House debunks a nun's 'stigmata' as dish-soap dermatitis
Sister Augustine's red hands look holy to her companion; House traces them to a fresh batch of donated pots and hands out free antihistamines.
Sister Augustine
7 moments · 13 min
Theology banter turns into Sister Augustine's cardiac arrest
A nun explains God's will with a broken leg; moments later Sister Augustine can't breathe, House injects epinephrine and her heart stops.
The team splits over whether House can ever admit a mistake
After meeting the nuns, one doctor blames House's syringe, another defends him, and Chase sums up what either outcome means for the team.
A God debate in the CT room ends with Augustine seeing Jesus
Foreman and Chase argue faith over the scan, then Sister Augustine smells something that isn't there, cries out about Jesus and starts to seize.
A doctor who left seminary prays with Sister Augustine
Alone in a sterile room and afraid to die, Augustine is comforted by a doctor who recites his favorite scripture and admits why he quit seminary.
House and Sister Augustine duel over faith before she leaves
House accuses Augustine of running away again and attacks belief itself; she answers with her own story and turns his anger at God against him.
The full-body scan finds a forgotten copper IUD
House looks inside the patient for the allergen; the scan reveals a decades-old copper device, which explains everything from the cookware onward.