"House M.D." One Day, One Room (2007)

Director:

Juan José Campanella

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
David Shore (writer)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

30 January 2007 (Season 3, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Stuck with clinic duty, House almost wishes he had the boring patients back after he encounters a young woman with an STD and the need to talk. |

Plot Keywords:

Abortion | Rape | God | Atheism | Disturbed Childhood

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
Katheryn Winnick	...	Eve
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Older Man
Marco Pelaez	...	Hospital Pharmacist
Nick Slatkin	...	Hiccupping Patient
Michelle L. Gardner	...	Dr. Stone (as Michelle Gardner)
Randy Evans	...	Patient #1
Bryna Weiss	...	Patient #3
Roger Ainslie	...	Nose Patient
Kristen Glass	...	Beauty

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene in which House talks to Wilson in Wilson's office he keeps touching his lips with the handle of his cane. However, in the shots taken from behind House with Wilson's desk in view, his lips touch the backside of the cane's handle. In the far shots from Wilson's desk the cane is suddenly turned around and House's lips touch the front of the handle.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: Wake up. It's not as bad as what happened to you, I don't think. I don't know what happened to you. But given how lousy you're responding, I assume it was worse than getting abused by your grandmother.
Eve: What did she do to you?
Dr. Gregory House: My parents traveled a lot, and they'd leave me with her. She liked things the way she liked them. And she believed in discipline. She was right, I suppose, because I hardly ever screwed up when she was around. Too scared of being forced to sleep in the yard or take a bath in ice. your turn.
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Movie Connections:

References Touch of Evil (1958)

Great Episode

I thought this episode was among the best.

What was clever about it was that in both House's interaction with the raped girl, and Cameron's interaction with the old man, was that they were forced to face the things that they fear the most.

House always wants to stay away from patients and focus purely on science, analysis, and solving the puzzle. He also avoids, at all costs, talking about anything truly personal and dealing with emotional issues. Imagine him then being placed in a room with a victim of rape, which is about as personal and emotional as it gets. House is clearly out of his element. There have been several comments about the woman continually reminding House that she was raped. I think that she was saying that to House when he tried to shift their discussions and fall back into his logic and analysis mode. She kept House in her zone where he was forced to deal with the personal interaction and her emotions.

Cameron has always had an aversion to dealing with death. From early in the series, she would freeze up when dealing with terminal patients. Her character is one of empathy. She can't bring herself to tell someone that they are dying. When the patient is dying, she goes out of her way to make the patient as comfortable as possible (as any doctor would). In this episode, she is confronted with a patient how demands that he be allowed to suffer until he dies. It is a situation where she has to stare a dying man in the face during his last days and he won't allow her to empathize.