EPISODE

23. Moving On

The team treats a performance artist Afsoun Hamidi who deliberately made herself ill, to turn the diagnostics department into her new masterpiece documentary. House must decide which of her symptoms are real and which are self-inflicted. The team questions whether treatments are necessary and if they are unwitting participants in creating a piece of her art. As the case progresses, House vows to change his life but remains rooted in old habits. After the case is over, House finally deals with his anger over the breakup and lashes out by driving through Cuddy's dining room and escaping to a beach.

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The team treats a seriously ill performance artist ( Shohreh Aghdashloo ) who deliberately induced additional symptoms in herself with the aim of turning the diagnostics department into her new masterpiece, as House must decide which of her symptoms are real, and which are self-inflicted. As the case progresses, House vows to make changes in his life, but remains rooted in old habits. After the case is over, House, finally, deals poorly with his anger over the breakup and lashes out by driving through Cuddy's dining room and escaping to a beach. Final Diagnosis: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (referred to by its former name "Wegener's granulomatosis" in the episode) Final appearance of: Lisa Cuddy.

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