Skin Deep (House episode)
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House episode | |
"Skin Deep" | |
Episode No | 35 |
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Airdate | February 20, 2006 |
Writer(s) | Russel Friend & Garret Lerner & David Shore (teleplay) Russel Friend & Garret Lerner (story) |
Director(s) | Jim Hayman |
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All House episodes |
Skin Deep is the thirteenth episode of the second season of House, and the thirty-fifth episode overall.
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[edit] Plot Overview
Dr. House treats a teenage supermodel for heroin addiction and, in the process, uncovers startling secrets about the girl. Meanwhile, Wilson hopes that House's increased leg pain indicates that his leg nerves are regenerating, and a male clinic patient suffers from high estrogen levels that allow him to experience his wife's pregnancy - including morning sickness, labor pains, and he even begins to develop breasts. It is suggested at the end of the episode that some of House's leg pains are psychosomatic.
[edit] Diagnoses
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, caused by testicular cancer in the supermodel who actually was a boy due to male Pseudohermaphroditism
[edit] Clinic Patients
[edit] Notes
[edit] Medical Terms
[edit] Arc Advancement
[edit] Characters
[edit] Trivia
- The episode aired in a special Monday night time slot.
- There is a slight continuity error; in the beginning of the episode, the model falls face down, however the shot cuts to a different angle and she is on her back.
[edit] Body Count
[edit] The Show
[edit] Music
Ryan Adams - Desire