"House M.D." Paternity (2004)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Peter O'Fallon

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Lawrence Kaplow (written by)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

23 November 2004 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

The team help a high school boy (16) who has double vision and night terrors. (Clinic Cases: Unvaccinated baby, man with boil on leg.)

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | Doctor | Medical Doctor | Medicine | Maverick Doctor

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 21

8:00 PM

USA

Paternity

#1.2

Cast

Hugh Laurie	...	Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein	...	Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps	...	Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Dr. James Wilson
Jennifer Morrison	...	Dr. Allison Cameron
Jesse Spencer	...	Dr. Robert Chase
Scott Mechlowicz	...	Dan
Robin Thomas	...	Dan's Father
Wendy Gazelle	...	Dan's Mother
Alex Skuby	...	John Funsten
Kylee Cochran	...	Young Mother
Paul Ganus	...	Trainer
Scott Hochstadt	...	Jake

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Japan:Unrated | Netherlands:12

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

One of the lacrosse teams at the beginning of the episode has the colors (Maroon and White) and the mascot (Tartans) of Carnegie Mellon University. Tartan clothing can also be seen worn by Dan's parents and other people watching the game.

Goofs:

Factual errors: It is shown that while taking retinal biopsy, the probe is passing through cornea (i.e. front of the eye through pupil). In this case the probe has to pass through optically clear medium important for refraction like cornea and lens which would be damaged if done this way. to avoid this the probe is usually passed through sideways through the sclera (white of the eye), so that probe can directly pass behind the lens without touching the lens.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: [seeing Dan on a computer screen] General Hospital is on channel 6.
Dr. Eric Foreman: Dan's brain's not showing channel 6 right now, only mush.

Movie Connections:

References "General Hospital" (1963)

Soundtrack:

One

Lies my father told me

While the episode in question appears to be about a young man who is suffering from a perplexing symptoms after blacking out on the lacrosse field, it is really about the lies people tell. By the conclusion, House has determined the nature of the kid's illness but with no thanks to his deceitful parents, who harbor what they consider a terrible secret. House makes them understand their prevaricating could have killed their son. In this way, the episode is not dissimilar to the one about a sickly kid whose father harbors a terrible secret that could cost the boy his life. Meanwhile, in the clinic, House treats a sickly baby whose mother has decided not to vaccinate it. She does not get off easily, and we some real passion on the part of House.