Whac-A-Mole (House)

House (TV series) episode
episode_name = Whac-A-Mole
episode_no = HOU-308
airdate = November 21 2006
writer = Pamela Davis
director = Daniel Sackheim


season = 3
guest_star = Patrick Fugit
Cassi Thomson
Tanner Blaze
Alan Rosenberg
diagnosis = Chronic granulomatous disease

Whac-A-Mole is the eighth episode of the third season of "House" and the fifty-fourth episode overall.

Plot

When 18-year-old orphan Jack (Patrick Fugit) has a heart attack while working at a kid's playplace, House and his team discover that he has a series of infections all at the same time. They must find out what is causing this bizarre infection and stop it before the boy dies - leaving his 11-year-old sister Kama and 8-year-old brother Will alone to fend for themselves. House and his team diagnose the case and determine that he needs a bone marrow transplant. The patient's sister is not a match, but his younger brother is. The patient tells Foreman that he will take the transplant when his brother is 18 and can legally decide if he wants to do this, even though Foreman repeatedly assures him that there is minimal risk to the 8 year old. House then deduces that the patient won't take the transfusion because he cannot shoulder the responsibility of taking care of his two siblings, seeing as he is only 18. The episode ends with the little girl and boy being led away from the brother and, most likely, into a foster care system. Foreman tells the patient that he'll change his mind in the future. The patient then says "I don't think so" to which Foreman replies "It's what I want to believe"

Meanwhile, tension between House and Wilson rises as Wilson has lost his license to prescribe medicine and House makes little effort to help. The episode ends with Wilson waiting at the bus stop as House drives by on his motorcycle.

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]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412142/ "House M.D." IMDB Profile]
* [http://politedissent.com/archives/1457 Medical review of "Whac-A-Mole"]