Carrot or Stick - Recap

At a disciplinary training camp facility, Driscoll orders MacDonald and Park Landon to run the obstacle course. Landon hesitates and Driscoll continues to yell at him to complete the course. Landon tries to climb over a wall without success, falls, and cuts his head. As Driscoll tells him to get up, he suddenly complains of back pains and collapses to his knees. He begs for help but Landon walks away, leaving Driscoll lying in the rain.

Chase arrives to discover that the team is looking at his profile page, where someone has posted a nude photo of him with reduced genitalia. House comes in and explains that Driscoll is having back pains and bladder blockage. They proceed to the case and Masters notes that Driscoll makes a living bullying kids, and suggests steroids. House notes that steroids is stupid, but comments that it’s stupid that she equates discipline with bullying. Masters responds by noting that House bullies his staff, and Chase sticks with the case, suggesting there might be a blockage. House tells him to run the test, and comments on Chase’s micro-sized penis.

In the cafeteria, House discovers Cuddy and her daughter Rachel there, waiting for a pediatrician appointment to get a test for the girl’s first preschool. When she comments that it’s known for its gifted program, House has doubts but Cuddy insists that it’s a perfect fit.

As the staff checks Driscoll’ urethra, he tells Masters that he has to push the kids hard, and it’s better than them becoming repeat offenders. As Taub and Masters runs the test, Chase explains that the site owners won’t take the photo down, and someone hacked his account and changed his password so he can’t do it. Taub thanks him for easing his burden over his recent divorce with his own humiliation.

There’s no sign of a blockage, but nerve damage accounts for the pain and Foreman suggest syphilis. As Masters takes a blood sample, Driscoll grabs her and starts choking her, telling her to stop killing him. As they check on Masters, House ignores her bruised throat and suggests that tertiary syphilis fits, but Foreman notes that the tests are negative. Masters suggest wormword or jimson weed, administered by one of the kids at the camp. House reluctantly tells them to test. As they go, House notes that she came up with a good diagnosis after he ignored her.

Chase approaches Sanford and tries to get the names of the women he was at, at the wedding. The first one is Sanford’s niece, Win Phillips. He gives Chase her e-mail, but isn’t thrilled when Chase asks for the names of the other two women.

House talks to Wilson and claims that he doesn’t want Cuddy to be upset when Rachel is turned down. Wilson tries not to give advice and insists that Rachel will be fine, but House gets an idea anyway.

As Masters and Foreman check the camp, Masters complains that the camp treats the symptoms, not the underlying problem. Foreman figures that they need to identify the poisoner, who will take them to the paint. They talk to Landon and the others, and Landon complains that Driscoll rides him harder than the others. When Foreman threatens Landon with a second-degree murder charge, Landon says he has nothing to lose. Foreman notes that Landon fellow student, MacDonald, has red eyes from allergies. MacDonald claims that he has allergies but refuses to take medication, or explain why.

Back at the hospital, Foreman and Masters treat Driscoll for antihistamine poisoning, but refuse to tell him which kid they suspect. Driscoll apologizes to Masters, explaining that as a man he accepts what he’s done and apologizes. As they flush his system, Driscoll’s heart accelerates and Foreman administers adenosine to slow it down.

Back in differential, the team meets without House, who is on the phone. He tells them that he’s at a playground. As they talk, Chase gets a call and House tells him to turn it off. When House explains that someone has changed Chase’s profile yet again, so that he wants overweight women to call him, he runs to the computer. House tells them to check for a pheo, hangs up, and goes into the preschool and. He claims that one of the students is sick. He ducks giving the name of the family and examines the room where the admission playdates occur. Once the teacher leaves, House takes photos of all of the toys.

Foreman sets up the MRI and then leaves Masters to do it despite her objections that she’s supposed to be supervised. She talks to Driscoll, who figures that Landon poisoned him. He admits that he can’t break through to the boy, and Masters suggests that he tell Landon that he cares about him. Driscoll says that he can’t undermine his own authority, but Masters says that he needs to think of Landon and the boy’s lack of a mother and ignorance of his real father. She insists that it would help if Landon believed that Driscoll was on his side.

Chase hauls in Taub to look at his enlarged photo for clues to identify which of the three women he should accuse. Taub takes a photo of the naked Chase and realizes that the woman who took his picture is short.

House arrives at Cuddy’s house and offers to play with Rachel, much to Cuddy’s surprise. Once they’re alone in Rachel’s room, House hauls in a bag with the preschool toys. He tries to get her attention with the new toys, but she’d rather eat them.

Chase goes to see the first woman, Winn, and accuses her of putting up the photo. He notices that she likes kittens, and she notes that he claimed to as well. Winn says that she didn’t take the photo or hack his web site, and Chase realizes that she was wearing heels, and kept them on because he asked. Winn invites him to stay.

Back at the conference room, Chase tells the others what he discovered. When House arrives, he says that they’re running out of time, and that Masters is simply attempting to validate her own upbringing. They get a page concerning an ER patient with the same back pains and urinary infections: Landon.

Taub meets with Landon and Driscoll and tries to determine what common factor they have that the other students at the camp don’t. Landon snaps at Driscoll, insisting that Driscoll isn’t in charge any more. As the team meets for differential and concludes that they might both have Lyme Disease, Chase realizes that the mystery hacker has accessed his credit card and made a $2,500 donation to the Wells newlyweds.

As Masters gives Landon and Driscoll treatment, they argue over what is on the TV. Landon says that he wants to wait. Masters says that it’s her job to make him better, and believes that the medicine is the best chance to get him well. He agrees, and Driscoll lets him choose the channel.

Wilson finds House testing Rachel’s motor skills in his office. House has decided to use a dog clicker, and Wilson discovers that it’s working. House assures Wilson that Cuddy has no idea what he’s doing.

Chase goes to see Kenzie, the one girl he gave his credit card to. She says she didn’t do it, and suggests that Nika, the third girl, was the one who was unhappy with the threesome. Chase realizes that she’s only 17.

Landon tries to leave the hospital. When Foreman tries to stop him, Landon says that he won’t go back to the camp. Masters discovers that Landon stole her car keys, much to Foreman’s amusement. As they try to deal with the teenager, Driscoll suddenly screams. When they check on him, he explains that he’s suffering from extreme leg pain.

Back in differential, the team realizes that Driscoll is suffering from kidney failure, causing low sodium and the leg pains. Masters realizes that Landon was playing her. House is busy putting hot sauce on Rachel’s toys to keep her from chewing on them. However, he notes that Masters didn’t change Landon’s behavior, and simply talking never does. He figures that something else happened to cause Landon’s behavior. Taub suggests botulism poisoning, and House tells his team to give both of them antitoxin.

As Masters gives Driscoll and Landon the antitoxin, Landon says that he’s never been in trouble with the law, and that he wasn’t sentenced. His caseworker sent him there after he stole a bag of chips. Driscoll claims not to know why Landon was there, even though he said earlier that only convicted teenagers were sent to the camp.

Chase confronts Nika, who says that she isn’t responsible for his problems and she wants Chase out before her boyfriend returns. She explains that her boyfriend was out of town during the wedding, and she just wants to forget Chase after she used him. Chase is skeptical, and Nika shows him a photo of her and her boyfriend at her sister’s birthday.

Masters checks with Landon’s DCS caseworker and tells House what she’s discovered. They then take Landon to give his bladder an antibiotic infection, while House sits down with Driscoll. He comments that the caseworker has confirmed that Driscoll paid Landon’s camp enrollment, and figures that Driscoll is the boy’s father. Driscoll asks him not to tell Landon the truth.

House tells the team what he’s learned, and Taub reports that neither one of them is responding to botulism treatment. Foreman notes that genetic conditions manifest at the same age, but Chase insists that there must be an environmental factor that triggered the condition. He gets an idea, but House confirms that it isn’t about the case. The best they can come up with lead poisoning brought on by leaky batteries. House tells them to treat while he goes for a playdate and Chase takes off to pursue his idea.

Driscoll explains to Masters that by the time he discovered that Landon’s wife died, his son was already shoplifting. He figured the only way that he could get him on the right life was to get him into the camp. Driscoll begs Masters not to tell Landon the truth, but she says that Landon needs a father, not a drill instructor.

House goes with Cuddy to pick up Rachel at the playdate. One of the teachers asks if they coached Rachel, but Cuddy says she hasn’t. When Cuddy asks if Rachel had played with the toys before, she looks up at her mother and lies. Back at the clinic, House explains what happened to a trucker patient, and is proud that Rachel is such an accomplished liar. The trucker notes that he’s fond of Rachel, but House insists that he just admires her talent. As he gives the trucker a local for his injury, he gets an idea and leaves.

As Masters checks on Landon, House enters the room and asks that if they gave him lidocaine for the cut on his head. Driscoll received antihistamines, which would also have triggered their condition, variegate porphyria. House says that it’s a genetic condition, and Driscoll asks if he could donate part of his liver to repair the damage that Landon suffered. Landon doesn’t believe that Driscoll is his father, but House offers to do the DNA test.

House tracks down Ali, Nika’s sister, who admits that she took the photo and pranked him. She refuses to tell him what it’s about at first. Finally she tells him that he hit on her at the wedding, but disappeared when she said that she doesn’t sleep with guys on the first date. Ali figures that he’s either a nice guy who lost his way, or a really good actor. Either way, she wanted to give him some negative reinforcement. Chase apologizes and invites her to dinner, but she turns him down.

Driscoll tells Landon that they need to talk. Landon refuses, and Driscoll says that he’ll wait until he’s ready.

Cuddy is playing with Rachel in her room when House arrives. She tells him that Waldenwood has no room and they should apply next year. House says that Rachel is a smart kid and will do fine, and Rachel sits on his lap.

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