The waiter in the mascot routine collapses at a kids' party
Mid birthday dance an 18-year-old waiter goes down; his young siblings say their parents are dead and he's all they have.
S3E8 · Whac-A-Mole
22 moments · 33 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
House already knows the diagnosis and makes it a game
After a parking ticket from Tritter, House waves off the team's theories, writes something down and gives them one test each before lunch.
Wilson's lawyer tells him to give the cops what they want
Steinerman role-plays Tritter's questions, Wilson fails to answer straight, and the lawyer warns he'll go down with House.
House interrogates Jack and his siblings and needles Foreman
House accuses Jack and the kids of lying, plays hot-and-cold with Foreman's test, and mocks his love life until Jack admits he lost his taste for cigarettes.
Cameron torments Jack to provoke a heart spasm
During her stress test Cameron goads Jack about losing his job and his siblings until his sister screams at her to stop.
Wilson learns his DEA number has been suspended
Wilson promises Cuddy he won't testify against House, then finds the pharmacy bouncing all his prescriptions.
House wins his game with hep A; Wilson's prescribing is gone
House gloats that his secret test found hepatitis A, then hands Wilson's prescribing to his team.
Story time for the siblings, then Jack starts bleeding
Jack reads to his brother and sister; told he is cured, he jokes about how he caught it, then blood appears at his arm, ear and nose.
A new differential, then House presses Chase for a refill
The team pitches causes for the clotting disorder; House sends Chase for vomit and asks him for a prescription, which Chase refuses.
Cameron refuses to write blind for Wilson's cancer patients
Wilson reads off his patients' prescriptions; Cameron balks at signing scripts for people she's never examined.
Jack's sister helps with the spinal tap and asks if he'll die
She holds Jack for the tap and recalls their father's drunk driving; then a light touch breaks Jack's rib.
Three infections at once: the game is rigged
House's team returns syphilis, then Eikenella, then botulism; one illness keeps turning into several.
House sweats Jack in a sauna; Jack says he laughed at the news
Seizures lead House to stored drugs; in the sauna Jack admits he was high the night his parents died and calls comforting afterlife talk crap.
The physio trainer mocks House's cane
Chase brings bad news to House's physio session, and the trainer is horrified by House's old cane.
House tells Cameron she's afraid of ending up like Wilson
Refused a Vicodin script, House says the real issue is fear of Tritter; she hands him something for PMS instead.
Tumors everywhere, Foreman calls House pathetic, House says fungus
Scans show the brain riddled with masses; Foreman attacks House's cynicism about Jack's sacrifice and House bets they are fungal abscesses.
Cuddy keeps House on Vicodin and diagnoses his shoulder
Cuddy writes the script so it doesn't look like he never needed it, then says his shoulder problem isn't physical.
House pits four infections against each other inside Jack
The fungus is confirmed; House argues a genetic immune defect and infects Jack with a germ cocktail to see which wins.
Will is a bone marrow match, but Jack refuses
Cuddy demands a guardian; the diagnosis is CGD, Will matches, and Jack says no until his brother can choose at 18.
A fake donor exposes why Jack really refuses
Called a hypocrite for refusing to believe in Jack, House offers a perfect stranger match; Jack admits he is too young to be a dad.
Wilson shuts his practice and turns on House
Wilson is referring out his patients; he and House explode over remorse, Tritter and whether House cares.
Jack sends his siblings to foster care
Jack says goodbye to Will and his sister; afterwards he is told he'll regret it and take them back, and his parents would be proud.
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