One case per episode, several guesses as to what the patient suffers from, a multitude of tests, and a final diagnosis. That’s how it works. Add Gregory Houses’s bad temper and often abusive behaviour, and this is a gripping series. There are loads of interesting medical content also, even if they all tend to have seizures or suffer from vasculitis initially. This first season has an episode that is a little different. House has to give a lecture to students, and they go through three cases of leg pain (episode 21). This lets us know what happened years ago that made him limp. A very touching episode. I didn’t get to the end of this series when it came out 20 years ago, so it’s fun to start fresh. I hope I will hold the distance this time.
“- I just want to die with a little dignity.
– There’s no such thing. Our bodies break down. Sometimes when we’re 90. Sometimes before we’re even born. But it always happens and there’s never any dignity in it. I don’t care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass. It’s always ugly. Always. We can live with dignity, we can’t die with it.”
Twenty-two episodes of approximately 1 hour
Episode 1. Pilot
Episode 2. Paternity
Episode 3. Occam’s Razor
Episode 4. Maternity
Episode 5. Damned If You Do
Episode 6. The Socratic Method
Episode 7. Fidelity
Episode 8. Poison
Episode 9. DNR
Episode 10. Histories
Episode 11. Detox
Episode 12. Sports Medicine
Episode 13. Cursed
Episode 14. Control
Episode 15. Mob Rules
Episode 16. Heavy
Episode 17. Role Model
Episode18. Babies & Bathwater
Episode 19. Kids
Episode 20. Love Hurt
Episode 21. Three Stories
Episode 22. Honeymoon