And then it hit him. The pieces slamming together like a flawless diagnosis.
House was stumped. He sat in his office, the lights off, staring at Rebecca's chart. The puzzle refused to fit. He popped a Vicodin, dry-swallowed, and let the chemical warmth smooth the jagged edges of his thigh. house md season 1 ep 1 full
"Then she'll die and we'll look stupid. But the tox screen says she's full of eyedrops. Eyedrops don't come from tumors."
The pilot is masterfully efficient at introducing the core dynamics we’d come to love (and hate): The Philosophy: And then it hit him
"You can request the archangel Gabriel, but he's busy," House said, already turning away. "She has a fever, neurological deficits, and an elevated white count. That's either encephalitis, a brain tumor, or something she's not telling us. I'm ordering a spinal tap, an MRI, and a tox screen. We'll know more when we have the truth. Or as close to it as we ever get."