Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 TV-14
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Sink your teeth into meaty drama and intrigue with HOUSE, FOX’s new take on mystery, where the villain is a medical malady and the hero is an irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients. On the compelling series premiere episode, Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant diagnostician but devoid of bedside manner, and his elite team of young medical experts rush to save the life of a kindergarten teacher (guest star Robin Tunney) who started speaking gibberish and passed out in front of her class. What looks like a possible brain tumor does not respond to treatment and provides many more questions than answers for House and his team as they engage in a risky trial-and-error approach to her case. When the young teacher refuses any additional variations of treatment and her life starts slipping away, House must act against his code of conduct and make a personal visit to his patient to convince her to trust him one last time.
Paternity
Season 1, Episode 2 TV-14
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When a teenage lacrosse player is stricken with an unidentifiable brain disease, Dr. House and the team hustle to give his parents answers. Chase breaks the bad news, the kid has MS, but the boy’s night-terror hallucinations disprove the diagnosis and send House and his team back to square one. As the boy’s health deteriorates, House’s side-bet on the paternity of the patient infuriates Dr. Cuddy and the teenager’s parents, but may just pay off in spades.
Occam’s Razor
Season 1, Episode 3 TV-14
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When a college student collapses after a bout of raucous sex with his girlfriend, Dr. House and his team scramble to figure out why. He’s got too many symptoms to add up to just one disease and soon his immune system is so perilously compromised a simple cold could kill him. As his condition deteriorates quickly, House needs to think – and get more Vicodin. But when Wilson nags House about his nasty pill habit it proves extremely useful to House, just not in the way Wilson intended.
Maternity
Season 1, Episode 4 TV-14
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Dr. House exasperates his boss, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, when he suggests that two sick newborn babies in one hospital add up to an epidemic. Even more frightening is the fact he may be right. As more babies are quarantined and the maternity ward is shut down, Cuddy power-scrubs the hospital and House spars with Dr. Cameron and his team of specialists over his plan to possibly sacrifice one sick baby for the good of the others.
Damned If You Do
Season 1, Episode 5 TV-14
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When a nun comes into the clinic with swollen arms, a rash and bleeding in her palms, Dr. House’s diagnosis is a bad allergy, not stigmata. However, when he gives her a shot of medication, she has a heart attack, and whether he gave her the correct amount of medicine comes into question. As the nun’s case unfolds, the team has to deal with questions regarding their own calling, faith and whether or not they can trust the direction in which their mentor is leading them.
The Socratic Method
Season 1, Episode 6 TV-14
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When it appears that Lucy Palermo, a schizophrenic mom with deadly deep vein thrombosis, is lying about her alcohol intake, Dr. House is the lone voice of reason. Under the scrutiny of her hyper-vigilant teenage son, House takes Lucy off all her medication and secretly sends Foreman and Chase to search her apartment for clues. An anonymous call to Social Services makes House question whether Lucy is really schizophrenic, and causes Lucy’s son, Lucas, to blame Dr. House for making the call. Wading through Lucy’s altered reality to get to the truth and save her life, House discovers it isn’t mom who’s keeping the secrets and reality isn’t always what it seems.
Fidelity
Season 1, Episode 7 TV-14
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When young wife Elyse falls ill with a rare disease she can't possibly have, Dr. Cameron is very interested in the case – so much so that her interest convinces House to take the case, and the team struggles to save her and appease her very attentive husband, Ed (guest star Dominic Purcell). After Dr. House and Dr. Wilson treat a woman at the clinic with new breast implants, the idea that House's new patient Elyse may have breast cancer is raised as a possible diagnosis. But that diagnosis fails to be the answer when Elyse lapses into a coma after starting treatment. House starts to suspect Elyse has contracted a rare sexually transmitted disease, but when Ed and Elyse are questioned individually, they each deny having an affair. To save their patient's life, the team has to acknowledge that House is right: everybody lies.
Poison
Season 1, Episode 8 TV-14
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When a high school student falls victim to a mysterious but lethal poisoning, House and his team jump in to find out what is killing the teen. Given a low heart rate and a clean tox screen, House sends Cameron and Chase to the teen’s home to find the hot new drug House is sure he’s taking. They don’t find any drugs, but think they’ve come up with the answers, until a second unrelated student is admitted with identical symptoms. With the boys’ lives hanging in the balance, House and the team have to connect the dots – fast. Meanwhile, an 82-year-old patient has become enamored with House while he helps her figure out the basis of her renewed fascination with her sexual feelings.
DNR
Season 1, Episode 9 TV-14
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Legendary jazz musician John Henry Giles (guest star Henry Lennix) checks into Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital believing he’s dying from ALS and signs a DNR to avoid a slow death. House disagrees with the diagnosis and goes against everyone’s wishes when he violates the DNR to save Giles’ life. The decision lands House in court, drives Foreman to consider taking another job, and results in Giles’ paralysis worsening. But when the patient inexplicably starts getting better, the team has to figure out the mystery in reverse and find out why his condition is improving.
Histories
Season 1, Episode 10 TV-14
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Dr. Foreman believes an uncooperative homeless woman is faking seizures to get a meal ticket at the teaching hospital. But her homelessness strikes a personal chord with Dr. Wilson and he grows determined to keep her from falling between the cracks. Her worsening symptoms prove to be a complex mystery for House and his team, but the mystery of her identity and medical history may hold the answers to saving her life. Just as the team suspects she has contagious meningitis, the woman goes missing, only to be Tasered by the police, who bring her back. But House deduces the Taser may have proven yet another diagnosis, with dire results.
Detox
Season 1, Episode 11 TV-14
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While trying to figure out why a young patient won’t stop bleeding, House takes Cuddy’s challenge and goes off Vicodin for a week in exchange for no clinic duty for a month. If House and his team can’t determine the source of his patient’s blood loss, the 16-year-old car accident victim will die in a matter of days. As House’s withdrawal symptoms become more and more severe, his directives for his patient are more harsh and risky than usual, forcing Foreman and Cameron to fear he may not be thinking clearly enough to save the patient’s life.
Sports Medicine
Season 1, Episode 12 TV-14
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A severely broken arm reveals a bizarre case of bone loss and ends the comeback plans of major league pitcher Hank Wiggen (guest star Scott Foley). 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 would have to abort her early pregnancy. Forced into an impossible solution and admitting failure as an addict, Hank tries to take his own life. House and his team must isolate and fix the problem soon if this pitcher’s life, as well his career, can be saved.
Cursed
Season 1, Episode 13 TV-14
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A 12-year-old boy believes he’s cursed after a Ouija board tells him he’s going to die. His father, a major financial supporter of the hospital, makes escalating demands of House and the team as they try to diagnose the boy’s pneumonia-like symptoms and incongruous rash. Tension intensifies when House invites Chase’s estranged father, a renowned doctor visiting from Australia, into their circle of diagnosticians – much to Chase’s discomfort – and House is intrigued by Chase’s lack of relationship with his father. When the boy’s diagnosis becomes more evident, the young patient is forced to face the idea that his father may not be everything he believes.
Control
Season 1, Episode 14 TV-14
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Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital is turned upside-down when billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler (guest star Chi McBride) buys his way into becoming Chairman of the Board. Vogler intends to use the hospital as a new biotech venture, meaning they no longer require the financially draining services of one Dr. Gregory House. Meanwhile, a powerful young woman who seemingly has it all (guest star Sarah Clarke) – perfect life, perfect body, perfect job – becomes inexplicably paralyzed. Upon discovering her deadly secret, House finds himself fighting for her life even though it means risking his job and his medical license.
Mob Rules
Season 1, Episode 15 TV-14
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Just before mobster Joey Arnello spills the beans in federal court and enters witness protection, he collapses. Is he faking? A court order instructs House to find out – and fast. House and his team struggle to diagnose and cure Joey while Joey’s brother, Bill, tries to slow things down and keep Joey from testifying. Meanwhile, Cuddy struggles to convince Vogler (guest star Chi McBride) that House is an essential part of the hospital. With Joey mysteriously slipping in and out of a coma and House’s job on the line, House makes an exception to his own policy and gets to know his patient.
Heavy
Season 1, Episode 16 TV-14
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When an obese 10-year-old girl presents with a heart attack, House and his team investigate. At first thinking it’s an adverse reaction to diet pills, they ultimately uncover a much more deadly source of her illness. Meanwhile, under pressure from hospital management, House tries to figure out which of his team to fire. But once he makes a decision, Vogler doesn’t accept it and demands he pick someone else, leading House to suspect one of his team members is giving inside information to Vogler.
Role Model
Season 1, Episode 17 TV-14
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At a high-level campaign fundraiser, up-and-coming Senator Tom Wright (guest star Joe Morton) becomes violently ill. Vogler (guest star Chi McBride) pushes House to take Wright’s case and also dangles a new incentive in front of him: deliver a speech on behalf of Vogler’s pharmaceutical company and save his whole team. While the Senator’s symptoms and tests point to AIDS, a condition which would squash his White House dreams forever, House and the team dig for different answers. Meanwhile, House gives the speech, but it’s not exactly what Vogler had in mind.
Babies & Bathwater
Season 1, Episode 18 TV-14
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While House and his team scramble to discover what’s causing brain and kidney dysfunction in a pregnant woman, Vogler (guest star Chi McBride) is on the warpath to get House fired. House diagnoses his pregnant patient’s illness, but now she and her husband struggle with an emotional and heartbreaking choice: to save her life, or that of her unborn child. Meanwhile, Vogler sets up a board meeting to get rid of House, but when Wilson objects, Vogler lashes out against him and shocks Cuddy and the rest of the board with his decision. Finally, Cuddy takes a stand against Vogler (will she be next?).
Kids
Season 1, Episode 19 TV-14
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While a meningitis scare overwhelms the resources and staff of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, House zeros in on a single patient: a 12-year-old whose symptoms are similar to, but not quite right for, meningitis. Cuddy gives them an hour to crack the case before pulling their medical manpower to treat the countless patients taking over the waiting rooms, but when they discover something quite unexpected, House, Foreman and Chase must devise ingenious ways and locations to treat the girl’s delicate condition amid the chaos. Meanwhile, House asks Cameron to come back to her job now that Vogler is gone, but she’s got a surprising requirement.
Love Hurts
Season 1, Episode 20 TV-14
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While Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital is rife with rumor and speculation about House’s imminent date with Cameron, House apparently scares a meek clinic patient into having a stroke. The team must navigate their way through the patient’s odd proclivities, overbearing “friend” and reluctant parents in order to stop the strokes and try to save the guy’s life. All the while, Wilson, Cuddy and the team offer House dating advice and lay odds on the outcome.
Three Stories
Season 1, Episode 21 TV-14
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House’s ex-girlfriend Stacy Warner (guest star Sela Ward) returns – not to be with House, but to get his help for her ailing husband. While House decides whether or not to take the case, Cuddy instructs him to substitute for a sick professor and present a lecture to a class of medical students. As he weaves the stories of three patients (including guest star Carmen Electra) who all present with a similar symptom, House gives a lecture the students will never forget. In the end, they come out with a broader understanding of diagnostics and House’s team comes out with a greater understanding of him.
Honeymoon
Season 1, Episode 22 TV-14
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House insists he can handle things when Stacy (guest star Sela Ward), the woman he once loved, asks him to diagnose Mark, the man she married. When Mark’s tests come back normal yet symptoms show that his brain is dying, the puzzle may be one that even House can’t solve. While Wilson worries about House’s emotional well-being, the team is blown away by his over-the-top demands. As House struggles to put his emotions aside and solve the case, Cuddy adds to his dilemma and offers Stacy a reason to stay.
Acceptance
Season 1, Episode 23 TV-14
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When Death Row inmate Clarence (guest star LL Cool J) mysteriously and suddenly collapses after hallucinating, House jumps at the chance to take the case for its difficulty and because it’s “cool.” Dr. Cameron refuses to treat the patient in protest and feels they should treat a cancer patient because she’s more deserving, raising the question: is one life more important than another? Meanwhile, House and Stacy (guest star Sela Ward) are adjusting to her working at the hospital. As House goes though his diagnostic process, including having a drink or three with his prisoner patient, Dr. Cameron must come to terms with the fact that she just might not be able to help every patient.
Autopsy
Season 1, Episode 24 TV-14
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Andie, a 9-year-old terminal cancer patient, is brought in after suffering from a hallucinogenic episode. Wilson convinces House to take the case, but he and his team struggle to diagnose what caused the hallucination. Andie handles the reality of her terminal medical situation remarkably well – so well that House questions the sincerity of her bravery and considers the possibility it may be a medical symptom. Meanwhile, Andie’s request to experience one of life’s great “firsts” forces Dr. Chase to make a difficult personal decision. House has an idea of what’s causing Andie’s medical emergency, but puts the decision in her hands as to whether to take on an extremely risky experimental treatment, one that may end her life even sooner than her terminal illness.
Humpty Dumpty
Season 1, Episode 25 TV-14
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When Cuddy’s handyman Alfredo, a young Latino and the sole provider for his family, falls from her roof and develops strange darkened pinkies, Cuddy joins the team in trying to figure out what’s wrong with him. Despite everything the team tries, the whole hand becomes infected. As Cuddy struggles with worry and guilt, House and his team are forced to amputate Alfredo’s hand so they have more time to diagnose the illness before it kills the patient. However, when Alfredo’s other hand starts showing the same symptoms, the doctors look outside the hospital for answers. A trip to the young man’s neighborhood helps them understand Alfredo’s desire for a better life for his family, and provides a clue as to what might be causing his deadly illness.
TB or Not TB
Season 1, Episode 26 TV-14
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When Dr. Sebastian Charles (guest star Ron Livingston, “Little Black Book,” “Sex and the City”), renowned physician and head of an international organization to fight the spread of tuberculosis among the poor in Africa, is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital after collapsing, he immediately determines all the symptoms are from TB. Dr. House has a different opinion and requests additional tests to help determine the cause of his illness. The case begins to get media attention and Dr. Charles sees his chance to further his cause by refusing to submit to any additional tests and take necessary medication in order to gain media exposure for the inadequacies of the medical system for the poor in Africa. As House confronts his patient on live television, his medical condition deteriorates and the team takes over to try to save his life. Meanwhile, Foreman fills in for House in the clinic with disastrous results and Cameron sees eye to eye with Dr. Charles and his cause.
Daddy's Boy
Season 1, Episode 27 TV-14
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When recent college graduate Carnell drops at a graduation party from internal shocks, he is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Hospital. With his father Ken at his bedside, it becomes apparent the two have not been truthful with each other in their lives and their major trust issues affect how the medical team gets the information it needs to help solve Carnell’s case. Carnell soon develops other symptoms and House’s team suspects it might be from a Spring Break trip out of the country, but have to dig deeper to get all the information. Meanwhile, House has his own issues with his father and is trying unsuccessfully to get out of a dinner engagement with his parents when they arrive in town.
Spin
Season 1, Episode 28 TV-14
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When a famous professional cyclist is brought in after collapsing during a race, House doesn’t want to treat him because he thinks he’s lying about doing drugs. But when the patient is forthcoming about taking all sorts of performance enhancers and blood-doping drugs, House is definitely intrigued. Cameron is upset the patient is a hero to kids when he is clearly cheating at his sport. She struggles with the ethical dilemma of patient confidentiality and considers going to the media. Meanwhile, House tries to disrupt Stacy and Mark’s relationship by attending a group therapy session with Mark.
Hunting
Season 1, Episode 29 TV-14
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Kalvin, a gay man with full-blown AIDS, confronts House in front of his home, demands that House figure out what’s causing his illness – besides HIV or AIDS – and collapses at his feet. When Kalvin claims that House assaulted him, Cuddy tells House to give Stacy the facts. House meets with Stacy at her home – armed with some unethically-garnered personal information about her – and he and Stacy share close quarters when he tries to help her exterminate a mouse from her attic, to the chagrin of her temporarily handicapped husband, Mark. During an exam, Kalvin accidentally coughs HIV-positive blood onto Cameron’s face, and she is forced to confront the possibility that her life may be changed forever. When House discovers Kalvin’s father is suffering from unique symptoms of his own, he must figure out if they are connected and solve the puzzle to save both father and son.
The Mistake
Season 1, Episode 30 TV-14
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Kayla, mother of two young girls, doubles over with stomach pain during her children’s talent show and is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Six months later, Dr. Chase and Dr. House are being counseled by Stacy in preparation for a disciplinary hearing aimed at determining if either Chase or House made a mistake that ultimately led to Kayla’s death and her family’s subsequent lawsuit. Reliving the details of Kayla’s case in contradictory flashbacks, Stacy discovers Chase is holding something back about the details of his medical care. Meanwhile, House holds an important piece of information about Chase that may affect the hearing’s outcome, but it’s up to the disciplinary committee to determine if either doctor is at fault and what the professional repercussions may be for House and Chase.
Deception
Season 1, Episode 31 TV-14
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Off-track betting gambler Anica (guest star Cynthia Nixon) collapses in front of House while they’re both following horse races at the site. Confused by her symptoms and what he witnessed after she collapsed, he instructs medics to take her to Princeton Plainsboro and takes her case. After the team discovers she’s been seeing a number of doctors for a variety of supposed illnesses, everyone but House thinks it’s Munchausen’s, a disease that causes people to fake symptoms for the medical attention. House butts heads over Anica’s medical care with his former team member and current supervisor Dr. Foreman. Standing by the Munchausen’s diagnosis, Foreman sends Anica home over House’s objections. Convinced she is legitimately ill, House draws a confession out of Anica that may save her life.
Failure to Communicate
Season 1, Episode 32 TV-14
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Journalist Fletcher Stone (guest star Michael O’Keefe) collapses at his editor’s retirement party and hits his head on a table. When he comes to, his sentences don’t make sense, and he is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Since House and Stacy are out of town defending House’s Medicaid billings, the team struggles to solve the case on its own. Meanwhile, House and Stacy realize they still have feelings for each other, and when a storm comes through Baltimore, their return flight is cancelled and they are forced to share a hotel room together – further turning up the heat between them. Frustrated since he thinks he’s speaking normally, Fletcher tries hopelessly to communicate with Foreman, Cameron and Chase, but they can’t decipher what he’s trying to tell them. As his organs rapidly deteriorate, the team enlists House’s help to help crack the code to try to save Fletcher’s life before it’s too late.
Need to Know
Season 1, Episode 33 TV-14
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Margo (guest star Julie Warner), a young housewife on fertility medication, is brought to Princeton Plainsboro Hospital when her inexplicable muscle flailing causes her to crash her car. As Margo’s symptoms progress, House and the team think she might have Huntington’s disease but when Margo descends into paranoia, they must dig deeper to figure out the cause of her illness – and the team is once again reminded that everybody lies. Meanwhile, House and Stacy return from Baltimore with a rekindled relationship, Wilson is worried that House is setting himself up for another emotional letdown, and Cameron is refusing to get the results of her HIV test.
Distractions
Season 1, Episode 34 TV-14
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When a young man comes into the hospital severely burned, but with some unusual activity going on in his blood tests, House and his team have a difficult challenge. How can you diagnose a burn victim when you are unable to use your normal testing methods? The team must get very creative to figure out how to test the patient before his body shuts down. To complicate matters further, House is intent on proving that a former colleague from medical school’s new migraine drug doesn’t work. Determined to prove the ex-colleague wrong, House makes himself the guinea pig of his own unofficial tests, with painful results.
Skin Deep
Season 1, Episode 35 TV-14
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Dr. House treats a teenage supermodel for heroin addiction and, in the process, uncovers a startling secret about the girl. Meanwhile, Wilson hopes that House’s increased leg pain indicates that his leg nerves are regenerating, and a male clinic patient suffers from high estrogen levels that allow him to experience his wife’s pregnancy – including morning sickness and labor pains.
Sex Kills
Season 1, Episode 36 TV-14
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When Henry (guest star Howard Hesseman) experiences a seizure but is not aware of it while it’s happening, House takes on the case. The team’s differential diagnosis points to a bacterial infection, but Henry suffers a heart attack before the treatment for his infection is able to work, prompting the need for a heart transplant. Racing to find a heart donor in time to treat Henry before the infection kills him, House finds an organ donor who’s been declared unfit due to a mysterious illness. He deceptively approaches the husband of the deceased woman, surreptitiously questioning him for information about his wife, when all he wants is her heart. Faced with only one option, House and the team must race against time to diagnose the dead woman’s illness before they can attempt to use her heart to cure their dying patient.
Clueless
Season 1, Episode 37 TV-14
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House and his team take on a new patient, Bob, who comes to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital after suffering from a breathing attack while role-playing in the bedroom with his wife (guest star Samantha Mathis). All the symptoms point to heavy metal poisoning, but the tests do not. Meanwhile, as the team goes through its diagnostic process, House is wreaking havoc in the clinic, telling a patient that he got a sexually transmitted disease from his wife. When the wife confronts House about it, he tricks the patient and his wife into divulging the truth. In addition, Wilson has moved in with House and things are not going too smoothly. After House and his team treat Bob for a number of things, including food allergies and lupus, with no results, House is still sure it’s heavy metal poisoning. When all the usual metals turn up negative, House confronts Bob’s wife as to the origin of Bob’s deadly illness, and all signs point to the wife.
Safe
Season 1, Episode 38 TV-14
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Melinda (guest star Michelle Trachtenberg), a rebellious teenage girl who’s immunocompromised as a result of medications she’s taking after a heart transplant, has a severe allergic reaction and goes into shock despite living in a “clean” room. House and the team step in to figure out exactly what caused the reaction, but end up playing referee between Melinda, her overprotective mother (guest star Mel Harris) and her boyfriend. Melinda’s heart condition worsens and she develops a paralysis that is slowly moving up her legs, and the team must rush to solve her case before the paralysis reaches her heart. Meanwhile, House and Wilson continue to work out the kinks in their new living arrangement.
All In
Season 1, Episode 39 TV-14
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It’s poker night at Princeton Plainsboro when the hospital hosts an oncology benefit. A 6-year-old boy is brought in exhibiting symptoms that aren’t too unusual; however, when House learns of additional specifics, he jumps on the case right away. He’s seen this set of unique symptoms before – in a previous case when an elderly patient lost her life. House is convinced the boy’s case is identical and that he can predict the course of the young patient’s illness. Relying on Wilson to stall Cuddy at the poker table so she stays out of his way on this one, House becomes increasingly frustrated and desperate to stop the young boy’s illness from progressing, in order to prevent him from suffering the same fate as the former patient.
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Season 1, Episode 40 TV-14
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A young woman, Hannah, hasn’t been able to sleep for 10 days. She’s brought in after she downed an entire bottle of sleeping pills and still didn’t fall asleep. Meanwhile, Cameron accuses Foreman of stealing a medical journal article she wrote; he denies stealing it, insisting he wrote his own article about the same case and it was printed before hers was submitted. As Hannah’s condition deteriorates, it becomes apparent that she will need a liver transplant to give House enough time to try to solve her case. Her girlfriend and partner, Max, is a perfect match and agrees to donate part of her liver, despite its being a very dangerous procedure. However, the team discovers vital information about Hannah and Max’s relationship, forcing them into an ethical quandary that potentially eliminates Hannah’s chance of survival.
House vs. God
Season 1, Episode 41 TV-14
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When 15-year-old faith healer, Boyd, is admitted and claims he can talk to God, House takes the case. House thinks the kid is a clever con until the boy touches one of Wilson’s cancer patients and causes her cancer to go into remission. Boyd refuses surgery on his brain because he believes it will take away his healing power, but as his condition begins to deteriorate and the condition of Wilson’s cancer patient improves, House and his team must confront their own feelings about faith and God. Meanwhile, tension is still in the air between Cameron and Foreman after she accused him of stealing her idea for the medical article he had published.
Euphoria, Part 1
Season 1, Episode 42 TV-14
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A police officer is admitted in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head and symptoms that include unexplained giddiness. With no explanation for the odd symptoms, House dispatches Dr. Foreman to the officer’s apartment to see if he can gather any clues or possible causes. As the officer’s case worsens, Foreman begins to exhibit the same early symptoms and is put in isolation with the patient until House and the team can make a diagnosis. The police officer’s condition continues to deteriorate and Forman is forced to watch up-close as the officer descends into unbearable and unmanageable pain. The team races to find the cause of the illness before Foreman’s condition takes the same deadly path.
Euphoria, Part 2
Season 1, Episode 43 TV-14
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The police officer is dead, and Foreman continues to experience the same dire progression of symptoms: blindness, muscle contractures and excruciating pain. Foreman realizes he very well may be facing death and tries to make amends in his life. He calls his father (guest star Charles S. Dutton), who travels to be at his son’s side. House, Cameron and Chase try everything they can, including infecting him with another disease. As Foreman’s body fails, the only choice left is a dangerous brain biopsy to try to confirm the cause. House thinks the solution lies back at the policeman’s apartment. It comes down to a race against time, and House fights to figure out the source of Foreman’s illness before Cameron has to biopsy his brain.
Forever
Season 1, Episode 44 TV-14
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When young mother Kara has a seizure while bathing her child, it causes the near drowning of her newborn son. Unable to determine the cause of Kara’s seizures, House and the team race to find what's wrong with her while simultaneously trying to bring her infant back to life. When both mother and son develop complications, Kara’s husband must make some very difficult decisions. Kara’s husband learns some shocking information about his wife and struggles to deal with his newfound emotions towards her. Meanwhile, Foreman has returned to work and is struggling to regain normalcy in his life after his brain biopsy, Chase admits he needs a break and House investigates why Cuddy has asked Wilson on a date.
Who's Your Daddy?
Season 1, Episode 45 TV-14
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A 16-year-old female Hurricane Katrina victim suffering from hallucinations about the tragedy is brought to House by his ex-bandmate Crandall (guest star D.B. Sweeney), who tells House he recently found out she’s his daughter. House takes the case despite feeling more pain than usual in his leg. He wants to run a paternity test to make sure his friend is not being scammed, but Crandall refuses. As the team treats the patient, House still has his suspicions, and when her treatment requires a bone marrow transplant, Crandall offers himself up, but must be tested to see if he’s a match (while still refusing the paternity test). As House works his way through the girl’s lies to find clues to diagnose and treat her, he is forced to tell some lies of his own. Meanwhile, Cuddy asks House to review two medical files, and it doesn’t take long for him to figure out that she’s looking for a sperm donor. But House takes the search a step further and sets Cuddy up for a big surprise.
No Reason
Season 1, Episode 46 TV-14
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As House and his team work on the diagnosis of Vince, a man with a giant swollen tongue, disgruntled former patient Jack Moriarty (guest star Elias Koteas) walks into House’s office and shoots him. House continues to treat Vince from his hospital bed in the ICU with Moriarty, shot by hospital security and handcuffed to his bed, as his roommate. Mysteriously, since the shooting, House feels decreased pain in his leg. However, aftereffects of the shooting begin to affect him negatively and he starts to question his own ability to diagnose, while hostility increases between him and Moriarty. As Vince’s body begins to deteriorate, House struggles through his own self-doubts and must trust his team to find a way to solve the case.
Meaning
Season 1, Episode 47 TV-14
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House has recovered from multiple 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 the patients, and Cameron even catches Richard's wife thanking House for his sensitivity to her husband's situation. House suspects that Richard could possibly walk again, but he has no specific medical proof to back up his hunch and the various treatment avenues he pursues lead nowhere. Cameron and Foreman refuse to indulge House and his theories, which they feel he's pursuing merely to make the case interesting for himself. Cuddy and Wilson also are convinced House is creating a mystery out of Richard's case to cure his own boredom, but he denies it and becomes more frustrated when his theories do not point to a cure for Richard, forcing House to face an unpleasant truth.
Cane and Able
Season 1, Episode 48 TV-14
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House’s ego has taken quite a blow because he failed to diagnose his last case, and it’s affecting him physically. He is obviously in pain again, although he continues to deny it. House’s new case is 7-year-old Clancy, a product of in-vitro fertilization, who’s been admitted to the hospital with rectal bleeding and proclamations of being tortured by aliens. As the team runs tests on him, they discover the same test is giving conflicting results. When Clancy claims to have a tracking device in the back of his neck and the team discovers an unknown metal object exactly in that spot, they aren’t quite sure what to think. Amidst all this weirdness, Cuddy and Wilson decide it would be best not to tell House the truth about his last case, thinking that perhaps he will learn some humility if he believes he’s not always right. Cameron discovers the lie and is outraged, but Cuddy convinces her to hold off telling House. When House and the team discover cells with a different type of DNA in Clancy’s body, they are forced to give Clancy’s alien claims a little more credence, but a frustrated House gives up on his young patient, forcing Cuddy to re-think her desire to hold back the truth she’s hiding.
Informed Consent
Season 1, Episode 49 TV-14
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The ketamine has worn off and House is back to using his cane and doesn't want to talk about it. His new patient is Ezra Powell (guest star Joel Grey), a renowned pioneer in the field of medical research, who collapsed 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. Becoming increasingly debilitated, Ezra ultimately demands that the team stop the litany of medical tests and help him end his life. The team members have divergent opinions on the morality of helping Ezra die, especially since the possibility of a cure is still in question. The moral dilemma of whether to assist in his suicide and abide by Ezra's wishes, or to ignore what their patient wants drives the team in very different directions. Meanwhile, the teenage daughter of a clinic patient has developed a crush on Dr. House.
Lines in the Sand
Season 1, Episode 50 TV-14
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House takes the case of Adam, a 10-year-old severely autistic boy who screams loudly for no apparent reason, at least not a reason his three previous doctors could diagnose. The team wonders why House is taking the case – the boy’s not sick; his symptoms seem to be a product of his autism. House claims he just wants a patient who can’t lie, but it seems he relates to this kid: the social aloofness, the obsession with detail, the lack of social graces. In fact, House actually envies him; living in a shell has its advantages. But when Cuddy makes a minor change to House’s office and House refuses to use the office until it’s returned to its original state, he finds himself wandering the hospital in need of a temporary home, crashing in Cuddy and Wilson’s offices. Meanwhile, teenager Ali from the previous episode still has a crush on House and is becoming a nuisance around the hospital. As Adam becomes more ill and the torturous diagnostic procedures yield nothing, House realizes he needs an answer, and his patient just might be the only one who can give him one. House finds he has to break through the very shell he admires in order to get anything out of the boy.
Fools for Love
Season 1, Episode 51 TV-14
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House takes on the case of 20-year-old female patient Tracy Dawson, who is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital with breathing difficulties and unexplained intense abdominal pain after she and her husband, Jeremy, are victims of a robbery. During Tracy’s stress test, Jeremy collapses in the hospital viewing room, with test results leading the team to believe the couple’s illnesses are related. Their strained relationship with Jeremy’s father causes Tracy to hallucinate about a past incident when her father-in-law tried to hurt Jeremy for seeing her. The traumatic dream leaves Tracy in a coma and House wants to conduct a very risky biopsy on her brain stem, but Jeremy refuses to consent. House enlists Wilson’s help to explain the potentially dangerous procedure and secure Jeremy’s consent, but all does not go as planned; House discovers a new symptom that takes the case down a shocking new path and changes the course of the couples’ lives forever. Meanwhile, House and clinic patient Michael Tritter (guest star David Morse) have a touchy altercation, leaving Tritter appalled and furious at the way House treated him.
Que Sera Sera
Season 1, Episode 52 TV-14
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A 600-pound man, George Hagel, is admitted to the hospital after he is found in his apartment in a coma. While they conduct the necessary tests, the team runs into several obstacles due to the sheer mass of the patient, and while sedated and undergoing an MRI, George suddenly awakes in a panic and struggles to get free. Upon awakening, George decides that he is fine and requests a discharge. Afraid that George’s problem is bigger than he believes, Cameron takes extreme measures to stop him from leaving. George believes his problems are unrelated to his weight and instructs the team to come up with other theories. Unconvinced by George’s reasoning, House discovers the root of his illness during a physical altercation. Meanwhile, House has spent the night in jail after being arrested by Officer Michael Tritter for a number of violations, including resisting arrest. Tritter, putting the squeeze on House, searches his home to find more evidence of his drug abuse and puts House’s team on the spot when he questions each of them about House and his relationship with Vicodin, and it becomes evident that House may need to get a lawyer.
Son of Coma Guy
Season 1, Episode 53 TV-14
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Kyle comes to the hospital regularly to visit his father, Gabe, who has been in a coma for 10 years. Noticing something "off" about Kyle, House conducts a mini-experiment that leaves the boy unconscious. When symptoms point to a possible genetic condition, House and his team must glean a family history from Kyle's only living relative – his comatose father. Meanwhile, Wilson confronts House about stealing his prescription pad, and Tritter (guest star David Morse) questions Cameron, Foreman and Chase, dividing the team and revealing where their individual loyalties lie.
Whac-A-Mole
Season 1, Episode 54 TV-14
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House’s newest patient is 18-year-old Jack (guest star Patrick Fugit, “Almost Famous”), brought to the hospital after experiencing a heart attack and massive vomiting. Barely an adult himself, Jack has been the parent to his younger brother and sister since their parents died. After a brief perusal of Jack’s file, House thinks he’s 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. When Jack is given an option that would lead to a possible reprieve from his worsening illness, he’s faced with a decision that could break up his little family forever. Meanwhile, in an attempt to extract a confession, Tritter (guest star David Morse) makes it almost impossible for Wilson to practice medicine, driving a friendship-ruining wedge between House and Wilson.
Finding Judas
Season 1, Episode 55 TV-14
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House and the team take on the case of Alice, a young girl with pancreatitis. Since her divorced parents can’t agree on how to proceed with her treatment and won’t 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. When Alice’s condition continues to worsen, House is forced to take her parents to court again, but in a surprising ruling, the judge awards guardianship of Alice to Dr. Cuddy, leaving her to determine the young girl’s medical care. Meanwhile, House’s reduced access to Vicodin is beginning to take its toll and he hits Cuddy up for more of the medication, but instead of writing a prescription, she strictly rations his pills. Detective Tritter wants House to find a non-addictive way to cope with his pain before House kills somebody. As part of his strategy to get one of House’s team members to crack, Tritter freezes Cameron and Foreman’s bank accounts, and ultimately offers Foreman a deal to come clean about House’s drug use.
Merry Little Christmas
Season 1, Episode 56 TV-14
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It’s 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. Wilson will testify that he didn’t sign the prescriptions House used to illegally obtain Vicodin, and House will receive two months in a rehab clinic for pleading guilty, avoiding jail time. Even though the deal apparently would make the whole nightmare go away, House is furious at Wilson, will not admit he did anything wrong and immediately goes looking for Cuddy. Barging in on Cuddy in an examining room, he meets her patient, Abigail, and Abigail’s mom, Maddy, both dwarfs. Abigail has a number of symptoms and is recovering from a recently collapsed lung, but Cuddy doesn’t recognize the gravity of her illness and House takes on the case. As House and the team get to work, Cuddy finds out about the deal offered to House, pulls him from the case, suspends his treatment privileges and refuses to dole out any more Vicodin until he takes the deal. As Abigail’s condition worsens, House begins to detox and the team tries unsuccessfully to solve the case without him. When Abigail reaches a critical point, Cuddy begs House for help one last time, but they play a game of chicken to see who will flinch first as he holds out for his pain medication before he’ll offer any more of his insights into the case. Cuddy is forced to make a difficult and potentially life-threatening choice between her patient’s life and House’s life.
Words and Deeds
Season 1, Episode 57 TV-14
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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. Enough is enough for Cuddy, who insists that House apologize to Detective Tritter as a final attempt to stay out of jail, since he refused to respond to Tritter’s previous deal by the deadline. Meanwhile, the case of Derek Hoyt, a firefighter suffering from extreme body temperatures and disorientation, leads the team to believe their patient is suffering from an extreme hormone imbalance, but Derek has a violent reaction to their course of treatment, potentially causing serious bodily harm to Cameron in the process. Clearly distracted from Derek’s case, House stuns the team when he makes a shocking revelation in an attempt to save himself from jail time. As Derek’s condition worsens, the team must try to solve the mystery of his illness without House’s help, but information from Derek sends them in the wrong direction and leads Derek to choose a risky, radical treatment on his brain which, if he survives it, will kill the person he currently is in order to hide a secret he’s not willing to reveal.
One Day, One Room
Season 1, Episode 58 TV-14
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House has beaten the drug charges and is back at the hospital after a short stint in rehab. Cuddy comes to collect on House’s debt for perjuring herself on the stand and keeping him out of jail. She forces House to pay off the debt in clinic hours, requiring him to carry out a series of less-than-desirable patient exams in the clinic. Tired of House’s incessant whining about his disdain for the patients, Cuddy turns his clinic duty into a game, with the stakes raised to a level that speaks to House – money. At the clinic, House encounters patient Eve, who has tested positive for an STD and admits she’s very recently been raped. Knowing he can’t do anything more for Eve medically, House refers her to a psychiatrist, but she refuses to talk to the doctor and will only be treated by House. He repeatedly tries to dismiss himself from her case, but finds himself forced to unravel a very different puzzle than the sort he’s used to – and compelled to come to terms with events in his own life in order to help Eve make sense of her own. Meanwhile, at the clinic Cameron encounters a homeless man with terminal cancer who, in spite of her pleas to let her ease his suffering, admits to her his basis for refusing pain medication during his final hours.
Needle in a Haystack
Season 1, Episode 59 TV-14
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Sixteen-year-old Stevie Lipa is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital with a serious respiratory condition and internal bleeding. Oddities of his case land him under House and the team’s care, but at the moment, House is irritated to learn that new hospital researcher Dr. Julie Whitner has been assigned his handicapped parking spot by the hospital entrance. Since she’s in a motorized wheelchair (and he has to walk), he asks her to give up the parking spot, but she refuses. House, determined to get a parking spot closer to the hospital entrance, appeals to Cuddy, who dares him to prove how much he wants the spot by spending one week in a wheelchair – a bet House takes on. As the team tries to get personal history information from Stevie, they can’t seem to get a straight answer out of him, and it’s revealed he’s from a family of gypsies. Stevie’s parents arrive with homeopathic remedies; they won’t consent to House and the team’s suggested course of action, and refuse all modern medical treatment. As Stevie’s body continues to bleed internally, Foreman makes the risky decision to sidestep Stevie’s parents and appeals directly to the teenage patient, putting his medical license on the line while asking Stevie to lie to his parents.
Insensitive
Season 1, Episode 60 TV-14
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It’s Valentine’s Day at Princeton-Plainsboro and the ER is short-staffed due to a snowstorm. House encounters Foreman’s latest patient, Hannah, who has sustained injuries from a car accident with her mother, Abby. House notices that despite her best efforts to act injured, Hannah is not feeling a bit of pain. House determines that Hannah has an incredibly rare condition that makes her completely insensitive to pain, and he takes a special interest in her case. He orders further testing to see if Hannah has any serious injuries from the car accident that she may not be able to feel, including an unnecessary procedure that causes Cuddy and Wilson to question his motives. Meanwhile, Abby undergoes surgery for her own injuries sustained in the car accident. Hannah refuses further examination and demands to see her mother, but House has little sympathy. She and House argue about which of their lives is worse, Hannah who is impervious to pain or House who suffers from pain constantly. When Hannah passes out and her temperature spikes, the doctors realize that Hannah is much sicker than they had thought. The team takes drastic measures in an attempt to inflict pain on Hannah to measure her pain threshold, but her condition only worsens. House adamantly pushes for a spinal nerve biopsy that could leave her paralyzed, a risky procedure in which few see the benefit, especially Cuddy and Wilson, who accuse House of pushing the test to get information that may benefit his own pain management. As Hannah’s body deteriorates without her so much as flinching, House works through his own chronic pain to find out why this young woman cannot feel any pain at all.
Half-Wit
Season 1, Episode 61 TV-14
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Patrick Obyedkov (guest star Dave Matthews), a 35-year-old musical savant, is in the middle of playing a piano concert when he suffers a painful involuntary muscle contraction in his left hand. After Patrick is admitted to Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital with a rare movement disorder, his case attracts the attention of Dr. House. House learns from Patrick’s father, Dr. Obyedkov (guest star Kurtwood Smith), that Patrick suffered severe brain damage at age 10 from a bus accident that also killed his mother. House is intrigued as to why Patrick, who was a healthy 10-year-old at the time of his accident with no prior musical training, could suddenly play the piano flawlessly after suffering a severe injury. He pushes for further testing on Patrick’s brain even though the team has diagnosed him with a simple muscle-contraction problem. While trying to deduce the origin of the brain rewiring responsible for Patrick’s mysterious gift of music, House and his team must stop the deadly bleeding that is quickly threatening his life. Patrick’s condition worsens as he suffers an onset of seizures, and as the team attempts to stabilize him, House presents a very difficult option to Patrick’s father – a neurological procedure that would change Patrick’s life forever. In the meantime, Cameron discovers that House has been in contact with a hospital in Massachusetts and suspects that House may be looking to take a new job there. When Cuddy contacts the hospital, she learns that House has been in contact with a brain cancer specialist – not as a job applicant, but as a patient for a clinical trial. When confronted by his team, House denies the gravity of the situation and resents their interference, and they are forced to contend with the possibility his condition may be more serious than he’s letting on.
Top Secret
Season 1, Episode 62 TV-14
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House is bewildered yet intrigued when he meets his newest patient, John Kelley, an ex-Marine who had saved House’s life in a very realistic dream the night before. House is puzzled about how this man could have appeared in his dream before he met him. Recently returned from a two-year deployment in Iraq, Kelley is complaining of fatigue, pain and other non-specific ailments he thinks are the result of Gulf War Syndrome. Just like the V.A. doctors before them, the team is wary about the validity of Kelley’s symptoms, but since his uncle is an important benefactor to the hospital, they continue to investigate his case. Meanwhile, House is suffering from ailments of his own – he is unable to urinate, most likely a side effect of his Vicodin abuse, and is sleep-deprived. Unable to concentrate on the case, he eventually turns to Wilson for an under-the-table prescription. While administering tests in the sleep lab, Cameron and Chase forego their clinical duties when they find each other (and a bed in the sleep lab) much more exciting. A foul infection shows up in Kelley’s mouth while Cameron and Chase were supposed to have been on the clock, and his condition only worsens as he begins to lose his hearing, sight and mobility. A brain scan reveals tumors in Kelly’s brain that were not there a week earlier when the government doctors at the V.A. examined him. When traces of uranium show up in Kelley’s test results, the team wonders if the government had something to hide.
Fetal Position
Season 1, Episode 63 TV-14
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A famous, 42-year-old, pregnant photographer, Emma Sloan (guest star Anne Ramsay), is brought to the hospital after suffering a stroke in the middle of a high-profile photo shoot with Tyson Ritter (All American Rejects). Although Emma’s condition initially stabilizes, her health takes a turn for the worse when her kidneys inexplicably fail. As her health continues to deteriorate, Emma is more concerned about her baby’s well-being than her own. With no other viable explanation for the kidney failure, House realizes Emma may have a rare condition called Maternal Mirror Syndrome, in which the mother’s health mimics the distress level of her fetus. Meanwhile, Cameron and Chase’s secret relationship is exposed to Foreman and Cuddy, and House makes extravagant plans to take a much-needed vacation. House calls Cuddy on the fact she’s taken a special interest in the case as she identifies with Emma’s struggle to have a child later in life, but her compassion for Emma may be clouding her judgment in the case. When Emma’s liver begins to fail, House presents her with the heart-wrenching choice to terminate her fetus or die herself. But with Cuddy on her side, Emma demands they come up with another option – an option that may not exist. With Cuddy and House at odds over how to handle her case, Emma faces a life-and-death situation for both herself and her unborn child.
Airborne
Season 1, Episode 64 TV-14
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House and Cuddy board a flight back to the United States from Singapore, where they were speakers at an international conference. Shortly after takeoff, a passenger seated next to House becomes violently ill. While House brushes it off as a hangover, Cuddy suspects the man might have a deadly contagious virus and the other passengers could be at risk. Assuming the worst, Cuddy suggests the plane turn back and land, but House dissuades the flight attendant and the flight continues on. As the man's condition worsens, the rest of the passengers on the flight become increasingly uneasy, and so does House when a second passenger falls ill with the exact same rash and debilitating symptoms. Back at Princeton-Plainsboro, Wilson leads the team when they encounter Fran, a middle-aged woman who collapsed at her home and soon goes into seizures. Cameron and Chase investigate Fran's house to look for clues to a diagnosis, but they are distracted by the prospect of an empty house and an inviting bed. When they return empty-handed and Fran's health continues to decline, the team must focus on finding out what is killing Fran without House's help. Back on the flight, with First Class turned into a makeshift isolation area, House calls upon a misfit team of passengers to fill in for his own team, as he bounces questions and theories off of them. When Cuddy collapses and several more passengers fall ill, the situation turns dire as the plane is hours away from any viable landing place. Without the help of his team or even proper medical equipment, House finds himself with Cuddy’s life and a plane-full of passengers’ lives in his hands.
Act Your Age
Season 1, Episode 65 TV-14
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The team takes on the case of 6-year-old Lucy, who collapsed at daycare. They discover that the tissues surrounding Lucy’s heart have hardened and are strangling her heart, a condition usually found in much older patients. As the team searches for an explanation, Lucy’s condition worsens and she suffers a stroke. There’s a palpable tension between Cameron and Chase, and House intentionally assigns them tasks to do together, including a trip to Lucy’s house to check for any possible environmental explanations for her condition. While there, they discover surprising evidence indicating that Lucy may have been abused. Lucy’s 8-year-old brother develops a not-so-innocent crush on Cameron, and as he becomes increasingly aggressive, House suspects that whatever is killing Lucy has begun to affect her brother, too. As they try to narrow down what is causing Lucy’s condition before it’s too late, House and Cameron clash over how to treat her. Meanwhile, when Wilson takes Cuddy out to see a play, House puts ideas in Wilson’s head regarding Cuddy’s motivation for going with him.
House Training
Season 1, Episode 66 TV-14
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The team takes on the case of Lupe, a young female scam artist who passes out while working a card-playing scheme on the streets. Lupe suffers from a lack of blood to the brain which had temporarily paralyzed her ability to make decisions or exercise free will. Measuring from her background, Foreman immediately suspects Lupe’s condition stems from drug abuse, while Chase looks for other possibilities, such as toxins, in Lupe’s apartment. Lupe senses Foreman’s disdain for the decisions she’s made in her life, and Foreman grapples with his own humble past when his parents come to visit him. When Lupe’s symptoms worsen and her organs begin to shut down, Foreman and the team suspect cancer to be the culprit. Meanwhile, Cuddy and Wilson go out on a date to see an art exhibit together, and House probes Wilson’s ex-wife about Wilson and his dating habits. When the team learns some devastating news about Lupe’s condition, they realize that their own decisions, rather than Lupe’s, may cost Lupe her life.
Family
Season 1, Episode 67 TV-14
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Wilson prepares his 14-year-old leukemia patient, Nick, for a last-resort bone marrow transplant from his younger brother, Matty. With Nick's immune system completely wiped out from chemotherapy, Wilson is extremely cautious about keeping him healthy before the transplant. However, when Matty sneezes during a pre-op visit to his brother, Wilson knows that Matty is not healthy enough to donate. House and the team race to find out what is making Matty sick so that they can treat him quickly and allow him to donate healthy, uninfected bone marrow to his dying brother. With no other matching donors available, the team knows that Matty is their best shot at saving Nick’s life, since giving Nick bone marrow from a partial-match donor could lead to an excruciating death if Nick’s body rejected it. House decides they must purposefully make Matty sicker and use his developing symptoms as a method of narrowing the diagnosis field. As both brothers' conditions worsen and Nick has only days to live, the team must diagnose and treat Matty before it’s too late for both brothers. Meanwhile, Foreman is haunted by his mistake that killed a patient just one week earlier, and House only wishes he could incur similar misfortune upon his new pet and nemesis, Hector.
Resignation
Season 1, Episode 68 TV-14
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Addie, a 19-year-old college student, is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro after coughing up a mouthful of blood during karate class. Before treating the patient, Foreman unapologetically informs the rest of the team that he is resigning, but will not say why. House strongly believes an infection is to blame for Addie’s bleeding, even though her symptoms indicate otherwise. When Addie’s lungs suddenly fill with fluid, the team believes that cancer or toxins could be an underlying cause, but House refuses to stray from his initial infection diagnosis. As Addie’s condition worsens, House suggests a risky life-or-death treatment to confirm his suspected diagnosis, leaving the team wondering whether he cares more about making a diagnosis than he does about saving Addie’s life. Meanwhile, House takes a special interest in a young, attractive nutritionist named Honey, who accompanied her boyfriend to the clinic for treatment. Knowing he will have a position open soon on his team, House has Honey fill out an employment application and sees to it they meet again under more casual circumstances.
The Jerk
Season 1, Episode 69 TV-14
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Obnoxious 16-year-old chess prodigy Nate is admitted to Princeton-Plainsboro suffering from intense head pain that came on after he attacked his opponent during a speed chess tournament. Nate’s mother tells the team that Nate has been having behavior problems ever since he became a teenager, and House suspects the behavior is a symptom of cluster headaches. As House’s team carries out further testing to see why he might be having the headaches, Nate manages to offend and annoy each doctor on the team. As Nate’s illness progresses, his liver and kidneys begin to fail. To narrow down the list of possible diagnoses, House carries out a series of unconventional and eccentric tests of his own, including engaging Nate in a game of chess to try to beat him at his own game. Meanwhile, Foreman’s frustration with House reaches a new level when he believes House sabotaged his job interview with another hospital, and Cuddy makes Foreman an offer she’s sure he can’t refuse in “The Jerk.”
Human Error
Season 1, Episode 70 TV-14
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Cuban couple Esteban and his sick wife, Marina Hernandez, are pulled from the ocean during a dangerous rescue at sea while en route to the U.S. on a mission to reach Dr. House. Marina’s medical records from Cuba were lost in the shipwreck, so the team runs a series of tests to determine the extent of her illness. When Marina’s heart stops during a routine cardiac catheterization, the diagnostic mystery deepens. House debates with the team whether it was human error or a still-to-be-determined illness that caused Marina to flat-line, and the team fights to keep Marina alive on a bypass machine long enough for her husband to say goodbye, knowing that nothing short of a miracle can save her. Meanwhile, Foreman prepares for his last day of work at Princeton-Plainsboro, and Chase accuses House of trying to win Foreman over in order to dissuade him from leaving, prompting House to make a very rash decision that affects the whole team in the season finale episode of House.
Alone
Season 1, Episode 71 TV-14
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When an office building collapses, House has to work fast to diagnose a young woman, Megan, who survived the disaster. Due to her injuries, Megan’s only form of communication is blinking. House, without a team since Foreman and Cameron quit and he fired Chase, talks through his ideas with a janitor at the hospital. As Megan’s condition worsens, Cuddy puts pressure on House to hire a new team, but House defiantly ignores her, and Wilson resorts to desperate measures and hits House where he knows it will hurt. As House persists in diagnosing Megan by himself, he realizes that the case is not what it appears, and that solitude may not be the answer in the “Alone” episode of HOUSE.
The Right Stuff
Season 1, Episode 72 TV-14
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House has relented in regard to interviewing potential team members, but he’s doing it his own way. He has called in all 40 applicants each numbered individually by runners’ bibs, and puts them to the test in a Darwinian trial period.
97 Seconds
Season 1, Episode 73 TV-14
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The final 10 fellowship candidates compete ferociously when House splits them into two teams by gender. They are assigned to diagnose and treat a wheelchair-bound man with muscular atrophy who is slowly suffocating. As the two teams are trying to one-up each other, complications arise when one team treats the patient but doesn’t follow through to make sure their treatment was executed. While the students are busy with their assignment, House experiments on himself to see what happens in the moments when people hover between life and death. Meanwhile, Foreman runs his own team of fellows in his new job at another hospital, and resorts to using a very “House-like” treatment to help a patient in the “97 Seconds” episode of HOUSE.
Guardian Angels
Season 1, Episode 74 TV-14
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When a 20-year-old funeral home cosmetician, Irene, has a massive seizure, she hallucinates that the cadavers in the funeral home have come to life, House and the remaining seven fellowship candidates must figure out the cause. Thinking something in the funeral home may have made Irene sick, House sends the candidates on some less-than-desirable investigative missions, including a visit to a graveyard. As Irene’s symptoms become more life-threatening and her ghostly visions more vivid, House surmises that connecting with Irene’s mother might be the best route to diagnosing her illness. Meanwhile, Foreman finds his “House-like” reputation has preceded him as he interviews for a new job, and House must narrow down the candidates from seven to six in the “Guardian Angels” episode of HOUSE.
Mirror, Mirror
Season 1, Episode 75 TV-14
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The team takes on the case of a man who collapsed while being mugged. When the man complains of new symptoms that do not fit his initial admission profile, the team suspects he is a hypochondriac. As Mr. X continues to fall ill with symptoms unrelated to his neurological disorder, Foreman and the remaining six fellows are assigned to keep watch, and are bemused as they see their own behavioral idiosyncrasies reflected through him. As they attempt to diagnose this human chameleon, they seem to learn more about themselves than their patient, whose true identity is a mystery. Meanwhile, Cameron and Chase keep a running pool on whom House might cut next from the team of candidates, and Foreman engages in a power struggle with House and Cuddy in the “Mirror Mirror” episode of HOUSE.
Whatever it Takes
Season 1, Episode 76 TV-14
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House is recruited by the CIA to help diagnose a deathly ill agent with an unknown illness. The agent’s medical case is being spearheaded by Dr. Samira Terzi (guest star Michael Michele), who offers up very little information about the agent’s history or previous assignments. With limited information to go on, House uses some unorthodox methods to try to crack the code and determine a diagnosis in time to save his mystery patient’s life. Meanwhile, Foreman faces resistance from the remaining six fellowship candidates when they question his judgment and argue over the diagnosis of a female drag car racer who passed out after a race in the “Whatever It Takes” episode of HOUSE.
Ugly
Season 1, Episode 77 TV-14
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A documentary film crew is chronicling a teenager with a major facial deformity who opts to undergo a dramatic reconstructive procedure. When the patient suffers a heart attack just prior to the surgery, House and the team are called in to determine the cause, since the surgery cannot proceed until the patient’s cardiac condition is diagnosed. With the film crew covering their every move, Cameron and Chase are especially self-conscious, and House looks for ways to escape from the cameras. Meanwhile, House finds himself distracted by several of the candidates vying for a spot on his team, and he questions his motives for having chosen them in the “Ugly” episode of HOUSE.
You Don't Want to Know
Season 1, Episode 78 TV-14
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House encounters a magician whose heart failed while performing an underwater escape act. While the remaining fellowship candidates work to diagnose the illusionist, House is determined to prove that he’s a scam artist faking his ailments to cover up the fact that he nearly drowned during his act. During the testing, House suspects one of his own candidates may have an undisclosed illness. 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 in the “You Don’t Want to Know” episode of HOUSE Guest Cast: Steve Valentine as Flynn; Noelle Drake as Ilana; Joe Ochman as Surgeon; Mandy McMillian as Nurse #1; Adria Johnson as Nurse #2; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse.
Games
Season 1, Episode 79 TV-14
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When Cuddy puts the pressure on House to choose the final members of his team, House deliberately assigns the candidates to a particularly challenging case – an uncooperative, over-the-hill former punk rock star with a history of drug abuse and civil disobedience. House informs the candidates their potential future depends on correctly diagnosing the patient. As the candidates race to find out if the patient is ailing due to drug abuse, an underlying disease or an unknown condition, House keeps a running tally of their efforts, making a few arbitrary point deductions along the way. Meanwhile, Wilson informs a former patient whom he had previously diagnosed with terminal cancer that he is going to live, and the news throws a wrench in the man's carpe-diem lifestyle in the "Games" episode of HOUSE. Viewer discretion is advised. Guest Cast: Jeremy Renner as Quidd; Matt DeCaro as McKenna; Nick McCallum as Fred; Eli Bildner as Chris; Alex Weed as Ian; Boris Kievsky as Club Owner; Raf Mauro as Doctor; Darren S. Kim as Parent #1; Dina Defterios as Luisa Maria; Justin Brannock as Rex; Tanika Brown McKelvy as Parent #2; Kes Reed Miller as Kid #1; Olivia Everhard as Kid #2; Spencer Bridges as Kid #3; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse.
It's a Wonderful Lie
Season 1, Episode 80 TV-14
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House and the team treat a woman who suffers from a sudden paralysis of the hands that causes an injury to her daughter while she’s spotting 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, House is convinced that the woman is withholding information. When the woman's daughter reveals some very descriptive details about her mother's personal life, House isn't so sure the woman hides anything about herself from the people around her, especially her daughter. As the team runs tests to find out what caused her paralysis, the woman loses her eyesight and her system begins to shut down, and House and the team are baffled as to whether it is the woman herself, or her own physiology that is lying to them. Meanwhile, House lets his team participate in a Secret Santa gift exchange, but he puts his own twist on the holiday tradition in the "It's a Wonderful Lie" episode of HOUSE. Viewer discretion is advised. Guest Cast: Janel Moloney as Maggie; Liana Liberato as Jane; Cheyenne Wilbur as Minister; Scotty Maguire as Bystander, Jennifer Hall as Melanie; Anthony Starke as Roger; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse.
Frozen
Season 1, Episode 81 TV-14
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When Dr. Cate Milton (guest star Mira Sorvino), a psychiatrist trapped at the South Pole and the research station's only doctor, becomes ill in the middle of her assignment, she and Dr. 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. House and his team walk the doctor through a series of makeshift and painful diagnostic tests she must perform on herself. Cate pushes back at House's every recommendation, and is unwilling to risk valuable station medical supplies until he can provide valid proof for his diagnoses each step of the way. While House and his team helplessly watch her condition worsen, House's usually icy demeanor surprisingly softens as he searches for ways to save her life. Meanwhile, House does some detective work of his own and is surprised to learn who Wilson has been dating in the “Frozen” episode of HOUSE. Viewer discretion is advised. Guest Cast: Mira Sorvino as Dr. Cate Milton; Jeff Hephner as Sean; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse.
Don't Ever Change
Season 1, Episode 82 TV-14
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House and the team encounter a woman admitted to Princeton-Plainsboro after she collapsed at her wedding. Her test results come up negative for a variety of common diseases, which leads the team to suspect foul play. When they discover the woman had been a music producer living in the fast lane until she converted to Hasidic Judaism, House insists that people do not change so easily, and that her seemingly rash decision may have something to do with an underlying condition. The woman’s husband insists that House treat his wife for her illness, rather than for her past, but she continues to fall dangerously ill. The team must run through all possible diagnoses without disturbing her newly found religious beliefs before it is too late. Meanwhile, House is preoccupied by Wilson’s newly-outed relationship with a woman whose personality is remarkably similar to House’s in the “Don’t Ever Change” episode of HOUSE. Viewer discretion is advised.
Guest Cast: Laura Silverman as Roz; Eyal Podell as Yonatan; Faye DeWitt as Mrs. Silver; Karen Strassman as Female Guest #1; Heather Sher as Female Guest #2; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse.
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Season 1, Episode 83 TV-14
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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 and Amber are at odds about how much time they each get to spend with Wilson, and Cuddy demands House give his team performance reviews. Guest Cast: Anne Dudek as Amber; Paul Rae as Jeff; Chad Morgan as Deb; Marwan Ghazali as Delivery Man; Chris Emerson as Young Man; Dina Defterios as Luisa Maria; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse.
Living the Dream
Season 1, Episode 84 TV-14
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House is convinced one of the actors on his favorite soap opera (guest star Jason Lewis) “Prescription Passion” has a serious medical condition after observing his symptoms on television. House decides to intervene and take matters into his own hands, but both the actor and House's own team dismiss House’s assessment and do not believe there is anything wrong with him. Meanwhile, much to House’s delight, Amber and Wilson have their first argument, and Cuddy tries to keep up appearances when an inspector makes an unexpected visit to Princeton-Plainsboro in the “Living the Dream” episode of HOUSE. Viewer discretion is advised. Guest Cast: Jason Lewis as Evan Greer; Anne Dudek as Amber Volakis.
House’s Head
Season 1, Episode 85 TV-14
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In the first part of a two-part season finale, 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 becomes convinced through his flashbacks that a fellow bus passenger was exhibiting signs of a deadly illness prior to the crash. Much to the team’s dismay, House pushes through the pain of his own injuries, desperate to piece together the fragments of his shattered memory in order to save someone who might not even know he or she could be dying in the “House’s Head” episode of HOUSE. Viewer discretion is advised.
Wilson's Heart
Season 1, Episode 86 TV-14
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In Part Two of the two-part season finale, House remains inhibited by injuries sustained from a bus accident that has also left a victim rapidly deteriorating from a mysterious condition. 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 in the “Wilson’s Heart” episode of HOUSE. Viewer discretion is advised. Guest Cast: Fred Durst as Bartender.
Dying Changes Everything
Season 1, Episode 87 TV-14
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Eight weeks after the death of his girlfriend, Amber, Wilson is still mourning her death, and his relationship with his best friend House is shattered. Needing to make a change in his life and give himself time to recover emotionally, Wilson resigns from Princeton-Plainsboro. He is forced to decide if House is a destructive force in his life, while House has to determine if he’s responsible for the death of his best friend’s girlfriend. The team must push forward as they encounter a case involving an assistant to a high-profile executive, who is a textbook “Type A” personality. The team suspects that the patient’s symptoms stem from her obsession to constantly please her demanding boss. However, her shocking medical condition forces the team to rethink their initial diagnoses and see the case through House’s eyes. Meanwhile, Cuddy attempts to salvage the irreparable rift between House and Wilson, and Thirteen struggles to treat the patient objectively without bringing the reality of her own medical condition to the case in the “Dying Changes Everything” episode of HOUSE.
Not Cancer
Season 1, Episode 88 TV-14
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When several people die suddenly and without warning five years after receiving transplants from a single organ donor, House and the team rush to save the only two surviving recipients. With one already dying and the other healthy but sure to fall ill at any moment, the team must find out what was wrong with the original organ donor. As the team sorts through the records on the deceased donor recipients to find the common thread, they must deal with a new intrusion. House has hired Lucas (guest star Michael Weston), a private investigator, to dig up information about the deceased despite the team’s skepticism. Meanwhile, House auditions new best friends to replace Wilson, and soon uses Lucas for his own personal means to spy on Wilson and the other team members in the “Not Cancer” episode of HOUSE.
Adverse Events
Season 1, Episode 89 TV-14
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House and the team take on the case of a struggling artist (guest star Breckin Meyer) who has been painting bizarre portraits. His undiagnosed illness is distorting his perception, threatening to undermine his career, his relationships and everything else in his life. The team soon finds out that he hasn’t sold anything lately and is on three separate drug trials to pay the bills. House must unlock the puzzle of which drugs are causing which symptoms before it’s too late. Meanwhile, House continues to have private investigator Lucas Douglas (guest star Michael Weston) dig up dirt on everyone on his team, including Taub who is having trouble in his marriage in the “Adverse Events” episode of HOUSE.
Birthmarks
Season 1, Episode 90 TV-14
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When House receives word that his father has passed away, he brushes off the news and dismisses the idea of going to the funeral. However, he is soon coerced into going despite his strongest protests. Back at Princeton-Plainsboro, the team encounters the case of a young woman adopted by American parents who collapsed while in China looking for her birth parents. With House en route to his father’s funeral, he must work with the team to diagnose the woman via cell phone while on the road. The team runs through possible diagnoses and various genetic disorders, but when House’s phone dies, the team must decipher what House was trying to tell them before the girl’s condition deteriorates. Meanwhile, the back story of how House and Wilson met for the first time is revealed in the “Birthmarks” episode of HOUSE.
Lucky Thirteen
Season 1, Episode 91 TV-14
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When a woman with whom Thirteen had a one-night stand falls ill and has a seizure at Thirteen’s apartment after a night of partying, Thirteen accompanies the woman to Princeton-Plainsboro where House and the team take on her case. House jumps on the opportunity to delve into Thirteen’s personal life, and he and Foreman search Thirteen’s apartment to find any possible causes of the woman’s illness. Thirteen suspects the woman’s drug use has caused her condition, but she soon finds the patient has a long medical history and has seen several doctors over the past few years. She soon finds out the patient slept with her only to get to Dr. House, and that she had been trying to get House to take her as a patient for over a year. Foreman sees evidence of Thirteen’s hard-partying lifestyle and confronts her about her self-destruction, warning her that her attitude is sending her life and her job into a downward spiral. Meanwhile, House keeps his private investigator, Lucas (guest star Michael Weston), hot on Wilson’s trail in the “Lucky Thirteen” episode of House.
Joy
Season 1, Episode 92 TV-14
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The team takes on the case of a dreary middle-aged man who has been experiencing unexplained recurring blackouts and time lapses. With possible diagnoses ranging from a stroke to a concussion to toxins from the consumer products he has been testing for work, they soon find that the man, who is raising his 12-year-old daughter on his own, has been experiencing intense sleepwalking spells. As the team tries to find out what he could be doing during his sleep to make himself sick, his condition continues to deteriorate and his daughter also falls gravely ill. Meanwhile, House finds out Cuddy is going to adopt a baby that is due in two weeks. But when Cuddy meets the birth mother in person and notices a strange rash on her arm, Cuddy brings the mother to Princeton-Plainsboro where her condition worsens. Cuddy must take on the case as both a doctor and a potential mother, and she and the team are faced with a heart-wrenching decision that could risk either the birth mother’s or the baby’s life in the “Joy” episode of HOUSE. Guest Cast: Salvator Xuureb as Jerry Harmon; Joanna Koulis as Samantha Harmon; Vanessa Zima as Becca; Janice Allen as Sadie; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse.
The Itch
Season 1, Episode 93 TV-14
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When an agoraphobic man falls mysteriously ill and adamantly refuses to leave his home to get treatment at the hospital, House and the team go to him to figure out what might be wrong. Cameron takes charge as she has treated the patient before, and she and the team figure out ways to bring the hospital to the patient’s home, much to Cuddy’s disapproval. But as the patient’s condition worsens and their options for treating him inside his home become increasingly limited, House and the team scheme to get the man into the hospital for surgery without causing any further physical trauma or emotional anxiety. Meanwhile, Cameron and Chase attempt to work through some kinks in their relationship, and House deals with an annoying itch he cannot seem to scratch as Wilson comes up with his own analogies about House’s prickly situation in “The Itch” episode of HOUSE.
Emancipation
Season 1, Episode 94 TV-14
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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 the 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 in the “Emancipation” episode of HOUSE.
Last Resort
Season 1, Episode 95 TV-14
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A gun-wielding man from the waiting room at the Princeton-Plainsboro clinic takes House, Thirteen and several patients from the waiting room hostage in Cuddy’s office. The man claims to be sick with a long undiagnosed illness and demands medical attention from the best doctor in the hospital, threatening to kill any hostages necessary along the way. With a room full of already sick patients, House must use them as guinea pigs to assure the hostage-taker that the medications he is administering to him are legitimate. As Cuddy and the rest of House’s team communicate with House over the phone to run tests and offer possible diagnoses, they ponder the possibility that the hostage-taker has nothing physically wrong with him and that everyone in Cuddy’s office could wind up dead. With one hostage already shot, Thirteen wagers her own already diminished health as she simultaneously receives the experimental treatments the hostage is receiving. Her life lies in danger as House’s own determination to diagnose the hostage-taker threatens to thwart the SWAT team’s plan to put an end to the standoff.
Let Them Eat Cake
Season 1, Episode 96 TV-14
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House and the team take on the case of a high-profile fitness trainer who collapses while shooting an infomercial. As the team tests her for possible conditions such as exercise-induced asthma, steroid abuse or even a possible vitamin deficiency due to her strict diet, the patient’s condition continues to worsen. Though she touts herself as an all-natural fitness guru, the team soon discovers she has a slimming secret that may be contributing to her deteriorating condition. Meanwhile, Thirteen begins her participation in a clinical drug trial for Huntington’s disease led by Foreman, Kutner sets up and runs an online medical advice clinic under House’s name and Cuddy moves into House’s office while hers is being repaired, much to the dismay of her new officemate.
Joy to the World
Season 1, Episode 97 TV-14
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House and the team encounter a teenager who collapsed during her high school Christmas program. They soon find the troubled teen dealt with more than her share of bullying at school, and as her condition continues to deteriorate, the team must delve deeper to get to the bottom of her mysterious illness. Foreman continues to work with Thirteen on the Huntington’s disease drug trial, and their relationship progresses when he learns a valuable lesson from her. House gives a clinic patient an unbelievable holiday gift and keeps the team guessing about who may have sent him a particularly thoughtful Christmas present. Meanwhile, Cuddy receives an unexpected gift of her own.
Painless
Season 1, Episode 98 TV-14
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At Cameron’s urging, House and the team take on the case of a man living with such severe chronic pain that he tries to kill himself, unable to go on after living for years without a diagnosis or any relief from his suffering. As they try to determine whether the man’s pain is psychosomatic or caused by a physical disease, parallels between the patient and House’s experiences with excruciating, prolonged pain become apparent. When the patient again attempts suicide under the team’s care, their search for answers becomes urgent. Meanwhile, Foreman and Thirteen explore their now complicated relationship as they work together on the Huntington’s disease clinical drug trial, and Cuddy finds that taking care of her newly adopted baby leaves her little time to run a hospital and baby-sit House at the same time.
Big Baby
Season 1, Episode 99 TV-14
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Cuddy decides to spend more time at home to take care of her newly adopted baby and passes some of her day-to-day responsibilities off to Cameron, including supervising House. Cameron is forced to play House's games and becomes involved in a power struggle as he and the team take on the case of a Special Education teacher who collapsed after spitting up blood in the middle of class. As House tests Cameron's tolerance for his extreme measures, the patient continues to fall ill and House insists the teacher's seemingly inherent goodness is actually a pathology. Meanwhile, Foreman must make a critical decision regarding Thirteen's participation in the Huntington's drug trial.
The Greater Good
Season 1, Episode 100 TV-14
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100th Episode Milestone! House and the team take on the case of a woman who collapsed in the middle of a cooking class, and they soon learn she is a highly-renowned cancer researcher who recently gave up her entire career in order to pursue her own personal happiness. Though the team struggles to understand how the woman could give up saving lives for the sake of her own contentment, each grapple with the pursuit of happiness (or lack thereof) in their own lives. As the patient's condition continues to worsen, so does Thirteen's as she begins to suffer serious and life-threatening reactions to the experimental Huntington's Disease clinical trial. Meanwhile, Cuddy attempts to make House's life miserable for him in retaliation for his part in her own unhappiness.
Unfaithful
Season 1, Episode 101 TV-14
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When a priest who runs a homeless shelter sees a bleeding Jesus hovering at his doorstep, he is admitted to the ER. House takes on the case as a distraction for the team while he confronts Foreman and Thirteen about their relationship. The team soon learns the priest had been involved in a molestation scandal that caused him to lose his faith. However, just as they are about to dismiss his case, the patient’s condition takes a drastic turn for the worse, and House grapples with his past and his belief.
The Softer Side
Season 1, Episode 102 TV-14
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The team encounters a teenage boy who collapsed from severe pelvic pain after playing basketball. Tests reveal the boy has genetic mosaicism, or both male and female DNA, and the boy's parents inform House and the team that the boy is unaware of his condition. They consciously chose a gender for him when he was born and raised him accordingly, never telling him about his unique condition. However, when his condition worsens and his life is threatened, the parents wonder whether they made the right decision. Meanwhile, Cuddy and Wilson suspect something is wrong with House when he starts acting way too nicely. When they discover the shocking answer, they must face the prospect that House may be changed forever.
The Social Contract
Season 1, Episode 103 TV-14
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House and the team take on the case of Nick (guest star Jay Karnes), a book editor who loses his inhibition and starts insulting coworkers at a dinner party one night before falling ill. The team realizes Nick has frontal lobe inhibition, which has caused him to lose his filter and vocalize all of his innermost thoughts, resulting in extremely insulting outbursts. As Nick’s free speech lends to some amusing and insightful comments regarding the team, he must deal with the consequences of being unable to lie to his wife and everyone else important in his life. Meanwhile, House suspects Wilson and Taub are keeping something from him when he catches them both in a lie. House is determined to get to the bottom of it.
Here Kitty
Season 1, Episode 104 TV-14
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House and the team take on the case of Morgan (guest star Judy Greer) who works in a nursing home with a pet cat who only sleeps next to people if they are about to die – and does so with alarmingly accuracy. When it seems the cat has predicted her own death, Morgan, convinced she is about to die, fakes a seizure in order to get to House to have him diagnose her before it’s too late. House dismisses her as a nut job, but is intrigued with the claim about the cat and sets out to disprove Morgan’s theory. When she falls seriously ill, he and the team are forced to get to the bottom of her mysterious illness – as well as the mystery of the cat with the kiss-of-death. Meanwhile, Taub struggles with his finances and reconnects with an old high school friend at the clinic whose business successes present Taub with an entrepreneurial opportunity he had not previously considered.
Locked In
Season 1, Episode 105 TV-14
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We find ourselves inside the mind of Lee (guest star Mos Def) as he awakens after a bicycle accident in New York unable to move or communicate verbally. From his unique perspective, we hear Lee’s inner thoughts as House, injured in a motorcycle accident, occupies the hospital bed next to him. House takes notice of Lee as his doctor writes him off as being brain-dead and begins to arrange his organ donations. However, House confirms that Lee is not brain dead at all, but rather has “locked-in” syndrome – he is completely conscious but unable to let anyone know. As House develops a system to communicate with Lee by having him blink once for “no” and twice for “yes,” he is intrigued by the case and tries to figure out what is causing Lee’s condition, much to the disdain of the presiding physician. When House gets Lee transferred to Princeton Plainsboro, the team is on the case to try to save Lee. As we learn more about Lee and his family, we also see House and the team through Lee's unique perspective, lending insight into their not-so-transparent relationships. When Lee loses his ability to blink and continues to fall ill, the team must race to find the key to unlock his condition. Meanwhile, Wilson suspects House is hiding something from him when he refuses to divulge why he was in New York when he got into his motorcycle accident.
Simple Explanation
Season 1, Episode 106 TV-14
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Charlotte, an older woman who has spent the last six months taking care of her husband Eddie (guest star Meat Loaf), is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro for immediate treatment after collapsing from respiratory failure at Eddie's deathbed. With both in the hospital, the husband and wife team become a double mystery when Eddie's condition sporadically improves while Charlotte's condition is deteriorating. The urgency of Charlotte's medical condition breathes new life into their romantic relationship, and their regrets of what could have been are replaced with tenderness as Charlotte informs the team she wants Eddie to have her heart should she die before him. The team is forced to make a difficult choice as both of their lives are nearing an end.
Saviors
Season 1, Episode 107 TV-14
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Cameron postpones her vacation with Chase in order to ask House to accept the case of an environmental radical who collapsed at a protest with unexplainable symptoms. Although suspicious of her motives, House agrees. Since she pushed him to take the case so emphatically, House forces Cameron to take the lead and run many of the tests on the patient. Meanwhile, House is unsure of Wilson’s new healthy diet.
House Divided
Season 1, Episode 108 TV-14
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The team takes on the case of a deaf 14-year-old named Seth who collapsed after he started “hearing” explosions while competing in a wrestling match. When the team tries to test him for seizures, Seth loses vision in one eye, complicating House’s bunk theory of “Exploding Head Syndrome.” As his condition worsens, the team has an ethical disagreement about the patient and his mother’s adamant decision to forego cochlear implants to supplement his hearing. When the prospect of giving Seth the ability to hear for the first time in his life arises, House and the team are faced with a resounding decision. Meanwhile, House’s lack of sleep starts to play tricks on his mind, but he finds his insomnia may be a gift instead of a burden.
Under My Skin
Season 1, Episode 109 TV-14
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House and the team take on the case of a ballerina (guest star Jamie Tisdale) whose lungs collapse in the middle of a performance. When the treatment causes her skin to fall off, the dancer faces not only the prospect of never dancing again but also of dying an agonizing death. The team must use their imaginations to carefully choreograph ways to test and treat her delicate body without killing her. Meanwhile, House continues to suffer from a severe lack of sleep and is still haunted by Amber (guest star Anne Dudek). While enlisting Wilson’s help to diagnose himself, he is willing to do the unthinkable to make his visions stop.
Both Sides Now
Season 1, Episode 110 TV-14
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House and the team are intrigued by Scott, a man whose left brain and right brain operate independently, leaving him with two distinct personalities and no control over some of his actions. As the two sides of Scott’s brain struggle for dominance, his warring personalities make it increasingly difficult for the team to figure out what is causing the unique problem. The team is forced to use some unusual methods to get him to cooperate with their necessary testing. Meanwhile, when House refuses to make an appearance in the clinic, Cuddy takes an unconventional approach to force House to make up the time with a particular patient (guest star Carl Reiner).
Broken, Part 1
Season 1, Episode 111 TV-14
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Part 1 of 2. House begins a detox program at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital to get the vicodin out of his system in an attempt to control his hallucinations. House plans to leave the treatment facility once he is clean, but he is strong-armed into staying by his attending physician, Dr. Darryl Nolan (guest star Andre Braugher). Dr. Nolan agrees to write a recommendation to reinstate House’s medical license only if House agrees to further treatment. When House is moved to a new ward in the hospital, he develops a close relationship with his new roommate, Alvie (guest star Lin-Manuel Miranda), and Lydia (guest star Franka Potente), a frequent visitor who helps House bend the rules. House asks Alvie to help him uncover incriminating information about Dr. Nolan that would allow him to blackmail his way out of the treatment center and convinces Lydia to loan him her car to sneak out a delusional patient in an attempt by House to undermine Dr. Nolan’s course of treatment. But when devastating events ensue, House is humbled into reluctantly accepting help.
Broken, Part 2
Season 1, Episode 112 TV-14
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Part 2 of 2. House begins a detox program at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital to get the vicodin out of his system in an attempt to control his hallucinations. House plans to leave the treatment facility once he is clean, but he is strong-armed into staying by his attending physician, Dr. Darryl Nolan (guest star Andre Braugher). Dr. Nolan agrees to write a recommendation to reinstate House’s medical license only if House agrees to further treatment. When House is moved to a new ward in the hospital, he develops a close relationship with his new roommate, Alvie (guest star Lin-Manuel Miranda), and Lydia (guest star Franka Potente), a frequent visitor who helps House bend the rules. House asks Alvie to help him uncover incriminating information about Dr. Nolan that would allow him to blackmail his way out of the treatment center and convinces Lydia to loan him her car to sneak out a delusional patient in an attempt by House to undermine Dr. Nolan’s course of treatment. But when devastating events ensue, House is humbled into reluctantly accepting help.
Epic Fail
Season 1, Episode 113 TV-14
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House returns home to Princeton where he continues to focus on his recovery. At the suggestion of Dr. Nolan, he steps down from his post as Head of Diagnostic Medicine because he attributes his unhappiness and subsequent addiction to the hospital. The team needs him more than ever when they are unable to diagnose a loud-mouthed video game creator who posts each new symptom on the internet and opts for treatments suggested by the online community rather than by the doctors. Meanwhile, as Foreman angles for House's old job, the pressure to solve the case creates tension in his relationship with Thirteen.
The Tyrant
Season 1, Episode 114 TV-14
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When a controversial African politician (guest star James Earl Jones) falls ill, he is brought to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. The team struggles with whether to help a merciless dictator being subpoenaed for crimes against humanity in his country. Meanwhile, Wilson tries to make peace with a feuding neighbor, but House's prying exacerbates the problem.
Instant Karma
Season 1, Episode 115 TV-14
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A wealthy businessman brings his teenage son, who is suffering from inexplicable stomach pains, to Princeton Plainsboro and insists on having Dr. House handle the case. Although House still does not have his medical license, Cuddy allows him to take on the case under the watchful eye of Foreman. The father of the patient believes the karmic penalty of his financial success is that he is victim to personal tragedy, and that the answer to his son's medical mystery lies in a reverse of fate rather than medical treatment. Meanwhile, Foreman and Chase prepare to present a morbidity and mortality conference for the Dibala case.
Brave Heart
Season 1, Episode 116 TV-14
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The team takes on the case of a reckless police detective who has a family history of sudden heart failure that killed his father, grandfather and great-grandfather all at age 40. Though House is not keen on diagnosing the patient without any detectable symptoms, the team, urged by Cameron, attempts to identify his condition so the detective can live without fear of dying young. Meanwhile, Chase is haunted by his actions in the Dibala case, and House confronts some ghosts of his own.
Known Unknowns
Season 1, Episode 117 TV-14
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After a wild night out, a teenage girl is brought to Princeton Plainsboro with severely swollen appendages. The team must work to diagnose the young girl, who is less than honest about what happened the night she fell ill, and as her condition worsens, becomes unable to distinguish fact from fiction. Meanwhile, Cuddy and Wilson attend a medical conference for pharmacology and public policy. House tags along, planning to use the outing as an opportunity to push a personal agenda, but things don't go as expected.
Teamwork
Season 1, Episode 118 TV-14
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After House's medical license is reinstated, he reclaims his role as Head of Diagnostics in time to treat Hank Hardwick (guest star Troy Garity), an adult film star admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for pulsating eye pain. Meanwhile, Cuddy is reminded that the hospial is not conducive to healthy personal relationships, and House angles to form a dream team.
Ignorance Is Bliss
Season 1, Episode 119 TV-14
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House and the team take on the case of James Sidas, an exceptionally brilliant physicist and author who traded his successful career for a job as a courier. For the ailing patient, intelligence is a miserable burden that has prompted depression and addiction, and this, coupled with his myriad unusual symptoms, nearly stumps the team. Meanwhile, the doctors at Princeton Plainsboro wrestle with strained personal relationships.
Wilson
Season 1, Episode 120 TV-14
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When an old friend and former patient (guest star Joshua Malina) of Wilson’s exhibits paralysis in his right arm, Wilson puts himself on the case. House wagers Wilson that the patient’s symptoms are attributed to new cancer cells. Wilson accepts even though he is reluctant to believe the cancer has returned. With the help of the team, Wilson works to diagnose the patient more optimistic results, but when things take a turn for the worse, Wilson must address his inability to separate patient from friend. Meanwhile, Cuddy seeks advice in her search for real estate.
The Down Low
Season 1, Episode 121 TV-14
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When drug dealer Mickey (guest star Ethan Embry) mysteriously collapses while negotiating a sale, his partner-in-crime, Eddie (guest star Nick Chinlund), accompanies him to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. But with a major deal pending, Mickey is not forthcoming with the necessary personal information the team needs to treat him. As Mickey's condition worsens, the team resorts to old-fashioned detective work to solve the case. Meanwhile, House and Wilson compete for the affection of a new neighbor, and Chase, Thirteen and Taub attempt to play a practical joke on Foreman.
Remorse
Season 1, Episode 122 TV-14
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The team takes on the case of Valerie, an attractive female executive experiencing random episodes of excruciating pain. House agrees to take the case based on Valerie's looks, and while treating her, the men on the team are charmed by Valerie's beauty and personality, with Thirteen looking beyond the superficial to try to discover a link to her illness. Meanwhile, House uncharacteristically attempts to alleviate his conscience by reaching out to a former medical school colleague he wronged.
Moving the Chains
Season 1, Episode 123 TV-14
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House and the team rush to treat an ailing college football star in time for the patient to compete in NFL tryouts. But when the patient experiences an onslaught of varied and unusual symptoms, the team has trouble reaching a consensus on how to effectively treat him in time. Meanwhile, Foreman's brother Marcus (guest star Orlando Jones) makes a surprise visit to the hospital.
5 to 9
Season 1, Episode 124 TV-14
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During a day in the life of Princeton Plainsboro's Dean of Medicine, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, the inner workings of the hospital are seen through her eyes. This day proves to be especially trying as Cuddy wrestles with myriad hospital issues and staff disputes that test her perseverance and skills as an administrator, all while juggling issues in her personal life.
Private Lives
Season 1, Episode 125 TV-14
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House and the team take on the case of an avid blogger (guest star Laura Prepon) admitted with sudden bruising and bleeding. From her hospital bed, the patient blogs about her symptoms, doctors and prospective diagnoses to her dedicated band of followers and solicits their advice on a course of treatment. Such openness leads the team to contemplate the value of privacy, especially after House and Wilson uncover secrets from one another's past. Meanwhile, Chase is coaxed into testing out the dating scene.
Holding On
Season 1, Episode 176 TV-14
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The team takes on the case of Derrick (guest star Skylar Astin), a 19-year-old college student who had a mysterious nose bleed during cheerleading practice, and discovers that his health issues are likely both physiological and psychological. Possibly suffering from schizophrenia, Derrick claims to hear his deceased brother’s voice in his head. Meanwhile, Wilson gets advice from former colleague Thirteen (guest star Olivia Wilde) and Foreman tries a different approach with House.
Everybody Dies
Season 1, Episode 177 TV-14
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In the emotional series finale, directed by series creator and executive producer David Shore, treating a drug addict patient (guest star James LeGros, "Mildred Pierce") results in House examining his life, his future and his own personal demons.
House M.D. Swan Song
Season 1, Episode 178 TV-14
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A one-hour retrospective special that will look back at this groundbreaking, seminal series and feature interviews with the series’ stars and producers, special original content and other surprises.
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