Changes (House)

"Changes" is the twentieth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama series House. It aired on May 2, 2011 on Fox.

The team takes on the case of a lottery winner, Cyrus Harry (Donal Logue), suffering from paralysis and multiple types of cancer, and they must figure out if it is new millionaire lifestyle that is making him sick. The newly rich Cyrus was looking for love, specifically running through a list of ladies named Jennifer Williams, as he hopes to find the Jennifer who was his Jersey shore summer fling 23 years earlier. He believes that with his fortune he will be able to stop being miserable and find happiness. Jennifer (Megan Follows) arrives at the hospital, having read about Cyrus in the news. Due to Thirteen's suspicion of Jennifer, eventually it is revealed that the "Jennifer" by Cyrus' side is a fraud, and part of a scheme set up by Cyrus' cousin, Phil (David Costabile) to scam Cyrus out of his newfound fortune. However at the end of the episode, House and Thirteen watch on as the real Jennifer arrives at the hospital, perhaps being Cyrus' real chance at happiness.

Cuddy's mother, Arlene threatens to sue the hospital over the slow recovery from her hip-replacement surgery ("Family Practice"), which causes tension between herself, House and Cuddy. It is revealed that she did it in hopes that it would unite Cuddy and House against her as a common enemy, therefore encouraging them to get back together. Cuddy's issues with her mother are resolved but House assures her that he and Cuddy will not be getting back together.

Chase tells Foreman that he is repressed, and too easily lets others anger him, while Chase himself is feeling happier due to putting a stop to his promiscuous ways and having sworn off sex altogether. They wager a bet to see who can better change the ugly parts of their personalities; Chase begins hooking Foreman up to a blood pressure monitor during differentials to measure how much he is bothered by his teammates, especially House. One time, Chase cheats and manipulates the monitor, while twice Foreman cheats the test. It is shown at the end of the episode that Chase also cheated, and he is still having sex with new women.