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Emancipation

Season 5, Episode 8, Aired Nov 18, 2008

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- House: Okay. Dr. Foreman: Okay? Just like that? House: Can I give my reasons later... or never? Dr. Foreman: Three days ago you said no. House: Three days ago, you asked me. Now, you told me. You can't say no if it's not a question.
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- House: (to Wilson) Holding things in can give you cancer!
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- Dr. Wilson: So I take it you did not ask Cuddy out. House: Yeah. Dr. Wilson: Yeah "I didn't" or yeah "I did"? House: Whichever one means you almost had me convinced it was a good idea. Dr. Wilson: Oh.
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- Dr. Foreman: Kutner can do the echo on his own. House: Yes… but he'll be very lonely.
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- Dr. Foreman: He didn't need to say no. He just wanted to say no. Dr. Cuddy: House did something solely out of self-interest. That's freaky.
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- House: Our job is to find out what's killing patients, not treat them for chronic idiocy. Thirteen: Idiocy is what's killing her. House: And since we can't cure that, I'm going home.
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- Dr. Wilson: Nice thing you did for Foreman. House: He speaks! Dr. Wilson: He deflects.
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- House: Your disengagement won't work. Dr. Wilson: I can see that. House: You think that when you tell me what I should do my instincts are to push back, so that by not telling me what I should do, I'll do what you think I should do. Dr. Wilson: I sound convoluted. House: Disengagement is neither artful nor effective. Dr. Wilson: So my not doing anything isn't causing you to do anything? House: Right. Dr. Wilson: I'm okay with that.
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- (Foreman gets up suddenly and leaves) Dr. Chase: I think we gave him an idea. Dr. Cameron: Either that or he's off to kill House.
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- Dr. Wilson: You made the decision. I can't tell you what's right for you. House: Seriously? 'Cause last week you could. Last year you could. Seems to come pretty easy to you. Dr. Wilson: Do you want me to tell you what you should do? House: I want you to stop thinking that acting inscrutable makes you anything other than annoying.
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- Dr. Foreman: I've looked down one end and up the other. All the tests came back clean. I can't figure this out. Dr. Cameron: You can't? Don't you work with three other doctors and a grouchy gimp? Dr. Foreman: This isn't House's case. (Dr. Chase takes the medical file from Dr. Foreman) Dr. Chase: Just so you know, whatever you're trying to prove, it won't be enough.
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- Original International Air Dates: Australia: November 19, 2008 on TEN Latin America: January 29, 2009 on Universal Channel The Netherlands: February 26, 2009 on SBS 6 Germany: April 21, 2009 on RTL Denmark: May 16, 2009 on Kanal 4 Poland: September 24, 2009 on TVP2 Slovakia: October 20, 2009 on STV1 Czech Republic: October 26, 2009 on TV Nova Sweden: November 17, 2009 on TV4
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- Music: Through the Dark (Alexi Murdoch)
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- This episode was dedicated to the memory of Robert L. Stover, who had passed away from pancreatic cancer on October 3, 2008. He worked behind the camera as a set decorator.
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- House: But your decision to stick it to the man clearly inspired Oliver Twist. Referencing the fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his second novel of the same name (1837-39). It tells the story of a poor orphan boy brought up in a poor house who eventually falls into a life of crime with the villainous Fagin and his band of youthful pickpockets. The novel has adapted into numerous TV and movie versions.
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