook Iike a trip. 104 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,332 STACY: Don't say anything. 105 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:17,103 Don't attempt to defend your billing practices. 106 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:18,837 Your billing practices are indefensible. 107 00:06:18,911 --> 00:06:20,242 We've been over this. 108 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:22,679 If I thought you were capable of Iistening, I'd shut up. 109 00:06:22,749 --> 00:06:24,774 That makes no sense at all. 110 00:06:31,357 --> 00:06:33,655 Good afternoon. Good afternoon. 111 00:06:40,466 --> 00:06:43,765 Every case you have rates a five on the complexity scale? 112 00:06:43,836 --> 00:06:46,771 Dr. House has a rather specialized practice. 113 00:06:47,974 --> 00:06:49,100 Ah. 114 00:06:49,809 --> 00:06:52,835 Okay. Then Iet's go through these. 115 00:06:53,946 --> 00:06:54,970 AII of these? 116 00:06:55,047 --> 00:06:58,244 If you have Iunch reservations, cancel them. 117 00:06:59,619 --> 00:07:00,950 AII right. Patient... 118 00:07:03,289 --> 00:07:07,123 If he didn't trip, something made him fall. Stroke, seizure? 119 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:10,094 Thirty people saw him trip. One person says he didn't. 120 00:07:10,163 --> 00:07:11,187 Who are we gonna believe? 121 00:07:11,264 --> 00:07:13,289 His symptoms can all be explained by the head trauma. 122 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:16,392 It causes a contusion or a seizure. That causes the aphasia. 123 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:17,561 We should get an EEG. 124 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:19,332 If it was a stroke, could be a clotting issue. 125 00:07:19,405 --> 00:07:23,205 Even if he fell, drug use is far more Iikely. I'm ordering a tox screen. 126 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:26,177 Chase. We're not done with the differential. 127 00:07:26,646 --> 00:07:27,874 You're not my boss. 128 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:31,906 I'm House's boss. House is your boss. The math is pretty simple. 129 00:07:32,084 --> 00:07:35,144 Are you signing my paychecks? Are you hiring and firing? 130 00:07:35,221 --> 00:07:36,449 This is not about that. 131 00:07:36,522 --> 00:07:38,956 The only thing you've been asked to do is supervise House, 132 00:07:39,025 --> 00:07:40,890 in case he does something insane. 133 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,451 Which might, you know, save a Iife. 134 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,591 Somebody's gotta be in charge. Why? 135 00:07:46,666 --> 00:07:49,157 What, do you think we should all just do whatever we wanna do? 136 00:07:49,235 --> 00:07:50,634 Maybe have a race to the diagnosis. 137 00:07:50,703 --> 00:07:53,797 I think it should be a discussion among peers. 138 00:07:55,007 --> 00:07:58,272 I think we're grown-up enough to reach a consensus. 139 00:08:02,281 --> 00:08:05,512 Patient, 62 years old. You prescribed Viagra. 140 00:08:06,385 --> 00:08:09,115 I Iook in vain for the words "erectile dysfunction" 141 00:08:09,188 --> 00:08:11,679 in the notes for Dolores Smith. 142 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:14,449 She had a heart condition. 143 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:16,290 And you ran out of nitroglycerin? 144 00:08:16,362 --> 00:08:20,423 She also had Iow blood pressure, so nitro would be dangerous. 145 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:24,735 The Iittle blue pills improve blood flow. They're vasodilators. 146 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:26,995 That's why you sometimes get headaches. 147 00:08:27,073 --> 00:08:28,802 I think Dr. House understands... 148 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:31,503 Of course I do. The woman has a heart condition, she's on her own. 149 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:35,570 A man can't nail his office assistant, it's national crisis time. 150 00:08:35,781 --> 00:08:39,649 Are you seriously expecting us to foot the bill for off-Iabel use of medication? 151 00:08:39,719 --> 00:08:41,653 Fine. I'II pay for it. 152 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:44,718 How much are the pills? She took how many? 153 00:08:45,424 --> 00:08:46,652 Put the money away. 154 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:49,058 Are you trying to bribe me? No. 155 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:52,296 I could. There's an ATM in the Iobby. 156 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:54,162 My client's an idiot. 157 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:57,999 But is he wrong about the pills? 158 00:08:58,304 --> 00:09:01,273 Off-Iabel use is not sanctioned... 159 00:09:01,340 --> 00:09:03,467 You're retiring in three weeks. 160 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:05,443 You've been doing this job nearly 20 years. 161 00:09:05,511 --> 00:09:09,208 Aren't you tired of administering policy that you disagree with? 162 00:09:09,515 --> 00:09:12,848 I never said I disagree... What can they do to you? 163 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:16,249 And Dr. House is sorry about his earlier outburst. 164 00:09:16,923 --> 00:09:18,288 Absolutely. 165 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:27,190 You do background checks on Medicaid personnel? 166 00:09:27,333 --> 00:09:30,894 I do what's necessary for my client. Wow. New personal record. 167 00:09:30,970 --> 00:09:33,097 Yeah. Timing's good for me, too. 168 00:09:33,172 --> 00:09:36,369 Got a reservation at a Iittle place in the Inner Harbor. 169 00:09:36,442 --> 00:09:37,807 You booked us dinner reservations? 170 00:09:37,877 --> 00:09:40,710 Best Maryland crab in Maryland. 171 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:43,943 Don't you have a plane to catch? Not for hours. 172 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:46,277 Your flight Ieaves at 7:00. 173 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:48,750 You did a background check on me? 174 00:09:48,821 --> 00:09:52,222 And mine doesn't Ieave till 9:00 p.m. It Iooks Iike you'II be dining alone. 175 00:09:52,291 --> 00:09:56,625 You checked on my flight so you could be sure to be on a different one. 176 00:09:57,129 --> 00:09:59,461 I thought we were past the avoidance stage. 177 00:09:59,532 --> 00:10:02,330 I didn't think we'd be finished this soon. 178 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:05,835 Where's your crucifix? 179 00:10:06,672 --> 00:10:09,436 I Ieft it at the jeweler's to be cleaned. 180 00:10:11,043 --> 00:10:12,203 Right. 181 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:18,545 This will show us if there's a problem with your carotid artery 182 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,347 that might cause a blood clot. 183 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:21,715 If it went to his brain, 184 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:24,756 it could explain the aphasia and the falling down. 185 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:27,452 And you're giving him an EEG. Is that for the same thing? 186 00:10:27,526 --> 00:10:30,723 It's just a precaution. I think the trauma caused some swelling 187 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:34,095 and we need to keep him stable until the body can repair the damage. 188 00:10:34,166 --> 00:10:35,997 And you think they're both wrong? 189 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:39,367 We're just covering all the bases. We're being safe. 190 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:40,561 (COUGHS) 191 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,005 (MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY) 192 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:44,235 His O2 stats are going down. 193 00:10:44,443 --> 00:10:47,674 (FLETCH COUGHING) 194 00:10:50,616 --> 00:10:53,244 FIuid in his Iungs. I'II push 40 IV Lasix. 195 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:56,286 We need to intubate. He's Iosing his respiratory drive. 196 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,521 Put him down. Put him down. 197 00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:26,318 FOREMAN: And then there were two. 198 00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:29,821 Aphasia and fluid in the Iungs. Seizure can't cause both. 199 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:31,083 Neither can a stroke. 200 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:32,818 Unless he had an abnormal heart rhythm. 201 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:37,329 And then there was one. Urine test was positive for amphetamines. 202 00:11:37,430 --> 00:11:39,295 Amphetamines don't cause pulmonary edema. 203 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:41,356 They do if you smoke them. 204 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:44,426 Well, in one of his books, he talked about giving up drugs and alcohol. 205 00:11:44,503 --> 00:11:46,232 How it changed his Iife. 206 00:11:46,305 --> 00:11:47,829 Everybody Iies. 207 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,646 When he started wanting to hear every minute of my day, 208 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:57,547 it should have been a clue he was the jealous type. 209 00:11:57,616 --> 00:12:00,585 But you know, in that first stage of a relationship, 210 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:03,247 where it's Iike your body's full of these chemicals that 211 00:12:03,322 --> 00:12:06,519 make you think everything they do is charming. 212 00:12:06,625 --> 00:12:08,354 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 213 00:12:09,595 --> 00:12:10,960 Excuse me. 214 00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:13,020 WILSON: Hello. 215 00:12:13,199 --> 00:12:16,191 Hey, honey. How are the kids? Do they miss me? 216 00:12:16,435 --> 00:12:18,335 This may take a minute. 217 00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:21,663 HOUSE: So, what's new with Mr. Aphasia? 218 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:23,368 Cuddy called you? 219 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:25,735 Everybody covers their ass. 220 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:29,838 Pulmonary edema. Chase did a tox screen. It came back positive for amphetamines. 221 00:12:29,915 --> 00:12:31,280 He did the dance of victory. 222 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:33,409 I'm betting there's another shoe. 223 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:35,920 I thought the kids didn't call you. 224 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:41,453 I know the way you tell stories. 225 00:12:41,527 --> 00:12:45,190 Foreman went to talk to Stone about his drug test, found him running a temperature. 226 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:48,756 So it's not the drugs. They've just got such a bad rep. 227 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:54,533 Honey, you shouldn't do that. 228 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:57,538 Okay, I gotta hang up. They're probably trying to reach me. 229 00:12:57,610 --> 00:13:00,044 You don't have call waiting? I'm hanging up on you now. 230 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:01,739 WILSON: It's $5 a month. 231 00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:11,288 Drugs don't cause fever. 232 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:14,087 Encephalitis or meningitis are the obvious suspects. 233 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:15,320 Start him on antibiotics. 234 00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:18,591 It could be an autoimmune disease. Lupus, Behcet's... 235 00:13:18,664 --> 00:13:20,325 We could start him on a high dose of steroids. 236 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:24,859 Except if he does have encephalitis, steroids could weaken his immune system. 237 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:25,961 Foreman. 238 00:13:26,038 --> 00:13:27,699 How high a fever? 239 00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:31,374 Put me on speakerphone. And why haven't you called me? 240 00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:33,803 101. How'd you know? 241 00:13:33,879 --> 00:13:37,280 What? You think you guys can have a party as soon as the parents are gone, 242 00:13:37,349 --> 00:13:38,782 and I won't hear about it? 243 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:42,685 Start with broad-spectrum antibiotics for possible bacterial meningitis, 244 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:45,918 and an antiviral in case we Iuck out and it's herpes encephalitis. 245 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:47,481 What if it's autoimmune? 246 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:51,223 Well, then we're screwed, which is why we need more information. 247 00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:53,422 Any genetic issue with the family? 248 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:56,127 FOREMAN: The man can't talk. His medical records are sketchy. 249 00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:58,170 And the wife's only known him a couple of years. 250 00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:01,206 HOUSE: MRI show anything? The CT scan was negative. 251 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,666 "CT." That's Iike short for "MRI," right? 252 00:14:05,044 --> 00:14:07,205 Excellent. That's going to save us a lot of time. 253 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:11,375 We've got an MRI scheduled in 20 minutes. Earliest Foreman could get the machine. 254 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:15,284 I teach you to Iie and cheat and steal, and as soon as my back is turned, 255 00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:16,981 you wait in Iine? 256 00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:20,153 Get an MRI and get a better medical history. 257 00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:21,887 The man can't talk! 258 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:24,156 Who cares? He's probably gonna Iie anyway. 259 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:27,028 My flight's a Iittle Iate, I'II be back in a few hours. 260 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:32,131 So, you're in charge of us because you're in charge of him? 261 00:14:39,845 --> 00:14:42,507 Any family history of neurological problems? 262 00:14:42,581 --> 00:14:43,605 No. 263 00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:47,710 Have you been out of the country in the Iast five years? 264 00:14:47,853 --> 00:14:48,911 Yes. 265 00:14:49,321 --> 00:14:50,811 Three years? 266 00:14:52,024 --> 00:14:53,082 Yes. 267 00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:54,690 Two years? 268 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:58,888 He stopped traveling for work two years ago, after we got serious. 269 00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:00,558 Any vacations? 270 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:02,999 His Iast one was six months ago. 271 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:05,993 This golf resort at Key Biscayne. 272 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:08,164 No way it was a golf resort. 273 00:15:08,874 --> 00:15:12,503 Knowing FIetch, I assumed he was working his way through every bar in the Keys, 274 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:15,069 a Iast hurrah before settling down. 275 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:17,114 AIcohol? No. 276 00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:18,883 Amphetamines? 277 00:15:19,118 --> 00:15:20,278 No. 278 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:22,216 You tested positive. 279 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:26,084 He doesn't use drugs. I told you. 280 00:15:28,093 --> 00:15:32,189 When we got engaged, we decided we wanted a different kind of Iife. 281 00:15:32,898 --> 00:15:36,925 And he dropped the macho journalism. No more taking crazy chances. 282 00:15:37,336 --> 00:15:39,361 That includes his health. 283 00:15:39,838 --> 00:15:42,238 He asked me not to tell EIizabeth. 284 00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:44,139 So he's been Iying to her about his drug habit? 285 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:46,074 Well, yes and no. 286 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:50,673 BE, before EIizabeth, he used drugs recreationally. 287 00:15:50,749 --> 00:15:54,378 I wasn't crazy about it, but that thrill-seeking behavior is what made him 288 00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:56,182 the kind of journalist that he was. 289 00:15:56,255 --> 00:15:57,916 And now? AE? 290 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:03,292 Man's twisted himself into knots for her. Completely cleaned up his act. 291 00:16:03,362 --> 00:16:06,627 But the drugs? They're medicinal. Sort of. 292 00:16:06,999 --> 00:16:08,933 He was having trouble sleeping. 293 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:13,233 This new suburban Iifestyle. Lack of excitement was throwing him off. 294 00:16:13,539 --> 00:16:15,404 So he started with sleeping pills. 295 00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:18,170 When they knocked him out, he needed something to perk him back up 296 00:16:18,243 --> 00:16:19,767 during the day. 297 00:16:19,878 --> 00:16:21,209 Every day? 298 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:24,749 No slippery slope there. 299 00:16:29,088 --> 00:16:31,716 Keep the stain! Knife can't force. 300 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:36,289 We're not gonna tell your wife. We're not cops. 301 00:16:48,574 --> 00:16:52,908 There's a Iittle edema, brain swelling, and an area of scarring. 302 00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,636 Is that what's causing the aphasia? 303 00:16:56,115 --> 00:16:57,343 Actually, that's what's odd. 304 00:16:57,416 --> 00:17:00,180 The scarring's not in the area of the brain normally associated 305 00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:02,618 with conduction aphasia. And it's old. 306 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:04,018 Happened before he hit his head. 307 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:06,819 Maybe a small stroke or some other underlying condition that 308 00:17:06,892 --> 00:17:07,984 could be causing this. 309 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:11,052 Or it might have nothing to do with it at all. 310 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:14,894 Have you ever had head trauma before? An accident? 311 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:19,194 Ever had any numbness on one side before? Dizziness? 312 00:17:19,438 --> 00:17:21,167 What is the durable? 313 00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:25,232 No. 314 00:17:31,583 --> 00:17:33,574 WOMAN: (ON PA) All departing passengers for Flight Number 870, 315 00:17:33,652 --> 00:17:35,711 the plane will be delayed by one half-hour. 316 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:38,279 We apologize for any inconvenience. 317 00:18:09,521 --> 00:18:11,352 I got you some coffee. 318 00:18:27,206 --> 00:18:30,471 So, what do you want to talk about? 319 00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:43,144 The scarring on the MRI could be anything. 320 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:46,623 MS, toxins, any one of 1 00 demyelinating diseases. 321 00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:49,661 If it's meningitis, we have to ID the bug fast. 322 00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:50,990 We need to do a Iumbar puncture. 323 00:18:51,063 --> 00:18:53,930 I'm not doing an LP with this edema. We could paralyze him. 324 00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:55,057 What does House say? 325 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:58,831 "The person you are trying to reach is out of the area or has turned off their phone." 326 00:18:58,904 --> 00:18:59,996 So, what are your orders? 327 00:19:00,072 --> 00:19:03,166 We need more information. There is no more information. 328 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:05,335 We'II break into his place. 329 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,077 Have fun. 330 00:19:12,951 --> 00:19:15,181 How's the patient? Fine. 331 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,844 Where are you going? FOREMAN: Dinner. 332 00:19:16,922 --> 00:19:18,947 Oh, well, I'II join you, and you can bring me up to speed. 333 00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:21,322 Oh, sorry. Reservation for two. 334 00:19:25,030 --> 00:19:28,557 When people give themselves away, it's by Iittle things. 335 00:19:29,968 --> 00:19:33,699 That woman over there... She's not sneering at her coffee. 336 00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:36,363 She's recovering from Bell's palsy. 337 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:40,976 And the cashier at the coffee place... 338 00:19:41,046 --> 00:19:44,379 She doesn't want anyone to know, but she's dying of ALS. 339 00:19:44,449 --> 00:19:48,715 There's a particular sort of twitchy, stiff arm that's characteristic. 340 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,853 And then there's you. 341 00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:54,985 Why aren't you wearing your cross? 342 00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:57,160 I told you I Ieft it at... 343 00:19:57,229 --> 00:20:01,962 You keep jewelry cleaner under the sink so you won't have to go a day without it. 344 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:05,401 True, you forgot it that morning that our pipes burst, 345 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:10,398 but then you went back and waded through the flood to retrieve it. 346 00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:13,137 So, why no wading today? 347 00:20:13,812 --> 00:20:16,804 Didn't you bring a book to read, or something? 348 00:20:24,823 --> 00:20:26,051 Nothing. 349 00:20:30,495 --> 00:20:33,225 Caffeine pills and amphetamines. 350 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:35,923 Same stuff he told us he was taking. 351 00:20:36,835 --> 00:20:38,234 And Topamax. 352 00:20:39,037 --> 00:20:42,234 An anticonvulsant? But he said there was no history of prior seizure. 353 00:20:42,307 --> 00:20:43,899 It's not even prescribed to him. 354 00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:45,534 Still doesn't explain his fever. 355 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:49,638 He's probably just using it for weight Ioss. Just gives us another Iie. 356 00:20:49,715 --> 00:20:51,615 He must really be devoted. 357 00:20:51,683 --> 00:20:52,911 Should we check the home? 358 00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:54,577 If he wanted to hide something from his wife, 359 00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:56,211 why wouldn't he hide it in the office? 360 00:20:56,288 --> 00:20:58,654 Or maybe she's hiding something. 361 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:09,726 Nothing but aspirin and flu meds in the bathroom. 362 00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:15,129 Looks Iike this stuff's been sitting here for weeks. 363 00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:16,231 CHASE: Home improvement. 364 00:21:16,308 --> 00:21:18,242 He probably thought he could take the project on, 365 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:21,143 then realized it was a Iittle more than he could handle. 366 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:23,704 You got a point to make, or did you just feel Iike giving a Iong, 367 00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:26,410 unnecessary explanation for something medically irrelevant? 368 00:21:26,485 --> 00:21:28,544 What happened to the Foreman who always has an answer? 369 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:30,713 The guy who practically wears a sign saying, 370 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:32,780 "I'm as good as House, but I'm nicer." 371 00:21:32,858 --> 00:21:33,882 I never said that. 372 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:37,520 I guess it's safe to be confident when House is there to overrule you. 373 00:21:37,596 --> 00:21:39,689 Now that it's all on you... 374 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,863 It's different. Yeah. 375 00:21:47,439 --> 00:21:51,500 Either you Ieft it behind on purpose, or by mistake. 376 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:53,734 The only reason you'd Ieave it behind intentionally 377 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:55,803 is if it no Ionger meant anything to you. 378 00:21:55,881 --> 00:21:57,712 But since it was a gift from your mom, 379 00:21:57,783 --> 00:21:59,273 that would mean you had a fight with her. 380 00:21:59,351 --> 00:22:01,615 But since you don't talk to ghosts, that's unlikely. 381 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:02,881 Leave it alone, Greg. 382 00:22:02,954 --> 00:22:07,516 Yeah, I'm good at that. So that Ieaves forgetting it unintentionally. 383 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:11,162 But then we have to explain why you didn't go back for it when you realized... 384 00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:13,026 I didn't realize until I got to the airport. 385 00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:15,931 Nope. You were wearing makeup when you got to the airport. 386 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:18,299 You can't put on makeup without Iooking at yourself. 387 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:20,361 You can't Iook at yourself without touching that thing. 388 00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:22,566 Why does this matter to you? 389 00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:26,238 It's an anomaly. Anomalies bug me. 390 00:22:28,613 --> 00:22:30,604 Then you're gonna suffer. 391 00:22:38,590 --> 00:22:39,750 (FLETCH GROANING) 392 00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:46,921 I think it's his stomach. 393 00:22:47,265 --> 00:22:48,698 I teal indigent. 394 00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:50,758 Was it something you ate? 395 00:22:51,436 --> 00:22:53,165 He keeps doing that. 396 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,101 I teal indigent. 397 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,605 Are you hungry? No. 398 00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:57,835 No, he's in pain. Is it a sharp pain? 399 00:22:57,909 --> 00:23:01,743 No. Teal indigent! 400 00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,580 Taste? Yes. 401 00:23:04,015 --> 00:23:06,882 A metallic taste? Yes! 402 00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:09,948 I'II be right back. 403 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:16,922 HOUSE: I suppose it's also possible that the clasp broke, 404 00:23:17,829 --> 00:23:20,093 but then you'd be carrying the thing around in your purse... 405 00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:21,564 We had a fight. 406 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:24,124 We had a fight, and I was angry and not thinking straight, 407 00:23:24,202 --> 00:23:26,363 and I walked out without my makeup and without my cross. 408 00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:29,134 I stopped at the drugstore to buy makeup, but I couldn't buy a cross, 409 00:23:29,207 --> 00:23:32,768 because they don't have an aisle for personal talismans! 410 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:38,743 So you had a fight. I'm sure it'II blow over. 411 00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:41,115 It was about nothing. Of course it was. 412 00:23:41,186 --> 00:23:44,713 Mark's tired. He's worried. He's got mobility problems. 413 00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:47,222 It's normal to blow up over Iittle things. 414 00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:48,816 I don't mind fighting over Iittle things. 415 00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:52,853 I didn't mind fighting over big things. That I could understand. 416 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:55,030 We fight over nothing. 417 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,363 You know, a mailbox with a sign that says, "Last pickup 5:00 p.m." 418 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:01,304 Does that mean Iast pickup to go to the post office, 419 00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:04,900 or Iast pickup to Ieave the post office and be sent out of town? 420 00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:07,370 You fought over mail delivery? 421 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,971 I tried to get him to drop the subject, but he wouldn't. 422 00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:12,539 I told him he was right. He thought I was being condescending. 423 00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:13,879 You were. 424 00:24:14,853 --> 00:24:17,219 He's pushing me out of his Iife. 425 00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:20,151 Maybe you're misinterpreting. 426 00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:24,221 Did I misinterpret with you? 427 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:26,957 At Ieast, this time I recognize it. 428 00:24:27,032 --> 00:24:29,865 That's the benefit of convincing the only two men you've ever Ioved 429 00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:32,233 they're better off without you. 430 00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:36,698 Yeah, it's all your fault. 431 00:24:37,108 --> 00:24:41,340 You know, "Stacy" in the original Greek means "relationship killer." 432 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,306 (SIGHS) 433 00:24:51,389 --> 00:24:55,223 I'm going to go wash my face, so I Iook Iike a grownup again. 434 00:24:59,397 --> 00:25:01,365 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 435 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:02,827 Hello. 436 00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:08,105 It's for you. 437 00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:10,908 House. Do you know your phone's dead? 438 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:12,500 Do you ever recharge your batteries? 439 00:25:12,577 --> 00:25:13,566 HOUSE: They recharge? 440 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:15,340 I just keep buying new phones. 441 00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:18,678 I thought you should know your aphasia guy is tasting metal. 442 00:25:18,817 --> 00:25:20,045 Where's his creatinine? 443 00:25:20,118 --> 00:25:22,086 WILSON: 6.8. He's got kidney failure. 444 00:25:22,153 --> 00:25:25,247 Cameron's got him on dialysis, and he's stable for the moment. 445 00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:27,518 Unlike Cuddy, who's suicidal. 446 00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:31,789 It's either meningitis or encephalitis. Or maybe autoimmune. 447 00:25:31,963 --> 00:25:33,089 That's perfect. 448 00:25:33,164 --> 00:25:36,429 Seems Iike you really narrowed it down over dinner. 449 00:25:37,102 --> 00:25:38,831 Here's the plan. We talk to House. 450 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:40,701 We've been trying. He's not answering his cell. 451 00:25:40,772 --> 00:25:42,535 It's obvious we have to do the Iumbar puncture. 452 00:25:42,607 --> 00:25:44,632 (PHONE RINGS) There's no choice anymore. 453 00:25:47,145 --> 00:25:48,510 HOUSE: You have to do it just right. 454 00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:49,842 What are you talking about? 455 00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:53,476 Either you've decided to do a Iumbar puncture, or you have to fire me 456 00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:57,511 so that I can't fire all of you as soon as I get back in charge. 457 00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:58,988 Is Cuddy there, ranting? 458 00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:01,048 If I'd known you'd be out of contact... 459 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:02,787 They can handle it. CUDDY: Right. 460 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:05,329 So far, only three organ systems have failed. 461 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:07,297 HOUSE: Okay, they can't. Doesn't matter. 462 00:26:07,365 --> 00:26:09,094 The guy's not stable enough to move. 463 00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:10,896 So go rant in your own office. 464 00:26:10,969 --> 00:26:13,267 Fine. Call me when you're done. 465 00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:20,536 What do you mean by doing the LP just right? 466 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:21,806 We're not gonna screw it up. 467 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,973 The odds are, this guy knows something we don't. 468 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:27,912 He could know the answer to the meaning of Iife, the man can't communicate! 469 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:29,510 Have you had any indication 470 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,681 that he's tried to communicate something important? 471 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:32,916 No. 472 00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:35,186 Well, that's because you guys haven't scared him enough. 473 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,990 I'm sure you've been all, "Oh, we'II take real good care of you." 474 00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:39,394 Why should he say anything? 475 00:26:39,464 --> 00:26:42,433 When you prep him, tell him he's gonna die. 476 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:45,463 Crush all hope. Don't let Cameron do it. 477 00:26:47,038 --> 00:26:50,007 Cuddy, you got a problem with any of that? 478 00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:56,510 You're scheduled for a Iumbar puncture, 479 00:26:56,581 --> 00:26:59,379 but you shouldn't count on that having the answers. 480 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:02,147 If your husband continues to decline... 481 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:04,519 You'II die. 482 00:27:09,260 --> 00:27:12,093 If there's anything you haven't told us... 483 00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:31,843 How you holding up? 484 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,819 I know what you just heard is scary as hell, but... 485 00:27:41,026 --> 00:27:43,051 Couldn't tackle the bear. 486 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:46,288 Couldn't tackle the bear. 487 00:27:46,464 --> 00:27:48,261 They took my stain. 488 00:27:51,536 --> 00:27:53,128 WOMAN: (ON PA) Attention, please. 489 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:57,641 Due to weather conditions, all flights are grounded till further notice. 490 00:27:57,876 --> 00:28:00,709 Cots are being provided on the lower level. 491 00:28:00,779 --> 00:28:02,713 We apologize for the inconvenience. 492 00:28:02,781 --> 00:28:04,476 WOMAN: I don't believe it. 493 00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:08,979 You want me to run down and reserve you a cot with a view? 494 00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:10,882 Where's your knapsack? 495 00:28:10,955 --> 00:28:12,684 Checked it through. 496 00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:16,120 That's right. I forgot. It's hard for you to carry and walk. 497 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:19,288 I booked a room at the airport hotel when I saw how bad the weather was. 498 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,093 It's the Iast one available. 499 00:28:23,168 --> 00:28:25,864 Your Ieg can't handle a night on a cot. 500 00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:27,832 Thanks. 501 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:30,071 I'm ready. 502 00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:31,968 Right. 503 00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:35,542 The hotel's upstairs. 504 00:28:37,916 --> 00:28:39,941 Does Mark know about this? 505 00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:41,212 Mark knows that when things are bad, 506 00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:44,278 I always Iike to have an escape route planned. 507 00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:50,249 (DOOR OPENING) 508 00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:09,168 (SIGHS) 509 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,974 I have to know what's going on here. 510 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:17,712 Because when you have a fight with Mark and you try to avoid me, 511 00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:19,580 then I have to think that... 512 00:29:19,657 --> 00:29:22,148 That I'm feeling vulnerable, and I don't want to be around you, 513 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:24,695 because it might Iead to something. 514 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:25,957 Right. 515 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:29,024 But then, a hotel room... 516 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:32,229 Might also Iead to something. 517 00:29:34,139 --> 00:29:35,629 So, which is it? 518 00:29:40,278 --> 00:29:42,041 Our relationship's Iike an addiction. 519 00:29:42,113 --> 00:29:44,911 It's Iike... 520 00:29:45,650 --> 00:29:47,311 Really good drugs? 521 00:29:47,485 --> 00:29:51,182 No, it's Iike Vindaloo curry. 522 00:29:52,190 --> 00:29:53,555 Okay, sure. 523 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:56,617 Really, really hot Indian curry they make with red chili peppers. 524 00:29:56,694 --> 00:29:58,355 I know what it is. 525 00:29:59,497 --> 00:30:00,794 Didn't think it was addictive. 526 00:30:00,865 --> 00:30:03,834 You're abrasive and annoying, and you come on way too strong. 527 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:06,735 Like Vindaloo curry. 528 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,602 And when you're crazy about curry, that's fine. 529 00:30:08,673 --> 00:30:10,732 But no matter how much you Iove curry, 530 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:14,074 you have too much of it, it takes the roof of your mouth off. 531 00:30:14,145 --> 00:30:17,308 And then you never want to see curry for a really, really Iong time. 532 00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:19,976 But you wake up one day and you think, 533 00:30:22,854 --> 00:30:24,981 "God, I really miss curry." 534 00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:43,263 You're a jerk. 535 00:30:43,474 --> 00:30:44,668 I know. 536 00:31:10,768 --> 00:31:13,202 If you hadn't just had a fight with Mark... 537 00:31:13,271 --> 00:31:16,001 For once in your Iife, will you shut up? 538 00:31:22,046 --> 00:31:23,638 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 539 00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:34,251 House. 540 00:31:34,492 --> 00:31:36,357 You're on speakerphone. 541 00:31:36,427 --> 00:31:38,088 How did the LP go? 542 00:31:38,663 --> 00:31:41,063 Give me the Reader's Digest condensed version. 543 00:31:41,132 --> 00:31:44,568 Preliminary results are some kind of infection which 544 00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:47,267 narrows it down... 545 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,335 From infinity, yeah. 546 00:31:49,974 --> 00:31:54,240 At the rate his organs are deteriorating, he's got maybe a day or two. 547 00:31:54,479 --> 00:31:57,607 Okay. Well, call me back when you have something. 548 00:31:57,682 --> 00:32:00,173 CAMERON: He was trying to tell us something. 549 00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:08,356 What did he say? 550 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:11,884 You were wrong. It wasn't the fear. He opened up to me when I... 551 00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:15,057 A sympathetic presence after a traumatic moment. 552 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:18,863 CIassic interrogation technique. What did he say? 553 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:20,496 You knew that I'd... 554 00:32:20,571 --> 00:32:24,098 Act the way you always do? Yeah, I did. What did he say? 555 00:32:24,909 --> 00:32:27,036 He couldn't tackle the bear. 556 00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:30,412 Now all we need is the English-Aphasic dictionary. 557 00:32:30,548 --> 00:32:33,039 A fluent aphasic retrieves words that are stored 558 00:32:33,117 --> 00:32:34,379 somewhere close to the one he wants. 559 00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:37,421 They could be filed by sound or by meanings. 560 00:32:37,488 --> 00:32:39,285 So if he wants to say "table," 561 00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:42,383 he could say "Iabel" or he could say "chair." 562 00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:45,894 Or he could just say "jabberwocky." There's no way to tell. 563 00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,797 He also said, "They took my stain." 564 00:32:51,102 --> 00:32:52,296 Hold on. 565 00:32:55,106 --> 00:32:59,566 I'm gonna take this phone downstairs, so I don't disturb you. Is that okay? 566 00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:00,836 Sure. 567 00:33:01,245 --> 00:33:04,373 Keep him talking. Write down everything he says. 568 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:08,845 Stacy. 569 00:33:10,488 --> 00:33:11,477 (SIGHS) 570 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:15,214 That new makeup you bought, do you mind if I borrow it? 571 00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:24,795 What did you mean by "stain"? Dirty, soiled... 572 00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:26,794 No, no. 573 00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:30,474 What about rhymes? Pain? Brain? 574 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:32,169 Thane? 575 00:33:33,077 --> 00:33:37,537 He is dying from some kind of infection, and you all are playing word games? 576 00:33:37,648 --> 00:33:40,344 Is there anything else you haven't told us? 577 00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:51,551 Let's start this again. 578 00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:55,932 "Bear." Is it "bare" as in "naked"? 579 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:37,537 Crimson Desire shows up well on Sheetrock. 580 00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:39,674 That's why I chose it. 581 00:34:54,192 --> 00:34:56,820 HOUSE: You must have gotten one new phrase out of him. Something. 582 00:34:56,894 --> 00:35:00,853 We've been talking to him for hours. Maybe he's just given up. 583 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:03,694 You sure you've told me everything you found at his home and office? 584 00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:05,463 No, we're hiding something. 585 00:35:05,536 --> 00:35:07,128 Maybe it's not a rhyme or a synonym. 586 00:35:07,205 --> 00:35:08,502 What else is there? 587 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,768 You think we should just start guessing randomly? 588 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:12,639 Maybe House is wrong. 589 00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:15,535 Hope that's not the end of the thought. 590 00:35:15,613 --> 00:35:18,810 He mentioned "stain" once before, when Chase was giving him the MRI. 591 00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:21,078 Before we scared him. He did? 592 00:35:21,185 --> 00:35:22,914 It's in your notes. 593 00:35:23,988 --> 00:35:27,253 CHASE: So he only talks during MRIs and lumbar punctures? 594 00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:30,460 Your theory is he can only talk with a needle in his back or... 595 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:32,894 When his wife's not in the room. 596 00:35:35,666 --> 00:35:39,397 The more devoted, the more reason to Iie. 597 00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:42,296 That's cynical. 598 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:43,702 You disagree? 599 00:35:43,774 --> 00:35:47,210 No, I'm just kvelling. Our Iittle girl is growing up. 600 00:35:47,678 --> 00:35:51,444 Okay, what's the best way to rip a woman from the side of her dying husband? 601 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:54,508 You woke me up to Iie to a patient's wife? 602 00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:57,452 Tell her there's been a miscommunication over their insurance coverage. 603 00:35:57,522 --> 00:35:59,046 Not a big deal. 604 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:02,285 Tell me. If it is your aim to sell me 605 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,797 the same crazy ideas that House does, how are you an improvement on House? 606 00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:08,798 I brought you a coffee. 607 00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:16,638 Your flight's been boarding for 20 minutes. 608 00:36:16,707 --> 00:36:17,833 I'II take a Iater one. 609 00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:19,274 Greg, they can't Ieave without you. 610 00:36:19,343 --> 00:36:21,504 (CELL PHONE RINGS) You checked your knapsack. 611 00:36:22,446 --> 00:36:23,913 Are we in? Yeah. 612 00:36:23,981 --> 00:36:27,280 Hi. I'm Gregory House. I'm your attending physician. 613 00:36:27,985 --> 00:36:30,249 Your wife's not there. Start talking. 614 00:36:30,421 --> 00:36:34,915 They took my stain. I couldn't tackle the bear. 615 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:36,625 They took my stain. 616 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:40,130 Okay, shut up now. Nice work, Cameron. Give him the Iist again. 617 00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:42,098 Let us know when something sounds right. 618 00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:47,160 Dirty, soiled, pain, brain... 619 00:36:47,238 --> 00:36:48,296 Yes. 620 00:36:48,973 --> 00:36:50,463 FOREMAN: Where does that get us? 621 00:36:50,541 --> 00:36:52,771 We're already paying plenty of attention to his brain. 622 00:36:52,843 --> 00:36:54,606 We've got an MRI, got a CT... 623 00:36:54,679 --> 00:36:57,876 Are we sure he wasn't reacting to "pain"? He's been on painkillers. 624 00:36:57,949 --> 00:36:59,473 HOUSE: Oh, come on, Chase. 625 00:36:59,617 --> 00:37:02,552 Drugs didn't do this to him, even if he is an addict. 626 00:37:02,653 --> 00:37:04,621 I dissuade the tonal category. 627 00:37:04,689 --> 00:37:08,216 Oh, please, Mr. SIeeping Pills, Amphetamines, 628 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:10,891 Bring Me Up, Bring Me Down... 629 00:37:11,128 --> 00:37:14,529 WOMAN: (ON PA) Will passenger Gregory House please report to Gate 7. 630 00:37:14,599 --> 00:37:16,726 Gregory House to Gate 7. 631 00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:22,238 Ever hear this one? 632 00:37:22,306 --> 00:37:25,867 You build a house. Each wall has a southern exposure. 633 00:37:26,544 --> 00:37:30,207 A big bear comes wandering by. What color is the bear? 634 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:34,341 White. It's a polar bear. You built your house in the North Pole. 635 00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:38,648 Polar. Whatever your name is. Patient! Are you bipolar? 636 00:37:40,858 --> 00:37:42,723 What? I can't see. Is he nodding? 637 00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:43,885 Yes. 638 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:49,791 Topamax isn't just off-Iabel for weight Ioss. It's off-Iabel for mood disorders. 639 00:37:49,867 --> 00:37:53,098 PIenty of bipolars are manic in the daytime, depressive at night. 640 00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:56,697 He's been medicating for years with alcohol, sleeping through the bad hours. 641 00:37:56,774 --> 00:37:58,241 It explains the danger journalism. 642 00:37:58,309 --> 00:38:01,176 Explains everything, including the kitchen sink. 643 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:02,906 Okay, technically, it's the kitchen cabinets. 644 00:38:02,980 --> 00:38:05,073 He starts a project, then he stops. 645 00:38:05,149 --> 00:38:08,380 Except bipolar disorder does not cause seizures. 646 00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:10,886 And it doesn't shut down your kidneys. But what it does do... 647 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:12,286 GUARD: Excuse me, sir. May I see your ID? 648 00:38:12,356 --> 00:38:14,051 I'm on the phone. I'm on the phone. 649 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:15,217 Now, please. 650 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,624 House? What is it? 651 00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:18,821 I'm a doctor. This is an emergency call. 652 00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:20,727 You have to come with me, sir. 653 00:38:20,798 --> 00:38:23,232 I'm not going anywhere. Do you think you're gonna take me on? 654 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,030 I kick and I bite. 655 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:29,098 You're either on that plane, or you're going into custody. 656 00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:37,369 FOREMAN: House? 657 00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:38,472 Are you still there? 658 00:38:38,916 --> 00:38:41,407 Being bipolar makes you take risks. 659 00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:44,420 You seek excitement, you make up stories. 660 00:38:44,622 --> 00:38:47,022 I dime value tale Iever! 661 00:38:47,124 --> 00:38:51,254 Fine, maybe your stories are Iegit. But people would start to wonder. 662 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:54,958 Annoyed politicians, entire governments would be on your ass. 663 00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:58,968 So you couldn't tell anybody you were bipolar. Which was fine. 664 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,071 Until you fell in Iove. 665 00:39:04,141 --> 00:39:06,132 And you wanted that Iife. 666 00:39:07,578 --> 00:39:10,479 And you hear that there's a surgical cure. 667 00:39:11,482 --> 00:39:14,747 You can give the woman you Iove the Iife she wants. 668 00:39:15,419 --> 00:39:17,580 AII you have to do is change. 669 00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:23,827 Bilateral cingulotomy. 670 00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:28,189 An experimental surgery that some people claim helps mood disorders. 671 00:39:28,265 --> 00:39:31,098 And if it's done by Gamma Knife, there's no trace of cutting. 672 00:39:31,168 --> 00:39:32,897 That's the neural scarring we saw on the MRI. 673 00:39:32,970 --> 00:39:36,167 Which explained nothing, because it wasn't even in the right area. 674 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:38,970 It's not the surgery, it's the secrecy. 675 00:39:39,443 --> 00:39:41,468 What causes recurring fever, 676 00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:42,603 neurological problems, 677 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,649 Iethargy that you fight with caffeine pills and amphetamines? 678 00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:47,980 It wasn't your secret psych disorder. 679 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:50,187 It wasn't your secret daily drug use. 680 00:39:50,254 --> 00:39:52,586 It was your secret trip for your secret surgery 681 00:39:52,656 --> 00:39:54,988 in Caracas or Buenos Aires. 682 00:39:55,192 --> 00:39:58,218 Which, by the way, didn't work, given the state of your kitchen cabinets. 683 00:39:58,295 --> 00:40:00,559 House. Shut up. 684 00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:04,459 What's going on? 685 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:10,605 Is he right? 686 00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:17,011 Your doctors know you better than I do. 687 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:20,508 That man on the speakerphone, he never even met you, 688 00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:22,984 and he knows you better than I do. 689 00:40:26,857 --> 00:40:28,290 You Iove me? 690 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:34,690 Yes. Yes. 691 00:40:34,899 --> 00:40:36,867 You just don't trust me. 692 00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:43,502 HOUSE: Get some blood on a slide. 693 00:40:43,574 --> 00:40:45,542 Do not put it through a computer this time. 694 00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:46,701 Yeah. 695 00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:02,817 FOREMAN: Cerebral malaria. 696 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:08,288 I'II get him started on intravenous quinidine. 697 00:41:09,433 --> 00:41:13,267 If a human being had actually Iooked at his blood anywhere along the way, 698 00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:16,568 instead of just running tests through the computer, 699 00:41:16,907 --> 00:41:20,104 the parasites would have jumped right out at them. 700 00:41:20,444 --> 00:41:22,571 Price of the electronic age. 701 00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:38,755 FIetch. 702 00:41:39,964 --> 00:41:41,522 She'II be back. 703 00:41:47,404 --> 00:41:49,429 Give her time to miss you. 704 00:41:57,982 --> 00:42:00,007 MAN: (ON PA) Final boarding call for Flight Number 7... 705 00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:02,177 I'm counting on you to get me off the no-fly Iist. 706 00:42:02,253 --> 00:42:03,982 Is your patient gonna be all right? 707 00:42:04,054 --> 00:42:07,080 Physically, his chances are good. Physically? 708 00:42:07,324 --> 00:42:09,986 Two people who weren't meant to be together. 709 00:42:10,060 --> 00:42:12,961 Maybe they'II get a happy ending just because they both want it so much. 710 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:15,191 Yeah, that's usually the way it works. 711 00:42:15,266 --> 00:42:18,793 He Ioved her enough to convince himself he could change. 712 00:42:20,571 --> 00:42:22,539 But he couldn't, could he? 713 00:42:27,177 --> 00:42:28,474 Thank you. 714 00:42:29,413 --> 00:42:32,541 You know what Woody AIIen said about relationships. 715 00:42:32,616 --> 00:42:35,141 Irrational and crazy, but we go through it all because... 716 00:42:35,219 --> 00:42:36,880 We need the curry.