A jog full of marriage talk, then Ed finds Elyse won't get out of bed
Ed dodges a friend's questions about his marriage on a run, then comes home to find his wife has barely left bed in days.
Ed's Best Moments
Every House moment featuring Ed, in story order.
9 moments · 16 min · by Favseen
- 01
- 02
The breast clue: House points the team to paraneoplastic syndrome
After a seizure and a clean MRI, House steers to a family history of breast cancer, and the team explains how a tumor can confuse the immune system.
- 03
Elyse's love story is cut short by imaginary biting bugs
Elyse tells how Ed threw her towels out a window the night they met, then panics that something is crawling on her arm and has to be sedated.
- 04
Husband and wife are separately asked: have you cheated?
Foreman and Chase question Ed and Elyse apart, warning that a lie could be fatal, and both insist on their love and fidelity.
- 05
Elyse slips into a coma mid-sentence at 4 a.m.
On the rabbit-fever treatment, Elyse repeats a question she just asked, drifts off while talking, and stops responding to pain.
- 06
House asks Ed to bet his wife's life on her fidelity
With only sleeping sickness left, House meets Ed at the bedside and walks him through why he must consent to a treatment that can kill.
- 07
Ed confesses part of him wants his wife not to recover
At Elyse's bedside, Ed admits that if the treatment works it proves she betrayed him, and asks a doctor whether that makes him terrible.
- 08
The arsenic treatment strains Elyse's heart, then she wakes
Fever and failing blood pressure make the team consider stopping; Ed pleads at her side until Elyse opens her eyes.
- 09
Ed can't stay, and Elyse must name the other man
Told how lucky he is, Ed still can't forgive; Elyse is pressed for the name of the man who also needs treatment.