Dan collapses mid-game on the lacrosse field
A teenage lacrosse player drives up the field to cheers, then goes down and won't respond.
Dan
7 moments · 10 min
House interrogates Dan's family, then catches him falling asleep awake
An animal-naming test, a blunt abuse question, a glasses theory, and finally a leg twitch that tells House the boy isn't sleeping at all.
The team splits over MS and Dan hears what it means
The spinal fluid suggests multiple sclerosis; House waves off the six-month rule and goes home, leaving the team to explain the outlook to Dan.
Dan nearly walks off the hospital roof
Confused, Dan believes he's back on his lacrosse field; Chase stops him, and Foreman explains to House why he didn't.
Dan's brain turns on him with voices
A calm check-in turns frightening as Dan begins hearing a voice telling him he's dying.
A biopsy through the eye and a blunt consent talk
A retina biopsy confirms the virus; the parents can't follow the treatment plan, so they get the short version and a recommendation.
Dan improves and reveals he knew he was adopted all along
Dan names more animals than before, then explains how his cleft chin told him the truth back in fifth grade.