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Season 1  "Damned If You Do"  1x5

Aired 20 years ago - Dec 14, 2004

A nun whose hands are red, swollen and cracked is sent to House. The nun believes it is stigmata, but House suspects an allergic reaction. He gives her some pills, which cause her to become unable to breathe. As her condition worsens, her fellow sisters pray for her while House and his team work to discover the cause of her illness while House has to wonder if he misadministered the illness.

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Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 1
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- How are you feeling? - Better.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 3
House Episode 1x05 - Damned If You Do
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 4
You diagnosed the patient with allergies and prescribed antihistamines. She went into respiratory distress.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 5
I can justify keeping her here for a 24-hour observation.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 6
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 7
Order a chest CT and start the sister on Prednisone. 40 milligrams, TID.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 8
Do you consider it the work of the Devil, or do you just not get cable where you live?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 9
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 10
Most people don't like to listen.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 11
The store sent me home. They're gonna fire me.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 12
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 13
When I was 18, I went to the monastery, where they let me take my vows.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 14
It's always about you, Foreman.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 15
He's burning me with his touch!
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 16
Are you hanging your diagnosis on an adverb?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 17
But the treatment is corticosteroids, Prednisone.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 18
Yeah, I took a read once, wasn't impressed.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 19
And that will help with this mixed connective tissue disease?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 20
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 21
It's not really in Augustine's best interest.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 22
Because if you take things seriously, they matter.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 23
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 24
- There's always an explanation, isn't there? - Yes, there is,
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 25
The sister's breathing is labored.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 26
You did what you felt you had to.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 27
colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and not for lung cancer
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 28
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 29
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 30
Good boys have the fear of God put into them.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 31
I found that when you want to know the truth about someone, that someone is probably the last person you should ask.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 32
When she had a cardiac arrest, I had to open her blouse to do CPR.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 33
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 34
Maybe there is an underlying condition that explains the symptoms.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 35
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 36
So what's the source?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 37
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 38
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 39
You have a choice. Faith or fear.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 40
No way, she's in the damn clean room! Are you kidding me?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 41
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 42
Yeah, I want you to accept that sometimes patients die against all reason.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 43
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 44
If it's His will to take me,
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 45
And the miracle of life all around.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 46
But when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 47
Not even you, Dr. House.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 48
No surgical pins in the arm.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 49
I got this IUD when I was 15.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 50

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Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 2
- How are you feeling? - Better.
#2
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 3
House Episode 1x05 - Damned If You Do
#3
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 4
You diagnosed the patient with allergies and prescribed antihistamines. She went into respiratory distress.
#4
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 5
I can justify keeping her here for a 24-hour observation.
#5
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Order a chest CT and start the sister on Prednisone. 40 milligrams, TID.
#7
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 8
Do you consider it the work of the Devil, or do you just not get cable where you live?
#8
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Most people don't like to listen.
#10
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The store sent me home. They're gonna fire me.
#11
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When I was 18, I went to the monastery, where they let me take my vows.
#13
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 14
It's always about you, Foreman.
#14
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 15
He's burning me with his touch!
#15
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 16
Are you hanging your diagnosis on an adverb?
#16
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 17
But the treatment is corticosteroids, Prednisone.
#17
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 18
Yeah, I took a read once, wasn't impressed.
#18
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And that will help with this mixed connective tissue disease?
#19
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It's not really in Augustine's best interest.
#21
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Because if you take things seriously, they matter.
#22
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- There's always an explanation, isn't there? - Yes, there is,
#24
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 25
The sister's breathing is labored.
#25
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 26
You did what you felt you had to.
#26
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 27
colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and not for lung cancer
#27
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Good boys have the fear of God put into them.
#30
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 31
I found that when you want to know the truth about someone, that someone is probably the last person you should ask.
#31
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 32
When she had a cardiac arrest, I had to open her blouse to do CPR.
#32
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Maybe there is an underlying condition that explains the symptoms.
#34
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So what's the source?
#36
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You have a choice. Faith or fear.
#39
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 40
No way, she's in the damn clean room! Are you kidding me?
#40
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 41 #41 Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 42
Yeah, I want you to accept that sometimes patients die against all reason.
#42
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If it's His will to take me,
#44
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 45
And the miracle of life all around.
#45
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 46
But when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.
#46
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 47
Not even you, Dr. House.
#47
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 48
No surgical pins in the arm.
#48
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 49
I got this IUD when I was 15.
#49
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