Brandon's portrait sends his clients storming out
A husband commissions a portrait of his wife, sees the canvas and demands his money back; Brandon can't see what is wrong with it.
S5E3 · Adverse Events
20 moments · 30 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Cuddy meets Lucas Douglas and refuses to keep him on retainer
House introduces his private investigator; Cuddy shuts down the phony repair bills, and Lucas compliments her shoes.
House has run background checks on his own team
Mid-differential House reveals he knows Thirteen's car loan, a world record crawl, and hints at something on Taub's wife.
House works out that Brandon is a paid drug-trial guinea pig
House tells Brandon he needs brain surgery just to watch his calm, then reasons from bank accounts that he tests drugs for money.
House tells Taub about his wife's secret bank account
Taub demands what House found; House reveals weekly cash deposits and catches Taub's cover story on a single word.
Bisexidrine and Cuckoldisol: House renames the trial drugs
House names each experimental drug after his team's secrets while Taub admits he knows about the account.
House predicts exactly what Taub will do about his marriage
Taub warns House out of his personal life; House insists he is not giving advice, only forecasting a confession.
Lucas asks House why he wants Taub miserable
Over the phone and through night vision goggles, Lucas challenges House's truth-telling and its cost to Taub.
Hair of the drug that bit him
Brandon swells up after dialysis; House argues it is withdrawal and orders him back on the drugs to wean him slowly.
Lucas gets caught in Cuddy's desk and asks her out
Cuddy catches Lucas researching her; he admits he likes her, and turns the rejection into a paid job spying on House.
Taub confronts his wife and learns she bought him a car
Taub raises the statements he found; the secret savings turn out to be a surprise gift, leaving him guilty.
House reverses course on Taub after the car news
As Foreman pitches Kluver-Bucy, House concedes Taub has no reason to confess, and orders an angiogram to keep him from home.
House and Lucas plot to dig up dirt on Cuddy
At House's place, Lucas balks at handing Cuddy fake dirt; House wants anything to scare her into saying yes.
Taub talks Brandon out of confessing, then House's broken toaster
Taub calls confession selfish; House needles him about his marriage during the heart study until Brandon's hair turns up red.
House explains the heart with Pete Best
After red hair kills one theory, House frames the fix as firing the drummer who can't keep the beat.
Cuddy reveals she knew the photo was fake all along
On their date Lucas lays out his reasoning and admits the game; Cuddy says she knew, and he wonders why she came.
Brandon confesses to Heather
Brandon admits he has sold almost nothing and paid their way with drug trials, and explains he wanted to be what she saw.
The paintings reveal the pattern, and House finds the bezoar
Brandon's distorted paintings track his drug months; House phones in a diagnosis mid-surgery and ends on why he won't let Cameron buy a cat.
Was Heather happier before she knew? Taub's new car
Heather hesitates over whether the truth made her happier; Taub's wife unveils his car and he says they need to talk.
Lucas finds out the embarrassing photo was real
Lucas reveals he researched House too: the photo was never faked, and there was a girl behind it.
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