"Safe" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on April 4, 2006.
The episode starts out with Melinda's boyfriend, Dan (Jake McDorman), visiting her at her house. Her mother, Mrs. Bardach, tells Dan to make sure he has washed his hands, up to the elbows. When Dan meets Melinda (Michelle Trachtenberg) and kisses her, she goes into anaphylaxis even though it was a clean room (though she had urticari...
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"Safe" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on April 4, 2006.
The episode starts out with Melinda's boyfriend, Dan (Jake McDorman), visiting her at her house. Her mother, Mrs. Bardach, tells Dan to make sure he has washed his hands, up to the elbows. When Dan meets Melinda (Michelle Trachtenberg) and kisses her, she goes into anaphylaxis even though it was a clean room (though she had urticaria on her left forearm beforehand). Mrs. Bardach saves her via the use of an EpiPen, blames Dan, and takes her to the hospital. At the hospital it is revealed that Melinda has a transplant heart operation after her chest was crushed in a car accident. Thus, with a now poor immune system she has to be kept in a constantly clean environment.
Suspicions arise regarding whether Dan has been sneaking into her house. House and his team discover that Dan has been taking penicillin which Melinda is allergic to. Melinda starts having heart problems,...
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