House Season 6 Episode 14: Five to Nine
Five to Nine covers a day in the life of Health Administrator Lisa Cuddy. Cuddy faces multiple obstacles and problems throughout her day, some may say even more than a typical day. Cuddy gets called a bitch many times in the episode, some jokingly by Lucas but others by staff and patients angry with her. Its not an easy day for Cuddy.
Cuddy wakes at 5:00 a.m. to find her daughter is ill with a temperature. Marina, the nanny, arrives to take care of baby Rachel. Lucas arrives home from a stakeout of a client having asked House to stakeout with him for advice on the case. Cuddy has an important meeting today with the board and with the hospital’s insurance carrier, and needs to work on her proposal before the meetings begin. Lucas gets amorous with Cuddy, her blackberry rings with an emergency call from House and she ignores it. After a disappointing quickie session which doesn’t go well, Lucas apologizes and Cuddy heads to the hospital, late for work.
Cuddy arrives at the hospital only to be bombarded with requests from employees, no doubt a typical senario for her work day. House walks with Cuddy, telling her about his stakeout with Lucas. Cuddy discovers Lucas told House they have sex every morning. House bet Lucas that a phone call that morning from House would stop their quickie. House tells Cuddy about needing the O.R. for his patient soon. Cuddy brushes House off.
A college football star hits all the right marks during a game and is set to compete in NFL tryouts the next week. Suddenly lineman Daryl Bartlett becomes aggressive with other players then hits himself in the forehead with his own helmet, injuring himself. Daryl’s strange behavior and injuries land him in the hospital.
Co-workers Russ and Valerie bicker over meeting details when he throws up. Valerie tells her boss Russ has been drinking again. Valerie is suddenly overcome with a piercing sound in her ears. Foreman discusses Valerie’s case with the team, mentioning to House that she is hot, supposedly to convince House to take the case. House has the team meet in Wilson’s office. House ignores Foreman until he mentions Valerie’s husband is not as attractive and House is compelled to understand why. House thinks Valerie’s problems are related to her heart. House’s cell phone rings and he ignores the call.
During a meeting on an upcoming drug deal, Mickey, one of the thugs, gets in a fight with another thug. Mickey collapses and the other guys run while his friend Eddie tries to help him.
TV viewers who watched Bryan Cranston as the father on Malcolm In The Middle know Cranston for his great comic acting. Proving with two best actor emmys that great comics also make the best dramatic actors, Cranston stars in Breaking Bad on AMC. If you haven’t seen the series yet you are missing great television. 
Wilson wakes to House playing guitar in his living room. Wilson tells House he is calling in sick today to go on his yearly hunting trip with his friend Tucker. Wilson treated Tucker for leukemia a year ago and a year later he is cancer free. Wilson and Tucker admit they are bad hunters and prop up a chemotherapy bag on a tree to shoot at. Tucker shoots above Wilson’s head. Wilson, startled by the gunfire, turns and finds Tucker on the ground, unable to move his leg. Tucker asks Wilson if he’s having a stroke.
A porn movie is being filmed and the lead actor Hank Hardwick suddenly starts screaming in pain from the movie lights and 911 is called. Cameron and Chase talk about Dibala. Cameron tells Chase she doesn’t agree with what he did ethically but will stand by him. Cameron suggests she and Chase leave their jobs at the hospital. Cuddy presents House with his reinstated medical license, meaning House is back in charge. Just then Cameron and Chase walk in to tell Foreman and House they are resigning. House decides to contact Thirteen and Taub hoping to convince them to rejoin the team. 
A group of girls are in line at a concert, two of the teenage girls try to crash backstage and succeed. Jordan and Phoebe get invited to a party after the concert. The next day they sit at a restaurant telling their friends all about their evening when Jordan’s feet and hands swell and she collapses.
The popular NBC TV series Southland has been picked up by TNT. NBC renewed then canceled Southland’s second season abruptly even after a good showing in the series first year. Southland is a fast moving gritty action drama following a police unit in Los Angeles. The show stars Benjamin McKenzie, (”The O.C.”) as new police officer Ben Sherman and Michael Cudlitz (”A River Runs Through It”) as John Cooper, the seasoned professional assigned to train the rookie cop. Warner Bros. owns and produces Southland and the same corporation owns TNT, making this deal easier to make for the sake of saving the new series. 
Police detective Donny Comson and his partner are chasing a suspect when Donny jumps from the rooftop to catch the suspect, misses and falls to the ground. Taken to Princeton Plainsboro’s ER with broken bones, Comson’s partner tells Cameron and the hospital staff his partner takes extreme chances because he believes he is going to die at 40 like his father and grandfather. Cameron believes House can help Comson.
