John Henry Giles arrives late to the session and collapses
A band waits hours for the jazz horn player; he finally rolls in, plays, then can't breathe.
S1E9 · DNR
20 moments · 30 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Cuddy hands the jazz legend's case to Foreman, not House
House wants the famous paralysed musician; Cuddy says his doctor asked for Foreman and to stick to the pneumonia.
Foreman runs the differential while House picks apart the A.L.S. call
Foreman wants to stick to pneumonia; House mocks him and the team floats treatable alternatives to A.L.S.
John Henry makes Foreman pick a side, then signs a D.N.R.
Asked who is right, Hamilton or House, Foreman backs A.L.S.; the musician refuses the M.R.I. and demands a D.N.R.
House blames Foreman for the D.N.R. and goads him into I.V.I.G.
House blames Foreman for the D.N.R. and pushes I.V.I.G.; Foreman quietly phones in the order.
Clinic: House reads a patient's diabetes off his doughnut-dusted pants
A man wanting blue pills gets a full deduction from his hands, shoes and powdered sugar instead.
House intubates the D.N.R. patient against his wishes
The I.V.I.G. crashes John Henry's lungs; the team freezes over the D.N.R. and House tubes him anyway.
The team fights about House overriding the D.N.R.
Foreman and Cameron argue it was the patient's decision; House says he'd do it again and the debate is pointless.
House is served a restraining order mid-differential
House mistakes the process server for a stripper, then has the patient moved above the clinic to dodge clinic duty.
Cuddy reveals she budgets for House's legal bills
Kept 50 feet away, House shouts across the clinic; Cuddy explains his legal fund, then drops news that Hamilton is coming.
House in court: a battery charge, a puzzle complex and the judge's fingers
House's lawyer argues to keep John Henry on life support while House interrupts and warns the judge about his heart.
Dr. Hamilton arrives and House loses his court order
John Henry's doctor dismisses House's Wegener's theory, plans to take him off the ventilator, and the charges vanish.
House refuses to let the team stop thinking about the arm
A newly paralysed arm seems to prove A.L.S.; House insists arm and legs need not be linked and orders a stroke check.
John Henry tells House they both have only one thing
House bargains to finish the diagnosis; the musician sees through his limp and ring finger and talks about a life of one obsession.
Hamilton courts Foreman and the team argues about House
Hamilton dangles a partnership in L.A.; Foreman asks Chase and Cameron whether House's assault bothers them.
During the embolectomy House schools Cameron on humility
Mid-procedure, House picks apart Cameron's praise of Hamilton's style: humility helps if you're wrong a lot.
Hamilton interrupts House and Wilson's TV and realises the trial is backfiring
House trades needlepoint jokes with Foreman, then stonewalls Hamilton until both see the patient is getting worse.
House tells Foreman what separates him from Hamilton
On the job offer, House says a mistake should feel bad and what doctors do matters.
The hidden A.V.M.: House cracks the paralysis
Steroids shrink the swelling and reveal a malformation compressing the spine that was there all along.
John Henry walks out and leaves House a gift
Discharged and on his feet, the musician thanks House, gives him a keepsake and asks about the pills.
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