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HOUSE AND THE TEAM FIGHT TO SAVE A YOUNG BOY WHO CLAIMS HE�S BEING EXPERIMENTED ON BY ALIENS, WHILE CUDDY AND WILSON WITHHOLD THE TRUTH FROM HOUSE THAT HE REALLY WAS RIGHT ON HIS LAST CASE ON "HOUSE" TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, ON FOX

House�s ego has taken quite a blow because he failed to diagnose his last case, and it�s affecting him physically. He is obviously in pain again, although he continues to deny it. House�s new case is 7-year-old Clancy, a product of in-vitro fertilization, who�s been admitted to the hospital with rectal bleeding and proclamations of being tortured by aliens. As the team runs tests on him, they discover the same test is giving conflicting results. When Clancy claims to have a tracking device in the back of his neck and the team discovers an unknown metal object exactly in that spot, they aren�t quite sure what to think. Amidst all this weirdness, Cuddy and Wilson decide it would be best not to tell House the truth about his last case, thinking that perhaps he will learn some humility if he believes he�s not always right. Cameron discovers the lie and is outraged, but Cuddy convinces her to hold off telling House. When House and the team discover cells with a different type of DNA in Clancy�s body, they are forced to give Clancy�s alien claims a little more credence, but a frustrated House gives up on his young patient, forcing Cuddy to re-think her desire to hold back the truth she�s hiding in the �Cane & Able� episode of HOUSE airing Tuesday, Dec. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HOU-302) (TV-PG L, V)

Cast: Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House; Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy; Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman; Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson; Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron; Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase.

Guest Cast: Edward Edwards as Richard; Skyler Gisondo as Clancy; Sheryl Lee as Stephanie; Johnny Sneed at Todd; Stephanie Venditto as Nurse Brenda; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse