"House M.D." Euphoria: Part 1 (2006)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Director:

Deran Sarafian

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Matthew V. Lewis (writer) ...

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

2 May 2006 (Season 2, Episode 20)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A police officer in critical condition has bizarre symptoms, and Dr. Foreman finds himself in an unpleasant situation. |

Plot Keywords:

Legionnaire's Disease | Pain | Coma | Shooting | Gun

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 Michael Campbell	...	Joe Luria
Loreni Delgado	...	Haines
Chioke Dmachi	...	Baby Shoes
Chil Kong	...	Morgue Tech
Guy Nardulli	...	Coughing Cop
Calvin King	...	Transvestite

Runtime:

Germany:42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Japan:Unrated

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: "Baby Shoes" pulls his revolver and shoots the officer. When he pulls his gun and points it, he's holding it with both hands. When the shot changes to a slow motion visual effects shot of the bullet flying, his facial expression has changed, and he's only holding the gun with one hand.

Quotes:

Dr. Eric Foreman: Police-issue Kevlar vests don't have the ceramic plating insert that would shatter a bullet. They would just catch it. So the bullet shattered on its own. Meaning Baby Shoes was using 38-caliber hollow-points which, unfortunately, are ferromagnetic.
Dr. Gregory House: It's just so cool that you know that.

Movie Connections:

References West Side Story (1961)

The Laughing Policeman

No, this is not the Walter Matthau film nor a remake of that remake of the old Swedish crime thriller. Familiar character actor Scott Williamson (Monroe in "Brokeback Mountain") plays a wounded cop who can't stop laughing -- that is, until he starts having pain so intense that no amount of morphine can quiet him. Unfortunately, whatever he's got, Foreman now has. And whatever it is, they're both put in strict isolation as the clock starts to run out on both their lives. The key to their debility is somewhere in the cop's office or home, and it's up to House and what's left of his team to ferret it out. Cameron's still peeved at Foreman about the stolen paper. Part 1 of a 2-parter. Omar Epps, a pretty darned good movie actor, really gets to strut his stuff in this episode and reminds us just how good an actor he can be.