Directed by: Greg Yaitanes
Written by: Thomas L Moran
A corporate bigwig, Roy Randall (Lee Tergesen), is sitting alone with his dog in his mansion's garden when he's called back to a meeting he convened. Barely getting through one item on the agenda, he adjourns the meeting. The tycoon is distracted by his son's condition. The family doctor retracts his earlier diagnosis of clostridium difficile and concludes that young Jack (Tanner Maguire) needs to go to a hospital. Roy is determined that Dr. House can diagnose his boy.
Roy tells Dr. Cuddy that he will send a private plane to wherever Dr. House is vacationing, but Cuddy is reluctant. Roy says that if House is not "dead, comatose, or insane," he should be treating Jack.
Jack has a seizure, and the pressure in his skull is too high. The father keeps asking where House is.
House sees Dr. Hadley at a coffee shop, and she says she's going on a trip to Thailand.
Dr. Chase and Dr. Foreman are very worried about the morbidity and mortality conference on President Dibala. It turns out that to switch the blood samples Chase took care to match blood types but neglected to match the cholesterol level.
Cameron knows Chase is hiding something from her. Chase admits that there's a discrepancy with Dibala's blood panels.
Roy decides to get rid of his fortune, even though the doctors point out Jack's not dying of bad karma and his advisors point out many employees depend on Roy's company to make a living.
Hadley figures out Dr. Wilson impersonated her online to cancel her airline reservation. Meanwhile, Wilson talks to House, who admits to shorting a stock based on his knowledge of Jack's case.
The next day, Jack is much better. "It worked." Roy says. "The medicine worked." House retorts. What matters to Roy now is that his son is much better.
House figured out that one of Dibala's previous doctors prescribed him something for his cholesterol, possibly explaining the blood panel discrepancies. As Foreman speaks at the morbidity and mortality conference, Hadley boards a plane.
This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
- "Eureka!" Moment with allusion to the Grinch: Dr. House says he was born with a heart three sizes too small. Wilson says that's not the case. But what if it was the case with the patient?
- "Fawlty Towers" Plot: Dr. Chase and Dr. Foreman with the Dibala case.
- Living Legend: Dr. House. Everyone told Roy that Dr. House is the best.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Roy Randall.
- Secret-Keeper: House has figured out Chase killed Dibala, but stays quiet.
