Here Comes the Night plays over a death and Treiber's autopsy
A patient is called at 8:32. The pathologist Treiber autopsies her and recommends a third review of Dr. Penza this year, then something goes wrong.
S8E20 · Post Mortem
20 moments · 28 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Wilson vows to lead a less meaningful life
Wilson shows off a $75,000 car and plans to drive to Cleveland to meet his boyhood crush, Julie Christie. House doesn't buy the indifference.
The patient is Treiber, the doctor everyone hates
House proposes walking corpse syndrome, then learns the patient is the pathologist who finds doctors' mistakes. Chase calls him a rat.
Treiber scores every doctor, and Chase calls it Orwellian
Treiber needles Chase as a mere order-taker while the team finds his notebook rating every doctor's errors in secret code.
Wilson threatens House with propofol to join the road trip
House refuses the trip, so Wilson calmly explains he'll inject him when he least expects it. They leave at 8 a.m.
On the road, Wilson becomes Kyle Calloway
To Radar Love, House notes the elephant in the car: the scan in three days. Wilson refuses to talk and declares himself a new man, Kyle.
Wilson orders the 80-ounce Big One
At a diner, House says the no-phones rule is about Wilson's weakness. Wilson orders the $79 steak challenge to get onto the wall of pain.
The diner cheers Kyle through the final seconds
House leads the countdown as Wilson forces down the last of the steak just in time, to a crowd chanting Kyle.
Treiber tells Chase he stole his future
Before surgery, Treiber reveals he applied for the same fellowship until Chase's father made a call, and says Chase wasted everything.
Puking up the steak, Wilson says it was worth it
Wilson tells House that for one moment, for a stupid reason, he was a hero. Then he has room for dessert.
Kyle wants a threesome
Wilson tells House he wants two women at once, consequences be damned. House argues, then agrees to help.
House plays the cancer card at a bar
House says it's only cheating if you don't have cancer, hires Wilson a woman as his treat, and works the bartender with a sad story.
Foreman takes over Treiber's case and benches Chase
Caught lying to the patient, the team loses the case to Foreman. Chase argues for a prion disease; Foreman orders a heart biopsy.
Chase announces he's quitting
Chase tells his colleague Treiber and Foreman only see him as not House, and he'll quit after the case. Foreman doubts he means it.
Wilson gives up Julie Christie for a lost old woman
With minutes to reach Julie, they meet Ina, who thinks she's waiting for a bus to Naples. Wilson stays with her and House rides on.
Foreman goads Chase like House would
Foreman says Chase needs someone else calling the shots. Chase sees he's being insulted into a decision: quit or stay.
Treiber goes comatose; Chase finds it's the soap
With Treiber in a coma, Chase says the answer isn't in his perfect morgue records: the doctors missed it. Then he realizes it's the soap.
Wilson's bus confession: the real Kyle Calloway
Wilson admits his crush was a girl who looked like Julie Christie and went to prom with Kyle Calloway. He doesn't want to go back.
Chase tells Treiber his own soap did it
Treiber wakes to learn his antibacterial soap wrecked his thyroid. When he credits House, Chase says it wasn't House.
A Soft Place to Land: Chase steps out of House's shadow
Chase turns down his own team and leaves; he thanks House, who asks for news on Wilson and jokes about why he let him go.
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