Dominic Oliver

At a high-level campaign fundraiser, up-and-coming Senator Tom Wright (guest star Joe Morton) becomes violently ill. Vogler (guest star Chi McBride) pushes House to take Wright’s case and also dangles a new incentive in front of him: deliver a speech on behalf of Vogler’s pharmaceutical company, and save his whole team. While the Senator’s symptoms and tests point to AIDS, a condition which would squash his White House dreams forever, House and the team dig for different answers. Meanwhile, House gives the speech, but it’s not exactly what Vogler had in mind.

Ben defends a organized-crime boss.

Jessica's (Angela Lansbury) old friend (Phyllis Newman) is accused of murder when $2 million in tax payments disappears and her ex-husband is found dead. Guest stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent McCord.

On instructions from his boss, Mr. O, Spencer Campbell offers Malcolm and Eddie protection from anything untoward happening to the Fifty-Fifty Club. The two partners beef up their own security after sending Spencer away.

Sipowicz assists an old friend who fears his daughter has fallen in with the wrong crowd. Medavoy and Martinez uncover a body-snatcher ring. Naomi reveals a secret.

Sandra scrambles for a power position in an advertising agency after she fibs and tells her new date she is a major executive in the business world.