"Hey." "(beringer) hey, i'll be right there." "Take your time." "you mind if i get a drink of water?" "no, not at all." "help yourself." "[water pouring]" "[chuckles]" "Not exactly beach reading, huh?" "Do you understand any of that stuff?" "Well, most of these i can get through," "But, uh, that one?" "can't get past the dust jacket." "where's ted?" "laid off." "Company's going with per diem workers, you know." "You don't have to pay overtime, health insurance." "Wow. that sucks." "I don't mind. really, i'm not a 40-hour-a-week kind of guy." "Uh... if i could just get you to sign." "Right. um..." "Hang on one second." "i want to show you something." "[chuckles]" "(sidas) [coughs]" "You're gonna laugh, but, uh, i swear, this guy james sidas looks exactly like you." "Wait, hang on a second." "This guy is you." "i saw a profile nova did on you." "you're, like, the youngest guy to ever graduate mit?" "Standards were lower back then." "You got an iq of 178." "published three books and 35 papers all before the age of 18?" "Yeah, uh, sorry, i really need to get going." "So if i could just get you to sign off." "All right. i'll trade you." "i'll sign if you'll sign." "i'm not that guy anymore." "come on, man." "This is the most exciting thing" "That's happened in this place in years." "[sighs] [chuckles] come on." "don't be like that." "i'm paying you a compliment." "It's..." "It's not that, um..." "My hand's not working." "Hey, hey. whoa, whoa." "You okay?" "No." "[massive attack's teardrop]" "$2.32." "put it on dr. wilson's tab." "I don't know who dr. wilson is, and we don't have tabs." "Do you know who i am?" "No." "good." "But, sir" "I got it. it's all right." "Thanks." "Although i should make it clear" "That for two bucks all you get is top half, over the clothes." "Any plans for turkey day?" "Go to my sister's for dinner. why?" "Just making pleasant conversation." "I've heard tell of folks doing such." "How 'bout we talk about this?" "15-year-old." "Recurring migraines and blurred vision." "Great." "Really?" "sure." "There's no point in putting a band together" "If we're not gonna play any gigs." "Hold on." "take this instead." "I was expecting more resistance." "That was the old me." "New me is static-guarded and friction-free." "Enjoy your drumstick." "Ready to save some lives?" "32-year-old courier." "Ataxia, anemia, mild cough." "Ct was clear." "tox screen negative." "What're you so excited about?" "Why wouldn't i be?" "got all my starters back, plus a couple of first-class free agents." "I feel like mike tomlin." "probably not as much as you do," "But you get the idea." "Ataxia and anemia could be viral. maybe west nile?" "No fever, lymph glands were normal." "Anybody seen wilson?" "Hyperbilirubinemia?" "Yeah, like that's a real thing." "Meningitis." "Anemia's a stretch." "page dr. james wilson at 558." "(taub) what about sickle cell?" "Guy's white." "Whites can get it." "Come on. we get the tennis elbow and all the money." "Let them have sickle cell." "Ttp's a better fit." "he's right." "What, you thought i wouldn't agree with him?" "ever?" "You didn't agree with him." "that's why he dumped you." "Oh, sorry. it was mutual." "We're cool, okay?" "nobody's angry, nobody's hurt." "(house) sounds passionate." "Ttp makes sense to me." "Not to me." "what if he had a history of" "One big, happy family." "Ttp it is." "Confirm with a blood smear" "And adamts13 antibodies." "(voice on pa) dr. james wilson, please dial 558." "Can you cure it?" "Ttp isn't completely curable," "But the symptoms are manageable with the proper treatment." "Is this the treatment?" "No, first we need to do a blood test to confirm the diagnosis." "But he's gonna get better." "honey, that's what she's saying." "I'm gonna be okay." "don't worry." "How can't i worry?" "you're in the hospital." "I'm gonna be fine." "(taub) you're sure everything was fine before?" "Given your educational background," "You'd think you could at least find a job with a medical plan." "(sidas) we have money." "don't worry." "(taub) it's not that, it's just" "I want to make sure we have all the information we should." "My husband wouldn't lie." "It's okay, baby." "he's just doing his job." "He just wants to make sure i'm not" "A secret drug addict or an alcoholic." "Or hiding a history of mental illness?" "I work as a courier because i want to." "it's easy." "i don't have to think." "It's too hard to think." "No, just unpleasant." "no matter what i did, it really wasn't good enough." "then i met dara." "She didn't care how smart i was" "Or what i might accomplish in the future." "it was the first time in my life that i was really happy." "So i decided i would rather be happy than smart." "[door opens]" "You all right?" "Sorry. i know you're not okay." "i mean..." "She left." "went back to chicago." "Any chance of reconciliation?" "Nope." "Sure you don't want to grab a drink after work?" "Figured we could talk about the perils of dating doctors." "I wasn't dating cameron." "I'm sorry." "i didn't mean to" "I know what you're doing and i appreciate it," "But i've got it under control." "that's what you said about the dibala incident." "And obviously you didn't." "And talking about it obviously made things so much better." "Didn't you think there was something weird about that guy?" "Not really. in fact, he seemed pretty normal." "That's my point." "Guys with iqs off the chart are usually completely... abnormal." "Speaking of house, why'd you come back?" "I mean, you must've taken a major pay cut." "Life's too short to worry about money." "Your wife feel the same way?" "She's happy to cut back on some things..." "Like sex." "Why'd you come back?" "why wouldn't i?" "Like foreman said, nobody's angry." "nobody's hurt." "Schistocytes." "That means ttp." "which is what we thought it'd be." "Remember?" "this is a good thing." "this is an easy thing." "And house doesn't take cases that are easy, which means it's not ttp," "And he wants to see how long it takes us to catch up to him." "Schistocytes suggest ttp." "Good. now what?" "Normally, we'd try plasmapheresis," "But the patient has an albumin colloid allergy." "So?" "So that means we have to give him a splenectomy." "Yes, it does." "wilson?" "(man) no." "do you know where he is?" "not in here." "(thirteen) you're sure you want us to take out his spleen." "(house) is that what a "splenectomy" is?" "I thought it was an ice cream treat." "Yuck." "So you do really think he has ttp?" "you're not just testing us." "Yeah, like i have time for games." "So why did you really take this case?" "Isn't it obvious?" "I'm fishing for a dinner invite." "[toilet flushes]" "Missed you at breakfast this morning." "And lunch." "I had a dentist appointment." "you know where cuddy's sister lives?" "You see, this is why i don't answer your urgent pages." "Because they're not urgent pages." "I've decided what i'm gonna do about cuddy and lucas." "I'm going to break them up." "of course." "it's given me a purpose in life, a goal, a raison d'etre." "albeit a selfish, mean-spirited, childish raison." "I think of it more as benevolent." "There's only two possible outcomes for their relationship." "They split, or they stay together forever." "If it's split," "Then the sooner it happens the better for everyone." "If it's stay, then my meddling won't matter." "[elevator bell dings]" "In fact, if they survive it," "It might even make their bond stronger." "How you manage to elevate your narcissism" "To beneficence is masterful." "Indinner." "Just 'cause i'm sentimental." "Dinner is at cuddy's sister's, which brings us back" "House, don't." "I fished for an invite." "cuddy wasn't biting," "So i'll have to crash." "I have no idea where cuddy's sister lives." "Ask and thou shalt receive." "You can't honestly think i would help you with this." "Not help me, help cuddy." "remember?" "If you don't get it," "I'll be forced to use more nefarious methods." "Happy holidays." "Huh. looks great." "So he's all better?" "Probably be on some long-term meds," "And he's about ten ounces lighter." "Other than that, won't even know it's gone." "Did you hear that, honey?" "you're gonna be just fine." "When can i get out of here?" "Everything checks out, less than a week." "good, 'cause those boxes" "Aren't gonna deliver colors." "Colors?" "green..." "And orange..." "And ceiling." "Mr. sidas, do you know where you are?" "Chewing." "Jimmy?" "[monitor beeps]" "Shirt..." "He's stroking." "call the cath lab now." "Oh, my god." "Blood flow's restored." "there appears to be no permanent damage." "Good news is it turns out to be an exciting, action-packed" "Thrill ride of a case after all." "Bad news is we took out his spleen for nothing." "Thank god he's still got his appendix and tonsils." "so what looks like ttp, acts like ttp," "Tests like ttp, but isn't ttp?" "Cns vasculitis explains ataxia, and anemia, maybe the stroke." "Ct would've picked up something." "Hi, i'm greg house, a friend of your sister lisa." "Could be dic." "Lisa cuddy." "sorry. wrong number." "You gonna ask?" "I'm sure he's got a perfectly logical explanation." "Can't be dic." "no hemorrhaging." "And i'm calling all 12 julia cuddys" "Within a 100-mile radius." "See?" "completely reasonable." "acquired pancytopenia." "wbc's normal." "Hey, julia." "you're, uh-- you're lisa's sister, right?" "You sure?" "'cause you are number 12." "Maybe she got married and changed her name." "Otis campbell." "Probably kept her first name." "(foreman) the mnemonic for toxins." "O for organophosphates, t for tricyclics, i for insulin." "Or as i remember it, "moist place."" "That's "place" spelled with two "l"s and a silent "b."" "Except the tox screen was negative." "Standard tox screen--unstandard toxins don't show up on it." "You two do an unstandard tox screen," "You two search his home." "Otis campbell's got to be hiding somewhere." "Smartest guy in the world, and this is the best he can do." "(chase) maybe he's doing what he loves." "Delivering boxes was a childhood dream." "Soda, processed cheese," "Marshmallow spread." "Nothing in here is capable of going bad." "Ibuprofen, eye drops, cough syrup." "You want to come over for thanksgiving dinner?" "You never asked me over before. why now?" "I just never thought of it." "But now that we're both on the team..." "And my wife left me?" "Is that a bad reason?" "No. but, uh, i'm okay." "on both the food and friends." "(taub) mice." "Leptospirosis could explain the ataxia and the anemia." "But not without a fever." "You have someone to talk to?" "Yeah." "who?" "What, you want names?" "look, you lost a friend." "i get it." "But i'm not kutner." "Good, 'cause kutner never used to come over for dinner." "I'm gonna pretend there's something interesting over here" "So you'll shut up." "Actually, there is." "He's got sketches of atomic structure, this one's full of math proofs." "They're all old." "nothing since '96." "this isn't some homework assignment his parents forced on him." "This is passion." "why would he want to stop doing this?" "Marriage destroyed his soul." "Ooh." "Or maybe it was just the booze." "Thank you, doctor, you've been wonderful." "As have you, diana." "be well." "(diana) thank you." "You're helping." "Voluntarily." "He's done six already." "(house) figured you might be getting backed up." "The holiday season and all." "So which one of us slipped through the wormhole" "Into an alternate dimension?" "I have always loved to travel." "and paint." "Lucky number seven." "House..." "I know you're trying to be nice," "But i also know you're doing it because you have an agenda." "Wow. sexy and smart." "lucas is a lucky guy." "The question is, is this a bad agenda or a good one?" "either you're trying to screw with me," "Or you're trying to show me that you've really changed." "So which is it?" "i'm dying to know." "What are you doing for thanksgiving dinner?" "Peace in our time." "It cost me 45 minutes of clinic duty." "This is a three-hour drive." "have you considered the possibility" "That this is a fake address?" "You think she'd send me to a vacant lot" "For thanksgiving dinner?" "If she's smart." "She is." "That's why i ran it through motor vehicles." "Good as gold." "This cannot end well." "I don't want it to end well." "you should come as my date." "You're not gonna want to miss this." "The unstandard tox screen was as clean as the standard one." "But we found vodka stashed away in his place." "What's with the ties?" "Makes me look adorably non-threatening." "Party or party hearty?" "Liver failure would explain all the symptoms." "Party." "So guy's a brainiac, and his secret drug of choice is booze?" "That's kind of pedestrian, don't you think?" "Talk to him." "he's a pedestrian guy." "(foreman) with pedestrian alcoholism." "Liver biopsy can wait until after thanksgiving." "Yes, assuming the biopsy's gonna tell us" "Exactly what we expect it to tell us," "It can wait till after new year's." "on the other hand, taub and thirteen can do the liver biopsy today." "Why us?" "Juniority." "welcome back." "What do you want us to do?" "Same as me." "have a happy thanksgiving." "I'm not an alcoholic." "Yes, you just hide vodka around the house for fun." "I drink, just not a lot." "Since when do you drink at all?" "I have one shot when i get home from work, baby, that's it." "So why lie to your wife about it?" "(sidas) because it's not important." "What difference does it make?" "That you drink every day by yourself?" "I have one lousy drink, okay?" "Have you ever seen me drunk?" "ever?" "No, but you've obviously been" "Drinking enough to hurt your liver." "my liver is fine." "hold still." "There we go." "This test is a waste of time." "[james taylor's games people play]" "¶ ¶ [sings fanfare]" "Hey." "want some wine?" "¶ ¶" "All right. very good." "here, we got this." "string beans?" "¶ la-la, la, la-la, la, la-la ¶" "¶ la-la, la, la-la, la, la-la ¶" "¶ la-la, la, la, la ¶" "¶ la-la, la, la-la, la ¶" "¶ ¶" "Julia?" "no, i'm the house sitter." "They're in hawaii for the week." "¶ oh, the games people play ¶" "¶ every night and every day ¶" "¶ never meaning what they say... ¶" "Happy thanksgiving." "Happy thanksgiving, you guys." "You must be dr. house." "I was told i should offer you a turkey sandwich." "¶ talkin' 'bout you and me ¶" "¶ and the games people play ¶" "¶ oh, now ¶" "¶ la-la, la, la-la, la, la-la ¶" "¶ la-la, la, la-la, la, la-la... ¶" "Tuna salad. closest thing they had to turkey." "Thanks." "But i'm hoping i can still get out of here" "To catch the tail end of dinner with my wife." "anything?" "No cirrhosis, no scarring, no infection." "Blood panel?" "Elevated albumen: 7.2." "That's it?" "Everything else is fine." "So it was a waste of time." "unless it's not his liver that's elevating his albumen." "it's his kidneys." "renal failure." "explains the anemia." "If he developed hyperkalemia, that would explain the ataxia." "but the stroke..." "Ischemic encephalopathy." "Nice." "Except now we have to stay and test his kidneys." "Key under the mat." "There's no key under the mat." "oh, right." "You need to replace one of your kitchen windows." "i helped myself to your wine cellar." "I'll leave a buck on the way out." "you're not right for her." "And you are?" "Less wrong." "Ah." "Then i started thinking..." "What was i saying?" "You were saying it's late, and..." "She invited me." "she didn't know if she should." "She was trying to figure out if i really have changed or..." "If i'm just the same old s.o.b. i've always been." "But she always gave me a chance." "832 chances." "and i used up every one of them." "832's her limit." "Make a note." "How 'bout a cup of coffee?" "It's just instant, but..." "I'm pathetic." "I don't deserve her." "Okay, okay, all right." "Uh, here." "[exhales]" "Maybe you should crash here." "It's a sofa bed." "I love her." "Rhabdomyolysis." "No edema." "I trust you had a wonderful thanksgiving?" "I don't remember." "So i guess i did." "Multiple myeloma." "No bone pain." "You got drunk alone?" "No." "That would be a sign that i need to talk to you about this." "Polycystic kidney disease?" "(thirteen) no utis or flank pain." "Well, what if his cough is more than just a cold?" "He hasn't been coughing." "It's in his history, and we found" "A new bottle of cough syrup in his medicine cabinet." "Cough could mean goodpasture syndrome." "Affects kidneys and lungs." "Start him on immunosuppressors and dialysis." "We'll do it after we run it by house." "(foreman) he's not answering his pager." "Looks like he's leaving it up to us." "Us, not you." "(taub) and since we don't disagree," "You can save your fight for another case." "How long do i have to be hooked up for?" "Four to six hours a day until we see an improvement." "What if you don't?" "Then we keep doing it until he gets a transplant." "you were sure it was his spleen," "And then you were sure it was his liver, which he told you it wasn't, and now you're sure it's his kidneys." "(thirteen) it's definitely his kidneys." "We just don't know why it's his kidneys." "Any word from cameron?" "Nope." "I started seeing a counselor after my diagnosis." "She's really good." "Why does everyone assume that everyone works" "In the exact same way?" "We pretty much do." "Our egos want us to think we're all snowflakes," "No two alike, but really we all want the same things." "Love, forgiveness..." "Chocolate." "Well, what i want is for everyone to leave me alone." "[elevator bell dings] how do i get that?" "What did you say to lucas last night?" "I know there were a lot of consonants." "I don't remember how i got here, never mind what i said." "well, i just talked to him." "And he said he thought it'd be better" "If we stopped seeing each other." "Said he didn't realize" "How much there still was between you and me," "And he didn't want to get caught in the middle of us." "I was drunk." "Whatever i said, he can't really-- i've had enough, house." "I actually felt bad about scamming you." "But then you lived down to my expectations and then some." "There is no "us."" "There never will be." "It worked." "Please tell me you're talking about a medical procedure." "They split up this morning." "You're the very first one i've told." "And you think she'll start dating you?" "I'm sure she hates you." "But her eyes say," ""how will i ever pay you for that tennis lesson?"" "[sighs] what a shame." "they'll get over it." "I meant for you." "I'll get over it faster than they do." "Can't believe that lucas fell for my" ""i never say this because it's so personal" "Except that i'm drunk" profession of love." "Second-oldest trick in the book." "You're right. it's his fault because he's stupid." "He certainly is." "You're stupid." "Well, i'm rubber, and you're glue." "He's not pedestrian, he's stupid." "At least stupider than he should be." "He's a dxm junkie." "Dextromethorphan." "as in cough syrup?" "He wasn't taking it for his cough." "It's cheap, available at your corner drug store," "And taken in high doses, it's a dumb drug." "Dumb drug." "well, he obviously hasn't-- he's smart compared to you." "He's a moron compared to what he was." ""robotripping" lowers the iq." "it also causes brain damage." "Unless taken with the proper amount of ethanol." "About one drink per day." "he wasn't abusing the booze" "And taking the cough remedy medicinally." "He was abusing the cough meds," "And taking the booze medicinally." "Bravo." "Why would you do that?" "If you had a" "A gift, why would you just throw it away?" "I didn't throw it away." "I just turned it down a little." "When my brain was on low," "Everything didn't seem so miserable anymore." "Life was bearable." "I thought that i did that." "You do." "(house) long-term abuse of dxm explains all your symptoms." "Even--oh, sweet irony-- your cough." "whole bowel lavage, activated charcoal." "we get all traces of it out of your system." "You'll be the unhappiest little courier in no time." "I don't think i can live without it." "You'd be surprised what you can live without." "Make him a genius." "I can't believe it." "he looks so much better already." "we were thinking about calling gq." "Lavage has removed all traces of dxm from his body." "You're drawing again." "what is it?" "just doodles." "no, it's not." "Come on, jimmy, i want to know." "This is a toroidal helicon plasma device." "It determines the amount of energy" "Expended by the subatomic particles." "i'm thirsty. could you get me a juice or something?" "Yeah, of course." "I'm so happy, jimmy." "I told you." "Do you know what the difference between her iq and mine is?" "91 points." "In relation, she's closer to a gibbon than she is to me." "Having sex with her would be an act of bestiality." "I assume you didn't marry her for her skill in applied physics." "I just wish she could spell it." "You really think you'd be happier" "With someone who could spell better?" "No." "That's the problem." "i'm the one who's a jerk." "But i owe her everything." "I want to want to be with her." "And when i'm clear, i..." "I can't." "Fainting, dizziness, shortness of breath?" "sometimes." "Is the wait always this long?" "Only on days that end in "day."" "Diarrhea, weight loss?" "A bit." "Don't you ever shave?" "Yeah. once a week." "how 'bout you?" "Stomach pain, tenderness?" "every now and then." "Are you this rude to all your patients?" "Oh, yes. don't think you're special." "So we've got a lot of vague, unverifiable symptoms." "Yet all the physical signs are perfectly normal." "What do you think i have?" "I'm not sure, but i think it's..." "A lame job." "What?" "You're a rat." "Insurance company sends you out" "To check on the quality of medical care." "that's ridiculous." "Is it really?" "'cause you seem a lot more interested" "In asking questions than answering them." "Handwriting on your medical records is obviously" "Not a doctor's 'cause i can almost read it." "And when you went out for a urine sample," "I looked in your purse." "Found the list of questions you were supposed to memorize" "Before you came to the clinic." "I was looking for gum." "You're an ass." "Put it in your report." "I tell you what." "I'll give you 20 bucks if you'll pretend that i'm not" "When we leave this room." "Remember, first ice, then heat." "If you have any problems, don't hesitate to call me." "Thank you, dr. house." "Wait a second." "where's cuddy?" "Gone for the day." "(house) hey, hey, hey!" "Sorry." "I can't remember if i've mocked you yet" "For being a male nurse." "I think this counts." "Fair enough." "That isn't the man i married." "Yes, he is." "He's just smarter." "give him some time." "i'm sure" "He hates me." "his body is going through withdrawal." "He's adjusting." "maybe he never loved me." "not really." "Maybe we never really had anything at all." "(sidas) somebody help!" "I can't feel my legs." "i can't feel my legs." "Anywhere." "Nothing." "We have to talk about this." "It's late. i'm tired." "I know it's a big pay cut," "Bubut i'll always have the chance to make money." "i won't always have the chance to do this job." "That's what you think?" "that it's about the money?" "So it's that i didn't consult you before i took the job?" "That was offensive, but it's not about that either." "so then..." "Can you give me the first letter?" "When we got married," "You were an intern working 30-hour shifts doing grunt work." "and we both put up with it because we knew that it was leading to something better." "in your private practice, you are the boss." "You call the shots," "But now you're 40 years old, you're still doing grunt work." "That's what this is about?" "you think i'm a wuss?" "He made you miss thanksgiving dinner." "[pager beeps]" "(thirteen) vitamin b12 deficiency?" "Gives us anemia, numbness." "(house) not a stroke." "if he has a vascular malformation" "Anemia's not macrocytic." "Sorry to inconvenience you." "dying patients can be so thoughtless." "Don't." "Great comeback." "is that oscar wilde?" "come on, people." "bone marrow malignancy." "Wouldn't produce schistocytes." "Lupus." "Gee, thanks for coming in." "ana was negative." "what about you?" "got any predictable drivel you'd like to add?" "I think they've given you enough already." "(house) well, at least they're trying." "They're not just sitting there like roadkill." "give me something." "Give me something, or i'll get your ex-smarter half on the phone and ask her." "house." "You're gonna be pressing charges?" "Against the ottoman i tripped over?" "against chase." "I'm pretty sure the ottoman was acting alone." "You free for dinner this weekend?" "At least three other people saw him do it." "Mass hysteria." "either night?" "I can't have doctors punching each other out." "Oh, my god, who got punched?" "And more importantly, for chase's sake," "I need to know if he's able to handle himself or if i should be getting him some help." "Chase couldn't have punched anyone." "he was with me when i tripped over the ottoman." "If you're not planning on eating this weekend, maybe a movie?" "I'm not doing this, house." "it's not fun anymore." "Just do your job." "[door closes]" "I need your help." "What happened to your face?" "I was mowing the lawn when the phone rang." "you're a computer." "i'm gonna feed you data," "And you analyze it." "What, are you gonna feed me 20 years of medical knowledge too?" "It's not gonna work." "I know." "But i don't have anyone else to ask." "It's lonely, isn't it?" "It's not that bad." "Then you're not that smart." "You ever tried to kill yourself?" "Not quickly." "i did." "12 years ago i jumped off" "The top of my eight-story building" "Into a dumpster bin the day before pickup." "i broke my collarbone, my leg, and three ribs." "When i was in the hospital they put me on narcotics" "And suddenly everything was just better." "i didn't feel isolated or lonely." "that's where i met my wife." "She was so happy." "And dumb." "And i was..." "Smart... and miserable." "you tell me who the genius is." "i fell in love with her buzzed out of my head," "And i knew i wanted to stay that way forever." "enjoy." "[chuckles]" "Easier on your conscience if i die an idiot?" "What's a conscience?" "Which ribs... did you break in the fall?" "They on the left side?" "Yeah, bottom three." "that was 12 years ago." "This probably cost me my marriage," "So it better be awesome." "Ferrous oxide contrast?" "(house) gets absorbed by the spleen." "Unless he doesn't have one." "In which case it's absorbed by the liver, and fries that." "You're killing him?" "You think i opened him up and didn't take out his spleen?" "All organs do look kind of the same--red and squishy." "Oh, my god." "Accessory spleens." "Okay, that is amazing." "12 years, eight stories, and a dumpster ago, he broke three ribs," "Damaged his spleen." "Bits of it split off," "Circulated through his bloodstream" "Until they landed and attached somewhere else." "So it is ttp." "I just didn't remove..." "All of his spleens." "16 splenectomies." "Pretty sure he gets a set of steak knives with that." "(chase) i can outrun you." "Sorry about the nose." "and the eye. and the, uh..." "Eyebrow." "Guess i deserved it." "Well, if i thought that, i wouldn't be apologizing." "Your fist slipped?" "Everybody kept bugging me, asking if i was okay." "So you busted my nose to keep people off your back." "Pretty much." "Making people even more worried about you." "maybe." "But at least they're not talking to me about it." "Fair enough." "Cheers." "Thank you." "Don't be so grateful." "You'll be delivering packages for 70 years to pay for it." "Well, uh, thanks for our talk." "it's been a while since i had a stimulating conversation." "So what're you gonna do?" "Go back to my life." "Which one?" "The one that has my wife in it." "(taub) robotripping." "How's she feel about that?" "well, she doesn't have to know." "It's worked for 12 years." "Tell your brain i said good-bye." "Einstein's giving himself a lobotomy," "And you're cool with that?" "Ignorance is bliss." "Hold that pose." "[beeps, clicks]" "I'll start with t-shirts and mugs," "And see how it goes." "Home early." "(rachel) what happened to him?" "You beat up house?" "Just one right hook." "Why?" "what happened?" "you were right." "I told him we need to lay down some ground rules, got a little heated." "That's not what i meant." "Is he okay?" "are you gonna be fired?" "arrested?" "Everything's fine." "Wow." "Dr. cuddy." "Can we at least be civil?" "How's your nose?" "It's okay." "Does your kid like animals?" "I got tickets to that holiday carnival." "I hear they have a nice petting zoo." "I think i was pretty clear before." "I don't mean with me." "Here. take 'em. enjoy." "No, thanks." "They're not fake." "i didn't steal them." "One of the nurses was selling 'em for her kid's scout trip." "I know it doesn't make things right between us," "But i just wanted to do something nice." "I don't want them." "Okay." "I'll see you tomorrow." "They didn't split up." "She wouldn't take the tickets." "Of course." "Windtalker code for "we never split up."" "House, she told you multiple times" "She wants nothing to do with you." "I wasn't gonna be there." "She just felt guilty that i felt guilty, so she couldn't take them." "Either that or she didn't want to appease you." "These weren't reparations." "Just a simple gesture of remorse," "And she slapped it down." "They didn't break up." "She just wanted me to think that so i'd back off." "Dare i ask what you're gonna do?" "Nothing." "I said they'd either break up or they'd stay together." "They didn't break up." "And you're okay with that?" "It is what it is." "Good for you." "Aah." "[james taylor's enditol]" "¶ ¶" "House knows i lied." "Why?" "what'd he say?" "Nothing." "i could just tell." "You want to stage another breakup?" "No." "Oh, hi." "It seems like he's gonna leave us alone." "Why would he do that?" "I'm not completely sure." "So, we have his blessing?" "I guess so." "Maybe House isn't so bad after all." "That would be nice, wouldn't it?"