Top Secret (House)

House (TV series) episode
episode_name = Top Secret
episode_no = HOU-316
airdate = March 27, 2007
writer = Thomas L. Moran
director = Deran Sarafian
guest_star = Marc Blucas as John Kelley; Annie Quinn as Gina; Hira Ambrosino as Anesthesiologist; Keisha Alfred as Technician; Bert Belasco as PFC Garcia; Marco Morales as Cpl. Foley; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse


season = 3
diagnosis = Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

"Top Secret" is the sixteenth episode of the third season of "House" and the sixty-second episode overall.

Plot

The episodes opens with a vehicle of soldiers getting into an explosion in Iraq. One marine drags out a soldier with a wounded leg into a clearing and it turns out to be House. The whole scenario turns out to be House's dream, and when he wakes up, Cuddy presents him with a new case. It turns out to be the Marine who dragged him out of the burning vehicle. House treats the Marine, who Cuddy tells him is the nephew of a hospital donor, who complains of Gulf War syndrome. House has a dream in his office just before being given the case that includes this patient, this causes House to try to figure out how he could have possibly met this man before. House sends his team to investigate the patient's identity as well as his condition.

During a test, the patient is left alone in an observation room during which Cameron "seduces" Chase into having sex next door. Foreman casually comes in to check on the alarmed patient and questions Cameron and Chase later about why they were absent. Cameron admits having sex with Chase, keeping a deadpan face, which Foreman takes as a joke. While this is going on, House is unable to urinate and is having trouble sleeping. House ultimately relieves his urination problem by inserting a catheter in himself. Following this relief, he is able to sleep, leading him to have another dream.

House manages to figure out some facts about the near future, such as the team treating the patient for a diagnosis House dismissed, but also learns that he is dreaming. House wakes up and makes the correct diagnosis on the patient suddenly, surprising the team. House later approaches Cuddy for lying to him that the patient was the nephew of a hospital donor. House realizes where he met the patient before, one of Cuddy's dates, and confronts Cuddy who responds that House only remembered the man because he was Cuddy's date. Cuddy tells House to get over her.

The episode ends with House catching Cameron and Chase in a storage closet, using the excuse he had to dispose of some files, leaving both with shocked expressions on their faces at House's seemingly apathetic attitude at them being caught. House is later seen grinning in a self-satisfied way as he walks towards his office.

Music

*The songs played during House's dream are "Get Down Tonight" by KC & The Sunshine Band and "Dimension" by Wolfmother
*The song played at the end of the episode is "Superfly", the theme song of the movie of the same name, sung by Curtis Mayfield.

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://politedissent.com/archives/1604 Medical review of "Top Secret"]
* [http://www.tv.com/house/top-secret/episode/984519/summary.html Tv.com "House": "Top Secret" page]