The water torture cell goes wrong
A wisecracking magician ribs his volunteer through a Houdini escape, then hangs in the tank until it's clear something has gone wrong.
S4E8 · You Don't Want to Know
24 moments · 31 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
House's challenge: steal Cuddy's thong
With no cases, House makes Kutner bet his job on the magician and sets a contest: whoever brings him Cuddy's thong gets immunity and nominates two for firing.
The magician's card trick from a hospital bed
Unbothered by his tests, the magician says worrying isn't a treatment and makes Kutner's card turn up in his own wallet.
Taub's coffee 'accident' on Cuddy
Amber and Taub spar over teaming up, then Taub trips and spills coffee down Cuddy and offers to help in the clinic.
Eau de Cuddy: House inspects the evidence
Fake panties are rejected because Cuddy wore a red bra today, House exposes a deal between two fellows, and Foreman tries to talk medicine.
House makes the key appear: you are a hack
House shows how the MRI pulled a swallowed key through the magician's gut, accuses him of a botched trick, and they trade barbs about magic.
Cole hands over the real panties
A fellow produces underwear he says is Cuddy's; House doubts him, then the team pivots to cocaine and polyarteritis.
House suspects Thirteen is hiding something
House poses a riddle about a clumsy, frightened woman and tells Thirteen he thinks she's hiding a medical condition; she brushes it off.
Magic versus knowing
House refuses to accept the patient's mystery, reads his habits from beet-stained teeth, and argues wonder that dies with the truth was never wonder.
Cole collects his immunity
House presses Cole on how he got Cuddy's panties and whether she has her groove back, then awards him immunity.
The magician predicts his own death
Weak from blood loss, the patient insists he will be dead by this time tomorrow.
54s#premonitionAmber's pitch to Cole: I'm a good doctor
During a scan, Amber tells Cole she's manipulative and a bitch, but as good a doctor as anyone, and that's all that matters.
House predicts the pagers
House mocks the death prediction, calls a page before it happens, and floats amyloidosis while refusing credit for a lucky guess.
Kutner lobbies Cole: I babysat your kid
Over a seizing patient, Kutner tells Cole to cut the strongest, reminds him of the zoo trip, and adds that Amber's a racist.
Underwear theft as wooing
House and Wilson debate whether Cole and Cuddy could have slept together; House insists the panty hunt was a test, not wooing.
Taub bribes Cole
Taub brings Cole a bribe, offers $5,000, and points out what Cole's kid's school costs.
House transfuses himself with the suspect blood
Foreman blocks the amyloidosis treatment, so House, also type AB, has the suspect donors' blood put into himself.
House uncovers Thirteen's Huntington's fear
House reveals Thirteen's mother died of Huntington's, admits switching her decaf to explain the tremor, and asks why she won't get tested.
The team treats House, then drugs him
The fellows hound feverish House for symptoms while he insists he's fine, until the room starts spinning.
Universal recipient, universal donor
Wilson scolds House for risking his life; House jokes about their blood types and Wilson realizes House must have tested his blood.
House to the dying magician: way cooler to know
The magician keeps his secret to stay magic; House tells him he's not dying and asks his blood type.
Presto: blood type AB out of a hat
House explains Finn got the wrong blood type because an autoimmune disease made him look type AB, and finally has a case of lupus.
Cole's nominations, and his deal with Cuddy
Cole nominates Amber and Kutner; House works out Cole bought Cuddy's panties by letting her pick, praises the scheme and fires him.
Thirteen refuses the envelope
House offers Thirteen her Huntington's test results; she argues that running out of questions means running out of hope.
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