1 00:00:03,170 --> 00:00:04,879 And the only thing wrong... 2 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:07,173 The only thing wrong with the American dream 3 00:00:07,299 --> 00:00:09,967 is people, too many people, 4 00:00:10,135 --> 00:00:13,971 too many of us telling young people that the dream is dead. 5 00:00:14,181 --> 00:00:17,350 They told me that when I was growing up in the slums of Trenton. 6 00:00:17,476 --> 00:00:19,060 And they were wrong. 7 00:00:19,186 --> 00:00:21,729 They told me that when I decided to run for senator 8 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:24,774 with only $58 in my savings account. 9 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:28,528 And they were wrong and they are still telling me that now, 10 00:00:28,654 --> 00:00:31,197 that I don't have a chance because I'm black, 11 00:00:31,323 --> 00:00:33,199 because I don't have the right nose, 12 00:00:33,325 --> 00:00:36,911 because I still only have $58 in my savings account. 13 00:00:46,004 --> 00:00:50,717 With your help, we can keep that dream alive. 14 00:00:54,179 --> 00:00:56,305 And in closing... 15 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:06,232 Just... 16 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:10,570 let me say... 17 00:01:10,738 --> 00:01:15,074 Let me say that you should all donate the legal maximum 18 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,786 to the next president of the United States. 19 00:01:21,874 --> 00:01:23,624 Are you okay? Do you need some water? 20 00:01:23,751 --> 00:01:25,752 No. I'm fine, really. 21 00:01:29,506 --> 00:01:32,467 Handsome guy like you, I bet you get 70% of the women. 22 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:33,718 Here's hoping. 23 00:01:33,844 --> 00:01:36,471 Of course, it helps your wife died of cancer. 24 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:38,931 I'm sorry, but the sympathy vote's in your pocket. 25 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:41,434 Yeah, I appreciate your support. 26 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,104 Listen, Senator, my union has a hell of a war chest. 27 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:51,027 I've always been strong on the union. 28 00:01:51,195 --> 00:01:54,280 The thing is, you always go on in your speeches about the workers 29 00:01:54,406 --> 00:01:57,158 in Indonesia, Cambodia, Timbuktu. 30 00:01:57,284 --> 00:02:00,244 Because I think we have a... A moral... 31 00:02:00,370 --> 00:02:01,871 My union members are hurting. 32 00:02:01,997 --> 00:02:05,917 They don't care about moral this and moral that. Are you all right? 33 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:07,919 - Senator? - Hey! 34 00:02:08,045 --> 00:02:09,712 The guys are gonna love that. 35 00:02:12,716 --> 00:02:15,843 Everyone, give him some room. Give him room to breathe! 36 00:02:16,428 --> 00:02:18,221 Back off, please! 37 00:02:18,347 --> 00:02:19,722 Senator, are you all right? 38 00:02:54,675 --> 00:02:56,843 The senator's suffering from nausea, 39 00:02:56,969 --> 00:02:59,220 headache and mental confusion. 40 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:02,139 Bad sushi is so hard to diagnose. 41 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:05,226 You're being childish. 42 00:03:05,769 --> 00:03:08,062 Look, if his case is as trivial as you think, 43 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:10,106 it'll take you three minutes to diagnose. 44 00:03:10,232 --> 00:03:12,108 Three minutes that I could spend sitting on the toilet 45 00:03:12,234 --> 00:03:14,318 with the funny pages. 46 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:17,113 - You're mad at me. - Nope. 47 00:03:17,239 --> 00:03:20,032 I never liked Cameron or Foreman. 48 00:03:20,158 --> 00:03:22,076 Do you know why I'm forcing you to fire one of them? 49 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:24,120 Because you need to prove to me that you're a team player. 50 00:03:24,246 --> 00:03:27,915 Now, if you did that, you wouldn't need to go through this exercise. 51 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:31,794 Fine. I'll hold the senator's hair while he upchucks. 52 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,046 Oh, and by the way, 53 00:03:34,172 --> 00:03:36,841 I need you to give a speech at the National Cardiology Conference 54 00:03:36,967 --> 00:03:38,009 next week. 55 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:40,011 I don't do speeches. I'm shy. 56 00:03:40,137 --> 00:03:44,473 Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals has developed a new ACE inhibitor. 57 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,225 I would like you to extol the virtues 58 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:48,519 of this breakthrough medication. 59 00:03:48,645 --> 00:03:50,771 Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals? 60 00:03:50,898 --> 00:03:53,149 Wait a second, don't I own that company? 61 00:03:53,275 --> 00:03:55,192 Oh, no, that's right. You do. 62 00:03:55,319 --> 00:03:59,405 Viopril is a significant improvement over the old version. 63 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:01,032 All there in the study. 64 00:04:01,158 --> 00:04:03,701 Well, I know its price tag is significantly improved. 65 00:04:04,494 --> 00:04:08,414 You can either give one 10-minute talk and one 3-minute diagnosis, 66 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:11,042 or you can fire one of your pets. 67 00:04:13,462 --> 00:04:17,715 My understanding was that you believed in rationality above all else. 68 00:04:25,223 --> 00:04:26,599 Viopril. 69 00:04:28,226 --> 00:04:30,561 I appreciate your keeping the media away. 70 00:04:30,687 --> 00:04:33,022 We're keeping your staff away as well. 71 00:04:33,148 --> 00:04:35,316 - Take it easy now. - I'm in the middle of a campaign. 72 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:38,778 The faster we can get you better, the faster you can get out of here. 73 00:04:38,904 --> 00:04:40,488 Anyone else at the fundraiser get sick? 74 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:42,782 I don't think so. And I don't think that's it. 75 00:04:42,908 --> 00:04:44,951 I mean, I've been under the weather for weeks. 76 00:04:45,077 --> 00:04:48,079 You know, lots of traveling. I'm supposed to be in the Sudan next week. 77 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:50,373 Oh! 78 00:04:53,168 --> 00:04:56,879 Helps me concentrate. Even better than drugs. 79 00:04:58,674 --> 00:05:00,716 Open your mouth, please. 80 00:05:04,638 --> 00:05:06,222 That's quite a scar. 81 00:05:06,348 --> 00:05:09,684 When I was six, I fell off the swing and bit my tongue. 82 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:12,144 Couldn't talk right for the longest time. 83 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:13,396 Lots of teasing. 84 00:05:13,522 --> 00:05:17,566 You know, it just made me fight harder, speak up for those who can't. 85 00:05:17,693 --> 00:05:19,360 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 86 00:05:19,736 --> 00:05:21,946 Tongues heal too fast. 87 00:05:22,072 --> 00:05:24,949 Your political consultants have written you a nice story. 88 00:05:25,075 --> 00:05:28,119 In a tight race, the lispers alone could put you over the top. 89 00:05:28,245 --> 00:05:31,664 You a Republican, or you just hate all politicians? 90 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:34,625 I just find being forced to sit through drivel annoying. 91 00:05:34,751 --> 00:05:38,004 You find sincerity annoying? 92 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:40,006 You're a black kid from the ghetto 93 00:05:40,132 --> 00:05:43,050 who made it to Yale Law and the United States Senate. 94 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:45,136 That's a sufficiently mythical story. 95 00:05:45,262 --> 00:05:48,097 You don't need to lie about your tongue. 96 00:05:50,726 --> 00:05:52,393 Must've missed it. 97 00:05:56,231 --> 00:05:57,606 What's wrong? 98 00:06:05,032 --> 00:06:06,073 What is it? 99 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,200 It's not the food. It's your brain. 100 00:06:08,326 --> 00:06:10,369 Get an MRI and a lumbar puncture. 101 00:06:10,495 --> 00:06:12,163 Cancel your travel plans. 102 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:23,883 The senator's LP showed no sign of infection, 103 00:06:24,009 --> 00:06:25,259 and the MRI looks fairly clean. 104 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:29,180 I guess we can tell him he's fairly healthy and can go home. 105 00:06:29,306 --> 00:06:31,432 Well, there is something in Broca's area, 106 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:34,977 - but it's small, low intensity. - Most likely just background noise. 107 00:06:35,103 --> 00:06:37,563 Care to bet your job on that? 108 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:39,148 What was that? 109 00:06:39,274 --> 00:06:40,191 What was what? 110 00:06:40,317 --> 00:06:41,442 You got annoyed. 111 00:06:41,568 --> 00:06:43,569 That was clearly an annoyed face. 112 00:06:43,695 --> 00:06:45,988 I get annoyed by glib remarks about our futures. 113 00:06:46,114 --> 00:06:47,531 But last week you didn't get annoyed. 114 00:06:47,657 --> 00:06:50,826 You made poopie in your pants. It's weird. 115 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:54,205 It's almost like now you know you have nothing to worry about. 116 00:06:54,331 --> 00:06:56,123 Chase has nothing to worry about? 117 00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:58,542 None of you has anything to worry about. 118 00:06:58,668 --> 00:07:00,503 What happened? 119 00:07:00,629 --> 00:07:04,799 Vogler saw the error of his ways and repented. 120 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:06,258 The lesion could be nothing. 121 00:07:06,384 --> 00:07:08,886 Also, it could be a brain tumor or an infection. 122 00:07:09,012 --> 00:07:11,138 There's only one way to find out which. 123 00:07:11,264 --> 00:07:12,932 You want to cut into his brain? 124 00:07:13,058 --> 00:07:14,141 Dangerous, I know. 125 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:17,103 Especially since he's a politician and his brain's all twisted. 126 00:07:17,229 --> 00:07:20,106 But I weighed that against the risk of him stroking out before lunch. 127 00:07:20,232 --> 00:07:21,857 Call Surgery. Get it scheduled. 128 00:07:31,827 --> 00:07:33,828 You're not pregnant. 129 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:35,329 Well, I told you that. 130 00:07:36,331 --> 00:07:38,624 But there's got to be some other reason I'm still spotting. 131 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:41,293 Sure. You were pregnant. 132 00:07:41,878 --> 00:07:44,588 Based on your hormone levels, you've had a miscarriage. 133 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:46,298 I haven't even been on a date. 134 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:47,591 Right. 135 00:07:47,717 --> 00:07:49,552 And since it's physically impossible to have sex 136 00:07:49,678 --> 00:07:50,845 without someone buying you dinner... 137 00:07:50,971 --> 00:07:54,640 I haven't had sex since I split up with my husband. 138 00:07:54,766 --> 00:07:55,891 That was almost a year ago. 139 00:07:56,017 --> 00:08:00,688 Fine. Have it your way. Immaculate conception. 140 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:03,399 What do I do? 141 00:08:03,525 --> 00:08:04,692 Well, it's obvious. 142 00:08:05,819 --> 00:08:07,736 Start a religion. 143 00:08:10,574 --> 00:08:12,575 In my office. 144 00:08:16,746 --> 00:08:18,122 Afternoon delight. 145 00:08:18,290 --> 00:08:20,457 She just loves the hard wood. 146 00:08:21,751 --> 00:08:26,881 You're not doing a brain biopsy based on a spot on an MRI. 147 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:28,007 Where'd you get that? 148 00:08:28,133 --> 00:08:30,050 Not on a United States senator. 149 00:08:30,177 --> 00:08:31,302 Oh, just so I'm clear, 150 00:08:31,428 --> 00:08:33,637 a janitor would be okay? Do you have a list? 151 00:08:33,763 --> 00:08:37,433 A brain biopsy can cause permanent neurological damage. 152 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,101 Whereas tumors are really good for brains. 153 00:08:39,227 --> 00:08:41,020 Make them grow big and strong. 154 00:08:41,313 --> 00:08:43,772 - It's my call. - No, it's not. 155 00:08:43,899 --> 00:08:46,442 So you're pulling rank on patient care? 156 00:08:46,568 --> 00:08:47,902 It's not my call either. 157 00:08:48,570 --> 00:08:49,612 It's up to you. 158 00:08:49,738 --> 00:08:51,488 Either it's a tumor or it's an infection 159 00:08:51,615 --> 00:08:53,073 that the lumbar puncture didn't pick up. 160 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,326 Either way, unless we treat it immediately, it could kill you. 161 00:08:55,452 --> 00:08:58,537 Or it could be nothing. Reading brain MRIs is not an exact science. 162 00:08:58,663 --> 00:09:00,497 Well, what caused my symptoms? 163 00:09:00,624 --> 00:09:02,124 Wow! Excellent question. 164 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:03,500 Many doctors wouldn't have gone there. 165 00:09:03,627 --> 00:09:06,045 It could be a transient ischemic attack. 166 00:09:06,171 --> 00:09:10,090 You could make the argument for watching carefully for the time being. 167 00:09:10,217 --> 00:09:11,759 But you'd only make that argument 168 00:09:11,885 --> 00:09:13,636 if you were an administrator covering your ass. 169 00:09:13,762 --> 00:09:16,430 - That's absurd and insulting. - Insulting, yes. 170 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:18,349 What would the voters think? 171 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:22,102 If they find out I've had a brain biopsy? 172 00:09:24,481 --> 00:09:27,233 This could leave you brain damaged, 173 00:09:27,359 --> 00:09:29,443 and you're worried about NASCAR dads? 174 00:09:48,964 --> 00:09:50,256 It's not a brain tumor. 175 00:09:50,382 --> 00:09:53,050 It's not a bacterial infection either. 176 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:55,678 So you biopsied his brain for nothing? 177 00:09:55,971 --> 00:09:58,472 If that were true, would Dr. Wilson's mouth 178 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,891 be contorted into that ugly shape? 179 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:05,020 It's toxoplasmosis. 180 00:10:05,647 --> 00:10:07,022 You sure? 181 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:11,402 Which means the Great Black Hope has full-blown AIDS. 182 00:10:14,406 --> 00:10:17,074 They're gonna love that in Dubuque. 183 00:10:21,079 --> 00:10:24,498 Toxoplasmosis is a fairly common fungus you can get 184 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:27,584 from eating under-cooked meat or touching cat feces. 185 00:10:27,752 --> 00:10:30,045 In rare cases, the fungi travel up the bloodstream 186 00:10:30,171 --> 00:10:34,133 and latch onto the brain, causing a lesion or inflammation. 187 00:10:34,259 --> 00:10:36,635 So, what's the prognosis? 188 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,099 Toxo usually responds to treatment, 189 00:10:42,225 --> 00:10:44,059 but it only causes a lesion in your brain 190 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:47,730 if your immune system is extremely weak to begin with. 191 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:52,568 Senator, I'm afraid you have AIDS. 192 00:10:56,906 --> 00:10:57,948 - As I'm sure... - No! 193 00:10:58,074 --> 00:11:00,951 As I'm sure you know, people with HIV can live a long time. 194 00:11:01,077 --> 00:11:02,828 What else could do this to me? 195 00:11:03,538 --> 00:11:05,039 Theoretically, certain cancers. 196 00:11:05,165 --> 00:11:08,334 If you have toxo in your brain, you have AIDS. 197 00:11:09,753 --> 00:11:13,464 I do not have AIDS. 198 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:17,259 I don't shoot up drugs. 199 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:21,013 I don't sleep with... 200 00:11:21,139 --> 00:11:23,974 This is very bad news. I get that and I sympathize. 201 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:26,060 But we gotta speed through the denial phase 202 00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:28,437 because you need antiretrovirals and you need them fast. 203 00:11:33,943 --> 00:11:36,111 You haven't even tested me for HIV! 204 00:11:36,237 --> 00:11:37,071 We will. 205 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,990 But the toxo drugs are gonna piss off your fungi. 206 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:42,117 And when fungi get pissed... 207 00:11:43,828 --> 00:11:46,121 I am not going to take the pills. 208 00:11:46,247 --> 00:11:48,499 You're afraid word will leak out. 209 00:11:49,751 --> 00:11:52,294 Trust me. You're not gonna be president either way. 210 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:55,714 They don't call it the White House because of the paint job. 211 00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:58,133 Here's what you're gonna do. 212 00:11:58,510 --> 00:12:02,805 You're gonna give me the drugs for the toxo only. 213 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:07,393 You're going to test me for HIV under a false name. 214 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:09,686 You are going to test me for cancer 215 00:12:09,813 --> 00:12:12,689 and anything else that could have done this to me. 216 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:16,276 If I have cancer, I will deal with it. 217 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:24,201 But I do not have AIDS. 218 00:12:26,830 --> 00:12:29,081 "Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals are pleased to announce 219 00:12:29,207 --> 00:12:30,791 that Dr. Gregory House will present 220 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:34,336 the latest research on our exciting new ACE inhibitor." 221 00:12:35,797 --> 00:12:37,798 You're making that up. That's Vogler's company. 222 00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:39,007 Press release. 223 00:12:39,134 --> 00:12:43,095 "During an address at the North American Cardiology Conference." 224 00:12:46,015 --> 00:12:47,182 House never gives speeches. 225 00:12:47,308 --> 00:12:49,059 But when I really believe in something... 226 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:52,271 Gosh dang it, I got a chance to make a difference here. 227 00:12:53,148 --> 00:12:55,274 You made a deal with Vogler? 228 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,068 It's all the rage. Everybody's doing it. 229 00:12:59,404 --> 00:13:00,946 So, what's the deal? 230 00:13:01,072 --> 00:13:04,074 You get to keep all of us if you flog his products? 231 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,701 One speech. No biggie. 232 00:13:06,703 --> 00:13:10,122 Foreman's doing a bone marrow biopsy to check for cancer. 233 00:13:10,248 --> 00:13:12,291 Cancer? The senator's got AIDS. 234 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:14,543 Cancer sounds better in a press release. 235 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:17,379 I need you guys to rush the ELISA test for HIV. 236 00:13:17,505 --> 00:13:18,964 Thank you. 237 00:13:20,008 --> 00:13:21,091 For the speech. 238 00:13:21,217 --> 00:13:23,927 When I said "rush", I meant, you know, fast. 239 00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:26,096 "Stat's" the word you doctors use, right? 240 00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:28,599 - I know it's hard for you. - Double stat? 241 00:13:33,396 --> 00:13:35,397 This may sting a little. 242 00:13:36,941 --> 00:13:40,068 - Sorry. - It wasn't the shot. 243 00:13:40,195 --> 00:13:43,655 It's... My head's killing me. 244 00:13:44,199 --> 00:13:46,366 You know, Senator, we don't have to do this now. 245 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:48,660 We can hold off till your HIV test comes back. 246 00:13:49,996 --> 00:13:52,581 Because you figure it's gonna come back positive. 247 00:13:52,707 --> 00:13:53,874 In my experience... 248 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Patients lie, 249 00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:58,754 politicians lie more, and black politicians... 250 00:13:59,214 --> 00:14:02,174 I don't think black politicians lie more than white politicians. 251 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:03,884 We lie less. 252 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:06,720 You figure we're morally superior? 253 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:08,639 I've got my theories. 254 00:14:09,474 --> 00:14:13,018 No, we just can't get away with it. 255 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:19,274 No one's gonna give us the benefit of the doubt. 256 00:14:20,068 --> 00:14:22,277 No one's gonna cut us a second chance. 257 00:14:22,904 --> 00:14:26,823 And when it happens, it's not just a bad politician. 258 00:14:26,950 --> 00:14:29,284 It's a bad role model. 259 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:32,204 It's a dis... 260 00:14:32,789 --> 00:14:36,291 discredit to the race. 261 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:49,096 You ready? 262 00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:52,140 Yeah. 263 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:56,103 Take a deep breath. 264 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:08,949 Dr. House, I just wanted... 265 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:10,033 You're welcome, again. 266 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:11,243 I want you to know how much... 267 00:15:11,369 --> 00:15:13,620 Got it. You're grateful. 268 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:16,582 Apparently you seem to think it will mean a lot to me to know that. 269 00:15:16,708 --> 00:15:19,251 Do you know why people pray to God? 270 00:15:19,377 --> 00:15:20,419 I thought you didn't believe in God. 271 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:21,503 I don't. 272 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:24,214 Well, then you better be making a very good point. 273 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:25,882 Do you think they pray to him and praise him 274 00:15:26,009 --> 00:15:27,759 because they want him to know how great he is? 275 00:15:27,969 --> 00:15:29,386 God already knows that. 276 00:15:31,014 --> 00:15:33,599 Are you comparing me to God? 277 00:15:33,725 --> 00:15:37,936 I mean, that's great, but just so you know, I've never made a tree. 278 00:15:38,855 --> 00:15:41,815 I thank you because it means something to me 279 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,819 to be grateful for what I receive. 280 00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:54,703 You are the most naive atheist I've ever met. 281 00:15:54,829 --> 00:15:57,706 Dr. House, you have a patient in Room 1. 282 00:15:57,832 --> 00:15:59,333 Thank God. 283 00:16:01,294 --> 00:16:06,298 People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs. 284 00:16:08,843 --> 00:16:11,511 I'm not gonna crush you. 285 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:18,060 Petechial bruising? I don't know if I pronounced that right. 286 00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:20,854 Gosh, the Internet is such a wonderful tool. 287 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:24,441 - It could be leukemia. - Definitely possible. 288 00:16:24,567 --> 00:16:27,069 The more likely diagnosis is hickey. 289 00:16:27,195 --> 00:16:29,696 Well, it can't be a hickey. 290 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:32,282 Why is everybody so ashamed of sex all of a sudden? 291 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:34,618 I'm not having sex. 292 00:16:34,744 --> 00:16:37,079 I've barely even thought about sex since my marriage. 293 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:40,207 I say you're having sex, you say you're not. 294 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:43,251 Either you're lying or I'm wrong. 295 00:16:43,378 --> 00:16:45,170 Or there's some middle ground. 296 00:16:45,296 --> 00:16:46,505 You mean, like, oral? 297 00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:49,549 I mean, you're having sex without knowing it. 298 00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:52,094 I'm testing you for booze, drugs and GHB. 299 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:55,681 I don't drink... What's GHB? 300 00:16:55,807 --> 00:16:57,974 The date-rape drug. 301 00:17:16,244 --> 00:17:18,161 It's positive. 302 00:17:30,925 --> 00:17:34,136 Your T cell count is eight, 303 00:17:34,262 --> 00:17:36,096 which means there's a good chance you'll die. 304 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:42,936 I'm telling you this because we need to contact your sexual partners. 305 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:45,939 I've only had two girlfriends. Two. 306 00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:48,775 After my wife died. 307 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,319 I used condoms. 308 00:17:51,446 --> 00:17:53,739 You know the chances of you getting HIV 309 00:17:53,865 --> 00:17:56,450 from heterosexual sex with a condom? 310 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:58,160 Yes. 311 00:17:58,286 --> 00:18:00,245 Someday there will be a black president. 312 00:18:00,371 --> 00:18:02,581 Someday there will be a gay president. 313 00:18:02,707 --> 00:18:04,833 Maybe there'll even be a gay, black president. 314 00:18:04,959 --> 00:18:10,130 But one combination I do not see happening is gay, black and dead. 315 00:18:11,132 --> 00:18:12,591 You need to stop lying to me. 316 00:18:12,717 --> 00:18:14,634 It must be miserable, 317 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,470 always assuming the worst in people. 318 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:18,221 Cut the crap. You're dying. 319 00:18:18,347 --> 00:18:21,725 And you're clever, you're witty and you are a coward. 320 00:18:21,851 --> 00:18:23,560 You're scared of taking chances. 321 00:18:23,686 --> 00:18:25,187 I take chances all the time. 322 00:18:25,313 --> 00:18:26,605 It's one of my worst qualities. 323 00:18:26,731 --> 00:18:28,190 On people? 324 00:18:31,819 --> 00:18:34,988 Wanting to believe the best about people doesn't make it true. 325 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,615 Being afraid to believe it doesn't make it false. 326 00:18:36,741 --> 00:18:38,617 Well, that's very moving. It's a shame I don't vote. 327 00:18:38,743 --> 00:18:41,620 No, no, no. This is who I am. 328 00:18:41,746 --> 00:18:42,996 I believe in people. 329 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:46,374 I'm not hiply cynical, and I don't make easy, snide remarks. 330 00:18:46,501 --> 00:18:48,919 I would rather think that people are good 331 00:18:49,045 --> 00:18:51,129 and be disappointed once and again. 332 00:19:08,439 --> 00:19:10,440 I need to draw some more blood. 333 00:19:44,308 --> 00:19:45,809 Nurse! 334 00:19:45,935 --> 00:19:48,895 The antiretrovirals aren't working. 335 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,981 That's not surprising. 336 00:19:52,108 --> 00:19:54,442 He's just gonna keep getting worse. You realize that, right? 337 00:19:54,569 --> 00:19:56,945 Why are you spying on my case? 338 00:19:57,071 --> 00:19:59,239 Why are you giving that speech next week? 339 00:19:59,365 --> 00:20:00,907 We're both just doing what we have to do. 340 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:02,492 You don't see a problem with that? 341 00:20:02,618 --> 00:20:04,494 Checking in on a patient? 342 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:06,997 Yeah, wow. How do I look myself in the mirror? 343 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:10,041 You're not being asked to perpetrate a fraud on the American people. 344 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:11,167 It's a 10-minute speech. 345 00:20:11,294 --> 00:20:12,460 That I've been ordered to give. 346 00:20:12,587 --> 00:20:14,629 - Vogler's drug works. - Don't care. 347 00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:17,257 Why do you have to make everything so dramatic? 348 00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:20,176 'Cause I'm a very high-strung little lap dog. 349 00:20:31,606 --> 00:20:33,732 Uh-uh. No pills. 350 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:35,275 What's going on? 351 00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:38,945 The antiretrovirals aren't working. 352 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:39,905 Why not? 353 00:20:41,699 --> 00:20:43,283 Because you don't have AIDS. 354 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:48,330 The first test was a false positive. 355 00:20:48,456 --> 00:20:51,041 Happens one time in every 5,000. 356 00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:53,293 You ran a second test? 357 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:56,296 Yeah. 358 00:20:57,465 --> 00:20:59,382 You're still dying. 359 00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:04,888 The only difference is, now we don't know why. 360 00:21:17,652 --> 00:21:19,778 He's continuing to lose control of the muscles on his right side. 361 00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:23,031 His brain is getting foggier and his T cells are still in single digits. 362 00:21:23,157 --> 00:21:26,159 - Why are we doing this here? - So Cuddy can't find us. 363 00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:28,370 Unless we figure out the underlying disease, 364 00:21:28,496 --> 00:21:30,246 this guy's lied to his last constituent. 365 00:21:30,373 --> 00:21:32,374 False negative on the PCR AIDS test? 366 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:33,750 Ran it twice. 367 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:35,669 Immunoglobulin deficiency? 368 00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:37,128 No history of respiratory problems. 369 00:21:37,254 --> 00:21:39,297 Idiopathic T cell deficiency. 370 00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:41,299 "Idiopathic" from the Latin meaning "we're idiots" 371 00:21:41,425 --> 00:21:43,969 'cause we can't figure out what's causing it. 372 00:21:45,846 --> 00:21:48,556 - Give him a whole body scan. - You hate whole body scans. 373 00:21:48,683 --> 00:21:50,141 Because they're useless. 374 00:21:50,267 --> 00:21:51,685 Could probably scan every one of us 375 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:54,145 and find five different doodads that look like cancer. 376 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:57,565 But when you're fourth down and a hundred to go in the snow, 377 00:21:57,692 --> 00:22:00,694 you don't call a running play up the middle, unless you're the Jets. 378 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,448 I hate sports metaphors. 379 00:22:05,574 --> 00:22:07,701 Why did you order the second AIDS test? 380 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:08,910 Standard procedure. 381 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:11,579 Oh, well, that's you, Mr. Standard Procedure. 382 00:22:11,706 --> 00:22:13,873 You suspected the first test was a false positive? 383 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,458 I knew he was going to Africa, 384 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,711 and I figured he was vaccinated for Hep A and B. 385 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:19,212 That could cause a false positive. 386 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:21,423 Yeah, but you knew that before you ordered the first test. 387 00:22:21,549 --> 00:22:23,383 - What changed? - I should have ordered both. 388 00:22:24,635 --> 00:22:26,386 You were sure he had AIDS. 389 00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:29,139 Then you talked to him, then you had doubts. 390 00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:30,557 What did he say? 391 00:22:31,058 --> 00:22:34,352 He said he had not engaged in any risky behavior. 392 00:22:35,980 --> 00:22:39,357 - And you believed him. - He didn't have any reason to lie. 393 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:42,736 Everybody lies, except politicians? 394 00:22:42,862 --> 00:22:45,405 House, I believe you're a romantic. 395 00:22:45,531 --> 00:22:48,116 You didn't just believe him, you believed in him. 396 00:22:48,242 --> 00:22:50,994 Do you want to come over tonight and watch old movies and cry? 397 00:22:52,121 --> 00:22:53,997 Dr. Cameron's getting to you. 398 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:56,041 Well, I guess you can't be around that much niceness 399 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:57,250 and not get any on you. 400 00:22:57,376 --> 00:22:58,793 Is that why you haven't put the moves on her? 401 00:22:58,919 --> 00:23:02,130 What makes you think I haven't put the moves on her? 402 00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:07,969 Boy! You're in trouble. 403 00:23:18,272 --> 00:23:21,232 You have restored my faith in the human race. 404 00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:25,612 - You're lying. - No. I'm not lying. 405 00:23:26,030 --> 00:23:29,699 Just got your results back. No GHB, no nothing. 406 00:23:29,825 --> 00:23:32,077 It means you're having sex and you're lying about it. 407 00:23:32,203 --> 00:23:35,205 No. And I have a new symptom. 408 00:23:35,998 --> 00:23:39,125 I have a rash on my butt. 409 00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:44,464 Do you wanna... Yeah. 410 00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:52,472 What is it? 411 00:23:52,598 --> 00:23:56,518 - It's a carpet burn. - No. It can't be. 412 00:23:56,644 --> 00:23:58,478 Doctor, I love sex. 413 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:01,815 I miss it. I haven't had any in over a year. 414 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:04,859 Well, you managed to keep this appointment, 415 00:24:04,985 --> 00:24:07,320 so you have no short-term memory problem. 416 00:24:07,655 --> 00:24:09,405 Multiple personalities? 417 00:24:09,532 --> 00:24:11,241 Do you find yourself losing chunks of time? 418 00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:13,493 Do you wake up and you don't remember falling asleep? 419 00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:16,871 No. I just wake up really exhausted. 420 00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:20,166 - Something upsetting you? - No. 421 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:25,213 My ex lives in the apartment downstairs. 422 00:24:25,339 --> 00:24:26,840 He's always calling me, 423 00:24:26,966 --> 00:24:28,299 always wanting to get back together, 424 00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:29,926 complaining about mixed signals. 425 00:24:30,052 --> 00:24:33,179 "Get out of my life." How much clearer can you get? 426 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:37,016 We have a sleep lab in the basement. 427 00:24:38,018 --> 00:24:41,646 If nothing else, it will get you away from your ex for a night. 428 00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:58,204 Slightly enlarged lymph node in his left armpit. 429 00:24:58,330 --> 00:24:59,164 How slightly? 430 00:24:59,290 --> 00:25:00,206 Quarter mil. 431 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:02,083 - Lymphoma? - Sure. 432 00:25:02,710 --> 00:25:05,003 Or he's had a cold in the last six months. 433 00:25:05,129 --> 00:25:07,046 What, you got her on speed dial? 434 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:09,507 I just follow the scent of arrogance. 435 00:25:09,633 --> 00:25:11,551 Another slightly enlarged node over here. 436 00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:14,262 Two more in his neck and one in his groin. 437 00:25:14,388 --> 00:25:16,181 And there's a cyst in his liver. 438 00:25:16,307 --> 00:25:18,516 It looks complex. Central necrosis? 439 00:25:18,642 --> 00:25:21,019 Spontaneous bleeding. It's benign. 440 00:25:21,145 --> 00:25:23,062 I was rooting for a really cool tumor. 441 00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:24,856 Instead, we're stuck with this crap. 442 00:25:24,982 --> 00:25:27,609 Doesn't matter. Once you find them, you gotta check them. 443 00:25:27,735 --> 00:25:29,527 Knock yourselves out. 444 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:33,072 I just saw Senator Wright. He looks like hell. 445 00:25:33,199 --> 00:25:36,868 That sushi must've been a lot worse than you thought. 446 00:25:36,994 --> 00:25:39,871 Mr. Vogler, would you like a free whole body scan? 447 00:25:40,164 --> 00:25:42,081 A man of your stature should get himself checked 448 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:43,875 at least three times a year. 449 00:25:44,001 --> 00:25:47,378 Here's a few key points I want you to cover during your speech. 450 00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:50,715 Fourteen pages. 451 00:25:50,841 --> 00:25:54,219 The audience will be comatose by paragraph two. 452 00:25:54,345 --> 00:25:55,887 Throw in a joke. 453 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:03,102 Dr. Chase, we need to talk. 454 00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:08,024 How do you see this ending? 455 00:26:08,150 --> 00:26:09,567 What ending? 456 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:11,819 I can't fire you, so you have no reason to fear me, 457 00:26:11,946 --> 00:26:14,864 and, therefore, no reason to lie to me. 458 00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:16,866 You told Cuddy where I was. 459 00:26:16,992 --> 00:26:18,785 You told Vogler what I was doing. 460 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:27,919 - Yeah. - So how can I work with you? 461 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:32,465 Well, you don't have a choice. 462 00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:37,428 This might hurt a little. 463 00:26:38,055 --> 00:26:39,555 Lie to me. 464 00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:44,185 Okay. It'll feel like a gentle massage. 465 00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:50,233 House is a lousy teacher. 466 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,903 You can't lie for beans. 467 00:26:54,029 --> 00:26:56,656 Have you ever told any really big ones? 468 00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:01,369 I might be messed up, but I'm not that out of it. 469 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:06,207 Strap his arm down. 470 00:27:14,883 --> 00:27:17,010 Am I going to be okay? 471 00:27:18,637 --> 00:27:19,887 I hope so. 472 00:27:26,854 --> 00:27:30,982 - I am selling my soul. - Just a little piece. 473 00:27:31,275 --> 00:27:33,026 And you are getting something in return. 474 00:27:33,152 --> 00:27:36,779 I said I was selling it, I didn't say I was giving it away. 475 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:39,282 That would be immoral and stupid. 476 00:27:39,408 --> 00:27:41,576 All they've done is add an antacid. 477 00:27:41,702 --> 00:27:43,244 - Does it work? - Well, it's not the point. 478 00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:46,372 Of course it's the point. He's not asking you to lie. 479 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:48,082 He's not asking you to do something illegal. 480 00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:49,917 He's not asking me to do anything. 481 00:27:50,044 --> 00:27:51,169 He's not ordering you. 482 00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:54,130 He gave you a choice. You chose your staff. 483 00:27:55,049 --> 00:27:57,133 I know this isn't easy for you. You'll suffer. 484 00:27:57,259 --> 00:27:59,761 Vicodin sales in Jersey will triple. 485 00:27:59,887 --> 00:28:02,138 But you are doing a good thing. 486 00:28:08,729 --> 00:28:12,273 Only you could feel like crap about doing something good. 487 00:28:13,067 --> 00:28:15,026 Kidney and liver cysts are both benign, 488 00:28:15,152 --> 00:28:17,028 and the lymph nodes all came back clean. 489 00:28:17,154 --> 00:28:20,114 His left armpit node has antibodies for CD11. 490 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,200 Well, not enough to indicate lymphoma. 491 00:28:22,326 --> 00:28:24,535 We never tested for hairy cell leukemia. 492 00:28:24,661 --> 00:28:25,995 No, but we would have picked it up 493 00:28:26,121 --> 00:28:27,622 somewhere else besides one lymph node. 494 00:28:27,748 --> 00:28:30,124 And his spleen isn't enlarged. 495 00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:31,584 Size isn't everything. 496 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:34,504 The spleen is the mother Iode for hairy cells. 497 00:28:37,508 --> 00:28:39,717 - Let's cut it open. - You can't biopsy his spleen. 498 00:28:39,843 --> 00:28:41,761 - It'll bleed like stink. - In the senator's condition, 499 00:28:41,887 --> 00:28:44,680 a spleen biopsy could easily cause sepsis and kill him. 500 00:28:44,807 --> 00:28:46,933 Why do you do this to me? 501 00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:48,810 Now if I kill him, I can't tell the judge 502 00:28:48,936 --> 00:28:50,228 I had no idea of the risks involved. 503 00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:51,479 His brain is turning into mush, 504 00:28:51,605 --> 00:28:53,815 and he's at risk for more infections. We have to do it. 505 00:28:53,941 --> 00:28:56,109 See? That'll sound much better in court. 506 00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:57,985 Okay. Go tell our human pincushion 507 00:28:58,112 --> 00:29:00,655 we'll be sticking him one more time. 508 00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:03,783 Cuddy. 509 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:09,831 - Don't you hate doing this? - Yeah. 510 00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:27,181 What's up? 511 00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:32,061 You like me. 512 00:29:35,732 --> 00:29:36,774 Why? 513 00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:41,779 That's kind of a sad question. 514 00:29:44,074 --> 00:29:46,701 I'm just trying to figure out what makes you tick. 515 00:29:46,827 --> 00:29:48,453 I am not warm and fuzzy, 516 00:29:48,579 --> 00:29:51,497 and you are basically a stuffed animal made by Grandma. 517 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:54,292 I don't think that's why you're asking. 518 00:29:54,918 --> 00:29:56,627 I think this is because of the speech. 519 00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:58,337 God, don't try and pick me apart. 520 00:29:58,464 --> 00:30:03,050 Then why are you asking? What do you want to hear? 521 00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:24,947 Hey, Senator. 522 00:30:25,073 --> 00:30:27,742 We need to do one more biopsy on your spleen. 523 00:30:29,411 --> 00:30:34,373 I'll have to sign lefty. My fingers aren't working. 524 00:30:40,422 --> 00:30:42,089 Have you been coughing a lot? 525 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:47,220 - Does it hurt? - It's like I can't get air. 526 00:30:48,430 --> 00:30:50,932 Is it from the toxo? 527 00:30:51,808 --> 00:30:55,770 No. This... This is new. 528 00:30:57,397 --> 00:31:00,525 You don't need to sign. We can't do the biopsy. 529 00:31:09,493 --> 00:31:12,078 The senator's breathing is severely impaired. 530 00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:13,955 His O2 sat levels are at 89. 531 00:31:14,081 --> 00:31:17,250 His silver stain indicates Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. 532 00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:20,461 Another killer fungus. Consistent with hairy cell leukemia. 533 00:31:20,587 --> 00:31:23,631 But we can't biopsy his spleen. Respiratory distress. 534 00:31:23,757 --> 00:31:26,425 His platelets are 20 and dropping. His blood won't clot worth a damn. 535 00:31:26,552 --> 00:31:28,219 There's gotta be another way to diagnose hairy cell. 536 00:31:28,345 --> 00:31:31,430 No. His bone marrow's indeterminate. Spleen biopsy's the only way to go. 537 00:31:31,557 --> 00:31:34,892 You know, when the Inuit go fishing, they don't look for fish. 538 00:31:41,775 --> 00:31:43,693 Why, Dr. House? 539 00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:48,531 They look for the blue heron because there's no way to see the fish. 540 00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:50,866 But if there's fish, there's gonna be birds fishing. 541 00:31:51,118 --> 00:31:54,829 Now, if he's got hairy cell, what else should we see circling overhead? 542 00:31:54,955 --> 00:31:57,081 He should have all sorts of weird viruses. 543 00:31:57,207 --> 00:31:58,874 HTLV and ATLV. 544 00:31:59,001 --> 00:32:01,586 We can test for them. Run the titers. 545 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,549 These were your brain waves at 2:45 a.m. 546 00:32:06,675 --> 00:32:10,261 Now, here it comes. There's an abrupt jump from slow-wave sleep. 547 00:32:11,638 --> 00:32:14,307 This indicates partial sleep arousal. 548 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:17,685 Most common type is somnambulism. Sleepwalking. 549 00:32:17,811 --> 00:32:20,229 That would explain why I'm so tired when I wake up. 550 00:32:20,355 --> 00:32:23,024 Yes. And also why you were pregnant. 551 00:32:23,817 --> 00:32:26,902 And the hickeys. And the carpet burn. 552 00:32:27,029 --> 00:32:29,447 I had sex in my sleep? 553 00:32:29,573 --> 00:32:32,116 Sexsomnia is a documented disorder. 554 00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:35,077 You said your ex lives downstairs. 555 00:32:35,203 --> 00:32:36,329 I'll kill him. 556 00:32:36,455 --> 00:32:39,749 Okay. But he probably didn't know that you were asleep. 557 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:42,126 Sexsomniacs can act pretty normal. 558 00:32:42,252 --> 00:32:45,588 I'm gonna write you a prescription for a low-dose antidepressant. 559 00:32:45,714 --> 00:32:47,340 It'll let you sleep better. 560 00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:49,759 If you wanna save yourself the $15 co-pay, 561 00:32:49,885 --> 00:32:51,719 you could have sex while you're awake. 562 00:32:53,138 --> 00:32:54,138 He's my ex. I... 563 00:32:54,264 --> 00:32:55,514 You live in the same building. 564 00:32:55,641 --> 00:32:57,892 You haven't had sex with anyone else for a year. 565 00:32:58,018 --> 00:32:59,727 You sleepwalk right into his arms. 566 00:32:59,936 --> 00:33:02,855 Call me crazy, but I'm sensing unresolved issues. 567 00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:09,654 Negative for HTLV 1 and 2. 568 00:33:09,780 --> 00:33:12,073 And negative for ATLV and everything else. 569 00:33:12,199 --> 00:33:14,200 It's not hairy cell. 570 00:33:15,202 --> 00:33:18,204 Hey. You really gonna give that speech? 571 00:33:19,122 --> 00:33:22,541 - You got an opinion, too? - I'm a little surprised. 572 00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:24,126 Frankly, I thought you were too much 573 00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:26,671 of a self-absorbed ass to do this for us. 574 00:33:26,797 --> 00:33:28,547 You're welcome. 575 00:33:28,674 --> 00:33:30,341 He's positive for Epstein-Barr. 576 00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:33,135 So what? It doesn't point to hairy cell. 577 00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:34,887 It's irrelevant. 578 00:33:46,316 --> 00:33:47,441 Hey! 579 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:51,487 You didn't fall off the swings when you were eight. 580 00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:55,282 - Six. - Ever. 581 00:33:57,369 --> 00:34:00,329 - Give that back. - We have to talk. 582 00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:04,625 You had an epileptic seizure. That's how you bit your tongue. 583 00:34:05,335 --> 00:34:08,629 I haven't had a seizure since I... 584 00:34:08,755 --> 00:34:11,424 What medication did you take? 585 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:14,885 No seizure since I was six. 586 00:34:15,011 --> 00:34:19,765 No drugs since I was 10. 587 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:21,183 Yeah, that's it. 588 00:34:21,309 --> 00:34:23,102 Don't worry about what the question is. 589 00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:24,895 Don't worry that you're starting to feel dizzy. 590 00:34:25,021 --> 00:34:26,772 Just stay on message. 591 00:34:30,861 --> 00:34:32,069 My... 592 00:34:33,029 --> 00:34:35,906 My mother used to call... Call it... 593 00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:39,326 "funny" something. 594 00:34:39,453 --> 00:34:41,120 - Phenytoin? - Yes! 595 00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:46,959 Okay, okay. You're okay. 596 00:34:48,962 --> 00:34:50,254 It's okay. 597 00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,926 Everybody lies. 598 00:34:57,345 --> 00:35:02,224 Senator Gary H. Wright of New Jersey had childhood epilepsy. 599 00:35:02,642 --> 00:35:06,645 He took phenytoin. That drug, with the Epstein-Barr virus, 600 00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:10,107 is associated with common variable immunodeficiency disease. 601 00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:12,193 T cells down, B cells down. 602 00:35:12,319 --> 00:35:13,986 Keeps you from forming enough antibodies. 603 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:16,864 See, the antibodies are basically your defensive line. 604 00:35:17,407 --> 00:35:20,451 And your brain is like the quarterback. 605 00:35:20,577 --> 00:35:24,872 And then the fungi are like blitzing linebackers plunging up the middle. 606 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,291 Your lungs are like... 607 00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:29,376 Okay, you got two quarterbacks. 608 00:35:29,503 --> 00:35:30,461 CVID? 609 00:35:30,587 --> 00:35:34,298 That's a type of immunoglobulin deficiency. I said that. 610 00:35:34,424 --> 00:35:37,468 Yeah, well, it was a stupid idea when you said it. 611 00:35:37,594 --> 00:35:38,928 Then he got the respiratory problem 612 00:35:39,054 --> 00:35:40,846 and he tested positive for Epstein-Barr. 613 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:42,765 That's pretty much a childhood disease. 614 00:35:42,891 --> 00:35:45,559 That's another reason why Chase's suggestion was idiotic. 615 00:35:45,685 --> 00:35:48,354 He got it when he was a kid. Didn't get any symptoms until now. 616 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:49,480 It happens. 617 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:53,317 It gets triggered by stress, like public speaking. 618 00:35:53,443 --> 00:35:56,737 So you're basing your diagnosis on a virus that's relatively common 619 00:35:56,863 --> 00:35:58,155 and a drug he took 30 years ago. 620 00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:01,909 Start the senator on IV immunoglobulin, stat. 621 00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:04,203 If he gets better, I'm right. If he dies, you're right. 622 00:36:42,742 --> 00:36:43,951 Dr. House? 623 00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:52,001 - You faked that. - No. 624 00:36:53,378 --> 00:36:55,004 Say "antiretroviral". 625 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:55,963 Antiretroviral. 626 00:36:56,089 --> 00:36:58,090 Now, say it three times fast. 627 00:36:58,216 --> 00:37:00,050 We just got back your latest blood results. 628 00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:02,970 Your white cells are up. Your T cells are back over a hundred. 629 00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:04,388 Well, that's... That's good, right? 630 00:37:04,514 --> 00:37:06,807 In a week? That's terrific. 631 00:37:06,933 --> 00:37:08,767 You'll need medication for the rest of your life, 632 00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:11,228 but other than that, you're fine. 633 00:37:11,354 --> 00:37:13,022 Am I well enough to run for president? 634 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:14,857 Why not run for pope while you're at it? 635 00:37:14,983 --> 00:37:15,983 Oh, come on. 636 00:37:16,109 --> 00:37:18,319 Kennedy had Addison's. FDR had polio. 637 00:37:18,445 --> 00:37:20,029 Two of the best presidents in the last hundred years. 638 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:22,865 If they were running today, they wouldn't stand a chance. 639 00:37:22,991 --> 00:37:26,201 So you figure you'd be surgeon general if you didn't have the limp? 640 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:29,246 No. There's things I can't do. 641 00:37:29,372 --> 00:37:33,542 And like you said, I have to live with reality. 642 00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:35,961 Well, then I'm running. 643 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:36,962 Good for you. 644 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:38,631 Now, don't get excited. 645 00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:41,759 He's right. I... I won't win. 646 00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:44,011 Then why run? 647 00:37:47,057 --> 00:37:48,766 Oh, I see. Your point being, 648 00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:53,062 the only way to make a difference is to win every fight. 649 00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:00,861 But, hey, why listen to me? 650 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:04,615 I own the company. I'm certainly not to be trusted, right? 651 00:38:06,242 --> 00:38:08,243 Dr. Greg House, on the other hand, 652 00:38:08,370 --> 00:38:13,499 has a reputation for integrity, among other things. 653 00:38:14,751 --> 00:38:16,585 Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Greg House. 654 00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:39,400 "Eastbrook Pharmaceuticals' commitment to research excellence 655 00:38:39,526 --> 00:38:41,527 is exemplified by their new ACE inhibitor, 656 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:42,695 a breakthrough medical approach 657 00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:45,030 that will protect millions from heart disease." 658 00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:58,460 That's not a speech. 659 00:38:59,421 --> 00:39:01,088 I thought it was pithy. 660 00:39:01,214 --> 00:39:04,008 You got enough for a press release anyhow. 661 00:39:04,134 --> 00:39:06,218 Foreman or Cameron. 662 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:19,189 A few things I forgot to mention. 663 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:23,652 Ed Vogler is a brilliant businessman, 664 00:39:23,778 --> 00:39:28,282 a brilliant judge of people, and a man who has never lost a fight. 665 00:39:31,411 --> 00:39:35,205 You know how I know that the new ACE inhibitor is good? 666 00:39:35,331 --> 00:39:37,041 'Cause the old one was good. 667 00:39:37,167 --> 00:39:40,169 The new one is really the same, just more expensive. 668 00:39:41,004 --> 00:39:42,755 A lot more expensive. 669 00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:46,258 You see, that's another example of Ed's brilliance. 670 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,719 Whenever one of his drugs is about to lose its patent, 671 00:39:48,845 --> 00:39:53,724 he has his boys and girls alter it just a tiny bit, patent it all over again, 672 00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:56,727 making not just a pointless new pill, 673 00:39:56,853 --> 00:39:59,271 but millions and millions of dollars. 674 00:39:59,689 --> 00:40:01,398 Which is good for everybody, right? 675 00:40:01,524 --> 00:40:03,942 Except the patients. But who cares? 676 00:40:04,069 --> 00:40:06,111 They're just so damn sick. 677 00:40:06,988 --> 00:40:08,947 God obviously never liked them anyway. 678 00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:11,992 From all the healthy people in the room, 679 00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:14,787 let's have a big round of applause for Ed Vogler. 680 00:40:26,216 --> 00:40:27,800 I threw in a joke. 681 00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:24,189 I'm sorry. 682 00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,152 I should've taken an extra couple of Vicodin 683 00:41:28,278 --> 00:41:29,278 and just held my nose. 684 00:41:29,404 --> 00:41:32,030 I'm guessing you did take a couple extra Vicodin. 685 00:41:32,157 --> 00:41:33,490 True. 686 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,371 You don't need to worry about firing anyone. 687 00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:41,248 I'm leaving. 688 00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:44,459 Why? 689 00:41:49,757 --> 00:41:53,427 Is this another noble, self-sacrificing gesture? 690 00:41:54,554 --> 00:41:55,804 Are you trying to protect Foreman? 691 00:41:55,930 --> 00:41:56,930 No. 692 00:41:57,056 --> 00:41:59,933 So this is just, "Don't fire me. I quit"? 693 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,519 I'm protecting myself. 694 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:09,151 You asked me why I like you. 695 00:42:10,612 --> 00:42:12,946 You're abrasive and rude. 696 00:42:14,908 --> 00:42:18,827 But I figured, everything you do, you do it to help people. 697 00:42:20,997 --> 00:42:22,623 But I was wrong. 698 00:42:24,959 --> 00:42:26,835 You do it because it's right. 699 00:42:49,234 --> 00:42:52,945 There are only two ways that I can deal with things. 700 00:42:53,363 --> 00:42:55,155 One is in my control. 701 00:42:58,868 --> 00:43:00,118 That's to leave. 702 00:43:07,168 --> 00:43:09,002 Goodbye, House.