Dr. House recovery after the being shot by a spouse of a previous charge, in season 3 House takes a good look through a mirror of his past self. Skeptical about changing his ways and competence; he begins to look at things a new, choosing to somehow relate to his charges and treat them as his level.

Although his self-doubt didn’t last long, and reverts to his old misanthropic self—with this is his intake of Vicodin and Ketamine, or painkillers.