House M.D. (TV Series)

Out of the Chute (2011)

Lisa Edelstein: Dr. Lisa Cuddy

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• Dr. Lisa Cuddy : You didn't expect me to say yes to rupturing his aorta, did you?

  Dr. Gregory House : Since I didn't ask, I wasn't expecting you to say anything at all.

  Dr. Lisa Cuddy : You have no reason to believe this will save his life.

  Dr. Gregory House : Really? No reason. None at all. I'm just planning on cracking open his chest, blowing up his heart, what, to pad his bill? Or you think that since you broke my heart I want to break his?

  Dr. Lisa Cuddy : ...I don't know. I think maybe you're looking for something that can excite you, fill a void. And it's affecting your judgment.

  Dr. Gregory House : You're right, I am. But my damaged, depressed, drug-addled judgment is still better than yours or any other doctor in this hospital. And my team is going to do this procedure and save his life. So, you can either have security arrest me and my team, or you can get the hell out of my way... And she caves.

• Dr. Lisa Cuddy : When things go wrong, I don't want to hope that I'm not alone. I want to know it. With House - everytime I needed him to step up - he's just never gonna be that. It's not his fault. It's who he is. I should have known it. This is my fault.

• Martha Masters : It wasn't *that* ridiculous a theory.

  Dr. Gregory House : Great theory. It's a ridiculous test. You can't give a standard balance test to a champion bull rider. If you're gonna test Superman's strength, you need a bigger bar bell. Find one, make him lift it. Then call me and tell me how high it got... And tell Cuddy spying is for cowards.

  [Ends the call] 

  Dr. Lisa Cuddy : Just keep me posted.

  Dr. Eric Foreman , Dr. Robert Chase : I will.

• Dr. James Wilson : You're going to have to talk to him eventually... he needs you.

  Dr. Lisa Cuddy : I love him. And I know he loves me, but I just can't...

  Dr. James Wilson : He needs you in his life. Even if you're not sleeping with him, he *needs* you, without you...

  Dr. Lisa Cuddy : You can't go backwards! I can't fix his problem. I *am* his problem.