House Season 1 |
House Season 1 : |
Dr. Gregory House is devoid of bedside manner and wouldn't even talk to his patients if he could get away with it. Dealing with his own constant physical pain he uses a cane that seems to punctuate his acerbic brutally honest demeanor. While his behavior can border on antisocial House is a maverick physician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect. House's roster of medical cases are the inexplicable ones other doctors can't solve and he has assembled an elite team of young medical experts to help him in his effort to solve these diagnostic mysteries. |
Episode 1 - [Pilot] |
Details : 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 who started speaking gibberish and passed out in front of her class. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Robin Tunney as Rachel Adler | Andrew Airlie as Orange Colored Patient | Rekha Sharma as Melanie Landon | Ava Hughes as Sydney | Ethan Kyle Gross as Molnar | Janet Glassford as Reception Nurse | Candus Churchill as Substitute Teacher | Maya Massar as Asthma Mom | Dylan Basu as Asthma Boy | Michale Ascher as Egg Salad Lady | Alana Husband as Tech | Director : Bryan Singer | Writer : David Shore | |
Air Date : Nov. 16, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 2 - [Paternity] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Scott Mechlowicz as Dan | Robin Thomas as Dan's Father | Wendy Gazelle as Dan's Mother | Alex Skuby as John Funsten | Scott Hochstadt as Jake | Paul Ganus as Trainer | Kylee Cochran as Young Woman | Writer : Lawrence Kaplow | Director : Peter O'Fallon | |
Air Date : Nov. 23, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 3 - [Occam's Razor] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Kevin Zegers as Brandon Merrell | Alexis Thorpe as Mindy | Faith Prince as Becky Merrell | Lauren Cohn as Jodi Matthews | Jason Stuart as Adam Brown | John Kelly as Robert Merrell | Beth Hall as Shelly Lever | Ben Campbell as Jerry Morris | Joshua Wolf Coleman as Pharmacist | Marco Pelaez as Hospital Pharmacist | Director : Bryan Singer | Writer : David Shore | |
Air Date : Nov. 30, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 4 - [Maternity] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Ever Carradine as Karen Hartig | Hedy Burress as Jill | Sam Trammell as Ethan Hartig | Kenneth Choi as Dr. Lim | Benjamin John Parrillo as Dr. Kubisak | Cress Williams as Hospital Attorney | Melissa Marsala as Judy Lupino | Alexandra Bokyun Chun as Kim Chen | Dwight Armstrong as Charlie | Shawn Carter Peterson as Med Student | Nate Torrence as Young Man | Jocelyn Jackson as Young Woman | Marc Menard as Soap Doctor | Madison Bauer as Soap Patient | Donna Stearns as Volunteer | Director : Newton Thomas Sigel | Writer : Peter Blake | |
Air Date : Dec. 07, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 5 - [Damned If You Do] |
Details : When a nun comes into the clinic with swollen arms 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 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Elizabeth Mitchell as Sister Mary Augustine | Lori Rom as Sister Mary Pius | Lucinda Jenney as Sister Mary Eucharist | Ann Dowd as Mother Superior | Dakin Matthews as Marvin | Peter James as Priest | Taji Coleman as Tech | Writer : Sara B. Cooper | Director : Greg Yaitanes | |
Air Date : Dec. 14, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 6 - [The Socratic Method] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Aaron Himelstein as Luke Palermo | Stacy Edwards as Lucy Palermo | John Prosky as Dr. Bergin | Pat Musick as Trina Wyatt | Sonya Eddy as Sally | Lilas Lane as Terri | David Vegh as Clark | Veronica Leigh as Wendy | C. Xavier Drayton as Truant Officer | Al Espinosa as Dr. Wells | Director : Peter Medak | Writer : John Mankiewicz | |
Air Date : Dec. 21, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 7 - [Fidelity] |
Details : 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. 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Dominic Purcell as Ed Snow | Myndy Crist as Elyse Snow | Brennan Elliott as Adam | Clementine Ford as Samantha Sam Campbell | Henri Lubatti as Jacques | Henri Lubatti as Master Chef | Endre Hules as Sous Chef | Director : Bryan Spicer | Writer : Thomas L. Moran | |
Air Date : Dec. 28, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 8 - [Poison] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Roxanne Hart as Margo Davis | John Patrick Amedori as Matt Davis | Kurt Fuller as Mark Adams | Andy Milder as Bus Driver | McNally Sagal as Mrs. Miller | Shirley Knight as Georgia Adams | Jim Lau as Chou-Young Ling | Linda Wang as Jen Ling | Ulysses Lee as Chi Ling | Molly Mankiewicz as Amy | Christopher Malpede as Math Whiz | Kenya D. Williamson as Nurse | Director : Guy Ferland | Writer : Matt Witten | |
Air Date : Jan. 25, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 9 - [Dnr] |
Details : Legendary jazz musician John Henry Giles is checked into the hospital and when he's told he's dying from ALS he 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Harry Lennix as John Henry Giles | Chloe Webb as Cora | Mike Starr as Willie | Victor Raider-Wexler as Judge Winter | Rif Hutton as Morris | Michael Oberlander as Ross | David Conrad as Dr. Marty Hamilton | Brandy Norwood as Herself | Clint Baker as Tommy | Dennis Howard as Chaplain | Courtney Henggeler as Server | Richard Sinclair as Doctor | Director : Frederick King Keller | Writer : David Foster | |
Air Date : Feb. 01, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 10 - [Histories] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Leslie Hope as Victoria Madsen | Larry Clarke as Officer Gilmar | Smith Cho as Julia | Ogy Durham as Chris Dewey | Leslie Karpman as Jodi | Charles C. Stevenson Jr. as Walter | Suzanne Ford as Mrs. Whitney | Brandon Brocato as Phil | Graciella Evelina Martinez as Tall Girl | Patty Onagan as Girlfriend | Farrah Skyler Greye as Nurse | Bonnie Perlman as Mom | Troy Robinson as Cop | Paul Sklar as Cop | Kevin Moon as EMT | Writer : Joel Anderson Thompson | Director : Daniel Attias | |
Air Date : Feb. 08, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 11 - [Detox] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Mark Harelik as Mr. Foster | Nicholas D'Agosto as Keith Foster | Amanda Seyfried as Pam | Akiko Morison as Anesthesiologist | Marco Pelaez as Pharmacist | America Olivo as Ingrid | Maurice Godin as Dr. Hourani | Director : Nelson McCormick | Writer : Lawrence Kaplow | Writer : Thomas L. Moran | |
Air Date : Feb. 15, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 12 - [Sports Medicine] |
Details : A severely broken arm reveals a bizarre case of bone loss and ends the comeback plans of major league pitcher Hank Wiggen. 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Scott Foley as Hank Wiggen | Meredith Monroe as Lola | Art LaFleur as Warner Fitch | Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Sharon | Bryan Singer as Himself | Deirdre M. Smith as Carol Moffatt | Sean Everett as Patient | Richard Swaidan as College Student | Director : Keith Gordon | Writer : John Mankiewicz | Writer : David Shore | |
Air Date : Feb. 22, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 13 - [Cursed] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Nestor Carbonell as Jeffrey Reilich | Tracy Middendorf as Sarah Reilich | David Henrie as Tommy | Daryl Sabara as Gabriel Gabe Reilich | Patrick Bauchau as Dr. Rowan Case | Dennis Bendersky as Davey | R.J. Root as Sam | Jack Walsh as Ozzy | Abbey McBride as Blonde | Alejandro Patiño as Cabbie | Writer : Matt Witten | Director : Daniel Sackheim | Writer : Peter Blake | |
Air Date : Mar. 01, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 14 - [Control] |
Details : Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital is turned upside-down when billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler 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 - 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Sarah Clarke as Carly Forlano | Sunny Mabrey as Jenny | Vivian Bang as Robin | Andrew Borba as Mr. van der Meer | Chi McBride as Edward Vogler | Dar Dixon as Don | Joshua Miller as Ricky | David Joyner as Cardiac Surgeon | David Castellani as Board Member | Sheila Cavalette as Anesthesiologist | Ron Perkins as Ron Simpson | Director : Randall Zisk | Writer : Lawrence Kaplow | |
Air Date : Mar. 15, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 15 - [Mob Rules] |
Details : 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 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Danny Nucci as Bill Arnello | Joseph Lyle Taylor as Joey Arnello | David Burke as Everhardt | Chi McBride as Edward Vogler | A.J. Trauth as Henry | Greg Collins as Marshal Brady | Ingrid Sanai Buron as Kimberly | Director : Tim Hunter | Writer : John Mankiewicz | |
Air Date : Mar. 22, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 16 - [Heavy] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jennifer Stone as Jessica Simms | Cynthia Ettinger as Mrs. Simms | Ramón Franco as Mr. Hernandez | Karen Goberman as Mrs. Ayers | Chi McBride as Edward Vogler | Susan Slome as Mrs. Lucile Hernandez | Teddy Lane Jr. as Mr. Conroy | Alyson Morgan as Clementine | Austin Leisle as Seth | Rose Colasanti as Cashier | Alec George as Classmate | Bryan Fabian as Classmate | Director : Fred Gerber | Writer : Thomas L. Moran | |
Air Date : Mar. 29, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 17 - [Role Model] |
Details : At a high-level campaign fundraiser up-and-coming Senator Tom Wright becomes violently ill. Vogler 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Missy Crider as Susan | Chi McBride as Edward Vogler | Joe Morton as Gary Wright | Dominic Oliver as Reynolds | Elizabeth Karr as Hostess | Sahar Bibiyan as Clinic Nurse | Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse | Writer : Matt Witten | Director : Peter O'Fallon | |
Air Date : Apr. 12, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 18 - [Babies And Bathwater] |
Details : While 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. 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?). |
Guest Cast and Crew : Kenneth Choi as Dr. Lim | Chi McBride as Edward Vogler | Marin Hinkle as Naomi Randolph | Michael A. Goorjian as Sean Randolph | Michael Simpson as Joel Kaplan | Natalie Shaw as Rachel Kaplan | John Berg as Dr. Prather | Guy Camilleri as Hayden Brown | Diane Sellers as Gail Friedman | S.E. Perry as Officer Davis | Kevin Brief as Officer Angle | Veronica Brown as Female Boardmember | Reggie Jordan as Anesthesiologist | Ron Perkins as Ron Simpson | Director : Bill Johnson | Writer : David Shore | Writer : Peter Blake | |
Air Date : Apr. 19, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 19 - [Kids] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Eddie McClintock as Coach Stahl | Ben Jelen as Dr. Roger Spain | Shari Headley as Dr. Arlene Marks | Erin Foster as Dr. Petra Gilmar | Skye McCole Bartusiak as Mary Carroll | Stephanie Venditto as Nurse Brenda Previn | Dylan Kussman as Mr. Carroll | Kelly Kirklyn as Mrs. Carroll | Diego Clare as Dawson | Tim Haldeman as Mature Man | Geraldine Singer as Woman | Mark Bloom as Doctor | Eric Cazenave as Doctor | Lindsay Pulsipher as Teammate | Rhea Lando as Teammate | Writer : Lawrence Kaplow | Writer : Thomas L. Moran | Director : Deran Sarafian | |
Air Date : May. 03, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 20 - [Love Hurts] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Christina Cox as Annette | Peter Graves as Myron | John Cho as Harvey Park | Elizabeth Sung as Marilyn Park | June Squibb as Ramona | Stephanie Venditto as Nurse Brenda Previn | Keone Young as Clyde Park | Matt Malloy as Aubrey Shifren | Kristoffer Ryan Winters as New Guy | Marco Pelaez as Pharmacist | Tom Knickerbocker as Dr. May | Writer : Sara B. Cooper | Director : Bryan Spicer | |
Air Date : May. 10, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 21 - [Three Stories] |
Details : House's ex-girlfriend Stacy Warner 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 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Nicole Bilderback as Caring Student | Carmen Electra as Herself | Andrew Keegan as Rebellious Student | Josh Zuckerman as Keen Student | Brent Briscoe as Farmer | Stephanie Venditto as Nurse Brenda Previn | James Saxenmeyer as Late 30s Man / Golfer | Andi Eystad as Volleyball Player | Susan Gallagher as Volleyball Player's Mom | Ingrid Sanai Buron as Nurse | Sela Ward as Stacy Warner | Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse | Director : Paris Barclay | Writer : David Shore | |
Air Date : May. 17, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 22 - [Honeymoon] |
Details : House insists he can handle things when Stacy 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Currie Graham as Mark Warner | Mark Hames as Ambulance Driver | Revital Krawetz as Woman | Sela Ward as Stacy Warner | Director : Frederick King Keller | Writer : John Mankiewicz | Writer : Lawrence Kaplow | |
Air Date : May. 24, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |