The crux of the episode lies in a young teenager (claims to be 18 probably 14), taking care of his schizo mother. As the episode progresses House gets a hunch that the cobwebs in her head are not as bad as everyone thinks, leading him to diagnose her with Wilson's disease, a genetic disorder that lets your body build up copper to the point your liver fails and you get psychosis.
Here in lies the namesake of the episode, as the greek philosopher also suffered from schizophrenia. House tries to deduce the patients true intentions, as at one point, she was lucid enough to call child services on herself.
Besides a truly miraculous cure that returns the alcoholic rambling woman back to her old self in about four minutes, we have to suffer through the melodramatic son seemingly being forced by the hand of god to wrangle her crazy mother, finally being rewarded with a sane one. I guess he made the right call, since any psychiatric ward would just dose her with ketamine and let her rot in a padded cell for the rest of her life.
House Quote: FOREMAN: Mickey Mantle had a whole bar named after him. He got a transplant.
HOUSE: Yeah, well, Lucy can't switch-hit. Plan B. Surgery to resect the tumor.
Here in lies the namesake of the episode, as the greek philosopher also suffered from schizophrenia. House tries to deduce the patients true intentions, as at one point, she was lucid enough to call child services on herself.
Besides a truly miraculous cure that returns the alcoholic rambling woman back to her old self in about four minutes, we have to suffer through the melodramatic son seemingly being forced by the hand of god to wrangle her crazy mother, finally being rewarded with a sane one. I guess he made the right call, since any psychiatric ward would just dose her with ketamine and let her rot in a padded cell for the rest of her life.
House Quote: FOREMAN: Mickey Mantle had a whole bar named after him. He got a transplant.
HOUSE: Yeah, well, Lucy can't switch-hit. Plan B. Surgery to resect the tumor.