6. Office Politics

It's election season, and in the midst of a tight campaign, an incumbent New Jersey senator's campaign manager falls ill with liver failure and temporary paralysis. Cuddy pushes House to add a female doctor to his team by hiring brilliant third-year medical student Martha Masters in Thirteen's absence.

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Brilliant medical student Martha M. Masters ( Amber Tamblyn ) joins the team at Cuddy's insistence, and her first case is treating a campaign manager ( Jack Coleman ) who falls ill with a rash, leading to liver failure. But Masters' morality puts her at odds with House and the rest of his team. Meanwhile, House debates whether it is worth lying to Cuddy if it will save his patient's life. Final Diagnosis: Hepatitis C Absent: Olivia Wilde as Remy "Thirteen" Hadley

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