House: Episode 5.20 – “Simple Explanation” Spoiler Roundup
April 6, 2009 by Lynn
Episode 5.20: Simple Explanation
Air Date: April 6, 2009
Taub (Peter Jacobson, L) and the team treat Charlotte (guest star Colleen Camp, C), a woman rushed to Princeton Plainsboro along with her dying husband (guest star Meat Loaf, R), whose condition worsens as her husband’s improves.
[Photo: ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Adam Taylor/FOX]
To help you to get ready for tonight’s episode of House, here’s a review of all the spoiler info for it. It’s going to involve a husband and wife who are both patients, the husband being played by musician/actor Meat Loaf.
The team finds out that the husband has not been a very loving or affectionate man to his wife of 30 years, so when her condition worsens, he tells them to give her his liver as a way to make it up to her….even though giving her his entire liver will kill him. Wow! This will definitely be intense!
[Photos][Video clips][Interview with guest star Meat Loaf]
Spoiler:
Charlotte (guest star Colleen Camp), an older woman who has spent the last six months taking care of her dying husband Eddie (guest star Meat Loaf), is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro after collapsing from respiratory failure. The couple becomes a double mystery for the team when Eddie begins to improve as Charlotte’s condition worsens. The previously unthinkable becomes real when it seems that Charlotte will die before Eddie, and the team will be forced to make a difficult decision. [Source: FOX]
Press Release:
HOUSE AND THE TEAM WORK TO KEEP A HUSBAND AND WIFE ALIVE BUT ARE FORCED TO MAKE A DIFFICULT DECISION AS BOTH PATIENTS’ CONDITIONS DETERIORATE ON AN ALL-NEW “HOUSE” MONDAY, APRIL 6, ON FOX
Meat Loaf Guest-Stars
Charlotte, an older woman who has spent the last six months taking care of her husband Eddie (guest star Meat Loaf), is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro for immediate treatment after collapsing from respiratory failure at Eddie’s deathbed. With both in the hospital, the husband and wife team become a double mystery when Eddie’s condition sporadically improves while Charlotte’s condition deteriorating. The urgency of Charlotte’s medical condition breathes new life into their romantic relationship, and their regrets of what could have been are replaced with tenderness as Charlotte informs the team she wants Eddie to have her heart should she die before him. The team is forced to make a difficult choice as both of their lives are nearing an end in the “Simple Explanation” episode of HOUSE airing Monday, April 6 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HOU-520) (TV-14 L)
Cast: Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House; Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy; Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman; Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson; Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron; Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase; Peter Jacobson as Dr. Chris Taub; Kal Penn as Dr. Lawrence Kutner; Olivia Wilde as Thirteen
Guest Cast: Meat Loaf Aday as Eddie; Colleen Camp as Charlotte; Mary Jo Deschanel as Julia; Ed Brigadier as Richard; Hart Boykin as Arthur; Bob Rusch as Phil; Debbie Campbell as Katherine; Taylor Hardwick as Rosabel; Liz Benoit as Nurse Anne; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse
Kutner is DEAD! Suicide!
….it took me a minute but my eyes actually watered..that was kinda out of left field……..
Did Eddie die in the end?
i thought taub murdered him
I am SHOCKED… I can’t believe they killed off Kutner… no hint, no hint at ALL that he was suicidal… UNbelievable. And no I think Eddie lives, Charlotte dies. (after all, EVERYBODY lies…
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Great episode! Shocking which is great writing and acting is all about. What was that song at the end?
What happened at the very end, my DVR cut off. House was at Kutner’s apartment looking at photos. Taub at the hospitol crying and everybody else at the funeral. Then what? Any shocking discovery?
bandit- no, foreman just finally got over himself and reached out to 13; they closed on House looking at a particular photo and that was that
The reason Kutner was killed off is because Kal Penn has been asked to work for the Obama administration under Valerie Jarrett.
Penn worked for Obama during the primaries and the general. He knocked on doors, made phone calls, and even worked the floor at the DNC.
This is quite an honor. I don’t blame him one bit for taking it. To work at the White House! And for President Obama! What an honor.
I’ll miss him as Kutner. He was my favorite “lackey.” But I’m happy for Penn. Jealous, as I would love to work directly for President Obama, what an experience, but thrilled that someone who worked so hard has been given an opportunity.
and about the song in the end?
alguém sabe qual a música do final do episódio?
The song is called Lose You, by Pete Yorn.
What was the name of the song that House was playing at on the piano and harmonica the end of the episode?