Autopsy (House)
episode of House (S2 E2)
"Autopsy" is the second episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the Fox network on September 20, 2005. Andie, a nine-year-old terminal cancer patient, experiences hallucinations, leading House and his team to conduct an autopsy on a live patient.
Plot
House and his team struggle to find the cause of hallucinations that Andie (Sasha Pieterse) is seeing. She is a nine-year-old girl with terminal cancer (alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma), but tests reveal that her cancer is in remission, meaning that the hallucinations are unrelated to her cancer. Meanwhile, House questions Andie's motives for her bravery, suggesting it may itself be a symptom of a problem in her amygdala.
Meanwhile, Andie tells Chase that she has never kissed a boy in her life and doesn't know if she ever will. She asks Chase to kiss her. He is hesitant at first and says no but she persists. Finally he agrees, kissing her and later informing the team and House, who are surprised.
House discovers a tumor in her heart, which is surgically removed, but it does not account for the hallucinations due to being benign.
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