The following is an episode list for the medical drama series House. The show revolves around Dr. Gregory House, a maverick medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.[2] The television series debuted on FOX on November 16, 2004 in the United States, and after the pilot episode attracted approximately seven million viewers,[3] it was quickly picked up for a full season of 22 episodes.[4] House gained high ratings and critical praise there, when it was placed in the time slot following American Idol during the spring of its first season.[4][5] House has been airing in 28 countries.
The first four seasons have been released on DVD by Universal, in regions 1, 2 and 4. The fifth season premiered on September 16, 2008.[6] As of October 27, 2009, a total of 96 episodes of House have aired.
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Region 1 DVD release date |
Region 2 DVD release date |
Region 4 DVD release date |
Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1 | 22 | 2004–2005 | August 30, 2005 | February 27, 2006 | November 28, 2005 | 13.3[7] | #24 | 5.2/13 (#20) | |
| 2 | 24 | 2005–2006 | August 22, 2006 | October 23, 2006 | October 23, 2006 | 17.3[8] | #10 | 6.8/16 (#6) | |
| 3 | 24 | 2006–2007 | August 21, 2007 | November 19, 2007 | September 19, 2007 | 19.4[9] | #7 | 8.1/20 (#3) | |
| 4 | 16 | 2007–2008 | August 19, 2008 | October 27, 2008 | August 20, 2008 | 16.2[5] | #7 | 7.4/18 (TBA) | |
| 5 | 24 | 2008–2009 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
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The first season of House premiered November 16, 2004,[10] and ended May 25, 2005.[11] The pilot episode attracted approximately seven million viewers,[3] and gained mixed reviews from critics.[12][13] It was picked up by FOX, for a 22-episode first season.[4]
| Episode # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Final Diagnosis |
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| 1 (1-01) | "Pilot" | Bryan Singer | David Shore | November 16, 2004 | Neurocysticercosis |
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A 29-year old preschool teacher (guest star Robin Tunney) collapses in her classroom from a seizure. She is taken to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, where Dr. House and his team of experts struggle to solve the mystery. Another version of the pilot was to be aired in this slot, but 4 minutes of footage were cut out at the last minute. The unaired pilot was then released to specific magazines to promote the show.[14] |
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| 2 (1-02) | "Paternity" | Peter O'Fallon | Lawrence Kaplow | November 23, 2004 | Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis |
| A 16-year-old high school student, Dan (Scott Mechlowicz), starts suffering night terrors and frequent hallucinations after playing lacrosse at school. The parents take him to Dr. House after receiving a letter that he apparently sent and House starts a bet on whether they are his biological parents. Meanwhile, House must deal with a patient looking to set up a lawsuit and a mother who does not believe in vaccinations. | |||||
| 3 (1-03) | "Occam's Razor" | Bryan Singer | David Shore | November 30, 2004 | Colchicine poisoning |
| House and his team struggle to find out why a college student (Kevin Zegers) collapsed after having sex with his fiancée. | |||||
| 4 (1-04) | "Maternity" | Newton Thomas Sigel | Peter Blake | December 7, 2004 | Echovirus 11 |
| House's prediction that two sick babies is the beginning of something worse is dreadfully correct and he and his team quarantine the hospital's maternity ward as they try to determine the source of the illness. | |||||
| 5 (1-05) | "Damned If You Do" | Greg Yaitanes | Sara B. Cooper | December 14, 2004 | Copper allergy |
| House's approach raises questions when he treats a nun for what he believes to be an allergy, and almost kills her. | |||||
| 6 (1-06) | "The Socratic Method" | Peter Medak | John Mankiewicz | December 21, 2004 | Vitamin K deficiency, hepatocellular carcinoma, and Wilson's disease |
| When a schizophrenic mother has a deep-vein thrombosis, a strange phone call causes House to question her sanity once again. | |||||
| 7 (1-07) | "Fidelity" | Bryan Spicer | Thomas L. Moran | December 28, 2004 | African trypanosomiasis |
| Two men are out jogging – one of them (guest star Dominic Purcell) returns home to his bedridden wife, who lashes out at him. Believing there is something wrong, she is sent to Princeton-Plainsboro, and when all the treatments fail, House concludes she has African sleeping sickness. However, neither the wife nor her husband have ever been to Africa. The woman will die without proper treatment, but neither one will also admit to having an affair. | |||||
| 8 (1-08) | "Poison" | Guy Ferland | Matt Witten | January 25, 2005 | Phosmet poisoning |
| House and his team investigate the mysterious poisoning of high-school student Matt Davis, until another teen is brought in with all of the same symptoms but almost nothing else in common with Matt. | |||||
| 9 (1-09) | "DNR" | Frederick King Keller | David Foster | February 1, 2005 | Arteriovenous malformation |
| When a legendary jazz musician collapses mid-session, House and his team run into technical difficulties treating the man, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. House ignores the DNR order and ends up in court. | |||||
| 10 (1-10) | "Histories" | Dan Attias | Joel Thompson | February 8, 2005 | Tuberculoma and rabies |
| Dr. Foreman believes an uncooperative homeless woman is faking seizures to get a meal ticket at the hospital. But her situation strikes a chord with Dr. Wilson and he resolves to keep her from falling between the cracks. Meanwhile, House has an audience of two medical students who are learning how to do case studies. | |||||
| 11 (1-11) | "Detox" | Nelson McCormick | Lawrence Kaplow and Thomas L. Moran | February 15, 2005 | Naphthalene poisoning |
| While trying to figure out why a young patient will not stop bleeding after a car wreck, House accepts Cuddy's challenge and goes off Vicodin for a week in exchange for no clinic duty for a month. As House's withdrawal symptoms become severe, his methodology for his patient are more harsh and risky, and Foreman and Cameron are afraid he may not be thinking clearly enough to save the patient's life. | |||||
| 12 (1-12) | "Sports Medicine" | Keith Gordon | John Mankiewicz and David Shore | February 22, 2005 | Cadmium poisoning |
| A severely broken arm reveals a bizarre case of bone loss and ends the comeback plans of major league pitcher Hank Wiggen. House suspects Hank – with a history of drug abuse – is lying about using steroids, as his condition worsens. When Hank's kidneys start to fail, his wife offers to donate hers, but she will have to abort her early pregnancy, something Hank does not want. Meanwhile, Foreman dates a pharmaceutical representative and House is stuck with an extra ticket to a monster truck rally. | |||||
| 13 (1-13) | "Cursed" | Daniel Sackheim | Matt Witten and Peter Blake | March 1, 2005 | Anthrax and leprosy |
| After consulting an Ouija board, a young boy believes he is going to die, and is sent to Princeton-Plainsboro after suffering from pneumonia. Dr. Chase's estranged father (guest star Patrick Bauchau) comes to the hospital and helps House diagnose the kid. | |||||
| 14 (1-14) | "Control" | Randy Zisk | Lawrence Kaplow | March 15, 2005 | Congestive heart failure onset by bulimia and regular use of ipecac |
| Billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler donates $100 million to Princeton-Plainsboro and becomes the new Chairman of the Board. Vogler intends to turn the clinic into a profitable venue for his biotech venture and plans to eliminate House's financially draining department. Meanwhile, a businesswoman has it all – perfect life, perfect body, perfect job – until she finds herself inexplicably paralyzed. When he diagnoses her condition, House must risk his job and his medical license to save her. | |||||
| 15 (1-15) | "Mob Rules" | Tim Hunter | David Foster and John Mankiewicz | March 22, 2005 | Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency |
| House is placed under a court order to determine what is ailing a mobster due for federal testimony and the Witness Protection Program. The witness's brother, a lawyer, works against the team and the testimony when his brother is diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Cuddy continues to battle Vogler over House's importance to the hospital. | |||||
| 16 (1-16) | "Heavy" | Fred Gerber | Thomas L. Moran | March 29, 2005 | Cushing's disease secondary to pituitary adenoma |
| House and his team investigate an overweight ten-year-old girl who has a heart attack. Adding to his stress, Vogler demands House get rid of a member of his team. | |||||
| 17 (1-17) | "Role Model" | Peter O'Fallon | Matt Witten | April 12, 2005 | Delayed-onset CVID secondary to phenytoin-mediated Epstein-Barr virus infection. |
| A popular U.S. senator and presidential candidate succumbs to illness at a fundraiser and Vogler assigns House to his case. He also tells House he can keep his whole team if he endorses Vogler's pharmaceutical company. The Senator's initial diagnosis seems to point to AIDS, but House digs deeper for another answer. Meanwhile, he also handles a case of a woman who apparently gets pregnant without having sex. | |||||
| 18 (1-18) | "Babies & Bathwater" | Bill Johnson | Peter Blake and David Shore (teleplay) Peter Blake (story) |
April 19, 2005 | LEMS secondary to Small cell lung carcinoma |
| A pregnant woman arrives at the hospital with brain and kidney problems and House must contend with her condition and Vogler's eagerness to see the doctor removed by using the board members. The patient and her husband must decide between her life and their unborn child's, after the team discovers small cell lung cancer. | |||||
| 19 (1-19) | "Kids" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran and Lawrence Kaplow | May 3, 2005 | Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to pregnancy |
| House fights off a meningitis outbreak and Cuddy gives his team an hour to produce results after he singles out a young patient who does not quite fit the criteria. House tries to get Cameron to return in the wake of Vogler's departure, but she demands House tell her why he really wants her back. | |||||
| 20 (1-20) | "Love Hurts" | Bryan Spicer | Sara B. Cooper | May 10, 2005 | Fulminating osteomyelitis |
| The teaching hospital buzzes with rumors of House's upcoming date with Cameron. After House is harsh to an awaiting clinic patient (guest star John Cho), the man develops a mysterious stroke. At the same time, House also deals with an elderly couple whose overactive sex life causes them problems. | |||||
| 21 (1-21) | "Three Stories" | Paris Barclay | David Shore | May 17, 2005 |
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| House receives a visit from an ex-girlfriend, Stacy Warner, who seeks his help for her husband. Cuddy forces House to give a lecture to medical students on diagnosing patients and presents three scenarios, each with different reasons for their leg pain (with guest star Carmen Electra). | |||||
| 22 (1-22) | "Honeymoon" | Frederick King Keller | Lawrence Kaplow and John Mankiewicz | May 24, 2005 | Acute intermittent porphyria |
| House diagnoses Mark, Stacy's husband, and although the tests do not indicate a condition and Mark claims to be fine outside of stomach pain, it appears his brain is dying, leaving House puzzled. When he comes to a potential diagnosis, he has to fight against Mark's wishes to get the proper test done. | |||||
On May 24, 2005 FOX announced that House would be returning for its second season.[15]
| Episode # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Final Diagnosis |
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| 23 (2-01) | "Acceptance" | Dan Attias | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | September 13, 2005 | Methanol poisoning and pheochromocytoma |
| House is brought in for a consult on a Death Row inmate (guest star LL Cool J) with mysterious symptoms. Cameron feels the hospital's resources are better used elsewhere for a young cancer patient. House and Stacy try to establish a good work relationship, especially after he lies to her to secure the transfer of the inmate to the hospital. | |||||
| 24 (2-02) | "Autopsy" | Deran Sarafian | Lawrence Kaplow | September 20, 2005 | Thrombosis |
| A nine-year-old cancer patient is brought before House after she experiences hallucinations. House figures out a way to help her, but it will involve serious risk. They discover she has a tumor on her heart, but when it turns out to be benign, the team decides a clot may be navigating her body. | |||||
| 25 (2-03) | "Humpty Dumpty" | Dan Attias | Matt Witten | September 27, 2005 | Endocarditis due to psittacosis |
| Cuddy feels responsible when her handyman falls off her roof then exhibits weird symptoms. House's team amputates the handyman's hand to prevent the spread of infection, but when the other hand starts showing similar signs, they must seek out the source before it kills the patient. | |||||
| 26 (2-04) | "TB or Not TB" | Peter O'Fallon | David Foster | November 1, 2005 | Nesidioblastoma and tuberculosis |
| A famous doctor (guest star Ron Livingston) falls ill when working in Africa, and is sent to House for treatment. Tensions mount when House refuses to believe he has tuberculosis, but everyone else believes so. | |||||
| 27 (2-05) | "Daddy's Boy" | Greg Yaitanes | Thomas L. Moran | November 8, 2005 | Cavernous angioma and Radiation poisoning |
| A student who just graduates from Princeton experiences severe spasms at a graduation party. Meanwhile, House's parents drop by but he is reluctant to see them, igniting curiosity among the hospital staff. | |||||
| 28 (2-06) | "Spin" | Fred Gerber | Sara Hess | November 15, 2005 | Air embolism, pure red cell aplasia, thymoma, and myasthenia gravis |
| A famous cyclist is brought to Princeton-Plainsboro after collapsing during a race. He is surprisingly honest about several illegal medications and techniques he applies to himself, but his sickness is not caused by any of these. | |||||
| 29 (2-07) | "Hunting" | Gloria Muzio | Liz Friedman | November 22, 2005 | Echinococcosis |
| House is confronted by a Kalvin, a flamboyant gay man who demands treatment when other doctors diagnose him with AIDS, something he admits he does have. House begins making moves on Stacy using sensitive information on her relationship with Mark. | |||||
| 30 (2-08) | "The Mistake" | David Semel | Peter Blake | November 29, 2005 | Behcet's Disease, then Hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma from a Liver transplant |
| A lawsuit is brought against Chase and House for the death of a mother who comes in with stomach pain. A disciplinary committee convenes to determine whether either of them is at fault. | |||||
| 31 (2-09) | "Deception" | Deran Sarafian | Michael R. Perry | December 13, 2005 | Clostridium perfringens and Munchausen syndrome |
| A woman who has a seizure is admitted to the hospital but Cameron wants her to be discharged when they discover she has Munchhausen syndrome, however, House believes she has an underlying condition. | |||||
| 32 (2-10) | "Failure to Communicate" | Jace Alexander | Doris Egan | January 10, 2006 | Cerebral malaria |
| A famed journalist (guest star Michael O'Keefe) collapses in his magazine company's office. While he acts nonchalantly after getting up, it becomes clear from his word-salad-inflected speech that he is suffering from aphasia. | |||||
| 33 (2-11) | "Need to Know" | David Semel | Pamela Davis | February 7, 2006 | Ritalin use and Hepatocellular adenoma |
| Cameron worries about the potential results of her HIV test and House basks in the afterglow of his kiss with Stacy, but Wilson tells him to keep a level head about things. House must dig through the life and lies of a busy housewife to find the true reason why she is showing signs of physical and mental degeneration. | |||||
| 34 (2-12) | "Distractions" | Dan Attias | Lawrence Kaplow | February 14, 2006 | Serotonin syndrome |
| The team struggles to diagnose a teen suffering from spasms when severe burns following an accident make most of their usual diagnostic tests impossible. Meanwhile, House exacts revenge on a doctor who turned him in for cheating in medical school. | |||||
| 35 (2-13) | "Skin Deep" | Jim Hayman | Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & David Shore (teleplay) Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner (story) |
February 20, 2006 | Male pseudohermaphroditism and testicular cancer |
| House treats a teenage supermodel who gets into a catfight on the catwalk and then passes out. When her tox-screen shows heroin, she is treated for addiction; unfortunately, her symptoms continue after she is weaned off the drugs. Meanwhile, House fights off increasingly bad leg pain. | |||||
| 36 (2-14) | "Sex Kills" | David Semel | Matt Witten | March 7, 2006 | Brucellosis(Henry), gonorrhea (Laura) |
| House treats a man who has a seizure but does not realize it and needs a new heart. When the transplant committee votes "no", House tries to get one from a dead woman whose organs are also rejected by the committee. | |||||
| 37 (2-15) | "Clueless" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran | March 28, 2006 | Gold sodium thiomalate poisoning |
| When a man cannot breathe during sexual role playing with his wife, House questions the motives behind their marriage; Wilson's presence in his house begins to take a toll on him. | |||||
| 38 (2-16) | "Safe" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Peter Blake | April 4, 2006 | Tick paralysis |
| Melinda (guest star Michelle Trachtenberg), a troubled teenager who is immuno-compromised as a result of medications she must take after a heart transplant, has a severe allergic reaction and goes into shock when her boyfriend visits her. Meanwhile, House and Wilson continue to work out the problems in their new living arrangement. | |||||
| 39 (2-17) | "All In" | Fred Gerber | David Foster | April 11, 2006 | Erdheim-Chester disease |
| The hospital is hosting an oncology benefit poker tournament when a six year-old boy is brought in exhibiting symptoms identical to those of a patient House had twelve years ago. House is convinced the boy's case is identical and he can predict the course of the young patient's illness, which ended in the first patient's death. | |||||
| 40 (2-18) | "Sleeping Dogs Lie" | Greg Yaitanes | Sara Hess | April 18, 2006 | Bubonic plague |
| A young woman's health becomes a question of ethics when she is unable to sleep for ten days. It is not until House discovers she will need a liver transplant that he also uncovers some vital information about her and her partner Max. Meanwhile, Cameron accuses Foreman of plagiarism when an article he authors appears remarkably similar to one of hers. | |||||
| 41 (2-19) | "House vs. God" | John F. Showalter | Doris Egan | April 25, 2006 | Tuberous sclerosis and herpes encephalitis |
| House wants to call a 15 year-old faith-healer's bluff, but when the boy is admitted into the hospital he seemingly causes a cancer patient's condition to go into remission. After being diagnosed, the boy refuses brain surgery, but when his condition worsens, House and his staff have to make a decision. | |||||
| 42 (2-20) | "Euphoria, Part 1" | Deran Sarafian | Matthew V. Lewis | May 2, 2006 | (No diagnosis) |
| House is trying to cure a crooked cop who acts turbulent and laughs uncontrollably, but he and his team are unable to determine the cause. When Foreman starts showing similar symptoms, the situation gets far worse than anybody expected. | |||||
| 43 (2-21) | "Euphoria, Part 2" | Deran Sarafian | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Shore | May 3, 2006 | Induced Legionellosis and primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to infection by Naegleria fowleri |
| With the police officer dead and fearing for his life, Foreman contacts his father who rushes to his son's side. Meanwhile, House and the rest of the team are still trying to do everything they can to help Foreman. | |||||
| 44 (2-22) | "Forever" | Daniel Sackheim | Liz Friedman | May 9, 2006 | Pellagra, Coeliac disease and MALT lymphoma |
| On his way out the door, a man vomits and decides to stay home from work, only to find his wife in the bathtub having a seizure and their newborn infant drowning. | |||||
| 45 (2-23) | "Who's Your Daddy?" | Martha Mitchell | John Mankiewicz & Lawrence Kaplow (teleplay) Charles M. Duncan & John Mankiewicz (story) |
May 16, 2006 | Haemochromatosis and zygomycosis |
| A 16 year-old Hurricane Katrina victim suffering from horrifying hallucinations is brought to House by a former bandmate who recently discovered the girl is his daughter. Although House fears his friend is being scammed, he takes the case. As he works his way through the girl's lies in order to diagnose and treat her, he is forced to tell a few lies of his own. | |||||
| 46 (2-24) | "No Reason" | David Shore | David Shore (teleplay) Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore (story) |
May 23, 2006 | No diagnosis (hallucination by House) |
| When House and his team are working on the diagnosis of a man with a swollen tongue, the husband of a former patient walks into House's office and shoots him. House continues to treat his patient from his ICU bed with the shooter (guest star Elias Koteas), who is shot by hospital security and handcuffed to his bed, as his roommate. When the after effects of the shooting begin to impact House, he starts to question his own ability to diagnose properly. As his patient's body deteriorates, House struggles through self-doubt and must trust his team to find a way to solve the case. | |||||
| Episode # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Final Diagnosis |
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| 47 (3-01) | "Meaning" | Deran Sarafian | Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore (teleplay) Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore (story) |
September 5, 2006 |
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| House has recovered from his gunshot wounds and is back at work, taking on two cases simultaneously: Richard, paralyzed after brain cancer surgery eight years ago, who drove himself on his motorized wheelchair headfirst into a swimming pool, and Caren, a young woman paralyzed from the neck down after a yoga session. As House begins to diagnose and treat them, the team notices a distinct change in his attitude toward his patients. | |||||
| 48 (3-02) | "Cane and Able" | Daniel Sackheim | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner (teleplay) Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore (story) |
September 12, 2006 | Chimerism |
| Seven year-old Clancy is admitted to the hospital with rectal bleeding, claiming alien abduction. The team runs tests, but when they get different results from the same tests, in addition to finding a metal object in his neck, they are forced to give Clancy's testimony a little more credence. Amidst this, Cuddy and Wilson decides not to tell House the truth about his last case, thinking he will learn some humility, while Cameron is outraged at their actions. When a frustrated House gives up on the boy, Cuddy is forced to re-think her decision to hold back the truth. | |||||
| 49 (3-03) | "Informed Consent" | Laura Innes | David Foster | September 19, 2006 | Congestive heart failure secondary to senile cardiac amyloidosis |
| House's new patient is Ezra Powell (guest star Joel Grey), a renowned medical research pioneer who collapses in his lab. House puts Ezra through diagnostic rigors, but the team is unable to come up with a conclusive diagnosis and Ezra's health continues to deteriorate. Ezra ultimately demands the team help him end his life, but each member has divergent opinions on the morality of helping Ezra die, especially since the possibility of a cure is still in question. Meanwhile, the teenage daughter of a clinic patient has developed a disturbing crush on House. | |||||
| 50 (3-04) | "Lines in the Sand" | Newton Thomas Sigel | David Hoselton | September 26, 2006 | Baylisascaris |
| House takes the case of Adam, a 10 year-old severely autistic boy, who screams loudly for no apparent reason. Cuddy makes a minor change to House's office and he refuses to use it until it is returned to its original state; thus, he finds himself wandering the hospital in need of a temporary office. Meanwhile, the teenage clinic patient still has a crush on House and is becoming a nuisance. | |||||
| 51 (3-05) | "Fools for Love" | David Platt | Peter Blake | October 31, 2006 | Hereditary angioedema |
| House takes the case of a young woman who is rushed to the hospital with problems breathing and severe stomach pain, after she and her husband are robbed. But when her husband collapses, the team believes the couple's illnesses are related. Meanwhile, clinic patient Michael Tritter causes problems for House. | |||||
| 52 (3-06) | "Que Sera Sera" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran | November 7, 2006 | Small cell lung carcinoma |
| A morbidly obese man is found in a coma after a fire accident and is admitted to Princeton-Plainsboro. Upon waking up, he demands to be discharged, refusing to be tested for any disease possibly caused by his weight. | |||||
| 53 (3-07) | "Son of Coma Guy" | Dan Attias | Doris Egan | November 14, 2006 | MERRF syndrome |
| House decides to awaken a comatose patient so he can question the man regarding the family history of his son, who may have a genetic condition, and the father is the only living relative. Meanwhile, Wilson confronts House about the stolen prescription as Tritter approaches Cameron, Chase, and Foreman in an attempt to divide the team and reveal their loyalties. | |||||
| 54 (3-08) | "Whac-A-Mole" | Daniel Sackheim | Pamela Davis | November 21, 2006 | Chronic granulomatous disease |
| House's newest patient is 18 year-old Jack, brought to the hospital after experiencing a heart attack and massive vomiting. Jack has been the sole parent to his younger brother and sister since their parents died. After a brief review of his file, House thinks he has got the diagnosis, seals it in an envelope and turns the process into a game, challenging Cameron, Foreman and Chase to figure it out on their own. Meanwhile, in an attempt to extract a confession, Tritter makes it impossible for Wilson to practice medicine, driving a wedge between the two friends. | |||||
| 55 (3-09) | "Finding Judas" | Deran Sarafian | Sara Hess | November 28, 2006 | Erythropoietic protoporphyria |
| House and the team take on the case of Alice, a young girl with pancreatitis. Since her divorced parents cannot agree on how to proceed with her treatment and will not let House bully them into making a decision, House's only option is to take them to court and let a judge rule on the matter. Meanwhile, House's reduced access to Vicodin is beginning to take its toll and he asks Cuddy for more, but instead of writing a prescription, she strictly rations his pills. | |||||
| 56 (3-10) | "Merry Little Christmas" | Tony To | Liz Friedman | December 12, 2006 | Langerhans cell histiocytosis |
| It is Christmas at Princeton-Plainsboro and Wilson has a present for House: he and Detective Tritter have struck a deal and House has three days to accept it. Cuddy receives a patient afflicted with dwarfism, who has a variety of symptoms and is recovering from a recently collapsed lung. Cuddy is eventually forced to make a difficult and potentially life-threatening choice between her patient and House's well-being. | |||||
| 57 (3-11) | "Words and Deeds" | Daniel Sackheim | Leonard Dick | January 9, 2007 | Spinal meningioma |
| House is forced to respond in court to the criminal charges against him regarding illegal possession of narcotics, and the judge sets a date for a preliminary hearing. Cuddy insists that House apologize to Tritter; meanwhile, the most recent case at the hospital is a firefighter suffering from disorientation and extremely high body temperatures. Because of misinterpreted information, the firefighter is eventually forced to make a decision to undergo a radical brain treatment which will have a serious effect on his life. | |||||
| 58 (3-12) | "One Day, One Room" | Juan J. Campanella | David Shore | January 30, 2007 | Chlamydia and pregnancy due to rape |
| House beats the drug charges and is back at the hospital after a short stint in rehab. Tired of House's disdain for patients, Cuddy turns his clinic duty into a game, with the stakes raised to a level that speaks to House: challenge. When he encounters Eve, who is tested positive for an STD and admits she has very recently been raped, she refuses to be treated by anyone but House. Meanwhile, Cameron encounters a homeless man (guest star Geoffrey Lewis) who is very different from how he originally seems. | |||||
| 59 (3-13) | "Needle in a Haystack" | Peter O'Fallon | David Foster | February 6, 2007 | Undigested toothpick |
| 16 year-old Stevie Lipa is admitted to Princeton-Plainsboro with a serious respiratory condition and internal bleeding. He is assigned to House, but he is busy fulfilling a dare given to him by Cuddy. A startling secret is revealed about Stevie, and the team encounters troubles with his parents, thus Foreman is forced to ask Stevie to lie directly to his parents, risking his medical license. | |||||
| 60 (3-14) | "Insensitive" | Deran Sarafian | Matthew V. Lewis | February 13, 2007 | Diphyllobothrium latum causing Vitamin B12 deficiency |
| A girl (Mika Boorem) with CIPA, a rare condition in which the sufferer cannot feel pain, gets in a car accident. Once her testing is done, she begins developing high fevers with multiple seizures and is rapidly deteriorating. | |||||
| 61 (3-15) | "Half-Wit" | Katie Jacobs | Lawrence Kaplow | March 6, 2007 | Takayasu's arteritis |
| A brain-damaged musical savant (guest star Dave Matthews) has seizures despite being on anti-seizure medications. When everyone learns that House has entered himself for brain cancer treatment, they attempt to comfort him, but House simply turns them away. | |||||
| 62 (3-16) | "Top Secret" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran | March 27, 2007 | Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia |
| House treats a U.S. Marine returning from Iraq, who has symptoms consistent with Gulf War Syndrome. However, following a dream about the Marine, the case becomes complicating, alongside a physical problem that House has to overcome. | |||||
| 63 (3-17) | "Fetal Position" | Matt Shakman | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | April 3, 2007 |
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| A famous, pregnant photographer, Emma Sloan, is brought to the hospital after suffering a stroke in the middle of a photo shoot. Although Emma's condition initially stabilizes, her health takes a turn for the worse when her kidneys fail and Emma is more concerned about her baby's well-being than her own. Meanwhile, the secret relationship between Cameron and Chase is exposed to Foreman and Cuddy, and House makes extravagant plans to take a much-needed vacation. | |||||
| 64 (3-18) | "Airborne" | Elodie Keene | David Hoselton | April 10, 2007 |
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| House and Cuddy face a widespread outbreak on their plane back from a symposium in Singapore, while Wilson and the rest of the team treat a woman with constant seizures. | |||||
| 65 (3-19) | "Act Your Age" | Daniel Sackheim | Sara Hess | April 17, 2007 | Precocious puberty due to externally applied testosterone |
| A six year-old girl suffers ailments expected in much older patients. Tensions mount between Chase and Cameron, leading House to intentionally assign them to the same tasks, including investigating the young girl's home, where they find something possibly incriminating on the girl's father. | |||||
| 66 (3-20) | "House Training" | Paul McCrane | Doris Egan | April 24, 2007 | Staphylococcus aureus infection |
| A scam artist loses her ability to make decisions. While House and the team struggle to find the underlying cause, the case becomes personal for Foreman. | |||||
| 67 (3-21) | "Family" | David Straiton | Liz Friedman | May 1, 2007 | Histoplasmosis |
| A 14 year-old leukemia patient's only hope of survival is a bone marrow transplant from his younger brother, but when he gets sick, the team must race against time to save both sibilings. Meanwhile, Foreman must deal with the consequences of the previous case. | |||||
| 68 (3-22) | "Resignation" | Martha Mitchell | Pamela Davis | May 8, 2007 | Bacterial infection due to suicide attempt |
| Speculation over Foreman's resignation continues, while a young girl named Addie is admitted after bleeding from the mouth during martial arts practice and House and Wilson are secretly concerned about each other. | |||||
| 69 (3-23) | "The Jerk" | Daniel Sackheim | Leonard Dick | May 15, 2007 | Haemochromatosis |
| House meets his match in the form of Nathan Harrison, an obnoxious 16 year-old chess prodigy with intense head pain and behavioral issues, who manages to annoy and offend every member of the team during his course of treatment. Meanwhile, Foreman's frustration with House reaches a new level when he believes House sabotages his job interview with another hospital. | |||||
| 70 (3-24) | "Human Error" | Katie Jacobs | Thomas L. Moran & Lawrence Kaplow | May 29, 2007 | Congenital heart defect (infected third coronary artery ostium) |
| House and the team take on the case of a young woman who, along with her husband, is rescued at sea en route from Cuba in a desperate attempt to personally see House and get a diagnosis for her illness. During her stay in the hospital, she develops a new symptom: her heart stops – but she miraculously keeps talking. Foreman prepares for his last day at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. | |||||
| Episode # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate[16] | Final Diagnosis |
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| 71 (4-01) | "Alone" | Deran Sarafian | Peter Blake & David Shore (teleplay) Peter Blake (story) |
September 25, 2007 | Allergic reaction to cephalosporins in misidentified patient |
| When an office building collapses, House has to work fast to diagnose a young woman, Megan, who survives the disaster. House, without a full team, talks through his ideas with a janitor at Princeton-Plainsboro and as he persists in diagnosing Megan by himself, he realizes the case is not what it appears, and that solitude may not be the answer. | |||||
| 72 (4-02) | "The Right Stuff" | Deran Sarafian | Doris Egan & Leonard Dick | October 2, 2007 | Von Hippel-Lindau disease |
| House systemically eliminates his new team candidates, until he is approached by a fighter pilot named Greta, a candidate for NASA’s astronaut training program. Greta suffers from a neurological disorder, where she converts sounds to visual images. Knowing NASA will reject any possibility of her becoming an astronaut if they knew of her problem, Greta begs House to treat her in secret. Meanwhile, House is ruffled when he thinks he sees Cameron, Chase and Foreman in the hospital hallways. | |||||
| 73 (4-03) | "97 Seconds" | David Platt | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | October 9, 2007 | Strongyloidiasis |
| The final ten fellowship candidates compete ferociously when House splits them into two teams by gender. They are assigned to diagnose and treat a wheelchair user with spinal muscular atrophy who is slowly suffocating. As the teams try to one-up each other, complications arise. Meanwhile, Foreman runs his own team at another hospital, and resorts to using a very “House-like” treatment to help a patient. | |||||
| 74 (4-04) | "Guardian Angels" | Deran Sarafian | David Hoselton | October 23, 2007 | Ergotism |
| While having a seizure, a funeral home cosmetician hallucinates she is being violently raped by one of the cadavers. When she is admitted to the hospital, she acts as though her dead mother is in the room with her. While Cameron offers advice to one of the remaining candidates for House's team, Foreman has lunch with Cuddy, discussing his current situation. | |||||
| 75 (4-05) | "Mirror Mirror" | David Platt | David Foster | October 30, 2007 | Eperythrozoon (Rickettsiaceae resulting from exposure to pig feces) |
| Foreman returns to Princeton-Plainsboro and is assigned to oversee House's candidates. A man is mugged and suffers from a respiratory arrest. Though he has no memories of who he is, he can read the personality of the most dominant person in the room, applying it to himself to create a temporary identity. House becomes intrigued by the accuracy of this judge of character and manipulates the patient to judge others, while a team member wonders if House is more dominant than Cuddy. | |||||
| 76 (4-06) | "Whatever It Takes" | Juan J. Campanella | Thomas L. Moran & Peter Blake (teleplay) Thomas L. Moran (story) |
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| House is recruited by the CIA to help diagnose a deathly ill agent. The agent's case is spearheaded by Dr. Samira Terzi, who offers very little information on the agent's history or previous assignments. With limited information, House uses some unorthodox methods to try and determine a diagnosis in time to save his patient's life. Meanwhile, Foreman faces resistance from the remaining fellowship candidates when they question his judgment and argue over the diagnosis of a female drag car racer who passes out after a race. | |||||
| 77 (4-07) | "Ugly" | David Straiton | Sean Whitesell | November 13, 2007 | Lyme disease |
| House and his team are followed by a documentary film crew as they treat a teenager with a major facial deformity, who suffers a heart attack prior to a reconstructive procedure. As they work to diagnose the teen, House finds himself distracted by several of the candidates vying for a spot on his team, causing him to question his own motives for having chosen them. | |||||
| 78 (4-08) | "You Don't Want to Know" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Sara Hess | November 20, 2007 | Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in systemic lupus erythematosus |
| House encounters a magician whose heart fails when performing an underwater escape act. While the remaining fellowship candidates work to diagnose him, House is determined to prove he is a scam artist faking his ailments to cover up the fact he nearly drowned during his act. In the meantime, House pits his team against one another in a challenge involving Cuddy, granting the winner immunity from elimination and a chance to nominate two other candidates to be put on the chopping block. | |||||
| 79 (4-09) | "Games" | Deran Sarafian | Eli Attie | November 27, 2007 | Measles |
| House assigns the candidates to a particularly challenging case involving an uncooperative punk guitarist with a history of drug abuse and civil disobedience, while Cuddy orders House to make a final decision and hire his new team. House promises a guaranteed position for the candidate who correctly diagnoses the patient. Meanwhile, Wilson informs a former patient he misdiagnosed him with terminal cancer and is now going to live and must deal with the consequences of his procedures. | |||||
| 80 (4-10) | "It's a Wonderful Lie" | Matt Shakman | Pamela Davis | January 29, 2008 | Breast cancer in displaced breast tissue |
| House and the team treat a woman who suffers from a sudden paralysis of the hands, causing an injury to her daughter while she is watching her at an indoor rock-climbing wall. As House probes the woman and her injured daughter for any leads as to what might be causing her condition, he is convinced the mother is withholding information. | |||||
| 81 (4-11) | "Frozen" | David Straiton | Liz Friedman | February 3, 2008 | Fat embolism from unrepaired broken toe |
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When Dr. Cate Milton (guest star Mira Sorvino), a psychiatrist trapped in the South Pole and the research station's only doctor, becomes ill in the middle of her assignment, she and House are thrust into a long-distance relationship of sorts. Unable to get Cate out or any additional medical supplies to the South Pole station, House and his team must resort to treating her via webcam. Meanwhile House sends Taub, Kutner and Thirteen to harass Cameron until she gets cable for his office, and he attempts to discover Wilson's new girlfriend (Amber). This episode originally aired in the United States outside of its regular time slot, immediately following FOX's broadcast of the Super Bowl XLII post-game show. |
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| 82 (4-12) | "Don't Ever Change" | Deran Sarafian | Leonard Dick & Doris Egan | February 5, 2008 | Nephroptosis |
| House and the team encounters a woman (guest star Laura Silverman) admitted to Princeton-Plainsboro after she collapses at her wedding. Her test results come up negative for a variety of common diseases, which leads the team to suspect foul play, but when they discover the woman is a former music producer living in the fast lane until she began to practice Hasidic Judaism, House insists people do not change, and her seemingly rash decision may be a symptom of the underlying condition. | |||||
| 83 (4-13) | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | Deran Sarafian | David Hoselton & David Shore | April 28, 2008 | Chagas disease |
| House suspects an emergency room patient has a bigger problem than the E.R. initially diagnosed based on the fact that the patient is too nice. A skeptical House questions the patient's sunny disposition as the team tries to get to the bottom of his illness, but disagrees with House that niceness is a symptom. Meanwhile, House is at odds with Wilson's girlfriend about how much time they each get to spend with Wilson, and Cuddy demands House give his team performance reviews. | |||||
| 84 (4-14) | "Living the Dream" | David Straiton | Sara Hess & Liz Friedman | May 5, 2008 | Hypersensitivity vasculitis due to Quinine allergy |
| House is convinced one of the actors on his favorite soap opera (guest star Jason Lewis) has a serious medical condition, after observing his symptoms on television. He decides to intervene and take matters into his own hands, but both the actor and House's team dismiss his assessment and do not believe there is anything wrong. Meanwhile, Wilson and his girlfriend have their first argument and Cuddy tries to keep up appearances when an inspector makes an unexpected visit to Princeton-Plainsboro. | |||||
| 85 (4-15) | "House's Head" | Greg Yaitanes | Peter Blake & David Foster & Doris Egan & Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | May 12, 2008 | Air embolism from dental work |
| House finds himself dazed, confused and covered in blood after surviving a bus accident that left dozens seriously injured. Unable to clearly recall the events leading up to the crash due to his head injuries, House is convinced through his flashbacks a fellow bus passenger is exhibiting signs of a deadly illness prior to the crash. Much to the team's dismay, House pushes through the pain of his injuries, desperate to piece together the fragments of his shattered memory in order to save someone who might not even know they could be dying. | |||||
| 86 (4-16) | "Wilson's Heart" | Katie Jacobs | Peter Blake & David Foster & Doris Egan & Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | May 19, 2008 | Amantadine poisoning |
| Clues inside House's head hold the key to a patient's condition, and House's friendship with Wilson is tested beyond limits as murky memories from the bus accident the night before threaten to change their lives forever. | |||||
House's fifth season began airing on September 16, 2008. It began to air in a new timeslot from September–December: Tuesday 8/7c.[6] Starting from January 19th 2009, House will be moved to Mondays at 8/7c. In the UK, Channel 5 is to begin airing Season 5 in early 2009.
| Episode # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Final Diagnosis |
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| 87 (5-01) | "Dying Changes Everything" | Deran Sarafian | Eli Attie | September 16, 2008 | Diffuse lepromatous leprosy |
| In the aftermath of personal tragedy, Wilson resigns from the hospital, while Cuddy desperately tries to get the two to repair their friendship. Meanwhile, Thirteen struggles with her medical problems and helps to treat an executive assistant with a similar personality to her own. | |||||
| 88 (5-02) | "Not Cancer" | David Straiton | David Shore & Lawrence Kaplow | September 23, 2008 | Transplanted cancer stem cells |
| An organ donor's organs are responsible for the deaths of several patients, and the team works to save the last two recipients. Meanwhile, House hires private detective Lucas (Michael Weston) to spy on Wilson, as well as his team during the differentials. | |||||
| 89 (5-03) | "Adverse Events" | Andrew Bernstein | Carol Green & Dustin Paddock | September 30, 2008 | Food Bolus Bezoar caused by massive drug intake |
| A painter's undiagnosed illness begins to affect his work, after his girlfriend notices the grotesqueness of his paintings. He is brought to Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital, though he claims that he is getting better. House grows suspicious when he learns that Brandon, the painter, was fearful of a test involving the injection of a dye. It is later revealed that he is on three separate drug trials, which he was hiding from his girlfriend. Meanwhile, House continues to use Lucas to obtain information about his team and to learn more about Cuddy's personal life. | |||||
| 90 (5-04) | "Birthmarks" | David Platt | Doris Egan & David Foster | October 14, 2008 | Metal pins in brain displaced by a magnet. |
| House is coerced into going to his father's funeral despite his protests. Back at Princeton-Plainsboro, the team take the case of a young woman who collapsed while in China looking for her birth parents. House works with the team via cell phone, while Wilson drives him to the funeral. House’s phone is taken by a cop mid-diagnosis and the team must decipher House's last statement. Meanwhile, the story of how House and Wilson met for the first time is revealed. | |||||
| 91 (5-05) | "Lucky Thirteen" | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman & Sara Hess | October 21, 2008 | Candidiasis secondary to Sjogren's syndrome |
| After a woman whom she had a one-night stand with begins seizing in her apartment, Thirteen takes her to Princeton-Plainsboro. House and the team take on her case, with House using the case as an opportunity to explore Thirteen’s personal life. Thirteen finds that the patient has a long medical history and has seen many doctors over the years, eventuating in Thirteen finding out the patient only slept with her to get to House, who had been rejecting the woman as a patient for many years. Meanwhile, Lucas continues to keep on Wilson's trail. | |||||
| 92 (5-06) | "Joy" | Deran Sarafian | David Hoselton | October 28, 2008 |
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| The team take on the case of a middle-aged man who has been experiencing recurring blackouts, time lapses and sleepwalking. They soon find out that the man's 12-year-old daughter has also been experiencing sleepwalking spells. The man's condition deteriorates and his daughter also begins to experience more symptoms. Meanwhile, House finds out Cuddy is going to adopt a baby that is due in two weeks. However, the birth mother is noticed to have a strange rash on her arm, with Cuddy taking on her case as both a doctor and a potential mother. | |||||
| 93 (5-07) | "The Itch" | Greg Yaitanes | Peter Blake | November 11, 2008 | Lead poisoning |
| An agoraphobic man falls ill and refuses to leave his home to be treated at the hospital. Therefore, House and the team go to his home to figure out what might be wrong. Cameron takes charge of the case as she had treated the patient in the past and she and the team figure out ways to treat him at his home. However, the patient’s condition worsens and it becomes difficult to treat him at his home, therefore House and the team plan to get the man into the hospital for surgery without causing any problems. Meanwhile, Cameron and Chase attempt to work through issues in their relationship, and House deals with an annoying itch he cannot seem to scratch, with Wilson making his own analogies about the problem. | |||||
| 94 (5-08) | "Emancipation" | James Hayman | Pamela Davis & Leonard Dick | November 18, 2008 | |
| The team takes on the case of a 16-year-old factory manager who fell ill when her lungs suddenly filled with fluid while at work. The teenager informs House and team that she is an emancipated minor living on her own and supporting herself, and has ever since her parents passed away. The team begins treatment for suspected heart problems, but when Kutner chooses to sympathize with the patient rather than follow House’s directions, he and the team find out the hard way that the girl may not be telling them the truth. Meanwhile, Foreman asks for House’s permission to work on a clinical trial and House rejects his proposal. In an effort to prove himself capable of working without House’s supervision, Foreman takes on his own pediatric case. But when the unexplained illness brings the child to the brink of death, Foreman is left questioning his ability to work free from House’s custody. | |||||
| 95 (5-09) | "Last Resort" | Katie Jacobs | Matthew V. Lewis & Eli Attie (teleplay); Matthew V. Lewis (story) | November 25, 2008 | Melioidosis |
| A man takes over Cuddy's office and holds House, Thirteen, and several patients hostage. His demand? A diagnosis. The man forces Thirteen to act as a guinea pig for his treatments and House has to end the standoff before a SWAT team opens fire. | |||||
| 96 (5-10) | "Let Them Eat Cake" | Deran Sarafian | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | December 2, 2008 | Hereditary coproporphyria |
| A fitness guru known for her "natural" lifestyle collapses while shooting an infomercial. Meanwhile, Thirteen participates in a clinical drug trial for Huntington's Disease led by Foreman; Kutner operates an online medical-advice clinic under House's name; and Cuddy moves into House's office while hers is being repaired, much to House's dismay. | |||||
| 97 (5-11) | "Joy to the World" | December 9, 2008 | |||
| A troubled teen collapses during her high-school Christmas program; Foreman and Thirteen learn more about each other as they work together on the Huntington's disease drug trial; House gives and receives holiday gifts, leading to team speculation; and Cuddy receives a gift as well. | |||||
| 98 (5-12) | "Painless" | January 19, 2009 | |||
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