S4E13 · No More Mr. Nice Guy

Moments, in order

House hides from Cuddy in the strike-hit ER and spots a too-happy patient
Dodging Cuddy in the understaffed ER, House lectures a patient on the uses of complaining, then decides his cheerfulness must be stopped.
1m 40sGregory House#clinic #nurses strike #complaining
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House argues niceness is a symptom: cavemen and the bell curve
House tells the team a selflessly nice man must have a genetic defect, backs it with a caveman parable and statistics, then holds a vote that doesn't count.
1m 48sGregory HouseChris TaubThirteen#differential #house logic #niceness
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Bowling with Chase: House plots against Wilson's girlfriend
Chase coaches House's bowling, questions why he's there, and suggests sharing Wilson with Amber on set nights; House mocks the advice.
1m 49sGregory HouseRobert Chase#house and chase #amber #bowling
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House and Amber negotiate joint custody of Wilson
House proposes splitting Wilson's evenings with Amber like divorced parents; Wilson refuses to rule and compares them to circling dogs.
1m 26sGregory HouseAmber VolakisJames Wilson#house and wilson #amber #joint custody
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Cuddy reads House's performance review out loud
House and Amber ask Cuddy to play King Solomon over Wilson; she reads House's scathing review aloud and trades her ruling for him reviewing his team.
1m 34sLisa CuddyGregory HouseAmber Volakis#cuddy #performance review #king solomon
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House calls the nice guy's wife ugly, diagnoses Williams, and a karaoke stroke
House insults the patient's wife to test his niceness, declares Williams syndrome, and asks him to sing; mid-song the patient strokes.
1m 51sGregory House#diagnosis #singing #stroke
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House hands Foreman the team's performance reviews
After Williams is ruled out, House recycles Wilson's review of him onto his team, then gets Foreman to volunteer to write the reviews.
1m 33sGregory HouseEric Foreman#house and foreman #performance review
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Wilson's custody handoff: sixteen minutes late
House picks Wilson up from Amber's after brushing off a door-to-door preacher; they fight over sixteen late minutes while Wilson hides in the bathroom.
55sGregory HouseAmber VolakisJames Wilson#house and wilson #amber #joint custody
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Positive for syphilis: the wife explains why she isn't angry
The patient blames his old test, not his wife; she tells a doctor how being near someone too nice slowly makes you better.
1m 50sThirteen#marriage #infidelity #niceness
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Foreman tries to review Taub, and Taub reviews him back
Foreman tries a private review of Taub; Taub reads his own review of Foreman and explains House gave him authority to keep him in place.
1m 05sEric ForemanChris TaubLawrence Kutner#performance review #team dynamics
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House gets Wilson drunk to start a fight with Amber
House plies Wilson with drinks before his curfew, admits he did it on purpose, and asks why Wilson kept drinking anyway.
1m 54sGregory HouseJames Wilson#drinking #house and wilson #amber
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The team tells House he has syphilis
A blood test the team ran on House comes back positive; they break it to him while he watches a soap and juggles the case.
1m 40sGregory HouseEric ForemanChris Taub#syphilis #house's health
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Amber declares war on House and adds penalty clauses
Amber calls out House returning Wilson drunk, vows to stop him, and amends their custody deal with penalties; House and Wilson then bicker.
1m 56sAmber VolakisGregory HouseJames Wilson#rivalry #amber #joint custody
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House explains why he humiliates Foreman
Foreman demands formal authority over the team; House claims mocking him is how he earns their fear and respect.
1m 04sEric ForemanGregory House#authority #house and foreman
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The patient snaps, and a 'nicer' House lets Foreman decide
The once-gentle patient screams at his wife and has a heart attack; at the differential House holds a real vote and lets Foreman choose.
2m 15sGregory HouseEric Foreman#rage #heart attack #differential
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House confesses to Wilson: he swapped the blood
House swears Wilson to secrecy, reveals the team is testing the wrong blood, and gloats about playing nice; then they go bowling.
1m 21sGregory HouseJames Wilson#prank #house and wilson #syphilis
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Amber spills the secret and House cracks the case
Amber tells the team House doesn't have syphilis; House asks why the patient tested positive and the answer leads to Chagas.
1m 51sAmber VolakisGregory HouseLawrence Kutner#diagnosis #epiphany #amber
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Good news, bad news: House delivers the Chagas diagnosis
House jokes about a grueling cure, then warns the patient his personality may change; husband and wife say they're not worried.
1m 03sGregory House#diagnosis #bedside manner
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House's performance review of Cuddy
House delivers the team's identical reviews plus one extra: his own brutally personal review of Cuddy, ending on how miserable she is.
1m 38sGregory HouseLisa Cuddy#house and cuddy #performance review
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The cured patient no longer likes ketchup
Recovering and set to go home, the patient finds ketchup suddenly tastes wrong and wonders what else has changed.
32s#ending #personality change
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