Krippenspiel
In the clinic, House treats another female patient, Melanie, whom he initially diagnoses with strep throat. At the same time, he notices that she has had HIV tests every 3 months, and concludes that she is a prostitute. She later returns with pustules on her neck and chest. House asks if she does donkey shows, and when she says yes, he gives her a prescription for contagious ecthyma, a disease she has that can be caught from donkeys. At the end of the episode, House visits a church, which is putting on a Nativity play during which his clinic patient rides in on a donkey, playing the part of the Virgin Mary.