A CEO hanged in effigy on his own lawn collapses
As workers protest his plan to move the family company to China, a businessman picks up his own lawn, then asks his daughter to drive him to a doctor.
S8E4 · Risky Business
20 moments · 27 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
House reads Andrews' apology and bets Park she'll be fired
House reads out a staff-wide apology from the doctor Park punched, insists it dooms her, and the two settle on a $100 bet about her hearing.
House diagnoses Alice in Wonderland syndrome, then leans on the patient
House explains the shrinking-world migraine, then hints at the patient's mental health in front of his daughter until the man agrees to fund the department.
House declares patriotism mere loyalty to real estate
With the department funded, the team argues over outsourcing and House mocks patriotism, claiming a burger for Queen Isabella of Spain.
The daughter says her father moves the company out of grief
Confronted about the job losses, the patient's daughter explains her mother died four months ago, just before her father crashes.
House works out Adams wasn't at a job interview
Squatting in Foreman's office for a differential, House mocks Park's copied apology and dismantles Adams' story about where she was that morning.
House grabs a behind to prove punching is natural
After exposing the coerced donation, House grabs a behind hoping to provoke a punch and prove it is a natural response, but gets only restraint.
House's LED gadget makes his office rival seasick
House unveils a custom light gadget to drive a rival out of his office, scoffs at loyalty, and the team gets a theory: loyalty gave the patient cancer.
A Chang and Eng costume and Park's anger lesson backfire
In the clinic, a Halloween conjoined-twins brawler gets anger advice from Park, and House plays her own words back to her for the committee.
The patient explains Kongo Gumi and his real reason for moving
Denying grief drives him, the CEO tells the story of a Japanese family firm founded in 578 that went bankrupt, then shows signs of a heart attack.
Park asks Wilson how to survive House's bet
Park asks Wilson why House is trying to get her fired over $100; he tells her he is fighting for his honor and to update her resume.
House haggles Adams into a $5,000 stock loan
House wants $200,000 to bet on the patient's stock; Adams offers $5,000 if he doubles his clinic hours, and he guesses she went to a parole hearing.
Park learns Foreman let a drinking doctor in
Park realizes her harasser had been drinking and Foreman approved it; Foreman explains the emergency and that the board already docked his pay.
House's options crash and he blames Adams
Down $20,000, House demands the full $200,000 from Adams, theorizes a family breakfast explains her mood, then forbids her from spoiling the answer.
House consults Andrews with Park in the room
House brings in Park's harasser from Neurology, needles him about her, and the two doctors stake opposite diagnoses in a pissing contest.
House storms Park's hearing, then admits the play
House bursts in to demand Park be fired for defying him; afterward he reveals he wanted her to disobey all along, winning the test and the bet.
Park breaks down in front of the committee
Asked whether she knows hitting someone is unacceptable, Park stumbles through an apology and begs not to be fired.
House cures the CEO and pushes the China deal
House explains the antibody-thickened blood, then hands the waking patient a press release; his daughter refuses to go along with the move.
Foreman settles the laser affair and brings the boys back
Unable to prove House took the missing laser, Foreman triples his clinic hours, and tells him to call Chase and Taub in.
House's read on Adams' morning is almost right
House lays out his theory of Adams' cheating boyfriend; she corrects him: it was her husband, and she had been signing divorce papers.
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