EPISODE

3. Adverse Events

House and the team take on the case of a struggling artist who has been painting bizarre portraits. His undiagnosed illness is distorting his perception, threatening to undermine his career, his relationships and everything else in his life. House continues to have a private investigator dig up dirt on everyone on his team.

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A painter's ( Breckin Meyer ) undiagnosed illness begins to affect his work, but he is unable to see his art is suddenly grotesque. He is brought to Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital, though he claims that he is getting better. House grows suspicious when he learns that the painter was fearful of a test involving the injection of a dye. It is later revealed that he is on three separate drug trials, which he was hiding from his girlfriend. Meanwhile, House continues to use Lucas to obtain information about his team and to learn more about Cuddy's personal life. Final diagnosis: Food Bolus Bezoar complicated by massive experimental pharmaceutical drug intake Absent: James Wilson ( Robert Sean Leonard ) and Allison Cameron ( Jennifer Morrison ) were mentioned, but did not appear

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