- A prosecutor in court thinks he has a heart attack. Is it an anxiety attack? He has an arsenal hidden from his wife in their home. Taub tries to fix Foreman up with a nurse.
- A prosecutor suffers from what he believes to be cardiac arrest during an interrogation at the witness stand. The team's preliminary diagnosis is hyper-anxiety, but when Adams and Park investigate the patient's home and find a hidden arsenal of firearms, they uncover a more alarming and deep-seated psychological disorder. Also, Wilson becomes obsessed with proving that House is hiding something in his home, Park slowly comes out of her social shell and Foreman's lack of romantic relationships piques the interest of Taub and Chase.—Fox Publicity
- We open with a prosecuting attorney putting the finishing touches on a case. But before he can allow the key witness to answer the critical question he asks for a recess because he thinks he is having a heart attack.
Foreman has ruled out both heart issues and panic disorder for the lawyer, whose name is Tommy.
The team's first guess is that he has been poisoned somehow. House sends Chase and Adams to search the lawyer's house and look into his wife. Both request Taub join them. Park notices.
Taub and Chase talk to Foreman about needing a girlfriend. He is resisting.
On the way to Tommy's house Park talks about their perceived conflict. Adams thinks House wants them to fight and they shouldn't give in.
Tommy's wife tells Taub her husband is too well-liked to be a target. She says never eats or drinks anything not made at home, the result of investigating the health department early in his career. Both she and Tommy tell separate doctors there is no chance she would poison him.
Adams and Park find a hidden stairway behind a bookcase. It leads down to a bunker filled with weapons.
Tommy admits the bunker to his wife, who had no idea he added it during a recent remodel. He is worried about the government failing and wants the weapons "just in case" civilization falls.
Adams and Park disagree about diagnosis. House goes with both ideas, ordering a number of tests.
During one of the tests Park tells Taub she's worried the team doesn't respect her. Neither of them own guns. Foreman drops by to yell at Taub for trying to set up him up with various women around the hospital.
Wilson thinks House owns a gun and he could go to jail because of it. House says he does not but Wilson doesn't believe him.
The first few tests are coming up empty. Chase guesses that Adams owns a gun for sport. He says he has one for hunting.
While Tommy explains to his wife his desire to be prepared in case the world comes to an end Park notices blood on his leg. There is a hole in his thigh that he tells her he does not feel.
The lesion on his leg along with the rest of the factors leads House to suggest they look at other options.
Park wants to know why House is still screwing with her. He says the rest of the teams respects her, they just don't like her.
Tommy swears to Taub and Chase that he's not a nut case, he just wants to protect his family.
House traps Wilson in a net (literally) in his home, catching him while he was looking for a gun. He forces Wilson to say he'll always be one step ahead of him.
An attractive woman named Anita approaches Foreman in the gym. He thinks she's another Taub set-up but she seems legit. Foreman calls Taub and we see that Tommy is out of control, tossing chairs through windows.
The new symptoms still don't lead to a consensus about what is wrong with Tommy. Chase and Adams think he could be a psych case, while Park is certain is was an infection that has spread to his brain. House goes with Adams.
House returns home and spots a trip wire near his kitchen. He sees a light on. He trips the wire with his cane and a net flies by. Wilson jumps out and is surprised when his plan didn't work. House shows Wilson the door and goes to his bathroom. He finds that his doorknobs have been tampered with. Wilson comes back, ready to search. "Touché," House says.
Foreman and Anita are fooling around just inside her door. They hear a man's voice. It's her husband and she tells him he has to leave.
House is called with word that Tommy is getting worse. He finally goes with Park's theory about infection. Wilson does not find a gun in House's house.
Foreman confronts Taub about Anita. He plays dumb. After Foreman leaves we learn that Taub was, in fact, behind that set-up.
Tommy can't breathe. He has stridor without any obstruction. Chase tries to make a hole in his neck but that still doesn't help him breathe.
The team has got Tommy breathing, but just barely. This basically means they are back to square one. Park wonders about cancer and House orders a biopsy.
Wilson shows up in House's office with a gun he's found. He knew that House would move it outside his apartment until he thought Wilson had stopped looking which is why he pretended to be finished searching earlier. House swears that it is a prop from a bullet-catch magic trick, by Dorothy Dietrich.. House tells Wilson he can shoot him if he'd like to but Wilson ends up conceding that he was wrong. This gives House an idea.
House goes to Tommy and looks into his trachea. He's figured out that Tommy has Diphtheria, which he got from building the bunker.
Tommy's wife says that she won't live in the house with the bunker any longer. She can't live an "in case" life. Tommy agrees to move with her.
Park asks Chase for a date while in the same elevator as Adams. He eventually agrees. Foreman calls Anita and meets her for drinks.
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