Helicopter rescue at sea: the suitcase he won't let go
A rescue crew low on fuel hoists a Cuban couple off the ocean while the husband clings to a suitcase; he says they came to see Dr. House.
Every House moment featuring Esteban Hernandez, in story order.
8 moments · 11 min
A rescue crew low on fuel hoists a Cuban couple off the ocean while the husband clings to a suitcase; he says they came to see Dr. House.
Esteban insists his wife must see Dr. House himself; Chase explains House doesn't care, and that was still the right choice.
House has gone home, so Foreman quietly hands Esteban the number; Esteban leaves message after message.
House mistakes Esteban for the janitor and corrects his grammar; Esteban tells him he crossed the sea for this and House won't even look.
The non-believer prays because he promised to do everything; at the bedside he feels a beat, and Marina wakes.
Marina and Esteban credit God for her recovery; House answers that the rescuers had a helicopter and makes them choose God's hands or his.
House forbids praying during the repeat angiogram and finds a third coronary opening causing the clots, then threatens to slap Marina for thanking God.
Esteban brings American cigars; House says two quit and he fired the third, says he thinks he's okay, and doesn't know what comes next.