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"Not Cancer"


House Episode Number: 2

House Season: 5

Original Air Date: September 23, 2008

Writer(s): Davie Shore, Lawrence Kaplow

Director: David Straiton

Special Guest(s): Christine Lucas (Emma), Denice J. Sealy (Nurse), Tyler Patton (Neurosurgeon), Eric Kaldor (Frank), Aimee Bell (Holly), Dennis Keiffer (Danny), David Buglione (Rico), Mark Beltzman (Tibalt Oyylant), Mike Gaines (Morgan), Jamine Alvarez (April), Melissa Loprire (Girl), Elaine Kagan (Belinda), Tim Conlon (Dr. Laibson), Michael Weston (Lucas), Felicia Day (Apple)

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House M.D. Episode Synopsis

House and the team investigate a string of deaths centering around a single organ donor, and rush to save the only two surviving recipients; House auditions new best friends, and uses a private investigator to spy on Wilson.

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

Location of incident: Classroom
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW: Apple/Math teacher/?/Female
POTW symptom(s): none at first, had eye transplant, then came down with cancer-like symptoms
Team mis-diagnoses: Cancer
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches: House hires a private investigator to spy on Wilson. Caused patient to
crash in order to get the brain surgery done.
House's "Aha!" moment: when with PI, talking about 'cancer but not cancer'.
POTW final diagnosis: Transplanted cancer stem cells.
Other / clinic patient(s): None


House M.D. Episode Best Moments

Best Episode Moments
  • When House visits Wilson and admits to hiring a private investigator follow him.

House M.D. Episode's Best Quotes


    House Quotes
    • "There's the problem -- he only had half a brain."
    • "Cancer plays the field. Metastasis is just a fancy word for screws around."
    • "Okay it is a long shot but it's possible I'm an ass. Ironically, we need to do a colonoscopy to confirm."
    • "Your're taking pictures of a guy having an affair with his own sister and you're lecturing me about the rewards of trust?"
    • "Do you have a different rate plan for being a pain in the ass?"
    • "A moment ago, you thought you were dying. Blind is actually good news."
    • "Tell Foreman to get it: old people are scared of black people."

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    #1hotchfan What did you think of episode 502 "Not Cancer?" (page: 1 2 3) 42 Oct 3 2008, 8:40 PM EDT by DocteurHouse
    Thread started: Sep 24 2008, 8:34 AM EDT  Watch
    This is place for you to discuss this episode.
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    Misterspeakermembers House's Last Line 4 Oct 2 2008, 6:33 AM EDT by DocteurHouse
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    Hey, my friend's TiVo cut off the last few seconds of the episode. House had just picked up the phone and said "Hey..."

    Does he say anything after that?
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    gotchinese cancer 0 Sep 22 2008, 11:13 PM EDT by gotchinese
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    i had cancer so it is hard to deal with,so even though i like the show i cannot watch it.
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