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House Episode Number: 4

House Season: 5

Original Air Date: October 14, 2008

Writer: Doris Egan & David Foster

Director: David Platt

Special Guest(s): Jonathan Palmer (Minister); Esther Kwan (Wu An Len); Raymond Ma (Wu Zheng); Ho-Kwan Tse (Fang Dong We); Jack Conley (Sheriff Costello); Christine Healy (Janice); Samantha Quan (Nicole); Scott Paulin (Bob); R. Lee Erney (John House); Diane Baker (Blythe House)


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House M.D. Episode Synopsis

After receiving word that his father has passed away, House is coerced into attending the funeral; the team tries to diagnose the illness of a woman who was in China searching for her birth mother.







House M.D. Episode Plot Danglers


  • When Cuddy injects House with a "shot because his patient is sick" and House collapses in his office.
  • Once House regains conscience, he looks over to find Wilson driving him to his fathers funeral.



House M.D. Medical File Folder

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

Location of incident: China, the woman was looking for her birth mother.
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW: Nicole/?/25/Female
POTW symptom(s):
  • Vomiting blood
  • Abdominal pain
  • Liver & kidney failure
Team mis-diagnoses:
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches: While Wilson is driving House to his father's funeral, House pushes the gas pedal with his cane and as a result they both get arrested.
House's "Aha!" moment: House and Wilson both had their Aha moment in a restaurant after attending House's father's funeral.
POTW final diagnosis:
Other / clinic patient(s): none


House M.D. Episode Best Moments

BEST MOMENTS
  • When Cuddy injects House with a sedative so Wilson can bring House to his father's funeral.

  • The team, Cameron and Chase are picking out sayings for House to be put on flowers for the funeral.
  • Wilson chucks a bottle at a window in the funeral home.

  • We learned that House and Wilson met at a bar. Wilson was drunk and chucked a bear bottle at a ten foot antique mirror and smashed it. Later on, House bailed Wilson out of jail and they have been friends ever since.

  • When Wilson finds out he has not been replaced yet and he decides he is coming back to the hospital.

  • At the end of the episode, when House says, "Wilson, my dad's dead." And Wilson replies, "Yup."


House M.D. Episode's Best Quotes

    HOUSE QUOTES
    • "Still not boring"
    • "But I am what I am because of him, for better or for worse."
    • "Make it fast, I don't want to miss the anal cavity search." (House)
    • "I'm a doctor; when someone tries to call you three times, it's code for pick up the damn phone before someone dies."
    • "It was a boring conversation. I needed somebody to drink with."
    • "Forget Louisiana -- the man was driving recklessly through your comatose village. Do they put lead in the jelly here?"
    • "Let her vomit through the MRI, that's what nurses are for."
    • "Pins. Some people use them to tailor a shirt,others use them to kill a baby."
    • "Are you kidding? She's lucky. We're all screwed up by our parents, but she's got documentation."

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