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House Season 2 Episode 22

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AIRED: 5/9/06

A young mother has a seizure while bathing her newborn son and nearly drowns him. House and the team have two cases at one time as they try to save the infant and determine the cause of the mother's seizures.

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Chase is lying, Foreman is back, Cameron is feeling guilty, something is going on with Cuddy, and the team has a new case

8.6

By Slayergirlkal, Nov 13, 2010

Okay this was not a great episode of House. The case was sad and only a little bit interesting. House picking on Foreman was expected and as such boring. Chase working NICU was actually semi interesting. Cameron feeling guilty for Foreman was so expected because that's just Cameron. There was so much to this episode that was expected because of the last episode.

I found it so sad when the little baby died. I loved Chase there. It was brilliant to see Chase so sad that he couldn't prevent Micheal from dying. I liked seeing Chase in that perspective; it was interesting, different, and best of all unexpected.

I liked that Kara was hearing voices telling her to kill Michael. It was something different. I loved that she kept saying that she could have stopped trying to kill her son and that she didn't have to listen to the voices it proved that even if she seemed insane she was still sane.

Alcoholic dad was a thrown curve ball. I was kind of expecting it to be Mommy.

I loved Cuddy! She made up for the many character flaws in this episode. I loved her date with Wilson it was so obvious that she had a hidden agenda. I liked that House found out that she was trying to have a child and that's what her secret was.

This was a pretty lame episode character wise. The case was interesting and sad, but the characters were so boring.moreless
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What does Cuddy want with Wilson?....

8.5

By uk6strings, Nov 08, 2010

In season two's "Forever," House has to deal with an overly-happy Foreman, an irritated Cameron, a worn-out Chase, an awkward Cuddy and Wilson, and a woman who dropped her baby in the bathtub after a seizure.

One thing that is not so great about "Forever" is how it addresses Foreman's health. Foreman, who we saw just one episode ago narrowly survive an illness and was seemingly left hanging on a cliff about the future health of his brain, just walks into the office at the beginning of this episode almost 100% better. I guess that looks like lazy writing to me - or, at the very least, the way Foreman's story is handled is just incredibly disappointing.

There are some great things about "Forever" however: the shocking case, House's unusual relationship with his team, and Cuddy and Wilson's date - the latter of which makes the entire episode worthwhile all by itself. "Forever" is certainly one of the better House episodes of season 2.moreless
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The team deals with Foreman going back to work.

9.5

By DonStants2, Jun 10, 2009

I thought this episode started a little slowly, and, for some reason, no matter how many times I watch it, I don't fully enjoy it as much as other episodes in this Season.

Nevertheless, whilst the puzzle was fairly dull, the case and the situations surrounding the case were quite dramatic, and involved another sad baby death. I think this was one of the first deaths of the Season, unless you count the policeman in Euphoria 1, and perhaps the dying girl in episode two.

I thought House showed both sides of his character well in this episode. He was very harsh, blunt and actually scarily dark when confronting the father about his alcholhism- it showed a very dark side of his character. Nevertheless, he was quite sympathetic to the mother, and tried to talk her out of her refusual to get treatment.

I thought Foreman's new positive attitude wouldn't last, and it was proven right in this episode. The team seemed a little disjointed, with Foreman not quite himself, Cameron guilty after performing the unnecessary brain biopsy on him, whilst Chase getting away from the team because his dad didn't leave him anything in his will.

I thought the Wilson and Cuddy subplot was quite interesting, and it gives a new angle for a Cuddy storyline. It was striking that although both Cuddy and Wilson are nicer than House, they both seem equally lonely.

Overall, I thought this was a solid episode, excellently written and brilliantly acted, yet wasn't quite as entertained as I have been throughout the Season. Something fell flat for me this episode, but I will still argue that the episode was great as a whole, just not as brilliant as some of the other ones.moreless
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Cuddy & Wilson go on a date.

9.0

By Canogaparkcindy, Sep 14, 2008

Well this episode was very surprising, well actually it wasn't I mean who wasn't expecting atleats some romance between Cuddy & Wilson. But it turns out isn't really a date, it was an embarassing consult lol. Anyways the main plot, that was so creepy when the baby was underwater, they can show that on TV, wow, that creeped me out, while Foreman has an epiphany, a whole new Nice Foreman now that he appreaciates life. WHich did get annoying after a while, while Chase works somewehre else for a whgile to get double the salary. Crazy, didn't expect that. The mom & the baby die sooner or later, thats their 3rd & 4rth dead patient! A well-made episode.moreless
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Is she crazy or are there seizures? And upon Foreman's return House pushes him without regard for what he has been through.

8.5

By anorthview, May 03, 2008

The team, minus Chase who is taking a break from House, encounters a woman that has just given birth, and is suffering from seizures that they can't figure out why, in addition she begins to hear voices also from an unknown cause, and as they rush to try and diagnose her to try and save her life, it also becomes a fight to try and save the life her child. After the child dies they conclude that the two may have been suffering from the same aliment, and after convincing the father to allow for an autopsy done by Chase, who is now been "back" on the team, they discover what is needed to save the mothers life. And also coming to light is that Cuddy is going through hormone treatments in the hopes of becoming a mother.

This episode ends with Foreman studying to regain what he has lost.moreless
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Hugh Laurie	Dr. Gregory House
Jennifer Morrison	Dr. Allison Cameron
Jesse Spencer	Dr. Robert Chase
Lisa Edelstein	Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps	Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean Leonard	Dr. James Wilson

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Toni Lewis	NICU Nurse	Guest Star
Kevin Moon	EMT	Guest Star
Kip Pardue	Brent Mason	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (2)
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- Trivia: In this episode, watching the restaurant scene, we can see that both Cuddy and Wilson are left-handed.
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- It's clear at several points (primarily due to the stiffness of the neck) that the baby is a prop doll.
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QUOTES (26)
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- House: What's that saying? When you assume, you become a pain in the ass to me?
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- Dr. Cameron: (to Foreman) How are you coming along?
  House: Tell her everything's great. Neither of us wants to deal with her guilt.
  Dr. Cameron: I don't feel guilty!
  House: Of course not! Hell, if people felt guilty every time they accidentally lobotomized a guy...
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- Dr. Cameron: Chase got a case in the ER, and he wants us to take a look.
  House: Unless Chase broke his neck falling off his polo pony, he had no reason to be in the ER.
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- House: (to Chase) So why are you down here? Hoping to expand your make-out pool to include the preemie to nine-year old demographic?
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- Dr Chase: (before performing the test on the dead infant) God of compassion, take Michael into your arms. Welcome him into paradise. There will be no sorrow, no weeping, and no pain. Peace in God and forever more. I'm sorry.
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- Dr. Chase: ECMO could kill him!
  House: You don't start him on ECMO and that infection can rampage through his body like Pistons fans after a championship.
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- House: I don't care how guilty you feel or how touched you are by his reborn spirit...
  Dr. Cameron: I'm not touched.
  House: Then you're guilt-ridden
  Dr. Cameron: I'm not guilt-ridden!
  House: Then you're pathetic!
  Dr. Cameron: Right now I'm annoyed!
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- House: Bad news: estrogen is too high.
  Dr. Cuddy: No matter how many people you tell otherwise, I am, and always have been, a woman. Estrogen is normal.
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- Dr. Wilson: I'm checking (Cuddy's) saliva for cancer markers.
  House: Yeah... I do that after all my dates...
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- House: She's my boss. If she gets sick the hospital might want to replace her. Especially if she dies. I'll have to learn how to manipulate someone new.
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- Dr. Cameron: He got sick doing his job.
  House: Well if he got killed doing his job I wouldn't keep him on the payroll.
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- Dr. Foreman: You're addicted to conflict.
  House: (taking a Vicodin) Did they change the name?
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- House: Why don't you want to work for me? I'm nice, I'm fun at parties...
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- House: What you've got there? Special panties for your date with Wilson?
  Dr. Cuddy: I'ts not a date. And it's none of your business.
  House: If it's not a date it is business, and if it was business you wouldn't say it was none of my business.
  Dr. Cuddy: What do you want?
  House: I want to talk about your date with Wilson.
  Dr. Cuddy: It's not a date.
  House: This is fun.
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- House: So, what causes seizures, hypercalcemia, and the thing where Mommy bends like Gumby?
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- House: (talking about coffee) I take mine black. The way I take my brain-damaged neurologist.
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- House: Well done. But until you can remember how to make coffee...hands off the patients.
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- House: What's that saying? When you assume you become an ass to me.
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- House: Tonight – "L" Word marathon.
  Dr. Wilson: You watch The "L" Word?
  House: On mute.
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- House: I ask you, is almost dying any excuse for not being fun?
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- House: Idiots are fun – no wonder every village wants one.
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- House: Hey, take it easy on Foreman – he's playing with one lobe tied behind his back.
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- House: The thing about being a good loser--you're still a loser.
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- House: Ideas are not soda cans. Recycling sucks. Give me something new and shiny.
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- House: You don't have cancer.
  Dr. Cuddy: You don't have dwarfism.
  House: You have no proof of that.
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- Kara: I killed my son.
  House: Is it my turn to say something obvious now?
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- International Air Dates:
  The Netherlands: May 31, 2007 on SBS 6
  Bulgaria: June 14, 2007 on NOVA
  The Czech Republic: October 22, 2007 on TV Nova
  Belgium: November 15, 2007 on KanaalTwee
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- Music: Over Yonder by the American Boy Choir, Teardrop by Massive Attack
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- House: You don't start him on ECMO and that infection can rampage through his body like Pistons fans after a championship.
  This is a reference to the "Pacers-Pistons Brawl," a fight between two basketball teams during the NBA Championships of 2004.
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- Dr. Chase: God of compassion, take Michael into your arms.
  The prayer that Dr. Chase says before performing the autopsy on baby Michael is a version of a traditional prayer for the dead used in the Catholic Church and some Protestant churches, except that the end is usually "Amen" not "I'm sorry" as Chase says.
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- House: So, what causes seizures, hypercalcemia, and the thing where Mommy bends like Gumby?
  Gumby is a green clay humanoid figure who was the subject of a series of television shows totaling 223 episodes over a three-and-a-half decade period, animated using stop-motion clay animation. The shows also featured Pokey, an orange clay horse, and Gumby's nemeses, the Block-heads.
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- House: Tonight - "L Word" marathon.
  House and Wilson are talking about the Showtime series The L Word, about a group of lesbian friends.
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