Episode List: |
Episode Name | Episode Slots | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | Reaction | IMDB | Personal Rating | Diagnosis | Clinics | Medical Mystery | Solution | Overall Medicine | Soap Opera |
Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | Katie Jacobs | David Shore David Foster Garrett Lerner Russel Friend | House spends time in a psych hospital hoping to get his medical licence back. But, surprisingly, he finds he can actually make a human connection. | No real mystery for House this week, but the episode is still quite good. | 9.6 | 9 | | | | | B | A- |
Epic Fail | 1 | 1 | 2 | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman Sara Hess | A video game developer does not make Foreman's life any easier. | Interesting to see House actually off the Vicodin, truly trying to be better. | 8.5 | 8 | Fabry’s disease | | C | B+ | C | B+ |
The Tyrant | 1 | 2 | 1 | David Straiton | Peter Blake | A controversial African dictator passes through the hospital. | Good story and a great performance by Jesse Spencer. | 8.9 | 9 | Scleroderma | | B+ | B+ | C | A |
Instant Karma | 1 | 2 | 2 | Greg Yaitanes | Thomas L. Moran | A billionaire's son's unusual illness intrigues House. | Interesting to see House more tame and under control. | 8.5 | 8 | Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome | | B | B | C+ | C |
Brave Heart | 1 | 2 | 3 | Matt Shakman | Lawrence Kaplow | The team treats a policeman who is convinced he will die at 40. | The end's a bit of a stretch, but otherwise, it's okay. | 8.6 | 7 | Berry Aneurysm | | A- | D | C- | C |
Known Unknowns | 1 | 2 | 4 | Greg Yaitanes | Doris Egan Matthew V. Lewis | House's latest patient is unable to tell fact from fiction. | Interesting setup and a good episode. | 8.4 | 8 | Vibrio vulnificus and Hemochromatosis | | B+ | D- | F | A |
Teamwork | 1 | 2 | 5 | David Straiton | Eli Attie | House uses the case of an adult film star to reunite his old gang. | The worms were an interesting trick. Kinda cool. | 8.3 | 7 | Extraintestinal Crohn’s disease | | B | C | B | B |
Ignorance is Bliss | 1 | 3 | 1 | Greg Yaitanes | David Hoselton | A brilliant physicist believes that his intelligence brought on his depression and addiction. | Interesting bit with the genius who wants to be dumb. | 8.5 | 8 | Schistocytes and multiple spleens | | B | B | B | C |
Wilson | 1 | 3 | 2 | Lesli Linka Glatter | David Foster | Wilson refuses to accept House's conclusion that an old friend of his has cancer. | It's fun to watch a day from Wilson's perspective. | 8.9 | 9 | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Jaundice | | B | B+ | B- | B+ |
The Down Low | 1 | 3 | 3 | Nick Gomez | Sara Hess Liz Friedman | House needs to use his detective skills to get to the truth that a drug dealer refuses to reveal regarding his collapse. | Intriguing and fun. | 8.8 | 9 | Hughes-Stovin Syndrome | | C | D | D | A |
Episode Name | Episode Slots | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | Reaction | IMDB | Personal Rating | Diagnosis | Clinics | Medical Mystery | Solution | Overall Medicine | Soap Opera |
Remorse | 1 | 3 | 4 | Andrew Bernstein | Peter Blake | House treats an attractive woman who experiences pain, but only Thirteen appears interested in determining the real illness. | Interesting to see House treat a psychopath. | 8.8 | 8 | Wilson’s disease | Guy hits own nail with a hammer while high. | B | B | B- | B |
Moving the Chains | 1 | 3 | 5 | David Straiton | Garrett Lerner Russel Friend | A college football player's symptoms cause no end of confusion among House's team. | It's okay. Nothing against it, it just didn't really stick out in my head. | 8.2 | 7 | Melanoma | | B+ | C- | C- | B |
5 to 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Andrew Bernstein | Thomas L. Moran | A day in the life of a hospital administrator is anything but routine. | Practically no medicine, but it's kinda fun to see just snippets of House's case and try to figure out what the heck is going on. | 8.6 | 9 | | Guy wants prescription breast milk | | | | |
Private Lives | 1 | 4 | 2 | Sanford Bookstaver | Doris Egan | A die-hard blogger can't help but post everything about her personal life online, but can't quite connect with the man who loves her. | The speed dating was pretty fun. Go Chase! | 8.3 | 7 | Whipple’s disease | | B+ | C | C- | A |
Black Hole | 1 | 4 | 3 | Greg Yaitanes | Lawrence Kaplow | A teen girl's hallucinations may be the key to diagnosing her. | An average episode. | 8.2 | 7 | Cerebellar schistosomiasis hypersensitivity allergy | | C | D | B | B+ |
Lockdown | 1 | 4 | 4 | Hugh Laurie | Eli Attie Peter Blake Garrett Lerner Russel Friend | The team is trapped in various parts of the hospital after a baby turns up missing. | It's interesting to see how each character reacts to the same situation where they're stuck in one room with a random person. | 8.4 | 8 | | | | | | B+ |
Knight Fall | 1 | 5 | 1 | Juan José Campanella | John C. Kelley | A medieval-style life in an isolated community brings up untold unknown environmental factors. | A bit of an odd one, but interesting. | 8.0 | 8 | Anabolic Steroids and Hemlock | | C+ | D | B- | B |
Open and Shut | 1 | 5 | 2 | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman Sara Hess | A woman in an open marriage turns ill. | The soap opera was quite understated in this one but it works. | 8.1 | 8 | Henoch-Schönlein purpura | | B | B+ | D- | A- |
The Choice | 1 | 5 | 3 | Juan José Campanella | David Hoselton | A woman whose fiance is a patient at the hospital is surprised when she learns of the secrets he has been hiding from her. | The revealing of the patient's secrets come out a bit too soap-opeara-esque for me, but otherwise, the episode is fine. | 8.6 | 7 | Chiari malformation | | | | | |
Baggage | 1 | 5 | 4 | David Straiton | David Foster Doris Egan | House recounts an amnesia patient who deeply affected him. | It's good to get a reminder of the kind of difficulties House must still be going through after stopping his Vicodin habit. Good Episode. | 8.9 | 9 | Tattoo ink allergy | | A- | C | C- | A |
Episode Name | Episode Slots | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | Reaction | IMDB | Personal Rating | Diagnosis | Clinics | Medical Mystery | Solution | Overall Medicine | Soap Opera |
Help Me | 1 | 5 | 5 | Greg Yaitanes | Peter Blake Garrett Lerner Russel Friend | Cuddy and House join in the search-and-rescue team after a parking structure collapses. | Good episode. House now has to come face-to face with an issue from his own past as he tries to comfort a woman in about as bad a situation as there is. | 9.2 | 9 | arachnoid cyst | | B+ | D+ | C | B+ |