309: Finding Judas

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"FINDING JUDAS"

House Episode Number: 309

House Season: 3

Original Air Date: November 28, 2006

Writer: Sara Hess

Director: Deran Serafian

Special Guest(s): Bobbin Bergstrom (Nurse), David Morse (Michael Tritter) , Jordana Capra (Wealthy Wife), Jodi Long (Judge), Paula Cale (Edie), Christopher Gartin (Rob Hartman), Alyssa Shafer (Alice)

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House takes the case of a young girl who has been diagnosed with pancreatitis. When he takes her divorced parents to court to force them to allow treatment because they can't agree, the judge awards guardianship of the girl to Cuddy. Meanwhile, Tritter continues his strategy to force House to admit to his drug use by offering one of the team members a deal.

To what degree will Wilson betray House?

Will Tritter be able to prosecute House based on Wilson's testimony?

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

Location of incident:	Fairground
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW:	Alice/None/6/Female
POTW symptom(s):	Pancreatitis Gallstones Rash Extreme fever
Team mis-diagnoses:	Necrotizing fasciitis
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches:	House nearly cuts the little girl in half (effectively amputating one arm and one leg).
House's "Aha!" moment:	House doesn't get the epiphany on this case, Chase does.
POTW final diagnosis:	Erythropoietic protoporphyria
Other / clinic patient(s):	None

Best Episode Moments

When House punches Chase

The little girl starts to burn up so Cuddy decides to take the girl to the showers and use the cold water to cool her down.

House Quotes

"It's a good thing that you failed to become a mom, because you suck at it!" - House, to Cuddy

"She can't have flesh-eating bacteria! She's six! Let's cure it with sunshine and puppies!" - House, to the team

"He was wrong about the puppies!" - Chase, to Cameron and Foreman

"If I'm in a buttload of pain, I need a buttload of pills."

House Episode Trivia

One of the few episodes where House is portrayed to be borderline-sadistic or evil, though he is in a state of detox throughout most of it.

This is the first episode where Cuddy reveals the secret that she's attempting to get pregnant to anyone besides House.

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House examines his patient.

Wilson passively-aggressively makes a sandwich.

Cuddy tries to cool off the little girl.