5 to 9

"5 to 9" is the fourteenth episode of the sixth season of House. It aired on February 8, 2010.

This episode shows the way the hospital works as seen through the eyes and works of Dean of Medicine Lisa Cuddy, which includes facing off against a large medical insurer. At the same time, a pharmacy technician is caught stealing drugs, and House wants to use malaria to treat a cancer patient.

Synopsis

Cuddy rises early in the morning to find Lucas is not in her bed. She quickly goes about her morning of tending to a sick Rachel as she tries to get ready. The nanny Marina arrives to deal with the baby, and Cuddy is about to leave for work when Lucas arrives after an all-night stakeout. Although she's late, stressed, and tired, she agrees to a morning quickie. Lucas "finishes" before she does and so now Cuddy is late, stressed, tired, and frustrated.

When Cuddy arrives at the hospital, she rushes to deal with a problem in the pharmacy. Then she goes to check into the O.R., where Dr. Hourani, mid-surgery, complains that House had bribed the plant to turn up the air conditioner to hurry him up so House's diagnostic team could use the O.R., and subsequently, he threatens to file a charge if it harms his patient's well-being.