Needle in a Haystack (House)
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| House episode | |
| "Needle in a Haystack" | |
| Episode no. | HOU-313 |
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| Airdate | February 6, 2007 |
| Writer(s) | David Foster |
| Director(s) | Peter O'Fallon |
| Guest star(s) | Wendy Makkena, Jessy Schram |
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Needle in a Haystack is the thirteenth episode of the third season of House and the fifty-ninth episode overall.
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[edit] Plot
House arrives at the hospital to discover a wheelchair-accessible van in his usual parking space. He seeks out the van's owner, who turns out to be the hospital's new researcher, Julie Whitner, who is paralyzed from the waist down. She and House exchange some snarky banter, following which House begins using a wheelchair himself in a bet with Cuddy to get his parking space back. Near the end of the episode, House approaches Cuddy and asks about the bet, and she reveals she was not going to give House the parking space. Hoping to make her feel guilty about lying to him, he says to her, "Don't make commitments you can't keep." Cuddy feels guilty misleading House, but in truth, House planned on making Cuddy feel guilty to get his parking space back.
The patient has a respiratory attack while with his girlfriend. The ER workup reveals a bloody pleural effusion. Chase suspects drugs, but House doesn't think so. House orders them to do a venogram to find the "low pressure leak", and orders Chase and Cameron to break into his house. Foreman tries to contact the boy's parents to get consent in order to carry out the venogram. When neither parent can be reached, Foreman does the venogram anyway. Meanwhile, Cameron and Chase, while breaking into his house, find that the patient has been lying about everything since he is a Romani, and doesn't want to share his personal information or medical history with outsiders. After a consultation with House, Foreman tries to find a deep-vein thrombosis by carrying out an arteriogram, although House suggests thinning his blood and redoing the venogram. Foreman discovers his liver is failing, after which House suggests doing a CT scan, MRI, and other tests. After the MRI, they find a granuloma, and believe he has Wegener's Disease; House suggests immediate treatment since a liver biopsy to confirm Wegener's would take too long to obtain results. The treatment improved his liver, but causes a hemorrhage in his bladder, so they switch to an experimental treatment, FT28. While Foreman tries to convince his patient to take the medicine, his spleen bursts. During surgery, House looks and finds there are no granulomas, so the diagnosis can not be Wegener's. House then orders a colonoscopy, at which point his team finds a toothpick stuck in his colon. They conclude that he must have swallowed the toothpick earlier and sat awkwardly, causing the toothpick to break off and infect the rest of his organ system.
[edit] Behind the scenes
When House was originally conceived, the character of Gregory House was to be a wheelchair user. Gail Berman, who headed Fox Entertainment, convinced creator David Shore to give the character a cane instead.[1]
[edit] Trivia
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- The bumper sticker on House's wheelchair says "I'd rather be walking"
- This is the first time we see House's car, a Dodge Dynasty. Since the last Dynasty was a 1993 model, this implies that House drives a car at least 15 years old.
[edit] Goofs
- Many of the cars shown in the parking lot bear California plates, due to the show being shot in California. The show is actually set in Princeton, NJ, however. House's car does have a handicapped NJ plate, and NJ plates are seen on a few of the cars.
- Cameron brings up the mnemonic to remember Carpal (Wrist) Bones "Scared Lovers Try Positions They Can't Handle" the real mnemonic is "Scared Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle" as there are eight Carpal (Wrist) bones (Scaphoid, Lunate, Triqetrium, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate).
[edit] Quotes
Wilson: Ah yes, if it isn't Dr. Ironside.
House: Ah, if it isn't Dr. I had no friends when I was growing up so all I did was watch TV by myself which is why I can now make constant pop culture references which no-one understands but me.
Wilson: That's my name, don't wear it out.
House: Veni, vidi, vici (Translates to I came, I saw, I conquered.)
[edit] Music
Closing scenes: Zero 7 - "In The Waiting Line"
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- FOX.com-House official site
- Television Without Pity-House recaps
- House Episode Guide at epguides.com
- TVGuide's Page: Full list of House Episodes
- House M.D. Guide
- "House M.D." IMDB Profile
- Medical review of "Needle in a Haystack"
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