Foreman springs House from prison for two lungs in a box
Woken for a visit from his old hospital's dean, House learns a judge has ordered his release, on the condition he works on a case with no body.
S8E2 · Transplant
19 moments · 21 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Dean Foreman lays down the law: I own you
House mocks Foreman's calming office art and his title, and Foreman spells out every way House goes back to jail.
House learns Cuddy left and his team moved on
Walking in, House hears Cuddy quit the day after his incident, his office went to ortho, and Taub, Chase and Thirteen are gone.
House pegs his new hire as a reject who punched her boss
House reads the 3 a.m. makeup and pressed clothes of the doctor he's given and gets her to admit she punched her attending.
House's prison icebreaker for the transplant team
House blurts out his prison stint before anyone can ask, then pitches cocaine as the cause the tox screen missed.
Wilson tells House they are not friends anymore
House deduces the lung recipient is Wilson's patient and credits him for his release; Wilson says it was Foreman's idea and ends their friendship.
Assault twins: House grills Park about her attending
Outside a grieving family's house, House guesses at the insult behind Park's punch; she says her boss grabbed her and she lives with her parents.
A grieving father's photos point to a brain tumor
Mr. Weathers insists his son never did drugs; House spots the boy's new glasses, learns of headaches and declares a tumor as police arrive for him.
House outs Park's plan to flee to Chicago
House reasons Park isn't worried about her hearing because she plans to leave, and tells her it's time to grow up and come clean.
My Heart Will Go On plays as House needles Foreman
With Celine Dion playing, House reminisces about a necklace thrown in the ocean while Foreman says he hasn't forgotten their friendship.
Foreman refuses House's asks, and his salary is minimum wage
Foreman won't let House leave the hospital or rehire Chase, Taub and Thirteen, and informs him he is earning minimum wage.
House enjoys Wilson's repartee on a phone call
Trading plasma donor leads by phone, Wilson insists he's only helping his patient, and House says it's good to hear his voice.
House stole Park's phone to text her dad
Park confronts House for texting her father from her phone; House says the punch wasn't a lapse but her character and tells her to embrace it.
Vanessa refuses the drowning treatment
Wilson offers his patient an oxygen-rich slurry to buy time; she asks if it feels like drowning, hears it will hurt, and says she's done.
Wilson tracks House to a bathroom for advice
Wilson says his patient signed a DNR; House tells him respect isn't enough and to do whatever it takes.
House explains the infection with military metaphors
House says the lungs need the Air Force and the Marines, not infantry; Park asks if he thinks she's stupid, and he says the old team was too.
House asks Wilson to punch him; Wilson says I don't like you
Wilson thanks House for the push, House offers a punch or a kick to get past the rift, and Wilson answers that he doesn't like him.
Cigar smoke at a poker night solves the lungs
House reasons the donor breathed cigar smoke at an all-night poker game and his white cells couldn't switch off, then calls for the nuclear option.
The lungs recover as Yesterday Was Hard On All of Us plays
Over Fink's song the lungs respond, Park says she won't go to Chicago and seeks out her dad, the transplant begins, and House gets back his stuff.
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