"Excuse me." "I've been waiting here for over an hour." "All I need is a refill on my migraine medication." " We'll get to you as soon as we can." " You can get to me now." "It'll only take you two minutes." " You're not an emergency." " This isn't an emergency room." "And it's not gonna go any faster by pissing me off." " Got a minute?" " No." "Routine checkup can wait." "What else you got?" "I'm consulting on some clinical trials that involve C.N.S. Compounds. - in this context..." " One's a new Huntington's drug." "Phase three trials are showing real results delaying neuronal degeneration." "I can probably get you in." "thanks." "following any kind of program?" "No." "Now am I looking for a consult." "I'm looking for Dr. Cuddy." "or she's under the desk." "You're gonna have to wait outside until I'm finished." "which is why" "I need you to get out and leave me alone." "Sorry." "Nice try." "Love to help." "Shut up!" " You wanted to see doctor..." " I said shut up." "and I want to know why." "now..." "Or I'm gonna start killing people." "What seems to be the problem?" "House" " Season 5 Episode 09 "Last Resort Sync:" "NIZ" "Close those blinds." "push the sofa in front of that door." "move that table in front of the other door." "Now!" "Just move it." "You don't have to point the gun man." "We're gonna do whatever you want." "we're not. especially since you've cleverly decided to take a bunch of sick people hostage." "Do it!" "My medical records." "I need you to read them." "You really think that reenacting dog day afternoon is the best way to get diagnosed?" "but... you should watch the movie all the way through." "I've been to 16 doctors in the last two years." "Had three full-body CTS and one homeopathic consult." "And all that was missing was the threat of violence." "What's missing is an answer!" "I can't breathe!" "I'm tired..." "All the time. and insomnia." "That's a cool constellation of symptoms. which is what you seem to prefer to seeing 16 more specialists." "Shut up and do your job." "225)}You barely looked at the file." "215)}No need." "Symptoms... 215)}Those are the things you keep whining about." "or you wouldn't be here." "quiet kid." "Kept to himself." "Collected comic books and missing children." "my wife feels sick to her stomach." "maybe we'll look into it." "I'll be okay. 215)}keeping an open line of communication is the best way to resolve conflict." "215)}What kind of breathing problems?" "215)}Shortness of breath." "215)}And... 215)}sharp pain when I inhale." "215)}So you figured your wife left you right?" "I rarely kidnap someone unless I've got a serious health problem." "it means you're armed 215)}`cause you're blaming something other than your health on your health." "I've never been married." " Got a match?" " Why?" "215)}Because I'd rather not stand here while you try 215)}and negotiate a hostage trade for an incentive spirometer." " I'll look in Cuddy's desk." " Stay out of the desk!" "She doesn't smoke." "He does." "I don't." " Right." "You brush your teeth with coffee grounds." "OK?" "Jerk." "215)}You figure that two people snuck weapons into the clinic today?" "I'm sorry." "It's just..." "I got a lighter." "215)}Slowly." "215)}Hold it out as far as you can." "Try to blow it out. stomach pain." "215)}An intermittent rash- Could be 100 things. 215)}it can only be pulmonary scleroderma." "215)}What final symptom?" "Those were all my symptoms." "205)}Last one is the 16 doctors who missed it." "case solved." "215)}See you on visitor's day." "215)}" " Crime scene!" " What's going on in there?" " Is everyone all right?" " About to be." "Assuming he's not lying." "But he seems like a pretty straight arrow to me." "215)}I'm gonna need some propofol to prove that 190)}it's pulmonary scleroderma." "190)\i1}" " Then we all get to go home." " Propofol?" "no guards." "No cops." "215)}" " I'll go get it." " No one's leaving." "She's not a cop?" "Dr. Cuddy brings in the drugs." "Alone." "She might be armed." "I'd have her deliver it shirtless." "Who is it?" "House." " Maybe we should wait for..." " Guys with even bigger guns?" " Who know how to talk to armed..." " Say good-bye or I shoot her." "Roll up your sleeve." "Give it to someone else first." "You're the only one who needs it." "Give it to someone else." "you can give a second dose to me." "I don't care who." "Just pick someone." "had your brilliant plan included a roomful of hostages or are already on pain killers that have fatal interactions..." "He's not on pain killers." "I heard him tell her in the clinic." "man." "Don't take it out on us." "You got a problem with doctors?" "Take it out on the doctors." "Give it to her." "She's sick." "You are a very large creep." "Take off your shirt." "Satisfied?" "Fine." "Roll up your sleeve." "You think I'm an idiot?" "!" "That's what you think?" "!" "I thought I had a little more time with a guy that size." "You're not gonna do anything." "You still need me." "Come on!" "What are you doing?" "He didn't do anything." "You're right." "I need you." "I also need you to know you can't screw with me." "It's for you." "Princeton SWAT." "dean of medicine." "but I haven't been able to make contact." "We'll handle that once we secure our perimeter and set up our positions." "I assume you mean snipers?" " We have to put an end to this." " Got a husband in there or a loved one? we'll decide when to start shooting." "House is gonna get someone killed." "I can't think of a better doctor" " to be trapped in there with him." " How'bout someone who's not gonna keep pushing the whack job's buttons until he cracks?" "It's House." "and every fellow you've had in the last five years. and a rash? do I get seven doctors attending to me?" "Dr. Robert chase." "On the off chance you have some brilliant escape plan and are the vengeful type." "You think he's the only guy in New Jersey with an unsolved illness and a pistol?" " I'm not playing this game." " Seriously?" "You're walking out?" "he's just kidding." "He's right here." "will you?" "rash." "Sounds like chronic lung infection." "Heart palpitations and fatigue could be a cancer that's spread from the lungs. - his nerves are freezing up." " I think he's going into shock." "guys with guns go first." "Next!" "The shortest distance between stomach pain and insomnia is bad circulation." "Plus troubled breathing." "Could be a heart defect." "You needed to write four things down to remember 'em?" "It's not my wall." "You're gonna get some special deliveries." "We're gonna draw blood." "Run tests for infection and cancer." "comb through his medical records." "See if any of his past 900 medications go to check for neurotoxins." "South Brunswick." "Back window's unlocked." "Giving out your address." "Clearly you're not going back there." "Means you do have an end game." "Lieutenant Bowman." "How's everyone doing in there? another guy unconscious." "not the guy we hoped." "We're gonna need someone to deliver his blood." " It's gonna be hard to play doctor..." " Shut up." "Open that blind." "Just a few inches." " Why me?" " Just open it." "Open it!" "Why me?" "Anyone can do it." "Why pick me?" "Get back!" "Get back!" "I will kill her unless you back the hell out of there now!" "Interesting." "Anybody else hear those guys outside?" "Anybody?" "He's got hyperacusis." "What does that mean?" "It means we have a favorite." "It's nerve related." "Amped-up hearing could be linked to nerve palsy." "Puff out your cheeks." "Come on." "Big mug shot smile." "Left side facial weakness." "Seventh nerve palsy." "Plus intermittent rashes." "Plus migraines." "It's post-herpetic neuralgia." "Herpetic?" "You think I have herpes?" "I'm not judging here." "This thing is just as likely to be caused by chicken pox." "I need proof now." "There is a test." "It's dangerous and painful while the treatment is safe and painless." "But you make a good point." "You need proof now." "I'll order up the test." "you won't feel it going in." "It only hurts if your diagnosis is wrong?" "Win-win." "don't hang up the phone again." " You're gonna send in..." " Capsaicin." " 200 micrograms." " And two syringes this time." "And we'll give you the blood and his records." "and no deliveries without something in return." "You've gotta give us a hostage." "You can have two." "Great." "Then I'll send an officer right in with the transfer." "Everything gets brought in by Dr. Cuddy." "I'mnotgonnalet her  do that." "First-don't use his name so much." "it just creepy." "he's not gonna shoot the one person he trusts to bring in his medication." "He's gonna shoot hostages if she doesn't bring it in." "I'll get back to you." "The guy's demanding that you do all the transfers." "Okay." "Okay?" " What am I supposed to say?" " You're supposed to say no." "It's not your job." "if you have stakes in this that then I can't trust you." "Got it." "I'm okay." "Can you tell him I'm coming in now?" "Who's taking the first dose?" "Anybody here got a long-standing case of neuralgia that's killed their nerves so this won't hurt at all?" "How bad does it hurt? - and I can handle pain." " How old are you?" "The guy's got a gun." "I think that covers the parental consent issue." "And that stuff can also cause nerve and muscle damage." "I'm not taking that crap." " Come on." " You have to." "It's the rules." "I'll do it." "This is a level of risk taking beyond anonymous girl-on-girl action." "They're patients." "I'm a doctor." "drug-unfriendly illness." "Everything's not some fascinating character flaw." "This is a genetic flaw." "This is your huntington's speaking." "This is you waving a white flag at the world." "I have a shortened lifespan." "Another reason why I'm objectively the right choice." "I would have laid money you had herpes." "Your turn." "Why are we here? lost love." "That just leaves..." "Work?" "You're defined by your work." "kept missing time." "Couldn't focus." "Maybe you made a huge mistake..." "Got fired." "I just want an answer." "I know." "I'm asking why." "Guy knew he wasn't coming back." "Everything's laid out for us." "I'll check for toxins in the kitchen." "000 in unpaid medical bills." "you don't see me acting like a lunatic." "but you've got millions of people thousands of dollars in debt because they're sick..." "At least one of them's gonna do something inexcusable." "Especially if it works." "White blood cell count's normal." "It's not infection. or he's got cancer." "thick neck." " Classic signs of an upper-lobe tumor." " Or she's just ugly." "There are also signs of an adrenal problem." "It's his heart." " You can't be sure what..." " His neck." "Distended jugular." " What are you doing?" " I am going to try to strangle you" " faster than you can pull a trigger." " He needs to check your pulse." "It's racing. 160." "We need to get paddles." "Or maybe we could just do nothing." "If I get any weaker..." "And they don't fix it..." "I'll shoot..." " You!" " Don't." " He didn't mean..." " Shut up!" "All of you." "What are..." "What are you doing?" " What are you doing?" " Carotid massage..." "Gotta slow your heart." "It's 200." "get the paddles." "Whole point of those things is to make your muscles contract." "They don't discriminate against trigger fingers." "Nobody gets my gun." "Send in paddles!" " Don't!" " Get the damn paddles!" "Or I'll shoot you." "Threatening to shoot the guy who's diagnosing you makes a lot of sense." "not so much." " Give him your gun so he can save you." " Just let him die." "Stop." "We can cardiovert chemically." "he'll kill someone." " I get the drugs." " Don't move!" "{ o one goes anywhere!" "} There are plenty of other people you can't shoot." "come here." "All right... 30 seconds." "She's gonna go." "She's gonna come back." "She should go." "He'll kill him." "But not her." "That your version of morality? sign your donor card and kill yourself." "Shoot me." " You really want" " Yes." "She just needs time!" "She needs more time to find the right... time..." "It's me." "She takes it first." "Adenosine slows the heart." "if it's beating fast like yours." "like hers." " Following the math on this?" " She takes everything I take." "I don't want anything that cross-reacts." "The martyr's heart is beating dangerously slow." "Are we good to go?" "Your heart's back to normal." "No tachycardia." "No sign of a heart defect at all." "But you're sweating." "I nearly had a heart attack." "You're surprised I'm sweating?" "but not the other." "What does that mean?" "A tumor is pressing on your sympathetic nerves." "You have lung cancer." "Pulse is down below 50." "So's her I.Q." "Help her up." "Get her heart going faster." "I need proof it's cancer." "Of course you do!" "It's gotta be a pancoast tumor." "seventh-nerve palsy." "He's sweating on one side of his face." " Everything okay in there?" " Take your time." "It's not like I've got a gun to my head." "Lung cancer usually shows up lower than the seventh nerve." " Did you check his throat?" " Spit on the floor." "What?" "I can't tell Cuddy that it was medically necessary." "I'm gonna ask you to piss on her chair next." "Dry mouth." "His parotid glands aren't working." "it's a pancoast tumor that's metastasized." "Feel that." "Right there." "there must be a test." " You just did it." " What about an x-ray or something?" "Good idea." "damn." "I left my CT machine in my other pants." "How many hostages do you think it would cost me for a trip to radiology?" "So..." "What made you snap?" " Hmos?" " Shut up." "You saw 16 doctors." " How bad could they have been?" " Shut up!" "Humiliation?" "Doctors treating you like a piece of meat?" "Too many fingers and tubes up your holes." "You hate doctors." "You want to take back control." "I apologize for the fact that you are a piece of meat." "I just want an answer." "That's all." "Everyone stays in here with me." "get it now." "Move around." "Anyone moves..." "I fire." "That's not all." "Curiosity's not enough." "There's gotta be a deeper reason." "You never did anything just because you had to know?" "Never shot anyone." "You're not me." "This is my body." "This is my life." "And there's a truth out there." "I'd rather rot in jail knowing than..." "I can't handle not knowing." "Hold that." "you gotta give me the gun." " What's this?" " Starburst artifact." "The metal from the gun is ruining the image." "Show him." "Starburst. we're not lying." "So you have two choices." "You can give me the gun and get your answer." "Or you can shoot me." "I'm not gonna give you the gun." " Why did he release you?" " House got him to give up his gun." "We just ran." " Why are you still here?" " Curious." "right?" "They're gonna be here at any moment." "Just show me the tumor." "There isn't one." "I don't know what you have." "So..." "It's over." "Thanks for trying." "You had four theories." "You ruled out four theories." "Maybe no one can cure me." "He overpowered me and got the gun back." "You're a coward." "You need to know everything because you're afraid to be wrong. that you'll risk other people's lives." "I'm arrogant." "You're the coward." "You're terrified of death." "You just want to cheat it by making it come sooner." "Gives you the illusion of control." "Can I go?" "Sorry." "We might need you." "How do they expect me to think?" " Is he lying?" " Why would he do that?" "hostages start to root for the captor." "defiant kind." "Mic the door." "Get a frame charge." "I hope your boyfriend knows what he's doing." " Are you insane?" " He's quick for a sick guy. tachycardia." "Long passes." "Anything." " Go." " I don't believe it." "Chase was right." "You're gonna kill someone." "I don't want to be a part of it." "Loa loa filariasis." "You ever been to cameroon or on the ogowe river?" " Next." " Could be Q fever" " if he's had exposure to goats." " No goats." "Histiocytosis X explains the lung involvement and..." "We have a new symptom." "favoring his left ear." "Means he's partially deaf in the right." "he had superhero hearing." "fluctuating hearing." "Even increased aggression and risk-taking." "I'm doing this by choice." "It's not a symptom." "We'll keep that between us till you talk to your lawyer." "I need dexamethasone and enough time to provoke a respiratory reaction" " and confirm Cushing's syndrome." " You need more time?" "we're not negotiating with you." "we're through negotiating." " I've still got three hostages left." "I'll give you one." "And no more testing drugs on a sick doctor." "Fine." "Send in the drugs." "come here." "you can't... this will slow your breathing." "Give it to her first." "Those were not the terms." "I lied." "These drugs could be fake." "Why would I do that?" "I gave you back the gun!" "You wouldn't." "They would." "She has Huntington's." "it could screw up her liver. - on the other hand..." " Don't do..." "How long do you have to live?" "ten years." "Killing her is your chance to get personal?" "Huntington's doesn't have..." "Doesn't have a cure?" "So if we get out of here... she wouldn't be standing in line waiting for you to order up more drugs." "Take a deep breath." "Not knowing what was wrong with me..." "Made me miserable." "Maybe that's insane." "Doing this..." "Insane." "But I had something to gain." "You can't take risks with no upside at all." "taking crazy risks or taking advice on crazy risks from a crazed risk-taker." "Heart's racing." "Fever." "And your breathing's unchanged." " That means..." " Means I was wrong." "Her kidneys are shutting down because of the meds you made her take." "We have to get her out of here." "The dexamethasone but not the patient's." "Why?" "He's been on 50 different medications." "but something's protecting them." "I need to slap you." "For diagnostic purposes." "I'd say I needed to kick you in the groin." "That twitch is Chvostek's sign." "Don't ask me how Chvostek discovered it." "He has calcium deficiency." "Drugs that block calcium tend to shield against kidney damage." "He's been on protein pump inhibitors for years for his stomach pain." "Those drugs have been protecting his kidneys for years." "He has something that has a long incubation period." "Something that should have wrecked his kidneys. and weak blood." " Leishmaniasis." " Would make perfect sense if our patient was an arabian bedouin." "Melioidosis." "spreads to the heart. you'd know that our patient has never been to a tropical climate!" "Is he absolutely sure of that?" "Mexico." "Costa rica." " You've never been" " I've never been south of Florida." "You idiot." "Florida counts?" "not to the supreme court." "But it's warm enough for germs." "You keep blaming doctors when you can't even give a halfway decent history." "Negotiation's over." "It will be as soon as you get us three grams of ceftazidime." "he gets all the medicine he wants." "You can have Dr. House." " Why are you getting rid of me?" " I need to trade you for the answer." " You're gonna give her the meds." " No... give 'em to me instead." "She's taken everything I've taken." "The combination of meds could knock me out." "Her kidneys are failing. she'll be dead by the time they get the cuffs on you." " I need my answer." " Your obsession is gonna kill her!" "Your obsession gave me back the gun!" "It is pointless to give her those drugs." "this is your last diagnosis." "Only if you're right." "get out of here." "Shut up." "I'm not leaving." "Who's the martyr now?" "Either the drugs kill me or he kills me." "Doesn't seem to make a lot of difference." "You really don't feel bad about killing me?" "Not if you don't feel bad about killing yourself." "you do." "You just don't have the nerve to actually do it." "it is." "'cause I've got a gun." "or..." "Please." "Sometimes you just have to trust people." "I don't want to die!" "I don't want to die!" "Why are you still alive?" "He didn't make me take it." "your kidneys will be okay." "I'm sorry I backed out of the differential." "About that Huntington's drug trial..." "Test confirmed melioidosis." "Easy to miss on a stain." " Scans and x-rays vary widely." " Is that all you care about? you enabling him every step. he'd be dead." "Good thing you enabled my every medical move." "You think I handled this differently because you were in here?" "I don't know." "Let's try it again without me." "This is why you and I can't be a... thing." "If you're suggesting that you screwed up I don't know how I can help you." "'cause the only change you can make from a non-relationship is..." "You want a relationship?" "no." "Just trying to follow your logic." "0000"