House (Season 1)

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Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

Pilot (Episode 1) 7.8
Writer: David Shore
Air date: 2004-11-16
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant diagnostician but devoid of bedside manner, and his elite team of young medical experts rush to save the life of a kindergarten teacher who started speaking gibberish and passed out in front of her class.
Paternity (Episode 2) 7.5
Writer: Lawrence Kaplow
Air date: 2004-11-23
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Dr. House goes with his gut and performs an unethical act to prove what he suspects to be the link to a teenage lacrosse player's illness in order to save the boy's life.
Occam's Razor (Episode 3) 7.3
Writer: David Shore
Air date: 2004-11-30
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. House and his team race to save a young man who may have not one, but two illnesses killing him.
Maternity (Episode 4) 7.6
Writer: Peter Blake
Air date: 2004-12-07
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A maternity ward epidemic forces House to decide whether to save the life of one child over another.
Damned If You Do (Episode 5) 7.5
Writer: Sara B. Cooper
Air date: 2004-12-14
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. House's approach is questioned when he treats a nun for what he believes to be an allergy, not realizing the nun's past is coming back to haunt her.
The Socratic Method (Episode 6) 7.9
Writer: John Mankiewicz
Air date: 2004-12-21
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The case of a schizophrenic mom with a deadly disease and her teenage son who have traded caretaking roles holds a special interest for Dr. House.
Fidelity (Episode 7) 7.4
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
Air date: 2004-12-28
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. House's diagnosis of a married woman with a rare sleep disorder forces her and her husband to examine their marriage and question their trust for each other.
Poison (Episode 8) 7.4
Writer: Matt Witten
Air date: 2005-01-25
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: House and his team have to act fast when a high school student is admitted with a mysterious and lethal poisoning, especially when they discover more teens have been diagnosed with the same deadly illness.
DNR (Episode 9) 8.0
Writer: David Foster
Air date: 2005-02-01
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: House has to defend himself when he treats a patient who has legally chosen to refuse treatment.
Histories (Episode 10) 7.9
Writer: Joel Anderson Thompson
Air date: 2005-02-08
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. House and the team treat a homeless woman whose worsening symptoms and unknown identity prove to be a complex mystery.
Detox (Episode 11) 8.1
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
Air date: 2005-02-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. House takes Cuddy's challenge to go off his painkillers for a week, but the effects of his withdrawal symptoms may put his patient in danger.
Sports Medicine (Episode 12) 7.7
Writer: David Shore
Air date: 2005-02-22
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A baseball player's comeback is cut short when he breaks his arm and House and his team have to act fast to figure out what is causing major bone loss that's killing the player and his dreams.
Cursed (Episode 13) 7.5
Writer: Matt Witten
Air date: 2005-03-01
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. House's young patient believes his illness is the result of a curse while House uncovers important information about Chase's father.
Control (Episode 14) 8.0
Writer: Lawrence Kaplow
Air date: 2005-03-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The hospital's new Chairman of the Board has it out for Dr. House, questioning his importance to the hospital and threatening to eliminate House and his team.
Mob Rules (Episode 15) 7.3
Writer: John Mankiewicz
Air date: 2005-03-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. House and his team race to diagnose a member of the mob and get him well enough to testify and enter the witness protection program while Cuddy works to convince Vogler of House's importance to the hospital.
Heavy (Episode 16) 8.0
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
Air date: 2005-03-29
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Dr. House and his team try to uncover the reason a 10-year-old has a heart attack while House suspects one of his team is selling him out to Vogler.
Role Model (Episode 17) 7.8
Writer: Matt Witten
Air date: 2005-04-12
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: House and his team battle to save a presidential hopeful, and House refuses to give in to Vogler's ultimatum when given the chance to save one of his team members.
Babies & Bathwater (Episode 18) 8.1
Writer: David Shore
Air date: 2005-04-19
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: House and his team battle to diagnose a pregnant patient's life-threatening illness, prompting her to make the most emotional decision of her life, and Vogler is determined to fire House.
Kids (Episode 19) 7.8
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
Air date: 2005-05-03
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: House and his team race to diagnose a 12-year-old's illness - an illness with a shocking origin - and House asks Cameron to come back to her job.
Love Hurts (Episode 20) 7.7
Writer: Sara B. Cooper
Air date: 2005-05-10
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: House and his team tackle the case of a young man with a penchant for odd behavior, and House prepares for his date with Cameron.
Three Stories (Episode 21) 9.1
Writer: David Shore
Air date: 2005-05-17
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: House must decide whether to take the case of his ex-love's husband and he gives medical students a lecture they'll never forget.
Honeymoon (Episode 22) 7.8
Writer: John Mankiewicz
Air date: 2005-05-24
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: House is faced with a problem he may not be able to solve and Stacy returns.