511: Joy to the World

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"Joy to the World"

House Episode Number: 11

House Season: 5

Original Air Date: December 9, 2008

Writer: Peter Blake

Director: David Straiton

Special Guest(s): Lori Petty (Janice); B.K. Cannon (Natalie); Michael Leydon Campbell (Mr. Soellner); Sherilyn Fenn (Mrs. Soellner); Lucas Till (Simon); Phyllis Lyons (Dr. Schmidt); Bitsie Tulloch (Whitney); John Forrest (Geoff); Meaghan Jette Martin (Sarah); Taylor Dooley (Rachelle); Ben Shields (Jonathan); Alix Korey (Anna); Christopher DeMaci (Squatter); Marissa Ingrasci (Woman); Bobbie Bergstrom (Nurse)

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House and the team encounter a teenager who collapsed during her high school Christmas program. They soon find the troubled teen dealt with more than her share of bullying at school, and as her condition continues to deteriorate, the team must delve deeper to get to the bottom of her mysterious illness. Foreman continues to work with Thirteen on the Huntington’s disease drug trial, and their relationship progresses when he learns a valuable lesson from her. House gives a clinic patient an unbelievable holiday gift and keeps the team guessing about who may have sent him a particularly thoughtful Christmas present. Meanwhile, Cuddy receives an unexpected gift of her own.

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

Location of incident:
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW:	Natalie/16/Female
POTW symptom(s):
Team mis-diagnoses:	Cancer Alcohol abuse Fungal infection Pulmonary Edema TB
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches:
House's "Aha!" moment:	Actually, Cuddy had the Aha! moment in this episode.
POTW final diagnosis:	Eclampsia (which she got after giving birth. Cuddy told the girl that the damage done to the heart and liver was permanent and the patient was going to die.
Other / clinic patient(s):	Girl who cheated on her boyfriend and became pregnant, but House told them she had a rare condition that allowed her body to have a child while being a virgin.

BEST EPISODE MOMENTS

House in a doctors coat, and trying to be nice to all of his clinic patients.

Thirteen and Foreman kiss!

Cuddy becomes a Foster Mother to the POTW's baby and tells House she is going to adopt the baby.

HOUSE MD QUOTES

Patient: Aren’t there other ways I can get pregnant? Like sitting on a toilet seat?
House: Absolutely. There would need to be a guy sitting between you and the toilet seat, but absolutely. (mutters to himself) I was doing so well.

Cuddy: How did you check it five times? The cycler’s broken. You would’ve had to send it out and it would’ve taken…
House: Oh yeah. That does sound impossible now that I think of it. I guess the better explanation is that the paternity test showed she cheated, so I faked the whole parthenogenesis thingie.

"I gave you a Christmas present a year ago and you still haven't opened it?" "I couldn't tell there was a big expensive book in it." - Wilson and House.

House: Why don’t you hang out at the video store and tell everyone that Kevin Spacey’s Kaiser Soze? By the way, that ending made no sense at all.

Wilson: Of all the ways to mess with people, why give yourself an imaginary present?
House: Have you checked the prices for fireman strippers recently?Wilson: Yes.

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The Christmas Episode

Nov 23 2008, 11:11 AM EST by ChantalTrue

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Katie Jacobs states, something special for House & Cuddy in the Christmas Ep....

wonder what it could be? she wouldn't elaborate....

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