"House M.D." Half-Wit (2007)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Director:

Katie Jacobs

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Lawrence Kaplow (written by)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

6 March 2007 (Season 3, Episode 15)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

House struggles to find out why a pianist savant is losing his ability to play. Ultimately, a decision must be made as to how much brain is necessary for a normal quality of life.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Medical Doctor | Medicine | Maverick Doctor | Pain

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
Dave Matthews	...	Patrick Obyedkov
Kurtwood Smith	...	Dr. Obyedkov
Ingrid Sanai Buron	...	Nurse Bev
Kendra Cover	...	Patient
Scott Weintraub	...	Stage Manager
Tyler Patton	...	Neurosurgeon
Bobbin Bergstrom	...	Nurse

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Bovard Administration Building, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

Kurtwood Smith and Robert Sean Leonard played father and son in Dead Poets Society (1989).

Quotes:

Dr. Eric Foreman: He paged us at five in the morning for that? I'm going back to bed, distonia's not life threatening, who needs a panel to take care of it...
Dr. Cameron: Takes conilizopan for seizures he has from a bus accident when he was ten.
Dr. Eric Foreman: Then we treat with Benstrupine.
Dr. Robert Chase: [enters] What's up?
Dr. Cameron: 35 year old savant, distonia.
Dr. Robert Chase: Pfft. I'm going back to bed.
Dr. Gregory House: [appears] Where're you going?
Dr. Robert Chase: Uh... bathroom. It can wait.
Dr. Eric Foreman: There is no case, House. Even if distonia was a big medical mystery, it's not this time.
Dr. Gregory House: [shocked] And you're not intruiged as to how a perfectly healthy ten year old boy with no prior musical training gets into an accident on his way to school and can suddenly play the piano?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Vertigo (1958)

Soundtrack:

The Entertainer

House and the piano genius

House encounters a half-wit who is only that in everyday life. A bus accident has turned him into a musical genius when he was a kid. As House is trying to diagnose what is causing seizures and his losing the ability to play, his team and colleagues try to find out why House himself is planning on traveling to Boston. At first they assume it's for a job interview but they soon find out it's a much less nicer opportunity. Watch how his team cares for their bad*ass boss and how he tries to push everyone away again as each lackey tries to break through House's hard defense mechanisms. In the meanwhile, always a sucker for good music, House is moved endlessly by piano playing of Patrick, played by none other than Dave Matthews. Brilliantly, may I add.