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.
Luke Palmero
Every House moment featuring Luke Palmero, in story order.
9 moments · 13 min
House mocks an ER doctor's quick alcohol verdict
As an ER doctor blames Luke's mother's clot on vodka, House chimes in from the waiting chairs with mock praise for a doctor who never assumes.
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.
Unshaved legs give House his clue, and Cameron finds his birthday
House turns his bedside chat into a lab order, Cameron meets a prickly Luke, and she quietly wishes House a happy birthday he never announced.
Luke blames himself for his mother's illness
Told the diet caused it, Luke insists he should have handled it; he gets brisk reassurance and admits he misses his mother bossing him around.
House reads Luke's real age off his wrist X-ray
A growth plate gives the game away: Luke is not 18 but just turned 15, and House warns what that means once his mother goes home.
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.
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.