Histories

Dr. Foreman believes an uncooperative homeless woman is faking seizures to get a meal ticket at the teaching hospital. But her homelessness strikes a personal chord with Dr. Wilson and he grows determined to keep her from falling between the cracks. Her worsening symptoms prove to be a complex mystery for House and his team, but the mystery of her identity and medical history may hold the answers to saving her life. Just as the team suspects she has contagious meningitis, the woman goes missing, only to be tasered by the police, who bring her back. But House deduces the taser may have proven yet another diagnosis, with dire results. Meanwhile, House has an audience of two medical students who are learning how to do case studies.

Wilson: "I forgot: I need a reason to give a crap."
House: "You're giving two craps."
Wilson: "The metric system always confuses me."

Wilson: "Did your pager really just go off, or are you ditching the conversation?"
House: "Why can't both be true?"

Wlson: "You know, in some cultures, it's considered almost rude for one friend to spy on another. Of course, in Swedish, the word "friend" can also be translated as "limping twerp"."

House: "Lesson to be learned: treat everybody as if they have Korsakoff's, we all lie anyway."

Student: "I thought you were supposed to be listening to our patient histories."
House: "Nope. I'm supposed to be teaching you. If I can do that without listening, more power to me."

Wilson: "You really don't need to know everything about everybody."
House: "I don't need to watch The O.C., but it makes me happy."