Sports Medicine (22 Feb. 2005)
"House M.D." Sports Medicine (original title)

A detoxed sports star about to make his comeback breaks his arm due to brittle bones. Clinic Cases: Woman with leg pain; man trying to remove his contact lenses; a dentist with various issues and a hung over teenager; all in 70 seconds.

Director:

Keith Gordon

Writers:

David Shore (creator), John Mankiewicz,

Stars:

Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Hugh Laurie	...	Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein	...	Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps	...	Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Dr. James Wilson
Jennifer Morrison	...	Dr. Allison Cameron
Jesse Spencer	...	Dr. Robert Chase
Scott Foley	...	Hank Wiggen
Meredith Monroe	...	Lola
Art LaFleur	...	Warner Fitch
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	...	Sharon
Bryan Singer	...	Himself
Timothy McNeil	...	Patient #2
Deirdre M. Smith	...	Carol Moffatt
Sean Everett	...	Patient #4
Richard Swaidan	...	College Student

Storyline

A major league pitcher with a history of drug use who is attempting a comeback mysteriously breaks his arm and begins to exhibit a variety of symptoms including kidney failure. Although Addison's Disease is suspected, the team is unable to agree on a definitive diagnosis. After his wife volunteers to donate a kidney and is found to be pregnant, she wishes to abort in order to become an organ donor.

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Plot Keywords:

kidney failure | organ donor | baseball card | autograph | marijuana | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 10, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Heel & Toe Films, Shore Z Productions, Bad Hat Harry Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bryan Singer:  Executive Producer appears as director of the sports commercial.

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Goofs

When Cameron and Chase (later joined by Foreman, Sharon, and House) are eating dinner in a restaurant, Cameron begins the scene with her fork in her left hand and knife in the right. The camera cuts to Chase, and we can see the fork in her right hand and nothing in her left; the way it remains for the rest of the scene.

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Quotes

Dr. Gregory House: He needs a new kidney. I was thinking the kidney people might have some.

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Connections

Spoofs 24 (2001)

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Soundtracks

"You Better Stop"
(uncredited)
Written by Wayne Jones and Robbie Wyckoff
Performed by Robbie Wyckoff

User Reviews

:Point of Trivia

I liked this episode as well as the others. But I was also amused by the writer, who knew his literary and movie history. The afflicted pitcher is named 'Hank Wiggen'. He has a very well-known literary namesake. 'Henry Wiggen' was the pitcher-narrator of three excellent baseball novels by Mark Harris. The most well-known of them is 'Bang the Drum Slowly', which was made into a television drama, and then a movie in 1974, starring Michael Moriarity as the pitcher and Robert De Niro (in his debut movie) as an afflicted catcher.

The Wiggen in 'House' is hardly the cynical, insightful observer of the novels, but using the same name is a nice touch.