1.17 – A senator fails ill at a high-level campaign fundraiser leaving the clinic's new Chairman to ask House to step in, could this offer the team the reprieve they have been fighting for or will House provide more kindling for the fire? 1.18 – The team are split as the clinic's new Chairman battles to have House removed while our inimitable Dr deals with a pregnant woman with brain and kidney disfunction. 1.19 – An outbreak of meningitis overwhelms the hospital but one patient has slightly different symptoms than everyone else. 1.20 – The team deal with a difficult patient whose life is threatened by a series of unexplained strokes while House and Cameron prepare for their date.