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One Better Question: What’s the third option?

Don't just choose between the two doors in front of you. Ask if there's another way out of the room.

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Katie Burkhart
Jan 10, 2026
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Magnificent lion's head door knocker on an old wooden door
I took this photo on a family trip to Charleston. I loved the detail.

Raise your hand if you’ve watched or heard of the show House.

For those of you who aren’t familiar, the show follows Dr. Gregory House as he solves medical cases no other doctor could solve. The show pays homage to Sherlock Holmes (complete with archetypal sidekick, Dr. James Wilson).

In the first season of the show, Ed Vogler, a billionaire pharmaceutical executive, donates a large sum to Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital and becomes the new Chairman of the Board. The major string attached to that money? Total deference to Vogler’s will.

House doesn’t bend.

After a few tussles, Vogler moves to fire House to demonstrate his dominance. Lisa Cuddy, Dean of Medicine and Chief Hospital Administrator, manages to protect his job, but Vogler has a new game: House has to fire one of the people on his team under the guise of saving money.

So it’s fire someone and stay, or fire no one and be forced to leave.

Or is it?

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What’s the third o…

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