"House M.D." The Right Stuff (2007)

Director:

Deran Sarafian

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Doris Egan (written by) ...

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

2 October 2007 (Season 4, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

House is forced to choose a new staff... and gathers 40 applicants to start narrowing down the field. Meanwhile, an Air Force pilot wants House to treat her secretly so she doesn't ruin her chances of becoming an astronaut.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Medical Doctor | Pain | Medicine | Maverick Doctor

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
Anne Dudek	...	Dr. Amber Volakis
Edi Gathegi	...	Dr. Jeffrey 'Big Love' Cole
Peter Jacobson	...	Dr. Chris Taub
Kal Penn	...	Dr. Lawrence Kutner
Olivia Wilde	...	Thirteen
Carmen Argenziano	...	Henry Dobson
Andy Comeau	...	Dr. Travis Brennan
Meera Simhan	...	Dr. Jody Desai
Essence Atkins	...	Captain Greta Cooper

Runtime:

Germany:44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Heel & Toe Films

Trivia:

On the blackboard behind house is the phrase "Tesla Was Robbed". Nikola Tesla was once offered $50,000 to create improvements for the Edison Company and after the work was finished he was not paid. Here there are two tie-ins, one is that the patient offered House $50,000 for her treatment, and two is a joke that most of the applicants for House's team are there working for nothing since chances are they'll be fired.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the hyperbaric chamber, the sprinklers go off after the fire is out.

Quotes:

Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [to House] You bumped a spleenectomy for a boob job?

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The new team

THE RIGHT STUFF starts out with House grilling 40 potential staff members on why the late character actor Buddy Ebsen really got sick while filming THE WIZARD OF OZ. But it quickly shifts gears when he is presented with a mystery patient who is undergoing bouts of "hearing" through her eyes, not a good thing in her actual profession as a combat pilot looking to become an astronaut. Familiar character actors Carmen Argenziano and Kal Penn are among the huge cast, and several unfamiliar faces add greatly to the shenanigans. House slowly eliminates doctor after doctor from the group as the episode races by, and by the third episode, we will find he is down to a tight handful. Since almost every actor appearing as part of the original 40 has lines of dialog, and they all must be SAG members to appear on a show like HOUSE, I can just imagine what this "little" episode cost Fox. But it was well worth it. Unlike the season opener, which had too much House and little else, a must-see. Oh, and some faces from the past make guest appearances. But are they real or figments of House's fevered imagination?