Role Model

Season 1, Episode 17, Aired
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At a high-level campaign fundraiser, a senator becomes violently ill. Vogler forces House to take the senator's case and offers to let off the hook on firing a team member if he'll deliver a speech on behalf of Vogler's pharmaceutical company. It looks like the senator has AIDS but House refuses to settle for the easy answer. And House ends up giving the speech, but it doesn't go quite as Vogler planned.moreless
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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, Jun 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show house there is a sentor who becomes really ill and volger has house take the case and tells him that he will be let off the hook if house fires someone on his team and house and the team must figure out whats wrong with the sentor and they think after doing amount of tests they think he has aids and also volger wants house to speak at his party for a new drug and house does not want to but goes there and ruins it all for volger at the end and he gets really mad this was a good epmoreless

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  • House screws up...

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    By anshu_angel, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    Don't get me wrong, I love House, couldn't have it any other way, but this episode did not show him in the most flattering light. I cringed at the scene where he rips the oxygen mask or whatever was keeping the senator dude breathing- that was torture, plain and simple, it was painful to watch. He got answers, but that was beyond unethical, it was horrific. All was forgiven, amazingly, so I guess I'll move past it eventually. But that speech as well- why did he have to be so idiotic and ruin everything? Sure, his pride was wounded, but surely something could have been salvaged from the fact that dumb patients would be paying exorbitant fees for essentially the same medication- sounds just like the unethical methods he enjoys, but coz it's Vogler, he balks...and honestly, what would it have cost him to shake Cameron's hand at the end, when she resigned? I was disappointed with that, the scene ended so dismally...moreless

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  • Worst episode i have seen...

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    By lillierose, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    Totally Boring And Awful!!!!!!(i would have that in caps lock if i was allowed) It was just painfull to watch!!!i just sat there think damm when will this be over which is highly unusual!! coz i love house. i was partly comforted by the fact that i had not w8ed a whole week for this episode by the fact that there would b another tommorow but still argh awful.
    The only good parts was when cameron left(not that that was a good thing that sucked!!) it was just a good storyline. and the speach. The speach House gave was a classic and those 2 things we what made the show not quiet a totally flop. lol arent i nice but i just want to tell my opinion.
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  • House is told by Vogler to do a speech for his pharmacial company and screws up. Cameron tells House that's she's leaving after the speech

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    By CSIGirl2, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    House was good in this episode but I was sad when Cameron left. It was funny when House gave that speech because it told everyone on how he hates Volger and that he wants to keep his department. I think that cameron did that right thing because House couldn't fire Chase and had to choose between cameron and Forman.

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  • Vogler's not the only one getting on my nerves.

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    By Stijbeta, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    Vogler is getting on my nerves. And not just getting on my nerves, but much worse. Imagine my nerves are strings of wool, and Vogler is a morbidly obese elephant trying to walk across my strings of wool. That is how badly he is getting on my nerves.

    Fire one of the staff. Sure, great, no problem. Chase can go, nobody like Chase, he's a snitch and he has a nasty accent. And the moment House realizes this, Vogler decides that Chase shouldn't get fired. I bet Chase paid the fat billionaire off.

    And then there's the black senator running for president, who might have AIDS, so he tries to keep the AIDS test off the record. What do you think would look worse? A black man running for president who stops because he has AIDS, or a black president who suddenly dies because of AIDS? The second one, yes.


    You know what, I am actually too annoyed right now to type something worthwhile for you to read, since Allison quit.


    House is a mini-Vogler.moreless

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    • Foreman explains to the senator that Toxoplasmosis is caused by a fungus, however this disease is caused by a protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii. Edit
    • When House tests the senator for HIV, he orders an ELISA test, which confirms an infection by detecting antibodies to the virus. Nowadays, however, it is hospital policy to use tests that detect viral cells as well as antibodies rather than ELISA because they are quicker and more reliable. Secondly, the PCR test usually isn't used as a confirmatory test, but as a rapid test for medical staff. Besides, doctors are legally bound to run the confirmatory test before telling the patient about the infection. Edit

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    • This is the first on-screen appearance of Bobbin Bergstrom, who is also the show's on-site medical adviser. Edit
    • The tune House plays on his piano during the scene that shows he has twelve messages on his phone is "High Hopes." Edit
    • Music in closing scene where Cameron says goodbye is "It's Okay to Think About Ending" by Earlimart. Edit

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    • House: I am selling my soul. Dr. Wilson: Just a little piece. And you are getting something in return. House: I said I was selling it. I didn't say I was giving it away. That would be immoral and stupid. Edit
    • House: But, when you're 4th down, 100 to go, in the snow, you don't call a running play up the middle. Unless you're the Jets. Dr. Cameron: I hate sports metaphors. Edit
    • Wright: It must be miserable, always assuming the worst in people. House: Cut the crap, you're dying! Wright: And you're clever, you're witty and you are a coward. You're scared of taking chances. House: I take chances all the time. It's one of my worst qualities. Wright: On people? House: (he pauses a while considering) Wanting to believe the best about people doesn't make it true. Wright: Being afraid to believe it doesn't make it false. Edit

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    • House: Are you comparing me to God? I mean, it's great, but so you know, I've never made a tree. This line is in reference to the last couplet of Joyce Kilmer's famous poem, Trees: "Poems are made fools like me, but only God can make a tree." Edit
    • Dr. Foreman: Oh, come on. Kennedy had Addison's, FDR had polio. Foreman is talking about two popular former U.S. Presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who served twelve years (1933-1945), and John F. Kennedy, who only served three years (1961-1963) before being assassinated. Both were very well-liked and successful presidents, despite their handicaps. Edit
    • House: Fine, have it your way. Immaculate conception. The Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus, preserving her from original sin. Edit

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