Lockdown (House)
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"Lockdown" is the seventeenth episode of the sixth season
of the American medical drama House
. It aired on April 12, 2010. This episode also marks the directorial debut of Hugh Laurie on the show.
This episode has five storylines: When the hospital is sent into lock-down mode due to a missing infant, all of the doctors must remain where they are, leaving Foreman and Taub in the file room, Wilson and Thirteen in the cafeteria playing truth or dare, House in a room with a patient (David Strathairn
), and Chase with his soon-to-be ex-wife, Cameron, as Cuddy tries to help police locate the infant. This episode is one of the show's rare instances when no medical mystery is presented, though House still deals with his "patient of the week".
with divorce papers at the hallway. Chase refuses to sign the papers until the two discuss their marriage. Cameron realises that she made a mistake by coming to Chase, but as she heads out the hospital goes under a lock down. The newborn has gone missing, and Cuddy
has ordered security to keep everyone in their rooms until the baby is found. Trapped in the clinic room with Cameron, Chase accuses Cameron of abandoning their marriage without making any effort to reach out to him. Cameron reminds Chase that he had murdered Dibala
.
Meanwhile, Taub is in the file room under the pretense of looking for a patient's records. Foreman
comes down to the file room on the same errand, and the two are trapped in the file room by the lock-down. Employee records have been brought down to the file-room to be digitized, so Taub and Foreman take the opportunity to look through House's
records, but only find prank records House has put there including a fake malpractice settlement for a "botched penisectomy" on a patient named Lisa Cuddy. Foreman pulls out a bottle of Vicodin
he had confiscated from a patient earlier, and he and Taub enjoy painlessly assaulting each other whilst intoxicated.
House has been trapped in a room with a dying patient whose case he had refused previously. He learns the dying patient has only a few hours left to live, and the two connect. In an unusual moment, House actually shares some emotions with his patient. Meanwhile Chase and Cameron continue to argue. Chase asks Cameron if she has ever loved him and she tells him that she does not know. Chase treats this answer as no. Cameron bursts into tears, and says that while she did love Chase, the emotional and mental entrapment she had with her late first husband doomed her and Chase's marriage from the outset. After they mutually apologize to each other for their wrecked marriage, Chase pulls out his pen and signs the divorce papers.
As the vicodin effect begins to wear off on Taub and Foreman, Foreman reveals he knew about the employee records, and had come down to remove an offense before it becomes digitized. Taub reads Foreman's files and discovers a minor offense from during his college years. Foreman reads Taub's records that indicate a stellar early career, something Taub also wants to hide, as he does not feel his career has lived up to his early potential.
Meanwhile, Wilson
and Thirteen
have been trapped together in the cafeteria. Out of boredom, the two have decided to play truth or dare. Wilson accidentally admits that he's planning on dating someone and Thirteen probes into what else he's been doing without House's knowledge. Thirteen dares Wilson to steal a dollar from the cafeteria's cash register. Wilson succeeds in shooing the cashier away in an obnoxious manner, but then triggers the alarm bell on the register. Thirteen admits she has not been playing well either: she had earlier claimed her father was supportive of her bisexuality
when in fact she had never come out to him at all. Wilson is amazed that Thirteen would limit herself just to cater to her father. Wilson tells Thirteen that he had met his first ex-wife and has been troubling himself over whether he should reunite with her. Thirteen suggests Wilson would have asked his ex-wife out again if he had not been catering to House.
After speaking with several nurses, Cuddy turns her suspicion on to the stepson. The boy denies having moved the baby anywhere but confesses to Cuddy that he did not like the baby girl. Cuddy inadvertently discovers there are more towels stacked in the shelf above the toilet than there are supposed to be and goes to see the nurse who was previously in that room, only to realize that she was actually having a series of seizures and had been acting on auto-pilot throughout the day. Suspecting that she might have mistaken the baby for dirty towels, Cuddy rushes into the laundry room where she finds the baby in a laundry cart.
In the clinic room, Cameron and Chase are no longer arguing. Chase and Cameron decide to recap some of the best times they had together before and during their marriage, dancing to "Alison
" by Elvis Costello
. The two share a "goodbye" kiss, and then exploit the privacy of the lock-down to sleep with each other again.
In the patient room, House's would-be patient refuses House's offer to be sedated with morphine
for his last few hours. The patient is holding out to call his grown daughter, who he has not spoken with since she was six. After the patient purposely calls her answering machine just to hear his daughter's voice, House redials and tells him to 'say what he's gotta say.' The patient leaves the final message saying he loves his daughter, and indicates he'd like to take House up on his sedation offer. Security intrudes to tell House that the lock down has ended, but House continues to stay. Just before the patient loses consciousness, House tells him he is sorry he did not take his case.
In the final scenes, the baby is shown reunited with her family while Chase and Cameron are shown sleeping together in the clinic room. Foreman leaves the file-room, having decided not to do what he intended with his file. Taub stays behind and shreds the part of Foreman's file that Foreman had intended to destroy. Wilson tells Thirteen that he has made a dinner date with his ex-wife. At the very end, Taub is at the Hospital entrance/exit, and remarks "Interesting night" to Thirteen. Thirteen flashes her breasts at Taub as she walks by, fulfilling one of Wilson's dares. Taub reiterates "Interesting". The camera pans up to reveal a Latin
inscription on the wall above the hospital door: Omnes te moriturum amant ("Everyone loves you when you are about to die").
used Canon EOS 5D Mark II
cameras to film
the scene with newborn babies. The cameras are primarily designed for still-picture photographs, but are also capable of video recording. The production crew went on to use these cameras alone to film the entire season finale.
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House entered a sixth season on September 21, 2009 with a two-hour premiere. The season premiere, titled "Broken", was filmed at the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey.Season six featured 22 episodes, two fewer than the usual number...
of the American medical drama 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...
. It aired on April 12, 2010. This episode also marks the directorial debut of Hugh Laurie on the show.
This episode has five storylines: When the hospital is sent into lock-down mode due to a missing infant, all of the doctors must remain where they are, leaving Foreman and Taub in the file room, Wilson and Thirteen in the cafeteria playing truth or dare, House in a room with a patient (David Strathairn
David Strathairn
David Russell Strathairn is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck...
), and Chase with his soon-to-be ex-wife, Cameron, as Cuddy tries to help police locate the infant. This episode is one of the show's rare instances when no medical mystery is presented, though House still deals with his "patient of the week".
Plot
A father visits his newborn daughter with his son. Meanwhile, Cameron comes to the hospital and confronts ChaseRobert Chase
Dr. Robert Chase is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is portrayed by Jesse Spencer. His character was a part of the team of diagnosticians who worked under Gregory House until the end of the third season when House fires him. However, he was then re-hired in season 6...
with divorce papers at the hallway. Chase refuses to sign the papers until the two discuss their marriage. Cameron realises that she made a mistake by coming to Chase, but as she heads out the hospital goes under a lock down. The newborn has gone missing, and Cuddy
Lisa Cuddy
Dr. Lisa Cuddy, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. She is portrayed by Lisa Edelstein. Cuddy was the Dean of Medicine and hospital administrator of the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. She also becomes House's love interest through the...
has ordered security to keep everyone in their rooms until the baby is found. Trapped in the clinic room with Cameron, Chase accuses Cameron of abandoning their marriage without making any effort to reach out to him. Cameron reminds Chase that he had murdered Dibala
The Tyrant (House)
"The Tyrant" is the fourth episode of the sixth season of House. It first aired October 5, 2009.- Plot :The team treats a brutal African dictator named Dibala who has fallen ill;...
.
Meanwhile, Taub is in the file room under the pretense of looking for a patient's records. Foreman
Eric Foreman
Eric Foreman, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is portrayed by Omar Epps.-Background:A neurologist, Foreman was a member of Dr. Gregory House's handpicked team of specialists at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital's Diagnostic Medicine Department...
comes down to the file room on the same errand, and the two are trapped in the file room by the lock-down. Employee records have been brought down to the file-room to be digitized, so Taub and Foreman take the opportunity to look through House's
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...
records, but only find prank records House has put there including a fake malpractice settlement for a "botched penisectomy" on a patient named Lisa Cuddy. Foreman pulls out a bottle of Vicodin
Vicodin
Hydrocodone/paracetamol is a combination of two analgesic products hydrocodone and paracetamol used to relieve moderate to severe pain...
he had confiscated from a patient earlier, and he and Taub enjoy painlessly assaulting each other whilst intoxicated.
House has been trapped in a room with a dying patient whose case he had refused previously. He learns the dying patient has only a few hours left to live, and the two connect. In an unusual moment, House actually shares some emotions with his patient. Meanwhile Chase and Cameron continue to argue. Chase asks Cameron if she has ever loved him and she tells him that she does not know. Chase treats this answer as no. Cameron bursts into tears, and says that while she did love Chase, the emotional and mental entrapment she had with her late first husband doomed her and Chase's marriage from the outset. After they mutually apologize to each other for their wrecked marriage, Chase pulls out his pen and signs the divorce papers.
As the vicodin effect begins to wear off on Taub and Foreman, Foreman reveals he knew about the employee records, and had come down to remove an offense before it becomes digitized. Taub reads Foreman's files and discovers a minor offense from during his college years. Foreman reads Taub's records that indicate a stellar early career, something Taub also wants to hide, as he does not feel his career has lived up to his early potential.
Meanwhile, Wilson
James Wilson (House)
James Evan Wilson, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is played by Robert Sean Leonard. The character first appears in the show's pilot episode when he introduces a medical case to Dr. Gregory House, the protagonist of the show. Wilson is Dr. House's only true friend,...
and Thirteen
Thirteen (House)
Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House, portrayed by Olivia Wilde. She is part of the new diagnostic team assembled by Dr. Gregory House after the disbanding of his previous team in the third season finale...
have been trapped together in the cafeteria. Out of boredom, the two have decided to play truth or dare. Wilson accidentally admits that he's planning on dating someone and Thirteen probes into what else he's been doing without House's knowledge. Thirteen dares Wilson to steal a dollar from the cafeteria's cash register. Wilson succeeds in shooing the cashier away in an obnoxious manner, but then triggers the alarm bell on the register. Thirteen admits she has not been playing well either: she had earlier claimed her father was supportive of her bisexuality
Bisexuality
Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...
when in fact she had never come out to him at all. Wilson is amazed that Thirteen would limit herself just to cater to her father. Wilson tells Thirteen that he had met his first ex-wife and has been troubling himself over whether he should reunite with her. Thirteen suggests Wilson would have asked his ex-wife out again if he had not been catering to House.
After speaking with several nurses, Cuddy turns her suspicion on to the stepson. The boy denies having moved the baby anywhere but confesses to Cuddy that he did not like the baby girl. Cuddy inadvertently discovers there are more towels stacked in the shelf above the toilet than there are supposed to be and goes to see the nurse who was previously in that room, only to realize that she was actually having a series of seizures and had been acting on auto-pilot throughout the day. Suspecting that she might have mistaken the baby for dirty towels, Cuddy rushes into the laundry room where she finds the baby in a laundry cart.
In the clinic room, Cameron and Chase are no longer arguing. Chase and Cameron decide to recap some of the best times they had together before and during their marriage, dancing to "Alison
Alison (song)
"Alison" is the fifth track on Elvis Costello's first album, My Aim Is True, released in 1977. Because "Alison" was recorded before Elvis Costello and the Attractions formed, his backing band was Clover...
" by Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
. The two share a "goodbye" kiss, and then exploit the privacy of the lock-down to sleep with each other again.
In the patient room, House's would-be patient refuses House's offer to be sedated with morphine
Morphine
Morphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more...
for his last few hours. The patient is holding out to call his grown daughter, who he has not spoken with since she was six. After the patient purposely calls her answering machine just to hear his daughter's voice, House redials and tells him to 'say what he's gotta say.' The patient leaves the final message saying he loves his daughter, and indicates he'd like to take House up on his sedation offer. Security intrudes to tell House that the lock down has ended, but House continues to stay. Just before the patient loses consciousness, House tells him he is sorry he did not take his case.
In the final scenes, the baby is shown reunited with her family while Chase and Cameron are shown sleeping together in the clinic room. Foreman leaves the file-room, having decided not to do what he intended with his file. Taub stays behind and shreds the part of Foreman's file that Foreman had intended to destroy. Wilson tells Thirteen that he has made a dinner date with his ex-wife. At the very end, Taub is at the Hospital entrance/exit, and remarks "Interesting night" to Thirteen. Thirteen flashes her breasts at Taub as she walks by, fulfilling one of Wilson's dares. Taub reiterates "Interesting". The camera pans up to reveal a Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
inscription on the wall above the hospital door: Omnes te moriturum amant ("Everyone loves you when you are about to die").
Production
Director of photography Gale TattersallGale Tattersall
Gale Tattersall is a British Born American filmmaker, cinematographer and founder of the HDD SLR Workshops in Santa Monica, California. He is the cinematographer for The Commitments and Tank Girl and the director of photography on over thirty House episodes...
used Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is a 21.1-megapixel full-frame CMOS digital single-lens reflex camera made by Canon. It succeeds the EOS 5D and was announced on September 17, 2008.-Improvements compared to original EOS 5D:...
cameras to film
the scene with newborn babies. The cameras are primarily designed for still-picture photographs, but are also capable of video recording. The production crew went on to use these cameras alone to film the entire season finale.
External links
- "Lockdown" at Fox.com