Andres lashes out during a memory test
A man with Alzheimer's can't name a kitchen tool and turns on the tester; his wife calms him, but the good drug-trial news is cut short by a sudden scare.
S8E9 · Better Half
20 moments · 26 min of essential viewing in a 44-minute episode.
Moments, in order
House's index card predicts Foreman's power grab
Foreman, now dean, sits in on the case; House has Adams read a card taped under her chair that predicted it, wrong date and all.
A clinic patient explains she and her husband are asexual
Asked about birth control, a happily married woman says they kiss and cuddle but have never had sex, and it's an orientation, not a choice.
House bets Wilson $100 his asexual patient is sick
Wilson mentions a patient who identifies as asexual; House wagers he can find a medical cause without ever contacting her.
Is the wife's 'good friend' a betrayal?
The team splits on whether caring for a husband with Alzheimer's is still a marriage; House compares it to his pet rat.
House calls Foreman a moron twice and pulls out more cards
House says Foreman is wrong whether speaking as team member or dean, then produces cards predicting the punch and the accusation.
Hunting a medical reason for asexuality
House pushes the team to explain why a healthy woman doesn't want sex; the debate wanders to oxytocin, Susie Cooper and a surprising count.
The patient wanders off and House calls out his wife
Andres has walked out of the hospital; House tells his frantic wife her guilt over a night away is clouding her mind.
Finding Andres frozen at his old soccer practice
Reasoning that Alzheimer's patients fall back on old routines, the team tracks Andres to the field where he coached and finds him without a pulse.
Chase reveals why a burden might choose to die
While Andres is rewarmed, Chase says he'd rather die than burden loved ones, then recounts raising a sister while caring for an alcoholic mother.
Wilson catches House testing his patient's husband
House got around the no-contact rule through the husband; Wilson calls it unethical and House questions whether the couple is really happy.
Andres wakes up speaking only Portuguese
His wife is overjoyed until Andres speaks words she can't understand; she never learned his language, and his temperature keeps climbing.
The wife admits she can't take care of him anymore
Told his mind may recover but brain damage is uncertain, she says she has known Andres longer with Alzheimer's than without.
House wins the bet: a tumor behind the asexuality
House finds a pituitary tumor in the husband's blood work and wants a $100 bill; Wilson worries about his patient's identity.
Foreman sees through the ankle monitor scheme
Foreman lays out how House manufactured conflict to get his monitor removed; House admits it and calls the monitor Foreman's training wheels.
Translating Andres's memory of their first date
Speaking Portuguese, Andres describes the night he knew he would marry her; then he asks who she is.
Wilson tells the asexual husband about his tumor
Treatment will awaken his libido; he refuses until his wife confesses she gave up sex for him and a girl has needs.
Fresh flowers lead Foreman to the diagnosis
Mid-pitch to a donor, Foreman notices week-old flowers still alive and realizes aspirin in the vase water caused Reye's syndrome.
House and Wilson celebrate a cigar in the clinic
Wilson thinks the couple was happy on lies; House says most happiness is, and they light up anyway.
Closing song: an ankle monitor off and a sister reunion
Over a closing song, House's ankle monitor comes off, Robbie visits his sister after years, and House talks training wheels.
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