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House: Parents
House and his team take on the case of Ben, a teenager who aspires to be a circus clown like his biological father, who died years ago. When Ben becomes ill, the team need to find a compatible bone marrow donor and learn a dark secret about the family. Meanwhile, Taub ponders fatherhood when his wife wants to move to Portland with their daughter, and House tries to bypass his ankle monitor and go to a boxing match in Atlantic City with Wilson.
| 7.7/10 (12 Votes cast) |
Episode Info
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Episode number: 8x6 Production Number: HOU-806 Airdate: Monday November 14th, 2011 Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
A teenager, Ben, is performing as birthday party clown Wacky Benny for a young girl named Emma. Her parents and the audience aren’t impressed, but the parents figure that Ben deserves a chance. One of the young boys finally has enough and punches Ben in the groin. Ben shoves him and gets into a brief fight with the boy’s father, but then collapses, paralyzed...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Dr. House: Chase is right. All parents screw up all children. He's also dreamy, but that's not relevant now.
Dr. Park: Syph test was negative. Plus, the kid's never been sexually active.
Dr. House: Yeah, I got that from the line on his chart that says, "birthday clown."
Dr. House: Yeah, I got that from the line on his chart that says, "birthday clown."
Dr. Foreman: What do I need to do for you?
Dr. House: Halve the clinic hours that you recently doubled and double the hooker budget that you recently halved. I think you refer to it as petty cash.
Dr. House: Halve the clinic hours that you recently doubled and double the hooker budget that you recently halved. I think you refer to it as petty cash.
Dr. Foreman: You go to that fight, you go to prison.
Dr. House: But that would be redundant. I have an angry man waiting for me to drop the soap right here.
Dr. House: But that would be redundant. I have an angry man waiting for me to drop the soap right here.
Dr. Park: This is how you plan to get to the boxing game?
Dr. Chase: Why are you looking at her? (Adams)
Dr. House: Because I'm stunned, and I have to look at something. Mach, bout, fight, contest, day, Helan. Almost anything works after "boxing," except the word "game."
Dr. Chase: Why are you looking at her? (Adams)
Dr. House: Because I'm stunned, and I have to look at something. Mach, bout, fight, contest, day, Helan. Almost anything works after "boxing," except the word "game."
Dr. Park: Do you only like tests that involve the risk of death?
Dr. House: There are some slower, less conclusive tests, but why take that risk?
Dr. House: There are some slower, less conclusive tests, but why take that risk?
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | David Shore |
| • Executive Producer | Peter Blake (2) | Paul Attanasio | Hugh Laurie | Greg Yaitanes | David Shore | Katie Jacobs | Bryan Singer | Thomas L. Moran | Russel Friend | Garrett Lerner |
| • Co-Executive Producer | John C. Kelley | David Foster (1) | Eli Attie | Liz Friedman | Gerrit Van Der Meer |
| • Supervising Producer | Sara Hess | David Hoselton | Katherine Lingenfelter | Seth Hoffman |
| • Producer | Marcy G. Kaplan |
| • Co-Producer | Allen Marshall Palmer |
| • Associate Producer | Julie Hrebec |
| • Editor | Chad Mochrie |
| • Casting | Amy Lippens | Janelle Scuderi |
| • Unit Production Manager | Gerrit Van Der Meer |
| • First Assistant Director | Vince Duque |
| • Second Assistant Director | Yuko Ogata |
| • Music | Jason Derlatka | Jon Ehrlich |
| • Music Editor | Michael Baber |
| • Music Supervisor | Lynn Grossman | Gary Calamar |
| • Costume Designer | Cathy Crandall |
| • Key Grip | Lloyd Barcroft |
| • Camera Operator | Rob Carlson (3) | Anthony Gaudioz |
| • Set Decorator | Amy Wells |
| • Location Manager | Nancy Haecker |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Steve De Leon |
| • Property Master | Eddie Grisco |
| • Construction Coordinator | Stephen Howard |
| • Production Sound Mixer | Von Varga |
| • Script Supervisor | Ira Hurvitz |
| • Production Coordinator | Jamie Feldman |
| • Script Coordinator | Dustin Paddock |
| • Assistant Editor | Rhett Finch |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Brad North |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Joe Deangelis |
| • Leadman | Keith Sale |
| • Director of Photography | Gale Tattersall |
| • Production Supervisor | Elisabeth James Rhee |
| • Art Director | Natalie Weinmann |
| • Post Production Coordinator | Daphne Raves |
| • Costume Supervisor | Amy Dodson |
| • Main Title Theme | Massive Attack |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | Elan Soltes |
| • Production Accountant | Jon Cohoe |
| • Casting Assistant | Jesse Lafferty |
| • Chief Lighting Technician | Monty Woodard |
| • Department Head Hair | Melvyn Stetson |
| • Researcher | Kyle Arrington |
| • Medical Technical Advisor | John Sotos | Harley Liker | Lisa Sanders |
| • Key Hairstylist | Wendy Southard |
| • Department Head Make-up | Marianna Elias |
| • Colorist | Gareth Cook |
| • Assistant To The Executive Producer | Jessica Young (2) | James S. Conway | Danny Weiss | Lindsay Zappala | David Wong (3) |
| • Assistant Property Master | Nicole Eldredge |
| • Assistant Accountant | Ryan Burke (2) |
| • Department Head Special Makeup Effects | Dalia Dokter |
| • Video Coordinator | Bernie Druckman |
| • Publicity Manager | Geoffrey Colo |
| • Video Graphic Artist | Simon Knights |
| • Key Assistant Location Manager | Stevie Nelson |
| • Key Makeup | Brigitte Bugayong |
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