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House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. The Emmy and Peabody Award winning medical drama debuted on the FOX Network on November 16, 2004.

House stars British actor Hugh Laurie as the American title character, a role for which he received the 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe Awards and 2007 Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor in a Drama. The third season of House premiered on September 5, 2006 in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In February 2007, House was renewed for a fourth season, which will premiere on September 25, 2007 in the United States and Canada.

Plot

Dr. Gregory House is a maverick medical genius, who heads a team of young diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (based directly on the Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, the teaching hospital affiliated with Yale University) in New Jersey. Most episodes start with a cold open somewhere outside the hospital, showing the events leading to the onset of symptoms for that week's main patient. The episode follows the team in their attempts to diagnose the illness.

The team arrives at diagnoses using the Socratic method and differential diagnosis, with House guiding the deliberations. House often discounts the information and opinions from his underlings, pointing out that their contributions have missed various relevant factors. The patient is usually misdiagnosed two or three times over the course of each episode, often with sarcoidosis, lupus, cancer or an infection and treated with medications appropriate to those diagnoses that cause further complications. Often the ailment cannot be easily deduced because the patient has lied about symptoms and circumstances. House frequently mutters, "Everybody lies" or proclaims during the team's deliberations: "The patient is lying" or "The symptoms never lie". Even when not stated explicitly, this assumption guides House's decisions and diagnoses.

House's begrudging fulfillment of his mandatory walk-in clinic duty is a recurring subplot on the show. During clinic duty, House confounds patients with an eccentric bedside manner and unorthodox treatments, but impresses them with rapid and accurate diagnoses after seemingly not paying attention. He often plays video games on either his PSP or his GBA SP while patients or one of his colleagues talk to hi, and, in one episode, House diagnoses five patients in the waiting room in under a minute on his way out of the clinic. Realizations made during some of the simple problems House faces in the clinic often help him solve the main case of the episode — ironic, because he claims to hate working in the clinic.

Episodes frequently feature the unusual practice of entering a patient's house with or without the owner's permission in order to search for clues that might suggest a certain pathology. The creator, David Shore, originally intended for the show to be a CSI type show where the "germs were the suspects", but has since shifted much of the focus to the characters rather than concentrating solely on the environment.

A running joke in the series is that Lupus is suggested as a cause of the patient's symptoms in many episodes, although invariably this is quickly dismissed. In one episode, House produces some of his secret Vicodin stash from inside a hollowed out Lupus textbook; by way of explanation, he says, "It's never lupus". Lupus is one of the medical conditions known as The Great Imitator, because it can present with a wide variety of symptoms.

Another large portion of the plot centers around House's abuse of Vicodin and other drugs to manage pain stemming from an infarction in his quadriceps muscle some years prior which causes him to walk with a cane. The pain and drug abuse act to increase many of his more objectionable character traits while not impairing his medical acumen, which leads him to often self-medicate. Overall, House is thus presented as a classic flawed hero.

House is in many respects a medical Sherlock Holmes. This resemblance is evident in various large elements of the series's plot. House, like Holmes, often relies (particularly in his clinic cases) on apparent minutiae to make accurate snap judgments about his subject's lives. He also displays a keen interest in individual psychology as a piece of his larger analytic method. House is addicted to Vicodin, but he can get along without it when the case is interesting; similarly, Holmes used cocaine out of boredom when he did not have a good case. These thematic parallels are confirmed and hammered home by various otherwise trivial plot details. For example, Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street and House's street address, as shown in "Hunting", is also 221B. Moreover, the name "House" itself can be read as a pun on "Holmes" ("homes").

U.S. Television Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of House on FOX. Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Season 1

Timeslot: Tuesday at 9:00 PM
Premiere: November 16, 2004
Finale: May 24, 2005
TV Season: 2004-2005
Ranking: #24
Viewers: 13.3 Million

Season 2

Timeslot: Tuesday at 9:00 PM
Premiere: September 13, 2005
Finale: May 23, 2006
TV Season: 2005-2006
Ranking: #10
Viewers: 17.3 Million

Season 3

Timeslot: Tuesday at 8:00 PM (2006) and Tuesday at 9:00 PM (2006-2007)
Premiere: September 5, 2006
Finale: May 29, 2007
TV Season: 2006-2007
Ranking: #7
Viewers: 19.4 Million

Before it premiered on November 16, 2004, House received early critical acclaim - so much so, that FOX used a quote from the Washington Post in it's ads for House stating that the show is "the best medical drama since the debut of E.R." It attracted just a little over 7 million viewers for it's series' premiere (the 62nd most watched show for the week of November 15-21, 2004), although it improved the audience numbers for FOX from its lead in that night, the scarcely watched, short lived Richard Branson reality program, The Rebel Billionaire (attracting 5.45 million viewers; the 78th most watched show for the same aforementioned week).

It wasn't until January 25, 2005 when House increased it's audience significantly, courtesy of a more popular lead in: the fourth season of the mega hit American Idol. House became FOX's most successful occupant in the post American Idol timeslot - even more successful than it's prior timeslot occupant, the hit drama 24. An example of this success was shown by the audience numbers in the spring of 2005 of the reruns of some of the episodes that originally aired in 2004, which were comparable to the audience numbers of original episodes also airing during that particular spring.

Before the Fall 2005 television season, FOX planned to move House from Tuesdays 9 PM to Mondays 8 PM for January 2006. However, the surprising success of the serial drama Prison Break (which later occupied the Monday 8 PM timeslot) nixed the plan. House remained airing Tuesdays at 9 PM, gaining an bigger audience and cracking into the top 10 of most watched primetime shows.

Production

House is aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a co-production of Heel and Toe Films (Paul Attanasio and Katie Jacobs), Shore Z Productions (David Shore) and Bad Hat Harry Productions (Bryan Singer) in association with the NBC Universal Television Studio (formed after General Electric, the owners of NBC, bought Universal Studios from Vivendi Universal) for FOX. All three companies are responsible for production and all four people are executive producers of the show. David Shore's ideas for House, M.D. are inspired by the writings of Berton Roueche.

As of Season 2, episode "TB or Not TB", a German production company, Moratim, is credited in the copyright notice instead of Universal Network Television. (Moratim Produktions GmbH & Co. KG, of Pullach im Isartal, Germany). Moratim produced five episodes.

Casting

The producers were reportedly dissatisfied with early auditions for the role of House. When Hugh Laurie auditioned, he apologized for his appearance as he was filming "Flight of the Phoenix" at the time. Laurie's American accent was reportedly so flawless that Bryan Singer singled him out as an example of a real American actor, being unaware of Laurie's background. Laurie later stated that his original impression was that the show was about Dr. James Wilson, as the script referred to him as a doctor with "boyish" looks, assumed this to be the star and that Dr. House was the "sidekick" (the show was not yet titled House at that point). It was not until he received the full teleplay of the pilot that he realized that House was the protagonist. Laurie, whose father was a doctor himself, said he felt guilty for "being paid more to become a fake version of my own father" after being cast as House.

Theme Music

The opening theme is "Teardrop" by Massive Attack. "Teardrop" itself does have lyrics, sung by guest vocalist Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins; however, the version used in the opening credits uses only the beginning and ending sections, which are solely instrumental. Due to rights and licensing issues, this music is only used for the show in North America with some exceptions. In other countries, a piece of music named "House End Credits" is used, which was composed specifically for the show by Jon Ehrlich, Jason Derlatka and Leigh Roberts. With the second season, this was replaced with a similar track by only Ehrlich and Roberts. This theme tune, however, is only used in the televised broadcast. In the DVD release (Season 2), the original (American) theme is used. In Italy, opening themes for Season 1–2 and Season 3 are switched, so that the original "Teardrop" is used for Season 3, while both Season 1 and 2 use the edited version. The parodic British television show "Dead Ringers", which sometimes spoofs House, uses "Teardrop" for the spoof's opening theme. "Teardrop" is used in the Season 2, region 2 and region 4 release, replacing the House theme at the beginning of the episode. "Teardrop" is also used as a background music for a promotion of the same show in Qtv in the Philippines.

Filming

Exterior shots of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital are actually of Princeton University's Frist Campus Center, which is the University's student center. Filming does not, however, take place there. Instead, it takes place on the FOX lot in Century City.

DVD Releases

Season 1

Region 1: August 20, 2005
Region 2: February 27, 2006
Region 3: PAL version, Singapore
Region 4: November 28, 2005

Season 2

Region 1: August 22, 2006
Region 2: October 23, 2006
Region 3: N/A
Region 4: October 23, 2006

Season 3

Region 1: August 21, 2007
Region 2: October 23, 2006
Region 3: N/A
Region 4: September 17, 2007

Despite the series being filmed for widescreen (16:9) television, the first season DVD set is in 4:3 format, although the region 1 release has letterboxes, thereby still presenting images in their entirety, whereas the other regions have a cropped fullscreen format, thereby losing the later portions of the image. The second season DVD set, on the other hand, presents the show in it's original widescreen format in all regions.

Facts and Trivia

- Tobias Funke, a fictional character from another Fox show ("Arrested Development") auditioned for the role of Dr. House on that show.

- Some ads for House featured the song "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie.

- Many of the wings in the hospital (e.g., Cuyler Wing and Witherspoon Wing) are named after influential people in Princeton University's history

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Originally aired May 24, 2005.

Cameron: Foreman! Are you going to contribute or are you too tired from stealing cars? (Everyone stares). I'm being House. It's funny.
Foreman: I know. You made milk come out my nose.

Cameron: Who [thinks he's sick]?
House: His wife.
Cameron: The woman you used to live with.
House: That's her Indian name. On her driver's license it's "Stacy."

Cameron: What happened to everyone lies?
House: I was lying.

House: Did I miss anything?
Chase: Kitchen sink?
House: Well, we could certainly give that... oh, you minx.

Wilson: Be yourself – cold, uncaring, distant.
House: Please – don't put me on a pedestal.

Stacy: Please. If you're right, this may be [Mark's] only shot.
House: So what's your plan? You take the big dark one, I got the little girl and the Aussie'll run like a scared wombat if things turn rough.

Originally aired May 17, 2005.

House: Why is it always me?
Cuddy: Because the world hates you.

House: (Talking about Wilson telling people they are dying). This buddy of mine, I gotta give him ten bucks every time somebody says thank you. Imagine that. This guy's so good, people thank him for telling them that they're dying... I don't get thanked that often.

House: Right and wrong do exist. Just because you don't know what the right answer is - maybe there's even no way you could know what the right answer is - doesn't make your answer right or even okay. It's much simpler than that. It's just plain wrong.

House: On average, drug addicts are stupid... I believe drug addicts get sick. Actually, for some reason they tend to get sick more often than non drug addicts.

Originally aired May 10, 2005.

Foreman: (To Cameron). Then why'd you [come back]?
House: Because this... is the happiest place on Earth.

Foreman: [House] scared a guy into stroking out?
Wilson: Does that surprise anyone here?

Ramona: Hi – I'm having vaginal pain.
House: Pleasure to meet you.
Ramona: My ob-gyn died recently. Nice man. Warm hands.
House: Not anymore.

Foreman: Yeah, why would you want to be in a relationship that's so obviously going to lead to pain?
Cameron: Shut up!

Myron: You Dr. House?
House: I have a feeling I'm going to regret this, but... yes.

Myron: You got a pharmacy around here?
House: In the hospital? Could be – let's see if we can find it.

Cuddy: (To House). Wear the sky blue shirt. It almost makes you look nice.

Clinic Lawyer: So what's that - two strokes you've scared this guy into?
House: Yeah - it's making me question my view of myself as a people person.

House: I have been on a date...
Wilson: Not since disco died.

Originally aired May 3, 2005.

House: I saw the light on.
Cameron: It's daytime.
House: Yeah, it's a figure of speech. Always so literal.

House: If it turns out she does have meningitis, you're right - you win. But if we go backdown stairs and she dies, your face will be so red.

House: Vogler is dead.
Cameron: What? What happened?
House: Again with the literal translation. Vogler the idea. Mr. Destructo. Mr. Money Bags. Bow down before me. He's gone from the hospital. Things can go back to the way they were.
Cameron: The way they were was kinda weird.
House: Eh – weird works for me.

Cuddy: You just don't want to deal with the epidemic.
House: That's right. I'm subjecting a 12-year old to a battery of dangerous and invasive tests to avoid being bored. (Everyone stares). Okay, maybe I would do that, but I'm not.

House: (Viewing intestinal pictures). I think I've seen this one. The ending is kinda dark.

Cuddy: You – in the lobby – now.
House: I hurt my leg – I have a note.

House: Sorry I'm late - I was taking a dump.
Dr. Petra Gilmar: I guess I'm better off interviewing right after then right before.

Wilson: My advice is much more subtle – stop being [a jerk]. You always find some tiny little flaw to push people away.
House: Now it's people? I thought we were talking about fellowship applicants.
Wilson: You have a history of this.
House: Well, when I do decide to push you away, I hope's there's a small person kneeling behind you so you fall down and hurt your head.

House: Cameron is so not perfect.
Wilson: Well, nobody's perfect.
House: Mother Teresa?
Wilson: Dead.
House: Angeline Jolie?
Wilson: No medical degree.
House: Now who's being picky?

Originally aired April 19, 2005.

(Dream sequence).
Vogler: So, there is some hope.
House: Always. But just in case, I special ordered a jumbo sized coffin
Vogler: Hey...
House: Don't thank me. It's just who I am.

House: Starving babies is bad. And illegal in many cultures.

House: Sorry, up late. Internet porn.
Chase: How come you're not in your office?
House: Because there is a computer in my office. If I log on, romance will ensue. My wrist might fall off.

House: This is how Vogler is going to destroy me?
Cuddy: What did he do - grease your cane?

Wilson: (To House). I only have two things that work for me – this job and this stupid screwed up friendship.

Vogler: (To House). The board's meeting again this evening. Why don't you settle down, play some Game Boy? Why don't you watch your soap? I hear they're firing the handsome doctor today – that should be a good one.

Originally aired April 12, 2005.

Cameron: (To House). You're abrasive and rude, but I figured everything you do, you do it to help people. But I was wrong. You do it because it's right.

House: You're not going to be President either way - they don't call it the White House because of the paint job.

House: Are you... comparing me to God? I mean, that's great, but just so you know, I've never made a tree.

House: Someday there will be a black president. Someday there will be a gay president. Maybe there'll even be a gay black president. But one combination I do not see is gay, black and dead.

House: He didn't have any reason to lie.
Wilson: Everybody lies... except politicians? House, I believe you're a romantic. You didn't just believe him - you believed in him. You want to come over tonight and watch old movies and cry? Dr. Cameron's getting to you. Well, I guess you can't be around that much niceness and not get any on you.

Wilson: (To House). I know this isn't easy for you. You'll suffer. Vicodin sales in New Jersey will triple. Only you could feel like crap for doing something good.

Chase: CVID. That's a type of immuno-globular deficiency. I said that.
House: Yeah, it was a stupid idea when you said it.

Vogler: (As House is leaving). Oh, and by the way, I need you to give a speech at the National Cardiology Conference. Next week.
House: I don't do speeches. I'm shy.

(Beeping noise from Game Boy).
House: Helps me concentrate. (Puts down his Game Boy and picks up his Vicodin). Even better than drugs. (Pops some Vicodin).

Foreman: The LP showed no sign of infection and the MRI was fairly clean.
House: I guess we can tell him he's fairly healthy and can go home.

Sarah: Petechial bruising? I don't know if I'm pronouncing that right.
House: Gosh, the internet is such a wonderful tool.
Sarah: It could be leukemia.
House: Definitely possible. The more likely diagnosis is hickey.

Cameron: You hate whole body scans.
House: 'Cause they’re useless. Could probably scan everyone of us and find five different doodads that look like cancer. But, when you're 4th down, 100 to go, in the snow, you don't call a running play up the middle. Unless you're the Jets.
Cameron: I hate sports metaphors.

Originally aired March 29, 2005.

Lucille: It's like my heart is on fire. Like it's, oh I don't know, like...
House: Burning?
Lucille: Exactly!
House: Hmm. Sounds almost like heartburn.
Lucille: So can you give me something?
House: Like a thesaurus?
Lucille: What?

Lucille: I'm not pregnant!
House: Sorry, you don't get to make that call unless you have a stethoscope. Union rules.

House: You wear a bikini now?
Lucille: Yeah - you have a problem with that?
House: No. I've never gone swimming with you.

House: Even if I was Dr. House, physician/patient confidentiality protects me from annoying conversations.

Mr. Hernandez: Tell her it's cancer – you obviously don't have a problem with lying.
House: Oh – way to win me over.

Wilson: You've made it quite clear that you're miserable here.
House: I am not miserable.
Wilson: You're not happy.
House: And you are?
Wilson: With my job, yes.
House: I am exactly where I want to be doing exactly what I want to do.
Wilson: I think I sense a hint of sarcasm there.

Wilson: Most billionaires aren't very good with numbers.

Wilson: (Speaking to House). You are uniquely talented in many areas, but office politics is not one of them.

Wilson: The ultrasound and biopsy confirmed our worry. The tumor is extremely large, at least thirty pounds.
Patient: Oh, God.
House: It’s actually a personal record for this clinic.

Patient: Okay. This is what a woman is supposed to look like. Okay, we’re not just skin and bones. We have flesh. We have curves.
House: You have little people inside you. (Patient grabs her purse and heads to the door.) Okay, okay, I’m sorry. I guess I must have just been brainwashed by the media, and all those years of medical training.

Chase: She’s fat.
Foreman: Enough already, okay? We’ve got it, you hate fat people.

Originally aired March 22, 2005.

House: (To Chase): That's a catchy diagnosis. You could dance to that.

Cuddy: House has been very busy...
Vogler: Saving New Jersey from leprosy - yes, I know.

House: I need the lawyer.
Vogler: Who'd you kill?
House: Nobody. But it's not even lunch.

House: Jail. You'd like that. No more naughty schoolgirl. Conjugal visit - that's [Cuddy's] new fantasy.

House: But unless I've been named as the fourth part of the axis of evil, invaded and occupied, this is still not a democracy. He's staying.

Vogler: Da-da-da... Dr. House in the house!

Bill: Your people insulted my brother.
House: What? Romano in the Parmesan cheese shaker again?

House: My car has been stolen.
Wilson: (Sees House's new car). Or reincarnated.

House: You know, they're gangsters, sure, but they're thoughtful, too.

Henry: [My brother] is not too smart.
House: Genetics is a powerful force.

Chase: You can trust me.
House: Problem is, if I can't trust you, I can't trust your statement that I can trust you. But thanks anyway - you've been a big help.

House: But I have a theory. There is one chemical that, if ingested, it causes a person's estrogen level to increase dramatically.
Bill: What is it?
House: It's called... estrogen.

Originally aired March 15, 2005.

House: Who da man? I da man. I always suspected.

Cuddy: [House's] different.
Vogler: Everyone's buddy?
Cuddy: No, not exactly...

Ricky: He had knee surgery.
House: Right.
Ricky: About a year ago. And then he couldn't talk.
House: Right. Well, that happens. It's very dangerous operating close to the vocal chords.

Foreman: Yeah, [Vogler] took [House's] parking space.
Cameron: That's not necessarily bad news.
Foreman: Do you ever watch Gilligan's Island reruns and really, really think they're going to get off the island this time?

Cameron: My Aunt Eliza lives in Philadelphia.
House: Oh, it's story time! Let me get my baba.

Cameron: ... and your dumb patient...
House: They're all - oh, the guy who can't talk.

Wilson: [Carly] was uncomfortable doing any more tests - I had to convince her to do that one.
House: Do you get that often – women who'd rather die then get naked with you?

House: You value our friendship more then your ethical responsibilities.
Wilson: Our friendship is an ethical responsibility.

Carly: Why did you fight for me? You risked so much... you hardly know me.
House: You're my patient. Don't screw it up.

Originally aired March 1, 2005.

House: A secret club? What's the secret – they're all morons?

Wilson: Even I don't like you.
House: You know, words can hurt.

Jeffrey: What now – throw everything at the wall and see what sticks?
Chase: Works for spaghetti.
Jeffrey: Are you being funny?
House: Apparently not.

House: Are you saying that for the chance of a beautiful family moment or is there some medicine involved?
Rowan Chase: It fits better.
House: Too bad. I was hoping for the other reason. I was going to go get my camera.

Cameron: You know, parents are never as bad as their kids think.
Chase: You like him so much, ask him out.

Gabe: Who are you?
House: The little one's call me "Uncle Greg."

Wilson: Oh, this is where I give you advice and pretend you're going to listen to it. I like this part. Did Rowan ask you not to tell?
House: I promised I wouldn't. My fingers were crossed so I'm wide open.
Wilson: I was wrong – this is the musing out loud part. Do I actually need to be here?

Wilson: On the other hand, there is the "do unto others" thingy?
House: Then I should definitely tell him. I'd want to know.
Wilson: You want to know everything. There's also the "keeping your promises" thingy.
House: You never run out of thingies.

House: You mentioned two obscure diseases to Dr. Chase. How'd you know about them?
Jeffery: I read about them on the internet.
House: So, what'd you search for? "Diseases from Asia that don’t match my son's symptoms"?

Originally aired February 22, 2005.

House: All life is equally sacred. And I promise you, the next knitting injury that comes in here, we're on it like stink on cheese.

House: 'Hypo-gonadism'. Ain't that a great word? Thanks - we don't get to say it enough.

House: Everybody does stupid things, it shouldn't cost them everything they want in life.

Cuddy: You put him on lupra.
House: Uh-huh.
Cuddy: And you told him it was like milk?
House: Yes.
Cuddy: Is there any way in which that is not a lie?
House: It's creamy.

House: But I had three good reasons.
Cuddy: Good ones?
House: Well, lets see - I'm just making them up now.

House: You take a perverse pleasure in turning me down.
Cuddy: What I live for.

House: These tickets are so good, we have to sign a release. I mean it - we do this, we could die!

House: Fine. I'll ask one of my other friends.
Wilson: Huh?
House: What? Are you saying I've only got one friend.
Wilson: Who?
House: Kevin. In Bookkeeping.
Wilson: Okay. Well first of all, his name is Carl.
House: I call him Kevin. It's his secret friendship club name.

House: Do you like monster trucks?
Cameron: I don't know what they are...

House: Hank Wiggen peed on me. What do you think these pants are worth on eBay?

(About Foreman's girlfriend).
House: The groupies sleep with the roadies to get to Mick.
Foreman: And you're... Mick?
House: That was the metaphor I was making, yes.

Originally aired February 15, 2005.

House: Internal bleeding after a car accident? Wow - that's shocking!

Cuddy: I can't protect you. Patients talk, doctors talk.
House: About how big your [butt] has gotten lately? Not me – I defend it.

Foreman: You know, House shouldn't even be here!
Chase: Because he said something inappropriate? If we sent him home every time he did that, we wouldn't need this office.

Foreman: He's detoxing - can't you see he's out of his mind?
House: That's what they said about Manson.

House: (After learning that his Vicodin was caught in shipping). Let me talk to shipping. I speak their language.

(Digging up a dead cat).
Foreman: Four years of college, four of med school, two years of residency, another four of sub-specialty training. Where do I end up?
Chase: Talking instead of digging.

House: You do that surgery, you'll be killing a mother of four.
Cuddy: Father of three.
House: I was guessing.

Dad: What is your problem?
House: Bum leg, what's yours?

Cuddy: You can't go a week without your drugs.
House: No, I don't want to go a week without the drugs, it'll hurt.
Cuddy: No, you can't. If you're just getting off pain medication, it will hurt, you won't be having a great time, but you'll make it. If you're detoxing you'll have chills, nausea... your pain will magnify five, ten times. You won't make it.
House: Well, I guess we'll never know.
Cuddy: I'll give you a week off clinic duty if you can go a week off narcotics.
House: No way! I love the clinic.
Cuddy: You love the pills. Two weeks.
House: Pills don't make me high. They make me neutral.
Cuddy: A month.
House: You're on, mister.

Cuddy: Take the week off.
House: What, 'cause I lied to a patient? I take risks, sometimes patients die. But not taking risks causes more patients to die, so I guess my biggest problem is I’ve been cursed with the ability to do the math.

Originally aired February 8, 2005.

House: Hey, [Foreman] knows more homeless people then any of us. Go check out the 'hood, dog.

House: I hate to cite a cliché, but... Dad on the streets?
Foreman: Dad's with Mom.
House: They're both on the streets?

Wilson: I forgot - I need a reason to give a crap?
House: You're giving two craps.
Wilson: The metric system always confuses me.

Wilson: You know, in some cultures, it’s considered almost rude for one friend to spy on another. Of course, in Swedish, the word friend can also be translated as "limping twerp."

Wilson: Did your pager really go off or are you ditching the conversation?
House: Why can't both be true?

House: Okay, you two – grab some scalpels and settle this like doctors.

Student: You're reading a comic book.
House: And you're calling attention to your bosom by wearing a low-cut top. (Looks up) Oh, I'm sorry, I thought we were having a state the obvious contest. I'm competitive by nature.

Originally aired February 1, 2005.

Cuddy: When I hired you, I knew you were insane. I will continue to try and stop you from doing insane things, but once they're done. Trying to convince an insane person not to do insane things is, in itself, insane, so when I hired you I also set aside $50,000 a year for legal expenses. So far you've come in under budget.

Foreman: You assaulted that man.
House: Fine. I'll never do it again.
Foreman: Yes, you will.
House: All the more reason this debate is pointless.

Willie: My pants tell you I'm a diabetic?
House: No, they tell me you're an idiot.

House: There is no I in "team." There is a me, though, if you jumble it up.

House: (Speaking to Foreman about Foreman and his former mentor). You took a chance, you did something great. You were wrong, but it was still great. You should feel great that it was great. You should feel like crap that it was wrong. That's the difference between him and me. He thinks you do your job, and what will be, will be. I think that what I do and what you do matters. He sleeps better at night. He shouldn't.

House: Can we get the lecture over with, because... well, I guess I don't have anything to do. Take your time.

Marty Hamilton: You enjoy working with Dr. House?
Foreman: Not the word I'd use...

House: Patients sometimes get better. You have no idea why, but unless you give a reason they won't pay you. Anybody notice if there's a full moon? Let's rule out the lunar god and go from there.

Originally aired January 25, 2005.

Foreman: You know why House thinks I'm a druggie?
Cameron: This is going to be a racial thing, isn't it?

House: What can I say? Chicks with no teeth turn me on.
Wilson: That's... fairly disgusting.
House: And that's ageism.

Cameron: Deflecting a personal question with a joke. Gee, who do I know that does that?
Foreman: Yeah, I'm just like him. Except for the angry, bitter, pompous, cripple part.
Cameron: Maybe we should all pitch in and get you a nice cane. You've already got the matching gym shoes.

Cuddy: (To House). Her only sign of mental illness is she disagrees with you. Some would consider that a sign of sanity.

Margo: Who are you?
House: I'm the doctor who's trying to save your son. You're the mother who's letting him die. Clarification – it's a wonderful thing.

House: Would you step outside for a minute, Mr. Adams?
Matt: Why?
House: Because you irritate me.

Margo: What makes you think you're right this time?
House: The same thing as last time.

House: I am extremely disappointed. I send you out for exciting new designer drugs and you come back with tomato sauce.

Originally aired December 28, 2004.

House: Husband described her as being unusually irritable recently.
Cameron: And?
House: I didn't realize it was possible for a woman to be "unusually" irritable.
Cameron: Nice try, but you're a misanthrope, not a misogynist.

Foreman: Why are you riding on me?
House: It's what I do. Has it gotten worse lately?
Foreman: Yeah. Seems to me.
House: Really? Well, that rules out the race thing. You were just as black last week.

Foreman: How come [House] doesn't ride you guys?
Chase: He's got a crush on you. He just doesn't know how to show it.

Foreman: Sleeping sickness from sex?
House: It's not without precedent.
Foreman: I'm pretty sure it is, unless you're talking about going to Africa and having sex with the tsetse fly.

House: (To Chase). You put the Queen on your money. You're British.

Cameron: You want me to ask a man whose wife is about to die if he's cheating on her?
House: No, I want you to be polite and let her die.

House: As long as you're trying to be good, you can do whatever you want.
Wilson: And as long as you're not trying, you can say whatever you want.
House: So between us, we can do whatever we want. We can rule the world!

Wilson: I love my wife.
House: You certainly love saying it. (Wilson laughs in an annoyed way). I'm sorry. I know you love your wife. You loved all your wives. Probably still do. In fact, you probably still love all the women you ever loved who weren’t your wives.

Originally aired on December 21, 2004.

Luke: Is this a good hospital?
House: Depends on what you mean by "good." I like the chairs.

Foreman: [House's] really talking to a patient.
Chase: I don't know who I am any more.

Chase: [House] likes crazy people. He likes the way they think.

Cameron: Happy birthday.
House: Okay... whose?

House: It turns out your best judgment is not good enough. Here's an idea: next time, use mine.

House: Gee, I wish my idea was as cool and vivid as yours. By the way, do you have one?

House: I can tell you're upset about something. You're going to open up to me, aren't you?
Luke: It's my fault...
House: Here we go...

Originally aired on December 14, 2004.

House: (To Sick Nun) You must be all the talk around the holy water cooler.

Sister Eucharist: This is a chapel - a house of prayer.
House: (Watching a Portable TV). House of prayer, huh? That explains the good reception.

Sister Eucharist: Thank you for your patience.
Wilson: Is she talking to you?
House: I don't know. She's certainly looking at me...

House: What the hell are those?
Cameron: Candy canes.
House: Candy canes? Are you mocking me?
Cameron: No. It's, it's Christmas and I thought...
House: Relax – it's a joke.

Foreman: Everyone screws up. Your rule. I think you fit within the subset of "everyone."
House: I didn't screw up.

House: She has God inside her. It would have been easier to deal with a tumor.

House: What do you know about the nun?
Chase: Which one?
House: The cute one. I think she likes me. The sick one, obviously.

House: I've found that when you want to know the truth about someone, that someone is probably the last person you should ask.
Mother Superior: Ah. And have you been speaking to Sister Eucharist?
House: She ratted out her fellow sister pretty quickly. If I were you, I'd have her repeat a year of nun school.

House: ... she has a tattoo on her shoulder of a skunk. Now, maybe it’s the Sacred Skunk of Joseph, but as far as I know, Catholic foster care and monasteries do not keep tattoo parlors in their refractories.

Cuddy: (House tosses her a tea bag). What is this? Hemlock?
House: (Quoting Cuddy). "I’m going to do you the biggest favor one doctor can do another. I’m gonna stop you from killing your patient." It’s figwort tea. Great for that little pick me up we’re all looking for in the morning. Opens the lungs, increases the blood pressure, stimulates the heart. Unfortunately, if you then get injected with even 0.1 cc of epinephrine: instant cardiac arrest. Still, what the hell, it tastes great.

Cuddy: Let’s just get this patient healthy. I want her going out the front door and not the back.

House: I recognize that confidence is not my short suit. I also recognize that I am human and capable of error.
Wilson: So you might have screwed this up?
House: No.
Wilson: So, it's only a theoretical capacity for error.
House: Good point. Maybe there isn't one. Maybe that's my error.
Wilson: You know, most people who think as much of themselves as you do like to talk about themselves.
House: Most people don't like to listen, so what's wrong with you?

Originally aired on December 7, 2004.

Cuddy: Shrink. If you would consider a shrink, I would pay for it myself. The hospital would hold a bake sale, for God's sake.

House: Get up. We're going hunting.
Chase: For what?
House: Wabbits.

Charlie: Come on, Jill - he obviously doesn't want to talk to us.
House: Oh, I was trying to hide it...

House: How's Cameron?
Foreman: Dr. Cameron?
House: Sure, let's start with her and move on to all the other Camerons we know.
Foreman: I'm sorry – I'm just not used to you asking about someone's well being.
House: I can understand how the question would surprise you. I don't quite get how it would confuse you.
Foreman: Why do you want to know?
House: Why do you want to know why I want to know?
Foreman: Just curious.
House: Me too.
Foreman: You don't get curious.
House: I'm the most curious man in the world.
Foreman: Not about trivialities.
House: Then this must not be trivial.

Jill: Thank you so much. I gotta get you a gift or something.
House: Sometimes the best gift is the gift of never seeing you again.

Jill: Do you think you...
House: No
Jill: ... could do the prenatal?
House: No
Jill: ... or deliver the baby?
House: That would be no.

Mom: How can you just sit there?
House: If I eat standing up, I spill.

Originally aired on November 30, 2004.

House: Why do you want me to treat this guy?
Wilson: Blood pressure's not responding to IV fluid...
House: No, no. I didn't ask how you planned to con me into treating him. I asked you why you want me to treat him.
Wilson: He's sick, I care, I'm pathetic.
House: There are about a billion sick people on the planet, why this one?
Wilson: Because this one's in our emergency room.
House: Ah, so it's a proximity issue. If somebody was sick in the third floor stairwell that's who we would be talking about.
Wilson: Yes, I checked the stairwell, it's clear.

House: What's wrong with her?
Cameron: Him.
House: Him, her. Does it matter? Does anyone think it's a testicular problem?

House: So, how are we doing on cotton swabs today? If there's an acute shortage I could run home...
Cuddy: (Looks at his leg). No, you couldn't.
House: Nice...

House: Hello, sick people and their loved ones! In the interests of saving time and avoiding a lot of boring chit chat later, I'm Dr. Gregory House. You can call me Greg. I'm one of three doctors staffing this clinic this morning.
Cuddy: Short, sweet, grab a file.
House: This ray of sunshine is Dr. Lisa Cuddy. Dr. Cuddy runs this whole hospital so unfortunately she's much too busy to deal with you. I am a board certified diagnostician with a double specialty of infectious disease and nephrology. I'm also the only doctor currently employed at this clinic who's forced to be here against his will. That is true, isn't it? But not to worry, because for most of you this job could be done by a monkey with a bottle of Motrin. Speaking of which, if you're particularly annoying you may see me reach for this. It's Vicodin - it's mine, you can't have any. And no, I do not have a pain management problem, I have a pain problem. But who knows - maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm too stoned to tell. So, who wants me? (Everyone stares). And who would rather wait for one of the other two guys? (Everyone raises their hand). Well, I'll be in Exam Room 1 if you change your mind.

Jodi Matthews: You're not a very nice doctor, are you?
House: And you are very bad at whatever it is you do.

Foreman: Occam's Razor. The simplest explanation is always the best.
House: And you think one is simpler then two?
Cameron: I'm pretty sure it is, yeah.
House: Baby shows up. Chase tells you that two people exchange fluids to create this being. I tell you that one stork dropped the little tyke off in a diaper. Are you going to go with the two or the one?
Foreman: I think your argument is specious.
House: I think your tie is ugly.

Chase: [Cameron's] weird, isn't she?
Foreman: Bad idea.
Chase: What?
Foreman: Bad idea. You work with her.
Chase: What'd I say? Is "weird" some new ghetto euphemism for "sexy"? Like "bad" is "good and "phat" is "good?" Then what the hell does "good" mean?
Foreman: "Ghetto euphemism?" You don't think she's hot?
Chase: No.
Foreman: Then you are brilliant. And I am using "brilliant" as a euphemism.

Wilson: That smugness of yours really is an attractive quality.
House: Thank you. It was either that or get my hair highlighted. Smugness is easier to maintain.

House: If I'd said to Foreman, "Nice try, it was a great guess, but sorry, not this time," what do you think he'd be doing right now?
Wilson: I think he'd be going home not feeling like a piece of crap.
House: Exactly.
Wilson: You want him to feel like a piece of crap?
House: No - I don't want him going home.

Foreman: You want to bet on the patient's health?
House: You think that's bad luck? You think that God will smite him because of our insensitivity? Look, if God does, you make a quick fifty.

Cuddy: Working with people actually makes you a better doctor.
House: When did I sign up for that course?
Cuddy: When did I give you the impression that I care?
House: Working in this clinic obviously instills a deep sense of compassion.

Cuddy: (To House). It's not going to work. You know why? Because this is fun. You think of something to make me miserable, I think of something to make you miserable. It's a game and I'm going to win. Because I got a headstart - you're already miserable.

House: What would you want - a doctor who holds your hand while you die or a doctor who ignores you while you get better? I guess it would particularly suck to have a doctor who ignores you while you die.

Cameron: Brandon's not ready for surgery.
House: Okay, let's leave it a couple of weeks - he should be feeling better by then. Oh wait - which way does time go?

House: Make a note: I should never doubt myself.
Wilson: I think you'll remember. It wouldn't hurt for you to be wrong now and again.
House: What? You don't care about these people?

Cameron: Men should grow up.
House: Yeah, and dogs should stop licking themselves. Not going to happen.

Originally aired November 23, 2004.

House: When did my signature become so girly?

House: Who cares about McPhearson? I heard he tortures kittens.

House: (Speaking about Chase). He knew that I saw something on the MRI so he figured there must be something there and took a guess. Clever, but also pathetic.

Foreman: McDonald.
House: Oh, McDonald. Wonderful doctor - loves kittens.

Cameron: What about sex?
House: Well, it could get complicated. We work together, I'm older, but if you go for that kind of thing...
Cameron: I meant syphilis.
House: (winks) Nice cover.

House: Who thinks there's a third option? (Chase raises his hand). Very good. And what's the third choice?
Chase: (shrugs) No idea. You just asked if I thought there was one.

House: It'd be like "The Boy Who Sued Wolf." You know, I bet we have a doctor here named "Wolf." How perfect would that be? I think I'll page him.

Funsten: You've caused me considerable mental stress.
House: I certainly hope so.

House: Could we get off my screw ups and focus on their's? Their's is bigger.

Originally aired on November 16, 2004. 7.00 million viewers.
Directed by Bryan Singer. Written by David Shore.
Guest starred Andrew Aurlie (Orange-Colored Patient) and Robin Tunney (Rebbecca Adler).

Recap

A young kindergarten teacher, Rebbecca Adler, who suffers from seizures, collapses in her classroom after uncontrolled gibberish slips out of her mouth while she is about to teach her students. She is taken to Dr. House and his team of experts who identify a possible tumor.

Notes

This episode features a short version of the opening credits with the main actors being credited as they appear on screen.

This was the first episode of the first season.

The song playing at the end of this episode was "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones.

Quotes

House: See that – they all assume I'm a patient because of the cane.
Wilson: Then why don't you put on a white coat like the rest of us?
House: Then they think I'm a doctor.

Cuddy: (Talking to House). Is your yelling designed to scare me because I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be scared of. More yelling? That's not scary. That you're gonna hurt me? That's scary, but I'm pretty sure I can out run you.

House: Patients always want proof, we're not making cars here, we don't give guarantees.

Foreman: I thought everybody lied.
House: Truth begins in lies. Think about it.
Foreman: That doesn't even mean anything, does it?

Patient: (Asking Wilson about House). Does he care about you?
Wilson: I think so.
Patient: You don't know?
Wilson: As Dr. House likes to say, "Everybody lies."
Patient: It's not what people say, it's what they do.
Wilson: (After giving it some thought). Yes, he cares about me.

Chase: What would you prefer - a doctor who holds your hand while you die or who ignores you while you get better?

Foreman: I should sue you.
House: I'm pretty sure you can't sue someone for wrongful hiring.

House: Sure you want to discontinue treatment, boss?
Cuddy: You got lucky.
House: Cool, huh?

Foreman: Oh, Cameron, I need you for a couple of hours.
Cameron: What's up?
Foreman: When you break into a house, its always better to have a white chick with you.

Rebecca Adler: What made you a cripple?
House: I had an infarction.
Rebecca Adler: A heart attack?
House: It’s what happens when the blood flow is obstructed. If it’s in the heart, it’s a heart attack. If it’s in the lungs, it’s a pulmonary embolism. If it’s in the brain, it’s a stroke. I had it in my thigh muscles.
Rebecca Adler: Wasn’t there something they could do?
House: There was plenty they could do, if they made the right diagnosis, but the only symptom was pain. Not many people get to experience muscle death.
Rebecca Adler: Did you think you were dying?
House: I hoped I was dying.

Cameron: Why did you hire me?
House: Does it matter?
Cameron: Kinda hard to work for a guy who doesn't respect you.
House: Why?
Cameron: Is that rhetorical?
House: No, it just seems that way because you can’t think of an answer. Does it make a difference why I think I’m a jerk? The only thing that matters is what you think. Can you do the job?
Cameron: You hired a black guy because he had a juvenile record.
House: No, it wasn’t a racial thing. I didn’t see a black guy. I just saw a doctor…with a juvenile record. I hired Chase 'cause his dad made a phone call. I hired you because you are extremely pretty.
Cameron: You hired me to get into my pants?!
House: I can't believe that that would shock you. It’s also not what I said. No, I hired you because you look good; it's like having a nice piece of art in the lobby.
Cameron: I was in the top of my class.
House: But, not the top.
Cameron: I did an internship at the Mayo Clinic.
House: Yes, you were a very good applicant.
Cameron: But, not the best?
House: Would that upset you, really, to think that you were hired because of some genetic gift of beauty not some genetic gift of intelligence?
Cameron: I worked very hard to get where I am.
House: But, you didn’t have to. People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. That's the law of nature and you defied it. That's why I hired you. You could have married rich, could have been a model, you could have just show up and people would have given you stuff. Lots of stuff, but you didn't, you worked your stunning little [butt] off.
Cameron: Am I supposed to be flattered?
House: Gorgeous women do not go to medical school. Unless they’re as damaged as they are beautiful. Were you abused by a family member?
Cameron: No!
House: Sexually assaulted?
Cameron: No.
House: But, you are damaged, aren't you?

(House is taking pills).
Orange Patient: What's that? What are you doing?
House: Painkillers.
Orange Patient: Oh, for you, for your leg.
House: No, 'cause they're yummy. You want one?

Rebecca Adler: I just want to die with a little dignity.
House: 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 [butt]. It's always ugly, always. (Pause) You can live with dignity, we can't die with it.

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Dr. Robert Chase is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is portrayed by Jesse Spencer.

Background

Robert Chase was the longest serving member of House's staff, despite being a young doctor – reportedly 26 years old at the start of the show ("Cursed"), although he says he is 30 in the episode "Autopsy". His tenure on House's staff is hinted at in the episode "All In", where he describes details of previous work with House to Dr. Eric Foreman, citing himself as speaking to the doctor that was around before Dr. Allison Cameron.

Chase was very attached to his job and was willing to go to extreme lengths to keep it when it became threatened by Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital Chairman of the Board Edward Vogler in Season 1. He leaked the details of House's rather unconventional (and sometimes illegal) style of solving cases to Vogler over the course of five episodes, leading to a major rift between him and House when discovered – although House seemed to have suspected him from the beginning.

House says in the pilot episode that he only hired Chase because his father made a call, but considering Chase and his father had a horrible relationship, coupled with House's personality, this might not be the case. In the episode "No Reason", House, while hallucinating, is startled by a quick diagnosis on Chase's part, but covers by saying that he "wouldn't have hired him if he wasn't smart". This earns the sarcastic response from Jack Moriarty, "Right. 'Cause you've got nothing but respect for him", which becomes particularly worthy of note when "Moriarty's" identity is revealed. In any case, Chase and House have a highly complicated relationship.

In the differential diagnosis that takes place in every show, Chase's suggestions almost always tie into something the patient of the week has done to themselves, usually due to drugs or risky behavior. It could be argued this is driven by his own past experiences with self destructive behavior, a want to please House or a combination of both. Chase is often the only one to show amusement at his boss' callous jokes.

Early on in Season 3, Michael Tritter, a driven cop attempting to convict House of drug possession, sets Chase up to look as if he betrayed House. Chase responds by stepping up his loyalty to his boss, but during this, House is going through painful drug withdrawal and takes much of his anger out on convenient targets, Chase included. When Chase physically tries to stop him from leaving the hospital (to prevent House from making a serious mistake regarding a patient), House snaps and punches him in the face, knocking him to the floor. An irate and bruised Chase seems ready to wash his hands of House at last, vowing to Dr. James Wilson that he will not wait for his mentor's approval anymore.

Chase seems to have a soft spot for child patients; this leads to a dilemma in the episode "Autopsy" where a dying nine year old girl asks him for a kiss before she dies. He had a bond with another nine year old in the episode "Cursed", said a heartfelt prayer before performing an autopsy of an infant he failed to save ("Forever"), pretends to pull an alien chip out of a young boy in the episode "Cane and Able" and is frequently asking parents about their young children and dealing with kids.

In various episodes, he has been very unsympathetic towards the overweight, to the point of Foreman flat out asking him if he hated fat people. Chase supplied no direct response to the query.

In a surprising move during the Season 3 finale, Dr. House fired Chase from his position at the hospital.

Biography

Chase's life has been gradually illustrated throughout the series. He appears to be from a wealthy Australian family (of probably Czech descent; in the episode "Cursed", House speculated that his father's accent is "Czech with about 30 years Aussie", which the father confirms; Jesse Spencer is Australian himself) and has also had a rough relationship with his father, Rowan, a famous doctor in his own right, as Chase talks to House about trying to mend the gap with his father many times, but finding his father simply didn't care.

Eventually, Rowan Chase is revealed to have left the family when Robert was a teenager, which gave his son no other option but to care alone for his alcoholic mother until her death, a good five years later which was approximately ten years before "Damned If You Do". In "Cursed", Rowan visits the hospital claiming he is in town for a conference, but close observation of his behavior allows House to deduce that there is no conference and, in reality, Rowan is dying from terminal lung cancer. Rowan was at the hospital to visit Dr. James Wilson, a cancer specialist. Initially, Robert is intensely frustrated with his father's presence, but offers to buy his father a drink at the end of the episode. Rowan declines and leaves without ever revealing to Robert of his condition. In the Season 2 episode "The Mistake", viewers learn that Chase's father died about two months after the visit in "Cursed".

Chase has also hinted in the second season that he is now no longer well off, since he had started working in NICU while taking his paid vacation time in House's department, receiving twice his usual salary. Upon learning that Chase has been putting in extra hours, House speculates that Chase must have been cut out of his inheritance after his father's death. Chase neither confirms nor denies this hypothesis. However, in the Season 3 episode "Finding Judas", he admits that his father left him out of his will and that he harbors ill will towards Rowan once more.

In "Damned If You Do", Chase reveals to a patient that he attended a seminary, quoting 1 Peter 1:7. This aspect of his life was shown again in the episode "Forever", when he said a prayer for the soul of a baby who died under his care. It has also been alluded to that he has been into BDSM in the past, although he says that his familiarity with the scene was only because he was dating a banker who liked to be burned. ("Love Hurts").

Relationship with Dr. Allison Cameron

Chase has always been attracted to Dr. Cameron and this was featured early on in the series when he asked her out on a date in "Occam's Razor", which she declined.

In Season 2, Chase willingly had a one night stand with Cameron while she was high on methamphetamines; this was further complicated by the fact that he knew she might have been infected with HIV (which had led to the drug use).

Chase was involved with Cameron in what is essentially a "friends with benefits" relationship in Season 3. Cameron initiated sex in strange or risky places such as the sleep lab and a patient's house. This caused speculation that her intent was to make House jealous. Their boss later discovered their relationship after catching them making out in a janitor's closet at work. Chase's feelings for Cameron were made clear ("Fetal Position") through his reaction to the picture of her taken by a celebrity photographer patient and Cameron's remark on how she has never seen him glow like that when she sees the picture taken of him while he was gazing at Cameron's picture. However, when he informed her that he wanted to take their relationship forward, she ended it. Despite Cameron's refusal to reconcile, Chase asks her out every Tuesday anyway.

In "Human Error", Chase is fired by House after yelling at him for not going to greater lengths to keep Foreman on the team. House claims that he fired him because it was time for a change and he had learned all he could from him. However, House was just looking for a change, since Dr. James Wilson said he never liked change. Chase took this surprisingly well, telling Cameron having the job was one of the best experiences in his life and he was looking forward to new opportunities. He also apologized for his continuous pursuit of her. Chase later found Cameron waiting at his front door, where she said that she wasn't willing to wait until Tuesday, a sign that she was willing to try a relationship - which he immediately reciprocated with a kiss.

Trivia

- Worked at the clinic for 1 year before the first episode.

- Hates nuns.

- Jesse Spencer, who plays Dr. Robert Chase, has several family ties to the medical profession: his father and two brothers are doctors in Australia while his sister is currently in medical school. When watching House, Jesse's brothers try to diagnose the problem based on the symptoms and medical jargon presented in the show. They also look for medical slip ups in the dialog.

The second paragraph consists of material from the Wikipedia article "Robert Chase" which is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Dr. Lisa Cuddy, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. She is portrayed by Lisa Edelstein.

Cuddy is the Dean of Medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Her field of specialty is endocrinology. She often has to handle House's outlandish requests and is usually left to deal with the consequences of his erratic behavior. Cuddy also has to force House to complete his required weekly duty at the out-patient clinic. Her position often requires her to make extremely difficult moral and ethical decisions regarding patient care (particularly in situations where House insists that highly dangerous and often illegal procedures are a patient's only chance of survival).

There is a degree of sexual tension inherent in Cuddy's relationship with House. House frequently and blatantly ogles her breasts and bottom, commenting on their appearance.

Biography

Nothing is known of Cuddy's family and heritage aside from the fact that she is Jewish. The episode "Three Stories" reveals that she treated House when he suffered the infarction in his leg. Cuddy is presumably Jewish (as is Dr. James Wilson); due to the fact that a menorah can be seen on her desk as well as on the bookshelf in her living room, also House has wisecracked about her using JDate.

Much of what is known about Cuddy was revealed in the episode "Humpty Dumpty". She attended the University of Michigan around the same time as House. Cuddy was an undergraduate there and she described House as "already a legend". During a conversation with Stacy Warner in the same episode, she mentioned wanting to be a doctor since she was twelve, graduating medical school at age twenty five and being second in her class and becoming the first woman and second youngest chief of medicine ever at age thirty two.

During House's court hearing in the episode "Words and Deeds", Cuddy commits perjury by falsifying documents and lying to the court, claiming to have thwarted House's attempt at stealing oxycodone by replacing it with placebos at the hospital pharmacy. After the trial while House is being held in contempt, she tells him the only good thing is now she owns him. Cuddy then implies that in subsequent episodes, viewers will see more House in the clinic, giving seminars, doing paperwork, etc. House does indeed resume his duties in the clinic and begin giving speeches, although he is less than cooperative with Cuddy's desires that he do so, for example, flying to Singapore on Cuddy's orders only to give a three minute speech.

After Cuddy helps to remove the problem created by Tritter, House begins stepping up his playful torture of Cuddy; he begins showing up and interrupting her dates, constantly making comments about her "assets" and displaying an inordinate amount of knowledge (even for House) regarding who she's been with and what she is doing. He also monitors her periods as shown in "Forever" and when she asks him if he can tell because she gets bitchy, House answers: "Once a month, when you leave the kids cancer ward, your eyes glisten. About three days later, you break your ban on sugar and chow down a bucket of frozen yogurt in the cafeteria, sprinkles included."

House also seems genuinely surprised and shocked when Dr. Wilson claims to have slept with Cuddy (although Wilson was in fact joking in order to get House on edge). This series of events seems to culminate when House invites Cuddy to a play, after earlier stating that men only ask women to plays when they want to see the woman naked.

Pregnancy

Towards the end of the second season, in the episode "Forever", Cuddy asked Dr. James Wilson out on a date. Believing that Cuddy might be concerned that she had cancer, but was afraid to be tested, Wilson swiped her spoon to test her saliva for cancer markers, but the result came back clean. The result also revealed that her hormone levels were extremely high, piquing House's curiosity. When House questioned, Cuddy admitted that she wants a child and was deciding if she wanted to ask Wilson "for a donation". House agreed to keep her secret and assisted her with fertility injections, as well as helping her screen potential sperm donors (all of whom House subsequently rejected).

In Season 3, House continuously makes observations ending with wisecrack conclusions that Cuddy is pregnant. As of "Fools for Love", Cuddy is still not pregnant, as evidenced by a negative pregnancy test she is shown throwing away. In the episode "Finding Judas", she is given temporary medical proxy of a young patient, but has a great deal of difficulty treating the young girl and inadvertently makes a medical decision that only causes the girl's condition to worsen. Cuddy acknowledges that her artificial insemination attempts have failed after House tells her: "It's a good thing you failed to become a mother because you'd suck at it!" She seems like she has lost most of her hope for being a mother, citing that she doesn't have the "mothering handbook encoded in her genes" and was not meant to bear children. Cuddy tearfully confesses to Wilson that she has had a total of three attempts at impregnation, one of which was miscarried (which means that House's remarks about a possible pregnancy may have been accurate) and adds that House's comment to her was "the first time [she'd] seen him be mean just because he can." House's malicious comments coming after confiding her insemination attempts with him is seen as a betrayal, although the viewer is led to believe House did not make the comment purely out of malice, but also due to his withdrawal symptoms as Cuddy had put a "tight leash" on House's Vicodin intake due to Michael Tritter's investigation into House's addiction.

Trivia

- Plays golf.

This article primarily consists of material from the Wikipedia article "Lisa Cuddy" which is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Dr. James Evan Wilson, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is played by Robert Sean Leonard.

Wilson is the head of the Department of Oncology at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Conventionally, he is the only true friend of Dr. Gregory House and frequently provides House with consultations and aid.

Biography

In the series' pilot episode, it is revealed that Wilson is Jewish; the revelation occurs when Dr. Eric Foreman says he found ham in the refrigerator of the team's current patient, whom Wilson insisted was his cousin in order to get House to take the case. He also invites House over for Christmas dinner in the episode "Damned If You Do". When House points that Wilson is Jewish, he alters his invitation to invite him for Hanukkah dinner, instead.

Wilson's educational background is unknown, although in two episodes, he was dressed in a McGill University sweatshirt. In the episode "House Training", two diplomas on his wall indicate that he attended the University of Pennsylvania; both diplomas are for fellowship programs. In the promotional photos for the first episode of Season 4, his office diplomas are legible. He has a diploma from McGill's undergraduate school of arts and sciences and a second diploma from Columbia University's "School of Oncolgy".

In the episode "Histories", it is revealed that Wilson has two brothers. One brother is homeless. Wilson hasn't seen this brother in nine years.

As a result of his wife's affair, Wilson separated from his wife and reluctantly took up refuge in House's apartment ("Sex Kills"). In the episode "Safe", House told Wilson why he didn't look for a new apartment: "As long as you're here, it's just a fight. As soon as you get a place, it's a divorce." A few episodes later, Wilson moved out, informing House that he had found another apartment, in spite of House's various attempts to prevent Wilson from leaving.

It was revealed over the course of that episode ("House vs. God") that Wilson had lied and was actually living with Grace, one of his terminally ill patients, against all rules of physicians' ethics. House postulated that this was because Wilson feels a need to "fix" the vulnerable women he meets and when they become well-adjusted (with Wilson's help), he becomes discontent and moves on. Wilson later moved out after Grace decided to spend her last days touring the world as she'd always dreamed of doing and was now living on his own. On a "date" with Cuddy in the episode "Forever", he admitted that he and his ex-wife were dividing possessions and friends (commenting that his ex-wife had not fought him for the friendship of House) and neatly evaded questions about if he'd wanted children.

Throughout the entire run of the series (mainly in the episode "Detox"), it is apparent that House's addiction worries Wilson. In Season 3, when Michael Tritter is trying to put House in jail for his Vicodin addiction, he threatens Wilson's career if he does not testify against House. Wilson refuses, so Tritter freezes his bank account and impounds his car. House publicly refuses to take responsibility or show remorse for Wilson's plight, but his seeming indifference is contradicted by abnormal physical pain that suggests deeply repressed guilt. The situation is exacerbated by Wilson's barring from prescribing cancer medication, effectively killing his practice. When Wilson confronts him on this, House sneeringly dismisses him.

In the Emmy Award winning episode "Three Stories", House referred to "a buddy of mine people say "Thank you" to when he tells them they are dying." This was later revealed to be Wilson; House convinces him to use this skill to talk a patient into authorizing treatment in the episode "House vs. God".

At the end of the episode "Finding Judas", Wilson agrees to testify, unknown to House. He finally breaks when House verbally attacks Cuddy, telling her it's good she can't get pregnant because she would make a lousy mother and punches Dr. Chase in the face without provocation. Wilson fears his friend getting out of control; since House was cut off from his regular dosage of Vicodin, he was not thinking clearly when incorrectly diagnosing a child with a condition that required the amputation of one of her arms and legs. Fortunately for House, Chase correctly diagnosed the girl in time before her arm and leg were removed. Furthermore, withdrawal from his pain meds makes House intolerable to work with. In the episode "Resignation", it is revealed that Wilson suffers from depression and is currently on a prescription for the illness.

Relationships

An example of Wilson's friendship with House occurs in the episode "Babies & Bathwater" in which Edward Vogler proposes a motion to the hospital's Board of Directors for House's dismissal. Wilson, a member of the board along with Dr. Lisa Cuddy, is the only one who votes against the motion. In response, Vogler proposes and succeeds in obtaining Wilson's dismissal from the board, but Wilson is soon reinstated after Vogler withdraws his involvement with the hospital.

Within the scope of a popular comparison that draws parallels between House and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Wilson is equivalent to Dr. Watson. This becomes evident as, throughout the course of the show, House consults upon his medical quandaries with Wilson, much as Holmes did with Watson upon his cases. His multiple marriages may also echo his association with Watson, as some Holmes critics postulate that Watson was married more than once. While Watson narrated, Wilson tends to analyze House's actions and motives, almost summing it up for the viewer as a narration. Wilson is also one of the few characters on the show, along with Dr. Lisa Cuddy with whom House will discuss what remains of his personal life or who can make him genuinely laugh. Though Wilson and House often snipe at each other, both have admitted that they consider the other to be their best friends.

Romantic relationships

Wilson is shown to have been married several times. Two of his ex-wives have been named as Bonnie and Julie. His current marriage, which from all clues in the series is his third, went on the rocks when he discovered that his wife was having an affair. In all truth, however, Wilson himself is not innocent of cheating. In the episode "Spin", Wilson, trying to make a point, asks Dr. Allison Cameron if she's ever cheated and admits that he has. Later in that same episode, he confesses that an unnamed "someone" made him feel "funny, good" and that he "didn't want to let that feeling go", therefore sparking his own series of mental affairs and damaging his relationships.

Wilson frequently protests his reputation as a serial philanderer, to no avail as far as House is concerned. In addition to ribbing Wilson about the oncologist's flirtatious nature with young nurses and other hospital staff members, House put the pieces together regarding the state of Wilson's third marriage: Wilson wearing the same clothes he'd worn the day before indicating he had not been home for the night; a mismatched pair of socks indicating Wilson was dressing in the dark to avoid waking his wife; a purchase of an expensive box of candy indicating some form of guilt and/or need to reconcile with his wife: odd, small details most people outside a situation would be unlikely to notice.

Wilson is currently engaging in a pattern of behavior of "non dates" with Lisa Cuddy that follows one he used previously when courting one of his ex-wives. This involves going out as "friends" for such things as plays, art shows and museums, eventually making the woman fall in love with him without Wilson actually pursuing them. House confronts him on his tactics and calls him an addict, apparently concerned that Lisa is his target to be the next future ex-Mrs. Wilson.

Trivia

- Uncle died of cancer.

The second paragraph consists of material from the Wikipedia article "Dr. James Wilson" which is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Dr. Eric Foreman, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is portrayed by Omar Epps.

Biography

A neurologist, Foreman was a member of Dr. Gregory House's handpicked team of specialists at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital's Diagnostic Medicine Department. He was hired by House three days prior to the series' pilot episode (as revealed in a deleted scene of the pilot).

Foreman attended Columbia University as an undergraduate before matriculating to Johns Hopkins Medical School.

Little is known about Foreman's past, although it has been suggested that his family was not very well off and his parents are currently living on a pension ("Histories"). It is also suggested that his mother has a degenerative brain disease. Foreman was a former juvenile delinquent who once burglarized houses and stole cars; this is said to have played a major factor in House's decision to hire him in the first place. His father, Rodney (who appears in the episodes "Euphoria, Part 2" and "House Training"), is deeply religious while his mother is unfit to travel due to her medical condition. In the episode "Heavy", according to what he told a patient, he used to struggle with childhood obesity until the 9th grade, although it could not be specified whether it was the truth or he simply made it up to comfort the patient.

Character History

In the episode "Euphoria, Part 1", Foreman became infected with a mysterious illness. Another patient, infected with the same condition, experiences a very painful death before his eyes. In the conclusion of the episode, Cameron, acting as Foreman's medical proxy, performs a white-matter brain biopsy and the condition is revealed to be amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria, a water borne parasite that, upon being inhaled, attacks the brain. After treatment, it appears Foreman is cured of the meningoencephalitis, but something may have gone wrong during the biopsy. Although his brain had some confusion between the left and right side, he is in recovery. Upon his return from recovery, Foreman's memory seemed to have been impaired, as he struggled to remember key medical concepts ("Forever") and could not remember how to make coffee. In the next two episodes, however, he seems to be able to once again keep up with his fellow doctors when coming up with medical theories.

When Michael Tritter offers Foreman an opportunity to win early parole for his drug addicted, incarcerated brother, Foreman turns it down. Tritter sees this as hypocrisy, citing Foreman's own criminal record and says that while Foreman tries being compassionate to ward off House's training, he is actually just as cold and methodical as his employer. That is supported when Foreman gives his girlfriend a chance to go to a nurse practitioner school as a way to end the relationship and she states that both he and House can't stand to let people get close to them. He eventually gave his two weeks' notice to quit, as he was scared that he was turning apathetic towards patients' well being - or as he admitted in the Season 3 finale, he doesn't want to turn into House. House angrily countered that he was like him and in many ways was more selfish by caring about how good he looked in the eyes of patients and by dragging out his resignation until House admitted he wanted him to stay. Foreman left without a word following this tirade.

Personality

Despite his youthful offenses, Foreman initially may have been the best adjusted of House's team. He is shown to possess a level of leadership skills and was temporarily appointed House's boss by Dr. Lisa Cuddy in the second season, during which time House referred to him as "Blackpoleon Blackaparte". It has also been implied that Foreman and House share certain similarities ("Poison"), both in terms of character and physical habits. Whether this is true is debatable, although in the episode "House Training", he admits that he has problems with his own ego.

Like House, Foreman has also been shown to be extremely honest even at the cost of hurting other people's feelings. This is evident in the episode "Sleeping Dogs Lie", in which he tells Cameron that the two of them were never friends, merely working colleagues. However, during a later bout with a deadly illness, Foreman recants this position. His sincerity, given his dying state, was unclear and she initially refused his apology, but accepted when he was placed in a chemically induced coma. Similarly, in the episode "Resignation", he tells Chase that he's never liked him and never will. By distancing himself from others, Foreman comes off as objective but cold.

During Season 3, a change in Foreman's character, making him more sensitive to other people's feelings, can be noticed when he resists telling two interracial lovers that they are half siblings. During the same episode, he is accused of being against interracial relationships. Foreman makes a bet with House saying that Dr. James Wilson is not dating a nurse in the hospital. The white nurse is actually dating Foreman, which explains his sensitivity to this particular case. Later, Foreman offers a Romani boy an interview for the intern job and tries to help him.

The Season 3 episode "House Training" reveals a great deal about Foreman's character. Upon giving orders for a patient to be given immunosuppressing radiation treatment and then learning that it was nothing more than a staph infection (the radiation therapy killed the patient's immune system, essentially dooming her to a painful death), he is visibly agonized and blames himself for killing her. Throughout the episode, Foreman displays a passionately emotional side and, at one point, breaks down, stating that in many ways he is no better than from where he came simply because his ego has gotten in the way. In the following episode, Foreman is seen for the first time praying or meditating in the hospital chapel, despite the fact that he has expressed being fairly non-religious before.

Foreman was able to get over the grief and trauma of killing a patient, and the self-doubt that his mistake caused, when he was able to save another patient's life by taking extreme measures. With a young boy dying unless he got a bone marrow transplant immediately, Foreman was forced to get the marrow from the patient's little brother, without anesthetizing the boy first as he was too sick to be sedated. Foreman strapped the boy down to a bed and drew the marrow from him by force in several places on his body to get the samples he needed, ignoring the boy's screams of agony in order to do so. The patient survived as a result and, while Foreman acknowledged this, he was also horrified with what he had done. He tendered his resignation the same day.

Foreman is a fan of jazz music, first shown in the episode "Who's Your Daddy?", when Foreman makes a Miles Davis reference and later in the episode "Insensitive" where he plans to attend a jazz festival.

Relationship with House

Although House frequently targets Foreman with racist jokes, Foreman does not appear to take them personally. It seems that House does so simply because Foreman's race is an easy target - just as House often targets Chase with his nationality and Cameron with her gender, House uses Foreman's race as a source of humor and other episodes ("Humpty Dumpty") establish that House is not racist. In the episode "Family", Foreman discovers that he has begun to disregard his patients' lives much the way House does and he decides that he'd rather leave his job than continue on that path.

Trivia

- Passed up job at Sloan/The Sloan-Kettering Institute to work at the clinic.

- He was Chief Resident at his last job.

This article primarily consists of material from the Wikipedia article "Eric Foreman" which is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Allison Cameron, M.D., is a fictional character on the FOX medical drama House. She is portrayed by Jennifer Morrison. An immunologist, Cameron was a member of Dr. Gregory House's team of handpicked specialists at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital's Department of Diagnostic Medicine. She was hired six months prior to the pilot episode. House explicitly informed her that he hired her based on her looks because he believed that a pretty girl who went into medicine shows greater dedication compared to an ordinary looking student because the former could have easily used her looks to get an easier job.

Background

Prior to working at PPTH, Cameron was a medical intern at the Mayo Clinic and was one of the top students in her class in medical school. Though very little is known of her family background, it has been revealed that she hails from the Midwestern United States and that she has a sibling, albeit a still unnamed older brother.

Cameron worked for House under a medical fellowship alongside Drs. Robert Chase and Eric Foreman for three years. She is the only regular credited character that has not been in every episode of the show to date; she was missing in "Babies & Bathwater" stemming from her first resignation from the hospital though she returned to her post two episodes later.

Character

Cameron is known for her honesty, sincerity, idealism and possesses a strong moral and ethical center. She is hyperopic, an atheist and possibly pro-life (albeit personally; her beliefs have never been explored). Markedly flawed, she has complex relationships with her colleagues; not least of all with House. Part mentor, antagonist and romantic interest, their dynamic has been likened to that of Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester's by New York Times columnist, Joyce Millman.

Cameron is occasionally hesitant and unwilling to perform House's bidding when she is required to deceive their patients and has gone to head to head with him before several times on the issue. She has also shown extreme reluctance to deliver bad news to patients or their families. Despite this, she has been effective in gaining patients' trust and approval of diagnostic procedures when the need arises, in contrast to House's strong arm methods.

The character underwent a growth in development when she proved to be far more assertive in her beliefs and actions in Season 3, showing that she was not above employing tactics used by House in order to get the job done. However, her consistently good intentions did not change and her loyalty to her boss was proved unquestionable as evidenced by his legal troubles - being previously under investigation for alleged drug addiction and trafficking. Her allegiance came to an abrupt end, however, when she surprisingly resigned in the Season 3 finale.

Biography

Marriage

Despite her kind and earnest nature, Cameron has undergone traumatic experiences in her life. After having a particularly hard time relating bad news to a patient's family while struggling to maintain objectivity, House's suspicions were raised and he thus violated her privacy by pulling her medical history. He later revealed this to Cameron but there was no evidence to indicate she had ever lost a child as he had suspected.

Her awkwardness with death was explained when she confided in House that she had once fallen in love and married when she was 21. However, the marriage lasted only six months ending with her husband's death due to thyroid cancer that had metastasized to his brain. She also revealed to Dr. James Wilson that she had met her husband shortly after he was diagnosed and that, if they hadn't married, he would have died alone. In another surprising confession to Wilson, she told the latter that she fell in love with her late husband's best friend, Joe, but never acted on her feelings.

Cameron's marriage was brought up when she was questioned by Detective Michael Tritter, who had earlier frozen her bank account in accordance with his investigation of House. When he attempted to talk about her late husband, Cameron interrupted and warned Tritter not to broach the subject. He observed that she used to be a person who did the right things and that House had changed her.

Her husband was also the subject of an argument between Foreman and Cameron when he expressed unspoken disbelief that she once had the "real thing" as they were hitherto discussing their social lives. His reaction led her to mildly chastise him for judging the relationship she had with her late husband. An outburst from Foreman followed who claimed that even though the sacrifices she made to be with him were immense, they were at the height of her love. He further opined that "commitment is only commitment when it has no expiration date" and snapped that she should only ask for sacrifices when she had been in a long term relationship. His tirade ended, however, when he realized how much he had hurt Cameron, assuring her that he wasn't criticizing by way of apology. This conversation might have also deeply impacted her for she went on to proposition Chase not long after.

In another nod to her short-lived marriage, Cameron encountered a homeless man with inoperable lung cancer in the clinic and admits him. Her attempts to offer him palliative treatment were refused repeatedly as her patient believed he would bring some meaning to his life if he dies in pain, convinced it is his punishment for leading a wasted life. He requested she stay by his side which she acquiesces to though she tells him she will not watch him suffer. She says:

"When a good person dies, there should be an impact on the world. Somebody should notice. Somebody should be upset."

Work Conflicts

Cameron was invited to move to Africa by Dr. Sebastian Charles, a world-renowned activist, a fellow immunologist and patient and then later, on a date. She confided in Dr. Chase who expressed his doubt that she would go out with Dr. Charles despite their mutual attraction, simply because he wasn't House. At the end of the episode, she declined both offers.

In "Hunting", an HIV positive patient accidentally coughed blood into Cameron's mouth and eyes, putting her at risk of contracting the disease. In order to make her take her final HIV test months later, House told her he loved her out of the blue; her mouth dropped open in shock and House quickly swabbed the inside of her cheek. Cameron later learned that House had opened her test results before she had a chance to find out herself, justifying his actions by citing the letter's confidentiality and that he had simply "wanted to know."

Cameron's friendship with Dr. Foreman became strained after she accused him of plagiarizing her article for a medical journal after his was published. Her frustration and anger were further exacerbated by her peers' indifference. She eventually confronted Foreman and apologized for the way she had treated him, claiming she didn't want to damage their friendship only for her colleague to coldly deny that they had any bond of kinship in the first place. However, in a consequent storyline when Foreman was dying from an unknown disease, he apologized for his prior actions which included stabbing Cameron with a needle, exposing her to the disease on purpose. Although she didn't accept his apology initially, she recanted her position before he was put into a chemically induced coma. Foreman also named her his medical proxy while he was incapacitated, giving her the right to allow a brain biopsy to be performed on him, despite House's vehement objections. Though Foreman thanked Cameron when he woke, she, House and Rodney Foreman (Eric's father) could only look on in horror when his brain experienced a left-right reversal when House checked his motor skills. Cameron and House clashed when Foreman returned to work with a renewed outlook on life which proved to be a thorn in their boss's side. House was also critical that he refused to argue with him during differentials which drew ire from Cameron who believed House was pushing the neurologist too fast which, in turn, led the former to blame her of feeling guilty for doing the biopsy. This accusation was repeatedly denied.

Drs. Lisa Cuddy and Wilson incurred Cameron's wrath when she discovered their deception of House involving a quadriplegic man Cuddy treated using his diagnosis. The latter had previously given up on the case (a rare event for House) and sent the patient home before Cuddy took a chance and successfully treated him prior to his departure. Incensed over their adamant stance that House was going overboard with his diagnostic measures which led them to hold back the truth to teach him "some humility", Cameron pressed the issue and gave her superiors an ultimatum: tell House the truth or she would. Cuddy later had her hand forced into confessing when House gave up the Department's present case at the time, too.

In "Informed Consent," Cameron was torn regarding assisting their patient, Ezra Powell's wish to die which kept her from participating in much of the diagnostic process. House, in turn, subtly directed her to discover an article Ezra, a noted cancer researcher, wrote for a medical journal decades ago about his unethical use of babies as test cases. His assumption that this would lead her to change her mind infuriated Cameron who, despite her disgust, still believed he had a right to live just like any other person. When all of their efforts to diagnose Ezra were laid waste, House finally let loose at her and heatedly demanded that she do her job by getting him a skin sample. Cameron later achieved this by slicing off his skin sans anesthesia and with no prior warning after confronting him about the article to which the latter expressed no regret. This act only served to gain her Ezra's respect, who praised her for finally taking a stand. The ensuing biopsy only revealed what he had suspected (and believed all along): he was terminal; his illness untreatable. Later in the night, Ezra mysteriously dies thirty minutes after being declared stable. Cuddy easily believes House was behind it despite his denial the morning after but when Cuddy left, a look of recognition crosses House's face and Cameron is subsequently seen in the chapel with a tear streaked face. House stood behind her, put a comforting hand on her shoulder and quietly told her that he was proud of her. Thus, we are led to believe that Cameron assisted the patient's suicide.

Cameron fought for her patient's (a severely obese man) rights with an intensity that not only surprised House (who goes on to discuss this with Wilson) but also Cuddy when she broke an MRI machine after their comatose patient woke up and thrashed around in panic while they were performing tests on him. Though Cuddy is quick to blame it on House, Cameron spoke up and admitted that it was her doing. After their patient was discharged and tried to leave the hospital premises, he fell through the lobby's glass window taking Cameron down with him, mildly injuring her. Later, it transpires that she had drugged him before he left claiming that she didn't think he was fit to leave the hospital. The patient, on the other hand, became deeply agitated, refusing to co-operate if any treatment suggested was related to his weight. Later, House realized that their patient's hands were clubbed and suggested an x-ray, which confirmed his diagnosis of terminal lung cancer. Cameron broke the news and had an encounter with House at the end of the episode where he conceded defeat and finally questioned her about the importance of this patient. She wryly referenced his thoughts about her in "Love Hurts" ("I like damaged people, remember? Explains everything I do.") when House alluded that she cares more because she's seen someone else go through a similar experience and later told him, "Sorry to disappoint you, sometimes the answers just aren't that simple."

Resignation

In the third season finale, Cameron became the lone fellow of the Department of Diagnostic Medicine after her colleagues, Dr. Chase and Dr. Foreman, were fired and resigned from their posts, respectively. She bid farewell separately to the both of them, even giving the latter a framed citation of his published article in reference to their previous conflict the year before. In a move not previously foreseen by House, she tendered her resignation for the second time in the series at the end of the episode, as well. However, it has been confirmed that Cameron, Chase and Foreman will all be returning for the fourth season, though it hasn't been specified in what capacity.

Relationships

Dr. Gregory House

Season 1

In the pilot episode, Cameron asked House why she was hired and he revealed that he did so because she is "extremely pretty." Claiming that beautiful women don't attend medical school unless they are as "damaged as they are beautiful", House surmises that she is not as untainted as she seems.

Cameron's emerging feelings for her boss were featured early in the series when she showed complete trust in House's leadership and gave him a Christmas gift. Despite his initial hostile reaction, she later found a gift for herself left sitting on her office chair. She was also one of the few who acknowledged his birthday. In a rare act of sociability, House invited Cameron to a monster truck rally where they were later seen having a good time at the event at the end of the episode. However, her interest in him was only made extremely clear when she asked him outright if he liked her, to which he flatly denied. In "Mob Rules", Cameron admitted to her feelings for House to Dr. Chase. Things became increasingly tense in the Department in "Heavy," when House revealed that he was being made to fire one of them by the end of the week as office politics came into play, pitting the three fellows against each other. Cameron would later confront him about his nonchalant behavior and quietly threatened to leave her job to "make it easy on everyone" and she was later seen typing up her curriculum vitae at the end of the episode.

Despite House's agreement to promote hospital board chairman Edward Vogler's new drug for his pharmaceutical company in exchange for his Department to remain intact, things ended in disaster as he embarrassed his employer in a Vicodin fueled diatribe against the drug at a public presentation. Earlier, House had privately asked Cameron why she liked him. The conversation led nowhere as he accused her of psychoanalyzing him when she attempted to deflect the question. At the end of the episode, Cameron stopped by House's apartment to tender her resignation which he initially questioned as "another noble self-sacrificing gesture". She disagreed and revealed why she liked him: that he did things because it was right and not to help people as she had originally thought. House rejected Cameron's attempt to shake hands as a proper goodbye, prompting her to say that there were only two ways she could deal with their current situation and she was exercising the one option of which she was in control. House was visibly upset when she left his home.

With the departure of Vogler from PPTH, House attempted to bring Cameron back in "Kids". Though he was unsuccessful the first try, she later agreed to return to work in exchange for a date. Despite an uncharacteristic show of romance by House (he bought her a corsage), the date did not go well as Cameron rejected his attempt at small talk to instead try and gain an insight as to what he felt about her. House coldly responded, "You live under the delusion that you can fix everything that isn't perfect. That's why you married a man who was dying of cancer. You don't love; you need. And now that your husband is dead, you're looking for your new charity case. That's why you're going out with me. I'm twice your age, I'm not great looking, I'm not charming, I'm not even nice. What I am is what you need. I'm damaged." The exchange was implied to have saddened Cameron when her co-workers observed the next morning that she looked as if she'd been crying.

Cameron diagnosed House's condition as he was recounting the story of his infarction in the guise of three different patients to medical students in a lecture hall. Though he dismissed it by reminding her that it wasn't her case, she reminded him that there was nothing wrong with a consult. Cameron would approach House in the first season finale as he was observing his old flame, Stacy Warner, with her husband and acknowledged his rejection.

"I thought you were too screwed up to love anyone. I was wrong. You just couldn't love me. It's OK. I'm happy for you."

Season 2

Simmering tensions between House and Cameron boiled over in the second season premiere, as she encountered a woman in the clinic, Cindy Kramer, whose only symptom had been a cough but her x-ray revealed that she had lung cancer leaving her with only six months to live. Though a consult with Wilson confirmed this, Cameron refused to deliver the news believing that more tests needed to be done. Preoccupied by another case and his ex-girlfriend's return, House refused a request for a differential and was dismissive of her patient's plight whilst berating Cameron for not informing her of her condition. Later, an inebriated House lamented to his patient (a death row inmate) that he "could've hit that" after Cameron came across their drinking session and left in disgust. His patient bemusedly observed that he was "the one that should be locked up" when he confirmed that they hadn't had sex. They later had another heated argument when Cameron confronted her boss head on about his blatantly vicious treatment of her after he denied her a diagnostic procedure yet again. House only gleefully marveled at her rage, observing that she was running through the gamut of emotions in the five stages of grief (which he had earlier written on the light board in response to her initial request) in a particularly short time. He would make a small concession to Cameron, however, by allowing her to perform the procedure after she agreed to cover more of his clinic hours. Wilson later also took issue with her apparent attachment to her patient but this didn't faze her: she was seen hugging a shell shocked Cindy after breaking the news in the closing moments of the episode.

After Cameron was asked out on a date with the world renowned Dr. Sebastian Charles, House asked her if she had accepted, revealing that he had seen them holding hands in his hospital room before questioning her when she told him that she probably wouldn't. Upon Cameron's claim that there was practically no future for the both of them (he worked in Africa), House made light of her marriage and quipped that maybe the real reason was because there "was too much of a future now" and that she was only attracted to him because he was literally dying (albeit briefly) for his cause. Cameron merely scoffed at this, sarcastically firing back, "Right. It's that simple. I put a label on them and go from there."

To this day, Cameron is the only member of House's department thus far to meet his parents, John and Blythe, when they stopped by to see him. They invited her to have a drink with them but she declined to House's relief. He would later privately thank Cameron for doing so, and then surprisingly confided in her about his family before going on to compare her to his father whom he has issues with saying they both possessed an "insane moral compass" and that it was a "crappy quality for a dad".

During PPTH's charity casino night, House was rendered speechless during a differential when he turned around and saw Cameron made up in a red dress. He recovered momentarily and asked, "What were we talking about?"

As Foreman fought for his life after being afflicted by an unknown disease via a patient, Cameron was forced to pay a visit to the latter's squalid apartment in an effort to find the source of infection, defiantly ignoring House's repeated warnings to stay away from the place. Her own motivation was borne out of a need to help herself having been exposed to the disease after she was deliberately stabbed with a needle by Foreman, but this was later contradicted by House when he caught her after she had performed a search on the premises. After Cameron revealed what Foreman had done, House quietly admonished her and suggested that she should have taken the gun he kept in his office and shot him instead of giving "the b****** every thing he wanted". When he wondered out loud "what a guy has to do to make you hate him", Cameron did not dignify his reaction with a response. Later, they clashed again regarding a brain biopsy for Foreman as the latter was placed in an induced coma. Cameron, who had been named medical proxy, maintained her belief that the procedure needed to be done but compromised when House pleaded with her for more time, only to be forced into doing the biopsy when Foreman's oxygen statistics dropped just as House found the source of the disease at the apartment at the same time.

In the second season finale, viewers gained an insight into House's mind when he hallucinated subsequent to being shot. During his hallucination, his subconscious has Cameron keep a vigil by his bedside for two days after his surgery and later, using her as a lab rat, House used a surgical robot to begin to undress her in the midst of convincing a patient to undergo surgery. When he awakened as he was being transported to the emergency room, House entrusts Cameron to inform Cuddy that he wants ketamine to relieve the pain in his leg.

Season 3

House asked Cameron out on a date in his first week back at work. Bewildered and flustered, she declined his invitation citing a list of reasons while he smirked at her as she was turning him down which, in turn, confused her. Bemusedly, House declared almost victoriously that she was only interested in him when he was still a "sick puppy". Cameron dryly observed that he was still not healthy, limp or no limp.

Cameron found herself lying to the police for House when Detective Michael Tritter approached her and inquired as to the amount of Vicodin her boss consumed on a daily basis. In a separate incident, when she was questioned again by Tritter, Cameron denied that she was in love with House but he observed that while House is "unhinged", "unethical" and "does what he wants with no concern for others", she remains steadfastly loyal to him, anyway.

Cameron visited House at his apartment to discuss their patient's condition and found her boss detoxing and cutting himself in order to release endorphins to lessen his pain as he struggled to cope without Vicodin. She tended to his wounds but still flatly refused any entreaties for drugs after he tried resisting giving her his medical opinion without it. Pleading with House to cease his drug seeking behavior, she expressed confidence that he could live without it by pointing out that he'd stayed clean for months after being shot. The latter's only retort was that it was only because "it had something to do with the absence of pain".

Angered by Wilson's deal with Tritter, the former confronted Cameron which led her to accuse him of giving up House to the authorities for a two month stay at a rehab facility in exchange for his practice and his financial assets. Wilson protested his innocence but conceded that though it wasn't the "easy thing to do", he was convinced that it was the right move. Cameron bitterly noted that pretension that his motives were pure was why she had a problem with him. However, Cameron seemed to have made up with Wilson after she gave House a hug after finding out that he had offered his best friend an apology. At a loss on how to respond, House awkwardly excused himself and left for his trial.

When everyone was led to believe that House had terminal brain cancer, Cameron kissed him which initially startles him but he passionately reciprocates. The kiss ended, however, when he seized her hand as she reached for a syringe in her pocket, revealing the kiss to be a ploy to distract him in order to obtain a blood sample. Though she wasn't successful, House conceded the whereabouts of his medical history to her in a moment of vulnerability afterwards which later led the team to disprove the diagnosis. When they visited him to tell him the news, they were surprised when House became agitated, consequently revealing that their boss had faked the illness in order to get into a medical trial at Massachusetts General Hospital using another man's medical file. Cameron, Chase and Foreman were stunned by his actions and left his apartment in anger.

After he found out about Cameron's relationship with Chase, House was apparently indifferent until the duo protested about a dangerous diagnostic procedure and informed Cuddy about it. In retaliation, he told his boss about his employees' sexual encounter in the janitor's closet which led her to have a talk with Cameron who lambasted House for interfering. When Chase later backed Cameron during a differential, House's hackles were raised again and he subsequently revealed their secret once more to a surprised Foreman. Further attempting to needle her by insinuating that she was promiscuous, Cameron sharply protested that she wasn't making her way through anyone before House abruptly asked her if she loved Chase. Before she could respond, however, Cuddy interrupted and directed their attention back to the patient.

Cameron's professional relationship with House ended when she resigned in the third season finale. Upon her claim that she had learned all she could from him, House sardonically questioned if she wanted him to "break down and apologize" but Cameron simply chuckled and replied, "No. I expect you to do what you always do. I expect you to make a joke and go on. I expect you to be just fine." She then quietly bid him farewell, brushing his arm with her hand and admitted that she would miss him before departing.

Dr. Robert Chase

Season 1

Chase has always been attracted to Cameron and this was explored early on in the series when Foreman caught him looking at her longingly. He immediately warned Chase that it was inadvisable to go after their colleague and later informed Cameron about it. She later took advantage of this by cornering him in the department's office and apologized for being glib when she was talking about sex earlier before launching into a breathless tangent when a wide eyed Chase tried to assure her that they don't have to talk about it.

Foreman and House walked in after this encounter and Cameron promptly acted as if nothing happened. Later, Chase attempted to ask her out but she cut him off with a firm "no" before he could finish his question.

Season 2

Cameron was exposed to HIV in season two after a patient accidentally coughed blood into her mouth and eyes. This led Chase to reach out to her by offering to take her out for a drink to relax as she was put under a course of antiretroviral drugs. The patient, on the other hand, was baffled as to why she was still so calm about her predicament after he apologized to Cameron and later told her that contracting HIV might have been the best thing that happened to him since he now lives his life to the fullest. Later, she called Chase to her apartment and he was taken aback when she suddenly kissed him. Prior to their one night stand, he discovered that she had stolen some of their patient's meth from the lab and gotten high. Though he initially resisted her advances, Cameron told him not to "turn into a good guy on me now". Their tryst was swiftly exposed by House the morning after during a differential after he observed an unraveled Cameron. Later, she and Chase met in the locker room and though they mutually agreed that the sex "didn't suck", he tells her that it shouldn't happen again.

Season 3

In Season 3, Cameron proposed a casual relationship to Chase on Valentine's Day. This took him by surprise and he sarcastically remarked that she viewed him "like microwave pizza" when she observed that it would be convenient for the both of them. His interest was piqued, however, when she replied that he was not the man she was looking for if he didn't agree to her terms. The first allusion to their burgeoning relationship was made when Chase suggested having sex in their boss's bed when they broke into House's apartment to which she expressed incredulity.

Their relationship intensified when they had clandestine sex at the hospital while on the clock, surprisingly at Cameron's lead. This made Foreman suspicious when he discovered them missing at the sleep laboratory where they were supposed to be monitoring a polysomnogram. He later questioned them; when he expressed his doubt that they were on a coffee break, Cameron lied to him by telling him the complete truth in such a way that he didn't believe her. Chase, perturbed, warned her that they were no longer having sex at work, accusing her of wanting to get caught and particularly give House a reason to be jealous. Cameron vehemently denied this, repeatedly claimed that she was over House and reminded him that all they were doing was "uncomplicated sex". His fear came true by the end of the episode when their boss caught them making out and undressing, under the pretense of throwing out old files in the janitor's closet.

Confused by House's seemingly apathetic stance on their affair, Cameron discussed with Chase why he hadn't attempted to create trouble for them yet which led Chase to look upon her concern with bitterness. Despite likening her curiosity about their boss's non-reaction to annoyance that House doesn't care that she's no longer available, Cameron was proved correct when he blew their secret out of the water informing Cuddy and Foreman. Emotions continued to run high when even Emma, their patient and a renowned photographer, told Chase to keep a photograph of Cameron that she took when he expressed interest in it. Though he feigned indifference, she informed him that she noticed the way he looks at Cameron. Emma then took a photo of him while he was fondly looking at her photograph. Cameron later came upon this picture as she was packing up Emma's equipment after her discharge and was awed by how he looked in it, claiming she got Chase to "glow".

Eventually, Cameron ended things when Chase states that he wants more than just sex. She reiterated that she didn't want to have a romantic relationship with him when they began bickering after their break up but later sincerely apologized for leading him on. Chase, however, refused to accept that she didn't harbor any romantic feelings for him and tried to woo her by leaving her a bouquet of flowers on top of her locker. Cameron was visibly touched by this gesture but told him that she was sure of her decision. Despite this, Chase tried to win her back by reminding her every Tuesday that he likes her and wants to be with her. Initially, Cameron was frustrated with the turn of events but seemingly came to accept his persistence, despite her rejection of him every week. After Chase found himself unemployed in the third season finale, Cameron expressed regret regarding his firing and told him that she'd miss him when they met up at a diner. He, in turn, apologized to her for his relentless pursuit of her in the past weeks. Later, however, Chase was surprised to find Cameron at his doorstep who said that she wasn't willing to wait for Tuesday, a sign that she was willing to try a relationship - which he immediately reciprocated with a kiss.

Trivia

- In the pilot episode, Cameron mentions that she has a criminal record (though, the statement is interpreted by some to be sarcasm).

- She hates sports metaphors ("Poison").

- Answers House's mail for him because he just throws it away.

This article primarily consists of material from the Wikipedia article "Dr. Allison Cameron" which is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.