A savant's benefit concert stops when his hand seizes up
His father helps Patrick dress and introduces him as a pianist since a childhood accident; mid-piece Patrick's left hand cramps in pain.
Patrick Obyedkov
6 moments · 8 min
House sits down for a piano duet with Patrick
House announces his own gift, trades phrases with Patrick at the keys, then tests his perfect pitch and decides the patient stays.
House tries to see the music in Patrick's brain
A functional MRI of Patrick listening shows nothing, so House has him play his leg like a piano; his racing heart points to surgery.
House tells Patrick he's dying and asks who he used to be
Hiding from his team, House confides in the savant, who echoes him, objects to bad words and says he only likes the piano.
A piano test proves Patrick's right brain never mattered
House puts a keyboard in front of Patrick and reasons that nobody plays with half a brain, so the dead side is old damage and the cause is autoimmune.
After the surgery, Patrick buttons his own shirt
His speech is gone for now and he stares into space, but Patrick does up the button he couldn't manage before, and his father sees him happy.