3x23 The Jerk - House M.D. Episode Guide

House M.D.

- Episode 03x23

Episode: 03x23
Title: The Jerk
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: HOU-323
First Aired: May. 15, 2007

Season 3 » Episode #23 - The Jerk

Summary: Obnoxious 16-year-old chess prodigy Nate is admitted to Princeton-Plainsboro suffering from intense head pain that came on after he attacked his opponent during a speed chess tournament. Nate's mother tells the team that Nate has been having behavior problems ever since he became a teenager, and House suspects the behavior is a symptom of cluster headaches. As House's team carries out further testing to see why he might be having the headaches, Nate manages to offend and annoy each doctor on the team. As Nate's illness progresses, his liver and kidneys begin to fail. To narrow down the list of possible diagnoses, House carries out a series of unconventional and eccentric tests of his own, including engaging Nate in a game of chess to try to beat him at his own game. Meanwhile, Foreman's frustration with House reaches a new level when he believes House sabotaged his job interview with another hospital, and Cuddy makes Foreman an offer she's sure he can't refuse.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Nate	played by Nick Lane (II)
Enid	played by Colleen Flynn
Doug	played by David Bowe
Opponent	played by Ben Bledsoe
Male Proctor	played by Jack Maxwell
Female Proctor	played by Kyra Da Costa
Nurse	played by Cindy Lu
Mark	played by Dustin Joiner
Screaming Girl	played by Katie Boggs

Season 3 / Episode 23: - The Jerk

Dr. Allison Cameron: Foreman's interview in New York got screwed up.
Dr. Robert Chase: I heard.
Dr. Allison Cameron: Foreman thought it was House, House thought it was Cuddy, Cuddy thought it was Wilson, Wilson thought it was me. [stares accusingly at Chase]
Dr. Robert Chase: And you think it was me? [chuckles] God, you think I sabotaged Foreman? I don't even want him here.
Dr. Allison Cameron: I know.
Dr. Robert Chase: Then why would I do...?
Dr. Allison Cameron: I think you sabotaged Foreman just to sabotage Foreman.
Dr. Robert Chase: So everyone's a suspect because everyone wants to help House, except for me. I'm a suspect because I'm a petty, vindictive jerk? [Cameron stares at him]
Dr. Robert Chase: You actually think I would do something like that?
Dr. Allison Cameron: It was someone.
Dr. Robert Chase: [firm tone] It wasn't me.

Season 3 / Episode 23: - The Jerk

Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [to Wilson after suspecting him of sabotaging Foreman's job interview] You made that call and because of that call, you basically guaranteed Foreman's out of here.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: The amount of fluid left in the syringe after House squirts the sunburned man changes from one shot to the next.
CONT: Chase's handwriting on the whiteboard.

TRIVIA

The coins in the sunburned man's son's pockets were five quarters, three nickels, and one penny (the only way to make $1.41 with nine coins).
When Foreman and House are discussing Foreman's sabotaged interview, House suggests it was Ashton Kutcher. In season 1's "Poison", one of the clinic patients (an 82-year-old woman with a recurrence of syphilis) says that House reminds her of Kutcher, to which House replies "People are always mixing us up."
As Dr. House and Dr. Eric Foreman talk in an elevator about who sabotaged Dr. Foreman's interview, Dr. House says "maybe it was Ashton Kutcher," whose character in "That '70s Show" (1998) Kelso, was friends with Topher Grace's character of the same name as Dr. Eric Foreman.