Emancipation

"Emancipation" is the eighth episode of the fifth season of House and the ninety-fourth episode overall. It aired on November 18, 2008. Sixteen year old Sophia is an emancipated minor working at a factory when she suddenly clutches her chest and coughs up blood. Meanwhile, House comes into Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and Wilson claims he did not ask Cuddy out; although Wilson does not comment, House suspects something is up. The team t... more

"Emancipation" is the eighth episode of the fifth season of House and the ninety-fourth episode overall. It aired on November 18, 2008. Sixteen year old Sophia is an emancipated minor working at a factory when she suddenly clutches her chest and coughs up blood. Meanwhile, House comes into Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and Wilson claims he did not ask Cuddy out; although Wilson does not comment, House suspects something is up. The team takes on the case and Foreman suggests Sophia's collapse is due to pregnancy, but Kutner does not believe it, nor the notion that she is taking drugs, as Thirteen suggests. House orders an echo, but Foreman asks to be let go temporarily to do clinical trials. House refuses, claiming he might need him for the current case. Taub and Thirteen go to Sophia's apartment and discover a bong, suggesting drug use, but Kutner believes Sophia needs steroids for vasculitis. Unfortunately, House tells Foreman to put her on beta-blockers, yet Foreman informs... less