1x13 Cursed - House M.D. Episode Guide

House M.D.

- Episode 01x13

Episode: 01x13
Title: Cursed
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: HOU-113
First Aired: Mar. 01, 2005

Season 1 » Episode #13 - Cursed

Summary: After a 12 year old boy is convinced he is cursed because a Ouija board revealed to him that he is going to die soon, his father, who just so happens to be major financial supporter of the hospital, makes unbelievable demands of House and his team as they struggle to find a diagnosis for his symptoms, which include a rash and a week long fever. Chase becomes outraged when House invites his father from Australia to help him with his diagnosis. House is shocked to see that Chase and his father are not close at all. After House finally diagnoses him, the boy begins to believe that his father might not be so truthful after all.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Jeffrey Reilich	played by Nestor Carbonell
Sarah Reilich	played by Tracy Middendorf
Tommy	played by David Henrie
Gabriel Reilich	played by Daryl Sabara
Dr. Rowan Chase	played by Patrick Bauchau
Sam	played by R.J. Root
Cabbie	played by Alejandro Patino
Blonde	played by Abbey McBride
Davey	played by Dennis Bendersky

Season 1 / Episode 13: - Cursed

Dr. Gregory House: Why didn't you tell me that Rowan Chase was in to see you?
Dr. James Wilson: Ethics... confidentiality... does any of this ring a bell?

Season 1 / Episode 13: - Cursed

Dr. James Wilson: You want to get to the bottom of this, you're doing it exactly right: don't talk to the people involved, drag your buddy away from work for some pointless speculation...
Dr. Gregory House: You want to know how two chemicals interact, do you ask them? No. They're gonna lie through their lying little chemical teeth. Throw them in a beaker and apply heat.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FACT: Dr. Chase says that the nodules in the respiratory tract cannot be accounted for anthrax which is followed by senior Chase telling the possibilities of sarcoidosis and multiple neurofibromatosis. in reality anthrax itself can produce hilar lymphadenopathy and press up on trachea (which is visible both in CT and as reddish nodules seen while inserting tube for respiration) and produce respiratory depression. there is no need of going to second diagnosis.
CONT: In the last differential diagnosis, Rowan Chase (Robert Chase's father) sometimes appears seated, and sometimes he appears standing up.
FACT: When House orders a Thalidomide treatment for the Leprosy patients, the shot seems to indicate the Thalidomide is an intravenous drip. Thalidomide only comes in pill and through injection. It is not produced in IV form.
FACT: The ulnar nerve does not pass through carpal tunnel. To be confused with carpal tunnel syndrome, the damaged nerve should have been the median.
FACT: Chase junior says that the drug given for anthrax would kill the organism causing leprosy, which will be followed by House's explanation of antibodies acting on nerves. in reality the drugs used for anthrax (cephalosporin or penicillin group of drugs) and leprosy (rifampicin, dapsone, clofazamine) are entirely different, and would not have caused the effect as said by Chase.

TRIVIA

Chase's rheumatologist father is reportedly in town for an SLE conference. SLE stands for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, an autoimmune disease.
SPOILER: Diagnosis: Leprosy from his dad who caught it in India.