"House M.D." Three Stories (2005)

Director:

Paris Barclay

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
David Shore (written by)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

17 May 2005 (Season 1, Episode 21)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

House's ex Stacy Warner asks him to treat her husband. House takes over a diagnostics class for a day and presents the class with three case studies of leg pain. As House tells his story and the class gradually fills up with listeners, the class learns a lot about how to be better doctors, and Chase, Foreman and Cameron learn some important details of House's past.

Plot Keywords:

Coma | Doctor | Medical Doctor | Pain | Medicine

Cast

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
Sela Ward	...	Stacy Warner
Nicole Bilderback	...	Caring Student
Andrew Keegan	...	Rebellious Student
Josh Zuckerman	...	Keen Student
Brent Briscoe	...	Farmer
Stephanie Venditto	...	Nurse Brenda Previn
James Saxenmeyer	...	Late 30s Man
Carmen Electra	...	Herself
Andi Eystad	...	Volleyball Player

Runtime:

Netherlands:55 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Japan:Unrated | Netherlands:12

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: When House asks the students what can cause urine to be brown-colored, one of them responds, "Waste." This is ambiguous to the point of being medically meaningless. Urine primarily contains nitrogenous "waste" in the form of urea, which is what gives it its characteristic yellow color. Humans also excrete feces as digestive "waste" and exhale carbon dioxide as respiratory "waste." There are literally countless examples of "waste" products and to say that the urine is turning brown because it has "waste" in it doesn't mean a thing.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: It's a basic truth of the human condition, that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is that, it tends to focus their priorities. Find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for... What they're willing to lie for.

Movie Connections:

References "Baywatch" (1989)

Whoa!!

This episode only has one word to describe it: amazing! I could use some more adjectives but, I mean, you got my point... It gives us a vision of House and his past that we never had before and it makes us understand better why he is like he is and be more sympathetic towards him. It also shows that his staff and his friends don't know him nor understand him that well and that House really can be a good teacher and a good person. In my opinion, Cameron gets a new view of House and understands what he meant with him being her next "charity case". I wish every episode was like this one, it would be the best television show EVER (even now it's close). It definitely deserves the Emmy, it's excellent!