Two muggers pick the wrong stranger
Tony and his partner rob a man on the street who mocks them, then collapses; one mugger calls an ambulance while the other insists he's faking.
S4E5 · Mirror Mirror
22 moments · 25 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Cuddy installs Foreman as House's boss
House's differential is interrupted when Cuddy announces she has rehired Foreman as her eyes and ears, and House asks where Foreman will keep his balls.
House promises to make Foreman miserable
House tells Foreman he will make him miserable until he quits again; Foreman refuses to quit and says he already is miserable.
House needles Foreman mid-differential
While Foreman tries to run the differential, House goads him about why he quit and whether he took a raise, calling him a whore either way.
House diagnoses Mirror Syndrome
Foreman suspects Munchausen's when the patient copies a paramedic's name and neighbors' symptoms; House says it's Giovannini's Mirror Syndrome.
In the OR, the patient psychoanalyzes House
House brings the amnesiac patient into surgery; he copies the surgeon, then tells House he's threatened by Foreman and must be Cuddy's alpha dog.
The great mayonnaise announcement
House explains how mirror patients read people, assigns cultures and a car search, and announces a fake mayonnaise scare to flood Cuddy's clinic with doctors.
Wilson: who's in charge between you and me?
Wilson brings a Swedish study that Giovannini's patients mimic whoever they think is in charge; House insists he runs their relationship.
The Great Mayonnaise Panic and free scans for all
Cuddy refuses to give House his team back during the clinic panic, so House orders a risky liver biopsy and offers uninsured patients MRIs and private rooms.
House's case for the right amount of misery
Brennan admits he misses helping people abroad; House tells him life is about keeping misery to a minimum and he shouldn't throw away being good.
Infections are criminals, antibodies are mug shots
House pulls Brennan onto his lap and explains how antibodies can reveal where the patient has lived, before Foreman objects that he hasn't signed off.
Cameron tells Foreman he belongs with House
Foreman complains about the betting odds against him; Cameron says he isn't miserable at all, he likes the insane job, and he belongs with House.
Wilson catches Cuddy swapping House's Vicodin
Wilson finds Cuddy replacing House's Vicodin with laxatives and suggests she simply make House think he has won.
Cuddy's pretend defeat and the pill threat
Cuddy lets House have his fever; he sees she only pretended to stop him to stroke his ego, and they trade threats about his Vicodin and her birth control.
Hot tub cardiac arrest: Kutner shocks too soon
The feverish patient grows strangely happy, then goes into V-fib in the tub; Kutner shocks him before he's dry and takes the jolt himself.
House offers Foreman a job in Boston
House says he got Foreman a job at Mount Zion in Boston, hints about Cuddy, but Foreman turns it down and House notices him smiling.
Is your name Thirteen?
The patient's car yields only VapoRub and receipts; House asks Thirteen why she volunteered to stay away from the patient and the mirror.
House mirrors the mirror
In the tub, House plays the patient's double, from Hamilton, Ohio, eating at roadside restaurants, until VapoRub draws out that something smells like dung.
Pig poo cracks the case
House reveals the patient sells farm equipment and caught an infection from pig lagoons, then delays treatment by 15 minutes.
The patient channels House and Cuddy at once
House brings Cuddy and Foreman to the patient, who answers as both of them, until House says she's hot for him and the patient praises her yabos.
You all suck, none of you are fired
House tears apart every fellow's mistakes on the case, declares they all tie for sucking most, and then fires nobody.
Foreman uncovers House's cut, and House sees Foreman changed
Foreman realizes House kept everyone because he takes half of Chase's bets; House says Foreman actually wants to stay and calls him a freak.
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