List of House episodes

The following is a list of episodes from the Fox medical drama, House. The series is currently in its second season with a total of 31 episodes so far. Fox has ordered 24 episodes for the second season which will air from September 2005 – May 2006.

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Season 1: 2004-2005

Pilot

Written by: David Shore
Directed by: Bryan Singer

Airdate: November 16, 2004

1, 1-1

Guest Starring: Robin Tunney as Rebecca

A young kindergarten teacher, Rebecca Adler, who suffers from seizures, collapses in her classroom after uncontrolled gibberish slips out her mouth while she is about to teach her students. She is taken to Dr. House and his team of experts who identify a possible tumor.

Paternity

Written by: Lawrence Kaplow
Directed by: Peter O'Fallon

Airdate: November 23, 2004

2, 1-2

Guest Starring: Scott Mechlowicz as Dan

A 16-year old lacrosse player starts suffering from double vision, night terrors and frequent hallucinations. House and his team must diagnose the mystery brain condition which is causing all these symptoms before it progresses to a fatal stage. Meanwhile House must deal with a patient looking to set up a lawsuit and a mother who doesn't believe in vaccinations.

Occam's Razor

Written by: David Shore
Directed by: Bryan Singer

Airdate: November 30, 2004

3, 1-3

Guest Starring: Kevin Zegers as Brandon Merell and Alexis Thorpe as Mindy

A college student collapses after rowdy sex with his girlfriend. Dr. House and his team are trying to figure out why he collapsed while his condition seems to get worse hour by hour, and he has too many symptons to determine the disease.

Maternity

Written by: Peter Blake
Directed by: Newton Thomas Sigel

Airdate: December 7, 2004

4, 1-4

Guest Starring: Ever Carradine as Karen Hartig, Melissa Marsala as Lupino and Alexandra Bokyun Chun as Kim Chen

A number of recently-born babies acquire serious disease simultaneously. House and his aides must race against the clock to save them and avoid further spread of the disease.

Damned If You Do

Written by: Sara B. Cooper
Directed by: Greg Yaitanes

Airdate: December 14, 2004

5, 1-5

Guest Starring: Lucinda Jenney as Sister Mary Eucharist, Elizabeth Mitchell as Sister Mary Augustine, Lori Rom as Sister Mary Pius and Ann Dowd as Mother Superior

Dr. House's approach raises questions when he treats a nun for what he believes to be an allergy, not realizing that her past is coming back to haunt her.

The Socratic Method

Written by: John Mankiewicz
Directed by: Peter Medak

Airdate: December 21, 2004

6, 1-6

Guest Starring: Stacy Edwards as Lucy Palermo and Aaron Himelstein as Luke Palermo

When it appears that Lucy Palermo, a schizophrenic mom with 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.

Fidelity

Written by: Thomas L. Moran
Directed by: Bryan Spicer

Airdate: December 28, 2004

7, 1-7

Guest Starring: Myndy Crist as Elyse Snow and Dominic Purcell as Ed Snow

A woman comes down with symptoms of African sleeping sickness, but there seems to be no way she could have contracted it. House and his aides must ask a few tough questions and make some tough decisions in order to try to save her.

Poison

Written by: Matt Witten
Directed by: Guy Ferland

Airdate: January 25, 2005

8, 1-8

Guest Starring: John Patrick Amedori as Matt Davis, Roxanne Hart as Margo Davis, Kurt Fuller as Mark Adams, Ulysses Lee as Chi Ling and Shirley Knight as Georgia Adams

House and his team investigate the mysterious poisoning of a high-school student. They think they have the answers they need until a second teen develops the same symptoms.

DNR

Written by: David Foster
Directed by: Fred Keller

Airdate: February 1, 2005

9, 1-9

Guest Starring: Harry J. Lennix as John Henry Giles and Brandy as Herself

Legendary jazz musician John Henry Giles is checked into the clinic after a recording session gone bad. He has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and signs a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order to avoid a lingering 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. Meanwhile, Dr. Foreman meets with an old friend who offers him a West Coast partnership.

Histories

Written by: Joel Thompson
Directed by: Dan Attias

Airdate: February 8, 2005

10, 1-10

Guest Starring: Leslie Hope as Victoria Madsen

Dr. Foreman believes an uncooperative homeless woman is faking seizures to get a meal ticket at the teaching hospital, but her situation 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. Meanwhile, House has an audience of two medical students who are learning how to do case studies.

Detox

Written by: Lawrence Kaplow and Thomas L. Moran
Directed by: Nelson McCormick

Airdate: February 15, 2005

11, 1-11

Guest Starring: Nick D'Agosto as Keith Foster, Mark Harelik as Keith's Dad and Amanda Seyfried as Pam

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.

Sports Medicine

Written by: John Mankiewicz and David Shore
Directed by: Keith Gordon

Airdate: February 22, 2005

12, 1-12

Guest Starring: Scott Foley as Hank Wiggen, Salli Richardson as Sharon, Art LaFluer as Warren Fitch and Bryan Singer as Himself

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. 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, are to be saved.

Cursed

Written by: Matt Witten and David Blake
Directed by: Daniel Sackheim

Airdate: March 1, 2005

13, 1-13

Guest Starring: Patrick Bauchau as Dr. Rowan Chase and Daryl Sabara as Gabe

A 12-year-old boy believes he's cursed after a Ouija board tells him he's going to die, and his father makes increasing demands on House as they try to diagnose the boy's pneumonia-like symptoms and incongruous rash. Meanwhile, Chase's estranged father, a renowned doctor from Australia, visits and House invites him to sit in, much to Chase's discomfort. When House diagnoses the boy's illness, the young patient is forced to face the idea that his father may not be everything he believes.

Control

Written by: Lawrence Kaplow
Directed by: Randall Zisk

Airdate: March 15, 2005

14, 1-14

Guest Starring: Sarah Clarke as Carly, Vivian Bang as Robin and Chi McBride as Edward Vogler

Billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler donates $100 million to the hospital, on the condition that he become the new Chairman of the Board. As a businessman, Vogler intends to turn the clinic into a profitable venture in his biotech enterprise, running it like any other business. Meanwhile, a businesswoman who has it all—perfect life, perfect body, perfect job—finds herself inexplicably paralyzed. When he discovers her secret, House must risk his job and his medical license to get her a necessary transplant.

Mob Rules

Written by: David Foster and John Mankiewicz
Directed by: Tim Hunter

Airdate: March 22, 2005

15, 1-15

Guest Starring: Danny Nucci as Bill, Joseph Lyle Taylor as Joey and Chi McBride as Edward Vogler

House treats a man serving as a witness to a mob case, and whose commanding mobster brother warns House not to release his patient—or his diagnosis.

Heavy

Written by: Thomas L. Moran
Directed by: Fred Gerber

Airdate: March 29, 2005

16, 1-16

Guest Starring: Jennifer Stone as Jessica Simms, Cynthia Ettinger as Mrs. Simms and Chi McBride as Edward Vogler

House must fire one of his doctors, under orders from Vogler. The team must deal with an overweight 10-year old child who suffered a heart attack as the result of taking diet pills. House is also faced with a woman who won't accept surgery for a 30 lb. tumor because she wants to remain overweight.

Role Model

Written by: Matt Witten
Directed by: Peter O'Fallon

Airdate: April 12, 2005

17, 1-17

Guest Starring: Joe Morton as Sen. Gary Wright and Chi McBride as Edward Vogler

At a high-level campaign fundraiser, a Presidential candidate becomes violently ill. Vogler forces House to take the senator's case and offers to let him off the hook on firing a team member if he'll deliver a speech on behalf of a new drug produced by Vogler's pharmaceutical company. At first glance the senator is diagnosed with AIDS, but House refuses to settle for the easy answer.

Babies and Bathwater

Teleplay by: Peter Blake and David Shore
Story by: Peter Blake
Directed by: Bill Johnson

Airdate: April 19, 2005

18, 1-18

Guest Starring: Marin Hinkle as Naomi Randolph and Michael A. Goorjian as Sean Randolph

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.

Kids

Written by: Thomas L. Moran and Lawrence Kaplow
Directed by: Deran Sarafian

Airdate: May 3, 2005

19, 1-19

Guest Starring: Skye McCole Bartusiak as Mary, Eddie McClintock as Coach Stahl

During an meningitis outbreak which overwhelms the clinic, House is drawn to a single patient: a 12-year-old competitive diver whose symptoms don't quite match everyone else's. House, Foreman, and Chase must devise ingenious ways and locations to treat the girl's delicate condition in the middle of the chaos, and they make an unexpected discovery. Meanwhile, House asks Cameron to come back to her job but she has one requirement that he might not be able to meet.

Love Hurts

Written by: Sara B. Cooper
Directed by: Bryan Spicer

Airdate: May 10, 2005

20, 1-20

Guest Starring: John Cho as Harvey Park, Keone Young as Clyde Park, Christina Cox as Annette, Elizabeth Sung as Marilyn Park, Matt Malloy as Aubrey Shirfen and June Squibb as Ramona

House apparently triggers a stroke in a clinic patient, but the major topic of discussion is House's imminent date with Cameron, The team must deal with the patient's odd lifestyle, overbearing "friend," and reluctant parents in order to stop the strokes and try to save his life. Meanwhile, Wilson, Cuddy and the team offer House and Cameron advice while laying odds on the outcome.

Three Stories

Written by: David Shore
Directed by: Paris Barclay

Airdate: May 17, 2005

21, 1-21

Special Guest Stars: Sela Ward as Stacy Warner and Carmen Electra as Herself
Guest Starring: Andi Eystad as Volleyball Player, Brent Briscoe as Farmer, James Saxenmeyer as Drug Addict aka House

House's ex-girlfriend Stacy Warner returns—not for House but to get help for her ailing husband, Mark. While House decides whether or not to take her case, Cuddy forces him to 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 - he discusses three past cases, one of which is more than meets the eye. This unusual episode includes several dream sequences as well as cameos by actors including Carmen Electra.

Three Stories is by far the most popular episode in the series thus far, and won David Shore an Emmy in 2005 for Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series.

Honeymoon

Written by: Lawrence Kaplow and John Mankiewicz
Directed by: Fred Keller

Airdate: May 24, 2005

22, 1-22

Special Guest Star: Sela Ward as Stacy Warner
Guest Starring: Currie Graham as Mark Warner

After much convincing (and drugging Mark's drink), Stacy's husband Mark is admitted to the hospital to undergo a battery of tests. Despite the fact Mark's tests prove negative, his steadily growing symptoms indicate he is dying. While House struggles with the mystery (abdominal epilepsy) and makes increasing demands on his staff, Wilson worries about House's emotional well-being, and Cuddy considers adding a new employee to the clinic.

Season 2: 2005-2006

Acceptance

Written by: Russell Friend and Garrett Lerner
Directed by: Dan Attias

Airdate: September 13, 2005

23, 2-1

Special Guest Stars: Sela Ward as Stacy Warner and LL Cool J as Clarence
Guest Starring: Christie Lynn Smith as Cindy

A death row inmate is felled by an unknown disease and House volunteers to investigate, over the objections of most of the staff. House also has to deal with Stacy who is working closely with him. Cameron takes over some of House's clinic hours, and ends up with her own patient to deal with.

Autopsy

Written by: Lawrence Kaplow
Directed by: Deran Sarafian

Airdate: September 20, 2005

24, 2-2

Guest Starring: Sasha Pieterse as Andie

House and team struggle to diagnose a young girl whose cancer is not causing her more immediate symptoms.

Humpty Dumpty

Written by: Matt Witten
Directed by: Dan Attias

Airdate: September 27, 2005

25, 2-3

Special Guest Star: Sela Ward as Stacy Warner
Guest Starring: Ignacio Serricchio as Alfredo, Christine Avila as Luisa and J.R. Villarreal as Manny

Roles reverse at Princeton-Plainsboro after a roofer falls off Dr. Cuddy's house.

TB or Not TB

Written by: David Foster
Directed by: Peter O'Fallon

Airdate: November 1, 2005

26, 2-4

Guest Starring: Ron Livingston as Sebastian Charles

A famous doctor gets ill when working in Africa, and is sent to House for treatment. Everyone except House believes that he has tuberculosis.

Daddy's Boy

Written by: Thomas L. Moran
Directed by: Greg Yaitanes

Airdate: November 8, 2005

27, 2-5

Guest Starring: Vicellous Reon Shannon as Carnell Hall, Clifton Powell as Ken Hall, Wil Horneff as Taddy, R. Lee Ermey as John House and Diane Baker as Blythe House

A student who just graduated from Princeton experiences severe spasms at graduation party. House and his team struggles to find the reason for the symptoms but all tests return negative. Meanwhile, House's parents drop by.

Spin

Written by: Sara Hess
Directed by: Fred Gerber

Airdate: November 15, 2005

28, 2-6

Special Guest Star: Sela Ward as Stacy Warner
Guest Starring: Currie Graham as Mark Warner and Kristoffer Polaha as Jeff

A famous cyclist is brought to House's clinic after collapsing during a race. He is surprisingly honest about several illegal medications and techniques he applied to himself, but his sickness is not caused by any of these. House believes he is not completely honest, whilst Cameron does not cope with the patient's foul play. House also gives hard time to Stacy, mainly because of her new husband, Mark, who is under therapy at the hospital.

Hunting

Written by: Liz Friedman
Directed by: Gloria Muzio

Airdate: November 22, 2005

29, 2-7

Special Guest Star: Sela Ward as Stacy Warner
Guest Starring: Matthew John Armstrong as Kalvin, Currie Graham as Mark Warner and Wings Hauser as Michael.

Dr. House finally relents in treating a neighbor with AIDS, only to find that his sickness may be more than it first appears. Also, two co-workers find themselves closer than ever, while two former lovers are pulled apart.

The Mistake

Written by: Peter Blake
Directed by: David Semel

Airdate: November 29, 2005

30, 2-8

Special Guest Star: Sela Ward as Stacy Warner
Guest Starring: Allison Smith as Kayla McGinley and Ryan Hurst as Sam

Chase is being interrogated by the hospital board about the death of a young mother in clinic six months ago under his responsibility, together with House. Throughout the episode, the case of the mother progresses with flashbacks. Chase lies to the board about the reason for his mistake, risking his career, until House reveals that he knows why: the death of his father due to cancer. House convinces Chase that telling the truth will save him. The board finally reaches a conclusion that will greatly change the diagnostic medicine department for the next month.

Deception

Written by: Michael R. Perry
Directed by: Deran Sarafian

Airdate: December 13, 2005

31, 2-9

Special Guest Star: Cynthia Nixon as Anica

House continues to butt heads with Dr. Foreman following his recent promotion to department head, with such stunts as ordering MRI exams for the entire maternity ward on the premise that "one of them might actually have needed it." Meanwhile, the team takes on a patient who fakes diseases and conditions with the help of seizure-causing drugs, finally releasing her against her will, citing her condition as Münchausen syndrome. Fortunately, House believes otherwise, and a bold stunt brings her back to the Hospital where a truly life-threatening condition is discovered in the nick of time. While Foreman is criticized lightly for the incident by Cuddy, he is nevertheless reminded that he has two weeks remaining as House's superior.