A 12-year-old boy believes he's cursed after a Ouija board tells him he's going to die. His father, a major financial supporter of the hospital, makes escalating demands of House and the team as they try to diagnose the boy's pneumonia-like symptoms and incongruous rash. Meanwhile, Chase's estranged father, a renowned doctor from Australia, visits, and House invites him to sit in, much to Chase's discomfort. When House diagnoses the boy's illness, the young patient is forced to face the idea that his father may not be everything he believes.
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After consulting a Ouija board, a young boy ( Daryl Sabara ) believes he is going to die, and is sent to Princeton-Plainsboro after suffering from pneumonia. Meanwhile, Chase's estranged father ( Patrick Bauchau ) comes to the hospital and helps House and his team diagnose the kid. Suspicious of Chase's father's seemingly random visit, House questions him and he reveals that he has terminal cancer. Chase and his father briefly reconcile before his father departs by taxi for the airport. Final diagnosis: Anthrax and leprosy