House, Season 1

Dr. House:
I saw the light on.

Dr. Cameron:
It's daytime.

Dr. House:
Yeah. It's a figure of speech. Always so literal.

[pause]

Dr. Cameron:
Got a new cane.

Dr. House:
Yeah. Guy in the store said it was slimming. Vertical stripe...

Dr. Cameron:
Why are you here?

Dr. House:
Vogler is dead.

Dr. Cameron:
What? What happened?

Dr. House:
Again with the literal translation. Vogler the idea. Mr. Destructo. Mr. Money Bags, "Bow down before me"; he's gone from the hospital, so things can go back to the way they were.

Dr. Cameron:
The way they were was kinda weird.

Dr. House:
Ehh...weird works for me.

Dr. Cameron:
What are you saying? Literally?

Dr. House:
I want you to come back.

Dr. Cameron:
Why?

[House's beeper goes off, Cameron crosses her arms]

Dr. House:
Please unclench. You're not on the clock, and when you do that, I clench, and then it's the whole thing...

Dr. Cameron:
Could you look at your pager?

[he does]

Dr. House:
It's no big deal, some sort of epidemic. Not my area.

Dr. Cameron:
You should go, it's important.

Dr. House:
What I'm doing now is important.

Dr. Cameron:
Why do you want me back?

Dr. House:
Because you're a good doctor.

Dr. Cameron:
That's it?

Dr. House:
That's not enough?

Dr. Cameron:
Not for me. Go deal with your plague.

[she shuts the door in his face]