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House: Fidelity

After a husband finds his wife in bed and cannot wake her up, he rushes her to the clinic. Puzzled by her symptoms, they consider everything from cancer to rabbit fever. When all the treatments fail, House comes up with the diagnosis of African sleeping sickness. The woman will die without the proper treatment but neither she nor her husband admit to having an affair because the only way she could have contracted the disease was through sex.


8.6/10 (10 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x7
Production Number: HOU-107
Airdate: Tuesday December 28th, 2004

Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Thomas L. Moran

Alternate Airdates:

FI (MTV3) Nov 02, 2006
Czech Republic Nov 15, 2006
NL (SBS 6) Jun 12, 2008

Guest Stars
Dominic PurcellDominic Purcell
As Ed Snow
Myndy CristMyndy Crist
As Elyse Snow
Clementine FordClementine Ford
As Samantha Campbell
Henri LubattiHenri Lubatti
As Head Chef

Co-Guest Stars
Endre HulesEndre Hules
As Sous Chef
James ConkleJames Conkle
As Young Boy
Main Cast
Hugh LaurieHugh Laurie
As Dr. Gregory House
Lisa EdelsteinLisa Edelstein
As Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar EppsOmar Epps
As Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean LeonardRobert Sean Leonard
As Dr. James Wilson
Jesse SpencerJesse Spencer
As Dr. Robert Chase
Jennifer MorrisonJennifer Morrison
As Dr. Allison Cameron

Recap

Ed Snow is out jogging with his friend Adam, and Adam discusses his marriage counseling with his wife. Ed admits he didn't get much sleep, but insists that things are fine with his wife, Elyse. Adam doesn't believe him, but Ed says that they work things out. When Adam wonders how often they have sex, Ed says that they have enough, and Adam figures he's weak because they had sex that morning. When Ed gets home, he calls out for Elyse and gets no response. He checks on her and discovers that she's barely able to wake up. She tells Ed to call in sick for her, but he says she's been sleeping for almost three days. When he tries to get her up, Elyse slaps him and then realizes something is wrong with her. ..

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Episode Notes
House crew members Geoffrey Colo, Marcy Kaplan, and Cindy Carr are listed in the credits of the soap opera that House is watching.


The original title of this episode was "Truth or Consequences".



Episode Quotes
Dr. House: Clinical depression. Incredibly contagious. Every time I'm around one of them, I get blue.

Dr. House: Ah...
Dr. Cameron: What?
Dr. House: Husband described her as being unusually irritable recently.
Dr. Cameron: And?
Dr. House: I didn't realize it was possible for a woman to be "unusally" irritable.
Dr. Cameron: Nice try, but you're a misanthrope, not a misogynist.

Dr. House: Fever. Clinical depression does not cause fever.
Dr. Foreman: She could be sick and depressed.
Dr. House: She's sick. Dammit, why didn't I think of that?

Samantha Campbell: [My breasts] were a present for my husband's 40th. I figured he'd enjoy them more then a sweater.
Dr. House: That's so sweet.

Dr. Wilson: Well. That's what breasts look like.

Dr. House: You want to look pretty. At work. (singing) Wilson's got a girlfriend...

Dr. Cuddy: It takes two department heads to treat shortness of breath? What, do the complications increase exponentially with cup size?

Dr. Cuddy: (to House) You're ordering tests to cover your lechery. Interesting.

Dr. Foreman: We looked at everything else
Dr. Wilson: Did you look at her breasts?
(Cameron glares)
Dr. House: Men...

Dr. Foreman: Why are you riding on me?
Dr. House: It's what I do. Has it gotten worse lately?
Dr. Foreman: Yeah. Seems to me.
Dr. House: Really? Well, that rules out the race thing. You were just as black last week.

Dr. Foreman: How come [House] doesn't ride you guys?
Dr. Chase: He's got a crush on you. He just doesn't know how to show it.

Dr. House: So what's her name and when do I get to meet her?
Dr. Wilson: There's nobody! Give it up!
Dr. House: Your lips say no, but your shoes say yes.
Dr. Wilson: They're French. You can't trust a word they say.

Dr. Wilson: I'm not gonna date a patient's daughter.
Dr. House: Very ethical. Of course, most married men would say they don't date at all.

Dr. House: You check her E.K.G. results before she left the other day?
Dr. Wilson: You ordered it.
Dr. House: You're the responsible one.

Dr. Cuddy: The tests were normal. Of course, that's just my opinion. You might want to call a couple of guys from Maintenance in for a consult.

Dr. House: You told me you hadn't changed your diet or exercise. Were you lying?
Samantha: Lying?
Dr. House: Does your husband have high blood pressure?
Samantha: My husband?
Dr. House: Yeah, see, if you're going to repeat everything I say, this conversation's going to take twice as long.

Dr. Foreman: Sleeping sickness from sex?
Dr. House: It's not without precedent.
Dr. Foreman: I'm pretty sure it is, unless you're talking about going to Africa and having sex with the tsetse fly.
Dr. House: A Portuguese man was diagnosed three years ago with C.N.S.-affected sleeping sickness. His only connection with Africa was through a girlfriend who'd served with the military in Angola.
Dr. Chase: Boy. Where'd you find that?
Dr. House: The Journal of the Instituto de Higiene e Medicinia Tropical. You don't read Portuguese?
Dr. Cameron: You do?
Dr. House: Pretty sure that's what it said. Either that or it was an ad for sunglasses.

Dr. Cameron: You want me to ask a man whose wife is about to die if he cheated on her?
Dr. House: No, I want you to be polite and let her die.

Dr. House: You coughed the other day. I was concerned.
Dr. Cameron: You were curious. Like a eight-year old boy with a puzzle that's just a little too grown-up for him to figure out.
Dr. House: To-may-toe, to-mah-toe.

Dr. House: I don't ask why patients lie--I just assume they all do.

Dr. Wilson: I love my wife.
Dr. House: You certainly love saying it.

Dr. House: As long as you're trying to be good, you can do whatever you want.
Dr. Wilson: And as long as you're not trying, you can say whatever you want.
Dr. House: So between us, we can do anything. We can rule the world!

Dr. House: (to Cameron) It's a very sad thing, an uncalibrated centrifuge. It makes me cry too.

Dr. House: You can't be that good and well-adjusted.
Dr. Cameron: Why?
Dr. House: Because you wind up crying over centrifuges.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorDavid Shore
Executive ProducerDavid Shore  |  Bryan Singer  |  Katie Jacobs  |  Paul Attanasio
Co-Executive ProducerJohn Mankiewicz
Supervising ProducerMatt Witten  |  Thomas L. Moran
ProducerGerrit Van Der Meer
Consulting ProducerSara B. Cooper  |  Peter Blake (2)  |  Daniel Sackheim
Associate ProducerBruce J. Nachbar  |  Steven Heth  |  Marcy G. Kaplan
Production DesignerMark Hutman
EditorBill Johnson (1)
CastingAmy Lippens
Unit Production ManagerGerrit Van Der Meer
First Assistant DirectorChris Stoia
Second Assistant DirectorKorey Pollard
MusicJon Ehrlich  |  Jason Derlatka
Music EditorMichael Baber
Costume DesignerCathy Crandall
Key GripMarlin Hall
Camera OperatorSteven H. Smith
Set DesignerLynn Christopher
Set DecoratorCindy Carr
Location ManagerMichelle Latham
Transportation CoordinatorSteve De Leon
Property MasterMatt Cavaliero
Production Sound MixerBeau Baker
Script SupervisorIra Hurvitz
Production CoordinatorTammi Campbell
Script CoordinatorDustin Paddock
Assistant EditorJudd Maslansky
Post Production SupervisorJ.R. Nachbar  |  Allen Marshall Palmer
Supervising Sound EditorBarbara Issak
Re-Recording MixerGerry Lentz  |  Richard Weingart
GafferThomas R. Barone
Director of PhotographyWalt Lloyd
Story EditorJoel Anderson Thompson
Art DirectorRobert Henderson (1)
Executive Story EditorLawrence Kaplow (1)
Costume SupervisorKaren Bellamy
Main Title ThemeJason Derlatka  |  Jon Ehrlich  |  Massive Attack
Visual Effects SupervisorElan Soltes
Production AccountantJane Williams (2)
Department Head HairKarl Wesson
Casting AssociateStephanie Laffin
Medical Technical AdvisorMichael Giordano  |  Lisa Sanders  |  Harley Liker  |  Bobbin Bergstrom
Department Head Make-upVivian Baker
Executive In Charge Of ProductionAlex Garcia (2)  |  Brian Pines
Assistant To The Executive ProducerRachel Light  |  Jenny Paul  |  Jason Taylor (3)  |  Matt Lewis
Video CoordinatorAlex Sears
Technical ConsultantDavid Foster (1)
 

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