323: The Jerk

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"THE JERK"

House Episode Number: 323

House Season: 3

Original Air Date: May 15, 2007

Writer: Leonard Dick

Director: Daniel Sackheim

Special Guest(s): Kyra Da Costa (Female Proctor), Cindy Lu (Nurse), Jack Maxwell (Male Proctor), Ben Bledsoe (Opponent), Katie Boggs (Screaming Girl), Bobbin Bergstrom (Nurse), David Bowe (Doug), Dustin Joiner (Mark), Colleen Flynn (Enid), Nick Lane (Nate)

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House treats a 16-year-old chess prodigy who gets everyone on the team annoyed with his behavior. Foreman is upset with House because he thinks his boss sabotaged his job interview with another hospital.

Is Foreman having any luck in the job department?

Will Foreman actually quit his job at Princeton/Plainsboro?

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

Location of incident:	Speed Chess Tournament
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW:	Nate Harrison/Student/16/Male
POTW symptom(s):	Rage Cranial Pressure (Cluster Headaches) Hypogonadism Kidney Failure Liver Failure
Team mis-diagnoses:	Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches:	House gives Nate magic mushrooms to treat his cluster headaches. House cancels Foreman's job interview and tries to blame other people.
House's "Aha!" moment:	Noticing that Nate picked up his chess pieces in a bizarre way, and thus realizing he had joint problems.
POTW final diagnosis:	Hemochromatosis
Other / clinic patient(s):

Best Episode Moments

When House plays chess against Nate.

Nate constantly making Aussie slams to Chase.

Nate trying to get Cameron to sleep with him.

House Quotes

House: Bird's Opening, sign of a coward.

Nate: Sicilian Defense, sign of an idiot.

House: Arrogance has yet to be earned. Tell me what you have done to earn yours.

Nate: I can walk.

House: I don't bleed out of my penis.

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House provides direction to Chase and Cameron.

House chats with his patient.