1 00:00:10,886 --> 00:00:12,387 (MAN CHATTERING) 2 00:00:13,389 --> 00:00:16,265 MAN: See you Tuesday. WOMAN: How about right now? 3 00:00:16,392 --> 00:00:18,726 What? What? 4 00:00:20,521 --> 00:00:21,437 You wanna throw in the towel? 5 00:00:21,563 --> 00:00:22,897 No, I don't wanna throw in the... towel! 6 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:25,233 I thought that's what you said! 7 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:26,484 I'm not upset about anything! 8 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:28,194 (DOOR OPENING) 9 00:00:29,780 --> 00:00:31,906 Where the... are we going? 10 00:00:32,032 --> 00:00:32,865 What are you doing down here? 11 00:00:32,991 --> 00:00:35,702 I thought you usually had lunch with Coma Guy. 12 00:00:35,828 --> 00:00:39,080 This is Vegetative State Guy. Better company. 13 00:00:39,206 --> 00:00:41,124 Hey, hey, tell him about those Sherpas 14 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:43,543 you dropped acid with in Saint Patrick's Cathedral. 15 00:00:43,669 --> 00:00:47,422 You stole my prescription pad and you forged my name. 16 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:51,843 - What did you tell the cop? - I lied. 17 00:00:51,969 --> 00:00:53,344 They'd have put you away for 10 years, 18 00:00:53,470 --> 00:00:55,680 after they took your license to practice medicine. 19 00:00:55,806 --> 00:00:57,056 So, everything's good, then. 20 00:00:57,182 --> 00:00:59,142 I lied. To the cops. 21 00:00:59,268 --> 00:01:00,977 There is no case unless they can prove 22 00:01:01,103 --> 00:01:03,896 that either I got the drugs illegally or I sold them illegally. 23 00:01:04,022 --> 00:01:06,107 I didn't do the second, you lied about the first. Game over. 24 00:01:06,233 --> 00:01:07,859 Yeah, Tritter's just playing. 25 00:01:07,985 --> 00:01:10,528 He's gonna see how clever you are and then just walk away. 26 00:01:10,654 --> 00:01:12,113 The important thing is that you keep prescribing 27 00:01:12,239 --> 00:01:15,116 the same amount of drugs to me or it'll look suspicious. 28 00:01:15,242 --> 00:01:16,117 Here's another way to look at it, 29 00:01:16,243 --> 00:01:18,327 having forced me to lie to the police, 30 00:01:18,454 --> 00:01:22,039 your first concern is securing your drug connection. 31 00:01:22,166 --> 00:01:23,791 (DOOR OPENING) 32 00:01:27,379 --> 00:01:29,255 Joining my father for lunch? 33 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,257 I should have called ahead for a table. 34 00:01:31,383 --> 00:01:32,508 Dr. House was just... 35 00:01:32,634 --> 00:01:34,302 Enjoying a Reuben. 36 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:35,845 It's okay. 37 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:40,057 After 10 years, anything that'll get doctors in the same room as... 38 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,394 - What are you doing? - Nothing. 39 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,146 What are you doing? 40 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:48,733 Chips? 41 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:54,197 Wanna see something really cool? 42 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:03,289 I saw you leaving last Tuesday. 43 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:06,584 You practically tripped over two guys on your way out, 44 00:02:06,710 --> 00:02:08,753 but you had no problem opening doors. 45 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:10,546 It's called akinetopsia. 46 00:02:10,881 --> 00:02:12,632 You can't see things when they move. 47 00:02:12,758 --> 00:02:16,135 Now, since you haven't been hit by a bus, I assume that it's intermittent. 48 00:02:16,261 --> 00:02:17,553 It's probably accompanied by seizures, 49 00:02:17,679 --> 00:02:21,057 which made me think that I could set one off by flashing the... 50 00:02:27,064 --> 00:02:29,148 God, I love this family. 51 00:03:08,146 --> 00:03:09,814 I can see fine now. 52 00:03:11,149 --> 00:03:14,527 I've had seizures before. Most of the time they're small. 53 00:03:14,653 --> 00:03:18,281 Doctors ran me through all the tests. Couldn't find anything. 54 00:03:18,407 --> 00:03:20,491 Any history of epilepsy in your family? 55 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:22,535 The only things I know that run in my family are 56 00:03:22,661 --> 00:03:26,414 a lot of chutzpah and the ability to sleep for 10 years. 57 00:03:26,832 --> 00:03:28,374 Although I'm not really an expert. 58 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,334 Dad never really liked my mother's side of the family, 59 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:34,547 and after she died and he came here I was raised by a guardian. 60 00:03:35,632 --> 00:03:37,758 I wouldn't even know how to get in touch with them. 61 00:03:37,885 --> 00:03:39,427 How about your father's side of the family? 62 00:03:39,553 --> 00:03:40,845 Any relatives we could speak with? 63 00:03:40,971 --> 00:03:42,430 My father was an only child. 64 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:43,931 And my grandparents are dead. 65 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,266 Well, who did you put down 66 00:03:45,392 --> 00:03:48,102 as the person the hospital should contact in an emergency? 67 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:49,270 I left it blank. 68 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:50,938 There's gotta be someone, a friend... 69 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:52,273 I have plenty of friends. 70 00:03:52,399 --> 00:03:54,609 Just no one that would care if I was here. 71 00:03:57,738 --> 00:04:00,197 Say, do you mind passing me my backpack? 72 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:04,535 (CLINKING) 73 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:16,714 Hair of the dog. 74 00:04:20,052 --> 00:04:21,010 CAMERON: Could be infection. 75 00:04:21,136 --> 00:04:22,303 FOREMAN: Or a brain tumor. 76 00:04:22,429 --> 00:04:23,346 Says he had a CT. 77 00:04:23,472 --> 00:04:25,556 What's wrong with the simplest explanation? Trauma? 78 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:26,933 He didn't report any injuries. 79 00:04:27,059 --> 00:04:29,060 He didn't report being an alcoholic, either. 80 00:04:29,186 --> 00:04:31,437 Drinking equals falling down equals trauma equals... 81 00:04:31,563 --> 00:04:32,855 Maybe it's inherited. 82 00:04:32,981 --> 00:04:36,651 How would you jump to genetics from his EEG? 83 00:04:36,985 --> 00:04:39,362 All you've got are some vaguely epileptiform waves. 84 00:04:39,488 --> 00:04:42,615 It's not his EEG. It's his father's. 85 00:04:42,741 --> 00:04:45,785 When it comes to cortical seizures, like father, like son. 86 00:04:45,911 --> 00:04:47,411 Small seizures aren't unheard of 87 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:48,746 in a patient in a vegetative state. 88 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:50,373 Similarities are interesting, though. 89 00:04:50,499 --> 00:04:52,124 What caused the vegetative state? 90 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:53,876 His house burned down. 91 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:55,544 Went back in to get his wife, 92 00:04:55,671 --> 00:04:57,296 firefighters found him unconscious 93 00:04:57,422 --> 00:04:59,465 three feet from the bedroom, asphyxiated. 94 00:04:59,591 --> 00:05:01,425 Not an inherited condition. 95 00:05:01,551 --> 00:05:05,179 Test his DNA. Start with adrenomyeloneuropathy. 96 00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:07,348 Check out the home. 97 00:05:13,981 --> 00:05:15,064 He has a single bed. 98 00:05:15,190 --> 00:05:17,066 They still make single beds? 99 00:05:17,192 --> 00:05:18,693 It could mean he just doesn't have sex, 100 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:21,028 though there were condoms in the apartment. 101 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:24,615 House asked you to check out the home for toxins. 102 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:26,951 No mold, no leaks, no pets. 103 00:05:27,077 --> 00:05:29,036 MRI and LP are both inconclusive. 104 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:30,997 Infection's still possible, tumor's less likely, but... 105 00:05:31,123 --> 00:05:33,207 - DNA? - The adrenomyeloneuropathy test 106 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:35,292 - was negative. - DNA test again. 107 00:05:35,419 --> 00:05:37,712 Try Unverricht-Lundborg and late-onset Lafora's. 108 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:39,296 CHASE: Genetic tests take forever. 109 00:05:39,423 --> 00:05:40,381 You can't keep testing 110 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,341 for every inherited condition you think it might be. 111 00:05:42,467 --> 00:05:45,594 Well, not me. I'll be leaving early. But you guys can. 112 00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:53,102 You said no one's been sick but what about delivery people, repair guy? 113 00:05:53,228 --> 00:05:55,563 I wouldn't know. I work from home. 114 00:05:56,231 --> 00:05:57,982 Haven't been to the office in over a month. 115 00:05:58,108 --> 00:05:59,108 CAMERON: Visitors? 116 00:05:59,234 --> 00:06:00,526 Haven't had any. 117 00:06:00,652 --> 00:06:02,445 The only person I've seen in the last week 118 00:06:02,571 --> 00:06:05,781 was the pizza delivery guy and he looked pretty healthy. 119 00:06:06,450 --> 00:06:08,576 There's gotta be someone you're close to. 120 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:13,205 Actually, the person I see most often is my father. 121 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:17,460 He's asleep so he can't stop me. 122 00:06:20,589 --> 00:06:21,797 (GROANS) 123 00:06:21,923 --> 00:06:22,757 What is it? 124 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:25,092 I'm just feeling a little nauseous. 125 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:30,389 I think his liver's failing. 126 00:06:30,515 --> 00:06:34,060 God. Does that mean that I'm... 127 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:39,565 We need a central line kit, 128 00:06:39,691 --> 00:06:42,651 two units of packed red blood cells type O Negative. 129 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,155 He's unconscious and heading for a coma. 130 00:06:46,281 --> 00:06:47,990 He's at a four on the RLAS scale. 131 00:06:49,493 --> 00:06:51,452 Stop all treatment. 132 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:54,121 You think this is a reaction to our meds? 133 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:56,457 Well, they're obviously not helping. 134 00:06:56,666 --> 00:06:58,000 Given the fact that he's an alcoholic, 135 00:06:58,126 --> 00:07:00,336 there's a good chance his liver wasn't so hot when he came in. 136 00:07:00,462 --> 00:07:02,838 Anti-seizure drugs could have just pushed him over the edge. 137 00:07:02,964 --> 00:07:05,424 We take him off those meds, what do we put him on? 138 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:06,634 I was hoping you'd know. 139 00:07:06,802 --> 00:07:10,054 It may be academic, I just started him on dialysis. 140 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:13,891 Kidney and liver failure. Not too many people come back from that. 141 00:07:14,017 --> 00:07:16,227 Trauma's out of the picture. Could still be infection. 142 00:07:16,353 --> 00:07:18,270 - Or neurological... - Or genetic. 143 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:21,816 We need a better history. 144 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:26,070 Did you miss the part where the patient lost consciousness? 145 00:07:27,531 --> 00:07:29,406 L-dopa? 146 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,910 You're not waking Kyle. You're waking his father. 147 00:07:33,036 --> 00:07:34,912 I commend your observational skills. 148 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:36,163 You have no reason to think 149 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:38,415 any amount of drugs will wake a man from a coma. 150 00:07:38,542 --> 00:07:40,292 Vegetative state. Much easier. 151 00:07:40,418 --> 00:07:43,420 This guy's no Terri Schiavo, his brain's all there, he moves around, 152 00:07:43,547 --> 00:07:45,131 his muscles have barely atrophied. 153 00:07:45,257 --> 00:07:47,383 He's just waiting for a fairy-tale kiss. 154 00:07:47,509 --> 00:07:50,136 After I do that, I'll stick a needle in him. 155 00:07:52,347 --> 00:07:55,141 The amount of amphetamines alone would be dangerous, 156 00:07:55,267 --> 00:07:57,268 besides whatever the hell else you've got in there. 157 00:07:57,394 --> 00:07:59,520 There are reports out of South Africa 158 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:03,941 about a pill that would temporarily revive someone in a vegetative state. 159 00:08:04,067 --> 00:08:06,986 You've all seen Awakenings, made me cry. 160 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,362 I wanna cry. 161 00:08:09,406 --> 00:08:10,573 CUDDY: Put the syringe down. 162 00:08:12,784 --> 00:08:14,994 I can outdraw you, mysterious stranger. 163 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,246 We don't experiment on helpless patients. 164 00:08:17,372 --> 00:08:19,623 Be reasonable. There's no way this is gonna work. 165 00:08:19,749 --> 00:08:22,376 Even if you woke him, it would only be for a few hours. 166 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:24,253 A day, two at the most. 167 00:08:24,379 --> 00:08:25,796 You're risking his life. 168 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:28,465 I'm risking getting sued, that's the only objection here. 169 00:08:28,592 --> 00:08:31,135 You'll be torturing him and his family. 170 00:08:31,595 --> 00:08:34,638 Well, good news for Legal, the only family he's got is upstairs dying. 171 00:08:34,764 --> 00:08:35,806 Hey! 172 00:08:44,274 --> 00:08:46,901 I want this patient monitored for the next 24 hours. 173 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:48,611 I want someone with him at all times 174 00:08:48,737 --> 00:08:50,070 to make sure you didn't kill him. 175 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:52,489 I want your ass in my office. 176 00:08:52,616 --> 00:08:54,033 (MOANING) 177 00:08:54,659 --> 00:08:56,911 God, I'm starving. 178 00:08:59,956 --> 00:09:02,958 I could really go for a steak. 179 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:11,342 Do you know your name? Do you know where you are? 180 00:09:12,344 --> 00:09:15,387 Gabriel Wozniak. I don't know the name of this hospital. 181 00:09:15,513 --> 00:09:17,223 How much are three and five? 182 00:09:18,433 --> 00:09:19,642 Eight. 183 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:23,854 Also known as half of 16, a quarter of 32, two to the third power. 184 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:26,523 Coolest thing ever. 185 00:09:26,650 --> 00:09:28,943 Any history of seizure in your family? 186 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:30,694 - No. - Liver disease? 187 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:31,779 No. 188 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:34,198 How long have I been here? I... 189 00:09:34,991 --> 00:09:37,117 I got the feeling it's been a long time. 190 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:38,118 Interesting. 191 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:40,621 Your internal clock kept ticking. 192 00:09:40,956 --> 00:09:43,123 How deep does that awareness go? 193 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:44,625 Pick up scraps of conversations? 194 00:09:44,751 --> 00:09:45,584 Do you have the vague sense 195 00:09:45,710 --> 00:09:48,128 that the hospital administrator dresses like a trollop? 196 00:09:48,255 --> 00:09:51,382 Or that the new Star Wars movies were a disappointment? 197 00:09:53,969 --> 00:09:56,679 I know my wife is dead. 198 00:10:00,976 --> 00:10:02,768 I don't know how long it's been. 199 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:07,856 Ten years. 200 00:10:13,321 --> 00:10:15,364 What's the last thing you remember? 201 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:18,075 The fire. 202 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:21,996 My wife was in the bedroom, she had taken a sleeping pill. 203 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:25,874 I got Kyle out, went back in for her. 204 00:10:27,919 --> 00:10:29,962 I knew I didn't make it. 205 00:10:30,088 --> 00:10:31,213 I'm sorry. 206 00:10:31,923 --> 00:10:35,092 What about your wife's side of the family? Any history of seizures there? 207 00:10:35,218 --> 00:10:38,095 Your son Kyle is a patient here. 208 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:42,433 I'm afraid his condition is serious. He may be dying. 209 00:10:45,729 --> 00:10:48,939 No seizure issues on my wife's side, either. 210 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:52,860 What about that steak? Nobody ever answered me. 211 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:57,823 (EXCLAIMS) 212 00:10:57,949 --> 00:11:02,161 Rumor in the cafeteria was Caustic Guy was waking up Coma Guy. 213 00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:03,871 Technically, Vegetative State Guy 214 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,498 was woken by, yeah, Caustic Guy. 215 00:11:06,624 --> 00:11:07,499 So what happened? 216 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:10,794 I gotta get him a steak before I can ask him any more questions. 217 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,171 He doesn't wanna talk about his son? 218 00:11:12,297 --> 00:11:15,132 Didn't seem to emotionally register that his son is sick. 219 00:11:15,258 --> 00:11:16,300 Brain issue? 220 00:11:16,426 --> 00:11:18,969 He was asphyxiated, spent 10 years as asparagus, 221 00:11:19,095 --> 00:11:21,263 - who knows what damage is in there. - It's possible. 222 00:11:21,389 --> 00:11:23,640 Of course there's always the simple explanation. 223 00:11:23,767 --> 00:11:25,893 Maybe he just doesn't like his son. 224 00:11:26,061 --> 00:11:27,853 Only in your world would that be simple. 225 00:11:27,979 --> 00:11:30,022 The delusion that fathering a child 226 00:11:30,148 --> 00:11:32,524 installs a permanent geyser of unconditional love... 227 00:11:32,650 --> 00:11:35,110 Maybe your father's feelings were conditional, not everyone's. 228 00:11:35,236 --> 00:11:36,362 Well, of course, that would play into 229 00:11:36,488 --> 00:11:37,613 your romantic vision of human... 230 00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:39,198 In terms you would understand, 231 00:11:39,324 --> 00:11:40,824 we have an evolutionary incentive 232 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:42,451 to sacrifice for our offspring. 233 00:11:42,577 --> 00:11:45,829 Our tribe, our friends. Keep them safe. 234 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,083 Except for all the people who don't. 235 00:11:49,626 --> 00:11:51,251 Everything is conditional. 236 00:11:52,087 --> 00:11:55,214 You just can't always anticipate the conditions. 237 00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:07,393 Mind if we talk for a few minutes? 238 00:12:08,937 --> 00:12:12,314 How many pills would you say Dr. House takes a day? 239 00:12:13,608 --> 00:12:15,567 I'm uncomfortable setting a number. 240 00:12:15,693 --> 00:12:17,027 Well, try. 241 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:19,238 Six. 242 00:12:20,949 --> 00:12:21,782 A day? 243 00:12:23,952 --> 00:12:27,663 Has he ever had you write prescriptions for him? 244 00:12:28,123 --> 00:12:30,290 No. What is it you want me to say? 245 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:32,793 That he takes too many pills and is a danger to the hospital, 246 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:36,046 or he takes too few because he's selling them on the side? 247 00:12:36,172 --> 00:12:37,506 Either one is ridiculous. 248 00:12:38,550 --> 00:12:40,217 I meant the former. 249 00:12:40,343 --> 00:12:41,635 You're wrong. 250 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:45,973 Can I ask what Dr. House has done to deserve your loyalty? 251 00:12:46,224 --> 00:12:47,933 He's not known as a great boss. 252 00:12:48,059 --> 00:12:49,476 He's not even much of a friend. 253 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:52,771 Look how he left Dr. Wilson holding the bag. 254 00:12:56,568 --> 00:12:59,945 It's odd. You don't know about that? 255 00:13:00,363 --> 00:13:05,742 You defend him, and he won't even tell you what's happening in his life. 256 00:13:05,869 --> 00:13:08,078 (PAGER BEEPING) 257 00:13:17,088 --> 00:13:18,589 I was paged. 258 00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:20,048 We saw you with the cop. 259 00:13:20,175 --> 00:13:22,509 - What'd he want? - How many pills does House take, 260 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:23,677 did I ever write him a prescription? 261 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:25,262 That sort of stuff. 262 00:13:26,264 --> 00:13:28,557 - I told him six. - A day or in a mouthful? 263 00:13:28,683 --> 00:13:30,601 I was just hoping you guys would stay consistent with... 264 00:13:30,727 --> 00:13:32,227 He wants to talk to us, too? 265 00:13:32,353 --> 00:13:33,812 You're next. 266 00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:37,191 We've gotta tell House what's going on. 267 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,109 - Tritter says no. - Then no it is. 268 00:13:39,235 --> 00:13:42,404 Cops have a thousand ways to make life difficult for you. 269 00:13:42,614 --> 00:13:44,823 Quick. What's the kid's status? 270 00:13:44,949 --> 00:13:45,949 I gotta get back to our sleeper 271 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:48,911 before he goes looking for the orgasmatron. 272 00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:53,540 See, if that were rhetorical, 273 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,501 it would mean that I can just turn around and leave now, 274 00:13:55,627 --> 00:13:57,252 which I'm not doing, from which you should deduce... 275 00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:59,838 He's off all drugs except the antibiotics. 276 00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:01,840 His liver's just managing to hang in there. 277 00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:03,967 He's still sliding into coma. 278 00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:18,148 Your barber sucks. 279 00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:22,569 Hey, Coma Diet, 280 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:23,946 I could make a fortune. 281 00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:25,989 Vegetative State Diet. 282 00:14:26,115 --> 00:14:27,241 Who gave you your clothes? 283 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:28,742 Dr. Cuddy. 284 00:14:28,952 --> 00:14:30,869 I guess I'll need all new ones, anyway. 285 00:14:30,995 --> 00:14:32,621 Everything went in the fire. 286 00:14:32,747 --> 00:14:33,872 Don't worry about it. 287 00:14:33,998 --> 00:14:37,251 We use recyclable clothes now. Wear them once, then eat them. 288 00:14:38,461 --> 00:14:40,170 Your son's measles vaccination, 289 00:14:40,296 --> 00:14:42,005 do you remember if he had it, what type it was? 290 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:44,383 Man, you're a piece of work, you know that? 291 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:48,178 You weren't gonna tell me, were you? 292 00:14:48,304 --> 00:14:49,304 I don't need new clothes. 293 00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:52,182 Dr. Cuddy says my body will adjust to the drugs, 294 00:14:52,308 --> 00:14:54,226 that I'll be a vegetable again by tomorrow. 295 00:14:54,352 --> 00:14:56,979 If I'm really lucky, the day after. 296 00:14:58,439 --> 00:14:59,481 Yeah. 297 00:14:59,983 --> 00:15:00,816 If I've got a day to live, 298 00:15:00,942 --> 00:15:03,193 I'm not gonna spend it in a hospital room being grilled. 299 00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:04,987 Come on, where you gonna go? 300 00:15:05,113 --> 00:15:08,991 Your house burned down, your wife's dead. Business was sold off. 301 00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:13,120 The only thing you have left is down the hall, heading for a liver biopsy. 302 00:15:14,706 --> 00:15:20,210 Used to be this little hole in the wall run by a guy named Giancarlo. 303 00:15:21,337 --> 00:15:23,213 Made the best hoagies in the world. 304 00:15:23,339 --> 00:15:26,592 Real Italian rolls, prosciutto, provolone... 305 00:15:26,718 --> 00:15:27,926 (EXCLAIMS) 306 00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:31,597 How far is Atlantic City from here? 307 00:15:31,723 --> 00:15:35,100 You have one day to live, and you want a sandwich? 308 00:15:35,226 --> 00:15:37,185 People on death row get a last meal. 309 00:15:37,312 --> 00:15:40,480 The state provides it. Who's providing for you? 310 00:15:41,899 --> 00:15:43,734 You got a car? Money? 311 00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:47,321 You're negotiating with me. 312 00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:56,913 Take out another 100 for me. And I need your car. 313 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,665 I'm not doing you any favors. 314 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:01,376 You'll get it back tomorrow. Two days, max. 315 00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:02,794 Road trip. 316 00:16:10,094 --> 00:16:12,179 This is like trying to control the weather, 317 00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:14,389 but I'd prefer it if you didn't eat in the car, 318 00:16:14,515 --> 00:16:16,016 I just had it detailed. 319 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:17,809 - I drive. - Oh, the hell he does. 320 00:16:17,935 --> 00:16:19,061 Sure. 321 00:16:19,854 --> 00:16:22,731 Aside from the fact he just woke up from a vegetative state, 322 00:16:22,857 --> 00:16:23,940 the guy doesn't have a license. 323 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:26,652 How about this? Cops stop us, we lie. 324 00:16:26,778 --> 00:16:29,237 You know how to do that. Chips. 325 00:16:32,450 --> 00:16:34,076 It's all the drugs pumping through his system. 326 00:16:34,202 --> 00:16:36,828 Right now his reflexes are better than Dale Earnhardt Jr's. 327 00:16:36,954 --> 00:16:39,665 What's this? It says ipod. 328 00:16:42,710 --> 00:16:44,211 I'm coming. 329 00:16:51,094 --> 00:16:54,304 HOUSE: So let's talk about toxic exposure. 330 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:01,812 What was wrong with the old colors? I trusted brown. 331 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,398 Do the purple ones have chocolate inside? 332 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:05,857 Raspberry cocaine. 333 00:17:06,442 --> 00:17:08,819 This house that burned down, where was it? 334 00:17:08,945 --> 00:17:10,278 Moorestown, New Jersey. 335 00:17:10,405 --> 00:17:13,990 Listen, I really need to know about the candy because I'm allergic to berries. 336 00:17:14,117 --> 00:17:15,033 You didn't mention that. 337 00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:16,576 Is it significant? 338 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:18,912 No. So where else did you live? 339 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,081 List everywhere, including vacations, 340 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:22,874 start with when your wife got pregnant. 341 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,378 We lived in Jersey. Then we moved to Jersey, from there, Jersey. 342 00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:29,548 What are you waiting to hear? About the little cottage in the Amazon 343 00:17:29,674 --> 00:17:31,800 with the mosquitoes and the lead paint all over the walls? 344 00:17:31,926 --> 00:17:33,093 Yes. 345 00:17:33,845 --> 00:17:34,845 You know what? 346 00:17:34,971 --> 00:17:36,930 I didn't let you come along so you could suck all the fun 347 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:39,057 out of my one day of life. 348 00:17:39,183 --> 00:17:42,352 Well, you're outta luck, because that's totally why I'm here. 349 00:17:44,272 --> 00:17:46,481 Okay, rule change. 350 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:49,943 Person with the money makes the rules. Or in this case, 351 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:53,405 the person who's friends with the person with the money makes the rules. 352 00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:56,241 Well, you want answers more than I want money. 353 00:17:56,367 --> 00:17:58,368 All right, so here's the game. 354 00:17:58,828 --> 00:18:00,120 Ask whatever you want. 355 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:03,707 But for every question I answer, you have to answer one first. 356 00:18:03,833 --> 00:18:05,959 Why would you care about anything I have to say? 357 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:09,379 The day before I died, I was a successful man. 358 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:13,258 I had a factory with over 200 employees. 359 00:18:13,384 --> 00:18:15,260 People listened when I talked. 360 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:17,637 I liked power. 361 00:18:19,307 --> 00:18:25,020 Now, the only power I have left is the power to annoy you. 362 00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:33,320 I took Wilson's assistant for coffee. 363 00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:35,947 - Why? - Something Tritter said. 364 00:18:36,073 --> 00:18:37,365 She told me the police think 365 00:18:37,492 --> 00:18:41,119 that House stole Wilson's prescription pad and forged his name. 366 00:18:42,371 --> 00:18:43,872 You believe it? 367 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:47,083 - Do you? - Well, absolutely I do. 368 00:18:47,210 --> 00:18:48,710 I'm just checking how naive you are. 369 00:18:48,836 --> 00:18:51,296 He's not gonna steal his best friend's pad, jeopardize his career. 370 00:18:51,422 --> 00:18:53,673 Until his best friend says no to him. 371 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:54,800 House is a junkie. 372 00:18:54,926 --> 00:18:58,136 Junkies do whatever they have to do to get what they need. 373 00:19:00,306 --> 00:19:02,933 Kyle's down to a three on the RLAS scale. 374 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:05,894 He's only showing localized response. 375 00:19:06,229 --> 00:19:09,773 I'll call House, tell him we're gonna need an answer soon. 376 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:14,277 Get in your right lane for 295. 377 00:19:14,904 --> 00:19:16,571 And pass me the Twizzlers. 378 00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:22,410 - I'm curious... - No, you're not. 379 00:19:22,537 --> 00:19:24,204 Why would a man's first instinct 380 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:26,206 be to drive away from the only family he's got? 381 00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:29,584 No, this is no time for you to do your thing. 382 00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,795 We don't care about his state of mind, we don't care if he's happy. 383 00:19:31,921 --> 00:19:34,422 This factory of yours, what did you make? 384 00:19:38,553 --> 00:19:40,303 So ask me a question. 385 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:41,763 I'm thinking. 386 00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:43,557 Only six left, by the way. 387 00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:46,393 So sign my name. You don't need a doctor, you need a pen. 388 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:47,644 What is up with you two? 389 00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:50,939 Wilson lied to the bulls to keep me out of the big house. 390 00:19:51,065 --> 00:19:52,482 Are you out of your mind? 391 00:19:52,608 --> 00:19:54,150 Well, who's he gonna tell? 392 00:19:54,277 --> 00:19:57,571 By tomorrow night he's gonna be a mindless stalk of celery. 393 00:19:57,697 --> 00:20:00,407 Since I answered that one, by the way, my turn. 394 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:01,908 What did you make in your factory? 395 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:03,451 Luxury boats. 396 00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:05,954 Have you ever been in love? 397 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:06,955 Wow! 398 00:20:07,081 --> 00:20:09,916 Going right for the clostes with the embarrassing stuff. Good move. 399 00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:12,002 Yes. Describe the boats. 400 00:20:12,128 --> 00:20:15,755 Thirty-five to 65-foot hulls, twin engines, parquet floors in the galley, 401 00:20:15,882 --> 00:20:17,883 staterooms with queen beds. 402 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:21,219 - How'd you meet? - She shot me. 403 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:24,890 These boats, I assume you used mildew-resistant paint on the hulls? 404 00:20:25,016 --> 00:20:26,683 Naturally. Shot you? 405 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,520 Paintball. Doctors versus lawyers. 406 00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:32,022 Did you ever take your son to the factory? 407 00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:36,234 Sure. He used to run all over the place, but it was perfectly safe. 408 00:20:37,278 --> 00:20:38,528 Ever love anybody else? 409 00:20:39,780 --> 00:20:42,449 No more questions, I got my answer. 410 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:46,328 While Dad's in the office, his son's watching them spray-paint. 411 00:20:46,454 --> 00:20:48,121 And what kid wears a mask? 412 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,999 Mercury specifically targets the central nervous system. 413 00:20:51,125 --> 00:20:52,250 You're saying this is my fault? 414 00:20:52,376 --> 00:20:54,461 Mercury poisoning explains the seizures 415 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,463 and the liver's like a big soup strainer. 416 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:59,215 The soup runs through, chicken dumplings stay. 417 00:20:59,342 --> 00:21:00,425 For soup, read blood, for chicken... 418 00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:02,385 I get it, I get it. Mercury. 419 00:21:02,511 --> 00:21:03,720 Sits more or less idle 420 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:07,182 until your kid pours tequila shooters into his liver. 421 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,977 When the liver goes, takes out the kidneys, explains everything. 422 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:11,978 Yeah, it's me. 423 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:15,065 Foreman, draw blood. Test for mercury poisoning. 424 00:21:15,191 --> 00:21:17,150 Chase, start heavy metal chelation 425 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:18,735 while we're waiting for results. 426 00:21:19,528 --> 00:21:21,363 Chase isn't here. I'll start the... 427 00:21:21,489 --> 00:21:23,156 Where is he? 428 00:21:24,659 --> 00:21:25,659 The lab. 429 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:32,874 How many pills does he take a day? 430 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,461 It's hard to say, pain levels vary over time... 431 00:21:36,587 --> 00:21:39,673 Could be six, eight, ten. 432 00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:42,092 Ever write any prescriptions for him? 433 00:21:42,218 --> 00:21:43,635 - Yes. - Why? 434 00:21:43,761 --> 00:21:45,178 Did he tell you to? 435 00:21:45,930 --> 00:21:47,180 He asked me to. 436 00:21:54,480 --> 00:22:00,485 Medicine attracts people who are attracted to power. 437 00:22:00,987 --> 00:22:05,198 I know how he hates when he is defied by a patient. 438 00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:09,744 I doubt he handles defiance from his staff any better. 439 00:22:09,870 --> 00:22:11,830 Now you correct me if I'm wrong, 440 00:22:11,956 --> 00:22:15,458 but I don't think Dr. House asks for anything. 441 00:22:16,502 --> 00:22:18,420 I think he takes it. 442 00:22:18,546 --> 00:22:23,425 And I think that you are stuck lying to the police 443 00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:28,513 to cover up something you didn't wanna do. 444 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:39,774 HOUSE: We have been up and down St. James like a Monopoly car. 445 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:43,737 It's not here. Giancarlo has left the building. 446 00:22:47,408 --> 00:22:49,159 We can still turn around and go back to Princeton. 447 00:22:49,285 --> 00:22:52,454 No. We've come this far, I'm getting the hoagie. 448 00:22:55,249 --> 00:22:57,250 If your son does have mercury poisoning, 449 00:22:57,376 --> 00:22:59,335 there's a good chance he'll respond to the chelation. 450 00:22:59,462 --> 00:23:01,421 You might be able to have a few minutes with him before you lapse. 451 00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:04,090 Why are you so concerned about me? 452 00:23:05,092 --> 00:23:08,011 Deep inside Wilson believes that if he cares enough 453 00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:09,804 he'll never have to die. 454 00:23:10,306 --> 00:23:12,182 Your behavior isn't normal. 455 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,350 And you would know normal? 456 00:23:14,477 --> 00:23:17,562 What could he have done that you won't forgive after 10 years? 457 00:23:17,688 --> 00:23:19,606 When this is your last chance? 458 00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:22,942 My son is what he is. 459 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:25,945 His mother's side, all drunken losers. 460 00:23:27,281 --> 00:23:28,782 He's gone the same way. 461 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:33,495 House told you drinking had damaged your son's liver. 462 00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:34,788 I just said that. 463 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:36,164 But you didn't hear him say that 464 00:23:36,290 --> 00:23:38,333 until after we left the hospital. 465 00:23:38,459 --> 00:23:39,959 So why did you leave? 466 00:23:42,088 --> 00:23:44,464 Maybe your son takes after your side. 467 00:23:45,466 --> 00:23:47,884 Seizures and an allergy to emotional connections. 468 00:23:48,010 --> 00:23:49,719 Okay, okay, okay. Enough. 469 00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:53,807 We're in Atlantic City and my time's not up yet. 470 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:56,267 We find a hotel with a casino. 471 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,357 (MACHINE BEEPING) 472 00:24:02,483 --> 00:24:04,400 BP's starting to drop. 473 00:24:04,527 --> 00:24:06,569 O2-sat's down to 70. 474 00:24:10,699 --> 00:24:12,534 Point-three milligrams of epi in. 475 00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:14,285 What are you trying to do, make him bleed faster? 476 00:24:14,411 --> 00:24:16,246 Check the pulse. 477 00:24:16,914 --> 00:24:18,456 It's not his liver. 478 00:24:19,834 --> 00:24:21,876 It's the heart. 479 00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:24,087 WILSON: I understand he's a French chef 480 00:24:24,213 --> 00:24:26,047 but I'm sure he can handle this. 481 00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:28,091 You need a 12-inch Italian roll, 482 00:24:28,217 --> 00:24:32,262 oregano vinegar, no, not balsamic vinegar, oregano vinegar. 483 00:24:33,264 --> 00:24:35,306 Quid pro quo, Clarice. 484 00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:37,267 Game's still on. 485 00:24:37,393 --> 00:24:39,686 I thought the answer was mercury poisoning. 486 00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:41,729 What other questions would you care about? 487 00:24:41,856 --> 00:24:42,981 If you each had one day to live, 488 00:24:43,107 --> 00:24:46,651 you'd look for one last meal and House would look for one last answer. 489 00:24:47,903 --> 00:24:50,029 WILSON: No, can you just send the ingredients up here 490 00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:52,157 and I'll make it myself. 491 00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:56,578 Last 10 years, how much awareness did you have? 492 00:24:56,704 --> 00:24:59,622 I don't know, I knew it wasn't the next day. 493 00:24:59,748 --> 00:25:01,249 I knew that... 494 00:25:02,251 --> 00:25:04,085 I recognized your voice. 495 00:25:05,045 --> 00:25:06,796 How often were you in my room? 496 00:25:06,922 --> 00:25:09,340 No, you're wasting a question. 497 00:25:09,466 --> 00:25:10,508 I have a better one. 498 00:25:12,469 --> 00:25:13,970 Why steal my pad? 499 00:25:14,096 --> 00:25:16,806 Oh, my God, you're right. I'm an addict. 500 00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:18,391 Thanks for opening my eyes. 501 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:20,351 No, I mean why my pad? 502 00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:23,771 Foreman, Cameron and Chase's pads are just as convenient. 503 00:25:23,898 --> 00:25:26,774 But their association with you is involuntary, they're employees. 504 00:25:26,901 --> 00:25:28,693 I associate with you through choice 505 00:25:28,819 --> 00:25:30,445 and any relationship that involves choice 506 00:25:30,571 --> 00:25:33,239 you have to see how far you can push before it breaks. 507 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:34,657 This is easy. 508 00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:38,119 You ask the questions, answer them and make tasty snacks. 509 00:25:38,996 --> 00:25:40,914 Let's go try the casino. 510 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,874 And one day our friendship will break 511 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,336 and that'll just prove your theory that relationships are conditional 512 00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:49,214 and you don't need human connection or deserve it, 513 00:25:49,340 --> 00:25:52,300 or whatever goes on in that rat-maze of your brain. 514 00:25:52,468 --> 00:25:54,594 Sorry, if I'd known he was gonna be this annoying, 515 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,262 I would have stolen Dr. Cameron's pad 516 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,181 (MOBILE PHONE RINGING) and Dr. Foreman's car. 517 00:25:58,307 --> 00:26:01,226 At least she appreciates my brooding melancholy. 518 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:04,562 House's House of Whining, state your complaint. 519 00:26:04,688 --> 00:26:06,314 The patient's BP just dropped like a stone. 520 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:07,273 Do an echo. 521 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:08,858 Mercury isn't likely to damage the... 522 00:26:08,984 --> 00:26:10,026 It didn't. 523 00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:11,861 Mercury test was negative. 524 00:26:14,114 --> 00:26:15,990 Do an echo. 525 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:24,457 I was wrong. Your son's still dying. 526 00:26:25,292 --> 00:26:28,378 I need to go over every relative you ever had. Again. 527 00:26:28,504 --> 00:26:31,422 And this time, forget their diseases, just tell me how they died. 528 00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:33,508 And we don't have time to take turns. 529 00:26:33,634 --> 00:26:35,843 You give me the answers, you get a big one at the end. 530 00:26:35,970 --> 00:26:37,303 You can go for whatever you want. 531 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,889 Destroy my privacy, my dignity. 532 00:26:46,855 --> 00:26:48,231 Your grandmother? 533 00:26:48,357 --> 00:26:50,483 Heat exhaustion, Fourth of July picnic. 534 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:51,985 The woman was 92. 535 00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:54,529 Does anyone in the kitchen know the hoagie shop 536 00:26:54,655 --> 00:26:56,281 that used to be on St. James Place? 537 00:26:56,407 --> 00:26:58,533 You sister-in-law with the diabetes. 538 00:26:58,659 --> 00:27:00,034 As far as you know, is she still alive? 539 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,744 She's not. She was killed in a traffic accident 540 00:27:01,870 --> 00:27:03,496 driving home from a Phillies game. 541 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:05,123 I'm sure a lot of beer was consumed. 542 00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:07,041 - The Phillies lost. - Your father? 543 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:09,294 Old age. Heart finally gave out. 544 00:27:09,837 --> 00:27:10,670 Your wife's father? 545 00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:13,506 Hit-and-run, walking the incontinent dog. 546 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:16,301 Hi, do you guys deliver? 547 00:27:17,928 --> 00:27:18,803 Let me put it this way, 548 00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:21,973 if you deliver, there'll be a $100 tip in it for you. 549 00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:24,267 Excellent. 550 00:27:24,893 --> 00:27:27,770 - Victory. - The night is finally going my way. 551 00:27:28,397 --> 00:27:30,148 Wilson, toss me a soda. 552 00:27:44,872 --> 00:27:46,873 Shall we go somewhere to talk? 553 00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:49,083 House is an ass. 554 00:27:49,209 --> 00:27:51,336 But he obviously needs pain medication, 555 00:27:51,462 --> 00:27:52,879 and how much pain one person feels 556 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:55,340 is not a call the government should be making. 557 00:27:55,466 --> 00:27:57,508 So you think I'm a bureaucrat with a badge 558 00:27:57,634 --> 00:27:59,719 following some arbitrary guideline. 559 00:28:00,471 --> 00:28:01,804 Yeah, I do. 560 00:28:02,431 --> 00:28:06,559 So you're saying I should just trust him. Do you? 561 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:10,313 - You're not qualified to make that... - I'm not sure you are, either. 562 00:28:10,439 --> 00:28:12,148 I've been a cop for 20 years. 563 00:28:12,274 --> 00:28:13,107 And not a day goes by 564 00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:17,737 that someone doesn't try to sell me some self-serving story. 565 00:28:18,822 --> 00:28:20,615 If you had my job, you'd know. 566 00:28:21,992 --> 00:28:23,743 Everybody lies. 567 00:28:31,085 --> 00:28:33,044 I think you've run out of relatives. 568 00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:36,130 So, it's my turn. 569 00:28:40,594 --> 00:28:42,261 Why did you become a doctor? 570 00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:43,805 That's the big question? 571 00:28:44,765 --> 00:28:46,724 I give you complete license to humiliate me 572 00:28:46,850 --> 00:28:48,226 and that's the best you can do. 573 00:28:48,352 --> 00:28:51,312 Well, okay, let's discuss the wonder of the human body. 574 00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:53,606 No, no, no. You're a curious guy. 575 00:28:54,316 --> 00:28:56,984 You like to figure things out, why not go into research? 576 00:28:57,111 --> 00:28:58,820 Why work with people when you 577 00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:01,531 obviously hate people? 578 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:04,450 Oedipal fixation. 579 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:05,785 I was seeking my mother's love 580 00:29:05,911 --> 00:29:08,079 and she thought that Ben Casey was just the dreamiest... 581 00:29:08,205 --> 00:29:12,208 Okay, fine. You don't think you'll need any more answers from me? 582 00:29:12,334 --> 00:29:13,418 Give me a hard time. 583 00:29:22,845 --> 00:29:24,470 When I was 14, 584 00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:28,057 my father was stationed in Japan. 585 00:29:28,851 --> 00:29:31,561 I went rock-climbing with this kid from school. 586 00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:35,106 He fell and got injured and I had to bring him to the hospital. 587 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:38,818 And we came in through the wrong entrance 588 00:29:38,944 --> 00:29:40,736 and passed this guy in the hall. 589 00:29:42,698 --> 00:29:43,781 He was a janitor. 590 00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:46,200 My friend came down with an infection 591 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:48,995 and the doctors didn't know what to do. 592 00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:50,830 So they brought in 593 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:53,916 the janitor. 594 00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:58,337 He was a doctor. 595 00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:01,883 And a buraku. 596 00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:05,428 One of Japan's untouchables. 597 00:30:06,722 --> 00:30:10,516 His ancestors had been slaughterers, gravediggers. 598 00:30:11,852 --> 00:30:12,935 And this guy, 599 00:30:14,897 --> 00:30:17,523 he knew that he wasn't accepted by the staff, didn't even try. 600 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:20,860 He didn't dress well, he didn't pretend to be one of them. 601 00:30:22,321 --> 00:30:24,071 The people around that place, 602 00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:26,908 they didn't think he had anything they wanted, 603 00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:30,870 except when they needed him. 604 00:30:32,623 --> 00:30:34,332 Because he was right. 605 00:30:36,210 --> 00:30:38,836 Which meant that nothing else mattered. 606 00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:42,048 And they had to listen to him. 607 00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:53,476 Thank you. 608 00:30:54,144 --> 00:30:55,561 (MACHINES BEEPING) 609 00:30:57,231 --> 00:30:59,982 Need 20 milligrams of diazepam in a syringe. 610 00:31:07,324 --> 00:31:09,116 Heartbeat's irregular and accelerating. 611 00:31:09,243 --> 00:31:10,701 - He's at 200. - He's gonna crash. 612 00:31:10,827 --> 00:31:12,161 Allergic reaction to the diazepam? 613 00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:13,120 Better hope so. 614 00:31:13,247 --> 00:31:16,082 It's either that or his heart's done. 615 00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:25,466 What happened on the night of the fire? 616 00:31:29,346 --> 00:31:32,932 Yeah. I'm sure it's a stressful, emotional question. 617 00:31:33,058 --> 00:31:34,100 Suck it up. 618 00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:40,189 My wife had taken a sleeping pill and gone to bed. 619 00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:41,148 It was Christmas Eve. 620 00:31:41,275 --> 00:31:44,277 I let Kyle pop corn in the fireplace. 621 00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:48,614 He managed to knock loose some tinder. 622 00:31:49,116 --> 00:31:50,741 Wrapping paper caught on fire. 623 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:53,160 It spread so fast. 624 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:55,079 I got Kyle out and... 625 00:31:56,123 --> 00:31:57,999 When I went back in for... 626 00:32:02,379 --> 00:32:03,921 You're a disappointment. 627 00:32:05,591 --> 00:32:09,176 You act as though you don't need anybody, you... 628 00:32:09,303 --> 00:32:11,345 You just blame your son for what happened. 629 00:32:11,471 --> 00:32:14,265 I don't blame him. He was a 12-year-old boy. 630 00:32:14,391 --> 00:32:16,267 You don't blame a kid for an accident. 631 00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:18,019 Then what are we doing here? Why aren't you with him? 632 00:32:18,145 --> 00:32:20,062 Because it wouldn't matter. 633 00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:23,024 I failed to keep my family safe. 634 00:32:23,150 --> 00:32:26,736 I couldn't stop the fire, I couldn't save my wife, 635 00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:30,573 now you want me to stick around watching while I fail to save my son. 636 00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:33,242 Thank you so much for waking me up. 637 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:42,460 How did your son dislodge the tinder? 638 00:32:43,879 --> 00:32:45,087 God... 639 00:32:48,258 --> 00:32:50,301 He dropped the popcorn tray. 640 00:32:50,427 --> 00:32:53,596 He had been complaining it was too heavy, I should have listened. 641 00:32:53,722 --> 00:32:57,058 And the hit-and-run, walking the pissy dog. 642 00:32:57,184 --> 00:32:58,768 That happen at night? 643 00:32:58,894 --> 00:33:00,353 I think so, yeah, why? 644 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:03,022 Car accident after the Phillies lost. 645 00:33:03,148 --> 00:33:04,523 Night game? 646 00:33:06,902 --> 00:33:08,778 Ragged-red fiber. 647 00:33:08,904 --> 00:33:10,196 It's an inherited condition. 648 00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:13,366 Dropping things, muscle weakness, poor night vision. 649 00:33:13,492 --> 00:33:17,286 Makes people seem uncoordinated, accident-prone, careless. 650 00:33:17,412 --> 00:33:19,789 It's transmitted in mitochondrial DNA 651 00:33:19,915 --> 00:33:21,749 so it only passes through the mother. 652 00:33:21,875 --> 00:33:25,294 Your wife's family weren't drunks, they were sick. 653 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:27,004 It wouldn't have affected his liver. 654 00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:28,673 The kid is a drunk. 655 00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:29,882 He thinks that he killed his mother 656 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,967 and turned his father into a vegetable. 657 00:33:32,094 --> 00:33:34,220 I might have a few shots myself. 658 00:33:35,472 --> 00:33:36,597 Foreman. 659 00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:39,725 Test his DNA for ragged-red fiber. 660 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,268 - It's not gonna... - Here's a thought. 661 00:33:41,395 --> 00:33:44,397 Why don't we not assume that the test is negative until we actually do it? 662 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:48,192 House, the kid has severe cardiomyopathy. 663 00:33:48,819 --> 00:33:52,071 Alcoholic, no shot at a transplant. 664 00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:54,865 So yeah, maybe you figured out why, good for you, but 665 00:33:56,451 --> 00:33:58,369 he's gonna die anyway. 666 00:34:09,131 --> 00:34:10,840 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 667 00:34:24,479 --> 00:34:26,188 I want to give Kyle my heart. 668 00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:35,197 This thing, whatever it is, you said he gets it from the mother. 669 00:34:35,323 --> 00:34:36,490 My heart's fine. 670 00:34:36,616 --> 00:34:39,910 And it could go on being fine for the rest of your life. 671 00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:43,038 Yeah, it's not like he's gonna do anything with it. 672 00:34:43,165 --> 00:34:44,498 Well, you woke him up once, 673 00:34:44,624 --> 00:34:47,251 maybe someone'll come up with some other answer. 674 00:34:47,711 --> 00:34:49,879 We've both seen breakthroughs no one expected. 675 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,925 And ragged-red fiber's treatable, but not curable. 676 00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:58,387 Even if he gets your heart, there's no guarantee. 677 00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:02,183 He's my kid. 678 00:35:03,810 --> 00:35:05,102 No! 679 00:35:05,228 --> 00:35:07,021 Did you really expect a different answer? 680 00:35:07,147 --> 00:35:10,816 We have arranged transplants before when a patient is near death. 681 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:15,446 Except he isn't near death, he's saying, "Kill me and cut out my heart." 682 00:35:15,572 --> 00:35:17,198 Are you out of your mind? 683 00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:21,160 Fine. I'll think of something else. 684 00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:23,788 I'm sorry. 685 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:42,473 Wilson, get out. 686 00:35:45,852 --> 00:35:47,019 No. 687 00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:52,983 You lied to the cops enough for me. 688 00:35:57,739 --> 00:36:00,574 Maybe I don't wanna push this till it breaks. 689 00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:25,724 Pills are the simplest. 690 00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:32,231 Hanging has less chance of damaging the heart. 691 00:36:35,735 --> 00:36:37,361 I'm okay with pain. 692 00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:41,866 Strangulation is better than breaking your neck, 693 00:36:43,827 --> 00:36:45,452 which means this'll be slow. 694 00:36:49,332 --> 00:36:52,585 I wouldn't get to see him even if we got in the car right now 695 00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:55,671 and broke the speed limit driving back, would I? 696 00:36:56,923 --> 00:36:58,215 No. 697 00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:02,136 Tell him... 698 00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:13,939 I don't know what to tell him. 699 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,486 (SIGHS) 700 00:37:20,780 --> 00:37:22,740 I think it's my turn to ask a question, isn't it? 701 00:37:22,866 --> 00:37:24,283 I don't think so. 702 00:37:24,659 --> 00:37:27,745 'Cause you just asked me that thing about the speed limit. 703 00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:33,042 What do you wanna know? 704 00:37:33,168 --> 00:37:36,712 If you could hear one thing from your father, what would it be? 705 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,215 It wouldn't help you. 706 00:37:40,342 --> 00:37:41,175 Try me. 707 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,599 I'd want him to say, 708 00:37:52,228 --> 00:37:53,646 "You were right. 709 00:37:55,148 --> 00:37:57,024 "You did the right thing." 710 00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:02,363 Yeah. It doesn't help. 711 00:38:18,463 --> 00:38:20,297 - Hi. - Hi. 712 00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:23,884 I'm Dr. Wilson. 713 00:38:24,594 --> 00:38:26,220 I'm Mrs. Schaffer. 714 00:38:26,346 --> 00:38:27,972 I'm from Princeton. 715 00:38:29,432 --> 00:38:32,559 My husband and I and our three children live in Philadelphia. 716 00:38:36,606 --> 00:38:40,359 So, do you like to swing? 717 00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:44,154 No. 718 00:38:44,906 --> 00:38:47,783 Well, if you change your mind, I'm in... 719 00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:52,162 House? House? 720 00:38:52,288 --> 00:38:54,748 Is it room 622, 642? 721 00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:56,083 622. 722 00:38:57,127 --> 00:39:00,379 - 662. - Yeah. 723 00:39:15,895 --> 00:39:16,979 Alibi. 724 00:39:19,733 --> 00:39:20,941 I figured. 725 00:39:29,451 --> 00:39:30,784 (THUMPING) 726 00:40:08,448 --> 00:40:11,325 They found an open bottle of aspirin by the body. 727 00:40:13,036 --> 00:40:17,623 Lucky he had a headache, reduced trauma to the heart in transit. 728 00:40:19,334 --> 00:40:20,375 Lucky. 729 00:40:33,306 --> 00:40:34,765 That can't be all. 730 00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:38,393 Well, you got a heart out of it. 731 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,521 How many organs do you want from the guy? 732 00:40:40,647 --> 00:40:43,440 I mean, my father must have said something. 733 00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:45,692 He couldn't just... 734 00:40:45,819 --> 00:40:49,571 He must have given you some kind of a message for me. 735 00:40:55,036 --> 00:40:56,745 He said you were right. 736 00:40:57,497 --> 00:40:59,748 You did the right thing. 737 00:41:04,504 --> 00:41:05,879 Right about what? 738 00:41:08,133 --> 00:41:09,758 What does that mean? 739 00:41:10,885 --> 00:41:13,971 How would I know? He's your dad. 740 00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:29,528 You know what I found interesting about this case? 741 00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:32,489 That it proved that people can love unconditionally 742 00:41:32,615 --> 00:41:34,199 and you can tell yourself it's not true, 743 00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:36,994 but you'll just end up in a hotel room in Atlantic City 744 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,412 asking someone to cut your heart out? 745 00:41:38,538 --> 00:41:40,581 (MACHINE BEEPING) The hoagie. 746 00:41:40,707 --> 00:41:43,000 You thought this guy was emotionally confused, 747 00:41:43,126 --> 00:41:44,626 and that the hoagie was just a mask 748 00:41:44,752 --> 00:41:47,671 to hide his real feelings toward his son. 749 00:41:47,797 --> 00:41:49,047 It was. 750 00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:51,925 Did you know Tritter was talking to your team while we were away? 751 00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:53,010 Yeah. 752 00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:54,928 And yet you moved Heaven and Earth 753 00:41:55,054 --> 00:41:58,056 to get him that mask with mustard and prosciutto. 754 00:41:58,183 --> 00:41:59,600 Which one of them told you? 755 00:41:59,726 --> 00:42:01,143 All of them. 756 00:42:01,269 --> 00:42:03,395 Which means that none of them said anything I have to worry about. 757 00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:04,855 (MACHINE BEEPING) Back to the hoagie. 758 00:42:04,981 --> 00:42:07,065 You think that my addiction's out of hand. 759 00:42:07,192 --> 00:42:11,028 Your need to be needed is so strong that you'll give people what they want, 760 00:42:11,154 --> 00:42:12,696 what they need, what they think they need. 761 00:42:12,822 --> 00:42:16,783 I don't think my enabling is anything you should be complaining about. 762 00:42:17,076 --> 00:42:19,328 Yes, my name is Dr. James Wilson, 763 00:42:19,954 --> 00:42:22,664 account number 835687. 764 00:42:23,499 --> 00:42:25,792 The ATM says I've got zero... 765 00:42:27,503 --> 00:42:29,296 What does that mean, a hold? 766 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:34,384 Yeah, okay, thanks. 767 00:42:38,723 --> 00:42:39,806 (SIGHS) 768 00:42:39,933 --> 00:42:43,727 My accounts have been frozen as part of a police investigation. 769 00:42:47,273 --> 00:42:49,399 They can't keep your money forever. 770 00:42:50,860 --> 00:42:55,405 No, they can keep it till I agree to help send you to prison for 10 years. 771 00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:02,162 You're getting dinner.