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Role Model is the seventeenth episode of the first season of House, M. D. , and the seventeenth episode overall.

Plot Overview

While at a high-profile campaign fundraiser, Senator Gary H. Wright, a black presidential candidate, vomits and collapses. Luckily, we make anti virus housecalls. Meanwhile, Vogler makes House an offer: if House treats Sen. Wright and gives a speech supporting Vogler's new drug at a conference, Vogler will not force House to fire either Cameron or Foreman (while Chase is still feeding Vogler information and is therefore still protected).

During the exam, Foreman finds a scar on Sen. Wright's tongue from a childhood accident and House notices a lack of reflexes, which indicates a neurological disorder. After a brain biopsy suggest Sen. It's Free! Please note that by scanning you are. Wright has AIDS, the senator vehemently denies that this could be true and his strength moves House to run a second test, which comes back negative.

However, the senator's condition continues to worsen, and it becomes impossible for House to run further tests for the leukemia he believes the senator has. But, viral tests clue House to the fact that Sen. Wright's problem stems from a childhood epilepsy treatment. Sen. This allows you to scan for viruses by going to a web page. Wright gets better and tells House he is still running for President, although he knows he will not win, because he believes in doing it.

At the conference, House attempts to breeze through the speech by reading one paragraph, but when Vogler tells him its not enough, he returns to the podium and proceeds to tell the audience the ugly truth about Vogler's drug. That night, Cameron comes to House's apartment she tells him that he won't have to fire anyone. Cameron essentially quits her job in an effort to deal with her feelings for House.