House Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot
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A young kindergarten teacher named Rebecca passes out in front of her class after talking gibberish. After she collapses she begins having convulsions. At the hospital, Dr. James Wilson describes the case to Dr. House, a doctor with an excellent reputation but is known for keeping a distance from his patients. Dr. Wilson explains that Rebecca's mental status is deteriorating quickly. House agrees to take the case. His team consists of three young intelligent doctors: Allison Cameron, Robert Chase, and Eric Foreman.
Later, Dr. Cameron and Dr. Foreman give Rebecca a CT scan, but after a panic attack she has another seizure. Her breathing stops and the doctors perform an emergency tracheotomy to help her breath. House wonders if Rebecca's problem is a case of inflamed blood vessels. The only problem is you can't diagnose this without a biopsy, but House tells them to give Rebecca steroids anyway.
Upon suggestions from House, Foreman breaks into Rebecca's house to see if he can determine that there is something in Rebecca's apartment that is causing the seizures. Back at the hospital, the steroids seem to be helping Rebecca, but then she suddenly loses her vision, and more seizures follow. The next day, Foreman tests Rebecca's mental status, but she fails, but later does again and passes easily. House then suggests they let her die and then examine her post-mortem so they can discover what she was suffering from.
Later, Foreman mentions casually that Rebecca had ham in her fridge. House suddenly realizes what is going on - Rebecca has a tapeworm in her brain! They tell Rebecca, but she doesn't want any more treatments. She just wants to go home and die peacefully. House calls her a coward, in an attempt to get her to accept treatment. She demands proof that it's a worm, since he was wrong on everything else. Chase, however, suggests a plain x-ray to check for worms. House realizes that he's right...if there's a worm in the brain (even though it wouldn't show up due to having the same thickness as cerebral fluid), there is one in her leg. And that one will show up.
They show Rebecca the x-ray. Sure enough, there is a worm larvae in her thigh. She will make a full recovery, with nothing but a few pills.
Not written by me. Credit to Tv.com
Full Episode Recap
A young kindergarten teacher named Rebecca passes out in front of her class after talking gibberish. After she collapses she begins having convulsions. At the hospital, Dr. James Wilson describes the case to Dr. House, a doctor with an excellent reputation but is known for keeping a distance from his patients. Dr. Wilson explains that Rebecca's mental status is deteriorating quickly. House agrees to take the case. His team consists of three young intelligent doctors: Allison Cameron, Robert Chase, and Eric Foreman.
Later, Dr. Cameron and Dr. Foreman give Rebecca a CT scan, but after a panic attack she has another seizure. Her breathing stops and the doctors perform an emergency tracheotomy to help her breath. House wonders if Rebecca's problem is a case of inflamed blood vessels. The only problem is you can't diagnose this without a biopsy, but House tells them to give Rebecca steroids anyway.
Upon suggestions from House, Foreman breaks into Rebecca's house to see if he can determine that there is something in Rebecca's apartment that is causing the seizures. Back at the hospital, the steroids seem to be helping Rebecca, but then she suddenly loses her vision, and more seizures follow. The next day, Foreman tests Rebecca's mental status, but she fails, but later does again and passes easily. House then suggests they let her die and then examine her post-mortem so they can discover what she was suffering from.
Later, Foreman mentions casually that Rebecca had ham in her fridge. House suddenly realizes what is going on - Rebecca has a tapeworm in her brain! They tell Rebecca, but she doesn't want any more treatments. She just wants to go home and die peacefully. House calls her a coward, in an attempt to get her to accept treatment. She demands proof that it's a worm, since he was wrong on everything else. Chase, however, suggests a plain x-ray to check for worms. House realizes that he's right...if there's a worm in the brain (even though it wouldn't show up due to having the same thickness as cerebral fluid), there is one in her leg. And that one will show up.
They show Rebecca the x-ray. Sure enough, there is a worm larvae in her thigh. She will make a full recovery, with nothing but a few pills.
Not written by me. Credit to Tv.com
