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House

2004TV-148 seasons8.6 / 10

Everybody lies.

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.

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Synopsis

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.

Season 5 episodes

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Episode 1

Dying Changes Everything

44m7.9 / 10

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.

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Directed by Deran SarafianWritten by Eli AttieGuest stars Jamie Rose, Christine Woods, Bob Sherer, Janet Song, David Kagen, Paul Haitkin, Bobbin Bergstrom

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Episode 2

Not Cancer

44m7.8 / 10

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.

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Directed by David StraitonWritten by David Shore, Lawrence KaplowGuest stars Felicia Day, Tim Conlon, Christine McLain, Jasmine Alvarez, Michael Gaines, Eric Kaldor, Elaine Kagan, Denice Sealy

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Episode 3

Adverse Events

44m7.8 / 10

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.

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Directed by Andrew BernsteinWritten by Dustin Paddock, Carol GreenGuest stars Breckin Meyer, Marika Domińczyk, Sarah Knowlton, Drew Powell, Liz Benoit, Deanna Smith, David Goldman, Bart Tangredi

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Episode 4

Birthmarks

44m8.3 / 10

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.

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Directed by David PlattWritten by Doris Egan, David FosterGuest stars Scott Paulin, Jack Conley, Ho-Kwan Tse, Raymond Ma, Samantha Quan, Christine Healy, Jonathan Palmer, Diane Baker

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Episode 5

Lucky Thirteen

44m7.6 / 10

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.

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Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by Liz Friedman, Sara HessGuest stars Angela Gots, Helena Barrett, Ali Damji, Michael Weston, Bobbin Bergstrom

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Episode 6

Joy

44m7.6 / 10

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.

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Directed by Deran SarafianWritten by David HoseltonGuest stars Salvator Xuereb, Joanna Koulis, Janice Allen, Bobbin Bergstrom, Vanessa Zima

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Episode 7

The Itch

44m7.8 / 10

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.

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Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by Peter BlakeGuest stars Todd Louiso, Marcus Eley, Diarra Kilpatrick, Frank Noel, Kelly Michaels, Jack J. Bennett, Yoyao Hsueh, Jim Vickers

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Episode 8

Emancipation

44m7.6 / 10

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.

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Directed by James HaymanWritten by Pam Davis, Leonard DickGuest stars Nathan Gamble, Liza Colón-Zayas, Emily Rios, Alexandra Lydon, Kyle Red Silverstein, Bob McCracken, Al Coronel, Yolanda Rubio-Soto

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Episode 9

Last Resort

43m8.1 / 10

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.

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Directed by Katie JacobsWritten by Matthew V. Lewis, Matthew V. Lewis, Eli AttieGuest stars Željko Ivanek, Jack Guzman, Wood Harris, Evan Jones, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Sarah Thompson, Evan Peters, Marcus Chait

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Episode 10

Let Them Eat Cake

44m7.8 / 10

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.

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Directed by Deran SarafianWritten by Russel Friend, Garrett LernerGuest stars Samantha Shelton, Danielle Petty, Christopher Stapleton, Julia Putnam, David Lengel, Nicole Cannon, Bobbin Bergstrom, Lori Petty

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Episode 11

Joy to the World

44m7.9 / 10mid season

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.

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Directed by David StraitonWritten by Peter BlakeGuest stars Taylor Dooley, Meaghan Jette Martin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Sherilyn Fenn, B.K. Cannon, Michael Leydon Campbell, John Forest, Alix Korey

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Episode 12

Painless

44m7.8 / 10

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.

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Directed by Andrew BernsteinWritten by Thomas L. Moran, Eli AttieGuest stars James Ingersoll, Aisha Kabia, Bobbin Bergstrom, Anthony Montgomery, Lori Petty, Sarah Danielle Madison, Alex Fernandez, Martin Henderson

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Episode 13

Big Baby

44m7.7 / 10

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.

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Directed by Deran SarafianWritten by Lawrence Kaplow, David FosterGuest stars Bobbin Bergstrom, Erika Flores, Andy Scott Harris, Saige Ryan, Tammy Dahlstrom, Sam Gregory

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Episode 14

The Greater Good

44m7.7 / 10

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.

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Directed by Lesli Linka GlatterWritten by Sara HessGuest stars Julia Campbell, David Purdham, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Dominic Scott Kay, Bobbin Bergstrom, Judith Scott

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Episode 15

Unfaithful

44m7.9 / 10

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

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Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by David HoseltonGuest stars Jimmi Simpson, Jake Thomas, Janet Haley, Terrance Ellis, Bobbin Bergstrom

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Episode 16

The Softer Side

44m7.8 / 10

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.

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Directed by Deran Sarafian, Greg YaitanesWritten by Liz FriedmanGuest stars Julia Campbell, Nick Puga, Ben Reed, Nicole Cannon, Fred Kronenberg, Meagan Gordon, Dominic Scott Kay, Bobbin Bergstrom

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Episode 17

The Social Contract

44m8.3 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Andrew BernsteinWritten by Doris EganGuest stars Susan Egan, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Jay Karnes, Devon Michaels, Jodi Harris, Cyrus Deboo, Sheri Foster, Bobbin Bergstrom

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Episode 18

Here Kitty

44m7.9 / 10

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.

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Directed by Juan José CampanellaWritten by Peter BlakeGuest stars Judy Greer, Christopher Moynihan, Bob Ross, Charlie Carter, Lorene Noh, Bobbin Bergstrom

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Episode 19

Locked In

44m8.5 / 10

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.

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Directed by Dan AttiasWritten by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David FosterGuest stars Skye Barrett, Scotty Noyd Jr., Yasiin Bey, John Kapelos, Faune Chambers Watkins, Bobbin Bergstrom

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Episode 20

Simple Explanation

44m7.8 / 10

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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Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by Leonard DickGuest stars Mary Jo Deschanel, Ed Brigadier, Colleen Camp, Meat Loaf, Bob Rusch, Hart Boykin, Debbie Campbell, Taylor Hardick

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Episode 21

Saviors

44m7.9 / 10

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.

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Directed by Matthew PennWritten by Thomas L. Moran, Eli AttieGuest stars Lindsey McKeon, Anne Dudek, Parisa Fakhri, Bruno Oliver, Jill Remez, Grinnell Morris, Paul Benz, James McAndrew

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Episode 22

House Divided

44m8.5 / 10

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

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Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by Liz Friedman, Matthew V. LewisGuest stars Clare Carey, Anne Dudek, Ryan Lane, Treshelle Edmond, Becky O'Donohue, Jorge Borrelli, Andray Johnson, Jamie Sorrentini

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Episode 23

Under My Skin

44m8.5 / 10

House and the team take on the case of a ballerina 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 what he thinks is insomnia, and he is willing to go to desperate measures to cure it.

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Directed by David StraitonWritten by Pam Davis, Lawrence KaplowGuest stars Anne Dudek, Jamie Tisdale, Charles Gevoian, Joey Gaynor, Shelli Boone, Scott Dawson, Pamela Shafer, Bobbin Bergstrom

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Episode 24

Both Sides Now

44m8.8 / 10finale

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by Doris EganGuest stars Carl Reiner, Ashton Holmes, Maria Thayer, Anne Dudek, Scott Conley, Sheila Daley, Richard Sabine, Jason Boegh

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

More about House

Cast

Hugh LaurieGregory House
Lisa EdelsteinLisa Cuddy
Robert Sean LeonardJames Wilson
Omar EppsEric Foreman
Jennifer MorrisonAllison Cameron
Jesse SpencerRobert Chase
Odette AnnableJessica Adams
Peter JacobsonChris Taub

Credits

Created by
David Shore

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
176
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • FOXUnited States
  • Universal TelevisionUnited States
  • Bad Hat Harry ProductionsUnited States
  • Heel & Toe FilmsUnited States
  • Shore Z ProductionsUnited States

Themes

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