House Season 6 Episode 10: Wilson
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.
At the hospital a CT scan shows no sign of a stroke. Wilson notices a cold sore on Tucker’s young girlfriend Ashley lip, which may have infected Tucker. Wilson plans to test Tucker for an infection in his spine then treat him with acyclovir. Wilson meets with House and the team, telling them he had a “House” moment of clarity with Tucker’s case. House tells Wilson Tucker has cancer and bets him $100 his is the correct diagnosis.
Tucker has a tingling sensation in his foot and asks Wilson about it. Tucker asks Wilson to call his estranged daughter Emily and ask her to visit him. Cuddy asks Wilson if she can call his realtor ex-wife to find a new house. Cuddy announces to Wilson she and Lucas are moving in together. Wilson confronts Cuddy saying she is looking for Wilson’s approval, and in the end, House’s approval of her relationship. Wilson tells House about Cuddy’s move in with Lucas. Cuddy applies for a loft but her offer is rejected.
Tucker’s ex-wife Melissa and daughter Emily arrive at the hospital. As Tucker’s ex, current girlfriend and daughter visit, Wilson comments on Tucker’s severe coughing. Tucker goes into cardiac arrest and Wilson calls for a crash cart. Wilson turns to the team for advice on Tucker. Thirteen suggests the symptoms point to a fungal infection and that surgery is needed. Wilson finds House hiding from Cuddy in Wilson’s patient’s bathroom. House tells Wilson he is wrong about the fungal infection and that Tucker has cancer. During Tucker’s surgery Chase finds pneumonia but no fungal infection. House shows Wilson test results from the surgery showing Tucker has a small area of cancer in his brain.
Wilson must give Tucker chemotherapy directly to the brain, requiring a shunt be put in place. Wilson tells Tucker his odds are 90% recovery. Tucker’s ex-wife takes over decision making in case Tucker is incapacitated, upsetting Tucker’s girlfriend. Tucker realizes he can’t move his fingers, which tells Wilson Tucker is showing a resistance to a second round of chemo. House warns Wilson of a second round of chemo. After chemo treatment Tucker is cancer free but the chemo treatment shows signs of destroying his liver, requiring a liver transplant.
House comes to Tucker’s bedside and tells Wilson there is a motorcycle accident victim who can be a liver donor. Wilson and House visit the donor’s sister who resists their request. Wilson gets a phone call telling him the donor’s liver is no longer viable. Wilson decides to donate a portion of his liver to Tucker. Both House and Cuddy advise Wilson not to be a donor. At home House tries to talk Wilson out of being a donor and Wilson gets angry, throwing House out of the apartment. Cuddy against her better judgement approves the transplant surgery.
The next day Wilson asks House to be there for the surgery and House says no, telling Wilson if Wilson dies he is alone in the world. As Wilson goes under anesthesia he sees House in the surgery observation room. House sits with Wilson as he recovers from surgery. Wilson visits Tucker who thanks Wilson for his donor liver. Tucker decides to go back to his girlfriend instead of his ex and daughter, disappointing Wilson. House tells Wilson Tucker is a self-important jerk and Wilson agrees his friends (including House) tend to be that way.
Wilson and House visit the loft Cuddy applied for. Wilson decides Cuddy hurt his friend House so Cuddy should be punished. Wilson calls his ex-wife and asks her to make an offer for him on the loft. As Wilson’s places the offer on the loft Cuddy covets, House smiles his approval.
