Needle in a Haystack

Episode aired Feb 6, 2007
TV-14TV-14
44m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

2.4K

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A young man is stricken during sex with his girlfriend, and House must determine why his organs are suddenly shutting down. Finding the cause is like looking for a needle in a haystack.A young man is stricken during sex with his girlfriend, and House must determine why his organs are suddenly shutting down. Finding the cause is like looking for a needle in a haystack.A young man is stricken during sex with his girlfriend, and House must determine why his organs are suddenly shutting down. Finding the cause is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

- Peter O'Fallon
Writers
- David Shore
- David Foster(executive story editor)
- Pam Davis(staff writer)
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Trivia
House's last line, "Vini, Vidi, Vici," is a Latin phrase attributed to Julius Caesar after a successful military campaign meaning, "I came, I saw, and I conquered." The line is also spoken by the title character Tartuffe in the play of the same name after Tartuffe successfully invades a girl's heart. House presumably answers this to Wilson after winning his parking space back by making Cuddy feel guilty.

Goofs
Dr. Cameron uses the mnemonic "Scared Lovers Try Positions They Can't Handle" to remember the bones of the wrist. However, the correct mnemonic is "Scared Lovers Try Positions THAT They Can't Handle" (the first letter in each word stands for scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate.)

Quotes
Dr. Wilson: [to House] Ah, yes. If it isn't Doctor "Ironside."
Dr. Gregory House: Ah, if it isn't Doctor "I Had No Friends When I Was Growing Up, So All I Did Was Watch TV By Myself, Which Is Why I Can Now Make Constant Pop Culture References Which No One Understands But Me."
Dr. Wilson: That's my name. Don't wear it out.

Connections
References Ironside (1967)

Soundtracks
In the Waiting Line
(uncredited)
Written by Sophie Barker, Henry Binns, Sam Hardaker
Performed by Zero 7

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7/10

Unlike the other review.......(seriously, what??)

I think sandcrab277 needs to remember this was / is a TV show and it's entertainment, not real.

As far as the episode goes, the wheel chair was included for some edgy type jokes (like the dwarf in episode 8 or whatever) It's pretty much a formulaic House episode, not bad, not great, but still entertaining. So yeah, that's about it.

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chilichilipepper
Mar 20, 2020

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