outside the hospital, house must deal with his new dog, hector, about whom house does not seem to care. hector makes a mess in the house, including eating some of house's pills and biting off a piece of house's cane. the doctor tries to get rid of the dog by leaving the door of his apartment open, but hector just stays inside (though somebody does enter and steal house's stereo). at the end of the episode, wilson's ex-wife is now able to have dogs at her condo and she can take hector back if house wants. house scoffs at the idea of keeping the dog, but it seems that house and hector developed a certain fondness for each other. when wilson calls for hector, hector stands up and starts limping towards wilson. then wilson looks at house with an accusing look. house merely says, "accidents happen," while handing over the leash. wilson walks out with hector, followed by house seeing them dramatically leave while the song "ain't no reason" by brett dennen plays.