Soap star Evan Greer storms off his own set
A melodramatic surgery scene on a daytime soap ends with the cut; its star Evan calls the take, the fans and the whole show crap.
S4E14 · Living the Dream
20 moments · 27 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
House kidnaps his favorite soap star in a limo
House drives off with Evan in a Town Car, wheels him into the hospital, and diagnoses a tumor from his slowing teleprompter reads.
House trades an eye test for soap spoilers
House pries the twins' paternity out of Evan during a vision test, then admits he lied about the results.
The team diagnoses by watching the soap in hi-def
House screens Evan's show on a big TV, hunting for symptoms in his line pauses and stethoscope grip, until Cuddy walks in.
Cuddy begs House to behave; he wants the TV
Cuddy asks House to tone it down during the accreditation inspection; House turns it into a negotiation for the TV.
Amber haggles a mattress, and House calls 'you choose' a trap
Amber spins a sob story to knock down a mattress price, then tells Wilson to pick; House insists her choice is a trap.
House deduces Evan is impotent from a dating story
Hearing that a colleague's dates with Evan ended early, House diagnoses impotence and B6 toxicity, and demands proof of arousal.
House offers to fire Thirteen as the team splits over Graves'
During the Graves' disease debate House tells Cameron she wants to be there and offers to fire Thirteen; she refuses and the team argues protocol.
Sandwich in the morgue: House sets a safe word for Cuddy
Cuddy catches House stashing food in the morgue; he forces a safe word on her just as the inspector, Dr. Conway, walks in.
Cameron finishes House's files, and he says she misses the job
House admits he let the charts pile up to see who would break; he tells Cameron she misses working for him.
A former plastic surgeon says meaning doesn't matter, then iodine glows
A doctor tells Evan he loved his supposedly shallow work; then the scan shows iodine everywhere and his kidneys are failing.
Amber won't let Wilson give in to her
Wilson bought the mattress Amber wanted; she says he did it the way he did with his ex-wives and that she needs him to look after himself.
House to Evan: hope is for sissies
Evan says he wants to matter; House answers that nothing does, unpacks a plane metaphor, and tells him he'd rather hope than risk failing.
Delirious Evan becomes Brock Sterling
Evan promises House to be a better father and set things right, until House realizes he is reciting his character's lines; his fever spikes.
Wilson confesses he wants a waterbed
Wilson admits a lifelong wish to sleep on a waterbed; House tells him to stop denying himself and live the dream.
House bets on an allergy and grabs the steroids himself
House argues the coma is an allergy because no antibiotic works, then barges behind the counter to get a huge steroid dose without sign-off.
Cuddy gives House three minutes before security
Cuddy demands proof before the steroid overdose; House tells her to wait three minutes, then call security, so her job is covered.
The inspector on the five percent who think rules don't apply
Dr. Conway tells Cuddy that backing House was wrong even though the patient lived, because everyone thinks they are the exception.
Wilson and Amber agree to return the waterbed
Wilson finds Amber awake: she hates the waterbed, he half likes it; they'll return it, but she's glad he bought it.
Bubbles in the glass: House solves it from the soap
Watching the soap, House calls Cuddy with the answer: quinine in tonic water. She says he should have been fired and wants the TV back.
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