House mocks a swollen-tongue patient, then a stranger opens fire
House jokes about grilling a man who can barely speak; on his way out, a former patient's husband walks in and shoots him.
Moriarty
6 moments · 10 min
The shooter explains why he pulled the trigger
His wife was House's patient; House cured her but revealed an affair that had nothing to do with her illness, with tragic results.
House and his shooter trade blame
House mocks the man's logic, he calls House an ass and a hypocrite, and both are left asking who owns the wife's death.
The shooter dissects House's brutal honesty
From the next bed, the gunman tells House that tact comes from humility and asks why he refuses to be human.
House rages at Cuddy and Wilson, then wakes to his shooter
House erupts over his lost mind; the scene breaks and the man in the next bed tells him he was shouting at nobody.
The shooter tells House his life is measured in tears
As House works, the gunman argues that what can't be measured still counts, and that House's misery serves no purpose.