In "The C-Word" (directed by House star Hugh Laurie), the team treats a six-year-old girl (guest star Rachel Eggleston) who has a number of pre-existing health problems. The treatment is complicated by a need to cooperate with the girl's mother (guest star Jessica Collins), who is a doctor specializing in the child's genetic condition. It is, however, possible that the mother's treatment may just be killing the daughter. Meanwhile, House and Wilson take a little vacation.

The first video, House confronts Wilson's condition. Kind of.



While I applaud House's decision to deal with a friend's cancer by mixing cocktails, shouldn't he offer a drink to Wilson as well? It might be problematic, what with cancer treatment and all, but it's only polite. On a side note, how prepared is House that he has a paper umbrella for his drink?

In the second House video, Foreman presents the little girl's case to the team.



Foreman would have to know that Dr. Elizabeth Lawson is the mother of Emily Lawson, right? Shouldn't he have said something? After all, nobody really believes that a doctor would be so detached that being the mother wouldn't matter. She's no House.

The team should honestly be suspicious the moment that the genetic specialist refers to her daughter's condition as "unique." If the symptoms are different, there's a decent chance that the condition was misdiagnosed.  That's what would make the case interesting as well.

The final video gives us a glimpse of some possible family issues that might affect this case.



It's safe to say that Dr. Elizabeth Lawson and Simon, "Emily's father," are not married at this point. I am also willing to bet that Simon doesn't much like Elizabeth's constant medical-over-motherhood demeanor. Or maybe not. We'll have to wait for the episode to find out!

"The C-Word" airs on Monday, April 30 at 9pm on FOX.

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