5x17 The Social Contract - House M.D. Episode Guide

House M.D.

- Episode 05x17

Episode: 05x17
Title: The Social Contract
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: HOU-517
First Aired: Mar. 09, 2009

Season 5 » Episode #17 - The Social Contract

Summary: House and the team take on the case of Nick Greenwald (Jay Karnes), a book editor who loses his inhibitions and starts insulting coworkers at a dinner party one night before falling ill. The team realizes Nick has frontal lobe disinhibition, which has caused him to lose his filter and vocalize all of his innermost thoughts, resulting in extremely insulting outbursts. As Nick’s free speech leads to some amusing and insightful comments regarding the team, he must deal with the consequences of being unable to lie to his wife and everyone else important in his life. Meanwhile, House suspects Wilson and Taub are keeping something from him when he catches them both in a lie.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Thirteen - Dr. Remy Hadley	played by Olivia Wilde (II)
Nick Greenwald	played by Jay Karnes
Audrey Greenwald	played by Susan Egan
Marika Greenwald	played by Darcy Rose Byrnes
Timothy Moore	played by Devon Michaels (IV)
Elaine	played by Jodi Harris
Dr. Kapur	played by Cyrus Deboo
Cashier	played by Sheri Foster
Nurse	played by Bobbin Bergstrom

Season 5 / Episode 17: - The Social Contract

Nick: [Cuddy exits the room] Your toosh looks like the pistons on a brand new car [Cuddy stops, sighs and then walks out of the room]

Season 5 / Episode 17: - The Social Contract

Dr. Gregory House: My patient has a quality of life issue.
Dr. Robert Chase: He says awful things. *Hardly* a medical condition.
Dr. Gregory House: When he leaves here, he's going to lose his family. He's going to alienate the people he works with. And if he ever finds a friend who's willing to put up with his crap, he'll be lucky. 'Til he drives them away too.
Dr. Robert Chase: [Chase thinks for moment] I'll see what I can do.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: (At 11:15) House and Wilson are in the cafeteria. House leans over to Wilson's plate and steals some food. He reaches into his inside pocket and takes out a fork and starts to eat. The next shot is over House's shoulder towards Wilson and you see House reaching into his pocket.