"So you want me to explainhow you just lost?" "Or do you wanna stare at the board your full... three minutes?" "Cling to hope?" "Come on." "It's called speed chess." "Na na na na na na na na hey hey hey good-bye" "good game." "I said good game." "Hey!" "Hey hey!" "What are you doing?" "Stop that,son!" "Stop that!" "Back away from him." "Back away!" "Call 911.Get an ambulance!" "Tell them to send two!" "My head's gonna explode!" "Aah!" "HOUSE Season 03 Episode 23" "Your head still hurt?" "You a moron?" "Nate." "I'm clutching my head in pain, and he asks if it hurts?" "What are you, some kind of med student?" "You look like you still have theme birthday parties." "Sorry." "Any problems concentrating in school lately?" "Besides the dreams of running my tongue along my french teacher's breasts?" "No,I'm doing quite great." "The rage and pain could be caused by a parasite." "Does he eat a lot of sushi?" "No." "Uh,he was a vegetarian until just a few months ago." "Any changes in behavior since the new diet?" "No." "He's been this way since he became a teenager." "It doesn't matter how much I yell or punish, he's still gonna say- yeah,let's all shed a tear for poor little nate's mother." "Any more stupid questions?" "nate." "I hate this kid." "I like this kid." " You haven't met him." " I know you hate him." "What more do I need to know?" "The kid's not a clich?" "Anybody can get into a fight after losing." "It takes real creativity to beat up someone you just beat." "The pain's not limited to his head." "The rest is bumps and bruises accounted for by the 17 fights he's been in this semester." "Concussion?" "Mri was clean." "No frontal lobe tumor." "And the tox screen showed no trace of coke or amphetamines." "Nate went medieval on the other kid." "Could be- hold on." "I'm having a moment." "This... this could be foreman's last time mistakenly suggesting adrenal gland tumor." "Which could create excess adrenaline." "Causes the head pain and rage." "But not the personality disorder." "there is no personality disorder." "He's a teenager." "Being a teenager excuses the odd inappropriate comment." "This kid say anything appropriate?" "He's having cluster headaches." "Probably been having them for years." "Question is, what's causing them?" "If it were just a cluster headache, he'd have swelling around the eyes." "Er gave him ibuprofen for the pain." "Useless r this pain." "But it could have knocked down the swelling." "Best bet is a vascular problem." "Normal treatment for cluster headaches is steroids, which the er also gave him." "He's still in pain." "Which means- normal treatment is called normal treatment because sometimes you have to use abnormal treatment." "Start him on blood thinners and give his noggin transcranial magnetic stimulation." "Don't you dare..." "touch that acerbic wit." "50 bucks to whichever of you steps up and treats this brat." "Not the kid's fault, he's sick." "Fine." "You do it." "No way." "He's your brat." "I'll do it." "But I've got a job interview after work." "Anything comes up later, you guys handle it." " Need a peer recommendation?" " Thanks." "Cameron's should suffice." "This isn't gonna turn me into some,like, drooling vegetable that wets his pants,is it?" "It's safe." "The magnetic pulses activate nerve cells which will hopefully squelch the head pain." "Is there anything you can do about the other pain?" "From the fights?" "Yeah,I mean,my face, my shoulder." "My stomach." "I mean,I can barely bend my fingers." "You're already on pain meds." "Nothing more I can do." "Sure you can,man." "Tell your homies to quit stomping on me." "I'll get the word out that you're a great guy." "So,do people watch what they say around you?" "Because I'm black?" "No,because you're gay." "cluster headaches can persist for years, cause irritabilityor even hostility towards others." "You mean,the illnessis affecting his personality?" "If these treatments work, it could- change him?" "Yeah." "Oh,thank god." "Oh." "Oh,you must thinkI'm awful." "Here my son'slying in a hospital bed and" "I" " I'm pretty sureI get it." "I thoughtI was a bad mother." "And I hated myself." "Because I hated him." "what have you got for me this fine morning?" "Blood thinners and tmshad no effect." "It's not cluster headaches." "You accusing the symptomsof lying?" "Could be hemochromatosis." "Wouldn't accountfor the personality disorder." "What about hypothyroidism?" "He's notgetting aggressive and lethargic,he's getting aggressive and aggressiver." "What aboutruptured dermoid cyst?" "Sorry." "Just got dizzy there." "I was expectingto turn right." "It's foreman's turnto be shot down." "The thingthat cameron said." "Way to thinkoutside the box." "But no fat in the ventricles." "It's cluster headaches." "normal treatment didn't work." "Abnormal treatmentdidn't work." "Good point,foreman." "The treatments don't always work." "Symptoms never lie." "the only approved treatment left for cluster headaches is brain surgery." "And that's not even a guarantee." "Back off,foreman!" "If the approved treatment doesn't work, we go withan unapproved treatment." "Hey!" "Something on your mind?" "Because you totallycan't tell." "I had a job interviewlined up at new york mercy yesterday." "Hospital for manhattan'sglitterati." "Big coup." "Your homies must be kvelling." "Didn't happen,because apparently I called to cancel." "I don't remember making that call." "You think I haveneurological issue?" " Yes." " Why are youjerking me around?" " It wasn't me." " Yeah." "It was oneof the other petty, socially repressed assesI work for." "Maybe it wasashton kutcher." "If you want me to stay,tell me you want me to stay." "Would it matter?" "No,but it'd bethe adult way to handle it." "If the adult way doesn't work,why bother with it?" "I've beentotally professional!" "Gave two weeks notice,continued to work cases." "Scheduled my interviewson my own time." "You have no rightto screw with my future." "You're gonna be all whiny during the differentialdiagnoses,aren't you?" "It wasn't me." "I only sabotage peopleI consider worth it." "You are one evil,cunning woman." "It's a massive turn-on." "You girlscan gossip later." "What are you talking about?" "You called new york mercy to haveforeman's job interview killed." "When I said,"you girlscan gossip later," I was throwing you out,but in a polite way." "Well,I take it you're offyour antidepressants." "Ah,you're deflecting." "Only I'm allowedto do that." "Does foremanactually think I did that?" "No,just me." "But I know somethinghe doesn'T." "I didn't do it." "Why would I do it?" " Do you want him to leave?" " No." "Were you planningon doing something?" "I'm waitingfor board approval." "But if he takes the job, there's nothingto be done." "You had to stop him." "Wasn't me." "What are you doing?" "Looking for a tell." "Rapid eye blink,twitch of the lips." "Send in nurse ungerwhen you pass her on your way out." "Almost forgot." "I need to give a 16-year-oldmagic mushrooms to treat a cluster hdache." "Is that cool?" "Yeah,no problem." "I was being sarcastic." "Wouldn't look that wayin the court transcript." "Mushrooms have psilocybinsthat work on cluster headaches." "It's either that,or cutting into his brain" "I assume you've consideredhe could have a psychogenic experience." "Possibly suffer a fitof severe paranoia." "Well,I have now." "Yeah,it's definitely betterthat the dean of medicine prescribes it insteadof an unhinged doctor with a history of drug use." "Takes the stink off if the patient decidesto put on a cape and fly off the roof." "Low dose." "No more than ten milligrams." "Tightly controlled setting." "And make sure the mothersigns off on it." "Party on,garth." "And don't standing foreman's way." "It's just wrong." "New research showsthat a chemical component in the mushrooms can be- yeah,lots of technicalmedical stuff." "So when do I get 'em?" "I went to college." "I know about mushrooms." "A friend of a friendshot himself in the foot." "They're not giving mea gun,enid!" "Sign the consent form." "We'll be monitoring him, but cardiac arrestis possible." "big E... small N... and if the mushroomsdon't work?" "The next step would bea type of brain surgery." "Oh,god." "Pain's gettin' worse." "Need 'shrooms now!" "In-a-gadda-da-vida,honey don't you knowthat I'm lovin' you in-a-gadda-da-vida,baby... oh,yeah." "Nate,how's the pain?" "That I'll alwaysbe true... hey,hey!" "It's skippy!" "The bush kangaroo!" "Your head,nate." "We need to knowhow the pain is." "What I got hereis the opposite of pain." "That means you're sufferingfrom cluster headaches." "Which means,hopefully" "Man,you're hot." " She's making me horny." " Deal with it." "Hey,hey,hey,hey." "You can't get me stoned,then not close the deal." " Shut up." " Take it easy." "He's not well." "You'll regret saying no." "Check it out." "Oh,for god's sake." " Hold it." " What the hell are you doing?" "He has undersized testes." "His other secondary sexualcharacteristics are normal." "If you wanna curry favorwith me, avoid discussionsof other men's testicles." "Thanks." "Focus on phrases like... "you were rightabout the cluster headaches. "" "But wrongabout what caused them." "Vascular problemin a major artery wouldn't cause hypogonadism." "Okay,what causes rage,headaches,personality disorder, and hypogonadism?" "Where's foreman?" "He's mad at me." " Why?" " No reason." "Yeah,that makes sense." "The male genitalsare controlled by the hypothalamusand pituitary gland." "We're not talkingabout foreman anymore." "The kid's being pummeledat school." "A couple blows to the head could causehypothalamic lesions." "We ever gonna talk aboutwhat happens when foreman's gone?" "If this werean employee-owned airline in scandinavia,yes." "It's not lesions." "His temperature wouldbe all over the map." "Symptoms don't lie." "He's gonein less than a week and you haven't evenread a résum?" "Doesn't even need to." "The two of uscan handle it." "Craniopharyngiomafits the symptoms." "Biopsy the brat's pituitary." "And let the record show I was rightabout the cluster headaches." "Forget it." "It's a straightforwardprocedure." "and cut somethingout of my brain?" "No way." "If it's a tumor,it could kill you." "Just give me more 'shrooms,okay?" "I'll be fine." "You only needmy consent,right?" "Yeah,but it'llbe a lot easier if he- do whateveryou have to do." "You don't touch me,all right?" "You can touch me." "Just not my brain." "Nate,you gotta do this." "I can't take it anymore." "My god,mom!" "Save me the melodramatichand-wringing,okay?" "Loosen up!" "Get yourself coited." "I'm gonna give hima sedative." "You're decent-looking,dr." "Skippy." "Why don't you take herfor a ride?" "Nate..." "Are you in pain?" "Nate!" "His heart rate's normal." "Respiration's even." "What's happening?" "What's the matter with him?" "he's jaundiced." "His liver's shutting down." "we started him on sodium polystyrene sulfonate." "His liver's operating at about 20% and deteriorating fast." "Which means he'll be dead long before foreman turns in his parking pass." "So,what causespersonality disorder, head pain, blah blah blah,and liver failure?" "Liver failurecan cause hypogonadism, head pain." "Altered mental status leads to thepersonality disorder and rage." "All we needto do is figure out what causedthe liver failure." "Yes-also,we needto figure out how symptoms yesterdaycan be caused by liver failure today." "If his liver's failing now,it wasn't great yesterday." "If it wasn't operatingat capacity, it could have caused- ooh-aah!" "Whoa!" "Don't sneak up on a personlike that." "I'm listening." "Well,listeningdoesn't help me." "Okay." "Let's go with the liverand a time machine theory." "Foreman,what causesliver problems?" "Wilson's disease." "No." "Ceruloplasmin's normal." "No enlargementand no palpable mass, so no cancer." "Could be a narrowingof the bile ducts." "Primary sclerosingcholangitis." "Most liver damagebegins with what we put in our bodies." "Foreman?" "Angry teen... alcohol." "No,blood testswere negative." "no signs of drug use or acetaminophen poisoningin his tox screen." "Maybe the water was contaminated." "his mother would also be sick." "Cuddy?" "Sounded like someonewith back." "Go." "We'll tryand muddle through without your blank stareto guide us." "So if it's not the bad thingshe's putting in, what about the good things?" "he was raised a vegetarian." "Was raised." "Means he's all grown up." "Or he's nota vegetarian anymore." "He started eating red meata few months ago." "Unless he's been buyingcuts of mad cow, his body wouldhave no problem metabolizing it." "It would if he hadan otc deficiency." "Body can'tmetabolize nitrogen, damages the liver." "Run a hamburger test." "It's exactlywhat it sounds like." "Stuff him full of meat, wait for his ammonia levelsto spike." "I'll double your salary." "Chase and cameronwould mutiny if they found out." "Chase and cameronwouldn't be heading up their own diagnostic group." "You'll work in parallelwith house." "It'll be your practice." "Separate staff,separate cases." "Complete autonomy." "I've only been doing thisfor three years." "Three years under house." "No better training." "And when that case comes alongthat I can't figure out?" "You knowwho I'd have to go to." "Or you canjust let that patient die." "That's completelyup to you." "No." "Why?" "He's evil." "He didn't sabotageyour interview." "How do you know?" "Because I did." "I didn'T." "You believed me-meansyou're not sure house did it." "Well,somebody did it." "Somebody here did it." "I can't work here." "This isn'ta medical procedure." "This is just about doogiemaking me eat garbage." "Need to seehow your liver processes the proteins." "Then get me a steak,some roast beef." "What if I brought himsomething from home?" "It has to be prepared here so we knowthere's no chemicals or preservatives that couldaffect the test results." "I'm not eatinganything prepared by $5-an-hour immigrant hospital cooks in hairnets." "Shut up!" "Either you start eating, or I'm gonnastrap you to this bed and shove thesedown your throat one by one-got it?" "You can't get mad at me." "I'm sick." "You're supposedto feel bad for me." " Nurse,full setof body restraints." " yes,doctor." "Trust me." "It'll be a lot less messyif you do it yourself." "You killedforeman's job interview." " Why would I- - somebody did." "Wasn't me,and it wasn't house, which means it hasto be somebody who thoughthe was protecting house." "Which means it hasto be somebody who actually likes house." "Which meansit's either you or the weird night janitor who wearshis pants backwards." "I want foreman to leave." "House has to realizehe needs someone who stands up to him." "Cameron's in love with him,chase is afraid of him, and I enable him." " House needs limits." " I give him- you authorizemagic mushrooms." "House is a six-year-oldwho thinks he's better off without parents." "A few tummy achesafter dinners of ice cream and ketchupmight do him some good." "You're lying." "An enablerdoesn't conspire against, an enabler enables." "What?" "You're paranoid." "You made that call." "And because of that call, you bacally guaranteedforeman's out of here." "I thought it would be funto work on my boat with him." "And you went shirtlessbecause skin cancer looks cool." "Well,I realizeI got burnt." "I'm not too worriedabout that." "It's these white marks,you know?" "Lie down." "I mean,that boathas all sorts of lead paint, and there's chemicalseverywhere." "when daddy works on his boat, does he have a coolerwith lots of brown bottles with long necks?" "And does daddy like to lie down on his boat and go nap-nap in the sun?" "Oh!" "What-what the hell?" "I will give you this for the... $1.41 in your pocket." "Wait,how could you know... a psychic once told methat I'm psychic." "Hey,one of these quartersis canadian." "Give me backmy syringe." "Hamburger stress testshowed no change in his ammonia levels." "Liver's properly convertingthe ammonia into urea." "He doesn't haveotc deficiency." "Welcome back." "Sorry." "I shouldn't have beentaking my problems out on the patient." "Or on me." "Apology accepted." " Starve him." " What are we looking for?" "Diabetic steatosiswould screw up his liver." "Starve him overnightand see if his blood sugar pops." "We mess with his blood sugar,we could set off another rage." "Not a problem." "You can take him." "I want something to eat!" " Honey,please don'T." "I was just tryingto get a urine sample, and he went crazy." "I need to eat!" "You're not stickinganything else in me." "It's justa few more hours." "You're gonna hurt yourself." "I'm gonna hurt you!" "As soon aswe get a urine sample, we can leave you alone." "You want your sample?" "Here's your damn sample!" "Nate,don'T." "Oh,my god." "Nate,you needto get back into bed." "Right now." "chem panel and urinalysis confirms the bloody urine was caused by kidney failure." "He's on dialysis." "He's gonna need itfor the rest of his life." "Which is shorteningas we speak." "We are lookingat a chinese menu, and we've got symptomsfrom too many columns." "They're goingto overcharge us." "Multiple organ failurecould mean primary hiv infection." "That would meansomeone agreed to sleep with him." "Plus his serologyis negative." "His uric acid'sslightly elevated." "10% of malesin this country have elevated- so we're onlygonna pay attention to abnormal abnormalities?" "We've been stuffing himwith meat and his kidneys are shot." "Of course his uric acid- could be hepatic fibrosisor mcadd." "The brat'sgot a genetic disorder." "Get the sequencing primers." "See if it's oneof the ones we can treat." "I can draw some blood,but then I gotta run." "Job interview?" "You gonna stop meif it is?" "You do the nurse stuff,they'll do the doctor stuff." "This a blood testfor a marriage license?" "Plan on kidnapping meto massachusetts or canad... what did you give him?" "Are you treating himfor something?" "Sedative." "Did he need a sedative?" "I did." "Just shutting him upso I can draw some of his bloodin peace." "You walked in with that." "You didn't even give him a chance." "People are what they are." "He's sick." "The rudenessisn't his fault." "If he had tuberculosis, it wouldn'tbe his fault either." "But I still wouldn't let himcough on me." " Hi." " Hey." "where are you going?" "The lab." "We're testingour patient's blood for hereditary- cuddy thinks I sabotagedforeman's interview." "She's gonna fire me." "I don't believe it." "She saidit was unprofessional and- no,I mean I literally don't believe it." "Cuddy wouldn't fire youfor something like that." "Which means eithershe lied to you, or you're lying to me." "You so would havefallen for that three years ago." "You werelooking for a reaction." "You were looking for meto feel bad for you." "To save your skin." "But how am I gonna save you?" "Unless... you think I'm the onewho really did it." "Cuddy's logic wasforeman's valuable to house." "I care about house." "Ergo,I woulddo anything to save him." "And your logic was..." "I care about houseas much as you do, ergo... it wasn't me." "I don't care about house." "I don't believe you." "No one does." "House is nothing morethan my boss." "Foreman's nothing morethan a colleague." "You're lying." "Everyone does." "But it wasn't me." "No markersfor hepatic fibrosis." "And nothing for mcadd." "Foreman's interview in new yorkgot screwed up." "I heard." "Foreman thought it was house, house thought it was cuddy." "Cuddy thought it was wilson,wilson thought it was me." "And you think it was me?" "You thinkI sabotaged foreman?" " I don't evenwant him here." " I know." "Then why wouldI do" "I think you sabotaged foreman just to sabotage foreman." "So everyone's a suspect because everyonewants to help house." "Except for me." "I'm a suspectbecause I'm a petty, vindictive jerk?" "You actually thinkI would do something like that?" " It was someone." " It wasn't me." "Negativefor von gierke disease." "And it's tuesday." "I know." "I like you." "I know." "See you next tuesday." "Found something." "He's got a partialhprt enzyme deficiency." "Means he could havekelley-seegmiller syndrome." "But it'sa partial deficiency." "So it may notbe kelley-seegmiller." "Yes." "Those arethe two options." "It is or it isn'T." "Kelley-seegmiller explainsthe aggressive personality." "If he d kelley-seegmiller, he wouldn't just be aggressive, he'd be self-mutilating." "Chewing his lips,banging his head." "Lovely disease." "Degenerative,fatal,incurable." "I wonder if that's whycameron's on the "not" side." "That and the factthat symptoms don't lie." "kelley-seegmiller carriers self-mutilatewhen they're stressed." "He's in the icuwith a failing liver and no kidneys." "Yeah,his life is sweet." "His vegetarian dietcould have limited the purines in his system, slowingthe disease's progress." " So let's speed it up." " Why?" "So you two kidswill stop fighting." "Also,I don't feel likewaiting for respiratory failure." "Chase,find some wayfor the mother to get lost for a while." "I'm going to stress this kiduntil he bites off a finger." "They move me to geriatrics?" "Who are you?" "Dr. MccaneY." "The man who's gonnakick your ass all over this chessboard." " Yeah,well,I'm too weak to- - bite yourself,yeah." "You need some liquid energy." "Now,if you consent,I'm gonna give you this shot of adrenaline." "I don't wanna play." "Aside frombeing indicative of pituitary issuesand certain kinds of genetic disorders, small testiclesalso indicate... that you'ra big chicken." "Please don't make medo the sound effect." "You're not gonnagoad me into playing." "Didn't think I'd have to." "Thought you'd justjump at the chance of humiliating someone." "Age before cripple." "I'm white." "It... is... on!" "Bird's opening." "Passive approach." "Sign of a coward." "Sicilian defense." "Sign of an idiot." "Arrogance has to be earned." "Tell me what you've doneto earn yours." "I can walk." "I don't bleedout of my penis." "Check." "You know,it's a real thin line between tortured genius and awkward kid who can't get girls because he's creepy." "Why are you doing this?" "To stress you out." "Check." "Yeah,but why?" "I'd tell you,but I figureit's more stressful if you don't know why." "Yeah,well..." "I'm not feeling too stressed." "You knowthat no one likes you,right?" "Yeah,well,anybody like you?" "You're dying." "Check." "Your move." "Care to lay down your king?" "You can't win." "You can pin my queen." "My knight to e7." "Your king to h8." "Sacrifice rook takes pawn." "Bishop blocks." "Queen to h5." "Checkmate." "Save what's leftof your dignity." "Lay down your king." "Crap." "he's having a seizure." " Four milligramsiv lorazepam." " Right away." "I hate this kid." "I like this kid." "Did you get the job?" "They're gonna let me know." "Kelley-seegmillerdidn't cause this seizure." "So we've gotone more symptom, one less diagnosis." "I assume they're gonnacall for references?" "Did you give 'em my name?" "No." "Amyloidosis can cause seizures, and the protein buildupcould causorgan failure." "Wouldn't alterhis personality." "Whose name did you give?" "My last boss." "Ouch." "That can't look good." "I hate this kid." "What if we're notdealing with one condition?" "What ifit's multiple conditions?" "Uh-uh,it's gotta be one." "It's always one." "Nothing explainsthis constellation of symptoms." "We've gotta be missing something." "Maybe the kidlied about some medication." "Maybe he's hiding something." " Why wouldhe be hiding something?" " I don't know,because he's evil?" "What if he is?" "What ifthe symptoms lied?" "There." "Now all we're looking at is a simple,evil jerkwith amyloidosis." "You're not being objective." "Amyloidosis was your idea." "You were right,it doesn't fit the symptoms." "Yeah,it does." "Look." "You crossed it off because you wannahate the kid." "And you can't hate himif he's a victim- you want himto be a victim because you wanna believethat people are good." "And if they're not, it's gottabe a chemical problem." "Except they're not,and it's not." "Flush himwith immunosuppressants, get a biopsy to confirm, and find hima marrow donor." "what will happen to him?" "substances called amyloid proteins build upin the body's organs, shutting them down." "It's a fairly rare disease." "And I'm afraidit can be fatal." "So do you operateor something to take them out?" "He needsa bone marrow transplant." "Dr. Cameron is searchingthe donor bank." "We should test youas well." "when you first told me he was sick..." "I was... happy." "Relied." "Now... nate,I'm gonna takea small piece of nerve from your ankle." "Let me knowif you feel any pain." "I'm burning up." "Couldn't you justknock me out like you did last time?" "Wish I could." "But your bodyhas to be clear so it's readyfor a marrow transplant." "hey,dr." "X..." "I know you've busted asstrying to save me." "It's all right." "I wasn't gonna thank you." "I was gonna tell youyou really suck at this." "We're doing our best." "That's sort of my point." "Your best really sucks." "Nerve biopsy was clean." "No evidence of amyloidosis." "It was your idea." "Don't give up on itso fast." "He's running a fever." "If it's two conditions, one of them'sgotta be an infection." "We should start himon antibiotics, see what clears up,what doesn'T." "Is he having troublebreathing?" "Yeah,he has mucusin his chest from an infection." "Could alsobe an amyloid buildup." "Keep him on immunosuppressantsand biopsy somewhere else, his sinuses." "Look,you got two choices." "Engage me in a futile argumentthen do what I asked, or just do what I asked." "You're not ready." "There was a third choice." "Don't do what I asked." "You could have defied me,stuck the kid on antibiotics." "But you didn'T." "Because you stilltrust my judgment more than your own." "You sabotagedforeman's job interview, didn't you?" "Foreman's alreadybeen over this." "It wasn't me." "Everybody's chasing ghostsover this." "Which meanseither nobody did it, or somebody wants everybodychasing ghosts." "Now,who does that sound like?" "And why would I do that?" "Because as long as foremanthought you were guilty, he was gonnabe useless around here." "You know,sometimes I forgetwhy I hired you." "You cost hima good opportunity and gained nothing." "I cost hima crappy opportunity." "New york mercy'swhere you go to treat boils and cystsand build a 401k." "If you want him to stay,tell him." "I don'T.And there'd be no point." "You do." "And the point wouldbe to make him feel like he's wanted." "He doesn't need that." "All right,then." "It'd make him feellike maybe you weren't evil." "He needs that." "Talk to foreman." "We dumped one symptom." "But forgot to add one." "Revenge time,nate." " Are you..." " yes!" "I am." "Black or white?" "Just limp away." "He doesn't wanna play." "Leave him alone." "Pick one,or this comes out." "And for all you know,this is really important." "Ow!" "Stop it!" "That hurts,right?" "Which is odd, because I'm reallyenjoying this." "You hold the piecesthat way because you can'tbend your thumb." "Because your boneshave formed abnormally." "Thanks to all the crap that's been pushing its wayin between them." "Actually,this stuffisn't important at all." "Your doctors saidhe needs immunosuppressants." "They're idiots." "It's not amyloidosis." "It's iron." "He's got hemochromatosis." "The body absorbs iron from food, but can't process it." "Can't get rid of it." "And idle iron is the devil's playground." "It builds up in the organs and joints, whacking them in the process." "Caused all of the symptoms." "Including somethingthat wasn't a symptom." "Those body aches,they were notfrom the fighting." "His personality issues?" "Sorry." "The iron's innocenton that count." "Your kid's a jerk." "And yeah,it's probably your fault." "Although,if you'd stayed off the meat like your mom said, you'd havehalf as much iron, and be twice lessalmost dead." "Oh,nurse!" "This patient is bleedingfor some reason." "Is he going to be okay?" "He'll need dialysis." "And he'll haveto get his blood drained every few monthsfor the rest of his life." "But my condolences." "It's going to be a longand annoying life." "And I wouldn'thave taken your bishop." "I'd have moved my queen to d6,defusing the threat." "Then rook to e8,attacking the king's pawn." "I'd have lost the exchange,but won the game." "I know." "I was bluffing." "And that's why..." "You lost." "Little jerk." "You just here to watch,or you got something to say?" "Still runningthe new biopsy for amyloidosis?" "Yeah,but still nothing." "Run the test again." "Recheck your results." "Looks like you're infor an all-nighter." "HOUSE Season 03 Episode 23"