House M.D. (TV Series)

The Social Contract (2009)

Jay Karnes: Nick Greenwald

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• Dr. Lisa Cuddy : [Entering]  I was paged?

  Nick : Whoa! I would do her in a minute with fudge and cherry on top. Would someone please explain to this woman, there's only so many apologies I can...

  Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley : [to Cuddy]  He has Frontal Lobe Disinhibition.

• Dr. Lisa Cuddy : Where's House?

  Nick : It's like trying not to think of an elephant. Not that you're an elephant. Your breasts in fact, all... all...

  [Nick chuckles] 

  Nick : homo sapiens.

  Dr. Eric Foreman : House isn't here.

  Dr. Lisa Cuddy : Oh, he wouldn't have paged me if he couldn't watch and enjoy the...

  [the darkened control room lights up to reveal House sitting there] 

• Nick : You could operate.

  Dr. Gregory House : You could die.

  Nick : So I'm either better or I'm dead? I'm okay with that. I've always been kind of a... an impatient guy... But I've worked hard to keep my mouth shut. Made my wife happy, made my little girl happy. I want that back. Otherwise it's no life.

• Nick : [to Cuddy]  Your tush is like the pistons in a Ferrari.

• Audrey : This is pathetic.

  Nick : I know. Tell Marika I love her very much.

  Audrey : She understands that.

  Nick : I don't think she does. You're just saying that to make feel better.

  Audrey : Yeah.

• Nick : They're talking about sending me home. To what? A life where I'll continually drive away anyone who might for a second care about me?

  Dr. Gregory House : Those are the breaks.

• Nick : [about Taub's nose]  God, that honker really is huge, isn't it?

• Nick : I'm not going anywhere until you explain why my daughter has a bandage on her hand. You just said you wanted to run some test. If I'd known it would involve pain, I'd have said, "hell, no."

• Audrey : [about their daughter]  Nick, you know about her problem with auditory processing.

  Nick : Auditory processing? That's code for "I can't stand thinking my daughter's not perfect."

• Dr. Chris Taub : I have a conspicuous nose.

  Nick : It suits your face.