210: Failure to Communicate

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"FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE"

House Episode Number: 210

House Season: 2

Original Air Date: January 10, 2006

Writer: Doris Egan

Director: Jace Alexander

Special Guest(s): Sela Ward (Stacy Warner) , Michael Len (8 Year Old Boy), Amy Margolis (Mother), Derek Anthony (Guard), Pat Caldwell (Mary Jean), Bruce French (Peter Foster), Mimi Kennedy (Greta Simms), Erica Gimpel (Elizabeth Stone), Michael O'Keefe (Fletcher Stone)

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While attending his editor's retirement party, a journalist collapses and hits his head on a desk. When he regains consciousness, his sentences are garbled and incoherent, so he is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. With House and Stacy stranded at an airport due to bad weather, the team is forced to solve the case with House helping out over the phone.

HOUSE EPISODE'S MEDICAL MYSTERY: PATIENT OF THE WEEK (POTW)

Location of incident:	Retirement Party
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW:	Fletcher Stone/Reporter/?/Male
POTW symptom(s):	Aphasia Respiratory Attack Metallic taste Infection
Team mis-diagnoses:	Amphetamine Use
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches:	Chase and Foreman lie to Cuddy to break into Fletcher's office.
House's "Aha!" moment:	House listens in whilst at the airport and figures out the link between what Fletcher is saying and what it means.
POTW final diagnosis:	Cerebral Malaria
Other / clinic patient(s):	None

Best Episode Moments

Stacy and House finally kiss.

House Quotes

House Episode Trivia

When Stacy is using her laptop in the airport, at first the pen is in Stacy's mouth, then it is behind her ear, then it changes its spot twice more before disappearing.

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Stranded at the airport.

Giving in to their mutual feelings.

House brainstorms.

House helps the team over the phone.