List of House episodes

House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama series which premiered on Fox on November 16, 2004. House was created by David Shore. The show follows Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), an irascible, maverick medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey. In a typical episode, the team is presented with an unusual case; the storyline follows the diagnosis of the patient's illness, a process often complicated by the internal competition and personal foibles of the diagnostic team.^[1] The team leader, House, frequently clashes with his boss (Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) ^[2] in seasons 1 through 7, and Dr. Eric Foreman in season 8), and his only friend, Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard).^[1]

In seasons 1 through 3, House's diagnostic team includes Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer) and Dr. Eric Foreman (Omar Epps).^[3] This team leaves the show in the third season finale "Human Error".^[4] The show achieved its highest ranking with the episode "Human Error"; this episode placed the series in first position for the week it aired. Each season introduces a recurring guest star, who appears in a multi-episode story arc.^[5] The fourth season was the only exception to this pattern. It introduced seven new characters who compete for the coveted positions on House's team, replacing Cameron, Chase and Foreman.^[4] House eventually selects Dr. Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson), Dr. Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn) and Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley (Olivia Wilde) as his new team; Foreman rejoins soon after. Following Kutner's death in season five, through a series of plot twists, House reacquires Chase, one of the original team members.^[6] When House resigns early in season six, Foreman takes his place, but he soon fires Thirteen, and Taub quits because he was there only to work with House. After this, Foreman hires both Cameron and Chase, but, soon, House comes back, spurring the return of Thirteen and Taub, too. When the dictator ("The Tyrant") dies because of Chase's intentional misunderstanding, Cameron and even Chase decide to leave the PPTH. But, Chase's desire to be part of House's team makes Cameron quit (though she later returns for the episode "Lockdown"). At the beginning of season seven, Thirteen ostensibly goes away to Rome (it's later revealed that this was actually a lie), leaving a vacancy on House's team. House proposes then, giving a chance to the rest of his team, to hire a new member. After some unsuccessful tries, Cuddy hires Martha M. Masters (Amber Tamblyn), a medical student in the episode "Office Politics". In the episode "Last Temptation", Masters takes the final choice to leave House's team. After being incarcerated following the events of "Moving On", House is released on probation thanks to Foreman, who has taken Cuddy's place as the Dean of Medicine. House is initially assigned a single team member, Dr. Chi Park (Charlyne Yi). After securing funding for his department in the season eight episode "Risky Business", House brings on former prison doctor Jessica Adams (Odette Annable) and rehires Chase and Taub.

Since its premiere, the show has constantly received both high ratings and critical acclaim.^[7] Eight seasons were aired in the United States, the fourth of which was interrupted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and included only 16 episodes instead of the regular 22–24.^[8] Despite this interruption, House achieved its highest number of viewers for the episode "Frozen", for which there were over 29 million viewers on the night it aired due to its position as the lead-out program for Super Bowl XLII.^[9] In January 2009, House moved from its Tuesday, 8:00 pm ET slot to a new time slot of Monday nights at 8:00 pm ET, immediately before the Fox hit 24. Fox renewed the show for a seventh season, which premiered on September 20, 2010.^[10] An eighth season was announced on May 10, 2011^[11] and premiered on October 3, 2011. On February 8, 2012, Fox announced that the season would be House‍ '​s last.^[12]

The first seven seasons were released on DVD by Universal, encoded for regions 1, 2 and 4. As of June 16, 2009, the show has been aired in more than 60 countries, with 86 million viewers worldwide.^[13] In the following list, the number in the first column refers to the episode's number within the entire series. The second column indicates the episode's number within that season. "US viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episode live while it was broadcast or by a few hours later with a digital video recorder.

A total of 177 episodes of House were broadcast over eight seasons, with the series finale airing on May 21, 2012.

The show started on November 16, 2004,^[14] and has received a high viewing rating from the first episode to the last one. It has achieved a maximum 29.04 million viewers and its highest overall rank is seventh during its third^[15] and fourth^[16] seasons. It also ranked sixth in the 18–49 age range during its second season.^[17]

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		Ratings
			First aired	Last aired	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rank
	1	22	November 16, 2004	May 24, 2005	13.3[18]	#24[18]
	2	24	September 13, 2005	May 23, 2006	17.3[17]	#10[17]
	3	24	September 5, 2006	May 29, 2007	19.4[15]	#7[15]
	4	16	September 25, 2007	May 19, 2008	17.6[16]	#7[16]
	5	24	September 16, 2008	May 11, 2009	13.45[19]	#16[19]
	6	22	September 21, 2009	May 17, 2010	12.76[20]	#22[20]
	7	23	September 20, 2010	May 23, 2011	10.3[21]	#42[21]
	8	22	October 3, 2011	May 21, 2012	8.69[22]	#58[22]

Episodes

Season 1 (2004–05)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. viewers (million)	Rank (week)	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot" "Everybody Lies"	Bryan Singer	David Shore	7.05[23]	62[23]	November 16, 2004 (2004-11-16)
2	2	"Paternity"	Peter O'Fallon	Lawrence Kaplow	6.09[24]	68[24]	November 23, 2004 (2004-11-23)
3	3	"Occam's Razor"	Bryan Singer	David Shore	6.33[25]	67[25]	November 30, 2004 (2004-11-30)
4	4	"Maternity"	Newton Thomas Sigel	Peter Blake	6.74[26]	61[26]	December 7, 2004 (2004-12-07)
5	5	"Damned If You Do"	Greg Yaitanes	Sara B. Cooper	6.91[27]	56[27]	December 14, 2004 (2004-12-14)
6	6	"The Socratic Method"	Peter Medak	John Mankiewicz	6.73[28]	50[28]	December 21, 2004 (2004-12-21)
7	7	"Fidelity"	Bryan Spicer	Thomas L. Moran	6.91[29]	53[29]	December 28, 2004 (2004-12-28)
8	8	"Poison"	Guy Ferland	Matt Witten	12.37[30]	25[30]	January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
9	9	"DNR"	Frederick King Keller	David Foster	12.75[31]	14[31]	February 1, 2005 (2005-02-01)
10	10	"Histories"	Dan Attias	Joel Thompson	14.97[32]	15[32]	February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08)
11	11	"Detox"	Nelson McCormick	Lawrence Kaplow & Thomas L. Moran	14.22[33]	17[33]	February 15, 2005 (2005-02-15)
12	12	"Sports Medicine"	Keith Gordon	John Mankiewicz & David Shore	15.53[34]	13[34]	February 22, 2005 (2005-02-22)
13	13	"Cursed"	Daniel Sackheim	Matt Witten & Peter Blake	15.53[35]	12[35]	March 1, 2005 (2005-03-01)
14	14	"Control"	Randy Zisk	Lawrence Kaplow	17.33[36]	4[36]	March 15, 2005 (2005-03-15)
15	15	"Mob Rules"	Tim Hunter	David Foster & John Mankiewicz	17.34[37]	7[37]	March 22, 2005 (2005-03-22)
16	16	"Heavy"	Fred Gerber	Thomas L. Moran	18.28[38]	7[38]	March 29, 2005 (2005-03-29)
17	17	"Role Model"	Peter O'Fallon	Matt Witten	15.04[39]	11[39]	April 12, 2005 (2005-04-12)
18	18	"Babies & Bathwater"	Bill Johnson	Story by: Peter Blake Teleplay by: Peter Blake & David Shore	17.48[40]	8[40]	April 19, 2005 (2005-04-19)
19	19	"Kids"	Deran Sarafian	Thomas L. Moran & Lawrence Kaplow	17.14[41]	12[41]	May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03)
20	20	"Love Hurts"	Bryan Spicer	Sara B. Cooper	18.80[42]	10[42]	May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)
21	21	"Three Stories"	Paris Barclay	David Shore	17.68[43]	14[43]	May 17, 2005 (2005-05-17)
22	22	"Honeymoon"	Frederick King Keller	Lawrence Kaplow & John Mankiewicz	19.52[44]	5[44]	May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24)

Season 2 (2005–06)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. viewers (million)	Rank (week)	Original air date
23	1	"Acceptance"	Dan Attias	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	15.91[45]	4[45]	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
24	2	"Autopsy"	Deran Sarafian	Lawrence Kaplow	13.64[46]	19[46]	September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)
25	3	"Humpty Dumpty"	Dan Attias	Matt Witten	13.37[47]	17[47]	September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)
26	4	"TB or Not TB"	Peter O'Fallon	David Foster	12.18[48]	23[48]	November 1, 2005 (2005-11-01)
27	5	"Daddy's Boy"	Greg Yaitanes	Thomas L. Moran	14.15[49]	19[49]	November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)
28	6	"Spin"	Fred Gerber	Sara Hess	12.95[50]	18[50]	November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)
29	7	"Hunting"	Gloria Muzio	Liz Friedman	14.72[51]	15[51]	November 22, 2005 (2005-11-22)
30	8	"The Mistake"	David Semel	Peter Blake	14.91[52]	19[52]	November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)
31	9	"Deception"	Deran Sarafian	Michael R. Perry	14.52[53]	7[53]	December 13, 2005 (2005-12-13)
32	10	"Failure to Communicate"	Jace Alexander	Doris Egan	14.83[54]	15[54]	January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)
33	11	"Need to Know"	David Semel	Pamela Davis	22.24[55]	8[55]	February 7, 2006 (2006-02-07)
34	12	"Distractions"	Dan Attias	Lawrence Kaplow	19.20[56]	10[56]	February 14, 2006 (2006-02-14)
35	13	"Skin Deep"	Jim Hayman	Story by: Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner Teleplay by: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & David Shore	14.18[57]	17[57]	February 20, 2006 (2006-02-20)
36	14	"Sex Kills"	David Semel	Matt Witten	20.56[58]	7[58]	March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)
37	15	"Clueless"	Deran Sarafian	Thomas L. Moran	21.44[59]	6[59]	March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)
38	16	"Safe"	Felix Alcala	Peter Blake	22.71[60]	4[60]	April 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)
39	17	"All In"	Fred Gerber	David Foster	21.20[61]	4[61]	April 11, 2006 (2006-04-11)
40	18	"Sleeping Dogs Lie"	Greg Yaitanes	Sara Hess	22.64[62]	3[62]	April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18)
41	19	"House vs. God"	John F. Showalter	Doris Egan	24.52[63]	4[63]	April 25, 2006 (2006-04-25)
42	20	"Euphoria (Part 1)"	Deran Sarafian	Matthew V. Lewis	22.71[64]	4[64]	May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02)
43	21	"Euphoria (Part 2)"	Deran Sarafian	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & David Shore	17.16[64]	9[64]	May 3, 2006 (2006-05-03)
44	22	"Forever"	Daniel Sackheim	Liz Friedman	24.29[65]	4[65]	May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09)
45	23	"Who's Your Daddy?"	Martha Mitchell	Story by: Charles M. Duncan & John Mankiewicz Teleplay by: John Mankiewicz & Lawrence Kaplow	22.38[66]	6[66]	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)
46	24	"No Reason"	David Shore	Story by: Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore Teleplay by: David Shore	25.47[67]	3[67]	May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23)

Season 3 (2006–07)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. viewers (million)	Rank (week)	Original air date
47	1	"Meaning"	Deran Sarafian	Story by: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore Teleplay by: Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore	19.55[68]	2[68]	September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05)
48	2	"Cane and Able"	Daniel Sackheim	Story by: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore Teleplay by: Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	15.74[69]	14[69]	September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12)
49	3	"Informed Consent"	Laura Innes	David Foster	13.67[70]	21[70]	September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)
50	4	"Lines in the Sand"	Newton Thomas Sigel	David Hoselton	14.52[71]	16[71]	September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)
51	5	"Fools for Love"	David Platt	Peter Blake	14.18[72]	18[72]	October 31, 2006 (2006-10-31)
52	6	"Que Será Será"	Deran Sarafian	Thomas L. Moran	16.11[73]	13[73]	November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)
53	7	"Son of Coma Guy"	Dan Attias	Doris Egan	14.60[74]	19[74]	November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14)
54	8	"Whac-A-Mole"	Daniel Sackheim	Pamela Davis	15.20[75]	11[75]	November 21, 2006 (2006-11-21)
55	9	"Finding Judas"	Deran Sarafian	Sara Hess	17.30[76]	5[76]	November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28)
56	10	"Merry Little Christmas"	Tony To	Liz Friedman	11.77[77]	18[77]	December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12)
57	11	"Words and Deeds"	Daniel Sackheim	Leonard Dick	17.78[78]	5[78]	January 9, 2007 (2007-01-09)
58	12	"One Day, One Room"	Juan J. Campanella	David Shore	27.34[79]	7[79]	January 30, 2007 (2007-01-30)
59	13	"Needle in a Haystack"	Peter O'Fallon	David Foster	24.88[80]	4[80]	February 6, 2007 (2007-02-06)
60	14	"Insensitive"	Deran Sarafian	Matthew V. Lewis	25.99[81]	3[81]	February 13, 2007 (2007-02-13)
61	15	"Half-Wit"	Katie Jacobs	Lawrence Kaplow	24.40[82]	4[82]	March 6, 2007 (2007-03-06)
62	16	"Top Secret"	Deran Sarafian	Thomas L. Moran	20.80[83]	4[83]	March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27)
63	17	"Fetal Position"	Matt Shakman	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	20.35[84]	4[84]	April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03)
64	18	"Airborne"	Elodie Keene	David Hoselton	21.57[85]	4[85]	April 10, 2007 (2007-04-10)
65	19	"Act Your Age"	Daniel Sackheim	Sara Hess	22.41[86]	3[86]	April 17, 2007 (2007-04-17)
66	20	"House Training"	Paul McCrane	Doris Egan	20.81[87]	3[87]	April 24, 2007 (2007-04-24)
67	21	"Family"	David Straiton	Liz Friedman	21.13[88]	4[88]	May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01)
68	22	"Resignation"	Martha Mitchell	Pamela Davis	21.36[89]	3[89]	May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08)
69	23	"The Jerk"	Daniel Sackheim	Leonard Dick	21.19[90]	4[90]	May 15, 2007 (2007-05-15)
70	24	"Human Error"	Katie Jacobs	Thomas L. Moran & Lawrence Kaplow	17.23[91]	1[91]	May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29)

Season 4 (2007–08)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. viewers (million)	Rank (week)	Original air date
71	1	"Alone"	Deran Sarafian	Story by: Peter Blake Teleplay by: Peter Blake & David Shore	14.52[92]	16[92]	September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)
72	2	"The Right Stuff"	Deran Sarafian	Doris Egan & Leonard Dick	17.44[93]	6[94]	October 2, 2007 (2007-10-02)
73	3	"97 Seconds"	David Platt	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	18.03[95]	5[95]	October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09)
74	4	"Guardian Angels"	Deran Sarafian	David Hoselton	18.10[96]	5[96]	October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
75	5	"Mirror Mirror"	David Platt	David Foster	17.29[97]	7[97]	October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30)
76	6	"Whatever It Takes"	Juan J. Campanella	Story by: Thomas L. Moran Teleplay by: Thomas L. Moran & Peter Blake	18.17[98]	6[98]	November 6, 2007 (2007-11-06)
77	7	"Ugly"	David Straiton	Sean Whitesell	16.95[99]	6[99]	November 13, 2007 (2007-11-13)
78	8	"You Don't Want to Know"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Sara Hess	16.88[100]	6[100]	November 20, 2007 (2007-11-20)
79	9	"Games"	Deran Sarafian	Eli Attie	16.96[101]	7[101]	November 27, 2007 (2007-11-27)
80	10	"It's a Wonderful Lie"	Matt Shakman	Pamela Davis	22.56[102]	6[102]	January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)
81	11	"Frozen"	David Straiton	Liz Friedman	29.04[102]	3[102]	February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03)
82	12	"Don't Ever Change"	Deran Sarafian	Doris Egan & Leonard Dick	23.15[103]	3[103]	February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05)
83	13	"No More Mr. Nice Guy"	Deran Sarafian	David Hoselton & David Shore	14.51[104]	N/A	April 28, 2008 (2008-04-28)
84	14	"Living the Dream"	David Straiton	Sara Hess & Liz Friedman	13.26[105]	N/A	May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05)
85	15	"House's Head"	Greg Yaitanes	Story by: Doris Egan Teleplay by: Peter Blake, David Foster, Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	14.84[106]	9[107]	May 12, 2008 (2008-05-12)
86	16	"Wilson's Heart"	Katie Jacobs	Peter Blake, David Foster, Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	16.16[108]	7 [109]	May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19)

Note: This season has fewer episodes due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

Season 5 (2008–09)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. viewers (million)	Rank (week)	Original air date
87	1	"Dying Changes Everything"	Deran Sarafian	Eli Attie	14.77[110]	2[110]	September 16, 2008 (2008-09-16)
88	2	"Not Cancer"	David Straiton	David Shore & Lawrence Kaplow	12.37[111]	15[111]	September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)
89	3	"Adverse Events"	Andrew Bernstein	Carol Green & Dustin Paddock	12.97[112]	13[112]	September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30)
90	4	"Birthmarks"	David Platt	Doris Egan & David Foster	13.26[113]	10[113]	October 14, 2008 (2008-10-14)
91	5	"Lucky Thirteen"	Greg Yaitanes	Liz Friedman & Sara Hess	13.08[114]	16[114]	October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)
92	6	"Joy"	Deran Sarafian	David Hoselton	13.49[115]	13[115]	October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28)
93	7	"The Itch"	Greg Yaitanes	Peter Blake	13.06[116]	14[116]	November 11, 2008 (2008-11-11)
94	8	"Emancipation"	Jim Hayman	Pamela Davis & Leonard Dick	13.26[117]	13[117]	November 18, 2008 (2008-11-18)
95	9	"Last Resort"	Katie Jacobs	Story by: Matthew V. Lewis Teleplay by: Matthew V. Lewis & Eli Attie	12.87[118]	11[118]	November 25, 2008 (2008-11-25)
96	10	"Let Them Eat Cake"	Deran Sarafian	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	12.51[119]	12[119]	December 2, 2008 (2008-12-02)
97	11	"Joy to the World"	David Straiton	Peter Blake	14.05[120]	7[120]	December 9, 2008 (2008-12-09)
98	12	"Painless"	Andrew Bernstein	Thomas L. Moran & Eli Attie	15.02[121]	5[121]	January 19, 2009 (2009-01-19)
99	13	"Big Baby"	Deran Sarafian	Lawrence Kaplow & David Foster	15.69[122]	9[122]	January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)
100	14	"The Greater Good"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Sara Hess	14.87[123]	8[123]	February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)
101	15	"Unfaithful"	Greg Yaitanes	David Hoselton	14.19[124]	10[124]	February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16)
102	16	"The Softer Side"	Deran Sarafian	Liz Friedman	14.85[125]	6[125]	February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23)
103	17	"The Social Contract"	Andrew Bernstein	Doris Egan	12.38[126]	16[126]	March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09)
104	18	"Here Kitty"	Juan J. Campanella	Peter Blake	13.13[127]	12[127]	March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16)
105	19	"Locked In"	Dan Attias	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & David Foster	12.51[128]	15[128]	March 30, 2009 (2009-03-30)
106	20	"Simple Explanation"	Greg Yaitanes	Leonard Dick	13.29[129]	10[129]	April 6, 2009 (2009-04-06)
107	21	"Saviors"	Matthew Penn	Eli Attie & Thomas L. Moran	12.19[130]	11[130]	April 13, 2009 (2009-04-13)
108	22	"House Divided"	Greg Yaitanes	Liz Friedman & Matthew V. Lewis	11.69[131]	18[131]	April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27)
109	23	"Under My Skin"	David Straiton	Lawrence Kaplow & Pamela Davis	12.04[132]	14[132]	May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04)
110	24	"Both Sides Now"	Greg Yaitanes	Doris Egan	12.74[133]	16[133]	May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11)

Season 6 (2009–10)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. viewers (million)	Rank (week)	Original air date
111	1	"Broken (Part 1)"[n 1]	Katie Jacobs	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster & David Shore	15.76[134]	1[134]	September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21)
112	2	"Broken (Part 2)"[n 1]	Katie Jacobs	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster & David Shore	17.25[134]	1[134]	September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21)
113	3	"Epic Fail"	Greg Yaitanes	Sara Hess & Liz Friedman	14.44[135]	1[135]	September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28)
114	4	"The Tyrant"	David Straiton	Peter Blake	13.74[136]	10[136]	October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05)
115	5	"Instant Karma"	Greg Yaitanes	Thomas L. Moran	13.50[137]	13[137]	October 12, 2009 (2009-10-12)
116	6	"Brave Heart"	Matt Shakman	Lawrence Kaplow	11.65[138]	21[138]	October 19, 2009 (2009-10-19)
117	7	"Known Unknowns"	Greg Yaitanes	Matthew V. Lewis & Doris Egan	13.31[139]	16[139]	November 9, 2009 (2009-11-09)
118	8	"Teamwork"	David Straiton	Eli Attie	12.67[140]	18[140]	November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16)
119	9	"Ignorance Is Bliss"	Greg Yaitanes	David Hoselton	11.95[141]	17[141]	November 23, 2009 (2009-11-23)
120	10	"Wilson"	Lesli Linka Glatter	David Foster	13.24[142]	6[142]	November 30, 2009 (2009-11-30)
121	11	"The Down Low"	Nick Gomez	Sara Hess & Liz Friedman	12.25[143]	18[143]	January 11, 2010 (2010-01-11)
122	12	"Remorse"	Andrew Bernstein	Peter Blake	14.21[144]	6[144]	January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
123	13	"Moving the Chains"	David Straiton	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	13.38[145]	15[145]	February 1, 2010 (2010-02-01)
124	14	"5 to 9"	Andrew Bernstein	Thomas L. Moran	13.60[146]	15[146]	February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)
125	15	"Private Lives"	Sanford Bookstaver	Doris Egan	12.81[147]	13[147]	March 8, 2010 (2010-03-08)
126	16	"Black Hole"	Greg Yaitanes	Lawrence Kaplow	11.37[148]	11[148]	March 15, 2010 (2010-03-15)
127	17	"Lockdown"	Hugh Laurie	Story by: Eli Attie & Peter Blake Teleplay by: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Peter Blake & Eli Attie	10.80[149]	17[149]	April 12, 2010 (2010-04-12)
128	18	"Knight Fall"	Juan J. Campanella	John C. Kelley	10.81[150]	14[150]	April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19)
129	19	"Open and Shut"	Greg Yaitanes	Liz Friedman & Sara Hess	10.85[151]	14[151]	April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26)
130	20	"The Choice"	Juan J. Campanella	David Hoselton	9.98[152]	22[152]	May 3, 2010 (2010-05-03)
131	21	"Baggage"	David Straiton	Doris Egan & David Foster	9.29[153]	27[154]	May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10)
132	22	"Help Me"	Greg Yaitanes	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & Peter Blake	11.06[155]	17[155]	May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17)

Season 7 (2010–11)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. viewers (million)	Rank (week)	Original air date
133	1	"Now What?"	Greg Yaitanes	Doris Egan	10.54[156]	N/A	September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)
134	2	"Selfish"	Dan Attias	Eli Attie	10.18[157]	N/A	September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27)
135	3	"Unwritten"	Greg Yaitanes	John C. Kelley	10.78[158]	25[159]	October 4, 2010 (2010-10-04)
136	4	"Massage Therapy"	David Straiton	Peter Blake	9.69[160]	N/A	October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)
137	5	"Unplanned Parenthood"	Greg Yaitanes	David Foster	9.65[161]	N/A	October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18)
138	6	"Office Politics"	Sanford Bookstaver	Seth Hoffman	9.63[162]	N/A	November 8, 2010 (2010-11-08)
139	7	"A Pox on Our House"	Tucker Gates	Lawrence Kaplow	10.77[163]	23[164]	November 15, 2010 (2010-11-15)
140	8	"Small Sacrifices"	Greg Yaitanes	David Hoselton	9.24[165]	19[166]	November 22, 2010 (2010-11-22)
141	9	"Larger Than Life"	Miguel Sapochnik	Sara Hess	10.52[167]	21[168]	January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)
142	10	"Carrot or Stick"	David Straiton	Liz Friedman	10.45[169]	10[170]	January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)
143	11	"Family Practice"	Miguel Sapochnik	Peter Blake	12.33[171]	13[172]	February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)
144	12	"You Must Remember This"	David Platt	Kath Lingenfelter	9.86[173]	24[174]	February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)
145	13	"Two Stories"	Greg Yaitanes	Thomas L. Moran	10.41[175]	22[176]	February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21)
146	14	"Recession Proof"	S.J. Clarkson	John C. Kelley	11.01[177]	16[178]	February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
147	15	"Bombshells"	Greg Yaitanes	Liz Friedman & Sara Hess	11.08[179]	13[180]	March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07)
148	16	"Out of the Chute"	Sanford Bookstaver	Lawrence Kaplow & Thomas L. Moran	10.41[181]	14[182]	March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14)
149	17	"Fall from Grace"	Tucker Gates	John C. Kelley	9.49[183]	20[184]	March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21)
150	18	"The Dig"	Matt Shakman	David Hoselton & Sara Hess	8.93[185]	21[186]	April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11)
151	19	"Last Temptation"	Tim Southam	David Foster & Liz Friedman	8.80[187]	19[188]	April 18, 2011 (2011-04-18)
152	20	"Changes"	David Straiton	Story by: Eli Attie & Seth Hoffman Teleplay by: Eli Attie	8.57[189]	N/A	May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02)
153	21	"The Fix"	Greg Yaitanes	Story by: Thomas L. Moran Teleplay by: Thomas L. Moran & David Shore	7.94[190]	N/A	May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09)
154	22	"After Hours"	Miguel Sapochnik	Seth Hoffman, Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	8.92[191]	24[192]	May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16)
155	23	"Moving On"	Greg Yaitanes	Kath Lingenfelter & Peter Blake	9.11[193]	11[194]	May 23, 2011 (2011-05-23)

Season 8 (2011–12)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. viewers (million)	Original air date
156	1	"Twenty Vicodin"	Greg Yaitanes	Peter Blake	9.78[195]	October 3, 2011 (2011-10-03)
157	2	"Transplant"	Dan Attias	Liz Friedman & David Foster	6.85[196]	October 10, 2011 (2011-10-10)
158	3	"Charity Case"	Greg Yaitanes	Sara Hess	8.34[197]	October 17, 2011 (2011-10-17)
159	4	"Risky Business"	Sanford Bookstaver	Seth Hoffman	6.65[198]	October 31, 2011 (2011-10-31)
160	5	"The Confession"	Kate Woods	John C. Kelley	7.55[199]	November 7, 2011 (2011-11-07)
161	6	"Parents"	Greg Yaitanes	Eli Attie	6.63[200]	November 14, 2011 (2011-11-14)
162	7	"Dead & Buried"	Miguel Sapochnik	David Hoselton	7.46[201]	November 21, 2011 (2011-11-21)
163	8	"Perils of Paranoia"	David Straiton	Thomas L. Moran	7.41[202]	November 28, 2011 (2011-11-28)
164	9	"Better Half"	Greg Yaitanes	Kath Lingenfelter	8.76[203]	January 23, 2012 (2012-01-23)
165	10	"Runaways"	Sanford Bookstaver	Marqui Jackson	8.73[204]	January 30, 2012 (2012-01-30)
166	11	"Nobody's Fault"	Greg Yaitanes	David Foster, Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	7.09[205]	February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06)
167	12	"Chase"	Matt Shakman	Peter Blake & Eli Attie	7.16[206]	February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13)
168	13	"Man of the House"	Colin Bucksey	Sara Hess & Liz Friedman	7.08[207]	February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20)
169	14	"Love Is Blind"	Tim Southam	John C. Kelley	5.94[208]	February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27) (Global) March 19, 2012 (2012-03-19) (Fox)
170	15	"Blowing the Whistle"	Julian Higgins	Story by: Danny Weiss Teleplay by: Danny Weiss & Seth Hoffman	6.67[209]	April 2, 2012 (2012-04-02)
171	16	"Gut Check"	Miguel Sapochnik	Jamie Conway & David Hoselton	6.01[210]	April 9, 2012 (2012-04-09)
172	17	"We Need the Eggs"	David Straiton	Peter Blake & Sara Hess	5.61[211]	April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16)
173	18	"Body & Soul"	Stefan Schwartz	Dustin Paddock	6.49[212]	April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23)
174	19	"The C-Word"	Hugh Laurie	John C. Kelley & Marqui Jackson	6.45[213]	April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30)
175	20	"Post Mortem"	Peter Weller	David Hoselton & Kath Lingenfelter	6.09[214]	May 7, 2012 (2012-05-07)
176	21	"Holding On"	Miguel Sapochnik	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & David Foster	6.45[215]	May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)
177	22	"Everybody Dies"	David Shore	David Shore, Peter Blake & Eli Attie	8.72[216]	May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21)

Home video releases

Season		DVD Releases						Blu-ray
		Region 1		Region 2		Region 4		Region A		Region B
		Date	Discs	Date	Discs	Date	Discs	Date	Discs	Date	Discs
	1	August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)[217]	3[218]	February 27, 2006 (2006-02-27)[219]	6[219]	July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12)[220]	6[220]	N/A		N/A
	2	August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22)[217]	6[221]	October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)[222]	6[222]	October 25, 2006 (2006-10-25)[223]	6[223]	N/A		N/A
	3	August 21, 2007 (2007-08-21)[217]	5[224]	November 19, 2007 (2007-11-19)[225]	6[225]	September 19, 2007 (2007-09-19)[226]	6[226]	N/A		N/A
	4	August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19)[217]	4[227]	October 27, 2008 (2008-10-27)[228]	4[228]	August 20, 2008 (2008-08-20)[229]	4[229]	N/A		N/A
	5	August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25)[217]	5[230]	October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05)[231]	6[231]	October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30)[232]	6[232]	N/A		N/A
	6	August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)[233]	5[234]	September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27)[235]	6[235]	August 19, 2010 (2010-08-19)[236]	6[236]	August 31, 2010[237]	5[237]	September 27, 2010[238]	5[238]
	7	August 30, 2011 (2011-08-30)[239]	5	September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26)[240]	6	August 30, 2011 (2011-08-30)[241]	6[241]	September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30)[242]	5[243]	September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26)[244]	5[244]
	8	August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21)[245]	5	October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)[246]	6[247]	October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11)[247]	6[247]
	The Complete Series	October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02)[248]	41	October 22, 2012[249]	46	October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11)[250]	46[250]			June 23, 2014[251]	39

The DVDs have been released encoded for regions 1, 2 and 4 as complete season boxed sets.^{[217][219][222][225][228][231][252]} Season one was initially released in the full-screen format, while all other seasons have been released in their originally-broadcast wide-screen format. On February 10, 2009, season one was re-released in the wide-screen format encoded for region 1.^[217] Season six was the first season to be released on Blu-ray.

In North America, Region 1, there was a combined season 1–2 box set with 12 discs and a combined season 3–4 box set with nine discs, both released on May 19, 2009^[253][254] A season 1–4 boxed set was later discontinued.^[255] In the UK, Region 2, there was a season 1–3 boxed set released on November 19, 2007 and season 1–5 boxed set released on October 5, 2009.^[256][257] A season 1–4 boxed set has been discontinued.^[258] In Australia, Region 4, a season 1–3 boxed set was released on December 5, 2007; seasons 1–4 were released in a boxed set on November 19, 2008 and the seasons 1–5 boxed set was released on September 10, 2009.^[252] The season 1–3 boxed set contains 18 discs; the season 1–4 boxed set contains 22 discs; and the season 1–5 boxed set contains 28 discs.^{[252][256][258]}

On October 2, 2012 Universal Studios released the entire series in a 41-disc DVD set.^[248]

Notes

References

General

• Challen, Paul (2007). The House that Hugh Laurie Built. ECW Press. pp. 101–334. ISBN 1-55022-803-X. 
• "House Recaps". Fox Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 

Further reading

• Barnett, Barbara (2010). Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-955-4. 
• Benson, Kristina (2006). House MD: House MD Season Two Unofficial Guide: The Unofficial Guide to House MD Season 2. Equity Press. ISBN 1-60332-065-2. 
• Holtz, Andrew (2006). The Medical Science of House, M.D. Berkley Books. ISBN 978-0-425-21230-1. 
• Jacoby, Henry (2008). House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-470-31660-8. 
• Wilson, Leah (2007). House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner. Benbella Books. ISBN 1-933771-23-2. 

External links

• Official website
• "House recaps". Television Without Pity. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
• "House episodes information". Film.com. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
• "List of House Episodes". TVGuide. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
• House M.D. at the Internet Movie Database

House Portal Episodes (Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Category) Cast list Accolades Soundtrack Nurse Jeffrey Quotes Category Characters Main Gregory House Lisa Cuddy (seasons 1–7) James Wilson Eric Foreman Robert Chase Allison Cameron (seasons 1–6, 8) Thirteen (Remy Hadley) (seasons 4–8) Chris Taub (seasons 4–8) Lawrence Kutner (seasons 4–5, 8) Martha Masters (seasons 7–8) Jessica Adams (season 8) Chi Park (season 8) Recurring Edward Vogler (season 1) Stacy Warner (seasons 1–2, 8) Michael Tritter (season 3) Amber Volakis (seasons 4–5, 8) Rachel Taub (seasons 4–8) Lucas Douglas (seasons 5–6) Sam Carr (seasons 6–7) Dominika Petrova (seasons 7–8)

House episodes Season 1 "Pilot" "Paternity" "Three Stories" Season 2 "Autopsy" Season 3 "Meaning" "Cane and Able" "Informed Consent" "Lines in the Sand" "Fools for Love" "Que Será Será" "Son of Coma Guy" "Whac-A-Mole" "Finding Judas" "Merry Little Christmas" "Words and Deeds" "One Day, One Room" "Needle in a Haystack" "Insensitive" "Half-Wit" "Top Secret" "Fetal Position" "Airborne" "Act Your Age" "House Training" "Family" "Resignation" "The Jerk" "Human Error" Season 4 "Alone" "The Right Stuff" "97 Seconds" "Guardian Angels" "Mirror Mirror" "Whatever It Takes" "Ugly" "You Don't Want to Know" "Games" "It's a Wonderful Lie" "Frozen" "Don't Ever Change" "No More Mr. Nice Guy" "Living the Dream" "House's Head" "Wilson's Heart" Season 5 "Dying Changes Everything" "Not Cancer" "Adverse Events" "Birthmarks" "Lucky Thirteen" "Joy" "The Itch" "Emancipation" "Last Resort" "Let Them Eat Cake" "Joy to the World" "Painless" "Big Baby" "The Greater Good" "Unfaithful" "The Softer Side" "The Social Contract" "Here Kitty" "Locked In" "Simple Explanation" "Saviors" "House Divided" "Under My Skin" "Both Sides Now" Season 6 "Broken" "Epic Fail" "The Tyrant" "Instant Karma" "Brave Heart" "Known Unknowns" "Teamwork" "Ignorance Is Bliss" "Wilson" "The Down Low" "Remorse" "Moving the Chains" "5 to 9" "Private Lives" "Black Hole" "Lockdown" "Knight Fall" "Open and Shut" "The Choice" "Baggage" "Help Me" Season 7 "Now What?" "Selfish" "Unwritten" "Massage Therapy" "Unplanned Parenthood" "Office Politics" "A Pox on Our House" "Small Sacrifices" "Larger than Life" "Carrot or Stick" "Family Practice" "You Must Remember This" "Two Stories" "Recession Proof" "Bombshells" "Out of the Chute" "Fall from Grace" "The Dig" "Last Temptation" "Changes" "The Fix" "After Hours" "Moving On" Season 8 "Twenty Vicodin" "Transplant" "Charity Case" "Risky Business" "The Confession" "Parents" "Dead & Buried" "Perils of Paranoia" "Better Half" "Runaways" "Nobody's Fault" "Chase" "Man of the House" "Love Is Blind" "Blowing the Whistle" "Gut Check" "We Need the Eggs" "Body & Soul" "The C-Word" "Post Mortem" "Holding On" "Everybody Dies"