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House: Better Half
A man suffering from Alzheimer's coughs up blood and flies into violent rages. While the team tries to diagnose him, House tests Foreman's limits, and Wilson takes the case of a woman who claims that she and her boyfriend have an asexual relationship.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 8x9 Production Number: HOU-809 Airdate: Monday January 23rd, 2012 Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
Natalie takes her husband Andres to the hospital for tests. Once inside, he looks around nervously as she tells him that they’re going to the doctor’s office. Dr. Banerjee asks him if he can identify the utensil that she’s holding, but he is unable to do so and screams at her. Natalie reassures him that everything is fine and he calms down, and she tells him that they can go home after he answers a few more questions. Andres apologizes, saying that he has Alzheimer’s, and Dr. Banerjee says that he’s perfect for the drug trial. However, Andres starts coughing up blood onto the desk...Read the full recap
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| Morgan Taylor Reid | Simply Human | closing scenes |
Episode Quotes
Dr. Wilson: You know that one percent of the population identifies as asexual?
Dr. House: We really gotta get you laid. If I have to plow that furrow myself, so be it.
Dr. Wilson: I have a patient who's asexual.
Dr. House: Is she a giant pool of algae?
Dr. House: We really gotta get you laid. If I have to plow that furrow myself, so be it.
Dr. Wilson: I have a patient who's asexual.
Dr. House: Is she a giant pool of algae?
Dr. Chase: You're letting him get inside your head. He could do a lot of damage in there.
Dr. House: Start him on plasmapheresis. Unless.. unless, I need to say, "Mother, may I?" And mother is an abbreviation.
Dr. Adams: Sex releases oxytocin. it's the neurochemical basis for bonding.
Dr. House: And that's why men always marry their right hands.
Dr. Adams: It's different for girls.
Dr. Park: No it 's not. I've tapped over 30 guys and I've never wanted to see most of them again. (everyone stares) I live next to a Jewish frat.
Dr. House: We are veering wildly off track. Please continue.
Dr. House: And that's why men always marry their right hands.
Dr. Adams: It's different for girls.
Dr. Park: No it 's not. I've tapped over 30 guys and I've never wanted to see most of them again. (everyone stares) I live next to a Jewish frat.
Dr. House: We are veering wildly off track. Please continue.
Dr. Adams: Thirty?
Dr. Park: Everybody lies.
Dr. Adams: Higher or lower?
Dr. Park: Everybody lies.
Dr. Adams: Higher or lower?
Dr. Wilson: Two people are happy, and your natural impulse is to destroy it.
Dr. House: How do you know she's happy? Did she tell you?
Dr. Wilson: No, chirping birds flew out of her butt carrying a banner.
Dr. House: How do you know she's happy? Did she tell you?
Dr. Wilson: No, chirping birds flew out of her butt carrying a banner.
Dr. Wilson: I think they were happy. Even if it was based on lies.
Dr. House: Most happiness is. Better to have schtupped and lied than never to have schtupped at all.
Dr. Wilson: We can't smoke in here.
Dr. House: We also can't summon people into the clinic based on a lie motivated by a petty bet, and yet it happens. It's an imperfect world.
Dr. House: Most happiness is. Better to have schtupped and lied than never to have schtupped at all.
Dr. Wilson: We can't smoke in here.
Dr. House: We also can't summon people into the clinic based on a lie motivated by a petty bet, and yet it happens. It's an imperfect world.
Cultural References
Dr. House: With great power comes great micromanaging.
This is a variation on Marvel Comic character Spider-Man's ethical guideline, "With great poewr comes great responsibility.
This is a variation on Marvel Comic character Spider-Man's ethical guideline, "With great poewr comes great responsibility.
Dr. House: You’re seen Spartacus, right?
In the 1960 movie Spartacus, Spartacus and his slaves are captured. When the Romans offer them their freedom if they identify Spartacus, each one claims to be Spartacus.
In the 1960 movie Spartacus, Spartacus and his slaves are captured. When the Romans offer them their freedom if they identify Spartacus, each one claims to be Spartacus.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | David Shore |
| • Executive Producer | Hugh Laurie | Peter Blake (2) | Greg Yaitanes | Paul Attanasio | David Shore | Katie Jacobs | Bryan Singer | Russel Friend | Garrett Lerner | Thomas L. Moran |
| • Co-Executive Producer | David Foster (1) | Liz Friedman | Eli Attie | John C. Kelley | Gerrit Van Der Meer |
| • Supervising Producer | Sara Hess | Seth Hoffman | David Hoselton | Katherine Lingenfelter |
| • Producer | Marcy G. Kaplan |
| • Co-Producer | Allen Marshall Palmer |
| • Associate Producer | Julie Hrebec |
| • Editor | Chad Mochrie |
| • Casting | Janelle Scuderi | Amy Lippens |
| • Unit Production Manager | Gerrit Van Der Meer |
| • First Assistant Director | Robert Scott (2) |
| • Second Assistant Director | Yuko Ogata |
| • Music | Jon Ehrlich | Jason Derlatka |
| • Music Editor | Michael Baber |
| • Music Supervisor | Lynn Grossman | Gary Calamar |
| • Costume Designer | Cathy Crandall |
| • Key Grip | Lloyd Barcroft |
| • Camera Operator | Anthony Gaudioz | Rob Carlson (3) |
| • Set Decorator | Amy Wells |
| • Location Manager | Nancy Haecker |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Steve De Leon |
| • Property Master | Mike Casey |
| • Construction Coordinator | Stephen Howard |
| • Production Sound Mixer | Von Varga |
| • Production Coordinator | Jamie Feldman |
| • Script Coordinator | Dustin Paddock |
| • Assistant Editor | Michael Zurer |
| • 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 | Lisa Sanders | Harley Liker | John Sotos |
| • Key Hairstylist | Wendy Southard |
| • Department Head Make-up | Marianna Elias |
| • Colorist | Gareth Cook |
| • Assistant To The Executive Producer | Lindsay Zappala | Danny Weiss | David Wong (3) | Jessica Young (2) | James S. Conway |
| • Assistant Property Master | Mark Jameson (2) |
| • Assistant Accountant | Ryan Burke (2) |
| • Department Head Special Makeup Effects | Dalia Dokter |
| • Video Coordinator | Mark L. Marcum |
| • Video Operator | Steve Galloway (2) |
| • Publicity Manager | Geoffrey Colo |
| • Key Assistant Location Manager | Stevie Nelson |
| • Key Makeup | Brigitte Bugayong |
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