1 00:00:08,959 --> 00:00:10,750 Good morning. 2 00:00:20,291 --> 00:00:21,959 Hey, Alfredo. 3 00:00:23,583 --> 00:00:24,834 You done already? 4 00:00:24,834 --> 00:00:27,417 Oh, no, not yet. I, uh, finish tomorrow. 5 00:00:27,417 --> 00:00:29,333 Mexico playing Argentina on TV? 6 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:30,834 No, no. 7 00:00:30,834 --> 00:00:33,667 My asthma is very bad today. 8 00:00:33,667 --> 00:00:34,792 Six years, Alfredo. 9 00:00:34,792 --> 00:00:36,500 You can't lie to me. 10 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:38,333 I'm throwing a dinner. First thing tomorrow. 11 00:00:38,333 --> 00:00:39,834 Party's tonight. 12 00:00:39,834 --> 00:00:41,500 Little rain, I'm gonna have to put buckets 13 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:43,166 on the dining room table. 14 00:00:43,166 --> 00:00:44,750 No clouds, no rain. 15 00:00:44,750 --> 00:00:47,500 I'll tell you what. You take off. 16 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:49,125 But if it pours into my guests' wineglasses-- 17 00:00:49,125 --> 00:00:50,917 Oi. Okay. 18 00:00:50,917 --> 00:00:52,208 Okay, señora. 19 00:00:52,208 --> 00:00:54,291 I'll do it. Thank you. 20 00:00:59,750 --> 00:01:01,208 No problema. 21 00:01:22,542 --> 00:01:24,709 [coughing] 22 00:01:27,625 --> 00:01:28,875 Ayie! 23 00:01:31,917 --> 00:01:34,959 [groaning] 24 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:39,709 [siren blaring] 25 00:01:39,709 --> 00:01:41,000 Spinal cord seems intact. 26 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:43,625 Take a deep breath. 27 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:44,917 Ah. It hurts. 28 00:01:44,917 --> 00:01:46,750 Try. 29 00:01:46,750 --> 00:01:48,417 Breath sounds bilateral. 30 00:01:48,417 --> 00:01:49,709 I don't think he has a pneumothorax. 31 00:01:49,709 --> 00:01:50,959 Just asthma. 32 00:01:50,959 --> 00:01:52,166 That and probably a broken rib. 33 00:01:52,166 --> 00:01:53,583 Tell me when it hurts the most. 34 00:01:53,583 --> 00:01:55,959 Ah! Ah! 35 00:01:55,959 --> 00:01:58,083 Your two little fingers are darker than the others. 36 00:01:58,083 --> 00:01:59,750 They--they feel funny. 37 00:01:59,750 --> 00:02:01,500 Como needles. 38 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:03,250 How long have they been like that? 39 00:02:03,250 --> 00:02:06,041 Never notice before. Is bad? 40 00:02:10,166 --> 00:02:13,166 [Massive Attack's Teardrop] 41 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:16,125 ♪ ♪ 42 00:02:41,250 --> 00:02:42,375 (Cuddy) Judging by how it looks, 43 00:02:42,375 --> 00:02:43,500 he could lose his hand. 44 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:44,834 How does falling off your roof 45 00:02:44,834 --> 00:02:46,834 do that to a guy's fingers? 46 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:49,000 He could have tweaked a vertebra in his neck. 47 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,375 Could impinge on the ulnar-- 48 00:02:51,375 --> 00:02:54,250 Sorry. Trouble concentrating. 49 00:02:54,250 --> 00:02:55,625 That tank top 50 00:02:55,625 --> 00:02:58,667 really absorbs moisture. 51 00:02:58,667 --> 00:02:59,792 Could impinge the ulnar nerve. 52 00:02:59,792 --> 00:03:00,917 Cut the blood flow. 53 00:03:00,917 --> 00:03:02,458 Or it could be disseminated 54 00:03:02,458 --> 00:03:04,083 intravascular coagulopathy. 55 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:05,333 DIC? 56 00:03:05,333 --> 00:03:07,083 Guy falls off a roof, 57 00:03:07,083 --> 00:03:09,041 the first thought is always it's a clotting problem. 58 00:03:09,041 --> 00:03:10,208 Trauma can activate 59 00:03:10,208 --> 00:03:11,500 the clotting enzymes. 60 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:13,000 Guy could lose more than his hand. 61 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,500 Well, thank you very much. 62 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:16,542 This guy's been working for me for a long time-- 63 00:03:16,542 --> 00:03:18,709 Do I get bonus points if I act like I care? 64 00:03:20,709 --> 00:03:22,792 Cervical MRI. Workup for DIC. 65 00:03:22,792 --> 00:03:24,291 And start him on a heparin drip. 66 00:03:24,291 --> 00:03:25,417 Who? 67 00:03:25,417 --> 00:03:26,750 Want to know his name? 68 00:03:26,750 --> 00:03:28,041 I'm sure it's in the file. 69 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:29,333 Or you can ask her. 70 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:30,750 She's his oldest, bestest friend. 71 00:03:30,750 --> 00:03:32,125 They were in Cub Scouts together. 72 00:03:32,125 --> 00:03:33,709 I'll get started on the blood tests. 73 00:03:33,709 --> 00:03:35,750 No. You haven't been a real doctor in ten years. 74 00:03:35,750 --> 00:03:37,375 You'll make a mess all over the sheets. 75 00:03:37,375 --> 00:03:38,750 I'll do it. 76 00:03:38,750 --> 00:03:39,917 You have clinic duty. 77 00:03:39,917 --> 00:03:42,083 I still know how to handle a patient. 78 00:03:42,083 --> 00:03:43,583 Get me blood. Lots of blood. 79 00:03:43,583 --> 00:03:45,500 They're better. They've showered. 80 00:04:02,333 --> 00:04:04,000 You don't need to see him. 81 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,959 One-handed handymen aren't in big demand. 82 00:04:06,959 --> 00:04:09,959 Talking. That's how lawsuits are lost. 83 00:04:09,959 --> 00:04:11,792 I know you, Lisa. 84 00:04:11,792 --> 00:04:14,917 You got in, you offer to pay his medical bills, his wages. 85 00:04:14,917 --> 00:04:16,583 You'll say something stupid like, "I'm sorry." 86 00:04:16,583 --> 00:04:17,875 You think I'm an idiot. 87 00:04:17,875 --> 00:04:19,458 I think you're not a lawyer. 88 00:04:19,458 --> 00:04:21,792 Don't go in there. 89 00:04:21,792 --> 00:04:24,166 Trust me. House's people can handle this. 90 00:04:26,458 --> 00:04:28,583 Yeah. 91 00:04:28,583 --> 00:04:30,917 This might sting a little bit. 92 00:04:30,917 --> 00:04:32,792 The medicine will thin the blood 93 00:04:32,792 --> 00:04:34,625 and help it to circulate. 94 00:04:34,625 --> 00:04:36,458 Those are some pretty nasty scars there. 95 00:04:36,458 --> 00:04:38,917 I work construction. 96 00:04:40,583 --> 00:04:42,375 Ah! 97 00:04:44,125 --> 00:04:45,667 How long I be in the hospital? 98 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:46,959 Depends on how long it takes us 99 00:04:46,959 --> 00:04:48,291 to figure out what's going on. 100 00:04:48,291 --> 00:04:50,333 I need to work. I'll get fired. 101 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:52,083 I'm sure Dr. Cuddy won't fire you. 102 00:04:52,083 --> 00:04:53,917 No. I'm janitor at fast food six nights. 103 00:04:53,917 --> 00:04:55,917 I need to work. My mother doesn't make enough. 104 00:04:55,917 --> 00:04:57,375 I can work. I'm old enough. 105 00:04:57,375 --> 00:04:58,917 You're old enough when you finish college. 106 00:04:58,917 --> 00:05:00,041 Why? You never went-- 107 00:05:00,041 --> 00:05:01,208 I never had a big brother 108 00:05:01,208 --> 00:05:02,542 to tell me to shut up. 109 00:05:02,542 --> 00:05:03,667 I promise 110 00:05:03,667 --> 00:05:04,834 we'll let you out of here 111 00:05:04,834 --> 00:05:06,250 as soon as we're able to. 112 00:05:06,250 --> 00:05:08,709 I am fine. I feel better. I go home now. 113 00:05:08,709 --> 00:05:09,917 No. 114 00:05:09,917 --> 00:05:11,417 If this is a clotting problem, 115 00:05:11,417 --> 00:05:13,208 it could be very serious. All right? 116 00:05:13,208 --> 00:05:14,959 You can't make me stay. 117 00:05:14,959 --> 00:05:16,959 You can't make me stay. 118 00:05:16,959 --> 00:05:18,709 Turn your hand over. 119 00:05:18,709 --> 00:05:20,458 I need to see your hand. 120 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:28,250 Where is Dr. Cuddy? 121 00:05:28,250 --> 00:05:30,333 We've got a third finger turning dark. 122 00:05:30,333 --> 00:05:31,667 His PTT is prolonged. 123 00:05:31,667 --> 00:05:33,375 The fibrin's split products are off. 124 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:34,667 He's not clotting properly. 125 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:36,166 It looks like a mild case of DIC. 126 00:05:36,166 --> 00:05:37,291 Well, obviously not that mild. 127 00:05:37,291 --> 00:05:38,750 This keeps up, 128 00:05:38,750 --> 00:05:40,333 his hand is literally going to be dead meat. 129 00:05:40,333 --> 00:05:42,166 His hand is connected to his arm. 130 00:05:42,166 --> 00:05:43,834 His arm is connected to... 131 00:05:43,834 --> 00:05:45,500 I'm not sure, but I bet it's important. 132 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,458 All this from falling off my roof. 133 00:05:47,458 --> 00:05:49,917 Yeah. If only he'd fallen on his head. 134 00:05:49,917 --> 00:05:53,500 Then he wouldn't have any of these symptoms. 135 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:55,875 We need something stronger than heparin. 136 00:05:58,208 --> 00:05:59,709 Human activated protein C. 137 00:05:59,709 --> 00:06:01,041 (House) Looks like Cuddy. 138 00:06:01,041 --> 00:06:02,375 Same cleavage. 139 00:06:02,375 --> 00:06:04,125 Protein C 140 00:06:04,125 --> 00:06:06,875 is indicated only for severe sepsis. 141 00:06:06,875 --> 00:06:09,208 Well, how many of his limbs have to be at stake 142 00:06:09,208 --> 00:06:11,542 for it to be severe? But this stuff is craaaaazy dangerous. 143 00:06:11,542 --> 00:06:13,041 It can cause internal bleeding. 144 00:06:13,041 --> 00:06:14,667 If he bleeds, he could stroke. He could die. 145 00:06:14,667 --> 00:06:16,083 He could get better. 146 00:06:16,083 --> 00:06:17,875 You know, if I tried a scheme like this, 147 00:06:17,875 --> 00:06:19,875 you'd get that nasty, wrinkly face 148 00:06:19,875 --> 00:06:21,375 and screech like a hyena. 149 00:06:21,375 --> 00:06:22,875 It's very sexy, I admit. 150 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:25,625 Do it. 151 00:06:29,375 --> 00:06:32,166 Protein C is borderline irresponsible. 152 00:06:32,166 --> 00:06:35,792 Except that the safe stuff isn't doing squat. 153 00:06:35,792 --> 00:06:37,625 It's exactly the type of thing you would do. 154 00:06:37,625 --> 00:06:39,333 Well, obviously. 155 00:06:39,333 --> 00:06:41,917 It's exactly the type of thing he'd do. 156 00:06:41,917 --> 00:06:44,250 I know. I think he's trying to protect me. 157 00:06:44,250 --> 00:06:46,583 No, that's not the type of thing he would do. 158 00:06:46,583 --> 00:06:48,125 I overruled him. 159 00:06:48,125 --> 00:06:50,625 He's the best diagnostician in this hospital 160 00:06:50,625 --> 00:06:51,959 and I overrule him. 161 00:06:51,959 --> 00:06:54,667 You care about this kid. 162 00:06:54,667 --> 00:06:57,250 Your judgment should be worth more than his. 163 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:58,750 He also pointed out 164 00:06:58,750 --> 00:07:01,041 that I haven't been a real doctor in years. 165 00:07:01,041 --> 00:07:03,208 Now that sounds like him. 166 00:07:03,208 --> 00:07:04,709 You were just jerking Cuddy around? 167 00:07:04,709 --> 00:07:07,166 She seriously thought I wanted to stop her. 168 00:07:07,166 --> 00:07:08,917 One thing Cuddy is not is clueless. 169 00:07:08,917 --> 00:07:10,417 No. 170 00:07:10,417 --> 00:07:11,709 First casualty of this case 171 00:07:11,709 --> 00:07:13,291 is her sense of humor. 172 00:07:13,291 --> 00:07:14,792 It's weird. There's nothing funnier 173 00:07:14,792 --> 00:07:16,417 than almost killing a guy. 174 00:07:20,458 --> 00:07:22,625 I'm just having trouble getting up those steps. 175 00:07:22,625 --> 00:07:24,125 When did you start noticing? 176 00:07:24,125 --> 00:07:25,500 Oh, a week ago. 177 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:27,250 Your blood pressure's a little high. 178 00:07:27,250 --> 00:07:29,291 I've got something new that should help you out. 179 00:07:29,291 --> 00:07:31,250 Combines a nitrate with a blood pressure pill. 180 00:07:31,250 --> 00:07:33,166 It's targeted to African-Americans. 181 00:07:33,166 --> 00:07:35,291 Targeted? 182 00:07:35,291 --> 00:07:36,625 Yeah. 183 00:07:36,625 --> 00:07:38,291 We tend to have nitric oxide deficiencies. 184 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:40,375 Studies show this drug counteracts that problem. 185 00:07:40,375 --> 00:07:41,667 It's the first drug to-- 186 00:07:41,667 --> 00:07:43,333 What kind of studies you talking about? 187 00:07:43,333 --> 00:07:45,291 What kind of studies are there? 188 00:07:45,291 --> 00:07:46,875 They get some patients, 189 00:07:46,875 --> 00:07:48,000 they give them some drugs-- 190 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,667 Ah. 191 00:07:49,667 --> 00:07:52,458 I've had white people lying to me for 60 years. 192 00:07:52,458 --> 00:07:54,834 [scoffs] You think this is a tan? 193 00:07:54,834 --> 00:07:56,625 You think they tell you everything? 194 00:07:56,625 --> 00:07:59,458 Trouble with us black folk, 195 00:07:59,458 --> 00:08:01,500 we can't tell the difference anymore 196 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:03,125 between racism and everybody gets screwed. 197 00:08:03,125 --> 00:08:04,458 Yeah? 198 00:08:04,458 --> 00:08:05,959 How about them cheap meningitis drugs 199 00:08:05,959 --> 00:08:08,542 they pawning off in Africa? 200 00:08:08,542 --> 00:08:10,166 Gonna tell me that ain't racism? 201 00:08:10,166 --> 00:08:12,667 That's just greed. 202 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:15,041 You really want to screw whitey, 203 00:08:15,041 --> 00:08:17,208 be one of the few black men who live long enough 204 00:08:17,208 --> 00:08:18,333 to collect Social Security. 205 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:19,458 [tears off prescription] 206 00:08:19,458 --> 00:08:21,083 Take the medicine. 207 00:08:34,667 --> 00:08:36,792 N-nurse... 208 00:08:36,792 --> 00:08:37,917 Nurse! 209 00:08:37,917 --> 00:08:39,291 Help! 210 00:08:39,291 --> 00:08:40,667 Nurse! Help! 211 00:08:40,667 --> 00:08:42,041 Nurse! 212 00:08:42,041 --> 00:08:43,458 What's up? 213 00:08:43,458 --> 00:08:45,375 I can't move my arm! 214 00:08:45,375 --> 00:08:47,667 Take it easy. 215 00:08:49,875 --> 00:08:52,250 The protein C side effects we were worried about, 216 00:08:52,250 --> 00:08:53,542 they happened. 217 00:08:53,542 --> 00:08:55,375 Where was the bleed? 218 00:08:55,375 --> 00:08:56,750 His brain. 219 00:08:56,750 --> 00:08:58,375 It's causing right side paralysis. 220 00:08:58,375 --> 00:09:00,208 I stopped the treatment and called a neurosurgeon. 221 00:09:39,750 --> 00:09:41,417 I can move it now. 222 00:09:41,417 --> 00:09:43,291 It's okay now, yes? Can I go home soon? 223 00:09:43,291 --> 00:09:44,834 The surgery went well. 224 00:09:44,834 --> 00:09:46,709 But all we did was fix the problem created 225 00:09:46,709 --> 00:09:47,917 by the medicine we gave you. 226 00:09:47,917 --> 00:09:51,333 [speaking Spanish] 227 00:09:51,333 --> 00:09:54,083 She says you look young. 228 00:09:54,083 --> 00:09:55,542 Are you sure-- 229 00:09:55,542 --> 00:09:57,417 There's five of us working on the case. 230 00:09:57,417 --> 00:09:58,917 The others are older. 231 00:09:58,917 --> 00:10:00,792 Why doesn't Dr. Cuddy come-- 232 00:10:00,792 --> 00:10:03,458 [coughing] 233 00:10:06,959 --> 00:10:08,917 Doesn't sound too good. 234 00:10:21,458 --> 00:10:23,000 His fingers are even darker, 235 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,792 his temperature's 102 and spiking, 236 00:10:24,792 --> 00:10:27,834 and the x-ray now shows lung infiltrates. 237 00:10:27,834 --> 00:10:29,625 Good news is 238 00:10:29,625 --> 00:10:31,291 he won't be bitching about losing his hand 239 00:10:31,291 --> 00:10:32,625 if he can't breathe. 240 00:10:32,625 --> 00:10:34,166 The trauma from the fall 241 00:10:34,166 --> 00:10:35,458 could have caused acute respiratory distress syndrome. 242 00:10:35,458 --> 00:10:38,083 Right. I forgot. Your roof. 243 00:10:38,083 --> 00:10:40,083 (Cuddy) It would cause lung infiltrates 244 00:10:40,083 --> 00:10:41,375 and maybe fever 245 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:42,625 and conceivably the cyanotic fingers. 246 00:10:42,625 --> 00:10:44,750 The only question is why? 247 00:10:44,750 --> 00:10:46,667 Why what? 248 00:10:46,667 --> 00:10:48,667 Why her weird psychopathology requires a diagnosis 249 00:10:48,667 --> 00:10:50,834 informed entirely by personal guilt. 250 00:10:50,834 --> 00:10:53,458 Let's assume we've been wrong up until now. 251 00:10:53,458 --> 00:10:55,834 Let's assume just for one second 252 00:10:55,834 --> 00:10:59,000 that the earth doesn't revolve around Cuddy's roof. 253 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,834 What if he was sick 254 00:11:00,834 --> 00:11:03,250 before he had his run-in with gravity 255 00:11:03,250 --> 00:11:04,500 and just didn't notice anything? 256 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:06,000 Pneumonia can cause DIC, 257 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,625 which can cause cyanotic fingers. 258 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:09,667 Pneumonia doesn't hit that fast. 259 00:11:09,667 --> 00:11:12,291 (House) Sure. Only pavement hits that fast. 260 00:11:12,291 --> 00:11:13,750 It's not pneumonia. 261 00:11:13,750 --> 00:11:15,333 He might have missed a finger turning dark. 262 00:11:15,333 --> 00:11:16,583 He's not going to miss breathing problems. 263 00:11:16,583 --> 00:11:17,709 What else? 264 00:11:17,709 --> 00:11:19,458 It's pneumonia. 265 00:11:21,333 --> 00:11:22,542 He wanted to go home. 266 00:11:22,542 --> 00:11:24,125 I thought he was lying. 267 00:11:24,125 --> 00:11:27,583 I told him I had a dinner party, I made him go up there. 268 00:11:27,583 --> 00:11:30,083 Well, why didn't you just take out a gun and shoot him? 269 00:11:30,083 --> 00:11:31,542 I thought it was just asthma. 270 00:11:31,542 --> 00:11:33,208 Might have mentioned this earlier, Doctor. 271 00:11:33,208 --> 00:11:35,208 Maybe we could have sent some blood cultures 272 00:11:35,208 --> 00:11:36,834 to the lab 273 00:11:36,834 --> 00:11:38,750 instead of wasting a day indulging your self-loathing. 274 00:11:38,750 --> 00:11:41,750 If it's just garden-variety bacterial pneumonia, 275 00:11:41,750 --> 00:11:43,208 he's gonna be fine. 276 00:11:43,208 --> 00:11:44,875 So give him garden-variety Levaquin 277 00:11:44,875 --> 00:11:46,875 and a garden-variety echocardiogram. 278 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:48,667 And go check out the kid's house. 279 00:11:48,667 --> 00:11:50,875 The blood work will show us which type of pneumonia it is. 280 00:11:50,875 --> 00:11:52,333 If he's huffing nail polish 281 00:11:52,333 --> 00:11:53,959 or pulling the wings off his pet parrot, 282 00:11:53,959 --> 00:11:55,625 this way will be faster. 283 00:11:55,625 --> 00:11:57,583 And I'll bet Julio's just dying to find out 284 00:11:57,583 --> 00:11:59,125 what's wrong with him. 285 00:11:59,125 --> 00:12:00,458 Go with her. 286 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:01,959 It's Alfredo. 287 00:12:01,959 --> 00:12:03,417 And I can handle getting a key and-- 288 00:12:03,417 --> 00:12:04,959 Rico and I 289 00:12:04,959 --> 00:12:07,041 no longer trust you deciding what's important 290 00:12:07,041 --> 00:12:09,000 and what's not. 291 00:12:15,750 --> 00:12:18,667 You ever think about writing a book on office politics? 292 00:12:18,667 --> 00:12:20,917 Trust me, it'd be a lot worse if I told her 293 00:12:20,917 --> 00:12:22,959 that you had to break in to her house. 294 00:12:22,959 --> 00:12:25,792 Wait, wait, wait. 295 00:12:25,792 --> 00:12:26,959 Cuddy's house? 296 00:12:26,959 --> 00:12:29,291 See? It is shocking. 297 00:12:29,291 --> 00:12:30,875 The guy's been working there every day 298 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,000 for the last three weeks. 299 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,291 You think it's impossible 300 00:12:33,291 --> 00:12:34,750 he could have picked something up? 301 00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:36,625 I'm not breaking into my boss' house. 302 00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:38,000 I'm your boss. 303 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,375 She's scarier than you are. 304 00:12:39,375 --> 00:12:41,291 She's a woman. 305 00:12:41,291 --> 00:12:43,542 Relax. I'm coming with. 306 00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:51,208 House is having lunch with his juniors now? 307 00:12:51,208 --> 00:12:52,375 No. 308 00:12:52,375 --> 00:12:53,709 Not a chance. 309 00:12:53,709 --> 00:12:54,959 Then where do you think they're going? 310 00:12:54,959 --> 00:12:57,000 I have no idea. 311 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,792 Then why don't you think they're going to lunch? 312 00:12:58,792 --> 00:12:59,917 Because it's not like House. 313 00:12:59,917 --> 00:13:01,041 That was your point, right? 314 00:13:01,041 --> 00:13:02,625 He had that smug look on his face. 315 00:13:02,625 --> 00:13:03,792 When he's that pleased about something, 316 00:13:03,792 --> 00:13:05,125 he's gotta tell somebody. 317 00:13:05,125 --> 00:13:06,792 And the only somebody he knows is you. 318 00:13:06,792 --> 00:13:10,291 [sighs] He's breaking into Cuddy's home. 319 00:13:10,291 --> 00:13:12,750 What? Why? 320 00:13:12,750 --> 00:13:14,959 Medical reasons? 321 00:13:14,959 --> 00:13:16,750 Why is he so curious about Cuddy? 322 00:13:16,750 --> 00:13:18,750 Why are you so curious about his curiosity? 323 00:13:18,750 --> 00:13:20,417 Why are you so curious about me be-- 324 00:13:20,417 --> 00:13:22,333 Because you dumped him and you're married 325 00:13:22,333 --> 00:13:25,458 and they are neither of those things. 326 00:13:25,458 --> 00:13:27,291 I'm just curious. 327 00:13:27,291 --> 00:13:29,125 Nothing wrong with that. 328 00:13:29,125 --> 00:13:31,417 No. Nothing wrong with that. 329 00:13:35,834 --> 00:13:36,959 What do you think? 330 00:13:36,959 --> 00:13:38,750 Red thongs? 331 00:13:38,750 --> 00:13:41,166 I think red thongs. 332 00:13:41,166 --> 00:13:43,333 Okay. 333 00:13:43,333 --> 00:13:46,166 20 bucks says I can get through this door in 20 seconds. 334 00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:49,041 You're on. Count me in. 335 00:14:04,166 --> 00:14:05,667 No furniture polish. 336 00:14:05,667 --> 00:14:06,875 No paint thinner 337 00:14:06,875 --> 00:14:08,375 or anything else worth sniffing... 338 00:14:08,375 --> 00:14:10,500 (Cameron) Nothing in here either... 339 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:12,083 except a few cockroaches. 340 00:14:12,083 --> 00:14:14,583 Nice. 341 00:14:14,583 --> 00:14:16,333 Someone should fix Alfredo's roof. 342 00:14:19,458 --> 00:14:23,875 So why haven't you fired House? 343 00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:27,250 It's just you guys are always screaming at each other, 344 00:14:27,250 --> 00:14:29,125 and I figure you hate him, so-- 345 00:14:29,125 --> 00:14:30,875 I don't hate him. 346 00:14:32,959 --> 00:14:34,166 Why not? 347 00:14:36,750 --> 00:14:38,208 He's a great doctor, 348 00:14:38,208 --> 00:14:39,709 but any other hospital administrator 349 00:14:39,709 --> 00:14:41,125 would've fired him years ago. 350 00:14:41,125 --> 00:14:42,417 Four of them did. 351 00:14:42,417 --> 00:14:45,709 The question is, why did I hire him? 352 00:14:45,709 --> 00:14:48,041 (Foreman) So how'd you know about her key? 353 00:14:48,041 --> 00:14:50,333 You been doing a little "handyman" work 354 00:14:50,333 --> 00:14:51,709 for Cuddy yourself? 355 00:14:51,709 --> 00:14:54,041 Someone as obsessive and insecure as Cuddy 356 00:14:54,041 --> 00:14:55,875 probably has three extra keys hidden away 357 00:14:55,875 --> 00:14:57,458 within ten feet of the door. 358 00:14:57,458 --> 00:15:01,250 And you consider obsession a negative quality. 359 00:15:01,250 --> 00:15:05,583 Insecticide is organic. Soap is hypoallergenic. 360 00:15:05,583 --> 00:15:08,208 I got the bedroom. 361 00:15:12,750 --> 00:15:16,000 This is where it all happens. 362 00:15:21,291 --> 00:15:22,792 (Cameron) You both went to Michigan. 363 00:15:22,792 --> 00:15:24,458 Did you know him while you were there? 364 00:15:24,458 --> 00:15:25,917 Uh, I was still an undergrad, 365 00:15:25,917 --> 00:15:27,083 but, yeah, I knew him. 366 00:15:27,083 --> 00:15:28,333 He was already a legend. 367 00:15:28,333 --> 00:15:31,750 So you just knew him as a legend? 368 00:15:31,750 --> 00:15:33,583 My God, you're subtle. 369 00:15:33,583 --> 00:15:35,917 Anything on your mind? 370 00:15:38,333 --> 00:15:39,917 Oh. 371 00:15:39,917 --> 00:15:41,041 More cockroaches? 372 00:15:41,041 --> 00:15:42,125 Worse. 373 00:15:44,834 --> 00:15:46,583 Beautiful. 374 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,458 There's no way you just deduced 375 00:15:49,458 --> 00:15:51,166 where that key was. 376 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:52,834 Does this count as red? 377 00:15:54,542 --> 00:15:57,083 You gave yourself 20 seconds and put money on it. 378 00:15:57,083 --> 00:15:58,375 Oh, my God. 379 00:15:58,375 --> 00:16:01,709 She's got pictures of you in here. 380 00:16:01,709 --> 00:16:03,834 Just you. 381 00:16:03,834 --> 00:16:06,041 It's like some kind of weird shrine. 382 00:16:06,041 --> 00:16:07,250 You're kidding. Yeah. 383 00:16:14,166 --> 00:16:16,291 She uses super tampons. 384 00:16:16,291 --> 00:16:18,208 What does that mean? 385 00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:20,041 You two are just too nasty to each other 386 00:16:20,041 --> 00:16:22,417 not have have been...nasty. 387 00:16:22,417 --> 00:16:24,917 Hey. I can be a jerk to people I haven't slept with. 388 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,834 I am that good. 389 00:16:26,834 --> 00:16:28,625 (Foreman) There's nothing here. 390 00:16:28,625 --> 00:16:30,125 You ready to go 391 00:16:30,125 --> 00:16:32,333 or you got some more stuff you want to sniff? 392 00:16:32,333 --> 00:16:34,834 Whoa, check this out. 393 00:16:34,834 --> 00:16:37,166 It's fuzzy, it's black. 394 00:16:37,166 --> 00:16:39,625 It's alive. 395 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,917 Patient's lung functions declining rapidly. 396 00:16:57,917 --> 00:16:59,667 Levaquin's not working. 397 00:16:59,667 --> 00:17:01,625 He obviously doesn't have garden-variety pneumonia. 398 00:17:01,625 --> 00:17:04,041 I'm glad you've learned to take his impending death in stride. 399 00:17:04,041 --> 00:17:05,667 Guess what he does have. Rats. 400 00:17:07,583 --> 00:17:08,709 The scars on his hand. 401 00:17:08,709 --> 00:17:10,917 Rat bites. But he says 402 00:17:10,917 --> 00:17:12,709 they're from construction work 403 00:17:12,709 --> 00:17:14,875 so he won't have to admit he's got rats at home. 404 00:17:14,875 --> 00:17:16,500 Catholics are right. Pride will kill you. 405 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:17,709 He has streptobacillus. 406 00:17:17,709 --> 00:17:18,917 Rat-bite fever. 407 00:17:18,917 --> 00:17:20,333 Boogie oogie oogie. 408 00:17:20,333 --> 00:17:22,250 Fits the symptoms perfectly. 409 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:23,583 Certainly one possibility. 410 00:17:23,583 --> 00:17:25,000 But what about the aspergillus fungus 411 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,375 we found under the sink? 412 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:27,959 What sink? 413 00:17:27,959 --> 00:17:30,583 You oughta clean your bathroom better. 414 00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:32,417 You broke into my house? 415 00:17:32,417 --> 00:17:34,041 No. That would be wrong. 416 00:17:34,041 --> 00:17:35,875 I had a key. 417 00:17:35,875 --> 00:17:38,542 You had no right to invade my privacy. 418 00:17:38,542 --> 00:17:40,375 There was no medical reason for that whatsoever. 419 00:17:40,375 --> 00:17:42,041 Certainly no moral reason for it. 420 00:17:42,041 --> 00:17:43,959 Oh, damn. 421 00:17:43,959 --> 00:17:45,959 You're right. 422 00:17:45,959 --> 00:17:47,834 The focal consolidation makes fungal pneumonia 423 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:48,959 far more likely. 424 00:17:48,959 --> 00:17:50,083 You're right I'm right. 425 00:17:50,083 --> 00:17:51,750 On the bright side, 426 00:17:51,750 --> 00:17:53,959 it has the advantage of keeping you totally responsible. 427 00:17:53,959 --> 00:17:56,083 (Cameron) Treatment for aspergillosis is amphotericin. 428 00:17:56,083 --> 00:17:58,417 That's hugely dangerous. 429 00:17:58,417 --> 00:17:59,792 Yeah? Your point being? 430 00:17:59,792 --> 00:18:01,291 Going the dangerous and aggressive route 431 00:18:01,291 --> 00:18:02,583 didn't work last time. 432 00:18:02,583 --> 00:18:03,917 It's bound to work this time. 433 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,709 Start him on the "amphoterrible". 434 00:18:06,959 --> 00:18:09,041 [Alfredo coughing] 435 00:18:27,625 --> 00:18:28,709 Dr. Cuddy. 436 00:18:30,208 --> 00:18:32,959 I'm Manny. Alfredo's brother. 437 00:18:32,959 --> 00:18:34,083 How's he doing? 438 00:18:34,083 --> 00:18:35,542 He's worried about money. 439 00:18:35,542 --> 00:18:36,917 I want to work for you. 440 00:18:39,166 --> 00:18:40,458 How old are you, Manny? 441 00:18:40,458 --> 00:18:42,333 15. 442 00:18:42,333 --> 00:18:43,625 12? 443 00:18:43,625 --> 00:18:44,959 I can paint. 444 00:18:44,959 --> 00:18:46,625 I mow lawns. I rake leaves. 445 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:47,792 I can start today. 446 00:18:47,792 --> 00:18:49,667 Alfredo wants you to finish school. 447 00:18:49,667 --> 00:18:51,625 Like you care. 448 00:18:53,709 --> 00:18:54,834 Manny, I've known your brother-- 449 00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:56,125 He falls off your roof 450 00:18:56,125 --> 00:18:57,709 and you don't come to see him once? 451 00:19:00,417 --> 00:19:01,500 Bitch. 452 00:19:07,542 --> 00:19:08,667 [knock at door] 453 00:19:08,667 --> 00:19:10,667 With a patient. 454 00:19:10,667 --> 00:19:12,500 Not according to the log. 455 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:14,375 It's 3:15. 456 00:19:14,375 --> 00:19:15,458 Is it a commercial? 457 00:19:16,875 --> 00:19:18,458 How's Cuddy doing? 458 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:21,667 She's not acting like Cuddy. 459 00:19:21,667 --> 00:19:23,000 It's a pleasure. 460 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,333 You know her. 461 00:19:24,333 --> 00:19:26,166 She has trouble with these situations. 462 00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:27,542 Feels personally responsible. 463 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:30,041 The technical term is narcissism. 464 00:19:30,041 --> 00:19:32,083 You can't believe that everything is your fault 465 00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:34,542 unless you also believe you're all-powerful. 466 00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:36,500 Wow, does she sound messed up. 467 00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:39,000 I don't believe I can fix everything. 468 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,959 And I don't lie awake at night tormented by that fact. 469 00:19:41,959 --> 00:19:43,333 No, you lie awake tormented by-- 470 00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:45,834 I thought we were talking about Cuddy here. 471 00:19:45,834 --> 00:19:48,291 She cares. 472 00:19:48,291 --> 00:19:50,375 She enjoys feeling guilty. 473 00:19:50,375 --> 00:19:52,625 Lisa cares. That's why she drives you nuts. 474 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:54,208 'Cause it's not just a puzzle to her. 475 00:19:54,208 --> 00:19:55,542 The patients are actually real, 476 00:19:55,542 --> 00:19:57,208 their feelings actually relevant. 477 00:19:57,208 --> 00:20:00,083 And I'm telling her she can't even talk to him. 478 00:20:00,083 --> 00:20:02,291 My God, it's contagious. 479 00:20:02,291 --> 00:20:03,625 You're feeling guilty too. 480 00:20:03,625 --> 00:20:05,208 I'm just saying take it easy on her. 481 00:20:05,208 --> 00:20:06,667 You owe her that. 482 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:10,875 Commercial's over. 483 00:20:10,875 --> 00:20:12,667 So glad we talked. 484 00:20:14,250 --> 00:20:16,083 Snap, crackle, pop. 485 00:20:16,083 --> 00:20:18,917 Got some Rice Krispies in there? 486 00:20:18,917 --> 00:20:21,041 That bad, huh? 487 00:20:21,041 --> 00:20:22,542 You were here yesterday. 488 00:20:22,542 --> 00:20:24,709 I see from the chart that Dr. Foreman 489 00:20:24,709 --> 00:20:27,875 prescribed medicine, not a miracle. 490 00:20:27,875 --> 00:20:29,542 Gotta give this stuff more than a day. 491 00:20:29,542 --> 00:20:31,291 I didn't fill that Oreo's prescription. 492 00:20:31,291 --> 00:20:33,583 On the theory that you didn't trust him 493 00:20:33,583 --> 00:20:35,250 because he's black. 494 00:20:35,250 --> 00:20:37,458 Well, I'm going to prescribe 495 00:20:37,458 --> 00:20:39,834 the same medicine and see if you fill it this time. 496 00:20:39,834 --> 00:20:41,834 I'm not buying into no racist drug, okay? 497 00:20:41,834 --> 00:20:45,500 [scoffs] It's racist because it helps black people 498 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:46,625 more than white people? 499 00:20:46,625 --> 00:20:48,834 Well, on behalf of my peeps, 500 00:20:48,834 --> 00:20:51,333 let me just say thanks for dying on principle for us. 501 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:53,417 Look, my heart's red, your heart's red. 502 00:20:53,417 --> 00:20:55,959 And it don't make no sense to give us different drugs. 503 00:20:55,959 --> 00:20:57,875 You know, I have found a difference. 504 00:20:57,875 --> 00:21:00,375 Admittedly, it's a limited sample. 505 00:21:00,375 --> 00:21:02,750 But based on my experience over the last 90 seconds, 506 00:21:02,750 --> 00:21:04,750 all black people are morons. 507 00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:07,083 Sorry. African-Americans. 508 00:21:07,083 --> 00:21:09,583 I'll see another doctor. 509 00:21:09,583 --> 00:21:10,750 Fine. Fine. 510 00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:12,625 [crumples prescription] 511 00:21:14,959 --> 00:21:18,333 I'll give you the same medicine we give Republicans. 512 00:21:23,458 --> 00:21:25,792 (Alfredo) I think the medicine is working. 513 00:21:25,792 --> 00:21:28,792 They're lighter, right? 514 00:21:28,792 --> 00:21:30,083 They don't look lighter to me, Alfredo. 515 00:21:30,083 --> 00:21:31,208 How's the tingling? 516 00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:32,333 It not bother me. 517 00:21:32,333 --> 00:21:33,959 Tell her the other thing. 518 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:35,166 [speaking Spanish] 519 00:21:35,166 --> 00:21:37,125 [speaking Spanish] 520 00:21:37,125 --> 00:21:38,792 He hasn't peed since yesterday. 521 00:21:40,583 --> 00:21:41,709 Since last night. 522 00:21:41,709 --> 00:21:42,834 Afternoon. 523 00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:43,959 Not a problem. 524 00:21:43,959 --> 00:21:45,750 I don't drink much. 525 00:21:47,709 --> 00:21:49,333 I think I'll give you a little rest 526 00:21:49,333 --> 00:21:50,458 from the meds here. 527 00:21:50,458 --> 00:21:54,250 [Luisa speaking Spanish] 528 00:21:54,250 --> 00:21:57,083 She says that's the medicine that's supposed to cure me. 529 00:21:57,083 --> 00:21:59,875 Just making a little adjustment. Excuse me. 530 00:22:02,208 --> 00:22:03,959 He's not making any urine. 531 00:22:03,959 --> 00:22:05,667 I think we just destroyed the kid's kidney 532 00:22:05,667 --> 00:22:06,834 with the amphotericin. 533 00:22:06,834 --> 00:22:08,500 I think he's dying. 534 00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:10,333 Dying? 535 00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:14,041 Cheese it. The cops. 536 00:22:14,041 --> 00:22:18,333 [speaking Spanish] 537 00:22:18,333 --> 00:22:20,792 Guess she understands a little English. 538 00:22:25,834 --> 00:22:27,625 (Cameron) His kidneys are shutting down 539 00:22:27,625 --> 00:22:29,000 due to direct toxicity 540 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,625 to the proximal tubule epithelium. 541 00:22:30,625 --> 00:22:32,000 (Cuddy) Proof that my brilliant idea 542 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,083 of giving him amphotericin is killing him. 543 00:22:34,083 --> 00:22:35,792 It wasn't a complete waste of time. 544 00:22:35,792 --> 00:22:37,333 His reaction shows 545 00:22:37,333 --> 00:22:38,875 that you don't need to clean under your sink. 546 00:22:38,875 --> 00:22:40,583 It wasn't aspergillus. 547 00:22:40,583 --> 00:22:41,917 And blood cultures show 548 00:22:41,917 --> 00:22:43,375 he was negative for rat-bite fever. 549 00:22:43,375 --> 00:22:44,917 There's still plenty of other cool pneumonias. 550 00:22:44,917 --> 00:22:46,709 He tested negative for moraxella, nocardia, 551 00:22:46,709 --> 00:22:48,583 cryptococcus. 552 00:22:48,583 --> 00:22:51,083 (Chase) He has a low titer for chlamydia antibodies. 553 00:22:51,083 --> 00:22:52,417 No. His chest x-ray's all wrong 554 00:22:52,417 --> 00:22:53,709 for chlamydial pneumonia. 555 00:22:53,709 --> 00:22:55,166 (Chase) But the titer points-- 556 00:22:55,166 --> 00:22:56,458 (Cameron) He had an STD last year. 557 00:22:56,458 --> 00:22:58,000 That explains the titer. 558 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,208 He has low sodium. Maybe it's Legionella. 559 00:23:00,208 --> 00:23:01,417 No. His antigen is negative. 560 00:23:01,417 --> 00:23:04,750 Well, that all sucks. 561 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:07,083 Maybe we were right to begin with. 562 00:23:07,083 --> 00:23:09,208 His problems are all caused 563 00:23:09,208 --> 00:23:11,417 by DIC precipitated by falling off my roof. 564 00:23:11,417 --> 00:23:14,083 DIC wouldn't cause a fever this high. 565 00:23:14,083 --> 00:23:16,083 See, my lapdog agrees with me. 566 00:23:16,083 --> 00:23:17,667 How high? 567 00:23:17,667 --> 00:23:20,125 Two hours ago, it was 103 with acetaminophen. 568 00:23:20,125 --> 00:23:22,291 What about on St. Auban's Day? 569 00:23:22,291 --> 00:23:24,959 Only temperature I'm interested in right now 570 00:23:24,959 --> 00:23:26,250 is his temperature right now. 571 00:23:29,458 --> 00:23:32,750 [speaking Spanish] 572 00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:33,875 Open up. 573 00:23:33,875 --> 00:23:35,333 [speaking Spanish] 574 00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:37,125 Okay, let me clarify. 575 00:23:37,125 --> 00:23:38,792 Open up and keep it open. 576 00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:41,250 [Manny speaking Spanish] 577 00:23:43,333 --> 00:23:45,959 [speaking Spanish] 578 00:23:45,959 --> 00:23:47,792 Okay. 579 00:23:47,792 --> 00:23:51,125 Under your tongue. 580 00:23:55,166 --> 00:23:56,625 You're using your left hand. 581 00:23:56,625 --> 00:23:58,625 Right one hurt? 582 00:23:58,625 --> 00:24:00,208 No. I feel better. 583 00:24:00,208 --> 00:24:01,458 It really doesn't hurt 584 00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:03,500 or you just figure if you say no, 585 00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:04,792 you'll get out of the hospital sooner? 586 00:24:04,792 --> 00:24:05,917 It doesn't hurt. 587 00:24:05,917 --> 00:24:07,000 I feel good. 588 00:24:08,250 --> 00:24:09,792 [sniffs] 589 00:24:09,792 --> 00:24:12,834 You don't smell too hot. 590 00:24:12,834 --> 00:24:14,875 Ah! Ah. 591 00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:21,917 Your hand is starting to rot. 592 00:24:21,917 --> 00:24:23,500 (House) Why are we here? 593 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:25,333 We are talking about cutting off a kid's hand. 594 00:24:25,333 --> 00:24:26,667 Yes. We're talking about cutting it off, 595 00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:27,834 not subdividing it 596 00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:29,083 and putting in condos. 597 00:24:29,083 --> 00:24:30,291 It's not a legal issue. 598 00:24:30,291 --> 00:24:32,000 Are you being intentionally dense? 599 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,500 Huh? 600 00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:34,834 I think it's premature. 601 00:24:34,834 --> 00:24:36,333 I've heard enough. What? 602 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:38,166 She says one word and you take her side. 603 00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:39,625 You should at least wait until she actually gives 604 00:24:39,625 --> 00:24:41,083 a medical reason. 605 00:24:41,083 --> 00:24:42,834 Otherwise, I might take it personally. 606 00:24:42,834 --> 00:24:44,792 Shut up. 607 00:24:44,792 --> 00:24:46,709 If I were to somehow find out 608 00:24:46,709 --> 00:24:48,250 that you two are in disagreement 609 00:24:48,250 --> 00:24:49,750 over the proper medical course of action, 610 00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:51,542 it could make it awkward for my client in court. 611 00:24:51,542 --> 00:24:53,542 My client being the two of you. 612 00:24:53,542 --> 00:24:55,000 So, guys, I'm a little busy here. 613 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,125 Why don't we 614 00:24:56,125 --> 00:24:57,417 pick this conversation up 615 00:24:57,417 --> 00:24:58,875 in half an hour. 616 00:24:58,875 --> 00:25:00,291 Okay? 617 00:25:00,291 --> 00:25:01,834 All of his symptoms are caused 618 00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:03,542 by his underlying problem in the medicine we gave him. 619 00:25:03,542 --> 00:25:05,041 What underlying problem? 620 00:25:05,041 --> 00:25:06,542 You have no idea what the underlying problem is. 621 00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:07,709 You're the diagnostician. 622 00:25:07,709 --> 00:25:08,875 Fine. It's all my fault. 623 00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:10,083 Does that make you feel better? 624 00:25:10,083 --> 00:25:11,917 His hand still has an arterial pulse. 625 00:25:11,917 --> 00:25:13,250 His hand is a cesspool. 626 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:14,709 And the crap is spreading. 627 00:25:14,709 --> 00:25:16,542 You are being pretty aggressive 628 00:25:16,542 --> 00:25:18,083 about destroying a man's livelihood. 629 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:20,375 Don't give a damn about his livelihood. 630 00:25:20,375 --> 00:25:21,709 He loses that hand, 631 00:25:21,709 --> 00:25:24,125 he loses his job-- all of his jobs. 632 00:25:24,125 --> 00:25:26,125 He's not like us. Can't work as a cripple? 633 00:25:28,959 --> 00:25:31,083 He loses his home, 634 00:25:31,083 --> 00:25:32,250 his kid brother drops out. 635 00:25:32,250 --> 00:25:34,500 An American dream destroyed. 636 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,125 Very sad. Very emotional. 637 00:25:36,125 --> 00:25:38,583 Not one medical fact in the whole pathetic tale. 638 00:25:38,583 --> 00:25:40,166 You've lost perspective, Cuddy. 639 00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:42,166 You've stopped looking at this as a doctor. 640 00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:43,875 You're acting like someone who shoved somebody 641 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:45,625 off their roof. 642 00:25:45,625 --> 00:25:49,375 You wanna make things right? Too bad. Nothing's ever right. 643 00:25:49,375 --> 00:25:51,041 [door closes] 644 00:25:51,041 --> 00:25:53,333 I am happy to report that we're now so in sync, 645 00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:55,333 we're actually wearing each other's underwear. 646 00:25:55,333 --> 00:25:57,291 Chop-chop time. 647 00:25:57,291 --> 00:25:58,667 Is this true? 648 00:25:58,667 --> 00:26:00,709 No. I'm lying. 649 00:26:00,709 --> 00:26:02,917 Stupid to do it with her in the room, I guess. 650 00:26:02,917 --> 00:26:05,083 This is a big decision. We made it. 651 00:26:05,083 --> 00:26:07,000 We should convene a meeting of the ethics committee. 652 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,083 No! 653 00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:10,875 Look, she is making a medical decision 654 00:26:10,875 --> 00:26:12,375 based on never wanting to feel regret. 655 00:26:12,375 --> 00:26:13,875 You're making a legal decision 656 00:26:13,875 --> 00:26:15,625 based on wanting me to be wrong. 657 00:26:15,625 --> 00:26:16,875 Greg, you have a history of aggressive-- 658 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:18,291 You wanted superficial agreement. 659 00:26:18,291 --> 00:26:19,417 You wanted everybody's asses covered. 660 00:26:19,417 --> 00:26:20,542 You got it. 661 00:26:20,542 --> 00:26:21,792 Now, can I do the surgery? 662 00:26:21,792 --> 00:26:23,083 Pretty, pretty please? 663 00:26:27,542 --> 00:26:28,709 Lisa. 664 00:26:30,083 --> 00:26:31,917 Are you sure you're okay with this? 665 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:37,291 I should be the one to tell the family. 666 00:26:44,959 --> 00:26:47,750 Your hand is dying. 667 00:26:47,750 --> 00:26:51,333 The bacteria are eating it. 668 00:26:51,333 --> 00:26:53,333 When they run out of food there, 669 00:26:53,333 --> 00:26:55,000 they go somewhere else. 670 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,333 If you cut off my hand, 671 00:26:57,333 --> 00:26:59,500 I'll be cured? 672 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:01,417 Unfortunately, no. 673 00:27:01,417 --> 00:27:03,250 We still have to find the disease 674 00:27:03,250 --> 00:27:05,417 that's making you sick to begin with. 675 00:27:05,417 --> 00:27:06,875 But you won't die of gangrene 676 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:08,792 while we are looking. 677 00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:18,917 I quit school when I am 12 to get a job 678 00:27:18,917 --> 00:27:22,208 to help my family. 679 00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,709 And now, I never get a good job. 680 00:27:24,709 --> 00:27:29,375 Never save money or own my own house like you. 681 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:37,375 But Manny, he's smart. 682 00:27:37,375 --> 00:27:39,625 The best in his class. 683 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:43,208 Well, maybe Manny doesn't have to quit school. 684 00:27:43,208 --> 00:27:45,333 Maybe you can... 685 00:27:53,375 --> 00:27:57,000 Are you sure I need to do this? 686 00:27:59,333 --> 00:28:00,625 Yes. 687 00:28:04,458 --> 00:28:08,166 Okay. Okay. 688 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,750 [Luisa singing soft lullaby in Spanish] 689 00:28:16,750 --> 00:28:19,709 ♪ ♪ 690 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,709 I gave one of my clinic patients 691 00:29:12,709 --> 00:29:13,834 a follow-up call. 692 00:29:13,834 --> 00:29:15,250 Your name came up. 693 00:29:15,250 --> 00:29:17,583 I'm guessing an old black guy 694 00:29:17,583 --> 00:29:19,917 who thinks the CIA invented rap music 695 00:29:19,917 --> 00:29:21,959 to make your people want to kill each other. 696 00:29:21,959 --> 00:29:24,625 He said you gave him the "white folk" stuff. 697 00:29:24,625 --> 00:29:26,333 This is exactly why 698 00:29:26,333 --> 00:29:27,834 black people don't live as long. 699 00:29:27,834 --> 00:29:29,583 This isn't about race. 700 00:29:29,583 --> 00:29:31,166 Unless annoying is a race. 701 00:29:31,166 --> 00:29:33,041 Is he not getting better? 702 00:29:33,041 --> 00:29:34,291 He's fine so far. 703 00:29:35,542 --> 00:29:37,041 I'm calling him back 704 00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:38,542 and I'm getting him on the right stuff. 705 00:29:38,542 --> 00:29:40,792 Oh, relax, Foreman. He already is. 706 00:29:42,834 --> 00:29:44,500 I told him it was the white stuff. 707 00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:46,583 I gave him the black stuff. 708 00:29:46,583 --> 00:29:49,166 [scoffs] 709 00:29:49,166 --> 00:29:52,041 He was right. 710 00:29:52,041 --> 00:29:53,625 You did exactly what white people do. 711 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,375 You figured we don't need to know the truth. 712 00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:58,333 Can't understand it. So you just lie to us. 713 00:29:58,333 --> 00:30:00,875 Just a white lie. 714 00:30:00,875 --> 00:30:03,500 Good one, massa. 715 00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:04,792 Right. I'm a racist. 716 00:30:04,792 --> 00:30:06,709 Too bad that idiot will never know 717 00:30:06,709 --> 00:30:09,417 for the rest of his long, long life. 718 00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:18,166 Every slave master 719 00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:21,834 thought they were doing the black man a favor. 720 00:30:21,834 --> 00:30:24,709 Nigra can't take care of himself, 721 00:30:24,709 --> 00:30:26,709 so we'll put him to work. 722 00:30:26,709 --> 00:30:30,041 Give him four walls, a bed. 723 00:30:30,041 --> 00:30:32,458 We'll civilize the heathen. 724 00:30:32,458 --> 00:30:36,041 I'll tell you what, stop doing us favors. 725 00:30:36,041 --> 00:30:38,542 If you're right and we end up back in the jungle 726 00:30:38,542 --> 00:30:40,542 with lousy blood pressure medicine, 727 00:30:40,542 --> 00:30:43,583 it won't be on your head. 728 00:31:36,250 --> 00:31:37,542 You okay? 729 00:31:40,834 --> 00:31:42,959 You wondering if you made the right call? 730 00:31:42,959 --> 00:31:49,125 I've wanted to be a doctor from the time I was 12. 731 00:31:49,125 --> 00:31:51,959 I wanted to be a lawyer from the time I was six 732 00:31:51,959 --> 00:31:53,625 until my second week of law school. 733 00:31:53,625 --> 00:31:56,959 Sorry. Your story. 734 00:31:56,959 --> 00:31:59,583 I graduated medical school at 25, 735 00:31:59,583 --> 00:32:01,792 pissed off that I was second in my class. 736 00:32:01,792 --> 00:32:04,500 Chief of medicine at 32. 737 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:07,458 Second youngest ever. First woman. 738 00:32:07,458 --> 00:32:08,875 Sad story. 739 00:32:08,875 --> 00:32:10,959 If I'd have been Alfredo's doctor-- 740 00:32:10,959 --> 00:32:13,291 You are his doctor. 741 00:32:13,291 --> 00:32:16,125 I insisted on giving him Protein C. 742 00:32:16,125 --> 00:32:17,792 We had to cut his skull open. 743 00:32:17,792 --> 00:32:19,458 I insisted on amphotericin. 744 00:32:19,458 --> 00:32:21,166 Killed his kidneys. 745 00:32:21,166 --> 00:32:23,667 I missed the pneumonia completely. 746 00:32:23,667 --> 00:32:27,291 I would've searched his home and ignored mine. 747 00:32:27,291 --> 00:32:30,375 I would've watched him die 748 00:32:30,375 --> 00:32:33,375 trying to save his hand. 749 00:32:33,375 --> 00:32:38,000 Oh, if I didn't have House looking over my shoulder... 750 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,542 Are you saying you're not as good a doctor as House is? 751 00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:42,000 I'm saying House is right. 752 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,709 I was so anxious to get ahead. 753 00:32:45,709 --> 00:32:47,500 I haven't been a doctor... 754 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:49,750 in years. 755 00:32:49,750 --> 00:32:52,166 His little finger is dusky. 756 00:32:52,166 --> 00:32:54,542 Yeah. That's why we're doing this. 757 00:32:54,542 --> 00:32:56,542 No, I mean the other hand. 758 00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:58,750 The one we haven't chopped off yet. 759 00:33:24,709 --> 00:33:27,083 (Cuddy) His O2 sats are down to 88. 760 00:33:27,083 --> 00:33:28,500 His lungs are giving out. 761 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:30,333 He needs a ventilator. 762 00:33:30,333 --> 00:33:31,834 And dialysis. 763 00:33:31,834 --> 00:33:33,583 You're getting distracted 764 00:33:33,583 --> 00:33:35,083 by the multisystem organ failure. 765 00:33:35,083 --> 00:33:37,750 Pinkies are supposed to be pink, right? 766 00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:39,834 They're not called "grayies." 767 00:33:39,834 --> 00:33:42,041 But the organ failure is going to kill him. 768 00:33:42,041 --> 00:33:44,083 But the pinky is weirder. 769 00:33:44,083 --> 00:33:45,667 What does it tell us? 770 00:33:45,667 --> 00:33:47,333 The same thing the right hand told us 771 00:33:47,333 --> 00:33:48,500 before we cut it off. 772 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:50,000 It's the same symptom. 773 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,291 But at a different time. 774 00:33:51,291 --> 00:33:52,417 His blood work 775 00:33:52,417 --> 00:33:54,709 indicates mild DIC. 776 00:33:54,709 --> 00:33:56,333 What if it's mild in the way 777 00:33:56,333 --> 00:33:57,709 that you get out of the ocean, 778 00:33:57,709 --> 00:33:59,083 the water clinging to your body 779 00:33:59,083 --> 00:34:00,208 makes the sea level drop? 780 00:34:00,208 --> 00:34:01,709 It's technically true, 781 00:34:01,709 --> 00:34:02,959 but it's completely irrelevant. 782 00:34:02,959 --> 00:34:04,083 (Foreman) A lack of DIC 783 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:05,208 would explain everything 784 00:34:05,208 --> 00:34:06,583 if there were also a lack 785 00:34:06,583 --> 00:34:07,959 of anything to explain. 786 00:34:10,166 --> 00:34:12,041 Endocarditis. 787 00:34:12,041 --> 00:34:13,875 His heart's infected. 788 00:34:13,875 --> 00:34:15,542 Little bacteria cauliflowers 789 00:34:15,542 --> 00:34:17,542 clinging to his valves. 790 00:34:17,542 --> 00:34:19,375 Except sometimes they can't hold on. 791 00:34:19,375 --> 00:34:21,375 They go swimming in his bloodstream. 792 00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:22,709 Thursday, one breaks off. 793 00:34:22,709 --> 00:34:23,959 Goes to his right hand. 794 00:34:23,959 --> 00:34:25,792 Black fingers. Gangrene. 795 00:34:25,792 --> 00:34:28,083 Friday's child heads for the kidneys. 796 00:34:28,083 --> 00:34:31,375 And we all know what Saturdays are all about. 797 00:34:31,375 --> 00:34:32,542 Party with the left hand. 798 00:34:32,542 --> 00:34:34,542 Also explains the fever. 799 00:34:34,542 --> 00:34:36,041 (Cuddy) It's perfect except 800 00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:37,625 for the little fact that we already tested 801 00:34:37,625 --> 00:34:39,250 for endocarditis, and he was negative. 802 00:34:39,250 --> 00:34:41,166 Which means he either is negative, 803 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:44,000 or what infection can cause pneumonia 804 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,417 and culture-negative endocarditis? 805 00:34:48,625 --> 00:34:50,375 Prize value goes down with every clue. 806 00:34:51,709 --> 00:34:54,417 [squawks] 807 00:34:54,417 --> 00:34:56,083 You're thinking psittacosis? 808 00:34:56,083 --> 00:34:58,083 Alfredo doesn't have any pet parrots. 809 00:34:58,083 --> 00:35:00,417 Quit your squawking. Give him doxycycline. 810 00:35:00,417 --> 00:35:03,208 No. That'll just make his clotting problem worse. 811 00:35:03,208 --> 00:35:05,083 I liked you better when you were coming up 812 00:35:05,083 --> 00:35:06,750 with wacky drugs for us to try. 813 00:35:06,750 --> 00:35:08,208 We give him the doxy now, damn it, 814 00:35:08,208 --> 00:35:09,750 maybe we can save his pinky. 815 00:35:09,750 --> 00:35:12,125 He can teach his brother to count all the way to five. 816 00:35:12,125 --> 00:35:13,625 If you're wrong, 817 00:35:13,625 --> 00:35:15,333 he'll end up with no hands and no feet. 818 00:35:15,333 --> 00:35:16,750 Technically, if I'm wrong, he'll end up dead. 819 00:35:16,750 --> 00:35:17,917 But I take your point. 820 00:35:17,917 --> 00:35:19,125 What's his night job? 821 00:35:19,125 --> 00:35:20,709 Cleans up at some fast food joint. 822 00:35:20,709 --> 00:35:22,500 What, you think he got it from a chicken nugget? 823 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,000 Since when do fast food joints 824 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,834 allow 12-year-olds to mop floors? 825 00:35:25,834 --> 00:35:27,959 Alfredo is 20. 826 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,875 Really? Looks younger. 827 00:35:33,458 --> 00:35:35,291 Where were you going to work tonight? 828 00:35:35,291 --> 00:35:37,875 What job do you do on Saturday nights? 829 00:35:40,458 --> 00:35:42,125 What are you doing? Waking him up. 830 00:35:42,125 --> 00:35:43,417 We just cut off his hand. 831 00:35:43,417 --> 00:35:45,166 Yeah. We need to talk about it. 832 00:35:45,166 --> 00:35:46,250 It's not happening. 833 00:35:48,166 --> 00:35:50,125 [speaks Spanish] 834 00:35:53,166 --> 00:35:55,208 Honestly, I have no idea what I just said. 835 00:35:55,208 --> 00:35:56,834 Why didn't you say you spoke Spanish? 836 00:35:56,834 --> 00:35:58,625 Well, because she'd want to talk to me. 837 00:35:58,625 --> 00:36:01,333 [speaking Spanish] Or something like that. 838 00:36:01,333 --> 00:36:05,083 [speaking Spanish] 839 00:36:06,625 --> 00:36:08,583 She says he doesn't work Saturday nights. 840 00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:09,917 Give me the talking juice. 841 00:36:09,917 --> 00:36:11,250 The fact it doesn't fit your theory 842 00:36:11,250 --> 00:36:12,375 doesn't make it a lie. 843 00:36:12,375 --> 00:36:13,750 When she was out of the room, 844 00:36:13,750 --> 00:36:15,375 the kid brother insisted he was gonna cover 845 00:36:15,375 --> 00:36:16,500 for Alfredo at work tonight. 846 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:19,250 [speaking Spanish] 847 00:36:19,250 --> 00:36:23,333 [speaking Spanish] 848 00:36:23,333 --> 00:36:26,667 Saturday nights, he goes dancing. 849 00:36:26,667 --> 00:36:29,583 Either it's a lie or he's dancing with birds. 850 00:36:29,583 --> 00:36:31,208 [speaking Spanish] 851 00:36:31,208 --> 00:36:32,959 Give her the talking juice. 852 00:36:32,959 --> 00:36:34,792 She doesn't know what you're talking about. 853 00:36:34,792 --> 00:36:37,000 Odds are it's gonna be close to his house. 854 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,250 Probably an abandoned warehouse or factory. 855 00:36:38,250 --> 00:36:41,041 Take the Scooby gang and spread out. 856 00:36:41,041 --> 00:36:42,875 What the hell are we looking for? 857 00:36:42,875 --> 00:36:44,208 Find somebody who looks like crap 858 00:36:44,208 --> 00:36:47,417 and tell him you want to place a bet. 859 00:36:47,417 --> 00:36:49,250 Uh... Sayonara. 860 00:36:54,083 --> 00:36:57,166 [shouting, cheers] 861 00:37:37,333 --> 00:37:40,625 [cell phone rings] 862 00:37:40,625 --> 00:37:44,250 It's Cuddy. 863 00:37:44,250 --> 00:37:47,583 I already put him on psittacosis meds. 864 00:37:47,583 --> 00:37:49,959 As soon as you left. 865 00:37:49,959 --> 00:37:52,500 You're welcome. 866 00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:55,458 What do you think the record for one-handed juggling is? 867 00:37:55,458 --> 00:37:59,166 You can yo-yo one-handed. 868 00:37:59,166 --> 00:38:01,583 Good point. 869 00:38:09,333 --> 00:38:11,583 (Alfredo) I always wash my hands. 870 00:38:11,583 --> 00:38:13,166 If a bird is infected, 871 00:38:13,166 --> 00:38:16,792 you can get psittacosis just from breathing his dust. 872 00:38:16,792 --> 00:38:19,166 But then why do I get sick and nobody else? 873 00:38:19,166 --> 00:38:22,458 Your asthma made you vulnerable. 874 00:38:24,959 --> 00:38:26,625 You're gonna be all right now. 875 00:38:26,625 --> 00:38:28,709 Yes. 876 00:38:31,959 --> 00:38:33,291 Gracias. 877 00:38:38,834 --> 00:38:40,792 For saving my life. 878 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,667 He thanked me. 879 00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:52,834 He should have. 880 00:38:52,834 --> 00:38:54,834 We cut off his hand. 881 00:38:57,083 --> 00:38:58,792 If we'd figured it out earlier-- 882 00:38:58,792 --> 00:39:01,125 If you'd figured it out later, he'd be dead. 883 00:39:01,125 --> 00:39:02,667 Well, I never figured it out at all. 884 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:04,709 Hello. 885 00:39:04,709 --> 00:39:07,041 What do you want, House? 886 00:39:07,041 --> 00:39:09,041 If you're wallowing in self-loathing, 887 00:39:09,041 --> 00:39:11,000 got something that might help. 888 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,500 We're getting sued. 889 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:15,291 You saved his life. He admitted that. 890 00:39:15,291 --> 00:39:16,709 We'll settle. 891 00:39:16,709 --> 00:39:18,959 He's got a stub where his hand used to be. 892 00:39:18,959 --> 00:39:21,500 We have insurance. Case seems pretty solid to me. 893 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:23,500 Ka-ching. The new American dream. 894 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:24,917 Happy ending. 895 00:39:24,917 --> 00:39:27,166 Kid's gonna be just fine. 896 00:39:30,667 --> 00:39:32,208 [House clears throat] 897 00:39:32,208 --> 00:39:33,625 Cuddy... 898 00:39:35,041 --> 00:39:38,041 Your guilt. 899 00:39:38,041 --> 00:39:39,417 It's perverse 900 00:39:39,417 --> 00:39:41,542 and it makes you a crappy doctor. 901 00:39:44,375 --> 00:39:47,166 It also makes you okay at what you do. 902 00:39:47,166 --> 00:39:49,750 You figure a perverted sense of guilt 903 00:39:49,750 --> 00:39:51,709 makes me a good boss. 904 00:39:51,709 --> 00:39:53,542 Well, would the world be a better place 905 00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:55,875 if people never felt guilty? 906 00:39:55,875 --> 00:39:58,041 Makes sex better. 907 00:39:58,041 --> 00:39:59,291 Should've seen her 908 00:39:59,291 --> 00:40:00,625 in the last months of our relationship. 909 00:40:00,625 --> 00:40:03,208 Lot of guilt. Lot of screaming. 910 00:40:05,333 --> 00:40:08,875 I know this wasn't just because it was your roof. 911 00:40:12,125 --> 00:40:14,000 Cuddy. 912 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,500 You see the world as it is 913 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:19,750 and you see the world as it could be. 914 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:23,583 What you don't see is what everybody else sees: 915 00:40:23,583 --> 00:40:26,500 the giant gaping chasm in-between. 916 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:28,583 House, I'm not naive. I realize-- 917 00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:31,834 If you did, you never would have hired me. 918 00:40:34,583 --> 00:40:38,000 You're not happy unless things are just right. 919 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,291 Which means two things. 920 00:40:40,291 --> 00:40:42,959 You're a good boss 921 00:40:42,959 --> 00:40:45,583 and you'll never be happy. 922 00:40:49,125 --> 00:40:50,500 By the way, 923 00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:53,917 why does everybody think you and I had sex? 924 00:40:53,917 --> 00:40:56,583 Think there could be something to it? 925 00:40:58,583 --> 00:41:02,125 [Damien Rice's Delicate] 926 00:41:02,125 --> 00:41:06,792 ♪ ♪ 927 00:41:06,792 --> 00:41:08,208 (Wilson) Cuddy feels guilty 928 00:41:08,208 --> 00:41:10,792 about not diagnosing psittacosis any earlier? 929 00:41:12,959 --> 00:41:14,291 Think so. 930 00:41:14,291 --> 00:41:17,959 There's no way she could've. 931 00:41:17,959 --> 00:41:19,583 No. 932 00:41:19,583 --> 00:41:23,125 No way she could have. 933 00:41:25,041 --> 00:41:31,875 ♪ We might kiss ♪ 934 00:41:31,875 --> 00:41:34,208 ♪ When we are alone... ♪ 935 00:41:34,208 --> 00:41:35,291 It's raining. 936 00:41:38,542 --> 00:41:42,083 ♪ When nobody's watching ♪ 937 00:41:42,083 --> 00:41:46,083 ♪ We might take it home ♪ 938 00:41:46,083 --> 00:41:52,750 ♪ So why'd ya fill my sorrows ♪ 939 00:41:52,750 --> 00:41:59,291 ♪ With the words you borrowed ♪ 940 00:41:59,291 --> 00:42:06,250 ♪ From the only place you've known ♪ 941 00:42:11,458 --> 00:42:18,041 ♪ And why'd ya sing hallelujah ♪ 942 00:42:18,041 --> 00:42:24,375 ♪ If it means nothin' to ya ♪ 943 00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:31,333 ♪ Why d'ya sing with me at all? ♪ ♪