Premiered:
November 16, 2004
All Good Things Must Come to an End:
After eight seasons and 176 episodes, Fox and TPTB at House came to a mutual agreement to end the series in 2012. The series finale aired on May 21, 2012.
'House' Cast:
- Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
- Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman
- Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson
- Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase
- Charlyne Yi as Chi Park
- Odette Annable as Jessica Adams
- Peter Jacobson as Chris Taub
- Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy
- Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron
- Olivia Wilde as Thirteen
Hugh Laurie Trivia:
- Hugh conducted his audition in the bathroom of a hotel because he was filming a movie at the time the auditions took place.
- Hugh's father was a doctor.
- In addition to being an actor, Hugh is also an accomplished mystery writer with several books in publication.
- Hugh appeared in an episode of Friends as an airplane passenger who berates Rachel for flying to London to try and stop Ross's wedding to Emily.
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Rae's Take:
Have you ever gone to a doctor or specialist and thought, "What a jerk!” Sadly, it happens to just about everyone. On the flip side, most of them are brilliant and get the job done. Let’s face it, House is a jerk and happens to be quite dysfunctional, but he gets his patients on the road to recovery. I think somewhere deep down House has a good heart. If he didn’t, why would he care so much about healing all those patients? “House” is a medical show of a different kind.
Synopsis:
DR. Gregory House is devoid of bedside manner and wouldn't even talk to his patients if he could get away with it. Dealing with his own constant physical pain, he uses a cane that seems to punctuate his acerbic, brutally honest demeanor.
While his behavior can border on antisocial, House is a maverick physician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect. An infectious disease specialist, he's a brilliant diagnostician who loves the challenges of the medical puzzles he must solve in order to save lives. House's roster of medical cases are the inexplicable ones other doctors can't solve, and he has assembled an elite team of young medical experts to help him in his effort to solve these diagnostic mysteries.
With a patient's life in the balance, House will do whatever it takes in the race against the clock to solve the case before it takes a life, from sending one of his team to break into a patient's home in search of clues, to attempting a controversial, high-stakes, trial-and-error form of treatment to see how a patient responds. House's methods may be suspect, but his results are not.
While his behavior can border on antisocial, House is a maverick physician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts have afforded him a great deal of respect. An infectious disease specialist, he's a brilliant diagnostician who loves the challenges of the medical puzzles he must solve in order to save lives. House's roster of medical cases are the inexplicable ones other doctors can't solve, and he has assembled an elite team of young medical experts to help him in his effort to solve these diagnostic mysteries.
With a patient's life in the balance, House will do whatever it takes in the race against the clock to solve the case before it takes a life, from sending one of his team to break into a patient's home in search of clues, to attempting a controversial, high-stakes, trial-and-error form of treatment to see how a patient responds. House's methods may be suspect, but his results are not.
