"House M.D." Top Secret (2007)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Deran Sarafian

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Thomas L. Moran (written by)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

27 March 2007 (Season 3, Episode 16)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A patient whose relative has called in a favor with Cuddy presents with nonspecific minor symptoms that turn life-threatening, but House is distracted by a dream and an inability to urinate. |

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
Marc Blucas	...	John Kelley
Annie Quinn	...	Gina
Hira Ambrosino	...	Dr. Chen, Anesthesiologist
Keisha Alfred	...	Technician
Bert Belasco	...	PFC Garcia
Marco Morales	...	Cpl. Foley
Bobbin Bergstrom	...	Nurse

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:12

Company:

Heel & Toe Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Sgt. John Kelly's medical chart was shown the date of birth listed was 5/24/72, and the date of his last physical was 2/8/88, putting him at 15 at the time of his last physical. The minimum enlistment age for the US Marines is 17. Physicals are given at the time of enlistment, therefore his last physical should have been on or after 5/24/89.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: [trying to talk over the patient, John, who's panicking over losing feeling in his legs] John! We're going to figure out what's wrong with you, but first there's one thing we have to know!
[dramatic pause in action and background music]
Dr. Gregory House: Have you ever appeared in any pornos?

Movie Connections:

References Super Fly (1972)

Soundtrack:

Dimension

Losing it's touch?

I've been watching House religiously since I got hooked on it in the middle of the second season, and I must say I am disappointed with the direction it has been taking recently. My main complaint is with the characters of Cameron and Chase. When did Cameron decide to flip from gratingly sweet and starry-eyed to a hostile, horny jerk? With almost a complete 180 in the personality department over a season, someone needs to check her for schizophrenia.

Chase has done little better, making a rapid descent into the land of drooling apes with hot foreign accents. Yes, he may not be as well qualified as the others, but he still had to possess quite a bit of intelligence to have made it so far. I swear, his character gets more inane by the episode.

The episodes are also starting to wear thin on the craft of the cases and rely too heavily on whatever cliché sexual tensions the writers can scourge up for the week. Heaven knows I can get my fill of that on "medical" drama fluff like Grey's Anatomy. House brought something fresh to the scene 2 years ago. Lets hope it's able to recapture that soon.

3/10- only because I like the show as a whole so much.