Small Sacrifices (House)

"Small Sacrifices" is the eighth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It aired on Fox on November 22, 2010.

Plot
A patient is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro after reenacting the Crucifixion. The patient reveals that he crucified himself to honor a bargain he made with God for curing his daughter's cancer.

Cuddy walls House for an apology about lying to her and also pulls him for the wedding dinner of the hospital's chairman-of-board. After the dinner, House visits the patient and tells him that his daughter's CT scans were unable to detect spots of remaining tumor and the PET scans he did revealed them. He concludes that the patient should receive the treatment because God had already broken the bargain. Embittered, the patient agrees. Later on, House reveals that he had been lying, but that the patient is recovering.

Wilson proposes to Sam. Sam is afraid of commitment. Sam dumps Wilson and runs away.

House apologizes to Cuddy and asks for a leap of faith, promising never to lie to her again. That night, Wilson comes over to House's apartment. House tells him that he apologized to Cuddy but in fact he was lying again.

Music

 * "Shark in the Water" by V V Brown
 * "I Know" by Jude
 * "You Mean the World to Me" by Toni Braxton
 * "Love Rollercoaster" by The Ohio Players

Critical response
The A.V. Club gave this episode a B− rating.

IGN gave the episode 6.5 out of 10.