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The POW is a guy called Nick Greenwald, who is initially admitted due to collapse and frontal lobe disinhibition, which means that he can't stop himself from saying things we would normally keep to ourselves. He comments on things like Taub's nose size, how he would like to see Cuddy and 13 naked and how Kutner's bedside manner is overly excited and enthusiastic. We find out that House just paged Cuddy to see the patient so that he would describe her sexually; as Cuddy puts it, House's way of telling her she looks good today. What House doesn't see is the smile on Cuddy's face that tells us she liked the compliment, even if it was a weird way of doing it.



Far more interesting, though was the sub-plot with Wilson. He initially tells House that he can't come to see a monster truck rally because he's playing racket ball with Taub, and didn't want to rub it in House's face that he can't play because of his leg. House then sets Taub up by asking him to bounce a ball off the wall whilst giving him the test results, and Taub doesn't know the difference between a squash racket and one for racket ball. Ergo, Wilson was lying about the racket ball game.



By reading Wilson's emails, and extrapolating from one received from a psych doctor at NY Mercy, House figures out that Wilson's schizophrenic younger brother was found sleeping out by the police and taken to the hospital. Wilson was going to visit him, so he couldn't go to the monster truck rally. House goes with him to visit Danny, but is on the phone to the team when Wilson goes in. Later, Wilson tells House that he's going to see Danny again, and he'd like House to meet him.



All in all, a good episode with some funny dialogue, but I was disappointed that they never followed up the storyline with Wilson's brother. That could have been very interesting.

In this episode of House, the following happens. We open with a book author getting a book published and right then the publisher starts acting strange. Then his nose starts bleeding and he collapses. And so House and the team start investigating what could be wrong with the patient. When the team get to the patient he is still speaking the truth. Wilson is acting strange and so house makes it his personal mission to learn why. House soon learns, that Wilson's brother has been found and that Wilson wants to go and see him in order to help him. SO House goes with him.

Soon the team learn that the publisher actually has a disease which caused him to grow a tumour. Once they start him on treatment, he is back to his old self.

This has to be one of the best episodes so far this Season. The patient is perhaps one of the most interesting this Season, as we see almost a mixture of House and Wilson- a man who has sarcastic thoughts but has trained social niceities to refrain himself from saying them. The impact it had on his family was quite remarkable.



It was also interesting seeing the route of Wilson's shine to neediness- its about time the writers gave us more depth into House and Wilson! They are by far the most dynamic pairing of the whole show.



Kutner's line about the patient being like Harry Potter also had me in creases- it was a very witty episode, full of classic one liners.



Overall, House is back on a roll, and this superb episode proves that the show is still capable of living up to its own very high standards.

The. Best. House. Episode. Hands. Down. A cured patient going home to his family should be a happy ending; instead, it was unbearably painful because you can see the lies and hypocrisy that mankind calls Etiquette guiding their every word and smile and motion, and why? Because we have to. For no reason. The social contract is painful, disgusting, totally arbitrary, and this episode reveals its ugliness and the misery it causes all of us (while forcing us to hide it!) perfectly. Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we force conversation to be meaningless and positive, never saying what we really mean and knowing full well that no one else is telling us what they really mean, for the sake of avoiding making others uncomfortable? The subjects that *are* uncomfortable for us *wouldn't* be uncomfortable without the social contract!



Perhaps the reason I love House so much (the show and the character) is his hatred of the social contract. He's paid the price for living without it. The only way we can live without it and be happy and have relationships would be if no one expected the "collaborative lies" and etiquette. House wouldn't wish being him on anyone. hating the social contract doesn't make him heartless... which he shows us via his concern for Wilson in this episode more than any I've seen. And never again will the question be asked of why Wilson puts up with House. There have been random typical philosophizings about it throughout the series, but here is the solid answer at last. It also answers why someone like Wilson who we've seen can be as mean and manipulative just like House acts so nice- he's a slave to the social contract. The fact that he's such a good one just makes him a better manipulator. And Hugh Laurie thinks he's such a hero. House's and Wilson's behavior and what this episode revealed, brought to the open, and put the clues we've had about their history, personalities, and motives together makes this the quintessential House episode, encompassing everything trademark and attractive about the series that will instantly tell anyone who sees it before ever seeing House before exactly what the show is like (at its best, when it's not insulting religionus



I don't have to repeat how perfect the House-Wilson interaction was in this episode. Hey, their friendship lacks the social contract, and we love their friendship so much... maybe that says how much better relationships are without it? Subtle!



Which reminds me, the obnoxiously unsubtle imagery with the mirror when House is talking to Chase was unnecessary. Okay, the one imperfection of the episode. It made me laugh and whoop and sigh and emote out loud enough to probably convince my roommate that I'm crazy. I want to watch it over and over and over again! That's what a great story should do to you.



Finally, House having to manipulate and humiliate Cuddy in order to compliment her because he can't just tell her "You look hot today, baby" was priceless and classic. Best case, best issue, best House-Wilson bonding, best Huddy moment... best episode.

House and the team take on the case of Nick, a book editor who loses his inhibitions. The team realizes Nick has frontal lobe disinhibition, which causes him to speak his mind having no control over what he says and making him just like House. Meanwhile, House suspects Wilson and Taub are keeping something from him. I thoht this was a great episode and it was also funny too. It actually is one of my favorite episodes that have aired in the season that we are in.



Overall for this episode of House: I'll give it a 9.5/10 and a grade of A

A people pleasing editor who suffers from Frontal Disinhabition Disorder provide House with some sobering insight into the damage caused by being brutally honest with those around him. The writer's provided a rare opportunity for House to show that he is capable of dealing honestly with his feelings. The scene between Chase and House prove that House is very aware that his honest behavior has driven away those that he truly cares about. The sub plot involving Wilson's new found need to form a social contract with Taub is both comical and dramatic. When House learns that Wilson's long lost brother is in a psychiatric hospital in Manhatten, Wilson is forced to tell House the reason why he feels responsible for Daniels condition. Every action has a reaction and Daniel's reaction to Wilson's rare moment of putting himself first played a bigger role in what happened to him.



For me, the best part of the show came when Wilson admitted that his friendship with House is fine without a social contract. In retrospect, House's " tell it like it is" attitude may not always be appreciated but in the end, it's exactly what those around him need to hear.

I must admit that I was one of those people who was genuinely concerned about House when this season started. The new team were only half the team the old one were and the eps seemed overdone and outdated. But since the midseason break life has been brought back into the show with some great patients that has lifted the show out of the duldrums. The patient this week is without a doubt the best one the show has had this season.



This week House gets a patient with brain damage who can not only tells the truth but has no control over the things he would rather think but not say. In this space of time he openly expresses his desire to sleep with Cutty and Thirteen as well as put down his daughter and wife. This ep veers slightly away from the usual setup of patients as the problem appears to be sorted out early on only to find that there are ore problems than what anyone accounted for.



Meanwhile Wilson is keeping something from House and attempts to use Taub as a foil so to keep House off track. Needless to say House is never too ar away from figuring it out but this leads House to question what his friendship means to Wilson as well as whether his treatment of Wilson will have any complications.



This episode is great because the patient's situation is able to provide comic relief as well as the emotion gravity that all good dramas need. In one breath you can laugh at his inability to keep his sexual fanticies about Thirteen and Cutty quiet and in the other you can feel for him in that his wife may never be able to look at him the same way after knowing the truth. All this makes for a great installment of House. The only thing that would have made it better is more of the old crew in it.Chase's little cameo was okay but still, as I said, this new team doesn't hold a candle to the previous one.

Decent episode, but nothing amazing. Again, like I have said with most reviews since the beginning of season four - I watched it all the way through but other then a couple of good scenes the episode as a whole failed to deliver. The show fails to deliver on the character relationships that have the best connection: House and Cuddy, House and Wilson. This episode was all about House and Wilson though and even that didn't save it all that much. The case in this episode was interesting because it kind of shows that we all can be wearning a mask for some aspects of our life and that we aren't all who we really say that we are. But other then that - not too much to take away from this epsiode.

A literature editor is hospitalized with a disease that has the following main characteristic: the inhibitive part of the brain is disabled and the patient says whatever he has on his mind, without any kind of restraint. The result being a series of sexually explicit remarks concerning 13 and Cuddy, and his rather negative opinions of his wife's and daughter's intelligence.



House on the other hand discovers that Wilson has a secret engagement that he isn't telling him about, and is using Taub as a cover up. At that point House becomes extremely obnoxious, trying to force the truth out of Taub in various manners (the scene with the racketball is a load of laughs) and interfering in the most shameless manner in Wilson's life. After genuinely wondering whether House is not, after all, plain mean and jealous, we end up liking him again since we discover that's just his way of showing interest and support. Wilson intends to visit his long lost schizophrenic brother, and House offers to take the trip with him as a friend. Also, the parallelism between his own behaviour and his patient's lead him to ask Chase to help out in order for the patient to have a very risky operation. For once he is being very sincere and self-criticizing, and we see clearly that behind the cold, arrogant exterior lies a realistic and partly self-demeaning view of himself.



Once again the House/Wilson chemistry is amazing and the dialogues between them hilariously funny. But through his friendhsip with Wilson we get to see that House is much more than just the cynical, sadistic person he lets people believe he is. And we also get to see the side of Wilson that enjoys House's unconventionality, which helps cast him out of the role of the passive, submissive friend-in-need.

The patient basically insulted everyone on House's staff - especially when he insulted Taub's nose. Was funny when he kept asking everyone about his nose. Was also really funny when House trapped Taub in his and Wilson's lie - when he made him play racquetball in the mourge with the wrong racket, made me laugh. It's funny that House can see right through a lie and can fish out the truth from any situation. The chats between Wilson and House were great as always this episode. Was nice (for me atleast) to see more into Wilson's life, because I remember him talking about his brother back in season 2 or whatever. It'll be nice to see what happens next week when House meets Wilson's brother - Althrough I can't understand why he would even invite House, but we'll see. I enjoyed the conversation between House and Chase in the locker room - when House talks about how he didn't want his patient to loose his wife, child, alienate himself from his friends. It spoke to me about House with what he's done, but he doesn't make a big effort to change anything. Maybe he'll change by being nice to Wilson's brother next week.

So in so many ways this episode was about truth.. about the emotion people have and I really enjoyed it. Much concentration on char but this show needs it and does it well - the way House really was there for Wilson the way he can be.. that really showed that friendship.. and the whole game of figuring out what Wilson is hiding.. the talk about the past.. the phone call. It so much felt what I have felt.. so. I did find a very personal connection to this episode.



Then there was a case.. I think with all the other things going on around House and Wilson in some point, the case was left into shadows.. but it was good case.. I liked the way it affected the man.. the way he said out all he thought and then.. in the end.. turned back to his old life.. weird what people do..

This week I had no expectations of the episode, but to my surprise we get one of the best stories so far this season. The actor that plays the patient makes a believable performance as the truth-telling maniac, who blurbs out everything he thinks. You really believe that he can't control himself, like he has Tourette's or something. The parallel to House was obvious, but as usual this season, House did seem to have some perspective on this, and the conversation with Chase was beautifully played and showed that House is not only in it for the puzzle. The episode was all about truth and lies and social niceties. Wilson hides the fact that he got in touch with his long lost homeless schizophrenic brother, but of course House finds out. Wilson states that he is afraid that House, with whom he has no "social contract" of being nice to each other, will be a strain when he tries to make things right with his brother. But again House reacts differently, he tries to support Wilson by being there. Things can indeed end bad with Wilsons brother. As they might with this weeks patient. They did cure him in the end, but the things he already said to his wife and kid may never be repaired. Great acting, and a good story. Loved that Cuddy was one-upping 13.

All the House/Wilson interactions were good. We have been lacking in them lately. It was nice to see House willingly go along with Wilson to see his brother. And their faces when Kutner was talking about Harry Potter were hilarious.



The patient had some good quotes. I liked his comments on Taub's nose and Kutner's bedside manner. I don't see how House figured out Taub was lying since Taub passed all the tests until he had to hit the ball against the wall. I guess that is just House. I don't understand why Wilson would choose racquetball or why he would go to Taub. He could have chosen an activity that didn't require any prior knowledge, like a movie or a dinner or something. Foreman probably wouldn't back down to House and Chase probably wouldn't either if House started questioning them. If Wilson said he was doing something with Cuddy or Cameron, House might not have gotten suspicious at all. He found out through the PI that Cameron was helping Wilson with Amber so it is logical they are friends and might do other stuff outside work. House knows about the few dates Wilson and Cuddy have gone on so it wouldn't be strange for them to do something together.



Wilson's assistant only seems to appear when needed. Wilson has an office to himself and no place in the hall for this assistant's desk. Yet, the assistant somehow knew Wilson was taking a walk. Cameron also took Wilson's assistant out for lunch during the Tritter fiasco to get information. Those are the only two mentions of this mysterious assistant ever and we have never seen him/her.



"I'm not a neurosurgeon." First of all, Chase isn't a surgeon. Second of all, he has operated on the brain in the past (actually pretty much everyone has), why is this different? "Cameron brought this up from the ER." Why not show it? At least give her 10 seconds like Chase (it has gotten so bad that I am compromising to get Cameron 10 seconds). When the team couldn't get a hold of House, they could have gone to Chase and Cameron, they have in the past. This is now 3 out of the last 4 episodes Cameron hasn't shown up in. I don't even think it was this bad in season 4. The writers came up with a ridiculous scene for Cuddy to get her in, why can't they think of something for Cameron?



At least 13 was barely in this episode which was nice.

This episode seemed like it would be really good based on the commercials, but it ended up as a disappointment for me. I went in with a sanguine mindset, but I just never got into Wilson's storyline with his brother. It took House out of his signature element, which is being funny and mocking his co-workers and their patients. This led to a lot of scenes for Kutner, Taub and Foreman, but I don't think this is what people watch the show for. If you blinked you probably missed Thirteen's scenes as well.



I found the plotline to be innovative and entertaining, but this was just another one of those unimaginative Season 5 episodes people have been complaining about.

The Social Contract is one of the few season 5 episodes of house that pulls off the main story with the patient as well as telling the side story of a main character in Wilson. House begins to think Wilson is quite possibly depressed because hes hiding his agenda for a night from House but it turns out that his real reason for it is so that house wont find out that he is trying to help his psychotic brother deal with his problems. Also, the main story is about a man who has a neurological problem that makes him brutally honest in which makes him hurt the ones he loves most. Both storylines in this episode are able to evoke plenty of different feelings out of you such as intrigue, sadness and laughter. I absolutely love house and this is definitely one of my all time favorite episodes!