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14. Control

Billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler spends $100 million on Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and becomes the new Chairman of the Board. As a businessman, Vogler intends to turn the clinic into a profitable venue for his new biotech venture and plans to eliminate the financially draining services of Dr. House. Meanwhile, a businesswoman who has it all - perfect life, perfect body, perfect job - is inexplicably paralyzed. When he diagnoses her secret, House must risk his career and medical license to get her a necessary transplant.

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Billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler ( Chi McBride ) donates $100 million to Princeton-Plainsboro, officially becoming the new Chairman of the Board. Vogler intends to turn the clinic into a profitable venue for his biotech venture and also plans to eliminate House's financially draining department for good. Meanwhile, a businesswoman ( Sarah Clarke ) has it all – perfect life, perfect body, perfect job – until she finds herself inexplicably paralyzed. When he diagnoses her condition, House must risk his job and his medical license to save her. Final diagnosis: Congestive heart failure onset by bulimia and regular use of ipecac

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