1 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:06,089 ANNOUNCER: As the riders begin Lap Two, Jeff Forster is leading the pack. 2 00:00:06,215 --> 00:00:07,590 Theyre jockeying for position, now... 3 00:00:11,178 --> 00:00:12,053 This is so cool. 4 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:13,346 Did we miss anything? 5 00:00:13,472 --> 00:00:15,473 They've got, like, 11 laps to go. 6 00:00:15,891 --> 00:00:18,518 We gotta find a good place where we can see the sign when he goes by. 7 00:00:18,644 --> 00:00:19,602 Wait up, kids! 8 00:00:20,896 --> 00:00:24,232 ANNOUNCER: There is a strong chase pack forming led by Vernonski... 9 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:27,777 At this point in the race, things are still too close to call. 10 00:00:27,903 --> 00:00:30,071 It's anybody's race, but Forster looks... 11 00:00:32,157 --> 00:00:33,825 Turn six. Come on. 12 00:00:34,118 --> 00:00:35,284 (WHEEZING) 13 00:00:37,287 --> 00:00:39,914 ANNOUNCER: Mike Larson has made a nice break from the pack 14 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,375 and has closed the gap on Forster and the lead group. 15 00:00:44,420 --> 00:00:46,421 (CROWD CHEERING) 16 00:00:50,718 --> 00:00:52,051 That's it. Up there. 17 00:00:52,553 --> 00:00:54,637 Can you see anything? 18 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:58,307 Did you bring his inhaler? 19 00:00:58,434 --> 00:00:59,517 Crap! 20 00:00:59,643 --> 00:01:02,478 I think it's in the car. I'll go get it. 21 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:09,193 (WHEEZING) 22 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,446 Are you okay? Your dad's gonna be right back... 23 00:01:11,572 --> 00:01:12,864 I can see him. He's right up front. 24 00:01:12,990 --> 00:01:14,198 Honey, you're wheezing. 25 00:01:14,324 --> 00:01:16,909 Here they come. Go, Jeff! Yeah! 26 00:01:17,244 --> 00:01:18,661 (GASPING) You're number one! 27 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:20,496 He doesn't look so good. 28 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,594 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, Forster is down. 29 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:19,764 Yeah! 30 00:02:20,224 --> 00:02:21,766 We need to talk. 31 00:02:22,392 --> 00:02:26,687 Oh, God. Are you pregnant? 'Cause I really wanna finish high school. 32 00:02:27,272 --> 00:02:29,106 You have to renew your credential. 33 00:02:29,233 --> 00:02:30,733 They're good for two more months. 34 00:02:30,859 --> 00:02:32,693 Three weeks. And the paperwork takes forever. 35 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:35,905 Your application, your malpractice insurance, 36 00:02:36,031 --> 00:02:38,783 criminal records check and you know that's gonna take some explaining. 37 00:02:38,909 --> 00:02:42,328 You know, our relationship was way better when we were sleeping together. 38 00:02:42,454 --> 00:02:44,163 Why did we stop doing that? Did you get married? 39 00:02:44,289 --> 00:02:47,208 Yeah. Otherwise I'd be on you like red on rice. 40 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:50,086 Look, rice isn't... Oh, I get it. 41 00:02:50,212 --> 00:02:51,921 You're also behind on your dictations. 42 00:02:52,047 --> 00:02:53,422 I don't do dictations. 43 00:02:53,549 --> 00:02:54,882 Cameron does them, or somebody. 44 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,051 And you can't have your sole female employee 45 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:59,637 doing your clerical work, which you'd know if you'd attended 46 00:02:59,763 --> 00:03:01,597 the required sexual harassment seminars. 47 00:03:01,723 --> 00:03:04,684 Now, I'm gonna pause so you can make a crack about harassment. 48 00:03:04,810 --> 00:03:05,810 Joke killer. 49 00:03:05,936 --> 00:03:08,020 House, got a patient. 50 00:03:09,273 --> 00:03:12,525 Sorry. Can't play anymore. My mom's calling me. 51 00:03:15,404 --> 00:03:17,238 We just admitted a world-class cyclist. 52 00:03:17,364 --> 00:03:19,866 - You gotta fire Stacy. - Yeah, I'll get right on that. 53 00:03:19,992 --> 00:03:23,494 Jeff Forster, respiratory arrest at 30 miles per hour. 54 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,955 She's loading me up with pointless paperwork. 55 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:28,249 Well, you're way behind on your pointless paperwork. 56 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:30,501 - O2 sats are in the... - She's hostile. 57 00:03:30,836 --> 00:03:33,754 You know me, hostility makes me shrink up like a... 58 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:36,632 I can't think of a non-sexual metaphor. 59 00:03:36,758 --> 00:03:39,552 She's gonna stand over my desk with a ruler, checking my spelling... 60 00:03:39,678 --> 00:03:41,137 ER checked for lung infiltrates. Nothing there. 61 00:03:41,263 --> 00:03:45,182 Professional athletes, Cuddy. It's like watching an old movie at 2 a.m. 62 00:03:45,309 --> 00:03:46,893 Reliving all the classic moments. 63 00:03:47,019 --> 00:03:49,854 The part where he denies it's drugs. 64 00:03:49,980 --> 00:03:52,106 The part where the good guys ride in, tests a-blazing, 65 00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:53,774 prove that it is drugs. 66 00:03:53,901 --> 00:03:57,028 Oscar clip. He can't imagine how they got into his body. 67 00:03:57,279 --> 00:03:59,196 It's so familiar, so comforting. 68 00:03:59,323 --> 00:04:00,781 She can't handle working with me. 69 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:02,366 Oh, right. Yeah. 70 00:04:02,492 --> 00:04:05,286 She's still got a thing for you, making it impossible for her to deal. 71 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:07,538 It makes perfect sense, except for the pronouns. 72 00:04:07,915 --> 00:04:09,916 Anyway, thanks for getting me out of that meeting. 73 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:13,711 He's not denying the drugs. 74 00:04:17,466 --> 00:04:19,800 I'm thinking he's actually sick. 75 00:04:23,931 --> 00:04:25,473 Jeff Forster, this is... 76 00:04:25,599 --> 00:04:28,309 I'm a doctor. You're a sick person. 77 00:04:29,645 --> 00:04:32,021 And you are a loved one. Actually, manager. 78 00:04:32,147 --> 00:04:33,606 We've been together for 7 years. 79 00:04:33,732 --> 00:04:36,567 So what's the drug du jour on the bike circuit these days? 80 00:04:36,693 --> 00:04:39,987 Still erythropoietin, or are you guys just chugging battery acid? 81 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:44,617 There's no way I'd touch EPO. Too many guys stroking out and dying. 82 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:45,785 Damn. 83 00:04:46,203 --> 00:04:48,454 10 bucks for the ticket, six for the popcorn. 84 00:04:48,705 --> 00:04:50,498 I do straight blood doping. 85 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:51,666 Plot twist. 86 00:04:53,335 --> 00:04:55,044 That's a very daring confession. 87 00:04:55,170 --> 00:04:56,837 We've got confidentiality, right? 88 00:04:56,964 --> 00:04:59,256 Assuming I'm more ethical than your client. 89 00:04:59,925 --> 00:05:04,095 So, injecting yourself with donor red blood cells for fun and profit. 90 00:05:04,888 --> 00:05:06,722 Any other tricks up your sleeve? 91 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:08,474 Well, nothing much recently. 92 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:11,769 I'm in town for a charity ride, so it didn't matter if I won. 93 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:13,270 The kids just needed to see me. 94 00:05:13,397 --> 00:05:15,481 If you go slower, they see you longer. 95 00:05:15,983 --> 00:05:20,236 Let's say our health could be affected by things we did before last Friday. 96 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:26,951 Well, I usually sleep in a Hyperbaric Chamber. 97 00:05:27,285 --> 00:05:30,246 I've been pumping up electrolytes with an IV drip. 98 00:05:30,372 --> 00:05:34,959 Anabolic herbal supplements, amphetamines and diuretics. 99 00:05:35,377 --> 00:05:37,962 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But why would you be sick? 100 00:05:38,088 --> 00:05:42,216 I know that doping has risks. I know that it's outside the rules. 101 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:47,680 But I do what I have to to kick ass at my job. Don't you? 102 00:05:48,140 --> 00:05:51,767 Dr. House is a firm believer in good old-fashioned hard work. 103 00:05:54,146 --> 00:05:57,690 This guy doesn't even get sick like a regular person. 104 00:05:57,899 --> 00:05:59,984 Instead of a list of symptoms and no cause, 105 00:06:00,110 --> 00:06:03,070 we have a list of possible causes for one symptom. 106 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:05,114 Is the symptom death? 107 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,699 Respiratory distress. 108 00:06:07,117 --> 00:06:09,076 Insanity doesn't cause it. I looked it up. 109 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:12,705 It's the doping. Injecting extra red cells boosts your endurance level 110 00:06:12,831 --> 00:06:14,373 but it also thickens your blood. 111 00:06:14,499 --> 00:06:16,834 Thick blood equals clots equals respiratory distress. 112 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,836 Not with a clean spiral chest CT. 113 00:06:18,962 --> 00:06:20,713 The guy's sleeping in a Hyperbaric Chamber. 114 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,631 Over-oxygenation can cause cell damage, 115 00:06:22,758 --> 00:06:24,133 and if the cells in the lungs are damaged... 116 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:26,260 That'd cause pulmonary edema, which he doesn't have. 117 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:28,679 The supplements he's been taking contain yohimbe 118 00:06:28,805 --> 00:06:30,473 which can cause nerve paralysis. 119 00:06:30,599 --> 00:06:31,849 Tox-screen was normal. 120 00:06:32,017 --> 00:06:33,309 All the tests were normal. 121 00:06:33,435 --> 00:06:37,021 There's no clot, no edema, and yet he still can't breathe. 122 00:06:37,147 --> 00:06:39,815 So there's something in here that we can't see. 123 00:06:42,152 --> 00:06:43,152 (GROANS) 124 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:44,445 Air. 125 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:45,613 Come to Papa. 126 00:06:45,822 --> 00:06:48,074 This guy's been injecting himself how many times a day? 127 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,701 All it'd take is one slip of the needle to cause an air embolus. 128 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,620 So, air is keeping him from breathing air. 129 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:54,288 Well, let's go with that for the irony. 130 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:57,166 Get a VQ scan and check his veins for bubbles. 131 00:07:02,631 --> 00:07:04,006 Xenon 133. 132 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:07,635 It's just radioactive enough for us to track the air moving through your lungs. 133 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:09,095 Was my accident on the news? 134 00:07:09,221 --> 00:07:11,222 Yeah, you made Plays of the Week. 135 00:07:11,348 --> 00:07:15,309 A few more of those, and cycling will be as popular as NASCAR. 136 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:19,355 We inject similar stuff into your blood so we can watch it circulate. 137 00:07:20,232 --> 00:07:22,733 If you accidentally injected a bubble, 138 00:07:22,859 --> 00:07:25,194 we'll see good air flow but poor blood flow. 139 00:07:25,487 --> 00:07:27,071 I'm careful, man. 140 00:07:27,572 --> 00:07:29,740 With all due respect, man, 141 00:07:30,158 --> 00:07:33,661 I doubt there's anything wrong with you that you didn't do to yourself. 142 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:39,917 There's this kid in oncology, she's got a picture of Jeff above her bed. 143 00:07:42,045 --> 00:07:43,462 Mickey Mantle was an alcoholic. 144 00:07:43,588 --> 00:07:44,839 At least he hit his own home runs. 145 00:07:44,965 --> 00:07:46,799 He didn't physically alter himself. 146 00:07:46,925 --> 00:07:49,552 We take drugs to help us fall asleep, to stay awake... 147 00:07:49,678 --> 00:07:52,054 Yeah, but we don't make careers out of who can stay awake the longest. 148 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:55,850 Really? Ever been to, oh, I don't know, med school? 149 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:58,686 Guys, he plays a game for a living. Who cares? 150 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:00,229 You don't even like sports. 151 00:08:00,355 --> 00:08:02,606 He's making millions of dollars ripping off fans. 152 00:08:02,732 --> 00:08:04,900 Anyone who thinks they should pay a guy money 153 00:08:05,026 --> 00:08:07,778 because he can throw a ball really far or pedal really fast 154 00:08:07,904 --> 00:08:10,948 - deserves to be ripped off. - Yeah, stupid, stupid kids. 155 00:08:11,074 --> 00:08:14,618 I've got an uncle. He can spit a cherry pit 50 yards. 156 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:17,037 He's working part-time at a lube shop. Life isn't fair. 157 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:18,539 (BEEPING) 158 00:08:20,458 --> 00:08:21,750 Maybe it is. 159 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:23,919 CHASE: You were right. 160 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:27,256 Now, there were three wasted words. 161 00:08:27,382 --> 00:08:30,926 There is a bubble in his lung. We should do a Swan-Ganz catheterization. 162 00:08:31,052 --> 00:08:33,512 I love when you do both sides of the conversation. 163 00:08:33,638 --> 00:08:35,806 It's like white noise. It's very peaceful. 164 00:08:45,442 --> 00:08:48,319 Is there a light somewhere that goes on when I have food? 165 00:08:48,945 --> 00:08:52,531 Green for food, orange for beverages, red for impure thoughts. 166 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:55,034 That bulb burns out every two weeks. 167 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,243 How's your biker? 168 00:08:56,745 --> 00:08:58,996 Pumped an air bubble into a vein in his lung. 169 00:08:59,122 --> 00:09:01,957 The things people do. Doping, Vicodin... 170 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:04,585 Hey, you're talking about me, aren't you? 171 00:09:05,962 --> 00:09:09,215 I'm just trying to function. He's trying to win himself some little yellow jerseys. 172 00:09:10,634 --> 00:09:11,717 Oh. 173 00:09:11,843 --> 00:09:12,843 What? 174 00:09:12,969 --> 00:09:15,346 Trouble in paradise. 2 o'clock. 175 00:09:15,513 --> 00:09:17,514 Your 2 o'clock or my 2 o'clock? 176 00:09:17,641 --> 00:09:18,724 There. 177 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:25,773 She seems perfectly happy. 178 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:28,651 Obviously they huddled in the hall and worked up this circus act 179 00:09:28,777 --> 00:09:29,985 on the off chance you'd be in here. 180 00:09:30,111 --> 00:09:31,946 She was unbelievably pissy three hours ago. 181 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:32,947 Hmm. 182 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,491 Pissy with you, happy with her husband. 183 00:09:35,617 --> 00:09:37,993 Yes, there can only be one possible explanation for that. 184 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:40,287 When she's angry she gets sarcastic. 185 00:09:40,538 --> 00:09:41,956 When she's annoyed she's funny. 186 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:43,791 But when she's frustrated she gets pissy. 187 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:45,709 Yes, yes, I'm with you so far. 188 00:09:45,835 --> 00:09:48,712 She's miserable with Mark because he's not me. 189 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,422 So she's gotta make me not me, 190 00:09:50,548 --> 00:09:51,966 so she makes my professional life miserable. 191 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:55,302 - If I can't do my job... - You really, really need to get some... 192 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:57,596 Oh, I get some "some" all the time. 193 00:09:57,973 --> 00:10:00,599 It's why I always need to borrow some money. 194 00:10:01,768 --> 00:10:05,271 Hi, James. Greg, you gotten to that paperwork? 195 00:10:05,855 --> 00:10:06,897 I've been pissy. 196 00:10:07,023 --> 00:10:07,856 Pardon me? 197 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:10,025 I've been busy. 198 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,237 When you save someone's life, they owe you forever. 199 00:10:13,363 --> 00:10:15,531 You're right. Take Stacy. 200 00:10:15,907 --> 00:10:18,701 Oh, wait, she'd probably just leave you all over again. 201 00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:22,079 How's your recovery going? Gotten around to the small muscles yet? 202 00:10:22,205 --> 00:10:25,666 It's not the size of the muscle, it's where you get to put it. 203 00:10:25,917 --> 00:10:30,170 My goodness, it's like watching Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward in the third grade. 204 00:10:30,297 --> 00:10:31,547 Excuse us. 205 00:10:35,593 --> 00:10:37,386 How awkward was that? 206 00:10:38,221 --> 00:10:41,557 What's he doing here anyway? He's got physio Tuesdays and Fridays. 207 00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:45,102 Mark is in group therapy for people coping with disability. 208 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:47,104 He was thinking about developing a drug addiction, 209 00:10:47,230 --> 00:10:51,150 - but that would be stupid. - Hey, you're... You, again. 210 00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:56,447 WILSON: You're not gonna make some joke about Mark being in therapy? 211 00:10:57,782 --> 00:11:01,076 What's there to say? He's doing the responsible thing. 212 00:11:03,538 --> 00:11:05,039 I'm sure he's got a lot to deal with. 213 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:06,874 You're making me nervous. 214 00:11:09,544 --> 00:11:13,922 MOIRA: Every time an athlete goes down, you guys assume it's drugs. 215 00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:18,010 Look, the doctors say it's probably acid reflux. 216 00:11:18,261 --> 00:11:21,680 Yeah, look, call me tomorrow. There's a good chance he'll be released. 217 00:11:21,806 --> 00:11:23,265 Okay. Bye-bye. 218 00:11:23,892 --> 00:11:25,434 So, is this fixing him? 219 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:28,187 If his acid reflux isn't worse than we thought, yeah. 220 00:11:28,313 --> 00:11:30,898 I gotta be in Spain in four days. 221 00:11:31,358 --> 00:11:32,816 Shouldn't be a problem. 222 00:11:32,942 --> 00:11:34,068 Great. 223 00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:37,279 If I could just find the little bugger, should be able to suck it out. 224 00:11:43,453 --> 00:11:44,870 My legs feel weak. 225 00:11:44,996 --> 00:11:48,832 You're under mild sedation for the test. It'll wear off. 226 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:51,085 CHASE: There it is. 227 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:01,720 - Got it. - Fantastic, I'll pack his things. 228 00:12:01,846 --> 00:12:04,890 Not yet. I wanna monitor him for a couple of hours, make sure he's okay. 229 00:12:05,016 --> 00:12:08,310 Give him time to sign a picture for me, maybe even a jersey. 230 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:10,604 "To Doctor Chase, I owe you everything." 231 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:12,523 (STAMMERING) It doesn't have to be that personal. 232 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,818 Not too many eBay shoppers named Doctor Chase, huh? 233 00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:19,238 Still trying to unload the Barbara Walters spit cup. 234 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:20,531 MOIRA: Here you go. 235 00:12:25,870 --> 00:12:27,663 Seriously, anything's fine. 236 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:31,291 Jeff! 237 00:12:32,961 --> 00:12:34,044 CHASE: You all right? 238 00:12:35,046 --> 00:12:36,588 Jeff, can you swallow? 239 00:12:38,883 --> 00:12:41,427 What makes a guy start drooling? 240 00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:45,305 Chase, were you wearing your short shorts? 241 00:12:45,432 --> 00:12:47,599 Muscle fatigue in his neck and jaw. 242 00:12:47,725 --> 00:12:49,685 He's obviously got something worse than an air embolus. 243 00:12:49,811 --> 00:12:50,811 Why? 244 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:52,688 Because you don't drool from your lungs? 245 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:56,400 Maybe the problem is not the embolus itself. Maybe it's the treatment. 246 00:12:56,568 --> 00:12:58,735 Maybe you hit a nerve, literally. 247 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:03,532 The embolectomy was clean. His legs were tired, too. 248 00:13:03,658 --> 00:13:05,993 I thought it was from the sedation, but if not, 249 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:07,327 it means he's got something systemic. 250 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:10,289 Which means it would have nothing to do with the stunts he's been pulling. 251 00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:14,460 Lupus or polymyositis. 252 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:16,295 It explains the progressive muscle weakness. 253 00:13:16,421 --> 00:13:17,421 It could be ALS. 254 00:13:17,547 --> 00:13:18,505 He's too young for that. 255 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:20,132 Some type of muscular dystrophy? 256 00:13:20,258 --> 00:13:21,508 He's too old for that. 257 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,594 So what would be just right, Goldilocks? 258 00:13:24,512 --> 00:13:27,473 HOUSE: Full blood workup, including ANA for lupus. 259 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:31,810 And get a muscle biopsy. Find out if we're talking myopathy or neuropathy. 260 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,521 I'm late for my session. 261 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:35,522 Session? 262 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:38,525 It's all a part of the process. 263 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,152 You get angry and then you get... 264 00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:42,654 Yeah. I'm right on schedule. 265 00:13:43,031 --> 00:13:44,781 So, when am I gonna be done? 266 00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:47,451 No, I need to know, 'cause I got plans to make. 267 00:13:47,577 --> 00:13:50,078 When can I safely book a game of squash? 268 00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:52,247 MARK: When am I gonna stop being angry? 269 00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:53,540 Not today. 270 00:13:56,044 --> 00:13:57,669 I've come for the healing. 271 00:13:58,463 --> 00:14:03,217 Dr. Harper, as you know, I have a bum leg. 272 00:14:04,135 --> 00:14:08,472 What you don't know is I'm upset about it. I need to talk. 273 00:14:09,307 --> 00:14:11,391 You know House. You know we have a history. 274 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:13,852 You've been telling me for years that I should come by. 275 00:14:14,437 --> 00:14:16,563 Here I am. Hi, guys. 276 00:14:16,814 --> 00:14:19,024 - HARPER: I've got a Thursday group. - Poker night. 277 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,193 - Monday morning? - Book club. 278 00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:25,781 Well, look, if it's a problem, I'll just go deal with my rage privately. 279 00:14:25,907 --> 00:14:26,907 Wait. 280 00:14:27,534 --> 00:14:29,284 If you two could resolve this tension, 281 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:31,245 you could really help each other. 282 00:14:33,665 --> 00:14:34,998 I'm tired of fighting. 283 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:41,213 So either I say yes or I'm the jerk? 284 00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:43,465 Oh, God, I know that feeling. 285 00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:48,136 I took the muscle specimen from Jeff's thigh. 286 00:14:48,263 --> 00:14:50,722 I figured that's where we'd have the best chance at finding something. 287 00:14:50,848 --> 00:14:52,808 The most painful place to cut into. 288 00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,562 I assume that's caffeine-free. 289 00:14:56,771 --> 00:14:59,147 Wouldn't want to be artificially boosting your performance. 290 00:14:59,274 --> 00:15:00,566 Don't start her up again. 291 00:15:00,692 --> 00:15:01,984 Caffeine's legal. 292 00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:04,361 All about the rules, eh? 293 00:15:04,487 --> 00:15:06,196 It's a bike race, 294 00:15:06,573 --> 00:15:09,032 a completely arbitrary set of rules that everyone complies with 295 00:15:09,158 --> 00:15:11,868 for no other reason than that some committee says that they should. 296 00:15:12,370 --> 00:15:14,204 But that's the point. That's what the game is. 297 00:15:14,330 --> 00:15:17,499 So, if you break an arbitrary rule, Cameron damns you to hell. 298 00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:19,459 But if you break a rule that actually has a reason 299 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:20,794 that's designed to protect people, 300 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,921 Cameron develops a crazy crush on you. 301 00:15:23,047 --> 00:15:25,424 House doesn't pretend to be some golden boy. 302 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:27,384 He does it to help people, not to glorify himself. 303 00:15:27,510 --> 00:15:29,720 So why don't you report Jeff to the biking authorities? 304 00:15:30,722 --> 00:15:31,722 Ethics. 305 00:15:31,848 --> 00:15:33,849 Well, you wouldn't be doing it to glorify yourself. 306 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:35,601 You'd just be trying to make a better world. 307 00:15:38,354 --> 00:15:40,105 At least you can still get around on your own. 308 00:15:40,982 --> 00:15:42,232 Yeah, I know. 309 00:15:42,358 --> 00:15:45,444 But you're starting to walk. You're gonna get better. 310 00:15:46,487 --> 00:15:48,572 You have a job, a way to be productive. 311 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,157 And you have a wife. 312 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:52,159 Which gives greater meaning? 313 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:56,496 A wife could make things harder, too, I suppose. 314 00:15:58,625 --> 00:15:59,875 This isn't about Stacy. 315 00:16:00,877 --> 00:16:04,338 When it happened to me, Stacy was great. 316 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:06,715 She kept telling me not to rush it. 317 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:09,760 I never believed her. 318 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:11,803 She means it. 319 00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:14,431 I know, but... 320 00:16:16,017 --> 00:16:19,019 Stacy. She shouldn't have to wait, right? 321 00:16:19,771 --> 00:16:21,229 And you know she feels it, too. 322 00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:26,652 There's more time at work. There's more satisfaction from work. 323 00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:29,196 She didn't get married to be a nursemaid. 324 00:16:31,366 --> 00:16:32,574 She wants a man. 325 00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:44,252 How the hell could she have loved a manipulative son of a bitch like you? 326 00:16:44,379 --> 00:16:45,629 That's an interesting question. 327 00:16:45,755 --> 00:16:48,548 Maybe she was attracted to different things in the two of us. 328 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:49,675 She left you. 329 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:51,093 But why was she with me to begin with? 330 00:16:51,219 --> 00:16:53,929 - She made a mistake. - Maybe it's that simple. 331 00:16:54,263 --> 00:16:55,514 Or maybe she saw something in me, 332 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,140 something she doesn't get from you. 333 00:16:57,266 --> 00:16:59,476 - I'm not an ass. - Maybe she wanted an ass. 334 00:16:59,602 --> 00:17:01,937 - She obviously did once. - Either he goes or I go. 335 00:17:02,063 --> 00:17:03,605 You think that's the kind of thing you can just turn off? 336 00:17:03,731 --> 00:17:06,942 - Get him out of here! - Dr. House, cancel your book group. 337 00:17:07,402 --> 00:17:08,568 You're coming on Mondays. 338 00:17:13,074 --> 00:17:17,452 Here's my new theory. The drooling's another competitive edge. 339 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:19,705 Nobody can draft behind it. The road gets slick. 340 00:17:19,831 --> 00:17:21,415 He's the only one not racing in the rain. 341 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,500 He can barely move his arms and legs. 342 00:17:24,127 --> 00:17:26,586 - Paralysis? - No, just general weakness. 343 00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:28,714 Muscle biopsy is negative for polymyositis. 344 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,258 And ALS and muscular dystrophy. 345 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:33,427 FOREMAN: ANA for lupus, also negative. 346 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:35,303 CAMERON: Maybe his bike shorts are just on too tight. 347 00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:38,056 So, by your rationale, House shouldn't use a cane. 348 00:17:38,182 --> 00:17:40,517 He should just drag his bum leg around as God intended? 349 00:17:40,643 --> 00:17:43,854 House has a handicap. All he's aiming for is normality. 350 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:45,605 CHASE: And who decides what's normal? 351 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:48,066 What if we find a drug that makes people live 20 years longer? 352 00:17:48,192 --> 00:17:49,526 Should we ban that because it's not normal? 353 00:17:49,652 --> 00:17:51,820 Jeff doesn't want normal. He wants superpowers. 354 00:17:52,447 --> 00:17:55,282 - So why is he normal? - Oh, God, you too? 355 00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:58,493 He's shooting for extraordinary. 356 00:17:58,619 --> 00:17:59,870 So why is everything so ordinary? 357 00:17:59,996 --> 00:18:03,123 I mean, this guy's breathing, drinking and injecting himself 358 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:05,459 with everything he can find to amp up his body chemistry, 359 00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:06,626 and yet every test is normal. 360 00:18:07,503 --> 00:18:10,338 He's artificially raising his red blood count, so why isn't it raised? 361 00:18:10,465 --> 00:18:11,798 Maybe his count is raised. 362 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:14,801 Maybe what's normal for us is out of whack for him. 363 00:18:15,052 --> 00:18:16,636 Can't slip anything by you. 364 00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:18,764 FOREMAN: Well, if that's true, his white cells are up, too. 365 00:18:18,890 --> 00:18:20,599 Which would point to some kind of infection. 366 00:18:20,725 --> 00:18:24,102 Muscle weakness, exhaustion. He could have encephalitis. 367 00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:26,271 - That's kind of a long shot. - HOUSE: Yeah. 368 00:18:26,481 --> 00:18:28,356 But it's been over an hour since we've poked the patient 369 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:31,193 with something sharp. So, get a lumbar puncture 370 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,361 and order broad-spectrum antibiotics. 371 00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:36,364 CUDDY: No, it's not about judging. 372 00:18:36,491 --> 00:18:40,160 It's just that on a dating service you should post a photo. 373 00:18:41,412 --> 00:18:42,537 I have to go. 374 00:18:44,207 --> 00:18:46,291 - I am so sorry to bother you. - Nope, not a problem. 375 00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:48,919 I was just accounting. 376 00:18:49,045 --> 00:18:50,796 I'm Jeff Forster's manager. 377 00:18:50,922 --> 00:18:52,464 He's been here a whole day, 378 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:55,300 and it doesn't seem like we're any closer to a diagnosis. 379 00:18:55,426 --> 00:18:57,344 Jeff Forster. A whole day, huh? 380 00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:58,470 Mmm-hmm. 381 00:18:58,596 --> 00:19:02,140 I was just wondering if I could help speed things up. 382 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:05,435 Your client's had a muscle biopsy, a full blood workup 383 00:19:05,561 --> 00:19:08,063 and he's scheduled for a lumbar puncture at 10 a.m. tomorrow. 384 00:19:08,189 --> 00:19:09,689 Jeff is in the Lucas Wing. 385 00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:12,400 If Mr. Lucas showed up needing a lumbar puncture, 386 00:19:12,527 --> 00:19:14,110 would he have to wait until tomorrow? 387 00:19:14,237 --> 00:19:16,363 - Mr. Lucas is dead. - Good. 388 00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:17,447 Then there's an opening. 389 00:19:19,784 --> 00:19:23,203 Jeff is used to doing whatever he has to to be first, isn't he? 390 00:19:23,329 --> 00:19:24,788 It's been very lucrative for him. 391 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:27,791 He feels it's important that he give something back. 392 00:19:28,042 --> 00:19:31,670 I hear you've been raising funds for your nuclear medicine department 393 00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:35,715 or whatever. 394 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:47,269 (RASPING) Thank you, guys, for working so late. 395 00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:48,520 Glad to be here. 396 00:19:50,314 --> 00:19:53,316 FOREMAN: The lumbar puncture will tell us what kind of infection you've got. 397 00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:55,819 In the meantime, we're administering antibiotics. 398 00:19:58,406 --> 00:19:59,739 Do you like being a hero? 399 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:03,451 It's a living. 400 00:20:03,661 --> 00:20:05,412 You don't feel a sense of responsibility? 401 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:06,872 There's kids out there that worship you. 402 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,210 When I was a rookie on the tour, 403 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,672 I got a letter from a guy in Wisconsin. 404 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:18,967 He wanted me to send a note to his son. 405 00:20:19,927 --> 00:20:21,720 He said he worshipped me. 406 00:20:22,597 --> 00:20:25,265 You know what worship means? I looked it up. 407 00:20:27,143 --> 00:20:31,563 It means to love unquestioningly and uncritically. 408 00:20:31,689 --> 00:20:32,689 (GASPING) 409 00:20:32,815 --> 00:20:36,860 So the kid doesn't even know me, but he loves me 410 00:20:37,361 --> 00:20:39,654 unquestioningly and uncritically. 411 00:20:40,406 --> 00:20:42,532 So you decided to take advantage of that. 412 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:48,121 What should I have done? "Dear sir, I'm just a guy 413 00:20:48,539 --> 00:20:50,415 who rides a bike pretty good. 414 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:53,543 You and your kid are out of your minds." 415 00:20:56,505 --> 00:20:57,589 My arms feel funny. 416 00:20:57,715 --> 00:20:58,548 (CLEARS THROAT) 417 00:20:59,508 --> 00:21:00,967 (RETCHING) 418 00:21:02,136 --> 00:21:04,429 The sats are dropping. He's in respiratory arrest. 419 00:21:04,555 --> 00:21:05,764 He can't be. We fixed that. 420 00:21:06,557 --> 00:21:07,599 Apparently not. 421 00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:24,574 HOUSE: So glad we cured his respiratory arrest. 422 00:21:24,909 --> 00:21:27,077 It freed him up to develop respiratory arrest. 423 00:21:27,203 --> 00:21:28,995 LP was negative for encephalitis. 424 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:30,372 The white count's still the same, 425 00:21:30,498 --> 00:21:32,832 but the red count's fallen to 29%. 426 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,167 What was my theory yesterday? 427 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,044 That I screwed up the embolectomy. 428 00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:39,047 We'll get a chest x-ray to check. 429 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:40,423 I didn't screw up. Why would you... 430 00:21:40,549 --> 00:21:42,926 How can you be so petty, Chase? He's down a quart. 431 00:21:43,052 --> 00:21:45,679 Either he's losing blood because you nicked something 432 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:46,930 or he's just not producing blood, 433 00:21:47,056 --> 00:21:49,015 in which case, we're talking acute anemia 434 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,183 combined with a muscular disorder. 435 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:52,060 Paraneoplastic syndrome? 436 00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:54,646 Either you screwed up or he's got cancer. 437 00:22:01,946 --> 00:22:03,780 I think I should start smoking again. 438 00:22:04,031 --> 00:22:06,992 You want a medical opinion supporting that decision? 439 00:22:07,368 --> 00:22:09,077 The symptoms started as soon as I quit. 440 00:22:09,203 --> 00:22:12,664 Symptoms meaning diarrhea. 441 00:22:14,083 --> 00:22:16,084 - A lot of diarrhea. - 10 or 12 times a day. 442 00:22:16,210 --> 00:22:19,504 It's really embarrassing. I'm a flight attendant and... 443 00:22:22,133 --> 00:22:23,758 Well, on the up side, my hiccups are gone. 444 00:22:23,884 --> 00:22:25,176 You went to his group. 445 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,014 Well, you were the one who was all, "Greg, you need to confront your feelings". 446 00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:30,140 That was five years ago. 447 00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:31,307 Well, I've been pissy. 448 00:22:31,434 --> 00:22:34,102 Fine, you don't want help. Does that mean nobody should get it? 449 00:22:34,228 --> 00:22:37,856 Mark's looking for help because, what, he's resentful, overwhelmed? 450 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:40,108 - I'm asking because I care. - Not about him. 451 00:22:40,234 --> 00:22:42,694 You still wanna jump me, so you don't care whose marriage... 452 00:22:42,820 --> 00:22:44,904 Listen, I can get my rocks off any time I want. 453 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:46,781 What I don't seem to be able to do is my job 454 00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:48,491 without you hanging over my shoulder. 455 00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:51,036 (SCOFFS) 456 00:22:54,248 --> 00:22:55,290 How many packs? 457 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:59,794 A bit over one a day, but they were lights, and I quit. 458 00:23:01,088 --> 00:23:02,380 You used to go out with her? 459 00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:03,548 Yeah. 460 00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:05,216 What was I thinking? 461 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,637 I'm talking about the gum you're chewing to replace smoking as an oral fixation. 462 00:23:09,847 --> 00:23:12,098 - How many packs? - Six, maybe seven. 463 00:23:12,224 --> 00:23:13,266 (DOOR OPENS) 464 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,684 I'm trying to protect you. 465 00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:17,812 Cuddy and I may be the only people stopping you from jumping off a cliff... 466 00:23:17,938 --> 00:23:20,398 - You're pissy. - Oh, I am angry! 467 00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:22,525 - You get pissy when you're frustrated. - Shut up. 468 00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:24,069 Okay, I'm wrong. 469 00:23:24,528 --> 00:23:27,655 This is unbelievably difficult for Mark, which you should know. 470 00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:31,117 Which you should be able to summon up some level of empathy for. 471 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:34,037 Right. The crippled boys. We should start a band. 472 00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:36,206 I have a good thing with Mark. 473 00:23:36,373 --> 00:23:38,833 We are handling this the best way we know how. 474 00:23:38,959 --> 00:23:40,668 And none of this has anything to do with me? 475 00:23:40,795 --> 00:23:44,923 No, nothing, except that you can't or won't just let it go. 476 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:48,885 Let it go. 477 00:23:56,685 --> 00:23:57,977 You're being poisoned. 478 00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:00,313 By gum? 479 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:03,608 Sugarless gum uses sorbitol as a sweetener. 480 00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:06,569 We use sorbitol as a laxative. 481 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:15,662 This will tell you if he's got cancer in his blood? 482 00:24:16,163 --> 00:24:18,581 If he does, we'll see abnormal cells in the marrow. 483 00:24:19,583 --> 00:24:21,668 How long will the tests take? 484 00:24:21,794 --> 00:24:23,586 I'll get them in as soon as I can. 485 00:24:24,839 --> 00:24:28,299 And if he doesn't have cancer, what else could it be? 486 00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:31,302 It's possible some damage was done during one of the tests we gave him. 487 00:24:31,428 --> 00:24:34,180 So either one of your doctors screwed up a simple procedure 488 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,557 or he's got cancer. 489 00:24:36,183 --> 00:24:39,060 We can't know anything for sure until the biopsy comes back. 490 00:24:39,186 --> 00:24:40,770 (LABORED BREATHING) 491 00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:43,189 WILSON: It stings, I know. 492 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:44,899 MOIRA: No, he wants the tube out. 493 00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:46,151 I can't do that, Jeff. 494 00:24:46,277 --> 00:24:49,445 WILSON: If you wanna say something, you've gotta write it down. Okay? 495 00:24:50,030 --> 00:24:51,156 Here. 496 00:25:07,882 --> 00:25:10,133 If it's cancer, it's possible. 497 00:25:10,885 --> 00:25:12,218 WILSON: There's no way to know for sure. 498 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:19,642 Phone not working? 499 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:24,647 One of the morgue attendants asked me to bring this to you. 500 00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:29,736 Wonder why they're calling me. 501 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:30,862 Yeah, me too, actually. 502 00:25:30,988 --> 00:25:35,283 I was wondering why the Times was returning your call. 503 00:25:36,619 --> 00:25:38,995 You a doctor or the bicycle police? 504 00:25:39,246 --> 00:25:42,832 He's cheating. He shouldn't get away with it. 505 00:25:45,461 --> 00:25:47,295 Have you actually told them anything yet? 506 00:25:47,421 --> 00:25:48,421 You worried about the precedent? 507 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:49,923 I'm worried about you. 508 00:25:50,049 --> 00:25:51,132 You gonna turn me in? 509 00:25:52,509 --> 00:25:53,593 No. 510 00:25:56,180 --> 00:26:00,058 He's made a mistake. Revealing the truth doesn't undo it. 511 00:26:00,184 --> 00:26:03,978 Kids love him, and he's not who they think he is. It's not right. 512 00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:06,481 Who cares if he's what he says he is? Who the hell is? 513 00:26:07,608 --> 00:26:10,818 If love is based on lies, does that mean it's not a real feeling? 514 00:26:10,945 --> 00:26:12,946 It doesn't bring the same pleasure? 515 00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:14,781 Are we still talking about the patient? 516 00:26:20,037 --> 00:26:22,664 Have you ever cheated? 517 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:30,338 Well, I have. 518 00:26:30,547 --> 00:26:32,215 You wanna punish him? Good for you. 519 00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:35,051 But you can't do it without punishing the people who love him. 520 00:26:35,177 --> 00:26:37,011 Is that how you justified lying to your wives? 521 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:40,390 I always told them. 522 00:26:44,687 --> 00:26:46,771 Well, he's negative for bleeds. 523 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:49,732 Congratulations, Chase. It's cancer. 524 00:26:51,277 --> 00:26:54,654 Clean him up and let oncology have him. It's their party now. 525 00:26:54,822 --> 00:26:58,574 He doesn't have cancer. Biopsy shows he's got pure red cell aplasia. 526 00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:01,869 There's no way PRCA could manifest so suddenly. 527 00:27:01,996 --> 00:27:05,123 Unless it's drug-induced. He's lying about not being on EPO. 528 00:27:05,416 --> 00:27:06,791 Why would he lie? 529 00:27:06,917 --> 00:27:08,126 What does it matter? 530 00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:13,131 People lie for thousands of reasons. But there's always a reason. 531 00:27:13,257 --> 00:27:15,675 Philosophically interesting, medically irrelevant. 532 00:27:15,926 --> 00:27:17,176 Unless he's not lying. 533 00:27:21,932 --> 00:27:25,310 You've got a leak. The press is all over the Jeff Forster story. 534 00:27:25,436 --> 00:27:27,854 On the off chance that one of you was stupid enough to call 535 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,981 from your own office, I'm pulling your phone records, 536 00:27:30,107 --> 00:27:31,399 including your cell phones. 537 00:27:31,525 --> 00:27:34,777 I assume if I point out the fact that you have no right to do that, 538 00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:36,404 you'll interpret that as a sign of guilt? 539 00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:40,074 Wilson's chatty, plus he's got two ex-wives to support. 540 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,326 You want me to tell him he's fired? 541 00:27:41,452 --> 00:27:44,412 Until we figure out who's behind this, I'm sitting in with you guys. 542 00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:47,540 You have the ethics of a 4-year-old. I'm gonna treat you like one. 543 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:50,918 How am I supposed to practice medicine with a lawyer sitting on my shoulder? 544 00:27:51,045 --> 00:27:53,296 - Responsibly. - You know I can't do that. 545 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,132 Cameron. 546 00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:57,091 I'm not the leak. 547 00:27:57,217 --> 00:27:59,802 Somebody once told me that everybody lies, 548 00:27:59,928 --> 00:28:01,888 and since you're the only people who know he has cancer... 549 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:02,972 He doesn't have cancer. 550 00:28:03,098 --> 00:28:05,016 CUDDY: The point is, you're his medical team. 551 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:07,143 He's threatening to sue. 552 00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:08,978 HOUSE: Why would Cameron leak cancer? 553 00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:12,273 How does cancer make the guy look bad? 554 00:28:18,072 --> 00:28:19,238 He's on EPO. 555 00:28:21,784 --> 00:28:25,620 Your anemia is caused by pure red cell aplasia. 556 00:28:26,914 --> 00:28:29,290 This is gonna hurt, but we gotta talk. 557 00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:30,625 What the hell are you doing? 558 00:28:30,751 --> 00:28:31,834 He'll be fine, sort of. 559 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,044 (COUGHING) 560 00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:35,671 I just don't have time to watch him write out answers. 561 00:28:37,049 --> 00:28:41,010 PRCA comes in two varieties, chronic and acute. 562 00:28:41,136 --> 00:28:44,055 Since it came on fast, you have the acute version. 563 00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:45,264 He doesn't have cancer. 564 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:47,475 Is the good news. The bad news is 565 00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:49,894 pants are on fire. 566 00:28:50,396 --> 00:28:54,273 Acute PRCA is caused by drugs, most commonly, EPO. 567 00:28:55,025 --> 00:28:57,235 Ready, and action! 568 00:28:57,361 --> 00:28:59,695 But I haven't used EPO. 569 00:29:00,447 --> 00:29:03,324 Okay, but this time, with more anger. 570 00:29:03,826 --> 00:29:05,910 Remember, this guy's accusing you of cheating. 571 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:08,454 I haven't used that stuff. 572 00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:13,876 I believed it. It was simple, it was pure. Did you believe it? 573 00:29:14,211 --> 00:29:17,088 I guess it's silly to cast someone after the first audition. 574 00:29:17,214 --> 00:29:19,006 - Why don't you do a reading? - Give me that. 575 00:29:19,133 --> 00:29:22,176 - He doesn't do EPO. - What did you think? 576 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:25,388 It's a different way to go, but, I don't know, I just didn't buy it. 577 00:29:25,556 --> 00:29:26,931 Does she handle any of your injections? 578 00:29:27,057 --> 00:29:29,016 You think I'm giving it to him? 579 00:29:29,143 --> 00:29:30,560 Test him. 580 00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:32,228 Gee, that's a great idea. 581 00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:36,858 I sure hope that EPO's not one of those drugs that's undetectable after six hours. 582 00:29:37,067 --> 00:29:40,111 Hey, you know what we can test for? Phone calls. 583 00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:43,030 Take her cell phone. Push the redial button. 584 00:29:43,157 --> 00:29:45,241 Even money says you'll be connected to the newspaper 585 00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:46,451 that leaked your cancer story. 586 00:29:47,995 --> 00:29:49,203 Okay. 587 00:29:51,748 --> 00:29:53,332 Okay, I should have told you. 588 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,585 It's not just about the races, Jeff. 589 00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:57,336 It's about your image, okay? 590 00:29:57,671 --> 00:30:02,091 If you come back from cancer, those sponsors will be all over you. 591 00:30:03,719 --> 00:30:07,513 Okay, so I messed up. Okay? But I did not give you EPO. 592 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:09,932 That stuff could kill me. 593 00:30:10,058 --> 00:30:11,100 (MIMICKING INCOHERENTLY) 594 00:30:11,935 --> 00:30:13,519 Come on, give her a break. 595 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:15,855 She was only doing what she has to to advance her career. 596 00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:17,940 Don't you have that tattooed on your tushie? 597 00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:21,319 I would never do anything to hurt you. 598 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:23,571 Who are you gonna believe, 599 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,781 the manager you've trusted for years? 600 00:30:26,074 --> 00:30:27,617 (HOUSE RAZZING) 601 00:30:27,743 --> 00:30:28,910 I've been to college. 602 00:30:30,412 --> 00:30:31,746 (GASPING) 603 00:30:37,419 --> 00:30:38,711 You're fired. 604 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:48,763 Okay. 605 00:30:50,098 --> 00:30:53,100 You're basing this whole diagnosis, everything, 606 00:30:53,352 --> 00:30:56,854 on the idea that I was slipping him illegal drugs. 607 00:31:02,945 --> 00:31:04,362 You're gonna kill him. 608 00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:21,337 If Doctor House is so sure, why do you need to stay? 609 00:31:21,463 --> 00:31:23,464 He's a very cautious man. 610 00:31:24,424 --> 00:31:26,717 Your breathing's better. Let the prednisone do its job. 611 00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:28,302 Get some sleep. 612 00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:34,642 (GASPING) 613 00:31:37,854 --> 00:31:39,021 Jeff? 614 00:31:39,648 --> 00:31:41,691 (BEEPING) 615 00:31:49,116 --> 00:31:51,993 FOREMAN: His red blood cell count plummeted to 16%. 616 00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:55,496 He passed out, had to be resuscitated, and he still can't move his legs. 617 00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:58,374 That's not possible. The drugs should be flushing out of his system. 618 00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:00,418 Can't leave if they don't exist. 619 00:32:00,544 --> 00:32:03,421 The EPO use explains every one of his symptoms. 620 00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:06,132 He's been lying and cheating, and now it's coming back to bite him. 621 00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:08,968 The only problem with that theory is it's based on the assumption 622 00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:10,845 that the universe is a just place. 623 00:32:10,971 --> 00:32:14,098 If it were, then his poor manager wouldn't have been fired for no reason. 624 00:32:14,224 --> 00:32:16,225 - Lambert-Eaton. - His chest was clear. 625 00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:18,644 CHASE: So we run an electromyography test. 626 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:20,980 You're still not explaining the PRCA. 627 00:32:21,148 --> 00:32:22,440 What's his red count now? 628 00:32:22,566 --> 00:32:23,774 I had to give him a blood transfusion. 629 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,359 He's back around 30. 630 00:32:25,861 --> 00:32:27,570 He needed a transfusion? 631 00:32:27,738 --> 00:32:31,240 Well, he was losing blood, so, I thought maybe he needed blood. 632 00:32:34,369 --> 00:32:36,871 Go forth and scan his neck. 633 00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:38,080 His neck? 634 00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:41,125 Or repeat everything I say in question form. 635 00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:55,723 She came into the clinic and yelled at me. 636 00:32:57,142 --> 00:33:00,144 Then she left, she came back and yelled some more. 637 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:01,479 Hmm. 638 00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:04,649 Yelling. That might be a clue. 639 00:33:05,108 --> 00:33:09,278 I know what the yelling means. It's the coming and going I find interesting. 640 00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:11,530 - It's not rational. - Anger is not rational. 641 00:33:11,698 --> 00:33:13,074 Some anger is. 642 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,077 She could have pulled me aside, screamed at me privately. 643 00:33:16,578 --> 00:33:19,497 Her beef is simple and well founded. 644 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:21,832 But she was out of control. 645 00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:23,459 You're having fun, aren't you? 646 00:33:23,585 --> 00:33:25,628 She's in my face. I need to know why. 647 00:33:25,754 --> 00:33:27,171 Professional reasons. 648 00:33:27,297 --> 00:33:28,339 Why else? 649 00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:33,511 Do you really think this is going to end well for anyone? 650 00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:42,561 After this, let's scan some other totally random body parts. 651 00:33:42,688 --> 00:33:44,480 50 bucks says we find something. 652 00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:46,107 (FOREMAN SNICKERS) 653 00:33:46,233 --> 00:33:47,191 Find what? 654 00:33:47,484 --> 00:33:49,694 Don't have a clue. We on? 655 00:33:49,820 --> 00:33:50,653 No way. 656 00:33:54,908 --> 00:33:56,617 No. We'll find something. 657 00:34:01,957 --> 00:34:04,709 - We found a thymoma. - How'd you know to look in his neck? 658 00:34:04,835 --> 00:34:06,502 Thymoma's usually present in the chest. 659 00:34:06,628 --> 00:34:08,379 I knew it wasn't in his chest. 660 00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:11,215 All we've done since he checked in is look at his chest. 661 00:34:11,341 --> 00:34:14,009 - All the more reason not to think... - There are two types of PRCA. 662 00:34:14,136 --> 00:34:16,846 Acute comes on suddenly, chronic takes its time. 663 00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:19,932 We all thought Jeff's was acute because it happened right in front of us. 664 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:22,685 But what if it'd been there for months, maybe years? 665 00:34:22,811 --> 00:34:24,645 There's no way. It would have kept him from racing. 666 00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:26,605 With that kind of anemia, he would have needed constant... 667 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,025 Blood transfusions. 668 00:34:30,152 --> 00:34:32,695 Which he was getting in convenient blood doping form. 669 00:34:32,863 --> 00:34:34,864 He was treating himself without even knowing it. 670 00:34:34,990 --> 00:34:38,492 Up to half of patients with chronic PRCA have a thymoma. 671 00:34:38,618 --> 00:34:41,120 And up to half of patients with a thymoma... 672 00:34:42,164 --> 00:34:44,123 I've always wanted to do this. 673 00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:57,261 I'm not getting any better. Does that mean I'm... 674 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:02,767 You are healed. Rise and walk. 675 00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:04,518 Are you insane? 676 00:35:04,644 --> 00:35:06,645 In the Bible, people just say, "Yes, Lord", 677 00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:08,647 and then start right in on the praising. 678 00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:12,359 First you tell me I've got cancer. 679 00:35:13,862 --> 00:35:16,697 And then you tell me that my manager... 680 00:35:30,587 --> 00:35:31,629 What did you do? 681 00:35:31,922 --> 00:35:34,131 No, "What did you do, Lord?" 682 00:35:34,424 --> 00:35:36,884 Thymoma is a tumor on the thymus gland. 683 00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:39,845 He's a bit of a wimp, but he hangs with the tough guys. 684 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:43,557 PRCA and an autoimmune disease called myasthenia gravis. 685 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:46,018 MG causes muscle fatigue 686 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:49,063 including respiratory problems and difficulty swallowing. 687 00:35:50,190 --> 00:35:51,774 And it can hit you that fast? 688 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:54,276 The treatment for PRCA is blood transfusions. 689 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:56,529 The treatment for MG is hyperbaria. 690 00:35:56,655 --> 00:35:59,490 You were doing both as part of your regular freak show. 691 00:35:59,616 --> 00:36:01,659 When you took a break, everything went to hell, 692 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:04,411 which is not an uncommon reaction in Jersey. 693 00:36:04,538 --> 00:36:08,624 So, the whole thing with my manager... 694 00:36:09,209 --> 00:36:12,294 Oops. No, no EPO. 695 00:36:12,546 --> 00:36:15,130 This has nothing to do with anything you did. 696 00:36:15,257 --> 00:36:17,633 - Let her know she's in the clear. - I could. 697 00:36:18,426 --> 00:36:21,679 Or 10% of a Nike contract 698 00:36:21,805 --> 00:36:23,639 is a hell of a lot of cash. 699 00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:27,810 You don't need your thymus. 700 00:36:27,936 --> 00:36:29,728 If we take it out, everything else is manageable. 701 00:36:29,855 --> 00:36:31,438 Manageable? I thought you just cured me. 702 00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:34,108 Uh-uh. This is just diagnostic. 703 00:36:34,234 --> 00:36:37,653 Tensilon erases the symptoms of MG for five or six minutes. 704 00:36:38,738 --> 00:36:39,822 (GASPING) 705 00:36:46,830 --> 00:36:48,664 Sometimes less. 706 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:52,585 This is exactly why I created nurses. 707 00:36:52,878 --> 00:36:54,545 Clean up on Aisle Three! 708 00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:08,225 If you've come to search my office, you should wait 10 minutes. 709 00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:09,560 I'll be out of your hair. 710 00:37:09,686 --> 00:37:12,897 Here, start with my purse. Just save me some mints. 711 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:16,358 What do you wanna know? My sex life with Mark? 712 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:18,569 My guilt over crippling your damn leg? 713 00:37:18,695 --> 00:37:21,322 Or are you just here to gloat because you weren't the leak? 714 00:37:21,656 --> 00:37:23,115 I want to apologize. 715 00:37:28,622 --> 00:37:29,622 Maybe I've 716 00:37:31,625 --> 00:37:33,834 been punishing you for a little too long. 717 00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:38,172 And maybe you've been punishing me. 718 00:37:40,175 --> 00:37:42,843 If we're going to work together, I need to know. 719 00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:48,515 Do you hate me or do you love me? 720 00:37:51,061 --> 00:37:52,728 Either way, I think we've got a problem. 721 00:37:56,066 --> 00:37:59,151 I hate you and I love you. 722 00:38:02,155 --> 00:38:03,864 And I love Mark. 723 00:38:06,743 --> 00:38:08,369 And you don't hate him. 724 00:38:08,495 --> 00:38:09,578 No. 725 00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:14,708 So what do we do? 726 00:38:14,834 --> 00:38:17,044 We deal with each other. 727 00:38:19,464 --> 00:38:20,547 Right. 728 00:38:21,383 --> 00:38:23,467 That plan's been working great so far. 729 00:38:25,595 --> 00:38:27,513 It'll get better. It'll get easier. 730 00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:29,682 - Why? - I don't know. 731 00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:31,517 That's what my therapist tells me. 732 00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:54,206 JEFF ON T.V: In the professional cycling world, we are subject to 733 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:57,459 what seems like constant witch-hunts and finger-pointing. 734 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,839 But I want to thank Dr. House and the excellent medical team 735 00:39:01,965 --> 00:39:03,632 here at Princeton-Plainsboro. 736 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:06,635 My hope is that this diagnosis 737 00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:08,429 will put to rest any rumors that I would ever... 738 00:39:08,555 --> 00:39:10,472 He needs blood transfusions every two weeks, 739 00:39:10,598 --> 00:39:12,474 which means he can dope all he wants. 740 00:39:12,851 --> 00:39:14,727 He's got a doctor's pass. 741 00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:17,062 It's medicinal. 742 00:39:18,481 --> 00:39:19,982 He got away with it. 743 00:39:20,525 --> 00:39:21,608 Mmm-hmm. 744 00:39:22,277 --> 00:39:24,361 He cheated and won a game. 745 00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:29,742 Life's more complicated than who gets to the finish line first. 746 00:39:34,581 --> 00:39:36,915 I fell in love with my husband's best friend. 747 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,380 Near the end, I was at the hospital every day, 748 00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:47,676 and Joe would come by after work. 749 00:39:48,887 --> 00:39:51,638 We'd go for walks and try to talk each other through it. 750 00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:54,892 We kind of clung on to each other. 751 00:40:00,523 --> 00:40:01,565 My wife 752 00:40:03,610 --> 00:40:06,528 wasn't dying. She wasn't even sick. 753 00:40:06,654 --> 00:40:08,489 Everything was fine. 754 00:40:09,783 --> 00:40:11,033 But I met someone who 755 00:40:13,870 --> 00:40:16,580 made me feel funny. 756 00:40:20,085 --> 00:40:21,126 Good. 757 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:24,713 And I didn't want to let that feeling go. 758 00:40:31,554 --> 00:40:33,472 What happened to you? 759 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:37,726 How can anyone go through that alone? 760 00:40:38,561 --> 00:40:39,978 You can't control your emotions. 761 00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:41,188 No. 762 00:40:44,901 --> 00:40:47,069 Just your actions. 763 00:40:53,535 --> 00:40:56,370 You didn't do it, did you? You didn't sleep with him. 764 00:40:57,372 --> 00:41:00,082 I couldn't have lived with myself. 765 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:10,050 You'd be surprised what you can live with. 766 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:27,401 Hey. 767 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:31,363 I need you to open a door. 768 00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:32,573 It's not allowed. 769 00:41:33,575 --> 00:41:36,410 (STAMMERING) Yeah, I was having therapy in here today 770 00:41:36,953 --> 00:41:38,078 and I left my cane. 771 00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:39,413 Sorry. 772 00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:43,000 Dude, 773 00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:45,627 I'm crippled.