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313: Needle in a Haystack

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"NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK"

House Episode Number: 313

House Season: 3

Original Air Date: David Foster

Writer: Peter O'Fallon

Director:

Special Guest(s): Jake Richardson (Stevie); Rob Brownstein (Franklin); Arabella Field (Judy); Jessy Schram (Leah); Wendy Makkena (Dr. Julie Whitner); Ron Perkins (Dr. Simpson); Hira Ambrosino (Anesthesiologist); Sandra Purpuro (Marina); David Kelsey (Ron); Tasha Taylor (Kate); Tyrace Richardson (Jack); Antonio D. Charity (Police Officer); Joni Barth (Patron #1); Maxine Hayden (Patron #2); Bobbin Bergstrom (Nurse)

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House and his staff must deal with a teenage Gypsy boy suffering from inexplicable respiratory distress. However, House has bigger issues on his mind: Cuddy has given away his handicapped spot.

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

Location of incident:	In backseat of a car
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW:	Stevie/Gypsy/16/Male
POTW symptom(s):	- Unable to breathe - Liver failure - Bladder hemorrhaging
Team mis-diagnoses:
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches:	Ignoring the parents' demand to not give Stevie "experimental" drugs.
House's "Aha!" moment:
POTW final diagnosis:	Toothpick
Other / clinic patient(s):

Best Episode Moments

House in a wheelchair!

House spends the entire episode in a wheel chair just so he can get his parking space back which is only a few spaces away from his old one.

House Quotes

"The only thing I hate more than a thief is a Crippled thief."

"You guys are still thinking like doctors when you should be thinking like plumbers. Come on, wanna see some butt crack."

House Episode Trivia

House's wheelchair has a bumper sticker which reads "I'd rather be walking."

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