House M.D. (TV Series)

Dying Changes Everything (2008)

Olivia Wilde: Thirteen

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• Thirteen : [to Chase]  Then what do you suggest? Because the patient's got a high fever, a low heart rate and a dim chance of survival if we stand here like idiots.

  Dr. Robert Chase : Then I suggest you don't stand there like idiots.

• Lou : Hey, who are you?

  Thirteen : This is Dr. House. He's too brilliant for introductions.

• Thirteen : Why is everyone leaping to conclude a strong career woman's been made sick by her strong career? It's not B12! It's an insulinoma in her pancreas. It's making her hypoglycemic.

  Dr. Gregory House : [sarcastically]  Oh, great! Now everyone knows!

  Dr. Chris Taub : You knew the patient had cancer?

  Dr. Gregory House : Is that what she said? I thought she said: "I am suddenly and irrationally defending the patient's strong career, even though in reality she's just a glorified grunt because I am trying to convince myself that it's okay not to have a life because I don't have a life, because I was tested for Huntington's and my lifespan's been cut in half." Been waiting two months for her to say that.

• Dr. Gregory House : I like you better now that you're dying.

  Thirteen : I was wrong.

  Dr. Gregory House : You took a shot.

  Thirteen : She's going back to work for that idiot. It's pathetic.

  Dr. Gregory House : You thought something would change?

  Thirteen : She almost died. Because of that job. Yeah, I... I thought...

  Dr. Gregory House : Almost dying changes nothing. Dying changes everything.

• Lou : My boss has a big Beijing trip. I've been planning it for months. I was just tired and dehydrated and...

  Thirteen : Yeah, whenever I lose some shut-eye, I pound my legs, clawing at imaginary ant colonies.

• Dr. Gregory House : I'm busy.

  Thirteen : We need you to...

  Dr. Gregory House : Actually, as you can see, I'm not busy. It's just an euphemism for "get the hell out of here!"

• Dr. Lawrence Kutner : [to Thirteen]  Are you okay?

  Dr. Eric Foreman : Could be years before you see any symptoms.

  Dr. Chris Taub : Why wouldn't you tell us?

  Thirteen : I don't have Huntington's.

  Dr. Lawrence Kutner : Are you lying to us... because it's none of our business?

  Thirteen : If it's none of your business, then I shouldn't have to answer these questions. And I wouldn't have to except House doesn't want to answer questions about Wilson. He's deflecting his own problems onto me.

  Dr. Lawrence Kutner : Are you deflecting now?

  Thirteen : Time for the B12 cocktail and my life lesson.

• Thirteen : [to House]  You told me to get tested.

  Dr. Gregory House : I didn't know it was gonna color your every medical opinion, every personal opinion.

  Thirteen : You didn't think a death sentence would...

  Dr. Gregory House : People die! You, Amber, everyone. Don't act like you just figured that out. I gave you a diagnosis. You don't like it, there are exits on every floor.

• Thirteen : [to Lou]  I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten angry at you. Your choices are your choices.

  Lou : You're not like me. Maybe you have wings.

  Thirteen : I have Huntington's Chorea. Dozen years or so, my nervous system, my cognitive skills, even my emotional balance... they'll all start to fray. I won't be able to fly. I won't be able to walk. I won't be able to breathe.

  Lou : And you want to make sure your life matters.

  Thirteen : [nods]  I don't want to just... be tightening bolts and following instructions. I want something... to be different because of me.