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Season 2  "TB or Not TB"  2x4

Aired 20 years ago - Nov 01, 2005

While in Africa, a famous doctor becomes inexplicably ill and is sent to Dr. House for treatment.

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Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 1
Isn't someone here a doctor?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 2
Dr. Sebastian Charles collapsed during a presentation at Stoia Tucker.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 3
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 4
Why don't you go wrack yourself with guilt in your own room?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 5
Look, I don't have time for this. It's TB. Nope.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 6
the increased med shipments that... Sorry.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 7
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 8
Not everybody in the hospital has been exposed to it for the last 20 years.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 9
I want to see that pious, body-powdered tush hanging out of his gown.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 10
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 11
McDonald's makes a better hamburger than your mother because they make more?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 12
No. My mother's dead.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 13
You're on.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 14
No pauses on your EKG.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 15
What he just did... Abusive and unprofessional.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 16
You're smart. You'll adapt.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 17
You don't think objectivity's important?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 18
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 19
Now, headaches point to a neurological problem. Acoustic neuroma.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 20
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 21
She was dead in six months. Listen, the edges are smooth.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 22
He also asked me to come to Africa.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 23
I did a test. It was positive. Why is that a problem?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 24
So, it's TB, but not TB?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 25
Last week they said it was mystery stew. They owe me.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 26
What did you do to Ceci? I have no idea.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 27
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 28
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 29
Yeah. That's my point.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 30
Ergo, you should care less. He won't let me test him.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 31
Oh, whores can like the sex. Doesn't mean they're not whores.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 32
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 33
that I'm just gonna fold and abandon everything that matters to me?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 34
Stoia Tucker makes medications right here in New Jersey.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 35
You didn't do anything. That has been my position all along.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 36
You are years away from mad skills like that.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 37
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 38
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 39
your work in Africa would be even more futile than it already is.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 40
Look, I know I have a way about me, and I know I piss a lot of people off.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 41
do an autopsy, call my own press conference
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 42
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 43
Iow sugar?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 44
And it's not a tumor because the CT and the MRl were both negative.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 45
Does God exist? Does the wind blow?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 46
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 47
Well, I guess now would be the time to give him more than one amp.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 48
He's at 40, 38, 35.
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 49
Two days ago, you were holding his hand. What's changed?
 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 50
Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 51

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Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 2
Dr. Sebastian Charles collapsed during a presentation at Stoia Tucker.
#2 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 3 #3 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 4
Why don't you go wrack yourself with guilt in your own room?
#4 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 5
Look, I don't have time for this. It's TB. Nope.
#5 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 6
the increased med shipments that... Sorry.
#6 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 7 #7 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 8
Not everybody in the hospital has been exposed to it for the last 20 years.
#8 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 9
I want to see that pious, body-powdered tush hanging out of his gown.
#9 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 10 #10 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 11
McDonald's makes a better hamburger than your mother because they make more?
#11 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 12
No. My mother's dead.
#12 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 13
You're on.
#13 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 14
No pauses on your EKG.
#14 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 15
What he just did... Abusive and unprofessional.
#15 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 16
You're smart. You'll adapt.
#16 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 17
You don't think objectivity's important?
#17 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 18 #18 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 19
Now, headaches point to a neurological problem. Acoustic neuroma.
#19 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 20 #20 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 21
She was dead in six months. Listen, the edges are smooth.
#21 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 22
He also asked me to come to Africa.
#22 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 23
I did a test. It was positive. Why is that a problem?
#23 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 24
So, it's TB, but not TB?
#24 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 25
Last week they said it was mystery stew. They owe me.
#25 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 26
What did you do to Ceci? I have no idea.
#26 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 27 #27 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 28 #28 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 29
Yeah. That's my point.
#29 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 30
Ergo, you should care less. He won't let me test him.
#30 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 31
Oh, whores can like the sex. Doesn't mean they're not whores.
#31 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 32 #32 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 33
that I'm just gonna fold and abandon everything that matters to me?
#33 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 34
Stoia Tucker makes medications right here in New Jersey.
#34 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 35
You didn't do anything. That has been my position all along.
#35 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 36
You are years away from mad skills like that.
#36 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 37 #37 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 38 #38 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 39
your work in Africa would be even more futile than it already is.
#39 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 40
Look, I know I have a way about me, and I know I piss a lot of people off.
#40 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 41
do an autopsy, call my own press conference
#41 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 42 #42 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 43
Iow sugar?
#43 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 44
And it's not a tumor because the CT and the MRl were both negative.
#44 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 45
Does God exist? Does the wind blow?
#45 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 46 #46 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 47
Well, I guess now would be the time to give him more than one amp.
#47 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 48
He's at 40, 38, 35.
#48 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 49
Two days ago, you were holding his hand. What's changed?
#49 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 50 #50 Recap of House Season 2 Episode 4 (S02E04) - 51 #51