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House: Office Politics

Cuddy forces House to hire a med school prodigy as his new team member to replace Hadley, but House insists on making things difficult. The newcomer's first case involves a political consultant who has liver failure and a rash, and whose condition steadily worsens. With time running out, House realizes that the consultant's illness is tied to his employer, a senator running for re-election.


Episode Info


Episode number: 7x6
Production Number: HOU-706
Airdate: Monday November 08th, 2010


Alternate Airdates:

CA (Global) Nov 08, 2010
AU (Ten) Nov 10, 2010
UK (Sky1) Nov 14, 2010
NL (SBS 6) Aug 11, 2011

  • Currently 8.4/10
8.4/10 (31 Votes cast)
Guest Stars
Amber TamblynAmber Tamblyn
As Martha Masters
Recurring
Tracy VilarTracy Vilar
As Nurse Regina
Recurring
Jack ColemanJack Coleman
As Joe Dugan
Pat Finn (1)Pat Finn (1)
As Senator Hal Anderson

Co-Guest Stars
Bobbin BergstromBobbin Bergstrom
As Nurse
Recurring
Main Cast
Hugh LaurieHugh Laurie
As Dr. Gregory House
Lisa EdelsteinLisa Edelstein
As Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar EppsOmar Epps
As Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean LeonardRobert Sean Leonard
As Dr. James Wilson
Jesse SpencerJesse Spencer
As Dr. Robert Chase
Peter Jacobson (1)Peter Jacobson (1)
As Dr. Christopher Taub

Recap

Political consultant Joe Dugan runs a sample ad for his boss, New Jersey Senator Hal Anderson, pointing out his opponent's pro-immigration stance. Hal isn't eager to run the ad, but Joe tells him that he has no choice. As they talk, Joe scratches his arm and realizes that he has something more serious than a rash on his arm...

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Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
White DenimI Start to RunTaub and Foreman play basketball


Episode Quotes
Dr. Cuddy: What is that smell? Is it onions? Peppers? Oh, I know... it's a sausagefest.
Dr. House: Sausagefest implies multiples. Now, if you're talking about yardage, I'd have to agree.

Dr. House: Just because my sausage has been filling your bun doesn't mean you get to decide what flavor chips I nosh on during the day.
Dr. Cuddy: Nope, I get to do that because I'm your boss.

Dr. House: Black guy campaigning for the opposition? Does Obama know about this?
Dr. Foreman: I tried calling him on the brother hotline. He didn't pick up.

Dr. House: Martha M. Masters. I'm Dr. House. This is the rest of the team. Boring, Bimbo, and Bite-Size. Martha enjoys quadratic equations, Italian frescoes, and her turn-ons include learning to be a doctor.

Martha Masters: It's my favorite constant.
Dr. House: She's like the Internet with breasts. Oh, no, wait--the Internet has breasts.

Dr. House: E coli is found in animals. So unless he's drinking pork cider... pork cider! I need the number of the patent office.

Dr. House: How mad would you be if I fired Masters?
Dr. Cuddy: Very. Unless you had cause. Real cause. Cause that a human being would consider cause.
Dr. House: Never mind, then.

Dr. Taub: This whole "Taub's an old man" thing kinda rings hollow, given I'm in better shape than you are. Pass the dye.
Dr. Foreman: You're in rounder shape than me.
Dr. Taub: Tonight after work, meet me at the basketball court in the gym.
Dr. Foreman: You do realize you're two and a half feet tall, right?
Dr. Taub: And white, and Jewish. It'd be very embarrassing. I get why you'd want to say no.

Dr. House: Our patient's liver, kidneys, and lungs are failing. I need you to help me figure out why.
Martha Masters: As I recall, you have three actual doctors you haven't fired today.
Dr. House: They're in jail.
Martha Masters: What? Why?
Dr. House: Prostitution.

Dr. Cuddy: You'll figure something out. The two of you have a combined IQ north of 300
Dr. House: That's also true of five morons.



Cultural References
Dr. Taub: Hate to steal the spotlight from Small Wonder over here.

Small Wonder was a syndicated TV series about an android child who tries to blend into a normal human family and become more human.

Dr. House: She's like the love child of Einstein and Mary Poppins.

Mary Poppins is the magical nanny created by P.L. Travers who flies using an umbrella and visits children to teach them and their families valuable life lessons.

Dr. Taub: Things have been just fine without Pippi Longdivision.

Pippi Longstocking is the superstrong nine-year-old heroine of a series of books by Astrid Lindgren.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorDavid Shore
Executive ProducerBryan Singer  |  Katie Jacobs  |  David Shore  |  Hugh Laurie  |  Paul Attanasio  |  Greg Yaitanes  |  Thomas L. Moran  |  Russel Friend  |  Garrett Lerner
Co-Executive ProducerDavid Foster  |  Eli Attie  |  Liz Friedman  |  Gerrit Van Der Meer  |  Peter Blake (2)
Supervising ProducerJohn C. Kelley  |  Sara Hess  |  David Hoselton
ProducerLindsey Jaffin  |  Marcy G. Kaplan
Co-ProducerKatherine Lingenfelter  |  Seth Hoffman  |  Allen Marshall Palmer
Consulting ProducerLawrence Kaplow (1)
Associate ProducerJulie Hrebec
Production DesignerJeremy Cassells
EditorChad Mochrie
CastingAmy Lippens  |  Stephanie Laffin
Unit Production ManagerGerrit Van Der Meer
MusicJon Ehrlich  |  Jason Derlatka
Music EditorMichael Baber
Music SupervisorLynn Grossman  |  Gary Calamar
Costume DesignerCathy Crandall
Key GripLloyd Barcroft
Camera OperatorRob Carlson (3)  |  Spencer Combs  |  Bill Barber
Set DecoratorAmy Wells
Location ManagerNancy Haecker
Transportation CoordinatorSteve De Leon
Property MasterMike Casey
Construction CoordinatorStephen Howard
Production Sound MixerVon Varga
Script SupervisorIra Hurvitz
Production CoordinatorJamie Feldman
Script CoordinatorDustin Paddock
Assistant EditorDonald Joh
Supervising Sound EditorBrad North
Re-Recording MixerJoe DeAngelis
LeadmanKeith Sale
Director of PhotographyAnthony Gaudioz
Art DirectorNatalie Weinmann
Post Production CoordinatorDaphne Raves
Costume SupervisorAmy Dodson
Key Makeup ArtistKaren Dahl
Main Title ThemeMassive Attack
Visual Effects SupervisorElan Soltes
Production AccountantJon Cohoe
Chief Lighting TechnicianMonty Woodard
Department Head HairLori Rozman
ResearcherErica Spates
Casting AssociateJanelle Scuderi
Medical Technical AdvisorJohn Sotos  |  Harley Liker  |  Lisa Sanders
Key HairstylistWendy Southard
Department Head Make-upMarianna Elias
ColoristScott Fox
Assistant To The Executive ProducerJames S. Conway  |  Danny Weiss  |  David Wong (3)  |  Jessica Young (2)  |  Lindsay Zappala
Assistant Property MasterMark Jameson (2)
Assistant AccountantBarbara Pullan
Department Head Special Makeup EffectsDalia Dokter
Video CoordinatorBernie Druckman
Publicity ManagerGeoffrey Colo
 

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