House

From the redwood forests ?

To the gulf stream waters ?

This land was made ?

For you and me.

You made your point.

Now how 'bout letting us do our jobs?

Our point'll be made when your company

stops tearing down this mountain.

Then who's gonna feed our kids? You?

If you really cared about your kids,

you'd want them to have air to breathe when they grow up.

What'd you say, you son of a bitch?

You guys aren't the problem.

You're being hurt more than anyone.

You breathe in that coal dust.

Coal is the dirtiest energy on earth.

Gonna need some backup.

Not enough for you thugs to assault the environment?

Doug, please, don't.

Susan?

Susan! You okay?

She needs to get to a hospital.

She's just dehydrated. We have medics here.

Let 'em give her fluids.

She has no pulse.

Either unhook your arm, or i'm gonna break it off.

Either way, this protest is over.

All right.

What happened?

You passed out.

It's okay.

Just stay hydrated.

You know we'll be back.

We'll be back!

Hey, stop screwing around.

I'm not...screwing around. I just can't...

uhh! Can't...

i can't stand up.

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Sync: NIZ

i need to push back our getaway.

No, you don't. Found you a board.

Perfect size to learn on.

I'm just postponing.

Olandt from philly general

wants me to get a patient in to see house.

So?

I owe him a favor.

He's taken about a dozen of my referrals over the last year.

I meant so that's five seconds

to hand house the file,

30 for him to question your real motives,

a minute for witty comments

comparing the length of your legs to thirteen's...

plenty of time left over for the shore.

I need to make sure

he doesn't toss the file in the trash

as soon as i'm out of sight.

Baby, can't repay the favor on another case?

After last week, i could really use a break from this place.

We both could.

Once i'm sure he's really on the case,

then we're out of here.

And these legs and every other part of me

will be all yours.

He's seen three different specialists.

Interesting.

Almost as interesting

as you trying to step into kutner's shoes

just days after he stepped out of them.

I am not shoe shopping.

I'm just trying to repay a favor to his referring doctor.

What's the mystery?

The nut case spends all his free time

wreaking havoc at toxic waste dumps.

Tox screen's negative.

No neurological, muscular, or cardiovascular abnormalities.

The guys cares about the environment?

That makes him a nut case?

He's a single guy in his 20s.

He cares about getting his hybrid waxed

by girls who care about the environment.

See? Not a nut case.

He's probably just faking so he can sue the cops

and get a six-figure settlement.

If he was trying to fake an illness,

why would he consent to be seen

by the best diagnostician in the country?

Now who's trying to get her hybrid waxed?

We need to do a vestibular caloric test.

See if the balance problem starts above or below the neck.

And when i say "we," i mean "you."

You're the one with the favor to repay, not them.

I'm going to be injecting ice water

in your ear canal.

If the resulting eye movements are at all erratic,

then the balance problem is in your inner ear.

Those in every room?

I think so.

Can you get rid of them?

Preferably from every room?

They use over 30 pesticides to grow commercial flowers.

You'd think the medical industry would be a lot more...

concerned with medicine?

Let's fix your body.

Then you can go back to fixing the earth.

This is gonna get a little uncomfortable.

I just spent 14 hours chained to a tire.

Most doctors would recommend...

our planet's headed for destruction.

Coastlines under water,

a million species extinct.

Whoa.

Feels like i'm tumbling ad over heels.

That's normal... sometimes this test causes vertigo.

And nausea.

Cameron just brought me a case.

Cameron is happy in the e.r.

There's no way she wants her nose

back on your grindstone.

Egg white omelet, no bacon, whole wheat toast.

I say it's not my grindstone she's after

and not her nose she wants on it.

She and chase are practically living together.

What did you just order?

An omelet.

Since when do you pass on the swine?

And wheat toast?

Might as well eat a sheet of sandpaper.

Well, yes, but i don't like

eating the same thing two days in a row.

Your bro's nurse not lovin' the love handles?

I'm just not in the mood for bacon.

And you're obviously trying to avoid

talking about kutner,

which is odd, because you spent a whole week

obsessing about why...

he's no longer on my team.

I'm sorry he's no longer on my team.

Nothing else to talk about.

You're wearing the watch he gave you for secret santa.

Five functions, including a stopwatch

to time how long it takes you to ask me if i'm okay.

You gonna order?

Not hungry.

It's just weird.

She's brought cases before,

but he's never made her run the tests.

Maybe he's looking for someone to mother him

after what happened.

Only kind of mothering house wants

involves a bullwhip, leather diapers,

and a credit card.

Mommy's home.

Test made the patient lose his lunch,

but his calorics are normal, his inner ear is fine,

and he still can't balance himself.

How many normal test results do we need

to know the patient's a granola-filled phony?

He's not lying about his symptoms.

And you know this because...

she changed her shoes.

If he was faking,

he'd have vomited on the other side of the bed.

Sparring with the police

and chaining yourself up for days can cause stress.

Stress screws with the heart and arteries.

Carotid atherosclerosis could cause a loss of balance.

Wouldn't show up on ct or mri.

Could also be our only warning before a massive stroke.

Do a holter and a carotid doppler.

See if his heart skips for more than the spotted owl.

Although i didn't say "we."

If i had...

sorry if this is screwing up the test.

I've been hiccupping a lot lately, but...

not as bad as this.

How much is "a lot" and how long is "lately"?

It's been on and off for about a week.

Maybe a few hours a day.

Did you tell the doctors in philly about it?

They didn't seem to think it was any big deal.

Hey, so we're still leaving tomorrow, aren't we?

I'm not sure.

The referring doctors didn't realize that his hiccups were...

hiccups?

With this duration and intensity,

mostly likely pathological,

and it could mean it's serious.

Are you avoiding me?

No.

So i shouldn't be at all concerned

that you're treating another doctor's patient for hiccups

instead of going on a vacation i spent a week planning.

There is a reason i need to stay with this case

a while longer, but i can't tell you what it is.

So...you admit you lied to me.

And now you're asking me to trust you?

Yes.

Okay.