"House M.D." House's Head (2008)

User Rating:

9.7/10   

Director:

Greg Yaitanes

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Peter Blake (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

12 May 2008 (Season 4, Episode 15)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A bus that House was riding crashes. House claims there's a victim on the bus that's dying, but not from the bus accident. He stops at nothing to figure out who the patient is and what is ailing them. |

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
Peter Jacobson	...	Dr. Chris Taub
Kal Penn	...	Dr. Lawrence Kutner
Olivia Wilde	...	Thirteen - Dr. Hadley
Anne Dudek	...	Dr. Amber Volakis
Henry Hayashi	...	Bus Driver
Julie Ariola	...	Nurse Dickerson
Fred Durst	...	Bartender
Ivana Milicevic	...	Woman in Black
Boogie	...	Dreadlocks

Runtime:

Germany:44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Heel & Toe Films

Trivia:

"Thirteen's" name is revealed to be Hadley. Cuddy is yelling at her not do a procedure that House has ordered, and is calling Thirteen, Dr. Hadley.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When House's heart stops, Wilson and Cuddy perform CPR on him, with Cuddy doing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. However, she is doing it incorrectly; she is not pinching his nostrils shut, which is necessary, otherwise the breath of air will escape out of the nose, making mouth-to-mouth ineffective.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: [after Cuddy stops stripping in his dream] Dance woman!
Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You'd rather be diagnosing.
Dr. Gregory House: I screamed "*no*!"
Dr. Lisa Cuddy: And your own subconscious ignored you. Because you'd rather fantasize about symptoms. How screwed up is that?

Movie Connections:

References Altered States (1980)

Soundtrack:

There's No F*****g Rules, Dude

These episodes keep getting better...

A month ago when the episode wherein a doctor trapped in the antarctic must perform medical practices on herself and her partner, everybody--including myself--seemed to think that that was the best House episode ever. Now, just two episodes later, I find the same thing coming from my mouth.

This episode is absolutely incredible. It's enthralling and weird, and really defies the usual House formula of "Faint or seize, credits, convince House to take case, diagnosis one, screw up, diagnosis two, screw up, random dialogue, five minute long expression of realization, diagnosis three, success, credits." Let me just say that the last few episodes of this season have managed to create more positive feelings towards Amber, and that for a few seconds on the screen, House shows a little more desperation to save someone than we have ever seen. It's an incredible episode. If you haven't watched it, you need to.