House M.D. (TV Series)

Simple Explanation (2009)

Peter Jacobson: Dr. Chris Taub

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• Dr. Chris Taub : Kutner wanted to die, Charlotte doesn't. So in a contest for my concern and interest, she wins.

  Dr. Robert Chase : Okay. Either you're a cold-hearted bastard or you're too miserable to face it. Go home and cry.

• Dr. Gregory House : Oh, look at the time. It's half past "Taub was lying about Kutner."

  Dr. Chris Taub : He probably went to a comic book fest, spent the night at some Wonder Woman's lair. I'm sure he'll...

  Dr. Gregory House : Find out what or who he's doing. Either way, Cuddy's gonna want me to write it under "reason for termination."

• Dr. Gregory House : [about Kutner's death]  He didn't slit his wrists and... peacefully drift away. He shot himself. Didn't leave a note - means panic, which could have been preempted if the idiots who worked alongside him for 80 hours a week had seen this coming.

  Thirteen : You're blaming us?

  Dr. Gregory House : [shakes his head slightly]  Just trying to figure it out.

  Thirteen : We would have helped him if he had reached out to us. He didn't.

  Dr. Eric Foreman : We should have picked up on something.

  Thirteen : This isn't our fault! Something like 25% of suicidal people show no outward signs of depression.

  Dr. Gregory House : No. 25% of suicidal people have friends who didn't notice anything and don't want to feel guilty.

  Dr. Chris Taub : Killing himself also kills all other options. Makes Kutner an idiot. So pity, yes. But guilt, no.

  Dr. Eric Foreman : That's what you wanna tell yourself.

• Dr. Gregory House : [about Charlotte's treatment]  Start her on IV fluids and acyclovir.

  Thirteen : Can't. She's demanding to be released so she can get home to her husband.

  Dr. Gregory House : How sweet. They can die together instead of separately, 40 years apart.

  Thirteen : She claims he got stronger as soon as she stopped breathing.

  Dr. Chris Taub : The mind can heal the body. Seeing his wife in distress might have actually slowed down his death.

  Dr. Gregory House : Or he just had an adrenaline surge when he saw his chance to hit the singles market.

• Dr. Chris Taub : [about Charlotte after she tries to kill herself]  She's stable, but whatever was left of her liver is definitely shot now. And there's no change in Eddie.

  Dr. Gregory House : So, thanks to her idiotic move, she's dead in 24 hours if she doesn't get a new liver.

  Dr. Chris Taub : It was selfless. She loves him.

  Dr. Gregory House : How does that disagree with what I just said?

  Thirteen : Test was negative for AAT deficiency. Myelofibrosis fits, but testing takes at least 48 hours.

  Dr. Chris Taub : We should try a partial donation from a live donor.

  Thirteen : Damage is too severe. She needs a whole new liver.

  Dr. Chris Taub : No diagnosis, no liver. No liver, no living.

  Dr. Gregory House : [House is looking through the bookshelves. He returns to the table waving a single sheet of paper]  What do you know. It is myelofibrosis.

  [starts writing on the paper] 

  Dr. Gregory House : Says so right here. Who wants to tell Cuddy?

  Thirteen : How many times have you lied to the transplant committee?

  Dr. Gregory House : Just twice.

  Thirteen : How many times has it worked?

  Dr. Gregory House : I don't quite see how that's relevant.

  [His pager goes off and he checks it] 

  Dr. Gregory House : Cheese it. It's the coppers.

  Thirteen : [grabs House's pager]  We're not just going to leave them to die while you fixate on Kutner.

• Thirteen : [When Eddie refuses to undergo treatment]  You're basically asking us to commit murder.

  Dr. Gregory House : I was yesterday too.

  Thirteen : There's a difference when he has 20 years to live instead of 2 days.

  Dr. Gregory House : Not really. Not legally.

  Thirteen : That's your way of convincing us to do this, by saying it's no more immoral?

  Dr. Gregory House : The idiot is gonna do this with or without us. This way, we can protect the organ.

  Thirteen : We should be protecting him.

  Dr. Gregory House : So we strap him to the bed, wait till his wife dies?

  Thirteen : I'm not doing this.

  Dr. Chris Taub : I will. We've already had one pointless death.