Kenny counts down to a new face
Stared at in public, teenage Kenny tells his dad that in 36 hours, after surgery, he'll be just another face in the crowd.
S4E7 · Ugly
26 moments · 30 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Chase's sound bite goes wrong on camera
A film crew pushes Chase for a junior-prom quote about Kenny's surgery when the boy goes into V-fib and Chase orders the camera off.
Cuddy forces House to perform for the cameras
Cuddy presents the case for a documentary crew; House jokes about her wardrobe and bra until she says the filmmakers are paying for Kenny's surgery.
House locks the film crew in the MRI room
The fellows learn the new hire was hand-picked; House leads everyone on a walk for the camera and shuts the crew away behind the magnet doors.
Wrong job, wrong profession, wrong species
Asked why he hired her late, House says fairness was never on offer, then proposes the boy is huffing Freon.
House suspects his new hire is an idiot
Terzi asks if her offer is real; House then confides to Wilson that she said something dumb, and Wilson guesses the real issue.
An awkward pep talk for Kenny
Kenny's father rejects the drug theory, and a fellow's attempt to relate to Kenny keeps getting worse until he asks the crew to edit it out.
Not pretty enough to be an idiot
House picks apart Taub's sneaky case for intracranial pressure, then orders an EP study that means stopping Kenny's heart.
Kenny's fake drug confession
Before the EP study Kenny explains how people just stare at him, then invents a drug habit to get his surgery and is caught out before vomiting blood.
A differential played for the paparazzi
With the camera rolling, the fellows preen with ties and lipstick; House mocks them, and Taub warns that a stomach scope could be dangerous.
Wilson tells the crew House is Wiccan
Wilson feeds the documentary crew a story about House's sealed records and a witch hunt before House chases them out.
Boy meets girl, boy gets stupid
House fears his new hire is making him stupid; Wilson diagnoses a crush, and they argue over which of the women is the problem.
Cameron: I love Dr. House
Interviewed in the ER, Cameron swears around the censors and blurts that she loves Dr. House, then tries to qualify it.
Taub goes behind House's back and gets fired
Taub tells Kenny's father House is wrong about JRA and steroids; the father refuses, and House fires Taub.
House exposes Taub's affair
On a CT read, House reveals he talked to Taub's wife; Taub admits he cheated with a nurse and quit his practice.
House to Kenny: wow, you are ugly
House insults Kenny into honesty; Kenny tells his father he wants to be treated normally, and House tells him to take the steroids and live.
House and Wilson raid the documentary footage
House and Wilson break into the crew's room to watch the tapes and discover House is that guy around pretty women, Thirteen included.
Cameron clarifies the clarification
Cameron returns to the camera to un-qualify what she said about loving House, and only sounds more defensive.
Kenny gets his surgery, then a finger twitches
House concedes Taub found a mass and Kenny trades insults with him, until House spots a twitch and cancels the operation.
Taub: you don't think normal is healthy
House treats the twitch as a symptom and rejects Lyme disease; Taub accuses him of not wanting anyone to be normal.
Pulling the pacing wire
House stakes his theory on removing Kenny's pacing wire with Kutner on paddles; Kenny's heart holds and House objects to the father thanking God.
Lyme disease and the danger of pretty girls
House defends his hires' bad ideas to Wilson; then Thirteen proves Lyme disease, and House wonders how many lives pretty girls have cost.
House's interview answer, wrong question
House delivers a blunt speech on pretty things and repulsive teenage boys, then learns the question was about Cuddy.
House keeps Taub
House learns Taub signed a non-compete so his partners would keep quiet for his wife's sake, and keeps him because he's interesting.
House fires Terzi, then asks her out
House admits he prejudged Terzi, fires her to make it right, and asks her to dinner and a movie.
The documentary makes House a saint
A stolen cut of the film paints House as a caring Patch Adams fan; House vows to bury it; it ends on Kenny thanking him.
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