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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.
Because of her suicide attempt, House can hold Alice in the hospital under psychiatric hold for 72 hours, but Alice is uncooperative and the team must diagnose her before she is allowed to leave. Meanwhile, House takes Cuddy on a double date with Wilson and his girlfriend, Sam (guest star Cynthia Watros).
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 ]
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]
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.
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 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 ...
The show's producers confirmed that his death was indeed a suicide. [4] In "Both Sides Now", Kutner appears briefly in one of House's hallucinations, along with Amber Volakis (who had previously died in "Wilson's Heart"). In "Everybody Dies", the series' final episode, Kutner once again appears in House's hallucinations.