"House M.D." All In (2006)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Fred Gerber

Writers:

David Shore (creator) and
David Foster (writer)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

11 April 2006 (Season 2, Episode 17)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

On a class field trip, a teacher discovers that her six-year-old student, Ian, is bleeding profusely. Dr. House thinks Ian has the same unknown disease that killed an elderly patient of his years ago.

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Moby Dick | Sick Child | Doctor | Medical 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
Laura Allen	...	Sarah Alston
Mackenzie Astin	...	Alan Alston
Carter Page	...	Ian Alston
Al Espinosa	...	Dr. Wells
Michelle Harrison	...	Nicole Ballard
Purva Bedi	...	Teacher
Daylon Reese	...	Michael

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Japan:Unrated

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

The coffee machine in the office has a sign on it saying, "Good Coffee: Cheaper than Prozac!"

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When House pulls a file out of his desk drawer, the patient's first name according to the file is Ester; however, he later writes her name on the white board as Esther.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: Take your time and say it loud.

A House Obsessed

When a young boy comes down with a mystery ailment that proved fatal in an elderly female patient 12 years before, House becomes a man obsessed in finding a solution before time runs out. To say he goes to extremes in this episode is no exaggeration. He risks losing everything, including his career and that of his staff, to find the solution. This is one of those Very Sick Kid episodes, which can prove very disturbing to the sensitive among you. It is not unlike the Very Sick Baby episodes, which don't always come out the way we'd like -- and this is a good thing, as life works that way sometimes. I know. I worked in a city hospital as a student. At this point in the second season, I have noticed that HOUSE has begun using increasingly graphic segments featuring more frequent invasive procedures such as lumbar punctures and close-up surgeries. It has gone way past ER in this respect, but it also has turned out to be better than ER. And I loved ER, at least the first five seasons. HOUSE meanwhile has been renewed with good reason for a third season, and as of this writing, the third season has kicked off.