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- Merry Christmas.
- And a happy go to hell.

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What's he doing here? Is he with you?

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Detective Tritter and I... we worked out a deal.

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Already got a lawyer. Get out of my office.

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I told him I didn't write those prescriptions.

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I spoke with the DA.

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He agreed to two months in a rehab facility in exchange for a guilty plea.

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Get out of my office.

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- No jail time.
- Right.

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I should get locked up in some place I don't belong

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in order to avoid getting locked up in some other place I don't belong.

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I got you on forgery and fraud.

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- Enough drugs--
- No sanctions to the medical board.

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And you get your car back and your bank accounts and your precious tumor-ridden patients.

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I did this to help you.

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- Next Christmas, buy me a sweater. 
- You punched out an employee.

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You nearly cut a little girl in half because you were too strung out--

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I was in pain!

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You need to believe that I've got a problem so that your betrayal has the illusion of nobility.

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- But you just selfishly--
- Knock it off.

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Look, I don't care why Dr. Wilson is doing this.

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And right now, it makes no difference to you either.

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You need to deal with the reality of your current situation.

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You want to stand on principle, you end up in a cell.

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And you end up never practicing medicine again.

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So you've got two choices. Your principles or your life.

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Get out of my office.

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The DA put a clock on the deal.

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You've got three days to decide.

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www.gwedynn.com

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House! Just give me a minute.

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- You're afraid of the pain.
- You're not?

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You can still have pain meds in rehab.

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- Tramadol, gabapentin--
- Those don't work.

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They will once you're weaned off the vicodin.

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Look, there's Jesus. Better go tell the Romans.

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Fine, run to Cuddy.

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You don't think she's gonna support me on this?

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Well, the stitches are healing nicely. There's no sign of infection.

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Whoa.

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Sorry.

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Just need her for a tiny moment. Small favor.

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Pills.

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- Who's the wit?
- Doctor.

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Don't worry. I'll be firing him soon.

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Wait in my office.

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Incision looks just big enough for a chest tube. Collapsed lung?

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Someone mistake you for a piñata?

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Delightful. Usually we just get the elf jokes this time of year.

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No on trauma. Negative PPD.

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What flavor dwarfs are you guys?

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My daughter and I both have cartilage hair hypoplasia.

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Think you can make a pun out of that?

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Yes, but I don't want to be insensitive.

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She's got a bit of a short fuse, doesn't she?

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It's a bleb. Wait in my office.

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Bleb's not a diagnosis. It's an evasion.

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We'll schedule an MRI to make sure.

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But a certain number of these cases are idiopathic.

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Let me translate that into Tolkien for you guys.

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Means Dr. Cuddy's got no idea why your daughter's lung suddenly popped like a balloon.

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You think you do?

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Give me her chart. And my pills.

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Santa needs us.

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Did you get that looked at?

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- I'm fine.
- Great.

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I just admitted a cartilage hair hypoplasia dwarf.

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- 15 years old--
- What are you gonna do?

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I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual.

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Wilson told us he ratted.

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Your choice of verb, I take it.

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It's appropriate. He betrayed you. And you should take the deal.

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Unexplained lung collapse and anemia. Cuddy thinks it's idiopathic.

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"Cuddy" and "idiop" being the relevant parts of that sentence.

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Well, I'd say TB, but Cuddy's already ruled it out.

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Then you'd be just as big an "idiop" as her. Don't you people know your dwarves?

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There are over 200 varieties of dwarfism, each with different medical complications.

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You can't expect us to be intimately familiar with all of them.

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- The sick dwarves sure expect you to.
- Cartilage hair hypoplasia.

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- They have compromises immune systems.
- Gold star for Cameron.

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For extra credit, explain to the special needs section of the class

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why our patient's negative TB test is irrelevant.

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A PDD involves planting a fragment of TB under the skin to see if the 
immune system recognizes it.

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Because of a compromised immune system, our patient could have TB but not recognize it.

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The little people love you.

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Let's go see a dwarf about a gallium scan.

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Gallium is a radioactive isotope.

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It travels through your veins allowing us to see any bright spots that might indicate infection.

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I'm 4'1". That's 1.5 canes in metric.

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You don't look a day over four feet.

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- I saw in the file that her dad was normal-sized.
- It's average-sized.

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Compared to you, I’m sure it was huge.

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So did he have a fetish, or did he just fall in love with your long-legged soul?

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He grew up in the circus. Said I reminded him of home.

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Seems like you're the one with the fetish.

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I'm certainly curious about the logistics.

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- Did you stand on a table?
- House.

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- Pretty much he'd flat and spin me.
- Mom!

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So, Abigail, you want to hop upon the table for me?

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- That's gonna be tough.
- Oh, I'm sorry.

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Uh, let me give you a boost.

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Stop treating her like she's five.

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Just bring over a stool and let her climb up herself.

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Mom, it's okay.

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I was just trying to be helpful.

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She also hates Jews.

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I've dealt with worse. Being different, you get used to people's idiocy.

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Still beats the hell out of actually being an idiot.

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What?

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Care to go for a spin?

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What the hell were you thinking?

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You didn't think ratting out this hospital's best doctor merited checking with your boss first?

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I didn't rat him out. I got him a deal.

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Which he'll never take.

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- He will if we--
- How long have you known House?

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Did you think he’d suddenly become reasonable?

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I made the deal. It's done.

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You can either keep yelling at me, or you can help me avoid a complete disaster.

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It already is gonna be a complete disaster.

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He's not gonna take the deal. He's gonna go to jail.

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Because he's a child. He's too stubborn.

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When a child misbehaves, what do you do?

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You take away something he loves.

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We can't take away his vicodin.

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Not only will he be in pain, he'll start to detox.

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We tell him the only way to get the pills back is to take the deal.

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- He won't be able to function.
- That's the point.

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You gonna explain that to his patient?

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What choice do we have?

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Gallium scan shows no bright spots of any kind.

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Means it's not TB or any other infection.

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There's no bright spots because the whole thing’s too bright.

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Except for the liver.

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The tech overexposed the image a bit, but it's nothing.

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- The liver looks fine.
- Could be lung cancer.

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Tumor causes structural damage. Lung caves in on itself. Also explains the anemia.

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Doesn't explain the liver problem, though.

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Her lung collapsed. There is no liver problem.

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You guys look at the liver on this thing?

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- There's no liver problem.
- Seriously, look at the liver.

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- There's nothing there.
- Why not?

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Because there’s nothing wrong.

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Every organ in the scan is lit up like a 100-watt bulb.

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Except for her liver, which is hovering around 60 watts.

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And not one of them good60-watters, but an energy--

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You're saying her liver’s shutting down because the lighting is off?

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You just don't want a cancer diagnosis because then you'd have to deal with Wilson.

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Lung cancer is a lame diagnosis. Avoiding Wilson is an added bonus.

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House, we need to talk.

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Not taking the deal. Glad we talked.

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Ultrasound her liver.

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- Sit down.
- Stand up.

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- Your turn.
- House, you're off the case.

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Your treatment privileges are suspended until you accept Ritter’s deal.

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Well, I'm obviously not gonna take the deal just so I can have the fun of treating a dwarf.

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So I assume there’s more to this threat.

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- I'm also cutting off your vicodin.
- That could work.

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I'm taking over as attending. Get an MRI of her lungs.

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This is not lung cancer.

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We'll find out as soon as we MRI her lungs.

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You're gonna come begging me to save this girl long before I come begging your for pills.

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I hope not. For everyone's sake.

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- This is wrong.
- Cutting House off?

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Might not work, but it's not wrong.

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Bone windows looks clean.

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- Abigail, we need you to hold still, okay?
- Can I come out?

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Just hang in there two more minutes and we'll be done.

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Okay.

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Because it's effective doesn’t make it right.

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Cuddy's bending the rules to get a patient to do the right thing.

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- Who'd work for a doctor like that?
- And the ends justify the means?

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If the ends involve us keeping our jobs, sure.

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Lung parenchyma is clean. No masses.

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It's not lung cancer.

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Abigail, you okay?

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House was right. Her liver's failing.

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Endoscopy confirmed the vomiting was cause by variceal bleeding.

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Bloodwork also confirms House's hypothesis--

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I get it. House was right. It's the liver. Let’s move on.

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What causes liver disease and a collapsed lung?

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- Schistosomiasis, the parasite--
- There's no eosinophilia.

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- Cirrhosis could explain--
- Could be a hepatoma.

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She's 15. It's not liver cancer.

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It's not unheard of.

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Cirrhosis fits better. The question is, what caused it?

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- Could be hepatitis, Budd-Chiari.
- Or drugs and alcohol.

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If anyone has a reason to dull the pain, it's a teenage dwarf.

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I'll do a liver biopsy to confirm.

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I'll search the patient's home for drugs and alcohol.

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Cameron, you got a moment?

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What exactly is your problem with me?

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Hepatoma is a weak diagnosis.

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- So this is all about the case?
- What else would it be about?

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I made this deal to help him.

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And helped yourself at the same time.

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This is not about my practice. This is not about my car.

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I gave both of them up to help House, and I would've gone on without them

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if hadn't almost maimed that little girl and if he hadn’t punched out chase.

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Was it an easy choice?

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- Of course not, but it's right.
- Then why wasn't it easy?

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Because he's my friend.

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- It's obviously complicated.
- It's complicated?

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When you decided to talk to Tritter, your life got a million times better.

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How do you separate that out?

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How do you pretend your windfall isn't relevant to this decision?

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It was the right thing to do.

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You pretending your motives are pure is why I have a problem.

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- Where's Cuddy?
- In this drawer. It’s a rescue mission.

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But I got it under control. You can leave.

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You were right about the liver failure.

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Patient had variceal bleeding which suggested cirrhosis, but--

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Off the clock.

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You predicted this. You obviously saw something.

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Obviously.

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Liver biopsy was negative for cirrhosis.

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But it shows sclerosing cholangitis.

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Even weirder, there's no increase in alkaline phosphatase.

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Medical mystery.

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Sounds like the kind of thing I'd be good at.

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Breaking and entering. Sounds like the kind of thing you'd be good at.

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I take it that's where Cuddy’ been keeping your pills.

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One theory, one drawer.


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Really? I thought you'd be all for this "torture House plan".

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It works, therefore it's good.

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On the other hand, I don’t want to talk you out of this deal by pointing out your hypocrisy,

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so patient's life at stake, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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Forget about the specific nature of the liver dysfunction. It’s irrelevant.

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The dwarf's problem is global. That's why the gallium scan was bright.

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And it's gonna spread throughout her entire body unless you stop it.

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If that were true, more than lungs and liver would be affected.

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They will be. It’ll spread though the biliary tree and hit her pancreas next.

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Stop retracing your steps. Get ahead of it.

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Forget the liver and focus on the pancreas.

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'Cause after that--actually, after that doesn't really matter what it hits

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because pretty much all roads lead to a dead dwarf.

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I get why you don’t want to go to rehab.

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But only an idiot goes to prison for being stubborn.

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Only an idiot stands between Ahab and his whale. Move.

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Sorry.

242
00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:04,540
Santa's got gifts.

243
00:15:04,540 --> 00:15:07,720
Olive oil wasn’t in the kitchen. It was in the medicine cabinet.

244
00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,000
Home remedy for ear infections.

245
00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,410
Ear infections are fairly typical among CHH dwarfs.

246
00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:13,200
Or it's a symptom.

247
00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,350
Certainly wouldn't indicate a pancreatic problem.

248
00:15:15,350 --> 00:15:18,090
Or House is wrong and it's a symptom.

249
00:15:18,090 --> 00:15:21,750
Laxatives. I don't think they were used to maintain her girlish figure.

250
00:15:21,750 --> 00:15:25,920
- Again, intestinal problems are common--
- Again, it might be a symptom.

251
00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,560
And glucosamine suggests chronic joint pain--

252
00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,620
who ordered the aLPha-1antitrypsin deficiency test?

253
00:15:31,620 --> 00:15:33,060
I did.

254
00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:34,640
You think the problem’s in her pancreas?

255
00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,270
Well, I think it will be. I think we need to forget about the liver.

256
00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:40,440
We just forgot about the lungs. Now we need to forget about the liver?

257
00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,910
We need to stop retracing our steps and get ahead of this thing.

258
00:15:45,370 --> 00:15:48,400
House, you've tanned.

259
00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,230
You don't think I could’ve come up with this?

260
00:15:50,230 --> 00:15:51,640
Did you?

261
00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,010
You suspended House because it'd be dangerous having him in charge, but getting his opinion--

262
00:15:55,010 --> 00:15:58,950
I'm sure he gave you that opinion simply because he was worried about the patient.

263
00:15:58,950 --> 00:16:01,750
Just because house wants his pills doesn't mean his theory is wrong.

264
00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:05,290
No, the test results mean that. Your test was negative.

265
00:16:05,290 --> 00:16:07,670
And the biopsy indicated severe duct inflammation.

266
00:16:07,670 --> 00:16:10,620
Do an ERCP to check the liver for bile duct cancer.

267
00:16:10,620 --> 00:16:13,740
Just because it wasn't alpha-1 doesn't mean the pancreas isn't next.

268
00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:16,420
You needed an organ. He needed a fix.

269
00:16:16,420 --> 00:16:20,190
He'd have made up any story for a pill. You didn't give him anything, did you?

270
00:16:20,190 --> 00:16:20,940
No.

271
00:16:30,410 --> 00:16:33,130
There's no bruise or nothing, but it really hurts.

272
00:16:33,130 --> 00:16:37,640
Unfortunately, that pain and lack of bruising. Is typical of a zygomatic break.

273
00:16:38,770 --> 00:16:42,290
- That sounds bad.
- Hmm, bones are aligned properly.

274
00:16:42,290 --> 00:16:43,980
Which ER did you go to after the car accident?

275
00:16:43,980 --> 00:16:47,770
Princeton Plainsboro. Here's my discharge slip.

276
00:16:47,770 --> 00:16:52,090
Okay. Gonna get you some acetaminophen with codeine.

277
00:16:52,090 --> 00:16:55,250
I tried that, and it makes me nauseous.

278
00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:59,960
Uh, there's a drug called gabapentin which is good for certain kinds of pains.

279
00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:02,500
Great, 'cause I haven’t slept in days.

280
00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:04,930
Gabapentin's not really gonna help with the sleep.

281
00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,870
Is there something else you can give me?

282
00:17:09,570 --> 00:17:13,210
Uh, vicodin's your best bet with sleep issues.

283
00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:14,740
Thanks so much.

284
00:17:14,740 --> 00:17:18,520
Unfortunately, our policy forbids prescribing opiates to new patients.

285
00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,900
How can a clinic have a rule against relieving pain?

286
00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:25,190
Just with opiates. We find that it helps weed out drug seekers.

287
00:17:25,190 --> 00:17:27,460
- You think I'm a drug seeker?
- I'm not saying that.

288
00:17:27,460 --> 00:17:29,540
- Well, then give me the vicodin.
- I can’t.

289
00:17:29,540 --> 00:17:32,350
- Because you think I’m a drug seeker.
- I just said I didn’t.

290
00:17:32,350 --> 00:17:35,630
No, you said that the policy was to stop drug seeking.

291
00:17:35,630 --> 00:17:38,590
Then you said I'm not a drug seeker. Policy doesn't apply.

292
00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:41,150
I'm sorry. That's the policy.

293
00:17:41,150 --> 00:17:45,020
Gabapentin works on nerve damage. You're prescribing it for a broken face.

294
00:17:45,020 --> 00:17:47,480
Might as well hand out band-aids for a severed carotid.

295
00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:48,510
You're a doctor.

296
00:17:48,510 --> 00:17:53,150
Not by this clinic’s definition since I'm neither a moron nor a mindless drone.

297
00:17:53,150 --> 00:17:56,690
- Security.
- Forget it. I’ll throw myself out.

298
00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:05,110
That tube is going all the way down to my liver?

299
00:18:05,110 --> 00:18:07,430
Don't worry. You'll be sedated.

300
00:18:07,430 --> 00:18:11,600
Sometimes doctors have to do things that make people uncomfortable to help them.

301
00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:16,810
But we always want to respect the patient's wishes and not shove things down their throats.

302
00:18:19,270 --> 00:18:20,790
Foreman.

303
00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,380
- You haven't given her the sedative.
- No.

304
00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:28,710
Abigail! Abigail!

305
00:18:28,710 --> 00:18:30,530
She's unconscious.

306
00:18:30,530 --> 00:18:32,090
Check her airway.

307
00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:36,760
Airway's clear.
 Her breath smells fruity.

308
00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:38,830
Diabetic ketoacidosis.

309
00:18:38,830 --> 00:18:41,560
Hang an insult drip at. 1 migs per kig per hour.

310
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,760
Pancreas is failing. You ready to call House yet?

311
00:18:52,850 --> 00:18:56,570
You were right. The patient's pancreas is failing.

312
00:18:56,570 --> 00:18:58,310
Told you you'd come begging me for help.

313
00:18:58,310 --> 00:19:01,480
Her insulin production is almost non-existent--

314
00:19:02,580 --> 00:19:05,950
- Give me my pills or lose an arm.
- The girl is dying.

315
00:19:05,950 --> 00:19:09,240
- So give me my pills.
- Take the deal and I will.

316
00:19:10,420 --> 00:19:14,380
You'd rather kill this girl than give me my pills.

317
00:19:14,380 --> 00:19:21,120
I would rather lose one patient now than the dozens we will lose while you're in prison.

318
00:19:21,650 --> 00:19:26,590
Well, have fun explaining that to her itsy-bitsy grieving mother.

319
00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,980
What if we sacrifice this girl and House still goes to jail?

320
00:19:32,980 --> 00:19:35,640
I'd feel bad. Can we get on with this?

321
00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:37,520
House correctly predicted the spread.

322
00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:42,720
Means we've got a global systemic illness affecting lungs, liver, and pancreas so far. Ideas.

323
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,980
Langerhans cell histiocytosis attacks multiple organ systems.

324
00:19:45,980 --> 00:19:49,370
Histiocytosis usually starts in the brain, then moves to the internal organs.

325
00:19:49,370 --> 00:19:52,110
Abigail's brain is fine. Cystic fibrosis.

326
00:19:52,110 --> 00:19:54,810
Exocrine function is normal. Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

327
00:19:54,810 --> 00:19:57,290
It's a systemic cancer which her dwarfism predisposes her to.

328
00:19:57,290 --> 00:19:58,690
Do you have any ideas that aren't cancer?

329
00:19:58,690 --> 00:20:00,560
- Cancer fits.
- Autoimmune fits better.

330
00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,140
We should treat her with prednisone for lupus.

331
00:20:02,140 --> 00:20:04,350
That'll spike her blood sugar and put her back in a coma.

332
00:20:04,350 --> 00:20:06,370
It's much safer just to run a double-stranded DNA test.

333
00:20:06,370 --> 00:20:08,810
Not if she dies before we get the results.

334
00:20:08,810 --> 00:20:12,940
One of you is probably right.
 Why don't we hold the sniping until we find out which?

335
00:20:12,940 --> 00:20:18,070
Wilson, do an LP for lymphoma. You guys, run an antibody test for lupus.

336
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:27,770
Because of your daughter's dwarfism, we've had to pick a higher entry point for the lumbar puncture,

337
00:20:27,770 --> 00:20:31,040
- Which increases the risk.
- So why not do the lupus test first?

338
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,540
In the interest of time, we think it's best to proceed on both fronts.

339
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,530
You have no idea what’s wrong with my daughter.

340
00:20:37,530 --> 00:20:40,470
- We have several theories.
- What does Dr. House think?

341
00:20:40,470 --> 00:20:43,020
He's--he had to go home sick.

342
00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:46,380
My daughter may be dying, and he's gone home with the sniffles?

343
00:20:46,380 --> 00:20:50,370
He's not--he was the only one who seemed to have any idea what was wrong with her. 

344
00:20:50,370 --> 00:20:52,880
He better be really damn sick.

345
00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,770
He is.

346
00:20:58,530 --> 00:21:01,800
Unless you got vicodin, go away.

347
00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,460
House, it's me. I, uh--

348
00:21:06,810 --> 00:21:09,210
Oh, god.

349
00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:15,280
- I don't have--
- No pills, no egg nog.

350
00:21:17,060 --> 00:21:19,640
What happened to your arm?

351
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,840
Cut myself.

352
00:21:26,420 --> 00:21:28,650
Wilson was wrong about lymphoma.

353
00:21:28,650 --> 00:21:31,820
Kid's not losing any weight, no night sweats.

354
00:21:31,820 --> 00:21:33,050
Cuddy send you?

355
00:21:33,050 --> 00:21:36,820
No, she doesn't trust me not to give you pills.

356
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,250
Is she right?

357
00:21:39,250 --> 00:21:42,920
House, these cuts are straight in a row.

358
00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,510
You did this on purpose.

359
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,380
Cutting releases endorphins. Endorphins relieve pain.

360
00:21:51,380 --> 00:21:53,950
You gonna get me some pills?

361
00:21:53,950 --> 00:21:58,280
- No.
- Then you can leave.

362
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,970
No constitutional symptoms means--

363
00:22:00,970 --> 00:22:05,130
Soon as the kid gets cured, Cuddy's got no pressure to fold.

364
00:22:05,130 --> 00:22:07,790
You really think she’s gonna fold?

365
00:22:12,780 --> 00:22:16,450
Autoimmune fits better than cancer.

366
00:22:16,450 --> 00:22:20,580
But lupus loves kidneys, usually attacks them first.

367
00:22:20,580 --> 00:22:23,340
- Kidneys are fine, right?
- Yeah.

368
00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:28,500
House, take the deal. You can survive without vicodin.

369
00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:31,750
After you were shot, you stayed clean for months.

370
00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:35,360
Yeah, I wonder if it had something to do with the absence of pain.

371
00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:38,480
Leave that. I want to be able to pour alcohol on it so I can distract myself.

372
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,960
Then you can rip off the bandage.

373
00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:50,600
Kid been sick lately? There's a history of ear infections.

374
00:22:53,150 --> 00:23:00,060
Say Abigail’s immune system is like a shy guy in a bar.

375
00:23:00,060 --> 00:23:06,560
And the ear infections, they come in and try to coax him to--heh.

376
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,220
To hell with the metaphor. You get the point, right?

377
00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:12,830
Nerd gets drunk. Trashes the bar.

378
00:23:12,830 --> 00:23:16,060
One of the autoimmune triggered by a minor infection.

379
00:23:16,060 --> 00:23:20,330
Factor in her age, elevated sed-rate, anemia...

380
00:23:20,330 --> 00:23:22,750
It's Still's disease.

381
00:23:22,750 --> 00:23:27,020
You start her on prednisone, methotrexate, cyclosporin.

382
00:23:27,020 --> 00:23:28,170
House. Stop this. Please.

383
00:23:57,330 --> 00:23:59,420
- What'd he say?
- Still's disease.

384
00:23:59,420 --> 00:24:02,860
- It's chronic, but manageable.
- A diagnosis that’s virtually unconfirmable.

385
00:24:02,860 --> 00:24:06,840
And with a treatment that’s more dangerous than what we reconsidering for lupus.

386
00:24:08,230 --> 00:24:09,360
How bad is he?

387
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:13,500
Are you asking because you care, or because you're wondering whether to trust his opinion?

388
00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:14,990
Both.

389
00:24:14,990 --> 00:24:18,240
He's detoxing. In agony.

390
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,700
He started cutting himself.

391
00:24:21,380 --> 00:24:24,070
But he's still House.

392
00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:28,270
I'll order the treatment.

393
00:24:50,910 --> 00:24:55,880
Your plan isn't working. Two days down, one to go.

394
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,700
Figured I'd show you how much it isn't working.

395
00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:03,550
Yeah, clearly the drugs have no hold on you.

396
00:25:04,010 --> 00:25:08,920
We both know that my pride far surpasses my instinct for self-preservation.

397
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,760
You want to redeem yourself? Give up now.

398
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,150
And you'll go to jail.

399
00:25:14,150 --> 00:25:17,970
- I've done nothing wrong.
- And you'll go to jail.

400
00:25:19,550 --> 00:25:25,550
Which makes this your last chance to do me a kindness before ruining my life forever.

401
00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:29,840
The nausea's bad this time.


402
00:25:32,460 --> 00:25:36,470
You can write me a scrip for metoclopramide so I can stop puking.

403
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,660
They'd give me that in rehab.

404
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:45,930
Then you should go to rehab. I have a patient.

405
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,060
I'm so sorry for your loss.

406
00:26:04,060 --> 00:26:07,530
I know it's little solace, but he went without pain.

407
00:26:10,150 --> 00:26:11,890
House.

408
00:26:11,890 --> 00:26:14,500
Well, look on the bright side.

409
00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:18,400
At least you don't have to go by Mrs. Zebalusky anymore.

410
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,160
- That's gotta be a relief.
- You know this man?

411
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:23,300
I'm sorry. He's sick--

412
00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:27,460
Did you hear my diagnosis on the dwarf? Still’s disease.

413
00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:32,150
Did you even consider those ear infections, or you just wrote it off as a dwarf thing?

414
00:26:32,150 --> 00:26:35,620
You sure he's dead? Dr. Wilson sometimes misses things.

415
00:26:35,620 --> 00:26:39,000
Trying to embarrass me in front of grieving widow crosses lines--

416
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,760
Right! I’m pathetic.

417
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:46,120
I'm strung out, I haven't slept, puking every hour, and I still out-diagnosed you.

418
00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:47,850
But I'm supposed to let you decide what's best--

419
00:26:47,850 --> 00:26:52,510
Please! Please leave.

420
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,950
Sorry. I'm done.

421
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,160
House.

422
00:27:06,030 --> 00:27:09,840
You didn't come in here just to embarrass me. You could do that any time.

423
00:27:11,870 --> 00:27:14,120
Stealing oxy from a dead man.

424
00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:16,610
Yeah, you don’t have a problem.

425
00:27:30,140 --> 00:27:33,180
- How's the girl?
- Much better.

426
00:27:34,450 --> 00:27:37,600
- House was right.
- It happens.

427
00:27:38,430 --> 00:27:40,720
I thought we could handle this.

428
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,200
Still's disease never crossed my mind.

429
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,350
Don't beat yourself up. I didn't get it either.

430
00:27:58,590 --> 00:28:01,780
I feel like a mob informant.

431
00:28:02,390 --> 00:28:04,960
You wanna go inside?

432
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:10,060
- Got a cafeteria in there, right?
- I can't testify.

433
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,770
Drug addicts hurt the people around them with their habit.

434
00:28:14,770 --> 00:28:18,350
House has hurt plenty of people, you included.

435
00:28:18,350 --> 00:28:22,300
He saves lives. People that no one else can save.

436
00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:30,590
And no matter how much of an ass he is, statistically House is a positive force in the universe.

437
00:28:30,590 --> 00:28:32,620
The pills let him do that.

438
00:28:32,620 --> 00:28:40,340
Vicodin does not make House a genius. Whatever he does on the pills, he can do off.

439
00:28:40,340 --> 00:28:43,120
He's just not willing to try.

440
00:28:44,450 --> 00:28:48,660
I won't testify against him.

441
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:51,130
Then we'll subpoena you.

442
00:28:51,130 --> 00:28:54,320
And your previous statement will be read into evidence.

443
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:59,190
And you will be charged with interfering with an investigation.

444
00:28:59,190 --> 00:29:02,460
And you will go to jail.

445
00:29:06,770 --> 00:29:11,400
- Again, statistically, better me than him.
- Statistically...

446
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,500
The two of you will be in jail.

447
00:29:51,060 --> 00:29:54,270
Dr. Cameron! Dr. Cameron, come quick. There's something wrong with Abby.

448
00:29:54,270 --> 00:29:56,550
Couldn't be too severe. Her cardiac alarm didn’t go off.

449
00:29:56,550 --> 00:29:58,990
It's not her heart. She's bleeding.

450
00:30:01,850 --> 00:30:04,970
Picking up a scrip. Under Zebalusky.

451
00:30:10,770 --> 00:30:13,490
This is, uh, Dr. Wilson's patient.

452
00:30:13,490 --> 00:30:17,040
Yeah. Wilson's busy right now.

453
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:21,800
What with Mr. Zebalusky dying in agony on account of hismetastic lung cancer

454
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:27,790
and not having the pills to relieve that agony because of some moron pharmacist.

455
00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:30,350
Sign the book.

456
00:30:56,100 --> 00:31:00,230
Bleeding wasn't a ruptured eardrum, ear infection, or bleeding disorder.

457
00:31:00,230 --> 00:31:04,820
Her heart rate's climbing. Blood pressure's dropping. She's on the verge of a multi-system failure.

458
00:31:04,820 --> 00:31:08,130
Head CT was clean. Means it's not a neurological problem.

459
00:31:08,130 --> 00:31:10,870
- Basically we have nothing.
- Cancer is still on the table.

460
00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:13,070
Spinal fluid was negative for lymphoma.

461
00:31:13,070 --> 00:31:15,590
- What other--
- Leukemia. We need to do a bone marrow biopsy.

462
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:17,420
None of the blood tests suggest leukemia.

463
00:31:17,420 --> 00:31:19,370
Cancer doesn't explain the collapsed lung.

464
00:31:19,370 --> 00:31:21,940
Unless a small clot lead to a pulmonary infarct.

465
00:31:21,940 --> 00:31:23,990
It's a long shot. Autoimmune is way more likely.

466
00:31:23,990 --> 00:31:26,180
Autoimmune diseases respond to steroids, which we've given her.

467
00:31:26,180 --> 00:31:28,180
And she got better for a while. We stopped the treatment too soon.

468
00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:29,040
Because she crashed.

469
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,580
All we're doing is bouncing back and forth between cancer and autoimmune.

470
00:31:33,580 --> 00:31:35,930
We're going in circles.

471
00:31:42,530 --> 00:31:44,480
Give me half an hour.

472
00:31:53,150 --> 00:31:56,240
Can I have a French fry?

473
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,740
- Get your own.
- You took the last ones.

474
00:32:01,110 --> 00:32:05,330
- What's wrong with you?
- I got spinal muscular atrophy.

475
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,420
Guess it not contagious.

476
00:32:10,090 --> 00:32:12,210
Nice bear.

477
00:32:12,210 --> 00:32:16,490
- It's a dog.
- House. It's not Still’s.

478
00:32:16,490 --> 00:32:21,270
Steroids helped until the patient started bleeding from the ears and mouth.

479
00:32:21,270 --> 00:32:25,890
- That's a bear.
- His name is Bill. He's a dog.

480
00:32:25,890 --> 00:32:29,030
You win. You can have vicodin.

481
00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:31,450
Words have set meanings for a reason.

482
00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:36,550
If you see an animal like Bill and you try to play fetch, Bill's gonna eat you because Bill's a bear.

483
00:32:36,550 --> 00:32:39,370
Are you on something?

484
00:32:39,370 --> 00:32:41,700
You got your hands on pain meds.

485
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,890
Bill has fur, four legs, and a collar. He's a dog.

486
00:32:46,890 --> 00:32:49,100
It's between cancer and autoimmune.

487
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:51,560
See, that's what we calla faulty syllogism.

488
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:59,140
Just because you call Bill a dog doesn't mean that he is... a dog.

489
00:33:03,870 --> 00:33:06,240
We gotta x-ray our patient's leg.

490
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:12,810
- Her leg looks fine.
- Weird, huh?

491
00:33:12,810 --> 00:33:16,100
- Why aren't you detoxing?
- Will power.

492
00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:17,580
What-- what--

493
00:33:17,580 --> 00:33:20,550
Normal's not normal if you're not normal.

494
00:33:20,550 --> 00:33:23,820
- Did you just take a pill?
- No.

495
00:33:23,820 --> 00:33:27,700
So how does a dwarf have completely normal growth plates?

496
00:33:27,700 --> 00:33:30,920
It's impossible. We must be missing something.

497
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,690
How many pills have you taken?

498
00:33:32,690 --> 00:33:36,730
Not nearly as many as I'm gonna take. Forgotten how delicious they were.

499
00:33:36,730 --> 00:33:38,520
I didn't give them to him.

500
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,940
Can we forget my vices, get back to my virtues?

501
00:33:40,940 --> 00:33:45,750
We were missing the fact that just because we called her a dwarf doesn’t mean she is a dwarf.

502
00:33:45,750 --> 00:33:47,760
Everyone assumed she was because of her mother.

503
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,720
There's not test for CHH dwarfism.

504
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,380
So she lost an identity, but we gained a symptom.

505
00:33:53,380 --> 00:33:56,340
If she doesn't have skeletal dwarfism,

506
00:33:56,340 --> 00:34:01,020
then her short stature must be caused by growth hormone deficiency.

507
00:34:01,020 --> 00:34:04,810
And something's wrong with her pituitary gland. And based on her size, it's been wrong for a while.

508
00:34:04,810 --> 00:34:10,570
So what connects a long-term pituitary issue with problems in the lungs, liver, and pancreas?

509
00:34:10,570 --> 00:34:14,900
Oh, you guys and your bickering. Cancer versus autoimmune.

510
00:34:14,900 --> 00:34:19,360
- Obviously you think it’s something else.
- Nope. I think it's both.

511
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,860
Langerhans cellhistiocytosis.

512
00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:26,240
Also known as, “you got your cancer in my autoimmune" disease.

513
00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:28,550
The immune component responded to the Still's treatment.

514
00:34:28,550 --> 00:34:31,340
Lead to the short-term improvement. The cancer portion didn’t.

515
00:34:31,340 --> 00:34:34,290
We dismissed this earlier because there were no neurological symptoms.

516
00:34:34,290 --> 00:34:36,770
Yeah. It's not your fault.

517
00:34:36,770 --> 00:34:39,430
The only neurological symptom was her height.

518
00:34:39,430 --> 00:34:41,320
Who could've noticed?

519
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:52,720
This is your pituitary gland.

520
00:34:52,940 --> 00:34:55,740
And this is the granuloma that's been crushing it.

521
00:34:55,740 --> 00:35:00,640
No pituitary equals no growth hormone equals about that much.

522
00:35:00,990 --> 00:35:02,860
She's not a dwarf?

523
00:35:02,860 --> 00:35:05,380
Just hormonally challenged.

524
00:35:05,380 --> 00:35:08,500
- What about my mom?
- Your mom’s the real deal.

525
00:35:08,500 --> 00:35:10,940
But you're just a tiny little poser.

526
00:35:10,940 --> 00:35:15,890
Your recent ear infections caused your body to release a cascade of the same cells that made the granuloma.

527
00:35:15,890 --> 00:35:20,150
They attacked your lungs, moved down to your liver, then hitched a ride over to your pancreas.

528
00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:24,510
We can nuke them with a mild course of chemo and then remove the granuloma.

529
00:35:24,510 --> 00:35:27,340
And then what? What will happen to her then?

530
00:35:28,410 --> 00:35:30,850
Let me see if I can make this clear.

531
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:36,040
This pill represents... a pill.

532
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,920
And my mouth represents your daughter's mouth.

533
00:35:40,270 --> 00:35:43,070
We deposit the pill in the month.

534
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:53,780
You may never be tall enough to play in the WNBA, but you'll be able to post up your mom no problem.

535
00:35:54,700 --> 00:35:57,330
What if I don’t take the pills?

536
00:35:57,330 --> 00:36:02,310
What if you remove the thing in my head and give me the chemo, but not the pills?

537
00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:03,600
Would I still get better?

538
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:09,270
Your body needs growth hormone from lots of things. Like... to grow.

539
00:36:09,270 --> 00:36:11,390
I like who I am now.

540
00:36:11,390 --> 00:36:15,540
- Nobody your age likes who they are now.
- I do.

541
00:36:17,570 --> 00:36:20,190
You like needing help when you want something off a high shelf?

542
00:36:20,190 --> 00:36:22,750
Not being able to press an elevator button above the eighth floor?

543
00:36:22,750 --> 00:36:25,590
Having to smell ass every time you stand in line?

544
00:36:25,590 --> 00:36:30,830
You don't need growth hormone. It's just your ticket out of the freak show.

545
00:36:44,250 --> 00:36:48,520
Can't you deliver a diagnosis without making her feel that her life isn't worth living?

546
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,010
I'm trying to help her.

547
00:36:50,010 --> 00:36:52,530
You're trying to make her taller.

548
00:36:52,530 --> 00:36:56,390
Not too tall. Just tall enough to wipe her own butt.

549
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,370
- Are you high?
- Higher than you.

550
00:37:03,370 --> 00:37:07,650
If my daughter doesn’t want to choose the easy path, I won't force her to.

551
00:37:07,650 --> 00:37:11,400
Then you're a lousy mom. You want your daughter to be a freak.

552
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,720
- We're not freaks.
- You want her to overcome adversity.

553
00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:18,010

- Yes.
- Then why stop at height?

554
00:37:18,010 --> 00:37:21,370
Poke a stick in her eye. Imagine how interesting she’ll be then.

555
00:37:21,370 --> 00:37:23,140
Being little is not the same as--

556
00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:28,680
You and I have found out that being normal sucks' cause we're freaks.

557
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,790
The advantage of being a freak is it makes your stronger.

558
00:37:31,790 --> 00:37:35,440
Now, how strong do you really want her to have to be?

559
00:37:37,990 --> 00:37:40,890
Tell her what you have to tell her.

560
00:37:40,890 --> 00:37:43,740
Tell her you lied.

561
00:37:44,890 --> 00:37:47,520
Even if you didn’t.

562
00:37:53,630 --> 00:37:56,530
This is who you were supposed to be.

563
00:37:56,530 --> 00:37:59,560
You hate normal.

564
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,700
It's not that simple.

565
00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:05,090
If I grow, I'll fade into the background.

566
00:38:05,090 --> 00:38:07,390
I'll be boring.

567
00:38:10,250 --> 00:38:12,950
We'll get you a funny hat.

568
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,760
You could never be boring.

569
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,970
You want me to be like everybody else?

570
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,640
I want you to have what I can’t.

571
00:38:47,540 --> 00:38:52,280
Abigail agreed--Abigail agreed to take growth hormone.

572
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:56,750
- Who's Abigail?
- Your non-dwarf dwarf patient.

573
00:38:56,750 --> 00:38:59,320
Oh, good.

574
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,310
Then the growth hormone makes sense.

575
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,630
- Christmas eve.
- Yeah, I know.

576
00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:08,890
Deal expires tomorrow.

577
00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:10,990
You have plans for tonight?

578
00:39:10,990 --> 00:39:13,780
You worried I'm gonna be popping more pills?

579
00:39:14,810 --> 00:39:18,620
Thought you might prefer people over pills.

580
00:39:46,870 --> 00:39:53,750
Hey, mom. I guess you guys are already up at aunt Sarah’s.

581
00:39:54,450 --> 00:40:00,970
I'm sure dad's in the egg nog and you're probably suffering through another dried out turkey.

582
00:40:07,470 --> 00:40:10,770
Just wanted to say merry Christmas.

583
00:40:38,050 --> 00:40:43,560
House? Are you okay? I tried calling three times.

584
00:41:09,210 --> 00:41:11,470
Larry Zebalusky. Dr. James Wilson. Take as needed. Not to exceed 4 per day. OXYCODONE

585
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,250
I'm ready to take the deal.

586
00:42:00,390 --> 00:42:02,660
Well, that's off the table.

587
00:42:04,470 --> 00:42:06,190
The clock doesn’t expire until--

588
00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:10,400
Wot new evidence. We don't need Wilson anymore.

589
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:14,650
The thing about addicts is, uh...

590
00:42:14,650 --> 00:42:20,950
No matter how smart they are, they are dumb when it comes to drugs.

591
00:42:20,950 --> 00:42:24,420
So, uh, I've been keeping an eye on the pharmacy log.

592
00:42:24,420 --> 00:42:34,970
Seems some patient of Wilson’s named Zebalusky managed to pick up his oxy prescription after he died.

593
00:42:41,530 --> 00:42:43,520
Jesus walks, huh?

594
00:42:51,270 --> 00:42:52,900
Merry Christmas.

595
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:59,900
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