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House struggles to deal with this and, in the season-seven finale, drives his automotive into Cuddy’s living room in anger. As Lisa Edelstein left the present before season eight, after this incident Cuddy leaves the hospital and House never sees her once more. A vital plot element is House’s use of Vicodin to manage pain, caused by an infarction within the quadriceps muscle of his right leg 5 years before the present’s first season, which also forces him to use a cane. In the first-season 11th episode “Detox”, House admits he’s hooked on Vicodin however says he does …
