Don't Ever Change (House)

"Don't Ever Change" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of House and the eighty-second episode overall. It was also the last episode to air before the mid-season break due to the writer's strike halting production.

Plot

A woman (guest star Laura Silverman) is admitted to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital after collapsing at her wedding. After a battery of tests, the team remains puzzled. After searching the woman's home, the team discovers that she had been a music producer living in the fast lane until relatively recently. After further questioning of the patient, they find out that she began to follow Hasidic Judaism half a year prior the incident. House believes her new religious observance is a sign of altered mental state and a symptom of a disease. Even after more tests, nothing can be found, and the woman's condition continues to decline. Just as she is about to be rolled into surgery for internal bleeding, House has an epiphany while talking with the team. The patient has Nephroptosis, also known as 'Floating Kidney', which caused all her symptoms.

The secondary plot revolves around House's attempt to convince Wilson to call off his relationship with Amber Volakis, even recruiting Cuddy to help him. It is also suggested that "Thirteen" is bisexual by both Taub and House himself, at different points in the episode, which "Thirteen" does not deny.

Quote

House talking to Wilson at the restaurant, after he realizes that Wilson is attracted to the same qualities in Amber that characterize House, "Oh my God; you're sleeping with me!".

External links

• Medical review of "Don't Ever Change"