House pegs a stranger's accent and finds Chase's father
House reads a man's Czech-and-Aussie accent and the hug he saw, and works out he is Chase's dad.
Rowan Chase
Every House moment featuring Rowan Chase, in story order.
8 moments · 10 min
Animal-hair insulation points the team to anthrax
Chase's father spots animal hair in the attic insulation, and the team reads the CT scan until the widened mediastinum spells anthrax.
Chase versus Chase: House calls a vote
Chase and his rheumatologist father clash over the rash, and House lets the room vote on which Chase wins.
The rash turns black: anthrax and sarcoidosis at once
Necrosis appears mid-treatment, both Chases are partly right, and House settles on treating two diseases at once.
House drags Chase into a consult with his own father
The lesions are spreading, and House forces father and son to debate it; the proctologist jab lands on Rowan.
Chase confronts his father about walking out
Chase rejects his father's diagnosis, then demands why he came, and the old wound about his mother's drinking opens up.
House deduces Rowan Chase's terminal cancer
A radiation tattoo and a macrobiotic breakfast give it away: Rowan has stage IV lung cancer and won't tell his son.
Chase says goodbye to his father at the car
Chase offers his father a drink before his flight; they part with awkward promises to call.