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Fools for Love

Episode Number: 51    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Tuesday October 31, 2006    Prod Code: HOU-305
House takes the case of a young woman who has been rushed to the hospital with problems breathing and severe stomach pain after she and her husband were robbed. After her husband collapses, the team believes the couple's illnesses are related. Meanwhile, Michael Tritter, a clinic patient, causes problems for House that could have serious ramifications.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Peter Blake (IV)
Director: David Platt
Star: Robert Sean Leonard (Dr. James Wilson),  Omar Epps (Dr. Eric Foreman),  Lisa Edelstein (Dr. Lisa Cuddy),  Jesse Spencer (Dr. Robert Chase),  Jennifer Morrison (Dr. Allison Cameron),  Hugh Laurie (Dr. Gregory House)
Recurring Role: David Morse (Michael Tritter)
Guest Star: Sam Ayers (Large Man),  Carissa Koutantzis (Waitress),  Rod Damer (Counterman),  Scott Allen Rinker (Bobby),  Brett Wagner (L.K.),  Kimberly Quinn (Nurse Wendy),  Ricky Ullman (Jeremy),  Jurnee Smollett (Tracy)

Notes

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International Air Dates:
The Netherlands: July 17, 2007 on SBS6 Greece: October 20, 2007 on Star
The Czech Republic: December 10, 2007 on TV Nova
Belgium: January 3, 2008 on KanaalTwee
Sweden: March 4, 2008 on TV4
Norway: Thursday, August 14, 2008 on NRK1 (edit)
The song at the end of this episode is "Walter Reed" by Michael Penn. (edit)

Quotes

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House: No empty coffee cups. Off the caffeine. Good for baby.
Dr. Cuddy: Cups are in the waste basket, baby is in your mind. (edit)
Tritter: You don't introduce yourself?
House: Sorry, I thought you were waiting two hours... didn't know you wanted to chat. Hi, I'm Greg! How 'bout that local sports team? (edit)
House: Give her the same food she ate at the diner and stick her on the treadmill.
Dr. Foreman: Better yet, put a gun to her head; threaten to rape her. (edit)
House: Who’s he talking to?
Dr. Cameron: What?
House: It’s got an ass. Technically that makes it a “who.” (edit)
House: If he's not hitting that, then why is she here?
Dr. Cameron: Because I'm hitting that, and it's totally hot.
(everyone stares) (edit)

Trivia

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Trivia: This episode marks the first time that House has ever lost a bet. (edit)
At the end of the episode, the police officer pulls House over, and tells him his pupils are dilated. The officer alludes to this as being an indication of being under the influence. Throughout the show, Dr. House has used opiate medications for pain, namely Vicodin. Vicodin does not dilate the pupils. Opiate medications, in general, constrict the pupils. Dilated pupils would be indicative of other drug misuse, such as benzodiazapenes, but not Vicodin or any other painkiller. Also, it's night so House's pupils would be dilated regardless. (edit)

Allusions

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Holdup Man: ...Time to make the doughnuts...
This line is from a popular old Dunkin' Donuts commercial, in which a tired employee is getting up at 2 a.m. in the morning to go into work, muttering the line to himself groggily. (edit)
Title
The title itself is more than a passing allusion to a Sam Shepard play called Fool for Love. Other similarities to the play: the main characters, May and Eddie, are half-siblings who were incestously involved when they were younger prior to finding out about their familial connection and the parent of one of them (May's mother in the play as opposed to Jeremy's father in the House episode) committed suicide after failing to keep the young lovers from getting together. (edit)
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Community Reviews (31)

 
9.6
Superb
Fools for Love
"Exciting"
Review
Continue » Posted May 14, 2008 2:14 pm PST
7.8
Good
Fools for Love
"Alternate reality"
The medical mystery was fine, but the policeman side-story was ABSURD. Imagine a cop suing a doctor, then later "accidentally following and arresting him". He would be thrown off the force for abuse of power. Stoooopid.
Continue » Posted Apr 28, 2007 2:15 am PST
9.0
Superb
Fools for Love
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Great episode, interested to see where the character of Tritter will go.
Continue » Posted Apr 20, 2007 4:17 am PST

WolfTigerG
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10.0
Perfect
Fools for Love
"Silly"
DO you love your sister/brother?
Continue » Posted Mar 29, 2007 6:19 pm PST

Slayergirlkal
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8.9
Great
Fools for Love
"Exciting"
The beginning of Tritter
Continue » Posted Mar 25, 2007 2:46 pm PST
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Episode: Fools for Love
Season Number: 3
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