Locked In (30 Mar. 2009)

House is injured in a motorcycle accident. While recovering, he finds an accident victim suffering from a brain injury. House tries to prove the brain damage caused the accident, not vice versa, so he can treat the patient.

Director:

Daniel Attias

Writers:

David Shore (creator), Russel Friend,

Stars:

Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps

Cast

Episode cast overview:
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	...	Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley
Faune A. Chambers	...	Molly (as Faune Chambers)
John Kapelos	...	Dr. Kurtz
Mos Def	...	Lee
Skye Barrett	...	Jolie
Scotty Noyd Jr.	...	Drake
Bobbin Bergstrom	...	Nurse

Storyline

While treated for light lesions received in a motorcycle accident in Middletown, House proves ER Dr. Kurtz wrong twice about another ER patient: bike accident victim Lee. He reveals that Lee is neither brain dead nor received his brain injury from the crash but the other way around. Lee anxiously hears everything but loses the ability to communicate with his eyelid movements because of a brain biopsy. Taub hopes to convince House to cancel his ill-considered resignation. Wilson jousts with House about why he was in Middletown, while both fear their secrets may be discovered.

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Plot Keywords:

motorcycle accident | blink | aerial shot | riding a bicycle | mistaken for dead | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 10, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Heel & Toe Films, Shore Z Productions, Bad Hat Harry Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

House explains that he was in New York to buy a guitar like the one Duane Allman used. Allman died in a motorcycle accident (the reason House was admitted) in 1971.

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Goofs

When Kutner defibrillates the patient, he has the paddles positioned wrong. The left-hand paddle is over the middle of the chest (sternum) and the right-hand paddle is over the white ECG contact below the left nipple.

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Quotes

Dr. Allison Cameron: [Handling him some pills] Here this going to hurt even more. Take two now, two later.
[House swallows all the pills]
Dr. Gregory House: Oops.

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Connections

References The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

User Reviews

Somehow familiar....

True, it is really a good episode. But why do I not lose the feeling the writer and the director watched "Le Scaphandre et le papillon" ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" --> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401383/)?? Okay, it is not quite the same, as some aspects of communication differ from the mentioned film. Nevertheless it is interesting to watch an episode of "House, M.D." from a point of view, as if you have never seen any other episode before (a few minutes in: "These guys are friends?"). You can observe how the main characters appear to outsiders and get to know them from another angle. And there is reason to believe, that this episode might be the start of some changes to come. I'm curious. :)