Charity Case

"Charity Case"
House episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 3
Directed by	Greg Yaitanes
Written by	Sara Hess
Original air date	October 17, 2011 (2011-10-17)
Guest actors
Wentworth Miller as Benjamin Byrd Ron Perkins as Dr. Ron Simpson Toni Trucks as Trina

"Charity Case" is the third episode of the eighth season of the American television medical drama series House and the 158th overall episode of the series. It aired on Fox Network in the United States on October 17, 2011. It is also the penultimate episode with Olivia Wilde as Dr. Remy Hadley (Thirteen). This episode seems loosely based on the American investor Zell Kravinsky, even using Zell's quote "to withhold a kidney from someone who would otherwise die means valuing one’s own life at 4,000 times that of a stranger".

Plot

Philanthropist Benjamin Byrd (Wentworth Miller) collapses outside of a training center for the homeless where he's made an incognito visit. When brought into Princeton Plainsboro, he offers a large payment to the hospital so that House will be able to reassemble his diagnostics team. Wilson is also placed in an ethical bind because Byrd offers a kidney to one of Wilson's needy patients. The team tries to determine whether Byrd's generosity is a symptom of mental instability, something confirmed when he expresses to Thirteen a desire to die so that all his organs can be harvested.

Dr. Jessica Adams works with House on a volunteer basis. She and Dr. Park clash over both their diagnoses of the patient and Adams' insistence on giving the proud Park increasingly large gifts, finally paying for House's car repair under the impression that it is Park's car.

House reaches out to the retired Thirteen. She aids him on the case and is nearly persuaded to return to the diagnostic team full-time. He then fires her so that she can go to Greece with her new girlfriend guilt-free.

Reception

This episode was watched by 8.34 million US viewers. The AV Club gave this episode a B rating.^[1]

References

↑ Handlen, Zack (October 17, 2011). "Charity Case". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

External links

"Charity Case" at the Internet Movie Database
"Charity Case" at TV.com
"Charity Case" at Fox.com
Medical review of "Charity Case"

House

Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "Paternity" "Maternity" "Damned If You Do" "Babies & Bathwater" "Three Stories"

Season 2	"Acceptance" "Autopsy" "Humpty Dumpty" "Daddy's Boy" "Spin" "Need to Know" "Safe" "All In" "House vs. God" "Who's Your Daddy?" "No Reason"

Season 3	"Meaning" "Cane and Able" "Informed Consent" "Lines in the Sand" "Fools for Love" "Que Será Será" "Son of Coma Guy" "Whac-A-Mole" "Finding Judas" "Merry Little Christmas" "Words and Deeds" "One Day, One Room" "Needle in a Haystack" "Insensitive" "Half-Wit" "Top Secret" "Fetal Position" "Airborne" "Act Your Age" "House Training" "Family" "Resignation" "The Jerk" "Human Error"

Season 4	"Alone" "The Right Stuff" "97 Seconds" "Guardian Angels" "Mirror Mirror" "Whatever It Takes" "Ugly" "You Don't Want to Know" "Games" "It's a Wonderful Lie" "Frozen" "Don't Ever Change" "No More Mr. Nice Guy" "Living the Dream" "House's Head" "Wilson's Heart"

Season 5	"Dying Changes Everything" "Not Cancer" "Adverse Events" "Birthmarks" "Lucky Thirteen" "Joy" "The Itch" "Emancipation" "Last Resort" "Let Them Eat Cake" "Joy to the World" "Painless" "Big Baby" "The Greater Good" "Unfaithful" "The Softer Side" "The Social Contract" "Here Kitty" "Locked In" "Simple Explanation" "Saviors" "House Divided" "Under My Skin" "Both Sides Now"

Season 6	"Broken" "Epic Fail" "The Tyrant" "Instant Karma" "Brave Heart" "Known Unknowns" "Teamwork" "Ignorance Is Bliss" "Wilson" "The Down Low" "Remorse" "Moving the Chains" "5 to 9" "Private Lives" "Black Hole" "Lockdown" "Knight Fall" "Open and Shut" "The Choice" "Baggage" "Help Me"

Season 7	"Now What?" "Selfish" "Unwritten" "Massage Therapy" "Unplanned Parenthood" "Office Politics" "A Pox on Our House" "Small Sacrifices" "Larger than Life" "Carrot or Stick" "Family Practice" "You Must Remember This" "Two Stories" "Recession Proof" "Bombshells" "Out of the Chute" "Fall from Grace" "The Dig" "Last Temptation" "Changes" "The Fix" "After Hours" "Moving On"

Season 8	"Twenty Vicodin" "Transplant" "Charity Case" "Risky Business" "The Confession" "Parents" "Dead & Buried" "Perils of Paranoia" "Better Half" "Runaways" "Nobody's Fault" "Chase" "Man of the House" "Love Is Blind" "Blowing the Whistle" "Gut Check" "We Need the Eggs" "Body & Soul" "The C-Word" "Post Mortem" "Holding On" "Everybody Dies"

Characters

Main	Gregory House Lisa Cuddy James Wilson Eric Foreman Robert Chase Allison Cameron Thirteen (Remy Hadley) Chris Taub Lawrence Kutner Martha Masters Jessica Adams Chi Park

Recurring	Stacy Warner Michael Tritter

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