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Half-Wit

  • Episode aired Mar 6, 2007
  • TV-14
  • 44m
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
4.5K
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Hugh Laurie and Dave Matthews in House (2004)
Medical DramaDramaMystery

House struggles to find out why a pianist savant is losing his ability to play. Ultimately, a decision must be made as to how much brain is necessary for a normal quality of life.House struggles to find out why a pianist savant is losing his ability to play. Ultimately, a decision must be made as to how much brain is necessary for a normal quality of life.House struggles to find out why a pianist savant is losing his ability to play. Ultimately, a decision must be made as to how much brain is necessary for a normal quality of life.

  • Director
    • Katie Jacobs
  • Writers
    • David Shore
    • Lawrence Kaplow
    • Pam Davis
  • Stars
    • Hugh Laurie
    • Lisa Edelstein
    • Omar Epps
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.9/10
    4.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Katie Jacobs
    • Writers
      • David Shore
      • Lawrence Kaplow
      • Pam Davis
    • Stars
      • Hugh Laurie
      • Lisa Edelstein
      • Omar Epps
    • 8User reviews
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    Hugh Laurie
    Hugh Laurie
    • Dr. Gregory House
    Lisa Edelstein
    Lisa Edelstein
    • Dr. Lisa Cuddy
    Omar Epps
    Omar Epps
    • Dr. Eric Foreman
    Robert Sean Leonard
    Robert Sean Leonard
    • Dr. James Wilson
    Jennifer Morrison
    Jennifer Morrison
    • Dr. Allison Cameron
    Jesse Spencer
    Jesse Spencer
    • Dr. Robert Chase
    Dave Matthews
    Dave Matthews
    • Patrick Obyedkov
    Kurtwood Smith
    Kurtwood Smith
    • Dr. Obyedkov
    Ingrid Sanai Buron
    Ingrid Sanai Buron
    • Nurse Bev
    Kendra Cover
    Kendra Cover
    • Patient
    Scott Weintraub
    • Stage Manager
    Tyler Patton
    Tyler Patton
    • Neurosurgeon
    Bobbin Bergstrom
    • Nurse
    Alex Gary
    • Kid
    • (uncredited)
    Alexander Hall
    Alexander Hall
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Dru Mouser
    Dru Mouser
    • Arlene
    • (uncredited)
    David Pearl
    David Pearl
    • Concert Hall Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Katie Jacobs
    • Writers
      • David Shore
      • Lawrence Kaplow
      • Pam Davis
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    10thedisturbed-29168

    Love this episode

    Dave Matthews amazes me with how incredibly talented he truly is!! Every time I see him I'm just in awe.
    8Hitchcoc

    Only Half There

    I write review for every episode of this show. I am constantly in detachment mode. Honestly, almost all the patients survive or are cured. It all gets back to house. Because the doctors who work for house find out he is flying to Boston, they begin to speculate on why. The jump to the conclusion that he has an inoperable brain tumor and he will be dead within a year. He does nothing to stifle their beliefs. They begin to look for new positions and, after that, start to check on his situation. We are eventually in for a surprise.

    All this takes place while a piano savant has suddenly become unable to perform on that instrument. His brain is compromised in some way, and that's the rub. The question ultimately is whether he can be operated on and no longer have his gift.

    The detachment thing has to do with another example of House's cruelty toward those who admire and care about him.
    8fuzzytattoologic

    Incredible Episode

    One of the most ridiculous reviews is the *featured review* for this episode? Who comes up with this kind of picking of those? Sounds like someone who just doesn't like Dave Matthews has a skewed view of this episode and made an insanely generic review come to life. Clearly. Even calls her review "Only for Dave Matthews fans..." Watching Hugh Laurie acting in this episode is a joy. He was even nominated for this very episode.

    Lots of great personal interactions between the characters as House becomes even more curious than usual when a savant patient is admitted into Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
    3m-47826

    Only for Dave Matthews fans...

    Season 3 is insanely tame and by the book. Few medical cases stand out, and the characters. House in particular, became the conventional version of what they were in the early seasons. You even sense the soap undertones of what the show becomes at one point, there. And now there's a clear pattern. New patient, same drama. Treatments, complications. Rinse and repeat. Then House goes to Wilson, who tells him something true about himself, and his patient of the week. House sarcastically saves the day, coda. The end. This is why I can't give this show more than the average rating. It is good, but too formulaic to get praised.

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    • Trivia
      Hugh Laurie was nominated for the Emmy of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Dr. Gregory House in this episode.
    • Goofs
      Immediately after a hemispherectomy, patients will not be buttoning their own shorts or walking out of the hospital because one side of their body will be paralyzed until the other brain hemisphere learns to take over for the one that was removed, which will take weeks and intense therapy.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Gregory House: One small feel for man, one giant ass for mankind.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credit sequence is skipped for the first time since the Pilot; only a short title card with House MD on it is shown, all the other credits play out during scenes.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Rainy Day Lament
      (uncredited)

      Written and performed by Joe Purdy

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 6, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Bovard Administration Building, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA(Exterior)
    • Production companies
      • Bad Hat Harry Productions
      • Heel & Toe Films
      • Moratim Produktions
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    • Runtime
      44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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