On the eve of Thanksgiving, House and the team take on the case of James Sidas (Esteban Powell), an exceptionally brilliant physicist (IQ 178), in fact the youngest person to ever graduate MIT, who traded his successful career for a job as a courier to be with his intellectually inferior wife (IQ 87). For the ailing patient, intelligence is a miserable burden that alienates him from others. The team eventually suspects he suffers from TTP, but the splenectomy they perform does not improve his situation, ruling that condition out. However, it is later revealed that a depression as a teenager due to his loneliness as a child prodigy led him to attempt suicide, and House realizes that the ribs he broke back then made his spleen split into several parts, which is why the procedure had no effect – it was TTP all along. The remaining symptoms are explained after the discovery of his use of DXM (mixed with alcohol to prevent brain damage), which he used to reduce his intellect. As Sidas regains his status of intellectual genius by not abusing the addictive medicine, he begins work in applied physics, drawing a schematic for a toroidalheliconplasma device, and is reassured that he cannot relate to his wife with his original intellect. House, relating to his situation, essentially helps "lobotomizeEinstein" by giving him back his meds, as the patient wishes to be dumb and happy rather than smart and miserable.
House tries to break up Lucas and Cuddy at Thanksgiving dinner. However, Cuddy gives him the wrong address on purpose to stop him from messing up the evening. Afterwards, House breaks into Lucas' home, faking a drunken stupor, tells Lucas about how much he wants to be with Cuddy. Cuddy arrives the next morning at House's apartment, lying about how she and Lucas had split up. Later in the episode, House finds out she lied after she did not accept free tickets he offered her.
Meanwhile, Chase wants to be left alone to deal with the fact that Cameron left, but everybody keeps on wanting to comfort him. As a result, Chase ends up punching House in the face. He later apologizes and tells House it was his means of keeping the others away.
Taub has problems with his wife, because she thinks that, at the age of 40, he's still doing an intern's job instead of having his own private practice. Taub convinces her that he confronted House for keeping him from Thanksgiving dinner by showing her a picture of House's beaten-up face (by Chase), claiming he was responsible, which soothes her.
ignorance, bliss, house, ignorance, bliss, ninth, episode, sixth, season, television, show, house, aired, november, 2009, ignorance, bliss, house, episodeepisode, season, 6episode, 9directed, bygreg, yaitaneswritten, bydavid, hoseltonoriginal, datenovember, 20. Ignorance Is Bliss is the ninth episode of the sixth season of the Fox television show House It aired on November 23 2009 1 Ignorance Is Bliss House episodeEpisode no Season 6Episode 9Directed byGreg YaitanesWritten byDavid HoseltonOriginal air dateNovember 23 2009 2009 11 23 Guest appearancesMichael Weston as Lucas Douglas Esteban Powell as James Sidas Vicki Davis as Dara Sidas Jennifer Crystal Foley as Rachel Taub Larry Cedar as Ed Beringer Andrea Gabriel as Ronnie Patrick Price as Nurse Jeffrey SparkmanEpisode chronology Previous Teamwork Next Wilson Houseseason 6List of episodes Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPlot editOn the eve of Thanksgiving House and the team take on the case of James Sidas Esteban Powell an exceptionally brilliant physicist IQ 178 in fact the youngest person to ever graduate MIT who traded his successful career for a job as a courier to be with his intellectually inferior wife IQ 87 For the ailing patient intelligence is a miserable burden that alienates him from others The team eventually suspects he suffers from TTP but the splenectomy they perform does not improve his situation ruling that condition out However it is later revealed that a depression as a teenager due to his loneliness as a child prodigy led him to attempt suicide and House realizes that the ribs he broke back then made his spleen split into several parts which is why the procedure had no effect it was TTP all along The remaining symptoms are explained after the discovery of his use of DXM mixed with alcohol to prevent brain damage which he used to reduce his intellect As Sidas regains his status of intellectual genius by not abusing the addictive medicine he begins work in applied physics drawing a schematic for a toroidal helicon plasma device and is reassured that he cannot relate to his wife with his original intellect House relating to his situation essentially helps lobotomize Einstein by giving him back his meds as the patient wishes to be dumb and happy rather than smart and miserable House tries to break up Lucas and Cuddy at Thanksgiving dinner However Cuddy gives him the wrong address on purpose to stop him from messing up the evening Afterwards House breaks into Lucas home faking a drunken stupor tells Lucas about how much he wants to be with Cuddy Cuddy arrives the next morning at House s apartment lying about how she and Lucas had split up Later in the episode House finds out she lied after she did not accept free tickets he offered her Meanwhile Chase wants to be left alone to deal with the fact that Cameron left but everybody keeps on wanting to comfort him As a result Chase ends up punching House in the face He later apologizes and tells House it was his means of keeping the others away Taub has problems with his wife because she thinks that at the age of 40 he s still doing an intern s job instead of having his own private practice Taub convinces her that he confronted House for keeping him from Thanksgiving dinner by showing her a picture of House s beaten up face by Chase claiming he was responsible which soothes her Reception editZack Handlen of The A V Club graded the episode a B 2 See also editNurse JeffreyReferences edit Beck Melinda November 24 2009 House Season 6 Episode 9 Ignorance is Bliss TV Recap Wall Street Journal Retrieved October 15 2016 Handlen Zack November 23 2009 House Ignorance Is Bliss The A V Club Retrieved October 15 2016 External links edit Ignorance Is Bliss at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ignorance Is Bliss House amp oldid 1217382217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
