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Aired 02-12-2007

House is thrilled to find a girl who can't feel pain in the ER after she and her mother are in a car accident. He plots to harvest her dysfunctional non-pain-feeling nerves to put in his body, but Wilson figures it out and guilts him into not doing the dangerous and unnecessary nerve biopsy. When checking the girl out for car accident injuries, House discovers that she's actually sick with something else, although her inability to feel pain makes it very difficult to tell what that is. House eventually figures out it's a B-12 deficiency caused by the mother of all tapeworms, and the girl and her mother will be fine. The OR team who had to witness that tapeworm removal, however, will never be the same. The rest of the episode concentrates on Valentine's Day. Foreman dumps his nurse girlfriend; Cameron decides that she may not have time for a social life, but that doesn't mean she can't have sex with Chase again (he appears to accept her offer, as ridiculously made as it was); and Cuddy makes an internet date that House unnecessarily interrupts twice. Her date dumps her -- after the sex, of course -- saying that Cuddy doesn't love music and travel as much as she likes her work and possibly House. And House and Wilson circulate rumors about a transsexual nurse, but we don't get to see her. Damn!

It's still blizzarding in New Jersey, and people are still trying to drive through it. At least this time the couple we're watching isn't having sex: it's a mother and daughter fighting over the fact that the daughter fell on some ice while hanging out with her friends, and now her mother wants her to get checked out at the ER. The girl just wants to go home, and resents her mother's overprotectiveness. Not as much as House will if they end up at the Clinic. Oh, and then they get hit by a truck.

Cut to the accident scene. The camera's at a weird angle, so I'm not sure what's going on there. It looks like the truck is sitting there and the car has been thrown into a tree. The girl is bloody but conscious, unlike her mother, who's bloody and unconscious. The girl tries to wake up her mother, and then grabs a cell phone and calls 911. The 911 operator asks the girl if she's hurt. The girl looks down and sees a huge piece of twisted metal sticking out of her leg. "I'm fine," she responds. Either that metal piece was there before, or the girl can't feel her legs. Or maybe she's a compulsive liar. She hangs up on the 911 operator, which you aren't supposed to do. I'll cut her some slack, though, considering the situation.

House strolls through the ER looking for Foreman. He asks Nurse Wendy about Foreman's whereabouts, but she doesn't know either. Then she unwisely tries to continue the conversation by asking House if he knows when Foreman will be off work, since she has a surprise Valentine's Day getaway planned for them. "Getaway," House repeats. Nurse Wendy nods. He has to repeat it a few more times before she realizes that House is actually telling her to get away from him.

Foreman's treating Hannah, the girl from the Pre-Credits. She asks about her mother, and Foreman just says that she's in surgery. Good; I really didn't want the episode to start off with a dead mother. I wonder how the truck driver's doing? We'll never know. House walks in and immediately blows Nurse Wendy's surprise before asking Foreman why he's in the ER. Foreman says that there's a snowstorm going on, so they're all supposed to be in the ER. Then he tends to Hannah's injured leg, telling her that the cleaning swab is going to sting. She mutters an unconvincing "ow," and then House informs her that she has CIPA, a.k.a. Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis. "No, I don't," says Hannah. But House says that they'll need to do a series of tests to make sure Hannah doesn't have any internal injuries, including a spinal nerve biopsy. Foreman points out that CIPA is a very rare condition, so it's unlikely that Hannah has it, especially since she just said she doesn't. House points out that Hannah must know what CIPA is to deny having it, which is pretty strong evidence that she does have it. Also, she isn't shivering from being out in the snow, which indicates that she has the anhidrosis part of CIPA -- her body can't respond to heat by sweating or cold by shivering. Apparently, this also means that Hannah can't secrete tears. House points out that she was faking feeling pain, as she flinched toward Foreman instead of away from him. "It's hard to fake pain when you've never felt it," says House, so jealous. Also, Hannah's last name, Morgenthal, is Jew-y, and a certain ethnicity of Jews are more likely to have CIPA. That's the same ethnicity of Jews with blonde hair, I guess. Foreman repeats that Hannah said she doesn't have CIPA. "They killed our Lord! You gonna trust 'em?" asks House. He has a point; after all, Wilson is Jewish, and he lies. Foreman dismisses House's very astute deduction as "lame," so House thwacks Hannah with his cane. When she doesn't react, the jig is up. Poor Hannah will have to wait until after the battery of tests to see her mother.

House happily informs Cuddy he doesn't have to work in the ER because he has a case. Then he notices that Cuddy is wearing perfume. Way too much of it, apparently, if he can smell it from halfway across the room. Just a conservative spray or two is all you need, Cuddy. House tells Cuddy he has a girl with CIPA, and figures that there must be something wrong with her. Cuddy figures out that House is just fascinated by someone who can't feel pain, since he's someone who always feels pain and wants to "go exploring." He's doing plenty of exploring in Cuddy's office, as he looks around and notices earmuffs on her coat stand instead of her usual hat. He mentions this to Cuddy to try to distract her so that he can sneak an unnecessary nerve biopsy past her. It doesn't work; Cuddy agrees to all the tests except the biopsy, and also won't confirm House's suspicions that she has a blind date planned for tonight. House leaves to do the tests (well, to tell the Cottages to do the tests), throwing back a comment on his way out: that Cuddy is desperate. Asshole!

Chase and Cameron stare at EEG monitors and say it looks like Hannah's going into a seizure. Foreman, however, is actually looking at the patient, and says that it's not so much a seizure as it is a temper tantrum. Hannah rips the leads off her head and demands to see her mother.

In House's office, Foreman tells House that they can't run tests on Hannah, nor can they get her to sit still long enough to sedate her so that they can run the tests. "She's strong," Foreman explains. She must be the Incredible Hulk if three able-bodied adults can't hold her down for five seconds to poke her with a needle. That's shameful, Cottages. House decides to go see Hannah for himself. On his way down the hall, he asks Foreman about Nurse Wendy and how much longer his relationship with her will last before Foreman dumps her. Foreman just counts the feet until they reach their destination and he will no longer have to talk to House. Distance estimation is a skill Foreman's been working on during his significant time in the subplot basement, I see. House continues, saying that once the Cottages are done with their fellowships (gasp! When is this supposed to happen?) and have time for social lives, Cameron will find somebody and Chase will find "eight somebodies," but Foreman will be alone. Unless he finds that Foreman in a skirt House thinks he's looking for. Foreman points out that he's still with Nurse Wendy, but House says that's only because she hasn't given him an excuse to dump her yet.

House walks into the room and frankly tells Hannah to "grow up" and stop acting like a scared little baby. "I'm not scared. I'm never scared," she says. Just because you can't feel pain doesn't mean you can't be scared. Spiders don't hurt me, but I still scream and jump on chairs when I see them. House says that Hannah can't feel pain, so she can only feel pleasure. Hannah says that sucks. Also, I read that some CIPA patients can't have orgasms, so there goes the pleasure. House says that it's better than being in pain all the time. I think House needs a trip to the ER as well -- via a Waaahmbulance. If you leg hurts so much, cut. It. Off. You'll have increased mobility with the prosthesis and the pain will be gone. We all know you're using the leg and the pain as an excuse and a defensive mechanism.

And now we begin the Life Sucks-off. Hannah says she has to check her eyes every morning to make sure she didn't scratch a cornea in her sleep. That's dumb -- is it that common to scratch a cornea in your sleep? I've never done it, and I'm a very active sleeper. House says that he has to check his eyes every morning, too -- to make sure they aren't jaundiced from his liver finally dying on him. Round one goes to House. Hannah says that she can't run anywhere without checking her toes for swelling. "I can't run," House replies. Round two also goes to House. It was a strategic error for Hannah to bring up running to a guy with leg problems in the first place. She says that boys can't hold her for too long in case she overheats. House says girls can't hold him for too long since he only pays for an hour. Hannah wins that round. She has an alarm on her watch that reminds her to go to the bathroom. House says the bathroom is fifty feet away from his office, so every trip is painful for him. Hannah wins round four. It's an even game now, folks! Hannah says that she has to check every inch of her body all the time for injuries. "I got shot," says House. Cameron rolls her eyes. Chase looks like he's trying to figure out who wins that round. So am I. On one hand, getting shot sucks. But having to check your body all the time for your entire life is no fun either. I'm going to give that round to Hannah because getting shot was a pretty brief experience for House (especially since we spent all of like two episodes discussing it), but Hannah has to monitor her person all the time for her entire life. She says that she sat on a stove when she was three and still has the coil marks burned into her ass to prove it. I don't know why that's such a problem if she can't feel pain. I also don't know how her three-year-old self managed to get up on the counter to be able to sit on the stove. I guess Mom was watching young Hannah as well as she was watching the road. Hannah offers to show House the burns, and he's never one to turn down a look at underage ass. She turns and lifts her gown, and House promptly stabs her ass with a needle full of sedatives. Hannah turns and makes a "curses! Foiled again!" face before passing out. Don't be too upset, Hannah. At least you won the Life Sucks-off. Although I guess that's really not much consolation when you think about it. House tells the Cottages to run the tests and to give Hannah nitrous if she moves again. Hannah, take it from me: move. I got nitrous when my wisdom teeth were removed and it was A++ good times. Cameron informs House that he got shot because he's a jerk and not because of his leg pain. Sorry, Cameron, but the Life Sucks-off is over. Try to keep up. This scene did a great job telling the audience about the realities of CIPA without bashing us over the head with exposition. Good job, writers! Now we know that CIPA isn't the fun time people might think it is. Well, we know that. House doesn't look convinced.

Later, Hannah's unsedated and lying in bed. Cameron walks up with a thermometer and tells her that all the tests came out fine. Suddenly, Hannah's eyes roll back and she has a seizure. Wow, even while doing something as simple taking a temperature, Cameron can kill a patient. Cameron yells for ice packs and cooling blankets: Hannah has a temperature of 105 degrees. Nurse Obvious rolls in and says that Hannah isn't flushed or sweating, since she has apparently been trained to question Cameron's authority. Cameron starts pouring ice water on Hannah while another nurse puts ice packs on her wrists. Nurse Obvious doesn't do anything. Fire her!

After the commercial, House is thrilled that their patient is actually sick. The Cottages throw out diagnoses, all of which are ruled out. Cameron wonders if Hannah got sick after the tests, perhaps by something they did. Something like...taking her temperature? She thinks they should run the tests again. House agrees, but throws in a spinal nerve biopsy. House sure does love spinal nerve biopsies this week, doesn't he? Maybe they're his Valentine. Foreman isn't so thrilled with the idea, pointing out that spinal nerve biopsies have a risk of causing paralysis. Chase and Cameron agree, so House decides to skip the part of the show where they refuse to do the biopsy and physically try to stop him from doing it to no avail, and just ask Cuddy.

Chase and Cameron hang out in the OR balcony and watch Hannah's mother have some surgery that involves her intestines. I'm just glad to see that her mother is still alive. I was starting to worry. "Side airbags should be standard," Cameron whines. I think that truck drivers not driving into you should be standard. I'm not a huge fan of airbags myself, due to the fact that I'm short and have to sit pretty close to my steering wheel, so if my airbag ever does deploy, my nose will probably wind up somewhere in the back of my throat. It's not going to be fun at all. "She should know her mother's situation," says Cameron. Chase says that it's Hannah's mother's surgeon's news to tell, not Cameron's. Not that that will stop her. Sigh. Why are they acting like Hannah's mother is dead? I'm sure whatever surgery involves having your intestines spilled out all over the place isn't good, but it doesn't look like the mom is about to die. Why not tell Hannah? Foreman walks in and says that he hasn't heard back yet from House about Cuddy's decision. Chase doesn't think it matters, since he's sure Cuddy will say yes. She never says no to House, says Chase. "That's not true," Cameron whispers. "Nobody ever says 'no.' We don't say 'no'," he says. "You don't say 'no'," says Foreman. Chase says that House is going to come back and browbeat them into submission. And they'll all submit, not just Chase. Although Chase seems to be the only one who's aware of that. And to that end, he says that they have to figure out a way to find out what's wrong with Hannah without the biopsy. Cameron craps on this, saying that they've done all the tests and gotten all the medical history they can. You know, Cameron, if Americans had that defeatist attitude two hundred and thirty years ago, Hugh Laurie would be able to use his real accent on this show since we'd still be English. Also, House would be done by the BBC and the sets would be made of cardboard. The Magic Schoolbus Cam would consist of blood vessel-looking things hanging on strings in front of a picture of a vein while the camera slowly zoomed in. When people went outside, they'd be shot on film, but when they were inside, it'd be on video for no apparent reason and somehow we weren't supposed to notice. It'd be pretty great, actually. But not as great as this. Chase says that if they can find out where Hannah's in pain, it'll help them to diagnose her. Foreman points out the logistical problems with this, but Chase says that Hannah isn't totally immune to pain -- she's just "insensitive" to it. If they put her in enough pain, maybe some of the pain signals her brain usually doesn't get will actually make it to her brain. I'm gonna say that after being in a car accident that left a metal thing sticking out of her leg, it's obvious that there is no amount of pain Hannah can feel, but at least Chase is trying.

By Sara M

Chase has a very scientific test for Hannah. While her head is inside some kind of scanner, she's to put her hand in two glasses of water. One glass is room-temperature and the other is very hot. Chase tells her to switch between the glasses -- spending only a few seconds in the hot glass -- while he monitors her brain activity. If there's any response to the heat, Chase says, they might be looking at a vascular problem. Anything except vasculitis, of course. Chase goes into the booth, and Hannah sticks her hand in the room-temperature water and asks Chase how her mother is doing. Then she puts her hand in the boiling water while Chase says that her mother is still in surgery. Hannah demands details about her mother and refuses to take her hand out of the boiling water. Chase has to run out of the booth and grab her hand out of the water. Now she's got second-degree burns. Hannah's only worried about her mother.

It's neurology time, and Foreman's got Hannah's head screwed into some horrible device while he shoots her up with some proteins that should heighten her sensitivity to pain and then drills into her skull. "A response should indicate sarcoma," he says. "What does it feel like?" Hannah asks. "It...hurts," Foreman says. Thanks for the input, Foreman. He tells Hannah that bone pain is the worst kind of pain there is. Pshaw! I really think being on fire would be worse. I'm no expert, having never actually been on fire or broken a bone, though. While some random guy drills away, Foreman and Hanna have a chat about her relationship with her mother. Hannah says that she used to be close to her mother until Hannah was arrested...for the third time. Each time was for fighting. Who is the dumb-ass who fought Hannah? Three dumb-asses, actually. Foreman asks Hannah if she's trying to piss everyone else off, or just her mother. I don't see why it can't be both. Suddenly, Hannah gets a surprised look on her face. She starts freaking out and trying to rip the headgear off of her. Foreman and the guy unscrew everything and cut her loose. Foreman asks her where it hurt, and she just gives him the creepiest smile and takes off.

Wilson decides to make an appearance in this episode, stopping by House's office to complain that some new nurse is sleeping with "that weird lawyer from the board." Stacy? No, it's "the guy with eleven fingers," according to House. Wilson didn't even notice that the guy had eleven fingers, prompting House to wonder how Wilson didn't notice such an abnormality. Wilson also missed testicles, so I don't think that's such a surprise. Speaking of testicles, Wilson says that the new nurse used to be a man. I'm starting to wonder why Wilson began this conversation with "I'm so tired of this." Did he mean he's tired of nurses at PPTH being former men? No, actually, he means that he was on his way to discuss this piece of juicy gossip with House, only to run into Cameron and hear all about the CIPA girl. Man, no one's life is improved by Cameron. And now, instead of talking about the transsexual nurse, Wilson has to be House's conscience and tell him to stop studying the CIPA girl just to serve his own needs. Then Foreman runs in and says that Hannah is about to jump off the lobby balcony. "Do you think I can catch her?" House asks. Seriously, Foreman, what did you expect? House didn't care the last time one of your patients tried to throw himself off a building; he's not going to care now.

Sure enough, Hannah's all about the drama, standing on the balcony railing and threatening to jump off. "I'm not gonna hurt you," says Cameron. "Yes, you are!" Hannah responds, still remembering when Cameron tried to take her temperature and then almost cooked her to death. Hannah demands to see her mother, but won't believe Cameron when she promises to take her to the OR observation balcony. I love that a pivotal scene is taking place on the new second-floor balcony. It's my favorite of all the set additions, I think. Suddenly, Hannah loses feeling in her legs. Foreman thinks she's faking again, but she swears she's not. Then she either falls or jumps off the balcony. That would be more surprising to me if I hadn't seen it happen in the previews. The Cottages look in horror off the balcony and see Hannah sprawled on the floor. She's moving, though. I wonder how the lobby reception desk lady feels about all this. She gets to see the coolest stuff at her job.

After the commercial, Cameron exposits that Hannah has six broken bones, a concussion, a fever, erratic heart rhythms, and no feeling below the waist. "I feel fine!" says Hannah. Yeah, Hannah, we know. You can't feel pain. It's done some awesome things for you thus far. Hannah asks about her mother again. Cameron says that she's still in surgery. Holy crap, that surgery's been going on for days now! I fear the worst for Hannah's mother.

Back at base, the Cottages and House go over Hannah's case. House is pleased as punch that Hannah's psychosis and paralysis indicate a neurological problem. Now he can do his nerve biopsy for sure! Unfortunately, Cameron comes up with another theory: thyroid storm. I don't know what that is, but it sounds like fun. House doesn't think so, though, since it means no nerve biopsy. He says he'll check with an endocrinologist.

Even though some guy named Bennett is the on-call endocrinologist, it's Cuddy's door House is knocking on. She answers it and moans a "noooo!" when she sees him there. Ha! I'll bet he gets that a lot. House excuses his presence by saying that he needed to consult with an endocrinologist, and Bennett's cell phone seems to be broken. Cuddy points out that she is accessible on her phone, but House says that he had to give her the file. Weak, House. Also, this is notable in that we finally find out what Cuddy's specialty is, not like that really matters since she sucks at all areas of doctoring. Cuddy glances at the file while House snoops. He hears a "cheery fire crackling nearby" inside Cuddy's house, and suspects that Don is there. Nice, Cuddy. You go, girl. Cuddy looks at the file and says that it's not a thyroid storm, because the creatine phosphokinase levels aren't high enough (nice diagnosis, Cameron). House also notices that Cuddy isn't wearing her bra (eyes off, House. Geez) and can't believe that Cuddy is doing some horizontal ballroom dancing with Don. "You just met him!" he says. "I like him. And I like sex. Do I need to stitch a letter on my tops?" she asks. Enh, just the Puritan ones. Suddenly, Cuddy steps closer to House and asks him if he likes her. Like likes her. He can check "yes" or "no" on the sheet of paper provided. House doesn't answer (ah HA!), and Cuddy says that she talked to Bennett on his phone not fifteen minutes ago (she...didn't have other stuff to do? Like sex?), so his phone is working just fine. Since House usually tries to avoid Cuddy, she thinks he must have some reason for seeking her out like this: "There are two reasons anyone would want to screw with me tonight: either they're an altruistic, decent person who's worried about my well-being, or they want me for themself." Good point, Cuddy. Bad grammar. House suggests a third option: he's an evil bastard who just wants to mess with people's happiness. Cuddy just smiles smugly and closes the door in House's face. I can't believe it! I think she won. For the first time, she won!

Oh, but Cuddy's triumph is short-lived when she returns to her living room and finds Don putting his shoes on, saying that it's late. Cuddy is crushed. She insists that she's not interested in House, but that's not the point to Don: he sees his job as a means to an end. He makes money so that he can do the things he really enjoys, like "music" and "travel." "I like those things, too!" says Cuddy with an overeagerness to please that's both pathetic and heartbreaking. Don says she doesn't like them like he does, and that whether it's her job or House, when she talks to House, it's like "nothing else in the world is going on." She's "focused, confidant, compelling" and a lot of other positive things that she apparently isn't around Don: "Don't take this the wrong way, but I'd like to go out with that woman." I don't see how Cuddy could take that the wrong way, Don, you asshole. You did go out with that woman. Maybe she wasn't as awesome around some guy she just met as she is around someone she's familiar with and has known for a long time, but that doesn't mean she'll never be like that. And way to discover this about Cuddy only after having sex (or at the very least, a make-out session). Maybe the reason you're still single despite being well-off and attractive, Don, is that you're a shitty person. Don kisses Cuddy on the cheek while she winces and looks like she wishes she could be insensitive to pain. Aw, poor Cuddy. There's someone out there for you, Cuddy! I'm pretty sure it's House, unfortunately for you, but you don't have to be alone!

House returns to PPTH, where the Cottages fret that Hannah's condition is worsening. House tells them that it's not a thyroid storm, and orders the nerve biopsy. He looks around his office for something, doesn't find it, and then heads out. The Cottages follow him and yell out reasons not to do the biopsy. Foreman points out that if House is thinking it's peripheral neuropathy, they can take a biopsy from a less risky area. House finally reaches his destination: Wilson's office, where Wilson is looking at the papers he apparently took off House's desk. Wilson asks the Cottages if House is asking for a spinal nerve biopsy, and they're amazed at his psychic abilities. He sends them out so that he can talk to House privately. Wilson tells House about an amazing new discovery -- one that I'm guessing he found out about while reading House's papers. There's a new protein that can speed up nerve growth. If you combine that protein with the insulation of a spinal nerve, Wilson says, "you could grow your own little garden." I don't think I could. I'm really bad at gardening. I've killed cacti. House, however, has a green thumb, especially when it comes to growing a garden of pain-free nerves, thanks to a donation from Hannah. And then House can graft those pain-free nerves into his own leg. Does he really think that could work? If and when the writers run out of ideas for this show in later seasons, though, I think they should do this and have a season-long FrankenHouse arc. But only then. Wilson says that House's jealousy of Hannah's pain-free life that's a total nightmare has gone so far that House is willing to steal her spinal nerves for his own. Wilson says that House can't do this, and you know he's serious because he kind of whispers it. House says that the nerve biopsy is medically justified, and that harvesting a spinal nerve is just a coincidental benefit of it. I'd believe that if House hadn't spent this episode pushing for a nerve biopsy when it definitely wasn't medically justified. Wilson asks House if he's really the person who should be making this decision. House leaves the office and tells the Cottages to biopsy whatever nerve they can safely get at. He curses Wilson's annoying conscience and limps off.

By Sara M

House follows Cameron out. Why? I don't know. He doesn't think they should concern themselves with Hannah's emotional problems. Cameron thinks Hannah has a right to see her mother, especially since there's some brain swelling, so Mom will have to have another surgery. House tells her to make a nurse bring Hannah to her mother -- he needs Cameron with him, helping to narrow down the cause of Hannah's nerve degradation. He's right, and yet, Cameron blows him off. Fire her! Then she'll have all the time she needs to find true love.

I think Hannah rethinks her "I'm not scared of anything" stance when she sees the shape her mother is in. Mom wakes up and turns the eye that isn't swollen shut to Hannah. Cameron chooses to intrude upon this private moment by standing there making meaningful expressions. Mom's first concern is Hannah, of course, and she asks if Hannah's checking her temperature and stuff. She apologizes for getting them into the accident, but Hannah says that this is her fault for going on the ice and needing to go to the ER. Mom passes out, and monitors start beeping. But Mom doesn't die yet -- she's wheeled off to surgery. Hannah is surprised to find herself crying. She's even more surprised when she gets a headache. I guess it's good for her to find out what she's been missing.

Back in the meeting room, House says that they've got a new symptom. Foreman doesn't think so, saying that Hannah was suffering from emotional pain, not physical. House wants to know which emotion it was. Cameron says that Hannah was apologizing to her mother for the accident, and House puts guilt on the board as a new symptom. Vitamin B12 deficiency, House says, causes all of those symptoms, including guilt. That's so weird. I wonder if it works the other way around, and if I take a bunch of B12 I'll stop feeling bad about thank-you cards I forgot to write. Foreman says that if Hannah felt guilty, she wouldn't be such a problem child. Cameron has a different view, saying that Hannah's been indulging in risky behavior to show her mom she's fine so that her mom won't worry so much. Or maybe she's getting into fights because some people piss her off. House says they can just give Hannah some B12 and see if things get better. Foreman says that they already did: the ER gave it to her when she was admitted. It's not a B12 deficiency after all. The guilt doesn't mean anything.

So House goes to Wilson. He's surprised to see Wilson still at PPTH so late, although that doesn't explain why House went to his office in the first place if he wasn't expecting Wilson to be there. Oh well. Wilson munches on a sandwich and says that he's completing paperwork to put some of his patients in a drug trial. Either that, or the novelty of staying at the Best Western has finally worn off. House hands Wilson Hannah's file and says that their current diagnosis is leukemia, even though the symptoms and test results don't match up. The Cottages are doing a bone marrow biopsy to check for this. While House waits, he catches Wilson up on the latest tranny nurse gossip: it turns out that the lawyer knows he's dating a tranny, and he likes it that way. He's dated trannies before. Who found this out and how the hell does House know? I seriously doubt he's on good enough terms with anyone for them to tell him. Wilson's reaction: "Ho HO!" It's pretty much perfect. House uses Wilson's state of shock to steal the other half of his sandwich. Wilson wonders if House will ever be able to watch Wilson eat without stealing something for himself, or if he's got some weird inborn compulsion to beat the other hunters to the food. Survival of the fattest! House loses his appetite with this and makes his Brilliant Idea face. He tosses what's left of the sandwich back on Wilson's desk and takes off.

By Sara M

Sometime later, Mom is wheeled to Hannah's bed. She's still alive. I can't believe it; I really thought they were going to kill the mom. I'm glad they didn't. Chase wakes Hannah up and says that her mother has "limited motion on her left side" from the brain swelling, so Hannah will be taking care of her mother for a change. Hannah tries to sit up, but Chase pushes her back down, saying that she'll rip her stitches out. Aww.

Foreman's finally ready to head home. Nurse Wendy stops by his locker and tells him not to worry about missing Valentine's Day. It's part of his job. He gives her a Valentine's Day present: acceptance to the "best teaching hospital in Boston" so that she can train to be a nurse practitioner. He made some calls and got her in. He tells her this with his back to her, standing about fifteen feet away. Nurse Wendy says that this is Foreman's way of breaking up with her. "You can't stand to be close," she tells him. "You think I'll stay with you because you're angry at me?" Foreman asks, totally not getting it. "I'm upset," Nurse Wendy clarifies. It really has to hurt for your boyfriend to slyly try to dump you and to have planned this far enough in advance to make those calls and help Nurse Wendy get the surgical hours she'd need. Nurse Wendy wishes Foreman and his "ass boss" well, and leaves. You can do better, Wendy.

Cuddy sleeps in bed. Alone. She makes sure to sleep on one side of the bed to really hammer that point home.

House watches Hannah recover in the ICU. Wilson stops by and says that House could ask Hannah for some spinal nerve, but House says that there's no reason for her to give it to him except that he wants it. And he's realized that that's not reason enough. Wilson says that if he's going to ask, now is the time, when she's still low in B12 and high in guilt. Instead, they go to breakfast.

And Chase and Cameron exit PPTH. Chase, looking adorable in his winter hat, wishes Cameron a happy Valentine's Day, which she responds to by pointing out that the holiday serves two single people like them no purpose. Suddenly and without warning, Cameron says, "So I'm thinking we should have sex." Uh...what? Chase reacts similarly. Cameron: "Despite the wisdom of pop songs, there's no point in putting our lives on hold 'til love comes along. We're both healthy and busy people, we work together, so it's convenient." Nice rehearsed speech, Cameron. What a weirdo. Chase says that microwave pizza is convenient, too. Cameron says that of all the people she works with, Chase is the one she's least likely to fall in love with. Of course, considering the fact that Cameron falls in love with everyone, that's not saying much. "Like microwave pizza," Chase repeats. Cameron says that this will make things simple. You know what makes things simple? Not having sex with a co-worker, dumb-ass. Not having sex at all -- that's really simple. It's not supposed to be a logic problem, Cameron. You have sex with someone because you want to have sex with that person, not because you feel like you should be having sex and that person is convenient. "What if I'm offended by your judgment?" asks Chase. "Then you're not the man I'm looking for," Cameron replies. It would serve her right if Chase just walked away and rejected her. But no, it's Cameron who walks away. Chase thinks for a second, and then follows her with a great smirk on his face that says "I just won the Sex Lottery." I don't think I like where this is going, but I'll keep an open mind...

By Sara M

The Cottages update House on their findings: Hannah's nerves are degraded, even for a CIPA patient. Chase says that the nerve fibers in the center still have some insulation, but that the bundles have been stripped bare. Hmm. Sounds like someone else decided to grow a garden. You snooze, you lose, House. Cameron says that indicates that the damage is coming from the outside in, which House explains means that Hannah doesn't have a nerve disease, although she does have something else that's causing nerve damage. While House is still talking, Cameron just walks out, saying she's going to take Hannah to her mother, who's finally out of her month-long surgery. I just can't believe she's still alive.

By Sara M

House finds Foreman and Chase ready to do the bone marrow biopsy. Chase is giving Hannah some nitrous when House grabs the mask away. He says that it was the original sedation of Hannah that "made this thing rear its ugly head." What thing, exactly? B12 deficiency. This time, House has an explanation as to why the B12 the ER gave Hannah had no effect: something else ate it first. Oh no! Hannah's got a little House inside of her stealing her food! A fate worse than death, to be sure. Suddenly, Hannah starts freaking out. House says that the little bit of nitrous she got caused this. They need an OR.

Awesomely, they burst into an OR that already has a team in it. "Occupied!" the surgeon shouts. I love it. They're never even surprised when House walks into their surgeries at PPTH anymore, just annoyed. House says that the hernia operation they're apparently doing can wait. If it could, wouldn't they have waited until it wasn't 4 in the morning to do it? Or maybe this surgery started at noon and PPTH's super-slow surgery team is still at it. Hannah screams that House is trying to kill her. House says that she has a medical condition. "Bev, help them," the surgeon says resignedly. The team holds Hannah down while House prepares to cut into her belly. The surgeon inquires as to why House isn't bothering to anesthetize Hannah. "Relax, it's just a magic trick," says House. Seriously, that would probably make me intervene, but I guess PPTH is used to this by now, so the surgeon watches House slice Hannah open. She screams, but House tells everyone that she's faking, and Hannah realizes that the jig is up and stops. Then House pulls a long white thing out of Hannah's stomach. At this point, I probably would have just left the OR and looked for work at a hospital where insane things like this didn't happen. Instead, everyone watches as House pulls a long-ass tapeworm out of Hannah. A woman called Nurse Bev on my closed captioning says, "I could have a tapeworm in me?" This is Hannah's tapeworm, Nurse Bev. Quit trying to get all the attention. House says that Bev wouldn't, because she'd be in a ton of pain before the tapeworm got that big. The surgeon pulls out a cell phone and starts taking pictures. Hee hee hee. I'll bet she uses those pictures for her journal article: "How I Saved A CIPA Patient From Tapeworm." Hannah just stares at the tapeworm and does not look at all horrified that that thing was living inside her. Foreman says that their tapeworm is over twenty-five feet long. "Dammit. World record's over sixty," says House. I love that he knew that, but I wonder how whoever hosted that sixty-foot-long tapeworm (I'm going to assume he didn't have the extremely rare CIPA) didn't tear his insides out from the pain.

By Sara M

Cuddy sleeps in bed. Alone. She makes sure to sleep on one side of the bed to really hammer that point home.

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