1 00:00:00,292 --> 00:00:01,292 (PANTING) 2 00:00:08,258 --> 00:00:09,550 Good morning. 3 00:00:19,687 --> 00:00:20,895 Hey, Alfredo. 4 00:00:22,898 --> 00:00:26,025 - You done already? - No. Not yet. I finish tomorrow. 5 00:00:26,151 --> 00:00:29,320 - Mexico playing Argentina on TV? - No, no. 6 00:00:29,446 --> 00:00:30,488 (PANTING) 7 00:00:30,614 --> 00:00:32,490 My asthma is very bad today. 8 00:00:32,616 --> 00:00:35,451 Six years, Alfredo. You can't lie to me. 9 00:00:35,577 --> 00:00:37,370 - I'm throwing a dinner... - First thing tomorrow... 10 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:38,788 Party's tonight. 11 00:00:38,914 --> 00:00:41,916 A little rain and I'm gonna have to put buckets on the dining room table. 12 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:44,961 - No clouds, no rain. - I'll tell you what. 13 00:00:45,087 --> 00:00:48,423 You take off, but if it pours into my guests' wineglasses... 14 00:00:49,133 --> 00:00:52,885 - Okay. Okay, señora. I'll do it. - Thank you. 15 00:00:59,017 --> 00:01:00,643 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 16 00:01:21,498 --> 00:01:22,999 (COUGHING) 17 00:01:26,295 --> 00:01:27,587 (ALFREDO SCREAMING) 18 00:01:29,465 --> 00:01:30,757 (ALFREDO GROANING) 19 00:01:34,344 --> 00:01:35,678 (SIREN WAILING) 20 00:01:38,724 --> 00:01:40,433 Spinal cord seems intact. 21 00:01:41,351 --> 00:01:43,060 Take a deep breath. 22 00:01:43,187 --> 00:01:44,687 - (GASPING) It hurts. - Try. 23 00:01:45,814 --> 00:01:48,107 Breath sounds bilateral. I don't think he has a pneumothorax. 24 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:50,359 - Just asthma. - That and probably a broken rib. 25 00:01:50,486 --> 00:01:51,861 Tell me when it hurts the most. 26 00:01:51,987 --> 00:01:53,321 (GROANING) 27 00:01:54,990 --> 00:01:57,158 Your two little fingers are darker than the others. 28 00:01:57,284 --> 00:02:00,870 They feel funny. Como needles. 29 00:02:00,996 --> 00:02:04,207 - How long have they been like that? - Never noticed before. 30 00:02:04,333 --> 00:02:05,374 Is bad? 31 00:02:40,202 --> 00:02:42,411 CUDDY: Judging by how it looks, he could lose his hand. 32 00:02:42,538 --> 00:02:45,873 How does falling off your roof do that to a guy's fingers? 33 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:48,334 He could have tweaked a vertebra in his neck. 34 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:50,253 Could impinge the ulnar... 35 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:53,422 Sorry, trouble concentrating. 36 00:02:53,549 --> 00:02:55,883 That tank top really absorbs moisture. 37 00:02:57,511 --> 00:02:59,846 Could impinge the ulnar nerve, cut the blood flow. 38 00:02:59,972 --> 00:03:03,140 Or it could be disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. 39 00:03:03,267 --> 00:03:04,559 DIC? 40 00:03:04,685 --> 00:03:06,686 Guy falls off a roof, the first thought is always, 41 00:03:06,812 --> 00:03:07,812 "It's a clotting problem". 42 00:03:07,938 --> 00:03:10,439 Trauma can activate the clotting enzymes. 43 00:03:10,566 --> 00:03:13,401 - Guy could lose more than his hand. - Thank you very much. 44 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:15,486 This guy's been working for me for a long time, and I... 45 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:18,281 Do I get bonus points if I act like I care? 46 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:23,828 Cervical MRI. Work up for DIC. And start him on a heparin drip. 47 00:03:23,954 --> 00:03:25,413 - Who? - You wanna know his name? 48 00:03:25,539 --> 00:03:28,082 I'm sure it's in the file. Or you could ask her. 49 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:31,043 She's his oldest, bestest friend. They were in Cub Scouts together. 50 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:32,795 I'll get started on the blood tests. 51 00:03:32,921 --> 00:03:34,839 You haven't been a real doctor in 10 years. 52 00:03:34,965 --> 00:03:36,424 You'll make a mess all over the sheets. 53 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:38,426 - I'll do it. - You have clinic duty. 54 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:41,137 - I still know how to handle a patient. - Get me blood. 55 00:03:41,263 --> 00:03:42,930 Lots of blood. 56 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:44,974 They're better. They've showered. 57 00:04:01,658 --> 00:04:03,576 You don't need to see him. 58 00:04:03,702 --> 00:04:06,746 One-handed handymen aren't in big demand. 59 00:04:06,872 --> 00:04:09,582 Talking. That's how lawsuits are lost. 60 00:04:09,708 --> 00:04:10,791 I know you, Lisa. 61 00:04:10,918 --> 00:04:13,836 You go in, you offer to pay his medical bills, his wages, 62 00:04:13,962 --> 00:04:15,630 you'll say something stupid like, "I'm sorry". 63 00:04:15,756 --> 00:04:16,881 You think I'm an idiot. 64 00:04:17,007 --> 00:04:19,717 I think you're not a lawyer. Don't go in there. 65 00:04:21,303 --> 00:04:23,638 Trust me, House's people can handle this. 66 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:26,891 Yeah. 67 00:04:28,352 --> 00:04:30,269 CHASE: This might sting a little bit. 68 00:04:30,896 --> 00:04:34,023 The medicine will thin the blood and help it to circulate. 69 00:04:34,149 --> 00:04:36,067 Those are pretty nasty scars there. 70 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:38,527 I work construction. 71 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:40,738 (GROANING) 72 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,909 How long will I be in the hospital? 73 00:04:45,035 --> 00:04:47,411 Depends how long it takes us to figure out what's going on. 74 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:49,372 I need to work. I'll get fired. 75 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:51,040 I'm sure Dr. Cuddy won't fire you. 76 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:53,751 I'm a janitor at fast food six nights. I need to work. 77 00:04:53,877 --> 00:04:56,295 - My mother doesn't make enough. - I can work. I'm old enough. 78 00:04:56,421 --> 00:04:58,005 You're old enough when you finish college. 79 00:04:58,131 --> 00:04:59,131 Why? You never went... 80 00:04:59,257 --> 00:05:01,050 I never had a big brother to tell me to shut up! 81 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:04,428 I promise we'll let you out of here as soon as we're able to. 82 00:05:04,554 --> 00:05:08,432 Look, I... I am fine. Okay? I feel better. I go home now. 83 00:05:08,558 --> 00:05:11,560 No. If this is a clotting problem, it could be very serious. 84 00:05:11,687 --> 00:05:13,437 - All right? - Look, you can't make me stay. 85 00:05:13,563 --> 00:05:15,898 - Wait... - You can't make me stay. 86 00:05:16,024 --> 00:05:17,566 Turn your hand over. 87 00:05:18,276 --> 00:05:19,902 I need to see your hand. 88 00:05:25,909 --> 00:05:27,118 Where's Dr. Cuddy? 89 00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:29,036 CHASE: We've got a third finger turning dark. 90 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:32,248 His PTT is prolonged and the fibrin split products are off. 91 00:05:32,374 --> 00:05:35,251 He's not clotting properly. It looks like a mild case of DIC. 92 00:05:35,377 --> 00:05:36,919 Well, obviously not that mild. 93 00:05:37,045 --> 00:05:39,463 This keeps up, his hand is literally gonna be dead meat. 94 00:05:39,589 --> 00:05:42,717 His hand is connected to his arm, and his arm is connected to... 95 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:44,260 I'm not sure, but I bet it's important. 96 00:05:44,386 --> 00:05:46,554 All this from falling off my roof! 97 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,473 Yeah. If only he'd fallen on his head. 98 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:52,268 Then he wouldn't have any of these symptoms. 99 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:55,563 We need something stronger than heparin. 100 00:05:57,232 --> 00:05:59,191 Human Activated Protein C. 101 00:05:59,317 --> 00:06:01,569 Looks like Cuddy, same cleavage. 102 00:06:02,237 --> 00:06:05,281 Protein C is indicated only for severe sepsis. 103 00:06:05,407 --> 00:06:07,867 How many of his limbs have to be at stake for it to be severe? 104 00:06:07,993 --> 00:06:10,619 But this stuff is crazy dangerous. 105 00:06:10,746 --> 00:06:12,204 It can cause internal bleeding. 106 00:06:12,330 --> 00:06:13,581 If he bleeds, he could stroke, he could die. 107 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:14,874 He could get better. 108 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,959 You know, if I try to scheme like this, 109 00:06:17,085 --> 00:06:20,254 you get that nasty wrinkly face and screech like a hyena. 110 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:22,089 It's very sexy, I admit. 111 00:06:23,842 --> 00:06:24,842 Do it. 112 00:06:29,014 --> 00:06:31,932 Protein C is borderline irresponsible, 113 00:06:32,059 --> 00:06:34,101 except that the safe stuff isn't doing squat. 114 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:37,396 - It's exactly what you would do. - Obviously. 115 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:41,317 - It's exactly what he'd do. - I know. 116 00:06:41,443 --> 00:06:43,486 I think he's trying to protect me. 117 00:06:43,612 --> 00:06:46,072 Now, that's not the type of thing he would do. 118 00:06:46,198 --> 00:06:47,281 I overruled him. 119 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:51,410 He's the best diagnostician in this hospital, and I overrule him. 120 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:53,913 You care about this kid. 121 00:06:54,039 --> 00:06:56,290 Your judgment should be worth more than his. 122 00:06:56,416 --> 00:07:00,169 He also pointed out that I haven't been a real doctor in years. 123 00:07:00,295 --> 00:07:02,213 Now that sounds like him. 124 00:07:02,339 --> 00:07:04,006 You were just jerking Cuddy around? 125 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:06,592 She seriously thought I wanted to stop her. 126 00:07:06,718 --> 00:07:09,261 - One thing Cuddy is not is clueless. - No. 127 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:12,306 First casualty of this case is her sense of humor. 128 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:16,102 That's weird. There's nothing funnier than almost killing a guy. 129 00:07:18,897 --> 00:07:21,315 I'm just having trouble getting up those steps. 130 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:24,276 - When did you start noticing? - Oh, a week ago. 131 00:07:24,402 --> 00:07:26,278 Your blood pressure's a little high. 132 00:07:26,404 --> 00:07:28,280 I've got something new that should help you out. 133 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:30,741 It combines a nitrate with a blood pressure pill. 134 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:33,285 It's targeted to African-Americans. 135 00:07:33,411 --> 00:07:34,662 Targeted? 136 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:37,498 Yeah. Well, see, we tend to have nitric oxide deficiencies. 137 00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:39,667 And the studies show this drug counteracts that problem. 138 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:40,626 It's the first drug to... 139 00:07:40,752 --> 00:07:42,878 What kind of studies you talking about? 140 00:07:43,004 --> 00:07:44,588 What kind of studies are there? 141 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:47,508 They get some patients. They give them some drugs. 142 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,387 I've had white people lying to me for 60 years. 143 00:07:52,389 --> 00:07:55,891 - You think this is a tan? - You think they tell you everything? 144 00:07:57,102 --> 00:07:58,269 The trouble with us black folk, 145 00:07:58,395 --> 00:08:01,105 we can't tell the difference anymore between racism 146 00:08:01,231 --> 00:08:03,357 - and everybody gets screwed. - Yeah? 147 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:07,319 Well, how about them cheap meningitis drugs they're pawning off in Africa? 148 00:08:07,445 --> 00:08:10,698 - Gonna tell me that ain't racism? - That's just greed. 149 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:14,285 You really wanna screw whitey? 150 00:08:14,411 --> 00:08:18,706 Be one of the few black men who live long enough to collect social security. 151 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:20,332 Take the medicine. 152 00:08:29,593 --> 00:08:31,260 (ECG BEEPING) 153 00:08:34,806 --> 00:08:36,265 (GASPING) Nurse. 154 00:08:36,391 --> 00:08:39,560 Nurse! Help! Nurse! Help! 155 00:08:40,395 --> 00:08:41,478 - Nurse! - What's up? 156 00:08:41,605 --> 00:08:45,441 - I can't move my arm! - Take it easy. Take it easy. 157 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:52,948 The Protein C side effects we were worried about, they happened. 158 00:08:53,074 --> 00:08:54,867 - Where was the bleed? - His brain. 159 00:08:54,993 --> 00:08:56,452 It's causing right side paralysis. 160 00:08:56,578 --> 00:08:59,622 I've stopped the treatment and called a neurosurgeon. 161 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:40,579 I can move it now. 162 00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:43,540 - It's okay now? Can I go home soon? - The surgery went well. 163 00:09:43,667 --> 00:09:46,752 But all we did was fix the problem created by the medicine we gave you. 164 00:09:46,878 --> 00:09:48,295 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 165 00:09:50,548 --> 00:09:52,424 She says you... You look young. 166 00:09:53,051 --> 00:09:54,093 Are you sure... 167 00:09:54,219 --> 00:09:56,553 There's five of us working on the case. 168 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:58,639 The others are older. 169 00:09:58,765 --> 00:10:00,808 Why doesn't Dr. Cuddy come to... 170 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:03,269 (COUGHING) 171 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:07,731 That doesn't sound too good. 172 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:21,328 CAMERON: His fingers are even darker. 173 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:23,247 His temperature's 102 and spiking. 174 00:10:23,373 --> 00:10:27,042 And the x-ray now shows lung infiltrates. 175 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:30,921 Well, the good news is he won't be bitching about losing his hand if he can't breathe. 176 00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:34,300 The trauma from the fall could have caused acute respiratory distress syndrome. 177 00:10:34,426 --> 00:10:36,260 Right. I forgot. Your roof. 178 00:10:36,386 --> 00:10:39,179 It would cause lung infiltrates and maybe fever 179 00:10:39,306 --> 00:10:41,181 and conceivably the cyanotic fingers. 180 00:10:41,308 --> 00:10:44,476 - The only question is why. - Why what? 181 00:10:44,769 --> 00:10:46,603 Why her weird psychopathology 182 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:50,774 requires a diagnosis informed entirely by personal guilt. 183 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:53,235 Let's assume we've been wrong up until now. 184 00:10:53,361 --> 00:10:55,070 Let's assume, just for one second, 185 00:10:55,196 --> 00:10:58,032 that the earth doesn't revolve around Cuddy's roof. 186 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:02,161 What if he was sick before he had his run-in with gravity? 187 00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:03,370 He just didn't notice anything. 188 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:06,373 Well, pneumonia can cause DIC which can cause cyanotic fingers. 189 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:08,542 - Pneumonia doesn't hit that fast. - Sure. 190 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:12,129 Only pavement hits that fast. It's not pneumonia. 191 00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:14,548 He might have missed a finger turning dark. 192 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:16,133 He's not gonna miss breathing problems. 193 00:11:16,259 --> 00:11:18,010 - What else? - It's pneumonia. 194 00:11:20,305 --> 00:11:22,264 He wanted to go home. I thought he was lying. 195 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:25,476 I told him I had a dinner party. I made him go up there. 196 00:11:26,227 --> 00:11:28,354 Well, why didn't you just take out a gun and shoot him? 197 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,147 I thought it was just asthma. 198 00:11:30,273 --> 00:11:32,358 You might've mentioned this earlier, Doctor. 199 00:11:32,484 --> 00:11:35,069 Maybe we could have sent some blood cultures to the lab 200 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:37,696 instead of wasting a day indulging your self-loathing. 201 00:11:37,822 --> 00:11:42,117 If it's just garden-variety bacterial pneumonia, he's gonna be fine. 202 00:11:42,243 --> 00:11:45,621 So give him garden-variety Levaquin, and a garden-variety echocardiogram. 203 00:11:45,747 --> 00:11:46,955 And go check out the kid's house. 204 00:11:47,082 --> 00:11:49,333 The blood work will show us which type of pneumonia it is... 205 00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:52,961 If he's huffing nail polish or pulling the wings off his pet parrot, 206 00:11:53,088 --> 00:11:54,380 this way'll be faster. 207 00:11:54,506 --> 00:11:57,674 And I bet Julio's just dying to find out what's wrong with him. 208 00:11:57,801 --> 00:12:00,177 - Go with her. - It's Alfredo. 209 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:02,846 And I can handle getting a key and... 210 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:06,892 Rico and I no longer trust you deciding what's important and what's not. 211 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:17,152 You ever think about writing a book on office politics? 212 00:12:17,278 --> 00:12:18,487 Trust me, 213 00:12:18,613 --> 00:12:21,907 it would be a lot worse if I told her that you had to break into her house. 214 00:12:22,909 --> 00:12:26,120 (STUTTERING) What? Wait, wait, wait... Cuddy's house? 215 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:27,830 See? It is shocking. 216 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:31,333 The guy's been working there every day for the last three weeks. 217 00:12:31,459 --> 00:12:33,335 You think it's impossible he could've picked something up? 218 00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:36,630 - I'm not breaking into my boss's house. - I'm your boss. 219 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:38,507 She's scarier than you are. 220 00:12:39,134 --> 00:12:42,469 She's a woman. Relax. I'm coming with. 221 00:12:48,435 --> 00:12:50,978 House is having lunch with his juniors now? 222 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:53,730 - No. Not a chance. - Then where do you think they're going? 223 00:12:53,857 --> 00:12:56,150 I have no idea. 224 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:57,693 Then why don't you think they're going to lunch? 225 00:12:57,819 --> 00:12:59,903 Because it's not like House. That was your point, right? 226 00:13:00,029 --> 00:13:01,321 He had that smug look on his face. 227 00:13:01,448 --> 00:13:02,656 When he's that pleased about something 228 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:05,242 he's gotta tell somebody, and the only somebody he knows is you. 229 00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:06,743 (SIGHING) 230 00:13:06,870 --> 00:13:10,456 - He's breaking into Cuddy's home. - What? 231 00:13:10,582 --> 00:13:11,623 Why? 232 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:14,251 Medical reasons? 233 00:13:14,377 --> 00:13:15,836 Why is he so curious about Cuddy? 234 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:17,337 Why are you so curious about his curiosity? 235 00:13:17,464 --> 00:13:18,672 Why are you so curious about me... 236 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:21,341 Because you dumped him and you're married 237 00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:25,012 and they are neither of those things. 238 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:26,472 I'm just curious. 239 00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:30,476 - Nothing wrong with that. - No. Nothing wrong with that. 240 00:13:34,689 --> 00:13:36,648 What do you think? Red thongs? 241 00:13:38,067 --> 00:13:39,776 I think red thongs. 242 00:13:41,196 --> 00:13:44,948 Okay, 20 bucks says I can get through this door in 20 seconds. 243 00:13:45,074 --> 00:13:46,700 - You're on. - Count me in. 244 00:14:03,384 --> 00:14:07,429 No furniture polish, no paint thinner, nor anything else worth sniffing. 245 00:14:07,555 --> 00:14:11,391 Nothing in here, either, except a few cockroaches. 246 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:16,146 Nice. Someone should fix Alfredo's roof. 247 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:21,652 So, why haven't you fired House? 248 00:14:23,613 --> 00:14:26,949 It's just, you guys are always screaming at each other, 249 00:14:27,075 --> 00:14:29,743 - and I figure you hate him, so... - I don't hate him. 250 00:14:32,121 --> 00:14:33,121 Why not? 251 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:37,167 He's a great doctor, 252 00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:40,170 but any other hospital administrator would have fired him years ago. 253 00:14:40,296 --> 00:14:41,922 CUDDY: Four of them did. 254 00:14:42,048 --> 00:14:44,258 The question is, why did I hire him? 255 00:14:45,468 --> 00:14:47,302 FOREMAN: So, how'd you know about her key? 256 00:14:47,428 --> 00:14:50,514 You been doing a little handyman work for Cuddy yourself? 257 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,434 Someone as obsessive and insecure as Cuddy probably has three extra keys 258 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:56,228 hidden away within 10 feet of the door. 259 00:14:56,354 --> 00:14:59,481 And you consider obsession a negative quality. 260 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,027 Insecticide is organic. Soap is hypoallergenic. 261 00:15:05,488 --> 00:15:06,780 I got the bedroom. 262 00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:14,496 This is where it all happens. 263 00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:23,380 You both went to Michigan. Did you know him while you were there? 264 00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:26,300 I was still an undergrad, but, yeah, I knew him. 265 00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:28,010 He was already a legend. 266 00:15:29,137 --> 00:15:32,723 - So you just knew him as a legend? - My God, you're subtle. 267 00:15:32,849 --> 00:15:34,474 Anything on your mind? 268 00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:40,606 - More cockroaches? - Worse. 269 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:45,152 Beautiful. 270 00:15:46,821 --> 00:15:49,740 There's no way you just deduced where that key was. 271 00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:51,491 Does this count as red? 272 00:15:53,661 --> 00:15:56,371 You gave yourself 20 seconds and put money on it. 273 00:15:56,497 --> 00:15:57,497 Oh, my God. 274 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,460 She's got pictures of you in here. 275 00:16:01,586 --> 00:16:04,463 Just you. It's like some kind of weird shrine. 276 00:16:04,589 --> 00:16:06,340 - You're kidding. - Yeah. 277 00:16:13,514 --> 00:16:16,516 She uses super tampons. What does that mean? 278 00:16:16,643 --> 00:16:20,646 You two are just too nasty to each other not to have been nasty. 279 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:23,774 I can be a jerk to people I haven't slept with. 280 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:25,275 I am that good. 281 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,527 There's nothing here. 282 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:30,364 You ready to go, or you got some more stuff you wanna sniff? 283 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:32,199 Whoa! Check this out. 284 00:16:33,576 --> 00:16:38,330 It's fuzzy. It's black. It's alive. 285 00:16:54,514 --> 00:16:58,058 Patient's lung function's declining rapidly. Levaquin's not working. 286 00:16:58,184 --> 00:17:00,310 He obviously doesn't have garden-variety pneumonia. 287 00:17:00,436 --> 00:17:02,896 I'm glad you learned to take his impending death in stride. 288 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:05,023 - Guess what he does have. - Rats. 289 00:17:06,484 --> 00:17:08,568 - Scars on his hand. - Rat bites. 290 00:17:08,695 --> 00:17:10,529 But he says they're from construction work 291 00:17:10,655 --> 00:17:13,740 so he won't have to admit he's got rats at home. 292 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,492 Catholics are right. Pride will kill you. 293 00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:16,743 He has streptobacillus. 294 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:17,953 Rat-bite fever. 295 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:20,372 - Boogie oogie oogie. - Fits the symptoms perfectly. 296 00:17:20,498 --> 00:17:22,374 That's certainly one possibility. 297 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,585 But what about the aspergillus fungus we found under the sink? 298 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:29,214 - What sink? - You should clean your bathroom better. 299 00:17:29,340 --> 00:17:31,383 You broke into my house? 300 00:17:31,509 --> 00:17:34,886 No. No. You're wrong. I had a key. 301 00:17:35,012 --> 00:17:36,888 You had no right to invade my privacy. 302 00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:39,015 There was no medical reason for that whatsoever, 303 00:17:39,142 --> 00:17:41,101 and there was certainly no moral reason for it. 304 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:43,061 Oh, damn. 305 00:17:43,688 --> 00:17:45,397 You're right. 306 00:17:45,523 --> 00:17:48,150 The focal consolidation makes fungal pneumonia far more likely. 307 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:49,484 You're right I'm right. 308 00:17:49,610 --> 00:17:53,363 On the bright side, it has the advantage of keeping you totally responsible. 309 00:17:53,489 --> 00:17:55,365 The treatment for aspergillus is amphotericin. 310 00:17:55,491 --> 00:17:58,535 - That's hugely dangerous. - Yeah? Your point being? 311 00:17:58,661 --> 00:18:01,371 Going the dangerous and aggressive route didn't work the last time. 312 00:18:01,497 --> 00:18:04,875 It's bound to work this time. Start him on the amphoterrible. 313 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,502 (ALFREDO COUGHING) 314 00:18:26,731 --> 00:18:27,856 Dr. Cuddy? 315 00:18:29,233 --> 00:18:31,401 I'm Manny, Alfredo's brother. 316 00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:33,195 How's he doing? 317 00:18:33,321 --> 00:18:36,114 He's worried about money. I wanna work for you. 318 00:18:36,908 --> 00:18:38,158 (SIGHING) 319 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:39,826 How old are you, Manny? 320 00:18:40,495 --> 00:18:42,162 - Fifteen. - Twelve? 321 00:18:43,372 --> 00:18:46,708 I can paint. I mow lawns. I rake leaves. I can start today. 322 00:18:46,834 --> 00:18:49,419 Alfredo wants you to finish school. 323 00:18:49,545 --> 00:18:50,879 Like you care. 324 00:18:52,548 --> 00:18:53,715 Manny, I've known your brother... 325 00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:57,135 He falls off your roof, and you don't come see him once? 326 00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:00,806 Bitch. 327 00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:07,062 (MUSIC PLAYING ON TV) 328 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:09,523 With a patient. 329 00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,192 Not according to the log. 330 00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:14,528 - It's 3:15. - Is it a commercial? 331 00:19:16,405 --> 00:19:17,656 How's Cuddy doing? 332 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:21,827 She's not acting like Cuddy. It's a pleasure. 333 00:19:21,953 --> 00:19:23,370 You know her. 334 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:26,665 She has trouble with these situations, feels personally responsible. 335 00:19:26,791 --> 00:19:29,376 The technical term is narcissism. 336 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:31,086 You can't believe that everything is your fault 337 00:19:31,212 --> 00:19:33,588 unless you also believe you're all-powerful. 338 00:19:33,714 --> 00:19:35,465 Wow, does she sound messed up. 339 00:19:35,591 --> 00:19:38,343 I don't believe I can fix everything. 340 00:19:38,469 --> 00:19:40,804 And I don't lie awake at night, tormented by that fact. 341 00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:42,639 No. You lie awake tormented by how... 342 00:19:42,765 --> 00:19:44,766 I thought we were talking about Cuddy here. 343 00:19:44,892 --> 00:19:46,059 She cares. 344 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:49,187 She enjoys feeling guilty. 345 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:53,066 Lisa cares. It's why she drives you nuts. 'Cause it's not just a puzzle to her. 346 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:54,401 The patients are actually real, 347 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,236 their feelings actually relevant. 348 00:19:56,362 --> 00:19:59,406 And I'm telling her she can't even talk to him. 349 00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:02,617 My God, it's contagious. You're feeling guilty, too. 350 00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:05,704 I'm just saying, take it easy on her. You owe her that. 351 00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:07,831 MAN ON TV: From the moment I saw you at the EI... 352 00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:11,459 - Commercial's over. - So glad we talked. 353 00:20:12,503 --> 00:20:14,462 Snap, crackle, pop. 354 00:20:15,756 --> 00:20:18,008 You got some Rice Krispies in there? 355 00:20:18,801 --> 00:20:20,385 That bad, huh? 356 00:20:20,511 --> 00:20:22,387 You were here yesterday. 357 00:20:22,513 --> 00:20:26,808 I see from the chart that Dr. Foreman prescribed medicine, not a miracle. 358 00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:28,268 Got to give this stuff more than a day. 359 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:30,604 I didn't fill that Oreo's prescription. 360 00:20:31,814 --> 00:20:34,983 On the theory that you didn't trust him because he's black. 361 00:20:35,109 --> 00:20:38,904 Well, I'm gonna prescribe the same medicine and see if you fill it this time. 362 00:20:39,030 --> 00:20:41,406 I'm not buying into no racist drug, okay? 363 00:20:41,532 --> 00:20:42,574 (SCOFFING) 364 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:46,244 It's racist because it helps black people more than white people? 365 00:20:46,370 --> 00:20:49,623 On behalf of my peeps, let me just say thanks for dying on principle for us. 366 00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:52,375 Look, my heart's red. Your heart's red. 367 00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:54,669 And it don't make no sense to give us different drugs. 368 00:20:54,795 --> 00:20:57,339 You know, I have found a difference. 369 00:20:57,465 --> 00:20:58,673 Admittedly, it's a limited sample, 370 00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:01,551 but based on my experience of the last 90 seconds, 371 00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:04,137 all black people are morons. 372 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:07,307 - Sorry, African-Americans. - I'll see another doctor. 373 00:21:08,893 --> 00:21:10,310 Fine. Fine. 374 00:21:14,649 --> 00:21:17,525 I'll give you the same medicine we give Republicans. 375 00:21:22,073 --> 00:21:24,115 ALFREDO: I think the medicine is working. 376 00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:27,410 They're lighter, right? 377 00:21:27,536 --> 00:21:30,330 They don't look lighter to me, Alfredo. How's the tingling? 378 00:21:30,456 --> 00:21:33,083 - Does not bother me. - Tell her the other thing. 379 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,543 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 380 00:21:36,253 --> 00:21:38,254 He hasn't peed since yesterday. 381 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:41,675 - Since last night? - Afternoon. 382 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:44,511 It's not a problem. I don't drink much. 383 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:49,849 I think we'll give you a little rest from the meds here. 384 00:21:50,768 --> 00:21:52,894 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 385 00:21:53,020 --> 00:21:55,939 She says, "That's the medicine that's supposed to cure me". 386 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:58,525 Just making a little adjustment. Excuse me. 387 00:22:01,487 --> 00:22:02,862 He's not making any urine. 388 00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:05,824 I think we just destroyed the kid's kidney with the amphotericin. 389 00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:07,701 I think he's dying. 390 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:09,411 Dying? 391 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:11,121 Cheese it, the cops. 392 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:14,541 (SOBBING IN SPANISH) 393 00:22:17,712 --> 00:22:20,296 I guess she understands a little English. 394 00:22:25,136 --> 00:22:26,594 CAMERON: His kidneys are shutting down 395 00:22:26,721 --> 00:22:29,723 due to the direct toxicity to the proximal tubule epithelium. 396 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:33,101 Proof that my brilliant idea of giving him amphotericin is killing him. 397 00:22:33,227 --> 00:22:35,020 That wasn't a complete waste of time. 398 00:22:35,146 --> 00:22:37,981 His reaction shows that you don't need to clean under your sink. 399 00:22:38,107 --> 00:22:39,065 It wasn't aspergillus. 400 00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:41,651 And blood cultures show he was negative for rat-bite fever. 401 00:22:41,777 --> 00:22:44,154 There's still plenty of other cool pneumonias. 402 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,574 Tested negative for Moraxella, Nocardia, cryptococcus. 403 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,326 He has a low titer for chlamydia antibodies. Maybe... 404 00:22:50,453 --> 00:22:53,038 No, no. His chest x-ray's all wrong for chlamydial pneumonia. 405 00:22:53,164 --> 00:22:54,164 But the titer points to... 406 00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:56,750 CAMERON: He had an STD last year. That explains the titer. 407 00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:58,626 He has low sodium. Maybe it's Legionella. 408 00:22:58,753 --> 00:23:00,879 No. His antigen is negative. 409 00:23:01,589 --> 00:23:03,089 Well, that all sucks. 410 00:23:04,175 --> 00:23:06,384 Maybe we were right to begin with. 411 00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:10,972 His problems are all caused by DIC precipitated by falling off my roof. 412 00:23:11,098 --> 00:23:13,349 DIC wouldn't cause a fever this high. 413 00:23:13,476 --> 00:23:15,769 See? My lap dog agrees with me. 414 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:16,895 How high? 415 00:23:17,021 --> 00:23:19,439 Two hours ago it was 103 with acetaminophen. 416 00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:21,691 What about on St. Alban's Day? 417 00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:25,820 Only temperature I'm interested in right now is his temperature right now. 418 00:23:28,491 --> 00:23:30,158 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 419 00:23:32,161 --> 00:23:33,119 Open up. 420 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,038 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 421 00:23:35,164 --> 00:23:38,041 Okay. Let me clarify. Open up and keep it open. 422 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:45,757 - Yeah. - Okay. 423 00:23:48,469 --> 00:23:49,969 Under your tongue. 424 00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:56,351 You're using your left hand. 425 00:23:56,477 --> 00:23:59,187 - Right one hurt? - No, I feel better. 426 00:23:59,313 --> 00:24:00,396 What, it really doesn't hurt, 427 00:24:00,523 --> 00:24:01,689 or you just figure if you say no, 428 00:24:01,816 --> 00:24:03,024 you'll get out of the hospital sooner? 429 00:24:03,150 --> 00:24:05,193 It doesn't hurt. I feel good. 430 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,737 (SNIFFING) 431 00:24:09,198 --> 00:24:11,074 You don't smell too hot. 432 00:24:12,118 --> 00:24:13,284 (GROANING) 433 00:24:18,541 --> 00:24:20,416 Your hand is starting to rot. 434 00:24:21,544 --> 00:24:22,585 HOUSE: Why are we here? 435 00:24:22,711 --> 00:24:24,337 We are talking about cutting off a kid's hand. 436 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:26,047 Yes, we're talking about cutting it off, 437 00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:28,049 not subdividing it and putting in condos. 438 00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:31,344 - It's not a legal issue. - Are you being intentionally dense? 439 00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:33,805 I think it's premature. 440 00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:35,265 - I've heard enough. - What? 441 00:24:35,391 --> 00:24:37,267 She says one word and you take her side. 442 00:24:37,393 --> 00:24:40,061 You should at least wait until she actually gives a medical reason. 443 00:24:40,187 --> 00:24:43,064 - Otherwise I might take it personally. - Shut up. 444 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:46,442 If I were to somehow find out that you two were in disagreement 445 00:24:46,569 --> 00:24:48,236 over the proper medical course of action, 446 00:24:48,362 --> 00:24:50,488 it could make it awkward for my client in court. 447 00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:54,409 My client being the two of you. So, guys, I'm a little busy here. 448 00:24:54,535 --> 00:24:58,538 Why don't we pick this conversation up in half an hour? Okay? 449 00:24:58,664 --> 00:25:01,124 All of his symptoms are caused by his underlying problem 450 00:25:01,250 --> 00:25:02,625 and the medicine we gave him. 451 00:25:02,751 --> 00:25:03,751 What underlying problem? 452 00:25:03,878 --> 00:25:05,587 You have no idea what the underlying problem is. 453 00:25:05,713 --> 00:25:08,006 - You're the diagnostician. - Fine. It's all my fault. 454 00:25:08,132 --> 00:25:09,215 Does that make you feel better? 455 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,967 His hand still has an arterial pulse. 456 00:25:11,093 --> 00:25:13,887 His hand is a cesspool. And the crap is spreading. 457 00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:17,473 You are being pretty aggressive about destroying a man's livelihood. 458 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,184 I don't give a damn about his livelihood. 459 00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:22,645 He loses that hand, he loses his job, all of his jobs. 460 00:25:22,771 --> 00:25:25,315 - He's not like us... - Can't work as a cripple? 461 00:25:28,819 --> 00:25:29,861 He loses his home. 462 00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:33,156 - His kid brother drops out. - An American dream destroyed. 463 00:25:33,282 --> 00:25:34,657 Very sad, very emotional, 464 00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:37,410 not one medical fact in the whole pathetic tale. 465 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:39,829 You have lost perspective, Cuddy. 466 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:41,623 You've stopped looking at this as a doctor. 467 00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:44,584 You're acting like someone who shoved somebody off their roof. 468 00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:47,962 You wanna make things right? Too bad, nothing's ever right. 469 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:52,175 I am happy to report that we're now so in sync 470 00:25:52,301 --> 00:25:54,552 we're actually wearing each other's underwear. 471 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,137 Chop-chop time. 472 00:25:56,263 --> 00:25:58,973 Is this true? HOUSE: No. I'm lying. 473 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,684 It's stupid to do it with her in the room, I guess. 474 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:03,770 - This is a big decision. - We made it. 475 00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:05,772 We should convene a meeting of the ethics committee. 476 00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:06,981 No! 477 00:26:08,150 --> 00:26:11,653 Look, she is making a medical decision based on never wanting to feel regret. 478 00:26:11,779 --> 00:26:14,280 You're making a legal decision based on wanting me to be wrong. 479 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:15,865 Greg, you have a history of aggressive... 480 00:26:15,991 --> 00:26:17,408 You wanted superficial agreement. 481 00:26:17,534 --> 00:26:19,410 You wanted everybody's asses covered. You got it. 482 00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:22,330 Now can I do the surgery? Pretty, pretty please. 483 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:27,835 Lisa, 484 00:26:29,463 --> 00:26:31,673 are you sure you're okay with this? 485 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:36,970 I should be the one to tell the family. 486 00:26:44,019 --> 00:26:45,561 Your hand is dying. 487 00:26:47,189 --> 00:26:49,065 The bacteria are eating it. 488 00:26:50,484 --> 00:26:53,987 When they run out of food there, they go somewhere else. 489 00:26:55,864 --> 00:26:58,866 If you cut off my hand, I'll be cured? 490 00:26:58,993 --> 00:27:00,743 Unfortunately, no. 491 00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:04,789 We still have to find the disease that's making you sick to begin with. 492 00:27:04,915 --> 00:27:07,834 But you won't die of gangrene while we're looking. 493 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,377 (SOBBING) 494 00:27:14,258 --> 00:27:18,094 I quit school when I am 12 to get a job, 495 00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:19,971 to help my family. 496 00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:23,933 I know I never get a good job, 497 00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:28,980 never save money or own my own house like you. 498 00:27:31,108 --> 00:27:34,110 But, Manny, he's smart. 499 00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:37,780 He's the best in his class. 500 00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:42,994 Well, maybe Manny doesn't have to quit school. Maybe you can... 501 00:27:52,963 --> 00:27:55,965 Are you sure I need to do this? 502 00:27:58,677 --> 00:27:59,761 Yes. 503 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:04,640 Okay. 504 00:28:05,809 --> 00:28:06,809 (SOBBING) Okay. 505 00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:14,317 (LUISA SINGING IN SPANISH) 506 00:28:47,476 --> 00:28:49,435 (LUISA HUMMING) 507 00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:13,042 I gave one of my clinic patients a follow-up call. 508 00:29:13,168 --> 00:29:14,919 Your name came up. 509 00:29:16,004 --> 00:29:17,880 I'm guessing an old black guy 510 00:29:18,006 --> 00:29:21,676 who thinks the CIA invented rap music to make your people want to kill each other. 511 00:29:21,802 --> 00:29:24,220 He said you gave him the white folks' stuff. 512 00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:27,014 This is exactly why black people don't live as long... 513 00:29:27,141 --> 00:29:30,810 This isn't about race, unless annoying is a race. 514 00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:33,396 - Is he not getting better? - He's fine so far. 515 00:29:34,481 --> 00:29:37,525 I'm calling him back in. I'm getting him on the right stuff. 516 00:29:37,651 --> 00:29:39,986 Relax, Foreman, he already is. 517 00:29:41,989 --> 00:29:45,408 I told him it was the white stuff. I gave him the black stuff. 518 00:29:48,996 --> 00:29:50,079 He was right. 519 00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:52,748 You did exactly what white people do. 520 00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:55,960 You figure we don't need to know the truth or can't understand it, 521 00:29:56,086 --> 00:29:58,296 so you just lie to us. 522 00:29:58,422 --> 00:30:01,007 - Just a white lie. - Good one, massa. 523 00:30:02,009 --> 00:30:03,509 Right, and I'm a racist. 524 00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:08,973 Too bad that idiot will never know for the rest of his long, long life. 525 00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:20,526 Every slave master thought they were doing the black man a favor. 526 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,114 Negro can't take care of himself, so we'll put him to work. 527 00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:27,950 We'll give him four walls, a bed. 528 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:31,370 We'll civilize the heathen. 529 00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,998 I'll tell you what. Stop doing us favors. 530 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,293 If you're right, and we end up back in the jungle 531 00:30:37,419 --> 00:30:39,629 with lousy blood pressure medicine, 532 00:30:40,297 --> 00:30:42,006 it won't be on your head. 533 00:31:35,352 --> 00:31:36,352 You okay? 534 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:42,233 You wondering if you made the right call? 535 00:31:44,194 --> 00:31:46,988 I've wanted to be a doctor from the time I was 12. 536 00:31:48,991 --> 00:31:50,866 I wanted to be a lawyer from the time I was six 537 00:31:50,993 --> 00:31:52,952 until my second week of law school. 538 00:31:53,078 --> 00:31:54,704 Sorry. Your story. 539 00:31:56,999 --> 00:32:01,085 I graduated medical school at 25, pissed off that I was second in my class. 540 00:32:02,004 --> 00:32:06,632 Chief of medicine at 32, second youngest ever, first woman... 541 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:07,758 Sad story. 542 00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:09,885 If I had been Alfredo's doctor... 543 00:32:10,012 --> 00:32:11,512 You are his doctor. 544 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:16,809 I insisted on giving him Protein C. We had to cut his skull open. 545 00:32:16,935 --> 00:32:20,187 I insisted on amphotericin, killed his kidneys. 546 00:32:20,314 --> 00:32:22,481 I missed the pneumonia completely. 547 00:32:23,358 --> 00:32:26,694 I would have searched his home and ignored mine. 548 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:30,781 I would have watched him die trying to save his hand. 549 00:32:32,743 --> 00:32:35,911 If I didn't have House looking over my shoulder... 550 00:32:36,038 --> 00:32:38,497 Are you saying you're not as good a doctor as House is? 551 00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:40,249 I'm saying House is right. 552 00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:44,003 I was so anxious to get ahead. 553 00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:47,923 I haven't been a doctor in years. 554 00:32:49,092 --> 00:32:51,093 His little finger is dusky. 555 00:32:51,219 --> 00:32:53,179 Yeah, that's why we're doing this. 556 00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:57,016 No. I mean the other hand, the one we haven't chopped off yet. 557 00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:25,795 CUDDY: His O2 sats are down to 88. 558 00:33:25,921 --> 00:33:28,631 His lungs are giving out. He needs a ventilator. 559 00:33:29,466 --> 00:33:30,508 And dialysis. 560 00:33:30,634 --> 00:33:34,220 You're getting distracted by the multisystem organ failure. 561 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:37,056 Pinkies are supposed to be pink, right? 562 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:38,849 I mean, they're not called "gray-ies". 563 00:33:38,975 --> 00:33:40,768 But the organ failure is gonna kill him. 564 00:33:40,894 --> 00:33:42,645 But the pinky is weirder. 565 00:33:43,397 --> 00:33:44,522 What does it tell us? 566 00:33:44,648 --> 00:33:46,732 The same thing the right hand told us before we cut it off. 567 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,652 - It's the same symptom. - HOUSE: But at a different time. 568 00:33:50,654 --> 00:33:53,239 His blood work indicates mild DIC. 569 00:33:53,907 --> 00:33:56,867 What if it's mild in the way that when you get out of the ocean, 570 00:33:56,993 --> 00:33:59,537 the water clinging to your body makes the sea level drop? 571 00:33:59,663 --> 00:34:01,539 It's technically true, but it's completely irrelevant. 572 00:34:01,665 --> 00:34:04,083 A lack of DIC would explain everything 573 00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:06,961 if there were also a lack of anything to explain. 574 00:34:09,339 --> 00:34:12,299 Endocarditis. His heart's infected. 575 00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:16,721 Little bacteria cauliflowers, clinging to his valves. 576 00:34:16,847 --> 00:34:20,224 Except sometimes they can't hold on. They go swimming in his bloodstream. 577 00:34:20,350 --> 00:34:22,935 Thursday, one breaks off, goes to his right hand, 578 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,520 black fingers, gangrene. 579 00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:26,856 Friday's child heads for the kidneys. 580 00:34:27,649 --> 00:34:30,151 And we all know what Saturdays are all about. 581 00:34:30,277 --> 00:34:32,278 Party with the left hand. 582 00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:33,612 Also explains the fever. 583 00:34:33,739 --> 00:34:35,698 It's perfect except for the little fact 584 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:37,491 that we already tested for endocarditis, 585 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:38,534 and he was negative. 586 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:41,287 Which means he either is negative or... 587 00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:45,207 What infection can cause pneumonia and culture-negative endocarditis? 588 00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:49,670 Prize value goes down with every clue. 589 00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:53,299 (CAWING) 590 00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:55,259 You're thinking psittacosis? 591 00:34:55,385 --> 00:34:57,052 Alfredo doesn't have any pet parrots. 592 00:34:57,179 --> 00:34:59,513 Quit your squawking. Give him doxycycline. 593 00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:01,974 No! That'll just make his clotting problem worse. 594 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:05,519 I liked you better when you were coming up with wacky drugs for us to try. 595 00:35:05,645 --> 00:35:09,064 We give him the doxy now, damn it, maybe we can save his pinky. 596 00:35:09,191 --> 00:35:11,066 He can teach his brother to count all the way to five. 597 00:35:11,193 --> 00:35:14,111 If you're wrong, he'll end up with no hands and no feet. 598 00:35:14,237 --> 00:35:17,031 Technically, if I'm wrong, he'll end up dead, but I take your point. 599 00:35:17,157 --> 00:35:19,575 - What's his night job? - He cleans up at some fast food joint. 600 00:35:19,701 --> 00:35:21,535 What, you think he got it from a chicken nugget? 601 00:35:21,661 --> 00:35:25,539 Since when do fast food joints allow 12-year-olds to mop floors? 602 00:35:25,665 --> 00:35:28,751 - Alfredo is 20. - Really? Looks younger. 603 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:34,381 Where were you going to work tonight? 604 00:35:34,508 --> 00:35:36,634 What job do you do on Saturday nights? 605 00:35:39,346 --> 00:35:40,846 - CUDDY: What are you doing? - Wake him up. 606 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:42,515 We just cut off his hand. 607 00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:45,643 - Yeah. We need to talk about it. - It's not happening. 608 00:35:47,145 --> 00:35:48,604 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 609 00:35:52,067 --> 00:35:53,818 Honest, I've got no idea what I just said. 610 00:35:53,944 --> 00:35:56,153 Why didn't you say you spoke Spanish? 611 00:35:56,279 --> 00:35:58,489 Well, because she'd wanna talk to me. 612 00:35:58,615 --> 00:36:00,533 Or something like that. 613 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:02,159 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 614 00:36:05,789 --> 00:36:07,540 She says he doesn't work Saturday nights. 615 00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:08,833 Give me the talking juice. 616 00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:11,085 The fact it doesn't fit your theory doesn't make it a lie. 617 00:36:11,211 --> 00:36:12,169 When she was out of the room, 618 00:36:12,295 --> 00:36:16,215 the kid brother insisted he was gonna cover for Alfredo at work tonight. 619 00:36:16,341 --> 00:36:17,675 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 620 00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:26,058 Saturday nights he goes dancing. 621 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:28,727 Either it's a lie or he's dancing with birds. 622 00:36:30,647 --> 00:36:31,605 Give her the talking juice. 623 00:36:31,731 --> 00:36:33,524 She doesn't know what you're talking about. 624 00:36:33,650 --> 00:36:35,067 Odds are it's gonna be close to his house. 625 00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:37,528 It's probably an abandoned warehouse or factory. 626 00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:39,822 Take the Scooby gang and spread out. 627 00:36:39,948 --> 00:36:41,448 What the hell are we looking for? 628 00:36:41,575 --> 00:36:43,242 Find somebody who looks like crap. 629 00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:45,494 Tell him you want to place a bet. 630 00:36:46,663 --> 00:36:48,080 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 631 00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:54,920 (SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING) 632 00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:56,630 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 633 00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:37,671 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 634 00:37:40,175 --> 00:37:41,342 It's Cuddy. 635 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:45,971 I already put him on the psittacosis meds. 636 00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:49,016 As soon as you left. 637 00:37:49,142 --> 00:37:50,517 You're welcome. 638 00:37:51,853 --> 00:37:54,980 What do you think the record for one-handed juggling is? 639 00:37:55,899 --> 00:37:57,650 You can yo-yo one-handed. 640 00:37:58,652 --> 00:37:59,693 Good point. 641 00:38:08,411 --> 00:38:09,954 ALFREDO: I always wash my hands. 642 00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:15,084 If a bird is infected, you can get psittacosis just from breathing his dust. 643 00:38:15,919 --> 00:38:18,545 But then, why do I get sick and nobody else? 644 00:38:18,672 --> 00:38:20,673 Your asthma made you vulnerable. 645 00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:26,679 - You're gonna be all right now. - Yes. 646 00:38:31,101 --> 00:38:32,685 (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) 647 00:38:38,108 --> 00:38:39,608 For saving my life. 648 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,828 He thanked me. 649 00:38:50,954 --> 00:38:53,497 - He should have. - We cut off his hand. 650 00:38:56,501 --> 00:38:57,584 If we'd figured it out earlier... 651 00:38:57,711 --> 00:38:59,586 If you'd figured it out later, he'd be dead. 652 00:38:59,713 --> 00:39:01,880 I never figured it out at all. 653 00:39:02,966 --> 00:39:05,592 - Hello. - What do you want, House? 654 00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:10,431 If you're wallowing in self-loathing, I've got something that might help. 655 00:39:10,557 --> 00:39:11,890 We're getting sued. 656 00:39:12,559 --> 00:39:15,561 - You saved his life. He admitted that. - We'll settle. 657 00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:18,605 He's got a stub where his hand used to be. We have insurance. 658 00:39:18,732 --> 00:39:20,566 Case seems pretty solid to me. 659 00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:24,194 The new American dream. Happy ending. 660 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,155 Kid's gonna be just fine. 661 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:33,370 Cuddy, 662 00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:36,665 your guilt. 663 00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:40,627 It's perverse and it makes you a crappy doctor. 664 00:39:44,090 --> 00:39:46,467 It also makes you okay at what you do. 665 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:50,846 You figure a perverted sense of guilt makes me a good boss. 666 00:39:50,972 --> 00:39:54,767 Now, would the world be a better place if people never felt guilty? 667 00:39:54,893 --> 00:39:56,769 Makes sex better. 668 00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:59,980 You should have seen her in the last months of our relationship. 669 00:40:00,106 --> 00:40:02,274 A lot of guilt. A lot of screaming. 670 00:40:04,694 --> 00:40:07,863 I know this wasn't just because it was your roof. 671 00:40:11,284 --> 00:40:12,367 Cuddy, 672 00:40:14,996 --> 00:40:19,083 you see the world as it is, and you see the world as it could be. 673 00:40:19,209 --> 00:40:21,835 And what you don't see is what everybody else sees, 674 00:40:22,921 --> 00:40:25,422 the giant gaping chasm in between. 675 00:40:25,548 --> 00:40:27,508 House, I'm not naive. I realize... 676 00:40:27,634 --> 00:40:30,177 If you did, you never would have hired me. 677 00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:37,392 You're not happy unless things are just right, 678 00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:39,061 which means two things. 679 00:40:39,854 --> 00:40:43,690 That you're a good boss, and you'll never be happy. 680 00:40:48,696 --> 00:40:52,366 By the way, why does everybody think you and I had sex? 681 00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:55,452 You think there could be something to it? 682 00:41:05,672 --> 00:41:09,341 WILSON: Cuddy feels guilty about not diagnosing psittacosis any earlier? 683 00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:13,262 I think so. 684 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:16,557 There's no way she could have. 685 00:41:17,225 --> 00:41:18,350 No. 686 00:41:20,353 --> 00:41:21,854 No way she could have. 687 00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:26,525 (SLOW ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 688 00:41:33,116 --> 00:41:34,408 It's raining.