House (2004-2009)

Episode 9 | Season 3  (2007-2008)
(Airdate Nov 27, 2007)

Cuddy puts the pressure on House to choose the final members of his team. House deliberately assigns the candidates to a particularly challenging case of an uncooperative, over-the-hill former punk rock star with a history of drug abuse and civil disobedience. House informs the candidates their potential future depends on correctly diagnosing the patient. As the candidates race to find out if the patient is ailing due to drug abuse, an underlying disease or an unknown condition, House keeps a running tally of their efforts, making a few arbitrary point deductions along the way. Meanwhile, Wilson informs a former patient whom he had previously diagnosed with terminal cancer that he is going to live, and the news throws a wrench in the man's carpe-diem lifestyle. Having only two slots to fill, House makes the tough decision of Kutner and Taub, knowing full well that Cuddy will allow him to keep Thirteen too because she wants him to have a female on the team, thereby giving him the three new doctors that he wanted.