A drug deal turns into a standoff, then a collapse
Mickey and Eddie haggle with Marco; a gun comes out, a shot goes off, and Mickey drops to the pavement.
S6E10 · The Down Low
20 moments · 25 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Stitches, a powder burn and a warning
A doctor reads Mickey's fall and the powder burn on his sleeve, warns it will happen again, and Mickey is hit by vertigo.
House pegs the patient as a drug dealer
House teases Chase about his new haircut, reads the watches and burner phones, and plans to test the cocaine himself.
The new neighbor thinks Wilson and House are a couple
Wilson flirts with the woman down the hall over neighborhood tips; she assumes House is his boyfriend.
A pay stub leaves Foreman underpaid
During a hearing test the team finds Thirteen's pay stub, and Foreman learns he earns less than the people he supervises.
House interrogates Eddie about culottes
House stages a Jack Bauer interrogation of Eddie in code, while Wilson interrupts to complain the building thinks they are gay.
Foreman asks Cuddy for a raise
Foreman demands to be paid what his team earns; Cuddy tells him salary is about leverage, and he has none.
House introduces himself to Nora
House meets Nora from 3B, jokes about what she assumed about him and Wilson, and wins her over carrying a poster upstairs.
Wilson invokes the Guy Code
House admits he is posing as Wilson's closeted partner to get close to Nora, and Wilson claims he saw her first.
Mickey admits to beta-blockers
Called out over beta-blockers, Mickey confesses he takes pills to control the stress of doing bad things, and House pivots the diagnosis.
Wilson tells Nora the gay act is a ploy
Wilson finds House picnicking with Nora, then tells her the gay act is a ploy to sleep with her; she decides he is jealous.
House finds a second bug and outs the patient
After tracking down his own bug, House pulls another from the room and concludes Mickey is not a dealer at all but a cop.
Mickey begs them to protect his bust
The undercover cop explains the coming drug bust and 16 months away from his wife, asking for 24 more hours.
Eddie realizes he has been drugged
A doctor warns Eddie his friend is getting worse; when he turns dizzy he accuses her of drugging him, then agrees to show the stash.
Wilson proposes to House in front of Nora
As Nora offers House a place to stay, Wilson bursts in, declares his love, and asks Gregory House to marry him.
Eddie and Mickey say goodbye
Eddie scolds Mickey for risking a doctor at the stash, calls him a friend, and leaves for the big deal; Mickey apologizes.
The team confesses the prank to Cuddy
The team owns up to the salary prank and offers to fund Foreman's raise; Cuddy accepts, then reveals what she had not seen.
House comes clean to Nora, sort of
House admits he and Wilson are straight, explains his real motive bluntly, and talks Wilson up before sabotaging him.
House's diagnosis is a death sentence
House tells Mickey it is Hughes-Stovin and that nothing can be done; Mickey asks to call his wife.
House sings at Wilson over the new sofa
After the case, House taunts Wilson with show tunes until the sofa goes; Wilson refuses.
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