Recap
Cuddy and her sister Julia go shopping for dresses with their mother Arlene, who can't resist half-seriously insulting her older daughter. However, as she has a glass of champagne, Arlene starts complaining of heart palpitations. Cuddy takes her to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, House hides out in the morgue to watch cartoons, and the men explain to Masters that their boss is hiding out from someone, and the odds are on Cuddy. Cuddy finally tracks down her boyfriend and asks him to treat her mother. House warns against it, saying that she should know better because she knows how he is. Cuddy insists and House goes to see Arlene. Arlene doesn’t buy his assurances and insists that he go over her fifteen year’s worth of medical files. House starts to insult her, but Cuddy cuts him off and promises her mother that they’ll do a full series of tests...
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Episode Quotes
Arlene Cuddy: (to Cuddy) If you're going to dress like an Italian hooker, at least let it be this year's Italian hooker.
Julia: She's not telling us we look fat. That's a major breakthrough.
Arlene Cuddy: If you didn't want to be insulted, you wouldn't have invited me.
Arlene Cuddy: You think I'm a hypochondriac?
Dr. House: Well, let me answer this way--maybe you're imagining that I think you're a hypochondriac.
Dr. Taub: You bugged her room?
Dr. House: I absolutely, without apology, will admit that someone may have allegedly done so.
Martha Masters: Guess we can pass unethical and skip straight to illegal.
Dr. House: Not according to the recent Supreme Court case of Bite vs. Me.
Dr. Foreman: Aren't there other ways of keeping Masters occupied?
Dr. House: Not according to my sexual harassment seminar.