In the episode (Season 2, Episode 10) of House, M.D. , the central medical mystery involves a famous journalist who literally loses the ability to speak sense, while Dr. House himself is physically distant from his team, forced to consult via telephone from an airport. Medical Case: Fletcher Stone
Stranded in Baltimore due to a snowstorm, House solves the case remotely while his battery-depleted phone forces him to rely on Stacy's mobile.
Stranded at the airport, House and Stacy are forced to confront their lingering feelings.
While the team at Princeton-Plainsboro argues over who is in charge during House's absence, the emotional core of the episode focuses on House and Stacy Warner.
House decodes Stone's garbled speech, realizing that when the patient says "bear," he actually means "polar." This reveals the patient has bipolar disorder .