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Season 1, Episode 14, Aired
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Billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler spends $100 million on the clinic and becomes the new Chairman of the Board. As a businessman, Vogler intends to turn the clinic into a profitable venue for his biotech venture and plans to eliminate the financially draining services of Dr. House. Meanwhile, a businesswoman who has it all perfect life, perfect body, perfect job finds herself inexplicably paralyzed. When he diagnoses her secret, House must risk his job and his medical license to get her a necessary transplant.moreless
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  • this was a good ep

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By cube2k8, Jun 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep a man comes in to the hospital who spent 100,000,000 on the hospital and he wants to get rid of things that are unnecssary like houses servieces and a women comes in who has every thing going perfect for her to she starts to get paralyzed and house and the team are trying to figure things out and he learns her secret and must risk his job to save her life that can get her a transplant this was a good ep i thougt and very interest and that is why i gave it a 9 becasue it was so intensemoreless

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  • There's a new boss in town. Edward Vogler flashes $100 million and becomes the new Chairman of the Board at Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital -- quickly becoming the bane of Dr. Gregory House's existence.moreless

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    By NiDKiD, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    The first of a five story arc which introduces Edward Vogler -- billionaire, successful entrepreneur and owner of, among other things, a pharmaceutical company. He donates $100 million to the Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and now wants control of its operations by becoming its Chairman of the Board.

    He immediately decides that treating patients isn't profitable but running clinical trials for research medication is and focuses on trimming the fat starting with Dr. House and his Department of Diagnostic Medicine.

    House's patient is a successful CEO, a bulimic who cuts herself and ingests ipecac to induce vomitting. Repeated use of the medicine has led to muscle damage and destroyed her heart. She needs a transplant but her psychological condition would exclude her from consideration -- unless House lies to the transplant committee. He risks his career and lies through his teeth in order to secure the transplant -- simply because she is his patient.

    Vogler finds out the truth and confronts House who says that while neither of them like each other and Vogler has the money, he's got tenure and can't be touched. And he also has Wilson and Cuddy on his side. Any vote to fire him must be unanimous. Vogler adds that while he may not be able to touch House now, he might be able to fire both Cuddy and Wilson, thereby leaving House vulnerable.moreless

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  • House is of course, average-ly fantastic! Every episode is wonderful, don't you think?

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    By waiyumeiwei, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    House gets a patient who needs a heart transplant, but she's bulimic and cuts herself; two reasons why she could be disqualified from getting a heart.
    In the transplant committee meeting, Cuddy asked if there is any reason that Carly (the patient) should be disqualified. House went on about her medical conditions until Cuddy stressed if Carly has any psychological problem.
    House looked around the room - at Wilson, at Vogler, then at Cuddy, and said "no".

    It's heart-warming when Carly asked House why he lied and risked so much.
    He simply said, "because you're my patient - don't screw it."

    Cameron acted oddly when she calls everyone by their first names; "Robert" (Chase) and "Eric" (Foreman) House asked why was she manipulating everyone and she told him that no one likes her because she's a woman, pretty and not aggressive.

    House told her that everyone likes her.
    Then Cameron asked if he likes her, she needs to know.
    House just said, "no".

    That was funny.
    Another funny part after Vogler confronted House; House turned his music back on but a different song comes out.moreless

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  • Fantastic episode.

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    By Shardyk, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    I'm sitticg here watching the FOX logo right now. It's been on the screen for at least 30 seconds. I wonder if they broke the tape... because that would suck. Or maybe they just ran out of sponsors.

    Anyway, this is my favorite episode out of what I've seen so far. The way the new chairman sizes up House is great. "Wear the damn coat" has got to be one of the best lines from the show. House actually looked hurt after that one.

    The whole lying about the transplant thing... just an overall great episode.moreless

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  • I still think this is one of my favourite episodes of season one.

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    By Mr_Jaminson, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    I liked the young businesswoman as a character, she provided us with a very different type of storyline. I was thinking House may be getting into some sort of relation ship, because at the end he seemed awefully kind to her. But of course, i was wrong.

    The initial symptom was very cool, and it appeared very painful. The muscles (from what they looked like) tightened around each other with a very painful sounding noise. And when she was turned over in her bed clenching her leg and started screaming! That was sooo cool, she hit a 10 on the pain scale! I love that kind of stuff. Also, all House's fans instantly begin to hate Vogler, who hates House, who we all love. He actually posed as a very useful and tough adversary or enemy to House.

    Medical Problem: Bulimia and Ipecac Pills
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    • Music: When Vogler is in House's office and House turns his music back on, the song that plays is "Hava Nagila", a traditional Jewish song. Edit
    • Music: Baba O'Riley by The Who Edit
    • House upgrades from a Game Boy Advance SP to a Nintendo DS in this episode. Edit

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    • Edward Vogler: I want to run this place like a business. Dr. Cuddy: What, you want to put more vending machines in the hallway? Maybe a roulette wheel? Edit
    • Edward Vogler: Are you sleeping with House? Dr. Cuddy: What? No. Edward Vogler: But you did. Right? A long time ago? Dr. Cuddy: That's an incredibly inappropriate question. Edward Vogler: If your judgment is compromised by a prior or current relationship, that is my business. Dr. Cuddy: I respect him. That is all you need to know. Edit
    • Dr. Wilson: Come on. You know how good you have it here. House: Yes, I'm the big poobah, the big cheese, the go-to guy. Edit

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    • Dr. Cuddy: (House) saves one patient per week Said in a conversation to Vogler who notes House treats one patient a week. Alluding to the critics who derided the show's supposedly limited format where House always treats and saves one patient per week. Edit
    • Dr. Foreman: Do you ever watch Gilligan's Island and really really think they're going to get off the island?
      Referencing the classic CBS half-hour comedy of seven castaways (and several hundred visitors) who spent several seasons trying to get off a deserted island. Edit
    • House: No, I have seen every scary movie ever made. Six-year old twins in front of an elevator with blood. Boys' choirs. Referencing two horror movies: The Shining and The Omen. Edit

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