House - Episode 6.14 - 5 to 9 - Promo 3
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House - Episode 6.13 - 5 to 9 - 3 Sneak Peeks
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House MD - Recap - 6.13 "Moving the Chains"
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In football, the term moving the chains is used to refer to forward progress. At the beginning of each team’s possession, a marker is placed on the turf next to the ball. Using an attached ten-yard length of chain, officials measure the distance to a first down. Every time there is a gain of at least ten yards, the chains are moved and a new set of downs is called, recognizing the progress toward the goal. A successful offense is said to be moving the chains. When House and his team treat a college athlete hospitalized for inappropriate acts of aggression, the football player isn’t the only one struggling to move the chains.
As a pro scout watches a college team practice, his attention is drawn to one of the players by the woman seated next to him. She enthusiastically talks up Daryl Bartlett’s abilities for several plays before finally admitting she’s his mother. Maternal pride aside, the young man’s performance on the field appears to merit such high praise—at least at first. He suddenly attacks one of the other players, dragging him by the facemask. Teammates back away in shock as he rips off the player’s helmet and repeatedly head butts it until blood is coursing down his face. Up in the stands, Daryl’s mother is horrified.
After a brief domestic quarrel regarding his use of the tub in Wilson’s bathroom, House goes to the hospital where his team is already viewing video footage of Daryl’s fugue. They inform him testing in the ER has ruled out head injury and roid rage, as well as any possible psychosis. He reminds them not all steroids show up in tests. Foreman theorizes that repeated head trauma has damaged the base of Daryl’s brain, leading to an excess of hormones, in turn causing his rage. House orders a blood test to check for elevated levels of the hormone GnRH and a MRI scan of the patient’s pituitary. Sending the rest of the team on ahead, he has Foreman stay behind so they can speak privately. In what seems like a fit of compassion, House reminds Foreman of his brother’s release from prison and asks if he’d like the day off work. Foreman declines.
A young soldier comes to the clinic claiming to see spots. House correctly guesses the soldier is about to be sent on another tour of duty but doesn’t want to go. GI Joe explains that his wife is pregnant and asks for House’s help. Pegging the diagnostician for a Vietnam vet due to the limp, he expects some sympathy. He’s wrong on both counts. House recommends to either shoot himself in the foot or flee to Canada like they did during the Vietnam War.
The scan of Daryl’s pituitary comes out clean but his GnRH levels are elevated, so the team assumes he is indeed on steroids. Daryl gets upset at the accusation. His heart starts racing and he suffers chest pains. Taub is able to return his heart rate to normal.
Since the tachycardia indicates steroids aren’t responsible for Daryl’s condition, Foreman goes to House’s office to notify him of the new developments in their case. He’s surprised to find his brother Marcus interviewing for the position of House’s personal assistant. House informs them Marcus has the job. Eric isn’t exactly receptive to the idea. He says the only reason House wants to employ his brother is to screw with him. Marcus explains that his parole status doesn’t allow him the luxury of turning down job offers. Sympathetic as ever, Eric still doesn’t want him working at the hospital.
Marcus accepts the job. He’s present during the next round of the DDX when House finds a way to work a bedwetting incident from Eric’s past into the conversation. Eric is unhappy with his brother for sharing such personal information. An off-hand comment from Marcus about the death of Hank Gathers, a college basketball player who died on the court years ago, leads House to order a stress test to check for the same heart condition that killed Gathers.
Wilson accuses House of putting an opossum in his bathtub. The big guy claims innocence, but Jimmy doesn’t believe him—nor does he believe House hired Marcus just to toy with Eric. He thinks House is actually trying to bring the brothers together. House denies any attempt at kindness. Chase interrupts the roommates to tell House they were unable to confirm the cardiomyopathy; Daryl’s heart rate never got above one-fifty. Since they were unable to stress his heart on the treadmill, House decides to do it chemically. He’s about to inject Daryl with a vasodilator when he notices the young man’s hands appear to be turning white.
The team confers. Taub attributes Daryl’s unusual appearance to Raynaud’s phenomenon, a condition that cuts off blood supply to the fingers. Chase thinks that indicates their patient has Takayasu arteritis. Foreman says it’s lymphoma. Unfortunately, Daryl insists on playing in front of scouts later on in the week, so they don’t have time to wait for the results of a biopsy. Foreman recommends the immediate removal of the patient’s spleen; Chase objects. House has them start Daryl on an ethynol drip. If he gets itchy, it means the diagnosis is lymphoma. If he loses his radial pulse, it’s Takayasu. Daryl gets itchy. Foreman assures him they’ll remove his spleen that night and clear him to play for the scouts on Saturday.
GI Joe turns up at the hospital again. This time, he’s in the ER for “accidentally” shooting himself in the foot. House still refuses to classify him unfit for duty.
House defies Wilson’s wishes by bathing in his tub. When he attempts to pull himself out, the handrail he uses for support comes away from the wall. He falls and cuts his cheek. Closer inspection reveals the hand rail has been deliberately loosened. House declares war.
During surgery to remove Daryl’s spleen, Chase notices his liver is inflamed but the spleen is fine. Whatever is making the football player sick, it isn’t lymphoma. Taub reminds the team Daryl gets lidocaine shots in his damaged ankles before each game. He thinks a possible mix up with the needles resulted in Daryl’s exposure to viral hepatitis. Another blood test is scheduled.
Over lunch, House voices his displeasure with Marcus for feeding him disinformation about Eric. Marcus says he doesn’t know what big secret House is looking to uncover but his brother is a good guy. He reveals they were together the night Eric was arrested for stealing a car. Eric interrupts to tell House they’re having a problem with excessive clotting of Daryl’s blood. House orders blood thinners. After Eric leaves to administer them, Marcus tells House that Eric vowed never again to disappoint their mother like he did the night they were arrested. As far as he knows, Eric kept his word until the day their mother died. House is surprised to learn Mrs. Foreman is dead.
Realizing the hand rail was loosened with a flathead screwdriver—and they don’t own any flathead screwdrivers—House tells Wilson he knows someone else was behind the prank. Furthermore, that means this mysterious someone is playing them against one another. They stay awake all night long, hoping to catch someone breaking into their condo. Wilson eventually declares he’s giving up and going to bed. Just then, the fire alarm sounds, activating the sprinkler system and showering the entire apartment. Prioritizing, Wilson tries to save their flatscreen… with a dishtowel.
House gathers his team, Marcus and Cuddy to question them about their whereabouts during the impromptu flood. Cuddy refuses to play along. She briefly fondles House’s tennis ball then leaves. One by one, House clears the others until he comes to Eric. Though Eric denies responsibility, House claims he has credibility issues. He calls Eric a liar by omission and tells the rest of the team about Mrs. Foreman’s death. Reacting angrily to the breach of confidence, Marcus quits.
The Foreman who is still employed finds their patient preparing to leave. Announcing that he’s decided to delay treatment until after performing for the scouts, Daryl walks out of the hospital. Mrs. Bartlett is able to convince Foreman to accompany him to the stadium. Daryl explains that he needs to play so he’ll be drafted into the NFL and able to provide for his mother. Sacrifice, he says, is what family is all about. He’s preparing to take the field when he collapses.
House checks in on GI Joe. An infection has set in that isn’t responding to standard antibiotics, requiring amputation of his toe. GI Joe enjoys a moment of celebration before House tells him he’ll still be eligible for service. He lost a toe for nothing. Snidely, House adds that they could always just keep him on the current antibiotics and let the infection spread. That way, they’d have to amputate more than just a toe.
Foreman drops off Daryl at the hospital. He calls the team to explain that he chemically induced Daryl’s collapse in order to get him to return for treatment. Then he goes to see Marcus. He offers to talk to House about reinstating Marcus’s job. Marcus refuses the offer, saying House won’t have any use for him now that Eric is okay with his employment. Eric asks Marcus to live with him. The brothers embrace.
Meeting for lunch in the cafeteria, House and Wilson discuss their intruder. They’re on their way to a table when someone causes House to trip. House looks up to find Lucas grinning down at him. Lucas takes credit for setting off the sprinkler system, as well as the other pranks. He claims it’s retribution for the Hilsons buying the condo out from under Cuddy. House threatens payback but backs down when Lucas threatens to tell his girlfriend who’s living in her dream home.
The patient’s kidneys fail, leading the team to believe he has paraneoplastic syndrome. When they can’t find the associated cancer, House realizes Daryl’s dark skin is camouflaging it. He searches the young man’s body and finds a cancerous mole on his right foot. He predicts Daryl will make a full recovery once the mole is removed. Daryl says it doesn’t matter now that he’s missed his chance with the scouts. House tells him he won’t have the life he intended, but he’ll still have a life.
Huddy fans everywhere rend their “It’s not lupus” t-shirts as Cuddy and Lucas share a kiss in her office. She asks if he knows who’s pranking House and Wilson. Denying it, he kisses her again.
Wilson accuses House of pushing Marcus to quit so he could bond with his brother over a common enemy. House denies having anything but selfish motives. Wilson still thinks House is secretly a nice guy. He says the fact that House won’t retaliate against Lucas and risk hurting Cuddy with the knowledge of their betrayal proves his point.
House watches as GI Joe is discharged from the hospital. His entire foot has been amputated. The former soldier smiles as he’s wheeled away, secure in the knowledge he’ll see his child born.
Fade to black.
Do you think the prank war between Lucas and House is really over, or is this only the beginning?
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House - Cynthia Watros becomes Wilson's Ex-Wife
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Lost grad Cynthia Watros has found herself one hell of a plum role on House.
Sources confirm to me exclusively that the Emmy-winning actress has been cast as Wilson’s first ex-wife (he’s had three) who comes back into his life as his new girlfriend.
And this isn’t some passing fling. I’m told Watros is on board for multiple episodes, the first of which is slated to air in April.
This marks the first significant romantic entanglement for House’s BFF since the death of Amber nearly two years ago.
Thoughts?! Are you as psyched about this as I am? ‘Cause I’m pretty psyched.
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House 6x13: Moving The Chains Whiteboard Recap
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Who's got time to read an entire Recap these days? Here's your WHITEBOARD RECAP for the latest episode. Getting back to basics, people. Click on the image below to enlarge....
HOUSE DDX: (from bottom corner) Last episode, House realized his actions DO have potentially long-lasting repercussions. Is he actually trying to be a nicer person? Or is he still just trying to win over Cuddy? In 3 out of the 4 story lines, we see House exhibit signs of becoming a better guy. Trouble is: Cuddy doesn't seem to notice. That leads me to wonder that if a tree falls in the forest does it make any sound? COMMENTS?
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House - Episode 6.14 - 5 to 9 - Promo
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House MD – Recap – Episode 6.12 “Remorse”
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On this week’s episode, House meets someone even less in touch with her conscience than he is… unfortunately, the woman happens to be a psychopath.
About to board a plane, two employees are being chastised by their boss. One of them failed to produce material vital to the upcoming proposal but neither wants to take them blame. Valerie, the female employee, blames her co-worker Russ; he says she’s lying. His credibility takes a hit, however, when he starts to appear drunk and vomits at the boss’s feet. Valerie offers to fetch the missing materials, but her attempt to take advantage of the situation comes to a sudden halt. Grabbing her ears, she collapses in pain.
Though House is unimpressed with the challenge Valerie’s case presents, Foreman baits his interest with the information that she is “really hot, and her husband is really not.” The fact that Valerie’s husband Bill is a social worker, as opposed to a more highly-paid professional, intrigues him. Curious and always up for seeing a hot chick, House agrees to take the case. He sends the team to test their patient for cardiac arrhythmia while he catches a nap on Wilson’s sofa.
His nap is interrupted when Wilson returns and demands to know why he isn’t sleeping in his own office. House says he’s avoiding having lunch with Wibberly, one of his med school classmates. Wilson’s confused because usually there’s nothing his friend loves more than to screw off during the middle of the day, but House explains that Wibberly was part of his therapy. A few months ago, Doctor Nolan had him write a letter of apology to someone he’d hurt. He chose Wibberly because he switched their final papers in a class on flatworm genetics twenty-odd years ago. He doesn’t know what Wibberly wants now, but he doesn’t want any part of it. Wilson notes that neither he nor Cuddy received a letter.
Russ turns up at the hospital and accuses Valerie of poisoning him. He also alleges they had an affair. Bill chooses to believe his wife. Security escorts Russ from the building, and Valerie seeks her husband’s comfort. But something doesn’t sit right with Thirteen.
Still trying to avoid Wibberly, House appropriates Cuddy’s office and conferences with his team via speakerphone. Now that they’ve confirmed the cardiac arrhythmia, they’re searching for its cause. The male members of the team think Russ poisoned Valerie, but Thirteen disagrees. She tells them Valerie isn’t as innocent as she pretends, and if the danglers weren’t so caught up in her physical beauty, they just might notice something’s off with her, too. House orders beta blockers for the patient. Foreman brushes off Thirteen’s concerns and—in an odd power play between the former lovers—has her administer the beta blockers.
Meanwhile, House makes himself at home in Cuddy’s office. He finds two photos, one of her posing with some chimpanzees and one of her with Lucas. Cutting the head off one of the chimps, he pastes it onto Lucas’s head. He’s still staring at his handiwork when Wibberly walks in, explaining that Wilson knew where to find him. They have lunch in the cafeteria and Wibberly tells House he ended up flunking out of med school because of the switched papers. Instead of seeing patients, he wound up bagging groceries for a living. House struggles with the news.
Thirteen blows off administering the beta blockers in favor of doing an MRI. Using the imaging, she’s able to show that Valerie cannot access the parts of her brain responsible for emotion. In other words, their patient is a psychopath. Confronting her with the information, House rattles off a list of related behaviors (the manipulation of others, promiscuity, pathological lying) that probably sound oddly familiar to viewers. Although she denies it at first, Valerie eventually confesses to everything, including both poisoning Russ and having an affair with him in order to take credit for his work. Furthermore, she admits to marrying her husband for his trust fund. House thinks the psychopathy and arrhythmia are related, so he tells the team to treat her for syphilis. He also says to rule out both Wilson and Hashimoto's, the other two diseases that might cause both symptoms. After Thirteen walks away, Foreman asks House to punish her for disobeying instructions. House tells him to deal with the problem.
Speaking of tension between former lovers… Cuddy catches up with House in the clinic and tears into him for ruining her photo. He’s his usual, less-than-apologetic self until she tells him the photo with the chimps was taken by her father on the last trip they ever took together. He destroyed the only copy. Despite his obvious pangs of conscience, House brushes off the incident with a glib remark and goes to pester Wilson.
Wilson is forced to multitask, treating a clinic patient while reluctantly advising House on the Wibberly situation at the same time. His advice is to somehow make amends, but House decides on a home visit to gather information instead. Unfortunately, what he learns only makes him feel worse: Wibberly is losing his house because he can’t pay the mortgage.
Taub and Thirteen inform Valerie she’s being tested for syphilis. Valerie arranges for her husband to leave the room then threatens to sue if Thirteen says anything to him about the terrible things she confessed to doing. Bill returns and, betraying nothing, Thirteen touches Valerie’s arm with the intent of drawing blood. But Valerie suddenly cries out in pain and accuses Thirteen of breaking her arm. The bone is visibly broken.
Syphilis is ruled out, and House and the team take another swing at the diagnosis. Foreman and Thirteen spend much of the time bickering back and forth. Tests reveal Valerie’s kidneys are failing, causing her bones to become brittle, which explains the broken arm. Foreman suggests Valerie is suffering from lymphoma. House agrees and orders radiotherapy. Then he tells Foreteen that they can either have sex, fight or quit, but they need to find a way to work together.
Apparently, Thirteen cares a lot more about exposing Valerie’s lies than she does about getting along with Foreman—or even her own career. Taking Bill aside, she encourages him to look into the landscaping classes his wife supposedly took in order to cover up the affair with Russ.
When House interrupts Valerie’s treatment in order to satisfy his own curiosity, she observes that the two of them aren’t that different. They look out for themselves above all else, she claims. House is uncomfortable with the comparison.
Bill returns to the hospital and confronts Valerie about the fact that she never attended landscaping classes. She admits to the lie but is still able to convince him she didn’t have an affair. Valerie later tells Cuddy to fire Thirteen for the breach of confidentiality or she’ll sue. Cuddy calls Valerie’s bluff, knowing she won’t seek legal action since evidence of the affair would come out in court. The “Don’t Mess with Me” Dean of Medicine does, however, remove Thirteen from the case for her own protection.
Thirteen is notified a sexual harassment complaint has been filed against her. She angrily accuses Valerie of trying to get her license taken away. Foreman calls her into the hall to keep her from saying anything else. They argue yet again. Thirteen tells Foreman that even when he’s doing something nice, he still seems like a jerk. He reacts by apologizing for firing her when they were dating. Before Thirteen has time to react, their conversation is interrupted. Valerie is bleeding out.
The patient is rushed into surgery. The team wants to insert a stint to bypass her damaged liver in hopes of buying enough time to come up with the correct diagnosis. Foreman seeks permission from Bill to perform the risky procedure, but Bill responds by asking if his wife has been cheating on him. Foreman refuses to answer. Bill tells him to do whatever he thinks is right. Valerie survives the operation but still has only a few days to live unless she receives a liver transplant. But first she has to be definitely diagnosed.
Wilson catches House writing a check, prompting the notorious miser to admit he intends to pay Wibberly’s mortgage for a few months. Wilson isn’t impressed. He points out it would be much more difficult for House to apologize to someone who actually means something to him… like Cuddy, for instance. House refuses to say he’s sorry for destroying her photo. Wilson tells him to forget the photo and apologize to Cuddy for hurting her the entire time she was in love with him. Deflecting, House denies that she ever loved him.
Valerie’s sister agrees to be tested to see if she’s a suitable organ donor. Incredulous, Thirteen asks why she would volunteer a portion of her liver when she knows what kind of person Valerie is. The sister explains that Valerie protected her from their abusive father when they were children; she didn’t always used to be this way. Thirteen realizes the psychopathy is indeed a symptom, which leads them back to the original three possible diagnoses—syphilis, Wilson’s or Hashimoto’s disease. Since they’ve already ruled out syphilis, Valerie must be suffering from one of the other two diseases.
Acting in a hunch, House removes the patient’s nail polish. Her fingernails are blue, indicating Wilson’s. Thirteen explains to Valerie that an inability to process copper caused both her physical symptoms and her psychopathy. With chelation therapy, she should get better. Valerie asks if she’ll experience emotions again. Thirteen says the damage to her brain is probably permanent but a cure is possible. Out into the corridor, Thirteen tells Bill that Valerie is setting him up. She thinks Valerie will claim to be cured—and in love with Bill—whether she actually is or not. Bill responds that maybe the lie is enough.
House goes to Wibberly’s to deliver the check. Wibberly refuses to accept it, explaining that he lied about flunking out of medical school. He actually did graduate and practiced orthopedic medicine for years before ruining his career by fraudulently overbilling patients. The only reason he’s telling the truth now, he says, is because House has proven he’s not the same jerk he used to be. Check still in hand, House leaves.
Back at PPTH, Valerie’s chelation therapy appears to be working. Bill begins making plans for her recovery but she interrupts to tell him how pathetic he is. Cruelly, she taunts her husband until he leaves. Thirteen realizes the reason Valerie spurned Bill is because she’s getting back in touch with her feelings and cares enough about him to let him go. Valerie begins to cry. Inspired by the selfless act, Thirteen reconciles with Foreman.
House approaches Cuddy’s office but stops with his hand on the door when he sees she’s with Lucas. Unable to deliver the apology that really matters, he returns to Wibberly’s and slips the check under his door instead.
Fade to black.
If House actually had apologized to Cuddy for the way he’s treated her over the years, do you think it would have changed anything between them? Leave a comment and voice your opinion.
The Latest SpoilerTV Cancellation Quotient - Updated 28th Jan 2010
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I wonder which shows will be next on the chopping board? Melrose Place? Numb3rs? Cold Case? Are Fringe and Heroes still in danger?
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House - Episode 6.13 - Moving the Chains - Promo 2
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