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Off-track betting gambler Anica (guest star Cynthia Nixon) collapses in front of House while they’re both following horse races at the site. Confused by her symptoms and what he witnessed after she collapsed, he instructs medics to take her to Princeton Plainsboro and takes her case. After the team discovers she’s been seeing a number of doctors for a variety of supposed illnesses, everyone but House thinks it’s Munchausen’s, a disease that causes people to fake symptoms for the medical attention.

When an office building collapses, House has to work fast to diagnose a young woman, Megan, who survived the disaster. Due to her injuries, Megan’s only form of communication is blinking. House, without a team since Foreman and Cameron quit and he fired Chase, talks through his ideas with a janitor at the hospital. As Megan’s condition worsens, Cuddy puts pressure on House to hire a new team, but House defiantly ignores her, and Wilson resorts to desperate measures and hits House where he knows it will hurt. As House persists in diagnosing Megan by himself, he realizes that the case is not what it appears, and that solitude may not be the answer.

Grissom and Catherine investigate a movie-goer who was stabbed to death. (TV-14)

Ruth and Bettina take a road trip to Mexico, leaving the men of Fisher & Diaz to some male bonding--and comic-book crime-fighting. David and Keith open up after closing their 'open' relationship; Claire warms up to Jimmy after getting the cold shoulder from Edie and Anita; Billy resurfaces as a substitute art teacher; and Nate can't decide what he wants from Brenda, who turns to old friends to treat the pain.

The Cell kidnaps a chemical truck driver and his rig in preparation for Youmud Din. Meanwhile, Serxner and the FBI prepare to stop the attack in all three cities. Farik gives the jihadis one last night to themselves as he meets and bids farewell to his own wife. After Farik gruesomely murders the truck driver of the phosgene-laden truck (by forcibly making him inhale the toxic fumes), he finally tells the anxious Cell when and what they'll be attacking: The target is Dodger Stadium the next morning, one day earlier than the FBI previously believed.