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"IT'S A WONDERFUL LIE"


House Episode Number: 410

House Season: 4

Original Air Date: January 29, 2008

Writer: Pamela Davis

Director: Matt Shakman

Special Guest(s): Janel Moloney (Maggie), Liana Liberato (Jane), Cheyenne Wilbur (Minister), Scotty Maguire (Bystander), Jennifer Hall (Melanie), Anthony Starke (Roger)


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HOUSE MD 410: "It's a Wonderful Lie"

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House M.D. Episode Synopsis

A mother's sudden paralysis during a indoor rock-climbing incident leaves her daughter injured, and House's new team looking for a cure. Meanwhile, House organizes his new recruits' Secret Santa gift exchange... with a few twists of his own.

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

Location of incident: At a rock-climbing wall.
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW: Maggie/Unknown/40s/Female
POTW symptom(s):
  • Paralysis
  • Swollen lymph nodes
  • Severe skeletal calcification
Team mis-diagnoses:
  • Psychological condition
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches: Dragging the truth out of Maggie about the fact that Jane is adopted.
House's "Aha!" moment: Talking to Wilson outside as House is about to leave for the night.
POTW final diagnosis: Breast cancer in displaced tissue
Other / clinic patient(s): Maggie, an alleged prostitute who contracted contagious ecthyma from a donkey she was to ride in a Christmas pageant.

House M.D. Episode Best Moments

Best Episode Moments
  • House thinking Maggie was a prostitute...and then realizing she played the Virgin Mary in a nativity play!





House M.D. Episode's Best Quotes

    House Quotes
    • "Who told you it'd be a good idea to put up superficial representations of a hypocritical season celebrating a mythical figure?"
    • "Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them."
    • "The notion of picking one time of year to be decent to other people is obscene because it's actually validating the notion of being miserable wretches the rest of the year."

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    Hi,
    I'm sure many other people are wondering this as well, but where did the House people get that reindeer hat Wilson wears in this (It's a Wonderful Lie) episode? They should definitely sell that online... I'd buy it :D
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