The Fix (House)
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"The Fix" is the twenty-first episode of the seventh season
of the American medical drama House
. It aired on May 9, 2011.
Thirteen
and Chase
give the patient an MRI, while House meets Foley at a diner. The boxer is adamant that he didn't take a dive and assures House that he's just become a terrible boxer. He points out that nobody pays a 12 to 1 underdog to lose. However, House is convinced Foley has a medical issue, showing Wilson a cell phone picture he says proves he has anisocoria
, even though he isn't convinced.
Ceaser, Lee's co-worker/boyfriend, corners House and says that he thinks he knows what's wrong with her, citing her last boyfriend was crazy. He thinks she's being poisoned by the ex-boyfriend. The team starts treating her with charcoal. Taub and Foreman
go to Lee's place and find a box of empty liquor bottles. She swears she's not an alcoholic, that she's been saving them for a friend's art and has to hide them from a housekeeper. The team realizes there is no reason an alcoholic would keep empty bottles. But Foreman still suggests valium for alcohol withdrawal.
Meanwhile, Foley comes into the hospital for an EKG that ends up being normal. House thinks something is wrong with him but Foley wants to be left alone. The patient develops abdominal pain: stress is suggested, as is kidney issues. Taub points out that they need House, who is for some reason ignoring his pager. Foreman asks Wilson to pay House and admit he's right for the sake of their patient. Wilson, however, refuses, saying it's a good thing House is obsessed on something.
At House's place, he is seen struggling with a pretty basic leg exercise. He then cooks a powder in a spoon and injects it into his arm. At the hospital, pancreatitis treatment did not help. The team has nothing. House walks in and asks them a question about his boxer. Taub ignores House and suggests a neurological condition for Lee brought on by an untreated UTI. Foreman hangs back and tells House he thinks something is going on and offers his help. House just walks out.
House goes to the gym
and tells he thinks he can help Foley return to the form that helped him win his first 20 fights before losing his next five. House surprises him with an injection of epinephrine. He thinks this will drop Foley with a soft punch but nothing happens. Eventually Foley knocks House aside and walks away. Lee crashes, this time with a heart attack.
Foreman asks Cuddy to step-in and help House for the sake of Lee. She doesn't seem interested. Thirteen then breaks into House's place just as he's injected his mystery powder and calls him an idiot. He tells her his leg has been getting worse and he didn't think he should up his Vicodin dosage. She knows it's not heroin, calls him an idiot, and thinks House must be playing a game of some kind. He tells her that he's been injecting an experimental drug that has re-grown muscle in rats.
After surgery to implant an internal defibrillator, Chase notices Lee is having vaginal bleeding. The next suggestion is a blood disorder of some kind. Foreman still thinks a toxin could be to blame. The team is concerned about House and Thirteen is conspicuous with her silence. She doesn't say anything about his self-medicating. However, House doesn't seem to be making any progress and has run out of the drug. He visits the scientist in charge of the study and after being assured that higher dosage shouldn't be a problem as long as the subjects are hydrated, House steals a few more baggies of the drug.
The latest symptom for Lee is bleeding from her mouth. The nurse says it looks as if her gums were burned. House tosses the new medicine, after realizing they don't work, and starts taking Vicodin again. Wilson comes to visit, having been told about the drug by Thirteen. He tells Wilson he's stopped taking the drugs because they don't seem to be working. Wilson thinks House thinks all his problems are his leg, wanting to be able to cure his unhappiness.
The next guess for Lee is that she's suffering from exposure to radiation
. They move her to isolation in order to give her a stem cell transplant. On the way Ceaser seems certain that couldn't be the case. The team notices she's suffering from engorged genitals. Meanwhile, House stops Foley during a run and has him drink nine bottles of water. His latest guess is that Foley has a kidney issue that sent him to the canvas during the fight, but doesn't work.
House finally pays off Wilson, breaking some of his stuff in the process. Inflammation of the patient's genitals seems to indicate they were wrong, but since Lee's symptoms have stopped Foreman wants to continue treating for radiation. They are still at a loss. House gets drunk at a bar and goes on a rant about why people consume alcohol. After he picks a fight with a patron, notices he is able to hold himself up with his bad leg.
The team wants to treat Ceaser for the same condition, telling him he also needs a bone marrow transplant. He refuses and Chase points out this means he know what's been hurting her. They have figured out that he was poisoning her and she's finally better only because he hasn't been near her. They're having his place searched as they speak. House is able to lift his leg in a way he never could before. He's moving around the house without his cane. He accidentally hits himself in the head with the cane and realizes something.
House is hitting the heavy bag at the gym when Foley arrives first thing in the morning. House takes his cane and pokes Foley in the back of his neck. Within a second he falls to the ground. Thirteen tells Lee that Ceaser was poisoning her because he found she was seeing yet another guy on the side. He'd been giving her Spanish Fly
, which has an active ingredient which causes similar damage to radiation.
House tells Wilson he's figured out their bet. Foley has an abnormal growth of nerves in his neck caused by a tumor and the clinch before the punch is what knocked him down. He'll be fine but will never be able to box again. House goes home and pulls the experimental medication out of the trash.
The episode ends with the scientist coming into the lab and finding one of the tested rats lying dead on the treadmill.
gave the episode the score of 7.5 over 10, praising the plot of House's new medicine.
The AV Club gave this episode a C rating.
House (season 7)
House entered a seventh season on September 20, 2010. House and Cuddy attempt to make a real relationship work and face the question as to whether their new relationship will affect their ability to diagnose patients. The new season features a new opening title sequence...
of the American medical drama House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
. It aired on May 9, 2011.
Plot
The episode opens with the testing of some sort of new missile. Immediately after the successful test one of the scientists who seems to be in charge of the project (Dr. Lee, portrayed by Linda Park) falls on the floor and begins having a seizure. Meanwhile, House is seen doing some sort of exercise for his bad leg, which doesn't seem to progress well. In the hospital, he doesn't seem all that interested in the patient. He references a second "interesting puzzle" and Wilson walks in demanding that House pay him $50 for a boxing bet. House bet on the underdog (Foley) but is convinced his guy took a dive. Wilson gives him one day to prove it. House leaves.Thirteen
Thirteen (House)
Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House, portrayed by Olivia Wilde. She is part of the new diagnostic team assembled by Dr. Gregory House after the disbanding of his previous team in the third season finale...
and Chase
Robert Chase
Dr. Robert Chase is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is portrayed by Jesse Spencer. His character was a part of the team of diagnosticians who worked under Gregory House until the end of the third season when House fires him. However, he was then re-hired in season 6...
give the patient an MRI, while House meets Foley at a diner. The boxer is adamant that he didn't take a dive and assures House that he's just become a terrible boxer. He points out that nobody pays a 12 to 1 underdog to lose. However, House is convinced Foley has a medical issue, showing Wilson a cell phone picture he says proves he has anisocoria
Anisocoria
-Causes:In the absence of the iris or eyeball proper, anisocoria is usually the result of a defect in efferent nervous pathways controlling the pupil traveling in the oculomotor nerve or the sympathetic pathways...
, even though he isn't convinced.
Ceaser, Lee's co-worker/boyfriend, corners House and says that he thinks he knows what's wrong with her, citing her last boyfriend was crazy. He thinks she's being poisoned by the ex-boyfriend. The team starts treating her with charcoal. Taub and Foreman
Eric Foreman
Eric Foreman, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is portrayed by Omar Epps.-Background:A neurologist, Foreman was a member of Dr. Gregory House's handpicked team of specialists at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital's Diagnostic Medicine Department...
go to Lee's place and find a box of empty liquor bottles. She swears she's not an alcoholic, that she's been saving them for a friend's art and has to hide them from a housekeeper. The team realizes there is no reason an alcoholic would keep empty bottles. But Foreman still suggests valium for alcohol withdrawal.
Meanwhile, Foley comes into the hospital for an EKG that ends up being normal. House thinks something is wrong with him but Foley wants to be left alone. The patient develops abdominal pain: stress is suggested, as is kidney issues. Taub points out that they need House, who is for some reason ignoring his pager. Foreman asks Wilson to pay House and admit he's right for the sake of their patient. Wilson, however, refuses, saying it's a good thing House is obsessed on something.
At House's place, he is seen struggling with a pretty basic leg exercise. He then cooks a powder in a spoon and injects it into his arm. At the hospital, pancreatitis treatment did not help. The team has nothing. House walks in and asks them a question about his boxer. Taub ignores House and suggests a neurological condition for Lee brought on by an untreated UTI. Foreman hangs back and tells House he thinks something is going on and offers his help. House just walks out.
House goes to the gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
and tells he thinks he can help Foley return to the form that helped him win his first 20 fights before losing his next five. House surprises him with an injection of epinephrine. He thinks this will drop Foley with a soft punch but nothing happens. Eventually Foley knocks House aside and walks away. Lee crashes, this time with a heart attack.
Foreman asks Cuddy to step-in and help House for the sake of Lee. She doesn't seem interested. Thirteen then breaks into House's place just as he's injected his mystery powder and calls him an idiot. He tells her his leg has been getting worse and he didn't think he should up his Vicodin dosage. She knows it's not heroin, calls him an idiot, and thinks House must be playing a game of some kind. He tells her that he's been injecting an experimental drug that has re-grown muscle in rats.
After surgery to implant an internal defibrillator, Chase notices Lee is having vaginal bleeding. The next suggestion is a blood disorder of some kind. Foreman still thinks a toxin could be to blame. The team is concerned about House and Thirteen is conspicuous with her silence. She doesn't say anything about his self-medicating. However, House doesn't seem to be making any progress and has run out of the drug. He visits the scientist in charge of the study and after being assured that higher dosage shouldn't be a problem as long as the subjects are hydrated, House steals a few more baggies of the drug.
The latest symptom for Lee is bleeding from her mouth. The nurse says it looks as if her gums were burned. House tosses the new medicine, after realizing they don't work, and starts taking Vicodin again. Wilson comes to visit, having been told about the drug by Thirteen. He tells Wilson he's stopped taking the drugs because they don't seem to be working. Wilson thinks House thinks all his problems are his leg, wanting to be able to cure his unhappiness.
The next guess for Lee is that she's suffering from exposure to radiation
Radiation
In physics, radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through a medium or space. There are two distinct types of radiation; ionizing and non-ionizing...
. They move her to isolation in order to give her a stem cell transplant. On the way Ceaser seems certain that couldn't be the case. The team notices she's suffering from engorged genitals. Meanwhile, House stops Foley during a run and has him drink nine bottles of water. His latest guess is that Foley has a kidney issue that sent him to the canvas during the fight, but doesn't work.
House finally pays off Wilson, breaking some of his stuff in the process. Inflammation of the patient's genitals seems to indicate they were wrong, but since Lee's symptoms have stopped Foreman wants to continue treating for radiation. They are still at a loss. House gets drunk at a bar and goes on a rant about why people consume alcohol. After he picks a fight with a patron, notices he is able to hold himself up with his bad leg.
The team wants to treat Ceaser for the same condition, telling him he also needs a bone marrow transplant. He refuses and Chase points out this means he know what's been hurting her. They have figured out that he was poisoning her and she's finally better only because he hasn't been near her. They're having his place searched as they speak. House is able to lift his leg in a way he never could before. He's moving around the house without his cane. He accidentally hits himself in the head with the cane and realizes something.
House is hitting the heavy bag at the gym when Foley arrives first thing in the morning. House takes his cane and pokes Foley in the back of his neck. Within a second he falls to the ground. Thirteen tells Lee that Ceaser was poisoning her because he found she was seeing yet another guy on the side. He'd been giving her Spanish Fly
Spanish Fly
Spanish Fly is an American film about the use of an aphrodisiac in a Los Angeles night club, released in 2003. The director, Will Wallace, won the Festival Prize for Best Comedy Feature at the Deep Ellum Film Festival in 2002. Cast included David Shackelford, Will Wallace, Judy Geeson, Anthony...
, which has an active ingredient which causes similar damage to radiation.
House tells Wilson he's figured out their bet. Foley has an abnormal growth of nerves in his neck caused by a tumor and the clinch before the punch is what knocked him down. He'll be fine but will never be able to box again. House goes home and pulls the experimental medication out of the trash.
The episode ends with the scientist coming into the lab and finding one of the tested rats lying dead on the treadmill.
Critical Response
IGNIGN
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gave the episode the score of 7.5 over 10, praising the plot of House's new medicine.
The AV Club gave this episode a C rating.
External links
- "The Fix" at Fox.com