Best "House MD" Episodes
My favourite episodes from House MD.
*7 Season 1 episodes. [2/8]
*11 Season 2 episodes. [1/8]
*11 Season 3 episodes. [3/8]
*9 Season 4 episodes. [4/8]
*10 Season 5 episodes. [5/8]
*4 Season 6 episodes. [6/8]
*7 Season 1 episodes. [2/8]
*11 Season 2 episodes. [1/8]
*11 Season 3 episodes. [3/8]
*9 Season 4 episodes. [4/8]
*10 Season 5 episodes. [5/8]
*4 Season 6 episodes. [6/8]
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- DirectorKatie JacobsStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsThe team works to save someone close to a central character's heart. The key is inside House's head, but he is in a bad way himself.10/10.
Season 4, Episode 16.
Amber: Everybody dies.
House: Because... because it doesn't hurt here. Because I... I don't want to be in pain, I don't want to be miserable. And I don't want him to hate me.
Amber: Well... you can't always get what you want.
*Iron & Wine - Passing Afternoon* - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA bus that House was riding crashes. House claims there's a victim on the bus who is dying, but not from the bus accident. He stops at nothing to figure out who the patient is and what is ailing him/her.9+/10.
Season 4, Episode 15.
House: Don't blame me, blame my gender. - DirectorParis BarclayStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse's ex Stacy Warner asks him to treat her husband. House takes over a diagnostics class for a day and presents the class with three case studies of leg pain. As House tells his story and the class gradually fills up with listeners, the class learns a lot about how to be better doctors, and Chase, Foreman and Cameron learn some important details of House's past.9/10.
Season 1, Episode 21.
*Not this leg. Not this leg either.* - DirectorAndrew BernsteinStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsThe team tries to diagnose a condition that leaves the patient saying anything that he thinks, no matter whom it hurts, and Wilson raises House's antennae when he passes up a monster truck rally.-9/10.
Season 5, Episode 17. - DirectorKatie JacobsStarsHugh LaurieRobert Sean LeonardFranka PotenteHouse fights his doctors, the staff and his fellow patients when he's forced to stay in the psychiatric hospital under threat of permanently losing his medical license.8+/10.
Season 6, Episode 1. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse tries radical procedures to save Foreman's life; Foreman's father visits.8+/10.
Season 2, Episode 21.
House: Who died and made you boss ?
House: You should call Jack Bauer. - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsStuck with clinic duty, House almost wishes he had the boring patients back after he encounters a young woman with an STD and the need to talk.8+/10.
Season 3, Episode 12.
House: Doing things, changes things. - DirectorKatie JacobsStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA couple risk their lives getting from Cuba to see House, but his preoccupation with staff issues may cost the woman her life.8+/10.
Season 3, Episode 24.
Cameron: I didn't feel like waiting.
*The Commodores - Slippery When Wet* - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse is off his game without the team, and Wilson uses an extreme tactic to force him into interviews.8+/10.
Season 4, Episode 1. - DirectorBill JohnsonStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsWhile House and his team scramble to discover what's causing brain and kidney dysfunction in a pregnant woman, Vogler is on the warpath to get House fired.8+/10.
Season 1, Episode 18. - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse and his team treat a patient who had his brain split in half, now it seems like one side of his brain is causing some health/behavioral issues. House plays games with Cuddy over the night he detoxed, and those events will cause major changes. Cameron and Chase come to a decision.8+/10.
Season 5, Episode 24. - DirectorDavid SemelStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsChaos ensues after Chase's negligence leads to the death of a female patient. Now, after an inquiry from the hospital board, and a subpoena from the patient's brother, it's up to Stacey to protect Chase's career, as well as House's.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 8.
Wilson: Guess I'm *his* best friend now. - DirectorDaniel AttiasStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse is injured in a motorcycle accident. While recovering, he finds an accident victim suffering from a brain injury. House tries to prove the brain damage caused the accident, not vice versa, so he can treat the patient.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 19. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse treats a rock musician, and some of the candidates have to get past their personal biases, Wilson misdiagnoses a patient, and the winners are named.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 9.
Wilson: Dying's easy - living's hard! - DirectorDavid SemelStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse and the team must determine what is causing an increasingly deceitful patient's muscle flailing. Stacy makes a decision, and Cameron avoids a test.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 11.
House: I can hear you caring.
House: Knowing is always better than not knowing.
Wilson: Being miserable doesn't make you better than anybody else, House. It just makes you miserable. - DirectorFred GerberStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsOn a class field trip, a teacher discovers that her six-year-old student, Ian, is bleeding profusely. Dr. House thinks Ian has the same unknown disease that killed an elderly patient of his years ago.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 17.
House: The aces were hiding all along. - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse treats a priest who's lost his faith, issues an ultimatum to Foreman and Thirteen, and plays with Cuddy's desire to have him attend - or is it not attend? - her baby's naming ceremony.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 15. - DirectorDavid StraitonStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsForeman hires Chase and Cameron as his new team. An African tyrant becomes Foreman and co.'s patient. They're not happy. House is back as consultant. House meets Wilson's downstairs neighbor.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 3. - DirectorPaul McCraneStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsThe cause of a woman's TIA stumps the team, and Foreman's family visits.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 20.
House: Huge ego. Sorry. - DirectorElodie KeeneStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse and Cuddy are flying back to the US from an international conference in Singapore. While en route a mysterious disease strikes one passenger and an epidemic unfolds, causing House to diagnose in midair since they have missed the halfway mark by passing the north pole. Back in Princeton, Wilson and House's lackeys have a confusing case of what is ailing a woman who came into the clinic and proceeded to have a seizure.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 18. - DirectorDavid StraitonStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse and his team are hampered by a reality television crew whilst battling over possible diagnoses for a craniofacial surgery patient.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 7.
House: There is no little part of you. [to Cuddy] - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse takes on a case where the patient has unexplained blackouts, and his daughter may hold the key to the diagnosis. Meanwhile, Cuddy prepares for her new arrival until there are complications with the birth mother.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 6. - DirectorDavid StraitonStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsWhen a researcher at a South Pole base becomes ill, House must diagnose the case at a distance. Meanwhile, House tries to find out who Wilson is dating, and his new staff tries to get him cable.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 11. - DirectorKatie JacobsStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse struggles to find out why a pianist savant is losing his ability to play. Ultimately, a decision must be made as to how much brain is necessary for a normal quality of life.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 15.
House: If you need a sperm sample come back without the needle. - DirectorDavid ShoreStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsAn old patient of House comes back and seeks revenge upon him in the form of gunshot.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 24.
House: If I enjoy hating life I don't hate life, I enjoy it. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsRichard, a husband and father living with brain cancer, drives his wheelchair into a pool at a family BBQ. Everyone but his son think that it was suicide from the pain but House will stop at nothing to figure out his true ailment.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 1.
Wilson: Just because he was right doesn't mean he wasn't wrong.
*The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want* - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA very brave and mature 9-year-old girl has terminal cancer, but that is not what the problem seems to be.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 2.
House: Is it still illegal to perform an autopsy on a living person?
*Giacomo Puccini - Nessun Dorma*
*Christina Aguilera - Beautiful* - DirectorDavid StraitonStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsWhen all of House's efforts to rid himself of Amber fail, he turns to someone unexpected for assistance. Meanwhile, the team is left to fend for itself as they try to save a ballerina's life and career.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 23. - DirectorNelson McCormickStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA girl crashes a Porsche after her boyfriend starts coughing up blood and continues to have unexplained bleeds. Clinic Cases: Cuddy gives House a month off clinic duties if he can spend a week off his pain meds.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 11. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsOn Valentine's Day, House meddles in relationships as he works to diagnose a teenager who has a genetic inability to feel pain.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 14.
House: Girls can't hold me for too long because I only pay for an hour.
Foreman: People who avoid commitment are people who know what a big thing it is. - DirectorNewton Thomas SigelStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA ten-year-old boy begins screaming in pain, but nobody knows why, because he is autistic and cannot explain. House refuses to use his office because it has new carpet.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 4.
House: You can't stop our love!
Wilson: Unless you wanna make out? - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsWhile a little girl's life and limbs are in jeopardy, Tritter becomes more manipulative and House suffers withdrawal.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 9.
House: It's never Lupus. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA woman collapses at an off-track betting parlor in front of House, and he must battle his new boss to find her diagnosis.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 9.
House: Nonexistent... otherwise, excellent.
Oh, so the fact that we found nothing prooves there's something.
*The Beatles - Ain't She Sweet* - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsTaub treats a patient whose dying husband gets better as she becomes sicker, while the rest of the team deals with a devastating loss.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 20. - DirectorJames HaymanStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsThe search for the cause of a supermodel's symptoms causes intense feelings among the team, as new facts are revealed. Meanwhile, House experiences increasing pain in his leg.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 13.
House: Quick, God! Smite the evil witch!
*Ryan Adams - Desire* - DirectorDavid PlattStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsDown to 10 candidates for his team, House splits them into 2 groups to diagnose a patient whose short lifespan has been made even shorter. Foreman leads his own team to diagnose a patient at his new workplace.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 3. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse must diagnose a man who became sick and experienced difficulty breathing during sex-play but all tests keep returning normal. Wilson experiences close-up what living with House is like. Clinic case: Herpes8/10.
Season 2, Episode 15.
Cameron: Ignorance is bliss. - DirectorAndrew BernsteinStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsThis is a hectic day in Cuddy's life from 5AM to 9PM. Giving an insurance company an ultimatum could bankrupt the hospital. She fires an employee for theft. Her child's sick. A patient won't pay for a reattached thumb.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 13. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse's preoccupation with Wilson leaves his team without direction and endangers the patient, a female whose exhaustive work schedule and demanding boss may have caused her condition.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 1.
House: Almost dying changes nothing. Dying changes everything. - DirectorKatie JacobsStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA person takes House, Thirteen and others as hostages. He's seen several doctors but none have found what ails him. As they work towards finding a solution, Thirteen makes decisions which leads her to think about her own condition.-8/10.
Season 5, Episode 9. - DirectorFélix Enríquez AlcaláStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar Epps6 months after a teenage girl crushes her chest in a car accident and receives a heart transplant she goes into anaphylactic shock in her clean bedroom after her boyfriend almost kisses her and discovers something on her arm.-8/10.
Season 2, Episode 16. - DirectorLaura InnesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse and his team face a lot of moral dilemmas when a patient wants them to help him end his life.-8/10.
Season 3, Episode 3.
House: [to Cameron] I'm proud of you. - DirectorFred GerberStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA morbidly obese ten-year-old girl has a heart attack, and her mother insists that House and his team look past her weight to find the diagnosis. Meanwhile, Vogler pressures House to fire a member of his staff. Clinic Patients: Unidentified man with an infected pierced scrotum; overweight woman with a 30-pound tumor on her ovaries who refuses to have it removed, because she worries she will be unattractive.-8/10.
Season 1, Episode 16.
House: You have little people inside you. - DirectorRandy ZiskStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsCan House save a high powered female executive from the same problem that has left him in constant pain? A new head of the hospital board could cause problems. Clinic cases: A boy and his mute dad.-8/10.
Season 1, Episode 14.
*The Who - Baba O'Riley* - DirectorBryan SingerStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsYoung kindergarten teacher Rebecca Adler collapses in her classroom after losing intelligible speech while teaching students.-8/10.
Season 1, Episode 1.
Wilson: I don't like healthy pacients.
House: Everybody lies.
House: You can't always get what you want.
House: I just find it hard to operate on the opposite assumption. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse is forced to choose a new staff... and gathers 40 applicants to start narrowing down the field. Meanwhile, an Air Force pilot wants House to treat her secretly so she doesn't ruin her chances of becoming an astronaut.-8/10.
Season 4, Episode 2. - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsThe team takes care of a student with inexplicable electrical shocks, and House's parents visit.-8/10.
Season 2, Episode 5.
Wilson: You know what I figure is worse than watching your son become crippled? Watching him be miserable. - DirectorFrederick King KellerStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA famous jazz trumpeter, diagnosed with ALS, signs a DNR form, but because House believes the diagnosis wrong, he breaks the law by resuscitating him.-8/10.
Season 1, Episode 9.
House: Like I always say, there's no "I" in team. There's a "me" though, if you jumble it up. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA patient whose relative has called in a favor with Cuddy presents with nonspecific minor symptoms that turn life-threatening, but House is distracted by a dream and an inability to urinate.-8/10.
Season 3, Episode 16. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsA woman collapses at her wedding. She led a different life style before her marriage, House insists she hasn't changed. Wilson starts dating Amber.-8/10.
Season 4, Episode 12.
Yonatan: The more you know someone the more you should love them.
House: People don/t change.
House: You do it both ways, right? - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse treats a patient who is convinced she's dying because of a death predicting cat. Meanwhile Taub catches up with an old High School classmate and contemplates leaving the team.-8/10.
Season 5, Episode 18. - DirectorNick GomezStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsWhen drug dealer Mickey mysteriously collapses while negotiating a sale, his partner-in-crime, Eddie, 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.-8/10.
Season 6, Episode 10.