Now I'm gonna kill you!
Uh, I need a refill.
- You've already had three. - So what?They're free.
I got a birthday. Get it yourself.
No wonder he doesn'tget any tips.
All right...
who's ready to singthe ralphy's rumpusbirthday rump shake?
let's sing, let's ridelet's bling, let's slideit's time for ralphy
we'll dance, eat cake and do the rump shakeit's time for ralphy
are you okay, man?
So hip-hooray'cause ralphy wants to play
you okay?
Stand up and cheer,for ralphy's here let's spin, let's turnlet's wing, let's learn
it's time for ralphy--
Okay, all right. Let's get you in the back.Come on.
It's gonna be okay, kids. Sorry!
- Got a heartbeat. - Jack?Jack?
- I need youto step back. - He's my brother.
Jack! Wake up!
Call your parents,tell them to go to princeton-plainsboro hospital.
Our parents died.
He's all we've got.
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House Season 3 Episode 08
I was not parked illegally. I-I live here.
Love notefrom detective tritter.
heart attack.
His cath was cleanand echo showed no structural abnormalities.
Fatigue, night sweats,weight loss precededthe heart attack.
18-year-old kid,suddenly an orphan and a single father of two.
Party of five! Powerful stuff.
The O.C.Of its day.
Stress explains everything except the itchy feet.
Athlete's foot covers that.
Waiters work 12 hours a day in old sneakers.
Hmm, good idea. Ignore the symptoms.Makes our job easy.
I'm not ignoringa symptom. I'm explaininga symptom.
kid's been hanging overa toilet, despiteantiemetic therapy.
Persistent vomitingcould indicate increased intercranial pressure,tumor--
sure.Heart problems. It's gotta be the brain.
Probably caughtan intestinal virus from one of those feral kidsrunning around.
Repeated vomiting causes an electrolyte imbalance,
which leadsto an arrhythmia, which leadsto the heart attack.
- And itchy feet. - Nope.
that's it? Nope?
I've saidtoo much already.
- This isn't a game, house. - No, it's not.But it could be.
- What are you writing? - Nothing.
If you know the diagnosis,why don't--
how are you gonnalearn to swim unless I take off your floaties and throw you into shark-infested waters?
You can'tknow what's wrong after a 30-second perusalof his file.
- Apparently you can'T. - Now, what's a gamewithout rules?
No, tag-backs, no biting. You get one test each.
And the clockruns until lunch.
If I'm right,he'll still be alive. If I'm wrong,this is a very cruel game.
The Game Is A Itchy Foot
You're late.I charge for the time you were supposed to be here.
Tritter towed my car.
He's frozen my assets. He's on a crusade.
You're a person of interest in a narcotics investigation.
You're linked to their suspect and his activities.
I'm not pablo escobar'sevil henchman cruising into miamiin a cigarette boat.
I'm a physician who prescribed vicodin to a pain patient.
This police reportyou faxed me saysthey found 600 pillsin his apartment.
- You prescribed those? - He's in chronic pain.
- This is obviouslyan abuse of power. - Is that a yes or no?
Patients build up a tolerance over the years.
Perfect motive for him to forge those scrips.
- I still don't have an answer. - What, are we, like,role playing?
Yeah. And you suck at it.
Which is reallyunfortunate, because you'repretending to be you.
I gotta get to court.
Michael told me you could help me get my car back.
Yeah, divorce lawyersusually know the ins and outsof drug enforcement.
You want your car back,you're gonna have to givethe cops what they want.
Thanks.Usually people feel helplessin these situations.
Dr. House is probablygoing to jail.
You keep on lying for him, you'll go right along with him.
House was on this page when he got that annoying"I'm such a genius" look.
- What's there? - Patient history.
He's 18. Probably drinks,smokes, does drugs.
How close am I?
Quit drugswhen his parents died. Quit smoking.
House didn't mockmy viral idea. He just saidit was wrong.
Which means he didn't want to give reasons.Which means,
I must have been close.
I'm thinking bacterial.
I'm doing a blood culture.
I am doing an mrI.
It there was a tumor,intercranial pressure could cause his brainto herniate before lunch.
- Same thing withyour stress test. - Which is whyI'm ditching it.
- What are you doinginstead? - Not telling.
Seriously--you playing his game?
We're all playing his game. Might as well enjoy it.
Anybody else sick at work?
I had a stomach achebefore him.
This isn't your fault, will. Keep working.
My brother's in the hospital. Mrs. Collier won't careif I finish my homework.
Your brother cares if you finish your homework.
Can I be your imaginaryfriend?
He's a doctor.
How are the feet? Still itch?
is that important?
I don't know. Is it?
What kinds of drugsyou into?
You don't have to talk about that right now.
No, it's okay. I don't keep secretsfrom them.
They know I did drugs before our parents died.
Clever.Admit the past. Deny the present.
I'm clean. I'm raising two kids.
It'd be pretty irresponsible,wouldn't it?
But confiding in an eight-year-old is okay?
If I'm open with them, then they'll be open with me.
Yeah.Turning the other cheek's a good strategy in boxing.
Kids don't lie because they got trust issues.
They lie because they got something to hide.
Look at him,sitting there doing nothing, and he's still lying.
We don't lie to jack.
- Spelling test you failedand forgot to-- - no.
- Math test? - No.
Fight with the kid sitting next to you?
He doesn't sit next to me.
- The other one's probablyhaving sex. - I am not!
Yet.When you start, you're gonna lie about it.
- Colder. - I'm not playing.
Keep very still for me,jack. This won't take long.
How much dopedid you smoke?
- Does he have to be here? - No.Ignore him.
- It's not his lungs. - I never said it was.
What about the cigarettes?
How did you quit? Gum, patch, hypnosis?
He went from two packs to nothing, cold turkey.
Or we could justmake small talk.
You still seeingthat nurse in pedes?
I just don't think she's right for you.
You need someone... detached, calculating,ambitious.
You need yourselfin a skirt.
- Jack, he asked youa question. - I didn't really quit.
I just sort of lost taste for it.
Interesting.
Sounds like one of those symptom thingies.
He's still puking,and he had a heart attackand itchy feet.
- It's not his lungs. - I never said it was.
Ice cold.
I'm injecting ergonovine to see if your heart attack
was caused by a spasm in the vessels surrounding your heart.
Let me know if anything feels...unusual.
If the problem's around my heart, why did that other doctorlook at my brain?
Yeah, why did that other doctor look at his brain?
We're justtrying to eliminate as many possibilitiesas we can.
So because you thinkthe spasm caused his heart attack,you're gonnainduce another spasm.
Did you consent to this?
everything's under control.
Tests are gonna identifywhich arteries are affectedso we can repair them.
Your meds don't seemto be doing anything.
So either you're wrong,or his system hasn'tbeen pushed enoughto set anything off.
You wanna get back home,right?
I mean, you're probably already falling behindwith the housework, the bills.
How many sick daysdo you think you'll getbefore they replace you?
Heart rate's up,but nothing else.
They can't fire meif I'm sick.
Right, you'reirreplaceable.
Who else would they findqualified to dance with a rodent?
How can you even support your family?
What happens when those kidsgrow out of their clothes,when they get sick?
Still no spasm.
They'll take those kidsaway from you, jack.
Maybe I should bring themin here right now so that you cankiss them good-bye.
Can't you seehis heart is fine?! Stop torturing him!
What kind of doctorare you?
wonderful, thank you so much. Okay, bye.
- You're just getting here? - Buses suck.
- Where's your car? - It's a hostage.
Tritter wants me to testifyagainst house.
- You're not going to. - Is that a questionor an order?
Any sort of conviction willcost house his license.
Which will costthis hospital.
Relax, I'm not gonna mess with your precious resource.
I told my lawyer to tell tritter to go to hell.
Marco!
Why are all my prescriptions getting bounced back?
Sorry, dr. Wilson.I was trying to call you. Where's your phone?
In my car.My patients,on the other hand, are here and neededtheir medications.
I'm sorry, I can'T. Your dea number'sbeen suspended.
why so sad?
There's still a chance that chase got it right.
Oh!That was suspenseful for about two seconds.
Blood culturewas negative for bacteria.
Positive for hepatitis a?
Hmm, I wonder who could have ordered that extra test.
Must be somebody who knew what persistent vomiting,
sudden distaste for nicotine and itchy feethave in common.
Hep a doesn'texplain the heart attack.
No, but as chaseso deftly pointed out earlier,puking does.
And hep a explains the puking.
If this had been real life instead of just a game...
the dea st revoked my prescription privileges.
Who's gonnaprescribe my vicodin?
Yes, well,that's why I'm here. This is a disaster for you.
Relax.
Tritter's just getting desperate. He's got no real evidence.
He's trying to squeeze youinto ratting.
I'm not gonna let him squeeze my patients.
They'll be fine.
Most of your cancer medicine sucks anyway.
I'm gonna use your teamto do my prescribingtill this is straightened out.
Suddenly this doesn't seem nearly as dramatic.
Go pump ivig into the kid. Cure him and get him out of here.
Hep a?
No. "Chase,"blood test for bacteria.
"Foreman, M.R.I."Too stub born to check the lungs.
Cameron, nice try. No spasm".
"but the princess sat and satand sat".
Pretending not to listen,
pretending to write in her journal with the flowers on it.
Pretending she didn't likestories about eight-year-oldswho save the world.
I'm 11.
Which is why you can no longer save the world.
- I'm eight. - Yeah.
We're all completely dependent on you.
- Mornin'! - Mornin'.
Good news. We can take you off the ivig.
The hep a has cleared your system.
- You'll be good to goby tomorrow. - Yeah!
How do you thinkI got it?
It could have been contaminated food.
It could have been from cleaning bathrooms at work.
Or it could have been...
don't worrY. They've heard it all.
Anilingus is a common way.
You should just tell the people that you've dated they shouldget themselves checked.
Don't worry, I've been too busy chasing after these guysto go spelunking.
You're gross.
I think.
- Does your arm hurt? - Arm's fine, bro.
- Then why is it bleeding? - It's not, it'S...
raise your armabove your head.
Your ear.
And your nose.
high pt and ptt on jack's blood panel confirm a coagulopathy.
So... we cure the hep A...
and something else pops up. Interesting.
What infections cause dic?
You okay?
I hurt my shoulder playing fantasy football.
Shall we discuss what causes dic, or shall we just send the kidback to his miserable life?
- He's not miserable. - Right.
He's thrilledthat his parents are deadand his life is over.
The restaurant's probablyteeming with E. Coli,eikenella, and strep.
Kids don't wash their hands between the pottyand the party, and--
or it's a food-borne toxin. Jack eatsat that cesspool every day.
Jack's the only onewho got sick.
Kid's got tattoos, piercings, and probably some nasty little girlloaned him the hep A.
Could have also given him syphilis or gonorrhea.
- I need one of you. - Take cameron.
Your idea was dumb, anyway.
Chase, I need youto head back to that cesspooland get me the kid's puke.
Foreman, do an lp, and have cameron run downthat potty/party theory.
Why don't ijust test him?
Let's not discuss thisin front of the help.
The amount of vomitingthat kid did,
wouldn't be enough toxinsleft in this systemto show up in his blood.
Since he vomitedinto the toilet hereinstd of on somebody,
that restaurant is our only source of essential vomit.
And you couldn't say that in front of foreman?
No, I couldn't say this in front of foreman.
I need a refill.
Detective tritter knows about the scrips I wrote before.
Exactly. If you stop now,it'll look suspicious.
- Does anyone fallfor that argument? - Write the scrip.
No.
One prescription isn't gonna make you--
we both knowit's not gonna be just one.
I'd rather lose my job than lose my license.
Daniel silvers,prostate cancer, needs filgrastim,two-week supply.
Andrea donavan,breast cancer, just needs her refill of her megestrol.
- You're not writing. - You want me to write?
Well, you couldphone them in.
But eventually, yeah,probably somebody's gonna wantsomething written down.
- I haven't met these people. - I have.
- I've diagnosed themand everything. - I know.
- I know, I'm not sayingI don't trust you. - Just my diagnosis.
These are gonna bemy prescriptions, I--
they're my patients!
- My prescriptions. - My name!
That tritter will readon the scrip.
He wants to make you miserable. You don't thinkhe's gonna ask questions?
Is there anything jack does that no one else does?Any special duties?
No, we got lotsof bussers.
What kind of cleaning products do you use?
Well, we got a bunchof kids running around sticking everythingin their mouths.
So we can't useanything toxic.
That's it. Monday's trash.
So there's no one who canmaybe... help get the bags out?
Sorry, short-handed.
I can tip.
I'm pretty sure jack's pukeis in the blue trash bagwith the wrapped gifts.
But if you find spaghetti, that's the wrong vomit.
How much longer do I have to stay on this medication?
I mean, I'm nauseousall the time.
Maybe I should go backon the tamoxifen.
You're doing so much better on the anastrozole, beth.
I'm reluctantto make a change.
I can't playwith my daughter.
Or pick her up from school.
I can barely get up and tuck her in at night.
There's got to besomething else.
Who is she?
Well, as you know, this is a teaching hospital.
- She's a student? - No, I'm a doctor.I'm assisting dr.wilson today.
Why, do you think he got my diagnosis wrong?
- No, I'm sure-- - no, no.
She's just consulting regarding my prescriptions.
You think he gotmy meds wrong?
- No, it's just-- - no.
Then why is she here?
What are you doing now?
I'm gonna get a sample of your brother's spinal fluid.
- Where's will? - School.
Is that gonna hurt?
It's gonna help us figure out what's making him sick.
- Shouldn't yoube in class too? - Teacher work day.
For you, but not will?
Yeah, it didn't make sense to me either.
Can I help?
Well, I guess it's quicker than calling a nurse.
And a truant officer.
Here, grab his shins. Push his knees uptowards his chest.
Now hold him there tight.
This all nurses do?
My boss doesn't trust 'em to do anything else.
Is he gonna die?
No. No one's gonna die.
In the whole world, ever? That's so great.
- Well, I meant-- - I know what you meant.
But I also know bad thingsdo happen.
My dad always had a few drinkswhen they went out.
Always saidhe'd be okay to drive.
Until he wasn'T.
I would just likesome warning this time.
We're nowhere nearanything like that happening right now.Okay?
Let's scoot himback over.
What was that?! What'd you do?
- You broke his rib? - Barely touched him.
Which means--ow!
- Found it. - Fix it.
Osteomyelitis.Means the infection's spread to his bones.
Which means it's either bacterial or viral,and that--ow!
I hired youto take away the pain. Is there some confusion?
You ever thought aboutusing your caneon the proper side?
Yeah, that's the issue.
Friday night,my cane suddenly noticed it was on the wrong side.
- Can you score mesome vicodin? - No.
I did a needle aspiration to confirm which--
how long till the cultures--gaaah!
Why do you only do thatwhen I'm talking?
You gottarest your shoulder.
And we're gonna get you on some different equipment.
- Nice cane. - If I know what you mean?
- Chase, you can stopdoing that. - I'm almost finished.
He's got osteomyelitis.
Means you're wrong aboutfood-borne toxins.
And... you can stop too.
- Syphilis. - You sure?
Read the printouT.
He's also positivefor eikenella.
One of you two screwed up.
- No. - Not a chance.
Or this kid is a lot sicker than we thought.
Finish that test.
It should be impossible to get two right answersto one question.
Is it okay to have three?
Apparently. He's positive for botulism too.
so...we knock down one infection and three more pop up.
I think this game is rigged.
Jack? Somebody help!
we've managed to clear all three infections out of his system.
But now he's having seizures every few hours.
He's gotta beimmuno-compromised.
No, white count was normal, and he was negativefor hiv.
Well, if he's notimmuno-compromised, why is he acting likehe's immuno-compromised?
What do the seizures tell us?
Nothing, there were no structural abnormalitieson the ct,
non-focal neuro-exam, no electrolyte imbalance,nothing.
What do unexplainedseizures and really sick18-year-oldshave in common?
You thinking trauma?
I'm thinking drugs.
He's an admitted user.
Drugs trashedhis immune system.
Tox screen was clean.
Clean tox screen meansthere's no drugsin his blood or urine.
There couldstill be drugs trapped in his fat cellsfrom the good ol' days.
If they're in his fat, why would they beaffecting him now?
A keen observerwould notice that he's had somedigestive issues lately.
His weight loss could haveburned off fat cellsand released the drugsback into his system.
there's no way to know.It's impossible to test fat cells for drugs.
It's not impossibleto make him lose more weight.
You want us to starve himso we can drive him into another seizure,and maybe a heart attack,
just so we can runanother tox screen?
That'd be cruel. Just sweat it out of him.
I haven't touched a thing since the night my parents died.
Drugs stay in your systema long time.
I was high...the night the cops came to tell us what happened.
You know the first thing I didwhen they told me?
I laughed.
I'm not the person I was when they died.
I wishthey could see that.
Well, I'm surethey're watching, and I'm surethey're proud.
That's what will's guidance counselor keeps telling him.
What do you tell him?
I tell him it's crap.
Our parents live onin our memories, but they don't live on.
- jack? - hold him still!
- Don't break his arm. - We'll fix it.
We need to get a sample.
House. Bad news.
Look at yoU.
Couldn't havesent cameron down hereto this air-conditioned hallwayto deliver the bad news?
Jack seized again,but his blood was clean. Completely drug-free.
So he just happenedto have a seizure at the exact timethat we stuck him in a sauna?
It's not a coincidence.
He's still seizingevery few hours, whether we stick himin a sauna or not.
Oh, my god! Why are you using that?
I've had it for years.
No, that's--that's gonna make your shoulder hurt.
You need one of these.
He's A... doctor.
- Is he stillinfection-free? - I'm sure not for long.
My point being that somethingother than those infectionscaused these seizures.
That means there'ssomething in his head.Scan him.
- We scanned him. - Well, that was then.
This is not then. Kid keeps changing.Scan him again.
Where is cameron?
I'm not writing youa scrip for vicodin.
I've only gottwo pills left.
Cut 'em in half. Then you'll have four.
You're prescribing for wilson. Wilson prescribes for me.Write up a scrip.
You knowyou have a problem.
Yeah, it's got a badgeand everything.
- You're taking too much-- - fine!You're right.
What's the correct amount?
Write up a scripfor the correct amount.
No answer?
That's 'cause we're having the wrong debate.
This has got nothing to dowith my problem and everything to dowith you avoiding a problem.
You're afraid that if youwrite me a prescription, you're gonna wind uplike wilson.
Of course I am.
Tritter wants to winby giving pain.
Do you really wantto be a part of that?
As a doctor,how do you do that?
Here. This'll tide you over.
If it can take the edgeoff my pms, it should do wonders for you.
Why are you lookingat my head again?
Seizures usually indicate something neurological.
I'm not gonna get better. Am I?
We'll know moreafter the test.
I've gotta find out who can take care of will and kama.
Let's not get aheadof ourselves, okay?
You'll be home, yelling at themand kicking their buttsbefore you know it.
This kid might be facinga terminal disease, and he's more worried abouthis brother and sister.
- brain stem's clean. - Nothing in the midbrain.
What's that?
The frontal lobe,upper-right quadrant.
I don't see anything.
There.
It's tiny, but... I think it's a tumor.
That size shouldbe excisable.
- Why didn't wesee it earlier? - Oh, god.
Axial view,there's another one. Bring up the next slice.
They're everywhere.
jack's brainis riddled with tumors. You knowwhat he's doing?
- Moaning? - Setting up play dates.
- Wow, what a guy!Theories? - the obvious one.
Brain cancer destroyedhis immune system. Left him wide openfor these infections.
House... you're pathetic.
You'll analyze anyone's faults,hypocrisies, weaknesses.
But this kid's got some strength,and all of a sudden there's no timeto talk about anythingbut the medicine.
He's teaching prepubescent kids that truth matters,god doesn't, and life sucks.
I like him. Treatment?
We need to start himon radiation.
And destroy whatever's left of his immune system.
and safe his life!
I know the notion of self-sacrifice is foreign to you.
You wanna think that he'ssacrificing himself because if one personcan do it,
then maybe the worldisn't the cold, selfish placeyou know that it is.
Radiation could kill him.Alternatives?
♪HYDROCODONE♪
There aren't any. We saw the tumors.
We could choose to say they aren't tumors.
They're just pus.
Which would explain why they weren't there yesterday.
It can't be an infection.
- He got ivig,broad spectrum antibiotics-- - exactly.
It creates a perfect worldfor fungus.
Moves in, gets married,has little fungi.
If you're wrongabout the fungus, you're wasting what little timehe has left.
Not a big sacrifice. His life sucks.
So let's be right. Go stick a needlein the kid's head.
If you suck out a liquid,then I'm right, and we haven'tanswered anything.
If you suck out a solid, you're right, and no more worrying about play dates.
Okay, fine. I'll father your child.
First, you gotta write me a vicodin prescription.
- Just so I can getthrough the foreplay. - How many daysyou have left?
Ah, I could probably get throughmaybe... next minute or so.
And your coming to memeans your lackeys actuallystood up to you-- I'm impressed.
- Yes, their cowardiceis inspiring. - Well, you should be thanking them.
If they caved,it'd give the cops evidence that you intimidated underlingsto feed your addiction.
I hate writingthank-you notes.
Would it be weird if I asked cameron to write them?
You're hooking me up?
Unfortunately,if I cut you off,it'd give the cops evidence that you don't reallyneed the pain meds.
I knew that cleavage was a smoke screen. You're a genius.
- You can't lift your arm. - You can't pee standing up.Gimme.
You been doing physio? Maybe you pulled--
yeah, been trainingfor pants off dance off. Gimme the scrip.
Your shoulder problemisn't physical.
Well, we'll find out if you ever give me the--
what's new?What's different?
Any big changesin your life recently? A fight with the wife,maybe?
It's good. Means your shoulder'sa human being.
It's a start.
- I'm right, right? - Yeah.Just not about me.
I was right, right?
They were abscesses froma fungal infection. Aspergillus.
But we still have no idea why.
Our kid's immune systemhas a factory defect.
- It's genetic. - It can't be genetiC.
He would have been getting infections since he was an infant.
Not if he grew upin a bubble.
Or if he grew up on mars. No germs there, either.
I don't meana literal bubble.
A sweet, suburban bubble where mommies and daddiesprotect their children.
They die, bubble bursts.
Continuing emotional trauma triggers a genetic illness.Question is, which one?
The infections he's contracted narrow down the possibilities.
Hep a indicates a problemwith his b cells.
- Bruton's agammaglobulinemia? - Eikenella.
So a complement deficiency.
- I have a patient.I need-- - not now!
- I'll go. - You'll stay.
- Patient's dying. - So is mine.
Not in the next hour.
What does the syphilistell us?
What does it tell us?
It could meanchronic granulomatous disease.
and the aspergillus is a t-cell issue. Common variable immunodeficiency.
Genetic testing'sgonna take time.
Given the rate he's picking up infections--
why don't we turn itinto a race?
Little late to beplaying games with us.
Not you guys. The infections.
What infections?
The infectionswe're gonna give him.
The only way to cure meis to make me sicker?
Each of the four possiblegenetic conditions is most susceptible to differenttypes of infection.
What's that?
This is a cocktailof serratia, meningococcus,cepacia, and rhinovirus.
Whichever germgains the most ground plants the flagof its leader,gives us our answer.
How are you gonna know which onegains the most ground?
Well, now,that's the fun part.
See, if the meningococcusis king of the hill,you get to haveanother seizure.
The serratia willshut down your lungs.
If it's cepacia,you'll have a heart attack.
If it's the rhinovirus,you'll sneeze.
Can't all be dramatic. We good?
- Hell, no. - Well, the alternativeis we guess.
And there's a threeout of four chancethat your littlebrother and sisterwill get to cryover another coffin.
Did you study fractionsin school? We good?
this testisn't exactly fda approved.
So let's just keep itour little secret, okay?
Little orphan annieand oliver twist slept in our hallwayslast night.
Are they singing?
They're children. They need a guardian.
Couldn't find a babysitter.
On account of not being able to make any phone callson account of notbeing able to breathe,
on account of his lungs filling up with serratia.
He has chronicgranulomatous disease.
Game over. Our work is done.
Then he's gonnakeep getting sick. You gotta callsocial services.
Bone marrow transplantwould reboot his whole immune system.
He'll behealthy enough to win miserable daddyof the year.
So see if one of his kidsis a match.
My kids are alreadytesting his kids.
- will's a match. - You tested him?
- I never consented-- - it's just a blood draw.There's no danger.
To the testing. What about the surgery?
The risk for will? It's next to nothing.
What if I don't do it? What are my other options?
Your immune systemcan't fight offthe germs we all come intocontact with every day.
Now that we know, we can use more targeted medications.
But...you'll stillget sick all the time.
- You'll be in and outof hospitals-- - but I'll live.
Jack...
your lifespan will be substantially shortened.
And you'll be too sickto care for your brotherand sister anymore.
You shouldn't havepressured him into--
- there's no pressure. - He's eight years old!
You tell him his brother'sdying unless he helps, what do you think he's gonna do?
- He wants to help you. - He has no idea.
It's like you asked himto let me playwith one of his toys.
This is surgery. He could die.
He'll be fine. But you...
you're gonna have a hard time protecting him like thisif you're dead.
I'll do it.
When will's 18,and can decide for himself.
- Noble. - Moronic.
It's a synonym.
Why can't you accepthe wants to protect his brother?
Has to protect his brother. He doesn't want to.
He wants to run screaming from protecting his brother.
You're a hypocrite.
Evidence is everything. Truth is all that matters.
Except when it comesto people.
Everything we've learned about this kidsays you're wrong.
But you can't accept that.
It's easy to rejectthe diagnosis.
Not so easy to reject your misanthropy.
Because then you'd have to give people a fighting chance.
And that... scares the crap out of you.
Okay.
Let's get some evidence.
It's your lucky day.
I just found another donor in the registry. A perfect match.
We can do the transplant, no danger to the rugrat.
You just have to sign here.
Unless there's another reason you don't want it.
- There's a chance I'd die. - A chance you'll be cured.
Maybe you don't want that,either.
Maybe hanging outin a hospital and getting waited on hand and foot
reminds you of what life used to be like before you were forcedto play mr. Mom.
I don't like being sick.
But you don't wantto be healthy either.
This is your way out. Guilt-free.
I said I'd do itwhen will's 18.
When he's ableto take care to himself. Without you.
Jack... your brother and sisterneed you.
I know!I knowevery second of every daythat they need me.
But I'm too youngto be their dad!
Good for you.
Don't pretendyou're surprised.
Wanna go throw stuff at people off the balcony?
Come on. Mail can wait.
I'm referring my patients to other oncologists. I'm shutting downmy practice.
Oh, good!'Cause I was afraid you might overreact.
I can't justask my patients to wait because dr. Cameron's bosswon't let hercome out and play!
- I kept you waitingfor maybe an hour. - Three hours!
- Did anybody die? - Not this time.
Cameron's available now. Use her all you want.
Oh, so now's a better time for me to have my lifetaken away?
- It fits intoyour schedule better? - Oh, poor you.
- You think if you sufferloudly enough-- - you committed a crime!
What do you want me to do,turn myself in?
Yes!Yes!Do something! Go in!Show some remorse!
Tell tritteryou'll get some help!
I don't need help!
House, get out of here. Get out of here.
You are not gonna make mefeel guilty about what tritteris doing...to us.
You already feel guilty.
Your mysterious shoulder pain isn't coming from your cane.
It's coming fromyour conscience.
That used to be enough.
Despite allyour smart-ass remarks, I knew you gave a damn.
This time...
you were either gonnahelp me through this,or you weren't.
I got my answer.
who's gonna drive me to school? Help me with my homework?
There'll be a momwhere they take you.
A real mom. Someone who can cook.
Don't worry. I'll still be ableto see you guys.
- You saidyou'd make him better. - I'm sorry.
Thank youfor not telling them.
You're a good kid.
Three months from now... six months from now...
you'll be visiting them. And you won't be ableto say good-bye.
You're gonna know you screwed up.
You'll takehis bone marrow. And you'lltake them back.
And they'll be a burdenand a pain.
And your life will... never be what it was supposed to be.
But you'll beproud of yourself.
Your parents... they'll be proud of you.
I don't think so.
It's what I wanna believe.
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House Season 3 Episode 08