Season 8, Episode 9

Better Half

7.6/ 10January 23, 201244 min

House and his team treat an Alzheimer's patient who vomits blood and flies into violent rages. Meanwhile, when Wilson tells House about a patient who has never had sex with her husband of 10 years, claiming A-sexuality, House makes a wager with him that there has to be an underlying cause.

Directed by
Greg Yaitanes
Written by
Kath Lingenfelter

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