Ron Perkins

The hospital's new chairman of the board has it in for Dr. House, questioning his importance to the hospital and threatening to eliminate House and his team.

With the help of Bret Stiles, Jane comes up with a complex plan to free Lorelei Martins from prison, hoping that she will lead them to Red John.

House and his team treat an autistic boy whose only apparent symptom is uncontrollable screaming. Elsewhere, House refuses to work in his office until Cuddy returns his blood-stained carpet.

House tries to discover what is causing a brain and kidney dysfunction in a pregnant woman, leaving the woman and her husband to face a heartbreaking choice.

A boy from a gypsy family is admitted to hospital after becoming short of breath. As his symptoms migrate from one part of his body to another, the team's efforts to treat him are complicated by the boy's mistrustful family.

Dan and Amy attend a book launch; Selina views a charismatic war hero as a political threat; Gary and Amy discover that Selina has a lover.