Christopher Michael "Chris" Taub, M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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, is a fictional character

Fictional character

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 on the Fox medical drama

Medical drama

A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...

 House

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...

. He is portrayed by Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson

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. He becomes a member of House

Gregory House

Gregory House, M.D., or simply referred to as House, is a fictional antihero and title character of the American television series House, played by Hugh Laurie. He is the Chief of Diagnostic Medicine at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, where he leads a team of diagnosticians...

's new diagnostic team in the Season 4 episode titled "Games".

Professional life

Taub is a plastic surgeon

Plastic surgery

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 and was #39 during the "games" used by House to select his new team. House almost fired Taub (and the row he was sitting in) on the first day of the games, but Taub was saved when House changed his mind after noticing an attractive woman in the group. He also reveals himself as the most willing of the applicants to challenge House's authority, even telling a patient's father that he thinks House is wrong and can have him removed from the case ("Ugly

Ugly (House)

"Ugly" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of House and the seventy-seventh episode overall. It aired on November 13, 2007. The episode revolves around a teenager named Kenny Cyrus with a major facial deformity. He is set to get surgery in order to remove the deformity, but has a heart...

"). Cuddy later favors Taub as one of her two choices for the team, arguing that his knowledge and combative nature would keep House focused (it is later revealed that she had chosen Taub and Kutner, the two male applicants, because she suspected that House would defy her suggestion and choose at least one female candidate.) In the sixth season Taub quit PPTH and returned to his plastic surgery practice during the brief period Foreman led the diagnostics team after House's departure in the episode "Epic Fail", saying he had only joined the team "to work with House." When House returned to PPTH in the episode "Teamwork", House brought Taub back into the team along with Thirteen, Chase and Foreman. In the episode "Lockdown," it is revealed that Taub has an outstanding educational and early professional profile. He also expressed frustration that he has not continued the same level of success in his current professional career and is now working with people of a younger age. Taub interviewed Masters for medical school.

Personal life

Taub is married to Rachel, and although he genuinely loves his wife, he has been unfaithful to her in the past. He had a successful career in cosmetic surgery, but that ended after having an affair with a partner's daughter or a nurse, based on different versions of his story. When asked why he gave up his chosen practice completely, he simply says, "I love my wife." His partners signed a non-disclosure agreement (with respect to his affair) and Taub signed a non-compete, meaning he could no longer practice cosmetic surgery.

In spite of this, he has shown indicators for future adultery, admitting to House, "Some people pop pills. I cheat. We all have our vices." (It has been confirmed in "Open and Shut

Open and Shut (House)

"Open and Shut" is the nineteenth episode of the sixth season of the American medical drama House and it is the 129th episode overall. It is directed by Greg Yaitanes and written by Liz Friedman and Sara Hess...

", where Taub proceeds to cheat with the young nurse although the "affair circle" seems to have ended.) In the episode

Episode

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 "Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror (House)

"Mirror Mirror" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of House and the seventy-fifth episode overall. It aired on October 30, 2007.-Medicine:...

", the patient with a rare type of Mirror syndrome

Anterograde amnesia

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 (which causes him to take on the persona of someone in the room with him), sees that he is attracted to Amber Volakis' dominant personality, and the two share a flirtatiously combative dialogue. In the episode "Whatever It Takes

Whatever It Takes (House)

-Plot:Drag racer Casey Alfonso experiences blurred vision and distorted hearing after she develops a seizure following a race. Sent to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, House takes the case, hoping that by solving it, he will be able to test drive a dragster, but Foreman does not believe her...

", Taub reveals that he is Jewish, though it is revealed in "Don't Ever Change

Don't Ever Change (House episode)

"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:...

" that he describes himself as a non-practicing or a very Liberal

Liberal Judaism

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 or Reform

Reform Judaism

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 one. This is supported by the fact that House often alludes to Taub's religion, e.g. giving him a "Gold Star of David

Star of David

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" for identifying intracranial pressure in a patient.

In the episode "Adverse Events

Adverse Events

"Adverse Events" is the third episode of the fifth season of House and the eighty-ninth episode overall. It first aired on September 30, 2008. Breckin Meyer guest starred as an artist who has an unexplained visual problem.- Plot :...

", Lucas, House's PI, finds out that Taub's wife Rachel opened a secret bank account. House tells Taub that she's put $83,000 in it. When Taub confronts her about it, she tells him she's been saving up to buy him the car he wanted as a surprise because she knew he'd never buy it himself. When she finally gives him the car he apparently decides to tell her he cheated on her, but the conversation isn't shown in the episode. In the "Birthmarks

Birthmarks

"Birthmarks" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of House and the ninetieth episode overall. It aired on October 14, 2008.-Plot:...

" episode, he claims to have told her, and indicates that she has not thrown him out, and that they are talking about how to handle their situation.
In the episode "The Itch", it is revealed that he had been sleeping on the couch, and by the end of the episode his wife had finally forgiven him. In the 100th episode, "The Greater Good

The Greater Good (House)

"The Greater Good" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of House and the hundredth episode overall. It aired on February 2, 2009.-Plot:...

", Taub mentions wanting to possibly have children, although his wife seems opposed to the idea.

In "Painless

Painless (House)

"Painless" is the twelfth episode of the fifth season of House and the ninety-eighth episode overall. It aired on January 19, 2009.-Plot:...

", he states his opinion that suicide is never a solution. Kutner questions him, convinced that anyone so thoroughly opposed to it must carry some sort of baggage associated with it. Taub later tells Kutner that a colleague of his once attempted suicide, and though he survived, his family and friends were deeply disturbed. When Kutner asks if it was in fact Taub who attempted suicide, Taub denies it; however, when House assumes the same thing in "Simple Explanation

Simple Explanation

"Simple Explanation" is the 20th episode of the fifth season of House. It first aired on April 6, 2009.-Plot summary:As Eddie Novack lies on his deathbed, his wife Charlotte is stricken with respiratory failure. The team takes Charlotte's case and wheels Eddie into her room, as he seems to gain...

", he does not. After Kutner's suicide, Taub is angry and withdrawn, focusing intently on their current patient even when Chase confronts him about it, telling him to "go home and cry". He does not attend Kutner's funeral, but rather stays to watch over the team's patient. Later, however, he is seen weeping on a bench in the hallway. In "Bombshells

Bombshells (House)

"Bombshells" is the fifteenth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It aired on March 7, 2011.-Plot:A teenager is admitted to the hospital after spitting up blood. Taub also discovers that the boy has been depressed and appears to have been cutting himself...

", the insight with which he deduces a patient is suffering from a major depressive disorder leads the patient to suspect that Taub too suffered from depression, which he does not deny, and Taub admits to having "hurt" himself in that time of his life.

In "Larger than Life

Larger Than Life (House)

"Larger Than Life" is the ninth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It aired on January 17, 2011.-Plot:...

", Taub decides to divorce Rachel because she had turned to an online relationship for comfort and no longer loved him the way she used to. Taub consequently moves in with Foreman, following a stint living in a hotel room.

Taub begins a brief relationship with a CNA who works at the hospital after his failed marriage with Rachel, however it is revealed in "After Hours" that Taub is still seeing his wife for brief promiscuous encounters. Also in "After Hours" it is revealed that Taub's new tryst Ruby has become pregnant, and Taub breaks down and goes to a strip club with Foreman. Taub assumes he will be a horrible father, and after almost being shot by a dancer from the club he attended, (whom Taub unwittingly fondled) he decided to confront Ruby about the matter of whether or not to keep their baby. Taub references a patient he had during his plastic surgery career who accepted death without fear due to having children, and tells Ruby he wants to keep the baby. In the final episode of season 7 "Moving On" Taub's (ex) wife Rachel confronts him at the hospital, and tells him that she is also pregnant. At the end of season 7 it is unclear whether or not either of the women who are pregnant with Taub's baby know, or will know, about the other. In the season 8 episode "The Confession", it is revealed that both of Taub's children are girls.

External links

• Chris Taub at House Wiki
• Official House Site