House exposes a fake father and daughter
In the clinic House sees through a homeless pair posing as family, from short pants to dimples, then spots blood coming from the girl's ear.
S8E10 · Runaways
20 moments · 26 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
House holds a diner meeting to catch Foreman on a date
House meets the team for pancakes 30 miles away, where Foreman is breakfasting with a woman he calls a pharmaceutical rep.
The runaway shuts down Adams's story of running away
Adams opens up about leaving home at her age; the girl dismisses it as rebellion and explains why foster care isn't an option.
Confederate reenactors stay in character at the clinic
Two brothers in uniform refuse to break character over the General's diarrhea, and House offers mercury for authenticity.
House shoots skeet and bets Adams one shot
Free of his ankle monitor, House shoots clay targets during the differential and makes Adams a wager over calling Social Services.
A fake social worker, then House blackmails Foreman
House's ploy to keep the patient out of the system is exposed, so he counters Foreman with photos of him and Anita.
Wilson says the runaway is House's road not taken
Wilson accuses House of admiring a girl who escaped a bad home on her own; House insists it isn't a thing.
Differential at the turtle races
House bets $100 on a turtle race while the team argues about the bleed, then explains why his turtle won.
Callie's mother admits she's an addict but denies hitting her
Ellen confesses Oxy took over after her husband died and she lost her daughter, but insists she never hit Callie.
Anita tells Foreman she confessed to her husband
Foreman comes to end the affair over House's photos; Anita says her husband already knows, and neither wants to stop.
Callie explains she was the parent
Callie admits her mother never hit her; she worked double shifts and cleaned up after overdoses, and doesn't believe people change.
House tells the mother her daughter is better off without her
After Adams voices doubts to the family, House chews her out, then tells Ellen to leave; she makes her own call.
Foreman's guilt meets Taub's peek-a-boo
Foreman frets that Anita's husband knowing makes it worse while Taub plays peek-a-boo with his babies.
Taub asks Wilson how to fake interest
Taub probes Wilson about patients who bore him, steering toward common ground without admitting it's about his daughters.
Foreman asks Anita to go back to sneaking around
Now that the affair is open, Foreman suggests she tell her husband it ended so they can hide it again; it feels wrong to her.
House traces the reenactors' sickness to cheap uniforms
House diagnoses antimony poisoning from polyester uniforms, setting the authentic brother against the frugal one.
Banana muffins and a mother's admission
Ellen brings muffins that recall a Florida trip; Callie asks if she was high then, and lets her stay.
House traces worms to a Florida canal
Thinking about what made Callie better, House asks Ellen about swimming in Florida and explains a parasitic worm infection.
House tells Adams she sucks at absolution
Adams reports Callie left her mother while things are good; House says absolution is her own time, and she's bad at it.
House predicts Foreman's next escalation
Anita ended it, and Foreman says he's not an affair guy; House says he just needs a new adrenaline fix, then the limp joke.
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