House M.D. (TV Series)

Act Your Age (2007)

Erich Anderson: Deran

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• Dr. Allison Cameron : [to Deran about Lucy's condition]  The ovaries produce sex hormones in response to a signal from the pituitary gland. Since we know the ovaries are fine the most likely cause...

  Dr. Gregory House : [interrupts her]  Most likely means she wants to root around inside your little girl's brain without any guarantee that it will work. That's why she's holding off on doing your son.

  Dr. Allison Cameron : Dr. House knows that unfortunately we've ruled out every other option. We need to resect Lucy's pituitary before...

  Dr. Gregory House : Who else visits these kids?

  Dr. Allison Cameron : They don't have any family in town.

  Dr. Gregory House : You got a girlfriend?

  Deran : No one visits.

  Dr. Gregory House : School?

  Dr. Allison Cameron : They don't go to the same school, House. I...

  Dr. Gregory House : Nanny?

  Dr. Allison Cameron : They don't have one.

  Deran : They go to an after-school daycare, but none of the other kids are sick.

  Dr. Gregory House : Yet. It took your son twice as long to develop symptoms as your daughter. Maybe the other kids are just slow.

  Dr. Allison Cameron : We wait and your daughter may die.

  Dr. Gregory House : She does this, your daughter will need hormone replacement therapy for the rest of her life.

  Dr. Allison Cameron : The treatments are extremely effective. She should lead a relatively normal life.

  Dr. Gregory House : And isn't that every parent's dream, to have a kid grow up to be relatively normal.

  Dr. Allison Cameron : My husband died of thyroid cancer that metastasized to his brain. I've been there. I know how terrifying this can be. I am telling you this is your best chance to save your daughter's life.

  Dr. Gregory House : [whispers in Cameron's ear]  You did not just play the dead husband card.

  [to Deran] 

  Dr. Gregory House : My wife died because she signed a consent form that I didn't want her to sign. Died.