Eddie says goodbye, and Charlotte collapses instead
A dying man asks to be alone with his wife Charlotte to apologize for never taking her to Rio; then she is the one who can't breathe.
S5E20 · Simple Explanation
20 moments · 31 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
House sniffs out Taub covering for an absent Kutner
With Kutner a no-show, House accuses Taub of lying for him out of guilt, mocks the husband's rally, and Taub brings Eddie in from the lobby.
House sobers up a pageant kid with his coffee
A panicked parent says a pageant contestant is acting strangely; House smells the mouthwash and sells them his coffee as a cure.
Foreman and Thirteen find Kutner
Sent to find out where Kutner is, Foreman and Thirteen get into his apartment and find him shot; they try to revive him, but he is cold.
House says the team should have seen it coming
House picks apart Kutner's death, blames the people who worked beside him, and refuses to hand off the case so they can grieve.
Cuddy offers House her condolences
Cuddy offers the team counseling and time off, then asks House if he had any inkling; he insists it isn't his loss.
Eddie takes Charlotte to Rio in her mind
To ease her pain, Eddie has Charlotte close her eyes and imagine the Rio trip they never took, and tells her to go without him.
House blames Kutner's parents to their faces
Kutner's adoptive parents share how he became their son; House says giving him their name buried his pain, and is sent away.
House accuses Charlotte of faking to keep Eddie alive
After a fake diagnosis to scare her, House says Charlotte is staying sick because it keeps her husband fighting; then her leg pain proves real.
House's steps to suicide and Kutner's streaking record
House drops the name theory with a bitter step-by-step list, then hears Kutner once streaked a football game and says Kutner should have known better.
Thirty years of one-sided love
Charlotte explains why she stayed with a man who never showed affection, until she breaks off mid-sentence; Eddie hopes for more time to do better by her.
In Kutner's apartment, House decides it was murder
House searches Kutner's place for what he missed while a friend pushes him to grieve; House concludes he missed nothing because Kutner was murdered.
The team refuses to chase House's murder theory
House assigns a murder investigation; the team says it was suicide, and Thirteen learns Foreman called the boss, not her, to take time off.
Charlotte's overdose, and a forged diagnosis
Charlotte injects herself to die for Eddie and wrecks her liver; to get her a transplant, the team fakes a test result.
House asks Eddie to die on the table for his wife
House's team proposes Eddie donate his liver in a surgery he won't survive; Eddie asks to say goodbye and is told he can't.
The man who killed Kutner's parents was already dead
A colleague spots Eddie may be misdiagnosed, then takes apart House's murder theory with one fact: the suspect died months ago.
Eddie is curable, and wants to die anyway
House tells Eddie a fungus, not his heart, is the problem and it's treatable; Eddie refuses treatment so his wife can have his liver.
Charlotte confesses the Rio trip she took without Eddie
The team splits over Eddie's sacrifice; when Charlotte spikes a fever, House catches her Hawaii lie and makes her confess who she went with.
House stays behind as everyone heads to the funeral
Charlotte's treatment is failing; House skips Kutner's funeral, and a friend tells him he's terrified of losing his gift.
Closing song: wandering through this world alone
A long closing song plays after House sends his friend off to Kutner's funeral, ending the episode.
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