Cuddy pushes her handyman Alfredo back onto the roof, and he falls
Cuddy talks Alfredo out of going home with asthma so he'll fix her roof before a dinner party; he collapses, falls, and his fingers turn dark.
S2E3 · Humpty Dumpty
20 moments · 30 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
House ogles Cuddy's tank top and tells her she isn't a real doctor
House floats a clotting disorder, needles Cuddy about knowing the patient, and turns down her offer to draw blood.
Alfredo and his kid brother argue over who has to work
Alfredo frets about losing his jobs; his 15-year-old brother Manny offers to work and Alfredo insists he finish school.
House goads Cuddy into a dangerous drug
The clot is spreading; House proposes the risky protein C and taunts Cuddy until she says yes.
Foreman's clinic patient won't take a race-targeted pill
An older man rejects a heart drug aimed at black patients as one more lie; Foreman says it's greed, not racism.
Cuddy admits she sent Alfredo up the roof, and House orders a break-in
House mocks Cuddy's guilt-driven theory; she confesses she made Alfredo work, and House sends his team to search her house.
Wilson and Stacy wonder why House is so curious about Cuddy
Wilson tells Stacy House is breaking into Cuddy's home, and they trade questions about who's curious about whom.
House, Foreman and Chase snoop through Cuddy's house
House finds the key in seconds, the team digs through her bedroom, and the search ends at something black and fuzzy under the sink.
Rat bites or fungus: Cuddy learns her house was searched
The team traces Alfredo's scars to rats, then House mentions a fungus under Cuddy's sink and she realizes they broke in.
House and Wilson debate Cuddy's guilt during a soap opera
Wilson interrupts House's TV to ask about Cuddy; House calls her guilt narcissism and Wilson tells him to go easy on her.
House treats Foreman's skeptical patient his own way
The man never filled the race-targeted prescription; House insults him and offers the medicine given to Republicans.
House, Cuddy and Stacy fight over cutting off Alfredo's hand
House wants to amputate the rotting hand; Stacy wants agreement on record and House says Cuddy has stopped thinking like a doctor.
Cuddy tells Alfredo his hand must come off
Cuddy explains the gangrene to Alfredo, who talks about quitting school at 12 and his brother's future, then agrees as his mother sings a lullaby.
Foreman blasts House's white lie to the clinic patient
House admits he switched the pills behind the man's back; Foreman calls it exactly what white people do and walks off.
Cuddy admits House is right about her
Cuddy lists every bad call she made on Alfredo and says she hasn't been a doctor in years, until his other pinky darkens.
Endocarditis and a parrot screech: House reaches psittacosis
House explains how clots break off an infected heart valve; the team lands on a bird-borne infection.
House fakes Spanish to learn where Alfredo goes on Saturdays
House wakes Alfredo, bluffs his way through Spanish, and decides the patient spends Saturday nights betting on birds.
Alfredo thanks Cuddy, then the lawsuit lands
Alfredo thanks Cuddy for saving him; moments later Stacy reports he's suing and House calls it a happy ending.
House tells Cuddy why she'll never be happy
House says Cuddy's guilt makes her a bad doctor but a good boss, and explains why she hired him.
Rain and a closing song as Wilson asks about Cuddy's guilt
Wilson asks whether Cuddy could have caught the infection sooner; the answer is no as rain starts and a song plays out.
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