Safe (House)

Safe (House)

House (TV series) episode
episode_name = Safe
episode_no = HOU-216
airdate = April 4, 2006
writer = Peter Blake
director = Felix Alcala
guest_star = Michelle Trachtenberg as Melinda
Jake McDorman as Dan
Mel Harris as Mrs. Murdoch


season = 2
diagnosis = Tick paralysis

"Safe" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of "House", which premiered on the FOX network on April 4, 2006.

Plot

The episode starts out with Melinda's boyfriend, Dan, visiting her at her house. Her mother, Mrs. Bardach, tells Dan to make sure he's washed his hands, up to the elbows. When Dan meets Melinda and kisses her she goes into anaphylaxis even though it was a clean room (though she had urticaria on her left forearm beforehand). Mrs. Bardach saves her via the use of an EpiPen, blames Dan, and takes her to the hospital. At the hospital it is revealed that Melinda has a transplant heart operation after her chest was crushed in a car accident. Thus, with a now poor immune system she has to be kept in a constantly clean environment.

Suspicions arise regarding whether Dan has been sneaking into her house. House and his team discover that Dan has been taking penicillin which Melinda is allergic to. Melinda starts having heart problems and none of the treatments seem to be working.

House believes that all these symptoms have been caused by a tick or other bug, currently injecting trace amounts of venom into her bloodstream. During an elevator ride House stops the elevator and proceeds to look for the tick. He finds it in her vagina and removes it. Finally, Melinda's health returns.

Behind the scenes

Michelle Trachtenberg revealed on the December 22, 2006, episode of Late Night With Conan O'Brien that "House" is her favorite show, she is friends with one of the producers and she asked to be a guest star. Trachtenberg also has a crush on Hugh Laurie, and during the scene in the elevator in which House searches her genital area for the tick, Trachtenberg said she played a joke on Laurie by putting a note between her legs that read "I ♥ You."

External links

* [http://www.fox.com/house/ FOX.com-"House" official site]
* [http://televisionwithoutpity.com/show.cgi?show=151/ Television Without Pity-"House" recaps]
* [http://epguides.com/House/ House Episode Guide at epguides.com]
* [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/house/100213/ TVGuide's Page: Full list of House Episodes]
* [http://www.housemd-guide.com/ House M.D. Guide]
*imdb title|0774238|Safe
* [http://politedissent.com/archives/1184 Medical Reviews of House: Safe]


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