1 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:27,109 (KNOCKlNG AT DOOR) 2 00:00:27,610 --> 00:00:29,111 (SlGHS) Who is it? 3 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:30,237 lt's Tom. 4 00:00:31,614 --> 00:00:33,824 Tom, your husband? 5 00:00:34,743 --> 00:00:36,243 What's he doing here? 6 00:00:44,461 --> 00:00:46,003 Uh, what's going on? 7 00:00:46,087 --> 00:00:47,296 l'm sorry. l know l'm not supposed to be here. 8 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:50,257 But Evelyn's school contract is due tomorrow. 9 00:00:50,341 --> 00:00:52,843 l knew l was forgetting something. Let me find a pen. 10 00:00:52,927 --> 00:00:53,969 (CLEARlNG THROAT) 11 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:59,099 Hey. 12 00:00:59,184 --> 00:01:00,768 Not quite sure what Emily Post recommends 13 00:01:00,852 --> 00:01:02,853 in this situation, but l'm Tom. 14 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:05,147 Damien. Hi. 15 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:08,484 Sorry to intrude, l just. . . l wasn't quite sure when she'd be coming home. 16 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:10,652 No problem. 17 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:12,571 Thank you so much for catching this. 18 00:01:12,655 --> 00:01:13,906 Yeah. 19 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:17,284 l'll get out of your way. lt was good to meet you, 20 00:01:17,368 --> 00:01:18,869 and l'll see you later, hon. 21 00:01:18,953 --> 00:01:20,162 Bye. 22 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:25,501 (DOOR CLOSES) 23 00:01:28,838 --> 00:01:30,923 So, he seems like a nice guy. 24 00:01:31,007 --> 00:01:32,216 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 25 00:01:32,717 --> 00:01:33,842 Ooh. 26 00:01:35,845 --> 00:01:37,012 Jules, you okay? 27 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:38,180 No, my stomach. . . 28 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:39,681 Here, lie down. 29 00:01:43,186 --> 00:01:44,186 (GROANlNG) Ow! 30 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:45,687 Try to. . . 31 00:01:45,730 --> 00:01:47,231 Get Tom. Okay. 32 00:01:48,024 --> 00:01:49,024 Ow! 33 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:50,192 DAMlEN: Tom ! 34 00:01:51,027 --> 00:01:52,945 (PANTlNG) 35 00:02:26,396 --> 00:02:27,437 You know what would be perfect? 36 00:02:27,522 --> 00:02:28,480 Hmm. 37 00:02:28,565 --> 00:02:30,482 French Toast Tower. 38 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:33,235 You still go to Mickey's? What's your cholesterol? 39 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:35,696 lt's my one vice. l'm keeping it. 40 00:02:35,780 --> 00:02:38,740 As much as l would love to clog my arteries, 41 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:44,121 l have a 1 0:00 CT, and l still have to race home, get changed. 42 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:48,917 Maybe you could keep some clothes here. 43 00:02:50,587 --> 00:02:52,087 Maybe l could. 44 00:02:53,798 --> 00:02:56,884 He's just trying to get into your skirts, 45 00:02:56,968 --> 00:02:59,303 and l don't mean metaphorically. 46 00:02:59,387 --> 00:03:02,014 Well, he's got the legs for it. 47 00:03:03,766 --> 00:03:07,019 So, l will see you tonight? 48 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:08,437 Yeah. 49 00:03:14,277 --> 00:03:15,777 Bye, House. 50 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:17,112 Have a nice day. 51 00:03:20,950 --> 00:03:23,911 "Have a nice day"? How civilized. 52 00:03:23,995 --> 00:03:26,205 l said l'd stay out of it. 53 00:03:30,335 --> 00:03:32,044 What? Nothing. 54 00:03:32,128 --> 00:03:33,462 Clearly something. 55 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:34,630 Nope. 56 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:36,256 House, on a list of your attributes, 57 00:03:36,341 --> 00:03:39,259 there's nothing that even rhymes with "coy." 58 00:03:39,344 --> 00:03:43,430 Okay, l may have seen something in the fridge. 59 00:03:43,514 --> 00:03:45,641 Like the end of your relationship. 60 00:03:46,809 --> 00:03:50,103 She put the milk in the door and not on the shelf. 61 00:03:50,188 --> 00:03:51,563 lt's not a big deal. 62 00:03:51,648 --> 00:03:53,440 You hate that she did that, but you didn't say anything. 63 00:03:53,524 --> 00:03:54,566 (LAUGHS) 64 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:55,734 You're trying to get us to fight. 65 00:03:55,818 --> 00:03:58,946 No, l'm trying to help. lf you got an issue, let her know. 66 00:03:59,030 --> 00:04:02,449 l should've known that you weren't done sabotaging this. 67 00:04:02,533 --> 00:04:05,285 Fine. Stew in your irritation. 68 00:04:05,370 --> 00:04:08,038 Sure, last time it bubbled over into resentment and rage, 69 00:04:08,122 --> 00:04:09,831 leading ultimately to a painful divorce 70 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:13,252 that neither of you have ever really recovered from, 71 00:04:13,336 --> 00:04:16,213 but l'm sure this time, it'll be great. 72 00:04:27,809 --> 00:04:29,768 lnteresting case, 35-year-old woman 73 00:04:29,852 --> 00:04:31,144 with fever and abdominal pain. 74 00:04:31,229 --> 00:04:33,480 ER ruled out all the usual suspects. 75 00:04:33,564 --> 00:04:35,565 Stop before you interest me to death. 76 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:37,734 And she's in an open marriage. 77 00:04:38,903 --> 00:04:40,904 That's not interesting. lt's just weird. 78 00:04:40,989 --> 00:04:42,072 HOUSE: Know what's weirder? 79 00:04:42,156 --> 00:04:45,117 That other humans are monogamous in the first place. 80 00:04:45,576 --> 00:04:47,619 No other species on the planet mates for life, 81 00:04:47,704 --> 00:04:49,121 and if you're gonna bring up swans, 82 00:04:49,205 --> 00:04:50,580 they cheat like everybody else. 83 00:04:50,665 --> 00:04:52,582 They just have better PR than rabbits. 84 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:55,502 Animals also eat their young and kill their rivals. 85 00:04:55,586 --> 00:04:57,421 That make it weird that most of us don't? 86 00:04:57,505 --> 00:04:59,256 Says the guy whose opposable thumbs 87 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:01,925 have been all over how many women who aren't his wife? 88 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:04,303 A functional open marriage is like a unicorn. 89 00:05:04,387 --> 00:05:05,971 lt's a mythical creature that doesn't exist. 90 00:05:06,055 --> 00:05:07,431 Someone always ends up unhappy. 91 00:05:07,515 --> 00:05:11,810 Our patient's unhappy because she's suffering from an intestinal blockage. 92 00:05:11,894 --> 00:05:14,980 Boring. Now, l'm gonna have to find a reason to rule it out. 93 00:05:15,064 --> 00:05:16,815 What about herpes colitis? 94 00:05:16,899 --> 00:05:19,026 She picks up the infection from one of her partners. 95 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:20,152 lt takes root in her colon. 96 00:05:20,236 --> 00:05:21,278 STD panel was clean. 97 00:05:21,362 --> 00:05:23,322 Chances are this couple was unhappy in the first place. 98 00:05:23,406 --> 00:05:26,491 This is their attempt to save something that never. . . 99 00:05:30,913 --> 00:05:31,997 Go on. 100 00:05:32,081 --> 00:05:35,250 Herpes might not register if she was exposed in the last six weeks. 101 00:05:37,378 --> 00:05:40,714 But it would show up on a barium enema. 102 00:05:40,798 --> 00:05:43,342 Wait. You're going to do it? 103 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:47,971 Gotta see if our patient is a unicorn or just a slutty horse. 104 00:05:48,056 --> 00:05:51,475 Think how much fun Taub could be having. 105 00:05:51,559 --> 00:05:54,936 HOUSE: Barium coats the inner lining of your colon, 106 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:58,023 lets us get a good look at it on the X-ray. 107 00:05:58,107 --> 00:05:59,524 l can get somebody else to pick up Evelyn. 108 00:05:59,609 --> 00:06:01,360 l feel like l'm abandoning you. 109 00:06:01,444 --> 00:06:03,028 l'm on painkillers. 110 00:06:03,112 --> 00:06:04,363 l'd rather this not be what you think of 111 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:07,783 every time you look at my butt. 112 00:06:14,290 --> 00:06:15,791 Okay, roll onto your side. 113 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:18,919 lt's fill 'er up time. 114 00:06:19,003 --> 00:06:20,295 (EXHALES) 115 00:06:25,093 --> 00:06:28,220 So, is Evelyn his new squeeze? 116 00:06:28,304 --> 00:06:29,554 She's our daughter. 117 00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:32,933 Must be interesting, growing up in a production of Oh! CaIcutta! 118 00:06:33,017 --> 00:06:34,768 She's six. 119 00:06:34,852 --> 00:06:37,562 She knows as much about our sex life as any other kid her age. 120 00:06:38,481 --> 00:06:40,899 You can explain that she's the reason 121 00:06:40,983 --> 00:06:42,150 the two of you stayed married. 122 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:44,236 You've been in the room five minutes. 123 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,363 You got us all figured out. 124 00:06:46,447 --> 00:06:48,448 Of course, you left out the part where we love each other, 125 00:06:48,533 --> 00:06:50,492 and we wanna grow old together. 126 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:51,993 But you just don't wanna be young together. 127 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:53,954 Look, when you think about it, 128 00:06:54,038 --> 00:06:55,914 tons of couples do what we do. 129 00:06:55,998 --> 00:06:57,124 lt's just that with most of them, 130 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,876 one spouse doesn't know about it. 131 00:06:59,961 --> 00:07:01,253 We decided things work better 132 00:07:01,337 --> 00:07:04,256 when people tell each other the truth. 133 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:08,510 Tank's full. 134 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:12,264 l'll page the radiology elves. 135 00:07:15,893 --> 00:07:18,770 l'm not saying l hate it. lt just doesn't go with your eyes. 136 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:19,896 You hate it. 137 00:07:19,981 --> 00:07:21,231 Little bit. 138 00:07:21,315 --> 00:07:24,568 Any more heartless critiques of my general appearance? 139 00:07:24,652 --> 00:07:26,027 MAYA: Nope. All done. 140 00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:32,325 So, is she as bendy as she looks? 141 00:07:33,202 --> 00:07:34,703 Maya and l are just friends. 142 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:36,288 No, you and l are friends. 143 00:07:36,372 --> 00:07:38,415 And you don't have coffee with me three times a week. 144 00:07:38,499 --> 00:07:40,500 She's an interesting person. 145 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:42,586 She grew up in Ohio. She has three brothers. 146 00:07:42,670 --> 00:07:45,422 Fascinating. Last week that Cambodian lab tech was telling us 147 00:07:45,506 --> 00:07:47,340 how he survived the Killing Fields, 148 00:07:47,425 --> 00:07:49,217 and you left to go get a donut. 149 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:50,844 So we flirt. lt's fun. 150 00:07:50,928 --> 00:07:52,137 lt's dangerous. 151 00:07:52,221 --> 00:07:54,055 That woman would totally do you. 152 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:55,891 You think? 153 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:57,142 Nothing is gonna happen. 154 00:07:57,226 --> 00:07:59,060 All l'm saying is, if you want to be on a diet, 155 00:07:59,145 --> 00:08:03,106 you might want to stop hanging out by the dessert cart. 156 00:08:04,567 --> 00:08:07,319 X-ray was clean. She doesn't have herpes colitis. 157 00:08:07,403 --> 00:08:08,653 Or abdominal pain. 158 00:08:08,738 --> 00:08:10,572 TAUB: lt stopped hurting during the X-ray, 159 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:12,741 which means it was just an intestinal blockage that passed. 160 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:13,825 We should discharge her. 161 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:17,329 Absolutely, there's no need to find any underlying cause. 162 00:08:17,413 --> 00:08:19,956 These things never happen twice. 163 00:08:20,041 --> 00:08:22,167 Take her digestive system for a test drive. 164 00:08:22,251 --> 00:08:24,002 Give her a radio-opaque milkshake. 165 00:08:24,086 --> 00:08:25,670 X-ray every 1 5 minutes to see if it makes 166 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:28,006 any unscheduled stops on the way through. 167 00:08:28,090 --> 00:08:29,216 We'll be here all night. 168 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,510 No, Taub will be here all night. 169 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:35,096 Go talk to the unicorn, then tell me you don't believe. 170 00:08:35,181 --> 00:08:37,599 l did an abdominal CT on a kid today, 171 00:08:37,683 --> 00:08:41,478 and found a six-inch bezoar made entirely of gum. 172 00:08:41,562 --> 00:08:45,565 l mean, who gives a three-year-old an endless supply of gum. . . 173 00:08:50,112 --> 00:08:51,196 You okay? 174 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,280 Yeah. 175 00:08:53,950 --> 00:08:57,786 l mean, there was hair in it and maybe a piece of paper. 176 00:09:00,957 --> 00:09:04,209 So, how Iong have you been married? 177 00:09:05,795 --> 00:09:08,838 One of the few drawbacks of having an open marriage. 178 00:09:08,923 --> 00:09:11,716 Nobody ever asks me about current events or the weather. 179 00:09:12,885 --> 00:09:14,386 The Yankees Iook good this season. 180 00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:16,221 (LAUGHlNG) 181 00:09:17,932 --> 00:09:19,558 Seven years. 182 00:09:19,642 --> 00:09:24,479 And how long have you, you know... 183 00:09:25,439 --> 00:09:27,274 After three years, we reaIized 184 00:09:27,358 --> 00:09:30,235 that traditional marriage was making us both miserable. 185 00:09:31,988 --> 00:09:34,030 Most people get divorced at that point. 186 00:09:34,115 --> 00:09:35,115 Yeah, we didn't want to get divorced. 187 00:09:35,199 --> 00:09:36,408 We still loved each other. 188 00:09:36,492 --> 00:09:39,995 We just realized that expecting one person 189 00:09:40,079 --> 00:09:42,664 to fuIfiII aII of your needs forever is unreaIistic. 190 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:46,251 There are happy monogamous couples out there. 191 00:09:46,335 --> 00:09:48,878 Sure, one or two have the perfect marriage. 192 00:09:48,963 --> 00:09:52,382 Everybody else has figured out how to settle for less. 193 00:09:52,466 --> 00:09:56,761 l don't want to settle and end up resenting my husband. 194 00:09:56,846 --> 00:09:59,931 l'd rather get the 1 0% he doesn't give me somewhere else 195 00:10:00,016 --> 00:10:05,186 so that l can really appreciate him for the 90% he does. 196 00:10:07,815 --> 00:10:09,232 (HEART MONlTOR BEEPlNG) 197 00:10:09,317 --> 00:10:11,860 l think something's wrong. 198 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:13,445 With your stomach? My heart is racing. 199 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:14,904 (MONlTOR BEEPlNG FASTER) 200 00:10:14,989 --> 00:10:16,990 (BREATHlNG HEAVlLY) 201 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,580 Try to take deep breaths. l'm gonna try to slow your heart down. 202 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:26,249 ls this because of the blockage? 203 00:10:26,334 --> 00:10:27,626 No. lt's not working. 204 00:10:27,710 --> 00:10:28,752 (MONlTOR BEEPlNG RAPlDLY) 205 00:10:28,836 --> 00:10:31,004 Need a crash cart in here! 206 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:40,930 CHASE: l need a list of all your sexual partners from the last six months. 207 00:10:41,015 --> 00:10:42,098 Why? 208 00:10:42,183 --> 00:10:43,391 Your wife had an arrhythmia. 209 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:45,644 The progression of symptoms from bowel to heart 210 00:10:45,728 --> 00:10:47,646 makes a parasitic infection most likely. 211 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:49,648 Since Julia hasn't been out of the country. . . 212 00:10:49,732 --> 00:10:50,815 The only place that l've been recently 213 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:52,484 is a business trip to Nebraska. 214 00:10:52,568 --> 00:10:54,569 But either of you could have picked up a bug 215 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,196 from one of your partners. 216 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,572 (SlGHS) 217 00:10:58,407 --> 00:11:01,618 lt's kind of complicated. 218 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:05,080 How many partners are we talking about? Ballpark. 219 00:11:06,832 --> 00:11:07,832 None. 220 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:09,250 None? 221 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:13,254 We have a great sex life. l don't need anyone else. 222 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:15,215 So why not just tell her that 223 00:11:15,299 --> 00:11:16,675 and close this whole thing up? 224 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:17,842 You married? 225 00:11:17,927 --> 00:11:20,220 (STUTTERlNG) l was. 226 00:11:20,304 --> 00:11:22,847 Did you ever agree to go see a chick flick with your wife 227 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:24,766 or pretend to enjoy classical music? 228 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:28,812 Stravinsky never groped my wife in a Midtown hotel room. 229 00:11:28,896 --> 00:11:31,106 She needs this. 230 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:34,818 l don't, but l don't want her to feel bad about that. 231 00:11:37,905 --> 00:11:39,280 HOUSE: He's lying. 232 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:40,699 CHASE: Guy's got a license to drill. 233 00:11:40,783 --> 00:11:42,701 Why would he lie about not using it? 234 00:11:42,785 --> 00:11:43,868 That's not the lie. 235 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:46,705 The lie is that he gives a crap how his wife feels. 236 00:11:46,789 --> 00:11:48,790 lf they're both screwing around, that's one thing. 237 00:11:48,874 --> 00:11:50,917 But she has a piece on the side, and he doesn't? 238 00:11:51,001 --> 00:11:52,419 The only way he'd be okay with that 239 00:11:52,503 --> 00:11:54,546 is if he's betraying her in some other way. 240 00:11:54,630 --> 00:11:56,423 Then in his mind, it makes them even. 241 00:11:56,507 --> 00:11:58,883 My unicorn isn't a unicorn. 242 00:11:58,968 --> 00:12:01,261 lt's a donkey with a plunger stuck to its face. 243 00:12:01,345 --> 00:12:03,304 Right, even a guy who's not cheating 244 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:05,306 is doing it for underhanded reasons. 245 00:12:05,391 --> 00:12:06,975 No, no, no, he's not being cynical. 246 00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:09,853 He's assuming the husband is doing something to even the score. 247 00:12:09,937 --> 00:12:12,564 Which means he thinks there is a score. 248 00:12:12,648 --> 00:12:14,649 Which means, cheating swans aside, 249 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:16,735 House believes in monogamy. 250 00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:18,737 He's being romantic. 251 00:12:18,821 --> 00:12:22,365 What l believe is that men are genetically engineered to be jealous. 252 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:25,285 Doesn't matter if l think there's a score. l guarantee you he does. 253 00:12:25,369 --> 00:12:26,828 Any of the wife's partners pan out? 254 00:12:27,204 --> 00:12:30,123 She's been with two people other than Tom in the last six months. 255 00:12:30,207 --> 00:12:32,250 Neither of them have been outside the Tri-State area. 256 00:12:32,334 --> 00:12:33,585 So we're back to the husband. 257 00:12:33,669 --> 00:12:34,711 You just said you believed he wasn't. . . 258 00:12:34,795 --> 00:12:36,796 He's doing something behind her back. 259 00:12:36,881 --> 00:12:39,674 What better cover than a business trip to Nebraska? 260 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:41,718 Like that's really a place. 261 00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:45,430 CHASE: Let's find his travel records and get back to work. 262 00:12:48,058 --> 00:12:50,435 You seem pretty mellow about this couple's deal. 263 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:53,146 Thought you'd be first in line to shake a finger. 264 00:12:53,230 --> 00:12:56,191 They're still married. l'm not. 265 00:12:56,275 --> 00:12:58,276 Not that l could ever do it. 266 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,237 l was jealous of House, and Cameron never touched him. 267 00:13:01,322 --> 00:13:04,032 Not counting the emotional fondling. 268 00:13:05,701 --> 00:13:08,787 When my mom was dying, my dad had an affair. 269 00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:11,790 He told you this? 270 00:13:11,874 --> 00:13:14,125 l'd seen them get out of his car. 271 00:13:14,210 --> 00:13:15,877 Two years after Mom died, they got married. 272 00:13:16,253 --> 00:13:17,629 Must've sucked. 273 00:13:17,713 --> 00:13:19,631 At the time, yeah, 274 00:13:19,715 --> 00:13:23,259 but looking back, it makes sense. 275 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:24,552 My mom never knew about it, 276 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,971 and he needed someone to make him feel less alone. 277 00:13:27,056 --> 00:13:29,641 He took care of my mom, day in and day out, 278 00:13:29,725 --> 00:13:31,476 for two and a half years before she died. 279 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:35,772 He was devoted to her. Loving someone else didn't change that. 280 00:13:35,856 --> 00:13:38,149 So loving two people at once is fine 281 00:13:38,234 --> 00:13:39,651 as long as one of them is dying? 282 00:13:39,735 --> 00:13:41,736 Whoever's taking care of me when l get sick, 283 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:45,406 l hope they've got someone else to take care of them. 284 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,536 Tom was telling the truth. 285 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:51,746 He really did go to Nebraska. 286 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:54,499 Plane ticket and restaurant receipts. 287 00:13:54,583 --> 00:13:56,417 THlRTEEN: Forget Nebraska. 288 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,422 Maybe they just bought their parasites at the mall. 289 00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:05,426 You know, we should really throw away that loofah. 290 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:07,345 They're imported. Sometimes they're not sterilized. 291 00:14:07,429 --> 00:14:09,556 We think our patient got amoebiasis from hers. 292 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,641 She going to be okay? 293 00:14:11,725 --> 00:14:13,351 We're treating now. She should be fine. 294 00:14:15,062 --> 00:14:18,189 lt's actually kind of bizarre. 295 00:14:18,274 --> 00:14:21,568 She and her husband have an open marriage. 296 00:14:24,947 --> 00:14:26,322 They sleep with other people? 297 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:29,617 Well, she does. Her husband's totally fine with it. 298 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:30,743 That's crazy, right? 299 00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:37,584 And you're bringing this up because. . . 300 00:14:40,296 --> 00:14:43,715 l thought it was interesting. 301 00:14:43,799 --> 00:14:45,967 More interesting than your other cases, l guess. 302 00:14:47,761 --> 00:14:50,847 You talk about your colleagues. You rant about House. 303 00:14:50,931 --> 00:14:53,600 You don't usually mention your patients. 304 00:14:56,312 --> 00:14:59,731 ls open marriage something you want? 305 00:14:59,815 --> 00:15:02,066 No. l mean. . . 306 00:15:04,820 --> 00:15:07,196 l know you'd never. . . 307 00:15:10,075 --> 00:15:11,200 (SlGHS) 308 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:14,078 All this time and energy you spent 309 00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:16,581 310 00:15:16,665 --> 00:15:17,790 And there's somebody else. 311 00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:21,085 l'm not. . . WAlTER: Would you like some more water, sir? 312 00:15:32,514 --> 00:15:33,806 Okay. 313 00:15:35,643 --> 00:15:39,604 There's a woman at work. People say she's attracted to me. 314 00:15:39,688 --> 00:15:42,106 But nothing's happened. Nothing's going to happen. 315 00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:43,691 l'm not having an affair. 316 00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:45,276 But you want to. 317 00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:49,280 No, honey, l'm trying to be honest. 318 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:52,450 l don't want to make the same mistakes. 319 00:15:52,534 --> 00:15:54,327 Be honest then. 320 00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:56,871 Are you attracted to her? 321 00:16:01,877 --> 00:16:06,798 Look, she's attractive. There's an attraction. 322 00:16:06,882 --> 00:16:09,592 Aren't there men who make you feel that way? 323 00:16:09,677 --> 00:16:10,927 Of course, there are. 324 00:16:11,011 --> 00:16:15,181 But it never occurs to me to act on it, because l'm married. 325 00:16:16,392 --> 00:16:18,434 To you. 326 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:21,646 And that's enough for me. 327 00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:22,855 Aren't l enough for you? 328 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:24,691 Of course, you are. 329 00:16:24,775 --> 00:16:26,359 (PAGER BEEPlNG) 330 00:16:28,737 --> 00:16:31,155 Our patient's lost all movement in her legs. 331 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:34,659 There are other doctors, Chris. We're talking. 332 00:16:35,703 --> 00:16:39,580 l'm sorry. The woman's paralyzed. 333 00:16:40,874 --> 00:16:42,542 l'll get a cab. 334 00:16:56,890 --> 00:16:58,975 TAUB: Tests show no spinal cord injury, 335 00:16:59,059 --> 00:17:01,060 no cerebral lesions, no hemorrhage. 336 00:17:01,145 --> 00:17:03,438 CHASE: We finally got a stool sample. The loofah's innocent. 337 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:06,190 No sign of amoebas or any other parasite. 338 00:17:06,275 --> 00:17:10,111 So paralysis, arrhythmia, intermittent abdominal pain. 339 00:17:10,946 --> 00:17:13,322 And he nicked himself shaving. 340 00:17:15,784 --> 00:17:19,495 Sorry, that was Taub. But it was easier to solve. 341 00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:21,706 Means he used the crappy razor in his locker, 342 00:17:21,790 --> 00:17:23,082 which means he slept here. 343 00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:24,250 Thanks to you. 344 00:17:26,962 --> 00:17:29,589 l brought up open marriage with Rachel. 345 00:17:29,673 --> 00:17:30,840 lt was a disaster. 346 00:17:34,303 --> 00:17:37,680 On the medical front, we've knocked out sex and foreign travel. 347 00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:39,766 Could be an electrolyte imbalance. 348 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:41,476 So the only time you're not interested 349 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,769 350 00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:45,646 You were the moron who took marital advice from Tila Tequila. 351 00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:47,273 You pushed me into this. 352 00:17:47,357 --> 00:17:49,817 Figured it would either blow up your marriage or make it more honest. 353 00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:51,360 Either way, you win. 354 00:17:51,445 --> 00:17:53,279 What about sex? 355 00:17:53,363 --> 00:17:54,405 l'm talking about the patient. 356 00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:55,531 ls that cool with everybody? 357 00:17:55,616 --> 00:17:56,699 We ruled out sex. 358 00:17:56,784 --> 00:17:58,993 We ruled out sex with other people. 359 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:01,788 Tom said he and Julia have been doing it three or four times a week. 360 00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:03,706 And she's got boys on the side. 361 00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:07,210 lncreased libido can be a symptom of adrenocortical carcinoma, 362 00:18:07,294 --> 00:18:09,170 which also explains her other symptoms. 363 00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:12,507 A woman who likes sex must be sick? 364 00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:14,050 HOUSE: Just because everybody in this room 365 00:18:14,134 --> 00:18:17,887 wishes that all women were horny all the time doesn't make it so. 366 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:20,932 Get an MRl of her adrenal glands. 367 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:30,733 Hi. 368 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:33,653 Okay if l take the sports page? 369 00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:35,113 WlLSON: Sure. 370 00:18:41,328 --> 00:18:43,746 Would you mind using a coaster? 371 00:18:43,872 --> 00:18:46,624 Oh. Sure. Sorry. 372 00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:47,834 lt's okay. 373 00:18:53,507 --> 00:18:55,800 Also, it'd be great if you'd replace 374 00:18:55,884 --> 00:18:57,510 the toilet paper when you finish a roll. 375 00:18:57,594 --> 00:18:59,178 And when you load the dishwasher, 376 00:18:59,263 --> 00:19:01,639 you can't put a big, flat bowl on the bottom. 377 00:19:01,723 --> 00:19:05,184 lt traps the water so nothing on the top gets clean. 378 00:19:05,269 --> 00:19:07,603 And please don't throw banana peels in the bedroom trash. . . 379 00:19:07,688 --> 00:19:11,023 l haven't done any of those things. 380 00:19:11,108 --> 00:19:12,733 You're probably not even aware. . . 381 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:13,985 l hate bananas. 382 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,035 Oh, my God. lt was House. 383 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,330 l'm sorry. He's been trying to get us to fight. 384 00:19:26,415 --> 00:19:28,624 Why would he think that stuff would make us fight? 385 00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:32,628 Because of the milk. You put it in the door. 386 00:19:32,713 --> 00:19:35,548 The body of the refrigerator is the coldest part. 387 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:36,841 The temperature in the door fluctuates, 388 00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:37,967 which decreases shelf life. . . 389 00:19:38,051 --> 00:19:41,971 Wow. When did you get all OCD? 390 00:19:42,055 --> 00:19:44,432 l just want clean dishes and unspoiled milk 391 00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:45,641 so we can all stay healthy. 392 00:19:45,934 --> 00:19:48,436 Oh. lt's about health? 393 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:53,024 What about the coaster? Does that replenish my B1 2 or something? 394 00:19:53,108 --> 00:19:54,192 Can we just drop it? 395 00:19:54,276 --> 00:19:55,359 Sure. 396 00:20:03,493 --> 00:20:05,411 You have this list of annoyances 397 00:20:05,495 --> 00:20:07,747 the entire time we were married? 398 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:11,792 Get better, Mommy. 399 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,669 l love you, rabbit. 400 00:20:15,547 --> 00:20:18,007 Julia, you have a guest. 401 00:20:23,013 --> 00:20:24,805 Hi. This isn't a good time. 402 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:29,018 Dr. Hadley, did you say there was a video game in the playroom? 403 00:20:29,102 --> 00:20:31,938 Maybe you can teach me how to play one of them? 404 00:20:32,022 --> 00:20:33,356 See you in Radiology. 405 00:20:38,779 --> 00:20:40,404 Get out of my wife's room. 406 00:20:40,489 --> 00:20:42,365 Your relationship with her stays out of our space. 407 00:20:42,449 --> 00:20:43,658 l was worried about her. 408 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:46,160 Tom's right. You should go. 409 00:20:47,955 --> 00:20:49,413 So it's fine if we have sex, 410 00:20:49,498 --> 00:20:50,998 but if l drop by to see if you're okay. . . 411 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:53,417 This is our family. 412 00:20:58,382 --> 00:21:00,258 Sorry. 413 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,183 l spent two years of residency 414 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,310 wearing shirts that were a size too small. 415 00:21:11,395 --> 00:21:14,188 How hard is it to ask me not to put them in the dryer? 416 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:16,565 And l only did your laundry because you were never home. 417 00:21:16,650 --> 00:21:17,733 l didn't ask you to. 418 00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:19,277 Of course you didn't. You just got annoyed 419 00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:21,070 whenever you didn't have clean underwear. 420 00:21:21,154 --> 00:21:22,238 l never said l was annoyed. 421 00:21:22,322 --> 00:21:24,949 That's the point. You didn't say anything. 422 00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:26,993 So l'm getting a lecture on communication 423 00:21:27,077 --> 00:21:30,246 from someone who had her lawyer inform me our marriage was over. 424 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:36,877 Asking for an open marriage. You got stones. 425 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:41,382 Conversation sort of got away from me. lt was a train wreck. 426 00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:42,800 l think it's good you brought it up. 427 00:21:42,884 --> 00:21:45,136 l read a study that found men who have multiple copies 428 00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:46,554 of a certain vasopressin receptor 429 00:21:46,638 --> 00:21:49,140 are twice as likely to be unfaithful. 430 00:21:49,224 --> 00:21:51,350 Maybe you're just one of those guys. 431 00:21:51,435 --> 00:21:55,479 So my cheating is biologically predetermined. Fantastic. 432 00:21:55,564 --> 00:21:57,982 Multiply times five. We need a better look at the medulla. 433 00:21:58,066 --> 00:21:59,191 l thought you'd be relieved. 434 00:21:59,276 --> 00:22:01,068 This gets you off the hook. lt's just genetics. 435 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,571 l'm 5'6" and have a receding hairline. 436 00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:06,032 l hate genetics. Medulla's clean. 437 00:22:06,116 --> 00:22:07,783 l don't see you wearing lifts or hair plugs. 438 00:22:07,868 --> 00:22:09,910 That's because being short and bald doesn't hurt anybody. 439 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:12,663 The only thing hurtful about your other genetic predisposition 440 00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:14,290 is that you keep denying it. 441 00:22:14,374 --> 00:22:16,667 lt's not good for you or Rachel. 442 00:22:17,419 --> 00:22:20,588 There's nothing there. lt's not adrenal cancer. 443 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:22,214 And maybe you're right about me, 444 00:22:22,299 --> 00:22:23,507 but l'm not going to stop trying. 445 00:22:23,592 --> 00:22:24,759 Rachel's worth it. 446 00:22:24,843 --> 00:22:28,804 Look up there. The lung. What is that? 447 00:22:29,890 --> 00:22:31,640 You served me with divorce papers 448 00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:33,768 in the middle of a medical conference in New Orleans! 449 00:22:33,852 --> 00:22:35,686 l threw a bottle into an antique mirror. 450 00:22:35,771 --> 00:22:38,481 You exhibited an emotion. l wish l'd known you were capable. 451 00:22:38,565 --> 00:22:39,607 l loved you. 452 00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:41,859 l thought l was gonna be following you to Baltimore, remember? 453 00:22:41,943 --> 00:22:44,278 l called about apartments. l set up interviews. 454 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,030 How could you think that we still had a real marriage? 455 00:22:46,114 --> 00:22:47,865 We hadn't had a conversation in months. 456 00:22:47,949 --> 00:22:50,034 Maybe because l was working two jobs to support us. 457 00:22:50,118 --> 00:22:52,244 No! No, it's because when you were home, 458 00:22:52,329 --> 00:22:53,829 it was like talking to a block of ice. 459 00:22:53,914 --> 00:22:55,706 You were obviously so pissed off at me. . . 460 00:22:55,791 --> 00:22:58,542 l was killing myself so that you could take that non-paying internship. 461 00:22:58,627 --> 00:22:59,710 That you said that l should take. 462 00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:00,795 l was trying to be supportive! 463 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:01,879 Why do l have to be the bad guy? 464 00:23:01,963 --> 00:23:04,382 Expressing yourself does not make you the bad guy. 465 00:23:04,466 --> 00:23:07,593 Okay, then, you were being a selfish bitch. 466 00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:09,303 (SCOFFS) 467 00:23:09,805 --> 00:23:12,515 V/Q scan confirmed the spot on Julia's lung was a clot. 468 00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:15,351 Think there's a chance the husband's a plushie? 469 00:23:15,435 --> 00:23:18,813 lf he has a secret, l highly doubt it's more relevant than the clot. 470 00:23:18,897 --> 00:23:20,398 Clotting disorder would explain everything. 471 00:23:20,482 --> 00:23:21,440 (DOOR OPENS) 472 00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:22,900 Question is, which one? 473 00:23:22,984 --> 00:23:26,070 Do you read any of your departmental memos? 474 00:23:26,154 --> 00:23:28,072 Only the ones labeled NSFW. 475 00:23:28,156 --> 00:23:31,867 Accounting notified you two days ago about your patient's insurance. 476 00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:33,953 Sorry. That's NNSFW. 477 00:23:34,037 --> 00:23:38,082 Here. He doesn't have any. Try not to bankrupt them. 478 00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:41,752 l'm long past the number of procedures that'll bankrupt them. 479 00:23:41,837 --> 00:23:44,255 Julia's got insurance. l saw the policy number on the forms. 480 00:23:44,339 --> 00:23:46,340 The policy lapsed due to non-payment. 481 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,883 l already made three calls about this. 482 00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:50,094 She should have been aware of that. 483 00:23:54,891 --> 00:23:56,142 No, that's just a mistake. 484 00:23:56,226 --> 00:23:59,019 Of course we have health insurance. 485 00:23:59,521 --> 00:24:03,524 We're actually a little behind on the premiums. 486 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:07,153 But l pulled money out of my retirement account to cover it. 487 00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:08,654 They said that we'll be fine in a few. . . 488 00:24:08,738 --> 00:24:11,782 Why the retirement account? 489 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:16,745 We'll just give you a few minutes to. . . 490 00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:19,206 By "we," she means "she." 491 00:24:21,668 --> 00:24:24,086 l lost all of our savings. 492 00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:30,384 Sounds like a secret to me. 493 00:24:34,181 --> 00:24:36,265 l started her on heparin to prevent further clots, 494 00:24:36,349 --> 00:24:38,058 but we still don't know what's going on. 495 00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:40,311 Of course the husband's secret was money. 496 00:24:40,395 --> 00:24:42,354 lf it's not sex, it's always money. 497 00:24:42,439 --> 00:24:44,899 Unless it's sex for money. 498 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:46,025 How did he lose it anyway? 499 00:24:46,109 --> 00:24:48,277 lt's not medically relevant. You're not going to care. 500 00:24:48,361 --> 00:24:50,279 Wilson's been teaching me how to care. Try me. 501 00:24:50,363 --> 00:24:53,699 He builds wind turbines and leases them out to local power companies. . . 502 00:24:53,783 --> 00:24:55,242 You're right. l don't care. 503 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:59,371 Clotting disorder. DlC, Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome. 504 00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:01,040 Vitamin K deficiency also fits, 505 00:25:01,124 --> 00:25:03,209 causes thrombophilia and is consistent with abdominal pain. 506 00:25:03,293 --> 00:25:04,460 (DOOR OPENS) 507 00:25:04,544 --> 00:25:06,921 Congratulations, House. Sam ended it. 508 00:25:07,255 --> 00:25:08,255 What happened? 509 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:10,674 Go test our patient's blood. 510 00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:12,051 lt can wait five minutes. 511 00:25:12,135 --> 00:25:14,428 For everything we discussed. 512 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:18,849 (SlGHS) 513 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,394 l'm sorry. 514 00:25:22,479 --> 00:25:26,482 Well, at least you're actually taking responsibility for once in your life. 515 00:25:26,566 --> 00:25:29,985 l'm sorry that she left, but it's not my fault. 516 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:31,487 l didn't even want to get involved. 517 00:25:31,571 --> 00:25:32,655 You dragged it out of me. 518 00:25:32,739 --> 00:25:33,739 (SCOFFS) 519 00:25:33,823 --> 00:25:36,659 What about the dishwasher and the banana? 520 00:25:36,743 --> 00:25:39,703 Yeah, she left because of the banana. 521 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:43,707 l just wanted you to stand up for yourself, tell her what you want. 522 00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:47,461 lf doing that causes her to walk out for the second time, 523 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:49,630 well, then your relationship wasn't going to last anyway. 524 00:25:49,714 --> 00:25:51,215 Or you could've stayed out of it. 525 00:25:51,299 --> 00:25:52,424 l could've kept my mouth shut, 526 00:25:52,509 --> 00:25:54,218 been annoyed sometimes, but l'd be happy, 527 00:25:54,302 --> 00:25:56,762 because l'd still be with her. 528 00:25:56,846 --> 00:25:59,223 Now all l have is cold milk. 529 00:26:00,308 --> 00:26:03,769 As long as you're free, you want to grab some dinner? 530 00:26:08,358 --> 00:26:10,568 THlRTEEN: Did Tom go home for the night? 531 00:26:10,652 --> 00:26:14,405 For starters. l told him to leave. l don't want him here. 532 00:26:15,490 --> 00:26:18,742 Money is a complicated subject. 533 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:20,494 Yeah, it's not the money. 534 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,663 l mean, the money is bad, but. . . 535 00:26:22,747 --> 00:26:25,165 (SlGHS) 536 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:28,586 When we first opened our marriage, 537 00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:32,298 l got involved with a guy who lied about being single. 538 00:26:33,341 --> 00:26:34,800 And one day, his wife calls me. 539 00:26:34,884 --> 00:26:39,763 She's crying, and screaming, and totally out of control. 540 00:26:40,974 --> 00:26:42,725 And l felt 541 00:26:44,561 --> 00:26:45,769 542 00:26:46,813 --> 00:26:49,023 l thought, "l don't ever have to worry about feeling this way, 543 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:52,735 "because Tom and l are honest with each other." 544 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,865 Well, here l am. 545 00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:05,706 Hi. 546 00:27:08,918 --> 00:27:10,628 Sorry l didn't make it home last night. 547 00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:14,757 l needed to run some tests. 548 00:27:14,841 --> 00:27:19,678 You know what the worst part was when you had your affair? 549 00:27:20,847 --> 00:27:23,515 lt wasn't the sex. 550 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:24,600 lt was the lies. 551 00:27:26,394 --> 00:27:32,483 Realizing that the narrative of my life was totally wrong. 552 00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:34,652 You weren't stuck in surgery. 553 00:27:34,736 --> 00:27:36,737 You weren't out of town. 554 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,240 l don't wanna go through that again. 555 00:27:41,409 --> 00:27:42,743 l told you, nothing's going. . . 556 00:27:42,827 --> 00:27:44,161 Thursday nights. 557 00:27:46,748 --> 00:27:49,583 You have to be home by midnight. 558 00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:54,046 You don't bring her here, you don't talk to her about me, 559 00:27:54,130 --> 00:27:57,841 and l don't want to meet her ever in any context. 560 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:08,686 Are you giving me permission to sleep with other women? 561 00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:11,438 lt's what you want, isn't it? 562 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,148 l want you. 563 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:16,902 No, you want more than me. 564 00:28:16,986 --> 00:28:19,196 You want that thrill. 565 00:28:22,117 --> 00:28:27,454 But l love you, and l really believe that you love me. 566 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:30,040 And we have a good life together. 567 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:34,545 And at this point, either l walk away, 568 00:28:34,629 --> 00:28:37,381 or l try to accept who you really are. 569 00:28:39,801 --> 00:28:41,844 Tomorrow's Thursday. 570 00:28:41,928 --> 00:28:43,303 Yes, it is. 571 00:28:50,311 --> 00:28:51,854 THlRTEEN: All our tests came back negative. 572 00:28:51,938 --> 00:28:53,731 lt's not a clotting disorder. 573 00:28:53,815 --> 00:28:57,109 Which means we need to come up with a better idea. 574 00:28:57,193 --> 00:29:01,113 So what causes problems in the stomach, heart, nerves. . . 575 00:29:02,741 --> 00:29:04,533 Oh, my God. 576 00:29:06,327 --> 00:29:07,995 You know what it is? 577 00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:09,496 (SNlFFlNG) 578 00:29:13,334 --> 00:29:17,421 Taub's wife gave the green light for an open marriage. 579 00:29:17,505 --> 00:29:20,799 He's wearing cologne but not the stink of shame. 580 00:29:20,884 --> 00:29:22,468 You've got a date? 581 00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:27,347 l am going out with Maya tonight with Rachel's blessing. 582 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,392 MazeI tov? 583 00:29:32,353 --> 00:29:34,104 Maybe the problem isn't her blood. 584 00:29:34,189 --> 00:29:35,856 Maybe it's the vessels carrying the blood. 585 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:37,691 No sign of schistocytes or hemolysis. 586 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:40,444 So you're actually going to sleep with another woman, 587 00:29:40,528 --> 00:29:41,779 then go home to your wife? 588 00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:44,865 Thank God someone's keeping us focused on what's really important. 589 00:29:44,949 --> 00:29:47,117 Taub was going to do all of that anyway. 590 00:29:47,202 --> 00:29:48,827 Pulmonary arterial hypertension? 591 00:29:48,912 --> 00:29:52,372 lmaging showed normal diameter in her pulmonary artery. 592 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:57,544 Here's a thought. Taub's wife is now totally on the market. 593 00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:59,087 Mind hitting me with her digits? 594 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:01,340 (PAGERS BEEPlNG) 595 00:30:03,134 --> 00:30:05,886 She would love that, but duty calls. 596 00:30:08,556 --> 00:30:09,848 (GROANlNG) 597 00:30:09,933 --> 00:30:11,517 (MONlTOR BEEPlNG) 598 00:30:11,601 --> 00:30:12,851 What's the matter? 599 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:14,144 My stomach. 600 00:30:14,229 --> 00:30:15,395 Same pain as before? 601 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,147 Yeah. Worse. 602 00:30:17,232 --> 00:30:18,440 Get the portable ultrasound in here. 603 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:20,526 We need to get a look at her belly. 604 00:30:20,610 --> 00:30:22,027 Help me. 605 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:27,991 (BREATHlNG HEAVlLY) 606 00:30:28,076 --> 00:30:31,787 HOUSE: Pain, pain went away, came back another day. 607 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,664 Question is, what brought it back? 608 00:30:33,748 --> 00:30:36,750 Physical exam was unrevealing. Ultrasound was clean. 609 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:37,835 So afterwards, you gonna shower 610 00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:39,169 at your girlfriend's or at home? 611 00:30:39,254 --> 00:30:41,088 Patient. Abdominal pain. 612 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:44,424 Yeah, he's right. Let's get this wrapped up before 6:00. 613 00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:46,885 Taub turns back into a faithful pumpkin at midnight. 614 00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:50,097 The patient was out with her boy-toy before she came in. 615 00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:51,974 Maybe the pain was triggered by sexual excitement. 616 00:30:52,058 --> 00:30:54,726 Because lying alone in a hospital bed, 617 00:30:54,811 --> 00:30:56,895 contemplating bankruptcy? Hot. 618 00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:59,147 My point was that arousal is a function 619 00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:00,858 of the parasympathetic nervous system. 620 00:31:00,942 --> 00:31:02,359 lf that's where the problem is, 621 00:31:02,443 --> 00:31:04,236 the pain could be triggered by crying, which seems. . . 622 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,864 PNS also controls digestion, which she's been doing 623 00:31:06,948 --> 00:31:09,032 without screaming her head off since she's been here. 624 00:31:09,117 --> 00:31:11,785 What if what matters isn't when the pain started, but when it stopped? 625 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,246 lt was during an X-ray. You think that cured her? 626 00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:17,207 No, but House prepped her for the X-ray with a barium enema. 627 00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:19,126 That wouldn't treat anything except. . . 628 00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:23,046 Go. 629 00:31:23,131 --> 00:31:26,216 You're in pain because part of your intestine folded in on itself. 630 00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:27,467 lt's called an intussusception. 631 00:31:27,552 --> 00:31:29,052 lt's cutting off blood flow. We need to fix it 632 00:31:29,137 --> 00:31:30,929 before your bowel gets necrotic and dies. 633 00:31:31,014 --> 00:31:32,472 Once you do that, will l get better? 634 00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:33,557 When this happens in adults, 635 00:31:33,641 --> 00:31:35,142 it's usually a sign of abdominal cancer. 636 00:31:35,226 --> 00:31:37,895 We'll fix the overlap, and then search your intestine for tumors. 637 00:31:37,979 --> 00:31:39,563 (WHOOSHlNG) 638 00:31:44,527 --> 00:31:45,527 Foam? 639 00:31:47,655 --> 00:31:50,657 l have a bad feeling about this. 640 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,451 A friend can't spontaneously buy 641 00:31:52,535 --> 00:31:56,538 an overpriced ltalian espresso machine for another friend? 642 00:31:57,165 --> 00:31:58,498 What did you do? 643 00:31:58,583 --> 00:32:00,250 Nothing, that's the beauty. 644 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:03,128 l genuinely tried to help Wilson. 645 00:32:03,212 --> 00:32:04,421 l told him to stand up for himself, 646 00:32:04,505 --> 00:32:06,131 which you know is legitimate advice. 647 00:32:06,215 --> 00:32:08,258 And his relationship blew up. 648 00:32:08,343 --> 00:32:10,010 ls he okay? He'll be fine. 649 00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:12,137 Point is, l realized something. 650 00:32:12,221 --> 00:32:16,016 l do nice things, nice things happen to me. Karma works. 651 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,393 So you're paying it forward? 652 00:32:19,228 --> 00:32:24,858 lf this should somehow lead to Lucas dying or oral sex, 653 00:32:25,485 --> 00:32:26,902 so be it. 654 00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:28,654 (GREETlNG lN HlNDl) 655 00:32:36,496 --> 00:32:38,705 You think l should wear a tie tonight? 656 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:39,915 This isn't weird at all. 657 00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:45,212 CHASE: l mean, where's Rachel eating tonight? 658 00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:46,463 TAUB: Home. 659 00:32:46,881 --> 00:32:50,801 What if she's going out, too? 660 00:32:50,885 --> 00:32:52,678 She's allowed to, right? 661 00:32:52,762 --> 00:32:55,639 Of course, it's only fair. 662 00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:56,765 But l don't think she will. 663 00:32:57,433 --> 00:33:00,227 Your wife only eats dinner at home? 664 00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:05,565 lf she did go out, that'd be tough. 665 00:33:06,025 --> 00:33:07,985 But l think l can handle it. 666 00:33:08,069 --> 00:33:09,361 Don't do it unless you're sure. 667 00:33:09,445 --> 00:33:11,989 l know l'd rather be jealous than a liar. 668 00:33:12,573 --> 00:33:16,451 Got something here. Kelly clamp and scalpel. 669 00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:18,412 CHASE: Biopsy showed non-specific inflammation, 670 00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:20,080 which suggests lBD. 671 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:22,207 Only that doesn't explain the cardiac problems. 672 00:33:22,291 --> 00:33:24,292 Or her declining kidney function. 673 00:33:24,377 --> 00:33:26,670 We ran panels during surgery. 674 00:33:26,754 --> 00:33:30,340 Actually, lBD does make sense, 675 00:33:30,425 --> 00:33:33,051 'cause it can trigger ankylosing spondylitis, 676 00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:35,470 which would explain the heart and the kidneys. 677 00:33:35,555 --> 00:33:38,849 Start her on sulfasalazine and TNF-inhibitors. 678 00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:41,226 And Taub, l'm not gonna see you 679 00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:42,436 before you head off for Gomorrah. 680 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,562 (ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS) 681 00:33:43,646 --> 00:33:45,022 Just remember, if you get disoriented, 682 00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:46,189 (PAGER BEEPS) 683 00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:48,984 breathe through your nose and look for the horizon. 684 00:34:04,792 --> 00:34:06,626 l can't. 685 00:34:07,295 --> 00:34:09,796 l really thought l could do this. 686 00:34:11,966 --> 00:34:15,218 Logically, it makes perfect sense. 687 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:19,931 But all afternoon, 688 00:34:21,309 --> 00:34:26,480 all l kept thinking about was the two of you together, 689 00:34:27,690 --> 00:34:30,025 and you touching her. . . 690 00:34:30,109 --> 00:34:33,862 Nothing's happened. lt's okay. 691 00:34:34,489 --> 00:34:35,822 l'm sorry. 692 00:34:36,824 --> 00:34:37,991 (SOBBlNG) 'Cause l really wanted. . . 693 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,659 No. 694 00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:45,916 l've been an idiot. l don't need anything else. l just need you. 695 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,584 You mean that? 696 00:34:48,836 --> 00:34:50,045 l do. 697 00:34:50,671 --> 00:34:52,339 (SOBBlNG) 698 00:34:54,842 --> 00:34:56,218 l love you, Rachel. 699 00:34:56,302 --> 00:34:57,594 l love you, too. 700 00:34:58,304 --> 00:34:59,596 Let's go home. 701 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:00,931 ls that okay? 702 00:35:02,225 --> 00:35:04,184 There are other doctors. 703 00:35:14,028 --> 00:35:15,403 FOREMAN: The treatment's not working. 704 00:35:15,488 --> 00:35:16,822 Her left kidney failed last night. 705 00:35:16,906 --> 00:35:18,073 The other one's right behind it. 706 00:35:18,157 --> 00:35:20,367 lt's not ankylosing spondylitis. 707 00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:23,120 Kidney biopsy showed she had lgA nephropathy, 708 00:35:23,204 --> 00:35:26,998 which could be caused by or associated with any of these conditions. 709 00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:29,334 We've gone from too few ideas to too many, 710 00:35:29,418 --> 00:35:31,628 and our patient is running out of time. 711 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:34,714 Why the lack of afterglow? 712 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,883 Physio girl not as freaky as you'd hoped? 713 00:35:38,094 --> 00:35:39,177 l went home with my wife. 714 00:35:39,262 --> 00:35:40,262 (EXHALES) 715 00:35:40,346 --> 00:35:42,973 After all that? You chickened out. 716 00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:46,685 l can't hurt Rachel like that. 717 00:35:46,769 --> 00:35:49,396 Sickle cell anemia would've shown on blood tests. 718 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,858 No flattened intestinal villi rules out celiac. . . 719 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:56,444 Seriously? (LAUGHS) 720 00:35:56,529 --> 00:35:59,823 Our patient is dying, and we can't move past my sex life? 721 00:35:59,907 --> 00:36:01,700 Seriously? You think it'd kill her 722 00:36:01,784 --> 00:36:03,785 if we spent 1 5 seconds mocking you? 723 00:36:04,453 --> 00:36:05,871 Time's up. 724 00:36:05,955 --> 00:36:09,833 FOREMAN: Normal liver enzymes rules out Hep B and cirrhosis. 725 00:36:09,917 --> 00:36:13,044 Alport and Anti-GBM antibody are both untreatable, 726 00:36:13,129 --> 00:36:15,255 so if she has them, we can't help her. 727 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:17,424 And it can't be Henoch-Schonlein purpura. 728 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:20,594 No inciting respiratory infection and no rash. 729 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:21,845 l don't care what it's not. 730 00:36:21,929 --> 00:36:23,054 l wanna know what it could be. 731 00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:26,224 Well, everything left on the list. 732 00:36:26,309 --> 00:36:28,476 The list was not created equal. 733 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:29,853 Neither was man, by the way. 734 00:36:29,937 --> 00:36:33,190 Hemochromatosis is a possibility. Excess iron builds up, 735 00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:34,441 causes problems throughout the body. 736 00:36:34,525 --> 00:36:37,611 Weil's Syndrome also affects multiple organ systems. 737 00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:39,196 And it wouldn't have been treated 738 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,198 by the antibiotic the ER gave her. 739 00:36:41,282 --> 00:36:43,700 Sarcoidosis makes sense, too. 740 00:36:43,784 --> 00:36:46,828 Good. Treat for those three. 741 00:36:52,251 --> 00:36:54,586 l think you should call Tom. 742 00:36:55,755 --> 00:36:57,631 Am l going to die? 743 00:36:58,633 --> 00:37:00,342 l don't know. 744 00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:02,886 lf he walked in here right now, 745 00:37:02,970 --> 00:37:05,889 l'd look at his face, and all l would think is "liar." 746 00:37:05,973 --> 00:37:08,225 Don't you think that's kind of unfair? 747 00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:09,768 You say honesty is all-important, 748 00:37:09,852 --> 00:37:11,228 but you conveniently ignore the truth 749 00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:13,730 that some truths hurt people. 750 00:37:13,814 --> 00:37:16,399 Tom lied to protect you. 751 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:18,235 He was covering his ass. 752 00:37:18,319 --> 00:37:20,695 l'm not talking about the money. 753 00:37:23,824 --> 00:37:26,910 Tom hasn't slept with anyone else in over a year. 754 00:37:28,704 --> 00:37:30,914 He told you that? 755 00:37:33,125 --> 00:37:35,752 So my entire marriage is a sham. 756 00:37:35,836 --> 00:37:37,254 No. 757 00:37:37,338 --> 00:37:40,715 Your husband, who only wants you, 758 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,550 lied so that you could be happy. 759 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:46,054 That seems pretty real to me. 760 00:37:49,642 --> 00:37:50,767 (KNOCKlNG AT DOOR) 761 00:37:50,851 --> 00:37:51,851 Yeah? 762 00:37:55,690 --> 00:37:57,524 Hey. Hey. 763 00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:08,952 Listen, l'm sorry. 764 00:38:09,036 --> 00:38:11,204 Me, too. l shouldn't have said. . . 765 00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:14,249 No. You were right. l was selfish back then. 766 00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:19,087 l'm trying to change. 767 00:38:19,171 --> 00:38:22,048 And l don't know if it's House or what, 768 00:38:23,467 --> 00:38:24,843 but you're different, too. 769 00:38:26,053 --> 00:38:27,637 l'm trying. 770 00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:31,141 (SlGHS) 771 00:38:31,225 --> 00:38:35,186 l always thought that l was keeping the peace. 772 00:38:35,271 --> 00:38:37,272 But l was just resenting you 773 00:38:37,356 --> 00:38:39,607 and giving you a reason to leave. 774 00:38:45,406 --> 00:38:49,242 l wish we had this fight 1 0 years ago. 775 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:57,500 ls it okay if we don't give House the credit? 776 00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,085 (EXCLAlMS) 777 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,170 l recommend it. 778 00:39:00,629 --> 00:39:01,880 (CHUCKLES) 779 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:11,056 0-for-3, her kidney function is still declining. 780 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:13,350 We're going to need to start dialysis. 781 00:39:13,434 --> 00:39:15,226 HOUSE: Glad the husband's back. 782 00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:17,228 After missing so many little deaths, 783 00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:19,189 he should be here for the big one. 784 00:39:19,273 --> 00:39:20,565 Top six, anyone? 785 00:39:20,649 --> 00:39:22,400 Polyarteritis Nodosa? 786 00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:25,779 We would've seen some improvement on prednisone. 787 00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:30,658 Guy's wife is dying. He stops to buy flowers. 788 00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:33,536 They're from his garden. Mercury poisoning fits. 789 00:39:33,621 --> 00:39:35,455 Those are lilacs. 790 00:39:38,793 --> 00:39:41,711 My mom used to grow lilacs. 791 00:39:41,796 --> 00:39:43,630 My dad made her get rid of them 792 00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:46,049 'cause there were too many bees. 793 00:39:46,133 --> 00:39:50,095 We ruled out HSP because there was no inciting respiratory infection. 794 00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:53,390 But in rare cases, it can also be triggered by a bee sting. 795 00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:56,351 We also ruled it out because there's no rash. 796 00:39:56,435 --> 00:39:58,311 Maybe we just didn't see it. 797 00:40:04,693 --> 00:40:07,487 Have you been stung by a bee recently? 798 00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:09,614 About a month ago. 799 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:12,992 What's going on? 800 00:40:13,702 --> 00:40:17,580 l think your wife has Henoch-Schonlein purpura, 801 00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:20,750 systemic vasculitis that can cause lesions 802 00:40:20,835 --> 00:40:22,460 and inflammation throughout the body. 803 00:40:22,545 --> 00:40:24,170 lt's pretty awful, 804 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:28,675 which explains why it was named after a German. Actually, two Germans. 805 00:40:29,218 --> 00:40:31,052 Lesions can pop up in the heart, 806 00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:32,846 sometimes in the kidneys. 807 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:37,434 But always on the skin. Means you'd have a rash somewhere. 808 00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:38,726 l don't. 809 00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:39,978 HOUSE: Not that you know of. 810 00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:45,525 Okay, l'm going to have to check your holes. l'll start with the mouth. 811 00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:48,570 lf there's nothing there, then things might have to get kinky. 812 00:40:48,654 --> 00:40:50,029 HOUSE: Say "ah." 813 00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:51,197 Ah. 814 00:40:52,032 --> 00:40:53,116 (SlGHS) 815 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,243 l was kind of hoping for kinky. 816 00:40:55,327 --> 00:40:56,870 ls that good or bad? 817 00:40:56,954 --> 00:41:00,373 We'll treat her with high-dose lVlg and cyclophosphamide. 818 00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:01,916 You should be fine. 819 00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:05,170 l'm going to be okay. 820 00:41:08,424 --> 00:41:10,300 l love you. 821 00:41:10,384 --> 00:41:12,635 That is adorable. 822 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:16,139 Other than you still wanting to have sex with other dudes 823 00:41:16,223 --> 00:41:17,474 and him bankrupting your family, 824 00:41:17,558 --> 00:41:20,852 l think you kids are pretty much home free. 825 00:41:23,272 --> 00:41:24,564 (SCOFFS) 826 00:41:28,235 --> 00:41:29,569 And. . . 827 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:32,322 You two made up? 828 00:41:32,406 --> 00:41:34,240 No. 829 00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:36,493 You can thank me later. 830 00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:38,077 l'm all in. 831 00:41:39,288 --> 00:41:41,206 All right. 832 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,584 Fold. Jesus. 833 00:41:44,668 --> 00:41:46,085 (GlGGLlNG) 834 00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:49,839 (WlLSON LAUGHlNG) 835 00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:53,009 SAM: Nervous? 836 00:41:53,093 --> 00:41:56,596 l'm getting there. l'm getting some nervousness. 837 00:42:08,108 --> 00:42:09,359 (LAUGHlNG) 838 00:42:09,443 --> 00:42:11,861 (lNAUDlBLE) 839 00:42:14,865 --> 00:42:15,990 (GRUNTS) 840 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:28,503 You need a hand? 841 00:42:32,299 --> 00:42:33,633 Thanks. 842 00:42:38,138 --> 00:42:40,974 Sorry about canceling the other night. 843 00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:43,643 Me, too. 844 00:43:04,164 --> 00:43:05,498 You wanna go somewhere?