S4 · E6
Whatever It Takes
What Happened Last Episode
• House treated a patient who mirrored everyone's personality.
• The patient's mimicking behavior complicated diagnosis and interactions.
• Foreman was assigned to supervise the fellowship candidates.
• Foreman struggled to assert authority over the competing applicants.
• House continued eliminating candidates through unconventional testing methods.
Key Characters
Gregory House
Secretly recruited by the CIA to diagnose a covert operative with no medical history.
James Wilson
Lives with House and pressures him to hire a new diagnostic team.
Eric Foreman
Leads the remaining fellowship candidates but faces open challenges to his authority.
Robert Chase
Fired by House at the end of last season, no longer on the team.
Lisa Cuddy
Unaware House is running a secret hiring competition and treating a hidden patient.
Allison Cameron
Departed House's team after Chase's firing, no longer working in diagnostics.
Chris Taub
Competes as an applicant vying for a spot on House's diagnostic team.
Thirteen
Secretly switched a rival candidate's medicine, sabotaging them to stay in the fellowship competition.
Lawrence Kutner
Performs an unauthorized autopsy on a dead rival candidate to help solve the case.