Plot summary
Dr. Foreman believes an uncooperative homeless woman ( Leslie Hope ) is faking seizures to get a meal ticket at the hospital. But her situation strikes a chord with Dr. Wilson and he resolves to keep her from falling between the cracks. Meanwhile, House gets an audience of two medical students who are learning how to conduct medical histories. The patient is ultimately diagnosed with both tuberculoma and rabies which is far beyond the point of treatment and the patient dies. Due to being bitten by the patient, Foreman is required to undergo rabies treatment himself.
Remorseful for his disbelief in the patient's story, Foreman searches for her family with Wilson, eventually discovering that the woman became homeless after losing her husband and son in a car accident two years earlier. To give her peace as she dies, Foreman pretends to be her husband and forgives her. Final diagnosis: Tuberculoma and rabies
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, House season 1. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.