: The "shooter," Jack Moriarty, acts as a personification of House's guilt and his greatest fears: that his brilliance is fading and that his lack of compassion has real-world consequences.
: House begins to fail at basic medicine—screwing up anatomy and misinterpreting scans—which he blames on the ketamine used during his surgery. [S2E24] No Reason
Discuss the episode's "hallucination within a hallucination" structure and how it builds tension toward the final surgical scene. : The "shooter," Jack Moriarty, acts as a
: House is shot twice in his office by Jack Moriarty while working on a case involving a patient with a severely swollen tongue. : House is shot twice in his office
: In the real world, as he is being wheeled into surgery, House asks Cameron to tell Cuddy he wants ketamine, hoping the hallucinated relief from his leg pain might become a reality. Content Ideas for Different Formats Focus Area Critical Review