Recap
Two boys go to the park to launch a model rocket. The owner, Ryan, fires it off while the other boy, Chris, films it. The rocket lands in the nearby woods and the boys discover that it’s set the grass on fire. As they try to put it out, they see what appears to be a homeless man sleeping nearby. The fire spreads onto his arm and Ryan quickly puts it out. The man stares at his arm, says that it smells like licorice, and then passes out...
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Episode Quotes
Martha Masters: Think House is coming in today?
Dr. Foreman: Maybe if we start offering spa treatments.
Martha Masters: He already jumped off of a hotel balcony. Who knows what he'll do next?
Dr. Chase: Ride some kind of prostitute chariot to work?
Dr. Wilson: You're trying to screw with Cuddy.
Dr. House: Yeah, it's the classic "You dumped me, so I'm gonna get married a week later" ruse. 'Cause not only is she that stupid, but apparently I'm that stupid.
Dr. Wilson: Then what, you're openly mocking marriage... trying to prove it means nothing?
Dr. House: It doesn't. But you proved that yourself years ago.
Dr. House: She wanted me to bribe you, like they do back in the old country. Tell her what I said.
Dominika Patrova: This is America--the land of the home and the free of the braves.
Dr. House: Yeah, I just get teary-eyed every time I hear her say that.
Dominika Patrova: In your head!
Dr. House: It's "face."
Dominika Patrova: On your face!
Dr. House: Close enough.
Dr. House: Hiding your identity--well, either you're a criminal or a superhero.
Danny: I'm not a criminal.
Dr. House: Awesome. What color is my underwear?
(to Cuddy, about House)
Dr. Wilson: Appeasement is never the answer in the face of naked aggression. It won't be long before his tanks are rolling down your Champs-Élysées.
Cultural References
Dr. House: Since I'm assuming "Ferris Bueller" is not his real name.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 movie about a high school senior who ditches class.
Dr. House: I know we said no secrets, but I think I need to take this alone, Honey Bunny.
Honey Bunny is the name of a female robber in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Dr. House: North, Miss Teschmacher.
In Superman II (1980) Lex Luthor gives this order to his assistant.
Dr. House: Awesome. What color is my underwear?
In Superman (1978), Superman proves to Lois Lane that he has x-ray vision by answering the same question.