Jack leaps onto the subway tracks to save a stranger
Waiting with his daughter Daisy, a father jumps down to pull a woman having a seizure off the tracks as a train bears down.
S7E9 · Larger Than Life
20 moments · 24 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
House insists heroism is a symptom
Masters brings in the subway hero; House mocks her presentation and argues normal people freeze rather than risk their lives.
Cuddy and Wilson each tell House to go with the other
House asks Cuddy to free him from her birthday dinner and Wilson to free him from a film festival; both generously let him off.
Rachel flirts with Taub over his billboard face
Rachel teases Taub about the hospital billboard; he raises her online friend Phil, and she says she still loves him.
The team mocks Taub's billboard, and the patient asks for him
House and the team rib Taub over his poster during the differential; the patient then wants to consult the face of the hospital.
House just wants one night off, and Cuddy calls his bluff
Caught by Cuddy and Wilson together, House admits he wants scotch and TV alone; Cuddy makes him pick and turns the choice on him.
Chase and Foreman argue about who looks trustworthy
Chase is irked he was cropped from the billboard; Foreman blames race, and Chase suggests it's his punch-someone face.
House bets the hero knew the girl on the tracks
House suggests Jack jumped because the woman was a lover from the road, backing his theory with millions of cheating men and Taub.
House insults a clinic patient who turns out to be Cuddy's mother
A woman with vague complaints says her daughter is a doctor who dismisses her, then reveals House is sleeping with that daughter.
The woman Jack saved meets him for the first time
Chloe visits to thank Jack and becomes his band's biggest fan, proving the two never knew each other.
Cuddy tells House a relationship means averaging misery
After his clinic clash with her mother, House tries to skip dinner; Cuddy asks him to come and behave because she needs him there.
Jack tells Eva he'll quit the band
Proud of the rescue, Jack admits he was afraid of failing his family and promises to quit music to be home.
House sedates Cuddy's mother at the birthday dinner
Cuddy's mother grills her about converting, calling him House, and boyfriends; House drugs her drink, and Wilson's too.
Taub admits he can't promise he won't cheat again
Comforting Taub, his colleague hears that Rachel only wants him physically, that he loves her after 22 years, but he might stray again.
House hides in Jack's room and deflates his hero status
Avoiding Cuddy's mother, House tells Jack fame fades fast and that he is still the same guy he was last week.
Cuddy's mother apologizes to House and gives her blessing
Expecting a fight over the drugging, House gets an apology instead: she thinks he's a pain with a God complex but is glad Lisa has him.
Daisy's school outbreak gives House the diagnosis: chicken pox
Learning Daisy's school has an outbreak, House works out Jack has chicken pox without blisters and starts treatment.
Jack heads back on tour and Eva's hope breaks
Recovering, Jack announces new gigs from the publicity; Eva says it is always just one more tour.
Taub tells Rachel they should divorce
Taub says he can't handle her feelings for another man; asked if she is happy, Rachel says no.
House gives Cuddy a birthday gift, then picks bowling with Wilson
House hands Cuddy a gift for her mother's next visit and debates skipping bowling night, which she tells him he owes Wilson.
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