Speed-chess win turns into a brawl
A teenager taunts his beaten opponent at speed chess, then attacks him, then collapses screaming that his head will explode.
S3E23 · The Jerk
24 moments · 34 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Nate insults his doctor and his mother
From his ER bed Nate mocks every question and sarcastically sobs for his mother as she apologizes for him.
I hate this kid. I like this kid. Fifty bucks to treat the brat
House admires a kid who beat up someone he'd already beaten, orders unusual treatment, and offers fifty dollars to whoever will treat him.
Nate needles Foreman during magnetic stimulation
Mid-treatment Nate asks whether people watch what they say around Foreman, and lands an unexpected punchline.
Foreman accuses House of killing his job interview
Foreman learns someone cancelled his interview at New York Mercy in his name and confronts House, who denies it in his own way.
House accuses Cuddy, then gets her sign-off on magic mushrooms
House congratulates Cuddy on the sabotage he thinks she did, studies her face for a tell, and talks her into psilocybin for the patient.
Nate on mushrooms: Skippy the bush kangaroo
After his mother Enid signs the form, a tripping Nate hails his doctor as a kangaroo and propositions Cameron.
Undersized testes and the empty chair where Foreman sits
Chase and Cameron raise hypogonadism; House changes the subject on whether to replace Foreman and orders a pituitary biopsy.
Nate refuses brain surgery, then turns yellow
Nate rejects the biopsy and mocks his mother; under sedation he goes quiet and the doctors spot jaundice.
Liver failure differential and the hamburger test
With his liver failing, House drills Foreman, who's distracted, then lands on Nate's recent switch from vegetarian to red meat.
Cuddy offers Foreman his own department, and a fake confession
Cuddy doubles his salary and offers a parallel diagnostic group; Foreman says no because of House, and Cuddy tests his certainty with a false confession.
Foreman threatens to strap Nate down and feed him
Nate refuses hospital food for the test; Foreman snaps and calls for restraints.
Wilson's theory: Cuddy made the call to set House limits
Wilson reasons through who could have sabotaged Foreman and pins Cuddy; she says House needs someone who stands up to him.
Clinic: sunburnt dad, his boat, and House the psychic
A sunburnt father who worked shirtless on his boat worries about white marks; House mocks his beer-and-nap habit and reads his pocket change.
Foreman apologizes; a starving Nate goes on a rampage
The hamburger test is negative and House orders Nate starved; hungry and furious, Nate attacks a nurse over a urine sample.
Wilson tries to trick Cameron, and she sees right through it
Wilson claims Cuddy will fire him for the sabotage; Cameron calls the bluff and insists she doesn't care about House.
Cameron suspects Chase, then it's Tuesday again
Cameron runs down the chain of suspicion and lands on Chase; he's hurt, and then repeats his weekly line.
Kelley-Seegmiller, and House's plan to stress the kid
A partial enzyme deficiency splits Chase and Cameron; House decides to provoke Nate until symptoms show.
House as Dr. McCaney beats Nate at chess
House goads the weakened teenager into a game, insults him move by move, and calls checkmate as Nate's body gives out.
What if the symptoms lied? House erases the personality
House crosses the personality symptom off the board and argues with Cameron about whether Nate is a victim or just a jerk.
Enid admits her relief; Nate tells his doctor his best sucks
Learning her son may die, Enid admits she first felt happy he was sick; during a nerve biopsy Nate tells his doctor he's bad at this.
House to Foreman: you're not ready
House notes Foreman followed orders instead of defying him, proof he still trusts House's judgment more than his own.
Cameron works out who really sabotaged Foreman
Cameron reasons that whoever set everyone chasing ghosts sounds like House; he concedes the point and she tells him to talk to Foreman.
Chess rematch: House diagnoses hemochromatosis by Nate's thumb
House forces a second game, finds the clue in how Nate holds the pieces, explains iron overload to the mother and the two replay a bluff.
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