1. Alone — Episode — House

1. Alone

With his diagnostic team gone, House tries to diagnose Megan, a young woman who survived an office building collapse. Due to her injuries, Megan's only form of communication is blinking. With her condition worsening, Cuddy puts pressure on House to hire a new team, but instead, he attempts a differential diagnosis with help from the janitor. Wilson resorts to desperate measures by kidnapping House's guitar.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

When an office building collapses, House has to work fast to diagnose a young woman, Megan ( Bevin Prince ), who has managed to survive the disaster. Without a team, House talks through his ideas with a janitor at Princeton-Plainsboro. As House persists in diagnosing Megan by himself, he soon realizes the case is not what it appears to be and that solitude may not be the answer. Final diagnosis: Demerol and antidepressant interaction, delirium tremens, interaction between the pill and other blood thinners, and allergy to cephalosporin (Liz); mistaken identity (Megan)

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