"House M.D." Role Model (2005)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Peter O'Fallon

Writers:

David Shore (creator) and
Matt Witten (writer)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

12 April 2005 (Season 1, Episode 17)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

House treats a Black presidential candidate, whom House is convinced has AIDS, but the Senator's passion convinces him otherwise...

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Medical Doctor | Medicine | Maverick Doctor | Pain

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
Joe Morton	...	Senator Gary H. Wright
Missy Crider	...	Susan
Chi McBride	...	Edward Vogler
Dominic Oliver	...	Reynolds
Elizabeth Karr	...	Hostess
Bobbin Bergstrom	...	Nurse
Sahar Bibiyan	...	Clinic Nurse

Runtime:

Netherlands:55 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

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

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: The doctors find toxoplasmosis and explain that it is caused by a fungus, but it is actually caused by a single-celled parasite (toxoplasma gondii).

Quotes:

Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Why do you have to make everything so dramatic?
Dr. Gregory House: Because I'm a very high-strung little lapdog. Ruff ruff ruff, rarr, ruff!

Soundtrack:

It's OK To Think About Ending

Off the beaten track

Vogler blackmails House into attending to a stricken senator with presidential aspirations played by veteran actor Joe Morton. Turns out the senator has a lot more wrong with him than just dizzy spells. He almost dies, partly due to misdiagnoses. House eventually solves the mystery, and frankly this was not one of my favorite episodes. However, House gets off a highly memorable line: when Morton, who is black, asks House what he thinks his presidential chances are, House says something like, "They don't call it the White House because of its paint." And House sabotages Vogler in a unique way, but this you must see for yourself because I am not telling. Meanwhile, Cameron fades away. A grotesque clinic scene involves an extremely fat woman whom House thinks may be pregnant. She's not, and the situation goes from bad to worse before House is finally able to straighten it out.