Love Hurts (House episode)

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House episode
"Love Hurts"

Episode no.	HOU-120
Airdate	May 10, 2005
Writer(s)	Sara B. Cooper
Director(s)	Bryan Spicer
House Season 1 November 2004 - May 2005
Pilot Paternity Occam's Razor Maternity Damned If You Do The Socratic Method Fidelity Poison DNR Histories Detox Sports Medicine Cursed Control Mob Rules Heavy Role Model Babies & Bathwater Kids Love Hurts Three Stories Honeymoon
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Love Hurts is the twentieth episode of the first season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on May 10, 2005.

1 Synopsis
2 Quotes
3 Allusions and References
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

House agrees to go out on a date with Cameron in order to bring her back on the team. House causes a man to have a stroke after bumping into him and insulting him in the waiting room of the clinic. When the man is admitted, they learn that he takes great pleasure in pain and has a dominatrix.

[edit] Quotes

House: You live under the delusion that you can fix everything that isn't perfect. That's why you married a man who was dying of cancer. You don't love. You need. And now that your husband is dead, you're looking for your new charity case. That's why you're going out with me. I'm twice your age. I'm not great-looking. I'm not charming. I'm not even nice. What I am is what you need: I'm damaged.

House: I don't know how to have casual conversation. You think you're talking about one thing and either you are, and it's incredibly boring, or you're not and it's a subtext and you need a decoder ring.

[edit] Allusions and References

Bear and a Rabbit Taking a Shit Joke: When we first see Foreman and Chase, Chase tells Foreman a joke, which Foreman calls "lame." We only hear the punchline, "So the bear wipes himself with the rabbit." The joke is an old one, told by comedian/actor Eddie Murphy in his stand up comedy TV concert film Eddie Murphy Delirious. The full joke, as told by Murphy, is:

Bear and a rabbit were taking a shit in the woods. Bear turns to the rabbit and says, "Excuse me, do you have problems with shit sticking to your fur?" Rabbit says, "No." So the bear wipes himself with the rabbit.

Chi; Shen: Annette Raines says the acupuncturist Harvey Park visited diagnosed him with a liver chi problem and sent him to a shen balancer. Chi is an important concept in Chinese philosophy and culture, although its misuse by Westerners - some of whom are charlatans - has led to its becoming popularly misunderstood. The Chinese word literally translates to "air" or "breath," although it also refers to the life force which sustains all living beings. Shen translates as "soul" or "spirit," and it is an important concept in Taoism.

Lou Costello: As House dresses for his date with Cameron, Wilson says, "The wide side [of your tie is] too short. You're gonna look like Lou Costello." American actor and comedian Lou Costello was the comic half of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello. One of his trademarks was a short, very wide necktie.