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House: The Socratic Method
Lucy Palermo is a schizophrenic mom with deep vein thrombosis and also displays mixed symptoms, including a tumor, but House realizes her cannot figure out what is wrong with her. After an anonymous call to Social Services, House begins to question whether Lucy is really schizophrenic, and causes her son, Lucas, to blame Dr. House for making the call which will take him away from her. House decides to then take Lucy off all her medication and then secretly sends Foreman and Chase to search her apartment for clues. All of this happens on House's birthday which he is trying to forget, but no one will let him.
| 9.1/10 (8 Votes cast) |
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x6 Production Number: HOU-103 Airdate: Tuesday December 21st, 2004 Alternate Airdates:
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Czech Republic
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Main Cast
Recap
Lucy Palmeiro is at the Department of Employment Development with her son, Luke, asking for an extension of disability benefits. She insults the clerk, Sally, and then complains about pain in her thigh. She then rambles about killing a cat, and Luke informs Sally that his mother has schizophrenia. As he goes through his records and claims that he's 18, Sally tells them that they're all set. Meanwhile, Lucy thinks that the frog paperweight on Sally's desk is talking to her. Sally nervously goes to get a glass of water for her, and Luke asks his mother to hold on. He gives her a small flask of vodka to drink and tells her that the voices aren't real. Lucy clutches at her chest and then collapses to the floor...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
When House pretends to be an English doctor, he actually drops his fake American accent and speaks in his normal, English voice.
Episode Quotes
Luke: Is this a good hospital?
Dr. House: Depends on what you mean by "good." I like these chairs
Dr. House: Depends on what you mean by "good." I like these chairs
Dr. House: How old is she?
Luke: You're a doctor?
Dr. House: Own my own stethoscope. Did I ask you how old she was? I forget.
Luke: You're a doctor?
Dr. House: Own my own stethoscope. Did I ask you how old she was? I forget.
Dr. Wilson: (to House) You won't talk to patients because they lie, but give you a patient with no concept of reality...
Dr. House: If it wasn't for Socrates, that raving, untreated schizophrenic, we wouldn't have a Socratic Method, the best way of teaching everything apart from juggling chainsaws. Without Isaac Newton we'd all be floating on the ceiling.
Dr. Wilson: Dodging chainsaws, no doubt.
Dr. Wilson: Dodging chainsaws, no doubt.
Dr. Foreman: [House's] really talking to a patient.
Dr. Chase: I don't know who I am any more.
Dr. Chase: I don't know who I am any more.
Dr. Chase: [House] likes crazy people. He likes the way they think.
Dr. Foreman: They think... badly. That's the definition of... crazy. Why would he like...?
Dr. Chase: They're not boring. He likes that
Dr. Foreman: They think... badly. That's the definition of... crazy. Why would he like...?
Dr. Chase: They're not boring. He likes that
Dr. Cameron: Happy birthday.
Dr. House: Okay... whose?
Dr. House: Okay... whose?
Dr. House: The boys in the lab – sure, they're hard drinkers. But they're pros.
Dr. House: We needed blood for tests. I assume that was the only way to get it.
Luke: [Foreman] knocked her out!
Dr. House: Look, I have a cane and I know how to use it.
Luke: [Foreman] knocked her out!
Dr. House: Look, I have a cane and I know how to use it.
Dr. House: It turns out your best judgment is not good enough. Here's an idea--next time, use mine.
Dr. House: So when I said, "No psych meds," I'm just curious - which word didn't you understand?
Dr. House: Gee, I wish my idea was as cool and vivid as yours. By the way, do you have one?
Dr. House: I can tell you're upset about something. You're going to open up to me now, aren't you?
Luke: It's my fault...
Dr. House: Here we go...
Luke: It's my fault...
Dr. House: Here we go...
Dr. Foreman: Mickey Mantle had a whole bar named after him--he got a transplant.
Dr. House: Yeah, well, Lucy can't switch hit.
Dr. House: Yeah, well, Lucy can't switch hit.
Dr. House: Love that outfit. It says "I'm a professional, but I'm still a woman." Actually, it sort of yells the second part.
Dr. Cuddy: Yeah, and your big cane is real subtl, too.
Dr. Cuddy: Yeah, and your big cane is real subtl, too.
Dr. House: Ooh, girl in the boys’ bathroom. Very dramatic. Must be very important what you have to say to me.
Dr. Cuddy: Yesterday your patient’s tumor was 5.8 centimeters. Today it’s 4.6. How does that happen?
Dr. House: At a guess, I’d say “Dr. House must be really really good, why am I wasting him on hiccups?” I wash before and after.
Dr. Cuddy: You also requisitioned 20cc of ethanol. What patient was that for? Or are you planning a party?
Dr. Cuddy: Yesterday your patient’s tumor was 5.8 centimeters. Today it’s 4.6. How does that happen?
Dr. House: At a guess, I’d say “Dr. House must be really really good, why am I wasting him on hiccups?” I wash before and after.
Dr. Cuddy: You also requisitioned 20cc of ethanol. What patient was that for? Or are you planning a party?
Dr. Cameron: You really didn't know?
Dr. House: No, I didn't, and frankly I'm angry. Which I'm guessing is the correct response. Of course I'll know better once I know what you're talking about.
Dr. Cameron: Your birthday.
Dr. House: Oh. Anger was a bad guess. Normally I'd put on a festive hat and celebrate the fact that the Earth has circled the sun one more time. I really didn't think it was going to make it this year, but darn it if it wasn't the little planet that could all over again.
Dr. House: No, I didn't, and frankly I'm angry. Which I'm guessing is the correct response. Of course I'll know better once I know what you're talking about.
Dr. Cameron: Your birthday.
Dr. House: Oh. Anger was a bad guess. Normally I'd put on a festive hat and celebrate the fact that the Earth has circled the sun one more time. I really didn't think it was going to make it this year, but darn it if it wasn't the little planet that could all over again.
Luke: You said you wouldn't call. You're a real bastard, you know?
Dr. House: Yeah, I get that a lot.
Dr. House: Yeah, I get that a lot.
Dr. House: You think I'm crazy.
Dr. Wilson: Well, yeah, but that's not the problem.
Dr. Wilson: Well, yeah, but that's not the problem.
Cultural References
Chase: The Madness of King George.
This is a reference to the insanity, brought on by porphyria, that gripped King George III in his final years and, more specifically, to the 1994 film of the same name starring Nigel Hawthorne. It is likely also intended as an in-joke as Hugh Laurie played Prince George, King George III's son and the future King George IV, in Blackadder the Third.
This is a reference to the insanity, brought on by porphyria, that gripped King George III in his final years and, more specifically, to the 1994 film of the same name starring Nigel Hawthorne. It is likely also intended as an in-joke as Hugh Laurie played Prince George, King George III's son and the future King George IV, in Blackadder the Third.
WILSON: You won’t talk to patients because they lie, but give you patient with no concept of reality…
(...)
HOUSE: And that guitar player in that English band – he was great. (...) Pink Floyd.
House is talking about the late Syd Barret, former guitarist of the Brittish progressive rock band, Pink Floyd. Barret was kicked out of the band for heavy drug use that jeopardized the functioning of the band. He literally had no concept of reality as Wilson mentions, his drug use caused psychological problems. Barrett withdrew into near-total seclusion and never released any more material.
(...)
HOUSE: And that guitar player in that English band – he was great. (...) Pink Floyd.
House is talking about the late Syd Barret, former guitarist of the Brittish progressive rock band, Pink Floyd. Barret was kicked out of the band for heavy drug use that jeopardized the functioning of the band. He literally had no concept of reality as Wilson mentions, his drug use caused psychological problems. Barrett withdrew into near-total seclusion and never released any more material.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | David Shore |
| • Executive Producer | Paul Attanasio | David Shore | Katie Jacobs | Bryan Singer |
| • Co-Executive Producer | John Mankiewicz |
| • Supervising Producer | Matt Witten | Thomas L. Moran |
| • Producer | Gerrit Van Der Meer |
| • Consulting Producer | Sara B. Cooper | Daniel Sackheim | Peter Blake (2) |
| • Associate Producer | Steven Heth | Bruce J. Nachbar | Marcy G. Kaplan |
| • Production Designer | Mark Hutman |
| • Editor | Sue Blainey |
| • Casting | Amy Lippens |
| • Unit Production Manager | Gerrit Van Der Meer |
| • First Assistant Director | Chris Stoia |
| • Second Assistant Director | Korey Pollard |
| • Music | Jon Ehrlich | Jason Derlatka |
| • Music Editor | Michael Baber |
| • Costume Designer | Cathy Crandall |
| • Key Grip | Marlin Hall |
| • Camera Operator | Steven H. Smith |
| • Set Designer | Lynn Christopher |
| • Set Decorator | Cindy Carr |
| • Location Manager | Michelle Latham |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Steve De Leon |
| • Property Master | Matt Cavaliero |
| • Production Sound Mixer | Beau Baker |
| • Script Supervisor | Ira Hurvitz |
| • Production Coordinator | Tammi Campbell |
| • Script Coordinator | Dustin Paddock |
| • Assistant Editor | John McMinn |
| • Post Production Supervisor | Allen Marshall Palmer | J.R. Nachbar |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Barbara Issak |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Richard Weingart | Gerry Lentz |
| • Gaffer | Thomas R. Barone |
| • Director of Photography | Walt Lloyd |
| • Story Editor | Joel Anderson Thompson |
| • Art Director | Robert Henderson (1) |
| • Executive Story Editor | Lawrence Kaplow (1) |
| • Costume Supervisor | Karen Bellamy |
| • Main Title Theme | Jason Derlatka | Massive Attack | Jon Ehrlich |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | Elan Soltes |
| • Production Accountant | Jane Williams (2) |
| • Department Head Hair | Karl Wesson |
| • Casting Associate | Stephanie Laffin |
| • Medical Technical Advisor | Michael Giordano | Harley Liker | Lisa Sanders | Bobbin Bergstrom |
| • Department Head Make-up | Vivian Baker |
| • Executive In Charge Of Production | Alex Garcia (2) | Brian Pines |
| • Assistant To The Executive Producer | Matt Lewis | Jason Taylor (3) | Jenny Paul | Rachel Light |
| • Video Coordinator | Matt Bosson |
| • Technical Consultant | David Foster (1) |
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