House

House (2004)

★★★★★ (8.6 / 7,976 votes)
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Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

Genre(s)Drama
Runtime44 min
Creator(s)David Shore
MPAATV-14
Actor(s)Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer, Odette Annable, Peter Jacobson, Lo Mutuc
First Air DateNovember 16, 2004
CountryUnited States of America
IMDb RatingID: tt0412142
Release Year2004
TMDb Rating8.6 / 7,976 votes

Keyword(s): medicine, drug addiction, misanthrophy, hospital, doctor, disease, patient, illness, taunting, diagnosis, medical drama, colleague, rare disease, thought provoking, medical, medical ethics, drug addict, symptom, excited, tortured genius

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8 Seasons 176 Episodes
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Season 5

24 episodesFirst aired: 2008-09-16

In the Season 4 finale, after a massive bus accident left House without recollection of the accident, he and the team put the pieces of his memory together and discover Wilson’s girlfriend Amber was on the bus with him and was fatally injured. Wilson has to face the shocking realization that House was involved in…

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Episode Guide

Season 5
Dying Changes Everything stillE01★ 7.9

Dying Changes Everything

2008-09-1644 min
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In the aftermath of personal tragedy, Wilson resigns from the hospital... and from his friendship with House. Meanwhile, Thirteen struggles with her personal medical problems while helping treat an executive assistant with a similar situation to her own.

Not Cancer stillE02★ 7.7

Not Cancer

2008-09-2344 min
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The team deals with an organ donor whose organs prove fatal, and the two surviving patients. Meanwhile, House hires a private detective to spy on Wilson, but hears a few things about himself that he'd rather not.

Adverse Events stillE03★ 7.8

Adverse Events

2008-09-3044 min
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A painter's undiagnosed illness affects his work, and House and his team must look at the man's paintings to determine what's wrong with him.

Birthmarks stillE04★ 8.2

Birthmarks

2008-10-1444 min
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While en route to his father's funeral, House must help the team with a differential diagnosis on a young Chinese girl who has collapsed under mysterious circumstances.

Lucky Thirteen stillE05★ 7.6

Lucky Thirteen

2008-10-2144 min
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Thirteen brings her one-night stand to the hospital after the woman has a seizure. However, the woman admits she slept with Thirteen just so she could get to House and have him diagnose her condition. Meanwhile, House continues to pay Lucas to spy on Wilson.

Joy stillE06★ 7.6

Joy

2008-10-2844 min
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An ailing man suffers from blackouts and sleepwalks, leading the team to wonder if his sleepwalking is a symptom, or how the man is becoming exposed to something else. When the man's daughter grows ill as well, the team must provide a diagnosis before both die. Meanwhile, Cuddy adopts a newborn but when the birth mother displays a rash, she has to make a decision between putting the mother or daughter at risk.

The Itch stillE07★ 7.7

The Itch

2008-11-1144 min
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The team must treat an agoraphobic who refuses to leave his house, and have to work around Cuddy, who is less than thrilled at having hospital equipment relocated. Meanwhile, House is plagued by an itch, and Cameron and Chase have relationship issues.

Emancipation stillE08★ 7.6

Emancipation

2008-11-1844 min
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While Foreman takes on a pediatric case on his own, the rest of the team deals with a 16-year-old factory manager and emancipated minor who collapses at work. When Foreman's patient takes a turn for the worse, he's forced to question whether he can deal with the situation on his own, or if he needs House's help.

Last Resort stillE09★ 8.1

Last Resort

2008-11-2543 min
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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.

Let Them Eat Cake stillE10★ 7.8

Let Them Eat Cake

2008-12-0244 min
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The team takes on the case of a fitness guru on an all-natural diet who collapsed while filming a video. Meanwhile, Foreman conducts Huntington's Disease drug trials and Thirteen signs on as a subject, Cuddy is forced to move into House's office, and Kutner uses House's name to run an online medical-advice website.

Joy to the World stillE11★ 7.9

Joy to the World

2008-12-0944 min
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House and his team deal with a bullied girl who collapses during her school's Christmas program. Meanwhile, Foreman and Thirteen grow closer during the Huntington's disease drug trials, House gives a patient a gift, the staff wonder who gave House a special gift, and Cuddy gets an unexpected gift.

Painless stillE12★ 7.7

Painless

2009-01-1944 min
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House and the team try to diagnose a man living with severe, chronic pain; Thirteen and Foreman explore their complicated relationship; Cuddy discovers that caring for her baby leaves her with little time to run the hospital.

Big Baby stillE13★ 7.7

Big Baby

2009-01-2644 min
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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.

The Greater Good stillE14★ 7.7

The Greater Good

2009-02-0244 min
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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 stillE15★ 7.8

Unfaithful

2009-02-1644 min
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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 stillE16★ 7.8

The Softer Side

2009-02-2344 min
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A patient with both male and female DNA has the team stumped. Meanwhile, House starts acting nicely, raising Cuddy's and Wilson's suspicions that something is terribly wrong.

The Social Contract stillE17★ 8.3

The Social Contract

2009-03-0944 min
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House and the team take on the case of Nick, a book editor who loses his inhibitions. The team realizes Nick has frontal lobe disinhibition, which causes him to speak his mind having no control over what he says and making him just like House. Meanwhile, House suspects Wilson and Taub are keeping something from him.

Here Kitty stillE18★ 7.8

Here Kitty

2009-03-1644 min
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Morgan 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.

Locked In stillE19★ 8.4

Locked In

2009-03-3044 min
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A man awakens in New York after a bicycle accident unable to move or communicate in any way. House, himself injured in a motorcycle mishap, occupies the hospital bed next to Lee and quickly annoys the doctors treating them both by insisting that Lee has “locked-in” syndrome.

Simple Explanation stillE20★ 7.8

Simple Explanation

2009-04-0644 min
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Charlotte, an older woman who has spent the last six months taking care of her dying husband Eddie, is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro after collapsing from respiratory failure. The couple becomes a double mystery for the team when Eddie begins to improve as Charlotte’s condition worsens. The previously unthinkable becomes real when it seems that Charlotte will die before Eddie, and the team will be forced to make a difficult decision.

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