Under My Skin

"Under My Skin" is the twenty-third episode of the fifth season of House, which aired on May 4, 2009. House and the team are given the challenge of diagnosing a ballerina, Penelope (Jamie Tisdale) whose lungs collapse during rehearsal. Initially apprehensive over the prospect of never dancing again, the ballerina faces an even more grim possibility when the treatment causes her skin to fall off. House must solve this daunting puzzle, even while g... More

"Under My Skin" is the twenty-third episode of the fifth season of House, which aired on May 4, 2009. House and the team are given the challenge of diagnosing a ballerina, Penelope (Jamie Tisdale) whose lungs collapse during rehearsal. Initially apprehensive over the prospect of never dancing again, the ballerina faces an even more grim possibility when the treatment causes her skin to fall off. House must solve this daunting puzzle, even while going to extreme measures to rid himself of his continuing hallucinations of Amber. Meanwhile, Cameron informs Chase that she wishes to keep her dead husband's sperm, which they had frozen before his death. She explains that while she wants to marry Chase, the future is uncertain, and she wants to retain her "insurance policy" in case things go wrong. Chase is affronted, responding that he is certain of their future, and does not like the idea of her having a backup plan for their marriage. He indefinitely postpones their marriage until Cameron...

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