HOUSE was right. He basically explained this concept to Wilson when they spoke about whether Cameron was justified in being upset. It’s true, everyone else lost but don’t forget the last scene, House is sleeping like a baby.

As for Cameron, I’ve already had many diatribes about her in previous episodes but just the sake of continuity of the discussion, my opinion would be that she would not last 5 minutes with her own case load because of the fact she throws patient confidentiality out the window any time and her patients would either sue and/or she’d lose reputation/career. The fact she cannot keep her feelings to herself (which is probably the writer’s fault for making their points with a sledge hammer) and the it’s obviously impact on her professional and team development is extremely immature and superficial. So many problems could be solved in the workplace if there is appropriate staff mediation and communication. Barring legal issues, Foreman’s last comments in the episode are hardly rare and not confined to medicine, despite how moral people claim to be.

To leave on a good note, I really enjoyed the ethical dilemmas in this episode, despite the fact it rare to see the partners equally cruel to each other. I think TV show Scrubs also made a good example of a similar case where a father needed a kidney and the son was convinced by the doctors to give a part of his, only to find out that they’re not blood-related. The difference is, that where bitchiness and self-preservation ruled House, “doing the right thing” and family ties surrounded Scrubs. My point is that the former appears to really strives to show the worst side of people to exhibit an ethical debate and this is the result: people arguing what they would do in that situation based on their own ethics and various backgrounds.

For those who would have thought the patient would have gotten off scot-free about using her girlfriend to survive, look up Survivor’s Guilt in any reputable resource.

On sleep disorders associated with the plague: there is no real account of this, but no doubt the writers read about one case somewhere which presented with this as a symptom and decided to throw it for fun. Combined with the above point it may be almost medically sound.

But, cool note, Amanita is supposed to be the drug behind alice in wonderland, and through the looking glass.

Also, to all you silly folk interested in amanita…. it is not a good drug. It is extremely dangerous. They did call one species death cap for a reason. The hallucinations provoked are terrifying and uncontrollable, indistinguishable form reality. To use a colloquial expression: baaaaad news bears

I read with interest the comments, and would like to add colonoscopies can be very much pain in the butt. I felt like Shawarma on a stick! Having like two meters of “gardenhose” inside feels bad, and I was even slightly sedated by a nurse!

But I agree the powder-stuff you are supposed to drink is not pleasent either. Only way to sink it is to remember it tastes no worse in big sips than smaller ones and take huge sips! It is like Castor oil mixed with sour lemon!