House

Irene is trimming hair for a corpse at a mortuary when she sees someone out of the corner of her eye. Turning, she sees a Hispanic man standing there, saying nothing. Then he grabs a pair of scissors and starts to cut open her blouse… but she sees his open skull. The dead man from the table gets up behind her. A couple of minutes later her boss Martin comes in and finds everything normal… except that Irene is having convulsions on the floor.

The fellowship applicants are waiting for House to show up and Amber tries to reassure Thirteen. House calls in with their new cases and splits them up to check out Irene and the mortuary. House mocks the Mormon applicant and Cameron makes a bet that he'll fight back: Meanwhile, Foreman is applying at a new hospital but the director knows about his disobeying orders at his last hospital, and notes that Foreman might have picked up some bad habits from House.

Back in differential, Cole is eager to get going and House concludes he has a child and has to leave. He then orders the applicants to dig up the dead man from the mortuary and do a brain biopsy. Later, Amber goes to Cuddy and asks for overtime, and Cuddy tells her to do what House wants her to do rather then find an excuse to get out of it.

At the cemetery, Amber arrives three hours late but with coffee and doughnuts. She starts talking to the mysterious Thirteen, who notes that House is intrigued by her since he can't figure her out. They open the coffin and get the body.

Cuddy quickly figures out what they were up to but doesn't want to know. The applicants run the tests and House finally arrives, but they've discovered nothing. Cole, Amber, and Thirteen are testing Irene, who is talking to her mother… until they realize there's no one there.

It's back to differential to analyze the new neurological symptoms, and another round of tests. Thirteen tries to comfort Irene, telling her that her mother is there, and Irene says there was a man in a wheelchair present: Stark, the man Thirteen inadvertently got killed.

Cuddy offers Foreman a job and a raise and he considers the offer. The applicants tell House about Irene's new vision but he's more interested in taunting Cole. Henry suggests they talk to the dead mother and House goes to Irene's room to ask her what her mother has to say. However, Irene is seeing a new older man: House's grandfather, who she can identify by name. House goes to see Wilson and notes he doesn't have a grandfather by that name. However, he's pretending to be spooked to convince Irene he believes in her delusions so he can "talk" to her mother. House suspects Irene's illness relates to how her mother died, and wants to see if Irene has the same symptoms. He then gets up and visits Irene, who confirms that her mother fell down several times and her hands shivered. House prescribes treatment for Parkinson's based on the symptoms.

Cameron talks to Cole and suggests he fights back, noting that if he wants the job he'll have to get in House's face. They try to administer the injection to Irene but she panics and sees them seemingly attacking her, stabbing her in the arm. She wakes up and Thirteen tries to reassure her, but Irene's arm is actually bleeding.

It's back to differential and Henry suggests retinal vasculitis, and House goes with it, then mocks Cole gain. Cameron defends Cole and House speculates that she wants to control him. Meanwhile, Foreman applies for another job and the man is impressed with Foreman's rebellion, but can't get him past the board of directors.

They test Irene's eyes as the patient still talks about Stark. Her and Amber are both surprised when they find a dog collar like the one Stark's pet had. Irene starts vomiting blood and goes into surgery where Cole works on her with Chase. Chase notes House will probably fire Cole either way but can't say anything more because House is watching. They discover that Irene's spleen is necrotic, and she's dying from the inside out.

In differential, they go over the symptoms and Taub is disagreeing with Henry over his lack of credentials. When House goes with Henry's ideas again, Taub wonders if House is feeding him ideas. Meanwhile, Cole and Brennan administer an angiogram and she starts groping Cole and convulsing. Having confirmed it's not vascular, House goes after Cole again until he finally slugs House. Amber finally figures out what she has: ergot poisoning, obtained from eating untreated rye bread. It causes hallucinations and blood vessel constriction, causing the necrosis. They give her the medicine and Irene realizes her mother isn't there and the treatment is working.

Back in the classroom, House arrives to fire one of them. He keeps Amber, having realized she planted the dog collar to toy with Thirteen. He keeps Thirteen and Cole as well, then Kutner and Brennan. Finally he fires… Henry, realizing he doesn't need Henry who knows what he's thinking.

Cameron collects her on her bet and notes that she'll be protecting someone else. Foreman meets with Cuddy and takes the job in return for a raise, an office, and a personal assistant. She tells him to come back at his original salary, knowing that he's been blackballed and he's got nowhere else to go. Foreman has no choice but to accept.