Teamwork - Recap

Porn star Hank Hardwick is preparing to go on set to start filming as his director, Rick, complains that the porn industry is going under because of the economy. Hank insists that he does what he does for love of the job and to reach out to people. As the filming begins, the lights come up and Hank grabs at his eyes in pain.

At home, Chase and Cameron are preparing to go to work. Cameron points out that everything at the hospital reminds Chase of his murder of Dibala, and they both have to get away from Princeton so he isn't constantly reminded of what he did.

Foreman is deciding which case that they're going to take. He wants to take on the case of an infant but House would rather deal with a porn star. Foreman tries to overrule him but Cuddy comes in and gives House his relicensing papers. Chase and Cameron arrive and Foreman gives them the news and tells them they'll be treating a porn star. The couple figures it's as good a time to tell House that they're resigning from the team and moving away from New Jersey. Cuddy questions their decision but they insist that they're doing the right thing. House tells Foreman to start running all the tests himself.

As Foreman checks Hank, the porn star insists that he has a clean medical record. When Foreman wonders if Hank is sexually active, the porn star explains that he's married to another porn star, Lexa, and they're both comfortable with each other despite their chosen profession. Foreman asks Hank if he had any issues with parental abuse but Hank assures him that he isn't like most porn stars. He's chosen to go into the business on his own and doesn't have any psychological issues, and he and Lexa are happily married. Hank's arm muscless suddenly contract due to tetany and he writhes in pain.

With Chase and Cameron leaving, House decides he needs a new team... and goes to recruit his old team. He goes to Taub's plastic surgery and informs him he needs to hire three people but he has four candidates. Taub isn't interested but House rattles off Hank's symptoms anyway. When Taub objects, House notes that he quit because of his wife, but his wife's feelings never matter much to him when he cheated on her. Taub concedes that there might be a tumor linking Hank's brain activity to his photosensitivity, and then ushers House out of his office.

House goes to see Thirteen next. She's preparing to interview for a position at a community health center. House concludes that the issue may be multifocal thanks to her comments, but Thirteen insists she's not going to divide her attention between the health center and the Princeton team and closes the door in his face.

Back at Princeton, House figures that he can get Chase and Cameron to stay on, so he'll have four people to choose from for the three positions. Foreman would rather focus on the case and suggests cerebral vasculitis. House agrees and tells him to treat with steroids while they test with a biopsy and a brain angio. House then has lunch with Wilson in the cafeteria, and his friend questions why he's so intent on getting his old team back, when none of them want to work with him and there are thousands of interested candidates. House insists he wants them and figures they need the job to make up for their abnormal lives, and Wilson notes that House has his own issues, such as his obsession with Cuddy now that she's dating Lucas. House doesn't believe it and insists that he's not obsessed.

Foreman asks Chase to do the brain angio and reminds him that he owes him for covering in the Dibala case. Cameron notes that House is treating Foreman as his lackey and he should quit as well. Chase agrees to do the test, but Cameron suggests that Hank might have a Vitamin D deficiency due to his poor diet and long hours inside. Grateful she isn't giving him a hard time, Chase agrees to treat with phototherapy. As they prepare Hank, they ask how he and his wife Lexa handle their marriage arrangement. The couple insists that they're happy, and that the sex doesn't matter as long as they have emotional commitment. Cameron doesn't believe it. As the phototherapy starts, Hank's nose starts bleeding and the blood starts leaking into his legs.

The couple gives House a report on what's happening, while he watches one of Hank's movies. Foreman concludes that the UV rendered Hank's capillaries fragile, causing the bleeding. Cameron suspects meningococcemia and House orders treatment for the blood infection. He then orders Cameron to stay behind and asks why she's staying with Chase. Cameron insists that she's forgiven Chase, and accuses House of trying to destroy their marriage. She figures that House took Hank's case knowing Foreman would ask them to stay, giving him the chance to sabotage her and Chase. House explains that she left the team before because he fired Chase, so if she breaks up with Chase then she'll stay.

Chase treats Hank's blood infection and the porn star figures that the two of them alike, and the both want to toss out the rulebook and do what they want. Chase believes that conscience is important Hank figures it's just someone acting irrationally. Hank's temperature starts going up and Chase realizes the antibiotics aren't working.

House goes back to Taub's office and tries to discuss Hank's case. When Taub refuses and insists that he's content in his current job, House points out that philandering and buying into stock scams isn't something a content man does. Taub responds by saying that House engages in addictive behavior to avoid his other problems, and the team is his current addiction. He insists that his work is important and talks about a nose he reconstructed to help the patient breathe, and then gets an idea. He tells House to clear Hank's sinus so the antibiotics will work. House smiles in triumph and points out that Taub has to find that more satisfying than plastic surgery. He leaves but warns Taub that he'll be back.

Foreman goes to meet Thirteen at a coffee shop. He tells her that she should work for House because she's a great doctor. Thirteen wants to know if he still has feelings for her and Foreman argues that his feelings aren't an issue. He admits that he was the one who had the problem with her working for him, but he doesn't have it any more.

Chase operates on Hank and clears his sinus. House tries to (badly) apologize for misjudging Cameron, and notes that Chase telling the truth worked out. However, he asks Chase why Cameron is so forgiving and Chase admits he doesn’t know. House declares that he's going to find out.

Wilson tells Cuddy what House is up to and wonders what why she's dating Lucas. He snaps at her for not telling him, saying it made him look like a fool for trying to help House get together with her at the conference. Cuddy tells him that she's done changing her life for House and now she's going to do what she needs to for herself. However, at home, she admits to Lucas that she feels like crap for what her choice is doing to House. Lucas points out that either he's nuts for figuring she's gotten over House, or she's nuts for figuring House would never work out that they were together. Cuddy apologizes, and Lucas admits that he's happy that she trusts him enough to admit her doubts to him instead of Wilson.

Chase asks Cameron why she forgave him and she says that, unlike Hank, Chase feels guilt and shame about what he did. As they begin to treat Hank, he complains about stomach pains and they realize his liver is failing.

The team is running out of ideas. Foreman notes that Hank was pampered as a child and sent to the doctor office for the least injury or illness. The best they can come up with is blocked bile channels and House orders an ERCP while they request a liver from the transplant committee. House keeps Chase behind and asks what Cameron says. When Chase tells him, House figures that Cameron can forgive Chase because she really thinks House is responsible, because he's the one that created a climate that lead Chase to kill a patient. He says that Cameron believes that Chase is House's socket puppet and does whatever he says. Twisting the knife, House says that the only way Chase can prove she's wrong is by staying on the team.

House goes to see Thirteen as she exercises at a fitness center. He points out that she's training to develop balance as a way to counter the Huntington's symptoms, and figures that she's stopped her self-destructive behavior and is coming to terms with her illness. Naturally, he wants her to join the team to do something with her life, and points out she can do more on the team than working at a community health center. House also points out that if she comes back, she can screw with Foreman. Thirteen points out that he's afraid of rejection so he's trying to trick her and Taub into coming back rather than simply asking them.

Cameron tells Hank and his wife about his liver problems and notes that the transplant committee won't approve a liver for someone in his line of work. Lexa agrees that he should quit but Hank is angry that they're trying to dictate to him what he should do.

Foreman and Chase do a check on Hank's liver and Chase insists that he's not a puppet for House. Before Foreman can pursue the matter, they discover a new problem: threadworms in Hank's liver. They give him mebendazole to kill the worms and assure him that his problems are over.

In the doctor's lounge, Chase discovers that Lucas is reading his medical records. Lucas is checking up on the team because he figures that Cuddy is going to be miserable until House gets his team. The detective is interested in the fact that Chase as keeping very precise records until Dibala died, and that Chase isn't telling anyone why he and Cameron are leaving. Lucas warns him to face his problems rather than leave so that they don't come back to bite him in the ass, and then asks if Chase can provide him with any information on the others.

Hank's condition gets worse when his lungs give out and his liver shuts down. Foreman suggests leukemia and House agrees to order chemo, and then sends a fax to Thirteen and Taub to confirm. Cameron tells him to stop playing games and either support them or come up with something else. As they go, Chase asks why she's mad at House and insists the decision to kill Dibala was his, not House's. Cameron is skeptical but Chase insists that he'd do it all over again if he had a second chance. Cameron thinks about it and then says she's fine with that.

At home, House admits to Wilson that his plan to get the team back together isn't working. Wilson figures that House is trying to put together his old team because Cuddy is with someone else, and then tells House to work out his real issues with Cuddy directly.

As they prepare for chemo, Hank starts urinating blood and his heart gives out. They revive him and determine that his red and white blood cells are almost entirely gone. Foreman suggests aleukemic leukemia and House admits that it's the best diagnosis they have. He tells them to ablate the blood but Cameron objects, noting that it could kill Hank. Chase agrees but House insists it's all they can do. He then faxes the diagnosis to Thirteen and Taub. They both ignore it and go about their business.

As House leaves early, Cuddy confronts him about the fact his diagnosis and treatment will almost certainly kill the patient. She wonders if he's doing it because she and Lucas are together, but House insists he has nothing else. He goes home and finds Chase sitting on the steps outside. Chase tells House he wants to be on the team, even though he doesn’t know if it will save his marriage.

Thirteen gets a message that she got the job at the community center. Instead of calling back, she picks up the fax. Meanwhile, Taub finally reads the fax.

House watches as Foreman and the other prepare to administer ablation to Hank. They wonder why he's there and House says that something will probably go wrong. Taub and Thirteen call House and tell him they've got the answer. Hank has extraintestinal Crohn's. His healthy upbringing caused the onset of the disease. The threadworms were actually keeping it in check, bolstering his autoimmune system. When the team killed the worms, the disease spread quickly. House orders treatment and Hank is fine.

Later, Taub comes to see House and tell him he wants to be on the team. He wonders if that means he doesn't love his wife Rachel, but House points out that the team's cases give Taub the thrill he sought in philandering, so it may help his marriage in the long run. House says he'll get back to him, and then smiles in triumph as Thirteen arrives to say she's willing to rejoin the team.

Chase gives Cameron the news about his decision. He asks her to stay, saying differential medicine was always her goal, not his.

Cameron goes to House, who figures that she's there to rejoin the team as well. She tells him that she was love in him and tried to understand him so she could heal him. Cameron tells him what she's figured out: he know that Hank had Crohn's all the time. House didn't tell anyone because he manipulated everyone to get his team back. House says that what matters is that the patient was cured, but Cameron insists he could care less. She says that he's the one that ultimately killed Dibala, because Chase got his attitude from House's "means justify the end" tactics. She says she loves them both, but they've gone too far and there's nothing she can do for them. She offers House her hand but he refuses to shake it. She kisses him on the cheek and then walks away. House starts to go after her and then stops.

House visits Wilson in his office and tells his surprised friend that his plan worked... mostly. Three out of four isn't bad, and he tells Wilson that Cameron is breaking up with Chase and leaving.

Thirteen treats Hank and Foreman watches her.

Taub goes home and tells Rachel about her decision.

Cameron packs her bags, embraces Chase, and leaves.

As House watches, Cuddy and Lucas leave the hospital together.

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