Powell can't finish the stress test, so House says run it again
Powell reminisces about the treadmill protocol, then begs off; House mocks the team's caution and orders them to push the 71-year-old.
Ezra Powell
Every House moment featuring Ezra Powell, in story order.
11 moments · 14 min
House pumps Powell with epinephrine to finish the test, and Powell begs to die
House bypasses protocol to get Powell's heart rate to 130 and rules out the heart; afterwards Powell pleads with them to kill him.
Powell is found trying to strangle himself with his oxygen tube
Powell says he won't live hooked to machines and threatens assault charges for any more tests; House jokes about having someone wipe for you.
House strikes a bargain: one more day, then he'll help Powell die
House describes a slow suffocation and offers a deal: if he hasn't found the answer in 24 hours, he'll help Powell end it.
Powell predicts their failure as the clock runs down
Powell taunts the tests drifting away from his lungs; the team rules out leukemia and fungus while House jokes about Powell's honesty.
House turns back the clock and fakes a myeloma diagnosis
With hours left, House sneaks the clock back and claims multiple myeloma; Powell sees through it and recites House's own suffocation speech.
House prepares the morphine, then intubates Powell instead
House clears the room and seems to grant Powell's wish; Powell asks about the other side, then House grabs a laryngoscope and admits he lied.
Powell wakes, refuses the test, and House tests him with ice water
Powell is told it's attacking his nerves and demands discharge; House splashes him under the guise of a wash and maps numb patches.
Cameron confronts Powell about his experiments, then takes the skin
Powell defends radiating babies as progress; Cameron throws his view of consent back at him and cuts the sample, earning his approval.
House tells Powell he has amyloidosis, and that it's terminal
Powell asks why he should believe him now; House offers the subtype as proof and congratulates him on getting his answer.
House is asked if he knows how Powell died in the night
Powell was stable at 2 a.m. and stopped at 2:30; asked whether he knows anything, House answers with a question.