"House M.D." Informed Consent (2006)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Laura Innes

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
David Foster (writer)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

19 September 2006 (Season 3, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Ezra Powell, a renowned pioneer in the field of medical research, collapses in his lab. House is struggling...

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
Joel Grey	...	Ezra Powell
Leighton Meester	...	Ali
Stephanie Venditto	...	Nurse Brenda Previn
William Charlton	...	Mark
Bobbin Bergstrom	...	Nurse

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Trivia:

Joel Grey, the actor who plays Ezra Powell, played the Wizard of Oz in the Broadway show "Wicked". As Dr. House examines Powell behind a blanket, House says "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain," a quote from The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Goofs:

Continuity: When House is about to inject morphine into Powell's body, the amount of morphine in the syringe changes between the shots. The syringe is half-full when House is shot from the front, and only a quarter full when he is shot from behind his left shoulder.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Into Dust

Gritty episode

An almost unrecognizable Joel ("Cabaret"/"Remo Williams") Grey plays a world-famous researcher who collapses and nearly dies, and then wants House to "off" him on the QT. Not normally a moral dilemma for any veteran physician (I used to be a hospital employee, so I know), this particular case stops House from simply killing the guy as House scrambles to figure out a way to save him. The entire staff must come to grips with the issue of suicide and mercy killing, a common-enough hospital practice but not so common to House's young staff, especially the doe-eyed Cameron. Grey is great as the suffering senior. Again, I am being asked for more lines than I care to write. So in that case, let me point out it will be worth keeping a close eye on Cameron in this episode.