 Richard, a man with brain cancer who cannot move or talk, drives his wheelchair into the swimming pool at a BBQ. Everyone but his son thinks that it was suicide from the pain but House thinks that he can fix Doug and will go to great lengths to prove his point. Meanwhile, House deals with another baffling paralyzes case involving a young woman, named Caren, who claims to be paralyzed below the neck, but can still feel and react to touch.