"The Mistake" is the eighth episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on November 29, 2005.
Throughout the episode the story of the patient's death is presented through flashbacks as Chase and House share the story with Stacy, the hospital lawyer. Both Chase and House lie about the reason for his mistake, resulting in multiple conflicting narratives.
The episode's cold opening is set in a school auditorium, where d...
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"The Mistake" is the eighth episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on November 29, 2005.
Throughout the episode the story of the patient's death is presented through flashbacks as Chase and House share the story with Stacy, the hospital lawyer. Both Chase and House lie about the reason for his mistake, resulting in multiple conflicting narratives.
The episode's cold opening is set in a school auditorium, where dedicated mother Kayla McGinley is watching her two daughters, Dory and Nikki, perform in a school show. While sitting in the audience, Kayla suddenly suffers from severe stomach pain. She screams loudly, causing her daughters and the crowd to focus their attention on her.
Cuddy then consults Stacy, as the hearing for the McGinley case is coming up soon. Stacy refuses to work with House, but Cuddy forces her, stating that as House is the cause of most legal trouble in the hospital, if Stacy is unable to work with him, she will be unable to work...
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