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Season 1  "Fidelity"  1x7

Aired 20 years ago - Dec 28, 2004

After being discovered dead asleep, a woman is admitted to the hospital. The doctors are puzzled by her symptoms, as they consider everything from tumors to breast cancer to rabbit fever. When all the treatments fail, House concludes she has African sleeping sickness. However, neither the woman nor her husband could possibly have ever been to Africa. The woman will die without the proper treatment, but neither one will admit to having an affair.

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Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 1
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 2
Diseases don't have motives. No, but doctors do.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 3
Thank goodness we hired a neurologist.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 4
- Exercise? - Eight hours a day.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 5
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 6
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 7
She did not do that for her husband. She did that for herself.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 8
I want an E.K.G. and blood tests, including tox screen on Mrs.--
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 9
She's seizing!
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 10
A small glioma could hide from contrast. We could do a PETscan.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 11
Her mother died of it.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 12
Ow. I'm sorry. I know it's uncomfortable.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 13
Don't give up.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 14
- I.V. immunoglobulin. - So we're just gonna ignore the tumor?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 15
And what's that? The rôtisseur prepares the roasted meats and gravies.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 16
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 17
Freshman year, Ed came to a party that my roommate and I threw.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 18
We're gonna do the same test we did last night, okay? Do you know what day it is?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 19
Get 'em off. Get 'em off. There's nothing there, Elyse.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 20
almost all the parasites are inside the brain.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 21
It's either that or she missed her exit on the turnpike and wound up in Africa.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 22
What does that mean? When I have a good idea it's because of him?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 23
- Yep. - Probably inconclusive, but worth doing.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 24
That's all. I mean it.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 25
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 26
You think my husband's trying to poison me? No. Nothing like that.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 27
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 28
- You don't read Portuguese? - You do?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 29
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 30
And unfortunately, the treatment for both is extremely dangerous.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 31
Ofcourse not.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 32
Any new ideas?
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 33
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 34
Check her blood pressure.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 35
The patient doesn't have tularemia. And then there was one.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 36
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 37
Why would she lie if she knew it could kill her? I don't ask why patients lie.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 38
then you need to allow me to start treatment.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 39
Glass syringes? And special I.V. tubing.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 40
How long before we know if it's working? It's tough to say.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 41
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 42
And you do? Yes.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 43
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 44
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 45
Thyroid cancer metastasized to his brain.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 46
You can't be that good a person and well-adjusted.
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 47
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 48
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 49
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 50
Hey. She's gonna be okay.

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Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 2
Diseases don't have motives. No, but doctors do.
#2
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 3
Thank goodness we hired a neurologist.
#3
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 4
- Exercise? - Eight hours a day.
#4
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 5 #5 Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 6 #6 Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 7
She did not do that for her husband. She did that for herself.
#7
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 8
I want an E.K.G. and blood tests, including tox screen on Mrs.--
#8
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 9
She's seizing!
#9
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 10
A small glioma could hide from contrast. We could do a PETscan.
#10
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 11
Her mother died of it.
#11
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 12
Ow. I'm sorry. I know it's uncomfortable.
#12
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 13
Don't give up.
#13
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 14
- I.V. immunoglobulin. - So we're just gonna ignore the tumor?
#14
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 15
And what's that? The rôtisseur prepares the roasted meats and gravies.
#15
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Freshman year, Ed came to a party that my roommate and I threw.
#17
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 18
We're gonna do the same test we did last night, okay? Do you know what day it is?
#18
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 19
Get 'em off. Get 'em off. There's nothing there, Elyse.
#19
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 20
almost all the parasites are inside the brain.
#20
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It's either that or she missed her exit on the turnpike and wound up in Africa.
#21
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 22
What does that mean? When I have a good idea it's because of him?
#22
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 23
- Yep. - Probably inconclusive, but worth doing.
#23
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 24
That's all. I mean it.
#24
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You think my husband's trying to poison me? No. Nothing like that.
#26
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- You don't read Portuguese? - You do?
#28
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And unfortunately, the treatment for both is extremely dangerous.
#30
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 31
Ofcourse not.
#31
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Any new ideas?
#32
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Check her blood pressure.
#34
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 35
The patient doesn't have tularemia. And then there was one.
#35
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Why would she lie if she knew it could kill her? I don't ask why patients lie.
#37
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 38
then you need to allow me to start treatment.
#38
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 39
Glass syringes? And special I.V. tubing.
#39
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 40
How long before we know if it's working? It's tough to say.
#40
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And you do? Yes.
#42
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Thyroid cancer metastasized to his brain.
#45
Recap of House Season 1 Episode 7 (S01E07) - 46
You can't be that good a person and well-adjusted.
#46
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Hey. She's gonna be okay.
#50