"You Called Social Services!" | House M.D.

After a woman suffers from what seems to be schizophrenic symptoms, she makes a shocked decision against her son.
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From "The Socratic Method" (Season 1 Episode 6): When all signs point to a schizophrenic with deadly DVT lying about her alcohol intake, Dr. House is the lone voice of reason. Under the scrutiny of her hyper-vigilant young son, House takes her off all medication and secretly sends Foreman and Chase to search her apartment for clues. Wading through her altered reality to get to the truth and save her life, House discovers that it isn't mom who's keeping the secrets and reality isn't always what it seems.
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[@SilverHyozanryu]

I love that House's british voice is just Hugh's but exaggerated, and yet he still makes it sound like house is pretending. Such a legend of an actor.

[@jayandrews4807]

It's honestly insane that he's a British actor playing an American doing a British accent

[@gibsonjean70]

Reminds me of an episode of looney tunes. The man who did the voices for daffy and bugs had to play bugs doing a daffy impression and daffy doing a bugs impression. He did it in one take.

[@CroissantCreates]

I actually was really wishing he was going to do his real accent during that scene, and then make a joke about how it was stupid 😅

[@Hiraghm]

@@CroissantCreates that would have been great! He didn't really do _his_ accent, just a posh, British upper-class-twit-of-the-year accent (yes, a Monty Python reference). I'm always amazed at how many accents Britain has for such a comparatively small area.

[@swskitso]

He used it often in the days of fry and laurie

[@tvsupa3105]

So caring of him not exposing the mother for calling social services to her son

[@Cactusbop]

It didn't happen, the writers made it up.

[@GaslightingIsEvil]

Being a jerk to the son in that moment has got to be the nicest thing he's ever done 😅

[@lavans5721]

@@Cactusbop no way I thought this was a documentary

[@LucianDevine]

@@GaslightingIsEvil Yup, 100% proof that he cares so much more than people think. He'll happily have this kid hate him forever, because the alternative is creating a potentially irreparable rift between the kid and his mother.

[@myrixica4222]

Everybody lies, House is no exception. The problem in life isn't that people lie, it's that we lie about the wrong things. This was the case of lying about the right thing.

[@aracelliv4226]

I love that being a good mother saved her. Without her rational decision to give up her child, they wouldn't have suspected that her diagnosis was false.

[@protennis365]

This is why I hate psychosis.

[@PJOZeus]

Any mental conditions are fucked - because especially the lucid ones, so so so so few will ever truly empathise Some may tolerate, but never truly know@@protennis365

[@DeathnoteBB]

Which kind of irks me. Schizophrenia doesn’t mean you’re selfish or incapable of thought. It just means you hallucinate.

[@user-qv6bk1bb2z]

U hallucinate which makes you see different than others...might make u different than others

[@trajankhan]

​@@DeathnoteBB true!

[@darkorse9752]

Wilson: "...didn't we just leave your office?" House: "I like to walk." 😌

[@asherikamichaela8425]

Wilson: Since when? 😒 Me: 😂🤣

[@koshi6505]

I think he just likes having an audience for his epiphanies.

[@richa.s9912]

Oh I thought that office looks familiar 🤔🇺🇲

[@Hiraghm]

Literal truth. There's an episode where House is out in the hallway and keeps popping his head in to the conference room to suggest diagnoses; Wilson says, "He likes to walk; it distracts him from the pain".

[@veronicam.9396]

A few months ago, someone in the comments pointed out that House and the team had just walked around the corridor and were back at the same point where they started, I had not noticed it, now every clip I watch notice they do the same all the time, whenever they come out of a door, they start walking, and get back to the starting place LOL 😆😆😆 maybe the writers thought it was funny to make it obvious 🤣🤣🤣

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

I like the ending of this episode. The Mother finally returns to sanity, and the son finally can go back to being a kid after being the adult during all this time

[@IaIaCthulhuFtagn]

You never really go back to being a kid when you have to be the adult in the family for a while.

[@autumnequinox7777]

He'll never be able to go back.

[@rustyhowe3907]

There is no coming back from that. Once you're the adult for your parent, you're at the point of no return.

[@abigbutterstick1780]

@@IaIaCthulhuFtagn He's not like an 8 year old that lost his innocence. He's looks 16 so he should be able to adjust back to being a teenager.

[@tomasinacovell4293]

So how did it wind up that she only have a copper problem? Why was she taking all the meds?

[@WaynePhilmore]

I think this is the most affectionate we've seen House. House really had a heart for this patient. Even Dr. House has a heart.

[@TheSimmr001]

i remember a series of patients as he was facing down vogler. they really got to him.

[@anomalousoddity]

This has gotta be at least the tenth short I've seen this kinda comment written on the dude doesn't get nearly as much credit for having a heart as he clearly should

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

I think he liked her because unlike other patients who lie all the time and the puzzle is figuring out the lies, she was trying desparetly to tell him the truth while being unable to. Everybody lies, but the only lie she told was to protect her son, against her own self interest

[@adhchopper]

I have a gay son. He’s gay. Even my gay son has a heart.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

@@adhchopper uh wrong comment section?

[@franktherabbit42]

He played happy birthday to himself. Even if he presents as harsh and cold hearted, he still wants to be cared for.

[@MaKaye55]

Another parallel he had with the young boy. After he tricked the kid into admitting his age while looking at the x-ray, the kid mentioned how his birthday was a few days prior and within the time frame of the episode, House also had his birthday…secretly of course lol. Except, his true friend Wilson remembers at the end of the episode which he grudgingly is visibly annoyed but deep down appreciates. House is a piece of work psychologically.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@MaKaye55Cameron knew and snitched, Wilson didn’t know all on his own

[@LoveForChile]

House lying to the kid about him calling CPS so it wouldn’t ruin the new mother-son relationship they just recovered…that’s so sweet and unlike him ♥️😂

[@kazuoua]

I wouldn't say it's sweet or unlike him. He has a code against being a tattletale and if you notice, he NEVER rats anyone out unless there is literally no other choice. I think most people miss the last scene where he realizes that once the mom is cured and becomes "rational" again, she becomes another liar (the motto of the show is "everyone lies") and in a way validates Dr. House's lack of trust in humanity. We're all boring creatures who only care about our own wellbeing, or something like that.

[@agentspliff]

he blackmails a doctor into surgery because he's cheating on his wife and after he tells her anyway... bit of a tattletale

[@bobbierobinson6269]

He kept hoping she would tell the truth, but she didn't. Just another person who disappointed him.

[@Wrathlon]

Its pretty in character because he actually respects them both. He doesnt respect other people.

[@manatzer]

It has nothing to do with disappointment. I think many people who watch House watch it because they are actually mental and it helps them cope. Simple truth is, House is rational, and thus strongly skewed towards a utilitarian point of view. Stating the truth would do nothing for any party involved. It would absolve House, but House doesnt care, so no utility. If you notice through the rest of the show , House stands for the truth while standing for a higher value, thus raising an issue of principle and integrity. If that is not an issue, anything goes. That being said, House is human. Bottom line: Sweet...naaah. Unlike him...HELL NAH

[@Hiraghm]

I just now realized how much this hurt Chase. Knowing Chase's backstory, you realize when he sees Mrs Palmeri with her son, him regretting that he couldn't save his own mother. His own situation with his mother is part of the reason his diagnoses all revolved around alcohol, and why he gave the kid that little pep talk just before social services closed in.

[@oldboy117]

I thought it's the haircut comment

[@richardgamsen8301]

Experience is a great teacher

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@richardgamsen8301Teacher of biases, yes. Which you’re not supposed to have as a Doctor

[@KamiraXIV]

Wilson: "Isn't it your birthday around now?" House earlier: *playing happy birthday" on the piano*

[@lelouchz3270]

Ohhh I never noticed this ...I think he just feels lonely and wishes someone rememered

[@Sal_Sal27]

Cameron remembered.

[@mary-janereallynotsarah684]

@@Sal_Sal27 Cameron is in love with him lol. So is Wilson.

[@SuperiorFirepower]

@@mary-janereallynotsarah684 ayo?

[@vervetech9395]

He believes making birthdays a big thing is lame. "Just the earth revolving around the sun" lol

[@the1savagebeast]

Holmes has his violin. House has his piano.

[@quandaryisme]

Wilson:watson vicodin:opium Etc.

[@gerkadas]

@@quandaryisme wasnt sherlock on cocaine not opium?

[@Randoman]

​@@gerkadashe was on various things.

[@MrAwawe]

Hugh Laurie pretending to be an American pretending to be English is glorious.

[@shiddharthokarmaker47]

This was such an emotional episode. A mother suffering from schizophrenia knew what was best for son. The poor young man worked so hard to take care of his mother even when the world looked down on them

[@Toketol]

I lived this for 26years till I lost my mum few months ago never felt this much pain

[@shiddharthokarmaker47]

@@Toketol sorry to hear that. My sincere blessings for her departed soul

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

She never had schizophrenia. It was Wilson's disease.

[@Sadames03]

The mother was not suffering from schizophrenia. She was suffering from a rare disease called wilsons disease, and the symptoms include "psych symptoms", cirrhosis, cataracts..."

[@3Torts]

@@Sadames03 ... 8:49

[@alyssaskier2656]

The way he chokes out “You’re welcome” at 8:13 is a fantastic little moment of acting. House is so uncomfortable with praise, both giving and accepting, and responds to her message thanking him only after (a) hearing it, (b) being reminded of it, and (c) suffering an awkward silence while waiting for the elevator to get to the ground floor. It was the last thing he wanted to do, and the kid really bailed him out by telling him he was a jerk and giving him an excuse to make up a lie about Cuddy.

[@flyawaytodie]

"I just wanted you out of my life...that's why I had Dr Cuddy call Social Services" If Cuddy had heard about that, she probably would've had a go at House about it, and then accepted House's motivations for lying, and end up thanking him, such was the dynamic between her and House.

[@barbrcuejoe]

House was clever. If the son followed up with Social Services and found out that a woman had called, the son would have known it wasn't House and been suspicious. Saying that Cuddy called covered that eventuality.

[@Hiraghm]

if Cameron had found out... she'd have told the kid.

[@millmr20]

I love how House likes to say he didn't care, if he truly didn't care he would have straight ratted out the mom.

[@G.F.SF55]

I kind of wonder, the kid wouldn't be nearly as mad at his mom if he was told it was her who called so he wouldn't have to put himself through all this, why keep it a secret?

[@patrickfarrell979]

@@G.F.SF55 it's better the mother tells him when she's ready I assume

[@milka1150]

No he doesn't care. So that's why he doesn't tell the kid. He doesn't care how he feels about him. He tells the kid the truth then he'll witness a scene. Better to get rid of them even if he hates him.

[@bobbierobinson6269]

​@@G.F.SF55 he wanted her to tell her son. He wanted her to be the better person, but she just disappointed him.

[@musical_lolu4811]

6:52 the relief in the boy's face. And the silent pain in Chase's.

[@isegundo-y9h]

It was the haircut part. Big no no for Dr. Chase.

[@Misunao23]

It’s cuz she reminds him of his mother. After his dad left, he had to care for his alcoholic and ill mother alone. He didn’t get the happy ending like Lucy and her son.

[@JoesWebPresence]

@@Misunao23 No. Chase put her symptoms down to alcoholism, blaming her son, dismissing and misdiagnosing her. She would have died had he been her attending, and that was Chase realizing it.

[@Misunao23]

@@JoesWebPresence Can’t it be both

[@JoesWebPresence]

@@Misunao23 I suppose. Poor Chase!

[@sshms414]

Pick your specialist you pick your disease. Great line

[@user-yc5fq9bv3u]

House picked an easy way of telling off when the son said he turned him to social services the better way would be to tell that basically the only reason his mother is now healthy is because SHE called the social security and THAT was the sign that everybody who diagnosed schizophrenia was wrong

[@swskitso]

You think i care about you that much? Would have been the perfect reply i think.

[@tomasinacovell4293]

I'm confused so much by this episode, I'm sure I don't have this story straight like most any other one from this series. I think you mean "services" not "security", am I wrong?

[@user-yc5fq9bv3u]

@@tomasinacovell4293 You are not wrong. Actually I called it wrong first time and correctly second time.

[@michellegatz1687]

@@tomasinacovell4293 "social services" basically Child Protective Services.

[@donniethezombie4495]

@@user-yc5fq9bv3u yes you did :)

[@AngelMendoza-um8pm]

House not telling the son that the mother called social services was one of the nicest things he could do.

[@seanwebb605]

It cost him nothing. He didn't expect them to have an ongoing relationship. The woman gets to be brave and not suffer from the reveal to her son. Plus House throws Cuddy under the bus. He told Cuddy to call social services. Let him go and complain to her later or hold the grudge against her.

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

I still find it funny to think how few people who watched House actually knew Hugh Laurie was English.

[@dawntraveler42]

Not only that, but that Hugh played the idiotic foppish character on the British TV show, Blackadder.

[@iffracem]

@@dawntraveler42 And a lot more besides, check out "A bit of Fry And Laurie" where he's with another genius, Stephen Fry

[@annierosha5946]

If they didn't know that, they missed out on a lot of great humour from him and Stephen Fry!

[@hippiemama52]

The British (and Aussies) grew up watching American TV. That could explain why they are better at American accents than we are at British.

[@Egilhelmson]

Interestingly, I, an American, knew no one who didn’t know that he was a famous English actor/musician. I guess we just run in different crowds. Like, I could care less when Diana died, but when Toshiro Mifune did, I sent out emails to a bunch of friends.

[@shirahime23]

House is particularly interested in this case because of the son-mother dynamic. It's revealed later that he was always close to his mother--and that he couldn't be with his father, because of the latter's personality and treatment of him. House recognizes how the son in the episode rises against the odds, something that he has also had to do while growing up. Interesting connection right there.

[@NH1969GOAT]

Hugh Laurie is also a gifted pianist - true story!!

[@MainMite06]

3:38 and a great accent breaker!

[@ass2278]

he's a great musician, love his musiccc

[@jeffseven2194]

He's a good guitarist too

[@annajulianogueira4189]

@@jeffseven2194 and a singer

[@jeffseven2194]

@@annajulianogueira4189 love his version of St. James Infirmary

[@Slick_Nick7567]

The emotions that the son was going through realizing his mom is back and even House wanted to see the new her after being treated.

[@mome5493]

the part at 4:15 is why i love the first season…. it’s so natural to see them struggle to think of the names of the diseases off the top of their heads. don’t get me wrong, i love the later seasons too but they start to sound like medical dictionaries when they are always able to immediately name specific diseases

[@GoldenKirby]

I guess after a while they're used to naming off things haha

[@jimkenealy6448]

The instant recall thing doesn't work so well when you are dragged back into the clinics after midnight.

[@MrMamoMoo]

pretty sure they only presented it that way because the disease shared a name with a major character and they didn't want to confuse anyone

[@ladyhawk2727]

It's never lupus

[@spacefaringyoshi]

Also, House checking medical books and consulting with other doctors became less common in later seasons. Likewise, I love the later seasons, but I enjoy these little details in the earlier ones.

[@CREDLACE]

House was reading to a patient Let's let that sink in for a moment

[@thomasbeardslee734]

Great observation n thought

[@romulusnr]

7:14 Chase is morose because he had to spend his youth taking care of his alcoholic mother. It's also why he presumed the mother's cirrhosis was from alcoholism (although to be fair it is 99% of the time). Lucas is getting a happy ending to Chase's story which he never got.

[@melinavreealnd4698]

8:34 'Thats why i had Dr. Cuddie call social services' in that one moment, he absolved that mother of so much guilt, and pain, of every having to try and explain why she would call them, on herself for her son. I didn't even catch that in my first wacth through

[@terrenusvitae]

They named her Lucy (lucid). The clue was always there!

[@smurfyday]

wow!

[@DeathnoteBB]

Lucidity isn’t exclusive to people without mental illnesses

[@terrenusvitae]

@@DeathnoteBB It does exclude the specific diagnosis she had been given though, as was explained in the episode.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@terrenusvitae I’ve known people with schizophrenia who were capable of selflessness and fully lucid. It’s a show from 2004, they’re just not accurate about a stigmatized mental illness

[@kenvr2287]

My bet is Hugh as a professional actor loved the richness of character of Dr. House. He probably enjoyed every minute of it.

[@dof8406]

Maybe the first couple seasons... He was away from his family during the filming, the limping was actually becoming painful since he was using one leg more than the other. He said that if the show hasn't ended on the eighth season he would have quit.

[@scxizm7828]

He comes from a family of doctors

[@dof8406]

@@scxizm7828 He said he probably made more money pretending to be a doctor than his father, an actual doctor :p

[@dannacadiz8315]

When he was interviewed by Graham Norton, he said he can't remember any of it ☹️

[@MusicLoverMN]

Actually he hated playing Dr. House, sadly😭 Lots of reasons: he hated the jerk character he played, he hated living in another country from his family & the constant back and forth travel which is a long plane ride every time etc. I hated finding this out but I suppose it makes sense why.

[@tonycapri2608]

In-between the tears at this episode the "but I'm crazy" had me cracking up and for House to say he squeeled to Social Services and give them a fresh start was back to the tears !😓

[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

At one point, House was the most watched TV show in the world👑

[@XxbloodHunter24xX478]

Can you tell me what point that was?

[@g29000]

@@XxbloodHunter24xX478 2008 #1 TV show

[@jayg339]

@@g29000 Around season 5 (which just so happens to be one of my favorite seasons). Season 4-5 of House was amazing television

[@alanparsonsfan]

More than Top Gear @ 550 Million?

[@XxbloodHunter24xX478]

@@g29000 thanks

[@straightbusta2609]

This woman's acting was pretty good

[@DiegoBoss_]

I love this episode because it perfectly portraits House's genius and objectivity when he says "pick your specialty, pick your disease!", He tries to be free of confirmation bias and adapts his brain and approach to each case, truly a genius.

[@juliar2462]

Can we talk about how no doctor believed her and she was right

[@DeathnoteBB]

Sadly very realistic. Especially if one Doctor wrote you off already or you present with visibly “crazy” symptoms. Same with believing you’re lying about abusing drugs. I swear some Doctors need to step down.

[@TheSweden740]

I still binge watch house over and over. 15 years later

[@Dany1239]

I think I've seen all 8 seasons at least 10 times and then some in the background while I'm playing something.

[@Paulgarra]

Yeah me too

[@WomenCallYouMoid]

0:58 Who is Limpy?

[@almightyk11]

@@WomenCallYouMoid house

[@WomenCallYouMoid]

Makes sense. He limps.

[@NicNacSM]

The emotional/joyful reunion was so beautiful. And there were so many of them in the series. House, despite being insufferable, was awesome as a doctor because he wouldn't just cure but heal.

[@jakeking974]

House during his career: cured the incurable, saved a CIA agent, assisted the Italian Mafia, made the clinically unhinged sane, saved people from their own self-inflicted dooms, proved the unthinkable, risked life and limb in pursuit of diagnosis, and countless other things, and yet people still doubt him till "the end". No wonder he quit.

[@shadows_star]

Yeah, except he said many times in the series that he needed people questioning him. That treating him as if he was right all the time was something he explicitly avoided when he selected his team.

[@zeratul____1228]

@@shadows_star While an environemnt that combative would get taxing after while it did prove effective and he certainly inspired his fellow colleagues to keep questioning.

[@cookiecraze1310]

Well his first diagnosis was wrong, since it wasn't Vitamin K

[@mary-janereallynotsarah684]

He only quit because of Wilson. He and Wilson toured the country with fake identities, Holmes and Watson, and solved a mystery a town before moving on... and when Wilson died House changed identities once again, this time becoming a shrink by the name of Chance.

[@yossarian00]

He always gets things wrong for at least the first half of an episode

[@bbb462cid]

The acting in this show was consistently quite good

[@epolat19]

Chase’s look when the mom gets sane and hugs her son is very sad. Great acting

[@Leviwosc]

The problem is that usually the symtoms of Wilson's disease don't go away when one starts with the pharmaceutical therapy and a low copper diet. In this episode the woman seems to completely heal, in reality this seldom happens.

[@marilynyoh7951]

Why are u ruining my day

[@Jp-jg9gr]

You’re so negative

[@Egilhelmson]

Chelation?

[@local38on-tv]

I guess this was a double zebra case

[@jcarle1001]

Scrubs did a great episode around the diagnosis of Wilson's disease. The writing that is done for shows like these are amazing. The end when House took the blame for calling social services was heroic n selfless.

[@Egilhelmson]

Actually, he dumped the blame on Cuddy, getting _everyone_ who the kid knew off the hook.

[@turtlemama888]

@@Egilhelmson Actually, I think he did that in case the son ever found out it was a woman that called social services. House is exemplary at making doing the right thing look like the worst.

[@3Torts]

@@Egilhelmson lol nah.

[@EPrimeify]

03:36 There’s the moment I’ve been looking for!

[@justinamerican8200]

House, always hiding how much he actually cares. Can't let anyone know.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

3:36 -- A Brit doing a great impression of an American doing a very poor impression of a Brit.

[@imenen.]

Genius

[@CEFG100]

Probably one of my favorite moments in all of House.

[@lisaharrison8970]

The way she read the poetry during her treatment was as though she was narrating her time during the treatment which is poetic in itself...

[@memegod2872]

A british man impersonating a brit with a nigel thornberry accent is hilarious and genius

[@VonSchtauffe]

I like this episode. It's the kindest he's been to a patient and their family.

[@tutuldok]

this is season 1, isn't it. his addiction progressed and the physical/psychological pain just ate away at him. 😢

[@userwoodsman1115]

Thankfully I was 12 when my Wilson’s disease was discovered completely by chance . I now take meds daily and liver biopsies every few years. I am one of two patient’s that my dr has ever seen .

[@inzabuhd8673]

How does he make a living only seeing you two?

[@610Hobbies]

Classic House, not only would he cure what ailed ya, he would also make you better, loved these seasons.

[@Hawkathon]

I like the “madness of King George” reference as it may allude (intentionally or not) to Hugh Laurie’s time on Blackadder. Hugh played the Prince Regent, the son of King George III, who had porphyria and was “mad” as a result. The British accent that Hugh uses in this episode is fairly similar to the one he used when playing the character.

[@DeathnoteBB]

There’s no accent he “used” he just IS British. He’s using an accent for House

[@NoudlePipW]

I had to go get my eyes checked one day, I didn't know what it was for because I was undergoing sooo many different tests, so I got dressed and put on my new hat and went. They reminded me the test was to check for Wilson's... I slipped off my Wilson's beanie pretty quick 😂

[@82dorrin]

House showing genuine care and empathy here...

[@retrochristmas7329]

Wilson comes to house "HOW IS MY DISEASE GOING TO SOREAD IF YOU KEEP CURING IT!!!

[@gladesucks7907]

“Didn’t we just leave your office?” I love shows that can make fun of themselves

[@fabiodelpiero3722]

Wilson: Didn't we just leave your office? House: Yeah. I like to walk. 😂So many wonderful throwaway lines in these old shows.

[@someperson9999]

My aunt has schizophrenia, she's not off the wall all the time. She does have clear moments, they're just not as common for her as for everyone else. She recognizes when she or someone else is treated badly or if they're in pain and I remember one time she called my mother out over something (and my aunt was in the right). And my aunt's diagnosis is far from mild. She's run out of stores because the voices in her head were too much and she thought that people in the store were harassing her and calling her names but it was all a delusion.

[@xrisavgyaggelopoulou3328]

""Wilson and House leave the House's office they do the circle and come back to the office"" Wilson: Did we just leave your office House: I like to walk 😂😂😂

[@Trustworthy_McLegitimate]

and the medical bills will be through the roof...

[@aaronpincus6095]

I was at a Halloween party in a bar once and started talking to the manager. He was a little unkempt with a heavy 5 O'Clock shadow. Not his normal look but it was Halloween so . . . I asked him why he wasn't in a costume and he turned around and grabbed a cane from behind the chair he was sitting on and BOOM! ! ! HE WAS HOUSE ! ! I've never seen a better Halloween transformation before or since

[@ChicagoDB]

One of the best cases/episodes in my opinion.

[@Jake-ws9tm]

What's funny about the apartment scenes is watching a British actor play an American faking a British accent.

[@lovinavargas-carriedo2698]

After a year and a half of chronic pain when Wilson asked about leaving the office and house says "I like to walk" I'm just yelling "leave the man alone! He's got a messed up leg and he needs to walk!" I did not let them give me any strong pain killers for my pain. But I can understand house's dance with drug seeking vs pain escape a LOT better than I could have when this came out.

[@ryanhauser3014]

Similar to Hemochromatosis which I have. Took multiple doctors to find out what the heck was going on. (Most thought it was just me getting older). The fatigue was by far the worst part for me as I had always been super energetic.

[@roku401]

I recall a case of hemochomotosis that House treated, he prescribed lifetime dialysis. If you don't mind me asking, is that the treatment that you have prescribed? I would love to have your answer, but you are completely free not to answer on this public a forum...

[@ryanhauser3014]

@@roku401 nothing that dramatic. It can be fatal if undiagnosed, however it is very treatable. I just have to get periodic blood draws to get rid of excess iron. The arthritic damage to my joints is permanent though. Before 1996 (I believe that's the year) there was no way to see if you had the mutated genes, Death is usually how families found out. One famous person had it that I know of, Ernest Hemingway. If you know anyone in your family who has it, you should at least get tested for the mutation, just to be safe as it's hereditary. (I think there are ways it can occur otherwise, but I'm no expert). Three reasons it goes undiagnosed as long as it does is symptoms get dismissed to aging, mot Doctors rarely see cases of it and don't actively pursue it as a diagnosis, and the last one is the test for iron levels in the blood was removed from yearly physicals as a cost savings from insurance companies. The last one is the real kicker because it would trigger the test for the gene mutation. None of my original 4 doctors thought to check for it on their own by the way. I found out a family member had it and asked for the test myself. That is one hell of a scary thought, isn't it? PS: That dyalisis he ordered was probably due to organ failure because iron gets deposited in the bodies organs and joints over the years. I was lucky and found out before it got that far.

[@vubobanh]

FYI the episode in which Houses diagnoses hemochromatosis is called the jerk from season 3 episode 23. Funny enough I was just watching that episode clip on KZbin and it linked here and you guys were discussing it. Coincidence maybe hehe

[@tarsxenomorph8845]

@@ryanhauser3014 Ah yes a course of leech's.

[@userwoodsman1115]

I was diagnosed with Wilson’s disease at 12 years and old . It took several liver biopsies before they could be sure . I take medicine everyday and deal with the side effects of the disease and the meds .

[@vickiechandler3112]

yay...finally i get to see the conclusion to this episode

[@kerrydavis4290]

His mother should have told her son that she called social services, he'd forgive her a lot more easily.

[@as7river]

Hugh Laurie faking a british accent is on point.

[@Tea-oc3gh]

Probably one of the few times her kid was happy to hear "Oh, You need a hair cut."

[@untoter5051]

Nice touch that in the end at the elevator they have the mom be a little bossy. Small detail but nice touch to the continuity

[@gavmansworkshop5624]

The office back to the office I had to pause, get the laughter over and done with and tell the neighbour I was alright.

[@elietedarce1266]

First time I saw House be gentle with one of his patients.

[@_MAEL]

"Didn't we just leave your office?". "I like to walk".

[@macmcleod1188]

The eye shot is such a cool special effect.

[@billnorman1704]

If you've ever seen the BritCom "Jeeves and Wooster," you'll know that Hugh Laurie is actually a very good pianist. Chances are, that brief scene where we hear House playing the piano, it was Laurie really playing.

[@lolly5657]

When he treats Watson like an ideapad then plays the piano. Immediately I go oh yea doctor Sherlock Holmes 😂👏

[@soberingfamily704]

I like the "I like to walk" line. Good choice

[@ianbrewer4843]

Great show

[@patrickwentzell4638]

This is one of those heart warming episodes it is so great by the way it's not a good idea that Cutty leaves her " House " key under the plant outside .

[@touchgemini1372]

Playing the bad guy keeps people AWAY, our walls intact and keeps us SAFE 💯

[@kerduslegend2644]

I like the fact that he's a British actor that has an American accent but then chose to fake a British accent

[@Tonecrafte]

It always bothered me how Forman would dismiss every correct idea because the disease was rare. Like dude, you work for a doctor who only takes the weirdest, most difficult to explain cases. Often times people who have seen a dozen other doctors and haven’t been able to find a diagnosis. Of course it’s something rare! If it wasn’t some rare and difficult to explain the patient wouldn’t be in your ward. But of course the actor who plays Foreman was great. It just seems like writers just didn’t have much for him to say sometimes and defaulted to “IT CAN’T BE THAT! That’s rare!”.

[@annalilienthal5396]

I'm so glad I finally saw that!! my dvd doesn't work properly, got stuck ;) such a fantastic outcome! :)

[@stoagymahalo5268]

gotta love the last zinger

[@Danka42]

8:36 mom be like "Ah, yeah. Yup. That's what happened."

[@Brian-uy2tj]

Great episode.

[@funniedoug03]

That’s the kid from ratatouille 👨‍🍳

[@kkuwura]

That must have been such a relief for the kid. I can’t imagine

[@maritimelady]

Oh no. You're right. I did. Omg. I wish I had known about her so I could have kept her safe.

[@anyflipside]

The day I found out I had Wilson's disease. My thoughts immediately remembered this episode. It also saved my life after my liver failure bc my doctors thought I was an alcoholic. They dismissed me as dead and the only dr that saved me was an eye Dr. I was getting discharged to go to hospice but a full work up including eyes saved my life. 3yrs later I had a transplant and still living but this episode was the first thing I pulled up on my phone.

[@FaithFilled1111]

"Isnt it your birthday around now?" Lol

[@LucrassKelvac]

2:20 Now if only Jeeves had walked in while Mr. Wooster was playing this, he might've finally approved. x) 3:36 Holy hek! He did his Bertie Wooster acting! o.o!

[@animerlon]

What bugs me is that the team perform tests, administer treatment & even do surgery that would normally be done by nurses, technicians & surgeons.

[@krayzieegg7294]

One of my favorite episode

[@wobby1268]

3:37 _Chicago Fire_ did a similar bit a few years ago when they wrote a scene wherein Casey imitated his Australian neighbor. The writers figured Jesse Spencer would just drop back into his natural accent for the scene, but he made it much funnier by deliberately doing it broadly and badly, as he figured a native American like Casey would.

[@ThirtytwoJ]

This hit close. 8 years and just proved ive had cancer cutting flow to my heart for as long as theyve called me crazy and every other excuse not to look. Dunno yet if im too far gone unfortunately.

[@turtlemama888]

I'm so sorry, my Dad's voice kept getting worse, fir two years his dr keot srnding him to an allergist, finally he sent him to sn oncologist. Throat cancer. He'd smoked fir decades, altho he'd stopped by this time, still . . . Nit being heard is hard enough in and of itself. When there's a potentially fatal medical condition, it's horrible. Wishing you sll the best.

[@NightriderXP1]

What a kewl TV series. It never disappoints. I wish I could find a Dr House to diagnose my strange medical issues that baffles all other doctors...

[@calmbbaer]

Man - I haven't seen "kewl" in a decade or two!

[@caity9244]

That sucks. Gotta find the right specialist(s) maybe?

[@deadvodka]

this feels so much more realistic than what the show has become. how they have to search for answers and actually think about the diseases they are coming up with.

[@jonnnyren6245]

3:36 he was talking to his old boss Lord Blackadder MD who is a very old but powerful chief surgeon at St. Barts Hospital. 😂

[@SN-sz7kw]

I google at least once during every episode. 😂