Dan collapses mid-game on the lacrosse field
A teenage lacrosse player drives up the field to cheers, then goes down and won't respond.
S1E2 · Paternity
22 moments · 32 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
House hides from a full waiting room doing a crossword
Holed up in an exam room until his shift ends, House explains why he won't see runny noses and admits his team has no cases.
A forged letter with a girlie G hooks House on night terrors
House tries to clock out and spots a fake signature from his own office; the case of a 16-year-old with night terrors makes him stay.
House interrogates Dan's family, then catches him falling asleep awake
An animal-naming test, a blunt abuse question, a glasses theory, and finally a leg twitch that tells House the boy isn't sleeping at all.
House bets his team the father isn't the father
During the differential House claims the family history is wrong, puts money on paternity, needles Foreman into raising the stakes, and orders a sleep study.
Chase bluffs, House sees the bowing in the corpus callosum
Asked what the clean MRI shows, Chase guesses meningitis to impress; House calls it out and points to a subtle arch nobody else sees.
House sells an anti-vaccine mother on baby coffins
A mother refusing vaccines blames drug companies; House answers with a speech on toy frogs, tiny coffins, and what her choice really costs.
The team splits over MS and Dan hears what it means
The spinal fluid suggests multiple sclerosis; House waves off the six-month rule and goes home, leaving the team to explain the outlook to Dan.
Dan goes missing and House is dragged in from his evening
The team searches the hospital; House runs into a dressed-up Cuddy, then shrugs off the search and leaves a tip about the roof.
Dan nearly walks off the hospital roof
Confused, Dan believes he's back on his lacrosse field; Chase stops him, and Foreman explains to House why he didn't.
Not MS after all: House pushes neurosyphilis and a risky injection
The roof episode rules out MS; House rates teen sex odds, polls the team on his sanity and gets the shunt answer he wanted.
The boy who sued wolf: House reads a litigious patient's knee
A man with an infected knee drove 70 miles past two hospitals; House works out why and threatens to page a Dr. Wolf.
Cuddy catches wind of the paternity bet and buys in
House and Cuddy trade jabs about her night out, then set terms: a tie at the symposium against a week off clinic duty.
Dan's brain turns on him with voices
A calm check-in turns frightening as Dan begins hearing a voice telling him he's dying.
Back to square one with the MIDNIT mnemonic
With penicillin failing, House runs the team through a mnemonic he mocks for its spelling, then orders listening equipment for a talking brain.
Dan's parents confront House over lunch
Accused of not caring, House recites their son's every test result from memory, then sends them to hold his hand.
House turns the tables on Mr. Funsten's lawsuit
The litigious patient returns with papers; House hands him a lab result he'd rather keep from his wife and pockets the paperwork.
Coffee-cup DNA reveals Dan was adopted
The paternity test brings a double surprise; House confronts the parents, waves off their outrage, and asks one question about the birth mother.
House explains the measles time bomb hiding in Dan's brain
An infant measles virus that mutated and waited 16 years: House names the rare disease, its fatal second stage, and the treatment dilemma.
A biopsy through the eye and a blunt consent talk
A retina biopsy confirms the virus; the parents can't follow the treatment plan, so they get the short version and a recommendation.
House argues the bet saved Dan, then collects his winnings
Cuddy balks at a $3,200 DNA test for a wager; House credits the bet with cracking the case, then counts the cash he won from everyone.
Dan improves and reveals he knew he was adopted all along
Dan names more animals than before, then explains how his cleft chin told him the truth back in fifth grade.
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