- ""IF I WANTED YOU TO BE LIKE ME...I'd be urging you to make a stubborn decision that'd ultimately blow up and make you miserable."
- ―Chase
Chase is a Season 8 episode of House, M.D. which first aired on February 13, 2012. It has been reported that Jesse Spencer will appear in every scene of this episode and, following the format of 5 to 9 and Wilson it will be told entirely from Chase's point of view.
Chase refuses to return to work after his injury and takes advantage of House's guilt over the matter to defy his attempts to get him to return to the hospital. However, when a young woman about to take her vows to become a nun is admitted to the hospital, Chase agrees to return, only to find his religious faith rushing into the void left by his loss of faith in House. As he gets closer to the patient, Chase continuously criticizes House's methods, reputation and claims of objectivity as they disagree about the treatment of the patient. No longer is the fight about who has the right diagnosis, but instead the battlefield shifts to whether Cofield was right about House's abusive manner and recklessness and whether House's results are justified by the way he pursues his diagnoses and treats his subordinates. Chase and House finally come to a fundamental disagreement about the patient that may finally end Chase's reputation as House's "yes man" but also bring's House's reputation under broader scrutiny.
Meanwhile, House and Taub start a pranking war that moves towards the nuclear level as both men become distracted by what the other is planning to do to them.
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thumb|300px|left|Apology
thumb|300px|left|Target practice
thumb|300px|left|Good advice
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