Three Stories

"Three Stories" is the twenty-first episode of the first season of House, which premiered on the Fox network on May 17, 2005. David Shore won an Emmy in 2005 for Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series for this episode. It won the Humanitas Prize in the '60 minute' category for the year 2006.

Plot

Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) agrees to lecture on diagnostics in place of the sick Dr. Riley, in exchange for two hours free from clinic duty. On his way over to the lecture theatre, he encounters his ex-girlfriend, Stacy Warner (Sela Ward), whom he has not seen in years. Stacy wants him to treat her husband whom she believes to be sick. House's lecture consists of three different scenarios, all previous cases House has diagnosed; all three patients complain of leg pain.

The first patient is a farmer, who has bitten by a timber rattlesnake. However, when the anti-venom is given, he suffers an allergic reaction. The results of venom testing leads House to believe the farmer's symptoms cannot be from a snake bite. Out of options, House informs the patient of his impending death. The farmer quickly changes priority, wondering what will happen to his dog. House deduces that the bite was caused by his pet, and that this was not the first time it happened. Dr. Eric Foreman (Omar Epps) and Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer) return to the farmer's field and take a sample of the dog's saliva, revealing a form of strep bacteria, more commonly known as the flesh-eating bacteria. The farmer's right leg is amputated, and his dog is euthanized, but he is given a prosthetic new leg as well as a new dog.

Three Stories (film)

Three Stories (Russian: Три истории, translit. Tri istorii) is a 1997 Russian-Ukrainian comedy film directed by Kira Muratova. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. 'Three Stories' was also seen in the Italian dub, on Rai 3.

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