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House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama series which premiered on Fox on November 16, 2004. House was created by David Shore. The show follows Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), an irascible, maverick medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey.
The most-watched episode of House is the season four episode "Frozen", [211] which aired after Super Bowl XLII. [ 212 ] [ 213 ] It attracted slightly more than 29 million viewers. [ 214 ] House ranked third for the week, equaling the rating of American Idol and being surpassed only by the Super Bowl itself and the post-game show . [ 215 ]
House's team discover unused Ampicillin and frozen microwave burgers, supporting House's diagnosis. An ultrasound of Lucille's liver reveals cirrhosis and a cancerous tumor . The tumor is too large to resect but House orders the team to shrink the tumor with an injection of ethanol so that the surgeon will operate.
The third season of House (also called House, M.D.) aired on FOX from September 5, 2006 [1] to May 29, 2007. [1] Early in the season, House temporarily regains the use of his leg due to ketamine treatment after he was shot in the season two finale. [2] Later in the season, he leaves a stubborn patient in an exam room with a thermometer in his ...
Leading up to the premiere of "Simple Explanation", Fox aired commercials suggesting that the episode would contain a major event, calling the episode, "beyond words". [2] Kutner's death was criticized in The Star-Ledger , with columnist Alan Sepinwall arguing that the death was pointless, and seemingly written only to create a " Very Special ...
The fourth season of House, also known as House, M.D., premiered on September 25, 2007 [1] and ended May 19, 2008. [1] Having previously fired Chase, and with Foreman and Cameron quitting, House starts a competition between 40 applicants for the vacant positions. [2] He eventually narrows them down to seven, firing one each episode. [2]
Hugh Laurie's contract on House expired once the eighth season was over, and Laurie confirmed that once House was over, he would be moving on to strictly film roles. On February 8, 2012, in a joint statement issued by Fox and executive producers David Shore, Katie Jacobs, and Laurie, it was revealed that the season would be the last for House. [3]
In the episode, House is forced to examine his life and future while treating a drug-addicted patient. The title references the series' first episode, "Everybody Lies", a phrase that also serves as House's mantra. [2] The episode aired immediately following "Swan Song", an hour-long retrospective episode. [3]