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Chris Taub, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is portrayed by Peter Jacobson. He becomes a member of House's new diagnostic team in the Season 4 episode titled "Games".
[edit] Professional lifeTaub is a plastic surgeon and was #39 during the "games" used by House to select his new team. House almost fired Taub (and the row he was sitting in) on the first day of the games but is saved when House changes his mind after noticing an attractive woman in the group. While initially criticized by the other candidates for his specialty, Taub proves himself to be quite clever, using his specialty to help House's many attempts to work around the "rules". When in "The Right Stuff" House cannot figure out how to do a biopsy without alerting NASA officials or the hospital, Taub proposes the solution of covering the necessary surgery with an elective breast augmentation, which allows Robert Chase, watching from observation, to notice the true cause of the condition. He also reveals himself as the most willing of the applicants to challenge House's authority, even telling a patient's father that he thinks House is wrong and can have him removed from the case (Ugly). Cuddy later favors Taub as one of her two choices for the team, arguing that his knowledge and combative nature would keep House focused. In the episode Epic Fail, Taub informs Foreman, who has now taken over the team since House quit after leaving the psychiatric hospital, that he was quitting. However, in the episode "Teamwork", House gets him to come back to the team along with Thirteen, Chase and Foreman. [edit] Personal lifeTaub is married, and although he genuinely loves his wife, he cheated. He had a successful career in cosmetic surgery, but that ended after having an affair with a partner's daughter or a nurse, based on different versions of his story. When asked why he gave up his chosen practice completely, he simply says, "I love my wife." His partners signed a non-disclosure agreement (with respect to his affair) and Taub signed a non-compete, meaning he could no longer practice cosmetic surgery. In spite of this, he has shown indicators for future adultery, admitting to House, "Some people pop pills. I cheat. We all have our vices." In the episode "Mirror Mirror", the patient with a rare type of Mirror syndrome (which causes him to take on the persona of someone in the room with him), sees that he is attracted to Amber Volakis' dominant personality, and the two share a flirtatiously combative dialogue. In the episode "Whatever It Takes", Taub reveals that he is Jewish[1], though it is revealed in "Don't Ever Change" that he describes himself as a non-practicing or a very Liberal or Reform one. This is supported by the fact that House often alludes to Taub's religion, i.e. giving him a "Gold Star of David" for identifying intracranial pressure in a patient. In the episode "Adverse Events", Lucas, House's PI, finds out that Taub's wife opened a secret bank account. House tells Taub that she's put $83,000 in it. When Taub confronts her about it, she tells him she's been saving up to buy him the car he wanted as a surprise because she knew he'd never buy it himself. When she finally gives him the car he apparently decides to tell her he cheated on her, but the conversation isn't shown in the episode. In the "Birthmarks" episode, he claims to have told her, and indicates that she has not thrown him out, and that they are talking about how to handle their situation. In the episode "The Itch", it is revealed that he had been sleeping on the couch, and by the end of the episode his wife had finally forgiven him. In the 100th episode, "The Greater Good", Taub mentions wanting to possibly have children, although his wife seems opposed to the idea. In "Painless", he states his opinion that suicide is never a solution. Kutner questions him, convinced that anyone so thoroughly opposed to it must carry some sort of baggage associated with it. Taub later tells Kutner that a colleague of his once attempted suicide, and though he survived, his family and friends were deeply disturbed. When Kutner asks if it was in fact Taub who attempted suicide, Taub denies it; however, when House assumes the same thing in "Simple Explanation", he does not. After Kutner's suicide, Taub is angry and withdrawn, focusing intently on their current patient even when Chase confronts him about it, telling him to "go home and cry". He does not attend Kutner's funeral, but rather stays to watch over the team's patient. Later, however, he is seen weeping on a bench in the hallway. [edit] References[edit] External links
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