Nate insults his doctor and his mother
From his ER bed Nate mocks every question and sarcastically sobs for his mother as she apologizes for him.
Enid
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Nate on mushrooms: Skippy the bush kangaroo
After his mother Enid signs the form, a tripping Nate hails his doctor as a kangaroo and propositions Cameron.
Nate refuses brain surgery, then turns yellow
Nate rejects the biopsy and mocks his mother; under sedation he goes quiet and the doctors spot jaundice.
Foreman threatens to strap Nate down and feed him
Nate refuses hospital food for the test; Foreman snaps and calls for restraints.
Foreman apologizes; a starving Nate goes on a rampage
The hamburger test is negative and House orders Nate starved; hungry and furious, Nate attacks a nurse over a urine sample.
Enid admits her relief; Nate tells his doctor his best sucks
Learning her son may die, Enid admits she first felt happy he was sick; during a nerve biopsy Nate tells his doctor he's bad at this.
Chess rematch: House diagnoses hemochromatosis by Nate's thumb
House forces a second game, finds the clue in how Nate holds the pieces, explains iron overload to the mother and the two replay a bluff.