Each of the four departs the present after elimination, except for Volakis, who appears throughout the season, having started a relationship with Wilson. In the two-part season finale, Volakis makes an attempt to shepherd a drunken House home when Wilson is unavailable. She reappears late in season five and once more within the sequence finale as hallucinations by House. A significant plot factor is House’s use of Vicodin to manage pain, brought on by an infarction in the quadriceps muscle of his proper leg five years earlier than the show’s first season, which additionally forces him to make use of…
