Luke holds a disability interview together as his mother's voices take over
A teenage son juggles paperwork and dates for his mother's benefits while she rants at voices, then she collapses at the table.
Lucy Palmero
Every House moment featuring Lucy Palmero, in story order.
8 moments · 13 min
House sends Luke for a sandwich and actually talks to a patient
House dispatches Luke on a very specific lunch order and sits with Lucy, while the team wonders why he is drawn to patients like her.
The liver ultrasound shows a tumor, and Wilson breaks the news
Cirrhosis in a woman who supposedly doesn't drink, then a solid mass; Wilson introduces himself to Lucy and tells her she has cancer.
Child Services takes Luke away from his mother's bedside
A state caseworker arrives for 15-year-old Luke; he pleads to stay, and mother and son share a memory before he is led out.
A phone record proves Lucy is not schizophrenic
House shows the only call from Lucy's room went to Social Services, and argues that sacrificing for her son is too sane for the diagnosis.
A forgotten eye appointment and copper rings crack Lucy's case
The team lands on a rare copper disorder, House questions their hope, and a forgotten eye appointment leads to copper rings in Lucy's eyes.
Lucy, clear-headed, is reunited with Luke
Ready to go home, Lucy sees her son walk in and greets him like the mother he remembers.
House takes the blame for the Social Services call
Lucy thanks House; Luke refuses to, and House lets him think the call was his own doing, then admits the case lost its interest.