"House M.D." Sports Medicine (2005)

Director:

Keith Gordon

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
John Mankiewicz (written by) ...

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

22 February 2005 (Season 1, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A detoxed sports star about to make his comeback breaks his arm due to brittle bones. Clinic Cases: Woman with leg pain; man trying to remove his contact lenses; a dentist with various issues and a hung over teenager; all in 70 seconds. |

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Medical Doctor | Pain | Maverick Doctor | Medicine

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 Foley	...	Hank Wiggen
Meredith Monroe	...	Lola
Art LaFleur	...	Warner Fitch
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	...	Sharon
Bryan Singer	...	Himself
Timothy McNeil	...	Patient #2
Deirdre M. Smith	...	Carol Moffatt
Sean Everett	...	Patient #4
Richard Swaidan	...	College Student

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Japan:Unrated

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

Both Scott Foley and Meredith Monroe were regulars on _"Dawson's Creek"_. Foley played Cliff Elliot, whilst Monroe played Andie McPhee.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Cameron and Chase (later joined by Foreman, Sharon, and House) are eating dinner in a restaurant, Cameron begins the scene with her fork in her left hand and knife in the right. The camera cuts to Chase, and we can see the fork in her right hand and nothing in her left; the way it remains for the rest of the scene.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: [to Forman, Chase, and Cameron about the new, attractive, female pharmacy rep] Okay, so who is it? Come on, she's sleeping with one of you.
Dr. Gregory House: [to Cameron, drooling] Oh, God, please tell me it's you.... Don't worry, you’re not gay, you're "adventurous"!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "24" (2001)

Soundtrack:

I Never Saw It Coming

A Personal Favorite

Everybody can pick out the great episodes of House - "Three Stories", "Pilot", "No Reason" - so I am going to try and point out the "diamonds in the rough." It opens up rather interestingly, complete with a couple gems from Bryan Singer and a shocking change of pace in the episode. I, for one, sure fell for it hard.

I used to watch CSI a lot and I notice a lot of similarities between it and House - foremost an infallible lead character who exercises ample amounts of deductive reasoning power. In the case of House, the sin of plot repetition is forgiven because House gives their characters a lot more shading than in CSI.

Not only does this episode posit the mandatory philosophical dilemma (one that echoes the theme of a future episode, though I must say the future one perfects it), it deepens Dr. House himself. We start seeing a lot more of his outside activities (always a pleasure) and a little of his awkward side. I especially enjoyed the latter.

This episode is a classic that I again stress should not be rushed to but instead approached. Watch the previous 11 chapters before enjoying this one. The impact will be so much more the greater.