A family barbecue ends with Richard's wheelchair rolling into the pool
Arlene sends her son Mark to ask his silent, wheelchair-bound father about a burger; minutes later the chair whirs toward the water.
Arlene's Best Moments
Every House moment featuring Arlene, in story order.
8 moments · 11 min · by Favseen
- 01
- 02
House tells Mark he hopes his father really tried to kill himself
A suicide attempt would mean the man still knows how miserable he is, House argues: proof that Mark's dad is still in there.
- 03
House asks Cameron out for a drink, and she turns him down
After the patient's wife praises him, House invites Cameron for a drink; she says no, he says she only liked him broken, she says he isn't healthy.
- 04
House asks Arlene why she doesn't put her husband in a facility
Arlene says she cares for him out of responsibility; House pushes until she admits it doesn't make her happy but leaving would destroy her.
- 05
Richard makes a sound, and House puts a grunt in the differential
While being lifted, Richard grunts at House; back at the office House scolds the team as lousy doctors and orders eight years reviewed.
- 06
House tells Mrs. McNeil the risky test could give her husband back
He won't promise recovery, but says she might learn to understand him; told he could die, she answers he already has.
- 07
House admits he just needed the puzzle as Cuddy slips Richard a shot
House concedes Cuddy was right to refuse; at the exit she stops the family and injects Richard, calling it cortisol to fight infection.
- 08
Richard stands up for the first time in eight years
On the way home Richard starts gasping, then rises from his chair before his wife and son and thanks them.