EPISODE

8. Poison

When a high school student falls victim to a mysterious but lethal poisoning, House and his team investigate what is killing the teen. Suddenly, a second unrelated student is admitted with identical symptoms. With the boys' lives hanging in the balance, House and the team have to connect the dots fast. Meanwhile, an 82-year-old patient has become enamored with House while he helps her figure out the basis of her renewed fascination with her sexual feelings.

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House and his team investigate the mysterious poisoning of high-school student Matt Davis ( John Patrick Amedori ), until another teen is brought in with all of the same symptoms but almost nothing else in common with Matt. Eventually it is discovered that both youths bought very cheap pairs of jeans at a car boot sale. The jeans were exposed to high doses of pesticides. Meanwhile, House has an old lady hit on him who turns out to have Neurosyphilis. Final diagnosis: Phosdrin poisoning

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