House thinks the hiccups are cool, but is suspicious of Cameron's motive, so he sends her back to the ER to see if she'll leave. He's not the boss of her, so she didn't have to go do those tests like he asked. House cuts to the Chase: "Hey, you don't still have the hots for me, do you?" She tries to say she's just trying to help out after Kumar's death, but House doesn't buy that either, because she would have offered a week ago if that were the case. Back in the conference room, Powerpuff Cameron takes charge and Louie proposes MS, because the POW's last name is Swenson, and people of Scandinavian descent have a higher rate of MS. It's weak, but Cameron heads off to test for it. Foreman secretly goes to help, since it might be a bit tricky sticking a needle in the spine of someone who has hiccups, and because he's the only Houseguest close enough to her to ask what's going on. She won't tell him either, but all signs point to trouble with Chase. Speaking of the lapdog, he's sneaking around asking Cuddy if Cameron wants her old job back. Chase cuts to himself and asks if Cameron's in love with House.
CUDDY: That... is a ridiculous question.
CHASE: Are you in love with House?
CUDDY: That...... is an even more ridiculous question.
CHASE: 2 questions, 0 answers.
2 insecure doctors, 2 raging cases of jealousy, 1 screwy love rectangle.
House is in the lounge looking for some food to steal when a woman comes in asking for him. It's the POW's wife-the one he said he didn't have when he checked in to the hospital. House takes a bite of whatever he got from the fridge and throws it out. "Who eats kale? It's so bland it doesn't even taste like kale." The POWife says the doctor next door said he'd be in there, and House gets a Subplot Lightbulb. He tracks down Cameron, who's still trying to get a needle in the POW's back, and accuses her of spying on him for Wilson. Cameron denies it, because Wilson is a better liar than her. Marginally. Meanwhile, the POW's neck is getting all lumpy and crunchy.
Snap crackle pop.
This turns out to be caused by air leaking out of his lungs. Don't ask me how that works, but it's not MS, so who cares? Sarcoidosis is mentioned and there is much bingoing. 13 suggests systemic sclerosis (which doesn't sound much different from multiple sclerosis, but whatever) and House sends the 2.0 Houseguests instead of Cameron to do the test. "Time to bring in the first string." Waitaminnit, I thought they were the second string? Cameron huffs back down to the ER, where Cuddy straight up tells Cameron to stay out of her House. Only it comes out in passive-aggressive Cuddyspeak, something like "You shouldn't be involved with House. Neither should I... You and Chase are good together." Cameron neither confirms or denies this diagnosis, which would be really weird if it wasn't necessary to keep us guessing.
In other Awkward Relationship News, the POWife is suggesting to her husband that he has mommy issues; i.e. he's neglecting his family to Love His Mother. He proves this by going off on a wheezy rant about clean water and clean air and how he's doing it for everyone on the Big Blue Marble, not just his family, because everyone else matters just as much. Talk about an inconvenient truth.
House barges into Wilson's place and Wilson tells him to stay out of the kitchen. Which he knows will send House straight there. Wilson wants to hear House's nutty explanation for the egg-white omelet Wilson had for breakfast. "Your single omelet theory conveniently overlooks the Grassy Knoll you had for lunch today." Lulz. So that's whose lunch House stole. Shoulda known. House blames Wilson's diet on Kumar. Isn't it funny how people always blame everything on the coworker who just left? Wilson attempts to disprove the Single Omelet Theory by showing off his fridge full of bacon and ice cream.
Two great tastes that taste great together!
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Comments (4)
That "Randy Newman tune"....was Georgia on my Mind...I'm not sure if Randy Newman has done that one...though he probably has because everybody has at some point or another.
1 of 4 | Posted by tracy831 | Posted on April 18, 2009 3:05 PM
Great recap, Copyhacker. I missed the very end (dvr issues). Did Amber really make an appearance? To House? Hmmmm...
2 of 4 | Posted by zbird | Posted on April 18, 2009 4:14 PM
Thanks for the Captain Planet references! I was the only one (I knew of) who liked that cartoon... (wind, water, fire, earth, heart) and I appreciate your bringing it to your recap! As you say, LULZ!
3 of 4 | Posted by slutty_whore | Posted on April 19, 2009 9:08 AM
tracy831: So it is! And I live next door in SC, so I should've recognized it. Hmm, wonder if "Georgia" = Amber?
4 of 4 | Posted by Copyhacker | Posted on April 19, 2009 7:19 PM