No Reason (23 May 2006)

An old patient of House comes back and seeks revenge upon him in the form of gunshot.

Director:

David Shore

Writers:

David Shore (creator), David Shore (teleplay),

Stars:

Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps

Cast

Episode credited 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
Elias Koteas	...	Jack Moriarty
Michelle Clunie	...	Judy
Chris Tallman	...	Vince
Obie Sims	...	Cuddy's Patient
Bobbin Bergstrom	...	Nurse
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gary Grove	...	Puppeteer

Storyline

While trying to figure out the disease of a man whose tongue has swollen grossly, an old patient of Dr. House comes back to seek revenge on the doctor due to the pain he caused his family. House wakes up a patient of his medical team, with one odd anomaly: his leg no longer hurts. After other scientifically improbable and horrific accidents throughout the day, House discovers that what's going on around him isn't real, that he's hallucinating.

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Plot Keywords:

ketamine | morphine | swollen tongue | dream | shot in the belly | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 2006 (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

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the DVD commentary, by the end of filming the scene where House runs a robot limb along Cameron's body, even some crew members were blushing.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dr. Gregory House: He's got a temperature of 103.
Dr. Robert Chase: Why do we care?
Dr. Gregory House: Because we're humans, we work like that.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Episode dated 19 May 2006 (2006)

User Reviews

Season Two ends with an examination of House's guilt, fears and desires..

If David Lynch chose to direct an episode of House, this would be it. "No Reason" is unsettling, illogical and frightening, and it only makes sense if viewed from House's subconscious. House is shot by the husband of one of his former patients, and what follows is part real/part hallucination -- or is it a total hallucination? Right after this incident, we are meant to believe that House, while in recovery, is helping solve the case of a man with a swollen tongue who's rapidly, spectacularly and horrifically deteriorating.

There are two things to consider here -- first of all House's relationship with his co-workers is radically different, and his placement into a bed next to his attacker is, of course, totally unrealistic. After a while it becomes clear that the husband acts not as an antagonist, bus as House's guilt talking directly to him. He's driving House, and the audience, crazy.

House's interaction with Chase, Cameron and Foreman is almost gentle, maybe a way of House showing regret of all the sarcasm and abuse he confronted them with. There's also an erotic moment between him and Cameron which has to be seen to be believed.

If the course of this show presented its anti-hero as a cold perfectionist, No Reason shows him for what he's really like deep inside --

-- human.

Can't wait for Season 3!!