A secret online clinic run in House's name
In a capsule scan a fellow admits an email second-opinion business run under House's name; a colleague demands a cut, then the scan reveals a tiny stomach.
Chris Taub
Every House moment featuring Chris Taub, in story order. Played by Peter Jacobson.
275 moments · 6h 14m
Taub calls out his patient's hypocrisy
Running a nerve test, Taub needles Emmy for hiding her surgery; she asks if he has never been a hypocrite, and he softens.
House plots revenge on Cuddy's renovations
Napping at the differential, House does a Sean Connery line about payback and hints at sabotaging her office renovation.
The online patient bursts into song in the ER
The online clinic's email patient starts singing on a gurney, and they argue whether it is a seizure or a cry for attention.
Emmy's fans turn on her
Emmy's workout followers visit, learn about her bypass and call her a fraud while squeezing her arm, until her screams reveal a hallucination.
House goes rogue on the biopsy and fires Taub
House quizzes Taub on what infidelity felt like, decides to biopsy without Cuddy, fires Taub to make a point, then finds the patient better.
Chocolate cake cures the patient, and she chooses pretty
A slice of cake explains everything: House diagnoses a rare enzyme disorder whose cure undoes her surgery, and she would rather stay thin.
House's revenge prank on the online clinic
Taub and Kutner believe their online patient died; House berates them over her body, then she sits up and he reveals the setup and claims his cut.
House throws away a mystery Christmas present
Cuddy pitches the case and denies a crush; a gift arrives with a note, and House bins an antique Joseph Bell book twice.
Wilson spins the tale of Irene Adler
Wilson tells the fellows a moving story about the one who got away, then laughs: he gave House that book and wrapping last Christmas.
The fellows insist Cuddy is in love with House
Cuddy is caught lingering, and the team needles House during the differential that the gift came from her, until he figures out who talked.
House won't treat Natalie, and Cuddy doesn't push
Natalie's organs keep failing; House suspects leukemia but orders only a test, and the team realizes treatment couldn't save her.
Is it ever sane to want to die?
The team splits on whether a suicide attempt proves mental illness; House offers the burning-at-the-stake test and gets a sharp answer.
Kutner and Taub debate who has suicide baggage
Scanning for tumors, Kutner probes Taub's absolute stance on suicide and offers his own view from a hard childhood; then they spot something.
Jeff pushes everyone away, then the pain jumps
During a forearm test Jeff sends his family away, a doctor tells him off, and suddenly the pain leaps to his leg.
House proposes the drugs are the disease
With ideas exhausted, House argues the original injury healed and the painkillers now cause pain, then is asked about his own Vicodin.
Testicles lead to the answer
House quizzes the team on what testicles make them think of, lands on a deep-brain seizure, and Jeff confirms where the pain began.
A recovery montage and Kutner's guess about Taub
Over a song, Jeff is treated, and Kutner tells Taub he suspects the suicidal colleague in Taub's story was Taub himself.
House outs Foreman and Thirteen to the team
House accuses Thirteen of disagreeing with Foreman just to look independent, letting slip that the two are seeing each other.
House's convoluted plan: radiation without radiation
House explains he asked for something crazy so Cameron would refuse; now stuck, he orders the team to stage the procedure without flipping the switch.
House diagnoses brain damage from a wrong room number
House argues Sarah's transposed digits and forgetting to pee point to a brain lesion; the team accuses him of pathologising decent people.
House on why everyone is really here
The team argues whether Dana had a right to quit; House sizes up each doctor's selfish reason for being there, then needles Foreman about Thirteen.
Taub on fulfillment versus happiness
Pressing for a lung biopsy, Taub tells the patient that leaving plastic surgery gave him meaning but not happiness, and she says meaning wasn't enough.
House trips a wire and stays calm
Someone has rigged a trip wire for House; he shrugs it off, and the team suspects he's already figured out who did it while they pin down a liver bleed.
Ten years later, the kids question returns
At home, a couple reopens the question of having children that they settled on their third date, and it no longer feels settled.
The Duran Duran metaphor
House explains a missing immune response with an extended band-and-fans metaphor, finally spelling out that it's the spleen.
Taub finds Ryan
Taub tracks down Ryan to tell him Father Daniel may have AIDS and suggest a test; Ryan says it's none of his business.
Ryan comes to the priest's bedside
Ryan asks if Daniel is dying, insists on seeing him, and apologises.
House goes along with the parents' MRI
House mocks the case and the parents' demand to call testosterone 'vitamins', then meets the parents and agrees to their MRI without a fight.
House riffs on being fazed
The team notices House shrugging off an unexplained coincidence; he riffs on how fazed he is until the testosterone ties it together.