"House M.D." The Social Contract (2009)

Director:

Andrew Bernstein

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Doris Egan (written by)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

9 March 2009 (Season 5, Episode 17)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

The team tries to diagnose a condition that leaves the patient saying anything that he thinks, no matter whom it hurts, and Wilson raises House's antennae when he passes up a monster truck rally.

Plot Keywords:

Dinner | Embarrassment | Ritual | Wheelchair | Hospital Gown

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Jan. 3

5:00 PM

USA

The Social Contract

#5.17

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 (credit only)
Jesse Spencer	...	Dr. Robert Chase
Peter Jacobson	...	Dr. Chris Taub
Kal Penn	...	Dr. Lawrence Kutner
Olivia Wilde	...	Thirteen - Dr. Remy Hadley
Jay Karnes	...	Nick Greenwald
Susan Egan	...	Audrey Greenwald
Darcy Rose Byrnes	...	Marika Greenwald
Devon Michaels	...	Timothy Moore
Jodi Harris	...	Elaine
Cyrus Deboo	...	Dr. Kapur

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Heel & Toe Films

Goofs:

Continuity: (At 11:15) House and Wilson are in the cafeteria. House leans over to Wilson's plate and steals some food. He reaches into his inside pocket and takes out a fork and starts to eat. The next shot is over House's shoulder towards Wilson and you see House reaching into his pocket.

Quotes:

Audrey: This pathetic.
Nick: I know. Tell Marika I love her very much.
Audrey: She understands that.
Nick: I don't think she does. You're just saying that to make feel better.
Audrey: Yeah.

Movie Connections:

References Ordinary People (1980)

Soundtrack:

The Shining

Outrageous

TV veteran Jay Karnes stars as an afflicted fellow who says the first thing that comes to mind. Before this, he was the nicest of people. Now he is offending everyone around him and driving his family away. He makes for one of the few patients this season worth watching, while the growing hospital soap opera angle -- a definite negative of the series -- swirls around him. A pithy comment by the patient about Taub's prominent nose sets off a series of very funny moments for actor Peter Jacobson, whose Taub character remains my favorite among the "new" hires. House of course is simultaneously fascinated and repulsed with the idea of restoring the patient to what House considers a fake niceness, since House does not believe in niceness. A great episode, and the business between 13 and Foreman is mercifully toned down for once.