HOUSE TRIES TO DECIPHER AN AUTISTIC BOY’S SIGNALS
IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE WHAT IS CAUSING HIM TO SCREAM
ON "HOUSE" TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, ON FOX

Show Airing in 8:00 PM Timeslot

House takes the case of Adam, a 10-year-old severely autistic boy who screams loudly for no apparent reason, at least not a reason his three previous doctors could diagnose. The team wonders why House is taking the case – the boy’s not sick; his symptoms seem to be a product of his autism. House claims he just wants a patient who can’t lie, but it seems he relates to this kid: the social aloofness, the obsession with detail, the lack of social graces. In fact, House actually envies him; living in a shell has its advantages. But when Cuddy makes a minor change to House’s office and House refuses to use the office until it’s returned to its original state, he finds himself wandering the hospital in need of a temporary home, crashing in Cuddy and Wilson’s offices. Meanwhile, teenager Ali from the previous episode still has a crush on House and is becoming a nuisance around the hospital. As Adam becomes more ill and the torturous diagnostic procedures yield nothing, House realizes he needs an answer, and his patient just might be the only one who can give him one. House finds he has to break through the very shell he admires in order to get anything out of the boy in the “Lines in the Sand” episode of HOUSE airing Tuesday, Sept. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). (HOU-304) (TV-14 D)

HOUSE AND THE TEAM ARE PULLED IN DIFFERING ETHICAL DIRECTIONS WHEN THEIR PATIENT ASKS THEM TO HELP HIM END HIS LIFE
ON "HOUSE" TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, ON FOX

Joel Grey Guest-Stars

Show Airing in 8:00 PM Timeslot

The ketamine has worn off and House is back to using his cane and doesn't want to talk about it. His new patient is Ezra Powell (guest star Joel Grey), a renowned pioneer in the field of medical research, who collapsed in his lab. House puts Ezra through diagnostic rigors, but the team is unable to come up with a conclusive diagnosis, and Ezra's health continues to deteriorate. Becoming increasingly debilitated, Ezra ultimately demands that the team stop the litany of medical tests and help him end his life. The team members have divergent opinions on the morality of helping Ezra die, especially since the possibility of a cure is still in question. The moral dilemma of whether to assist in his suicide and abide by Ezra's wishes, or to ignore what their patient wants drives the team in very different directions. Meanwhile, the teenage daughter of a clinic patient has developed a crush on Dr. House in the "Informed Consent" episode of HOUSE airing Tuesday, Sept. 19 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). (HOU-303) (TV-14 L)

HOUSE AND THE TEAM FIGHT TO SAVE A YOUNG BOY
WHO CLAIMS HE’S BEING EXPERIMENTED ON BY ALIENS,
WHILE CUDDY AND WILSON WITHHOLD THE TRUTH FROM HOUSE
THAT HE REALLY WAS RIGHT ON HIS LAST CASE
ON "HOUSE" TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, ON FOX

Show Airing in 8:00 PM Timeslot

House’s ego has taken quite a blow because he failed to diagnose his last case, and it’s affecting him physically. He is obviously in pain again, although he continues to deny it. House’s new case is 7-year-old Clancy, a product of in-vitro fertilization, who’s been admitted to the hospital with rectal bleeding and proclamations of being tortured by aliens. As the team runs tests on him, they discover the same test is giving conflicting results. When Clancy claims to have a tracking device in the back of his neck and the team discovers an unknown metal object exactly in that spot, they aren’t quite sure what to think. Amidst all this weirdness, Cuddy and Wilson decide it would be best not to tell House the truth about his last case, thinking that perhaps he will learn some humility if he believes he’s not always right. Cameron discovers the lie and is outraged, but Cuddy convinces her to hold off telling House. When House and the team discover cells with a different type of DNA in Clancy’s body, they are forced to give Clancy’s alien claims a little more credence, but a frustrated House gives up on his young patient, forcing Cuddy to re-think her desire to hold back the truth she’s hiding in the “Cane & Able” episode of HOUSE airing Tuesday, Sept. 12 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). (HOU-302) (TV-14 D, L)

The doctor is in. House returned Sept. 5 and re-established itself as the hottest show in Canada, drawing 2.9-million viewers (up 48% over last year’s season two premiere). ...

Remarkably, House, starring Hugh Laurie, does better in Canada than in America, where just under 20 million caught the third season return on Fox.

The timing looks good after House enjoyed a big season premiere last week. The Hugh Laurie drama posted a 7.2 rating/20 share in the adult 18-49 demo, the highest number ever for the show without an American Idol lead-in.

HOUSE IS BACK AT WORK AFTER RECOVERING
FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS
AND TAKES ON TWO CASES SIMULTANEOUSLY -
ONE OF WHICH HE PUSHES TO THE EDGE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT, PROMPTING CUDDY AND THE TEAM TO QUESTION HIS MOTIVES
ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF "HOUSE"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, ON FOX

Kathleen Quinlan Guest-Stars

Show Airing in 8:00 PM Timeslot for Four Weeks

House has recovered from multiple gunshot wounds and is back at work, taking on two cases simultaneously: Richard, paralyzed after brain cancer surgery eight years ago, who drove himself on his motorized wheelchair headfirst into a swimming pool; and Caren, a young woman paralyzed from the neck down after a yoga session. As House begins to diagnose and treat them, the team notices a distinct change in his attitude toward the patients, and Cameron even catches Richard's wife thanking House for his sensitivity to her husband's situation. House suspects that Richard could possibly walk again, but he has no specific medical proof to back up his hunch and the various treatment avenues he pursues lead nowhere. Cameron and Foreman refuse to indulge House and his theories, which they feel he's pursuing merely to make the case interesting for himself. Cuddy and Wilson also are convinced House is creating a mystery out of Richard's case to cure his own boredom, but he denies it and becomes more frustrated when his theories do not point to a cure for Richard, forcing House to face an unpleasant truth in the “Meaning” episode of HOUSE airing Tuesday, Sept. 5 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HOU-301) (TV-PG L)