Series synopsis
House is an American sci-fi & fantasy drama action & adventure television series that premiered on FOX on November 16, 2004. It ended on May 21, 2012. It was created by David Shore. It stars Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps.
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.
Premise
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.
Premise: Everybody lies.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Hugh Laurie as Gregory House
- Lisa Edelstein as Lisa Cuddy
- Robert Sean Leonard as James Wilson
- Omar Epps as Eric Foreman
- Jennifer Morrison as Allison Cameron
- Jesse Spencer as Robert Chase
- Odette Annable as Jessica Adams
- Peter Jacobson as Chris Taub
Supporting cast
- Lo Mutuc as Chi Park
- Olivia Wilde as Thirteen
- Kal Penn as Lawrence Kutner
- Amber Tamblyn as Martha M. Masters
- Tom Verica as Martin Robinson
- Michelle Trachtenberg as Melinda Bardach
- Jamie Rose as Patty Michener
- Nicole Bilderback as Caring Student
- Ryan Hurst as Sam McGinley
- Željko Ivanek as Jason
- Samantha Shelton as Emmy
- Ever Carradine as Karen Hartig
Guest cast
- Tom Verica as Martin Robinson
- Michelle Trachtenberg as Melinda Bardach
- Jamie Rose as Patty Michener
- Nicole Bilderback as Caring Student
- Ryan Hurst as Sam McGinley
- Željko Ivanek as Jason
- Samantha Shelton as Emmy
- Ever Carradine as Karen Hartig
- Robin Tunney as Rebecca Adler
- Julie Warner as Margo Dalton
- Lisa Darr as Emily
- Greg Grunberg as Ronald Neuberger
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 222 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 46 | February 10, 2011 | November 21, 2024 |
| Season 1 | 22 | November 16, 2004 | May 24, 2005 |
| Season 2 | 24 | September 13, 2005 | May 23, 2006 |
| Season 3 | 24 | September 5, 2006 | May 29, 2007 |
| Season 4 | 16 | September 25, 2007 | May 19, 2008 |
| Season 5 | 24 | September 16, 2008 | May 11, 2009 |
| Season 6 | 21 | September 21, 2009 | May 17, 2010 |
| Season 7 | 23 | September 20, 2010 | May 23, 2011 |
| Season 8 | 22 | October 3, 2011 | May 21, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Unaired Pilot This episode included 4 minutes of scenes which were edited out from the version that aired on November 16, 2004. It was released in limited number in magazines, etc. to introduce the program to the viewing audience. A web site was set up by FOX so that viewers could log on and give their opinions of the program. |
February 10, 2011 |
| 2 |
An Evening With House An evening with the cast and creators of House. Held at The Achademy of Television Arts and Science |
February 18, 2011 |
| 3 |
An Insider's Guide An inside look into the filming and production of House. |
March 2, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot 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. |
November 16, 2004 |
| 2 |
Paternity Dr. House goes with his gut and performs an unethical act to prove what he suspects to be the link to a teenage lacrosse player's illness in order to save the boy's life. |
November 23, 2004 |
| 3 |
Occam's Razor Dr. House and his team race to save a young man who may have not one, but two illnesses killing him. |
November 30, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Acceptance When a Death Row inmate mysteriously and suddenly collapses after hallucinating, House jumps at the chance to take the case for its difficulty and because it's "cool." |
September 13, 2005 |
| 2 |
Autopsy A girl's unimaginable bravery toward her terminal illness makes House suspicious as he puts a life-or-death decision about her case in her young hands. |
September 20, 2005 |
| 3 |
Humpty Dumpty Cuddy struggles with a case of guilt when her handyman is injured while at her place, and House and his team have to work fast to save the young man's pursuit of the American Dream. |
September 27, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Meaning After recovering from his gunshot wounds, House works feverishly on two cases at the same time: a paralyzed man who drove his wheelchair into a swimming pool and a woman who became paralyzed after a yoga session. |
September 5, 2006 |
| 2 |
Cane & Able House and the team treat a young boy who claims there is a tracking device in his neck and believes he has been the subject of alien experimentation. Cameron is outraged when she learns Cuddy and Wilson have been lying to House about the diagnosis on his last case. |
September 12, 2006 |
| 3 |
Informed Consent House puts a well-known medical researcher through a battery of tests to determine why he collapsed in his lab. When the team is unable to diagnose the problem, the doctor asks the team to help him end his life. House is forced to use his cane again after the ketamine has worn off as he deals with a clinic patient's teenaged daughter who has a crush on him. |
September 19, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alone With his diagnostic team gone, House tries to diagnose a young woman who survived an office building collapse. With the condition getting worse, Cuddy puts pressure on House to hire a new team, but instead attempts a differential diagnosis with help from the janitor. |
September 25, 2007 |
| 2 |
The Right Stuff House is secretly trying to treat a fighter pilot who is a candidate for NASA's astronaut training program. Her diagnosis will be the test to choose which ones of the 40 applicants are going to take the empty spots in his team. |
October 2, 2007 |
| 3 |
97 Seconds The candidates are now two teams of five women and five men, competing on diagnosing and treating a wheelchair-bound man. Meanwhile House does experiments on himself to test what happens after death, and Foreman, at another hospital, is treating his team in a House-like manner. |
October 9, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dying Changes Everything 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. |
September 16, 2008 |
| 2 |
Not Cancer 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. |
September 23, 2008 |
| 3 |
Adverse Events 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. |
September 30, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Broken House is detoxing at a mental hospital and being held against his will by his attending physician, so he concocts an escape plan, aided by his roommate and a visitor named Lydia. |
September 21, 2009 |
| 2 |
Epic Fail House returns home to Princeton where he continues to focus on his recovery, but surprises Cuddy with the news that he's making a big change in his life. Meanwhile, the team is unable to diagnose a loud-mouthed video game creator who posts each new symptom on the internet and opts for treatments suggested by the online community rather than by the doctors, and Foreman angles for House's job, but the pressure to solve the case creates tension in his relationship with Thirteen. |
September 28, 2009 |
| 3 |
The Tyrant When a controversial African politician falls ill, he is brought to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. The team struggles with whether to help a merciless dictator being subpoenaed for crimes against humanity in his country. Meanwhile, Wilson tries to make peace with a feuding neighbor, but House’s prying exacerbates the problem. |
October 5, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Now What? House and Cuddy are exploring the ramifications of those feelings and attempting to make a real relationship work. Meanwhile, due to a colleague's illness, Princeton Plainsboro is left without a neurosurgeon on site, threatening the hospital's accreditation as a Level 1 Trauma Center. As the team attempts treatment to get their sick colleague back to work, they discover there is more to the illness than they originally suspected and turn to House for direction. Instead, House remains elusive, leaving the team on its own. |
September 20, 2010 |
| 2 |
Selfish A seemingly healthy 14-year-old girl collapses during a skateboarding exhibition; House and Cuddy face the challenge of handling their romantic relationship at work. |
September 27, 2010 |
| 3 |
Unwritten A children's novelist tries to kill herself, but is thwarted when she has a seizure. House, a fan of the books, puts her on psych hold but has to deal with a patient that is eager to die rather than be cured. Meanwhile, House worries that he'll lose Cuddy because they have nothing in common. |
October 4, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Twenty Vicodin House is serving out a lengthy prison sentence for his various misdeeds, including his trip outside the country in an attempt to escape responsibility. Entirely cut off from his old life, House determines his current problems are the result of his inability to deal with people. Feeling he will never be able to practice medicine again, he plans instead to go back to university to earn a doctorate in physics - a field that will all but assure his isolation from other human beings. |
October 3, 2011 |
| 2 |
Transplant A surprising visitor makes House an offer he can't refuse by giving him the opportunity to help the Princeton Plainsboro team treat a unique patient in order to save the life of an organ recipient being treated by Wilson. Although House finds himself back on familiar ground, he quickly realizes that much has changed since he left, and he is forced to work on the case with smart yet timid resident Dr. Chi Park. After several inconclusive treatments and with time running out, House and Dr. Park are left with one last option to examine the patient's medical history that could compromise House's conditional agreement with the hospital. Meanwhile, House makes an effort to reconnect with Wilson despite a cold reception. |
October 10, 2011 |
| 3 |
Charity Case House and Park treat a patient, Benjamin, who collapsed after making a surprisingly large charity donation, and come to suspect that the altruistic behavior is a symptom of a deeper disorder. When the patient offers to donate an organ for another patient, the doctors must convince Dr. Adams to help them confirm whether Benjamin is in his right mind or not. |
October 17, 2011 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | FOX |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 16, 2004 |
| Last aired | May 21, 2012 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 21:00:00 |