Abbey McBride

Jess crashes a funeral, hoping to delete a “sext” she recently sent to the deceased. Then, Schmidt’s mom, Louise arrives in town for a visit to demand he write thank-you notes for his bar mitzvah gifts, and Winston is desperate to be off-duty friends with his police partner, Aly.

A 12-year-old boy believes he’s cursed after a Ouija board tells him he’s going to die. His father, a major financial supporter of the hospital, makes escalating demands of House and the team as they try to diagnose the boy’s pneumonia-like symptoms and incongruous rash. Tension intensifies when House invites Chase’s estranged father, a renowned doctor visiting from Australia, into their circle of diagnosticians - much to Chase’s discomfort - and House is intrigued by Chase’s lack of relationship with his father. When the boy’s diagnosis becomes more evident, the young patient is forced to face the idea that his father may not be everything he believes.

When Sophia asks Matt and Colleen about having children, an animated sequence featuring the whole family as farm animals reveals that they have been struggling to have a baby. Also, Jen and Greg’s new neighbors aren’t as nice as they initially seem; Heather interferes with Tim’s hiring process at the office; and the whole family surprises Joan at her book reading, to her chagrin.

When Greg and Jen’s crazy neighbors invite them to a party, Greg makes up a lie so they can get out of attending. Also, Matt and Colleen discover they need to give up some necessities to increase their chances of having a child; a delivery mix-up results in John and Joan accidentally receiving the fancy Japanese toilet Tim ordered for himself; and Sophia decides to shave her legs.

Kevin struggles with the idea that his relationship with Kristin might be in jeopardy while helping a stranger honor his deceased uncle's burial wishes. Yvette makes a drastic decision regarding her future with Kevin by involving a celestial colleague named Cindy, and Amy receives an unexpected visit that changes everything.