"Follow my finger." "Adam." "Show me... a bicycle." "Eyes here." "Adam." "Show me a bicycle." "No,buddy,that's a ball." "Adam,look at me." "Are you hungry?" "Show me what you wantfor lunch." "Still drawing those linesinstead of looking at the cards." "more juice?" "If he wants more juice,he has to ask for it." "Adam." "Buddy,eyes here." "he's tired,dom." "Wouldn't be if westuck to the schedule." "Show me the juice,buddy." "I think we've reached the point of diminishing returns." "He has to ask for it." "Adam." "He's choking." "That's impossible.It's mac and cheese." "ten-year-old boy,scscreams for hilife for no reason." "He's autistic." "Severely autistic." "Can't talk,can't make eye contact." "Screaming's probably his way of communicating." "And he went to three different doctors who all said just that." "Well,so clearly,that can't be the answer." "His brain can't filter information." "It's a constant assault on his senses." "I'd scream too." "Or it's something medical sounding,like dysesthesia." "Parents are convinced that there's something wrong with their son." "Since when did we start believing parents?" "Or anyone?" "Where are we going?" "Elevator." "Dad was on wall street,mom was a partner in an accounting firm." "When their son was diagnosed with autism,they both quit." "So they're overprotective and scared." "That's all the more reason to discount-- they study this kid." "Heard him scream a million times." "But in ten years of caring for him,this is the first time they've brought him to a hospital." "E.R.Checked his throat." "No obstructions,nothing." "Which means the only symptom was a scream,which is diagnostic of nothing." "Kid clutched his chest,B.P.Was elevated." "Maybe there was chest pain." "E.R.Said the heart was fine." "Don't be so quick to dismiss pain." "Where are we going?" "Down." "Stool sample to check for parasites." "Blood culture to rule out infection." "And ana for lupus." "Because he screamed?" "could also be an environmental reaction." "An allergy." "Dust,wheat,pollen." "A toxin,or something he ate-- check the house and run a lung ventilation scan." "Lungs are in the chest too,right?" "I had a date last night." "She screamed." "Should we spend $100,000 testing her?" "Of course not." "This isn't a veterinary hospital." "Zing!" "Look,if you don't think this kid is worth saving-- that's not what I'm saying." "Well,it's too bad." "It's a good point." "Kid's just a lump with tonsils." "You know what it's gonna be like,trying to put an autistic kid into a nuclear scanner?" "I don't envy you guys." "I want my old carpet back." "we're gonna have to do this later." "A kid... in the clinic had an accident." "Generally,when people are on the" " I wanty old carpet back." "It was stained with blood." "Yeah,my blood." "Which makes the carpet part of me." "I want it back." "I want to be buried with it." "You think you can get me to do anything you want,regardless of how stupid it is?" "It's my office!" "It's where I work.Where I think." "Where I save lives,allowing you to brag to rich people so they'll give you more money to spend on mris and low-cut tops." "I want it back the way it was." "It's identical to the old carpet." "Except without the hazardous biological waste." "I shall not return to my office until every patented durable micro fiber has been restored to its rightful place." "Inspiring." "You don't want to work in your office,work in the clinic." "You don't want to work in the clinic,go home." "And don't get paid." "Attica!" "attica?" "He,uh,just needs to finish this level." "We only have the scanner up for the next half hour." "After that-- trust me." "You don't want to move him until he's finished." "Sooner we do this test,the sooner we can get you guys home." "Adam." "Do you think that-- that we" "Ten minutes,tops." "If he has a vascular disorder,he might not have that-- he might not have ten minutes?" "I don't have ten minutes." "No,no,you don't-- want to do that" "Adam.Adam." "I used metamucil like the doctor told me,and finally I was able to use the bathroom." "But I saw somethingin the toilet I couldn't identify." "I-I wrapped itin tissue paper --so youcould take a look." "couldn't you sedate himor something?" "I could if I didn't wantthe test results to mean anything." "painkillers,exercising." "We even didthat puncture thing." "Nothing work then this morning,I get up,my back feels great." "I figured I'd betterget down here right away." "Big shocker--dad's depressed." "Save your time." "Ssris don't causechest pain." "Every minute of every day is booked." "When he eats,sleeps,plays his handheld." "Not much of a lifefor them." "They chose to havea family." "You don't get to decidewhat your kid's gonna be like." "Nobody chooses this." "It's funny." "You get a normal kid,the parent works." "You get a special kidthat costs more,they quit and turn the backyardinto a therapy circuit." "Yes,if onlyyou were handicapped." "All the good timesyou could've had with dad." "Hi,dr.House." "Hello,girl whose namei don't remember,but whose dad I treated,so I don't really know why she's here." "Ali." "Um,I think I caught what my dad has." "The rhino thing." "Right." "Does that hurt?" "A little." "It's in my chest,too." "Of course it is." "Kinda had accessthrough the shirt." "But...this'll work." "Feels good." "Exactly when did new jersey run out of horny17-year-old boys?" "About five weeks ago." "It's been very lonely." "the ventilation scanwas normal." "Time to send him home." "Can't leave right now." "Well,congratulations." "You are the proud owner of your very own rhino thing." "a rhinovirus-- you can't leave because she has a cold?" "Can't leave becausecuddy says I can't leave." "All the testsare normal." "Okay,don't start with me." "We're backed up." "I know this is hardfor all of us,but thanks to dr." "Cuddy,I don't have an office." "So I have to work here." "What'd she doto your office?" "It's unusable." "So whatever is bothering him,it wasn't his lungs." "What about the kid's house?" "There were some pesticidesand some alcohol,but the tox screenwas negative." "Which means there's nothing physically wrong with this kid." "We already had that discussion." "We get a fecal smear?" "Should we do thissomeplace else?" "No,cuddy saysI have to work here." "No,I said you can working your office or you had to work here." "And since I can't workin my office... is this your master plan?" "Disrupt hospital business until I replace your carpet?" "Devious." "Saw it in a james bond movie." "Fecal smear!" "Talk to me.-Get out of here." "You'll put back my carpet?" "No." "Get out of here!" "Fecal matter." "Is there a samplewe can look at?" "Parents have the smear kit." "The kid is constipated." "Do what you want." "Not replacing your carpet." "Go up his rear and get a smear." "Which reminds me,I kinda feel like a bagel." "Carpets." "We need a stool sample." "We should probably waituntil he's finished playing that level,huh?" "I actually thinkhe's a bit better today." "He seems more like his old self." "It is possiblethat he was never sick." "I guess we,uh,could've overreacted." "so what makes fluid fill the lining of a kid's lungs?" "Why are we in here?" "Is this some sortof power play?" "Yeah." "So you stuck your finger in the kid and gave hima pleural effusion." "You ever consideredgetting a manicure?" "I took the stool sampleafter his lungs failed." "Or do you really havea problem with the carpeting?" "Change sets you off" " I said it was a power play." "Someone answers "yes"to option a,you don't move on to option B." "If there's a pleural effusion,we have to rule out heart failure." "Why now?" "Why a power play now?" "I smelled weakness." "Get the kidan echocardiogram." "That'S...funny." "It says "james wilson." A strange typo." "If the fluid comes back an exudate,get him on broad-spectrum antibiotics." "Thank you for coming." "No problem." "Thought you wouldn't mindsharing offices for a while." "You share stories,feelings... toys." "You don't share offices." "That is so not zen." "It was a gift." "Some doctors get those." "So you want morningsor afternoons?" "You couldn't make cuddy miserable,so you're gonnamake me miserable so I canmake cuddy miserable on your behalf?" "Yeah." "What makes you think I can make her miserable?" "Because you're goodat that stuff." "Oh,I'm nothingcompared to you." "Is there anythingyou'll throw out?" "That's a gift from an11-year-old patient of mine." "She and I both knewit was a piece of junk,and that's whatmade her laugh." "So you gotta keep ituntil she-- she already did." "Adam." "I need youto stay still,buddy." "it's okay,it's okay.I got him." "There we go." "Okay." "What?" "What is it?" "Is his heart okay?" "No." "Echo suggesteda conduction abnormality." "Ekg confirmed it." "Still doesn't explainthe effusion." "The pleural fluidwas an exudate." "We should be looking for something that explains both the heartand lung problems." "Infection,parasite,cancer." "Microbiology showedno organisms in the fluid,so forget infection." "It's not a power play." "Doing a differential in the clinic makes sense." "Piss cuddy off." "Same thingwith wilson's office." "Works indirectly." "But now,we are in office space." "Because you don't want to be in your own office." "Which means this has nothingto do with cuddy." "You really are obsessedwith your carpets." "Which means--what are you doing here?" "I have this room booked from 2:00 to 3:00." "Oh,2:00 east coast time." "I thought you meant pacific." "Which is... stupid of me,I guess." "What about parasites?" "Stool samplewas negative." "It's 2:00." "Oh,well,we should go,then." "That just leaves cancer." "Get a lung biopsy." "It took a half an hourto get the mask on the kid for the lung scan." "Oh,I'm sorry." "Was there somewhereyou needed to be?" "House." "Can we talk?" "Carpet?" "Never." "Nothing to talk about." "Your girlfriend called the clinic 15 times looking for you today." "Lot to discuss." "China patterns--house." "She's a stalker." "Right." "Couldn't be thatshe finds me interesting." "Attractive." "Has to bethat she's insane." "She's called you 15 times." "Your mother's notthat interested in you." "Well,maybe I'd bebetter adjusted if she was." "I'm notifying security.-Is this about the carpet?" "You think I'll back offif you block all my fun?" "You better not be having fun." "I'm having fun." "I'm not having sex." "She's dangerous.-She's not dangerous." "She's pretty." "She's pretty." "Men are stupid." "I'm with you so far." "I'm notifying security." "Oh,give her a break." "She's not dangerous,she'S... insightful." "You can't stop our love!" "Hey,you got a minute?" "Yeah." "We have a ten-year-oldwith pleural effusion and conduction abnormalitybut no heart failure." "Was there a protein in the pleural fluid?" "Yeah,that's whywe're thinking cancer." "Non-hodgkin's,probably." "So we want to doa lung biopsy." "Lung biopsies usuallycome back negative." "So biopsy a lymph node under the arm." "That's probably somethingan oncologist should do,right?" "There's nothing real tricky to it." "It's a biopsy." "Still,just to be safe,you mind?" "For the love of god!" "Can't somebody shut that kid up?" "Some people are tryingto work around here." "Why don't you show hima teddy bear or something?" "Who are you?" "Somebody you'll neversend a a gift to." "This is dr.House." "Your son's doctor." "High test,please." "Hey,hey,hey,hey!" "Out of vicodin?" "What are you doing?" "Eating the red berries." "He trusted you." "No,that wasn't trust." "That was... self-preservation." "No." "That was huge." "It was like a conversation." "A monk-- a monkey's afraidto eat the red berries until he seesanother monkey eat them." "Monkey see,monkey do." "That's all it was." "Your kid's stilljust as messed up as when we admitted him." "That was sensitive." "You have pretty hair." "Hope is all those parents have going for them." "No,hope is what's making them miserable." "What they should dois get a cocker spaniel." "A dog would look themin the eye." "Wag his tailwhen he's happy." "Lick their face,show them love." "Is it so wrong for themto want to have a normal child?" "It's normal to wantto be normal." "Spoken likea true circle queen." "See,skinny,socially privileged white people get to draw this neat little circle." "And everyone insidethe circle is normal." "Everyone outside the circle should be beaten,broken,and reset so they can be broughtinto the circle." "Failing that,they should be institutionalized." "Or worse,pitied." "So it's wrong to feel sorryfor this little boy?" "Why would you feel sorryfor someone who gets to opt out ofthe inane courteous formalities which are utterly meaningless,insincere,and therefore degrading?" "This kid doesn't have to pretend to be interested in your back pain,or your excretions,or your grandma'sitchy place." "Can you imaginehow liberating it would be to live a life freeof all the mind-numbing social niceties?" "I don't pity this kid." "I envy him." "Uh,no cancer." "Because..." "These aren'tlymph cells." "Then what are they?" "Liver cells." "Liver cells under his arm." "Wonder what he's got wherehis liver's supposed to be." "Anyone got a clue how liver cells got into the kid's armpit?" "Make yourself at home." "So,you think maybe gray's anatomy got it all wrong?" "Lymph system circulates fluid,not organ cells." "Cancer cells break into thelymphatic system all the time." "But we're not talkingabout cancer cells." "What's the difference between cancer cellsand liver cells?" "Why can one pass through walls but the other can't?" "Cancer cells are damaged." "Lets them grow into blood vessels." "Go wherever they want." "So if the liver cellsare damaged-- liver isn't damaged." "The tests were normal." "So if the liver cellsare damaged,it's theoretically possible to pass into the lymphatic system." "Liver failure could also explainpleural effusion,even the heart issues." "Liver cells are fine." "He was immunizedfor hep a and b,and do you really thinkthis kid is having unprotected sexor sharing needles?" "Daddy does seem the typeto use a rubber." "So it's not viral." "That just leaves"lotta-booze-irrhosis." "" Our ten-year-old boy does nothave a drinking problem or cirrhosis." "House,when we echoedhis heart,we got a piece of his liver-- there was no scarring." "Cirrhosis explainsthe symptoms." "Heart problems,lungs-- look up "cirrhosis"in the dictionary." "It means "scarring." "" Parents aren't doingor dosing this kid." "How would you know that?" "Kid can't talk." "Why'd you thinkI took this case?" "He's not gonnagive away the ending." "They quit their jobsfor him." "Yes,they are everything you'd want in a parent." "Unfortunately,their kidis nothing you'd want." "When a baby is born,it's perfect." "Little fingers,little toes." "Plump,perfect,pink." "And brimmingwith unbridled potential." "But then it's downhill." "Some hills steeperthan others." "Parents get off on their kids'accomplishments-- (toy)bend over and relax." "Cute." "They'll annoy you with trophy rooms and report cards." "Hell,they'll even show youa purple cow and tell you what a keen eyefor color their kid has." "But this kid... he doesn't smile,he doesn't hug them,he doesn't laugh." "His parents get nothing--the right to brag that their kid pickedorange juice out of a lineup." "So you figure theyslip the kid a mickey so they don'thave to deal." "Do a biopsyto confirm cirrhosis." "And don't tryand pawn it off on wilson-- he's gonnabe busy with cuddy." "My parents loved meunconditionally." "Get out of here." "Don't you think the restrainingorder's a little much?" "He's not actuallygoing to have sex with a 17-year-old patient." "I didn't thinkhe was gonna ask me to dig a bloodstained carpet out of a dumpster,either." "It might be easierin the long run." "Are we stopping hereso house doesn't find us?" "Unless you wantto make out." "You want me to surrenderto house's coup?" "No,no,you proactively... give him what he wants." "I defeat him bysurrendering to him." "He'll never see it coming." "Look,I'll pay for itmyself." "What is it,a thousand bucksto carpet a room?" "Actually,it's 400." "Oh--not doing it." "Liver biopsy?" "They're doing it now." "How's it going?" "Like a biopsy." "Needles,cells." "Screaming." "What'd you finding the stool sample?" "You were too busybothering cuddy,but as discussed,it was negative for parasites." "Can we get out of here?" "I didn't askwhat you didn't find." "I asked what you did finding the stool sample." "Stool." "And traces of iron,zinc,calcium carbonate." "Can we leave?" "What's the matter?" "You afraid of the man?" "Too late." "Leave my stuff alone!" "You have a meeting witha guggenheim in 15 minutes." "Wearing that?" "I'm gonna count to three,and then I'm gonnafire you." "One--calcium carbonate,that's an antidiarrheal,right?" "Two.--You think that's significant?" "You think hard poops is significant?" "Two and a half?" "Never threaten unlessyou're ready to deliver." "Makes you look weak." "Thank god you don'thave children." "Dr.Cuddy." "Take a message." "Your patient is being rushedto cardiac icu." "That's like the one thingthat would get me outta here." "I'm sorry,you can't come in here now." "What's going on?" "He's in v-fib." "Clear." "Charging." "Clear." "Charging." "Clear." "Charging." "Clear." "He's stable for the moment." "First-degree atrialventricular block." "Okay." "What else do we know?" "His liver's damaged;pleural effusion compromised his lung function." "biopsy was negativefor cirrhosis." "Parents didn't poison their son." "It's not his liver,his heart,or his lungs." "It's the calcium carbonatein his stool." "Kid was constipated." "Parents probablyjust overdid it." "Or they didn't do it at all." "Calcium carbonate's also what's in chalk." "So he ate some chalk." "It isn't toxic--sure didn'tcause the pleural effusion." "Forget the chalk." "You just said it wasabout the chalk." "Yes,and then I said,"forget the chalk." "" You must be very confused." "This kid's got pica." "Take him to a buffet,he's gonna eat the table." "Or lead paint." "Level of lead in the bloodwas normal." "His tox screen was clean." "We're not lookingfor typical poisons." "We're looking for anythingthat he can put in his mouth." "Matches,spiders,bricks." "Pressure-treated wood used to contain arsenic." "Even better." "Hansel?" "Get samples of the gingerbread house." "Bag everything." "You could get into a lotof trouble,being here." "I wanted to see you." "Yeah,I got that." "So did everyone else." "They thinkyou're a stalker." "One could argue those people might be jealousof your attention." "Yes,I actuallymade that argument." "You going home?" "That's the plan." "In iceland,the age of consent is 14." "I'm surprised that tourism isn't a bigger industryup there." "So today I'm jailbait." "But in 22 weeks... anybody can do anything to me." "Will I be so differentin 22 weeks?" "22 weeks is enoughfor an embryo to grow arms and legs." "It's just a line." "An arbitrary line drawn by a bunch of sad,old menin robes." "Yeah." "Who cares what judges think?" "Didn't think of youas a guy who followed rules just becausethey were rules." "You are...over ten years youngerthan me." "I said over." "Gotta go!" "House." "Dr.Cuddy!" "do you happen to know the way tothe icelandic consulate?" "This young woman,a stranger to me,was just asking directions." "Security was gonnacall the police." "I don't wantto do that to you." "Go home." "She needed a ride." "She got her on her own,she can get home on her own." "Now." "And if I see youon hospital grounds again,i will call the police." "After that look,I'm feeling a little frisky." "Looks like you're up." "I'm ovulating.Let's go." "The frisky,it went away." "House,this isn't a game." "If I leave her alone,can I have my carpet back?" "No." "If I forget about my carpet,can I have her?" "Jimsonweed." "Found a small patch of it in his backyard." "Jimsonweed contains atropine." "Poor man's acid." "Our kid's been tripping on lucy in the sky with cubic zirconia." "Explains the pleural effusion,the heart arrhythmias." "Meeting here will do nothingto upset cuddy." "I'm not tryingto upset cuddy." "I'm trying to figure outwhat's wrong with the patient." "Continue." "I'm done." "Jimsonweed doesn't explainthe screaming." "You've obviously neverhad a bad trip." "I would've thought you'd try to accomplishtwo goals at once." "Why can't you be more like the other age-inappropriate girls who have a thing for me?" "Just accept me for me." "Continue." "Treatment for jimsonweed od is physostigmine." "Kid's got heart issues." "The two don't mix." "We'd better make sure that's what he's got." "Serum from the lab in paterson is three days,minimum." "He won't survive three days." "What time does he wake up?" "7:35 am." "Then what?" "Walk me through it." "7:40 to 7:50,he goes tothe toilet,washes his face." "What does this matter?" "I'm trying to provehe ate the plant." "His schedule has nothingto do with jimsonweed." "There are two possibilities--either the parents saw him eat the plant, or the kid has unsupervised time and eats plants insteadof playing with blocks." "Even if you find 15 minutesof free time outside,doesn't mean he spent iteating a bush." "So what do we do?" "Nothing?" "Wait for the kidto tell us?" "What?" "Where are you going?" "To talk to him." "Ever see your son eat a bush?" "I haven'T." "I've only ever seen himeat what-- adam,you ate something at your house." "Something that made you sick." "I need you to show mewhat you ate." "He can't answer you." "Neither can you." "This is your backyard." "You may know itas mel's diner." "This is your sandbox." "Your jungle gym." "And under it is this." "I need to knowif you ate this,adam." "He doesn't know what you want." "Adam,you have to tell me." "Because if you don'T..." "It'll be game over." "You'll be dead.--What the hellare you doing?" "show me what you ate." "Adam." "Show me what you ate." "sandbox" "Adam?" "Honey?" "Adam?" "Come on in,brothers and sister!" "Welcome to the houseof the lord." "house,come on." "The chapel?" "We have been blessed with the miracleof a new symptom." "Brother,can you testifyas to why this poor child's eyeball rolled back into his head?" "It's consistent with jimsonweedpoisoning--ocular paralysis." "Sorry." "The wicked shall deceive ye,because they have turned from the lord and are idiots." "His ocular muscle didn't paralyze,it pirouetted." "M.S." "It is easier for a wise man to gain access to heaven will you stop doing that?" "Just say "not M.S." "a stroke." "Bleed in the brain." "We'd be seeingother symptoms besides a single eye misalignment." "Like a coma." "And you've already testified." "it's a tumor." "And all the imagingjust missed it?" "It's a microtumor." "Started in his lung,which caused the pleural effusion." "Then it metastasizedto his liver,which made it slough cells." "And then went to his brain,behind the eye,which caused it to roll back into his head." "So he has three tumorsand we missed all of them." "What's the opposite of a miracle?" "I have a better chanceof finding it now that I knowexactly where to look." "So... unless you have a better idea,I'm gonna go ct his head." "And then,if--if I have to,remove his eye." "You remove this kid's eye,he's only gonna behalf as good at not making eye contact." "hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "I have sad news for you." "She doesn't love you." "You're uglywhen you're jealous." "She showed up at my houselast night." "Came on to me." "She's even more perfectthan I thought." "House." "She's sick." "You say "sick,"I say "freestylin'." "" The girl will have sexwith an invertebrate." "Come on." "You're not that bad." "She has a problem." "You're not doing her any favorsby indulging her." "Why would you lielike this?" "Do you not have room your heart for love?" "You don't believe me." "I didn't believe the kids when they said that susiewas sleeping with johnny." "I didn't believe them then,I don't believe them now." "I don't care that susiemarried johnny--he's mine." "She has a mole on her right breast,just below the nipple." "No,she doesn'T." "You've seen her breasts?" "It was a medical exam." "I was listeningto her heart." "It went,"greg-house,greg-house,greg-house." "" Fine,I'm lying." "But she did come back." "She's locked upin my office." "I was hopingyou could talk to her." "Put an end to this." "Listen to me." "Do you have any idea whatyou'd have to look forward to if you stayed with me?" "Nine chances out of ten,we'd both wind up in a jail." "You're only saying thatto make me go." "I'm saying it'cause it's true." "Inside of us,we both knowthat you belong with victor." "Is there a victorin your class?" "If you're not withsomeone your age,you'll regret it." "Maybe not today,maybe not tomorrow,but soon." "And for the restof your life." "What about us?" "We'll always have fresno." "I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn'ttake much to see that the problems of two little people dot amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world." "Someday you'llunderstand that." "Now,now." "Here's looking at you... damn." "Was there an earthquakewhen you were in fresno?" "What?" "I ask all my girlfriends that." "yeah,a little one." "Damn." "What?" "What,what is it?" "It's not love." "You have a sporein your brain." "Coccidioides immitis." "California's full of 'em." "They get an earthquake,they get released into the air,you breathe it in,you get a cold... turns into sinus congestion,aches,weakness... milky tears... and sometimes... a loss of inhibition and judgment." "Damn!" "So... loving you?" "Wanting to have sexwith you?" "It was all just... the spores talking?" "You'll probably live." "Damn." "Hey!" "Don't touch his eye." "This is an appendectomy." "Like i said,don't touch his eye." "Why isn't he in surgery?" "Well,some emergencybumped him." "We've got another room in ten minutes." "You're not taking him in." "Kill the lights." "He was seeing themall the time." "What are you looking for?" "And he was telling uswhat he was seeing." "Telling us exactlywhat was wrong with him." "Drawing them for usover and over again." "Nobody knewhow to speak "autistic." "" When I asked him what he ate,he even told me that." "What are you talking about?" "What was he seeing?" "Hello,my pretties." "It's not a tumor,foreman." "It's worms." "Swimming in his eye." "Animal makes pottyin the sandbox." "Boy plays in the sandbox,boy eats the sand." "You can probably tellwhere this is going by now." "Stool samples were negativefor parasites." "Raccoon roundworms are not excreted by their human host." "Cameron tested the sand." "All of it?" "Worms spread from his gutto the rest of his body." "They attacked his lungs." "That's what made him screamand caused the effusion." "They invade his liver,sending dead liver cells coursing through his system." "They attack his eyeand the muscles surrounding it,making his eyeballdo a backflip." "Laser photocoagulation to fix the eye and a high doseof benzimidazole to kill the worms." "Wait a minute." "That's it?" "H-he's gonna be okay?" "Good news." "He's gonna be with youfor a long,long time." "I'm going to read you something." ""Asperger's syndrome isa mild and rare form of autism." ""It is typically characterized by difficulty "establishing friendshipsand playing with peers," ""trouble accepting convential social rules,"and they dislike any change in setting or routine." "" Or broadloom." "It doesn't saythat last part,but you get my point." "House doesn't have asperger'S." "The diagnosisis much simpler." "He's a jerk." "Why do you thinkhe took this case?" "Because he believesthese parents?" "Because he wants to helpa young boy?" "He sees himself in this kid." "And he's tryingto help himself." "He doesn't want this." "He needs it." "You're not autistic." "You don't evenhave asperger'S." "You wish you did." "It would exempt youfrom the rules." "Give you freedom,absolve you of responsibility." "Let you date 17-year-olds." "But most important,it would mean that you're not just a jerk." "At what point does a person endlessly lecturing someone make him a jerk?" "Your first tongue kiss... an eight on the happiness scale." "Your child being snatched backfrom the brink of death... that's a ten." "But they're clocking inat a very tepid 6.5, because they know whatthey have to go back to." "Uh,listen... thanks." "You saved his life." "Yeah,I know." "See ya." "That was so good." "That was a ten." "All change is bad?" "It's not true,you know."