Thirteen

"Thirteen" is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. She is portrayed by Olivia Wilde. She is part of the new diagnostic team compiled by Gregory House after the en-masse departure of his previous team in the third season finale "Human Error". Her character is portrayed as secretive, so much so that few of her fellow doctors know her name, electing to call her "Thirteen" instead, her number during the fellowship competition that House ran between "The Right Stuff" and "Games".

In her first appearance, she and all other fellowship applicants were identified by numbers. So far, she has elected to be called by her designated number instead of her real name; she has only been referred otherwise once: Cuddy calls her "Dr. Hadley" in "House's Head", to which House replies that "[Cuddy] doesn't even know [Thirteen's] name."

"Thirteen" has been reluctant to reveal any other information about herself within the show. Early on, House tried to guess her secret, such as asking if she was the "daughter of an alcoholic father". Thirteen responds with "wrong again." In "Mirror Mirror", a patient who mirrors the most dominant personality present describes himself as "scared" when alone with her.

In the eighth episode of the fourth season, "You Don't Want to Know", "Thirteen" tells House that her mother died from Huntington's chorea, but she does not wish to know if she carries the gene, because not knowing allows her to summon the bravery to do things she thinks she can't do. In the season 4 finale, it is revealed that she does indeed carry the gene for Huntington's.

Thirteen's sexuality is also ambiguous; Foreman and House have suggested that she is bisexual, and Thirteen herself has made comments implying that she is bisexual, although she might have been joking.

In "97 Seconds", "Thirteen" correctly diagnoses a collapsing and disabled patient with Strongyloides, and treats him with ivermectin, but the patient fails to take the pills because his English Shepherd mobility assistance dog eats them, causing the death of not only the patient but the dog as well. House chastises her about not supervising the patient taking the medicine, but does not fire her because he feels she will not make the same mistake again. At the end of the fellowship competition, hospital administrator Lisa Cuddy tells House that, since he already has Eric Foreman on his team, he may only hire two additional people. So, House fires Thirteen, claiming that fellow applicants Chris Taub and Lawrence Kutner outperformed her, but secretly knowing that Cuddy would want at least one female doctor on the team and would demand that he hire Thirteen. This is exactly what happens, putting Thirteen on House's team of four, which is what he had wanted.

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