House

Histories

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired 2/8/05

Episode Summary

Dr. Foreman believes an uncooperative homeless woman is faking seizures to get a meal ticket at the teaching hospital. But her homelessness strikes a personal chord with Dr. Wilson and he grows determined to keep her from falling between the cracks. Her worsening symptoms prove to be a complex mystery for House and his team, but the mystery of her identity and medical history may hold the answers to saving her life. Just as the team suspects she has contagious meningitis, the woman goes missing, only to be tasered by the police, who bring her back. But House deduces the taser may have proven yet another diagnosis, with dire results. Meanwhile, House has an audience of two medical students who are learning how to do case studies.moreless

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Hugh Laurie

Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein

Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps

Dr. Eric Foreman

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this was a good ep

9.0

"Superb"

By cube2k8, Oct 02, 2010 Report Abuse

in this ep of the show house a women comes in for seziors but thing is formen thinks she is faking them to get a nice meal and clean stuff but thing is the others dont think so they start to look over stuff and think she is not faking them and they dont want her to fall between the cracks and so she goes missing when they go to do more tests she gets tazerd and so that opens up more possibitles but at the end when she leaves the hospital you realize she was faking them this was a good epmoreless

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For first time in this series dr.house was too late to save her

7.9

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By tvrev, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse

Last few week i have been complaining about episode well this week i kinda of like it mainly because House couldn't saved her, i'm sorry but you get tired of House always finding the cure on time but i can't believe House couldn't save her. This shows you, one thing that even House can't save all his patients. Rabies it's strange diease still i can't believe it was obvious, the bats was massive give-away. i figured out it could be that but i assume House would came to same conclusion which he did but it was too late.

The other patient the girl who has amensia, i was really impressed by Dr.House's observation skills, he notice how each student clip-board caused the patient to make-up a story. The drawing were funny, the way he talking about women car-accident then at end he hold out a pin explaining how he managed to figure it out. That made me smile.

i'm slowly understand his scasism toward medicine, if for moment u don't take him too seriously you kinda of enjoy it.
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They lose a patient- cue tragic music- doctors bicker and eventually bond in a solemn final scene...

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By anshu_angel, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse

This episode is notable for the fact that House fails to save the patient for the first time so far in the series. It is quite an emotional episode, watching the woman search for what turns out to be her dead family and realizing that she has been left all alone in the world. What is interesting is that Foreman at first dismissed her case, believing the worst of her, and his antipathy towards her is never fully explained- yet in the end, it is he who remains by her bedside, keeping a vigil as she dies. Wilson, who passionately championed her case, is conspicuously absent. What is good about this episode is the development of the interaction between Wilson and Foreman. The show is called House because he is the main character, but it enhances the show's dynamics to see the other characters interacting amongst themselves, and strengthens it overall.moreless

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I can't think of a good summary. Just read my short review.

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By Shardyk, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse

The teaser about gave me a seizure, but after that I rather enjoyed the episode. I didn't quite get everything that was going on, but I may have been a little distracted with the internet. It's probably not a good idea to have the computer monitor on top of the TV.

There were some funny lines and situations in this one. Especially with the anorexic girl with memory loss (I'll be lucky to even pronounce that medical term).

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Catching up on lost episodes...

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By IlyanaRVS, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse

The good thing about re-runs is it let's me catch up on the ones I have missed, and I missed this one the first time around.

Opening was interesting - what caught me was that this ep has Leslie Hope in it, and I didn't remember having seen her in this show.

"Fake low blood sugar - now that's acting"... lol

Foreman is being a prick again, and Wilson is very protective - why? I like the comment about the most interesting part being how much Foreman *doesn't* want House to look at Victoria.

A two day wait for an MRI? Wow, here it takes two months - I speak from experience...

I love the interaction between House and Cuddy in this show - it's great. This show is one of the best out there for wit. It's a very dry, and rather black wit, but still, can be vastly amusing.

Looking at that ice bath is enough to send chills down my spine...

Why didn't Foreman mention earlier about the bats in Victoria's box? Not that it would have helped her - it seems she was too far along even then, but still, might have cleared things up a little earlier.

I'm not sure about Foreman taking it upon himself to "forgive" her for the crash, but it did seem to make a huge difference to her, so I suppose it's acceptable.

All in all, good episode - not the best, maybe, but writing was up to par, and there were some interesting teasers for later episodes.

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Trivia
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- House and his team diagnose bacterial meningitis. Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency and has a high mortality rate if untreated. All suspected cases, however mild, need emergency medical attention. The best results to confirm BM are lumbar puncture and CSF analysis, which were not done in this case. Edit
- The cop said he used a taser gun on Victoria. However, taser guns are illegal in New Jersey. Very few cops are allowed to carry them. Edit
- The $100 bill that House tries to bribe the cop with is fake. The portrait of Ben Franklin is facing the wrong way. Edit
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- The reference to "Kaplow's Pawn Shop" is a in-joke to writer/producer Lawrence Kaplow. Edit
- The song playing in at the party in the opening scene is "On Fire Like This" by Mutaytor. Edit
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- Dr. Wilson: Fake low blood sugar. Now that's acting. Edit
- Dr. Wilson: You don't walk out of a room with ten milligrams of Haldol in your system, you don't walk at all. Dr. Foreman: It was ten milligrams, I gave it to her... Dr. Cuddy: It doesn't matter! Bacterial meningitis, highly contagious, if she is out of the hospital, we are so liable. Dr. Wilson: Not to worry. She'll be dead before she can kill anybody. Edit
- House: Wrong coat. The cape's in the closet, I had it cleaned. Dr. Foreman: Funny. Edit
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- Dr. Foreman: Baby, it's cold outside. This is alluding to the popular song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from the 1949 movie "Neptune's Daughter". The song was written by Frank Loesser and recorded by Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer. Edit
- Dr. House: I don't need to watch The OC, but it makes me happy. Referencing the other popular FOX series. Edit
- Dr. Cuddy: You like Aliens movies? Referencing any or all of the various Alien movies, specifically when something bursts out of a person's chest. Edit