The Greater Good

what happens

House and the team take on the case of a woman who collapsed in the middle of a cooking class, and they soon learn she is a highly-renowned cancer researcher who recently gave up her entire career in order to pursue her own personal happiness. Though the team struggles to understand how the woman could give up saving lives for the sake of her own contentment, each grapple with the pursuit of happiness (or lack thereof) in their own lives. As the patient’s condition continues to worsen, so does Thirteen’s as she begins to suffer serious and life-threatening reactions to the experimental Huntington’s Disease clinical trial. Meanwhile, Cuddy attempts to make House’s life miserable for him in retaliation for his part in her own unhappiness.

who made it

directed

Lesli Linka Glatter

written

Sara Hess

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Julia Campbell as Melanie
• David Purdham as Chef Anthony
• Jennifer Crystal Foley as Rachel Taub
• Dominic Scott Kay as Jackson Smith
• BBobbin Bergstrom as Nurse
• Judith Scott as Dana Miller