EPISODE

18. The Dig

House discovers that Thirteen has been in prison and meets her when released. He has a dual purpose for being there: he wants to know what she did to end up in jail, and he needs her help to win a local spud-gun shooting contest. Meanwhile, the team treats a science teacher suffering from severe respiratory illness. Taub tries to get back into the dating scene but retreats to his old habits.

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House discovers that Thirteen has been in prison for the past six months, and attempts to discover what crime she was guilty of, while also enlisting her help in defeating his spud gun nemesis ( Justin Chon ). Meanwhile, the team takes the case of a teacher (Terry Maratos) who is coughing up blood. When they search his home, they find it filled with garbage. But even more disturbing is finding his wife ( Kimberlee Peterson ) living beneath the filth. Final Diagnosis: Nina: Ehlers–Danlos syndromes leading to compulsive hoarding; Q fever. Brian: Q fever Absent: Lisa Edelstein as Lisa Cuddy and Robert Sean Leonard as James Wilson

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