Adam's flashcard drill turns into a screaming fit at lunch
Dom keeps his son to the schedule, insisting he ask for juice; Adam keeps drawing lines, then suddenly seems to choke.
S3E4 · Lines in the Sand
25 moments · 31 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
House takes an autistic boy's scream seriously, to the team's surprise
Walking the halls, House argues parents who never came in after ten years matter; one doctor's date-screaming joke earns a zing.
House demands his bloodstained carpet back
House tells Cuddy the stained carpet is part of him and goes on strike from his office; she sends him to the clinic or home unpaid.
Ali, the clinic patient's daughter, comes back for a very thorough exam
The 17-year-old claims her dad's cold and asks House to check her chest; he asks where all the boys her age went.
House holds his differential in the crowded clinic to spite Cuddy
Barred from his office by his own carpet strike, House runs the case in the waiting area until Cuddy realises it's his master plan.
House moves the team into Wilson's office
House admits a power play while ordering an echo, then plans to share Wilson's space; Wilson explains why he keeps a gift from a young patient.
The team reads House's carpet obsession while squatting in a booked room
The differential lands on cancer as the team deduces the carpet is really about House; someone with the booking gets talked out of the room.
Cuddy calls Ali a stalker; House calls her insightful
Ali has called the clinic 15 times; Cuddy wants security involved while House defends the girl's taste in men.
House eats Adam's snack, and Adam follows his lead
House barges in, grabs the boy's food and eats; Adam copies him, and House insists it was monkey behaviour, not trust.
House explains why he envies the autistic boy
Accused of crushing the parents' hope, House attacks the circle of normal and says the kid escapes meaningless social niceties.
House suspects the parents of dosing their son
Damaged liver cells could reach the lymph; House pushes cirrhosis from booze or drugs, and the team insists these parents quit everything for him.
House's speech on babies being perfect, then downhill
Mid clinic exam, House explains how parents live off their kids' achievements and why Adam's parents get nothing back.
Wilson urges Cuddy to win the carpet war by surrendering
Ducking out of House's sight, Wilson offers to pay for the carpet himself; Cuddy refuses to give in.
House raids Cuddy's office while she counts to three
House digs into the stool results among Cuddy's things; she threatens to fire him and stalls at two and a half.
After a cardiac crash, House lands on pica
Calcium carbonate in the stool means chalk; House decides Adam eats anything and sends the team to bag the house.
Ali makes her case for the age of consent being arbitrary
Ali turns up as House is heading home and argues 22 weeks shouldn't matter; House jokes about Iceland and their age gap.
Cuddy catches House with Ali and offers him a trade
House claims Ali was a stranger asking for directions; Cuddy sends her home, and House tries to bargain the carpet against her.
Jimsonweed in the backyard, and House audits Adam's schedule
The team finds the plant; physostigmine could kill a heart-sick kid, so House combs the timetable for unsupervised minutes.
House shows Adam pictures of his backyard and demands an answer
House lays out photos of the yard and threatens game over unless Adam shows him what he ate; Adam reacts oddly.
House preaches a differential from the hospital chapel pulpit
Playing preacher, House waves off M.S. and stroke and settles on microtumors; Foreman plans to remove the eye if needed.
Wilson fakes a romance with Ali to make House jealous
Wilson claims Ali came on to him; House calls his bluff on a mole, Wilson admits the lie and says she's locked in his office.
House lets Ali down like Casablanca, then diagnoses her crush
House plays the noble farewell, then asks about a Fresno earthquake: a spore in her brain is behind her lost inhibitions.
Adam's drawings were worms: House finds them in his eye
House stops the eye surgery, reads the boy's lines as roundworms in his eye from the sandbox, and tells the parents he'll be fine.
Wilson reads up on Asperger's and tells House he's just a jerk
A reading on Asperger's leads to the idea that House sees himself in Adam; Wilson tells House he only wishes he had an excuse.
House rates the parents' joy on a happiness scale
Watching the family, House scores their relief at a tepid 6.5; Adam's father thanks him for saving his son's life.
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