If you're reading this send help. I clicked one house video, ONE. It's been 17 days. My soda ran out after 2 hours. I've been stuck in an endless loop of house videos and can't stop. Save yourself. Move the cursor up and to the left and X the page. Walk away. Don't let yourself suffer my fate

There's something so heartbreaking about Wilson teaching Foreman how to give a patient the news that they're dying. Imagining sweet, honest, genuine Wilson having to tell so many cancer patients that they're terminal rips my soul apart.

House was kind of right at the end. Getting the right treatment does depend on going to the right doctor. As they point out repeatedly in the show, this department's specialty was exotic diseases. They can and will miss the basic stuff sometimes because it's not their department.

What's harder than telling a patient they're dying? Telling them it's your fault... Damn.

*clicks on one house video* House youtube channel: hippity hoppity your recommendations are my property!

Can you imagine hearing you’re dying within 24 hours right after being told you have something serious yet curable? Wow.

I love it how she went through the all stages of grief from denial to anger, then bargaining, depression and acceptance. Wow. Smart writing

The worst part of being a doctor

I'm glad someone finally gave that wall what it deserves. That wall has been a jerk since the first episode.

I read an article once where doctors confessed the times they made a mistake; some of the patients died, some lived. I think a lot of people forget that doctors, for all their training and knowledge, are still human. We like to think that the people in charge of our health and well-being are immune to failure, but mistakes are inevitable. The point is, to take those mistakes and learn from them, and use them to grow and not make the same mistake a second time.

Fun story, I had a staph infection that went to my heart one time and they diagnosed me with four different things until I was 24 hours from death when they saw a simple cut on my back and treated me properly. This is real, this exact thing happens.

"You've got this down to a science" The man heads the oncology department. His job description amounts to "people are likely to die by the time they interact with me"

"I can't forgive you Foreman, because there's nothing to forgive." Then Foreman seeks the solace of his mom, but she can't offer much, the Alzeheimer's has pretty much taken her away.

Holding her hand works because she can reciprocate, if she wants to. Touching on the arm or shoulder is more dangerous because it doesn't give them a chance to opt in or out, and if they want to opt out, it forces them to do so in a defensive way.

*Notice how House acts when a patient actually dies, He can act like an ass but he's genuinely soft hearted* ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

That shoulder touch was horrible 😂😂

In October 1996, my kind and precious friend went to the ER with a bad sinus infection he just couldn't shake. They discovered cancer in his lymph glands through testing, so they hit him with his first dose of chemotherapy the next day. They had also done a battery of blood tests, which included a test for HIV. In 1996 it took from several days to a week or longer to get the results of the Western Blot screen returned...back then they couldn't find the virus itself, only the antibodies. Long story short, he had HIV but when they dosed him with chemo, it weakened his immune system and destroyed vital cells. It pushed him into full blown AIDS and he died the following February...on Valentines Day. This clip hit hard...I think of him almost every day. Today I will think of him all day.

Foreman got a wicked hook tho if only he could fight sickness that hard

"I cant forgive you Forman cause theres nothing to forgive" probably the best kind words foreman will get out of house

When this show wants to be emotional, it pulls on the ol' heart strings.

I felt so (so, so very) bad for Foreman in this scene

Foreman had the opportunity to rectify this when he was treating a patient under similar circumstances in "97 Seconds". He was fired as a result from this in his new job at Mercy, despite saving the patient's life (as opposed to killing the patient in this episode). Foreman resigned in Season 3 as a result of this fearing he had become just like House, but after getting fired from Mercy, it was evident he was too late. Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.

Moral of the story, don't wear bras

For some reason the part where he said "Wait until they're done thinking, until they meet your eyes again" stayed with me throughout the years, and I noticed that when a professional gave me tragic news he did exactly that. Just patiently waited for me to look at him again.

This is where Jame's strength shines through, His genius so to speak. While House to an extend may not care about the patients, he couldn't face death over and over again without being able to do anything about it. Whereas Wilson 'has it down to a science'; a sincere, genuine one, every time, that's.....special. Atleast that's my takeaway.

"Want to see if I am dying on schedule?" that really hit me hard.

if im ever in that condition just load me up with a lethal dose of painkillers and let me slip away

Two differences Foreman failed to consider. First is that Wilson is an oncologist. When people hear cancer they're already starting to fear the worst, and when he tells them they're gonna die it's because the treatment couldn't stop the cancer or its already terminal, not because he made the worst possible mistake. Second is that Wilson is genuinely empathetic to a fault, whereas Foreman is mostly freaking out at the cost of his own mistake.

House would just say very blandly:"you're dying," and walk away

"When I go, the world's not gonna be any different." That's the realest thing she ever said.

I love the “nothing will change when I’m gone” followed by just how much impact it has on Foreman. Goes to show everyone makes an impact, no matter how little.

Bras are lethal

As a medical professional, people dying by decisions you made will always be apart of the profession. Those who can limit that statistic the most, is the best doc

I love how House can give the best advice while looking like a jerk at the same time. Basically “we see difficult cases, you didn’t make any mistakes in judgement, you took your best shot and unfortunately it was wrong.”

The music in this show was always pure perfection. It really kicked in the emotion of every situation presented.

The best part here at 07:30 isn't that house doesn't "scold" him, it's that what he does is even worse of a punishment. As in, if House had said he made a mistake and was at fault then Foreman would've actually been vindicated in his humanity. Instead; House just declares him a "doctor": He tried his best from his abilities and as such there's no fault. This is an extremely inhumane view of things but it's sometimes very beneficial… Thing is you can tell that Foreman *wants* to be scolded and hated for his choices, he wants conformation that what he did was "evil" or "at fault" but when House says it isn't that hurts ten times more. TLDR: House denies Foremans urge for fault, so that Foreman has no escape other than accepting his mistake.

The ending to this episode, when Foreman goes to see his mom, had me crying. “Our little boys name is Eric.” Hit me so hard.

I love how this shows House actually cares about the patients, even though his “anti-social” behavior doesn’t show it

"I take risks, sometimes patients die. But not taking risks causes more patients to die, so I guess my biggest problem is I've been cursed with the ability to do the math." "It is the nature of medicine that you are going to screw up. You're gonna kill someone. If you can't handle that pick another profession." Some quotes by house that accurately describe what it means to be a doctor.

My father almost died from a staph infection in his bloodstream that they missed. He was in the hospital for over a week pumping him full of medicines with no cure. It started to spread to his brain, hence why he was screaming and had massive head pain and was begging the doctors to kill him. They didnt test for staph infection because staph infection in the bloodstream is so rare, its not on the typical list of tests to conduct. The doctor told us if he went another 24 hours without having the proper treatment, my dad would have perm brain damage and very likely would have died in 2 days.

Its amazing that with one simple gesture Foreman showed her that she *wouldnt* leave without impacting the world. Just by standing by her side he faces his mistake and proves to her that she irrevocably affected his life, a mistake that will never leave him.

I love Foreman's actor, you can see the fear in his eyes when Wilson tells him it's not ok, and when House said that he'll eventually kill someone again.

This is a very vital episode for people who believe Doctor's are amazing people who are far above the regular citizen; they make mistakes, and they can't save everyone. About two to three years ago, I shadowed a Neurosurgeon and his team as they went through different rounds and operations; one particular case always reminds me of just how human they can be. A young man, about a year older then me at the time, had been in a motorbike accident off of a local mountain trail; he had been officially brain dead for about three weeks. I was there when the Head of the team (the neurosurgeon who offered the opportunity to me) had taken me around the floor, meeting all their patients. This young man was the last of the 8 I met that day; his entire family was there. His mother, father, two brothers and little sister were there, sat by his bedside, his mother pacing at the foot of the bed. I still remember what the Doctor said to me before we went into that room. "This is one of the hardest parts of what it means to be a doctor." I stood off to the side, as he spoke to the mother, telling her that there was little to no chance of him ever waking up, and even if he did, he would never be the same; that her son was gone, and that it would be best to let him go. I've never heard such pain from just emotion, but I felt physical pain and all the emotion in that room all at once. I still think about that family to this day; how are they doing? Have they ever been able to cope? Do they still grieve as bad as they did that day? After we stepped out of the room, the doctor turned back to me, and he gave me a look that said all I needed to really know. That it never does get any easier. I still think about that idea; to have to deal with the reality that some days, the job you aspired to become, a person who aspires to save everyone, and the fact that you know that somedays, you won't save everyone. I honestly believed that being a doctor meant being the epitome of some of the best of what humanity has to offer; now? I still do. Just that the best still make mistakes like everybody else. And that they can't solve every problem that present themselves.

I just wanna point out: in all likelihood, the reason Wilson's technique didn't work for Foreman (other than Foreman botching it) was because Wilson's usually saying "you have cancer; you're gonna die in reasonably long timeframe, and there's nothing anyone could have done to stop it". What Foreman's saying here is "You COULD have lived; but I messed up and now you have less than a day". One of these is going to make people react very differently to the other. It makes sense that she's angry. People get angry when we don't have seating at my workplace, let alone when a doctor has to tell them that he just KILLED them.

Gonna run out of clips. Bring House back!!!

I love how house tells a bunch of med students in another episode that at some point in their career they will get somebody killed. And if they can't handle that they need to pick a different career.

Heres me thinking Foreman was a straight up murderer from the title

Everyone feels so sorry for foreman, what about the ACTUAL victim that he unintentionally killed? Even if it was an accident, he literally killed her lmao

Er... Foreman? He said place your hand on her arm, not rub her shoulder. Bit weird.

I love how realistic these characters are. Everyone, House, Chase,Allison or Eric. Or anyone. I love how flawed these characters are. They are not potraited as perfect. They fear for their security, they laugh, cry, and make mistakes like any *real human being*. Love this show..

Doctors are human, and they make mistakes like everyone else. No one is perfect, but everyone expects them to be. Bless them ♥️

And this is why we do a thorough physical exam, even if it might be uncomfortable for doctor or patient.

The medical science in this show isnt always 100% but the morals are the truth is sometimes you can't save everyone even with the best treatments and the best of intents ... sometimes people die and no doctor can save them ... One of the reasons I didn't become a doctor is that fact and cause I knew I couldn't handle it if my patient died

"Let her see it." Wilson is awesome.

One of the most realistic scenes depicting real-life healthcare scenarios. Misdiagnosis and bad choices are more likely than "House-type" miracle cures. On a side note, I always hated bras and bra hooks. Now it seems I am justified in feeling this way.

"miles, the hardest part about this job, you cant always save everybody"

Patient: "What's my diagnosis, doctor? I'm dying from curiosity!" Foreman: "Heh. Not only from curiosity..."

Is foremans middle name Kyle cuz he really messed up that dry wall

This show tackles some heavy ass topics in a really good way

I saw this episode an hour ago and I’m still weeping. I loved this episode.

Step 1: lie down Step 2: try not to cry Step 3: cry alot

The problem I have with Foreman is I think he is called George Foreman. Then I imagine him as a grill.

Omar Epps is such a great and sadly underrated actor.

I remember this episode very well. It's one of those that really bugged me for a long time bcs it shows that being a doctor means to carry a hella responsibility that not everybody is ready for. Sometimes you can be genius like House but still you can make simple stupid decision which will carry on into something really big that will haunt you until the rest of your life, but you still gotta move on... Really amazing episode!

Such an amazing show, the messages are eternal. When you try something with the best intentions and give your absolute best and still fail your goal, you simply have to accepts the fact, grow and continue.

enjoying these frequent uploads! keep up the good work

Your not supposed to walk out the room with the gown and gloves you might spread the infection

i like how house watches forman stand up, as if hes waiting for an "i quit" out of him, what an awesome show

I don't know why, but I still really love how House's curiosity and dedication continues even after "failure."

wilson: stopp do not touchh shoolder foreman: *T O C C H*

I feel bad for the patient and Forman. She doesn't want to die and it's just sad.

Foreman was kind of reckless , even House told him that in the episode when it is discovered that he was searching things .

It's so sad :( Foreman did all he could to save her , but it was not enough.

Wilson sleeping in House’s office was such a sweet touch

I started crying when he told her that there's nothing that nobody can do

This hits so much harder now that I've lost a patient.

“I can’t forgive you, because there’s nothing to forgive.” I like that line

In reality, she would have been having non-stop blood transfusions to replenish her with healthy white blood cells, and started her on antibiotics, until her body regained enough strength to begin healing. She would've survived this mistake IRL.

Love how the music as she's dying sounds like a heartbeat and gasping for air.

The sad piano song during the autopsy part - Follow the Leader by Matthew Ryan

I wish you’d show the end of the episode where Foreman hugs his mom. One of the most emotional moments of the series especially when she reveals she doesn’t remember him

Wilson was the most wholesome of all doctors, literally the most empathetic. It's heartbreaking watching foreman going through this. I couldn't be a doctor for this reason alone.

6:15 love how Wilson is just asleep in House’s office

Forman is left handed? You only punch in anger with your dominant hand.

3:51 bro thinks hes minecraft steve

This show makes me cry like a baby, more times than I’d like to admit. This episode hits me so hard though. Just the subtle movement of her thumb when Foreman holds her hand in her last moments, showing that she does have gratitude towards him regardless of his mistakes, just heartbreaking.

Maintenance is gonna be pissed about that wall.

3:46 when your older brother beats you 10 games in a row in street fighter

This is so tragic. I could never imagine being in this situation

House always speak reality.....

My mom passed away from sepsis last february they fought the infection several times but it just kept coming back she fought it for 6 months.

Damn, I get chills at 6:00... That's tough. I couldn't do it as a doctor. I truly have so much admiration for them. This brings a new picture to death for some odd reason. Really need to appreciate life while we have it, cause it truly can change from one second to the next.

I still can't help but feel sad for this patient. She had a rough childhood, and still has a rough life doing any little thing to survive. No education, no stable job, barely scraping by... Then ends up getting killed painfully and slowly due to bad decisions. Mistakes. Yes, I know, it's just an [old] show.

I love how he is acted overacting when he enter her room at 1:23. Very good acting from Omar Epps. He is a gem.

In their defense, their department specializes in identifying and treating rare conditions and diseases that nobody else can. They’re trained to think zebras first instead of horses, there’s plenty of other doctors in the hospital that can think horses first. So something as simple as a staph infection wouldn’t have even been on House and his team’s radar. By the time someone’s name comes across their desk, they work on the assumption that all the simple possibilities have been ruled out, which is why they were assigned to her. Whoever first examined her should have inspected better and noticed the infected cut on her back.

Wow, Forman was less frustrated by killing someone than Andy was when he couldn't find his phone

When foreman goes back to her, and won't leave, it gets me every time. Rams me right in there. The only thing to do.

My wife who has a condition putting her in and out of the hospital actually liked this episode. It made her happy that for once a TV Show actually shows a non-happy ending and that shit happens.

This is a very powerful show

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