Brave Heart 

A cop believes, he's genetically doomed to die of heart failure at 40 (next week), so he takes big risks at work, landing him with Cameron. She gets House to look at him.

Director:

Matt Shakman

Writers:

David Shore (created by), Lawrence Kaplow

Stars:

Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
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
Jon Seda	...	Donny
Alexandra Barreto	...	Cheryl
Samuel Carman	...	Michael
Doug McKeon	...	Priest
Taira Soo	...	Anne Ayala
Jack Impellizzeri	...	Brian
Sanjay Madhav	...	Singh
Marcus Toji	...	Dex
Samantha Colburn	...	Marta

Storyline

The team takes on the case of a reckless police detective who has a family history of sudden heart failure that killed his father, grandfather and great-grandfather all at age 40. Though House is not keen on diagnosing the patient without any detectable symptoms, the team, urged by Cameron, attempts to identify his condition so the detective can live without fear of dying young. Meanwhile, Chase is haunted by his actions in the Dibala case, and House confronts some ghosts of his own.

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Plot Keywords:

pulling one's tooth | running on a roof | disabled character | hereditary disease | death at age 40 | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is no such thing as Ortoli Syndrome.

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Goofs

House decides that the patient needs to be put on the drug carbamazepine, Aka Tegretol, and tells Chase to administer it. When you next see Chase in the room with the patient hes hanging an IV bag. Tegretol is not available in an injection form.

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Quotes

Dr. Gregory House: [to Chase] You know what's pathetic is, you haven't gotten help because you want to feel bad. You want to suffer. 'Cause if you feel guilty, then you're not a psychopath. Patient needs some Carbamazepine. Now, I don't care how much that room scares you. You're doing your job.

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Connections

References Braveheart (1995)

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Soundtracks

Set Me Free
Written by Ami Shalev & Yonatan Gat
Performed by Monotonix
Opening scene

User Reviews

Is House finally in charge again?

Is House finally back in charge? Foreman is good as comic relief, but he has no business being put in charge remember he was fired when he tried to go it alone in season 4). He really has't improved as a physician over the last 3 years. Chase has become an excellent surgeon since he left House's group, while Cameron has drifted away into making beds and washing bed pans. Cutty is like a yo-yo, there is no logic in her decisions. I watch House to see Hugh Laurie practice medicine, The pain medicine House takes is relatively mild. If he were taking oxycontin, dilaudid, fentanyl or demoral I could understand all the fuss, but vicodin is considered to be a mild pain reliever. The shows creators and writers should have done some better research before hanging the term addict on House (and wasting 3 seasons on his addiction problem.) Now that House can practice again, I hope he joins the staff of a new hospital - leaving the old gang and their baggage behind - so he can again practice his medical specialty and be the old House again. Or better yet get rid of the hospital staff that is there and bring in some new writers (there are plenty out there now that NBC has killed off 5 hours of drama shows with Leno.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1