- After House's medical license is reinstated, he reclaims his role as Head of Diagnostics in time to treat Hank Hardwick, an adult film star admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for pulsating eye pain. Meanwhile, Cuddy is reminded that the hospital is not conducive to healthy personal relationships, and House angles to form a dream team.—Fox Publicity
- Open with a porn actor and his director discussing the business as they prepare to shoot a scene. When the bright lights are turned on the actor grabs his face and crumples to the ground: "My eyes, they feel they're exploding."
It appears Cameron has accepted Chase's revelation from the end of last week's episode. She does, however, think they should take the opportunity to make a fresh start somewhere else.
Foreman wants to treat a three-month-old with fever and muscle weakness, House wants to treat porn actor Hank from the opening scene. Foreman picks the baby until Cuddy enters the room with House's medical license. House is back in charge. Chase and Cameron show up and say they're leaving the team. House ignores the news and orders tests for Hank.
Foreman examines Hank, who tells him he is happily married to a porn actress. Hank appears to have a clean medical and psychological background. Hank begins having severe muscle spasms.
House visits Taub and asks him to re-join the team, telling him he has four candidates for three slots. Taub doesn't like the potentiallly long hours away from his wife.
House visits Thirteen as well. She slams the door in his face.
House talks to Wilson about wanting to keep the old team together.
Foreman talks Chase and Cameron into helping work on Hank. Chase seems to be leaning towards staying, Cameron is adamant they are going. They work on Hank with his wife present and the couples argue over having sex for a living. When the UV rays are turned on Hank begins hemorrhaging from his nose and thighs.
Cameron tells House she's forgiving Chase for killing Dibala. House doesn't buy it. She thinks he wants to break up their marriage so he can have the three fellows he wants.
Chase tells Hank he likes the fact he's only intimate with one woman. Hank says he and his wife are still committed in "every way that matters." Hank is getting a fever; the antibiotics aren't working.
House goes back to see Taub. Taub emphasizes he's content at home. Taub once against gives House a suggestion for treating Hank: Draining his sinuses to allow the antibiotics to work.
Foreman approaches Thirteen about her coming back. She says she can't work with him, he thinks he was the problem tells her he no longer has a problem.
House tells Chase there must be some reason the morally superior Cameron is letting him off the hook.
Wilson complains to Cuddy about House "stalking" his potential fellows. He blames her dating Lucas for House's behavior.
Cuddy tells Lucas about House's behavior. She apologizes for allowing House to impact their relationship.
Chase asks Cameron why she has forgiven him for Dibala. She says the difference is that he feels shame and guilt. Hank's liver begins to fail.
The team tosses around diagnostic possibilities for Hank. They move forwards with his having blocked bile channels and look into liver donation. House thinks Cameron is actually blaming him for Dibala's death and that's why she wants them to leave.
House asks Thirteen more questions about Hank. She wants to work for a community health clinic she's interviewed with. She points out House isn't actually asking any of them to come back to the department because he fears rejection.
Cameron tells Hank he'll never get a transplant in his line of work. He is adamant he shouldn't have to change his profession, but his wife seem to be a voice of reason.
While Chase works on Hank's bile channel, Foreman tells him not to listen to House. Chase finds Hank's liver is "completely filled with worms."
Chase tells Hank he has threadworms, which should be cured with antibiotics.
Lucas waits for Chase in his office. He thinks House not having the team he wants will hurt his relationship with Cuddy. Lucas is aware Chase stopped writing detailed notes a few weeks ago and wonders if he hiding something.
Hank's lungs start filling with fluid and his liver is still failing. Foreman suggests lymphoma and the team moves forwards with testing. Cameron snaps at House.
Chase emphasizes to Cameron that he was the one who killed Dibala and that he would make the same decision again. "If that's how you feel," she says. "Okay."
House asks Wilson how he can get three of the team members to come work for him when they don't want to. Wilson thinks House feels abandoned by Cuddy and wants to have friends near him.
Hank starts urinating blood and goes into cardiac arrest. They are able to stabilize him, but he is clearly dying. No one has a good idea, and House suggests the highly dangerous option of ablating his bone marrow. We see Taub and Thirteen ignore faxes from House.
House goes home to find Chase waiting for him. "I want on the team," Chase says.
Thirteen gets a phone call saying the clinic wants to hire her. She then picks up the fax from House. During a plastic surgery consoltation, Taub turns around and picks up the fax from House.
House is sitting in on Hank's test because he thinks they are wrong. He gets a call from Thirteen and Taub who tell him Hank has extra intestinal Crohn's, and the worms were actually helping him. The issue was that Hank had been too sheltered by his parents as a child.
Taub goes to House and says he wants back on the team. "I'll let you know," House says. Thirteeen is waiting in the hallway to say the same thing.
Chase tells Cameron he wants to stay with House and she should join him. "unless House is right about why you want out."
Cameron tells House he was the one who killed Dibala by teaching the rest of the team to play God. She thinks he risked Hank's life to get back Taub and Thirteen and "you'll poison them just like you poiosed Chase. You ruined him, so he can't see right from wrong. I loved you and I loved Chase. I'm sorry for what you've become. There's no way back for either of you." She gives him a kiss and leaves.
House brags to Wilson that he has his team in place and tell him Cameron is leaving. "Three out of four ain't bad."
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