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{{Infobox television episode
{{Infobox television episode
| Title = Whatever It Takes
| series = [[House (TV series)|House]]
| Series = [[House (TV series)|House]]
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| season = 4
| Season = 4
| episode = 6
| Episode = 6
| airdate = {{Start date|2007|11|06}}
| Airdate = November 6, 2007
| production =
| teleplay = {{Unbulleted list|Thomas L. Moran|& [[Peter Blake (writer)|Peter Blake]]}}
| Production =
| Teleplay = {{Unbulleted list|Thomas L. Moran|& [[Peter Blake (writer)|Peter Blake]]}}
| story = {{Unbulleted list|Thomas L. Moran}}
| Story = {{Unbulleted list|Thomas L. Moran}}
| director = [[Juan J. Campanella]]
| Director = [[Juan J. Campanella]]
| producer =
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| guests = * [[Anne Dudek]] as [[List of House characters#Amber Volakis|Dr. Amber Volakis]]
| Producer =
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| Guests = * [[Anne Dudek]] as [[List of House characters#Amber Volakis|Dr. Amber Volakis]]
* [[Edi Gathegi]] as [[List of House characters#Jeffrey Cole|Dr. Jeffrey Cole]]
* [[Edi Gathegi]] as [[List of House characters#Jeffrey Cole|Dr. Jeffrey Cole]]
* [[Peter Jacobson]] as [[Chris Taub|Dr. Chris Taub]]
* [[Peter Jacobson]] as [[Chris Taub|Dr. Chris Taub]]
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* [[Chad Willett]] as CIA Agent Brian Smith
* [[Chad Willett]] as CIA Agent Brian Smith
* [[Joel Bissonnette]] as CIA Agent John
* [[Joel Bissonnette]] as CIA Agent John
* [[Michael Michele]] as [[List of House characters#Unsuccessful applicants for fellowship|Dr. Samira Terzi]]
* [[Michael Michele]] as [[List of House characters#Seasons 4–5|Dr. Samira Terzi]]
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| episode_list = List of House episodes
| Final diagnosis = [[Selenium#Toxicity|Selenosis]] ("John"), [[Heat stroke]] and [[Thallium poisoning]] (Casey) (Note: This should be incorporated in the text, since it does not appear in this infobox)
| season_article = House season 4
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| Episode list = [[List of House episodes|List of episodes]]
| prev = [[Mirror Mirror (House)|Mirror Mirror]]
| Season list = {{Infobox House (TV series) season 4 episode list}}
| next = [[Ugly (House)|Ugly]]
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"'''Whatever It Takes'''" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of [[House (TV series)|House]] and the seventy-sixth episode overall, which aired on November 6, 2007.
'''Whatever It Takes''' is the sixth episode of the fourth season of [[House (TV series)|House]] and the seventy-sixth episode overall, which aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] on November 6, 2007.

A champion drag racer collapses after a race and Foreman is sure it is only heat stroke. However, when a CIA Agent comes to take House to a special case, Foreman is left alone with the rest of the applicants. The drag racer takes a turn for the worse and Foreman finds his authority with the applicants crumbling and the confidence of the patient disappearing. With House out of contact, Brennan comes up with a crazy idea and fights with Foreman on both the diagnosis and treatment. Meanwhile, House treats a spy with life threatening symptoms while trying to impress his attractive attending physician and undercut one of the world’s leading doctors at the same time.


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[drag racing|Drag racer]] Casey Alfonso experiences blurred vision and distorted hearing after she develops a [[seizure]] following a race. The opening song in the background is [[One Big Holiday]] by [[My morning Jacket]]. Sent to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, [[Gregory House|House]] takes the case, hoping that by solving it, he will be able to test drive a [[drag racing|dragster]], but [[Eric Foreman|Foreman]] does not believe her symptoms are life-threatening, suggesting she is simply suffering from [[heatstroke]]. When an agent from the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] recruits House to help diagnose a mortally ill agent named "John", House puts Foreman in charge of the fellowship candidates and the case. Foreman reiterates his heatstroke diagnosis to Casey, until she suffers a second seizure and a [[pathologic nystagmus|vertical nystagmus]]. The case becomes more frustrating and impatient for Casey when she develops a high fever, following the team's suggestion of [[Miller Fisher syndrome]].
[[drag racing|Drag racer]] Casey Alfonso experiences blurred vision and distorted hearing following a race. [[Gregory House|House]] takes the case, hoping that by solving it, he will be able to test drive a dragster. When an agent from the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] recruits House to help diagnose a mortally ill agent named "John", House puts Foreman in charge of the fellowship candidates and the Alfonso case.


At a CIA-designated hospital, House meets Samira Terzi, who is spearheading John's case, and [[immunology|immunologist]] Sidney Curtis from the [[Mayo Clinic]] as a secondary consult. The only information Terzi gives to both doctors is that John was stationed in [[Bolivia]] during most of the year and liked to eat [[chestnut]]s. When House and Curtis meet him, he is [[Cachexia|cachectic]], has peeling skin and deformed [[fingernail]]s. Curtis initially suggests [[horse-chestnut (tree)|horse-chestnut]] poisoning, but House dismisses this as horse-chestnuts are foul-tasting and impossible to confuse with edible chestnuts. Other diagnoses include alcohol-induced [[pancreatitis]] and [[radiation poisoning]], resulting in them treating for the latter. However, House secretly stops treatment for radiation and switches to that for pancreatitis. When John becomes unresponsive and almost [[coma]]tose, House suspects [[Waldenström macroglobulinemia|Waldenström's]] and John is treated with [[plasmapheresis]] and [[chemotherapy]]. Unfortunately, his hair falls out too quickly to be a side effect of the chemotherapy, and House believes John was the target of an assassination attempt.
At a CIA hospital, House meets Dr. Samira Terzi, a staff doctor for the CIA, and [[immunologist]] Dr. Sidney Curtis from the [[Mayo Clinic]], also brought in to consult. The only information Terzi gives to both doctors is that John was stationed in [[Bolivia]] during most of the year and liked to eat [[chestnut]]s. When John becomes unresponsive and almost comatose, House suspects [[Waldenström macroglobulinemia|Waldenström's]] and John is treated with [[plasmapheresis]] and [[chemotherapy]]. Unfortunately, his hair falls out too quickly to be a side effect of the chemotherapy, and House believes John was the target of an assassination attempt.


Back at Princeton-Plainsboro, Foreman believes his patient has [[multiple sclerosis]], following a string of tests the candidates conduct and begins the treatment of [[interferon]], until Casey develops leg paralysis, due to [[Chris Taub]] and [[List of House characters#Amber Volakis|Amber]] putting her on [[steroids]] at the same time, deducing instead that it is [[Systemic lupus erythematosus|lupus]]. [[Chris Taub|Taub]] suspects [[botulism]], given the speed of the symptoms, but [[List of House characters#Travis Brennan|Brennan]] strongly feels it is [[poliomyelitis|polio]]. His suggestion is immediately turned down, until Brennan returns with positive test results for the condition. Although the team is downhearted because of the test result, Brennan suggests a treatment of [[vitamin C]], which he believes can destroy the polio virus (a therapy tested inconclusively in the 1950s) and restore Casey's use of her legs. She improves significantly, however, Foreman notes the inconsistencies of the bloodwork: when Casey was brought in, her blood was negative for polio.
Back at Princeton-Plainsboro, Foreman believes his patient has [[multiple sclerosis]] and begins the treatment of [[interferon]], until Casey develops leg paralysis, due to [[Chris Taub]] and [[List of House characters#Amber Volakis|Amber]] putting her on [[steroids]] at the same time. [[List of House characters#Travis Brennan|Brennan]] strongly feels it is [[poliomyelitis|polio]], but his suggestion is immediately turned down, until Brennan returns with positive test results for the condition. Brennan suggests a treatment of [[vitamin C]], which he believes can destroy the polio virus and restore Casey's use of her legs.


Curtis blasts House for misdiagnosing John, and due to the bone marrow damage caused by the radiation treatment, he does not have long to live, but House remains adamant in solving the case and suggests a herbal treatment called [[cordyceps sinensis]] to restore the damage. While House is sitting at his bedside, John tells him of his time in Bolivia, but House realizes John was not in that country, but [[Brazil]], having eaten large quantities of [[Brazil nut]]s that naturally contain [[selenium]]. House informs Terzi and the agent, putting John in [[chelation therapy]]; although the agent does not see why House is angry if the treatment is successful even with imprecise information, Terzi realizes that by not disclosing it sooner, the agent did not do what was needed to save the patient from the beginning.
Curtis blasts House for misdiagnosing John, and due to the bone marrow damage caused by the radiation sickness, he does not have long to live. While House is sitting at his bedside, John tells him of his time in Bolivia, but House realizes John was actually in [[Brazil]]. This leads House to infer that, rather than [[chestnut]]s, John had eaten large quantities of [[Brazil nut]]s (called "castanhas-do-Pará", literally "chestnuts of [[Pará]]" in [[Brazilian Portuguese]]), which naturally contain a high level of [[selenium]]. House informs Terzi and puts John in [[chelation therapy]]; although the agent does not see why House is angry if the treatment is successful even with imprecise information.


Back at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital, Foreman shows House the inconsistencies involving Casey, and House suggests her symptoms fit either because she has polio, or because someone poisoned her with [[thallium]] which yielded a false positive for the polio test. The fault lies on Brennan, who admits to the scam, saying it was necessary to prove the vitamin C treatment was reliable and a possible cure for the virus, thus promoting its discontinued research. House does not fire Brennan because he did what he believed, but he tells him to quit instead, stating he is ethically insane, while notifying Foreman to call the authorities. After expressing apparent anger with the question, "Who the hell did I leave in charge?" and getting his answer, House tells the candidates there's a reason Foreman is in charge — he knows what he's doing.
Back at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital, Foreman shows House the inconsistencies involving Casey, and House suggests her symptoms fit either because she has polio, or because she actually had heat stroke, but someone poisoned her with [[thallium]]. The fault lies on Brennan, who admits to the scam, saying it was necessary to prove the vitamin C treatment was reliable. House does not fire Brennan because he did what he believed, but he tells him to quit instead. After Brennan's quick exit, Foreman angrily protests that House is going to let him get away with deliberately poisoning a patient. House counters by saying he just wanted Brennan out of the room, stating he is ethically insane, while notifying Foreman to call the authorities.

Later, Cuddy confronts House about his whereabouts, Houses says he was at a "Rich guy house in Long Island helping his son with the sniffles", Cuddy doesn't believe this and tells House to do his clinic hours and Wilson's 16 hours. Outside, Terzi states she wants to take up House's job offer and says she'll be in "Monday 9 o'clock".

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"Whatever It Takes"
House episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 6
Directed byJuan J. Campanella
Story by
  • Thomas L. Moran
Teleplay by
Original air dateNovember 6, 2007 (2007-11-06)
Guest appearances
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Whatever It Takes is the sixth episode of the fourth season of House and the seventy-sixth episode overall, which aired on Fox on November 6, 2007.

Plot

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Drag racer Casey Alfonso experiences blurred vision and distorted hearing following a race. House takes the case, hoping that by solving it, he will be able to test drive a dragster. When an agent from the CIA recruits House to help diagnose a mortally ill agent named "John", House puts Foreman in charge of the fellowship candidates and the Alfonso case.

At a CIA hospital, House meets Dr. Samira Terzi, a staff doctor for the CIA, and immunologist Dr. Sidney Curtis from the Mayo Clinic, also brought in to consult. The only information Terzi gives to both doctors is that John was stationed in Bolivia during most of the year and liked to eat chestnuts. When John becomes unresponsive and almost comatose, House suspects Waldenström's and John is treated with plasmapheresis and chemotherapy. Unfortunately, his hair falls out too quickly to be a side effect of the chemotherapy, and House believes John was the target of an assassination attempt.

Back at Princeton-Plainsboro, Foreman believes his patient has multiple sclerosis and begins the treatment of interferon, until Casey develops leg paralysis, due to Chris Taub and Amber putting her on steroids at the same time. Brennan strongly feels it is polio, but his suggestion is immediately turned down, until Brennan returns with positive test results for the condition. Brennan suggests a treatment of vitamin C, which he believes can destroy the polio virus and restore Casey's use of her legs.

Curtis blasts House for misdiagnosing John, and due to the bone marrow damage caused by the radiation sickness, he does not have long to live. While House is sitting at his bedside, John tells him of his time in Bolivia, but House realizes John was actually in Brazil. This leads House to infer that, rather than chestnuts, John had eaten large quantities of Brazil nuts (called "castanhas-do-Pará", literally "chestnuts of Pará" in Brazilian Portuguese), which naturally contain a high level of selenium. House informs Terzi and puts John in chelation therapy; although the agent does not see why House is angry if the treatment is successful even with imprecise information.

Back at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital, Foreman shows House the inconsistencies involving Casey, and House suggests her symptoms fit either because she has polio, or because she actually had heat stroke, but someone poisoned her with thallium. The fault lies on Brennan, who admits to the scam, saying it was necessary to prove the vitamin C treatment was reliable. House does not fire Brennan because he did what he believed, but he tells him to quit instead. After Brennan's quick exit, Foreman angrily protests that House is going to let him get away with deliberately poisoning a patient. House counters by saying he just wanted Brennan out of the room, stating he is ethically insane, while notifying Foreman to call the authorities.

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