Dr. Wilson initially suspects a brain tumor, but the patient doesn't respond to radiation. The Breakthrough:
House’s only friend; manipulates House into taking the case by lying. Dr. Lisa Cuddy Dean of Medicine
He went back to her room, alone this time. James was asleep in a chair, snoring softly. Rebecca lay still, her eyes open, staring at the ceiling. house md season 1 ep 1 full
House snaps: “No. We don’t know what’s killing her yet. That’s different.”
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The fluorescent lights of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital hummed a sterile, indifferent hymn. In Diagnostic Medicine, a forgotten sub-basement kingdom, Dr. Gregory House sat in his throne of worn leather, a whiteboard covered in arcane scribbles behind him. He wasn't looking at it. He was staring at a crossword puzzle, a half-eaten pretzel in one hand, a burgeoning Vicodin addiction humming quietly in his leg.
A mother who refuses to give her son his inhaler because she fears "chemicals," leading to a classic House lecture. The "CFS" Patient: Rebecca lay still, her eyes open, staring at the ceiling
We learn the "why" behind House's hiring choices: Foreman for his juvenile record, Cameron because she's "pretty" but chose to work hard, and Chase because his famous father made a phone call. The Conflict: The tension between House and Dr. Lisa Cuddy