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jaina. In the B plot (possibly C plot?), an African-American man is having heart problems. He first sees Dr. Foreman, who is also black. I missed the first 20 minutes coming back from work, but I assume from later events that Foreman prescribed a medicine that's more effective on black patients than white patients. In Act 2, the patient comes back to the clinic to see Dr. House. House mentions that he knows the patient wasn't taking the meds. At this point, the patient gets indignant and said he didn't want the "black medicine," he wanted the same stuff everyone else got. House being House, he gets into a snarky argument with the patient, insisting that it's not racism and the patient isn't getting something inferior; if he got the "white drug," he'd probably die. The patient gets up to leave, insisting he'll see another doctor. Sighing, House balls up the script, tosses it aside, and says, "Fine. I'll give you what they give Republicans." The patient walks away a happy man.
( If you didn't know that House gave him the same prescription anyway, but just lied to him, welcome to your first TV show. )
jaina. In the B plot (possibly C plot?), an African-American man is having heart problems. He first sees Dr. Foreman, who is also black. I missed the first 20 minutes coming back from work, but I assume from later events that Foreman prescribed a medicine that's more effective on black patients than white patients. In Act 2, the patient comes back to the clinic to see Dr. House. House mentions that he knows the patient wasn't taking the meds. At this point, the patient gets indignant and said he didn't want the "black medicine," he wanted the same stuff everyone else got. House being House, he gets into a snarky argument with the patient, insisting that it's not racism and the patient isn't getting something inferior; if he got the "white drug," he'd probably die. The patient gets up to leave, insisting he'll see another doctor. Sighing, House balls up the script, tosses it aside, and says, "Fine. I'll give you what they give Republicans." The patient walks away a happy man.( If you didn't know that House gave him the same prescription anyway, but just lied to him, welcome to your first TV show. )
