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| First appearance | "The Right Stuff" |
| Portrayed by | Peter Jacobson |
| Episode count | 23 |
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| Specialty | Plastic surgery |
| Occupation | Physician: Diagnostic medicine fellow (Season 4 - present) |
Dr. Chris Taub 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".
Professional life
Taub is a plastic surgeon and was #39 during the games. While initially criticised 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.
Personal Life
Taub is married and in "Ugly" he reveals that he left the field of plastic surgery after having an affair with a nurse that "got real", and his partners said that they would only keep quiet if he resigned. When asked why he gave up his chosen practice completely, he simply says, "I love my wife." In "Wilson's Heart", he is shown embracing her on their bed.
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, 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.
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