Act Your Age (House)
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"Act Your Age" is the nineteenth episode of the third season (Season 3 Ep. 19) of House
and the sixty-fifth episode overall.
. Over the course of the episode she develops more symptoms that are usually only exhibited by elderly people, such as arthritis
and a stroke
. Exploring the patient's house, they find a bloody T-shirt
stuffed into a heating vent. Suspecting child abuse
at first, the team runs tests and finds that the girl has been menstruating at the age of six. Shallow cuts around the genital area found in a previous exam were attributed to her trying to remove pubic hair
with her father's razor
.
House and his team are baffled, but the breakthrough comes when Jasper, who is eight, goes into a rage when Chase acts affectionately towards Cameron on whom the boy had a crush. It turns out that both children had been affected by their father's sexual-enhancement cream and were going through puberty
early. Their father had been using the cream to "keep up" with his much younger girlfriend, who is his children's teacher.
Wilson confronts House in his office, he tells House that he plans to kiss Cuddy, but this is a ploy since he knew about House sending him flowers in Cuddy's name after they attended a play together, since "Men only see plays with women they want to see naked". While Chase gives Cameron flowers after their break-up in the previous episode. As Jasper and Lucy leave the hospital with their father and teacher, House and Cuddy talk about the "May-October pairing" House ends the conversation with the line "I got tickets to a play".
(Janie) & Joel David Moore
(Eddie) appear in Bones (TV Series)
as Dr. Brennan's assistants.
When Cameron and Chase call House about Chase being bitten, House is seen watching Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
with Abyss and Christian Cage.
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
and the sixty-fifth episode overall.
Plot
The episode opens with a young boy, Jasper, who is suffering from a severe nose-bleed; the family situation is quickly revealed. While his father and teacher discuss his aggressive behavior, his six-year-old sister, Lucy, suffers a heart attack caused by constrictive pericarditisConstrictive pericarditis
In many cases, constrictive pericarditis is a late sequela, in other words a condition that is the consequence of a previous disease, of an inflammatory condition of the pericardium...
. Over the course of the episode she develops more symptoms that are usually only exhibited by elderly people, such as arthritis
Arthritis
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints....
and a stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
. Exploring the patient's house, they find a bloody T-shirt
T-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
stuffed into a heating vent. Suspecting child abuse
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
at first, the team runs tests and finds that the girl has been menstruating at the age of six. Shallow cuts around the genital area found in a previous exam were attributed to her trying to remove pubic hair
Pubic hair
Pubic hair is hair in the frontal genital area, the crotch, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the legs; these areas form the pubic region....
with her father's razor
Razor
A razor is a bladed tool primarily used in the removal of unwanted body hair through the act of shaving. Kinds of razors include straight razors, disposable razors and electric razors....
.
House and his team are baffled, but the breakthrough comes when Jasper, who is eight, goes into a rage when Chase acts affectionately towards Cameron on whom the boy had a crush. It turns out that both children had been affected by their father's sexual-enhancement cream and were going through puberty
Puberty
Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of reproduction, as initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads; the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a boy...
early. Their father had been using the cream to "keep up" with his much younger girlfriend, who is his children's teacher.
Wilson confronts House in his office, he tells House that he plans to kiss Cuddy, but this is a ploy since he knew about House sending him flowers in Cuddy's name after they attended a play together, since "Men only see plays with women they want to see naked". While Chase gives Cameron flowers after their break-up in the previous episode. As Jasper and Lucy leave the hospital with their father and teacher, House and Cuddy talk about the "May-October pairing" House ends the conversation with the line "I got tickets to a play".
Trivia
2 guest stars in the episode, Carla GalloCarla Gallo
Carla Gallo is an American actress notable for roles in the television series Undeclared, Carnivàle, and Bones, and in the indie film Spanking the Monkey.-Filmography:-External links:...
(Janie) & Joel David Moore
Joel Moore
Joel David Moore is an American actor who has appeared in television commercials, feature films, and television series. He is best known for his roles as Owen Dittman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Dr. Norm Spellman in Avatar, Colin Fisher in Bones and J.P...
(Eddie) appear in Bones (TV Series)
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
as Dr. Brennan's assistants.
When Cameron and Chase call House about Chase being bitten, House is seen watching Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
with Abyss and Christian Cage.