House M.D. 1x21

Three Stories

Season 1, Episode 21

* House: It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The great thing about telling someone they're dying... is that it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for. What they're willing to lie for.

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* House: He is not sick.
   Cuddy: Dr. Riley is throwing up. He obviously can't lecture.
   House: You witnessed the spew? Or you just have his word for it? I think I'm coming down with a little bit of the clap. I may have to go home for a few days.
   Cuddy: Dr. Riley doesn't have a history of lying to me.
   House: You said this is the fifth time he's missed a class this year. Either he's dying or he's lying.


* House: Who gives the guy the other antivenom?.. And who goes looking for the snake?.. I assume that one choice kills him, the other one saves him. That's usually the way it works at the leg-turning-black stage. So half of us killed him, and half of us saved his life.
   Some student: We can't be blamed for...
   House: I'm sure this goes against everything you've been taught, but right and wrong do exist. Just because you don't know what the right answer is... maybe there's even no way you could know what the right answer is... doesn't make your answer right or even okay. It's much simpler than that. It's just plain wrong.


* House: How do they teach you how to tell someone that they're dying? It's kind of like teaching architects how to explain why their building fell down. Do you role-play and stuff?
   Some student: Yeah. One of us gives the bad news, and one of us gets the bad news.
   House: What do you have to do to get an "A" in You're Dying 101? They grade you on gentleness and supportiveness? Is there a scale for measuring compassion?


* Cuddy: Defibrillator. Paddles. Charge. Clear.
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   House: The patient was technically dead for over a minute. He's back. Do you think he was dead? Do you think those experiences were real? Define "real". They were real experiences. What they meant... Personally, I choose to believe that the white light people sometimes see, the visions this patient saw, they're all just chemical reactions that take place while the brain shuts down.
   Forman: You choose to believe that?
   House: There's no conclusive science. My choice has no practical relevance to my life. I choose the outcome I find more comforting.
   Cameron: You find it more comforting to believe that this is it?
   House: I find it more comforting to believe that this... isn't simply a test.


-- Словарик:
throw up — рвать; вырвать
spew — рвота, блевотина
clap — (груб.) триппер


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