# Charity Case > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charity_Case > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charity_Case.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_Case > Source revision: 1324099072 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 3rd episode of the 8th season of House "Charity Case" House episode Episode no. Season 8 Episode 3 Directed by Greg Yaitanes Written by Sara Hess Original air date October 17, 2011 (2011-10-17) Guest appearances Wentworth Miller as Benjamin Byrd Ron Perkins as Dr. Ron Simpson Toni Trucks as Trina Episode chronology ← Previous "Transplant" Next → "Risky Business" House season 8 List of episodes "**Charity Case**" is the third episode of the [eighth season](/source/House_season_8) of the American television medical drama series *[House](/source/House_(TV_series))* and the 158th overall episode of the series. It aired on [Fox](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company) in the United States on October 17, 2011. It is also the penultimate episode with [Olivia Wilde](/source/Olivia_Wilde) as Dr. Remy Hadley (Thirteen). This episode seems loosely based on the American investor [Zell Kravinsky](/source/Zell_Kravinsky), even using his quote that "to withhold a kidney from someone who would otherwise die means valuing one’s own life at 4,000 times that of a stranger". ## Plot Philanthropist Benjamin Byrd ([Wentworth Miller](/source/Wentworth_Miller)) collapses outside of a training center for the homeless where he's made an incognito visit. When brought into Princeton Plainsboro, he offers a large payment to the hospital so that House will be able to reassemble his diagnostics team. Wilson is also placed in an ethical bind because Byrd offers a kidney to one of Wilson's needy patients. The team tries to determine whether Byrd's generosity is a symptom of mental instability, something confirmed when he offers his other kidney to [Thirteen](/source/Thirteen_(House)) and says he's willing to live on [dialysis](/source/Kidney_dialysis). Dr. Jessica Adams works with House on a volunteer basis. She and [Dr. Park](/source/Chi_Park) clash over both their diagnoses of the patient and Adams' insistence on giving the proud Park increasingly large gifts, finally paying for House's car repair under the impression that it is Park's car. House reaches out to the retired Thirteen. She aids him on the case and is nearly persuaded to return to the diagnostic team full-time. He then fires her so that she can go to Greece with her new girlfriend guilt-free. ## Reception This episode was watched by 8.34 million US viewers. *[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)* gave this episode a B rating.[1] ## Trivia Because of this episode a Dutch man donated a kidney to a stranger in 2012.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-avclub_1-0)** Handlen, Zack (October 17, 2011). ["Charity Case"](https://www.avclub.com/house-charity-case-1798170055). *[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)*. Retrieved October 31, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** de Vries, Olaf (December 1, 2013). ["Nierdonatie bij leven"](https://nierdonatie-bij-leven.nl). Retrieved February 5, 2023. ## External links - ["Charity Case"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2016511/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - ["Charity Case"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111024235144/http://www.fox.com/house/recaps/season-8/episode-03.htm) at [Fox.com](/source/Fox.com) - [Medical review of "Charity Case"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111021074100/http://www.politedissent.com/archives/8087) v t e House Characters Gregory House Lisa Cuddy James Wilson Allison Cameron Remy "Thirteen" Hadley Lawrence Kutner Stacy Warner Michael Tritter Episodes Season 1 "Pilot" "Paternity" "Three Stories" Season 2 "Autopsy" "Spin" "Hunting" "The Mistake" "Deception" "Failure to Communicate" "Need to Know" "Clueless" "All In" "House vs. God" "Who's Your Daddy?" Season 3 "Informed Consent" "Lines in the Sand" "Finding Judas" "Half-Wit" Season 4 "Mirror Mirror" "Whatever It Takes" "Ugly" "You Don't Want to Know" "Frozen" "No More Mr. Nice Guy" "Living the Dream" "House's Head" "Wilson's Heart" Season 5 "Not Cancer" "Lucky Thirteen" "Last Resort" "Here Kitty" "Locked In" "Simple Explanation" "Both Sides Now" Season 6 "Broken" "Known Unknowns" "Ignorance Is Bliss" "Wilson" "The Down Low" "Remorse" "5 to 9" "The Choice" "Baggage" "Help Me" Season 7 "Selfish" "Unwritten" "Unplanned Parenthood" "Office Politics" "A Pox on Our House" "Small Sacrifices" "Larger than Life" "Carrot or Stick" "Bombshells" "Out of the Chute" "Fall from Grace" "The Dig" "Changes" "The Fix" "Moving On" Season 8 "Twenty Vicodin" "Transplant" "Charity Case" "Risky Business" "The Confession" "Parents" "Dead & Buried" "Perils of Paranoia" "Runaways" "Nobody's Fault" "Chase" "Man of the House" "Love Is Blind" "Blowing the Whistle" "Gut Check" "We Need the Eggs" "Body & Soul" "The C-Word" "Post Mortem" "Holding On" "Everybody Dies" Related Cast list Accolades Soundtrack Nurse Jeffrey Doctor Richter Hekimoğlu Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charity Case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_Case) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_Case?action=history)). 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