Office Politics (House)
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"Office Politics" is the sixth episode of the seventh season
of the American medical drama House
. It aired on November 8, 2010.
Meanwhile, Cuddy pressures House to add a female doctor to his team but eventually tells him that she has chosen for him- a third year med student named Martha Masters
. Taub appears to have a problem with Masters, which Foreman and Chase try to figure out. Throughout the episode, House keeps firing and rehiring Masters, rehiring her whenever he needs her for an idea, and firing her again as soon as he's done talking to her.
Masters suggests a neuroendocrine tumor, and the team also considers DIC. The team give Joe an MRI to look for a tumor, but don't find one. Taub runs Joe's blood, which also comes back normal. Looking at the senator on TV delivering a speech, House suspects the senator has Hepatitis C, and thinks that he's had sex with Joe, and thinks Joe has Hepatitis C as well. He gives Joe interferon, but Joe doesn't get better. Masters notes that a German research study has shown that 15% of people with Hepatitis C that have been injected with Hepatitis A have gotten better. When Cuddy says that this exposes the hospital to liability, Masters tells her that she's being a coward.
Foreman and Chase eventually find out that Taub dislike her because he interviewed her for Hopkins Med School for an hour and she didn't remember him, even though she remembered the 20th digit of Euler's number. At the end of the episode, Taub learns the truth about Masters. She remembers him, and he mumbles something to her.
House takes the senator's blood and runs it under Joe's name to get Cuddy to approve on his decision, despite Wilson's warnings that lying to her would be wrong now that they are involved. House also hires Masters in the end, saying she had him when she called Cuddy a coward. The show ends with Cuddy going to the nurses station to check up on House and discovering his lie. She is very visibly upset.
2.37 million Canadians watched this episode, ranking seventh for the week.
House (season 7)
House entered a seventh season on September 20, 2010. House and Cuddy attempt to make a real relationship work and face the question as to whether their new relationship will affect their ability to diagnose patients. The new season features a new opening title sequence...
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 November 8, 2010.
Plot
A New Jersey senator's campaign manager Joe Dougan(played by Jack Coleman) falls ill with liver failure and temporary paralysis.Meanwhile, Cuddy pressures House to add a female doctor to his team but eventually tells him that she has chosen for him- a third year med student named Martha Masters
Martha Masters (House)
Martha M. Masters, Ph.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama television series House. Masters is portrayed by American actress Amber Tamblyn.-Biography:...
. Taub appears to have a problem with Masters, which Foreman and Chase try to figure out. Throughout the episode, House keeps firing and rehiring Masters, rehiring her whenever he needs her for an idea, and firing her again as soon as he's done talking to her.
Masters suggests a neuroendocrine tumor, and the team also considers DIC. The team give Joe an MRI to look for a tumor, but don't find one. Taub runs Joe's blood, which also comes back normal. Looking at the senator on TV delivering a speech, House suspects the senator has Hepatitis C, and thinks that he's had sex with Joe, and thinks Joe has Hepatitis C as well. He gives Joe interferon, but Joe doesn't get better. Masters notes that a German research study has shown that 15% of people with Hepatitis C that have been injected with Hepatitis A have gotten better. When Cuddy says that this exposes the hospital to liability, Masters tells her that she's being a coward.
Foreman and Chase eventually find out that Taub dislike her because he interviewed her for Hopkins Med School for an hour and she didn't remember him, even though she remembered the 20th digit of Euler's number. At the end of the episode, Taub learns the truth about Masters. She remembers him, and he mumbles something to her.
House takes the senator's blood and runs it under Joe's name to get Cuddy to approve on his decision, despite Wilson's warnings that lying to her would be wrong now that they are involved. House also hires Masters in the end, saying she had him when she called Cuddy a coward. The show ends with Cuddy going to the nurses station to check up on House and discovering his lie. She is very visibly upset.
Ratings
This episode was watched by 9.63 million American viewers.2.37 million Canadians watched this episode, ranking seventh for the week.
External links
- "Office Politics" at Fox.com